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A  CYCLOPEDIA 


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CAJSTADIAlSr    BIOGEAPHY. 


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CANADIAN    BIOGRAPHY: 


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A    COLLECTION   OF    PERSONS    DISTINGUISHED    IN    PROFESSIONAL    AND 

POLITICAL  LIFE ;  LEADERS  IN  THE  COMMERCE  AND  INDUSTRY 

OF  CANADA,  AND  SUCCESSFUL  PIONEERS. 


EDITED  BY 

GEO.    MACLEAN    ROSE. 


Toronto : 
ROSE    PUBLISHING    COMPANY. 

1886. 


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PREFACE. 


It  has  been  too  long  the  custom  to  regard  as  proper  subjects  for  biogra- 
phical literature  only  persons  who  have  figured  in  political  life.  In  preparing 
the  present  work,  any  man  or  woman  who  has,  in  any  conspicuous  way, 
contributed  to  the  moral,  intellectual,  industrial  or  political  growth  of  the 
country,  has  been  deemed  a  suitable  person  for  these  pages.  To  the  heroism 
and  uncomplaining  industry  of  the  men  who  hewed  out  homes  in  the  wilder- 
ness, and  little  by  little  overcame  the  obstacles  of  nature,  are  we  indebted 
now  for  our  thriving  cities,  and  for  our  wide  stretches  of  cultivated  lands ; 
and  to  omit  a  record  of  their  labors,  and  select  only  for  permanent  record 
the  deeds  of  those  who  came  upon  the  scenes  when  the  rugged  work  was 
done,  would  be  singularly  unjust.  We  have  had,  and  still  have  amongst  us, 
men  of  g^reat  genius  in  engineering  skill,  and  in  mechanical  contrivance ;  and 
it  was  fitting  that  a  brief  record  of  their  lives,  and  what  they  accomplished 
for  the  community,  should  be  handed  down  in  the  history  of  our  common 
country.  The  same  may  be  said  of  men  prominent  in  every  branch  of  com- 
merce, of  our  notable  divines,  our  eminent  judges,  our  great  lawyers,  our 
talented  medical  men,  and  those  who  have  contributed  to  the  educational 
growth  of  the  country.  These  it  was  considered  were  worthy  of  place  side 
by  side  with  the  men  who  chose  political  careers,  and  have  won  more  or  less 
distinction  therein.  There  is  to  be  said  in  justification  of  all  these  records, 
that  even  the  history  of  the  man  In  an  obscure  village  is  a  portion  of  the 
history  of  the  country,  and  the  aggregate  record  of  "  Representative  Cana- 
dians **  may  be  regarded  in  a  young  cotintry  like  Canada,  as  a  full  historical 
account,  in  every  sense,  for  the  period  covered  by  the  biographical  matter  in 
the  volume.    Men  are  for  ever  drifting  down  the  slow  stream,  and  most  of 


▼i  PREFACE, 

their  deeds,  like  themselves,  passrinto  oblivion;  it  is  well  while  the  oppor- 
tunity is  at  hand  to  save  as  much  of  the  record  as  possible  for  posterity. 
The  labour,  the  time,  and  the  pains  spent  in  securing  data  for  the  sketches 
herein  contained  have  been  greater  than  would  be  believed ;  and  the  more  so 
since  accuracy  of  statement  of  £Eict,  and  the  chronological  order  of  incidents, 
have  been  so  rigidly  aimed  at.  Dates  and  facts  have  all  been  veri6ed 
either  by  reference  to  the  best  published  authorities,  or  to  the  persons 
themselves.  For  the  most  part,  the  call  for  the  cot>peration  of  the  public  in 
furnishing  data  for  t^e  records  has  been  cordially  responded  to.  As  for  the 
literary  portion  of  the  work,  no  pains  have  been  spared  to  make  that  equal 
to  the  other  featurea  To  make  the  volume  complete  in  the  historically 
"  representative  "  sense,  memoirs  of  the  most  illustrious  of  the  dead  of  this 
country  will  be  found  in  its  pages.  The  enterprise  has  been  tedious, 
laborious  and  expensive ;  but  if  it  will  supply  a  record  that  the  country 
should  not  let  die :  if  it  preserve  the  names  of  worthy  men  and  women 
whose  deeds  deserve  to  be  remembered,  it  surely  will  have  well  repaid  the 
time,  the  anxiety,  and  the  pains  that  have  been  expended  upon  it.  A  work 
of  this  kind  could  not  be  else  than  tedious  ;  and.  therefore,  since  its  com- 
mencement, several  changes  have  taken  place :  some  of  the  persons  in  its 
pages  have  died ;  others  have  passed  from  one  office  to  another,  and  dropped 
from  public  places ;  but  with  these  latter  exceptions  and  some  other  minor 
ones  each  memoir,  it  is  believed,  will  be  found  to  be  an  accurate  record  up  to 
the  present  date. 

GEO.  MACLEAN  ROSE. 
Toronto,  February.  1886. 


INDEX. 


Paoe. 
A 

Abbott,  Harry  Braithwaite,  Victoria 740 

Abbott,  Hon.  Jno.  Joe.  C,  M.P..  Montreal.  796 

Adam,  Graeme  Mercer,  Toronto 637 

Akin,  Thomas  Beamish,  D.C.L.,  Halifax. . .  662 

Allan,  Andrew,  Montreal 317 

AIlaD,  Daniel  Hugh,  Toronto 110 

Aflan.  Hon.  6«(irge  William, D.C.L., Toronto    90 

Allan,  John  Henry,  Picton ,.  409 

Allan,  Sir  Hugh 35 

Allen,  Tbomaa,  Toronto 168 

Allison.  Darid  Wright,  Adolphustown 729 

Ami,  Henry  M.,  M.A.,  OtUwa US 

Aaderson,  Thomas  Ogilvy,  Toronto 145 

Andenon,  WiUiam,  J.P.,  Ameliasborg 421 

Andnvnn,  WiUiam  J.,  London 259 

Ardkibald,  Hon.  Adams  G.,  Halifax 495 

Acrfaibald,  Hon.  Thomas  D.,  Sydney,  O.B. .  256 

Aahley.  Harford  Thuriow,  Belleville 213 

Atkinson,  Charles  Richard,  Chatham 585 

Awrey,  Nicholas,  M.P.P.,  Binbrook 180 

B 

Bagot,  Sir  Charles 248 

BaOlatiKe,  George  Frederick,  C.E.,  OtUwa    69 

Bain,  Thomas  Bonlt,  TiUonborg 400 

Baines,  Dr.  Allen  MacJtenxie,  Toronta 65 

Baker,  Rer.  J.  Stamen,  Pert  Hope 667 

Baker.  William  John,  Bellenlle 307 

Baldwin,  Hon.  Robert,  C.B. 18 

Balfoor,  Wm.  D.,  M.P.P.,  Amherstbnrg,  O.  806 

Barber,  Major  John  Roaf,  Greorgetowu 438 

Barclay,  Francis,  Milton 386 

Barker,  Capt  Peter  McGUl,  Orangeville... .  528 

Barnard,  Francis  Jones,  M.P.,  Yale 159 

Barricfc,  Dr.  Eli  James,  Toronto. 206 

Bartlet,  Alexander,  Windsor,  Ont 703 

Barton,  Edward  Warren,  Toronto 153 

Baskerrille,  Patrick,  M.P.P.,  OtUwa 762 

Beach,  Mahlun  F.,  Iitiqaois 792 

Beattae,  John,  J.  P.,  Fergus. 739 

Beaty,  Jamea,  jr.,  M.P.,  Toronto 161 

Beaograod,  Honors,  Montreal   694 


Paoe. 

Becker,  lieaman,  Waterford 371 

Bell,  Archibald,  Judge,  Chatham 598 

Bell,  Rev.  George,  LL.D.,  Kingston 501 

Bell-Smith,  Frederic  Marlett,  London 684 

Bell,  William  Carrick,  IngersoU 395 

Bell,  William,  Guelph 139 

Bellemare,  Raphael,  Montreal 771 

Benson,  Thomas  Moore,  Q-C.,  Port  Hope..    65 

Benson,  Thomas,  Port  Hope 580 

Bergin,  Dr.  Darby,  M.P.,  Cornwall 443 

Bethnne,  Angus,  Cornwall 651 

Bethune,  James,  LL.D 680 

Bethune,  Right  Rev.  Alex.  Neil,  Bishop. ...  303 
Bethune,  Rev.  Chas.  Jas,  Stewart,  Port  Hope    S6 

Billy,  Louis  Adolphe,  M.P. ,  Quebec. 337 

Birrell,  George  S.,  London 521 

Blackburn,  Joeiah,  London 466 

Blaicher,  Peter  Campbell,  Hamilton 670 

Blake,  Hon.  Fnlward,  M.P.,  Toronto 19 

Blake,  Hon.  Samuel  Home,  Q.C.,  Toronto.    72 

Blake,  Hon.  William  Hume 53 

Blevins,  John,  Toronto 127 

Body,  Rev.  Chas.  William  Edmond,  Toronto  224 

Booker,  WiUiam  Davis,  Hamilton. 94 

Bonrinot,  John  George,  F.R.S.C,  Ottowa. . .  281 

Bowbll,  Hon.  Mackenzie,  M.P.,  Ottawa 516 

Bowlby,  Ward  Hamilton,  M.A.,  Beriin 123 

Bowman.  Isaac  Erb,  Watertoo 108 

Bowman,  Israel  David,  Berlin 642 

Branscombe,  Henry  William,  Picton 762 

Bradley,  Lieut. -Col  Alex.  Priestly,  Ottawa.  266 

Bradshaw,  Seth  Wesley,  BeUeviUe 604 

Brandon,  James,  Toronto 112 

Brant,  Chief  Jowph 25 

Breck,  Ira  AUen,  Kingston 514 

Brereton,  Dr.  Charles  H.,  M.P.P.,  Bethany  795 

Bristol,  Dr.  Amos  Samuel,  Napanee 540 

Britton,  Byron  Moffatt,  Q.C.,  Kingston. .       574 

Brock,  Major*General  Sir  Isaac 32 

Broley,  Rev.  James,  Seaforth 254 

Bronson,  Henry  Franklin,  Ottawa. 347 

Brook,   Joseph,  Simcoe 247 

Brothers,  Joseph,  Milton 275 


vm 


INDEX. 


Page. 

Brown*  Adam,  Hamilton 614 

Brown,  Hon.  George 416 

Brown,  John  Gordon.  Toronto 748 

Brown,  Prof.  Williain,  Gaelpb 201 

Brown,  Richard,  Toronto 588 

Bryce,  Rev.  George,  LL.D.,  Winnipeg 169 

Bryce,  William,  London 324 

Brymner,  Dooglas,  Ottawa 23 

Bncke,  Dr.  Richard  Maurice,  London 565 

Buell,  Lt. -Col.  Jacob  Dockatader,  BrockviUe  773 
Borbridge,  George  Wheelock,  Q.C.,  OtUwa  47 
Bnrdett,    Samuel  Barton,  LLJ).,  Belleville  462 

Bnrgeas,  Alexander  Macldnnon,  Ottawa 169 

Bums,  Charlw,  Toronto 232 

Bnrna,  Rev.  Alexander,  D.D.,  Hamilton 398 

Bygrave,  Rev.  Hilary,  Toronto 523 

C 

Cameron,  Hector,  M.P.,  Toronto 275 

Cameron,  Hon.  Malcolm. 71 

Cameron,  John,  Toronto. 226 

Cuneron,  Malcolm  Colin,  BI.P.,  Goderich. .  256 

Campbell,  Archibald  Hamilton,  Toronto 105 

Campbell,  Dr.  John,  Seaforth 432 

Campbell,  Duncan,  Simooe 579 

Campbell,  Sir  Alexander,  Toronto 79 

Campbell.  Rev.  Thomas  Metcalfe,  Goderich  211 

Cant,  John.  Gait 737 

Canniff,  Dr.  William,  Toronto 34 

Cantlie,  James  A.,  Montreal 746 

Capell,  John,  Toronto. 234 

Carling,  Hon.  John,  M.P.,  London 77 

Carman,  Robert  Baldwin,  Judge,  Cornwall. .  801 

Carmichael,  James,  Oshawa. 306 

Carmichael,  William  Robert,  Bellevillle 422 

Carney,  Dr.  Riohard,  Windsor. 728 

Caron,  Hon.  Sir  Adolphe,  M.P.,  OtUwa. ...  396 

Garpmael,  Charles,  M.A.,  Toronto. 445 

Carroll,  Dr.  James,  Norwich. 308 

Carson,  Robert  J.,  Kingston 610 

Carswell,  Robert,  Toronto 741 

Cartier,  Sir  George  E., *i 22 

Cartwright,  Hon.  Sir  Richard,  Kingston. ....  322 

Casey,  William,  Hamilton. 63 

Casgrain,  Abbe  Henry  Kayraond,  Quebec. . .  644 

Caagrain,  Dr.  Charles  Eugene,  Windsor. 522 

CaasUs,  William,  Montreal 620 

Cattanaoh,  Donald 505 

Caven,  Rev.  William,  D.D.,  Toronto 61 

Chadwick,  Lieut -CoL  Chas.  Eli,  Ingersoll. .  409 
Chamberlain,  Lieut. -Col.  Brown,  Ottawa. . .  555 

Chamberlain,  Theodore  F.,  Morrisburg. 685 

Champlain,  Samuel  de 220 

Chapleau,  Hon.  Jos.  Adolphe,  M.P.,  OtUwA  193 
Charlton,  Benjamin  fi. ,  Hamilton 571 


Pack. 

Charlton,  John,  M.P.,  L  ynedoch 84 

Charteris,  Charles  George,  Chatham.  Ont . .  642 
Chauveau,  Piem  Joseph  Olivier,  MontreaL.  502 
Chisholm,  Capt.  William  Bigger,  Oakville. .  69 
Chisholm,  Kenneth,  M.P.P.,  Brampton....  519 

Cbown,  Edwin,  Kingston 70S 

Christie,  Hon.  J.  W.,  BrockviUe. ...  561 

Christie,  William,  Toronto 584 

Church,  Levi  Ruggles,  Q.C.,  Montreal 754 

Ciaria,  George  Thomas,  St.  Thomas 370 

CUrk,  Dr.  Daniel,  Toronto 359 

Clark,  Lieut..CoL  Thomas  W.,  Waterf ord. .  792 
Clarke,  Charles  Fitzwilliam,  Tilsonbnrg....  369 

Claike,  Francis.  Belleville 453 

Clarke,  Henry  Edward,  M.P.P.,  Toronto. . .  132 

Clarke,  James,  Belleville 473 

Clarke.  Lt..CoL  Hon.  Charles,  M.P.P.,  Elora  278 

Clarke,  Rev.  John  Stokes,  Picton 789 

Clarkson.  Rev.  John  B.,  M.A.,  BelleviUe. . .  273 

Claxton,  Thomas,  Toronto 329 

Cleary,  Bishop  James  Vincent,  Kingston. . .  647 

Clements,  Matthew,  Milton. 147 

Clemow,  Hon.  Francis,  Senator,  Ottawa 299 

Close,  Patrick  G.,  Toronto 85- 

Clotton,  Samuel  Sparkes,  Aylmer,  Ont 413 

Cochrane,  Hon,  Matthew  Henry,  Compton..  430 
Cochrane,  Rev.  William,  D.D.,  Brantford. .  257 
Colby,  Charles  CarroU,  M.P.,  Stanstead. . .  564 
Cole,  Lt.-Col.  Wilmot  Howard,  BrockviUe. .  659 

Collins,  Joseph  Edmund,  Toronto 538 

Colquhoun,  Dr.  George,  Iroquois  689 

Colqnhoun,  WUliam.  ComwaU 627 

Comstock,  WiUiam  Henry.  BrockvOle 683 

Conger,  Stephen  MarshaU,  Picton 575 

Conley,  Thomas,  KemptviUe. 673 

Conmee,  James,  M.P.P..  Port  Arthur 772 

Cook,  Herman  H.,  M.P.,  Toronto 114 

Cook,  SimonS.,  Morrisburg 661 

Cooke,  Richard  Plunkett,  C.E.,  BrockviUe..  697 

Corbett,  Charles  Henry,  Kingston 512 

Corbett,  George  Frederick 611 

Corbett,  Patrick 510 

Corbett,  Richard 511 

Cordner,  Rev.  John,  LL.D.,  Boston 98 

Cosby,  Alfred  Morgan,  Toronto 270 

Co8t4;an,  Hon.  John,  M.P.,  Ottowa 133 

Cotton,  Lieut. -Colonel  W.  H.,  Kingston....  787 
Conmol,  Charles  JosAph,  M.P.,  Montreal. ...  665 

Courtney,  John  Mortimer,  Ottawa. 507 

Covemton,  Dr.  Charles  WUUam,  Toronto. .  103 

Cowan,  James,  London 399 

Coyne,  James  Henxy,  St  Thomas. 518 

Crawford,  John,  Aylmer,  Ont 412 

Crawford,  Patridc,  Hamilton 547 

Crawford,  Rev.  Edward  Patrick.  BrockviUe.  607 


IN  it  EX. 


IX 


P 

<!7renur,  John,  Hamilton 45 

OookB,  Hon.  Adam 168 

Cronyn.  The  Right  KeT.BiBhopBenj.,D.D..  693 
CamberlMd,  Colonel  Frederick  WillUm. ...  705 

Cammhig,  Hogh  Francu,  Ch»tham 468 

Cony,  Geoi^  Cftlvio,  Pieton 251 

Cmla,  Rev.  James,  Newbttrgh 338 

D 

Daly.  MaUcby  Bowes,  M.P..  Halifax 49 

Darling,  Andrew,  Toronto 83 

Darling.  Wflliam 753 

Danes,  Bev.  Henry  WilUam,  D.D.,  Toronto  704 

Dawson,  6«otge  Mercer,  D.8.,  OtUwa 413 

Dawson,  John  Edward,  Ix)Ddon 746 

Dawson,  Major  Geoi^  Dudley,  Toronto 184 

Dawson,  S.  J.,  Bi.P.  for  AJgoma 508 

Dawson,  Sir  J.  William,  Montreal 40 

Day,  Dr.  Henry  Wright.  IVenton 179 

Defoe,  Daniel  McCarthy,  Toronto 312 

Deniscm,  Colonel  G«orge  Taylor.  Toronto. . .  246 
Denison.  Lt.-Colonel  Geo.  Taylor.  Toronto. .  244 
Denison,  Lt. -Colonel  Geo.  Taylor,  Toronto. .  245 
Denison,  Lt-Colonel  Fred.  Charles,  Toronto  246 

Deroche,  Hammel  Maddoi,  Napanee 506 

Desjardins,  T.  C.  Alphonse.  M.P.,  Montreal  212 

De  St.  Jnst.  Hon.  Loc  LetelUer 188 

Denlle,  Edward  Gsston,  Ottowa 222 

Dewar,  John,  Milton 117 

Dewart,  Rer.  Edward  H.,  D.D.,  Toronto. . .  207 

Dewe,  John,  Ottawa 174 

Dickey,  Hon.R.B.,  Senator,Amherst,N.S....  717 

Dickinson,  Moss  Kent,  M.P.,  Manotick 238 

Dickson,  Rev.  James  A.  R.,  RD.,  Gait. ...  492 

Digby,  Dr.  James  W.,  Brantford 636 

DiU,  Jacob  William,  BIP  P..  Bracebridge. .  767 

Dingsrall,  Jamss,  Cornwall 748 

Dinnick.  Charles  Richard  Sleman,  Toronto. .  161 

Dinnis,  Richanl,  Toronto 138 

Disney.  Riuht  Rev.  Richard  R.,  Chatham. .  456 

Dixon.  B.  Homor,  K.N.L.,  Toroiito 526 

Dixon,  Rev.  Alexander.  Gnelph 428 

Dofason,  James,  Toronto 382 

Dodd,  Murray.  M.P..  Sydney,  Nova  Scotia  563 
Doherty;  Wm.  Burton,  LL.B.,  St.  Thomas. .  626 

Doherty,  William,  Clinton 572 

DoQgaH,  Duncan.  B.  A..  Windsor 732 

Doogall.  John,  New  Yoric 304 

Douglas,  WUliam,  Chatham,  Ont 697 

Dowd,  Rev.  Patrick,  Montraal 730 

Dowler.  William  Arthur,  B.A.,  Tilsonburg  361 
Dowling.  The  Very  Rev.  Thomas  J.,  Paris..  IK) 

Downey,  Thomas.  Jr..Toronto 219 

Draper,  Hon.  William  Henry .>rT^^J66 

Drennaa.  S.  T. 480 


Page. 

Drenoan,  William  Melville,  Kingston 569 

Drew,  George  Alexander,  Elora 77 

Dryden,  John,  M,P.P.,  Brooklin 7U 

Dufferin.  Earl  of 43:i 

Duhamel,  Joseph,  Q.C.,  Montreal 283 

Dnnkin,  Hon.  Christopher 114 

Dunnet,  James  Waters,  Belleville 205 

Dupnis,  Dr.  Thomas  R.,  Kingston 559 

Dupuis,  Prof.  Nathan  Fellowes,  Kingston . .  610 

Durham,  Earl  of 262 

Dwight,  Harvey  Prentice,  Toronto 45 

Dymond,  Alfred  Hutchinson,  Brantford 21 

E 

Baston,  Dr.  John,  Brockville 571 

Kaston,  Geoige,  Brockville 596 

Kccles,  Dr.  Friend  Richard,  Ix)ndon 394 

Eddy.  Ezra  Butler,  Hull 156 

Elgin,  Karl  of 313 

Elliot,  Hon.  William,  Judge,  London 274 

Elliott,  John,  Xxiudon 388 

Elwood,  Rev.  Ed.  Lindsay,  M.A.,  Goderich  604 

Emsley.  Rev.  William  H.,  Napanee 498 

English,  Rev.  E.  N.,  M.  A.,  London 682 

Ermatmger,  Chas.  Oaka,  M.P.P.,  St  Thoma  411 

Evans,  George  M.,  M.A.,  Toronto 426 

Evans,  H.  Sugden,  F.C.S.,  OtUwa 80 

F 

Pairbank,  John  H.,  M.P.,  Petrulia. 605 

FaUe,  Philip,  Tilsonburg 392 

Farlinger,  Captain  Alexander,  Morrisburg. .  599 

Farran,  William  Wallace,  Clinton 192 

Farrer,  Edward,  Toronto 378 

FaucherdeSt.  Maurice,  N.H.E.,  Quebec..  277 

FenneU,  John,  Berlin 508 

Fenwick,  Dr.  Kenneth  N.,  Kingston 452 

Ferguson,  Dr.  John,  Niagara  Falln, 321 

Ferguson,  William,  Kingston 606 

Ferrier,  Lt.-Col.  Alexander  David,  Fergus..  707 

Fiddes.  Alexander,  Toronto 242 

Fitz-Gerald,  Frederick  ArdeU,  J. P.,  London  708 

Fitzsimmons,  William,  Brockville 727 

Fleming,  Sandford,  C.M.G..  Ottawa 389 

Fletcher,  Rev.  Donald  Hugh,  Hamilton. ....  429 

Flint,  John  James  Blecker,  Belleville 184 

Flock,  Christopher  William,  St.  Thomas. ...  417 

Folger,  Benjamin  Webster,  Kingston. 780 

Forster,  Archibald  McDonald,  Hamilton. . . .  152 
Foste%  Hon.  George  Eulis,  M.P.,  Apohaqui  781 

Frankland,  Garratt  Frank.  Toronto 78 

Frankland,  Henry  Robertshaw,  Toronto 175 

Eraser,  Hon.  Christopher  Finlay,  Brockville  136 

Eraser,  Dr.  John  Martin,  London 291 

Eraser,  William  Hugh,  Ottowa 350 


INDEX, 


Page. 

Frechette,  Louia,  LL.D.,  Nicolet.i  P.Q 318 

Freeman,  0r.  Clarkson^  Milton IIA 

Freeman.  John  B.,  M.P.P.,  Simcoe 699 

French,  Frederick  John,  M.P.P.,  Prescott. .  578 

Frost,  John  George,  Belleville 315 

Fuller,  Samuel  Street,  Stratford 231 

Fuller.  Thomae,  OtUwa 140 

Funcken,  Very  Rev.  Louis,  D.D.,  Berlin.. . .  455 

G 

G-albraith,  William,  Toronto 41 

Gall,  George,  Toronto 280 

Gait,  Hon.  Thomas,  Judge,  Toronto 635 

Gait,  Sir  Alexander  Tilloch,  Montrt^al 75 

Gardner,  Samuel  Fleming,  Chatham G14 

Garrow,  James  Thompson,  Groderich 218 

Gaskin,  Captain  John,  Kingston 446 

Gault,  Matthew  Hamilton,  M.P.,  Montreal.  431 

Ghent,  Samson  Howell,  Hamilton 121 

Gibbons,  George  Christie.  Ix)ndon 292 

Gibson,  Lt.-CL  Jno.Mori8on,MPP,,Hamiltoo  106 

Git»on,  Stephen,  Napanee 407 

Gilchrist,  John,  OrangeviUe 544 

Gildersleeve,  Charles  F.,  Kingston 586 

Gilholm,  Robert.  Gait 274 

GilUes.  Major  John,  M.P.P.,  Gillies*  Hill . .  805 

Gilmour,  Allan,  Sr.,  Ottawa 627 

Girard,  Marc  Amable.  St  Boniface 380 

Girdwood,  Dr.  Gilbert  Prout,  Montreal 404 

Gisbome,  Fr«-deriuk  Newton,  Ottawa 284 

Glasgow,  Major  John,  Hamilton .  504 

Glass.  Sheriff  William,  London 288 

Gobeil,  Antoine,  OtUwa 93 

Gordon,  WiUiam,  Stratford 366 

Gowan,  Hon.  James  Robert,  Senator,  Barrie  185 

Graham,  Peter.  M.P.P.,  Warwick 763 

Grant.  Dr.  James  A.,  Ottawa 103 

Grant,  John  M.,  Woodstock 213 

Grant,  Rev.  Geoige  Monro,  D.D.,  Kingston.  178 

Grasett,  Dr.  F.  Le  Maitre,  Toronto 163 

Gray,  Henry  Alfred,  C.E.,  Stratford 362 

Gray.  LtCol.  John,  M.P.P.,  Parkdale 330 

Graydon,  John,  Streetaville 783 

Greet,  Thomas  Young,  Kingston 621 

Gregg,  Rav.  William,  D.D.,  Toronto 101 

GrijQBn,  William  Henry,  OtUwa. .   302 

Groves,  Dr,  Abraham,  Fergus 465 

Gnnn,  Alexander,  M.P.,  Kingston 806 

Guy,  James  Odgers,  Oshawa 120 

Gwynne,  Hon.  John  Wellington,  Ottawa..'. .  563 
Gzowski,  Col.  Casimir  Stanislaus,  Toronto. .  590 

H 

Hadley,  Sylvester,  Chatham 587 

Hagarty,  Hon.  John  Hawkins,  Chief  Justice  473 


Faok. 

Haggert,  John,  Brampton 435 

Hague,  George,  Montreal 333 

Hague,  John,  Toronto 88 

Hale,  Horatio,  Clinton 374 

Hall,  John  Sharp 188 

Hall,  William,  Toronto 319 

HaUam,  John,  Toronto 82 

Hambly,  Major  Philip  Hele,  BeUeviUe 191 

Hamel,  Very  Rev.  Thomas  Etienne,  Quebec.  533 

Hamilton,  Clark.  Kingston 548 

Hamilton,  Dr.  Charles  James,  Cornwall 684 

Hamilton,  Hon.  John , 570 

Hamilton,  Hon.  John,  Senator,  Montreal.   .  5%) 

Hamilton,  William  L.,  Brockville 651 

Hardy,  Hon.  A.  Sturgis,  M.P  P.,  Brantford  629 

Harkness,  Adam,  Iroquois  688 

Harper,  Major,  Whitby 367 

Harper,  John  M.,  B.A.,  Quebec 229 

Harrison,  Glover,  Toronto 541 

Harston,  Charles  Grenville,  Toronto 81 

Harty,  WiUiaro,  Kingston 613 

Harvey,  Arthur,  Toronto 515 

Harwood,  Col.  Antoine  C.  de  L,  Vaudreuil  803 

Hay,  David  Davidson,  Stratford 221 

Hay,  Peter,  Gait 299 

Hay.  Robert,  M.P.,  Toronto 293 

Hayes,  Dr.  James,  Simcoe 264 

Head,  Sir  Edmund  Walker 377 

Heggie,  Dr.  David,  Brampton .500 

Himsworth,  WiUiam  Alfred 713 

Henderson,  Dr.  Alexander  Allan,  Ottawa. . .  26 
Henderson,  Dr,  William  Henry,  Kingston..  555 
Henderson,  Jas.  Alexander,  Q.C.,  KiuKston  535 
Henderson,  Rev.  W.  C,  M.A.,  St.  Marys. .  444 

Henderson,  William,  Toronto 93 

Hendry,  William,  Berlin 126 

Henry,  Hon.  William  Alexander,  Ottawa  .  360 

Henry,  Dr.  James,  OrangeviUe . . 554 

Henry,  Robert,  Brantford 98 

Herring,  John,  Napanee 602 

Hewett,  Col.  Edward,  Osbome,  Kingston. . .  638 

Hickey,  Dr.  Daniel  C,  Kingston  582 

Hickson,  Joseph,  Montreal 681 

Higginbotham,  John  William,  Oshawa 191 

Hillyer,  Dr.  Edward  Seager,  Hamilton 86 

Hilton,  Francis  Andrew,  Trenton 747 

Hincks.  Sir  Franda 29 

Hobbs,  WiUiam,  MUton 216 

Hobbs,  William  Richards,  London 653 

Hodgins,  John  Geoi^e,  LL.D.,  Toronto 566 

Hodgins,  John,  Ottawa 308 

Hogg,  WilUam  Dnimmond,  Ottawa 141 

Holden,  Thomas,  Belleville 216 

Holgate,  Prof.  Thomas  Franklin,  BeUeviUe. .  207 
Holmes,  Dr.  Tecnmseh  Kingaley,  Chatham..  460 


II^DEX. 


XI 


Page. 

Holtby,  Thomas,  Bnunpton 393 

Holton,  Hon.  Luther  HmniltoD 692 

Hon,  Fnncia  WUliam,  Hamilton -. . .  336 

Hope,  Dr.  William,  Sheriff,  Belleville 376 

HoosioD.  William,  M.A.,  Toronto 391 

Howaid,  Allea  McLean,  Toronto 300 

Hove,  Hon.  Joseph 176 

Howland,  Sir  William  Pearce,  C.B.,  Toronto  301 

Howland,  WilKam  H.,  Toronto 643 

Hudson,  William  Parker,  M.P.P.,  Roslin  . .  768 

Hngbes,  James  Lan^hlin,  Toronto 104 

Hunt.  T.  Sterry,  LL.D.,  Montreal 269 

Hunter,  John  Howard,  Toronto 733 

Hunter,  Rev. William  John,  D.D.,  Hamilton  387 

HtmtingtoD,  Hon.  Lucius  Seth 164 

Hurteao,  Hilaiie,  M.P.,  St  Lin. 6S6 

Hutchinson,  Charles,  London. 277 

Xnness  Jamer,  M.P.,  Gnel|A 373 

Limeft,  Rev.  George  Mignon,  M.A.,  London.  631 

Innes,  William  Patrick,  Simcoe 3O9 

Inrin,  Dr.  Chamberlin  Arthur,  Kingston..  539 

J 

Jsckson,  Rer.  Samuel  77.,  M.D.,  Kingston. .  522 

Jmffraj,  William,  Berlin 197 

Jameeon,  Robert  Hamilton,  Whitby 550 

Janes,  Simeon  Heman,  &L  A.,  Toronto 592 

Jardine,  Rev.  Robert,  M.  A.,  Brockville 639 

Jetfoy,  Joseph,  London 571 

JcasDp,  Hamilton  Dibble,  Preeoott 630 

Johnson,  Dr.  William  Henry,  Fergus 481 

Johnson,  William,  Bellerille 228 

Johnston,  John,  Belleville 312 

Johnstoo,  Rev.  Hugh,  M.  A.,  Toronto 215 

Jooes,  Charles  Jerome,  B.A.,  Ottawa 633 

Jones,  John,  Toronto 322 

Joss.  John,  Tcnronto 294 

Joy,  Dr.  SyWanus,  TiUunburfc 371 

K 

Kara,  Dennis  W.,  Woodstock 591 

Kaulbach,  Hon.  Henry  A.  N.,  Lunenburg  ■ .  344 

Keefer,  Samuel,  C.R,  Brockville 714 

Kecfer,  Thomas  C,  C.E.,  OtUwa 226 

Kennedy,  John,  Toronto 164 

Kennedy,  Warring,  Toronto 187 

Kent,  John,  Toronto 180 

Kerns.  Major  William,  M.P.P.,  Burlington  763 
K«T.  James  Kirkpatrick,  Q.C.,  Toronto. ...  544 

Killcy.  J.  H.  Hamilton 652 

KUroy.  Rer.  Edmond  Burke,  D.D.,  Stratford  268 
King.  I>r.  John  S.,  Toronto 60 


Page. 

King,  John,  Berlin 156 

King.  William  Frederick,  B.A..  Ottawa. ...     57 

KingsmiU,  Thomas  Frazer,  I<ondon 532 

Kirby,  WiUiam,  F.R.S  C,  Niagara. 457 

Kirkland,  Thomas,  M.A,  Toronto 641 

Kirkpatrick,  Lt.-Col.  Hon.  G.  A.,Kingi.ton.  127 

Knees,  Charles,  Milton  453 

Kranz,  Hugo,  M.P.,  Berlin 546 

Kumpf,  Christian,  Waterloo , 177 

L 

Ijackner,  Dr.  Henry  G.,  Berlin. 148 

Lacoete,  Hon.  Alex.,Q.C., Senator,  Montreal  160 
Laflamme,  Hon.  Toussaint,  P.C.,  Montreal..  676 

Lafontaine,  Sir  L.  H 209 

Laidlaw,  Adam,  Hamilton 62 

Landry,  Auguste  Charles  P. R.,B£P.,  Quebec  171 

Lane,  Charles,  Napanee 327 

Laugelier,  FraucoisC.  StaDi8hu<,M.I'..Quebec    89 
Langevin,  Sir  Hector  Louis,  M.P.,  Ottawa. .     82 

Langmuir,  John  Woodbum,  Toronto 64 

Lansdowne,  Marquis  of,  Ottawa 70 

Larkin.  Patrick  Joseph,  St.  Catharines 789 

Larmour,  Robert,  Stratford  309 

liaah,  Zebulun  Alton,  Toronto. 657 

Laurent,  Very  Rev.  Joseph  M.,  Toronto 539 

Laurier,  Hon.  Wilfred,  M.P.,  Arthabaskaville  121 

Lavell.  Dr.  Michael,  Kingston 403 

Lavery,  William  James,  Hamilton 393 

Lee,  Walter  Sutherland,  Toronto. . . . , 48 

Lee,  WiUiam  Augustine,  Toronto 134 

Lefevre,  Dr.  John  M.,  Brockville 721 

Leitch,  James,  Cornwall 646 

LeMoine,  Jamin  MacPherson,  Quebec 528 

Lennon,  Rev.  P.,  Brantford 223 

Lewis,  Dr.  Frederick  Wilson,  OrangeviUe. . .  606 

Lewis,  John,  Belleville 310 

Lewis,  Right  Rev.  J.  Travers,  D.D.,  OtUwa  345 

Leys,  John,  Toronto 230 

Light,  Alexander  Luders,  Quebec 454 

Lindsay,  James,  Milton 167 

Ltzars,  Daniel  Home,  Stratford 362 

Lloyd,  Thomas  Daniel,  Barrie 406 

Lo^,  Sir  William  E 73 

Ixtme,  Marquis  of 295 

Luke,  Joseph,  Tilaonbuig 724 

Lumsden,  Hugh  David,  Montreal 768 

Lumsdin,  John  MacVeigh,  Gait 779 

Luftignan,  J.  Baptists  Alphonae,  Ottawa 7A'^ 

Lynch,  Hon.  W.  Warren,  M.P.P.,  Knowlton  118 
Lynch,  Most  Rev.  J.  J.,  Aj-chbi8hop,Torotttn  091 

M 

MacArthur,  Donald  Alexander,  Alexandria.  (i-')0 
Macbeth,  Lieut.-CoIoueI  John,  London 71H 


XII 


INDEX. 


Page. 

MacCsbe,  John  Alexander,  M.A.,  Ottawa  . .  303 

Macdonald,  Dr.  A.  A.,  Toronto 49 

Macdonald,  Hon.  John  Sandfield 54 

Macdonald,  John,  Tonjntij  335 

Macdonald,  Lieiie-Col.ArcMhaldHy.,Guelph  125 
Macdonald,  Right  Hon.  Sir  John  A.,  OtUwa    58 

Macdonell,  Georga,  Cornwall 616 

Macdonell,  Samuel  f*nflith,  i:i.C    Windsor...  720 

Macdoagall,  nnugall,  Berlin  145 

Macdougall,  John  ttirn,  M.  A.,  Ottawa 137 

Macfadden,  .lameg,  Stratford.       117 

Macfarlane,  Hon.  Alex.  Wallnise,  Nova  Scotia  573 
Macintyre,  "ITjomas  Macfwlane,  Brantford. .  147 

MjR'k,  Winiam,  J.  P    CuniwaU 659 

Mackenzie,  Hon.  Aluxftuder,  M.P.,  Toronto.  548 

Mackenzie,  John  Innea,  Humiltun 37 

Mackenzie,  William  Innes,  Toronto 50 

Mackenzie,  William  Lyon 33 

Mackiiit-iBh, Charles  Htrbert,  M.P.,  Ottawa.  51 
Maclttr*;n,  John  James,  Q.C.,  Toronto  470 

MacLar*n,  Re*.  Pfof,  Wm.,  D.I).,  Torout.^,  225 
Muclean,  Jtev  MathewW  M.A.  B*llevilli^  325 
Maclennan,  Donahi,  Ban,  g.C.,  Cornwall  . .  769 
MacMahon,  Hus^h,  Q  C,  Tonanto  ....  477 

MacMurchy,  Archibald,  M.  A.  Toronto....  738 

Macmaster,  Donald,  M-R,  Montreal 497 

MacNab,  Hon.  Sir  Allan     34$ 

Macpheraon,  1),  M*.  Lancaster 728 

Macphenion,  Hon.  Sir  David,  P  C,  Toronto.  48 
Macpheraon,  LienL-ColonelJofan,  Ottawjt  ..  318 
Macqueen,  Frederiok  Williata,  Woodstock. .  189 
Mac  Vicar,  Principal  D.  H.,  1>,D.,  Montreal.  149 
Magill,  Lieut. -Coionel  Charbfl.  Hamaton  ...  667 

Mair,  Charles,  Prince  Albert,  N.W.T 803 

Mail',  Geoiige,  London. 332 

ilallon,  John.  Toronto X70 

ManniBK,  Alexarnler,  Turoato 561 

MarchiDd,  Felix G.,M.P.P..St.John8.P.Q.  313 

Marlatt.  Dr.  Charles  William,  Ayhner 365 

Marlin;?,  Alexander,  LL.B.,  Toronto. 619 

Martin,  Rev.  N.  H..  Chatham 797 

Martyn,  John  Piper  St.  Thocnfts 534 

Mason,  Ambrose  Wilcock,  Toronto 258 

Maesey,  Charlw  Albert  776 

Massey,  Hart  Almerini,  Toronto; 774 

Matsue,  Lonis  Haet,  M.P.,  Varennes 141 

MathesoD,  I>avid,  OtUwa    131 

Matthews,  Wilbur  C .,  Toronto 625 

Matthews,  Wilmott  Delouir,  Toronto 340 

Maughan,  John,  Toronto 55 

May  Dr  Samuel  PaBBtunnf,  Toronto 654 

McCarthy,  Dnlton,  Sf ,P    Toronto 624 

McCarthy,  John,  Prescott   669 

McCarthy,  Judge  Maitland,  Orangeville 638 

McCaughey  Samuel,  Glyn.  M.A.,  Seaforth.     232 


Pace. 

McCoU,  Kev.  A.,  Chatham 500 

McColman,  Niel,  M.P.P.,  Clarksburg 304 

McCoid,  A.  1*    Toront.i     320 

McCracken,  Tbociaa,  ToiMUto 242 

McCrae,  Thnman,  Gudpl) 677 

McCurdy,  Dr.  Archibaltit  Norwich 346 

McDonald,  Hod.  Jobni  Oananoque. 6W 

McDonald,  H.n.Wm.,  Little  Glfc*iBay,N.S.  263 
McDonald,  Jndg:*  Herbert  Stone,  BrockvUle.  662 
McDonald,  Kev.  Alex,  Douglas,  Seaforth. ..' 194 

McDonald.  WilUam,  TUi^jnburg 609 

McDonell,  Augtutine,  C.E.  Chatham 488 

McDDm>u^b,  Thomu,  London 397 

McDougall. CaUn,  Q.a  St.  Thomas '...  434 

McDougall,  Hon.  William,  C.B,  Ottawa. ...  666 
McFftdden,  William  Hy.,  LL.E.,  Brainpt*>n.  442 

MoOee,  JamcS)  Toronto  132 

McGibbon,  Duncan,  Milton 762 

MeGill,  Hon.  Jamtra 158 

McGreevy,  Thomas,  M.P.,  Quebec 489 

McGr^or,  .TameB,  Detroit 709 

McGqin,  Juhn  B&ll,  Napanee 439 

McGuire,  Francis  J.,  Trenton 186 

McGuire,  Thomas  Horace,  Q.C.,  Kingston. .  702 

Mclntyre,  Alexander  Fraser,  Ottawa. 526 

Mclntyre,  Dr.  Daniel  Eugene,  Cornwall 700 

Mclntyre,  Jufm,  <^C.,  Kinii^rtton  438 

McKellar,  Archibald,  Ottawa 179 

McKellar,  PettT  Duncan,  Chatham 589 

McKellar,  8hertff  Arthibald,  Hamilton 66 

McKenny,  ITiomaa,  Thombitry 487 

McKeough,  Juhn,  CbAtbam 668 

McKeough,  William,  Chatham 612 

McKindsey,  Hon.  G.  C,  Senator,  MUton..  .     46 

McKinnon,  Hu«h,  Belleville 726 

McLaughlin,  James  Francis,  Toronto 203 

McLay,  Dr.  Peter  W  McMurrldi,  Aylmw. .  364 
McLdan,  Hon,  A.  W     M.P.,  Londonderry.  722 

McMahon,  John  Artbitr  Klp^ton 4^ 

McMaster,  Hon.  Williatti,  TorotiU^, 464 

McMillan,  Iluu.  DonaUl,  Senator^  Alexandria  137 

McMillan,  Hugh,  Detroit 737 

McMilUn,  Hugh,  M.P.,  Rigaud 158 

McMillan,  James,  Detroit 666 

McMillan.  Jnhn,  Toftmlo 209 

McMurrith.William  Bnrclay  M.  A.,  Toronto  611 

McHae,  William  Rn^a,  Kingetim- 527 

Meaeham,  James  H.,  Belkvillt 553 

Medcalf,  Alfred,  Toronto         124 

Melville,  Thomas  R.,  Prescott 801 

Meroer,  t^bcrifT  John^  Chatham 474 

Merrier.  Hon.  Honors,  ^NLl'  P.,  Montreal. . .  709 
MfflTdith,  William  Ralph,  ^E  P.  P.,  T^ondon . .  598 

JVIerkley,  Henry  G.,  Morrisburg 701 

Memer,  Samuel,  New  Hambuig 418 


INDEX, 


Xllt 


Page. 

Merrill.  William,  Norwich 382 

Uetc&If.  James  Henry,  Kingston 626 

Miall,  Edward,  Ottawa 446 

Middleton,  Major-Gen.,  Sir  Fred.  D.,  OtUwa  490 

MnUr.  Alexander,  BerUn 514 

Miller.  Hon.  WUliam,  Senator.  Halifax  ....  665 

Miller,  John  Stewart,  Centrerille 465 

Miller,  Judge  WUtiam,  Gait 405 

Millett,  James  Elliott.  Toronto 256 

Millichamp,  Wallace,  Toronto 798 

Mills.  GeoTise  Hamilton,  Hamilton 91 

Mills.  Hon.  David,  M.F.,  Palmyia 622 

Mills,  James.  M.A.,  Gaelph 694 

Milner,  Thomas,  Brampton 719 

Minness.  James.  Kingston 747 

Mitchell.  Thomas,  Hamilton 684 

Hoatcalm,  Marqois  of 93 

Montezambert,  Lieut  -Col.  Chas.  E..  Quebec  797 
Montgomery.  Hon.  D.,  Park  Comer.P.E.1. .  673 

Moodie,  Mrs.  Susanna. 17 

Moodie,  Bobert  Baldwin,  Toronto 177 

Moore.  Dr.  Vincent  Howard.  BrockviUe. ...  635 

Moore,  James  Douglas.  St.  Mary's 401 

Moore,  John  T..  Toronto. 476 

Moose,  Major  Alex.  Huggins,  Hamilton 332 

Morden  Anud  Lewis,  Napanee. 390 

Morden.  Wellington  Jeffers,  Hamilton 581 

Morgan,  Henry  James,  Ottawa Ill 

Morgan,  Wm..  M.P.P..Walsingham.  Centre  770 

Morgan,  William  Sidney,  Hamilton 783 

Morin,  Lieut. -Colonel  J..  M.P.P..  Ridgeway  737 

Morrice,  Darid,  Montreal 325 

Morris.  Hon.  Alexander.  M.P.P.,  Toronto. . .  536 

Moss,  Cfaaries.  Q.C..  Toronto 386 

MiMs.  Chief  Justice  Thomas 440 

Mowat,  Hon.  Oliver,  M.P.P.,  Toronto 27 

Mowat,  BsT.  Prof.  John  B.,  D.D.,  Kingston  535 

Mowat,  WilUam,  Stratford 331 

Moontcastle.  Clara  H.,  Clinton 414 

Moylao.  James  George,  OtUwSk 239 

Mnir,  J<dm.  M.  A.,  Hamilton 101 

Mnir.  Thomas  McComh.  Ltmdon. 355 

Muir,  William  Ker.  Detroit 714 

UuIhoUand,  Robert.  M.P.P.,  Cobourg...   ..  802 

Molloeh,  Donald  McGregor,  Clinton 337 

Molodc,  William.  M.P..  Toronto 519 

Murphy,  Dr.  Henry  Joseph,  Chatham 461 

Uurphy.  Dt,  John  Bernard,  BellerUle 560 

Murphy,  Edward.  Montreal 764 

Murphy,  Dr.  Timothy  Douglas,  Hamilton. . .  234 

Murray,  Adam,  London 799 

Murray,  Rev.  James  Alister,  London 754 

Morrmy,  Thomas,  M.P.P..  Pembroke 761 

MttSMO.  George,  Toronto 199 

Mylins.  Dr.  G«oige  Rudolph.  Berlin 224 


Page. 
N 

Nairn,  Alexander,  Toronto    173 

Nelson,  H.  A..  Montreal 762 

Nelson,  Hon.  Hugh,  Senator.  Borrard  Inlet..  687 

Nicholson.  Henry  Albert,  Ix>ndon 504 

Niven,  Dr.  James  S.,  London 579 

Nordheimer,  Samuel,  Toronto 663 

O 

O'Brien,  L.  R.,  Toronto  551 

O'Brien.  Michael  Edward,  Prescott. 621 

O'Connor.  Daniel,  OtUwa 138 

O'Gara,  Martin,  OtUwa. 365 

O'Hara,  Major  Walter 486 

CReiUey,  Dr.  Gerald.  Fergus 71» 

O'Keilly,  Miles,  Q.C..  Hamilton 770 

O'Rourke.  Thomas  Alfred,  Trenton 116 

Oliver,  Colonel  John  Ryder.  Kingston 723 

Oliver,  John  Duggao.  Toronto  96 

Orr.  William  H.,  Toronto 79 

Orton,  Dr.  George  Turner,  M.P.,  Winnipeg.  766 

Oigoode,  Hon.  Chief  Justice.  .„ 100 

Oswald.  Lieut.-CoI.Wm.  Robert,  Montreal..  710 

Owen,  J<Meph Gardner,  J. P..  Streetsville 525 

Oxley,  James  Macdonald,  LL.B.,  Ottawa. . .  784 

P 

Paint.  Hy.  N.,  M.P.,  Port  Hawke8bury,N.S.  442 
Panet.  Lieut -CoL  Charles  Eugene,  Ottawa. .  358 

Pardee,  Hon.  T.  Blair,  M.P.P..  Samia 712 

Parke,  E.  Jonvs.  Q-C,  London 592 

Parker,  Robert.  Toronto. 288 

Peterson,  William.  M.P..  Brantford 149 

Patterson.  Rev.  Epkraim.  M. A.,  Stratford. .  142 

Pearson.  Edwin  Pritchard,  Toronto 122 

Pearson,  WilUam  H.,  Toronto 662 

Pelletier,  Hon.  Chas.  A.  Pantaleon,  Quebec.  162 

Pells,  Thomas.  Toronto 265 

Fense.  Edward  J.  Barker,  Kingston 448 

Perley,  Henry  FuUerton.  C.E.,  Ottawa 125 

Perry,  John  Ham,  Whitby 612 

Phelan  Dr.  Daniel,  Kingston 637 

Philip,  Dr.  David  Leslie,  Brantford 130 

PhiUips,  Frederick,  Toronto 356 

Phillips,  Rev.  Alfred  Moore.  B.D., Gait  ....  424 
Pickup.  Dr.  John  Wallwork,  Brockville  ....  672 

Piatt,  Dr.  John  Milton.  Picton 554 

Piatt,  Gilbert  Dorland.  B. A.,  Picton 334 

Plumb.  Hon.  Josiah  Burr,  Senator.  Niagara.  367 
Poirier,  Hon.  Pascal,  Senator,  Richibucto. .     228 

Pollard,  Dr.  Stephen  B.,  Toronto 96 

Ponton,  Edward  Geor^.  Belleville 459 

Poole,  Rev.  William  H.,  LL.D.,  Detroit.  ...  477 

Porte.  Captain  Jonathan  A.,  Trenton 328 

Potts,  Rev.  John.  D.D..  Toronto 259 


XIV 


INDEX, 


Page. 

PoweU,  Colonel  Walker.  Ottawa 423 

Powell,  Grant,  OtUwa 369 

Power,  Patrick  249 

Preaton.  Dr.  Robert  H.,  M.P.P.,  Newboro'..  744 

Prevost,  Dr.  Leander  Cojtenx,  Ottawa 665 

Price,  Judge  Comelioa  Valleau   Kingston. . .  546 
Pringle,  Judge  Jacob  Famuid,  Cornwall 674 

Q 

Quinn,  Rev.  Jamea  C,  Emerson.  Manitoba.  233 

R 

Radcliffe,  Hon.  Colonel  Thomas 436 

Radcliffe.  Richard,  Gkxlerich 404 

Rae,  Dr.  Francis,  Oshawa 316 

Rattray,  William  J 310 

Rayaide,  James,  M.P.P.,  South  Lancaster. .  669 

Rtiade,  John,  Montreal 800 

Reed,  Joseph  Benjamin,  Toronto  38 

Reid,  Rev.  WiUiam,  D.D,,  Toronto 61 

Reid,  Robert,  London  342 

Rennie.  WiUiam,  Toronto 78 

Rioe.  Rev.  James  Joseph,  Belleville 198 

Richardson.  Rev.  Jamea  Banning,  London . .  290 

Riddell,  William  Henry,  Waterloo 108 

Riopel,  Louis  Joseph,  M.P.,  Quebec 4&$ 

Ritchie,  George,  Belleville  470 

Robertson,  Alexander,  M.P.,  Belleville 386 

Robertson,  Alexander,  Brantford 663 

Robertson,  James  Smith,  Whitby 170 

Robinson,  Christopher  Blackett,  Torcnt  ■ . . .  280 

Robinson,  Hon.  John  Beverly,  Toronto 449 

Robillard,  Honore,  M.P.P.,  OtUwa 790 

RobitaUle,  Dr.  Louis,  New  Calisle,  P.Q 289 

Robitalllc,  Hon.  Theo<tore,  Senator,  Quebec.  272 

Rogers,  Elias,  Toronto 271 

Eolston,  WiUiam  H.,  Toronto  380 

Roper,  John  Pollard,  MUton 271 

Rorke,  Joseph,  Clarksburg 217 

Rose,  Daniel,  Toronto 494 

Rose,  George  Maclean,  Toronto 352 

Rose,  Hon.  Sir  John,  Bart,  London  Eng. . .  6fi8 
Boss,  Arthur  WeUington.  M.P.,  Winnipeg. .  174 

Ross,  Dr,  Alexander  Milton,  Montreal 759 

Ross,  Dr.  James,  Toronto 64 

Ross,  Hon.  Alex.  M.,  M.P.P.,  Goderich. ...  630 
Ross,  Hon.  GeoigeW.,M.P.P.,Strathroy.,    43 

Ross,  Lieut. -Colonel  Thomas,  Ottawa. 211 

Ross,  John  Jeremiah,  Chatham 560 

Royal,  Joseph,  M.P..  St.  Boniface 583 

Rutherford,  Dr.  David  BeU,  Morrisburg ....  799 

RusseU,  Andrew,  Ottawa. .300 

Ruttan,  Dr.  AUen,  Napanee 513 

Ryan,  Hon.  Thomas,  Senator,  Montreal 681 

Ryan,  Peter,  Toronto 372 


Page. 

Ryan.WilUam,  Chatham 607 

Ryeraon,  Rev.  Egertou,  D.D 575 

Rykert,  John  Charles,  M.P.,  St  Catharines.  488 

S 

Sanders,  Edward  Howard,  Port  Hope 320 

Sanford,  W.  E,,  HamUton 30 

Schreiber,  CoUingwood,  C.E.,  OtUwa. 75 

Schaltz,  David  L.,  Rockwood 130 

Schultz,  Hon.  John  C,  Senator,  OtUwa 670 

Score,  Richard  John,  Toronto 379 

Scott,  John  RusseU,  Napanee 695 

Scott,  Robert,  Gait 92 

Scott,  WiUiam,  Gait  276 

Feager,  Charles,  Goderich 593 

Seargeant.  Lewis  James,  Montreal 751 

Selwyn,  Alfred  R.  Cecil,  LL.D.,  OtUwa. ...  356 

Sewery,  Henry,  Barrie 532 

Sbanley,  James,  Q.C.,  London 784 

Shanley,  Walter,  M.P.,  Montreal 617 

Shannon,  Lewis  WiUiam.  B.A.,  Kingston  . . .  448 

Sharp,  John,  J.P.,  Bath 553 

Sharps,  James  WiUiam,  Dresden 601 

Shaw,  Lieut-Col.  George  Alex.,  Toronto.*...  166 

Sheppard.  Edmund,  BowmanviUe 44 

Sherwood,  Arthur  Percy,  OtUwa. 731 

Shortiss,  Thomas,  Toronto 261 

Sibbald.  Rev.  E.  W.,  BelleviUe 405 

Simpson,  WiUiam.  Toronto 210 

Sinclair,  Dr.  Lachlin  Curry,  Tilsonburg 469 

Sippi,  Charles  Augustus,  M.A.,  London 701 

Sippi,  George  Buckley,  Xxindon 719 

Skead,  Hon.  James 189 

Skinner,  Lieut-Col.  J.  Atchison,  HamUton..  618 

Steeman,  George,  Guelph 102 

Small,  Henry  Beaumont,  OtUwa. 42 

SmaU,  John.  M.P.,  Toronto 439 

Smart,  WiUiam  Lynn,  HamUton 36 

Smithens  C.  F.,  Montreal 787 

Smith,  Alexander,  Napanee 408 

Smith.  Dr.  Charles  MerriU,  OrangeviUe 617 

Smith,  George  M.,  Aylmer.  Out 422 

Smith.  Hon.  DonsJd  Alexander,  Montreal  . .  782 

Smith,  Hon.  Sidney.  Q.C..  Coboui^ 240 

Smith,  James  K.,  M.  A,  Gait 357 

Smith,  Larratt  WiUiam,  D.C.L.,  Toronto...  426 

Smith,  Major  Albert  M.,  London 397 

Smith,  Professor Goldwin,LL.D.,  Toronto..  151 

Smith,  WilUam  John,  Toronto  282 

Smithson,  William  Henry,  OtUwa 200 

Smyths,  Edward  H. ,  Q.C.,  Kingston 305 

Snider,  Elias  Weber  B.,  M.P.P..  St  Jacob's  193 

Snider,  WUUam,  WaUrioo 165 

Spiers,  WUUam,  Beriin 658 

Springer.  Sheriff  Moses,  BerUn 315 


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^^^i^^     F 

^M 

^Ky.  PmW,  Bvri* 

:ii3 

Trow,  Jomw.  M.P.,  Stralford 

:h9           ■ 

^^ptou  Jofcp  ^'                    ^1  t-..  HUifftx  ■ 

i:>5 

Ttimbull,  Jamefl.  B.-\.,  Clintm  . 

2S2              ■ 

■Khia^Dr.                              

411 

Turner,  Hon.  James,  Senatur,  Uamilt-in  .  . 

Sll              ■ 

^JtodDtU  Loctii  J,  t;;m  K<-ru'.  'Jtuw* 

l« 

Turner,  John,  Torontn 

■ 

ffHiy^iMiii   Kiifu*t.  M.F.,Cli)ithan),  Out 

r.4r> 

Tupiw,  Hon.  Sir  CbarleR.  London*  En^ 

iW              ■ 

8ft*vrn>                     Hamilton . 

'.•: 

Tye.  Dr.  (Jtrorge  Arcbttr,  Chacbam 

472              H 

SC««u                      MJL.OtUwn 

: '.'.» 

Tytler,  William,  B, A.,  Guelpb 

.-u»          ■ 

Sl«n»,  Th  riiiiff.  CliftUuun,  Oat. 

&<7 

^^^H 

Stadiy.  Hcmy  a*ttaii.  g.C.  Btfii* 

4U 

V 

^^^1 

flttmlby.  U«arrS 

490 

Van  Allen,  l>anicl  Ho«r»  C-hatbam 

46G       ^^H 

tkitC  WIMmh  J                       rt,  Lonilfto     .. 

400 

V«Q(uiBe,  FabienVerteftiuille.M.P.,  Montrral  5tt0               ^| 

fkttm^                                rir>.J«lg«.Otttw».  480  | 

Vamirtiuil,  Marquis  Ac 

■ 

»t«i«rt.                                ..- --   

&G8 

Vanhorn.  John  F.,  I'icton   .. 

:t24             ■ 

Sdlvaik,  U.^  llidkAcl.  StQat4.r.  Klii««U>n. . 

«3.1 

Vru  StraulK>u/.ie,Lieul.'Co].Buwen,Mnulrea 

■ 

«ttIl*,B«ii»»hi,  F.R.SX\.  OlUw. 

343 

Verrnl,  Gei.rve  W.,  Toronto , 

■ 

amk^UAdLUoeh  McKay.  MP..  Wimiiprg 

521 

Verreau.  TAbl^  flonpice  A.,D.L.,  Montreal  689              ■ 

OattifUnil,  krv.  hotukli]  lirorg^f,  London  . 

4u;4 

Vidal,  Hon.  Aleiand^r^  Senator,  Samio. 

^1 

«%M»«M    GftfinN*  Alltrrl    IWUeWlIt:         ....    . 

32» 

VickopB,  John  JoMpb,  Toronto   ... 
Viucent,  Jfurpb  Louu,  MunlreaL. 

-22              ^1 

flw—litii.  Kitfbi  Rev.  A.,  Bitbrp.  Turottbt 

(i57 

^^H 

SwwOMd.  a»»rifl  Juhm  SLD.,  OlUwa 

237 

^^^H 

491 

W 

^^^1 

Bylralcr,  Csptaiit  tblomon,  TotunU 

3ti3 

Waffiier,  Jacob  Peter,  Toronto   . . 

^^B 

T 

Wagnpr,  J<i«)pb,  Gait  

U4           H 

Wajfnef.Very  Rer.J.TheodnnB.Windwir.Onl 

000              ■ 

TkUrr  "— r  R*T-  Jo^pfa  a.  u  u..{JttAWH  452 

Wftlkem,  KicbardTbonifta.f^C..  Kin>iBton 

H 

^^^K  Dr.  Jpwpb  ClwrlcA.  Otuwk 

OS 

Walker,  LitfUt. -Colonel  Jtihn,  London      . . 

■ 

^^^■lb£hSU«r.  AIpx.  A.,^t  l^oifaoe... 

791 

Waller.  William  Hpury.  Ottawa 

Sit     ^^M 

^^^^K,  UfiL  L->                     M.iM*.,  (JLiifbvt 

!    Ml 

WftUb.  MicUa«l, !  Q«er»oU 

^^M 

^^^^^M^^nrn«                         i^.C,  M.men.al 

Walah,  Right  Rev.  John,  BWiup,  Londim. 

29A      ^^M 

^^^^^^^feoiwia.  li.A,.  H«rUa. 

■■••^ 

Wftl.h.  WUliam  Le*th.  Oranffeville 

con          B 

PH^PHK^  ^i^^  *  ^>^**'* 

l'.*a 

Ward.  Henry  Alfretl,  Port  Hoiw 

^^H 

'     ^tliim,Jtm^  M.K,  OtUw» ... 

iM 

Wfcterhoiwe,  John,  TiUonburg 

^^H 

Tkybv.  <:>«»■  MiUw.  W^tcrl^Hi  . 

L'-W 

Wattvra,  Rev.  Btfriiafd  Janim,  Ooderirh   ■ 

2ori     ^^H 

til0ar.J'»nJi,  iWUnit 

7  SI 

WtfAthfrheiul,  Gtvirhi;  Henry,  Bivokvillr   . 

974             ^M 

Ttvmiib^  ChitA  .... 

i;U 

W.^M>.  William.  Strtet-villo 

H 

TiWlc,  ThoiBW.  M.P..  KrodrrkkUjii 

iy7 

Wfcldun.  Chna.  Weeley.  M.P.,  8t  Johii.N.B 

319             ■ 

78U 

Wt-iit,  Richard,  Toronto 

236             ■ 

Whrlihttii.  Patriclt,  St.  Mary'i 

TW^M^  FnkJioi.                    I    MoiiKt-al 

:.vr7 

WbiU.  Kn?dirnck,  Ottawa 

H 

T%am^mun,                      -'bmu    ... 

:i7.i 

White,  Hmii.  'ihonjMi,  M. P., Ottawa  . 

H 

tlMMS«>«.                     •  I'.T-.ruhl.. 

MU 

White,  Kicliard,  Muiitroal 

^^H 

IVmifitt.  Juam,  iicvr\n:r.:): 

>yi 

While.  Solumon.  M.P.P.,  Winder.  Out.  .. 

^^H 

Thaamtm,  Robsrt.  Wo.>  t.:.    ;. 

41'-.' 

White.  William.  OtUwa 

'M    ^^H 

TVunibsfu.  John,  LL.U.  (MtAvtii 

427 

Whitcavw,  .1  wepb  Fred..  F.G.S,,  Ottawa., 

204      ^^H 

Tk^«a,0««K»Skinn*>r,  B«-llovill. 

M>H 

WhiteUw.  Itebert,  Wooditock 

.  207      ^^B 

TUUy,  SirtlMaul  L«oauiL  Kr«<l«ricu.ii 

128 

WhitinK,  Juhn   Lanyon,  Kiognton 

V 

*nwt,  fVwu  DOlnD.  UtU»« 

m 

1  Whitnay,  Janiei  Pliny.  MorTi*biir-h 

725             ■ 

TWUI0.  UOTt-ColancI  Dftria.  (^.C,  fttmooi 

k  5H 

1  ^\■llyto,  Willium,  Montreal.   . 

■ 

Tbwa,  G«cn«  UatfH^h,  0«knlle 

201 

Wiekens,  RicJiard,  Toront»i     .       ... 

108        ^^M 

1U4,A2]ilMt».t*UI>..Cn 

773 

Wick«leed.  GuaUvub  W.,  Q.C,  (HUwa 

^^H 

To**,  A.  TWimUrti,  Tonmu. 

,  ?tw 

Wicknteed.  Richard  John.  OtUwa  

^^H 

TOWr.CHteaftKrvL.  Otuwtt 

172 

Widilitield.  Dr.  J.  Hy.,  5LP.P.,  Nowmarkvt  789     ^^B 

T^  Jadr^  Im««  rnnria.  Godnrteh  . 

GOl 

Wi^^na,  E.  Stf.n»,  LL.D..  OkUwa    . 

4«3   -^m 

Ton^MDci.  <*U*rlM  Ju&ck,  Anibent.  .    . 

(^2 

Wi«le.  Lewi-,  M.P.,  Leaaiiufiton 

X07            B 

ThMJii.  Aimpaw,  OrwUti 

780     Wilkie,  Daiiid,  M.^.  QuebDO 

■ 

^^^ 

M 

XTl 


INDEX. 


Paob. 

Wilkie,  Daniel  Robert.  Toionto 796 

WaWe.  Rev.,  Daniel  J^.D 420 

WilkinBon,  James  Hands,  Windsor,  Ont. ...  fi90 

Williama,  Dr.  Joseph  Arthnr,  Ingersoll  293 

Williams,  Lt.-CoL  A.  Trefusis  Heneage. 153 

Williauu,  Walter  Soott,  Napanee 647 

Wilmot,  Henry,  M.P.P.,  Kingston  722 

Wilmot,  Samuel,  Newcastle 755 

Wilson,  Dp.  John  Henry,  M.P.,  St  Thomas..  455 

Wilson,  Dr.  William,  Ottawa 119 

Wilson,  Hon.  Adam,  Judge,  Toronto 545 

Wilson,  Squire  Frank,  Toronto 480 

Wiman,  Erastos,  New  York  339 

Winchester,  John,  Toronto 351 

Windatt,  Richard,  Bowman ville 76 

Withrow,  Rev.  W.  H.,  D.D.,  Toronto 135 

Wolfe,  General 236 

Wood,  John  Fisher,  M.P.,  BrockviUe 252 

Wood,  Lt.-Uol.AlpheuBField,M.P.P.,Madoc  758 

Wood,  Samuel  Casey,  Toronto  485 

Woodcock,  Ralph  Alexander,  Ingersoll 355 

Wooda,  James  P.,  Q.C.,  Stratford 472 

Woods,  John,  Toronto , 1.52 


Page. 

Woods,  Joseph 560 

Woods,  Michael  Joseph,  Toronto 95 

Woods,  Robert  Stuart,  Q.C.,  Chatham 471 

Woods,  Samuel,  M. A-,  Ottawa 85 

Woodworth,  Douglas  B.,  M.P.,  Kentville.. .  658 

Workman,  Thomas  H.,  Montreal 778 

Worthington,  Dr.  Addison,  Clinton 466 

Wright,  John,  London  323 

Wright,  Joseph,  Toronto 254 

Wright, Lieut.-ColonelAlonEo,M.P.,  Hull..  574 
Wright,  Rev.  Joel  Tombleeon.  St  Mary's. ..  37» 

Wright,  Rev.  Peter,  B.  1).,  Stratford .     282 

Wright  Thomas  Henry,  Sandwich 600 

Wylie,  Lieut-Colonel  David,  BrockviUe. ...  542 

Y 

Yarker,  George  Wheatley,  Toronto 383 

Youmans,  Mrs.,  Picton 41ft 

Youmf,  Hon.  John  07 

Young,  Junes,  Ottawa 5S0 

Young,  Rev.  Kgerton  Ryerson,  Meafonl 291 

Young,  Rev.  Joseph,  Belleville 360 

Young,  Samuel  Squier,  Trenton 51^ 


A  CYCLOPiEDLA 


or 


CANADIAN    BIOGEAPHY. 


■•Odic,  nr*.  Siisfuina,  wu  the  sixth 
^O^tvr  of  iHf     Ut-^    T!iom»s    Striclclwid, 
I'ngliuid.  and  was 
1  Ijer.  IWI3.     ThU 
StxicidAXul  >'■  u-rtaiiily  orio  of  ihe 

vtimi.  rMOft.-  >^u  ill  Kitt^Uiwi,  aiDoo 

'4iBiftu  *'>tj4i  of  Nu;htiii|^l0«,''  five 
ihm  tix  (Uojfhton  li&ving  mide  them- 
-■\',VM  man  or  leu  c«lebra.ted  in  the  reatra 
of  Lptien.  At  the  a^e  ot  thirteen,  Mrs.  8u- 
MSA*  Mtfodielost  her  father,  »t  vrhMse  hands 
lh»  kml  fvceiTed  hur  edticAti<in.  Mr.  Striok- 
Uod  WM  a  man  of  oinaidcrahle  wealth, 
U^l}*  caltnred,  and  luucii  devoted  to  liters 
tw«,  BO  ho  ipent  ranch  rtf  hia  means  upoa 
Ua  llbnuT',  aad  intaillod  into  his  family  the 
MOM  lavo  Ut  '■■■t\-s  hi'r-'.  lh;it  he  fell  him- 
•ilf.     Mati-  tt  the  excel - 

lant  wian  I  ■'.'  fniitioD  of 

ha  o-  ^,  be^an  to  write 

wb*w  1  r,  her  early  pro- 

it*  ixi-iiij  i.'".-u*i,  lOiil  taloaforchililron. 
JV*-30,  fthe  pat  out  a  rolaino  uutitlcil. 
"talbnaLv^  roems."     Iii  the 

^BBt  p«r.  ti.>  Loudon,   aho 

■■i   LiMtt  :  .     -   V.        ^j^^  ^^^ 

iftWtk    U'V  "lio,   of 


mm!  vaBil' 


:t 

A"  m^mths,  theiioe 
P   'if  Uivmilton, 

n?  they  iiwk. 

■  v«?tp,  ftftt^r 


nviAB  «*A  tbrnn  a  prr  Thure 

'i.»  ebunch.  ri.'nuBd  ao- 

mkI   v«r<.  '    laud  near 

»a/ro  thoy   toon    -i^i    i;).ir   iiiHide.     Here. 

Mrvix^uDtf   villi  all   Ui*  |>nvatinn«  b«kmg* 


Liig  to  life  in  the  woods,  they  lived  for 
ei(;ht  years,  in  the  meantime  speudijt^  all 
their  available  money  in  the  purchase  of 
wild  lands ,  and  in  the  operation  of  the  farm, 
an  occupation  for  which  the  family,  gentle 
bred,  and  unacouBtumed,  and  unsuited  to 
laboor,  were  aingularlv  unfit.  When,  in 
1837,  the  rebellion  broke  out,  Mr.  Mitodie, 
who,  from  bis  birth  and  military  trainiog, 
was  a  devoted  loyalist,  hastened  away  to 
Toronto,  leaving  his  wife  and  four  little 
chitdren,  the  eldest  being  only  io  her  fifth 
year,  behind  him  in  the  bush.  The  aiinimer 
following,  he  remained  absent,  and  much 
of  the  crops  were  lost,  because  there  wai 
no  help  to  harvest  it.  All  this  Mrs.  Moodie 
viviilly  and  feelingly  describes  in  her  da- 
lighiful  book,  **  Roughinjj  it  in  the  Bush." 
Tltis  WAS  the  first  ambitious  literar>'  effort 
of  Mrs,  Moodie,  and  it  attracted  wide  at- 
tention. The  style  was  simple,  limpid  and 
picMireamie  :  it  was  full  of  movement,  and 
ooiitainod  peu  portraits,  which  were  true  to 
the  life,  of  the  bardaliipe  of  thu  family's 
wilderness  life  ;  of  the  character  of  the 
nui^hboura  with  whom  she  was  thrown  in 
Contact,  and   of  her  alternating  hopea  and 

''inents.      When  the  book  camu  out 

ai8  who  were  pictured  in  it  were 
.  : .-  -J  -  [  'th,  and  pr«>babiy  it  wa»  the  sex 
of  the  author  that  saved  her  from  nmltreat- 
mont.  But  she  nevor  once  exceeded  the 
b  junds  of  truth  in  her  delineations,  and  in- 
variably pictured  the  good  traits  as  well  aa 
the  ^Nid  unos,  of  tlie  ordinary  Canadian  back- 
w.mhIb  family.  The  book  was  bmught  out  in 
iid  in  1850,  but  thegrtsat^st  portion  of 
iitecit.s  had  already  been  publifthud  in 
Lhu  LiUranj  Giirlaml^  Montreal.  Encouraged 
by  the  siiooesB  of  this  )K>ok,  Mrs.  Muodio 
afterwards  brought  out  in  ^^itick  ttuaceuion, 
tbroush  her  Ltuidon  publishors,  t))i:t  Measn. 
Hentley,  *'  Life  in  the  Cleannga,"  "  Floim 
Lindsay."  "Mark  Hurdleston."  "The  World 


18 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


Before  t£edi/'  ''Matrimonial  Specnlation," 
and  otli^r  works  of  a  more  or  Iobb  iictitious 
chajM}^  It  may  be  said  here  that  after 
oiRtit-'yeam  of  travail  in  the  woods,  Mrs. 
Moddie  received  the  glad  tidings  that  her 
husl)and  had  been  appointed  Sheriff  of  the 
''jCounty  of  Hastings.  In  a  late  edition  of 
'"  "  Roughing  it  in  the  Bush,"  brought  out  by 
Messrs.  Hunter,  Rose  &  Co.,  Publishers, 
Toronto.  Mrs.  Moodie  writes  a  preface  re- 
counting the  social,  industrial,  educational 
and  moral  progress  of  Canada,  since  the 
time  of  her  landing.  After  Mr.  Moodie's 
death  at  Belleville,  in  1869,  Mrs.  Moodie 
made  her  home  in  Toronto  with  her  younger 
son,  Mr.  R  B.  Moodie  ;  but  on  his  removal 
to  a  new  residence  out  of  town,  Mrs.  Moo- 
die remained  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  J.  J. 
Yickers,  and  passed  peacefully  away  on  the 
afternoon  uf  April  8th,  1885,  surrounded 
by  her  children  and  grandchildren.  Her 
aged  eister,  Mrs.  Traill,  was  beside  her  at 
the  last.  Mrs.  Moodie's  often  expressed 
wish  to  be  laid  beside  her  beloved  husband 
at  Belleville,  where  the  happiest  part  of  her 
years  were  spent,  was  carried  out,  and  her 
remains  were  followed  to  their  last  resting- 
place,  close  to  the  beautiful  Bay  of  Quint^, 
oy  a  large  number  of  dear  friends.  Mrs. 
Moodie  lived  to  see  Upper  Canada  develop 
from  a  rough  wilderness  into  the  proudest 
Province  in  British  North  America,  and 
her  sons  and  grandsons  making  their  way 
successfully  in  various  parts  of  the  Domi- 
nion. The  youngest  of  Mrs.  Moodie's 
descendants  are  some  great  grandchildren, 
all  of  whom,  strange  to  s&y,  are  residing 
in  the  great  Canadian  North-West,  which 
during  the  best  part  of  her  life-time  was  a 
terra  incognita. 

Baldwin,  Hon.  Robert,  C.B.  This 
distinguished,  sincere  and  able  advocate  of 
liberal  and  responsible  government  in  Can- 
ada, was  bom  in  the  city  of  Toronto  in 
1804.  He  was  the  son  of  the  Honourable 
William  Warren  Baldwin,  of  Summer  Hill, 
near  Corregoline,  in  the  County  of  Cork, 
Ireland.  Arriving  in  Canada,  the  family, 
like  most  immigrants  of  the  time,  had  to 
settle  themselves  in  the  wilderness  ;  and 
the  Baldwins  took  up  a  homestead  in  the 
township  of  Clarke,  ou  Lake  Ontario.  Soon 
growing  tired  of  the  disadvanti^es  of  back- 
woods life,  W.  W.  Baldwin  removed  to  To- 
ronto, then  known  as  York,  and  made  his 
residence  at  Spadina.  Mr.  Baldwin  was  a 
medical  man  by  profession,  having  taken 
his  degree  of  M.D.  at  Edinburgh  ;  but  not 
having  a  taste  for  that  calling,  after  re- 
moving to  York,   he  betook  himself  to  the 


law.  He  represented  Norfolk  in  the  Par- 
liament of  Upper  Canada,  and  about  six 
months  before  his  death,  which  occurred  on 
the  8th  of  January,  1844,  he  was  called  to 
the  Legislative  Council.  Robert,  the  sub* 
jeot  of  this  sketch,  entered  the  practice  of 
law  in  1825,  in  the  well  known  firm  of  Bald- 
win &  Son,  continuing  this  calling  through 
his  political  career  till  1848,  when  he  re- 
tired. He  made  his  entry  into  public  life  by 
beini;  elected  as  the  Liberal  candidate  for 
the  Upper  Canada  Assembly  in  1829,  in  op- 
position to  Mr.  Small,  the  henchman  of  the 
Family  Compact.  The  whole  influence  of 
the  placemen  was  used  against  Mr.  Bald- 
win ;  and  William  Lyon  Mackenzie,  who, 
with  all  his  rashness  and  roughness,  waa 
right  at  heart,  wrote  :  **  Our  earnest  wish 
is  that  the  election  of  Mr.  Baldwin  may 
prove  to  the  world  that  the  Capital  of  Qpper 
Canada  has  burst  her  fetters  and  followed 
the  praiseworthy  example  of  her  sister  city, 
Quebec."  Imitating  the  liberal  traditions  of 
his  worthy  father,  Robert  Baldwin  found 
himself  in  uncompromising  opposition  to  the 
Sir  John  Colbome  administration  ;  but  hia 
resistance  was  always  offered  with  dignity, 
flrnmess,  and  proper  restraint.  Indeed  had 
zealous  Reformers  like  Lyon  Mackenzie 
adopted  the  calmer  and  more  convincing 
methods  of  Mr.  Baldwin,  muskets,  pitch- 
forks, and  such  like  expedients,  would  not 
have  been  necessary  weapons  in  the  battle 
for  responsible  government.  The  opposi- 
tion with  which  Mr.  Baldwin  allied  himself 
had  an  existence  as  early  as  1820,  and 
was  a  formidable  body  ;  but  it  had  the 
misfortune  of  gathering  unto  itself  a  num- 
ber of  honest  but  over-zealous  partizans. 
It  is  not  fair  to  lose  sight  of  the  fact, 
no  matter  how  odious  to  us  may  seem 
the  dominancy  of  the  Family  Compact, 
that  the  hostility  toward  the  Tory  party 
at  that  time  did  not  consist  altogether 
of  hatred  towards  political  oppression,  bat 
in  some  measure  in  the  natural  antagonism 
of  the  lower  class  of  the  people  to  those 
of  the  higher  social  scale.  Of  the  twelve 
years  from  1824  to  1836,  the  Compact  Gov- 
ernment was  in  a  minority  for  eight  years 
in  the  Legislative  Assembly  :  and  bills 
passed  by  the  Assembly  were  persistently 
rejected  by  the  Legislative  Council  Here 
indeed  was  a  fjeld  for  a  patriot,  and  Mr. 
Baldwin  did  not  neglect  the  opportunity. 
His  voice  was  constantly  raised  with  dig- 
nified flrmuess  in  advocacy  of  making  the 
Executive  responsible  to  the  House  of  As- 
sembly. In  1836,  he  visited  England  to 
endeavour  to  impress  upon  Lord  Glenelg  the 


C^iy^WIAN  BIOGRAPHY 


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0  beiDiL*  a  Colon- 

'■"*    ho  dUuweil 

'  I.  Haltlwin's 

found 

a:  and 

ttion  of  tbe 

"uud  uf   the 

Vut   rnsp'jiiflibiltty  did 


for  TDKSiy  a  wean-  y*?!*r  after  this. 
Itf>rd  M«tefttfe,  after  ■  iticm  of  the 

««■  nine  UHJtitU*  with mt  .\  Miiiietry.  He 
\m*i  d«cUit«d  thftt  he  would  rmly  cunauli  hia 
^"  ■    >n».''      Mr. 

!: 


Kneciitive 

...1  ;..  ij(„ 


Mid     t 


for 


Ail. 


Mdd    lill  his 
i'»wincf  year. 
'^Ain  in  1^6,  the  date 
!  of  the  Tr-ry  Ubric. 
iaififfl.  h-  r  ever. 

Hfa death'.  -^  -^P»- 

Jii*     immx  '  "t  Decem- 

hw«  18M.  ''^  ^  BiAtcr  of 

tkt^  Ho&.  lUiL-rt  t?ulli\.»ii»  whn  boro  bim 
wwml  dsildma.  R<>h+irt  Baldwin  wu  a 
Boa*nae  K«fom»or,  rftpabh-  uf  prognws  to 
Aa0lain  limit,  bqt  iiicttuihle  of   it  beyond 

.       11       ...T    ..-1..  of  govem- 

!e  governing 

fiiv  *,.F  the 

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&. 


farKi 


o  (|iii*HUon  of  ibe 

,.  uB    ii't    II   fluent 

feme  ba  wu  »  pun  "«  an*i 

Ihmtjrb  h*  Rercrflft^trrf  !  not  iho 

.\\  wliM  kuew 
.  «feTe  one  in 
^t^kcauiW   liiw   M   a  lUiccxti  patriot,  and  a 
vnrlhv.  hi^k-nibMlod  muL 

:i  7-^,     ,       '.•^..    .     T,    Q.a.   old- 

>\  waa  bom 

*  vtdy  a« 

■(►0,  in 

*   iiitulii,  on 

3ohnBt«nod 


ne  waa 

'  ''Iward 

.  -d 

I      to 


a  vury  ynimg    Ind,  Kd- 


a  life  in  the  ^ 
which    iriiB 
pliiOC  of   the  L'luf't  a< 
8tato«man .      >V1 1  u  n   i 

ward  Blftko  la  aaid  to  have  given  evidaiice 
of  thu  i^reiit  mental  puwers  that  he  wua  nf- 
terwarda  to  bring  to  the  stirvicB  of  his 
country.  He  was  a  riipid  and  umnivorotia 
reader,  and  in  said  to  have  had  uuusual  ca- 
pacity for  aaaimilatioD,  and  also  an  oxoel- 
lent  luemory.  The  family  lived  at  Wood- 
Uim,  a  toatcful  and  comfortable  reaidonca 
on  Vonge  !!Stri*et.  aud  there  Edward  UUke 
received  hia  early  edaeatiun.  He  woa 
instructed  by  a  private  tutor;  and  this  waa 
•upplemented  by  the  aupervision  of  his 
clAssiciLlBtudiea  by  hiaexooUent  father.  On 
Sunday  evenings  it  vrna  the  wout  of  '.VilUam 
Hume  Blake  to  ouiae  hiH  aona  lo  rend  aloud 
to  him  from  the  Sotipiiirefl  aud  the  sacred 
poets;  and  in  this  way  Kdward,  at  an  early 
age,  ac<juired  the  cleaineaa  and  Accuracy  in 
delivery  which  are  so  prominent  now  in  hia 
public  speaking.  Mr.  Courtenay  was  Ed- 
ward's Hrat  tutor,  and  this  instructor  waa 
succeeded  by  Meaara.  Wedd  &  Brown,  who 
Hft«*rwar(ls  became  teachera  in  Cpper  Cauda 
Collude.  The  latter  iuatitution  he  entered 
in  hia  eleventh  year,  and  nt  ttus  time  it  ia 
aaid  ho  had  read  aud  dijk;esteil  a  number  of 
bouka.  Amon^  his  classmates  he  did  nut 
stand  conspicuously  superior,  but  his  men- 
tal parts  were  solid,  and  of  that  cUaa  which 
watchful  maat«ra  aay  will  endum.  To  get 
his  leaaon  waa  a  alight  effort;  so  extraor- 
dinary waa  hia  memory  that  he  could  au- 
nounce  early  in  tbe  evening  tliat  his  taaka 
were  completeti,  and  he  waa  prepared  to 
read  uloud.  Aft«r  some  time,  as  the  buai- 
neaa  of  Edward's  father  increased,  the 
family  moved  into  the  city,  taking  up  thvir 
abode  in  the  houao  on  the  south  of  Wvl- 
Ungton  and  Bay  Streets,  and  on  the  site 
nccnpied  now  by  Messrs.  Wyld,  Brock  & 
Co.  When  Kdw^rd  w«a  in  his  fourteenth 
year,  he  noct^mpanied  hia  father  to  the 
moihor  cuuntry.  after  which  Ihey  visited 
Pans.  After  \\\a  rutnrn  Master  Blake agiujQ 
applied  himself  dili'^'ontly  to  his  studiec, 
aud  waa  a  succeadful  conipotitur  fur  the 
Oovemor-tlenerars  prize,  fur  which  lie  waa 
comphraonted  by  L<»rd  Elyin.  He  sutwe- 
oiiently  entered  the  Toronto  I'niveraity  and 
duly  i^niduated.  His  inclination  being  fur 
the  le^-'d  i»ri»fes*iun.  he  waa  articled  to 
Mr.  Alex.inder  Macdonncll;  was  admitted 
as  an  Attorney  in  Trinity  term,  I860, 
and  the  following  MiohuelrniLa  Term  waa 
called  tu  the  bar.  Ho  carried  on  bnsineaa 
for  aoine  Lime  alone,  and  then  entered  into 


20 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


partnership  with  Mr.  Stephen  Maiile  JarvtB, 
the  firm  being  known  aa  that  of  "  Jarvis  & 
Blake."  This  partnership  was  aubsequeiitly 
disaolved,  when  a  new  firm  was  establiahed 
comprising  Edward  and  his  brother  Samuel 
Hnme  Blake.  Thereafter  the  name  of  the 
'firm  many  times  chanRed.  In  1858,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Margaret  Oronyn,  of  London,  a 
daughter  of  the  late  Right  Reverend  Ben- 
jamin Gronyn,  Bishop  of  Huron.  An  unac- 
countable lack  of  self-confidence  led  him, 
«ven  when  his  talent  had  made  him  conspi- 
cuous, to  often  distrust  himself,  and  it  is 
vaid  that  during  the  early  years  of  his  prac- 
tice he  did  not  hold  his  own  briefs.  After  a 
■evete  struggle  with  himself,  and  hard  study, 
he  outgrew  this  fault,  and  became  in  time 
one  of  the  moat  able  lawyers  at  the  bar.  £a- 
pe<nally  vaa  he  expert  in  cross-examination. 
Ever  since  1867,  the  Reform  party,  which 
had  been  in  a  atate  of  diaorganization,  and 
comparative    lasaitude,    recogniaed    what  a 

fain  it  would  be  to  add  a  man  of  Edward 
tlake'a  freat  ability  and  high  character  to  ita 
ranka.  So,  many  overtures  were  made  to 
him,  and,  after  much  earnest  solicitation,  he 
reluctantly  consented  to  their  request.  Mr. 
Edward  Blake  waa  elected  to  the  House  of 
Commons  for  West  Durham,  the  aame  con- 
stituency which  he  represents  at  this  day; 
and  the  electors  of  South  Bruce  chose 
him  for  the  local  legislature,  dual  represen- 
tation being  then  permitted.  In  December, 
18G0,  he  becamo  leader  of  the  Provincial 
Opposition,  succeeding  Mr.  Archibald  Mc- 
Kellar.  He  retained  the  leadership  of  the 
Opposition  for  eighteen  months,  in  the 
Ontario  elections  of  I87I,  John  Sandfield 
Macdonald'a  Coalition  Government  loat 
many  of  ita  supportcra.  On  the  asaombling 
of  the  Legislature  Mr.  Mackenzie  moved  a 
direct  want  of  confidence  in  the  Ministry, 
and  Mr.  Blake  supported  the  motion  in  a 
magni  Kceut  speech.  The  Miniatry  was  over- 
thrown, and  Mr.  Hlake  called  on  to  form  a 
government,  a  task  which  he  accoptt^d  much 
against  his  inclination.  He  took  the  office 
of  President  of  the  Council,  without  a  salary. 
Shortly  after  the  prorogation  of  Parliament, 
the  ctmdition  of  hia  health  made  it  neces- 
aary  f(»r  him  to  go  to  Euroi>e.  In  the  hu 
tumn  he  resigned  the  londership  to  take 
hia  scat  in  the  House  of  Commons,  dual 
representation  having  been  abolished.  He 
very  readily  made  his  i.'roat  abilities  felt  in 
the  latter  body;  and  hia  speech  in  reply  to 
Sir  John  Macdonald  on  the  occasion  of  the 
Pacific  Scandal  was  the  most  powerful  uttt^r* 
ance  that  had  ever  been  heard  in  that  House. 
On  the  downfall  of  Sir  John  MacdonaLd's 


administration  Mr.  Blake  entered  Mr.  Mac- 
kenzie's Cabinet  without  portfolio,  but  re- 
signed in  the  following  February,  in  conse- 
quence of  ill-health.     In  1875,  he  accepted 
otHce  again  as  Minister  of  Juatice,  his  health 
being  improved  by  a  visit  to  England.     In 
June,   1877,  he  resigned  the  Ministership 
of  Juatice    and    became  Preaident   of   the 
Council.     Shortly  after  the  downfall  of  the 
administration  he  was  chosen  leader  of  the 
Opposition  in  place  of  Mr.  Mackenzie.     Mr. 
Blake  has  been  instrumental  in  the  creation 
of  several  valuable  acta  of  legislation.     He 
advocates  some  change  in  our  relations  with 
the  mother  country;  and,  aa  far  aa  can  be 
ascertained,  the  change  he  proposes  ia  th» 
adoption  of    aomething  in  the  nature   of  a 
federation    of  the   empire.     He  advocates 
the  reconatruction  of  the  Senate  in  auch  a 
mauner    as    to   bring  it  more  in  harmony 
with   popular  inatitutiona,    and    haa   made 
a  speech  powerful  in  argument  and  irresia- 
tible  in  logic,  showing  that  Canada  should 
have  the  right  to  make  her  own  Commer- 
cial treaties.     Mr.  Blake's  public  character 
ia  above  reproach,  and  hia  entire  career  haa 
been  an  honour  to  Canadian  politics.     He 
haa  sickened  of  the  ways  of  party,  and  ia 
often  pained  at  being  held  responsible  for 
the    utterances   of   irresponsible  followers. 
He  has  frequently  contemplated    resigning 
the  leadership  of  the  Liberal  party,  declar- 
ing that  expediency,  not  conviction,  is  some- 
times hardly  less  the  rule  among  his  sup- 
porters  than  among  their  opponents.     He 
is  charged  with  bein^  repellent  in  manner, 
but  the  truth  seems  to  be  that  he  is  above 
flattery  and  the   arts  and  tricks  by  which 
men  of  less   htmour  and   principle    would 
maintain    an    ascendancy    over    their    fol- 
lowers.    Mr.    Blake  sometimes  prctpouuda 
schemes  that  are  impracticable;   he    is  fre- 
quently timid   when   the   time  arrives   for 
decision  and  couragn,  yet  for  all  this  he  ia 
in   all   the  higher  (qualities,  the  ablest,  but 
not  the  moat  auccuusful  statesman  in  Can- 
ada.     In  this  a^e  when  our  people  are  party 
blind,  and  to  a  largo  extent  demoralized 
by    the   corruption    of  politicians,   a  high- 
minded  and  honourable   man   like    Edward 
Blake    ia    sure  not  t^)  get  the  recognition 
that   he   deserves.      But  the   force   uf  hia 
example,   and   the  wisdom  of   his  precepta 
cannot  fail  to  leave  their  inipreasiim  on  our 
youn^r  generation,   and  eventually  to  bear 
their  fruit.     It  may  not  be  out  of  place  to 
add  that   he  waa  defeated  in  South  Bruce 
in  1878,  but  waa  the  following  year  elected 
by   Hcclaniatiou    for  Durham,    his  present 
constituency. 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


21 


Dymond,  Alfred  Hotchlnson,  wiut 
bom  At  Croydon,  County  of  Surrey,   Eng- 
land. AU]<ust2],  1827.     He  wa«  educated 
%i  the   public  sch  '0\  of    the     Society    of 
Friends  at  that  place/  of   whicli  inBtitutlon 
his  father,    Mr.  Henry   Dyraond,    was   for 
some    time   the    Superintendent.     He    was 
ensrafjed  in  early  life  in  mercantile  pursuits, 
bat  devoted  himself  chiefly,    from  the  time 
of  attaining  manhood  till  thiity  years  of  age, 
to  advocatinK  the  abolition  of  capital  punish- 
ment, lecturing  in  behalf  of  that  movement 
in  all  parts  of  England,  and  exerting;  himself 
frequently  with  success  in  behalf  of  persons 
nndrr  sentence  of  death,  where  the  justice 
of  the  conviction    was  open   to  doubt,   or 
where  wnelioratinir  circumstances  appeared 
to  justify  clemency.     Many  of  his  experi- 
ences  while  so  engai^ed    were  related  In  a 
book  published  by  him  in  1865,  entitled. 
The  Lmc  on  itg  Trials  not  a  few  of  the  inci- 
dents recorded  being  of  thrilling  interest. 
He  waa  also  the  author  of  numerous  pam- 
phlets and  brochures  on  the  same  question, 
and  all  of  these  productions  showed  careful 
research,  and  fresh,  vigorous  thought.     In 
1857  he  received  an  appointment  on  the  stafif 
of  the  Morning  Star  newspaper, then  recently 
established  in  London  as  the  representative 
of  advanced  Liberal  principles,  and  of  which 
Mr.  Cobden,  Mr.  Bright,  and  other  Liberal 
politic  il  leaders,  were  active  promoters.  He 
became  nltimately  general   manager  of  the 
Star,  and  continued  to  hold  that  position  un- 
til i*a   amalgamation,   in    1860,   with  Lon- 
don Ifaiiy  Neics.  During  his  connection  with 
the  Star,  he  had   for  his  coUeagnes  or  asso- 
ciates, among  others,  Justin  McCarthy,  now 
>LP.  fi>r  Longford,  the  well-known  histo- 
rian and    novelist  ;  Sir  John  Gorrie,    now 
Chief    Jnstice    of    Leeward    Islands ;  Ed- 
ward Russell,  Editor  of  the  Liverpool  DaiUj 
Fost  ;  Charles   A.  Cooper,    Editor   of    the 
E-liuhnnih  i^tionan,  the  late  Dr.    Faucher, 
afterwanlsa  prominent  member  of  the  Ger- 
man parliament ;  Frederick  W.  Chesson,  so 
often  ht^ard  of  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Abo* 
tinineB'  Protection  Society  ;  William  Black, 
the  novelist  ;  and  Archibald  Forbes,  the  fa- 
mous War  Correspondent.     The   two  last- 
nam*d  gentlemen  received  their  first  com- 
miasiuns  on  the   London  press  from  Mr. 
Pymond's  hands.     In  October,  1800,  he  re- 
mofed    with    his  family  to  Toronto,    and 
joitte  1  the  staff  of  the  r«ironto  Giubt.  During 
the  nine  years  of  his   connection  with  that 
paper  be  wrote  a  large  portion  of  its  politi- 
cal  leading    articles.     Shortly   after  settl- 
ing in  Tiinmto  ho   commenocKi  to   take  an 
sctive  part    in    political  affairs,  particularly 


during  the  Ontario  elections  of  1871,  and 
the  Dominion  elections  of  1873.  At  the 
general  election  of  January,  1874,  follow- 
ing on  the  downfall  of  the  Macdonald  Go- 
vernment, after  the  Pacific  Scandal  disclo- 
sures, Mr.  Dymond  was  elected  after  a  con- 
test, by  a  msjority  of  338,  for  the  North 
Ridini;  of  the  County  of  York,  his  opponent 
being  Mr.  Wm.  Thorne,  the  Warden  of  the 
County.  He  represented  North  York  during 
the  succeeding  five  sessions,  giving  a  warm 
support  to  the  Hon.  Alexander  Mackenzie's 
adminidtration,  and  taking  a  very  active 
part  both  in  debates  and  the  work  of  com- 
mittees. At  the  general  election  in  Septem- 
ber, 1878,  he  was  again,  on  the  unanimous 
invitation  of  the  Liberal  party  in  the  Rid- 
ing, a  candidate  for  N.orth  York,  but  under 
the  adverse  influences  of  the  so-called  Na- 
tional Policy  reaction,  was  defeated  by  a 
majority  of  ten  votes.  He  took  a  very 
active  part  in  connection  with  the  local  elec- 
tions of  1879,  in  editing  the  liieniture  of 
the  campaign,  and  addressing  public  meet- 
ings. He  acted  on  several  occasions  a?  a 
commissioner  in  municipal  investigations, 
under  appointments  from  the  Provincial 
(■ovemment.  In  1830,  he  was  appointed  the 
executive  officer  and  a  member  of  the  Onta- 
rio Agricultural  Commission,  the  results  of 
which  appeared  during  the  session  of  1881 , 
in  the  shape  of  five  bulky  volumes,  including 
the  Report  and  its  Appendices,  the  compila- 
tion of  the  Report,  and  arrangement  and  revi- 
sion of  the  whole  mass  of  evidence  being  ac- 
complished by  Mr.  Dymond  in  less  than  three 
months.  In  April,  1881,  he  was  appointed 
by  the  Ontario  Government,  Principal  of  the 
Institution  for  the  Education  of  the  Blind 
at  Brantford,  which  position  he  still  holds. 
While  in  England  Mr.  Dymond  was  identi- 
fied with  efforts  for  parliamentary  reform, 
the  extension  of  the  suflrage,  and  the  repeal 
of  all  impediments  to  free  aud  cheap  litera- 
ture.  He  was  aUo  a  most  enthusiastic  sup- 
porter of  the  Northern  cause  during  the 
American  Civil  War.  While  a  member  of 
the  Canadian  Parliament,  he  carried  through 
a  bill  to  enable  persons  charged  with  com- 
mon a-nsault  to  give  evidence  in  their  own 
behalf,  the  Brat  measure  embodying  such  a 
principle  in  Canadian  criminal  legislation. 
During  the  Dunkin  Act  agitation  in  Toron- 
to^ he  was  Vice-President  of  the  association 
to  promote  the  adoption  of  the  Act,  and 
presided  at  most  of  the  large  open  air  gath- 
erings held  in  the  Amphitheatre  on  Yonge 
street,  in  favour  of  the  Act.  Mr.  Dyraond, 
while  in  Parliament,  assisted  materially  in 
the  adoption  of  the  present  Temperance  Act, 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


popularly  known  as  the  Scott  Act.  He  has 
always  advocated  the  principles  of  Free 
Trade,  so  far  as  they  may  be  found  compati  • 
ble  with  revenue  necessities.  He  took .  when 
in  Parliament,  a  liberal  view  of  the  Pacific 
Bailway  policy,  as  necessary  to  the  wants 
and  exigencies  of  the  Dominion,  while  op- 
posed to  undue  haste  in  its  construction, 
or  to  any  arrangements  calculated  to  retard 
the  free  settlement  of  the  North-West.  He 
has  always  advocated  the  broadest  exten- 
sion of  P/ovincial  rights  as  opposed  to  Fed- 
eral centralization.  He  has  been  since  early 
life  a  member  of  the  Anglican  Church,  and 
has  of  late  years  taken  an  active  part  in  the 
affairs  of  that  Church,  both  locally  and  as  a 
member  of  the  Diocesan  Synod  of  Huron, 
to  which  Brantford  belong.  He  married, 
in  1852,  Miss  Helen  Susannah  Henderson, 
of  London,  England,  and  has  a  large  family 
of  sons  and  daughters.  As  a  writer  upon 
political  topics,  Mr.  Dymond  occupies  a  pro- 
minent position.  As  a  parliamentarian,  he 
was  industrious,  vigorous,  and  always  effec- 
tive. His  absence  from  Parliament  now  is  a 
serious  loss  to  bis  party  and  to  the  country. 
Cartler,  Sir  George  £.— Some  of 
those  who  are  authorities  on  genealogy,  de- 
clare him  to  be  a  descendant  of  Jacques  Car- 
tier  or  Quartier  who  first  discovered  Canada. 
The  discoverer,  it  is  ascertained,  left  no  issue 
in  Canada,  but  he  had  some  nephews  who 
were  in  the  habit  of  going  backwards  and  for- 
wards between  Canada  and  France  who  did, 
and  one  of  these  is  fixed  upon  as  the  ancestor 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  George  Etienne 
Cartier  was  bom  on  the  6th  of  September, 
1814,  at  St.  Antoine,  on  the  Chambly  river, 
in  Verchferes,  province  of  Quebec.  Here  re- 
sided the  various  members  of  the  Cartier  fam- 
ily, since  the  date  on  which  he  first  took  up 
hu  abode  there  ;  and  the  grandfather  of  Geo. 
Etienne  was  one  of  the  first  parliamentary 
representatives  of  the  County  of  Vercheres. 
Under  the  Constitutional  Act  of  1791,  it  may 
be  noted  this  county  was  called  Surrey.  M. 
Cartier  was  educated  at  St.  Sulpice  College. 
Montreal,  going  through  a  collegiate  course 
of  eight  years.  Leaving  College,  he  was  ar- 
ticled as  a  student-at-law  in  the  ofiice  of  M. 
E.  £.  Rodier,  a  leading  advocate  at  the  Mon- 
treal bar.  In  1835  he  commenced  the  prac- 
tice of  the  law,  and  chose  Montreal  as  the 
theatre  of  his  career.  By  the  indomitable 
force  of  character  which  so  contributed  to 
his  subsequent  political  prominence,  he  soon 
succeeded  in  furciiig  his  way  into  the  front 
rank  of  the  legal  confraternity  and  in  estab- 
lishing for  himself  a  lucrative  practice.  He 
had  associated  with  him  in  partnerthip  J. 


A.  Berthelot  and  M.  Dummerville.  While 
M.  Cartier  was  a  law  student  there  were 
mutterings  of  discontent  abroad  ;  for  this 
was  the  tune  when  the  Family  Compact 
was  dominant.  In  Lower  Canada  the  heel 
of  this  pampered  clique  was  most  felt,  for, 
in  addition  to  the  French  being  colon- 
ists,  they  were  also  an  alien  and  oonquer> 
ed  race  ;  and  the  dull-witted  gentlemen  in 
the  Colonial  ofiice  regarded  it  as  part  of  the 
moral  duty  of  their  officials  to  keep  these 
people  in  restraint.  There  was  a  nominal  re- 
presentation in  the  House  of  Assembly,  but 
the  Le^iislative  Council  was  the  stronghold 
of  the  Family.  Between  these  two  bodies 
there  was  incessant  strife,  but  in  the  contest 
the  Assembly  was  always  driven  to  the  wall. 
This  was  the  condition  of  affairs  that  pro- 
duced the  fiery,  rash  but  patriotic  and  high- 
minded  Papineau.  It  is  needlou  to  say  that 
the  French  Canadians  almost  to  a  man  sup- 
ported M.  Papineau  ;  and  among  the  ad- 
herents was  found  the  energetic  and  per- 
sistent barrister  of  Montreal,  M.  Cartier. 
But  M.  Cartier  had  much  prudence  and 
foresight,  and  refused  to  follow  Papineaa 
after  the  Hasco  of  1837.  Indeed  in  later 
years,  after  the  exiled  leader  of  the  rebellion 
returned  to  his  native  land,  he  found  in 
George  Etienne  Cartier  an  over-mastering 
rival.  M.  Cartier  was  first  elected  to  par- 
liament for  the  County  of  Yerch^res  in 
1848  ;  and  this  constituency  he  continued 
to  represent  till  1861  when  he  defeated  M. 
Dorion,  the  Goliath  of  the  tUruges  in  Mon- 
treal On  the  2oth  of  January,  1856,  he 
became  provincial  secretary  in  the  MacXab- 
Tach^  Ministry  ;  on  the  24th  of  May  in  the 
same  year  he  succeeded  Mr.  Drummond  as 
Attorney-General  for  Lower  Canada  on  the 
formation  of  the  Tachti-Macdonald  admin- 
istration. On  the  6th  of  August,  1858,  the 
wheel  weiitround,M.Tach^ disappeared,  and 
there  was  ushered  in  the  Cartier- Macdunald 
Government.  M.  Cartier's  political  career 
was  a  very  useful  one,  and  he  is  looked  upon, 
and  perhaps  deservedly,  by  the  French  Can- 
adian people  as  the  greatest  statesman  that 
the  French  Province  has  produced.  He 
was  instrumental  in  the  abolition  of  seign- 
orial  tenure  ;  helped  to  produce  the  leg- 
islation making  the  Legislative  Council  elec- 
tive ;  aided  in  the  secularization  of  the  Clergy 
Reserves,  and  iu  bringing  about  Confeder- 
ation, besides  sevetkl  other  important 
measures.  Shortly  after  Confederation  Her 
Majesty  the  Queen  created  him  a  baronet. 
He  took  an  active  part  in  the  Pacific  Railway 
project,  and  died  in  England  just  as  the 
scandal  in  connection  with  that  undertaking 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


23 


mm  earning  into  h^Kt  M.  Cftiiior  wu  & 
hard  sad  6uitj3&r(^t,  but  a  devoted  friend 
of  hi*  Rio*.  Tad  gr«ikt  secret  of  his  success 
VM  hifl  ctrooi;  R.mbiuoa.  and  hii  alnioct 
pbmomonAl  p«r»eTenno«  luid  >^iier^.  In 
pcivMe  ixtm  Lis  name  was  lUwra^a  uKijve  re* 
ptOttch  K\v\  in  hi*  ['ublio  o»|>acity,  lUthoagh. 
■••ti"  I  US  tjin*  of  n  party  idi. 

'^cy  .  r^pMach  clings  about 

hit  tMowi.      lii<:  o(  bis  adiuirars, 

•ad  %kumt  wboi  ,ra  are  entitled  to 

nmfswtl,  aiTtfr  thr>  it  statesman  made 

a  ptvtfiios  of  sa^ '  prirato  intereats 

to  ihoa*  of  thr  jmhn.-  As  a  speaker  be 
was  anmnKxmm  regarded  tir«>s'>nio.  but  it 
VCttld  b«  moro  csorrect  to  say  that  he  was 
•xliMaetivi^  It  wu  customary  with  thus« 
wbo  iMard  him  waking  speecbes  to  say, 
after  ba  had  tat  down,  that  nothing  more 
*  to  ba  aaid.  Eft^ry  point  of  value 
»ught  into  UiEht.  evory  arj^ment  of 
wb«  tiLilfillv  uarshalled  and  made 
i  baar  in  ■  'u  of  the  speaker's  con- 

le  Kift.  too,  of  t)eing 
af  buU-4  LiixUfth  and  French,  an  ao- 
ihtuaat  necosaary  in  a  prominent 
\tk  aftat^Himan.  The  English  statesman 
Ottfht  U>  know  tite  French  language  if  be 
Vowd  ba  1-  -a  to   jtidgo  fairly  and 

nndamtaa  i  when  discussion  arises 

o«  tha  ft*h»r  m  iri'--  ll"ii:^'j.  Now,  Sir 
U^etiar  Uancerin  is  u.  <■'■•.  .f  an  incisive 
and  raoai  UiUiz>|;  KnKli^ti,  lr<jMdt»  being  one 
ol  tha  aMaat  tpeakors  of  his  own  Language 
ia  Cboadk  &C.  Chapleaa  is  alao  a  very 
jcood  apaakar  ta  Eoglishf  boaides  posseasin^ 
power  in  hia  native  tongue. 
I,  it  need  uut  be  repeated, 
was  p«rbaps  the  moat  successful 
•»er  a(>peorcKl  in  the  French  prov- 
J-Da  was  on  the  scenus  during  a  period 
thero  waa  bitt*r  rivalry  between  the 
FnRM:h  and  luu^liali  raoea  ;  and  how  him- 
aaU  aoik  that  mnst  aatnte  Englishman  Sir 
Jolia  COmM  tiTTtr  work  during  all  this  time 
la    tha  asaia  iraoe«.  vil  to  every* 

hady.       SoiDA  do  aay  Maodonald'a 

ra  ooe  of  yuHi  ;.y  i-i  his  rival  till 
oaanfl  that  put  the  chMplet  upon 
Ua  ova  browi.  Uuck  in  the  house, — in 
ISfiHt  upoa  Um  raaiimatian  of  the  Ministrv 
— Cba  Hoaaarahla  Ua^-r  Tlnrh<irmn  summed 
ap  th»  cfaanicWr  iA  V*  ;i  the  follow- 

Ha—  frMD  Uorac«r  _     '  <:vut  ode  :— 

Jastaoi  vt  imaccvi  prnpnsjtl  rlraoi 
^«B  ci»wia  ard<ir  («««-«  lubeutiiixa, 

•  vaUoa  Inataatis  tyrmam 
MwmSt  ffaatit  ...liu  n»-,TiQ  Aust«r 

I  aoAstf  tvfb- 
jCat  ftilfctn  ■  ...  Jovia  ojaoos  * 


SI  fraottis  lllabatur  orbis, 

luinavidum  ferifnt  ruino.'.*' 

Br)'m>l«i'*  DoiiglHa,  Historical  Arohi- 
riat  of  the  Domtnion,  was  bom  in  Greenock, 
Scotland,  in  the  year  182y.  He  is  the  fourth 
son  of  Alexander  Bryraner,  banker,  origi- 
nally from  Stirling,  where  the  family  held 
for  many  years,  a  prominent  position.  The 
elder  Br}'mner  was  a  man  of  tine  iutelleo- 
tual  attainments,  an  enthusiast  in  letters, 
and  refined  in  bis  tastes  and  feelings.  He 
bad  great  influence  over  his  children,  and 
took  every  opportunity  to  instil  into  their 
minds  a  hearty  lo7e  for  literature  in  all  ita 
branches.  They  had  the  additional  advan- 
tage of  freqnent  intercourse  with  living 
men  of  letters,  and  their  acquaintance  with 
the  writings  of  the  moat  eminent  and  esteem- 
ed authors  of  the  time  soon  became  exten- 
sive. The  mother  of  Douglas  Bryuiuer  wai 
Elixabech  Fairlie,  daughter  of  John  FairUe, 
merchant  in  Greenock,  who  died  at  an  early 
age,  leaving  his  widow  and  family  in  com- 
fortable circumstances.  The  subject  of  onr 
sketch  was  educated  at  the  Greenock  Gram- 
mar School,  where,  under  the  skilful  tuition 
of  Dr.  Brown,  be  mastered  the  classics  and 
higher  branches  of  study.  After  leaving 
Bchoi^l,  Mr.  Brymner  received  a  thorough 
mercantile  training.  Ho  began  business  on 
his  own  account,  and  subsequently  admit- 
ted his  brother  Graham  as  a  partner,  on  the 
return  of  the  latter  from  tlie  West  Indies, 
where  he  bad  boon  eni^aged  for  some  years. 
The  brothers  were  highly  successful,  iha 
younger  tilling,  in  later  years,  several  im- 
portant offices,  such  as  justice  of  the  peace 
for  the  County  of  Renfrew,  and  chairman 
of  the  Sanitary  Commission  for  his  native 
town.  He  died  in  1885,  from  typhus  fever, 
contracted  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  aa 
chairman,  universally  regretted  by  all.  In 
18ji3,  Mr.  Brymner  married  Jean  Thomson 
(who  died  in  18H4).  daughter  of  William 
Thomaun,  of  Hill  End,  by  whom  he  had 
nine  children,  six  of  whom  survived.  The 
eldest  of  these  is  William,  a  rising  artist  of 
an  excellent  school,  who  has  studied  for 
several  years  in  the  best  studios  of  Paris, 
and  whiffle  recent  exhibits  have  received 
general  praise.  The  second  siim,  George 
Douglas,  is  one  of  the  aecountauts  in  the 
Bonk  of  Montreal,  and  James,  the  third 
aon.  is  in  the  North-West.  Two  daughtera 
and  a  sou  are  at  home.  In  consequence  of 
ill  health,  induced  by  close  application  to 
business,  Mr.  Brymner  was  compelled  to 
retire  from  the  partnership  in  1H50.  Com- 
plete withdrawal  from   mercantile  cares  for 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


a  year  haying  restored  him  to  something 
like  his  former  self,  he  removed  to  Canada 
in  3867,  and  settled  in  Melbourne,  one  of 
the  Eastern  Townships,  Here  he  filled  the 
oflfice  of  mayor  for  two  terms  with  conspicu- 
ous ability.  On  both  occasions  he  had  been 
elected  without  a  contest,  and  without  hav- 
ing solicited  a  single  vote  from  any  one,  his 
belief  being  that  an  office  of  this  sort  ought 
to  be  conferred  by  the  unasked  suffrage  of 
the  constituency.  He  declined  to  serve  for 
a  third  term,  although  earnestly  requested 
to  do  so.  While  mayor,  he  introduced  vari- 
ooB  improvements  in  the  mode  of  conduct- 
ing municipal  business.  Like  many  other 
immigrants  possessing  capital,  he  found  his 
means  vanishing  before  the  financial  crisis 
of  1867.  Mr.  Brymner  drifted  into  what 
seemed  to  be  his  natural  calling — literature, 
for  which  his  early  training  and  continuous 
study  well  qualified  him.  On  the  accept- 
ance by  Dr.  Snodgrass  of  the  office  of  Prm- 
cipal  of  Queen's  College,  the  post  of  Editor 
of  the  PresbyUrian^  the  official  journal  of 
the  Church  of  Scotland  in  Canada,  became 
yacant.  It  was  offered  to  Mr.  Brymner,  his 
fitness  for  the  position  having  been  recog- 
nized by  the  leaders  of  the  church,  he  hav- 
ing been  an  active  member  of  the  Church 
Courts  as  a  representative  elder,  and  his 
numerous  contributions  to  the  discussion 
of  important  religions  topics  being  esteemed 
and  valuable.  Under  his  guidance,  the  edi- 
torials being  written  with  a  straightforward, 
independent  spirit,  the  paper  at  once  took  a 
high  place.  Many  of  Air.  Brymner's  arti- 
cles on  ecclesiastical  questions  were  in  par- 
ticular much  admired,  and  leading  religious 
journals  often  made  lengthy  quotations  from 
them.  About  the  same  time  he  joined  the 
staff  of  the  Montreal  iferoZti,  where  in  a  little 
he  was  appointed  associate  editor  with  the 
Hon.  Edward  Goff  Penny.  Often,  owing 
to  the  severe  indisposition  of  Mr.  Penny, 
Mr.  Brymner  had  sole  editorial  charge  of 
the  Herald.  He  was  noted  as  one  of  the 
most  efficient  and  hard-working  members  of 
the  Press  Gallery  at  Ottawa,  and  in  1871, 
the  Presidency  of  the  Press  Association  de- 
volved upon  him.  A  year  later,  in  1872,  it 
having  been  resolved  to  establish  a  new 
branch  of  the  Civil  Service,  namely,  the 
collection  of  the  historical  records  of  the 
Dominion  and  its  Provinces,  Mr.  Brymner, 
with  the  approval  of  men  of  all  political 
shades,  received  the  appointment.  Before 
leaving  Montreal  for  Ottawa,  an  address, 
signed  by  leading  men  in  the  professions,  in 
biuineaSt  and  of  the  different  nationalities, 
was  presented  to  Mr.  Brymner,  accompa- 


nied by  a  magnificent  testimonial.  No  bet- 
ter selection  could  have  been  made  for  the 
office  of  Archivist  than  that  of  Mr.  Brym- 
ner. He  hod  peculiar  fitness  for  the  task 
imposed  on  him.  His  extensive  historical 
knowledge,  unwearied  industry,  patience, 
and  love  for  research,  his  power  of  organiz- 
ing and  arranging  materials  for  reference, 
etc.,  were  all  admirable  qualifications,  and 
these  he  possessed  to  a  remarkable  degree. 
His  reports  are  models,  and  present  in  clear 
and  terse  language  the  results  of  his  labours. 
The  story  of  the  origin  of  the  office,  and  the 
important  part  played  in.it3  construction  by 
Mr.  Brymner,  will  be  found  in  the  Archi- 
vist's report  for  1883.  In  1881,  the  Public 
Record  Office  (London)  authorities  repub- 
lished the  whole  of  Mr.  Brymner's  report  as 
part  of  their  own,  owing,  as  the  Keeper  of 
Records,  Sir  William  Hardy,  said,  to  the 
importance  of  the  information  it  contained. 
Every  year  since  then,  copious  extracts  have 
been  made  from  Mr.  Brymner's  reports. 
Perhaps  it  will  not  be  out  of  place  to  insert 
here  the  following  excerpt  from  the  preface 
to  the  admirably  annotated  publication  of 
"  Hadden's  Journal  and  Orderly  Books," 
by  General  Horatio  Rogers,  who  says  : — 
'*  I  cannot  refrain  from  referring  to  the  un- 
wearied zeal  and  unfailing  courtesy  of  Mr. 
Douglas  Brymner,  the  Archivist  of  the  Do- 
minion of  Canada,  in  affording  me  the 
fullest  and  most  satisfactory  use  of  the 
Haldiraaud  papers  and  the  other  manu- 
scripts confided  to  his  charge.  Would  that 
all  public  officials  in  custody  of  valuable 
manuscripts  might  take  a  lesson  from  him !" 
Mr.  Brymner  is  an  adherent  of  the  Church 
of  Scotland,  to  which  he  has  always  belong- 
ed, and  he  has  been  one  of  the  most  formid- 
able opponents  of  union.  His  evidence 
before  the  Senate  Committee,  on  the  24th 
and  26th  of  April,  1882,  which  is  substan- 
tially the  argument  of  the  non-contents  on 
the  Union  question,  was  presented  with 
great  power  and  skill.  It  can  be  found  in 
a  pamphlet  of  over  forty  pages,  published 
by  Hunter,  Rose  &  Co.,  Toronto,  1883. 
The  greater  part  of  his  literary  work  ia 
anonymous.  He  possesses  a  fund  of  cans* 
tic  humour,  some  of  which  found  vent  in 
his  letters  in  Scotch,  under  the  name  of 
Tummas  Treddles,  an  octoijenarian  Paisley 
weaver,  originally  contributions  on  curling 
to  the  Montreal  HercUdy  but  afterwards  ex- 
tended to  other  subjects  in  the  Scotti^ 
American  Jourtuil.  These  have  ceased  for 
some  years,  doubtless  from  the  pressure  of 
other  and  more  serious  occupations.  His 
translations  of  the    Odea  of  Horace  into 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


2& 


Scotch  rerae  were  bappy  Imitations.  A 
ftrourable  specimeQ  *'  The  Charms  uf  Coun- 
try Life,"  ia  in  the  Canadian  Monthly  of 
1879,  the  others  baring  appeared  io  news- 
papers, mnd,  so  far  as  is  known,  have  never 
been  collected.  He  is  another  illustration 
of  the  fallacy  of  Sydney  Smith's  statement, 
that  it  requires  a  sui^ical  operation  to  get  a 
joke  into  a  Scotchman's  head. 

Bimnt,  Joseph,  whose  Indian  name 
w&s  Tyendinaga,  was  bom  in  the  year 
1742.  Some  historians  declare  that  he  was 
a  fall-blooded  Mohawk«  others  that  he  was 
only  m  half-breed,  his  father  hein^  Sir  Wil. 
liftm  Johnson,  his  mother  a  handsome  girl  uf 
the  Mohawk  tribe.  The  weight  uf  testimony, 
however,  points  to  his  being  a  son  of  one  <}f 
the  four  sachems  who  visited  London  in  the 
reign  of  Anne,  and  who  were  made  the  sub- 
ject of  papers  by  Addison  in  the  Spectator 
and  Steele  in  the  Tattler.  On  the  death  of 
Joseph's  father  he  married  an  Indian  whose 
name  was  Bamet,  whence  came  the  surname 
Br»nt.  It  was  through  Sir  William  John- 
son, however,  that  Brant  received  his  early 
education,  and  the  knowledge,  which  he 
afterward  used  to  such  purpose,  of  military 
affairs.  Johnson  had  f  Jr  many  years,  during 
his  career  as  English  Colonial  agent  for  In- 
dian affairs,  been  intimate  with  the  Brant 
family;  and  Molly,  Joseph's  sister,  who  was 
for  a  long  time  hu  mistress,  was  married  to 
him  shortly  before  his  death.  In  3755 
took  place  on  Lake  George  the  memorable 
battle  between  the  English  and  French  Colo- 
nial force*.  The  tribes  had  taken  sides,  and 
fought  each  other  desperately.  Johnson 
was  in  command,  and  under  his  wing,  fought 
with  the  bravery  of  a  hero  little  Joseph 
Brant,  then  only  in  his  thirteenth  year. 
After  the  close  of  this  campaign  Brant  fol- 
lowed his  guardian  through  many  campaigns 
til)  the  dose  of  the  French  war.  Then  he  was 
^aoed  at  the  Moor  Chanty  School,  Lebanon, 
Connecticut,  where  he  received  the  founda* 
ticn  of  a  sound  English  education,  lu  1703 
he  muried  the  daughter  of  an  Oneida  chief, 
and  subse<iuently  settled  down  to  a  peaceful 
life  at  Canajoharie  Castle,  in  the  Mohawk 
Valley.  Here  he  devoted  himself  to  im- 
proving the  social  and  intellectual  condition, 
and  to  aidinf^  the  missonaries  in  their  la- 
bours. In  1774  Sir  William  Johnson  died, 
and  his  successor  appointed  Brant  as  his 
private  secretary.  About  this  time  the  tax 
oppressions  of  the  Mother  Country  had 
spurred  the  colonists  on  to  the  verge  of  re- 
bellioD.  Strong  efforts  were  made  by  the 
revolutionists  to  secure  the  alliance  of  the 
Six  Nations,  with  whom  Brant  had  a  poten- 


tial influence;  but  true  to  his  pledge  that  he 
would  "sink  or  swim  with  the  English,**  he 
rejected  all  overtures  peremptorily.  So 
when  the  war  broke  out  and  Colonel  Guy 
Johnson  fled  coastward  to  escape  capture  by 
the  Americans,  Brant,  followed  by  tho  prin- 
cipal warriors  of  the  Six  Nations,  accom- 
panied him.  The  Six  Nations  then  formed 
themselves  into  a  confederacy,  accepted 
Royal  commissions,  and  thereafter,  till  the 
close,  were  found  fighting  on  the  side  of  King 
George.  Of  this  confederacy  Brant  was  ap- 
pointed principal  War  Chief,  with  the  mili- 
tary title  of  Captain.  He  is  described  then 
as  possessing  in  point  of  stature  and  sym- 
metry of  person  the  advantage  of  most  men 
seen  among  his  own  well-formed  race — tall, 
erect,  and  majestic,  with  the  air  and  mien  of 
one  burn  to  command  ;  having  been  a  man 
of  war  from  his  boyhood,  his  name  was  a 
tower  of  strength  among  the  warriors  of  the 
wilderness.  Still  more  extensive  was  his 
intluence  rendered  by  the  circumstance  that 
he  had  been  much  employed  in  the  civil 
service  of  the  Indian  department,  under  Sir 
William  Johnson,  by  whom  he  was  often  de- 
puted upon  embassies  among  the  tribes  of 
the  confederacy,  and  to  those  yet  more  dis- 
tant, upon  the  great  lakes  and  rivers  of  the 
North- West,  by  reason  of  which  his  know- 
ledge of  the  whole  country  and  the  people 
was  accurate  and  extensive.  In  1775  he 
went  to  EngUnd  to  consult  with  the  impe- 
rial officers.  The  fashionable  West-end 
threw  its  doors  wide  open  to  him,  and  he 
was  received  warmly  into  the  bosom  of  so- 
ciety. The  outcome  of  his  visit  was  a  closer 
riveting  of  the  links  that  bound  him  to  impe- 
rial interests.  He  was  landed  in  New  York 
State  and,  exposed  to  great  peril,  made  his 
way  to  Canada,  where,  promptly  placing 
himself  at  the  head  of  his  followers,  he 
fought  the  battle  of  *' The  Cedars,"  forty 
miles  above  Montreal.  The  Americans  were 
badly  beaten,  and  after  their  surrender 
Brant  was  tried  to  his  utmost  to  keep  his 
bhx)d-dninken  braves  from  wreaking  terri- 
ble tortures  upon  the  captives.  "From 
East  Ut  West,  wherever  bullets  were  thick- 
est," says  one  writer,  "  his  glittering  toma- 
hawk mit^ht  be  seen  in  the  van,  while  his 
terrific  war  whoop  resounded  above  the  din 
of  strife."  His  name  has  been  associated 
with  the  massacre  of  Wyoming,  and  histo- 
rians, essayists  and  poets  have  regarded  him 
as  a  terrible  fiend,  reeking  in  gore;  but  the 
truth  is  that  he  was  not  in  command  on  this 
terrible  occasion,  and  that  wherever  his  in- 
fluence had  effect  it  was  used  in  the  direction 
of  humanity  and  mercy.     By  the  treaty  of 


2D 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


1782  the  ancient  territory  of  the  Six  Nations 
ceded  Ui  the  Uuited  Stntea,  but  the 
ibe«  refused  to  Im  trrmaferretl  with  their 
ids,  preferring  ttttftchment  to  the  Dritisb 
IWD.  A  tract  of  l&ud  iraa  consviiueiitly 
kJkpM't  for  the  tribes  ou  (ii-aiid  Uiver  (the 
DA  and  upon  thia  terriu>ry  he  busied 
hiizuelf  settling  Jiia  people  on  his  return 
from  Kii^land.  The  settlement  known  lu 
^Mohawk  ViUa^e  was  situated  near  the  bend 

if  X\w>  river,  and  imaiediately  below  what  is 
now  Brantford.  The  dedining  years  of  his 
life  were  made  bitter  by  dissensions  among 
the  tribes;  and  in  self-defence  he  slew  a 
worthless  and  dissolute  son.  His  last  years 
were  passed  in  his  house  at  Wellington 
Bqiisre,  now  Burlington,  a  few  miles  from 
f^Hamilton.  *'  He  exercised/*  says  a  writer, 
a  profuse  and  right  royal  hospitality  alike 

>wards  the  whites  and  Indian  warriors  who 
[gathered  round  him.  On  the  first  of  May  in 
«aoh  year  he  used  to  ride  up  in  his  coach* 
BJid-fiiur  to  Mohawk  Village,  to  attend  the 
annual  Indian  Festival  which  was  held  there. 
On  these  (occasions  he  was  usually  attended 
by  a  numerous  retinue  of  servants  in  livery, 

nd  their  procession  used  to  strike  awe  into 

le  minds  of  the  denisens  of  the  settlements 
through  which  they  passed."  He  died  on 
the  24th  November^  18(»7,  being  then  in  his 
flixty-tifth  yoar.  His  last  words  wore,  ''Have 
pity  on  the  poor  Indians;  if  you  can  get  any 
tnflubuce  with  the  great,  endeavour  to  do 
thoui  all  the  good  you  can." 

Ilonderson,  Alvx,  Allan,  M.D., 
OtUiwa,  was  born  in  Dunblane,  Scotland, 
on    April    14,    1845.     His  father  was  Rev. 

.lex.  Hiijnder&Dn,  and  his  mother's  maiden 
luune  was  Marg&ret  Eadie.  His  father  was 
for  twenty  years  in  charge  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Dunblane,  Scotland. 
He  came  with  his  family  to  Canada  in  1840. 
After  his  arrival  he,  in  the  course  of  his 
ministerial  tour,  visited  the  village  of  Fitz- 
roy  FUrbr.ur,  on  the  Ottawa  river.  Being 
a  lover  of  nature,  he  was  so  impressed  with 
the  romantic  scenery  of  that  locality^ 
ab'tunding,  as  it  did  and  still  does,  with 
waterfall,  likke,  and  worxlland,  together 
witli  fertile  and  well  cultivated  land,  that  he 
accepted  the  charge  of  the  Presbyterian 
congregation  there.  Although  often  re- 
quested t(»  accept  larger  and  more  lucrative 
charges,  fur  which  he  wn^  well  quaU6ed  by 
his  more  than  ordinary  ability,  he  declined, 
'u)d  remained  in  the  place  of  his  choice  till 
his  death.  Our  subject  received  his  early 
educatjou  cliietly  under  his  father's  care. 
A  careful  attention  tu  classics  was  given  in 
tliu  lad's  education,  in  additiuD  to  a  general 


education.  He  eubseiiuently  entereii  Mc« 
(jill  UniverBily.  Montreal,  and  graduated 
in  medicine,  with  honours,  in  187".  In 
McQdl  he  whs  awarded  the  Holmes  Gold 
MedAl,  the  Primary  Prir^,  and  also  a 
Special  Prise  sent  from  London,  England, 
by  Sir  Duncan  Oibb  to  Mctiili  College  for 
oooipebitive  exatnin^ttion  in  Clinical  Surgery. 
After  leaving  college,  young  Uenderaon 
spent  some  time  travelling  thnmgh  Canada 
and  the  Ijntted  States,  visiting  friends  ami 
nring  to  select  a  satisfactory  place  for  prao- 
tising  his  pn^feasion.  Finally,  at  the  re- 
quest of  friends  in  Ottawa,  ho  selected  that 
city  for  his  home,  and  opened  an  otHce  on 
Duke  Street.  A  large  practice  was  soon 
oatubJished  here.  In  188^)  he  removed  from 
Duke  Street  to  *'  Sparks  F'lace,"  on  Albert 
Street,  and  hve  years  afterwards  removed 
to  his  own  residence,  which  is  picturesquely 
situated  on  the  comer  of  Albert  and  Bay 
Streets,  where  our  subject  now  resides.  Dr. 
Henderson  originated  the  idea  of  and  was 
the  first  in  Canada  to  apply  siiccessfully  the 
plaster-of- Paris  jacket  for  the  immediAte 
relief  and  aubsequeiit  cure  of  spinal  irrita- 
tion without  any  deformity.  A  description 
of  several  caaes  treated  successfully  by  him 
in  this  manner  was  published  in  the  Canada 
Lancit  for  March,  1881.  This,  so  far  aa  we 
are  aware,  was  the  first  article  published 
calling  the  attention  of  thu  profession  bo 
this  mode  of  treating  that  troublesome  dia* 
ease.  The  first  operati>>n  perionned  by  him 
in  this  manner,  and  recorded  lu  the  article 
referred  to,  took  place  on  March  llth,  1878. 
Since  that  date  he  has  adopted  that  opera- 
tion for  every  suitable  case  of  that  diseaae. 
Dr.  Henderson  is  a  member  of  the  medical 
staff  of  the  Protestant  Hospital  at  Ottawa, 
He  has  been  for  many  years  connected  with 
the  Masonic  Order,  and  has  taken  an  active 
part  in  it.  He  was  initiated  into  masonry 
in  St.  Paul's  Lodge,  in  Montreal,  during  his 
residence  in  that  city,  and  he  occupied  the 
Worshipful  Master's  chair  of  the  Chaudidre 
Tjodge  of  Ottawa  for  several  yeara.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Carleton  Chapter  of 
Hoyal  Arch  Masons,  and  held  othce  in  it. 
He  likewise  beloncs  to  "  Court  Ottawa"  o£ 
the  Independent  Order  of  Foresters.  Ho  ta 
an  enthusiastic  traveller,  and  takei  advan- 
tage of  the  summer  hulidays  to  visit  Dew 
places  each  year.  He  has  visited  tbe  chief 
places  of  interest  in  Canada  and  the  United 
States.  He  has  not  confined  his  attention 
to  the  cities  alone,  but  has  examined  with 
interest  many  of  the  more  secluded  parts  of 
our  country,  as  well  as  sailed  with  pleasure 
over  our  uuble  lakes  and  rivers.     Ha  is  a 


I 


4 


CANADIAN  BIOQBAPBY, 


27 


'-    '    ^-rian   Church,  Mid 
I    from    youth  up. 

"■"■■'■' -irHh, 

...tu 

■ -^'I-. 

ui«  Writer  to  the  Siipnet,  of  Kilinhur^h, 
Scx'tUod.  He  u  \>i  %  goniiil  dispoaitiou, 
«uii  cit)oyt  the  t^ioioty  uf  hU  friendfl,  of 
vtuch  bn  Has  r^*nr  tiia,uy  wunii  ones. 

9la%«nC,    lion.    Ollvt'.r,  of   Toronto. 
»«»  K'-ni  It  Ktn(4*ton,  Unt*rio,  on  thn  2*Jnd 
Hts  Uther,  the   lato  Mr 
ynw  «  nAtiv«  of  Cuiiabury, 
Laitiit*i'>-  ■      i.  who  in  his  youth 

luul  b««iei  urniy.  and  served 

f'  ii;/ip  war.     In  IrtlO  Mr. 

1  Canada  and  aoitled  iu 
U  I- '  -  ufterwards  he  was  mar- 

n-^'  Levack,  also  of  Caith- 

BiMa  I   out   (o  Canada  to  lilik 

kcr  '  )l«    Puninsular  soldier. 

Tkft  '  py  union  wsa  five  chil- 

df«i  I  two  dsu^fhters,  theeld^ 

4*1  •'  vcr.     Ut)  wsa  educated 

■Bdvr  TM..'  rv  in  Kin^t4>n,  one  of 

ithotn    »•  ^.  .Ichu  Cniiki^hank,  at 

that  Xivm  ltael»4  irt  Uijjh  esteem  as  s  tvaiTher 
of  jr«iut>!.  ^m<>Tir»  his  fellow  pupils  were 
iter  J  n.^ld,  sn'l  the  late  Hon. 

Job:  •  roi.     As  scM)n  as  he  had 

«oail»l«^t4ra  bis  eiuriitiODal  itudies.  he  entered 
Um  taw  oAoe  »f  Mr.  John  A.  Mticdonald, 
wiifl  vaa  thon  •■  m  youiig  lawyer  in 

it  was  brou^ht  up 
ixtiL'Sf    and    uaturally 
esum;*  till  the  new  and 
'r:.,i,f,..,,:ashull.  When 
out,  mid  no- 
seixinK  either 
itle,  young  Mowat, 
'    Tpjwed   from  his 
tw.    Mr  Mow- 
lonald'sufiioQ, 
iIImig    icoit'VkU   u*    1  ••nxiiOf    whvrtf    he 
his  sludii^s  with   Kobort  fc.  Hnrns, 
nie    a  judue  of  the 
'Oifu;  In  1H4I   he  was 

11  ntly  en- 
rns,  the 
•  i'WAt.     Mr. 
i  Chaiu-^llor), 
i  After  the  re- 

inusi  wna  con- 
i!.«^^^--U..*:iat  A':  Vankough- 
D«L  '^^^^^ta^M^i  luid  perais- 

tBit.  ' oV^Ho^^^Bttlfl  t>ne  of  the 

I— fcw  ci  and  at  tht*  bar  of 

t^e  rtn*:-  •  i 'hancery,  his  prn- 

•Mmvasal«*>  .^rrw  upon  his 

bwda  UvokU,.  .iivr  a  tiinethe 


partnerallip  between  Mr.  Vankougbnet  and 
himself  was,  by  mutual  oousent,  dissolved. 

Hu    '■■' ntly   associated    wich    himself 

sc'ViM  ntlemen,  and  tho  lirms  were 

r«9|"^  w I'wn  M  Mowat,  Ew&rt  &  Hel- 

liwell,  and  Mi>wat,  Roaf  «!£::  Usvis.  Having 
reached  thti  ti»p  round  in  the  lecftl  profes- 
sion, and  obtained  the  mostostensive  Chan- 
cery practice  uf  any  lawyer  at  the  bar,  he 
began  to  take  a  lively  interest  in  the  politi- 
cid  questions  of  the  day.  Those  who  knew 
him  as  a  t«iry  boy  marvelled  that  he  had. 
so  completely  sloughed  his  early  leaninj^ 
Out  and  out,  he  was  a  Liberal,  a  reformer, 
though  not  one  of  the  revolutionary  type. 
He  believed  in  the  foundation  virtue  of  the 
institutions  which  then  existed,  but  wasooa- 
vinced  that  much  reformation  of  the  same 
was  urgently  and  speedily  needed,  S«>when 
he  entered  Uie  reform  ranks,  those  foAsiU 
who  believe  that  a  man  is  biirn  to  hia 
opinions  as  well  as  his  place,  said  "  ho 
has  deserted  his  colors,"  not  that  he^  ever 
sincB  entering  man's  estate,  had  allied  him- 
self, or  voted  with  the  tjries,  but  beoaas«, 
forsooth,  his  *'  father  before  him"  had  been 
a  tory.  That,  however,  was  uatnraU  it  wa< 
the  tory  wAy.  In  185<),  he  wiis  created  a 
Queen's  Counsel,  and  app«iintod  one  of  the 
commissiimers  to  eonsolidste  the  uoneral 
Statutes  of  Canada  and  Upper  Canada,  res- 
pectively. In  1857,  he  resigned  his  oom- 
miasionorahip.  and  was  elected  to  the 
House  of  Assembly  for  South  (Ontario,  de- 
feating Mr,  Joseph  Curran  Morri**on  by 
nearly  HOD  votes.  The  Macdonald  Cartier 
a<iiiiinistrtition  was  then  in  power,  snd  Mr. 
Mowat  found  himself  at  issue  with  many  of 
it«  measures.  He  was  not  then  by  any 
meazia  a  powerful  or  effective  speaker,  and 
has  never  since  been  noted  for  etoquonoa. 
He  fell  far.  indeed,  behind  the  impulsive, 
powerful,  but  often  reckless  leader  uf  the 
reformt^rs — George  Brown.  In  the  short 
administration  of  1H58,  which,  after  four 
days'  existence  was  brouo'ht  to  an  end 
by  moans  of  the  double  shuHIa,  Mr.  Mowat 
waa  Provincial  Secretary.  In  1857,  he  a\X  as 
alderman  for  St.  Lawrence  Ward,  ToMnto, 
and  the  year  following  for  St.  James'  Ward, 
and  while  u  civic  legislator,  carrie<l  a  mea- 
sure "t'l  provide  for  the  better  aduiuiistra- 
tion  of  the  affairs  of  the  corporation,"  wbtch 
legislation  is  known  as  '*  Alderman  Mowat's 
By-law."  In  IHill,  besides  running  and  Ix'ing 
elected  for  South  Ontario,  he  was  prevailed 
on  to  seek  the  overthrow  of  Mr.  John  A.  Mao- 
donald  in  Kini^ton,  but  tvas  unsuccessful. 
When  the  Sandtiuld-Maclonald-Dorion  ad- 
Uiintstration  was  funned  in  1803,  Mr.  MowAt 


A  cvclopjEdia  of 


became  Postmaster-Oeneral,  retaining  that 
poaition  till  the  folio  winfr  year.  Id  theXach^- 
Maodonald   administration   he   was   at  the 
head  of  the  Poat-office  Department  for  four 
months.     He  took   part  in  the  conference 
at  Quebec  for  the  preparation  of  the  Con- 
federation scheme ;  and   in   1804,  on   the 
death   of  Vice- Chancellor  Eaten,   was   ap- 
pointed to  the   Chancery   Bench  in  Upper 
Canada.     In  this  position  he  acfjuitted  him- 
self with  tireless  industry,  with  efficiency, 
and  in  such  a  manner  as  to  elicit  the  appro- 
bation of  litigants  and   the   bar,  for   eight 
years.     Many  of  the  judgments   which  he 
wrote  are  held  now  in  high  esteem  by  the 
legal  profession  for  their  strong  grasp  and 
marked  elucidation  of  principles  ;  for  their 
clear  interpretation  of  legal  points,  and  their 
logical  application   of  canons  of  law.      It 
was  a  loss  to  the  bench  tu  be  deplored  that 
in  1872,  the  Vice-Chancellor  re-entered  poli- 
tical life;  but  if  the  judiciary  sustained  a 
loss,  politics  decidedly  gained  by  this  step. 
The  circumstances  that  led  to  this  course  was 
*        as  follows  :  Under  the  recently-adopted  Act 
prohibiting  dual  representation,  represen- 
tation  in  the   Provincial    parliament,   and 
representation  in  the  Dominion  parliameut, 
Messn.  Blake  and  Mackenzie  resigned  their 
offices   in   the   Ontario   administration   for 
the  wider  and  more  alluring  iiold,  and  Mr. 
Mowat  was  called  on  by   the  Lieutenant- 
Governor  to  form   a  new   administration. 
On  the  25th  of  October,  therefore,  it  was  an- 
nounced  that  an  administration  had  been 
formed  with  Oliver  Mowat  at  the  head  as 
Attorney- General.      During  the  years  that 
have  since  elapsed,  he  has  held  the  position 
of  leader  of  the  Government  of  Ontario,  and 
continues  to  enjoy  the  confidence  of  a  consid- 
erable majority  of  the  people  of  his  Pro- 
vince, who  see  in  him  an  honest  man,  whose 
effort  is  always,  even  though  not  uniformly 
successful,   to   do  that   which    he  believes 
to  be  best  for  the  country's  interest.      In 
1872,  Mr.    Mowat   was    elected  for  North 
Oxford  ;  in  1875,  he  was  again  chosen  by 
acclamation,  and  was  again  triumphant  in 
1879  and  1883.     At  the  last  general  election 
for  Ontario,  he  was  opposed  by  the  combined 
forces  of  the  opposition   under  Mr.  Mere- 
dith and  of  the  Dominion  Government,  but 
came  out  of  the  ordeal  successfully,  though 
with  a  diminished   following.      Fears  were 
entertained   by  some  during  the  following 
session  that  there  wonld  be  a  bolt  of  weak 
knees  to  the  opposition,  but  the  stars  were 
assuredly  fighting  on  the  side  of  Mr.  Mowat. 
A  number  of  persons,  with  pockets  full  of 
money,   obtained   from   no  one  just  now 


knows  where,  had  set  themselves  deliberately 
at  work  to  purchase  over  to  the  opposition 
some  of  the  Premier's  followers.     But  the  in- 
famous enterprise  was  balked  by  some  of  the 
memhurs  tampered  with,  who  promptly  dis- 
closed the  plot  and  laid  in  the  hands  of  the 
Speaker  the  money  of  the  tempters.     The 
result   was    that   the  public  conscience  be- 
came more  strongly  than  ever  in  sympathy 
with  Mr.  Mowat,  and  more  hostile  than  be- 
fore tu  the  opposing  party.    It  does  not  seem 
fair  to  hold  a  leader  responsible  for  the  evil 
doin<;s  of  his  followers  ;  nevertheless  it  can 
hardly  be  called  unjunt  to  affix  some  of  the 
stain  of  this  deep  and  deplorable  disgrace 
upon  the  whole  local  Conservative  party  of 
Ontario.     Space  forbids  us  to  enumerate  all 
the  measures  of  legislation  which  Mr.   Oli- 
ver Mowat  has  been  instrumental  in  calling 
into  existence,  but  among  the  most  impor- 
tant will  be  found  the  following  :  Act  for  the 
settlement   of  the   Municipal  Loan  Fund  ; 
Act  for  the  Consolidation  of  the  Municipal 
Law  ;  Act  respecting  the  Administration  of 
Justice  ;      Act    extending    the    franchise 
to    income    voters,    and   introducing    the 
principle  of  voting  by  ballot  ;  Act  substitut- 
ing a  Committee  of  the  Executive  Council  for 
the  Council  of  Public  Instruction,  and  ap- 
pointing a   Minister  of  Education  instead 
of  a  Chief  Superintendent  ;  Act  respecting 
education,  for   the  encouragement  of  agri- 
culture,  horticulture,    arts    and   manufac- 
tures ;  Act  regulating  the  public  service  in 
Ontario  ;  Act  defining  the  powers  of   jus- 
tices of  the  peace  ;  Act  establishing  a  fund  of 
$200,000  in  aid  of  the  drainage  operations, 
and  to  confirm  the   determination   of   the 
northerly   and  westerly  boundaries  of  On- 
tario by  the  arbitrators,  and  to  provide  for 
the  administration  of  justice  therein  ;  Act 
for  the  revision  of  the  Statute  Law  of  the 
Province  ;   the  Judicature  Act,   abolishing 
the  distinction  between  law  and  equity  and 
establishing  a  uniform  mode  of  pleading  and 
practice  in  the  Courts  ;   and  a  Registration 
Act  founded   on   the   ■*  Torrens' "  system. 
In  addition    to   these,    in   lat^r   years,   a 
bureau  of  statistics,  one   of   the   most  im- 
portant departments  in  the  public  service, 
has  been   established  ;  a  board   of  health, 
which  is  likely  to  be  a  potent  for  great  good, 
has  been  formed  ;  and  a  sub-department  of 
forestry  has  been  connected  with  one  of  the 
public  offices.     Mr.  Mowat  still  enjoys  un- 
impaired   health,    and   is    enthusiastic    in 
his   conviction  that   the   "  evil  ones  "  op- 
posing  him   cannot  prevail.      Through  all 
the  stormy  time  in  which  he  has  been  leader, 
the  periods  when  men  put  no  bridle  upon 


VAN^iDIAK  BIOOBAPBW 


29 


InnffttM,  whati*^"*'  "^"^*  ^iftTc  b««Tj  •«*! 

la^imirl    Uiiir  Adnt!  .    no  reprimcti 

Ittft  ov«r  booD  1>r>- ,  rtt  hia  privuU* 

charMrior.     F-  '  iu  hi*  earvor 

rtich  ti»    1  '    to  feci,   iimst 

in  KnglAQtit  before 

of    the    [mperial 

:  lu  in  fikTor  of  On- 

r  ifory  I'mifiinUspute 

tied 

i  V'ii!;in"  ;  Sir 

iite  en>mida  ; 

^.  fol- 

I  heir 

I  for 

. ., Curk, 

do  '  ' ,  1807.     He  was  a 

1  ni'MiibBr  of  the 
v«ry 
,        \  .uigly 

Fnuicia,  tbo  siibjoct  of   the 
ttolioe,  ^commenced   his  education 
hitbof ,  at  Knnnoy,  and  c>ntinuod 
thft  olaasirAl  nntl  niAlhematioal  school 
'ion,    then  preaided 
'iDp9on,   afterwards 
,  i  at  the  Uuiveraity 

'   '  -i  .         >  'Hth  of  November, 

l!».  '     1  .t^*  dc'parttuunt 

orf  tided  the  lu^ic 

aziU  >.  • '  ..'....,  ^....  .,.'.-  ->i<;ek  aail  Latin 
f'^^^f*  dtixintf  tho  trintor  at.-flAion.  But,  in 
Maj.  Ii9^,  Dtf  e.tpreMed  a  deairo  t«j  be  u 
mawiapt,  aod  it  vraa  finally  Arranged  that  h« 
•btfiiU  !>*•  »rti(J*  i  f..r  Dro  yean  to  the  houao 
of  .   previous  to  which, 

h    '  r  four  moDths*  initift- 

••  ill  th«*  ufHctt  of  liiB 
!trnr*f*.  Kjnj,,  notAry 
"  whii'h  hi* 
H'T,    I.H2H. 
til  the  be- 
the  Wpflt 


atitilc  in 

aitj  .  .  ,  L^,  ,  t'  ipoom- 

pany  a  Cftuft'i  ,^  .  >  >,   i.^  mot 

MuQtn-  > 


■ailed  to  Now  Vork,  and  proceeded  In  To- 

F'Mito,  and   took   up  hia  ab«>dc  in   ii  htmne 
tH-ilniii'iii  '    *..    Mr.    Baldwin.      Mr    Hinoks 
eo"^' i  a  )ngh  roputation  for  know- 

ledjj'  M-sa,  and  wh«n  Mr.  A[ack<<nKi& 

attacked  Mr.  Merntt  and  itthora  n:aptwlinK 
tlte  WelUnd  OAnal,  and  obtained  a  parlsa- 
nietttary  int'esti^ation,  he  was  choson,  with 
another  uieruhant,  to  examine  the  aocounta. 
He  was  aUo  apprjiuted  socretary  to  the  Mu- 
tual Insurance  Company,  and  cashier  to  a 
new    banking  company.     On    the    a]>pnint- 
uient  of  Lord  Durham  to  the  govern  int>nt  of 
Canada,  Mr.  UinckBoominenoed  the  AVtmi- 
ticr  newspaper,  in  the  e^litorahipof  which  he 
displayed  such  remarkable  rigour  and  taleut« 
that  he  was  invited  to  boconio  h  cjindiiiate 
for  the  representation  of  the  County  ..f  Ox- 
ford in  the  lirat  parliament  held  aftiT  the 
union  of   the   upper  and    lower  provinwa. 
The  election  was  held  in  March.  1841,  when 
Mr.  Hincks  waa  returned  by  a  ujajority  of 
thirty-one  over  his  opponent,  a  gentlvmau 
named  Carroll.     Shortly  after  hia  tirction, 
ho  was  appointed  by  Sir  Charlea  Ba^ot  Jn- 
8|»ecti^>r-Ueneralp  and  waa  obliged,  in  oonae- 
ilUttucti,  til    vacate    hia  seat   and  return  for 
re-election.        Ue    was    oppon^l     by    John 
ArtDStrong,  Ks'].,  who  abandoned  the  con- 
t4«at  at  noon  on  thi*  third    day    I^Ir.  Hinoka 
having  a  majority  of  218.    When  Lord  Mot- 
oalfe  diasol%'cd  the  t^anadian   t'arliAirii<nt  in 
1H44,  Mr.  Utic'^''     ■' ■-  -icfcated,  hi:^  i>pj>i:ii|. 
enta  beini;   };  Ue,  Estj.  (a  aon-iu- 

lawof  Admirul  -.  ........;rl), who  wjis  returned 

by  a  majority  of  twenty  over  Mr.  Hincks, 
and  the  lion.  Thomas  Pjirke.  who  did  n«>t 
go  tit  the  DolL  In  184^*4,  h>>wuver,  he  waa 
declared  elected  by  the  leKi-Uture,  by  the 
large  majority  of  threo  huixlrcd  and  thirty- 
five  over  his  old  oppuneiit,  Mr.  i'nrroU, 
althauffh  the  retnrning-itlKctT  liad  denlarej 
Mr.  Carroll  elected  throu:^h  aonic  legal 
t«chuicality  in  Mr.  Hincks'  '[ualihcation. 
Havuiu  for  tlie  SLijond  time  accepted  the 
f  Iuapecb>r-Guneral  under  the  admin- 
.  uf  his  liret  friend  in  Canada,  Mr. 
i.uKin  III,  he  was  ru-elucted  without  opposi- 
tion.  Upon  the  n»conAtnictinu  of  the  miiiia- 
try,  consequent  on  the  retinMneiit  o(  Mr. 
Buldwin,  owiuj;  to  hia  inipoin-d  hoidth,  Mr. 

Ilihi-k.s  \t  iLH,  ( IiroiiL'li  tiit<  rit  r..[i  '  (S  I  >r'>>^-4ii.i.  .kf 

* '"■'■'!■    '"■■'■■  t 

ot  1864,   hold    that  post  wti .  1 

hnn-'Tir.  and  with  the  confide  i  i 

''«*  good  men  of  every  imliticnJ   do- 
■  lon  iu  Canada.      On  hia  return  to 
Ca.i;id;L,  fn^m    a    vtaii   to    Kngland,   he  wa4 
elected  t4)  rvpreseot  the  aouth  riding  of  Ux- 


80 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


ford  for  the  6fth  time,  by  a  majority  of  &4 
over  hia  opponent,  J.  G.  Vanaittart,  a  son 
of  Admiral  Vanaittart,  of  Woodstock,  C.W., 
Mid  therefore  a  rather  formidable  uppoiK^ut. 
After  the  roai^natioD  of  the  HiiickA-Uorioo 
administrHtioii,  m  1854,  Mr.  iliuckacroHBed 
the  Atlantic  fur  a  long  holi'lay,  after  the 
jears  of  turmoil  and  corroding  oare  which 
fnsd  fallen  to  him  by  virtue  of  his  active  lifi^ 
%t\*\  his  prominent  place  in  public  atf&trs. 
Diiriuf?  hia  abaonoo,  through  Sir  William 
Moloaworlh,  he  waa  appointed  Governor 
of  BarbndtKDS  and  the  Windward  lalanda. 
At  the  cloaia  i)f  tbe  term  here,  he  waa  pro- 
.BioU*d  U*  the  (iovunior-Generalahip  nf  Uritiah 
Guiana.  In  18'ift,  on  the  reajmrnentjation 
of  the  Duke  of  Hnckin^ham,  ho  was  created 
a  Kni!j;ht  C.  M.  G.  In  1800  ho  retnnied 
to  England,  and  thence  paaaed  orer  to 
Oniiada,  whoro,  on  the  invitation  of  Sir 
John  A.  Macdouald,  he  entered  the  Mmiatry 
AS  Finance  Miniater,  in  place  of  Sir  John 
Rose,  roaigned.  He  retained  hia  portfolio 
till  1873,  when  he  reaigneti,  and  withdrew 
from  public  life.  There  ia  no  public  man 
living,  it  can  fairly  bo  said,  whose  whole 
career  has  been  more  creditibble  to  himself 
Ihiid  to  the  country  than  has  been  that  of 
Sir  Francis  Hincka.  He  died  at  the  age 
of  seventy-eight,  in  the  city  of  Montreal, 
on  the  18th  of  August,  1885,  deeply  re- 
igretted  by  hia  many  friends  and  admirers. 
eir  Francia  waa  twice  marrietl.  Hia  first 
vifudiedin  1874,  and  the  following  year  he 
tnftrried  the  widow  of  the  late  Hon.  Justice 
Sullivan  of  Toronto. 

^anford,  W.  E. — Among  the  buainess 
men  uf  Canada  who  have  won  diatinction 
u  Bucoeseful  merohanta,  and  who  have  by 
iraonal  industry  and  genuine  businesa 
bbility  aucoeeded  in  establiahing  great  buai- 
nesa  relations  and  accumulating  largo  for- 
tunes, no  name  atands  more  prominently 
before  tbe  public,  or  is  worthy  of  more 
hotiourablo  mention  tlian  that  which  standa 
at  the  head  of  this  sketch.  Uia  career  has 
placed  him  in  the  front  rank  of  the  "  mer- 
.  AhiUit  princes  "  of  the  country.  Success  is 
Lwaya  a  relative  term,  and  la  uaed  appro- 
[priately  only  when  employed  to  deecrihe 
uO'-uiditiona  in  which  etfort,  guided  by  iu- 
telliifenoe  and  akill,  toa  detinite  end,  acoom- 
plishea  ita  aims.  If  this  be  true,  then  no 
man  iu  Canada  to-day  has  a  stronger  claim 
to  tliia  distinction  than  tbe  subject  of  uur 
sketch.  His  business  life  has  been  simply 
a  seriea  of  triumphs  over  difticulttes  that 
would  have  daunted  weaker  natures.  These 
victt»riea  have  been  won  by  tireless  energy, 
unyielding  perseverance,  a  keen  foresight  of 


events,  a  skilful  adaptation  to  tbe  taatea 
an<i  necessities  of  the  public,  and  the  in* 
tclligent  use  of  dcfinit-e  means  to  a  well 
detined  purpose.  The  mat;nificont  **  San- 
ford  Block"  in  the  city  of  HamilUm,  oon- 
Mistiiig  of  offices,  warerooma,  st^jck,  show 
and  jMcking  roums  ;  the  extensive  busioesa 
connections  establi^ed  in  every  province  in 
the  Dominion,  and  extending  from  the 
Paoitio  to  the  Atlantic,  giving  employment 
to  over  two  thousand  hands,  and  employing 
a  capital  of  over  ^J(K),000,  constitute  a 
monument  of  which  the  most  ambitious 
might  be  proud,  Mr.  W.  E,  Sanford  waa 
bum  lu  the  city  of  New  York  in  the  year 
18:^8.  Hia  father  waa  an  American  by  birth^ 
and  his  mother  Engliah.  Both  paretita 
dying  while  their  scm  was  a  mere  child,  be 
was  senti  ere  he  had  reached  his  seventh 
year,  t4)  the  Christian  homo  of  hia  uncle, 
the  late  Kdward  Jiickson,  of  Hamilton,  On- 
tario, one  of  the  leading  pi<^ueer  merchants 
of  that  city,  and  a  man  of  great  strength  of 
character  and  singular  uprightnu&a  of  life, 
tender  these  salutary  int1uence«,  bis  young 
life  was  moulded,  and  by  their  inspiration 
were  developed  those  elements  of  character 
that  have  distinguished  his  business  oareer. 
He  received  a  liberal  education  in  one  of 
the  Academics  of  New  York,  and  at  the 
age  of  10  made  his  first  venture  in  business, 
entering  the  well-known  pubHshing  firm  of 
Former,  brace  it  Co.,  of  New  York,  in 
whose  employ  he  continued  until  he  reach- 
ed hia  majority.  The  remarkable  business 
ability  displayed  by  him,  even  at  this  early 
period,  won  for  him  the  esteem  and  confi- 
dence of  the  firm,  and  also  an  uffor  of  a  part* 
nerahip  in  the  buainesa.  The  death  of  the 
senior  partner,  occurring  about  Miia  time^ 
caused  certain  changes  which  renulted  in  thd 
dijtappoiiitjnent  of  young  Sanford'a  hopes. 
The  firm  waa  re- organised,  leaving  him  out. 
The  vslue  of  his  services  was,  however, 
reoogiiizeil  by  a  rival  firm,  fn>m  whom  he 
received  the  uffer  uf  a  situation  and  a  salary 
of  $:i,(MlO  fter  year.  This  offer  he  declin- 
ed; determined  in  future  to  sink  or  swim  as 
master  of  the  ship  he  sailed.  His  own 
words  were,  **I  am  determined  never  to 
accept  A  position  as  clerk  to  any  firm."  Mr. 
Sanford  now  returned  to  Canada,  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Jackson,  only  daughter 
of  hia  friend,  Edward  Jackson,  Es'j.  Then 
he  went  to  Londun,  Out.,  and  entered  into 
a  business  partnership  with  Murrty  Ander* 
son  and  Edward  Jackson,  and  under  the  firm 
name  of  Anderson,  Sanford  t^  Co.,  carried 
on  one  of  the  largest  foundries  in  western 
Canada.    Bis  wedded  happiness  waa  of  short 


I 


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A 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY 


31 


For  ul   til 


..1 


^i*te 


f  :iTinnt  eighteen 

>;»<!.      Com- 

•  ned  by    cho 

!n>iii  ihe  hruir  and  retum- 

n,      BU   reatlea«    ener^eSf 

1  to  remain   iuactivu,    and 

Stic  «n«rgy,    h« — wilh  aome 

tieaiers — went    iiito    the    wool 

In  iiMia  Lbmn  a  your,  he  woa  inu- 

iiun,  hAviiig  nbtaineil  control 

kt*t  of  tUt>  provinco.  and  was 

jLLiL  wLi  ttiuonif  dealers  aa  thv  '*  Wool 

KiAg  **  trf  Canada.      Nol  1(^uk   after  this, 

Mc    Saafoni    vatered    i)}K»n    the   biisiueaa 

wUeb*   under  his  skiifal    inann^Jiement,   has 

fprovn  lUK.-*  ench  lari'f  t>r. ►r...rtif>n8.  and  in 

.\%  achiev.  i-eat  succesa, 

M.  liK-htii'in  I'ltfd,     At  this 

t\     '  :y<made   clothingi 

*  .,  .  .i.     The  only  mat* 

:   r      ,        lit  ot    by    vhutie  in  the  trade  was 

'T  1  r:r  qne<itions  of  elegance  and  taitu 

•        account.     Mr.  Sanford 

...    ]    i  ,<  witli    Mr.   Alexander 

MclDDM.    lur    tliu   manufacture   of    ready- 

oad*   dnthiu^.       With    that  keen  diAcem- 

ia«m  of  vhat  the  pubUo  needed   that  haa 

«?«r  ebaraoumaed  him«  he  determined,  fr':>m 

Um  heal  gooda  iu  be  touud  in  the  market, 


to   wanufafitqre 
witli  •£r(r'' 

mCMt 
•d,   31 
atf  the  pvi 
pnt  tli« 


u( 


for    the    public    demand 
M    combiue    cheapness, 
fit.  n(  hnish.     ^iO.OlK) 
it  the  beginning.     The 
•iind  WAA  employ- 
tKu  requirements 
riMliKTed.     Mr.  Sanford 
>)    the    market   himself, 
wUiW   kia   (fMTUiur    aiwitded    to    the    ottice 
wos%        Idjb   gotvlii    w<>re  wliat  the    people 
Kut   fr-  -lay   tlie   trade  in 

itaa  n  d  ;   (he  character 

th*  firni  iwi  "  [  rH  t-lass  "  was  estab- 
lulttfd,  and  the  ft>rmatiou  of  future  sncccssa 
Varioos  changes  have  taken  place  in 
frtTMmntl  of  the  tirm  iinoe  its  establish- 
^  ''"T-  ten  years  Mr.  Mclnuts 
riUx>  ^     the    employ  1^    were 

tab«L. ,  -  ■»n,l  the  name  of  the 

firm   ckangfid    *  t,     Vail   &,    Bick- 

l#y.     After  Pit.  Ir.  Bickley  retired « 

tu   fem  :   aa   Sanford,    Vail    & 

0&,   by    -  ■  tiM  it   was  known   until 

tBA4»  when  Ur.  V*il  rvtirwl,  and  thebusi- 
■■M  was  oontiiiaod  uixUir  the  title  of  W. 
£.  Sanfurd  A  t-o.  Since  the  establishment 
Oif  thd  firm,  »od  tbroutrh  all  iU  mibavqueot 
cksagidi,  5T  '  muviuj{ 

aad  aaatr  i.       Ho 

ia  tiuaptou)   ma»t4\r  mi  kii  in»>  xoiaiIb  of  the 
dapannMiili,  u  wull  as  director  of 


the  whole  establishment.  While  hu  pioneers 
the  great  public  contracts,  he  at  the  sjune 
time  keenly  observes  and  anticipates  any 
change  iu  the  public  taste,  and  inrariablr 
haa  the  supply  in  advance  of  the  deniAnd. 
The  requirenientii  of  each  province  or  crim- 
mnnity  become  a  separate  study,  and 
whether  it  be  Prince  Edward  Island  or 
Manitoba  or  the  Pacific  c«iaat,  escli  is  suit- 
ably supplied  from  the  endless  variety  pro- 
duced at  the  central  ware-rooms  in  Hamil- 
t<in!  While  other  firms  are  studying  the 
problem  and  cnuntiug  the  vust,  Mr  San- 
ford  is  selling  hiu  ^nods  and  pucketing  the 
profits.  In  the  yenr  lHti«i  Mr.  ^nnford  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Sujjhia  Vaux, 
youngest  dau^htor  of  the  late  Thumas  Vaiix, 
Esq.,  of  the  Uouse  of  Commous,  Ottawa,  a 
lady  of  culture  and  dignity,  whose  genial 
and  re&ned  spirit  makes  the  home  dci^liKht- 
fnl,  and  who«e  open  hand  of  charity  is  a 
proverb  in  the  city  m  wliielt  she  lives.  In 
social  lifv  Mr.  Sanford  is  most  aflitble  and 
attractive,  in  manners  he  is  courteous  and 
gentlemanly.  He  is  always  the  soul  of 
the  company  in  which  he  is  found.  He  can 
come  from  the  most  perplexing  concerns  of 
business,  and  plunge  at  once  into  all  the 
mirth  and  merriment  of  the  ovenini^  P<uxr, 
as  though  there  was  no  such  thing  ascacvin 
the  world.  For  a  man  whose  mind  is  so 
j  deeply  occupied  with  the  various  linaucial 
Rchemea  witli  which  he  is  identilied,  ouo 
would  go  far  to  dnd  another  who  has  the 
disposition,  and  finds  the  opportunity  to  do 
so  many  acta  of  genuine  kindneaa.  A  few 
flowers  from  his  ounservatory,  tir  sumo  rare 
rehsh  to  tempt  the  appetite,  is  his  thought- 
ful nnd  appropriate  way  of  relieving  t)id 
weariness  of  many  a  sick  chamber.  Mr, 
Sanford  is  a  lea^iin>;  member  of  the  Method- 
ist Church,  a  trnsU;e  and  sti^ward  of  the 
Centenary  Church,  Hamilton,  and  a  liberal 
supporter  of  the  MisiioDary,  Educational 
and  other  connexionat  agencies  of  the 
church.  Tc  each  of  the  recorring  General 
Conferences  he  has  been  iurariably  elected 
by  the  proper  constituencies,  and  is  treaa- 
nrer  of  several  of  the  most  i  mportaot 
church  funds.  .As  a  citizen,  he  is  publia* 
spirited,  and  justly  held  in  high  esteem 
He  has  been  Preaident  of  the  Hoard  of 
Trade,  Vice-President  of  the  Hamilton 
Pruvidont  Uauk,  and  a  DirucUiir  of  the  Ex- 
change Bank.  Being  thoroughly  absorbed 
in  business,  he  has  taken  but  littlu  part  in 
politics,  whatever  ho  may  do  in  the  future. 
In  politics,  ho  is  in  sympathy  with  the  pro- 
tective policy  of  the  present  atl ministration, 
and  he  consequently  gires  his  sup|H>rt  to 


32 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


the  Conservative  party.  A  few  Buch  men 
make  a  city,  and  are  indispensable  to  its 
prosperity  and  development.  When  shrewd- 
ness, ability,  enterprise,,  and  industry 
combine,  and  succeed  in  acoumnlattng 
wealth,  the  benefit  is  not  alone  to  the  one 
who  is  thus  gifted,  but  to  the  many,  to 
whom  a  means  of  livelihood  is  afforded, 
and  to  the  city  and  country  as  well,  on 
which  they  bestow  the  fruits  of  their  talent 
and  their  toil. 

Brock,  Blajor-General  Sfr  liiaac, 
K.B.,  was  the   eighth  son  of  John  Brock, 
Esq.,  and  was  born  in  the  Island  of  Guem- 
aey,    on  the   6th   of  October,    1769.      The 
Utter  year  saw  the    birth  of  three   impor- 
tant infants,  Isaac  Brock,  just  noted,  Na- 
poleon   Bonaparte,   and   Arthur  Wellesley, 
afterwards   Duke  of    Wellington.      Young 
Brock,  in  his  fifteenth  year,  succeeded  by 
purchase  to  the  Ensigncy  of  the  8th  King's 
Regin^ent,    which   had  become   vacant    by 
promotion.     In  1790  he  was  promoted  to  a 
lieutenancy,  and  in  1793  he  purchased  his 
majority.      He   was  in   the   expedition   to 
Holland  under  Sir  Ralph  Abercrombie,  and 
waa  wounded  in   the  battle  of  Egmont-of- 
Zee.     He  was  second  in  command  of  the 
land  forces  during  the  attack   on   Copen- 
hagen by  Lord  Nelson.     In   the  sprin"  of 
1802,  Brock,  now  a  lieutenant-colonel,  was 
sent  to  Canada.      He  took  the  command  at 
Fort  George,   and  the    49th,    which    had 
attempted    revolt,     soon    became     one    of 
the  trustiest   regiments  in   the    line.      In 
1805  Brock  visited  England,  where  he  ad- 
vocated the  formation  of  a  veteran -battalion 
for  Canada.     In  1806  he  became  commander 
of   the   troops   in   Canada,    taking   up  his 
residence   in  Quebec.       When  Lieutenant- 
Governor  Gore   returned   to    England    on 
leave  in  1811,  Colonel  Brock  was  appointed 
administrator  of  the  Government.     In  1812 
war  broke  out  between  England   and   the 
t7nited    States,    and    Brock,   now    Major- 
General,   gave  his   great  military  abilities 
and  his  pergonal  enthusiasm  towards  pre- 
paring Canada  to  bear  her  part  with  credit. 
He  made  Fort  George  his   head   quarters, 
and  thence  planned  the  campaign  which  has 
conferred  such  lustre  on  his  name  in  Can- 
ada.     The  following  extract  from  a  speech 
delivered  by  Sir  Henry  McNab,  in  1859, 
near   the    restored    Brock    monument    on 
Queenston    Heights,    serves    instead   of  a 
direct  narrative   of  the   honoured  soldier's 
exploito  : 

*'  On  that  day,  forty-aeven  years  ago,  was 
fought  upon  these  heights  what  la  known  in 
history  and  in  your  family    traditiona    as    the 


*  Battle  of  Qneenston.'  It  was,  thonffh  crowned 
with  ultimate  sabcess,  a  day  of  vicisnitude,  and 
not  without  alloy.  When  hoatilitiea  suddenly 
commenced  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  in  the 
year  1812,  the  gallant  aolUiers  of  the  mother 
country  were,  under  the  illustrious  Wellington, 
engaged  in  the  sanguinary  operatiouB  of  the  war 
in  Kurope  ;  and  knowing  the  inability  of  the 
King  to  Buccoar  ua  with  reinforcements  adequate 
to  our  defence,  the  illnatrious  Brock,  with  im- 
plicit faith,  at  once  placed  his  reliance  miulaly 
u[>on  the  militia  of  the  province,  and  our  ever 
faithful  Indian  allies,  for  the  protection  of  this 
part  of  Her  Majesty's  dominiona.  Events  proved 
that  his  confidence  was  not  misplaced.  Hu  first 
exploit  was  at  the  head  of  an  expedition,  which 
he  organized,  composed  of  volunteers  from  the 
militia  and  Indian  warriors,  and  the  few  rwular 
troopf)  at  his  disposal.  He  led  that  exiH^ition 
from  the  seat  of  government  to  the  capture  of 
Detroit,  and  such  was  his  imposing  advance,  that 
the  terrified  garrison— the  fort— the  guns  -  and 
munitions  of  war  were  all  surrendered  at  dis- 
cretion. The  clouds  of  war  having  been  promptly 
dispersed  in  that  extremity  of  the  province,  soon 
gather^  on  the  banks  of  the  Niagara,  and  then 
ensued  a  series  of  encountera,  in  three  successive 
years,  which  have  rendered  the  Niagara  frontier, 
already  celebrated  for  its  mighty  cataract,  tamoos 
in  the  military  annals  of  the  British  empire.  The 
first  serious  battle  was  upon  these  heighbi.  In  the 
early  part  of  that  momentous  day  the  enemy  had 
gained  possession  of  the  elevated  ground,  and  the 
intrepid  Brock,  r^;ardles8  of  their  numbers  and 
position,  made  a  too  daring  attempt  to  dislodge 
them.  While  valiantly  charging  up  the  abrupt 
ascent,  at  the  head  of  a  far  inferior  force,  he  fell, 
mortally  wounded.  Brock  fell-not  as  Wolfe 
fell— in  the  arms  of  Victory— for  Victory  stiU 
hovered  in  the  distance.  He  fell,  rather  as 
Montcalm  (a  kindred  spirit)  fell— in  the  moment 
of  repulse ;  and  like  both  Wolfe  and  Montcalm, 
he  met  a  soldier's  death  upon  the  l>attle-£ield.  He 
fell  in  the  amis  of  his  country,  and  they  shall  for 
ever  embrace  him." 

He  was  created  a  Knight  of  the  Bath  on 
October  10th,  1812,  but  died  a  few  days 
afterwards,  not  knowing  that  the  honour 
had  been  conferred  upon  him. 

Smart,  William  Lynn,  of  Hamilton, 
was  born  at  St.  Albans,  Middlesex,  England 
on  the  ItJth  of  September,  1824.  He  is  the 
eldest  son  of  the  late  John  Newton  Smart, 
of  Trewhiltt  House,  Rothbury,  Northum- 
berland, who  married,  in  1823,  Mary  Ann, 
co-heiress  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Gregory, 
vicar  of  Henlow,  Bedfordshire,  England,  by 
whom  he  had  six  children,  the  subject  of 
our  sketch  being  the  eldest,  who  succeeded 
his  father  to  the  Trewhiltt  and  Netherton 
properties  on  his  death  in  3876.  Mr. 
Smart  (our  subject)  b  a  nephew  of  the 
late  Admiral  Sir  Robert  Smart,  K  C  B., 
K.H.R.N.  He  received  a  tirst-class  edu- 
cation, finishing  his  course  at  King's  College, 
London.  He  left  college  in  1842,  and 
was  articled  to   Messrs.   Smart  &  Buller 


CANAOrAX  BlOQH^iPHY. 


S3 


.St:..rT7nya-iit-Kw  an*!  SoUcltura  in  Cli»ucery, 

I   tive  ym^a.     He  waa 

lu   1H47,  aiiU  traft  then 

Uirr  uf  dio  tinn  of  Smart, 

H*  r*»m!iin<?f}  in  ihjii  tirm 

■>  a  viait 

inada, 

-  int.      i  hn  y.^iiii^'  rrmn 

ii  Canada,  luid  aJftor  a 


_ -   1 t^i 

CooipiL!.  tho  iitl«  of  thd 

Southen.  Mr.  Smart  re- 

iU  secavtar;  until  the  year  1862. 

ht  tay  thnt  'iTirtn;;  tliti  time  of  our 

tlivsti  railways  ho 

«y-at-I»w  by  the 

.ula.     Iq  L8tUhe 

uml  entered  into 

Jlr.     Hect<jr   Cameron, 

.  tho  nov  lirai  takini^  the  name 

—  18tift— he     waa 
i  ;  ■•"    ''-'"U.     In 
liW8  tbtf  p*rtn«nhip  wm  .i  ^nd  uur 

nbjaei  oommcnced  bn^ir,  .  ,nto  (or 

JonHwU.    Thiu  h*    ;  mttl  t87:t, 

vb«o  b«  removed   ti  n,  wher^  he 

nevTMl  tb«  appointment  of  bepnty  Jiidi^'e, 
nad»r  tlui  lato  Jadga  Lngie,  and  also  the 
ist»  Jadgv  Ambruae.  The  duties  of  thia 
be  ditchnr.'cd   iin*il  Hu*  npjM)intnient 

ceeded 

I  from 

Ml  biuiiie&a 

'thee  in  the 

M    '.'.i  1   .  .{W-.A-  ho 

'  Ii  1.1  ■«!■■,  .,\ ;'  ;Vlt 

■    '■■.;vs 
■  II- 

U' 

or  te< 
ISTO  Mkd 

aarw  part  t ' 

wy    of  tUo  lonin  In^duo 
H«    b    Itkffw-iao   a 
(>ra«r.      Hn     ham 


and  wa^ 

•    for    V-.f 


..f 

No.  2o,  Toronlo. 

uif!iii>»or  of  the  OraiiK*) 

travvHrd     tltrou^h     tno 

(lart   of    tba    I'nitcd    StaCea.      He 

kaa   tiittod   Caha,    and    travelled 

J    in    Kurope     pa«ain^    thrnunh 

Irwland.  S«i:<tUnd,   F  .  r- 

;8pAUi,  Rn«aA|  Swiljterlai^  i, 

•wmU  paxta  of  Africa.     Ho  ta  an  r.pia- 

i  aid  in  poUticm  profoaaai  labond- 

B  « 


CoDMirvatlsm.  Ho  wu  ft  candidate  for 
South  Oxford  in  18*^2,  hut  did  not  aU'iceed. 
Hq  married,  in  IHO^,  Cathurine  Mc(«tU 
Otoulcfl,  daughter  of  the  late  John  Crooka, 
Kst].,  of  Niagara,  aud  cousin  of  the  Hon. 
Adani  Crooks.  (J. (V  ,  I;ite  Minister  of  Rdnca- 
tion.  By  this  lady,  who  died  in  1871,  he  has 
three  ohildrcn.  He  ia  a  loau  uf  broad  vieva, 
and  though  ho  looks  with  disfavour  upon  the 
Scott  Act  and  other  attempts  at  coervod 
fcbatinencti,  he  is  a  sturdy  advocate  of  tem- 
perance. 

nnckonxie,  %Vltllnni  L)-on»  the 
staunch  and  inipuUivo  Reformer,  was  born 
io  SprinL'field,  Dundee,  Scotland,  on  the 
12th  of  ^larch,  17i*i>«  and  came  to  Canada 
in  1820.  Ho  was  desoended  from  a  peaaoat 
parentage,  and  when  a  mero  infant  was 
thrown  for  BU['port  on  his  brother.  He  ob- 
tained a  mea^o  business  education  in 
Dundee,  and  at  aeventeen  started  for  Rng> 
land,  where  he  obtained  employment  aa 
a  clerk  with  I^rd  Lr^nsdale.  On  the  18th 
of  May,  1824,  appeared  in  Niagara  the  firat 
number  of  hii^  paper,  The  C'-'lonUd  Adwicatt, 
It  was  roU);;hIy  written,  and  dr>*,  and  decla- 
matory, but  it  was  ou  the  ri^jhc  side,  and 
made  the  oligurchists  twist  uneasily  in 
their  chiurs.  "Every  effort,"  says  Mr. 
Morgan,  '*  except  such  as  reajton  and  the 
Uw  might  hare  a&notioned,  waa  ma<le  to 
suppress  the  paper.  A  hitter  personal 
quarrel,  carriefl  i>n  by  means  of  the  presa, 
between  Mr.  Mackenzie  and  some  promi- 
nent members  of  the  ollicial  party,  led,  in 
1820,  to  the  violent  deatniction  of  the 
printing  oHice  by  a  mob  of  irritated  friends 
of  the  ruling  party.  The  office  waa  for- 
cibly entered,  and  the  types  ca^t  into  the  bay 
tif  ToTontu.  At  this  time,  the  paper  wa 
printed  at  that  city.  A  moat  inopportune 
tiuie  waa  chosen  for  the  work  of  deatructlon. 
It  waa  probably  not  known  to  the  rioteiH 
that  the  Isat  number  of  the  paper  which  it 
waa  inteiide<l  to  destroy  had  alr«ia>ly  boon 
■  ■^-'"(htfd  ;  for  if  it  had  the  act  would  have 
<A  stupid  and   unnecessary   aa  it  waa 

.. . -t  and  illegal.     Aa  the  act  was  done  \Xi 

the  fscc  of  day,  the  perpetrators  of  it  were 
known,  and  damages  were  reooverod  against 
them,  on  the  case  being  brought  into  a  court 
of  justice.  We  must  suppose  that  the  ob- 
ject in  scattering  the  types  into  the  bay 
was  to  put  on  end  to  the  existence  of  an 
obnoxious  newspaper  j  but  tlie  effect  was 
precisely  the  contrary  of  what  had  been  in- 
tended. The  paper,  of  which  the  last 
number  hod  already  been  issued,  reoeived 
from  the  violence  naed  to  put  it  down  a 
new  le&so  of  exiatenoo.     The  CvIomoI  Advo* 


84 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


eate,  instead  of  expiring  in  1826,  as  it  would, 
if  left  to  itself,  continued  to  be  published 
till  1833,  when  the  press  and  types  were 
sold  to  Dr.  (yGrady.  In  1828,  Mr.  Mac- 
kenzie was  elected  to  the  Canadian  Parlia- 
ment, for  the  County  of  York.  The  vio- 
lence of  the  official  party  was  not  confined 
to  the  destmotion  of  a  printing  office.  Mr. 
Mackenzie  had,  in  his  newspaper,  used 
language  towards  the  majority  in  the  As- 
sembly, which  that  majority  chose  to  regard 
as  libellous,  and  they  resolved  to  punish 
the  representative  for  the  act  of  the  jour- 
nalist. The  alleged  libel  consisted  of  de- 
scribing the  majority  as  sycophants  fit  only 
to  register  the  decrees  of  arbitrary  power. 
Language  quite  as  strong  as  this  has  fre- 
quently been  used  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons. For  instance,  Henry,  now  Lord 
Brougham,  when  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons, said  of  the  Minister  Peel,  '  I  do  not 
arraign  him  as  much  as  I  do  you,  his  flatter- 
ers, his  vile  parasites, '  for  which  language, 
so  far  from  being  expelled,  he  was  not  even 
called  to  order.  Bub  admitting  the  language 
used  by  Mr.  Mackenzie  to  be  libellous,  the 
proper  remedy  would  have  been  to  bring  the 
case  before  the  jury.  But  that  remedy  was 
hopeless  ;  it  was  notorious  that  no  verdict 
could  have  been  obtained  against  the  pub- 
lisher of  the  alleged  libeL  It  was  treated 
as  a  breach  of  privilege  ;  on  that  ground 
the  expulsion  proceeded,  and  an  attempt 
was  made  to  render  Mr.  Mackenzie  incapa- 
ble of  sitting  in  the  Assembly.  His  re- 
election could  not,  however,  be  prevented, 
for  no  member  of  the  official  party  would 
have  had  the  least  chance  against  him  ;  and 
as  often  as  he  was  expelled — five  times — he 
was  re-elected  ;  once  when  he  was  absent  in 
England.  '*  He  was  chosen  first  Mayor  of 
Toronto  in  1836,  and  with  all  his  faults, 
seemed  to  have  been  the  darling  of  those 
who  were  doing  battle  for  popular  rights. 
His  visit  to  Downing  Street  when  the  Domi- 
nance of  the  Family  Compact  was  most 
galling,  was  productive  of  several  minor 
results  ;  but  it  seemed  to  be  our  fortune  to 
have  gentlemen  governing  us  then,  who 
were  conspicuous  only  for  their  utter  unfit- 
ness for  the  position.  Sir  Francis  Bond 
Head,  with  several  trunks  full  of  blank 
poems,  plays  and  unfinished  essays,  made 
a  great  sensation  on  first  appearing  here, 
but  he  had  a  soft  head,  and  the  Tories 
promptly  brought  him  into  line.  He  was 
in  Ciinada  in  1837-38,  the  season  of  William 
Lyon  ^Jackenzie's  wild  uprising  near  To- 
ronto. Mackenzie  did  not  succeed  with 
his  motlty  band  of  well-meaning  follow- 


ers, but  with  a  price  upon  his  head,  fled 
the  oountry  through  the  wintry  woods. 
He  eventuuly  obtained  a  pardon  through 
the  influence  of  his  friend,  Mr.  Hume,  and 
returned  to  Canada.  The  Reformers  gave 
him  the  cold  shoulder,  and  the  Tories  ruaed 
their  eyes  in  horror  when  they  looked  upon 
him.  In  1860,  he  opposed  George  Brown 
for  Haldimand,  and  defeated  mm.  He 
held  his  seat  in  the  Assembly  till  1858,  when 
he  resigned.  He  died  in  comparatXTe 
poverty,  at  Toronto,  in  August,  1861.  In 
1822,  he  married  Isabel  Baxter,  a  sister  of 
Mr.  George  Baxter,  teacher  of  the  Boyal 
Grammar  School  at  Kingston,  and  the  same 
from  whom  so  many  of  our  prominent  Can- 
adians received  their  early  tuition.  He  left 
seven  children. 

t  Canniff;  Wtlllam,  M.D.,  M.R.C.S., 
£ng.,  one  of  our  well-known  medical  men 
and  Canadian  writers,  was  bom  near  Belle- 
ville, Ontario,  in  the  year  1830.  He  was  the 
son  of  Jonas  Canniff,  who  married  in  1811 
Letta  Flagler,  who  was  descended  of  a 
Knickerbocker  family  on  the  River  Hudson. 
The  grandfather  of  our  subject  was  a  na- 
tive of  Duchess  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  he  took  for 
wife  an  Irish  maiden  of  good  parentaffo 
named  Mc  Bride.  His  father  and  a  grand- 
uncle  of  our  subject  were  V.  E.  Loyalists, 
and  likewise  members  of  an  Irish  Huguenot 
family.  The  granduncle  was  bom  at  Bed- 
ford, r^ew  Rochelle,  New  York  State,  in  the 
year  1757.  Among  the  Huguenots  expelled 
from  France  on  the  Revocation  of  the  Edict 
of  Nantes  by  Louis  XIY.,  in  1685,  were 
persons  named  Canniff.  They  found  a  home 
in  Ireland  and  becamed  naturalized.  It  may 
likewise  be  stated  that  these  same  two 
Huguenots  were  among  the  first  settlers  in 
New  Rochelle.  When  the  American  rebellion 
broke  out,  most  of  his  family  remained 
true  to  the  Empire,  and  at  the  close  of  the 
war  John  Canniff  was  a  refugee  in  New 
Brunswick  ;  from  which  place  he  came  to 
Canada  in  1788,  being  one  of  the  first  to 
settle  in  Adolphustown.  He  subsequently 
went  to  Thurlow,  Hastings  County,  and 
settled  there,  James  Canniff,  our  subject's 
grandfather,  came  to  Canada  some  years 
after  his  brother,  and  settled  in  Adolphus- 
town. After  serving  throughout  the  war  of 
1812,  Jonas,  Dr.  Canniffs  father,  settled  nesr 
Belleville.  Here  he  erected  a  saw  mill,  and 
afterwards  a  very  large  stone  flour  mill. 
Young  Canniff  was  educated  at  Victoria 
College,  Cobourg,  and  studied  medicine  at 
Toronto  School  of  Medicine,  and  passed  the 
Upper  Canada  Medical  Board,  and  at  New 
York  University  ;  and  at  the  latter  institu- 


^^ASADIAN  BIOQRAPBY 


86 


riQ    lot'b    iiiA  (idgrrp.      ric  wiu  appointed  ■ 

Boom  Surir«uu  at  Nevr  Vurk  HuspiUJ,  but 

■'■—  a  nmr  re»'-*-    '  '*■    — "■'^ri  and  weut 

^LanO.      l!  in  London 

^ -,  .iAi#,  aiitl  t*.  .ii.l.m,     In 

IM4i    hit    paatteti  .^  Board, 

\Uil  did  doty  in  v  .     ry.    When 

rimoan  irar  waft  uvor  he  left  tbo  ser- 

uid  tn\rtTt.<t  through  Great  Biitain« 

Knacv   an  v,    attending  the  hos- 

mUIb    of     I  •,    DqbUn    and    Paria. 

llkM)    k«    roturuiHi    to   Canada   and    oom- 

praolice    in     Belleville.      fl«    wan 

U>  the  chair  uf  i>eneral  V'  in 

tiM  mnliflal  doparlinent  of  Vict  <>, 

Mid    »!       ' 

tMTO  tin  ld03,   when  he  rvsigUL-d 

tlw  AjAfificaa  civ''   -•-   ■■■•- 


h« 


h«»«pit«U  at 
w)ih  ih«  at 
■tWMllPg  a  lai 
HIIW 1  to  Beilt 
Hsetie*  for  a  tuuo 
■ad  tomo  liiHinnfmn 
tkillivr  tn  V 

«aU  kauwn  tt; 
htft  way.      Ha  r 
arulJcaiDr  *  r 
U»   pcufea- 
•arMt    in    pnri 
1^  «r»KtBaton  - 
■Mol  ;  but  b«   «^«<n^ 
^M  afatnai    ilir.«o   m 
•  aowrt  way,  «'!•■■  - 

ba«    bc' 

of      the 
IMff   h»   rMHTf 

■■WmI  lacttlty  > 

^te    at    tJa*     Intvrnatinuai 
mM.     In    •Vrto^rt-r.    I '-'■7.   ht> 
frmaad    tli 

4I-j1    h- 
!  1 1>     hail 


'-.til    )U1- 

y  in  the 

114    poai- 

Ouiin^ 

•  visitfd 

v^  for  ft 

AfWtr 

r  of  ca«e4  he  n)- 

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but  f':>r  A  while  paat  he 

fr-r    T'rnnftt.    and 


'iijtiea 
It  ion  aa 

;:  devoted  to 

a  deep  in- 

■vin  ..no   of 

^-i"  niove* 

^t^t   hia 

or  in 

::        Dr. 

.tedical 

itf.     In 

ffnni     the 

>t>l  an  a  deie- 

.Mwiioal    Con- 

',  Tith  i-'thpfi, 

n 


ijht    up    II 

If.  ...1.  .i 

0k  ckief  Drti<»r  of  tiku  i'en- 
I1«  haa  ail  ii'>iis  auA  "ue 
Hit  ridaet  aon  ««rvi 
'aadraow  guard  in  Uit^        >      it- 


woat  rebellion  (1885).  and  waa  serinualy 
wounded  at  Fish  Or««k.  It  may  also  be 
■tated  that  Dr  Cauniff  waa  at  the  front 
dvirink;  the  Fenian  raida  tu  1Hi>7.  At  the 
time  of  the  Tr^ui  aHair  the  doctor  waa  proai- 
dent  of  a  literary  aocisty  in  connootinn  with 
the  Methodist  Church.  The  war  fever 
in  Toronto  was  high,  and  that  society  form- 
ed Chemielvea  into  a  company,  of  which  our 
aubject  waa  elected  captain.  Ue  drilled  for 
aonie  time  in  the  City  liall,  \iiitd  Che  matter 
blew  oT©r,  With  respect  to  Dr.  CannitiTa 
literary  worka,  there  ia  only  space  here  to 
aay  that  the  book»  **  Settlement  of  Upper 
Canada,"  ia  a  very  valuable  addition  to 
Canadian  literature.  The  subject  ia  touohed 
with  a  loving  hand,  and  one  delighta  to 
linger  over  its  pages.  The  matter  oontained 
in  tins  roluine  must  prove  of  (^reatost  rklue 
to  i\\H  future  hiatorian.  >*  '^^>v  ^-e  stated 
that  Or.  Caniiiff  was   the  of  the 

v.  K.   loyalist  Centennial  <  -.:  n  held 

in  Toronto,  1884,  and  occupied  the  chair  at 
the  meeting  in  the  Horticultural  Pavilion 
ou  the  nomination  of  Lieu  tenant- Ctovemor 
llobinsoTi.  Dr.  Cannitt'  ia  in  politics  n  Con- 
servative, and  a  Freemason,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  Ionic  Lodge  of  Toronto. 

AllAii,  ^\r  IIiiikIi,  vras  bom  on  the 
20th  of  Sept.Miiber,  IHIO,  atSallooata.  a  sea- 
port on  tht?  Firth  of  Clyde.  He  waa  a  sun 
of  the  late  Captain  Allan,  a  shipmaster  who 
had  been  employed  on  voeacls  running  be- 
tween the  Clyde  and  the  St.  Lawrence. 
Hugh  waa  the  second  aon,  and  his  father 
deatnieU  him  fur  the  sea.  He  recuiveil  but 
a  Tury  Umttod  educiitiun,  and  in  hia  thir- 
teenth year  wita  put  into  the  counting  house 
of  Mcsara.  Allan.  Kerr  &  Co.,  of  CrHiuMN-ik. 
Here  he  remained  for  a  year,  al>  d 

on  his  father's  ship,  the  Fati>Ht<^  m- 

ada.  **  Speaking,  saya  the  writer  of  a 
sketoh  of  Sir  Hugh's  career,  "  of  the  river 
front  of  Montreal  in  the  year  lti26,  Sir 
Hugh  tnfurms  us  that  there  were  no 
whnrvea  ;  that  the  bank  ahoNed  down  from 
iNimiriissioners  atrcet  to  the  river  ;  that  in 
ciMning  into  the  river  the  ahipa  had  to  let 
go  an  anchor,  and  the  work  of  nnlnadiuflf 
cotild  only  go  on  alowly.  orer  a  gangway, 
the  homes  and  carta  standing  m  ttie  water. 
The  habile  of  the  people  were  a4  orimitive 
as  the  city  itaelf.  Thxy  generally  lired 
ovAr  their  atorea,  and  it  was  ijuitv  uaual  for 
them  u-*  sit  on  chairs  on  the  atdewalk  in  the 
open  air  enjoying  a  chat."  Voung  Hugh 
obtained  %  situation  in  the  Brm  of  William 
Kerr  &  Co.,  whose  trade  waa  in  dry  gooda. 
After  three  yean  here  spent  m  familiahiiDg 
himself  with  the  buaineaa,  keeping  aooouaU 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


eta,  he  grew  discontented,  for  the  ambition 
which  was  afterwards  to  make  him  bo  prom- 
inent began  to  stir  in  his  veina.  Ue  visited 
Scotland  again,  where  he  made  only  a 
short  stay,  returning  to  Montreal.  He  met 
in  the  street  on  his  return,  Mr.  James  Mil- 
ler, who  was  then  connected  with  an  exten- 
sive shipping  business.  He  gave  Allan  a 
situation  in  his  office,  and  the  lad  accepted 
the  position  with  much  glee.  For  this  tirm 
he  made  several  large  wheat  purchases,  and 
conducted  other  important  transactions. 
His  judgment  wa*  seen  to  be  so  good,  and 
his  capacity  for  business  so  unusual,  that 
after  the  lapse  of  five  years,  he  was  admitted 
as  a  junior  member  of  the  firm.  AVith  his 
partners  he  soon  won  golden  opinions.  He 
was  not  alone  a  sound -headed  businessman, 
but  he  was  in  reality  a  brilliant  one. 
When   the  rebellion  broke  out  in  1837  he 

i'oined  the  Fifth  Battalion  as  a  volunteer, 
tut  speedily  rose  to  the  rank  of  Captain. 
After  the  death  of  Mr.  MUler,  in  1838,  the 
firm  became  known  as  Edmonston  &  Allan. 
The  firm  now  began  to  make  enormous 
strides  forward,  and  in  1853  it  commenced 
the  construction  of  iron  screw  steamships. 
The  CaTiadian  was  the  first  vessel  bnilt,  and 
she  made  her  first  voyage  in  1855,  carrying 
malls  and  passengers  the  following  summer. 
Thereafter  the  mail  service  continued  by  the 
ships  of  the  firm  down  to  this  day.  It  has 
been  very  justly  remarked  that  the  history 
of  this  firm  from  the  launching  of  their  *first 
steamer,  almost  down  to  the  present,  is  the 
history  of  Canadian  maritime  commerce. 
It  may  be  said  that,  during  the  progress  of 
the  Crimean  war,  two  of  the  company's 
steamers,  the  Indiun  and  the  C-aiiaitan, 
were  employed  by  Great  Britain  and  France 
as  transport  ships  between  Portsmouth  and 
Marseilles  to  the  Levant.  In  1874  the  Sar- 
matian  and  the  Manitoban  were  chosen  for 
a  like  service  between  England  and  the  west 
coast  of  Africa.  But  Sir  Hugh  Allan's  en- 
ei^ies  were  not  confined  alone  to  steamboats, 
and  the  operations  of  the  house  bearing  his 
name  ;  he  was  among  speculators  of  every 
grade,  a  prince  as  among  mercantile  men. 
Strange  to  say  he  had  no  taste  for  politics, 
though  with  politics  he  was  much  mixed 
up.  "His  politics,"  Goldwin  Smith  once 
said,  "  were  the  politics  of  steamboats  and 
railways."  He  was  a  director  of  the  Mon- 
treal Telegraph  Company,  the  Montreal 
Warehousing  Company,  the  Merchants* 
Bank  of  Canada,  the  Mulgrave  Gold  Min- 
ing Company,  and  of  the  celebrated  Pacific 
Bailway.  His  connection  with  this  enter- 
prise has  become  historio.     In  order  that 


his  infiuence  in  the  company  might  be  pre* 
dominant,  he  supplied  Sur  John  A.  Maodon- 
aid's  ministry,  on  the  eve  of  a  general  elec- 
tion, with  large  sums  of  money,  which 
money  was  put  to  the  laudable  use  of  buy- 
ing votes,  and  otherwise  seducing  the  con- 
stituencies. But  before  Parliament  ratified 
the  contract  information  leaked  out  roipect- 
ing  the  loans  by  Sir  Hugh  Allan,  the  Min- 
istry were  arraigned,  chained  with  corrup- 
tion, and  fell  before  the  onslaught.  Sir 
Hugh  had  a  princely  residence  at  Havens- 
craig,  in  Montreal,  and  a  summer  villa  at 
Belmere,  on  the  shores  of  Ijake  Memphrema- 
g(^.  For  his  eminent  services  to  Canadian 
commerce  he  was  knighted  in  1871,  as  Sir 
Hugh  Allan,  of  Kavenscraig.  Be  married, 
on  the  13th  of  September,  1844,  Matilda, 
second  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Smith,  dry 
goods  merchant  of  Montreal,  by  whom  he 
had  a  family  of  nine  daughters  and  four 
sons.  He  died  while  on  a  visit  to  Britain, 
in  Edinburgh,  on  the  9th  of  December, 
1882,  and  his  remains  were  interred  in 
Mount  Royal  Cemetery  at  Montreal.  Per- 
haps there  is  no  other  man  known  in  hiatozy 
to  whom  Canada  owes  more  of  the  prosperity 
that  has  fallen  to  her  share  than  to  Sir 
Hugh  Allan. 

Betliune,  Rev.  Charles  Jas.  Ste^r* 
art,  M.A.,  D.C.L.,  the  distinguished  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch,  was  bom  at  West  Flam- 
boro',  Ontario,  on  August  11th,  1838.  He 
is  the  third  son  of  the  Right  Rev.  Alexander 
Neil  Bethune,  second  Bishop  of  Toronto, 
and  Jane  Eliza,  eldest  daughter  of  the 
late  Hon.  James  Crooks.  The  Bethune 
family  trace  its  lineage  very  far  back  in 
Scottish  and  French  historical  records.  The 
first  of  the  name  who  left  Normandy  for  the 
British  Isles  came  to  Scotland  in  the  reign 
of  Malcolm  the  Third,  a  contemporary  of 
William  the  Conqueror,  in  the  eleventh  cen- 
tury. Many  men  famous  in  Scottish  history 
belonged  to  the  family,  among  whom  may  be 
mentioned  Cardinal  Beaton  (the  name  1« 
frequently  spelled  and  pronounced  in  this 
way),  one  of  Mary  Queen  of  Scots  "  Four 
Marys,"  the  Archbishop  Bethune  of  Glas- 
gow, etc  The  first  of  the  family  to  come  to 
Canada  was  the  R«v.  John  Bethune,  chap- 
lain to  a  Highland  regiment,  who  settled 
with  his  comrades  in  the  County  of  Glengar- 
ry, Ontario,  towards  the  end  of  tfae  last  cen- 
tury. He  was  the  father  of  the  late  Bishop 
of  Toronto  and  Dean  Bethune  of  Montreal, 
and  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  our  sketch. 
Young  Bethune  was  educated  at  private 
schools  at  Cobourg  and  Upper  Canada  Col- 
lege.    After   leaving  the  latter   institution 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY 


37 


ba  entered  Trinity  College,  Toronto,  and 
pmdoated  B.  A.  therefrom  in  1859  withtirst- 
cku  clmsftical  honours.  He  took  his  M.  A. 
IB  1861  and  received  the  honorary  degree  of 
D.C.L.  from  hia  Alma  MaUrin  1883,  in  re- 
eognition  of  his  zealous  and  worthy  services 
at  Trinity  College  School.  He  was  ordain-' 
ed  deacon  in  1861  and  priest  in  1862,  by  the 
late  Bishop  Strachan  of  Toronto.  He  was 
eorate  nntil  1806  with  his  father,  then  Rec- 
tor of  Cobonrg,  with  the  exception  of  a 
short  period  spent  in  England  in  1863-4, 
when  he  was  curate  at  Carlton,  near  Selby, 
in  Yorkshire.  In  1866  he  was  appointed  to 
the  charge  of  the  Credit  Mission,  in  the 
County  of  Peel,  Ontario  :  and  since  Sep- 
tember, 1870,  has  been  Bead  Master  of 
Trinity  College  School  at  Port  Hope.  From 
a  very  small  beginning  he  has  raised  up  this 
sdiool  to  be  one  of  the  widest  known  and 
most  successful  in  the  Dominion:  He  has 
DOW  a  staff  of  eight  assistant  masters,  about 
140  pupils,  and  larf^e  and  handsome  build- 
ings with  extensive  play  grounds.  Our  sub- 
ject has  given  much  of  his  attention  to 
icientiGc  pursuits,  and  he  is  well  known  in 
the  United  States  and  Great  Britain,  as 
likewise  in  Canada,  as  an  entomologist.  He 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Entomologi- 
cal Society  of  Canada  and  its  secretary- 
treasurer  for  seven  years.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  same  Society  from  1870  to  ld7o, 
and  haa  continued  since  to  be  a  member  of 
its  Council.  He  was  entomological  editor 
of  the  CaiKvia  Fullmer  for  nine  years,  and 
editor  of  the  Caiufdian  Entomoluffist  from 
its  inception  in  1868  to  1873.  He  has  writ- 
ten a  large  number  of  papers  on  Practical 
and  Scientitic  Entomology  in  these  and 
other  publications,  and  contributed  repeat- 
edly tn  the  Annual  Heport  on  Insects  pre- 
sented to  the  Legislature  of  Ontario.  He 
is  a  fellow  of  the  American  Association 
for  the  advancement  of  science  and  has 
attended  its  meetings  at  various  places  in 
the  I'nited  States ;  is  a  member  of  seve- 
ral Canadian  scientitic  si>cieties  and  a  cor- 
rctpouding  member  of  scientitic  societies  in 
New  York,  Philadelphia,  Buston,  Buffalo, 
Davenport,  Br<»(»klyu,  Halifax,  and  other 
place*.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Corpo- 
tstion  of  the  University  of  Trinity  College, 
Toronto,  and  of  the  council  of  the  Bishop 
Strachan  School  for  Young  Ladies,  in  To- 
ronto. He  was  Honorary  Clerical  .Secretary 
of  the  Syn<'d  of  the  Diocese  of  Torontft  from 
1^61*  to  1H71,  and  has  been  repeatedly 
elected  a  representative  of  the  diocese  at 
the  meetings  of  the  Provincial  Synod  in 
Bfontreal.     He  haa  frequently  visited  Eng* 


land  and  travelled  in  the  United  States  ;  he 
has  also  visited  Paris,  and  has  seen  a  good 
deal  of  Scotland  and  Ireland.  Our  subject 
has  always  been  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
England  and  associated  with  the  "  High 
Church'"  school  of  thought.  He  married  on 
April  2lBt,  1863.  Alice,  second  daughter  of 
Lieut. -Colonel  Forlong,  K.  H.,  of  Toronto, 
late  of  her  Majesty's  43rd  Regiment  of 
Light  Infantry,  and  his  wife,  Sophia,  daugh- 
ter of  the  Hon.  Henry  John  Boulton,  of 
Holland  House,  Toronto.  Colonel  Forlong, 
when  a  young  man,  took  part  in  the  battle 
of  Waterloo,  and  was  wounded  during  the 
engagement.  He  carried  the  bullet,  trhich 
could  not  be  extracted,  all  the  rest  of  his 
life.  He  died  at  Gore  Yale,  Toronto,  in 
1850.  Dr.  Bethune  has  five  children  living. 
An  earnest  and  able  worker  for  his  church, 
a  learned  and  deeply-skilled  votar;  in  a 
wide  and  important  branch  of  science,  and 
at  the  same  time  the  able  administrator  of  a 
denominational  school,  made  by  bis  own  ex- 
ertions, the  moat  important  among  junior 
institutions  in  Canada.  1 1  has  been  given  to 
few  men  whose  names  arc  written  in  this 
volume  to  accomplish  so  much  and  to  accom- 
plish it  so  well. 

Ulackenzte,  John  Innes,  of  Hamil- 
ton, theaubject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  at  the 
farm  *'  Ardcronie,"  Ross-shire,  Scotland,  on 
the  5th  May,  18*22.  He  is  the  tifth  son  of 
James  Mackenzie,  by  Grace,  nee  Innes.  Our 
Btibject's  father  was  an  ensign  in  theClanal- 
ptne  Regt.  uf  Fencibles  Infantry.  He  served 
in  Ireland,  and  fought  at  thebattleof  Vine- 
gar Hill,  in  the  County  Wexford.  In  the 
year  1800  he  was  promoted  to  a  lieutenancy 
in  the  same  regiment.  On  May  *J4th,  1813, 
he  was  appointed  Captain  and  Adjutant  of 
the  Eastern  Regiment  of  Robs  I^cal  Militia, 
and  was  presented  with  the  freedom  of  the 
Royal  Burgh  of  Dingw.iU,  Ross-shire,  in 
18U1.  He  was  the  father  of  twenty-one 
children,  and  died  on  his  farm.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  educated  at  the 
Parish  School  of  Logie  Easter,  and  at  the 
Parish  School  of  Kincardine,  Ross-shire. 
At  fourteen  years  of  age  he  entered  on  an 
apprenticeship  in  a  general  store  in  the  isle 
of  Skye.  In  1842  he  emigrated  to  Canada, 
making  the  passage  in  fourteen  weeks  by 
sailing  ship.  The  only  serious  trouble  of 
his  life  was  arriving;  in  Canada  without 
money  or  friends.  But  ho  had  strong  hopes 
in  the  countrj'*8  future,  and  worked  his  way 
to  his  destination — Hamilton.  Here  and 
in  the  neighbourhood  he  served  as  a  dry 
goods  salesman  until  lH4ii,  when  he  ven- 
tured, without  any  capital,  to  open  a  general 


88 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


Btore  in  IngenoU,  County  of  Oxford.  Here 
however,  he  had  large  KacceaB,  and  at  31 
years  of  age  he  might  have  retired  with  an 
ample  fortune.  In  1853  he  was  o£fered,  and 
accepted,  a  partnership  in,  and  the  manage- 
ment of,  a  new  wholesale  dry  goods  business 
by  his  former  employers.  He  accepted  the 
offer,  and  wont  to  London,  Ontario.  This 
business  he  conducted  successfully  for  thir- 
teen years.  In  1866,  and  in  the  interest  of 
the  Hamilton  establishment,  the  two  con- 
cerns were  amalgamated  in  Hamilton.  Sub- 
setjuently  he  opened  a  wholesale  dry  goods 
business  in  Hamilton  ;  and  in  1877  sold  out 
his  interest  therein  to  his  then  partners. 
Since  that  time  he  has  been  mainly  engaged 
as  Secy.-Treasurer,  and  General  Manager 
of  the  Long  Point  Shooting  Club.  Later 
on  he  became  License  Inspector  for  the  city 
of  Hamilton.  About  1862,  in  conjunction 
with  Mr.  James  Moffatt,  he  organized  a 
Highland  volunteer  company  in  the  City  of 
London.  At  their  joint  expense  the  two 
fully  equipped  the  company,  importing  the 
clothing  from  Glasgow.  Our  subject  was 
an  honorary  private,  and  Mr.  Moffatt  (now 
Lieut.-Colonel)  was  selected  as  captain.  At 
the  time  of  the  Trent  difficulty  he  raised 
No.  1  Company  of  the  London  Battalion, 
now  the  7th  Fusiliers,  in  which  he  served 
as  captain.  He  went  up  for  examination, 
and  passed  with  a  first-class  certificate.  In 
March,  1866,  when  moving  to  Hamilton,  he 
sent  in  his  resignation,  but  was  prevailed 
upon  instead  to  b^  transferred  to  the  Hamil- 
ton command.  In  1870  he  was  gazetted 
first  Major  in  the  Reserve  Militia  of  the 
R^imental  Division  of  the  city  of  Hamilton, 
which  ruik  he  now  holds.  He  was  pro- 
minent in  establishing  the  Dominion  Tele- 
graph Company,  and  was  vice- President  of 
thai  organization  for  many  years.  He  was 
also  a  Director  of  the  Wellington,  Grey  & 
Bruce  Railway  durini;  the  construction  of 
that  road  ;  was  an  alderman  in  the  cities  of 
London  and  Hamilton,  and  prides  himself 
on  never  having  solicited  a  vote.  He  was 
chairman  of  the  Prince  of  Wales  reception 
committee  in  London  at  the'time  of  H.U.H. 
visit.  He  was  President  of  St.  Andrew's 
Society  in  London  and  in  Hamilton  ;  and 
also  President  of  the  Board  of  Trade  in  both 
cities.  He  became  a  Free  and  Accepted 
Mason  in  1853,  and  is  now  a  past  master. 
He  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  a  Reformer  in 
politics.  He  married  in  Nov.,  3847,  Mar- 
garet Phelan ,  of  Abbeyleix,  Queen's  County, 
Ireland,  now  deceased.  By  this  union  he 
had  two  sons  and  two  daughters, all  of  whom 
are  alivfc.     Altogether  the  career  of  Mr. 


Mackenzie  is  one  of  which  any  one  might  be 
proud  ;  and  he  is  one  of  those  to  whom  onr 
young  country  must  always  find  that  she 
remains  under  a  measure  of  indebtedness. 

Reed,  Joseph  Benjamin,  Toronto, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  bom  in  the 
County  of  Oxford,  in  the  Province  of  On- 
tario, on  June  9th,  1845.  His  father  was 
of  American  descent,  and  came  from  Massa- 
chusetts, in  the  United  States.  His  motheir 
came  of  the  well-known  Willson  family,  who 
were  among  the  pioneer  settlers  who  settled 
in  York  County  in  the  early  history  of  the 
province.  Indeed  this  family  may  be  said  to 
be  prominent  among  those  who  taught  the 
infant  province  of  Ontario,  in  those  days 
when  all  that  was  needed  upon  her  wide  and 
fruitful  acres  were  intelligence  and  thrift 
It  is  to  the  example — the  perseverance,  the 
achievement— of  such  people  that  every 
country  emerging  into  civilization  has  to  re- 
turn thanks  for  its  progress,  and  for  its  very 
existence.  The  father  of  this  lady  came 
from  Staten  Island,  in  the  United  States. 
The  subject  of  our  sketch  was  educated  in 
the  common  school  of  Oxford  County  at 
first  ;  but  he  was  subsequently  sent  to  the 
Grammar  School  at  Stratford.  On  complet- 
ing his  studies  he  cast  about  him  for  some 
suitable  employment,  and  for  the  nonce  be- 
came a  book-keeper  in  a  mercantile  establish- 
ment. Such  a  position  was  not  destined  to 
hold  him  through  life,  and  he  quitted  his 
situation  in  1868.  He  next  proceeded  to 
Troy,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  where  he 
employed  himself  for  the  apace  of  four  years, 
after  which  he  returned  to  Toronto.  He 
now  interested  himself  in  real  estate  busi- 
ness, continuing  in  this  occupation  till  the 
year  1875,  when,  believing  that  abetter  field 
lay  open  to'his  abilities  in  another  direction, 
he  connected  hiiftself  with  the  Stadacona 
Insurance  Company.  This  company  waa 
honeycombed,  however,  from  the  foundation 
to  the  top,  and  necessarily  failed  ;  so  in  1877 
he  assumed  the  agency  for  the  Liverpool, 
London  and  Globe  Insurance  Co.,  and  in 
1881  became  agent  for  the  Lancashire  Fire 
and  Life  Insurance  Co.  It  is  stated  that 
Mr.  Keed  does  the  largest  insurance  busi- 
ness in  Toronto  ;  as  much,  in  fact,  as  some 
prominent  companies  do  in  the  entire  Do- 
minion. He  is  a  Freemason,  and  is  inde- 
pendent in  politics,  taking  a  wide  and  ad- 
vanced view  of  public  afi'airs.  In  religion 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  com- 
munion. He  married,  in  1867,  Miss  Cum- 
mer, a  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Cummer,  one 
of  the  earliest  settlers  in  the  County  of 
York.     Everybody,  it  need  hardly  be  said, 


CAffADTAN  BlOGRAPfTY 


30 


<\  ',  and  ft  very  prnm- 

to  the  writer,  "  iboao 

jj^  .-  .     ■-...)-    clttiir- 


I  mfthly 
t.  .U,  »ud  ft 


h^il»d  btuinofts  mmo,  iiQii 

iu  lift*  cLAltufitt,  iif  Un{«)  pu.. 

f>fl<jrit«  o(  ftil  vilh  wboiu  he  oufties  in  cou 

Wttllcr,  William  llriiri',  U^igistmr 

i  iL.t-  Coaniy  of  Cwleton,  Ottftwa,  WftA 
hacB  at  Uftfttid  Wftlier,  County  Tipp^rftry, 
Inkod.  on  thv  ]4tli  May.  1835.  Hu  in 
l2w  «•  "f    iliM  lau.'  UmImtI   Alfred 

W»JV.  iboth  KU  wi(<'.     The  fftaiily 

u    deftcendt^   from  Aliired    de 
Nowark.    County    Xottinghftm, 
(1  irom  whom  descend- 
.    ma8ter  of   tho    rolla 
Kdwftrd    III. 
brother  o( 
'M...»llit;r  of  Johu 
Ccu    Kent,    the 
Hiohttrd   WaUer 
*  T«  nf    Ajjiu- 

<  ■   ■   .  ,  '  of  tho  Duk« 

oc  Mriauu,  ftad  wfti  oflpcciolly  hououred  by 
Hftory  V.  lot  hU  bmro  aod  palUiit  actionfl 
in  ihftt  socmonble  conflict.  The  itibject  of 
thm  ikHrh  iv  a  detiorndftiit  uf  Kichord 
Wftiirr  who  weut  to  Ire- 

land t  •  sous ;  the  elder 

Kic^,  Ct,_    Tipperary, 

who  r-  .im»ndt  and  dying 

i:i    "'■  '  y   Lia  eldeat  son 

1  ut  iuuo«  in  ITU, 


w-r  Jft.ne^  v, 

.1        The    -.  .* 

•  IT  Cftatle  Wftller^ 

in   ITriS.   I.fiviii^ 


:    *ji     Kiinur 

"thur  JAaiio, 

AJior  (the  i;raiid> 


Thflv-  :  t     ftud      Hidtun. 

AmM  >>-     "-"--Ko.     of 

»9i^  lion  Do 

Borgli  -if  th«!  nub- 

J«ei  <it'  iy  ftmu  ftro, 
Choquj  or.  uud  ul  ;  on  a  ouitob  uu.,  ft  liou 

CBorpaat,  dmihl«  qitvod  of  thv  Jirst.    The 


crest  ;  out  of  a.  dncftl  coronet,  ft  piumc  <tt 
oatrioii  feftiherB,  thti  2nd  and  4lJi  oz.,  the 
\»t,  Itrd  Aud  5th.  org.,  surmounttni;  na 
va,^^\«  claw  gu.  The  motto  ii  Honvr  ti 
rtrilax  ;  Bt'ftt,  Newport  or  Castle  WftUer, 
Countv  Tipporary,  Ireland.  Our  aubjeot 
wtkA  edncAtt?>L]  at  Newport,  in  the  County 
Tipperary,  Ireland.  Through  family  r»* 
venes,  he  had  to  leave  ichooT  when  about 
fourteen  years  of  age,  with  the  rudituenta 
of  a  general  KiigUah  education,  which  foroa- 
ed  the  baaii  of  a  more  exieusive  culture,  to 
spare  hours,  iu  after  years.  In  1853,  with 
hia  father  and  other  members  of  his  family, 
ho  came  to  Canada  and  aettled  in  the  city 
of  Toronto  ;  entered  the  Glo}>€  oHice  and  re- 
mained there  about  seven  yeara,  aoquiring 
a  knowledge  of  "  the  art  preservative  of  all 
aria."  During  this  period,  in  spare  houra, 
he  studied  shorthand.  Soon  by  continuous 
practice  became  proficient.  Was  incited  to 
the  study  by  picking  up  a  leaf  of  a  reporter's 
noti^-book  one  day  upon  the  stairs.  In 
IHGl  he  iait  the  OLht  and  went  t^i  ()tUwa, 
obtained  a  position  on  the  Ottawa  Uniofi, 
a  tri  weekly  newspaper,  aa  local  reporter  ; 
and  after  a  short  time,  in  that  capacity, 
was  pririleged  to  use  the  mysWrious  *'  We  " 
in  editorial  contributions.  Kemaiued  on 
the  Utiion  until  I8i)5,  when  it  changed 
hands  and  n»me,  and  became  the  Ottawa 
TiiiiM.  He  then  went  into  partnership 
with  Mr.  R.  E.  O'Connor,  one  of  the  pro* 
prietors  of  the  Vuion.  In  1B71  he  waa 
elected  President  of  the  St.  Pntriok's  Lite- 
rary Association,  iif  Ottawa.  In  1874-5  waa 
-'"•*-'.!  Si  member  of  tho  Separate  School 
'  .  and  durinfr  the  same  period  repre- 
.  i  St.  GeorKe's  Ward  as  alderman  in 
the  City  Council,  occupying  the  imiM^rtant 
position  r<f  Chairman  of  the  Finance  i'Om- 
uiitttic.  IIh  gave  much  attontiuti  tu  the 
ot^ct.',  and  aided  in  putting  the  tuiances  of 
tho  city  in  a  satisfactory  condition.  In 
187li  he  WHS  elected  Mayor  of  Ottawa,  after 
a  sharp  contcat  with  C.  W.  Hangs,  and  iu 
1^77  he  was  re-elected  tu  the  p.iintinTi  by 
nitioii.     He  inado  himself  «  !  tr 

:    the  time   of   his  Mayoi  i- 

■itiously  discharj^in^  the  (1ut:l,i  <•[  the 
in  a  courteous  bearing  to  ofhciala  and 
MiiL- j'ublic.  lie  distributed  sevoral  medals 
for  luuritorious  acts  ;  ^ave  liberal  contribu- 
tions ti^  all  worthy  ubjiict«  demaodLUg 
Ksaistance,  and  mmly  strenuous  efforts  to 
alteviftte  the  condition  of  the  working 
clashes  during  the  prevailing  hard  tiuiea. 
At  the  end  of  his  atroond  year's  term  oa 
Mayor*  he  waa  ent<Ttaiiied  at  a  bauijuet  bv 
th«  uitiaens  uf  Ottawa,  and  proseut<Ni  vita 


40 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


a  Taluable  gold  watch,  chain  and  seal,  and 
a  beautiful  illuminated  address,  expressing 
appreciation  of  his  services  to  the  city.  Id 
1875  he  was  elected  Vice-President  of  the 
Capital  Mutual  Building  Society  of  Ottawa, 
and  the  following  year  president,  which  lat- 
ter position  he  held  until  the  termiuation 
of  the  Society  in  1884.  We  have  good  au- 
thority for  stating  that  in  no  single  in- 
stance did  Mr.  Waller  seek  for  any  of  the 
positions  to  which  he  was  elected.  He  was 
solicited  in  every  case.  In  1879  he  was 
appointed  to  the  office  of  Registrar  of 
the  County  of  Carleton  by  the  Mowat  Ad- 
ministration, which  office  he  at  present 
holds.  The  selection  gave  general  satisfac- 
tion, and  the  duties  of  the  office  are  most 
satisfactorily  performed.  Mr.  Waller  is  a 
member  of  the  Catholic  faith ;  but  in  his 
religious  views  is  very  liberal.  Since  his 
acceptance  of  office  he  has  (»ased  to  be  a 
politician.  Prior  to  taking  office^  he  acted 
with  the  Reform  party.  He  married  at 
Toronto,  in  October,  1860,  Miss  Jane  Nolan, 
daughter  of  John  Nolan,  Moyne,  Co. 
Mayo,  Ireland.  He  has  two  sons  and  two 
daughters.  Mr.  Waller  is  about  5  ft.  10 
inches  high,  is  of  slender  build,  but  wiry, 
active  and  full  of  energy.  He  is  studiously 
inclined  ;  has  always  set  a  great  value  on 
time.  He  is  very  fond  of  music,  poetry, 
gardening  and  horticulture,  and  in  tlie  lat- 
ter pursuits,  in  spare  hours,  iinds  pleasure, 
profit,  mental  relaxation  and  health.  These 
tastes,  in  his  case,  are  not  incompatible  with 
practical  business  talent  or  ability.  He  is  a 
fluent  speaker,  and  his  style  as  a  writer  is 
racy  and  practical.  He  has  the  courage  of 
his  convictions ;  and,  on  all  subjects  on 
which  he  treats,  says  exactly  what  he  thinks. 
His  lecture  on  *'  The  Irish  in  Canada,"  of  a 
few  years  ago,  was  a  very  popular  effort, 
being  referred  to  by  nearly  every  newspaper 
in  Ontario  in  terms  of  commendation.  He 
is  civil  and  obliging  in  disposition,  "  gentle 
when  stroked,  fierce  (only)  when  provoked." 
He  has  no  taste  for  public  balls,  dinners  and 
levees,  but  can  enjoy  the  company  of  small 
social  gatherings  of  persons  of  congenial 
tastes.  In  the  domestic  circle  he  is  social 
and  hospitable.  Mr.  Waller's  success,  in 
his  adopted  country,  is  one  of  the  many  evi- 
dences of  what  can  be  accomplished  by  well- 
directed  personal  endeavor  and  persevering 
industry. 

Dawson,  Sir  J.  Wllliani,  M.  A., 
LL.D.,  F.R.S.,  C.M.G.,  etc.,  one  of  the 
most  distinguished  livinggeologists,  was  born 
at  Pictou,  Nova  Scotia,  in  1820.  He  received 
his  early  training  in  the  college  of  Pictou, 


Nova  Scotia.  It  Is  related  that  while  en- 
gaged in  his  studies  here  the  thoughtful 
young  classman  made  extensive  collections 
in  the  natural  history  of  the  province.  Here 
we  had  given  to  us  the  dawn  of  an  unusually 
brilliant  scientific  career.  Leaving  Pictou, 
young  Dawson  went  to  the  University  of 
Edinburgh,  where  he  remained  for  a  winter^ 
returning  again  to  Nova  Scotia,  where 
he  began  with  ardour  his  geological  re- 
searches. In  1842  Sir  Charles  LyeU,  the 
eminent  geologist,  visited  Nova  Scotia,  and 
he  had  for  companion  with  him  during  his 
tour  through  the  province  the  promising 
young  graduate  of  Pictou.  In  1&46  young 
Dawson  returned  to  the  University  of  Edin- 
burgh to  study  practical  chemistry  and 
other  subjects  bearing  upon  the  prosecution 
of  geological  research.  Four  years  later 
he  was  appointed  Superintendent  of  Educa- 
tion for  Nova  Scotia.  He  was  active  in 
organizing  the  Normal  School  in  that  Pro- 
vince, and  was  appointed  by  Sir  Edmund 
Head  a  member  of  a  commission  to  regulate 
the  affairs  of  King's  College,  now  the  Uni- 
versity of  New  Brunswick.  For  many  ways 
he  interested  himself  in  the  promotion  of 
education,  but  he  never  lost  sight   of  the 

Pursuit  so  near  to  his  heart  and  his  brain, 
n  1855  he  was  appointed  to  the  position 
which  he  now  holds  of  Principal  and  Pro- 
fessor of  Natural  History  in  McGill  College 
and  University  in  Montreal.  Under  Ms 
enlightened  direction,  McGiU  College  has 
come  to  establish  for  itself  a  reputa- 
tion over  the  world.  From  a  paper  on 
Dr.  Dawson,  published  in  1875  by  thd 
Populnr  ScUnce  MoiUMy^  we  make  the 
following  excerpt : — *'  A  review  of  his  more 
important  scientific  labours  will  show  us 
how  much  may  be  done,  even  in  the  midst 
of  engrossini?  educational  occupations.  As 
early  as  1830  Dr.  Dawson  began  to  make 
collections  of  the  fossil  plants  of  the  Nova 
Scotia  coal  formation.  In  1841  he  contri- 
buted to  the  Wernerian  Society  of  Edin- 
burgh his  first  scientific  paper,  on  the 
species  of  field-mice  found  in  Nova-Scotia. 
In  1843  he  communicated  a  paper  on  the 
rocks  of  Eastern  Nova  Scotia  to  the  Geolo- 
gical Society  of  London  ;  this  was  followed 
in  1844  by  a  paper  on  the  newer  coal  for- 
mation. In  1845,  besides  exploring  and 
reporting  on  the  iron  mines  of  Londonderry, 
Nova  Scotia,  he  published  a  paper  on  the 
coal  formation  plants  of  that  province. 
During  the  winter  of  1846-'47,  while 
studying  in  Edinburgh,  he  contributed  to 
the  Royal  Society  of  that  city  papers  on  the 
*  Formation    of     Gypsum,'    and     on     the 


CU.V.ID/^LV  BIOOJiAPm' 


Km 


!  !i0  reautU  to 

t'  The  most 

ImpcirtaziL a<  thaw  uv  :  i.  '  Un  the  Triaoaic 
Rm  SaadfttoDt  of  No?a  ReotU  and  Prince 
Edvmnl  litand ;'  2.  *  On  the  Colonring 
.>f  He'l  S*nd«toi>Pfl  -'  3,  •  Ou  Krect 
■  4.  On   the 


Sootll 


H< 


r 


ported  io  •■ 

Ke  ms^  ft  r>  < 
■■■tinii.  anxl  TtJ 
«tl  Albertit«  at 

widk."     Duru].' 


fcu  the  J4.'^;{ilia 
i  (hv  roui&iuB  uf 
vis  Au*diiiUUIll  hiu\  ^>f  i'upH  Vn- 
UMte.  Th«  fr»rm(^r  Vim  thv  Urat  reptile 
fiMtx»<i  '  •rniKtinu  uf    AmencA; 

mai    i  wiu    the    tirat    kuown 


'*  '<n  CanadetiflA.  This  fosaii  the  late  Sir 
an  Lof^an  had  noticev^,  an<l  ho  handed 
:ii^  Hpedoieiu  to  Dr.  Dawaon.  The  latter 
soon  recoguiaed — and  waa  the  first  to  dfj  ao 
— ita  foraminiforal  altinitioB,  and  proceeded 
to  explain  ita  structure.  It  may  he  said 
tti.it  prevkjus  to  this  di»cov«ry  the  Laur- 
ii  rocks  were  rugarded  as  deroid  of 
il  remains,  and  were  therefore  called 
"  Azoia"  For  this  term  Dr.  Dawson  sub- 
stituted Eozinc.  Dr.  Dawson  waa  elected 
a  Fellow  of  the  CJeological  Society  of  Lon- 
don in  1854,  and  <tf  the  K^jyal  Society  in 
1802.  He  ia  a  Master  of  Arts  of  Kdin- 
burtfh,  and  a  Doctor  cif  Laws  of  McOill. 
lu  lt<S\  he  was  awarded  the  LyoU  Modal  of 
the  I JuuIoumoaI  Society  of  Li>ndi*n.  England, 
for  his  eminent  discoverit>  -y.      He 

was    appointed    by    the    A'  :    Lotne 

first  Presidtnt  of  the  Royiii  .-•..  i.ny  of  Can* 
ada,  and  had  the  principal  place  in  oreaniz- 
In;^  that  boily.  Recognising  his  brilliaot 
career  in  science,  Her  Majesty,  in  \S^\f 
l.,n.M..f.-.i  In...  with  the  title  of  C.M.tl,, and 
■  him  a  Knight.  In  1882, 
*  (^resilient  of  the  Am^ncan 
Association  tor  the  .\dvaneoineiit  of  Science. 
In  l^^x:'.  hf  t.rnvlird  in  K-vptund  Svrfa» 
;. .  ■     '  .  'tX 

•iia 
roiuiiitcti.  iit.«  14  iK»w  onu  of  Cite  vice-presi- 
doiits  uf  the  british  Assi>ciation,  In  1J:^H4 
he  recoiled  the  degree  of  LL.D.,  from  the 
UniTemity  of  EtUnbnrB^h,  and  in  tho  follow- 
V  -ar  waa  appointed  President  elect  of 
'•ritiwh  Asarx'iittion  for   the  meeting  of 


■BtHw  eoiffer. 


.  ..... .,..ke 

<r  and  report  on 

•11111-..'  Ami   I  ;.*4>rijf- 

north    ahore  ot   L.<ake 

Tin  fif  thp    deposit  of 

Wilhftin 

■■■  to  the 

lis  r«p- 

C(>ndi- 

I  furma- 

.oirs  on 

various 

■r  w<>rka 

*•  The 

I,"  and 

Ti.n..     " 


faullirnllli,  YVillUm,  Tr.ronto.  waa 
bom  on  the  i'3rd  Dec,  1K82,  at  Dumbarton, 
Sojtland.  The  ffalbraith  family  is  a  race  of 
inillurs,  our  subject  beiuk'  ''"•  f^""r'h  i.^nnra* 
tit>u,  all  havin.^  betMi  eu^iL-  it. 

Ills  jiarents  w<*r»)  John  Oh  ria- 

tia,n  Crnii,'.  Ilia  mothers  kindred  wercr 
welMo-do  and  highly  respected  farmcrm. 
Our  subject  waa  educated  at  N«Uton,  at 
the  I'anih  fi^ohool,  with  &  view  of  becom- 
ing a  minister,  but  owiofi^  to  certain  cir- 
c>itnst-anoos  he  entered  iuto  business  with 
bis  father.  H«)  waa  always,  howorer,  of 
a  studious  nature,  and  while  at  hia  daily 
rmployDiRUt  freqaently  luado  tubI  ruent«l 
rxcitmitins.  'I'liis  habit  he  niaintiiinB  to  the 
prest'ul.  Kia  limt  idoa  of  t;<nugratin{;  to 
Canada  was  uccasiuned  by  what  he  read 
of  the  country  in  CftnmhrtA'  Journal,  He 
left  hiime  in  1850  fur  Toronto,  in  which 
Litv  hi-  lum  tilloe  resided.  Jfe  lirsl  ob- 
...n  through  Mr.  McMaater 
n  Young,  produce  merchant. 


42 


A   CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


with  whom  he  romained  ior  three  yenn.  In 
lA5t)  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr. 
Hot>ert  Swan,  which  existed  for  six  yoara. 
whuu  Mr.  Swan  retired.  Mr.  G&lbraith  haa 
aiuoe  carried  oa  the  huainess  with  very  i^ood 
lucoeas.  Ha  was  Prtifii*leut  uf  the  Cum  Ex- 
oliabge  four  times,  and  Vice-  President  of  the 
B>ard  of  Trade  twioe.  He  took  ad  unlhu- 
BlMtic  interest  in  the  Toronto,  Orey  &•  Bruoe 
Railway  when  that  lino  was  firat  pro^H^aed. 
Id  1883  he  took  a  trip  to  Great  Britain, 
and  visited  the  scanes  of  his  early  yoath. 
In  roHgioQ  Mr.  Galbraith  ia  a  staunch  Prea- 
byteriaii,  and  in  poHticsau  uDCompromiaiiig 
Liberal.  He  married  in  Feb.,  IM56.  Janet 
Grey  Wright,  a  native  of  Noilsion,  Scot- 
land, and  hj  this  la«ly  has  had  ten  children, 
nina  of  whom  are  living.  His  eldest  son  ia 
aaaociatcd  with  him  in  the  milling  busineas 
at  Allandale,  near  Birrie.  Mr.  Oalbraith 
is  a  total  abstainer,  never  having  touched  a 
drop  of  iuttixioatiug  liquor  during  his  life. 
Wberever  Mr.  Ualbraith  is  known  he  is  rd- 
speoted,  and  is  a  persevering,  honourable, 
and  iipri<;ht  ni.tn. 

Small,  lieiirx  Branmont,  Ottawa, 
the  subject  of  this  skotch,  was  liorn  on  the 
31flt  of  October,  1831 ,  at  Market  Boaworth, 
Leicestershire,  England.  Uis  father  was  the 
Rev.  N.  P.  Small,  Uuctor  of  Market  Bus- 
worth,  and  hia  mother's  maiJen  name  was 
Catherine  Lee.  The  family  belong  to  the 
AthoU.^lan,  and  the  lineal  descendnnt  rvaides 
on  the  family  estate  of  Dirnanean,  Pitlochrie, 
Perthshire,  where  Alexander  ^raall  branched 
off  to  London  in  1723,  boooming  a  Court 
Physician,  and  aci|uiring  large  property  in 
B'jckiiighumsUire.  The  family  intermurried 
inlu  the  Beaumonts  and  Dixies,  two  old 
Leiceetenihire  fumilies.  Our  subject  was 
educated  at  Bosworth  School,  King's  Col- 
lege, London,  and  Lincoln  Colletje,  Oxford. 
From  an  early  age  h«  showed  a  leaning  to 
literary  and  aoieutifio  pursuits  ;  and  as  hia 
iutelloctiial  porta  became  mitared  he  con- 
cernt'd  himself  with  a  close  and  zdHlous 
study  of  natural  history.  It  waa  because 
he  believed  that  wider  <.ipi>ortuuitira  for 
the  axiccessFul  prosecution  of  this  study  ex< 
tated  in  Canada,  that  he  emigrated  thither. 
In  I8i58  he  moved  to  New  York,  where  he 
WAS  Appointed  Classical  Professor  at  the 
Military'  College  at  Sing  Sing.  He  after- 
wards engaged  in  private  tuition  in  New 
York,  but  returned  to  Canada  in  1805.  It 
may  be  stated  that  our  subject  served  in 
the  United  States  Sanitary  Oomroiaaiou 
linriog  i^art  of  the  American  civil  war,  in 
Virginia,  and  was  one  of  the  first  who  en- 
tered Vorktown  after   ifca  evacuation.     He 


entered  the  civil  service  of  Canada  \\ 
in  the  department  of  Marine  and  Fisheri««  ; 
waa  transferred  to  the  position  of  Private 
Secretary  to  the  Hon.  C.  Duukiu,  Miuiatat 
of  Agriculture,  in  1871  ;  went  through  the 
various  grades,  and  dually  became  Chief 
Clerk  uf  Immi;^ratioQ  and  Qoarantine  for 
Canada  in  188o.  Mr.  Small  is  a  director  iD 
Canada  of  the  lilnsgow-CanAdian  Phoa- 
phate  Co.,  and  connect^  with  tho  Osaining 
Lyceum  of  Natural  History  (New  York 
State) ;  the  Ottawa  Literary  and  Scieuiific 
Society  ;  the  Ottawa  Field  Naturalist  Club  ; 
and  is  honorary  member  of  the  X^iceater 
Museum.  He  baa  travelled  largely  throu^ 
out  Canada  and  the  Cmted  States.  He  ia 
a  member  of  the  Church  of  England,  of 
broad  views,  and,  without  meddling  un- 
duly in  politics,  ia  a  sound  Conservative. 
Re  married  Henrietta,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Kalle,  £sq.,  one  of  the  oldest  families  of  the 
Island  of  Jersey,  on  June  20th,  1853.  By 
this  marriage  he  haa  five  ohildxeo,  three 
sons  and  two  daughters,  the  eldeat  being  » 
rising  physician  in  Ottawa.  Mr.  Small  iaiho 
author  of  a  number  of  works  on  forestry, 
mioeraU.  manufacturea,  etc,  and  ia  a  con- 
tributor to  the  British  preaa  and  to  leveral 
mainLzines. 

VHUdreall,  nnrquU  de,  a  French 
lieutenant-)^eueral,  who  had  acted  for  some 
time  as  Oovemor  of  New  France.  He  wa« 
Rent  to  Canada  as  commander  of  the  forcaa, 
bringing  with  him  some  eight  hundred  mon. 
During  the  massacre  of  Lachine  he  want 
with  three  hundred  of  these  to  the  relief  of 
Montreal.  He  also  nerved  in  other  expedi* 
tions,  notably  under  Dc  Froutenac  in  \uM 
celebrated  expedition  ng^iinst  the  Irot^uoia; 
aud  in  the  defence  of  Quebec  againat  Ad- 
miral Plu'pps  in  lOOO.  A  few  years  after- 
wards ho  gmined  a  signal  viott-ry  over  U 
Chaudiere  Noir,  at  that  time  the  moat  for- 
midable and  crafty  of  the  Iroquois  chief- 
taina.  Giving  up  the  military  for  tlie  naval 
service,  in  1702.  he  obtained  a  seigniory, 
and  was  appointed  Governor  of  MontreaL 
His  marriage  at  Queliec  to  Loaiae  Elizabeth 
Joybert  de  Soulange,  daughter  of  Cbevali«r 
Joy1>ert  de  tSonlange,  caused  great  dis^atU- 
fuction»othe  French  Ministry,  who  strongly 
objected  to  the  alliance  of  their  colonial 
govemora  with  the  colonists  themselves. 
In  1703  he  became  Governor  of  Canada, 
Buoceedin;;  M.  de  Callidrei :  in  1710  he  took 
a  moat  prominent  part  in  the  defence  of 
Quebec,  where  hia  activity  was  unbounded ; 
he  also  Hid  all  that  lay  in  hia  power  for  the 
relief  of  Montreal.  Duriui<  the  reign  of 
Louis  XV.,  he   brought  ab  tut  many  uaef ul 


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turn,  which  wrr 
:  '~>'r  colony.  Ml-  iiir.i  ni  \*\ivijtc  mi  tne 
(  LkcV.^KT,  171^5.  much  re-^otled  b^ 
-•■:  ijx**«  wli*)  kfivw  t)i««  tterlitiK  tjanlilitsB  of 
him  charadrr.  fuvd  by  t)i«t  iHfO{>li?  o|  thu 
c-^'iDT  vUo  h%d  felt  the  heuoiil  of  Uu  wis« 
adauuistrmUua  qj  a  soltiier.  He  hod  been 
dutiOKvtimbrci  (or  bravery  at  the  siege  of 
VttkoctMtMJii  Mid  tliiriri);  hia  service  in 
(^oadA,  M  an  tdnuxiiatr»tor,  he  voa  mor« 
U»a  BMuIlj  encoeasfnl,  either  m  regArdi 
l:c*  nnmHTTTP*  rrf  pence  or  wur. 

«*  ■  '  •  ».  WllllHin,  LLIJ., 

1  Mt.r  of  this  geotlemaii 

•f  what   the  New 

who  aeto  before 

I    lite,   with  the  am* 

he  aooidenta  of   birth, 

tu  riatJ  to  »  useful 

>og    hifl    fellows^ 

■  ^.o  ^da  which  beloug 

y  and  nn  aga  of  privi- 

.  •  k_«A  A  laudable  am- 

irt«<l    hj  ciroum' 

Word    NO  ofton 

:h  bar  Ui  p^nunai  ailv.^i      •,   nf,  whtt- 

-.xy  V^tho  luerit  *tf  hitu  n  ,.  .  ^t.nvea  to 

With  all    ihv  Jrvtvdom  uf 

utnnal  life  in  CanAdfti  it  is 

ven  to  one  to  rise  from 

limif4>d  reaourctia  of  a 

"litical  othce 

lou — a  poti- 

iL^'i  in  attaining, 

o  he  had  reached 

'/Illy    UQiiaua]    gifts 

'■J    high   purpua«ia  and 

-,   ,i,,i,   -.-.'Ttttl  fortune 

advance  of 

,  I,i.„       Mr. 

i» 

S 

«t«iAn4).   •  '  of   acptombor,  Itiil. 

Aa  »Tt  Ha»"  ■'■  ia  the  nrrWtcrt  '-f  hia 

rtuaiiib.     Tim  iH»f9cif>    -  '  v- 

-mmm,  aDfl  «  Mtf^tTM*  I- 


'i*»0   t*^    -■*.-    u»j    ... 
•  of  ill*  I'nivince 

I   OOODtJ 

■tt  tUTuiml  hJitkMit 
iifciCai(i«d  *  Momd 


laaB,   County  B  lard  certiticate.     Two 

lat^r.  he  took  a  conrne  nt  the  Kormal 

r-ci\'   I     "  :      :  '    f    '^71  secured  a  Urat- 

daaa  Id   the    latt«r 

y«ar  U-:  »  *i    .|.|.  ii,.i spector  nf  PaMjc 

Hchtiols  fur  the  Cuunty  of  Lattibton^  and 
aubstKt'^^^^ly  acttid  in  a  similar  citpaclly  for 
the  Towns  of  IVtroleaaudStmtUroy.  While 
Inap«?ctor  for  Eiiat  Lambton,  Mr.  Rosa  was 
in  1870  made  the  recipient  of  a  handsome 
^olii  watch  anii  chain,  with  a  ct>mplimontary 
addrosa  from  the  tenchem  of  the  district,  in 
acknowledgment  of  his  iceal  in  educational 
work  and  his  able  and  unwearied  service  in 
the  profesaiou.  Ue  was  also  presented  with 
a  fl^ttenns  address  by  the  County  OouncU. 
*'  During  those  years/  asjs  a  writer  in  the 
CajuMda  *SrAoof  Jounuil,  "when  the  eatalv 
lishment  of  additional  Normal  Schoola  waa 
agitated  in  this  province,  and  riviil  oitiee 
werecUmourini;  for  location  of  the  proposed 
now  schools  within  their  limits,  Mr.  Hoes 
took  a  leading  part  in  the  movement  set  on 
foot  for  th«  creation  of  Countj'  Model 
Schools,  when  it  was  found  that  tho  (tovern- 
munt  of  the  day  hesitated  in  incur  the  out- 
Uy  for  additional  Nortujil  Schools.  He  de* 
voted  much  time  and  attention  u>  perfect- 
ing the  new  scheme  of  County  ModetiSohools, 
and  after  their  estahlishmt^nt,  pruparwl  the 
ayllahue  of  lectures,  and  was  for  a  tiuw 
Appointed  inspector  of  Model  Schools.  The 
exueltent  reftults  that  have  followed  are  a 
sutlioienl  indicMion  of  the  wisdom  of  hia 
c  oiiiHeU,  and  of  the  vrit>r^7  and  skill  with 
which  tUe  scheme  w;i9  put  iut<j  practical 
operation.  Frum  167*'  lo  lt^80  he  waa  a 
luuiutwr  of  the  Central  Cummittee.  and  waa 
ihori:  n  faithful  advtjcate  of  the  teaohvra' 
ititert'iita.  II<?  ooutvuded  for  the  use  of  only 
onti  tuxt-book  on  the  samo  Biibjttct  in  tha 
publii!  schools,  and  was  in  favour  of  con* 
lining  the  Normal  Schools  to  strictly  pro- 
fusaional  work,  leaving  the  acadeuiic  ornon- 
pTufeasionnl  pari  of  ihc  students*  training 
to  the  Hmh  Si'hiMtta  and  lustitutei."  Fur 
m*nw  yuars  Mr.  Rosa  was  vngayed  in  iour- 
M'  work.  At  one  time  he  owned  the 
'"y  -^9^  and  at  an<ither  was  p^rt  pro- 
'  of  the  Huron     ''  T,  .-it 

1  n^ftources  and  i  .,f 

(pieatioiis  woll  In.  iiiiii  u>  nniriM  m  tlte 
f    j'Mirihdiam,      lu  t'ducatiotial    j  >ur- 
he  als'>  made  hia  mark,  havini^  con- 
.  with  Mr.  McColI,  of  SirailiMy,  the 
7\.,.l.,^  a  publication   which    waa 
1    nntl    for  a  timu  of    great 
leaching    profession.      Like 
niKhy  of  our  public  men,  Mr.  Koks  baa  also 
Uicn  drawn  to  law,  and  thou(;h  he  liaa  nevur 


Held  • 


u 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


practised  the  profesaion  he  hu  passed  seve- 
ral of  the  preliminary  PzaminatioDa,  and  in 
1879  wrote  for  and  obtained  from  the  Albert 
University  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  For  many 
years  Mr.  Ross  has  been  an  enthusiastic 
leader  in  Temperance  and  Prohibitory  move- 
ments in  Canada,  and  in  the  Hoase  of  Com- 
mons, as  well  as  in  the  Ontario  Legislature, 
has  earnestly  advocated  the  cause  of  Tem- 
perance and  taken  active  part  in  its  legis- 
lation. J  n  1879  he  was  elected  Most 
Worthy  Patriarch  of  the  National  Division 
of  the  Sons  of  Temperance,  North  Ame- 
rica, and  for  two  years  presided  over  their 
deliberations  at  Washington  and  at  Cin- 
cinnati. In  Reform  politics  Mr.  Ross  has 
for  years  been  a  well  known  and  distin- 
guished figure.  A  ready  debater  and  a 
lucid  and  incisive  speaker  he  has  again  and 
again  been  of  yeoman  service  to  his  party 
and  done  much  to  advance  the  cause  of  Lib- 
eralism throughout  Ontario.  ^'  An  a  public 
speaker,"  remarks  the  authority  wo  have 
already  ([uoted,  **  Mr.  Robs  has  a  remark- 
able faculty  of  grouping  his  facts  and  pre- 
senting his  arguments  in  clear,  logical  order, 
in  which  we  find  the  influence  of  his  early 
training  as  a  teacher.  He  is  quick  at  re- 
(Artee,  possesses  a  retentive  memory,  and  a 
contagious  enthusiasm  which  frequently  ex- 
presses itself  in  genuine  eloquence,  lie  has 
the  ardour  and  impulsiveness  of  a  Celt  com- 
bined with  much  prudence  and  sound  judg- 
ment. He  is  a  living  example  of  the  power 
of  continuity  of  purpose  and  indomitable 
will,  when  linked  with  intelligence  and  high 
motive,"  Mr.  Ross  was  first  elected  repre- 
sentative of  West  Middlesex  in  the  House 
of  Commons  in  1872  ;  two  years  afterwards, 
at  the  general  election,  he  was  returned  by 
acclamation  ;  he  was  again  returned  in  the 
years  1878  and  1882,  though  in  the  follow- 
ing year  he  was  unfortunate  to  lose  his  seat 
in  consequence  of  bribery  by  agents.  In 
Nov.,  1883,  he  was  appointed  Minister  of 
Education  for  Ontario,  as  successor  to  the 
Hon.  Adam  Crooks,  Q.C.,  and  in  the  follow- 
ing month  was  elected  to  the  Legislative 
Assembly  for  his  present  seat.  West  Middle- 
sex. To  his  important  office  Mr.  Ross 
brings  a  strong,  clear,  an<l  well-stored  mind, 
wide  experience  in  teachini;,  a  hearty  en- 
thusiasm in  educational  luattein,  and  ster- 
ling qualities  as  a  departmental  adminis- 
trator and  public  officer.  He  strikes  the 
interviewer  at  once  by  his  clear-headed  prac- 
tical view  of  things,  and  gives  the  impres- 
sion of  an  eminently  safe  man,  a  cautious 
but  vigorous  administrator,  with  no  fads  or 
crotchets,  but  with  abounding  energy,  un- 


flagging  purpose,  and  strong  common  sense. 
Mr.  Ross  married  Christina,  fourth  daugh- 
ter of  Duncan  Campbell,  Esq.,  of  Middlesex, 
who  however  died  in  1872.  In  1875  he  again 
married,  Miss  Boston,  of  Lobo,  County 
Middlesex,  becoming  his  wife. 

Slieppard,  Edmund,  Bowmanville, 
the  subject  of  this  biographical  paper,  was 
bom  at  Newark,  Nottinghamshire,  England, 
on  the  3rd  of  February,  1823.  His  father 
was  Christopher  Hancer  Sheppard,  and  his 
mother  Maria  iUe  Stevenson.  His  father, 
it  may  be  said,  took  a  prominent  interest  in 
politics  in  England,  and  was  one  of  the  fore- 
most supporters  of  Sergt  WUd,  the  Reform 
candidate,  who  ran  in  opposition  for  New- 
ark to  Mr.  (now  the  Hon.)  W.  E.  Gladstone, 
who  was,  in  these  early  days,  a  Conservative. 
Our  subject  received  his  primary  education 
at  Newark,  and  he  afterwards  attended 
Bethany  College,  Virginia,  United  States. 
He  was,  in  early  life,  a  strict  member  of  the 
Church  of  England,  but  in  1842,  he  dis- 
sented, uniting  himself  with  the  Christian 
church  (Disciples)  in  Nottingham.  From 
information  published  in  the  historical  Atlas 
of  the  County  of  Elgin,  and  from  other 
sources,  the  following  is  gleaned  respecting 
our  subject  :  "  He  is  a  man  of  no  ordinary 
cast  of  mind  .  .  .  and  it  ia  chiefly  be- 
cause his  many  friends  in  Western  Ontario 
will  read  with  interest  the  plainest  facts  in 
his  history  that  they  are  recorded  here. 
His  public  labours  have  been  extensive,  and 
mainly  in  two  fields,  educational  and  evan- 
gelical. Mr.  Sheppard  was  born  in  Newark, 
England,  in  1823,  and  emigrated  to  Canada 
in  the  spring  of  1843.  He  commenced 
school  teaching  in  the  township  of  Mark- 
ham,  in  the  year  1844,  attended  Bethany 
College  for  some  time,  and  settled  in  South 
Dorchester  in  1848,  Mr.  Sheppard  early 
recognized  the  importance  of  our  national 
system  of  education,  and  the  share  of  its 
administration  which  devolved  upon  him, 
was  performed  with  ability  and  zeal.  His 
first  appointment  to  the  office  of  Local  Supt. 
(»f  Schools  was  upon  the  recommendation  of 
Judge  Elliott,  of  London  (who  had  held 
the  office  of  District  Supt.)  for  North  and 
South  Dorchester  in  1850.  In  that  year  he 
asdisted  in  organizing  the  Board  of  Public 
Instruction  for  the  United  Counties  of  Mid- 
dlesex and  Elgin.  His  colleagues  were  : — 
Mr.  French  of  London,  the  late  Bishop 
Cronyn,  the  late  Mr.  Silcox  of  Southwold, 
and  the  late  Judge  Wilson.  In  1850  he 
waa  appointed  Supt.  of  Schoola  for  the  East 
Riding  of  Elgin,  and  upon  the  death  of 
John  S.  McCoU,  in  M*rch,  1800,  he  was  ap* 


CANADIAN  BIOORAPHY. 


45 


DT«r  the   Addtlionftl   torritory   of 
ji  WfjOL,    'l*he  Uhoiin  of  the  office  for 
irMft  county,  with   much   tmveUin^, 
tnring  and  jireihchuig,  severely  Uxed  hu 
Jtli.  :iiiJ.  Ill  conscquczictf,    be  rosigued, 
utd  wits  (jreAvijUHl  by  the 

Hue'"  I'l'liPL'  with  A  fioe  t«a 

■erricw  «oti  n  addreai    on 

{mrchment,  ex,  ■   appreciation 

aod  g<»<l  will  .  .  .  in  IMH  Air.  Shep- 
|«f\l  waa  married  to  Miu  Nancy  Kentley, 
alao  of  Eofftiah  deaoent,  and  a  grvat-niroat 
lOmiMi-^aaffhter  uf  a  sutvr  uf  John  Hunyan. 
JUlfaotmh     '  '  '»•■«  douv  much  for 

tliccauav  ■  1  hA« distinguished 

himaelf  b>  >  i-^  .cLLuit-'?  'm  EcieDtific  subjects, 
bv  Uf*  vTiirk  thua  far  has  hetin  that  of  the 
Chrt.-"    '  - 

prion - 

ia  Wtttor 

ojotroiflray  ; 

tici  are  thnio 
uurker,—  ' 

nor  rda.T' 


1-1 


hts  was  indeed  the 
htwn  fta  the  '  Dia* 
1  J  ChriBtian  Church, 
tie  is  atTable  and  in- 
<iU<ia,  active  and  able  in 
and.  iu  tine,  hia  characteris- 
of  the  earnest  and  zealous 
^  er  forgets  friends, 
;.'i  the  cause  which 
he  luT«a  '  Mr.  Shiji^iard  moved  to  Bow- 
tUADTntw  in  1B81.  In  that  town  he  is  novr 
pMtor  of  tho  Church  o(  the  Disciples  of 
wiocb  tbo  late  Hun.  Juha  Simptuu  was  a 
mambttr.  Hia  wife  died  at  Bowmanville  iu 
February,  IStCJ.  Uia  oiUy  son,  Edmund 
y  L.\  .  __i  ..  ;proprietor  and  editor  of 
Our  subject  hns  two 
...  ..iArried  and  is  Uring  in 
>      '  tor  ;  and  one  aingle,  living  at 

I  ..^         _____   are   ali   that  aarrive  of    a 
tn:Miy    uf   t«ttlve«   most  of  whum  died  in 

V  -^ver    I'rcnilcr,    i,ras 

b.  T  .letfen.-'n  Ooiinly,  New 

uUrr 'J3rd,  IKliS.      Hw  father 

r»   of    New  KuL'Utid  urij;in. 

was     Harv*<y     l*reu- 

«nbjtu''t  of    onr   sketch 

-U    country  school- 

y.      Ue  left  suht>oI 

,  and  was  Hrat  em- 

■  rj  store,  vrliere  he 

"■■  •> '•■.-!  ati 

waa 

:....:riin- 

1.      lie  applied  for 

,   _   _  -lith  tho  Montreal 

He  WAS  tirKt 
10,  when  that 
■  her«  he  wm 
•>  he  became 
'4  position  for 
i  18:>0,   whsn 


li 
wa 
i\ 
c^iaf  !*(*« 
Ilu*«ra» 


he  was  sent  to  Toronto  to  take  charge  of  the 
Toronto  '.'^cea,'  and  in  this  po&ition  he  haa 
since  remained,  tho  whole  businoss  being 
now  under  his  management.  L'nder  hid  able 
direction  lines  have  been  laid  in  every  por- 
tion of  the  country  where  the  rtwds  made 
it  at  all  practicable  to  establish  them.  At 
the  present  time  Canada  stands  second  to 
no  country  in  the  world  with  regard  to 
cheapness  and  etricioucy  cjf  tta  tele<^raph  ^a- 
teni.  This  circumstance,  it  may  bn  olniraed 
with  flll  justice,  is  due  in  a  av'  ire, 

if  not   wholly,  to  the  clear  six  iid 

excellent  executive  ability  of  Mi\  L'wi^ht. 
But  Mr.  Dwi^^ht  has  not  cimHned  his  biisio 
nesa  abilities  o\cluEiivety  to  the  telegraphic 
system  which  .iwes  t<)  him  its  superb  com- 
plett>neA8.  >{e  lias  taken  a  very  active  part 
in  a  number  of  other  important  public  en- 
terprises, and  is  one  of  the  beat  known 
men  in  Canadti.  Mr.  Dwight  is  a  member 
of  the  Church  of  EngUud.  ilis  poettion  is 
such  that  it  has  been  necessary  for  him  to 
refrain  totally  fnim  politics.  He  was  lirat 
married  to  Sarah  Hutchinson,  of  Port  Rob- 
inson, she  being  of  Irish  descent.  This 
lady  died.  He  sub9C(]uently  married  AIi%a 
Mary  Margaret  Helliwell,  daughter  of 
William  Helliwell,  a  York  pioneer,  ft  ia 
seldom  that  an  efficient  admiuistrator,  who 
must  nut  regard  economy  as  the  leaat  fac- 
tor iu  good  ukanagement,  can  bo  thoroughly 
popular  with  those  around  liim,  yet  Mr. 
Dwi^'ht  is  greatly  liked  by  his  large  stafi  of 
employt.4,  and  they  would  consider  no 
word  of  eulogy  too  strong  to  bestow  upon 
him.  Mr.  Dwight  is  one  of  the  capable, 
active  public  spirits  from  whoso  brain  and 
energy  the  community  ia  always  a  great 
pro  titer. 

Crerar,  John,  Barrister-at^Uw  and 
County  Crown  .\tt'>mey,  Hamilton,  was 
bi>m  at  Crielf.  Perthshire,  Scotland ,  in  1 83G. 
His   father   was    a   mechanic,  I  of 

great    natural    talent,    had    -•  r.try 

tastes,  and  was  a  well-known  c"ijii'it>ut<jr  in 
his  own  locality,  to  the  journals  of  his  day. 
Th<  1  '  '  load,  his  "  sayings  and  doings" 
are^  uoteclin  the  •*  reminiscence' 

Cijlujiino  -M  LM^i  Perthshire  newspapers.  Our 
subject  was  (he  eldest  of  tive  s«ms,  all  living 
with  one  exception,  and  occupying  promi- 
nent potitionn.  Oneia  a  well-known  divine 
in  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland  (the  Rev. 
Thomas  Crerar,  M.A.,  of  Leith).  This 
divine  has  contributed  to  the  literature  of 
Scotland  several  valuable  translations  from 
the  German  writers  on  thei^logical  subjects. 
Onr  subject  waa  educated  partly  in  his  na- 
tive town  and  partly  at  the  famous  ^'Madras 


46 


A  CYCLOPMDIA  OF 


Collegb*'  of  St.  Audrew's.  He  entered  ft 
Scotch  law  oftico  at  an  earty  age,  but  after 
three  years'  atucty  he  gavt?  wp  law,  aad 
«ntered  the  wrvice  of  the  oM  Perth  Itank, 
whence  ho  joined  the  ill-fated  City  of  Glas- 
gow Bank,  in  EdinburKh.  In  1857,  he  waa 
induced  by  the  late  T.  M.  Daly,  of  Strat- 
ford (a  relation  by  marriage)  then  M.P. 
for  Perth  in  the  old  Parliament  of  Canada, 
to  oomu  to  this  country.  In  thu  fall  uf  18^7 
he  received  an  uppointment  in  the  Bank  of 
Montreal,  tiere  he  remained  for  ten  years. 
In  18(>4,  while  stationed  in  the  Bank  of 
Montreal,  at  London,  he  married  Miss 
Hope,  eldest  daii^ht^r  of  the  late  Hon. 
Adam  Hope.  Senator  of  the  Dominion.  In 
1666,  at  Mr.  Hope's  snggeation,  Mr.  Crerar 
abandoned  bankint;  and  commenced  life 
afresh,  as  a  law  student,  in  the  office  of  £.  J. 
Parke,  Bfirrister,  London,  C.  W.  Subse- 
qiiuntly  he  studied  with  S.  B.  Freeman,  at 
Hamilton,  and  with  R.  A.  Harrison,  after- 
wards Chief  Justice,  at  Toronto.  Mr.  Cre- 
rar carried  oi!'  the  Hrst  Law  scholarahtp  at 
Osgoode  Hall,  in  each  year  of  his  course  ; 
and  in  1871  opened  hia  office  aa  a  barrister, 
in  Hamilton,  where  he  now  resides,  and  is 
the  senior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Crerar, 
Muir  &  Crerar,  Barristers,  ice.  He  is  soli- 
citor for  various  corporations  including  the 
Molson's  BanV,  in  that  city,  and  the  6rm 
are  reputed  to  do  a  large  nnd  lucrative  law 
business.  From  187'^'  to  1880  our  subject 
became  widely  known  aa  an  active  and 
trusted  member  of  the  Liberal  party  in 
politics.  Notably  n  man  who  has  the  cou- 
rage of  his  opinions,  bis  political  platform 
waa  rigidly  defined  and  uncompromising. 
A  student,  fitrtt  (imorf,  of  political  economy, 
e  was  ever  a  pronimnced  Free-trader  of  the 
Gobden  and  Bright  school.  Thoroughly 
familiar  with  the  literature  of  free-trwle,  ho 
plunged  into  the  parliamentary  campaign  of 
1878  with  sini^ulor  enthusiasm,  and  through 
the  press  and  on  a  score  of  platforms 
throughout  Ontario  he  publicly  analysed 
fr>m  the  acientitic  economical  point  of  view 
propt>uiided  by  the  rfc«:»i;nized  authorities  of 
Fre*«  tmde  and  Protection,  the  new  dogma 
called  thu  National  Policy.  His  efforts  were 
recognized  by  the  press  of  his  party,  as  an  ex- 
positiiin  of  trade  piincipies  from  the  Free 
trade  standpoint  which  for  thoroughness  and 
ability  were  not  excelled  by  th<we  of  any 
pliktform  orator  on  the  Liberal  side  during 
that  memorable  contest.  In  1881  Mr.  Crerar 
was  appointed  County  Crown  Attorney  for 
the  County  of  Wentworth,  which  necessarily 
precluded  him  from  further  active  work  in 
politics,  and  it  is  supposed  that  he  aocopted 


the  position   with   that  reauU  apeciAlly  in 
view.     He  is  a  [xtwerful  debater  and  a  man 
of  intense  convictions.     His  riews  on  pnblio 
(Mie^tions    are    given    in  a  way  to  indicate 
that    the    speaker  is  absolutely  indirft^rent 
whether  these  views  are  popular  or  unpcpa 
lar.     Immediately   preceding    hia    appomf 
ment  to  his  present  office,  he  aerved  for 
time    as    an    alderman  in    Hamilton  Cit 
Council,  where  his  uncompromising  metho 
of  dealing  with  city  afiairs.  purely  upon  the: 
merir.8,  was  folly  recognized.     Mr.  Crerar' 
is   a  man  of  prepoasesaing  appearance  and 
possesses     many    social     accomplishments. 
Himself  an   actor    of   great   versatility  he 
founded,  some  ten  years  ago,  the  celebrated 
*'Garriok  Olnb*'  of  Hamilton,  of  which  ha 
is  now  president,    a    dramatic    aasociation 
whose  prodiictioos  on  the  stage,  on  behalf 
of  the   charitable  institutions  of  that  city, 
have  always  been  excellent.     In   the  social 
meetini^s  of  the  members  of  his  profeeaioD, 
**  bar-dinners,**    our    subject    is   always     a 
prominent  li^nre,  his  post  prandial  speeehea 
being  singularly  happy  and  amusing.     It 
by  no  means  improbable  that  the  subject  ol 
our  sketch  will  again  take  his  part  in  ptibU 
politics,  in  which  case  there  is  little  doub 
but  we  shall  hear  uf  him  on  the  floor  of  onv 
or  other  of  our  Hoxiaes  of  Parliament.     H» 
is  a  FreeuMsnii, 

nicRliidsey,  nonnarnble   G,    C, 
Milton,    Senator     of    the    Dominion,    waa 
bom  in  the  township  of  Trafalgar,    in  the 
County  of  Halton,  Ontario,  mu  the  2tHh  of 
March.  1839.     He  waa  the  son  of  WUliam 
McKindsey    and    Jane    McKiudaey,    both 
of    whom    were    natives    of   the    north  ol 
Ireland,  and  settled  in  the  County  of  Hal 
ton.     Our  subject  received   a  ourefnt  edit 
cation,  being  at  first  put  under  private  tuto 
And  afterwnrds  sent  to  the  public  schoola. 
Before  he  reached   his  lwenty*«ect>nd  year< 
he    had    begun    to   show  much  intereat  v 
political   questions  ;    and  we  learn  that  i 
was  mfire  than  once  predicted  that  he  would] 
some  day  bo  found  upon  the  Hoor  of  some 
legislature.     He  had  no  difhcully  in  making 
choice  of  a  party,    for  he   found  himself  % 
conservative  by  a  aort  of  instinct.     Ho  wat 
always  ready   to  take  part  in  any  politieaj 
movement    going  on,   and   before   ne    waa 
twenty-three  we  find  him  taking  an  active 
part  in  the  election  for  his  county,  in  which 
Dr.  Hamilton  aud  John  White  were  candi- 
dates.    This   time  our  subject's  candidate^ 
Dr.    Hamilton,    was  not  successful,     Thr»« 
years  later  (1854)  another  election  ooourred, 
and   Mr.   White,  who  waa  opposed  by  Ool. 
George  K.   Chisholm,  foond  that  he  had 


f 


CANADTA^'  BIOGRAPHY 


47 


aOOl     The 


t^    4ml    Ifkflwiie    with    tbe    impunioned 

dty  uf  over 
McK'ndiey 
Ut  Uiltoo,  And  in  that  town  he  baa 
iiDOl  cooCinued  to  reeide.  In  the  yoar 
(IBAA)  ihAl  be  remored  to  MUton  he  waa 
■l^vialoal  deputy -sheri IT  of  the  county,  but 
Im  wae  rtriually  chief  ottiettvl.  for  •Sheriff 
Wilton  hve<t  at  fl<*rii«<  ifietaitcB  (I|h>ii  hin  frimt, 


tWv*  yaai 
■nd  Mr. 
UDtsd  to 
A.  lUodui 
fcll*att<R. 
h»  ooDlaai' 
vlMiai  wa  ' 


r  John 

!.,;„    ..ii.    iM^Kindsey 

enter  nublic  life,  and 

,   re  ■irli    Mr.   White, 

ued,  but  he 

V.      Ill  188-i 

■  st 

II,  tUi*  Liruu  with  Mr. 

:    he    WAA  defeated    by 

«U  Vt>;*iA.      Ihifi,  iL  uiay  be  atAted,  was  not 

Ibc  Tistilt  (if  a  aqiiare  umue  between  reform 

aad  eoAMrrattam  wktb  our  Bubjeot  as   ita 

tthuapitta^  for  the  Liberale  intrndqced  into 

it-«tion  of  the  SoAt  Act, 

'*  acroM  the  Imea  who 

>  ca«t  their  ballots  for 

tiAving  forniutated  any 

.ui:   .:Mjaij,  our  Bubjt'vt  Itonour- 

to   uiako  any  pledgee,  ai   ho 

■Igihi  hs«»  doD»,  for  the  sake  '>f  (teTvoaal 

From    that    time    forth    ho 

1^  attutiiii'ii,  Bajri  an  article  frnm  a 

at  our  hand,  townrda 

■\tinn  of   thf?  ooviuty, 

I M   hifl 

Rtani- 

>l  legia- 

.  J  by  a 

■ajiMilJ  of  about  IjV.  Ihc  same  authority 
%Mfa  thia  t^xtoony  to  Uu  persoiuU  worth, 
Mid  it.  -ry 


— ,    IS   a 

.  iinanl- 

; ..,.,!..    liunour, 

laal  attaiiiiiittnta 

'  iiiKH.iixnt  poei- 

-Ed.] 

It  ko«o 

it,  and  high 


wOMpiOB. 

llMirpUU' 
•ad  bn»«Kt 

ife^  rofaaed 


fKvnneiml 

■wl  Ue   V 
•tforta  tci  ' 

M 


Ok   •aj.^'K 

MOlUlUAn 

tel  rvpur^ 
kigUy  i|Diii 

■Bd  aocial.. 

tiaa  [hto  upotaiaiMi 
to  vlOob  U  baa  b*«i 
y<n.<oHmn,   ftaoellrii 
Mfltml  dKaractar,  hi*  - 
Bpuo  with  ttwrenal  fa^uur.  ' 
■MnrM  at  tIffVtfkviUv,  on  the  1 
hM-,  18&9,  T«v«ia,  daiMbUr  lif 
M.     Ua  bJM  o«M  child.     Mr 


n  r^ 


had  Hkewiao  been  a  justioe  of  the  p«aoe  for 
the  county,  a  captain  iu  the  militia,  and 
pri'^ifl-'Tit  .if  tln«  \-/rti-iiUural  Awtociatioo  of 
t  n.      Uo  was  cnllvd  to 

t  I  .  th  Jonnary,  IW^,  and 

At  once  took  bis  place  aa  one  of  the  ableat 
legislatora  nf  that  body. 

Burbldfie,  <«corirc  Wheelookf 
Q.C.,  Poputy  Minister  of  Juslico  fur  Can- 
ada, Solicitor  of  Indian  Aff&irv,  uiid  oue  of 
the  foremost  members  of  the  bar,  was  born 
at  UumwalUa,  Nova  i^eotia,  ou  the  (3th  Feb- 
ruary, 1847.  Ulb  father  was  Arncjld  8haw 
BiirbidK*,  of  t'ornwalUs,  and  his  mother, 
Lydia  Amelia,  daughter  of  Divid  Kiiton. 
1  )iit  snbjtiot  was  educated  at  Mount  Alliaon 
Wosleyan  College^  wher^  ho  took  the  degree 
of  B.A.,  iu  1804  :  and,  in  184>7,  the  degree 
of  iM.A.  In  Juue.  li^Tl,  hv  was  called  to 
the  bar  of  New  hninswiol>,  and  praotiaed 
his  profeasion  at  St,  Jt-thn,  N.B.,  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  hrm  of  Harrison  <&  Burbidtfo. 
On  the  oth  of  February,  1873,  he  mar- 
ried Alice  E.  Maxwell,  the  third  dauf^hter  of 
Henry  Maxwell,  of  Stiint  John,  N.B.  He 
waa  Secretary  to  tlie  Otramissioners  for  oon- 
solidnting  the  laws  uf  New  Bni i ta wiok, 
which  ci.>mpleted  its  work  in  1S77.  In  181^2 
he  waa  Appointed  to  the  position  of  deputy 
of  the  ^lMli»ter  of  Justice  and  Solu.itor  of  _ 
Indian  Atfaira  ;  and  in  1883  be  was  selected 
aa  ntic  of  the  o^mmissioners  to  consolidate 
and  reviae  the  statuleaot  Canada.  The  moat 
notable  oasM  io  which  he  has  been  eng«|[ed 
siuoo  he  became  Deputy  Minister  of  •luatioe, 
was  the  Liipior  license  Act  case,  whicli  the 
late  Mr,  Bcthuue,  Q.C.,  and  he,  for  the 
Ooverument  of  Canada,  argued  before  the 
Stiprrme  Court  of  Canada,  m  September, 
18M  ;  and  the  trials  of  Riel  and  thti  other 
rebel  prisoners,  in  which  he  was  aasociatod 
with  Christopher  liobinson,  Q.O.  ;  B.  B. 
Osier,  Q.C.;  D.  L.  Scott,  and  T.  Chaae 
Cas^raiu,  aa  counsel  for  the  Crown.  In  all 
these  oases,  as  well  as  iu  the  record  of  hia 
earlier  legal  career,  Mr.  Burbidi^e  hsa  rn^ 
\eAJod  legal  attainments  of  no  ordinary 
kind  ;  ami  especially  has  he  fpven  evidence 
of  the  judicial  quality  which  stands  more  in 
hia  line  of  duly  ua  deputy  iu  thu  Depart- 
ment of  Justice.  Bis  appointment,  the 
editor  takes  pleasure  in  sayiuK,  was  not  due 
%f*  the  political  pressure  which  sometmies 
raakea  mermi^n  of  tishcs  by  order  in-aiuncil, 
but  because  of  the  enunvnt  fitness  (or  such 
nn  TTTip^rtant  place,  which  his  career  na  a 
■i<^  a  lawyer  ha<l  rerealed.  Mr. 
has  a  family  of  six  children.     In 

u   he   profoasM  the  doooinea  of  the 

dist  faith. 


"^'^^'^--^ 


48 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  or 


nncplirrNOD*     Honourable    Sir 
nnvlcl    LewN,    K.  0.  M.  O.,  P.  O.,  To- 

ronto,  was  hnni  iu  Scotland  on  the  12tli  of 
September,  1818.  lie  coiuea  of  &u  ancient 
anu  sturdy  Scottish  family,  Aiid  in  the 
markedly  8ucc(!*aful  caroor  which  boa  been 
his,  oxhibita  the  charocterislica  of  his  race. 
Our  atibject  went  to  Hohool  in  Scotland, 
and  completed  hia  education  at  the  In- 
vemeM  Royal  Academy.  In  1835,  with 
iho  thousands  of  othora  who  were  at  ttiia 
time  turning  their  facca  tuwarde  the  New 
World,  he  set  sail,  resolved  to  try  his  for- 
tune iu  Canada.  Here  was  a  now  conn* 
try  large  with  ppmiiae  and  holding  out  en- 
couraging, nay,  beseeching  hands  to  courage 
and  enterprise.  Young  Macpherson  was 
jvist  the  man  for  such  a  tield.  It  would  bo 
dilHcult  at  this  distance  lo  lay  hold  of  every 
fact  which  would  show  the  mala-Bprings  of 
his  succeaa  ;  but  the  chief  results  stand  out. 
Early  in  hia  career  he  took  au  earnest  in- 
terest in  public  questions  ;  and  in  18C4j 
three  years  before  Confederation,  at  the 
flolicitation  of  many  fricnda,  he  offered  liim- 
aelff  and  waa  auccossful,  for  the  Saugcen 
Division.  Lower  Canada.  He  held  hia  ae&i 
in  the  old  Canadian  Pailiaiuent  as  member 
for  Saugeen,  till  1807,  when  ho  was  called 
by  Royal  Proclamation  to  the  Senate.  Ho 
had  now  amassed  much  wealth,  was  promi- 
nently connected  with  enterpriaos  of  na- 
tional importance,  and  stood  in  high  repute 
among  his  fellow-co\intrymen.  It  will  be 
remembered  that  after  the  |>aaaago  t>f  the 
Act  authorising  the  Canadian  Uovemment 
to  enter  into  contract  with  any  Company 
for  the  building  of  a  railway  from  ocean  to 
ocean,  under  the  terms  of  the  agreement 
with  British  Columbia,  Mr.  Macpherson  was 
the  means  of  forming,  and  was  ap]X)inted 
president  of,  an  association  known  aa  the 
Tnteroceanic  Railway  Company  incorporated 
for  the  purpose  of  constructinj;  thia  groat 
railway.  The  Government,  however,  did 
not  conclude  terms  with  the  company,  but 
gave  the  preference,  subsequently,  to  the 
organization  under  the  control  of  Sir  Hugh 
Allan.  Early  in  hia  commercial  career  Mr. 
Macpherson  associated  himself  with  the 
well-known  firm  of  Growski  «fc  Co.^  con- 
tractors, who,  it  will  be  rememborod,  con- 
structed several  branches  of  Canadian  rail- 
ways, and  other  important  works.  Mr. 
Macpbersun's  judgment  upon  public  ques- 
tions, especially  those  relating  to  finance, 
commerce  and  kindred  subjects,  have  al- 
ways been  held  in  the  highest  regard,  in 
1868,  he  waa  appointed  arbitrator  for  the 
Province    of   Ontario    ander    the    British 


Xorih   America  Act,  **  for  the  division  an 
adjustment  of  the  debts,  credits,  liabiliti 
and  properties  uf  Upper  and  Lower  Canada. 
Ho  was  likewise  vtce-preai<lettt  of  the  Mo' 
treal  Board  of  Trade.     Ho  hfia  tAken  h  dc 
interest  in  several  si>cial  org ani^.'Vt ions  a 
commercial   institutions.       He   ia   a  di 
tor  of  Motsons  Bunk  ;  of  the  Weste 
ada   Permanent    Loan   and    Savings 
pany  ;  of  the  Guarantee  Company  of 
America,  and  ha.s  been  president  of  the  S' 
Andrew's  Society,  Toronto.     Mr.  Mocph 
son  has  exhibited  a  special  talent  for  ooi 
troversy  on  financial  and  commercial  qui 
tions  :  his  contributions  to  the  literature  oi 
these  matters   have  been  very    iroportan 
la  18t>9,  he  pnbliahe<l  a  sound,  lucid    an 
oomprohensive   pamphlet   on  Banking   a; 
Currency  ;  and  between  the  years  of  187 
and  1882,  lie  published  a  number  of  wor 
on   kindred    topics,    dealing   in    the   same 
searching    and    aatiafactory    manner    with 
questions    relating   to   public  expenJtture. 
On  the  1 0th  of  February,   1880,  Mr.  Mac- 
pherson   wafl    appointed    Speaker    of    the 
Senate,  and  member  of  the  Kxecutive  Coun- 
cil without  portfolio,  and  this  position  he 
held  tUl  the  17th  uf  October,  1883,  when  he 
resigned  the  sfwakership  and  was  appointed 
Minister  of  the  Intenor.     His  long  and  im* 
portant  services  in  the  country,  both  in  poli- 
tics and  commerce,  pointed  him  out  as  on« 
deserving  of  such  additional  honour  as  ih 
Crown  is  in  ihe   habit  of   bestowing  n 
those  who  have  served  in  the  state  bono 
ably  and  with  suooeaa,  therefore,  it  waa  with 
no  surprise  that,    in  1884,  it  waa  learned 
that  Her  ftlajesty  had  been  pleased  to  co 
fer    the    order   of    Knighthood    upon 
Honourable  Mr  Macpherson.     Our  subj 
married    in    June,    184-1,     Miss    Kliz&be 
Sarah,  eldest  daughter  of  William  Molso 
Esquire,   of  Montreal,  and  grand-dangh 
of  the  Hon.  John  MoUon,  who  had  been 
member  of  the  Executive  Council  of  Low 
Canada,  and  president  of  the  Bank  of  Mon* 
treal.     Latterly  Sir  David's  health  has  not 
been  good,  and  he  has  been  obliged  to  re- 
aign   (1885)  his  position  as  Minister  of  the 
Interior,    and   seek   rest   abroad   from    tho 
gnawing   cares  of  political  and  commercial 
business.     Sir  David  is  very  tall,  and    haa 
a    dignitied    and   commanding   appearance. 
One  of  his  daughters.  Mias  Isabel,  is  married 
to  the  Hon.  George  Kirkpatrick,  Speaker 
the  House  of  Commons. 

I^ce,  Walter  Sutherland,  was  born 
in  Toronto,  on  October  18th,  1836.  His 
father  was  Joseph  Lee,  who  with  his  wife, 
the  mother  of  the  subject  of  our  sketchj 


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nn<'4loiiailil,  A. A.,  Or.    -Albert  An^m 
Mnc<l't!i/)ld,  T.tr«»ntft.  w»9  Viom  on  Kebruary 
'?  3  father,   Archi- 
of  the  County 
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I' '  i  aon  of  Captain 

Af. .■-  'i.  -; h»»  8th  I<(ii,'im«nt 

of  Ki><it,  Hifl  mother  vraa  a  daii^httsr  of 
Rev.  David  Wna;ht,  whose  prircnla  were 
U.  E.  l>tyali«tA.  and  who  fonnt^rljr  settled 
in  the  Bay  of  Quinte  rej^on.  The  diatin- 
guifthod  subject  of  this  sketch  wad  educated 
lit  fiuolph.  and  then  at  Toronto  Cnivemity, 
i:idiiatin;^  in  medicine  in  1872.  iJe  studied 
.;  St.  Thoniaa'a  Hospital,  London,  KugUitd^ 
and  at  Edinburgh,  and  took  diplomas  at 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surxeona  at 
Edinburgh,  in  1873.  He  had,  from  hia 
oarlieat  years,  set  hta  heart  npon  beiu]^  a 
medical  man.  Although  studious  of  habit, 
he  took  a  vary  active  part  in  sports,  being 
always  very  fund  of  hunting  and  rifle  shoot- 
ing, and  woa  a  member  of  the  limt  Canadian 
Wimbledon  team.  Late  in  1H73,  be  re- 
turned t<t  Canada,  and  was  assMcisted  with 
Dr.  Keating,  of  Ouelph,  and  did  a  large 
i^neral  practico.  He  arrived  in  Toronto 
in  1878,  and  has  been  practising  hia  profea- 
lion  in  that  city  ever  since,  oacli  year  with 
increoain^  aooceas.  till  now  he  has  one  of  the 
largest  praoiicoa  established  in  the  Queen 
City.  Ho  took  a  first  cloaa  certilicate  at 
the  infantry  School,  bein^;  with  the  t>Oth 
and  21>th  Regiments,  also  a  first  class  certi- 
ficate in  the  Ajtillery  School  under  Colonel 
Williams.  He  was  suryeon  t*'  the  Welling- 
ton Field  Battery  of  Artillery  from  1872 
tu  1871*.  since  which  time  he  has  been  sur- 
ge<in  t<<  the  Toronto  Field  Battery,  He  is 
*in  the  active  staS  of  the  Toronto  (General 
HoHpital,  and  on  the  cunaulUng  atafl*  of  the 
Tufiuiu'  Home  and  Orphana'  Uom«.  In  re- 
li^jiun  lie  ta  an  Episoopaliiui,  and  in  |>olitics 
a  Conservative.  He  was  married  on  IV[ay 
2&th,  187U,  Ui  Frances  Elizabeth  Beard- 
more,  dtiughter  of  G.  L.  Beardmore,  of  To- 
rt-'Ulo,  an<l  hsa  three  children,  two  girls  and 
one  boy.  The  doctor  is  poasesaed  of  great 
energy,  and  bss  strong  C(mvictiunB,and  when 
he  makes  up  his  mind,  after  proper  deliber- 
ation, he  does  not  change.  He  ia  auccesaful 
as  n  pndessional  man,  and  a  aocial  favourite. 
Only.  Hiilncliy  Bowos,  MP.  for 
Halifax,  and  Deputy  Speaker  and  chair- 
man of  Committeofl  of  tne  House  of  Com- 
mons, waa  bom  at  Marchmount.  near  Qae- 
bec.  on  the  Cth  of  February,  IXIO.  Mr. 
Dalv  comes  of  an  old  and  very  hunourable 
Irish  family.  He  ia  a  son  of  (Sir  Dominick 
Daly,  who  was  for  a  quarter  uf  a  century 
Colunial  Secretary  in  the  old  Canadian  Le^ia- 


50 


A  CrCLOP.KDlA  OF 


Iftturc.  During  this  period  he  represented 
MeKmotic.  He  wne  8ubs^q\ient1y  BppoiiUed 
(iovenior  of  Tubayu,  uud  afturwdrda  of 
Prince  Edward  Island.  Ho  was  likewise 
Govenior-in  Chief  of  South  A.tutra1ia.  lie 
m&rried  Marift  Oore^  a  daiighter  of  Colonel 
Oore  of  Barrow  mount.  County  Kilkenny. 
Ireland.  Our  subject  was  educated  at 
St.  Mary's  College,  Oacott,  noir  Birming- 
ham, England.  Having  completed  his  edu- 
cation and  returned  home,  ho  was  entered 
in  a  barrister's  office,  and  began  u  study  uf 
the  law.  In  1864  he  was  called  to  the  bar 
of  Nuva  Scotia.  He  did  not  apply  himself 
continuously  to  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession, but  was  private  secretary  to  his 
father,  whu  wasGoremorof  Prince  Edward 
Island,  for  six  years.  He  likewise  became 
private  secretary  to  Sir  K.  O.  Maudonnell, 
Governor  uf  Nuva  Scotia, and  also  to  Sir  Hast- 
ings Doyle.  He  was  likewise  provincial 
A.l).  C.  to  Sir  Fenwick  Williams,  the  *'  Hero 
of  Kars/'during  thetime  that  that  illustrious 
officer  was  Governor  of  Nova  Scotia.  Mr. 
Daly  always  took  an  active  part  in  benevo- 
lent work,  and  his  purse  has  never  been 
closed  to  the  demands  of  the  poor.  He  was 
fur  two  successive  years  president  of  the 
Charitable  Irish  Society  of  Halifax  ;  and  at 
the  time  of  writing  is  president  of  the  Gen- 
eral Council  of  the  Society  of  Saint  Vincent 
de  Pauluf  Halifax.  Naturally  onotitrh,  Mr. 
Daly,  whose  father  had  spent  twenty-five 
years  sa  a  reprcscntAtive  in  Parliament, 
and  held  during  that  period  so  important  a 
place  in  tho  Guveniment,  tumtd  his  eyes 
towards  Partiuiuent.  In  1878,  tlie  year  that 
swept  Mr.  Alex.  Mackenzie's  government  out 
of  existence,  our  subject  presented  lumsolf  to 
the  public  uf  Halifax  and  was  elected.  He 
is  and  always  has  been,  as  his  father  was, 
somewhat  of  the  old  school  of  politics — a 
staunch  Conservative.  Yet,  like  his  father, 
be  is  not  innouuluted  with  party  virus  ;  oon- 
sidering  that  he  has  gone  far  enough  when 
he  has  proclaimed  hianlltigiance,  thrown  liis 
vote  in  favour  of  the  measure  which  butli  he 
and  his  party  think  id  fur  the  public  interest. 
At  the  last  general  election  Mr  Daly  was 
again  elected.  He  married  at  Halifax,  on 
the  4th  of  July,  185'J,  Miss  Joanna,  sectmd 
daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Kenny,  of  Halifax, 
and  fornieriy  a  member  of  Sir  John  A.  Mao- 
donald's  administratiuu.  Early  in  Mie  season 
ul  ]  S85  it  was  considered  desirable  to  appoin  t 
a  deputy  speaker  and  chairman  of  coin- 
Diittees  to  share  with  the  Speaker  the  on- 
erous duties  of  the  chair.  This  is  the 
English  custom,  yet,  of  coursn,  some  honour- 
able gentlemen  who  oppose  the  Government 


of 
in 


criticised  the  appointment.   Mr.  Blake  u 

exception,  not  to  the  creation  of  the  oth 
but  to  the  manner  in  which  the  Prime  Mi 
ister   was   proceeding   to    create   it.      The 
speakership  or  deputy  apeakersliip  is  part  of 
the  machinery  of  the  constitution  ;  and  t 
miichinery  cannot  be  changed,  increased 
dimmished   except   by  Act  of   Parliamen 
But  Sir  John  was  proceeding  to  create  t 
oftice,  by  resolution  of  the  House,  when  M 
Blake  trii>ped   him,  and  as   he   could  n 
help  himielf,  accepted  Mr.  Blake's  s 
tions.      Mr.  Daly  was  elected  unanimo< 
by  tlie  House,  and  has  proven  to  be  an  ex- 
cellent chairman.     Hia  judgment  u  good, 
and  hia  temper,  even  under  great  provoca- 
tion, most  excellent. 

navkeuzlv,  Willlain  Iniie«,   Tor- 
onto, was  bom  in  the  County  of  lioss,  S 
land,   in   A.D.    1824.      Hts   parents    we 
Captua  James  Mackenzie  and  Grace  Innes, 
daughter   of  the  late    Dr.    Alex.  Innos,    of 
Loggie,  County  of  Boss,  Scotland.    Captain 
James  IVfocken/ie,  of  Ard-Chronie  (name  o£ 
farm)  County   Rusa,   Scotland,   was  a  ca 
tain  and  adjutant  of  the  78th  Royal  Uig 
landers,  and   retired  to  his  farm  from  the 
army  on  half  pay,   where  he  resided  till  liin 
death,  leaving  a  family  uf  six  boys  and  si 
girls.     Our  subject  was  the  fourth  son.     H 
was  educated  in  the  Boyal  Academy,  in  t 
town  of  Tiiin,  Scotland,  and  received  a  th 
nmgh   education.     After  liiaving  school 
entered  under  an  indenture  of  appronti 
ship  in   the  North  of   Scotland  Bonk,  an 
served  his  full  term  of  three  years  in 
institution,  and  through  his  closeness  and 
persevering    attention   to   business,    raised 
himself   from  position  to  position  until  be 
was    appointed   acixiuntant,    and    was   sta- 
tioned   at    the   town   of    Elgin,   Scotland, 
where   he   remained   until    1848.     In    that 
year  he  left  Scotland  and  came  to  Canaiia, 
to  which  country  the  majority  of  the  fami 
had  already  gone  and  settled  in  Hamilto 
After  arriving  in  Hamilton  he  entered  int 
the  employ  of  the  famous  A.  &  T.  C,  Ke 
wholesale  dry  goods,  as  head  book-keepe: 
He  rbmnined  with   this  firm  for  two  yean 
then  left  and  l>ought  out  the  retail  dry  g 
bufiineas   of   A.    &  G.  McKeand,   in   part 
nerahip   with   Thomas    Balmer.     After 
maining   for   a  short  time  in  business,  be 
dissolved   partnership   and    went   to    New 
York,    United   States    of    America.     After 
spending  some  time  in  New  York,   he  was 
appointed    to  a  branch  of  the  business  of 
Meaara.   Daniel,  Elgin  Jc  Cif.,  Mobile,  Ala- 
bama.     In    \S~^3  he  camu  back  to  Canad 
having  entered  the  wholesale  lirm  of  Kerrj 


CASADiAK  moGHArnr 


Hftckenxie  &  Cu. ,  of  Ltjprlon  and  narniltoii, 
smI  «Muft«^  his  brother.  John  I.  Muckunzte, 
ia  wtodin^  up  thd  relAJl  buatneis  iii  In- 
pivioU,  «>(  which  John  I.  Mackenzie  wm  pro- 
ycivUir.     A^  uij  up  thin  bnsinesA,  in 

1897,    bo  <  o    employ  as  tinancial 

■aa^fier  nt  tut-  ^[•"'a  contrctct^r,  Sivinuol  (.'. 
ttttn',  o(  Hiuuilttin,  tind  a&sist.od  in  tho 
^BJHmn  iif  th«  8t  CfttbArinefl  viaduct,  the 
lillMlilK  uf  ih»  Or«mt  Weatern  Rjiilway, 
(fat  Cn**f^^i'*'  o^  '^^'^  S&mia  brunch  tind  IUq 
raitr  miles   of   the    l>titruit 

flad    >•  i^'Ky,  with  the  wharves 

am!  •IcTBbQn  at  i'otroit  and  Gnuid  Haven. 
Hw  ©Ti'Ttfnl  ni>n-payiu(?nl  uf  the  money  &d- 
rmciir:  THAt  \Vt'stt>rn  tiailway  by  the 

GMRtL*  uk    wiu)    the    cause    of    the 

donlsli    of  U>>  i^titutioo.     Ill  the 

■Matiae    Mr.  -    went    to    Eng- 

had  sad  jmoed  Mr.  Kidluy,  who  bad  pre- 
Twoalj'  gone  tbenp  &ud  s>curt>d  contracts 
i«  HjUDpsHirv,  end  &!»<)  lh»  main  drainai^e 
IB   the    city    ^f    London.    Mr.    Mackenzie 


■teiMtiE^r  of  the  partnership  of  Messrs. 
MDvy  A    Webster.       He    remained    there 


IJ-i    nK«n    he  returned  l<^  C»nada  ; 
bnt     t  rvtani    ho    also    nirttiH|^'t«d 

thm  €»Li. u  of  thfi  celebrated  Thames 

wlMlilflliint  one  of  L}ie  m<«t  wonderful 
Vivks  in  the  UMrlii.  The  first  division 
uf    tt>  "(H)  sterling.     He 

»U>t    It  It'  principal  parts 

of  tike  OiftUnexit,  aiid  was  tu  Kii^Iaud  at 
Um  ttm-  f^f  the  Franco-  I'nissi^iu  war. 
Aft«r  -  n  he   entered  into  partner- 

•Itfp  Un*   .Idhn    Shoddon    (pro- 

iriator   ul    the  Tranafor  «t  t'urt- 

laf  Oo.V.  and  n  1  in  the  building' 

wt  lh»     '  I'l    I'lviiicn  of  the   Turunto 

(Inry  ■  >^.    H.    to  Uweu  Sound,  and 


H«rr- 


H 


■  *   ^'"   neit  to 
<iing  of 

on  the 

partneriiltip 
.'lid  name  of 
the   Toronto, 


«liU  axuted    nnder   r 
JbefcaniiB   A    Cit.      tn  Of'^i 
Qtwf  Sl   Uruct^  *'r.!nt';iiiv  laded   to  pay  the 
sitTancuf  iieiH  tV  Olv,  and 

tWj  beosi  ^'vV  the  insidvency 

Mr.  Msck-  ire  fortune.     He 

««ffiMMl«t4-  '  'wnod  tti  his  late 

(Mr.  Shcdiii-U  a;  nxecut^ire^   "U  cnn- 
tiisl  h«  wimld  bv  released  from  fur 
liahtli:  '  -    exboutors 

''^■irtffed  by 
Ikajcmel  U«s,  ."  tn 

I*  atniMoUte  -  r 

«#  IfevTor 


Land  isecuhty  Co,«  vhich  position  he  now 
holds,  and  a?  a  proof  of  his  push  ajid  ener- 
gy, we  can  look  up'm  one  instance,  viz.: — 
Mr  Mackenzie  was  the  main  mover  in  the 
purchase  of  the  <iwynno  estate  and  the 
t>' Hara  estate  on  which  the  town  of  Park- 
dale  now  standi,  and  hia  (Mr.  Mackeii/.ie's) 
company  were  the  builders  of  the  principal 
part  of  tho  place,  and  through  his  exertions 
the  town  has  risen  from  a  mere  hamlet  to 
one  of  the  fuiest  suburbs  of  the  city  of  Tor- 
onto. Mr.  Mackonxie,  both  outside  and  in 
public  meetings,  has  been  called  and  ad* 
dreeted  as  the  Father  of  Forkdale.  With 
regard  to  the  cfimpany.  Mr.  Mackenzie  has, 
through  his  indomitable  and  penistent  pluck 
and  push,  raised  it  to  the  position  of  bein^ 
the  foremost  in  Toronto,  and  their  suite 
of  offices  are  really  a  credit  to  this  city. 
The  building  in  which  they  are  belongs 
to  the  company,  and  is  known  as  the  Vic- 
toria Chambers,  situated  nn  Victoria  i^t. 
In  18tt5  the  residentu  of  St.  Mirk's  Ward, 
Trironto.  electe<l  him  aldormati  to  represent 
them  in  the  City  Council.  Ho  was  mar- 
ried in  IHofl  to  Rtiphemia  Orieve,  dau^^hter 
of  the  late  Geo.  Grieve,  coal  owner,  of  Aber- 
ditur,  Fifeahire,  Scotland,  and  at  her  present 
age  she  is  a  tall,  stately  dignitied  lady,  and 
of  a  kindly  disposition,  besides  very  affeo- 
tjonnte  and  motherly.  Uy  this  marriage 
there  are  seven  children  — three  boys  and 
four  girU .  Mr.  ti*orge  G.  Mackenzie,  the 
eldest  son.  being  head  book-keeper  in  th^s 
Land  SiHinrity  Co.  He  iti  a  shrewd  buniness 
man.  The  second  son,  Mr.  Samuel  R.  Mac- 
kenzie, studied  the  drug  businestt,  and  is 
now  the  munai^er  of  the  largest  drDt;  estab- 
lishment in  Montreal,  and  one  of  the  hand- 
somest places  in  Canada,  known  as  llie 
Medical  Hall.  Windsor  Hotel,  Montreal. 
A  brother  of  the  subject  of  the  sketch,  Mr. 
Cumpbell  Mackenzie,  is  now  the  manii}{ing 
partner  of  the  Shedden  Co.,  Toronto.  Mr. 
Mackenzie  has  a  shrewd,  keen  h>ok,  and  is 
held  in  hit;h  esteem  by  all  with  whoui  he 
comes  in  contact,  and  outside  of  business  he 
is  sociable  and  kmdly,  as  all  thoie  who  visit 
his  6ne  residence,  known  as  Ardohronie, 
on  Delaware  ave.,  can  testify.  Ut>  beloni^s 
to  the  Freemasons  ;  in  reli)^ion  is  a  Presby- 
terian, and  in  ]M)litics  a  Liberal. 

BincklntAah.,  Hiarle*  llcrbprl, 
M.  P.  for  City  of  Ottawa,  was  bom  at  Lon- 
don, Ontario,  in  1813.  Ut*  is  a  son  of 
Captain  William  Maokintosh,  of  Wicklow, 
Ireland,  who  oame  to  Canada  as  an  oXUithi 
of  the  Ordnance  Branch  of  the  British  army. 
He  was  subseipiently  county  engineer  of 
Middlesex,  Ontario.      It 


62 


A  CrCLOPJEDlA   OF 


OUT   aiitiject  is    rclattiU    to    the    celebrated 
Sir  James  MaokiiiloHh,  the  easayiat  and  hia- 
torian.     Mr.    C.    Mack iiitoah    recei ved    his 
education  at  thu  Ualt  Grammar  school  atid 
at  the  Academy  of  Caradoc.      Haviti]^  com- 
pleted   his    educattun,    young    Mackintuah 
In-'Knu  ft  study  of  the  law,  but  he  never  {<iok 
sympatlietically  t<:i  this  calling.      He  always 
hiul  a   strrmg  inclination    for  literary  pur- 
fiuits  ;  and  hia  bayish  brilliancy  waa  the  sub- 
iect  of   much    oomment    aud    admiratiuu. 
VVhen  he  waa  sevuuteun  yeara  old  he  wnite 
"Welcome  to  U.K.  H.  the  Prince  of  Wales." 
and  thiscoutribution  waa  deservedly  popular. 
It    was   presented    during  the  visit  of  Uia 
Royal    Uti;;hneea  to    I'pper    Canada.       Two 
years  later  he  wrote  "Hurry-Graphs.*'  which 
appeared  in   the   London  i'Vfy  PrcM  under 
the  pen  name  of  "Fat  Contributor."  At  this 
period  Mr.    Mackintosh   wrote  with  an  ex- 
tremely  facile  and  sparkling  pen,  and   hia 
work,  whether  signed  or  under  norn  d^  planie^ 
attracted     comment     and      commendation. 
After  a  little  he  became  city  editor  of  the  Ftrr 
PrfJUf  and  gave  up  studying  law.     In  I8t)4 
he  became  chief  editor  of  the  Hamilton  TimtXy 
aod  the  year  following  began  the  publica- 
tion of  the  Strathroy  Dispatch,     This  paper 
he  continued  to   publish  until  1K74,  when 
he  sold  it  out.      In  1871  he  wrote    '*  The 
Chicago  Fire,"  which  had  a  largo  sale  ;  aud 
in  1873  he  produced  "  The  Financial  Panic 
in  the  Tnited^tateaandits  Causes."  In  1873 
Mr.  Mackintosh  waa  managing  editor  of  the 
Chicago  Journal  uj  Comiiientij  having  taken 
that  position  in  order  to  study  the  ^luestion 
of  protection.     The  following  year  he  ti»k 
up  his  abode  in  Ottawa,  and  became  editor 
of  the    Ottawa  Duihj   Cituen.     From   1877 
to  i882  he  edited  the  * '  Parliamentry  Com- 
panion."   During  the  fall  of  1882  he  visited 
England,  where  some   months  were  spent 
in  forwarding   the  interests  of  the  railway 
euterpriaea  in  which  ho  ia  interested  ;  but 
Mr.    Mackintosh  never  permitted  his  time 
or    vitality   to    be    absorbed    by  one    un- 
dertaking.    liuLDg  of  unusual  mental  alert* 
neaa,  he  is  careful  to  keep  divers  irons  in 
the   fire  at  once.     During  the  years  1870 
and  1877  he  published  a  number  of  pam- 
phleta    containing    speeches,   etc.,    on    the 
question   of  protection,  which  at  this  time 
waa  engroasing  public  attention.     In  ]87o 
he  was  awarded  the  gold  and  silver  medal 
for  a  prose  poem  at  the  Cornwall  Centennial. 
Looking  backward  a  little  we  tind  hiw  in 
1871    founding   the   Porkhtll    GnwlU ;  and 
two    yean  later   he  is  sitting  in  the  Town 
Council  of  Strathroy.     In  1871>  he  resolved 
hat  he  would  capture  the  civic  honours  of 


Ottawa.  He  did  not  deceive  himself.  Hi 
waa  elected  mayor,  and  re-elected  for  the  tw4 
succeeding  years.  In  IH81  he  waa  unseat 
on  a  technicality,  but  elected  again.  In  1871 
he  vra^  chairman  of  the  Dominion  Hxiiibi 
lion,  and  in  1881  preaident  of  the  Agrioul 
tural  Aaaoeiation.  He  is  at  preaent  presi 
dent  of  the  Ottawa  Colonization  RjiilwnyJ 
and  Ottawa  and  Gatineau  Valley  Itailwayl 
and  of  the  C'i<ic«'u  Printing  and  Publish^ 
ing  Company.  In  1871  be  sought  cle< 
titm  to  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Oi 
tario,  for  North  Middlesex,  but  was  (iusu< 
ceasful.  At  the  last  general  election  (188' 
he  waA  chosen  as  the  parliamentary  repi 
aentative  for  the  City  of  Ottawa,  hie  col-' 
league  being  Mr  Taaae.  Mr.  Mackintoah 
married  t<n  April  7th,  1808,  Miss  Gertnidaj 
daughter  uf  T.  Cooke,  Esq.,  J.  P.,  of  Strati 
roy.  Our  aubject,  it  may  be  aatd,  withoi 
claiming  for  him  the  empty  title  that 
many  a  man  oheajdy  geta.  is  emphaticall; 
what  he  is  styletJ,  "The  W,.rkinffiiiari'( 
Champion."  He  is  popular,  however,  nil 
every  section  of  the  community,  and 
popularity  ia  derived  from  his  affaU* 
hearty  and  genial  manner,  and  the  genuii 
zeal  that  he  brings  into  the  oauae  which 
advocates.  He  is  a  sound  Couaervative,  aiH 
everybody  knows  that  Mr.  Mackintosh 
opiidons  of  his  own,  and  that  he  lias  bol 
the  courage  and  the  ability  to  express  then 

Turner,  John,  the  aubject  of  tluV 
sketch,  was  born  on  November  28th,  1828, 
at  Rynsford,  Kent,  England.  His  fHtlien 
William  Turner,  waa  a  paper  manufactuivr 
of  that  town,  and  died  in  1844.  John 
Turner  was  educate<i  at  a  private  school  in 
Wales.  When  hia  studies  were  termmated 
he  was  apprenticed  in  a  wholeaale  grcKsery 
business  at  Kingaclitre,  Northampton.  On 
the  death  of  hia  father  he  was  throHTi  upon 
hia  own  resouroea,  and  haa  won  hia  own  way 
iii  the  world.  After  the  expiry  of  hia  ap- 
preutioeahip,  ho  managed  a  branch  estab* 
tiahment  near  Peterborough,  and  shortly 
afterwards,  having  married  young,  decided 
that  a  new  country  waa  the  beat  tie)<i  for 
hia  ambition.  8o  he  came  to  Canada  in 
1855,  aud  settled  in  Toronto  on  May 
2oth,  1855,  a  perfect  atranger.  He  took 
a  poaition  in  a  little  while  with  the  late 
.John  McGee,  Phienix  Foundry,  where 
he  remained  for  two  3'ears ;  after  which 
he  received  a  position  aa  Asaiatant  Cham- 
berlain, Muoceeding  Mr.  John  Boyd,  and 
occupied  this  situation  for  seven  yeara.  lie 
then  joined  in  partnership  in  shoe  manu- 
facturing, the  firm  of  Sessions,  Car|>entor  dt 
Co.     On  Mr.  Carpenter  retiring,  the  tii 


CANADUK  BIOGHJL  ru  J 


ft  On.  Ob  Mr. 
^mtmmm  iImU,  Mr.  Goonr  beoMie  m  hmm*- 
Wr  o(  lb*  ftnD.  Hr.  TWmt  ralMucpOy 
MiD«4  mad  «Blrr«d  bniiaiM  vith  )lr.  T^- 
Irae,  M  JahB  Taroer  A.  Co,  U«  rsnusK^ 
a  Hnaimi  till  tbv  crLtu  m  Ui«  ttbov  trvidtt 

ivuuivd.  dttTuu  wkich  thr  ^ •  thmW. 

!l  tt  vort^v  f 4  rvttnri  tKt  'i«  abo* 

■yirf  Uich  lh«  Tnued  ^;^«  .»..  CMuda 

di  four  T  L  An  a^ro,  vIms  W  «gaiii  re— ed 
tW  dh  >.e  firm  baioctiTled  Tomer, 

V«iMc,  rkb  fins  liM  ttie  cmiit  tiT 

^■wfw  miiiipi  Um  fibOit  UmU  ftod  atioM 
oaSiida  «if  D«Mo«  «&d  New  York  tkak  m« 
IS  ha  fmnd  f(ir  aftlcL  In  1871.  Mr.  TnnMr 
«w  ftUtflM)  lo  the  City  Coancil,  reprettsnt- 
of  Si.  OdSfe'a  Want  lad  wm  Uunadtttaly 
•ffMBlad  chMTBiA  of  tiic  FiXMiMe  OtomBit- 
*«*k  •  cifciiwIiiiKi  '{ttite  qjjeiKiuiwI  for  a 
Mr.  TonMT  aervvd  siDae 
viik  one  or  two  brinf  inlcrvah, 

kaa,  on  vretj  nnrMJnw  dim 
flMHMK  Uh  Cotttteil,  beoo  eleetad  Ckup- 

Md  UM  b*  WM  CiMJrmMiof  tW  Bowd 
•ff  W«fb.  la  1071,  Im  iatrod— >ii  a 
flrihMM  fee  CO— nMalffy  Uw  d«U  of  tW 
iij^  wtMch  •■■  OTooaafaL  Owiag  lo  the 
viUi  whith  Um  foUowi^  OoiuMd 
IbcBT  appcoprittUaiM  for  gctMnU  par- 
.  iM  ««A  n«e«iiMr7  for  Mr.  T.  to  M«k 
tti*  d#bi  a  Mcoskl  timcL  Thit 
1877  ;  and  bj  vim  and  jwlMiaas 
Im  «»■  agaia  Hweenf oL  To 
Mr.  t^mar  la  dva.  in  an  axoaadia^ly  Ut\gb 


«r  tba  mavBt  lodiMtnal  Exbib^ 
lo  ItfTt  he  fovnd  tbat  tbe 


tu  w«ri  n  a  daplcjrmU* 
acM»  art  to  v«ric  lo  re- 
Ibo  avil.  Ua  look  a  vwy  acC&va  pari 
_  tba  loaal  iiapwiwiat  bOl, 
at  vhiefa  m  aotieaaMe  m  tlw  ta- 
o(  lb*  ttreeta,  botli  h 
paviaip.  Dnriiuf 
lii  vboU  earoer  he  Ka*  Da««r  tbiritad  r«- 
mwfiilitr.  Ic  l^TS  hff  »itH<wt»d  tba  aeat 
lir  WcM  TfWMit  fUfnrm  UDterett, 

ijcirikj.  Mr. 
tba  pnartH  LtcttL-Uoracnor  of 
vaa  bia  oDpaaMt.  and  tba  dalaal  was 
.  at  ■  aaid,  Ui  tba  a^iatby  «if  Um  party.  Ha 
tba  aaeia  nf  hMng  a  ftoaat  aad  raadj 
and  lao  ba  btUarly  aataia  ai>d  aar- 
Am  faa  grnvs  nlcUrr  hr 
«KBa  laai  fur  tba  variooa  poaitiwika  whicV^ 
mmaj  y^ipb  arv  aaxinaa  that  b«  iboaU  r^ 
H-  •*«  for  mam9  9mn  a  aattbai  .=: 


tba  OoamBBlaaBal  body,  and  ia  nam  a  bm 
beg <rf IbB fciMPpal Chowb.  For^Oyaanba 
■trote  for  Iba  lUfaaBi  party,  b«t  on  tb«  in- 
trodoetioD  of  tba  Kaiioaal  Policy,  aa  a 
manafaetinar,  wikb  brga  intaraata  at  ataba, 
ha  gara  bis  adbercsca  to  tbe  acbaira.  Tbara 
ia  littla  do«b«,  if  bo  deaiiad  H.  bttt  be  ocMild 
be  naonad  ia  tba  Bast  ganerml  elMtJao  ia 
tba  Goaaerrativa  intererta.  Ha  vaa  aiamad 
fint  ia  ld(U,  ia  KagUiid,  bat  his  wife  died 
mx  Bioatba  alter  nuursa^a.  He  laanied  a 
aeeoDd  time  in  ISM,  and  ia  1£68  his  aeoood 
wif»  died,  in  197B  be  again  aiarned,  tbia 
tiiae  tbe  vidov  of  tbe  Uc«  Dr.  Hampton, 
who  eras  a  daagbtier  of  John  Taylor,  of  Tay- 
lor Bnu.,  aba  alao  died  m  ISftL  By  tbe  lat- 
ter vife  be  baa  tvo  ebtldna.    Mr.  Tamer 


aad  Inadly 


u  m 

in  his  daetingi,  aad  alEaUe 

private  and  pubtic  life. 

Blake.  Itir  Honoarablr  William 
Uttote,  was  ooe  of  the  Blabea  of  Caafaal- 
ffTQTv.  m  the  County  of  Gahray.  Dominiek 
Edvud  Blake,  one  of  tbe  fianiilj  repnoaes- 
tatiTea  about  tiia  aifiddla  of  tbe  last  oentary. 
narriad  tbeHoa.  Mias  NaUerriUe,  daaghftar 
of  Lord  NattorriUa,  of  Dnifkada.  Wbea 
aha  died  he  took  for  bis  aeeoad  wife  a 
dan^ter  of  Sir  Jnaeph  Uoare,  BamoeC.  af 
Annabena.  in  tbe  Ojoaty  of  York.  WlUian 
Home  Blake  wm  tbe  aoo  of  ReT.  D.  E. 
Blake,  by  hia  wife,  Misa  Haae.  He  wa« 
bora  ai  the  rectory,  in  Kik^gaOt  WieUov^ 
-JQ  tba  lOtb  of  BfsKb,  iaO».  After  grada- 
ating  firoBk  Triaity  GoOaga,  DaUia,  ba 
hagaa  a  stady  of  anrgaty,  ondar  Sugaoa- 
Geoeral  Sir  Philip  Cranptoai.  Bat  aaigaty« 
iriib  ita  diaaectuig-rooai  jokaa  and  fraqaaat 
bmtabuaa  wa  aot  to  bia  taale,  ae  ba  aban- 
doched  the  oaUing  aad  begaa  tbe  atvdy  of 
theology, with  a  riew  In  eiilariiM  tbe  church. 
m  his  alder  farotber,  DoBuaick  Sdaard, 
had  done.  Before  bia  atadiae  veca  ooai- 
plated.  boverar,  be  named  bia  ooaain, 
Miaa  Catbarioe  Home,  and  a  little  later,  ia 
company  vitb  las  elder  bruiber,  be  etxii- 
lerated  to  Canada.  Tlie  reaaon  given  for 
tbe  emigFatioo  of  these  tvo  brothers  axe 
tbat  at  home  their  pmaperta  were  not  bril- 
liant; vbervaa  stK»ik|(  preaann  bad  beea 
bromght  to  bear  vpoa  tbana  to  oone  to 
Caoi^  by  Sir  John  OolboffiM»  Lieuteaaat- 
OoTonwr  of  rp^tar  Oaaads  Tba  aldtr 
bmtbor  vaa  a{rpointed  U>  a  reotovy  ia  tbe 
tovnafai|^  of  Adelaide ;  tba  youagar  par- 
cbaaad  a  farm  aaar  by,  at  a  place  now  culad 
.Sjrdoabaai  rirar,  near  Mount  Hi>p«,  ia 
^''-''M«4ajL  Oaevntersajn  :  "Wiibwbat- 
mantie  ideas  of  the  delighia  of  sttcb 
»  —  Hnoie  Blake  bad  detarauaad  oa  nuk- 


g.  .-■■rn^     jifflf^ 


5ft 


A  CYCLOVAWIA   OF 


ing  Canada  his  home,  they  weru  looii  din- 
pelled  by  the  rough  experieoces  of  renlity. 
The  aettier  in  the  remoteat  lectiona  of  *  )n- 
tiu'io  to-day  has  no  ci»nception»  of  ihe 
struggles  and  hardahips  that  fell  to  ihe  lot 
of  men  who.  aceuatoiiicd  to  all  the  r»fine- 
meiits  of  life,  found  themselvea  out  off  from 
all  traces  of  civili/^tion  in  a  land,  since 
settled  ajid  cultivated,  but  then  bo  wild  that 
between  what  are  now  populous  cities  there 
existed  only  nn  Indian  trail  tlirouj^^h  thu 
forest.  Mr.  Blake  was  not  a  man  to  he  i 
easily  diicournged,  but  soon  found  that  his  I 
taJenta  were  bein^  wasted  in  thu  wilderness. 
In  oftur  years  lie  was  fond  of  telling  of  the 
rude  expuriencoa  of  life  in  the  bush,  and 
among  other  incidents,  how  that  he  hud,  on  i 
one  occasion,  walked  to  the  blacksmith's 
ahopj  before  uieuiioned,  to  obtain  a  supply 
of  harrow-pins,  and  finding  them  too  heavy 
to  carry,  bad  fastened  them  to  a  ohain  which 
ho  put  round  his  neck  and  so  dragged  th^m 
home  through  the  woods."  While  the  e^ld* 
est  sou,  Duminick  Edward,  was  a  baby,  the 
family  moved  to  Tonmto,  then  called  Vt>rk, 
where  Mr.  Uume  Blake,  who  had  tried  sur- 
l^ery  and  divinity  in  turn,  now  resolved  to 
enter  tbe  profession  of  the  taw.  He  ac- 
cordingly commenced  his  studies  in  the 
ofhce  of  the  late  Mr.  Washburn.  When 
the  rebellion  broke  out  in  1837,  he  waa  ap- 
pointed paymaster  at  Toronto  ;  the  follow- 
ing year  he  was  called  to  the  bar  of  Cpper 
Canada.  The  men  he  had  there  for  rivals, 
and  among  whom  and  against  whom  he  bad 
to  win  his  way,  were  Mr.  Draper.  Henry 
J.  Boulton.  K,  B.  Sullivan,  Mr.  Hagarty, 
Robert  Baldwin,  John  Hillyard  Cameron. 
'*  Mr.  Blake,"  says  another  writer,  ^'soon 
proved  his  ability  to  hold  his  own 
against  all  comers.  He  enjoyed  some 
personal  advantages  which  stood  him 
in  good  stead,  both  whde  he  was  light- 
ing his  way  and  afterwards.  His  tall, 
handsome  person  and  tine  open  face,  his 
felicitous  language  ami  bold  manly  utter- 
ance gained  him  at  once  the  full  attention 
of  both  court  and  jury  ;  and  his  vigorous 
grasp  of  the  whole  case  under  discussion, 
his  acute,  higical  diasection  of  the  evidence, 
and  the  lhorouii;h  earnestneaa  with  which 
he  always  threw  himself  into  his  client's 
case  swept  everything  before  them."  He 
was  [wrhaps  the  moat  successful  lawyer  of 
that  day  at  the  bar.  Above  all  was  he  over- 
whelming before  juries.  There  are  hun- 
dreds yet  living  in  Toronto,  who  remember 
that  when  the  insurance  companies  prose- 
cnted  Webb  for  arson  and  contended  that 
rubber   waaj  incombuAtibte,  and  would  not 


communicate   Hre.  how   Mr.  Blake,  in 
open  court,  took  a  pile  of  rubber  and  burnt 
it  before  judges  and  jury,  thusunderminin; 
tho  cane  of   the  plaintiff,  and  obtaining  th 
acquittal    of    the    prisoner,    Webb.     There 
waa   strong  evidence   against    Webb,  how- 
ever, and  there  was,   perhaps,  nobody  whi 
was  not  morally  convinced  that  he  waa  th 
incendiary  ;  so  that  no  one  could  rejoice  ai 
his  escape  from  justicie,  even  while  they  di 
pay  homaue  to  the  aliility  of  his  liberator. 
In  1844  Mr.  Blake  presented  himself  as  th 
otindidate  for  the  Second  lading  of   York 
and  now  the  County  of  Peel,  but  waa  d 
fcjitetl    by   his  Tory  opponent,  Mr.  Geo 
Duggiin.     During  his  absence  in  Enifland 
in  1847.  he   was  chosen  by  a  larL'e  majorit; 
for  East  York,  and  now  the  County  of  On- 
tario.    The  general  election  in  this  year  de- 
cided to  a  great  extent  the  fate  of  iron-cl 
toryism  in  Canada  and  its   supporters 
ing  swept    from   power,    the    (ialdwin 
fontaiue  Ministry  t<»ok    the  reins.      In  th 
adrainiatration  Mr.  Blake  became  Solicitor 
<>enera],  and  whi^n  he  arosu  to  Bi>eak  in  th 
House  it  was  felt  that  in  genuine  eloquence 
regardint;  all  that  that  term  implies — pHS 
4ion,  pathos,  humour,  sarcasm,  irony,  scurn 
force — he  wna  without  a   peer  on  the  fl'Xi: 
of  the  Legislature.     The  Court  of  Chaneory, 
which   had  for  so  many  years  been  a  re 
proach  to  the  judiciary,  was  reformed  hy  thi 
Baldwin-Lafontaine    Government  ;  and   to 
the  Vice-Chancellorship  Mr.  Blake  was  ap 
pointed   in   November,   1840.     He  died   in 
Toronto  on  the  17th  of    November,    1H7*> 
It  need  hardly  be  said  that  he  was  the  father 
of  the  preKc'ut  Reform  IbJider. 

nacclonald,  lion.  John  Snnd- 
flcl«l,  Cornwall,  was  descended  from  a 
Highland  fnmily  of  much  anti-iuity  and  re* 
spcctHhility,  and  was  born  at  Sc.  Raphael,  on 
December  12th,  1812.  Hia  father,  Alexan- 
der Macdonald,  ia  said  to  have  swallowed 
Solomon's  niKxim  of  **  spare  the  rod  and 
spoil  the  child,"  and  the  discipline  to 
which  he  subjected  young  John  Sandtiuld 
waa  of  such  a  nnture  that  the  high-apirited 
Ind  freipn^ntly  ran  away  from  home.  Th 
tirat  of  these  excurnions  took  place  before 
he  had  Completed  his  eleventh  year.  He 
waa  pursued  by  his  irate  parent,  and  con 
vuyed  back  attain  to  bis  homo  ;  but  he  ac 
made  a  second  attempt,  with  a  simil 
result.  His  second  capture  was  efl'ected 
Cornwall,  just  when  he  waa  in  the  very  aot^ 
of  negotiating  with  an  Indian  to  convey  Itiiu 
across  the  nver  in  a  can<.>e.  His  entira. 
capital  at  this  time  was  a  quarter  of  a  dol 
lar,  and  the  noble  savage  waa  disposod  t 


4 


CASADIAS  HlOfiliAPBY. 


55 


Wld<mt  icr  UMiiblfl  ttukt  sum.  The  ne^otia- 
tioa  wwk  Abruptly  ptit  on  end  to  by  the 
vrivftl  ol  the  Uther  id  pursuit  uf  hm  prodi* 
gU  •oo.  SnbftvqueDtly  the  lad  becAine  a 
dirie  to  *  «toi«  ikl  Comwull,  but  tei^Amo 
^a^aaM/td  with  an  occupation  which  he  ao 
uihm  heard  characterised  as  that  of  a 
'^cDODUr- hopper."  He,  therefore,  set  his 
faee  in  rvn-ther  direotiuD.  Ue  went  tn 
mImoI  i!l.  iLtid  afterwards  studied 

l»w  trr  .  t  Mr,  MuL^an,  of  Cornwall. 

H  .   itu  legal  ■tudies    in  the  o^ce 

•  I  .[ifX.  afterwards  chief  justice  of 

t'ppcr  L'-iuuuIa.  Ue  was  tirst  elected  to  Par- 
Uametit  alter  the  union  in  March,  1841.  Tn 
Ik*  la*     "  I'.'nt   there   wore  two  beside 

liUMc''  ry  Smith  nnd  the  Ilimour- 

•Ua  ^^■  M  .Morntt.  Lord  Sydenham  had 
Waaaant  out  to  carry  the  union  Into  elFetit ; 
•mI  with  that  Tiew  t(>o  many  of  the  Lower 
Ciwta  dections.  where  the  people  ha<.l  been 
MMOIi^d  lo  the  union,  were  carried  by 
vtolaiioa.  Mr.  Cuvillier,  tiie  nimiinee  of 
IIm  OoTartkroent,  was  elected  <i[>eaker.  in 
apposition  to  Sir  AU&n  MacNab.  And  here 
il  wasf  be  rpniarked  that,  in  Canada,  a 
Wfatkmc  aotdoni  retains  his  seat,  as  such, 
■K*T^  tK«n  one  parliament.  Every  naw 
H  ^  "sembly  t'letU  its  onuitpeuker; 

a<  'o  are  often  several  ex-speakers 

IB  uic  t^Jicie  of  political  life,  who  return, 
eaDtrmi7  Co  the  English  practice,  to  the  tloor 
of  tktt  boiae.  The  government  was  a  mix- 
lOfB  of  politicians  of  ditTerent  shades  of 
otifcniotli  The  legislature  was  not  free  from 
pboMMB ;  and  the  government  was  not 
V.«  J..  vU  i>f  departments  who 
Maard  '  ncc  of  the   represent- 

«i  of  lLw  ,      ,   .        Neither  the  head  of 
crown  lands  otticc   nor   the  aurceyor- 
■nl   waa   a   fneait>er   uf   Ihu    Kxeoutive 
iBcil.      FamilT-oompact  Toryism  bad  ac- 
Pid  a  nbdaea  tone  in  ortioial  circles,  in 
of  the  d(*8patch  of  I^ifd  John 
•rvtK    "ni    in    KM*,    in  which  the 
!i«  govemuiont  or 
WH«  ht'Id  out  to 
i^Ia  ^  h  >  liA'l  81-iits  Ml  »"ither  brauchc'S 
Icinalatnrct.      Mr.     Macdonald     waa 
'  '  inent ;  but  he  was  an 

1    woB  {til  fr«>m  bomg 
Nab,  the  opposi- 
i  of  the  countr)'. 
■    "'•■•-'-  »«-id  not 
:>l;  to  H 
v.*ci;il)y 
.  h  Mr. 
I '  "jn  was 


of   l&a 

asmoat  ' 
tffper 


yMHsl  a«^ 
qpMatsoa  f  ii 

m  kKaa  iwrt  of  central 
Mafldooaid  n*prBa«ated 


fwcmUBff  cms^     Ha  vxited  with  the  I  piH.'r 
Ck)tiaflrraliv«a  and  Uie  I^ower  Can- 


ada  French  leaders  against  the  ^tivurnment  ; 
but  he  never  attended  a  Tory  "  cancua,"  as 
party  meetings  are  called  in  America, 
much  less  had  he  any  intimate  aUiancv 
with  the  Lower  Canada  opposition.  In 
1848,  1852  and  1854,  Mr.  Macdonald  wjw 
elected  without  a  contest  in  hta  obi  dm- 
Btituency  of  Gleni^arry.  In  the  latter 
part  of  the  year  1H49.,  he  waa  appointed 
soticitorgoneral  under  the  L&fontaine-Bald- 
win  Mlniinistratiou,  which  oflice  he  held  till 
the  breaking  up  of  that  govemmeut  in  the 
autumn  of  iHol.  He  was  elected  speaker 
in  Quebec  in  1852,  and  held  that  position 
till  the  dissolution  in  1854.  In  1858  he 
was  attorney-general  in  the  Rrown-Dnrion 
govorDment.  In  1857  he  was  elected  for 
Cornwall,  hia  brother,  D.  A.  Macdonald, 
aucceediiiij!  him  in  the  county,  and  this  year 
was  again  returned  for  that  town.  Ue  was 
one  of  the  few  Upper  Cauadiaus  who  waa  per- 
sistently opposed  to  rwpreseutftli' m  by  popu- 
lation ;  and  althoaiL(h  a  Roman  Catholic,  he 
was  never  an  advocate  of  separate  schools. 
His  opposition  to  them  brought  down  upon 
him  the  coDBDre  of  the  priesifl  ;  but  although 
they  from  the  altar  recommended  the  elec- 
tors to  vote  for  Protestant  candidates  in 
preference  to  him,  that  recommendation 
was  ever  disregarded  by  the  Highlanders. 
In  1802,  on  the  defeat  of  the  Cartier-Mac- 
donald  administration,  Mr.  Macdnnald  was 
calle*!  upon  to  form  a  government,  which 
he  succeeded  in  doing,  Mr.  Sicotto  being 
the  leader  of  the  Lnwer  Canada  section  of 
the  Cabinet.  In  I8()|,  having*  resigned  the 
aeaU,  after  the  completion  of  Confederation, 
to  which  he  wub,  by  the  way,  strenuously 
op[>osed,  he  was  called  up4;iu  tu  form  an  a4- 
roinistration  in  Ontario.  In  1S71  ho  retired 
from  public  life,  atid  died  the  following 
year  at  hia  residence,  Ivy  Hnn,in  Cornwall. 
In  1840  he  married  a  lady  front  Louiaiana, 
the  dauijhtcr  of  a  Vnitod  States  Senator, 
who  owned  a  lari^o  plantation  of  netfroes, 
nml  who  was  itliot  (Kml<1  in  a  duel  in  1843, 

.VllllKllaill,  Jcilin,  Toruut4>,  Insurancv 
.^ent,  ttiu  oldest  in  the  sen>'ice  in  Torent(.». 
w:ia  borti  at  Markhain,  Ontario,  on  the  ll'th 
(►ctiilier,  IH;i5.  He  is  the  son  of  John 
Maughan.  of  the  Commisaariat  Department 
of  Her  5[njr>sty'a  service,  and  Kuphomia 
Stein,  his  wife,  who  was  born  in  Dublin, 
and  educated  in  Kdinbur<^'h,  of  Itlackhail, 
Clack M>auanHhire,  Scotland,  and  grandson 
of  Itobui't  Mau;jhai),  Inspoctor-O>^nt*ral  uf 
Taxes  and  Dunuly  Oontrollor  «tf  Kxcise  for 
Scotland.  He  waa  educated  at  private 
academies,  and  at  Knox  Collof^e,  and  left  ofi* 
studies  in  1851,  and  commonced  the  study 


A  crcLOP^icJjrA  or 


of  law  in  the  oi^ices  of  Mr.  ftfowat  and  Mr.  ' 
Uelltwetl.  barriftterB,  etc.  He  reniaint'd  only  | 
one  year  with  the  legal  tinns  uamed,  and  { 
joined  the  Western  Asauraiice  Co.  in  1)552. 
He  remained  with  this  company  for  some 
years,  and  rose  to  the  posttion  of  assistant* 
mannjrer  ;  and  in  1871  was  appointed  nmna- 
ger  of  the  Ipolatcd  Uisk  loatirance  Co.  He 
left  that  company  to  join  the  Royal  Inanr- 
ance  Company  in  ISStJ,  and  ta  now  its  chief 
agent  in  Toronto.  He  joined  the  4th  Bat- 
talion, Militia,  in  185G,  (nnder  Col,  K.  L. 
Denison),  as  ensign,  luid  holiU  cr>mniiMion 
aa  captain  from  Sir  Edmund  Head,  late 
Governor  of  Canad.i.  He  paaaed  throiij^h 
the  Military  School,  and  holds  a  certiticate 
dated  28th  Sept..  1800.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Church  of  England.  Ho  married  in 
1863  Miaa  M.  E.  Parks,  a  daughter  of  C. 
G.  Parks,  Esq.,  of  Waterdown,  Ontario, 
formerly  of  Belfast,  Ireland,  by  which  lady 
he  haa  tive  Aons  and  two  danirhters.  He 
wan  elected  school  trustee  in  lB80and  1881, 
and  alderman  for  St.  George's  Ward  in 
1882,  and  re-elected  in  1883, 1884  and  1885. 
Mr.  Mau^rhan'fl  personal  appearance  is  in 
itself  a  guarantee  for  tbu  integrity  of  his 
character.  He  ia  highly  respected  by  all 
with  whom  ho  comes  in  contact,  and  has 
that  which  King  Macbeth  conld  not  have, 
**  love,  honour,  and  troops  of  friendR."  Mr. 
Maitghan  ia  very  fond  of  outdoor  sports, 
and  is  i{uite  an  adept  at  oriuket,  boating, 
fthootini;,  etc. 

IHcKcllur,  AreliibHid,  Sheritfof  the 
County  W'entworth,  was  born  in  (ilenshire, 
three  miles  from  Inverary  i/ostle,  Argyle- 
ahire,  on  the  ;ird  February,  1810.  Olen- 
shirc  belonged  to  the  estato  nf  the  Duke  of 
Argylo.  Peter  McKcUar  and  Flora  Mac- 
Nab,  were  our  subject's  paronta,  and  they 
occupied  a  farm  on  the  eaUte  of  the  Dnko  of 
Argyle,  but  seeing  that  there  woa  little  or  ni* 
prospect  of  advauceraent,  or  of  acquirini; 
land  of  Uieir  own  in  Scotland,  they  emi- 
grated to  Canada  in  1817.  aoctiuipanied  by 
Mrs.  McKellar's  father  and  mother,  brother 
and  two  aiaters.  After  spending  nine  weeks 
in  a  sailing  vessel  goin.'  from  Greenock  to 
Quel>eo,  they  travelled  in  bateaux  and 
■choonera  tu  Queenston,  then  the  weatern 
limit  of  civilization,  where  the  women  and 
one  infant  (the  subject  of  this  sketch)  stayed 
while  the  men  went  westward,  on  foot, 
through  the  foreat,  to  select  a  go.td  location 
for  their  little  settlement.  After  they  had 
nearly  readied  the  Rondeau  fin  Lake  Brie, 
they  decided  to  return  to  the  townahip  of 
Aldboroufih,  the  western  extremity  of  what 
was  then  known  as  the  London  diatricij  but 


now  the  western  limit  of  theGounty  of  Elgin 
— the  site  of  the  City  of  London  not  being' 
then  suiveyt-il.     The  inducements  to  return, 
to  Aldbnruuuh   were,   tirst,  that   there  wa»« 
already  a  small  Highland  settlement  there 
secondly,  the  cnintry  was  hilly,  and  mor«^ 
like  their  native  land  than  that  farther  west 
and  tliirdly,  the  laud  bolons;cdto  the  Govem-j 
ment,  and  ha<l  been  placed  in  Col.  Talbot's 
hand   for  location.      Having  selected   their 
lots,  they  returned  to  QueenAton,  and  in  ox 
teams, and  such  other  conveyancua  that  could 
bo  obtained,  they  took  their  families  and  l*e-< 
longings,  and  arrived  at  their  new  homea  in 
time  to  erect  ahantiea  hef<ire  the  winter  set 
in.     Here  the   McKoUar   family   rcmainod 
until  1837,  when  they  removed   to  a  farm 
which   they  purchased  in  the  town>*hip  of 
Kaleii^h,  C*ounty  Kent,  three  miles  west  of; 
the  town  of  Chatham,  on  tlie  banks  of   the' 
River  Thames.     This  farm  is  still  the  home- 
stead of  the  family.     For  the   first   ten   or) 
twelve  yeara  of  his  life  our  subject  attcndedi 
the  public  achiHila  in  the  township  of  Aid- 
borough,  where  his  parenta  first  settled  in 
1817.     He  then  was  sent  to  Geneva.  N.  Y., 
and  Hnally  to  the  High  School  in  Niagara, 
taught  by  Dr.  Whitelaw.    On  leaving  school] 
he  went  to  the  farm,  and  settled  there  with! 
his   parenta.       Though    he    determined    to 
make  fiirraing  his  business,  he  also  engaged 
in  Inmboring.     In  1857  ho  entered   Parlia- 
ment  aa   member   for   Kent,    having   beeu 
a  member  of  the  County  Council  for  liftvcul 
yeara  previously.       In    1841,   at    the    tirst] 
election  for  Parliament  after  he  became  •4, 
a^e,    he   supported   and  canvaased    for  thaj 
Tory  candidate,  Mr.  Joseph  Wnnds,  in  oppo- 
sition to  Mr.  Harrison  (afterwards  County| 
Judge  of  York).     Mr.  Woods  was  returned. 
During  this  election  he  heard   for  the  lirstj 
time   a   thorough  political  speech   by   Mr, 
Harriaon,  and  was  greatly  iuipreaaed  by  hir 
argumeuta  in   favour  of  municipal   inatitn- 
tiona,  esi>ecially  those  relating  to  voting  in 
I'rovincial  elections  in  each  township,  instead^ 
i>f  groups  of  townships,  aa  was  the  custoill^| 
at  this  time,  the  polls  being  kept  open  for  »^ 
week,  caufling  some  of  the  electors  irreat  in- 
convenience and  loss  of  time  and    money, 
lu  the  counties  of  Kent  and  LambUju,  iheif,] 
nailed,  many  of  the  electors  had  t.>  travel 
distances  varying  from  ten  to  ninety  mil 
before  they  could  record  their  votes.     Ii  ^ 
diately  afttr  Mr.  Harriatm'a  defeat  in  Keni 
he  was  elected  fitr  Kingston, and  was  appoint- 
ed  Provincial    Secretary.      Mr.    Mckelhir, 
though  prosecuting  farming  at  the  time.  rea( 
the  leading  papera  of    the  day,  he  being 
Bubacriber  for  both  the  CVf/nw(  and  AV.nif. 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPBY. 


««rr.  U.O  finl  the  leading  organ  of  the  Tory 
yartjr.  an<l  the  Utu^r  iliut  of  the  Liberal 
paitj.  DuriDg  the  next  seBsion  of  Parlio- 
wnt  ha  oifvluUy  read  thv  debates  and  found 
thai  Mr.  HuTUon  was  aiucero  in  all  hu  had 
y:  1-1  electors  of  Kent  and   Lamb- 

t  .1  '^^Tntintrs  at  Chatham,  with  rc- 

gitfvi  K  1  elective  reforms.     He 

loUi  li  '  that  if  Mr.  Harrison 

fTtf  b«caaio  u  ctu;aidate  for  parlinnieutary 
bincnt*  aeain  in  Kent,  he  would  support 
kzm  as  iy  and  detf*rniiiieil]y  aa  he 

Ibll  v{  ,  '  in  the  laat  election,   Thcae 

,  njiii  lurnofl-np  eyea  and  uplifted 
Mked  in  holy  horror.  "  Why  do  ynu 
t<i  do  fto  f  '*  Mr  McKeliar  replied 
that,  **if  h«  gave  na  the  municipal  law,  a 
lavnahip  election  law,  and  other  tumor 
»eHtir««  of  reform,  he  would  rote  for 
llr.  HirrU.  .11  "  Thiiy  then  declared  that 
Oittak'  vrere  rcpuMicau,  and 

vodU,  ,       rt«inly  l«ttd  to  annex- 

■tioci  tutiw  Inited  t^taten.  Mr.  McKellar'a 
i«ply  vaa  that  he  diil  uot  care  whether 
■rOMeipal  invtitutionft  were  republican  or 
■oniriiriifl  a^^  lorn;  as  tlioy  btmetitcd  the 
coantr.'  ^  the  condition  of  the 

pao^:  they  would),  he  would 

■ipfion  th<:ui«  au'i  'Lul  8"  afterwards  in  Par- 
and  out  of  it.    Mr.  5tcKellar  waa 


bm^A 


knvortdJj- 


'J  afterwnrds,  when  in  Par- 
iiad  been   a  Tory  and  hud 
•  '•  ket.      He  always  (jood- 
:he  impeachment,  but 
.....  a  great  many  others, 
had  done  it  in  ignuratkoe,  and  aince  then  he 
niidvred  at  the  thought  that  that 
t  b»  Ihci  tin  fur  which  there  is  no 
I ;  and  in  view  of  that  belief  he 
had  done  a  good  deal  of  mia- 
't    with    thr    view    of    bringinjf 
-•-<i  tliat  shrouded 
iifort.naie  Tory 
he  author  of  the 
ijcen  the   means 
■  ■•\h    of    thouaauds   of 
Aud  to  Aid  the  public 
work    d'lue   aa 
mL  (whilo  he  waa 

«l  A«riealt 

■riMd     tu    . ^.. ,  - 

Mk«&tarMheariQginlcrBat  at  tive  [•ercent  . 
tlraa  IpTlBg  lb*  public  m^nrv  xl  u  I-ovvirmtv 
tkMi  thi^  raulii  «t  tlie 

wamm  %imm  s«CQr  •  nt  t}ie 

UgJfeM*    rmt*   iif  from 

lk«  b«akt  amd  n  -.  than 

vltidi  li»«rv  u  r  r   ufvr  «4,-ounty. 

It  VM  duriag  M:  ->r  s  terui  of  uHioe, 


aa  Miniater  of  Agriculture,  that  the  Ontario 
College  of  Agriculture,  which  is  now  proving 
of  BO  much  benefit  to  the  country,  waa  estab- 
lished at  Guelph.     He  carried  through  Par- 
liament the  charter  for  the  South<-Tn   lUd- 
way,  extending   from    the  Nii^cara   to   the 
Detroit  and  St.  Clair  rivers,  and  was  chtetiy 
inatninientAl  in  gLiaing  upwards  of  $300,000 
,  by  wiiy  of  Ixinuses  in  the  southern  countioa 
'  to  aid  in  its  construction.     He  als<i  carried 
the  charter  for  the  Erie  and  Huron  Railway 
Company.  This  road  eiiands  fnim  the  Kon- 
'  dean  harl:H>r  <>n  Lake  Erie  and  rum  north 
I  througli  the  towns  of  Blenheim,  Chatham. 
Dresden,  and  Wallaoeburg,  then  to  the   St. 
Clair  river  U.)  Sarnia,  a  distance  of   about 
seventy  miles.    F\>rty  miles  of  this  road  has 
been  operated  dunng  the  pant  two  yean,  and 
the  balance  of  the  Hue  will  bo  completed  by 
the  end  of  18t(5.     In   1854.  Mr.   MoKellar 
waa  urged  to   consent  \a>  be  nominated  for 
Kent  on  the  Reform  ticket,  and  did  so,  but 
under   great    disibdvant.^ea,  it   being  at  a 
late  ]>eriod  of  the  canvtiss,  and  he  was  de- 
I  foated  ;  but  in  1A57  he  again  came  forward. 
and  was  elected  by  a  large  majority.     He 
I  represented    Kent   for  ton   years,    and    at 
Confederation  he  waa  elected  for  the   Pro- 
I  vincial  House,  to  represent  Bothwell,  which 
I  he  continued  U>  do  until  ld7o.       Then  he 
accepted  the  slirievalty  uf  Wentworth.   Dur- 
ing  the   laat   four  yeara  of  his  political   life 
I  he  WAS  a  member  of  the  G<ivemment,  both 
in   the  BUke  and  Mowat   administrationa. 
'  aa    Commissioner    of     Public    Works    and 
Miniater   of    Agricuhuro   and   Emigration, 
and  afterwards  as  Provincial  ^Secretary.    He 
'  married,  in  1836,  Lucy  MaoNab,  his  second 
I  cousin,  who  diet!  February,    1857.  leaving 
I  nine  children,  four  sons  and  tive  daughters, 
of  whom  three  sons  and  three  dau^htt'rs  re- 
main.    The  eldest  son.  Peter  I).  McKelLar. 
is  registrar  of  Kent,  and  the  two  younger 
are  on  the  old  farm.     The  daughters  are  all 
married.      In  187 -i  he  married  a^ain  Cather- 
ine  M^ry  Mercer,  widow  of  Lawrence  Wni. 
.Mercer,  dauglitvr  of   Ur.    Orant   Powell  of 
Tor4Jtit-»,  and  granddaughter  of  Chief  du»- 
lice    Powell,    the    aeoi*nd    Chief   .fuMtice    of 

*  '■   (!^iinada.     Mr.  McKelLir  ia  a  strictly 

liite  loan,  never  having  used  spirita. 
r  totjocco.  Ho  professes  Presbyteruin- 
istn.  and  i«  a  fttaunctt  lieformer  in  poUttcs. 
He  has  travelled  thniuich  (treat  Urit&in  and 
the  I  lilted  StateN.  Alioi^o'her  his  career 
ha*  been  marked  by  energy,  uprightnesa, 
ability,  n,nd  yucH^eiiH. 

Kln«.  UIIIUui  Frculerick,  RA.. 
D.L.S..  n.T.S.,  Ottawa,  lnspect4ir  of  Sur- 
veys for  the  Domuiion  of  Canada,  was  boru 


A   tYCLOP.EDlA   Or 


Ht  S^Wwiimrkt't.  County  of  Sntfolk,  England, 
on  iho  19th  Februftry,  1854.  His  father, 
William  Kin;;,  and  his  mother,  Ellen,  nee 
Archer,  came  to  Canada  when  uur  auliject 
waa  in  hie  eighth  year,  and  aettled  at  Port 
Hope,  Ontario.  His  varly  education&l  train- 
ing couaistcd  at  iht*  tlrst  of  private  tuition, 
and  lie  waa  afterwards  sent  to  the  Port  Hope 
firaramar  School,  preparatorj-  to  entering 
upon  hiB  university  crmrae.  Uo  wha  always 
remarkable  for  diligence  as  a  school  boy.  and 
without  much  seeming  effort  mn-ttered  his 
work.  lu  1809  he  matriculated  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Toront'i,  and  in  1875  graduated 
B.A.  from  that  iuatitution.  The  tastes  of 
our  subject,  while  in  his  nader^raduate 
course,  seem  to  have  been  for  natural  sciencea 
und  mathematical  and  when  graduating  he 
waa  gold  medalist  in  mathematics.  Having 
ubtained  his  degree,  he  turned  hia  attention 
to  the  study  of  land  and  toiH>grAphical  sur- 
veying, and  in  due  course  becaniu  a  regular 
Dominion  land  surveyor  and  a  Dominion 
topographical  surveyor.  An  active,  ener- 
getic, cleAT-headed  surveyor,  aa  he  always 
upon  proper  opiwrlunity  revealed  himself  to 
be,  he  wfta  seldom  found  lacking  employ- 
ment. He  served  on  the  international  boun- 
dary between  the  Lake  of  the  Wooda  and 
the  Hocky  Mountains  from  1872  to  1874. 
Since  the  lust  mentioned  date  he  hiia  been 
engaged  in  Dommi'm  land  surveys  in  various 
parts  of  Manitoba  and  the  Norlh-Weat  tor- 
riloriea,  Un  the  KUh  June,  1881,  Mr.  Kinjc 
woa  appointed  to  the  position  of  ins[}ect(»r  of 
surveys.  His  long  professional  experience 
has  ncccaiitat«d  wide  travel,  and  there  ia 
hardly  a  pluce  of  note  in  our  wide  North- 
Weat  that  he  has  not  visitud.  A  position 
like  tliat  to  which  our  subject  was  ap^xiintud 
re<iuired  more  equipment  than  is  necf&surily 
conferred  by  a  more  profcasional  knowledge 
of  land  and  topographical  surve^'ing.  Wide 
knowledge  wiih  respect  to  the  quality  and 
conditioDB  of  locality,  and  sound  judgment, 
are  among  some  of  the  many  (jUalitications 
needed.  These,  it  ia  said,  Mr.  King  all 
brought  to  his  position,  and  heia  regarded  as 
a  very  efficient  othcer  indeed.  He  married, 
on  December  'Jl,  1881,  Augusta  Florence, 
daughter  of  John  A.  Snow,  of  Ottawa.  The 
fruit  of  this  union  is  one  son,  bnrn  on  the 
4th  March,  18H4.  Before  the  time  of  our 
subject's  marriage  he  resided  at  Port  Ho]M!, 
but  he  baa  since  taken  up  his  abode  at  Ot- 
tawa. .Mr.  King  is  an  adherent  of  tlie  Epis- 
copal faitli. 

nuc-donfil<1.  Klfflil  Hon.  Sir  Joliii 
Alexander,  K.C.M.G.,  D.C.L.,  LLD., 
was  Ixjmin  <fla.:gow  on  the  11th  day  of  Jan- 


uary, 1815.     He  was  the  socona  aon 
Hugh  Mocdonah),  who   lived  originally  in 
the  parish  of  Dornoch,  Sutherlandshire,  but 
who  early  in  life  removed  to  Canada.  When 
the   emigration    movemunt  began    in  1824), 
Mr.  HuglL  Maciionald  and  hia  family  (John 
Alexander  being  then  in  his  fifth  year)  took 
piissaa^e  for  British    North    America.      Mr. 
Mftcdonald  settled  near  Kingston,  then  the 
moatimpi>rtant  town  in  Upper  Canada  ;  and 
after  residing  here  for  upwards  of  four  years, 
the  family  moved  to   Quinte  Bay,  leavinfc 
John  Alexander,  then  in  his  tenth  year,  at 
school  ill  Kingston.     The  lad  wns  placed  at 
the  Uoyal  Grammar  School,  under  the  tui- 
tion of  Dr.  Wilwm,  a  fellow  of  Oxford  Uni- 
versity, and  subserpiently  under  that  of  Mr. 
George  Baxter.     After  he   had  entered  hia 
sixteenth  year,   his  father  took  him  away 
from  school  and  articled  him  in  the  office  of 
George  Mackenzie,  where  he  applied  himself 
diligently  to  study   of  the  law.       When   he 
began  to  practise  law,  there  were  heard  the 
first  muttehngs  of  the  storm  soon  to  break 
over  the  country;   and  the  year  following, 
numbers  of  disAffect*.'d   pera<ms,  in  Lower 
Canada  undor  Papineaii,  and  iu  Uppor  Can- 
ada under  VViltiam  Lyon  Mackenzie,  rushed 
blindly  to  arms.     A  body  of  hunters,  as  the 
invaders  were  called,  under  the  command  of 
n  Pule  named  Von  Shonit/.,  crossed  from  thd 
American  side  over  to  Prescott,  but  Shoultit' 
woa  captured,  and  his  followers  killed  and 
dispersed.     Courts-martial  were  eatabliHlieil 
at  London  and  Kingston,  and  at  the  Utter 
city  ShouHz  and  his  accomplices  wf^re  tried 
for   their  crimes.     Young   Macdonnld   wa*, 
counsel  for  the  unfortunato  Pole,  and  by  thd 
skill  and  force  of  his  address  attroctcd  widu 
notice.     In  1844,  during  the   most  intoler- 
aVde   portion  of   Lord  Mutcalfe's  rule,   Mr' 
Macdonald  waa  elected    for    Kingston,  de 
featiui{  Mr.  Manahan.    i>n  lirst  entering  iho 
legislature,    he  sat   unmoved   at    hia   desk 
while  the  frays  for  which  that  period  of  pur- 
liamentary  history  was  remarkable  went  on, 
**  looking,"  aays  a  gentleman  whoreniembe 
haviug  iieen  him  there,  "  half  careless  and 
half  contemptuous.      Sometimes  in  the  thic 
of  the  m*''I*-'e  ho  was  busy  in  and  out  of  the 
library.     I  scarce  ever  remember  seeing  bii 
then  about  the  House  that  he  was  not  search 
ing  up  some  cose  either  then  impending  o 
to  come  up  at  a  later  date.     He  was  for 
great  part  of  his  time,  too,  buried  iu  a  stud 
of  constitutional  history. "     His  first  a{)«ec 
waa  in  reply  to   the  Hon.  Robert  Baldwin 
and  thoui^h  it  was  <lariug,  it  was  based  on  A 
wide  foundation  of  common  sense.     During 
the   lost  days  of  toryiam,  Mr.  Draper,  the 


4 


^ 


tAyAlUjy  BtOGMAPBY 


fSB»  day  lo  oar  wmh- 
**  Tmt  tara  bMMHw  st  IhI, 

4^aiaA  uf  Qross  t^iA,  vbere,  in  »  abort 
«^  te   fvdcod  nod 
mmr,    BwtmlMVtW 

ad  fanr  «nr  «f  km 

■m.  Oa^edowafatlflf  tiwHiodU-lfmii 

Wflft.  — JM    tb»   liaiUiAiji  ftf   So-  ADui 

piiyW,  ^»A  CB  uid  «i«t  (4  rBiTiwiwit,  ct 
««•  faroad  to  rmm^u,  and  Mr  lieiifjgv  Bnnra 
mm  mill  It  «paa  to  fars  »  CahoKC  B« 
tbv   tidk«   Wat  t^   0«iv««OT^ 

to 


3.  iMwaAoraiav  daja,  fvafiied,  and  t^ 
■Miauj  vw  ntaHa^  to  pwver.  Jkitet 
ft  ^Kt  tmc,  b«r«e««r.  Sir  AJWa  v«0  rela- 
^Nid  «•  tW  ^ck-voutt.  fto4  Jote  A.  Umc 
imaU  fjiiMiJ  M  iMder  «<  ika  Tpyar 

OM«a  R.  Gtetav,  laadaf 
hmda  dmnoB.  TWn  cum 
tiaaailiiw,  dwmg  wlucb  pr^- 
SB 1  •  paai  bobra  «iba  aya  like 
r  h  alaiAiftnoiw  IWiv  was  a 
raaft  TfiptraM  I^iwCanada, 
fcv  ft  ii^BC^  pffiud  Jofai  A.  M^- 


7i 


fc^it. 


avav  ai  if  it  It^ 


■■■■■■nnMB  fgrnmamm  avar  i 
laafttviiaiflftMaaL  l%aTaA^; 
(Jakft  A.)  ■ilwiairtiMiiai  ioUtfMd,  bat  tt» 
ttavft  ^  Mi  hMC  by  tba  JiiBiK  tkraad, 
aaiwalMUly  it— rVfTaJoftlybylha»««ji 

f^fldtfaadwrfkyKcy  tba  **  fatal  tH^noe 
al  BNrtMK,*  ttaA  gfw  tbe  iiafmlM  far  a  eua- 
A  I ■■litim  »aa facmaJ. rf  wbiA 
brwrnn,  Oevar  Muvmt.  Mid  WtXbafti 
tm  Iba  |wt  nf  tba  i i#iii  uwi  ■, 

IS  A.  MardnnaM  auada  laddlr  «■>-     >< 
«»ba«fail^  anl  AiaiJ  tba 


no^ 


bnuiazit 

vImb  in  1813  Aa 
dadUrad   kiM  cbOct  «f   ear- 
oft  «Hh  air  H«sb  Alias  »  • 
iililii^  to  tba  iwimi^Miii  <d 
{  the  Cknadiafi  PteiAe  Rftitvaf;  Irvt  wlwAar 

I  «■»  gfttUj  of  iW  dtuifa  lud  M  U*  doer 
I  or  Doiy  tbe  puaaTa  fiMfave  him,  aftd  in 
18?«.  Tttb  kind  ■rrhaarif,  took  bna  W* 
I  ^giin  te  pcMTR.  Sb-  Jelin  lai  alvnya 
■ftond  IB  bipi  n^nd  in  tbe  boomt  cwn- 
,  sad  in  1079  vaa  nnifn  in  a  naBbar 
Her  MaTcatT'i  Pnrr  CeaodL  1b  l^GSs 
ba  i«cciT«d  tbe  bootfrary  dcsgree  d  D.CH 
fms  (Ixlard  Uftivccvtr;  be  aba  reoMTed 
tbe  dafrae  ef  LL.  D.  fmaa  Qoaea**  Cai- 
wmwatf.Kia^Umi  and  is  libi-wwe  •  D.CLk 
of  tbe  TBiTwiitj  ci  Triaitj  OoOega,  Ta- 
fvaMlo.  ftllbiw%b  be  ia  mam  wdt  BdraBnai 
IB  yeacn,  be  dcwa  not  aaes  to  bara  loai  bbj 
(4  aw  old  v^fcw;  fnaMda  brbm  toova  caoacay 
aioaodbnB,  and  tbe  oaiSa  of  hia  nAinban 
•eeaa  to  gtom  ligca  eveay  daj.  Sinoe  187(1 
be^  baoB  iwamiwia 
at 

-  _^*  Ida  Ftotfic 

Bm^wmj.      Sir  John  itoidH  it 
lUit,  Ottawa,  and  bia 
an  rifcirwl  vxtb 
bj  bia  talcntod  and  aseaading^ypofeilar  wife, 
Lftdy  MaedMabL  Tba  loaowiiq  an  aonw  ef 

tbecubt' 

orcbemattoipBliTft- 
of  the  aaOitiB;  tba  t»> 
<d  tbe  oTil  aarnea;  daa  tnti^ 
catioQ  <d  tbe  Waahiagtoa  toea^  tunfadei^ 
tinn  of  B.  y.  A.;  tbe   uunati mtluu  of  ll^ 

of  tbeDe^iBian;  tbaKftlioMl 
PoB7;sdtbti 
of  ibeCbnfiBi 

buns  at  bcannwon,  on  tbe  "th  November, 
1852.  Hb  falber  waa  bom  ra  yartboB- 
beriaftd  coonty.  ra  1808.  and  is  Jaacantlfil 
Irani  t\  E.  Uijnabatft  Baaaarnedftaniftv 
ai  OrtnaeeticBU  H.  A.  Wbon  enr  anbieet 
waa  bom  bia  fatbervaa  ft 


poBBB  una  1  1 


tlwt  dasa  ia 


I  tba  yonnBaat  of  aevan  boyft.     Ha  vm 
I  catcd  at  tba  H%h  Sehool,  wbete  be  iMi 
to  land     lated.      He  atadaed  kw  at  vmriona  taa 
a  Uwjto'a  idbee,  bat  ewi^  to  Mltac  b 
be   waa  oWigffd  tft  abandon  iba 


60 


A  CYCLOI'.KDIA   OF 


with  Mr.  W,  M.  Ireland,  in  1877-  In  1879 
Mr.  [reUiid  died^  and  uiir  subjuct  has  con- 
ducted ilic  biisiueu  «ver  lince.  Mr.  Yuiixik 
hu  always  shown  s  very  deep  interest  in 
municipal  affairs  and  public  <]uestiona  gener- 
ally, and  waa  for  aorue  time  a  member  of  the 
Tuwn  Council,  and  an  offioer  i!>f  the  Board  of 
S<:hf>ol  TruBtoes.  He  waa  one  of  the  {ifteen 
g&utlenien  who  purchased  land  on  which  to 
erect  a  dam,  with  the  view  of  securing  pro- 
per water  privileges  for  the  town,  and  who 
now,  with  his  confreres,  hold  the  property 
astniBiees  for  his  fellow  citizens.  Mr.  Young 
ia  an  Oddfellow  of  Trent  Lodge,  Ko.  11. T 
Between  the  time  of  his  rolinquishment  of 
the  law  and  his  entry  into  bufiiuesA.  ho  trav- 
elled through  the  States  and  Canada,  and 
hjis  visited  all  the  important  places  in  both 
countries.  In  politics  he  delights  to  call  him- 
self H  Clear  Grit,  believing  that  the  policy  of 
the  reform  party  must  bring  ]>olitical  salva- 
tion to  the  country.  Ho  married,  in  Det^eni- 
ber,  IHTti,  MisA  Ireland,  daughter  of  Mr. 
W.  M.  Ireland,  one  of  the  old  aottlera  of 
Prince  Edward  Island,  and  who  camu  to 
this  country  during  thv  war  of  1912.  Mr. 
Young  is  a  favourite  with  the  (lublic  aud 
in  his  own  social  circle 

Klli^,  John  6.,  M.D.,  Toronto,  was 
bom  at  (loorgetown,  in  the  County  of  Hal- 
ton,  Untariis  on  April  2fith,  1843.  His 
father,  Stephen  King,  waa  born  in  Kns;- 
Innd.  and  camu  to  Canada  in  l^'XS.  His 
mother,  whose  maiden  iiHme  waa  Hess,  was 
descended  from  a  I*.  K.  Loyalisi  family. 
Father  and  mother  both  live  with  Dr.  King, 
our  subject,  the  foimer  lieing  in  his  seventy* 
third  year,  the  latter  in  her  seventy- 
eighth.  Stejthen  King  was  one  of  the  first 
attendants  at  die  first  Congregational  Cob 
lege.  This  building  wtL?  siiiiutcd  nojir  tlie 
south  east  corner  uf  Yonge  and  Wellesley 
streets,  and  was  denioliBh«;ii  only  a  year  ago. 
Uur  subject  may  be  regarded  as  a  self-made 
man.  He  received  little  education  at  the 
hands  of  mnstcrs,  and  he  was  not  content 
witli  thf»c.  Height  Mfter  height  of  learning 
did  he  gain  by  hi«  own  exertions  and  own 
perAoveranec  ;  and  when  he  had  attained 
his  I9ih  year,  this  youth,  who  had  been 
seen  on  winter's  nights  by  the  lamp  with  his 
books,  was  found  teaching  a  school.  He 
waa  an  excellent  teacher,  and  soon  became 
principal  of  the  Wai^iluo  Central  School, 
He  waa  mainly  instrumental  in  organ  lelng 
the  Waterloo  County  T*-^cherB' Association; 
and  for  the  Hrst  two  years  he  was  president 
by  unanimous  vote.  He  waa  meanwhile  a 
I>aid  contributor  to  various  newspai)ers  and 
periodicals.     He  soon  ceased  teaching,  and 


became  a  well-known  contributor  to  the  On- 
tario press.  He  wjw  fnr  three  years  on  the 
editorial  staff  fif  the  Toronto  Glohc^  during 
which  time  he  waa  Canadian  correspondent 
for  the  Chicago  Tribune^  in  addition  to  other 
Canadian  contributions.  In  May,  18(it>,  he 
c<rinplcted  a  course  in  the  Toronto  School  of 
Medicine,  and  obtained  his  License  to  prac- 
tice medicine.  He  ia  a  member  of  the  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Ontario,  and 
is  an  M.D.  of  the  University  of  Victoria 
College.  Ho  was  secretary  for  the  Toronto 
Ueform  A88<x:iation  for  two  or  three  years, 
about  lfl<i7.  By  app«''intmont  of  the  <)ntario 
Ciovernment  he  ia  surgeon  to  the  Merc«r 
liofoimatory  and  Industrial  Refuge,  and 
has  held  this  position  since  the  institutions 
were  opened.  Ho  is  a  ina^uu  of  twenty-two 
years' standing,  and  beloni's  to  Wilson  Lodge 
No.  m.  G.  B.C.  In  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
he  is  Past  Grand  Chancellor  and  Supreme 
Hepresentativo  of  Ontario.  In  thia  order 
our  subject  hsA  been  an  energetic  worker, 
and  he  has  earned  the  warm  approbation  of 
the  brotherhood.  At  tlm  Inst  biennial  aea- 
aion,  composed  of  representatives  of  over 
forty  Grand  liHlges,  he  was  elected  to  the 
third  highest  honour  this  body  can  confer, 
by  a  Vote  of  oU  to  '2"2.  He  was  mainly  tn> 
Etrumental  in  securing  the  next  biennial 
session  to  be  held  in  Toronto  in  188G.  This, 
it  ia  anticipated,  will  be  the  largest  society 
i^emonstrtttion  ever  held  in  Cnnadti.  Dr. 
King  ia  endeuvouring  to  arrange  that  fif- 
teen  or  twenty  thousand  people  shall  visit 
Toronto  on  this  occasion.  Hn  is  likewise  a 
member  of  the  A.U.L'.W.,  and  has  been 
medical  examiner  to  the  order  for  a  con- 
siderable period.  He  likewise  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Select  Knighta  and  of  the  Sons 
of  England  BenevuleiiiSrwiety.  In  connec- 
tion with  the  latter  he  prttpoaod  a  revif.ion 
and  reorganisation  of  the  rituals,  which 
were  almost  unanimously  adopted.  This 
iihows  a  thutoogh  knowledge  of  the  govern- 
ment of  such  institutions.  The  Royal 
Arcanum  also  counts  our  subject  among 
its  merabcrahip,  as  does  the  St.  Oeorge's 
Society.  He  is  now  a  vice-president  of  the 
latter.  He  professes  Prcabyterianism,  and 
in  politics  ia  an  independent  Reformer. 
Keither  political  BJde  pleases  him  entir«»ly, 
con8e*|Ueiitly  he  takes  uo  active  part  with 
either.  At  the  time  of  Mr.  J.  Uynial'a  candi- 
dature, however,  ho  stumped  the  county  of 
Wentworth,  advocating  Hefomi  princi|tles. 
We  may  add  that  Dr.  King  has  now  a  very 
wide  and  lucrative  prttctice.  He  has  latterly 
associated  Dr.  Elliott  with  him  in  busintus. 
He  is  a  widower  and  has  two  children  living 


CAKAUJAS  HJOGRAPBY. 


Gl 


>d  ll!j,  wlio  ia  studying  art ;  I  the  local   annaU.       Thoy  were  sturdy  siip- 
ITi  yetLTt  uf  aye.      Dr,  King  I  porters  of  the  Kuleinn  League  aud  CovenaHt, 
I  and  their   namifA,  we  sec   it   rvo>rded,  trere 


i»}t 


ivith  the  working  cli 
ft«!4d,R«t.  %Villiiuil,M.A\  n.D.,  To-  etMhnnoci  nn  tne  rou  or  the  \\i;floti  itinrtyrs. 
rt4rto,  mui  Vtrnin  the  [Hinah  of  KiMniinmy,  Wo  find  in  the  Cmtau'um  Piolrail  GtilUr^ 
Ab«rdeeii4)iirp,  >^i'>>tliuid,  on  tbo  lOth  Doc,  thai  *'(.tne  of  the  most  chertBhed  traditiona 
Its t^.  and  r*i»cult-d  at  Kiiiii"«<^jUei;r,  Aber-  |  of  the  family  on  the  mother  a  aide,  reUtea 
^mm,  whtffv  he  t^Kik  the  du}^ve  of  M.A.  in  \  how  oue  "f  them,  for  reftuing  lo  abjure  hia 
IS33.  He  wa«  liceutwd  to  preach  the  gos-  |  faith,  autl'ered  p-ievutis  bodily  trihulatioD 
pri  by  the  Preabytery  of  Kordyce,  of  the  I  nt  the  hauda  uf  the  dragimiiH  of  *  Bloody 
of   So'tland,   in    May,    J830,   and  I  Ciaverae' — known  to  hiatory  aa   John    Ora* 


«b*rUy  Uivreafter  left  fur  Oaunda,  under  an 
iBMiiilGn«nl  aa  miaaituiary  by  the  Glasgow 
CMonial  Society.  lu  January.  1840,  he 
«M  vrdAined  and  inducted  into  the  pastoral 
diai^  (if  f«nifton  and  Colborne.  at  that 
tkmm  within  the  bounds  of  the  Preabytery 
M  KixiipMuu.  Hia  laboura  extended  over  a 
wid*  disthet,  wiChm  the  bounds  of  wbioh 
l^ere  are  tiow  6ft>  F*rf«liyterian  tniniatera 
asuied.  In  184V)  he  wiu  called  to  Picton, 
in  Um  County  of  Prinee  Kdword,  where  he 
twoiuiied  until  18o3.  when  he  wna  removed 
ti>  tAkc  the  uoflttiou  uf  general 
u  of  the  Prv»b>teri*n 


Domnto 


ham,  Vjftcuunt  Dundee."  The  father  of 
our  Bubjvct  waa  the  late  Mr.  John  Caven, 
a  sound  and  widely  informed  scholar,  who 
wiia  at  one  time  a  school  teacher.  In 
1847  ho  left  \\'igtonahire  f(jr  Can.\da,  and 
took,  up  hia  abode  in  the  townitiiip  of  North 
Diinifriea,  Ontario.  He  removed,  after 
time,  to  the  neighb^mrhood  of  St,  Mary's, 
and  here  he  cfintinued  to  reside  till  the  tune 
of  hia  death,  which  occurred  in  18!^.  It 
may  be  said  that  while  in  this  country  be 
one  time  employed  himself  aa  a  teacher,  and 


Mtnited 


was  subsequently  a  school   superintendent. 
EkerbiHly    who   came   in   contact  with  Mr. 
1   the  /'A-c/f'jTi'ufiVii/  <inii  I  John  Caven   reveretl    him.       Uia    mannera 
'1^/.     Mr.    K«id  waa  in  1850    were   amiable,  and    hia  life  a   K[x<tleaa  one. 
;^rBtor  of  the  Synod  of  the  i  The  son  William  commenced  his  education 
Church  of  Canada  ;  in  llrTS  he  |  under  hia  father,  in  the  Pariah  of  Kirkcoliu. 
tor  <tf  the  <Inneral  Anembly  uf  |  He  is  described  aa  having  been  a  p.'LinBtakiiig 
Pre-''  '^liurch — the  deaig- 1  lad  who  alwaya  felt  himaelf  drawn  towards 

r»/  the  ■  r  union  with  the  '  the  ministry.     He  prosecuted  hia  atudiea  for 

Proebyv  ':  in  1*^1*1  ;  and  in  '  the  ministry  under  the  auapicea  of  the  United 

bewaamt"!  'i    n.  »  il  Aaaem- !  Presbyterian    Church    of   Weaterti    Canada, 

a€  the  iVe*L>_>  Lvii.iii  •  iturUi  iii  Canada,  |  in  their  aeminary  at  London.  The  training 
tituun  of  the  vorictua  branches  of  the  of  studeuta  for  the  miniatry,  at  the  time  uf 
bjrtcri'^''   (M.t.f.  ii  lukvitig  taken  place  in    which  we  an*  writing,  waa  iu  the  handa  of 


1875.      F<>  lie  he  ha*  been  one  of 

Uw  dnkfe  neral  Assembly,  as  well 

a««g«it  for  iht*  iSuhemea  uf  the  Church  in 
_Waaieni  section.     Iu  1&48  he  married 
Ann  Uarrieit  Street,  third  daughter 
Stiwt,  Esq.,  of  Devonshire,  England- 
a  Duaaber  of  years  Dr.  Held  haa  been 
Ut  conueded  witfi    \\\*r  Upper  Canada 


Bobvty  and    * 
Book  and  Ti 


It    rK. 


Ch 


-L*h    of    Kirkoolm 
ib-r  .  -  u  the  26th  of  De- 

r,Jd3t>.  OisrinbjMtooBiflaof  afamily 
!••  And  a  pcominmi  pUoe  among 


the  Rev.  William  Proudfo«>t,  and  the  Rev. 

Alexander    Mackenzie.       I'nder  these   two 

venerable  ioatructora   our  subject   pursued 

his  ooiirae.    In  1852  he  waa  lioenocd  to  preach 

by  the  Flamboro'  Presbytery,  and  in  October 

of  the  same  year  he  was  ^iven  the  charge  of 

the  pariah  of  St,  Mary'aand  Duwnie.  In  1855 

ho    went  to  Scotland  for  the  benefit  of  hia 

Canaila  Et«-    health,  but  he  did  not  surrender  the  charge 

In  1K7l»  he    of  hia  parish.       In   IH^Hi  ho  waa  appointed 

■f  D.D.  from  |  hy  the  Syni>d  to  tiil  the  chair  of  Kxexetical 

For  many  !  Theology  and  Biblical  Criticiam,  vacated  by 

'  .'ed    Professor  Young  the  year  previous,  and  he 

ii,    has  continued  down  to  the  present  time  aa 

■^    Mi'^nii   >>^  ihe  I  proftissor  of  these  aubjects.     In  theological 

n  of  ihat^Ohurch  j  discussion  he  is  moderate  and  unaggresaive. 

I  but   aound   and    uucompromiaiug.     To  con- 

im,  n.O*,  Prin- 1  truvcrt  opiniona  is  part  of  hia  duty^  and  thai 

0}  College,  Toron-    duty,    while    done    with    thoroughneaa    and 

zeal,  ia  alwaya  done    with  moderation   and 

with  A  thorou|{hly  just,  nay  almost  generous, 

statement  of  the  other  side.  Though  "kindly 

in  the  ooodict/*  the  Church  haa  nowhere  a 


A  CYCLOr.KDlA   OF 


Btaunoher  or  more  doaghty  chaiupiou.  In 
1870  Dr.  Willis,  who  waB  Principal  of  Knox 
Cullvge,  an  institution  founded  at  Toronto 
for  the  theoloifical  usee  of  the  Presbyteriaii 
Chnrch,  resigned  liia  position,  and  ourauK- 
jeot  was  appointed  principal  in  hia  stead. 
This  position  he  still  holds,  enjoying  the  re- 
Bpociof  asound  and  vridely-inforuied  scholar 
and  a  most  judicious  md  capable  principal. 
Through  hia  ©xorlious,  seconded  by  ihiMo  of 
Prof,  tire^g,  chiefly,  funds  were  obtained  for 
the  construction  of  the  present  very  6ne 
college  editico.  As  a  presbyter,  and  in  his 
positiun  as  minister,  be  haa  ulwaya  been  a 
powerful  ftdvocftto  of  n  nnion  of  the  several 
Presbjnerian  Churches  in  Canada.  Nor  have 
his  exertions  been  without  their  fruit.  He 
first  saw  an  ainalgniuHtion  of  the  Free  and 
United  Presbyterian  Caurches  of  Canada, 
and  was  for  fourteen  years  a  member  in  the 
Canada  Presbyterian  Church.  As  moderator 
of  the  Canada  Presbyterian  Church  the 
pleasant  ottioo  devnlved  upon  him  of  sign- 
ing the  articles  of  Union,  in  the  niune  of  the 
Church,  between  tlje  Cuuada  Presbyterian 
Church  And  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
Canada,  in  connection  witli  the  Church  of 
Scotland.  In  IH77  Dr.  Caven  sncceedod  Mr. 
Qoldwin  Smith  as  president  of  the  (nitario 
Teaobers'  AasodatiuQ.  In  the  year  185G  he 
married  Misa  floldie,  of  Oroentields,  near 
Ayr,  Waterloo  county,  Ontario.  The  fruits 
of  this  union  are  seven  children. 

l«aidtH%t,  Ailniii.  Hamilton,  was  bom 
in  the  vilUgu  •:•£  Dedrule.  Uoxburghshirt, 
Scotland,  on  the  Itith  of  March,  INIW.  His 
parents  were  James  Laidlaw  and  EliEabeth, 
nreUobson,  and  daughter  of  Adam  Ubbsun, 
of  Jedburgh,  Scotland,  builder,  etc.  The 
fatherof  our  subject  came  to  Canada  in  I8t>2, 
aettling  in  the  township  of  Bentinck,  Coun- 
ty of  Orey,  Ontario,  on  a  farm  where  ho  re- 
mained until  hiA  death  iu  18^0.  He  left  a 
family  of  seven  cldldren,  the  subject  of  our 
sketch  being  the  fuurth  child.  Sume  of  the 
family  are  still  residing  in  Scotland.  Mrs. 
Laidlaw  is  living  and  dwells  on  the  old  home- 
stead, which  is  now  managed  by  her  son, 
itobert  Laidlaw,  who  came  to  Canada  in  the 
year  i>f  his  father's  death.  lie  is  a  robust, 
well-to-do  farmer.  The  family  consist  of 
Kobert,  who  manages  the  estate,  and  to 
whom  it  beluiigs  now;  of  Margaret  Laidlaw, 
wife  of  George  Murmy,  Esq.,  of  Nesbitt, 
ScotUnd;  of  Agnts  Laidlaw,  wife  of  William 
Rutherford,  Ksq.,  of  the  North- West  Terri- 
tory, Canada;  Adam  Laidlaw,  of  tiamilton  ; 
of  Mary  Ann  Laidlaw,  nife  of  Walter  Laid- 
law, Esq.,  of  bentinck  township,  Grey 
County;  of  George  Laidlaw, of  Dakota,  Uni- 


^  ted  States,  and  Eliztbeth  Laidlaw,  wife  of 
I  William  Jackson,  Esq.,  of  the  township  of 
Sullivan,  County  of  Grey.  Adam  Laidlaw, 
the  subject  of  our  sketch,  received  acommon 
school  education  in  Scotland.  At  the  age  <if 
sixteen,  he  left  school  and  apprenticed  him- 
self to  the  carpenter  and  building  busineaa, 
in  the  small  town  of  Oxnani,  in  the  employ 
of  the  late  Koliert  Huggan,  Ks«|.,  a  large 
builder  and  contractor  of  that  plac«,  and 
a  most  repi^ecterl  citizen.  After  remadn- 
inf;  herd  for  seven  years,  TVfr.  LaidUw  left 
the  employ  of  Mr.  Huggan,  and,  in  the  year 
1856,  sailed  for  Canada,  [fe  proceeded  to 
Hamilton,  and  commenced  hia  trade,  work- 
ing at  the  sauiu  until  the  year  18G4i,  when 
he  was  chosen  manager  of  the  Hamilt<)n  Co- 
oj;erative  store.  In  this  position  he  remain- 
ed until  18G9,  when  he  retired  and  entered 
the  foundry  business  in  partnership  with 
William  Turnbull,  Esq.,  of  Hamilton,  in 
the  Mary  Street  Foundry,  doing  business 
under  the  name  of  Turnbull  &  Co.  The 
partnership  cimtinuud  until  1874,  when  Mr. 
Turnbull  retired  and  Mr.  Laidlaw  continued 
the  business  under  the  name  of  A.  Laidlaw 
(.V*  Co.  In  1878,  Mr.  Laidlaw  admitted  as 
partner,  Mr.  John  C3.  Bowes,  when  the  tirm 
became  known  as  L&idlaw,  Bowes  A:  Co.  In 
1#84,  Mr.  Bjwcs  retired  and  Mr  Ijiidlaw 
at  once  or^^anized  a  Joint  Stock  Ccinpany, 
under  the  name  of  the  Laidlaw  Manufac- 
turing  Company,  Mr.  Laidlaw  occupying 
the  position  of  vice-preaident  and  manager. 
This  t'ompany  manufactures  all  kinds  of 
stoves,  hot  air  furnaces,  hollow  ware,  and 
castings;  is  the  only  one  in  the  country  Umt 
manufacturf'a  enamelled  wares,  and  is  most 
favoun>b!y  known  throughout  the  Dominioa, 
It  is  now  doing  an  enormous  bnaineas,  and 
every  month  sees  a  further  widening  of  ita 
popularity  nnd  ouatom.  Our  subject,  it  may 
also  be  said,  was  of  the  Home  y;uard  during 
the  time  of  the  Fenian  raid  in  18G6.  He  haa 
travelled  through  all  parta  of  Cauadii,  and 
visited  the  important  cities  of  the  Unit<^d 
States.  He  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  in  piditics 
always  has  been  a  conscientious  and  sturdy 
reformer,  uud  la  an  oapeciatly  strong  sup- 
porter of  I  he  Hamilton  Reform  Association, 
in  1875,  he  was  appointed  a  justice  of  the 
peace.  He  married  iu  1869,  Misa  Janet 
Dickson,  daughter  of  the  lale  John  Dickson, 
of  Mossburuiford,  Roxburghshire,  Scotland, 
by  whom  lie  has  had  three  chddren,  two  boya 
nnd  one  girl.  Mr  James  A.  Laidlaw,  the 
eldest  sou  is  bookkeeper  in  the  lirm,  and 
alaoa  stockholder.  Miss  Laidlaw,  theeldest, 
married  Mr.  John  Macabe,  of  Toronto,  and 
the  youugeat,  John  V.  Laidlaw,  is  employed 


I 


CJNAOIAN  BIO  GRAPHS. 


63 


turdwiru  firm  of  MeMTft.  Woodi 
LagXftt;.  w.       It  mAf  He  added, 

tk«  {  •  <  oat  and  wood    fttoves. 

VBMOg  which  may  bf  ptkrticiilarly  meu- 
IMOM  th«  scU-feediug  *'  [t«gal  Fonioau- 
lir,'*  Bre  mAnufaatared  by  ibis  eumpany,  and 
karv  ft  iMmv  ftnd  a  aale  far  beyond  Canadiv 
TbvM,  Um  American  press  ducltre,  are 
HB«3fif»t  th«  6iie«t  utovea  ever  tent  from  a 

Ward,  Urnrj   Airred,    Port    Hope, 
we  hare  chrjaen  as  the  fluhj&ct  of  thia 
,  wjH  bom    at   Purl    Hupe.  Ontario, 
Au^tttt   ■"^'•'-     '^f"      '<■     -.i.-T  waa  a 
"         t  \  whea 

ftyoottgmA:.—  .    ......     U;    ..L  readied 

aad  pffveliadd  taw,  aod  wa«  after  a  time 
aofwuitod  neieiatrar  for  the  County  of  Eaat 
DarhMO.  Oar  lubject's  mother  waa  an 
Bsftiihwoaiao.  H.  K.  Ward  waa  educated 
■1  fWt  Hope,  and  aft«r  h«  had  left  sohool, 
•ntared  Qpon  Um  atadj  of  taw  in  his  oatire 
iovft.  la  1872,  h»  waa  called  to  the  bar, 
aad  ainoa  that  time  he  haii  practiaed  with 
inmiitig  y.      He   haa   not   oon- 

fiaad  luBiat  -Ay  to  the  carea  of  hia 

pmf—iriiiii,  pii:  \iA%  i.k  tive  and  seal- 

ooa  pan  in  miltlar)-  euterprisea. 

Iji  IflM  fc*  «nten»d  iiu-  \<>iiint«ert^  and  ia 
oow  •  oBpCaio  in  th*  Ai>x\\  Regiment,  which 
mm  soawandcd  bj  ihv  LUe  LieuidoakDt- 
CotoMl  WaUUm,  M.  P.  Manicipal  nutten 
~  his  Attantion,  and  waa  in  1^8 
to  tb«  aoVBcU  ol  Purt  Hope  ;  and 
0(KiiJt.iItL>r  he  <i-'-n  proved  him- 
aalf  Id   ba^  aod  :icb  he  dow 

owQpaaa  the  tct:  ,i  <-.f  mAvor. 

Ba  M  A  MHiber  of  ,1 

BcDvn^laBl  Sodaty.    '  wf 

araofc  ofaaarratiod  atnl  LxacUcAl  exj^t^rieDce. 
Htt  bat  tr»r«aod  thrvti||k  all  ixntiort*nt  parts 
•I  Ittaowa  ooanlry,  and  Uuvugh  the  l.'mi«d 
S«at«a  aa  waU,  lla  is  a  mam^>er  •>(  the 
Gbwektif  Bnfkod,  and  a  wiirthy  and  hi^thly 
■VWisd  ptnoti  in  that  commtini«jD.  lu 
poea  b«  protanaa  tlM  prineiplca  of  the 
On  I—  ii4iy»  party.  twlMruig  that  th« 
potiey  oi  Sir  John  MaodonaM  attd 
KiHwgwt,  and  aiadi  mmmntm  m  Ute 
NatitfoAl  Pobcj,  mx%  baat  for  the  daTtltfj^- 
a«at  aad  ptnaaoatii  iaUraat  of  tha  ooaotry. 
Kr.  WarA  ia  atoceliagty  {MpaWr  aaoBg  lua 
iattov  Iwaafolk,  aad  ta  apokco  uf  by  oo« 
aftd  a!1  m  tha  hiith«st  Icniia  lor  his  urhan- 


v-arMaaaa  and  Macting  worth 
^Vanl  haa  tiscftad  U>  lira  the 


Ufe 

C^BsTf ,  WllflMM,  of  tha  w«U  kaowtt 
flastaf  Milia,  waa  bora   &a  tha 
o(  Lamariclu  Ualand,  on  ihaSMhof 


Nuvember,  1833.  Hia  father's  name  waa 
Patrick,  and  his  mother's  tnaiden  name  waa 
Mviigao.  The  parent*  b«*th  died  in  1836, 
thrw  years  after  the  birth  of  our  subject. 
He  was  educated  fkt  the  Natiikual  >>chool  in 
Limerick  County,  IreUnd,  receirinir  a  plain 
Ku^iUh  education.  In  1951,  boin^  then  in  hia 
eighteenth  year,  he  emignited  to  Canada,  re- 
Aulvin*;  to  strive  hsnl  for  a  fortime  in  this  new 
country.  He  settled  in  the  town  of  Diindaa, 
(Ontario,  where  he  entered  upon  an  appren* 
ticeship  in  a  planing  mill  in  carpentry  and 
building.  But  Mr.  Casey  was  a  young  man 
who  was  not  destined  to  remain  long  in  the 
employ  of  others.  He  waa  full  of  ambition. 
waa  sanguine,  and  <juick  to  perceive  where 
advantage  lay.  So  in  1864  he  entered  busi- 
ness in  Dundaaascnntracturand  builder,  in 
I>artner4ihip  with  .Mr.  Mercer,  and  the  6rm 
was  known  as  Mercer  &  Caaey.  The  firm 
waa  very  aucoeasfnl,  and  our  subject  accu- 
mulated aboat  $30,000,  which  he  tost,  how- 
ever, in  the  years  18041  and  IdtiT*  Nothing 
daunted  he  again  ruUed  up  hia  sleevea  ana 
went  as  fureman  in  the  establishment  of  Mr. 
Bownian.  Later  lie  entered  intij  partnership 
in  the  firm,  and  cuntioued  in  the  same  Hrm 
till  1884.  when  the  partnership  was  disaoWed. 
Tiring  n<»w  of  Dundas  he  removed  to  the 
city  of  Hamilton,  where  he  ent«rod  into 
busineaa  with  his  sons,  the  firm  being  luiown 
aa  Casey  &  Stjos.  The  sume  tpiick  busineaa 
faculties  that  charmctehzed  our  sabject  in 
the  past  are  manifest  stxU  ;  and  the  tinu  ia 
very  rapidly  increaaing  its  business  and 
growing  in  public  eatdem,  Onr  subject 
spared  a  little  time  fn^m  the  irksome  honra 
of  every  day  employment  at  his  businsia  Vt* 
devote  to  municip.tl  palitir*.  For  seven 
years  he  waa  town  oounv  ■         i^. 

but  has  never  aoti^ht  any  a- 

ours.      He  had  i-  Ujt- Liijc-ol  CuU- 

s«r\'ative  Asaoci  the  days  of  the 

Hon.  Robert  Spem  •,  •!..«»  t*i  the  present 
time.  He  joinfHl  theUdifeltows,  Mtnchea- 
ter  Unity,  m  the  year  I'^o'j,  and  of  tltia  aa- 
Bociation  lie  was  a  mtMuber  for  four  yeftnu 
He  aevered  his  oonneotioik  with  tha  aociety, 
it  may  be  aaid.  in  conset[uence  of  ttio  tenets 
of  his  n'^i/>'*ri  fi^biddiug  coatinuaace  with 
a  aecr  Ha    haa  l>«en  a  Human 

Ca'h  t»    1  iitS.      11;    m^rrtied  in 

1>  7      Hia 

«  .  «ad  ah* 

MM  a  tiatiw  iA  Thn  samn  panah  aad  cooQiy 
iu  Ireland  as  himaalL  By  this  marria^  oar 
subject  haa  a  family  ol  tan  boya  and  threw 
girls,  of  which  twelve  ara  bring.  Sutof  thn 
bjya  hara  complotnd  tbak-  nduoatiLti  and  arw 
grown  np.    Mr.  Cmay  kna  always  taken  n 


6« 


A  crCLOJ\^EDJA  OF 


great  deal  of  interest  in  local  politics.  He 
belonged  tu  tlio  Duudos  Liberal-Coiiaerva- 
ttve  Ase'iciatiou,  and  was  chairmnii  uf  one 
of  the  Ward  committees.  Our  subject  was 
likovise  chairman  of  the  Separate  School 
\ictan]  of  DuDdof)  for  several  years.  Aleasrs. 
.Tohn  P.  and  James  B.  Gaaeyare  in  parl.ner- 
ship  with  their  father,  and  are  most  entor- 
prisinfj  young  men.  They  supervise  and 
manage  the  mills.  They  are  contmctom, 
having  built  the  Dundas  Cotton  Mills,  and 
Wesleyan  Institute,  now  the  House  of  Provi- 
dence, and  other  public  hnil(lin<;s.  Mr.  Casey 
is  a  happy  aiid  cheerful  man,  and  bids  fair 
t^^  live  a  long  life  of  nscfalneas. 

RoHi,  Dr.  JuinvK,  of  Toronto,  was 
bom  in  York  township,  in  the  County  of 
York,  uu  January  2Gth,  1832.  liis  father, 
James  Koas,  came  to  Canada  in  l~'M^,  and 
iiis  mother,  Elizabeth  WelU,  about  1800. 
These  were  marrietl  in  York,  now  Tur»>riio, 
in  1H08.  His  father  was  a  tailor  by  trade. 
He  engaged  in  the  Amoriean  war  of  1812, 
and  waa  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of 
Y'^ork,  but  wa£  released  when  the  Americana 
vacateil  the  place.  Ho  tl)en  returned  to 
more  quiet  pursiiita,  and  took  up  laud  in 
West  York,  and  went  into  farming.  In 
1852  hegare  up  his  farm  and  came  to  re- 
side in  Toronto,  where  he  died  in  1860  and 
hifl  wife  in  18(Ut.  This  couple  had  a  large 
family,  and  James,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
woa  the  youngest  of  eleven  children.  In 
early  youth  James  was  very  fond  of  agricul- 
tttrid  pursuits,  and,  in  1847,  ploughed  at 
the  grout  mat^h  held  at  Hamilton  during 
the  Fall  Exhibition,  and  carried  off  the 
first  prize  (a  diploma  and  $20  in  cash),  in 
the  match  for  lada  under  aixtcon  yeara  of 
age.  This  diploma  now  odorna  the  wall 
of  the  doctor's  surgery.  He  waa  partially 
educated  in  the  West  York  public  schools, 
and  in  1847  came  to  Toronto,  and  for  aomu 
time  took  loaaons  at  a  private  school.  In 
1H48  he  entered  the  Toronto  School  of 
.Medicine,  and  obtained  a  license  to  practice 
medicine  in  185L  He  graduated  at  Jeffer- 
scm  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  in  1852, 
and  in  this  year  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession,  which  he  haa  very  aucceasfally 
prtmecuted  up  to  the  present.  In  l8U7i 
during  the  Fenian  raid,  Dr.  Rosa  acted  as 
aiirgeon  in  the  Toronto  Naval  Brigade,  un- 
der Captain  McMaster.  He  haa  during  hia 
public  career  occupied  several  important 
offices,  and  for  several  yeora  waa  a  member 
of  the  Medical  Board,  and  from  1875  to 
1880  a  member  of  the  Medical  Council.  He 
was  also  president  of  the  Ontario  branch 
of  the  Uoyal  Caledonian  Curling  Club  for 


1883-4,  and  waa  for  four  years  memlx>r  of 
the  Toronto  Suhoul  Board.  The  doctor  hot 
travuUed  a  great  deal  in  hia  day,  and  la  very 
familiar  with  the  various  provinces  com- 
prising the  Dominion,  the  North-Wt-st  and 
the  Tnited  Statea.  Ln  religion  Dr.  l\Ltsa  is 
a  Presbyterian,  and  in  politics  a  staunch  Ue- 
fnmier.  Some  years  ago,  it  was  not  an  ku\- 
c<»nmion  thing  tu  see  father  and  son  walk 
U)  the  {>oUa,  the  father  voting  for  the  Tory 
candidate  and  the  sou  for  the  Reform.  He' 
haa  always  taken  an  open  and  active  pa: 
in  politics  ;  and  for  twenty  years  has  been 
connected  with  the  Tiirla'  Home  as  physi- 
cian. In  private  life  Dr.  Rosa  is  genial  and 
kindly,  and  a  favourite  with  the  public 
KeneraJly.  Dr.  Hosa  married  in  November, 
1854.  in  Toronto,  Miss  Ann  Jane  Mclnloah, 
u  daui^hter  of  John  Mcintosh,  a  repreaen- 
trttive  for  North  York,  and  has  had  a  family 
uf  five  children,  three  of  whom  are  living. 

■..ungmulr,    John   WnodlHirn,  o! 
Toronto,  waa  bom  at  Warwickmaina,  Ayr- 
shire, Scotland,  on  the  0th  November,  1835. 
He  is  the  second  sou  of  the  late  Alexander 
Ralaton  Langmnir,  who  married  Misa  Jon 
Woodbum,    of    Aird.      Both    hia   matomali 
and   paternal    ancestors   were   well    know 
old  Ayrshire  county  families.     Mr.   l^ng-] 
muir  was  educated  at  Osborne's  Academy, 
Kilmarnock,  and  came  to  Canada  in  I84ii, 
when  only  fifteen  vears  of  age.     In  accord- 
ance with   the  old  Scotch  system,   he  was 
placed  fur  five  years  witli  the  tirm  of  MiUer 
&  Brothers,  who   then  carried  on  a    largo 
mercantile  business  at  Picton,  in  the  County 
of  Prince  Edward,  as  well  aa  in  the  City 
Kingston.     Having  served  hia  time  in  both 
these  places,  he  acquired  in  1853,  the  Picton 
buaineaa,  which  formerly  waa  carried  on  bj 
the  lirm,  which  along  with  the  buildinff  of 
veasela  for  the  lake  trade,  together  wiuk  &, 
large  produce  businesa,  he  carried  on  from 
1853  to  1807.     During  that  time  ho  pawed 
through  all  gradea  of  municipal  uftioe,  hav 
ing  served  the  town  of  Pioton  as  ouncillor, 
reeve  and  mayor.     In  16(>8,  Mr.  Langmnir 
waa  Appointed,  by  the  Sandtield-Macdonal 
administration,  tu  the  position  of  Inspectoci 
of  Prisons  and  Public  Charities  for  Ontario. 
Prior  to  Confederation,  tliei-e  wens  four  to 
apectt^irs  fur  the  Provinces  of  Ontario  an< 
Quebec,  and  when  the  Act  creating  the  o(tic 
for  iMitario  waa  under  the  consideration  of 
the  legislature,  fears   were  oxpreaaAd  that 
one  insiHictor  oould  not  perform  the  work. 
These  fears,  however,  were  groundless,  for 
Mr.  Langmnir  discharged  the  onerous  and 
responsible  duties  of  his  position,  not  only 
to  the  entire  aatisfaciiun  uf  the  three  admin- 


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CA  VA  VIA  K  BIO  GRA  PB  Y. 


btk«u    nnder  whidi  he  serred.  but   to 
potdie  genet  ally.     A  reriew  of  his  four- 

JHayaftnof  ofiicul  Ulxmrwuiild  prmcticaJly 

oaapriia  »  hUtorj  of  OnUrio'a  public  insli- 

lattcoa*  BjvUfm.     flu  reports  tr>  the  legisl*- 

toie  untTit'-jr  f  'Trie«n  litrge  rolnme*,  &gg;re- 

<  »  of  printed  matter.      No 

ti:  ;niportJtnl    public  institu- 

WTfi  luiiudtHl  &ud  on^aoizcd  under  his 

•ep«rri«ii>n  and  direction  during  his  term  of 

"  ""      Asylums  for  the  Insane  at 

uaJtou  ;    the    Asylum    for 

;  the    Institution  for  the 

it   Uelleville  ;  the  Institu- 

'    Hrantford  ;  the  Cen- 

Merc«?r  Reformatorv 

■    In  1882,  Mr.  Lang- 

vermnent   oQice.  and 

I  w  tniniber  of  promi- 

tablishment 

inpany.  The 

rjtX   iiiMtii^or  of    this  com> 

■Ids.     H«  is  also  a  director 

:*«  IWnlc  of  Canada,  and  is  one 

.jxrn  FalU   Park  cum  misai  oners. 

lift  u  itif^  l-i-nt  of  the  Uomewood 

ftdieAt  A*.-  private  aaylum  lately 

artalili<i'  .  Out.    Mr.  LaniLfmuir 

\m»  aJ  a  wide  public  spirit, 

'  ;   his  :itti-nlion  to  u»u- 

\'.r^  .\   i-_-^h'l.  Bit  of  the  Bay 

\'  th»  (tLit   ..t  twenty-four 

'    ]i    ;.Tjd  with  sanguioo 

—^ J.    ; ^  niiw  iviiieinbfcr  hini  then 

da  ay,  he  added  practical  wisdom  and  solid 
parte,      to  EiiiliUrv  luatteni,  he  baa  always 


i 


takMi  a  d#i 
Uth  H^tt.^1 

zuao    ' 

•d  b^ 
prvrai: 
••Mar 

naMi.t 


He  was  major  of  the 

rrc!  during  the    Fe- 

- i-s,  he    is  a 

.plesodopt- 

i.uat.  in  the  end 

t')r  the  country's 

-ver  the  ^yrwater 

rnt.   In  rulmioM. 


F*TltlL 
Mr         1 


■.        'If. 

York.     H«  haa 

•  rs     &Ir,   Lang- 

tiearted   in    the 

->,  and  ]ack«  not 

or    and   tr'"'(..«  ol  frirriiU.'* 

.     .         -     Dr.,    Allen    ^nvhrnxlc, 

tiM  M.WJW4   of  this  •Itru-ti  fit  T< 

mauii,  o&  May  I'Jih.  K^l. 

Bata«i»  wUo  came 

D 


:   I 


•II  of 
CiUiada  in 


1825.  His  father  was  well  known  in  busi- 
ness circles,  he  being  the  senior  partner  in 
the  brewery  linn  uf  Uaines  «!l'  Thumpeon. 
This  eatabbshment  in  later  yean  changed 
ita  name,  and  it  is  hardly  necessary  to  say 
that  it  is  now  known  as  ^'CosgraTe's."  Our 
subject  is  descended  o£  an  old  Shrr>pahire, 
England,  family  Younx  Baines  received 
his  first  tuition  at  the  pri  irate  school  of  Mr. 
Barron,  Cobourg.  In  due  time  he  was 
sent  to  L'pper  Canada  College,  where,  in 
those  days,  most  of  the  young  men  were 
educated.  On  leaving  school  he  had  little 
difticulty  in  making  choice  of  a  profession, 
for  he  always  had  felt  a  strong  indinution 
for  medicine  ;  and,  therefore,  to  the  study 
of  medicine  he  went.  He  was,  we  are  in- 
fornied,  both  an  enthusiastic  and  brilliant 
student.  From  the  Trinity  CoUece  he  took 
M.  D.  C.  M.,  and  from  Toronto  University 
M.  B.  Resolved  to  get  the  proifit  of  study 
and  experience  abroad,  he  went,  in  1$<>9. 
to  England,  and  attended  the  St  Thomas' 
Hospital  at  Loudon.  Hero  he  remained 
for  four  years,  in  the  meantime  taking 
L.R.C.P.,and  then  entered  and  remained 
for  a  time  in  Samaritan  Hospital.  Lon- 
don. In  1382  he  returned  to  Canada  with 
a  theoretical  as  well  as  a  practical  medical 
education,  such  as  it  is  the  good  fortune 
of  few  young  Canadians  to  possess.  In 
Toronto,  which  city  he  chose  as  his  practice- 
tield,  he  soon  foand  a  splendid  busineaa  on 
his  hands.  In  time  he  became  physician 
of  the  Toronto  H^tme  fur  Incurables,  and 
also  of  the  Infants*  Home,  He  is  likewise 
an  exaiuiiier  in  toxicology  and  jurispru- 
dence for  Trinity  College.  Dr.  B.iines  has 
!>een  much  of  the  world.  In  addition  to  his 
lengthened  residence  in  London,  he  has 
viaiurd  the  Continent,  likewise  Hg^'pt,  In* 
diik.  and  many  other  countries.  Our  subject 
does  not  concern  himself  with  politics,  but 
hia  |>o!iticaI  faith  is  Conservative.  In  re- 
ligion he  is  a  staunch  adherent  uf  Anglican- 
ism. In  maimer,  Dr.  Baines  is  gonial,  and 
h.is  AbntidMncD  of  oner^jj. 

llfiiMkii,  TlitiuiuM  n«iar«.*«  W-C, 
Port  Hupt',  Junior  Judt^c  of  the  County 
Cvjurt  of  the  United  Counties  of  Nurthum- 
lierlaD'i  and  Durham,  and  l<x'aMud^'eof  the 
Hitfh  Court  of  .1  ustice  for  Ontario,  was  bom 
at  Port  Hope,  Ontario,  on  the  25th  of  No- 
vember, 1833.  His  father  was  the  late 
Thomas  Benson,  who  was  l>om  at  KinUfua, 
County  of  Tyrone,  Ireland,  and  his  mother 
waa  Alicia  Maria  Lowe,  only  daughter  of 
Richard  Lowe,  Kaii.,  of  Aililphustown,  U.C, 
tin  English  gentleman,  who  married  Maria 
Mi*ore,  a  daughter  of  agood  family  of  Tipper- 


60 


A  CYCLOPJiDiA  OF 


ary,  in  Irelnnd.  Misa  Lowe,  was  bnrn  in 
GInMceeterahire,Kngland,onthe25lh  An^iint, 
1805^  and  died  at  St.  Catharines,  Ontario,  on 
the  lUh  of  Aueust,  1877.  Mr.  Thuinaa 
Bonttonf  her  husbaud,  waskille<l  on  the  I'ith 
of  March,  1857,  with  (ifty-seven  uLhers,  in 
that  flhuckin^f  calamity  caused  by  the  break- 
ing of  the  bridge  over  the  Oesjardins  Canal, 
on  the  lino  of  the  Great  VVeatem  Railway, 
near  the  City  of  Hamilton.  Judge  Bonson's 
early  education  oonnnenced  under  Dr. 
Whitelaw,  at  Niagara,  in  the  Grammar 
School.  Subssquentlr  he  was  a  pupil  of  the 
Kev.  R.  J.  C.  Taylor,  M.  A.,  Hector  of  Peter- 
borough, whose  Uramraar  school  had  then  a 
l^oviucial  reputation.  From  this  school 
youn^'  Benson  was  admitted  as  a  member  of 
the  Law  Society  of  Upper  Canada,  paosiug 
his  examination  in  the  senior  class,  on  the 
10th  of  June,  1851.  He  also  in  the  same 
year  matriculated  in  University  College, 
Turonto.  He  entered  uinm  the  study  of  the 
Law,  at  Petvrborouiijb,  pursuing  it  aubsc- 
<|Uently  at  Port  Hope,  and  completing  bia 
student  course  in  Toronto,  with  the  Hon. 
Adam  Wilaoo,  Q.C..  now  President  of  the 
Queen*fl  Bench  Division  of  the  High  Court 
of  JuBtico,  and  the  Hon.  C.  S.  Patterson, 
Q.C.,  now  a  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeal. 
During  this  time  he  Cook  the  law  course  ai 
Univuraity  College,  and  obtained  three  law 
scholaraliipa.  He  was  called  to  the  bar  on 
the  7th  of  February,  1869,  having  been  ad- 
mitted as  an  attorney  and  solicitor  two 
years  before,  Mr.  Benson  commenced  the 
practioe  of  his  profession  in  Port  Hope, 
being  drawn  thither  by  family  tiee  and 
friendly  aasociations  ;  though  he  had  oilers 
of  advantageous  partuershijui  iii  Toroitt«) 
and  other  places.  He  continued  his  profes- 
sional busmess  in  Purt  Hope,  down  to  the 
time  of  hia  promotion  to  the  bench,  enjoy- 
ing a  large  and  important  practice,  and  tak- 
ing a  foremost  position  at  the  local  bar. 
Upon  the  change  taking  place  in  1871,  in  the 
constitution  of  the  Law  Society,  whereby 
the  benchers  became  elective  by  the  mem- 
bers of  the  bar,  throughout  the  Province, 
Mr.  Benson  was  elected  a  bencher,  and  took 
his  seat  in  convocation.  He  waa  reelected 
in  1876,  and  again  in  1881.  On  the  11th  of 
October,  1880,  he  was  created  a  Q.C.,  by 
pateut  of  the  Dominion  Government.  He 
waa  appointed  deputy  Judge  of  the  county 
court  of  his  counties,  ou  the  10th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1882,  and  on  the  3rd  uf  November, 
1883,  he  waa  appointed  a  junior  Judge  of 
the  county  court,  and  a  local  Judge  of  the 
High  Court  of  Justice.  These  appointments 
were  received   with    universal  satisfaction, 


he 

hat^ 

I 

m- 
las 

•m 


and  the  local  press  of  both  the  leading  pu 
tical  parties  expresBed  warm  encomiums 
congratulations,  as  the  following  extraci 
will  show  :  *'  Mr.  Benson  is  well  known 
Cobourg,  not  only  as  a  lawyer  of  mark 
ability,  hut  as  a  gentleumu  in  ever}*  reb(>e 
Hia  knowledge  of  the  law  ia  such  as  tu  em 
inently  tit  hliu  for  the  position  to  which  he 
haa  just  been  appointed.''  .  .  .  "  Tha 
this  appointment  would  be  made,  has  lo 
been  expected.  As  to  its  suitability  all 
agreed.  Mr.  Beoson  a  position  as  an  ab! 
lawyer  has  long  been  recognized,  and 
feel  certain  that  no  judge  in  Ontario  can  HU 
a  similar  |.K>aition  irith  more  credit  to  him- 
self.'* **  Judge  Benson's  appointment  haa 
been  received  with  universal  approval. 
Between  the  Nats  axxA  His  Honour,  the 
haa  been  many  a  free  lance.  Neverthele: 
the  management  of  this  journal  extends  a' 
cordial  congratulation  to  Judge  Benson  on 
hia  well  deserved  appointment,  and  truata 
that  he  may  be  long  spared  to  adorn  a  proud 
position  in  the  provincial  judiciary."  '*  We 
extend  to  Mr.  Benson  our  congratulationa 
on  hia  preferment.  He  ia  a  i;entleman  in 
every  way  well  qualified  fr>r  the  position. 
On  the  occaaion  of  his  holding  his  first  sit- 
ting of  the  County  Court  and  General  S 
sicma,  on  the  12th  of  December.  1883,  I 
Hon.  Sitiney  Smith,  Q.C.the  leader  of  the 
local  bar,  addresaetl  Judge  Btmaon,  as  fol- 
lows :  "May  it  tlkahb  Yocb  Honour: 
On  behalf  of  the  members  of  the  profession 
of  these  counties,  speaking  for  tho4e  present, 
as  well  as  for  any  who  are  absent,  I  have 
great  pleasure  in  congratulating  you.  on 
your  appointment.  From  a  long  experience 
at  the  courts  here,  1  can  safely  aay  that  no 
appointment  of  any  prior  occupant  of  tiie 
bench  has  given  mure  genend  aatisfactiou 
than  has  yours.  As  a  private  citizen  you 
have  endeared  yourself  to  all  who  have  met 
you  \  while,  by  your  course  as  a  profeasional 
man,  you  have  won  the  respect  and  esteem 
of  all  your  atsociatoe.  I  say  with  all  tm 
that  I  regard  this  appointment  aa  not  on 
complimentary  to  yourself,  but  one  that  w 
do  credit  to  the  government  which  conferred 
the    honour  upon    yon."  .     .     Similar 

complimentary'  addresses  were  presented  to 
Judge  Bonaon  at  several  of  the  sittings  of 
the  Division  Courta.  At  the  time  of  the 
'^  Trent  affair''  in  1801,  when  there  waa  a 
great  [irtibabiUty  uf  war  between  Great  Bri- 
tain and  the  United  States,  Judge  Benson 
took  an  active  part  in  raisini;  and  enrolling 
compauiea  of  volunteers  at  Port  Hope,  and 
lie  was  appointed  lieutenant  of  the  com- 
pany of  infantry  then  commanded  by  thi 


U 


viin 


CANADIAK  BIOGRAPHY, 


CiI.  Willi»m8,  M.P. .  who  BO 
in^ttinhed  himself  in  ciiinrimnd 
•TflMltUUiii]  fUtuliMii  in  fcjie  Nnrlb  \Ve»t. 
Xhm  cumpany  AttMnml  k  litich  stnte  uf  «tti- 
Miijr.  aad  more  thun  nnce  oliuined  one  of 
IW  jirilai  ihlin  giv^n  tty  the  C«><ventint}nr 
fcrp^»<U'it^^'^  "•  *'-M  and  dumijiUne,  uj>i>c( 
iMMCliMi  1  (now  Genoral  Lord) 

WmmW^,  ^..  .  . 'uel  Mountain,  K.A. 
At  Um  Uoic  •»{  the  Kuniau  raid  in  ISOC.  thii 
Ma|«ny  waa  viiruUed  in  on«  of  the  Pn>7i- 
mmaX  faAlUliom  thvn  formed,  of  which  th« 
iMto  C4.  WUliams,  was  appcanted  Lieut.- 
Cui ,  rimI  Um  coumand  of  the  company  de- 
Tolr«dar^c  Mr.  Bentott,  who  had  previously 
oblatT'  *    cUaa  certificate^   at    the 

Tnrrifii'  ,  School,  tinder  Col.  Lowry, 

cf  iU^imoftt,     Capt    Bt-nson  did 

<1<  h*  BattJtlion  at  Kin^iston  until 

lb?  oi.ui*««  of  the  Fenian  disturbance,  and 
m\m*k  aU  wwi  t]ai«t  again,  he  retired  from 
Um  voltmiecT  wrricc,  hring  Hticceeded  by 
his  bvuiber.  Mr.  Frvdcric  A.  Hvnfton,  who 
fattft  rvcanUy  uticoevdvd  the  Ute  Colonel 
WifltaoM  ID  the  command  of  the  -Ifiih  Datt. 
T.  3ft.  Mr.  Benson  waa  for  many  yean 
•  omvUMKmer  ui  the  Port  Hope  har- 
iM«r«  bat  reaii^neil  on  hi*  Hppointment  tu 
t^  twtidk.  fie  h««  mU(i  bw^n  for  »  num- 
«ljre«rt  a  ttiumlwr  nf  the  Uigli  School 
Allholl^h  i>flen  ftolicited  to  accept 
honours,  htt  AlwjiyH  dvchued  to  do 
■ft.  H«  hAi  alwayi  been  a  fttejulfast  nifin- 
har  4tf  tlw  CbiLfoh  of  Kngland.  and  wae  for 
twivB  ywi  one  of  the  church- wardens  of 
HK.  Jiihn'a  Church  at  Port  Hope.  He  has 
alao  pvynivr-       "    '  '->'•'!  (ex- 

fvpi  iw4>  5*  <t«  and 

bMb**'^'  ■*   ■  '-lo  •■II.- ..I   itiB  dele- 

■ftliv  i  tilt  to  the  Provincial 

tmuBda,     .<<  .>  > ..litMl  with  what  iag^ner- 

tStg  ksuwu  aa  the  "  Kvaiii^elical  school  nf 
ikiMifki"  ixi  the  Chur.}>    .-.11,1  14  one  of  the 


men 


aod 

i»et-iii»iit 

t»na  ui  m  U: 

tu  acl»ct  a  an 
hf  thm  diffmv 


Ht   Itojird  of 
Episcopal 

■e,  TortMito, 

in  the  «loc- 
!    tho  late  Uiahop 
'tne  nf  ihoBo  ap- 
uld  bo 
.-.uxht. 
*  i  - :  n  IUl<  iUi:LliimoUft 

of  lan.      Hu  was  in 

1883  «l«ctou  o^  tho  :^j'iii>d  of  Toronto  as 
•  lajr  mmamher  of  the  chapter  of  the  Cnthu- 
inl  U  Si.  Albaik  the  Mnr^   -  '*  rontu. 

kirn  elvration   io   '  .    Mr. 

nM  lA   politics    a    L.  -    .  .<   i      n^rTva- 

so  ardrnt  aoilmifiT  and   Hup- 
of  th'  rhj^f  ..f  that  party,  tlie  Right 


Hon.  Sir  John  A.  Macdonald,  and  iu  the 
election  conteata  iu  East  Dtirhain,  he  was 
one  of  the  chief  ipeakeni  at  all  political 
meetiujjis.  He  was  several  tiiacs  ur^cd  by 
the  Uie  Col.  Williams  and  otliem  to  come 
fi>rwfird  himnelf  aa  the  representative  of  the 
constituency,  hut  he  invariably  d4>dineit. 
preferring  Uj  conAne  himaetf  to  his  profes- 
sional duties.  On  the  'Jtith  of  April,  1860, 
Mr.  Benson  married  Mary  Edith,  the  elde&t 
daughter  (^f  the  Rev.  John  McCaul.  LL  U., 
then  President  of  t'aiversity  Colle^,  Toron- 
to, one  of  the  most  buitntifid  and  estim- 
able young  women  of  her  day.  She  died  on 
the  13th  of  December.  1870,  and  of  this 
union  two  daughters  survive.  On  the  25th 
June.  1874.  Mr.  Benson  married  Ltura  A., 
the  second  daughter  uf  the  Right  Kev. 
Thomas  Brock  Fuller,  D.O.,  D.C.L..  the 
\nte  Lord  Bishop  of  Niagara.  Of  this  mar* 
riage,  there  are  now  living  two  daughters 
and  one  son 

Voiiiitf,  Hon.  John,  waa  bom  in 
Ayr.  Scotland,  on  the  4th  of  March,  1811. 
and  received  his  educMiun  at  the  parish 
school.  For  some  time  he  taught  school  in 
the  neighbourhood  uf  Ayr,  but  in  1820, 
with  the  object  of  bettering  his  position,  he 
sailed  for  Canada,  and  on  his  arrival  took 
up  hia  roftidenoe  in  Montreal,  where  he  ob- 
tained a  clerkship  in  the  mercantile  otKoe 
of  .Iidm  Torrance,  one  of  the  leading  mer- 
chants of  that  time.  In  18Hi>,  when  only 
twenty-four  years  of  age,  ho  entered  into  a 
partnership  with  David  Torrance  in  Quebea 
Before  the  outbreak  of  the  rebellion  in 
Lower  Canada,  he  took  the  liberty  of  repre- 
senting to  the  then  Oovemor-General,  Lord 
Ooaford,  that  there  were  tntubles  ahead, 
and  urged  the  formation  of  volunteer  com- 
paniea,  but  unfortunately  hia  anggestion 
was  unhucdod.  However,  when  the  storm 
did  burst,  the  yrmng  Soot  at  once  volun- 
teered to  aid  in  raising  a  regiment,  a  task 
which  was  accomplished  iu  about  twenty- 
four  hnum.  Mr.  Voting  had,  in  the  mean- 
time,  removed  to  Montreal,  which  city  he 
foresaw,  would  in  time  bectmie  the  centre 
of  trsdo,  and  joined  Mr.  Harrison  Stephens 
in  busineaa.  During  the  Metcalf  crisis,  Mr. 
Young  waa  returning  officer,  and  there 
being  every  prospect  of  a  serious  riot,  he  at 
onoe  searched  for  and  seized  arms  wherever 
found.  By  means  of  this  vigoroua  action 
he  secured  the  peace  of  the  city,  and  his 
name  was  specially  mentioned  in  the  Gover- 
nor'!i  despatch  to  Downing  Street.  It  would 
be  impossible  in  this  short  sketch  to  narrate 
all  tlie  enterprises  with  which  his  name  has 
boon   associated,    and   we    will  aimply   say 


68 


A  cycL0P,4cwA  or 


that  his  heart  waa  thoroU|;hIy  devoted  to 
the  intoretttM  of  the  city  of  his  adoption,  its 
harbour,  its  railway  connection,  its  trade, 
and  also  tt«  culture  ;  and  that  in  ]84<(  he 
espoused  the  principles  of  free  trade  with 
ardent  enthusiasm,  and  remained  faitlifnl 
to  thorn  to  the  end  of  his  career.  In  1851, 
although  Mr.  Vuun($  had  not  been  previously 
a  member  of  Parliament,  his  administrative 
abilities  and  knowledge  of  trade  were  so 
well  known,  that  he  was  chosen  Commission- 
er of  Public  Works  in  the  formation  of  the 
Hiocks-Morin  Cabinet,  and  he  found  a  scat 
for  Montreal,  and  contiuued  to  represent  it 
until  1857,  when  ill-health  compelled  hira 
to  retire.  In  18413,  having  regained  his 
health,  he  presented  himself  as  candidate 
for  Montreal  West,  but  failed  to  secure  his 
election.  However,  in  1H72,  he  succeeded 
iu  beating  his  opponent  by  a  majority  of 
800.  In  the  House  of  Commons  he  gen- 
erally voted  with  the  Opposition.  For  two 
years  afterwards  (in  1871)  local  interests  so 
pressed  upon  him  that  he  was  compelled 
reluctantly  to  give  up  political  life,  and 
ceased  to  represent  Montreal  in  the  councils 
of  the  country.  He  at  one  time  was  presi- 
deat  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  during. the 
later  years  of  his  life  tilled  the  office  of  Har- 
bour Commisftiouer  for  the  port  of  Montreal. 
Mr.  Young  waa  a  thorough  Reformer,  and  In 
religion  profeas«d  the  simple  faith  of  the 
UnitariaDB.  He  was  a  man  of  stalwart 
frame  and  tine  presence,  genial,  able  and 
vigorous.  lie  died  on  the  12th  of  April, 
1878,  universally  mourned  by  all  classes  in 
the  city  ho  had  loved  and  served  so  faith- 
fully.  ■ 

TnHie,  JoNCph  CliarlcM,M.I>., Titu- 
lary Professor  of  Laval  University,  Knight 
of  the  Legion  of  Uonour,  aud  Deputy  Minis- 
ter of  Agriculture,  Ottawa.  This  very  able 
and  distinguished  gentleman  was  bom  at 
Kamouraska,  iu  the  Province  of  Quebec,  on 
the  24th  of  December,  1820.  He  is  n  son 
of  Charles  Tachii  and  of  Henriotte  do  I^ 
Brt)querie.  Mr.  Tache,  the  father,  was  cap- 
tain of  the  celebrated  corps  **  Lob  Yolti- 
gcurs,"  under  the  command  of  Culuuel  do 
Salaberry,  during  the  war  of  1812.  This 
distinguished  family  is  descendant  of  the 
three  first  settlers,  He'bert,  Couillard  and 
Maitin,  who  inhabited  Quebec  in  the  time  of 
Champlain.  Louis  Joliette,  the  discoverer 
of  the  Mississippi,  is  an  ancestor  on  the 
father's  side,  and  Pierre  Boucher,  Governor 
of  Three  Rivers,  is  an  ancestor  on  the 
muther^s  side.  Our  subject  is  nephew  to  the 
late  Sir  Etieune  Poacal  Tache,  and  elder 
brotht-r  to  Archbishop  Tach6.     He  received 


his  classical  education  at  the  Seminary 
Quebec,  and  his  medicid  instruction  in  t 
same  city.  Ho  has  been  an  eager  inveati 
tor  from  youth,  and  was  also  fond  of  hun 
iiig  and  travelling,  these  being  almost  h 
exclusive  reorcations.  He  was  attracted  tu 
the  study  of  medicine  on  account  of  the 
extensive  connection  of  that  science  with 
other  tields  of  human  knowledge.  On  being 
admitted  to  the  practice  of  medicine  in  1844 
he  settled  iu  Rimouski,  whiire  he  secured 
very  extensive  c/i*»i^''//«.  He  resided  in 
mouaki  till  l8o(i.  During  his  sojourn  the 
he  was  elected  for  three  consecutive  parlia 
mente  for  the  County  of  Rimouski,  which  he 
represented  during  nearly  ton  years,  At  the 
end  of  185ti  he  resigned  his  seat  to  take  charge 
of  a  new  journal,  Le  Vourritr  du  Canada,  at 
Quebec.  After  three  years  of  editorship  he 
was  offered  and  accepted  the  situntiou  of  In- 
spector of  Public  Institutions.  In  that  capa- 
city he  was  ono  of  a  board  of  Hve  of  whinn 
the  first  president  was  Dr.  Nelson,  whom  he 
succeeded,  on  the  death  of  that  venerable 
gt^ntieniaii.  In  18>M  he  was  transferred  fn>m 
the  presideutaliip  of  the  Board  of  Inspectors 
of  Public  Institutions  to  the  situation  of 
Deputy  Minister  of  Agriculture.  It  may  be 
remarked  that  he  was  the  first  to  whom  waa 
applied  the  title  now  given  to  rdl  the  chief 
pormanoDt  oHiccrs  of  the  Departments  of  tho 
Canadian  public  service.  Since  that  time  to 
the  present  year  he  has  tilled  this  offioe.  Ho 
was,  as  already  said,  member  of  the  Legis- 
lature, Inspector  of  Public  Institutions,  and 
Deputy  Minister.  He  represented  C'anada 
in  France  st  the  Paris  Exhibition  of  185o, 
and  also  of  ]8t>7.  He  was  British  dologatv, 
from  Canada,  at  the  Intcrnati-mul  Sanitary 
Conference  of  1881,  at  Washingt4m,  and,  at 
dill'erent  times,  belon;jed  to  sevend  cummis 
sioiis  in  Cauaila.  Dr.  Tach6  was  the  princip 
promotor,  when  member  of  the  Legislature, 
of  the  harbour  improvements  in  the  lower 
St.  Lawrence.  He  never  was  connected  in 
any  way  with  secret  societies  of  any  kind, 
but  ho  belonged  to  several  religious  and 
charitable  associations.  Politically  he  always 
has  identitied  liimself  with  the  Conservative 
party.  He  has  travttled  through  England, 
France,  Itsly  and  the  United  States,  and  has 
likewise  visited  almost  every  section  of  the 
Provinces  of  Quel>ec,  Ontario,  New  Bruns- 
wick, Nova  Scotia  and  Prince  Hdward 
Island.  He  is,  and  always  has  beeu,  a  strict 
adherent  to  the  Roman  Catholic  Chu 
He  does  not  now  take  any  active  part 
politics,  being  a  public  functionary  ;  yet  h 
views  are  oonsorvative.  He  nmrried,  in 
1847,  at  Rimouski,  Fran^oiae  Lepage,  a  de 


d  ^j 
er^H 


ni 

^ 


CANADIAN  niOGRAPBy, 


fJ9 


I  the-  urst  seitlcn  and  origiD&t 
•^piiors  tif  the  place.  Six  children  ^rore 
MB  t-  •■'  -in,  three  of  whom  aurrive, 

ab(  ^  .  t^ngiiieer,  aiiuth«r  a  lawyer, 

1^  tU.  ^^.4  ..,  .  liaughter,  married  an  aiter 
«aaiia  uf  Uk«  Tache  fauiilj.  Dr.  Tach^  U  on 
fi*4-nLiLv  ^ritir  TlLn  principal  worki,  not 
[utloinitia,  are  ;  -  **  On 
t:  ■    '  :  jre,'*  *'  The  Seit^iorial 

Tvanra  ol  CatiwU,"  *'  A  Sketch  of  Cana'ta,'' 
"Tfcp  f^ris  EThii^'ti"n  of  18*»5."  "The 
V-'  iMtl  thoir  Kfderal 

I  .  •  et  Voya^jeur*," 

'*  '  "  LcT  SabUm*  ;''  bc^stlles 

»:  liahefl  a  number  of  br«^K:h- 

ti:  several  literary, 

fc  '!*iot«.  and  a  nnm- 

bwxt'i  I  papers  un  Agri- 

cvltiir*  M&rautioe.  A'lIaI 

Staftiai  t§  of  Inventions, 

T^ade  /'Its.     Altogether 

Dr.  T>  -'ftt  diBttni:uisbed 

gvaUe:  '  can  boast.      Uis 

wriUs)^  .       ^itial  and  plain,  in 

aD  ru|)«cU  ihe  work  of  an  imusnally  able 
mmn.  "  F  rrstinr^  *-t  Vriya^eura"  iadcliijht- 
fvl  Tt.*  t'll  of  inatniction 

Waidr*  vury  Justly,  wilt 

Kt*  «a  Wuk  •><  Ulerature  lajila.     In 

hiioAk>*"(  '  the  Minister  of  Agri- 

'1  laiil  the  Dominion, 
!>o  medical  portion  of 
fL  BAd^r  i*::-.-!!  "I'li^^ntion  as  it  never  will  be 
iUa  to  rwpay  him. 

Clii^Vr^*  V    <'aptttln  William  Big- 
yrr,  vaa    h-irn    Htli   Se['tomber, 

1^W»  -.  ■■..^^p  •  "•■'  -i..,  liiu  father's 
■aoH  was  John  '  -t-nd  his  mother's 

•aideo  Datatf  vu.^ i  uttit  Iti(;:^er,  who 

caa»»  from  C  K.  tjoyaiidt  sti^-k,  tht*  family 
vfififullv  m  <vit)i(  herefrom  Pennsylvania. 
Ovrai:  it  gnuuUather,Ueor;{{!  Cliis- 

fcwlm,    r  •  I   near   Invernens.  fs^jtland, 

t74ft»  aj»d  111*  Uther  (subject's  ^eat  icrual 
tNtlnr}.   was  Jajiino  Sutherland  Chis- 


flaw. 

X 
I: 


0Mdl 

bnlsD  ''lie.  Cbiaalick).  uf  Strath- 

f    thn  rfftn      Ueor^e  V'his- 
'  le*i  in  Niiva 
1  101  years. 
\>  ititAUi,  waft  lieiit 
'any  Lincoln   Militia, 
'  '!  'ck  Kort  Detroit 
1  he  was  also  pre- 
When    the 
:  in  Nelson, 
1-    ^i-ni-Tal  mer- 
time  appointed 
he  held  tUl  1H:M. 
vk^  btf  •■ttieil  in  *  ^akTiile.    He  represented 
HaltOB  eounty  for  liaiecn  yean  in  the  Lib- 


th« 


W  WA 


eral-Conserv&tive  interest,,  anil  was  fipiwint- 
ed  collector  of  Customs  fur  Oftkville  in  l.Hlil, 
Ue  wv  one  of  the  oommtaaioners  of  the 
Hurlingtou  liay  and  Wellaud  conala,  and 
built  and  owned  the  tJrst  veasel  that  came 
through  this  waterway.  He  aUo  built  at 
Oakville  the  steaniors  CunatitntioH^  Otih- 
riUt,  and  liHtlin'jtun,  and  several  sailing 
veaaels.  He  married  in  1812.  and  had  six 
sons  and  four  daughters,  and  he  died  on  May 
4th.  1842.  Our  subject  was  educated  at 
the  Oakville  Grammar  Svhmil,  taking  the 
ordinary  course.  <  »n  leaving  schcnil,  which 
he  did  suddenly,  and  without  apparent  rea- 
son, as  it  was  presumed  he  would  have  fin- 
ished his  course,  then  probably  have  studied 
for  some  profo^ision,  he  wont  on  the  fatiu 
for  some  years.  Ue  later  commenced  fniit- 
growing  and  pacViug,  and  Dotiii;;  the  poor 
afipliancea  in  use  for  packing,  etc.,  he  intro- 
duced the  present  improved  mode  i.>f  bajid- 
ling  fruit  for  market,  and  is  now  running 
the  Utrgest  fruit  package  and  basket  factories 
in  Canada.  He  has  taken  an  exceedingly 
active  part  in  the  volunteer  movement,  hav- 
ing entered  as  private  and  worked  himself  up 
to  captain.  He  was  connected  for  fourteen 
or  fifteen  yean  with  the  vuluuteers,  and 
put  in  all  the  drills,  and  he  retired  with 
rank  of  captain.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Town  Council  since  1^72,  and  reeve  of 
Oskville  since  1S78,  He  is  a  Freemason  of 
Oakville  Lodge,  No.  4()0,  and  an  Oddfellow 
of  Oakville  Lodge,  No.  132,  and  belonged  to 
the  Orange  Order  for  aome  time.  Mr.  Chis- 
holm  has  travelled  through  the  United  States 
and  Canada.  In  reli($ion,  he  professes  the 
faith  of  tiie  Church  of  England.  In  politics, 
he  iaan  uncompromising  Conservative,  and 
haa  been  so  from  the  beginnings  and  intends 
to  die  such.  He  married,  on  the  27  th 
November,  1 872,  Mary  Rebecca  Ho wse. 
daughter  of  William  Howse,  who  carried 
on  business  in  Toronto.  By  this  lady  he 
has  had  four  boys,  only  two  of  whom  are 
living.  Mr.  Cluaholm  was  one  of  the  Hnt 
candidatea    to    pass   at   the    lint    Military 

Schrjol  of  Toriillto. 

BnlllHlrice,     fveorgc     rrr<tcrlck, 

C.K,,  Deputy  Minister  of  Public  Works  for 
Canada,  Ottawa,  was  bom  in  Quebec  on  the 
16th  October,  1824.  This  distinguished  en- 
gineer is  the  eldest  sun  of  the  late  M, 
Tbeopliile  Haillair^e,  Assistant  City  Sur- 
veyor and  Engineer  uf  Quebec,  His  mother 
is  Charlotte  Janvrin.  of  Shorrcl,  Isle  of 
Wight,  and  a  daughter  of  the  late  Lieuten* 
ant  Horsley,  of  the  Royal  navy,  who  served 
under  Nols<.tn  on  board  of  the  ri^tory  at 
Trafalgar.     During  the  enga^'emeot  ha  had 


70 


A  CrCLOP.'KDIA  Ot 


his  leg  broken  by  a  cannon  ball.  Otir  »nb- 
ject'fl  mother,  it  neeHii  hardly  be  »aid,  wa» 
an  En^lishwoDian,  and  altfaongh  her  hus- 
band was  Frtiicli,  yet.  strnngo  to  say,  ehe  ciui 
hardly  tu  lliis  day  speak  a  word  of  the  French 
language.  G.  F.  iiaillairge  received  his  early 
tuition  at  the  hands  i'f  the  late  Lieutenant 
Khad^ett.  of  the  British  army,  and  finished 
his  edncAtion  in  the  Seminary  of  Quebec. 
Our  Bubject  studied  law  for  a  year,  but  did 
not  believe  that  the  legal  profession  was 
suitable  to  his  taste  and  best  endcarours. 
He  had  always  much  inclination  for  ensi- 
neering  pursuits,  and,  therefore,  in  1844 
entered  the  Civtl  Service  of  old  Canada, 
in  the  Hoard  of  Works,  as  translator  and 
BBsistHiit  dmu<;htsnian  of  the  enginet^ring 
branch.  The  Honourable  H.  H.  Kiilaly 
was  then  president  of  this  department  of 
the  government.  Three  years  later  he  re- 
ceived the  commission  of  provincial  land 
surveyor,  and,  subsetiuently,  for  a  con- 
siderable period,  acted  as  surveyor  and  aa 
aasiatant  engineer  on  the  various  public 
works  of  Canada.  In  1852  the  government, 
recognizing  his  brilliant  professional  and  ad- 
ministrative abilitiea,  offered  him  the  posi- 
tion of  BUperin  tending  engineer  of  the  canals 
and  other  public  works  of  the  Province  of 
Quebec,  but  the  offer  he  declined.  In  Aug* 
UBt,  1852,  he  married  Charlotte  Rachel  Gir- 
oux,  daughter  of  P.  Giroux,  Esq.,  of  Ce- 
dars village,  County  of  boulanices,  P.  Q. 
In  1870-71-72  he  made  the  survey,  location, 
plans  and  eatimntes  for  the  construction  of 
iho  llaie  Vcrto  Canal,  from  the  St.  Lawrence 
to  the  Bay  of  Fitndy.  Always  a  wise  ad- 
viser of  his  departmeut,  a  capable  and  clear- 
headed oflicial,  it  is  not  tu  be  wondered 
at  that  Mr.  Baillairgu  was  mounting  the 
ladder  of  promotion  in  the  service.  He  was 
appointed  assistant-chief  engineer  of  the 
Department  of  Public  Works  in  1S71,  and 
afterwards  aupcrint«nding  engineer  of  the 
Ottawa  and  St.  Lawrence  CanaJs  in  lb77-78, 
and  was  promoted  to  the  position  of  deputy 
to  the  Minister  of  Public  Works  on  the 
4  th  of  October,  1871*.  The  position  of 
Deputy  Minister  of  Public  Worka  is  prob- 
ably the  m<tBt  important  iti  the  Civil  Ser- 
vice. Heavy  responsibility  for  the  pro|>er 
administratiun  of  numerous  important 
affairs  rests  upon  the  ahoulders  of  this 
uHicial.  In  a  word  he  must  i>e  land  sur- 
veyor, architect,  engineer,  and  everything 
that  is  implied  under  each  and  all  of  these 
headings.  For  this  task  our  subject  is 
uDiinontly  fitted.  He  is  a  moat  ethcient 
and  upright  deputy  ;  and  the  service  whose 
interests  it  ia  his  duty  to  conserve,  and  the 


portion  of  the  public  with  wnom  ha  ib 
Btantty  in  contact,  both  Hnd  cauae  for  coa 
gratulation  in  him.  The  exhaustive  repu 
containing  the  hiatory  of  the  Public  Wor 
of  Canada,  from  18G7  to  18H2,  togeth 
with  its  accompanying  views  and  maps  we: 
publiahed  in  both  languages  under  hia  di 
rections  and  supervision  in  1883.  Mr. 
Baillairg^  has  had  a  family  of  tive  boys  and 
jive  girls,  two  of  whom  are  dead.  U 
subject  has  had  a  useful  and  brillian 
career,  and  we  hope  that  although  hia 
health  has  been  greatly  injured  by  a  jour- 
ney of  250  miles  on  buow  shoea  while  lay- 
ing out  the  South  Gulf  Shore  nrnd^to  Gaspe', 
ho  will  long  live  tt»  adorn  his  profession. 

l^uiiMdowne,  ITIfii-qiilM  or  (Henry 
Charles  Keith  Petty  Fitzmaurice),(;.C.M.  " 
in  the  County  of  Somerset,  Earl  Wycom 
of  Chipping  Wycombe,  County  Bucks,  V 
count  Cain  and  Culnstune,  County  Wilts, 
and  Lord  Wycombe,  Baron  of  Chipping  Wy- 
combe. County  of  Bucks,  in  the  peerage  of 
Great  Britain  ;  Earl  of  Kerry  and  Karl  of 
Shelburne,  Viscount  Ctanmaurice  and  Fitz- 
mauricc.  Baron  of  Kerry,  Lixnawand  Dun- 
kerron,  in  the  peerage  of  Ireland  ;  Governor- 
General  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  was 
bom  on  the  14th  January,  1845.  The 
lineage  of  bis  lordship  is  very  ancient,  and 
his  ancestors  have  held  very  bi^h  places  in 
the  realm,  from  the  earliest  history  of  our 
English  empire.  Our  anbject  in  the  eldoBt 
son  of  Henry,  tho  fourtb  Martinis  of  Lana- 
downe,  fifth  Earl  of  Kerry,  etc.,  K.G.,  who 
was  bom  on  the  J)tH  January,  I8lt>,  and  who 
fr«»m  1847  to  1800  was  M.P-  for  Cain,  and 
was  app<iinted  a  lord  of  the  treasury  in 
1847  He  was  anmmonod  to  the  Huuae  of 
Loi'da  in  1850  as  IWiPon  Wycombe,  and  was 
I'nder  Secretary  of  State  for  Foreign  Affairs 
frtMu  I8oG  to  1858.  Ho  married,  in  1840, 
Lady  <ieorgina  Herbert,  daughter  of  George 
Augustus^  eleventh  Eurl  of  Pembroke,  which 
lady  died  in  1841.  He  married  again,  in 
1843.  Emily  Jane  Mercer  Elphinstone  de 
Flaliault,  Barrmess  Nairn,  iu  her  own  right, 
eldest  daughter  of  the  Comt«  de  Flaliault 
and  the  Baroness  Nairn  and  Keith.  The 
Manjuia  died  on  the  5th  July,  18(>C,  and 
was  succeeded  to  the  estates  and  titles  by 
the  subject  of  our  sketch.  His  lordship 
has  one  brother,  i^dmond  George,  M.D., 
barristerat-law,  M.P.  for  Cain,  and  one 
sister,  Emily  Louisa  .Ann.  He  was  educated 
at  Etun  L'ollege  and  aubseitiiently  at  Batliol 
College,  Oxford,  and  of  the  lattt-r  university 
hft  ia  an  M.A.  He  graduated  with  hoitoura 
in  clnBaica,  takint;  a  second  doas.  He  com- 
menced political  life  aa  a  lord  of  the  troar 


odj 

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ir- 
Ly- 
w, 

^^      III 


CASADIAS  BIOQRJLPBT, 


71 


Mr.    niailfilnne's  ll^B^  government, 
y.   ill    1871,  appointed 
(ti>  fi.r  Wbt  under  the 
:  I'ardwell,  during 
alxjliahcd  in  tlin 
;  ifar  «iioii  cervicf  aysWm  introduced, 
■id  utuucn>as  r>thor  admuiuitnitivv  reforms 
■Bvivd  «ml.      t'pott    Uie    furniatiuu  of    Mr. 
i«i«'»   ftecoikd    govemniont    in     IHSO, 
'  [»ted  thn  appointment 
8  :  StAtefor  India,  under 

qnu  tji  iiartinj{ton.  This  appoint- 
t  b«  nngned  in  the  same  year  upon  tho 
action  by  the  goveraajent  of  iho  Coni- 
ri«BMt>'*n  for  Diiturbance  (Irekud)  Bill. 
H«  hju  b*«a  *  member  of  several  parliamen- 
uxj  committ«et  ami  coramiuioiti,  includ- 
^jD^a  Rojal  ominiUHiion  presided  over  by 
^^^^^Bike  of  Devniiflhire,  app4:)inted  to  eii- 
^^^^^Kiiit«>  the  adv&ncenient  of  science  and 
^^^^^■6c  instruction  ;  the  House  cf  Lords 
H^^^Wtfr«  tipon  the  Irish  Jury  Laws,  and 
}      €!»•  J'  !iitlee  of  both  Houses  upon 

iiiiel.     Uf  tho  last  two  com- 
rvA-  chairman.     Lord  Lanadowne 
d  little,  moAt  of    his  time  hav- 
i^-fi't  j]tent  iipMii  his  English  and  Irish 
His    Lordship's    seat  is   Bowood 
Calhf  Wilts  ;  hU  town  house,  Lana- 
\)pvx3tr  Mrjoae,  >**4  Berkely  sijuare,  Li.>ndou. 


Ibr  < 


Hiacl 
R«lur 


hrooks,   Travollere,  White's, 
^tijre,    Tu rf ,    Marlbi >roagh , 
i[.     The  Manjuis   of   Lans- 
■D  the  8th  November,  18G9, 
r.velyn     Hamilton,    youngeat 
J axne5,    Duke    of    A  bcroini , 
fruits  nf  this  naion  are  Henry 
'Bdnioiid.  Eart  of  Kerry,  bum  Uth 
1872 ;    Charles    George    Francis, 
Kebniary,   1874  ;  Evelyn  Emily 
horn  ?7th  Aui^nst,   1870,  and  Beat- 
Joth  November,  1877. 
*  Hp(K>inted  Goveranr- 
<  AiiaaH   on   tlie   24th  of  Aug- 
and    he  has  since  had  tho  good 
to   be   able   to  keep  his  giibema- 
bo»t  oat  cif   troubled  waters.     Lord 
Dttfivin  hecamc  embroiled  with  one  of  our 
^Jittoal  pftio  btoause  he  would   not  dis- 
'       aJvit*rs  whom    ritmour  had  declared 
.  il  of  public  trust  ; 
tieen  a  lieutenant- 
ir  and  a  dnminnnt  party  in  the  coun- 
la  the  latter  sought  the  destmotion 
hsut«aafii>     Hut  no  such  dilt'iciilties 
ih^**  K*«A  y«t  eathervd  sImhu  th«  path 
'al  t>  :  and   wv  h"(><»  his  ■*>- 

joan*  1  1  be  »iitiftf(ut<'r>'  to  all 

|MtMa      jiia  i"r<iiiitp  has  delivered  scvertd 
hia  arrival,  and  it  is  nuiM- 


tionable  if  we  have  a  readier  or  more  effec- 
tive speaker  in  Oaiiada.  Ixinl  Lnnsdowne 
is  a  youn(;  man.  active  and  ambitioihs,  and 
has  chosen  digni6ed  muthods  for  his  own 
advancement,  and  we  predict  that  he  will 
succeed  in  achieving  his  ends. 

Cameron,  lion,  naleolm,  was  the 
ton  of  Mr.  Angus  Cameron,  formerly  of  Ar- 
L'vUhire,  Scotland,  and  who  came  t^>  Canada 
in  180(),  as  the  hospital  sergeant  of  a  High- 
land regiment.  The  subject  of  this  sketch 
wiw  born  at  Three  Rivers,  on  the  2r*ih  of 
April,  IH08.  His  father,  whose  regiment 
was  disbanded  in  I8LG,  kept  a  tavern  at 
Perth,  in  the  Ottawa  district.  Until  1822, 
tho  family  resided  here,  after  which  young 
Malcolm's  mother,  anxious  for  the  welfare 
of  her  child,  now  in  his  twelfth  year,  pro- 
cured a  situation  for  him  with  a  farmer  dd 
the  banks  of  the  Mississippi  river.  Her 
great  dread  was  that  the  child  should  be- 
come  fond  of  drink,  or  that  his  character 
sliould  become  stamped  by  any  of  the  recol- 
lections of  his  father's  bar-room.  Stamped 
hia  character  was,  but  in  the  ri;;ht  way.  The 
lad  had  at  an  early  age,  and  the  feeling  waa 
with  him  as  a  man,  a  horror  of  barrooms, 
and  a  deep  dislike  for  the  liquor  traffic.  He 
remained  a  farmer's  lad  for  about  three 
years,  when  he  obtained  a  position  in  a  store 
ut  Laprairie.  Here  he  disagreed  with  hit 
employer,  threw  up  his  situation,  and  set 
out  on  foot  for  Montreal,  in  which  city  he 
took  the  position  at  first  of  a  stable-boy.  In 
the  old  country,  where  so  many  of  the  dia* 
tingiiishetl  men  are  bom   midway  to  their 

iHisiti"U,  wu  suppose  they  could  hardly  be- 
ieve  that  in  such  a  way  as  this  some  of  the 
greateit  ornaments  of  Canada  have  i.et  out 
in  life.  The  lad's  mother  now  opened  a 
Itoardintf- house  in  Montreal,  and  her  son 
lived  with  her  during  the  following  winter, 
and  Httunded  the  diatrict  school.  FVom  all 
that  tan  be  gathered,  his  mother  waa  a 
noble-souled  woman,  with  a  clear  sound 
head,  a  Kreat  heart,  and  hiirh  aims  for  the 
future  of  her  sf>u.  Young  Malcolm  aubse- 
•{iit^utly  obtained  the  position  of  clerk  in  a 
brewery,  and  this  situation  he  held  for  about 
four  Tears,  {giving  great  satiafaction  to  hia 
employer.  He  saved  some  money,  with 
which  he  purchased  Hume*s  and  Smollet'e 
historiea  of  England,  which  he  read  and  re- 
read with  enthusiasm.  This  was  an  evidence 
in  a  way  of  what  the  man  was  yet  to  be. 
He  now  became  a  wide  readier,  amassng 
laruc  stores  of  information.  He  was  never 
scholarly  or  cultured,  but  he  was  well  read, 
intelligently  read,  and  his  raai;e  of  know- 
ledge waa  wide  and  useful.     He  soon  opened 


72 


A  CYCLOPJEDIA  OF 


a  general  store  nti  his  own  nccotiiit,  and 
during  a  %iHit  to  Scotland,  in  1833,  marrit*d 
his  otuain,  MiimChriatinii  McGregor,  dauj<h- 
tor  of  a  Glasgow  cotton  spinner.  Three 
yuars  later  ho  was  elected  for  the  county 
of  Lanark  in  tho  old  t'pper  CdnatU  Assem- 
bly, Sir  Francis  Bond  Head  was  now 
strutting  abroail  throui^'h  the  Province,  nnd 
exasperating  the  pt»opIe  hy  tlie  manner  in 
which  he  treut*!d  their  retiueHts  fi»r  redress 
from  political  jzrievaiic««.  Against  this 
mock  tragedian,  Mr.  Camemn  brunghl  the 
force  of  hifi  strong  individiinlily.  He  who 
had  fought  for  ever^'thiii^f  tlmt  he  hod 
puttseHsed  whs  not  likely  to  defer  to  the  un- 
earned powers  and  positions  uf  the  domin- 
ant famdy  compact.  De  opi^Hjsed  that  com- 
bination with  might  and  main,  and  though 
at  the  lirHt  his  e^eriinuH  set-nied  not  unlike 
the  sea  Hinging  itaoH  ngiiinst  the  base  nf  an 
invincible  cliff,  after  a  while  the  great  fabric 
was  sflen  to  shiver,  and  then  to  begin  rock- 
ing. In  the  parliament  and  upon  the  h  st- 
ings he  opposed  oligarfhy,  favimriti^tit^  and 
corruption,  advocated  re»pon»ible  guvern- 
ment,  and  declared  loudly  for  8eparatii»n  of 
church  and  state.  Under  Lord  Bagots  ad- 
ministration he  was  Inspector  of  Revenue 
without  .1  Beat  in  the  Cabinet  ;  he  had 
already  refused  the  Ins  pec  tor- General  ship 
under  Sydenham.  I'nder  the  BaldwinLa- 
fontaine  administration  he  held  a  seat  in 
the  Cabinet.  He  was  once  President  of 
the  Council,  again  Commissioner  of  Public 
Works;  was  also  Minister  of  Auricultnre 
as  well  as  Poatmaster-Oeneral.  Upon  the 
Hincks  reconstruction,  in  1H51,  he  became 
President  of  the  Council.  With  Dr.  John 
lUdph,  somewhat  after  this  time,  ho  was 
the  leader  of  tlie  advanced  radical  element. 
In  1^54  he  was  not  sent  to  parliament,  but 
in  1858  he  was  returned  for  Lambton  again. 
In  1863  he  withdrew  from  parliamentHry 
life,  and  became,  conjointly  with  Mr.George 
Deabarats,  Queen's  printer.  In  180U  he  was 
unsucoeBtfuI  in  ooniesting  South  Renfrew, 
and  two  years  later  be  was  defeated  for 
South  Lanark^  in  his  contest  for  the  local 
legislature.  In  1874  he  was  successful  again, 
being  sent  to  tho  Commons  for  South  On- 
tario. This  seat  he  held  tdl  his  death,  which 
occiurred  at  Ottawa,  on  the  1st  of  June, 
1870.  He  was  instrumental  in  the  passage 
of  much  useful  legislation,  and  atrenuousTy 
advocati^d  the  abolition  of  imprisonment  fur 
debt.  In  public  life  he  always  kept  bis 
hands  pure.  His  mercantile  career  was  a 
che<|uered  one,  and  he  died  a  poor  man, 
leaving  little  behind  him  save  an  irreproach- 
able name. 


Blake,  Hon.  f^iiniuol  Hume,  Q.€«y 

of  Torontii,  ex- Vice  Chimccllor  of  Ontario, 
long  senior  Vice-Chancellor  of  the  Cniversity 
of  Toronto,  is  the  second  son  of  the  lato 
Honourable  W'tUiam  Hume  Blake,  and  bro- 
ther of  the  Hononrttble  Edward  Blake.  Ho 
was  born  at  the  City  of  Toronto,  on  the 
Slst  AuLMiBl,  lrt.'!5.  Elsewhere,  in  this 
volume  the  parentage  of  the  subject  of 
the  present  sketch  is  referred  to  (see  the 
Hon.  W.  H.  Blake,  p.  53,  and  Hon.  Edwiird 
Blake,  p.  I'.)).  Samuel  Blake  received  hla 
early  educational  instruction  at  home,  under 
the  private  tutorship  of  Mr.  Courtney,  and 
other  gentlemen.  In  his  eii^hth  year  he  waa 
sent  t<f  Upper  Cauad<i  College,  and  the  re- 
cord which  remains  of  his  career  here,  show* 
that  bis  intellect  ri{>ened  at  a  very  early  age. 
He  waa  a  lad  of  great  industry,  and  he  ia 
said  to  have  had  »n  almost  phenomenal  ca- 
pacity for  tho  mastery  of  his  lessons.  These 
rpialities  were,  however,  not  the  most  strik- 
ing ones  in  the  boy.  At  his  fathers  hre- 
side  he  had  received  unusually  careful  and 
thorough  training  in  elocutiou,  and  when  he 
passed  into  the  public  Bchoi>l,  he  became  the 
wonder  and  emulation  of  the  olaasea.  Mr. 
Barnjn.  the  principal  of  the  school,  was  in 
the  habit  of  holding  him  up  as  an  oxamplo 
to  the  other  boys :  and  Lord  Elgin,  who 
attended  a  public  examination  held  at  the 
college,  paid  an  eloquent  tribute  to  this  spe- 
cial acc<jmplishnient  of  the  school-boy.  On 
leaving  college,  he  felt  his  tastes  drawinx 
him  towards  oomrafrcial  life,  and  he  entered 
the  firm  of  Ross,  Mitchell  A  Co.,  where  he 
remained  for  foiir  years.  Before  the  iieriod 
expired,  he  was  convinced  that  commerce  waa 
not,  after  all,  in  his  tAstc,  and  accordingly 
he  passed  the  preliminary  legal  e&aminatioa 
before  the  Law  Society,  and  entered  upon  a 
study  of  law  in  the  ofHce  of  his  uncle,  the 
late  Dr.  SkefHngton  Connor.  He  was  fired 
with  the  ambition  to  take  a  University  degree 
now,  and  with  amazing  courage  began  the 
labours  of  the  double  study  of  Taw  and  arts. 
In  1858.  he  graduated  as  B.A.,  and  he  was 
admitted  in  the  same  year  to  the  bar.  Im- 
mediately he  entered  into  partnership  with 
his  brother,  and  the  tirm  became  known  as 
that  of  E.  it  S.  H.  Blake.  It  is  hardly 
necessary  to  say  how  popular  this  new  lirm 
speedily  grew.  \  legal  lirni  with  two  such 
brains  us  those  possessed  by  Edward  Btake 
and  by  S.  H.  Blake,  could  not  Ion;,'  remain 
in  the  shadow.  Business  increaaedat  such  a 
rate,  that  in  1872,  our  subject's  profensional 
income  reached  closely  to  !?15.(KJ(>  j>er  an- 
num. When  Mr.  Mowat,  now  premier  of 
Ontario,  retired  from  the  vice-chancellorship 


I 


CANADIAN  BwonArur 


rind  Sir  Juhn  A.  Haodonald.  in- 
.l»ke  to  acc*pt  the  iipjxiintinont. 

A.-. ^  JdUymcJtuudtiriQgtheiiueation^ 

Hr.  filaJEe  oonaanted  to  nooept  the  odor. 
Thnv  is  little  room  for  wondor  that  hu  did 
IusUaIv,  for  1m  wiu  r^limiuishiiig  n  praotico 
ttat  brought  him  i^I5,0U0  jHir  year,  for  ait 
qffioe  vUicii  g»Te  a  Milftry  uf  95,000.  But  hu 
ted  *f>rk«d  orermuch,  and  his  health  was 
mpf  vr  Um  undermined,  and  this  more  than 
vyihing  else,  probably,  vraA  the  reason  why 
beaeeepted  Kir  John's  otfer.  Some  curiously 
people  said,  that  Sir  John's  appoint- 
of  wt>  youu^  a  man  as  Mr.  Blake  was 
to  mollify  the  oppnsition  of  the 
jvvti^  chancellors  btother  in  the  House  of 
UoaurioD«,but  this  hardly  dcst^rvea  contradic- 
tiott,  for  anybody  muit  know  that  Sir  John 
waa  shrewxi  enough  to  know  that  Edward 
Blakft  ma  a  man  whom  it  waa  impoaaiblo 
lo  bribe  No,  this  appoiutmi.'nt  stantls  out 
••  oav  of  the  creditable  actions  of  Sir  John 
HaeAoaald'a  career.  Mr.  blake  ruutned 
th*  Tie9<<itaooellunih]p  up  to  Kkh  MayjlH81. 
i^MO  be  leaigued  aa  hu  predecessor  had 
4mm.  aod  reaumei]  practice  once  again  at 
tb*  Dar.  Mia  stay  on  the  bench  on  the 
wbols  may  have  been  regarded  as  a  wetl- 
•aroed  holiday  in  the  calm  dignity  of  judi- 
cial Hfe.  It  Mwma  strange  to  many  why  Mr. 
Blaka  abo«ld  have  accepted  the  chancellor- 
abip  in  Ui«  beginning,  and  it  likewise 
jianilM  tbem  that  he  «huuld  have  resigned 
tme»  be  bad  aooept4>d  (ho  olhee.  But  ftood 
Wfifii  bar*  been  shown  fur  the  acceptance, 
ghenaa  viib  reanect  v*  the  reaif^nation.  it 
may  ba  aaid  tbat  be  felt  his  health  ready  for 
tba  old  wcirie  again,  and  a  ra«t  quantity  of  the 
old  «prk  «ai  waitini:.  His  brother  Edward, 
lb*  MSitC  ;  ind  muL-ii  of  hia  time 

OCtm^Md  »i'  csa*aiM)litical  leader, 

and  tt  wottld  »u<ym  like  a  wanton  aacritice  to 
patioit  to  go  to  ruin  a  splendid  practice 
Vbidl  bftd  baon  built  up  by  industr)-.  perse- 
fwmftOi  aad  great  abttttv  In  later  years, 
Mr.  Edvani  Blake  lu 
draval  (rtxa  liiamju:. 
Ib«  &nm  tL 
fltflU  baCliT 
tvoi  <d  0. 
UielawUr 

*Mltbiui 
fj 
r  bur 
tbfr  fraot  and 

■tyia,  tba  justneas  ot  their 
\3m  aidth  >>f  thv^ir  grMp, 
'he  tnarn' 
UUr  High-. 


d  his  with- 

>.><  [iartii*ir  in 

he  may  be 

If  to  the  in- 

■'» 

■  A 

■  n 
rte 

n  courts  for 

fjco    of   thrir 

reaaouinif.  and 

On  (h--  -'n.l  of 

rd 


Cronyn,  Bishop  of  Huron.  By  this  union, 
there  is  a  family  of  three  children  living- 
nnt!  fuin  .Mid  two  daughters.  Mr.  Blake  haa 
always  taken  a  sincero  interest  in  all  the 
ijreat  mntal  moveoicnla  with  which  the  time 
and  place  can  bring  him  into  contact,  and 
an  es[>ecially  nromiiient  part  in  the  affairs 
of  the  Church  nf  England.  Once  only 
haa  thid  richly  endowed  man  been  hoard 
upon  the  pulitical  hustings,  and  that  waa 
in  1872,  when  Edward  Blake  was  abroad 
for  hifl  health.  He  went  down  to  his 
bruthor^e  constituency,  and  addressed  the 
pcoplti  on  public  (|ueatioua.  His  B[»eeches 
■nissed  many  men  who  could  nut  see  huw  it 
was  possible  fur  a  gentleman  whose  life  had 
been  a[)eni  as  advocate  and  judi>e  to  aci]^uire 
such  a  familiarity  with  outaide  ijuoations  ; 
but  this  hardly  astonished  thorn  more  than 
hia  wonderful  L-loqupnce. 

LoffaiK  Sir  Willium  E.,  F  H.  O.  8., 
F.  K.  ^..  (he  otninenb  and  distinguished 
geologist,  was  bom  in  Montreal  on  the  20th 
of  April,  ITl^tt.  His  grandfather,  James 
Logan,  and  his  grindmother,  Margaret  Ed- 
mund, wore  natives  of  the  parish  of  Stirling, 
Scotland.  James  Logan  was  a  burgeaa,  and 
carried  on  the  business  4>f  baker.  Between 
the  years  I75ti  and  1772  this  worthy  couple 
had  a  family  of  six  sons  and  three  daught^-Ts 
born  to  them  ;  but  death  made  sad  inroads 
in  the  household,  and  tuuk  away  one  after 
another  uf  this  family  until  but  two  tons 
and  two  daughters  remamed.  James  Lo- 
gan, like  many  of  his  countrymen,  thought 
of  bettering  his  fortunes  in  the  New  World, 
and  taking  hia  wife  and  two  sous  with  him. 
William,  the  eldeat.,  bijrn  in  175'J  (the  father 
of  Sir  NVilliam),  and  Hart,  the  youngest, 
born  in  1772,  sailed  for  Amerioa,  nrobahly 
about  irw,  and  found  his  way  to  Montreal. 
Here  ho  eatabltshed  a  large  bakery,  and  with 
wise  forethought,  purchased  considerabto 
landed  property  in  the  neighb.iurhcKHl  of  the 
city,  where  we  6nd  him  in  the  last  decade  of 
tho  oi.>niury  c«)mfortably  aettled  on  hia  farm, 
N\  illiam  cjirrying  on  tlie  bakery,  and  Hart 
engaged  in  a  prosperous  importing  trade. 
In  the  sphnj;  of  L71M,  Miss  Janet  E.  Ed- 
mond,  of  Conniehill,  near  Stirling,  niece  of 
Mrs.  James  Logan,  Ivft  her  Sottish  home 
and  came  to  Muntreal,  and  marriiid  her 
cousin,  WUliam  Litgan.  The  time-honoured 
sequence  was  thus,  and  aa  time  rtdled  on 
tbey  became  the  parents  of  nine  children, 
fire  sons  and  four  daughten  :  and  the  lub- 
ji.'ct  of  this  sketch  waa  the  third  chUd  of 
ihia  union.  The  father,  appreciating  the 
raliie  of  education,  sent  VVilham  and  hia 
brother  Ut  an  cxc^Uent  tchool  kept  by  Alex- 


jgg^ 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


ander  Skakol,  afterw&rds  headmftater  of  the 
Royal  GramiDar  School,  in  little  St.  Jauiea 
straet.  Skakel  wm  a  determined  Scotch- 
man, and  like  many  a  schoolmasUir  of  his 
day  ai]d  generation,  wan  thorniighly  ac- 
<|uaLOt«d  with  \hv  art  of  llog(;ing  ;  but  ha 
was  a  good  claftsical  schoUr,  and  trained  his 
acholara  well.  Under  him  y<fun;r  Lo(j»ri 
aeems  to  have  progreaaed  Batiafactorily,  and 
to  have  acquired,  among  other  things,  a 
<»pacity  for  thrashing  bii^ger  boys  than  him- 
self.  Whether  he  had  learned  all  that  hU 
Montreal  master  had  to  leach  him  we  are 
unable  to  aay,  but  at  any  rate,  in  1814,  his 
father  determined  to  send  him  to  the  High 
School  at  Edinburgh,  which  wiw  then  in  the 
xenirh  of  its  reputation.  Here  he  made 
good  prngress,  and  became  a  student  in  the 
Univeraiiy,  and  during  the  soasion  of  1816- 
'17  attended  the  classes  in  logic,  chemistry. 
and  mathematios.  During  this  one  session 
at  college  he  etudied  with  great  diligence, 
and  obtained  the  tirst  prize  in  mathematics, 
with  *'  the  goodwill  of  all  the  competitors," 
and  here  youm;  Logan's  university  career 
oamc  to  an  end.  In  1818  he  entered  the 
inercantUe  oflioe  of  his  uncle,  Mr.  Hart  Lo- 
gan, uf  London,  and  after  a  time  became  a 
partner  in  the  firm.  After  returning  lo 
Canada  for  a  short  time^  where  hia  attention 
was  drawn  to  the  geological  characterislics 
of  this  country,  he  again  crossed  the  AtUn- 
tic  in  1829,  and  tot>k  up  his  rcaaidence  in 
8o*ith  Wales,  Swansea,  aa  manager  of  cop- 
per smelting  and  cual  mining  operation!^,  in 
which  his  undo  woa  interostod  ;  but  he  left 
this  situation  soon  after  the  death  of  the 
latter  in  1838.  During  his  seven  years' 
residence  in  South  Wales,  .Mr.  Logan  de- 
-voted  himself  to  the  study  of  the  coal  tieUU 
of  that  region  ;  and  his  minute  and  accurate 
maps  and  sections  were  adopted  by  the  ord- 
nance geological  survey,  and  published  by  the 
Oovemment,  under  Sir  Henry  dc  la  Beohe's 
auperintendenoe.  He  was  the  first  to  de- 
monstrate that  the  strstum  of  under  clay, 
as  it  is  called,  which  always  underlies  coal 
tttids,  wiiB  the  soil  on  which  the  coal  vegeta- 
tion grew.  In  1841  Sir  William  visted  the 
Ci>al  fields  of  Penuaylvaniaand  Nova  Sctitis, 
and  ciimmunicaU-'d  several  valuable  memoirs 
■on  the  subject  to  the  <«eological  Society  of 
Londou.  At  this  time  he  began  an  exam- 
ination of  the  older  palft^vsoic  rocks  of 
Oaoatla ;  and  the  celebrated  geohigical  sur- 
vey of  Canada  having  been  commenced, 
he  was  appointed  its  head,  a  (rust  which 
sufbciently  indicated  the  high  opinion  en- 
tertained of  his  abilities  and  attainments 
by  the  government.     This  preference  was, 


to 

n.  J 

DS 


however,  nothing   more  than  he   was   en-' 
titled    to,  considering   the   immcnHe  sacri- 
Bee  which  he  made  to  remain  in,  and  con- 
fine  his   studies  to,  a  country  endearod  to 
him    by  all    tlie    ties  of  birth  and  station. 
U   is   a    well    known  fact    that  he  refnaed] 
several  offers  from  other  guvemmeuta  for  hil 
services,  including  India,  where  a  prinoel/^ 
fortune   was    to    be    made    by    the   geolo* 
gist.     In    the   course  of    his    iuveatis;ations 
upon  the  rocks  of  the  Eastern  Townships, 
which  are  the  continuation  <tf  those  <tf  New. 
EnglAnd,  Sir  William  showed  that,  so  U 
from  being,  as  had  been  suppused,  primi* 
tive    azoic    rocks,    they   were    altered    and 
crystalized   palwo/nic  strata  ;  a  fact  which, 
although  BnB[>ected,  had  not  hitherto  been 
demonstrated,  and  which  was  the  key  to  the 
geology   of    North-Eojttern    America.       He 
found  the  rocks,  which  form  the  Lsurentide 
and    Adirondack   mountains,  previously  re- 
garded as  unstratified.  to  be  disturbed  and 
altered  sedimentary  deposits  of  vnst  thick- 
ness, ei^pial  perhaps  to  all  the  hitherto  known 
stratitietl  n>cks  of  the  earth's  crust.    In  1^1 
Sir  William  represented  Canada  in  the  Oreat 
Exhibition   in  London  ;  and  had  charge  of 
the  Canadian    geological   collection    which 
had  been  made  by  himself  or  under  his  im- 
mediate  direction.     It  was  exhibited  with 
great  skill  and  judgment,  displaying  to  the 
best    advantage    the    mineral   resource's 
Canada.     The  labour  of  arranging  the  speoi>* 
mens   was  very  great,  and  ao   enthusiastic 
WHS   ho    that  frequently  he   aalliod   out  at 
eight  or  ten  in  tho  morning,  and  would  work 
for  twelve  hovira  without  waiting  to  take  r®-^ 
froshment.      He    had    the    aatisfaction    olH 
knowing   that    his  countrymen   appreciate<l^| 
his  services,  and  medals  in  profusion    were 

allotted  to  Canada.       He    was  also  a  c«)m- 

missioner   from    Canada  at  the   lndii«Lrii 
Exhibition  at  Paris  in  1855,   when  he  n 
ccived  from   the  imperial   commission  the 
grand  gold  medal  of  honour,  and  was  crealod 
a  Knight  of  the  Legion  of  Honour.     He  re- 
ceived tlie  honour  of   knighthood  from  tho 
Queen's  hands,  in  185G  ;  and  in  the  same 
year    was  awarded  by   the   Geological    So- 
ciety, of  which  he  had  long  been  a  member, 
the  Wollaaton  Palladium  medal,  for  hia  pre- 
eminent services  in  gonlogy.     Sir  William 
Logan  waa  not  only  a  Felluw  of  the  Royal 
Society  «f  L<jndou  (1851),    the    Uoyal  St»- 
ciety  of  Kdinbiirgh  (1801),  and  the  Ueolof 
cal  Societies  of  London   (1837)  and    Edii 
burgh    (1807),   but   also   a  member  of 
Geological  Societies  of    France  (1842)  ant 
l^l^ium  (1847).  "f  tho   Imperial  Loopold< 
Carolinian  Academy  of  Germany  (1857), 


xa 


CAKAD2A  N  BIO  GRA  PII K 


Iphi*    AcaiK'uiy  id  Xatuml  Scienoea 
the  Muutj  liistorical  Siiciety  (1847), 

*  "^      -icesuf  St,  L(juia(1807), 

uy  of  Arts  and  Scion- 

10  State  Hi»torical  S<>. 

jind    ro«a  (IftSil),   the 

,     iioJ  Society  ("IHrtO),  the 

Natural  Science*  (1 8«)3), 

Ml-  rtoeived  the  hunorary  degree 

il  \aw  from  the  I'niversity 

,  "I  1^55,  »*-iid  th»t  uf  l><»otor 

Uuiu  MciiiU  Uiiivertity  in  ]85*J. 

on   the    2'2ml  of  June.    1875,   in 

.   England,  iin<l   his   body  lies  in    the 

chdrehyard   i>f     Ltechryd.       He  was 

TnatTii*d. 

Ibcr,    ColllnfTMOod,   C.   E., 

*'  '  i-ttr  and  (ivneml  Mau- 

I  :;iilwjiys,  and  Engineer 

L  •<><  ■<  u...t'ii>iD  Pacitic  I^ilwuy,  was 

hetttor.  Emox.  England,  ^m  De- 

is'M     When  in  histwentj'-firat 

r  Canada,  where  the  activity 

.   I: ion  of  milwavH  and  public 

pcnraued  veil  to  a  man  of  ability  and 

Shortly  aft«r  his  arrival  he  oh- 

a  imaition  upon  the  engineering  staff 

4l    ih«    tiamillun    and    Toronto    Railway , 

CMitiniiinK  in  this  employment  till  the  com- 

plation    (•'   the   road   in    1850.     Thereaft«r 

"*  vttgafed  in  fairly  profirable  private  prac* 

tie*   in   Toronto,    till    ]8i»,    vrhen   he   en- 

trrcil  the   aerrice    of    the    Nor'.hern    Rail- 

w%y  of  Canada,  where    he    waa   employed 

BiaJiiD^   a  rvatoration   of   the  wm-ks    upon 

tM  tiiM.     When  the  eui^aifement  was  und- 

N^f  vtiter^d  the  service  of  the  Nova 
^B  Government  as  division  engineer  of 
P^rt..!i  li^kilway^  andcmtinued  in  charge 
the  I  their  cumpletion  in  18^. 

*    r  ;lh    art    engineer    is    wide- 

naa<-  iirpntaiion  of  consider- 

wm  -  .>un  the  construction  of 

sa    Iiiitfrv^>l>ii)ial     Railway    through    Nova 
beotia  and  by  the  aeaUiard  uf  New  llruns wick 
waa  liecwled  upt^n,  there  was  no  hesitation 
CulkM4»riny  that  Mr.  8chreiber  was  emi- 
for  the  work  of  surveying:  a 
•  >iite,  ho  waSf  therefore,  in 
*  V    tho  Dominion  govern- 
.:  'v  of  the  Burveyn  of  the 
....    1.1.  (Vii]i8c^)uat». 
'•*i  in  chn.rge 

- .. — v.4y,  tkA  super- 

In  l>t71  he  wii8ap|niint- 

tTiLMtit^er    and    commis- 

■  length  of  the  In- 

tmd-  '  I'otttiion  he  held 

with  caunvnt  ■slwfa'  '   I87>'(.   when 

kmm»  appofaitad  obx  <  r  of  Oovem- 


Mtfinver. 

fafw>rirvteritiir!L' 


ment  rflilways  in  operation.  This  position, 
it  may  be  said,  he  continues  to  fill  in  con- 
junction with  that  ()f  chief  eiigiiioer  of  the 
Canndian  l^acific  Railway.  I*erha|W$  in  the 
whole  history  of  uentleiueu  oinnected  with 
engineering  in  thin  ci^untry,  there  ia  no  re- 
cord that  one  will  so  readily  pause  to  ad- 
mire as  that  of  Mr.  8chreibor.  His  pro^resa 
has  tieen  continuous,  he  has  [Missed  from 
one  position  of  responsibility  to  another  of 
still  higher,  with  yreat  rapidity,  yet  this  is 
not  due  iu  any  decree  to  p4.ilitical  inlluence, 
and  the  writer  believes  that  persons  from 
Iwith  sides  of  politics  have  joined  in  bearing 
testimony  to  Mr.  Sehreiber's  ability  as  an 
enginoor  and  an  administrator.  Mr.  Schrei- 
ber  married  a  daughter  of  the  late  Captain 
MeLcan,   of  Scarbonmyh,  Ontario. 

Cfnil.  t^lr  Alex.  Tllloch,  G.C.M.a, 
D.  C.  L..  is  the  youngest  son  of  the  late  Mr. 
John  Oalt,  a  gentleman  of  some  literary 
note,  but  of  wider  distinction  from  his  long 
and  aucoesHful  connection  with  the  Canada 
Company.  Alexander  Tillooh  Gait  was  bom 
at  Chelsea,  L  mdon,  Englmd,  on  the  0th  of 
September,  1817,  so  that  he  is  now  in  hia 
sixty-seventh  year.  When  he  was  a  lad  it 
is  said  that  he  was  a  pet  of  the  literary  lions 
who  used  to  visit  at  his  father's  hou->e,  and 
that  by  the  time  he  had  reached  his  four- 
teenth year,  he  had  become  a  c^mtributor  to 
the  magazines.  Two  years  after  his  tirst 
literary  venture,  ho  obtained  a  situation  in 
the  British  America  Land  Company,  fuid 
young  Qalttook  up  hisaVn^de  in  Sherbrooke, 
the  Eastern  Townships  beimf  the  scene  of 
the  company's  operations.  By  close  appli- 
cation to  business  he  rose  steadily  in  the 
service,  and  in  1A44  was  app^jinted  com- 
missioner. For  twelve  years  he  held  this 
position,  during  which  the  business  of  the 
Company  was  prosperooa,  and  the  manage- 
ment of  its  air&irs  moat  satisfactory.  In 
1849,  Mr.  Gait  entered  parliament  as  the 
representative  for  Sherbrookv.  '*  As  a 
politician/^  aays  one  wnter,  ''  he  has  always 
been  remarkable  for  the  moderation  of  his 
views,  and  has  had  little  sympathy  with  the 
violent  party  measures  of  either  side.*'  From 
the  outset,  he  has  always  professed  liberal 
optniouB,  though  upon  entering  parliament 
he  opposed  the  liberal  administration  of 
Messrs.  Italdwin  and  Lafuntaine,  and  voted 
against  the  Uebelliun  Loases  Udl.  He  took 
part  in  the  annexation  movement  of  that 
troubled  period,  and  was  one  of  the  signa- 
tories to  the  famous  manifesto.  I'pon  the 
n.Mnoval  of  the  seat  of  government  from 
Mnntrval  to  Tonmto,  conBe<|uent  upon  the 
destruction  uf  tlie   parliament  buildings  in 


76 


A  cyclopjKdia  of 


the  former  city,  Mr.  fiolt  re'ired  frtun  pub- 
lic lifot  And  returiivU  to  bis  dutiu«  in  conn«o- 
tion  with  the  Land  Company.  In  1B53  he 
entered  political  life  Aguin,  being  retnmvd 
for  the  town  tjf  Sherbrooke,  which  neat  he 
retained  till  Confederation.  Ho  pnt  himself 
in  opposition  t«  the  HincksMorin  govern- 
meut,  and  gave  a  sort  of  uneven  support  to 
the  fiucceedini;  adniiniatratian,  till  its  fall  in 
1858.  When  the  short-lived  Brown  Doriou 
a^l ministration  caine  t^i  an  end,  Sir  Edmund 
Head  invited  Mr,  Gslt  to  form  a  j^overn- 
ment,  but  he  declined,  and  the  '*  double 
shnHIo  "  set  the  wheels  of  Kovernment  roll- 
ing all  right  ngain.  In  tlio  Cartior-Mac- 
donald  adminisiration  Mr.  Gali  accepted 
the  post  of  Minister  of  Finance,  as  succes- 
sor »o  Mr.  Cayley.  The  tinaiices  of  the 
country  wore  in  a  deplorable  slate  when  Mr, 
Gait  went  into  office,  and  there  seemed  to 
be  little  confidence  among  the  mercantile 
commnnity.  Hut  the  new  Finance  Minister 
had  a  clear  capable  head,  his  experience  in 
financial  matters  was  wide,  and  ho  hnd  been 
singularly  successful.  Therefore  it  was 
that  public  cuntidencu  was  in  a  measure  re- 
stored when  it  became  known  thst  he  had 
tjikon  office.  Then  the  stars  began  tu  woik 
in  his  favour.  There  were  no  summer 
frosts,  but  there  was  a  due  proportion  of 
rain  and  sunshine.  The  cropn  throve  well, 
and  the  harvest  was  abundant.  The  mer- 
chants took  heart  and  imported  largely,  and 
the  result  was  that  the  Finance  Minister 
was  soon  able  to  report  a  surplus.  Ue  uon- 
solidated  the  public  del>t  of  i'nuada  and  ob- 
tained a  loan  in  England.  I'pou  the  forma- 
tion of  the  Tach6-Macdnnald  Kovemnient  in 
March,  ISO-l,  he  again  became  Minister 
of  Finance.  Mr.  Oalt  had  for  many  years 
been  favourable  to  a  scheme  of  Federal 
union  for  the  provinces,  and  had  gone  to 
Enutund,  accoai panted  by  Sir  George  Cartier 
and  Sir  John  Rose,  to  urge  the  scheme  upon 
tlie  Imperiiil  government.  When  the  move- 
ment for  Confederation  was  inaugurated,  he 
rolled  up  his  sleeves  and  worked  loyally  till 
the  close.  Ha  attended  both  the  Charlotte- 
town  and  Quebec  conferences,  and  was  iu 
London  in  1807,  when  the  hnal  terms  of 
union  were  decided  upon.  In  18G0  he  went  to 
Washington,  and  represented  the  Canadian 
government  in  an  endeavour  to  obtain  a  re* 
newal  of  reciprocity  with  the  United  States. 
Some  tinte  afterwards  he  differed  from  his 
colleagues  on  their  educational  policy,  and 
resigned.  In  the  first  Dominion  govern- 
ment, under  Sir  John  Macdonald,  he  was 
Minister  of  Finance.  He  did  nut  retain 
this  position  long,  but  resigned  and  took  a 


I 


seat  as  a  private  member.  Ho  strenuously 
opposed  Sir  John  Maodouaid's  mission  to 
Washington  in  1871.  but  voted  with  the 
government,  when  the  treaty,  in  the  making 
of  which  8ir  John  was  one  of  the  comrais' 
sionors,  came  before  the  House  of  Commona 
for  ratification.  He  opposed  the  pledge  to 
build  the  Pacific  Railway  in  ten  years,  but 
during  the  session  following  he  voted  for 
this  same  pledge.  In  1809  be  was  created 
a  Kuight  Commander  of  the  Order  of  St. 
Michael  and  St.  George.  In  187'J  he  once 
more  entered  private  life.  In  188(>  he  waa 
appointed  High  Commissioner  for  Canada, 
to  the  Court  of  St.  James,  at  a  salary  of 
$10,000  a  year,  and  a  residence,  but  it  seema 
that  the  position  was  never  very  congenial 
tu  him,  and  he  resigned  the  post  in  1883, 
when  iSir  Charles  Tupper  was  appointed  to 
succeed  him.  Since  Sir  Alexander's  return 
to  Canada  he  has  been  in  private  life,  but 
his  splendid  intellectual  powers  are  yet  iu 
thoir  full  strength,  and  it  would  bo  a  great  ^ 
pity  if  the  services  of  ono  so  eminent  should  ( 
be  lost  to  the  country. 

WliKliitt,  KIchard,  Bowmanvillev 
the  gentleman  selected  for  this  biographical  ^ 
notice  was  U>ni  at  Cornwall,  England,  on  H 
the  KHh  of  July,  1821.  His  father  was  , 
Andrew  Wuidatt.  and  he  married  Eliz*beth 
Davy,  of  whjoh  uTiion  o^omea  Richard  Win- 
datt.  These  parents  arrived  in  Canada  in 
1835,  and  took  up  their  abode  in  Darling- 
ton. Shortly  after  getting  settled,  Andrew 
Windatt  established  himself  in  business  in 
Bowmanville.  Our  subject  received,  hia 
education  partly  in  England,  and  subse- 
quently in  Tiowmanvilie.  Having  com- 
pleted his  studies,  ho  went  upon  a  farm  for 
some  years,  as  so  many  young  men  in  these 
days  were  obliged  to  do  on  first  coming  to 
the  cuuntry.  Hut  farmiug  in  this  fashion 
was  nut  an  attractive  occupation  U*  our  sub- 
ject, so  he  very  soon  set  himself  to  learn 
the  trade  «if  a  cooper,  which  calling  he  be* 
lieved  promised  good  remuneration.  He 
ctmtinued  at  this  trade  for  s<mie  years, 
and  retired,  to  ho  shortly  afterwards  ap- 
pointed town  clerk  of  Bowmanville.  This 
position  he  hus  retained  ever  since  tho 
date  uf  his  acceptance  of  the  office  iu 
1857.  At  the  time  of  the  Fenian  raids  he 
became  a  member  of  the  Home  Guards,  ob- 
taining first  an  ensign's  and  afterwards  a 
lieutenant's  commission.  Mr.  Windatt  was, 
in  1883.  appointed  clerk  for  the  township 
of  Darlington,  and  still  holds  the  office. 
He  has  always  been  interested  in  the  pro 
gross  of  education,  and  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Bowmanville  School    Board  for  the 


A 


CANADIAN  BSOGHAl'HY. 


and  00  Mver&I  occavioni 
tition  of  chainuttD    of  the 
Tift*1  *  '     '       1   fi»r  Biime  years  chAir- 
■M  of  tfet-  r.ioen«eti  OomTiiission- 

m  for  Wr»i  i^uriiu,!)!.  He  U  a  serene 
advoeat*  of  tem[>erftDcet  and  identitied 
kssBMtf  praminentlT  vith  tho  agilAtion  in 
faivoor  <n  the  CrooLa*  Act.  He  u  a  Sou 
TnDp«ranc>»,  hiddiiii:  ihv  |:M»itiun  ^A  P.O. 
A.  In  the  inAnufactiiriiig  interesta  of 
tovB,  ho  haa  alvayt  exhibited  a  very 
'krti  interest.  Among  the  enterprises 
th  which  he  has  been  identified  may  he 
■MNBliaBad  the  I>oininion  Organ  and  Piano 
OwpMty  and  the  Bowuianville  Cabinet 
F^BCtofy.  He  ha«  trarelled  through  the 
uUar  portiutis  of  Canada.  an»l  aUu  through 
AVe»t.  Mr.  Wmdatt  was  brought 
Methodist  faith,  but  in  theae  later 
hm  haa  been  a  member  of  the  Dia- 
of  Christ.  In  politics  he  alvays  haa 
•  steMifaftt,  consctentioua  and  intelli- 
gcat  iWon&er,  beliering  that  the  principles 
BftrsMd  by  that  party  must  prove  best  for 
tk*  9»aBtnr*s  inttfrvflts  in  time.  In  1850,  he 
marn«Hl  Mesa  \  i>xinie,  *  native  of  Muntreal, 
ue  I'l  this  country  in  1811. 
_!_'_L  y':-  '■-  has  had  six  chUiiren.    3Ir. 

tt  a  manner  is  genJAt  and  kindly,  and 
)(  ditUcuU^  therrfore,  to  divine  the 
(of  his  pt'pularitr- 

lloff.  lion.  Juha,  M.  P.  for  the 
of  IxMudon,  Untari*',  and  P(«tmaster- 
QMsrai  of  Uie    L>f>minion  of   Canada,  was 
sun  nf  Thomas  Carling,  a  na- 
''orfcshire,  Kngland,  who  came  to 
in  18]d.  and  settled  iu  the  County 
Msddlsaex    the    following;   year.      John 

^    - *h<^  (own!thij)of  London, 

on  tb*  33irvi  i  y,  \X'iA,  and  vas  edn- 

aUa4  IB    tL.     j  ......    school  there.      While 

quite  /naog  he  licicame  a  member  of  the 
tevwifif  firm  of  Ciuliia'  A  Co.,  Lundon, 
tlk4  vaa  aa  aoli^  of  it  for  a  num- 

hm  uf  jTsttCiL      I  ;  itrt  in   nearly  all 

Bflblic  nattitrs,  u  t  several  yvikra,  a 

€iK»cior  of  thai'i '  <  .  rn  liailway  Com- 

fUky\ihit  Londuu.  iJuion  4^  Hruco  Rail- 
9my  Oennpatiy ;  and  thr  London  &  Port 
fitaoivy  Railway  CVimpany,  and  was  also 
ckaijlHaa  of  lh«  U  «rd  of  Watvr  Couimis- 
I'-n.  In  1«57  Mr. 
(itary  hontmri.iui 
—  r  — -i,ed  by 
:  .i!  can- 
ulM  to 
to  the 
!5not  a 
elear- 

.  it  had 


served  him  so  well  in  his  inipirtant  success- 
ful business  atfairs  has  stolid  him  in  good 
stead  as  a  parliamentary  representative.  In 
!M)2  henia-le  his  tirstap[>earance  as  u  cabinet 
minister,  having  J>een  appointed  Receiver- 
lieneraL  At  the  general  election,  after  the 
consummation  of  Confederation,  Mr.  Carling 
was  again  elected  to  the  House  of  Commons, 
and  was  likewise  returned  as  a  member  of 
the  I^i;islative  Assembly  of  Ontario.  In 
the  Ontario  Assembly  he  was  appointed 
Minister  of  Agriculture  and  Public  Works, 
under  the  Sandfield-Macdonald  administra- 
tion, and  this  portfolio  he  retained  till  1871, 
when  fortune  went  against  tho  administra- 
tiun.  and  it  was  forced  (<:>  reai^.  In  1878 
Mr.  Carltng  was  again  returned  to  Parlia- 
ment, and  took  his  seat  in  the  House  of 
Commons,  at  t>ttawa,  but  ho  did  not  take  a 
[lortfolio  in  the  new  cabinet.  However,  in 
188:2.  he  was  made  P<»tmaster-Ceneral,  and 
he  has  proven  himself  a  careful,  capable, 
and  popular  oUieer  ever  since  Although 
the  Hon.  Mr.  Carling  seldom  makes  a 
speech,  but  when  he  does  it  is  always  season- 
able and  to  the  {*uint.  He  is  married  to 
Hannah,  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Henry 
Oaltnn,  of  London,  Ontario. 

Drew,  CiicorKe  Alexander,  of  the 
village  of  Elora.  in  tho  County  of  Welling- 
ton, Ontario,  judge  of  the  County  Court  of 
Wellington,  local  judge  for  the  High  Court 
of  Justice  for  Ontario,  chairman  of  the 
General  Sessions  ot  the  Peace,  and  judge  for 
the  ^>urrogate  Court  for  the  County  of  Wel- 
linj^ton,  was  bom  on  the  28lh  February, 
1827,  near  the  village  of  Wiiiiamstown, 
County  of  Ulengarry,  Ontario,  He  is  a  s^in 
of  John  Drew,  and  Margaret,  fu*  McKay, 
and  is  a  great  grandson  of  a  United  Em- 
pire loyalist,  who  was  a  Highland  Sotch- 
man.  Our  subject  receiveil  his  uducatiou 
at  the  ],;ramniar  schools  in  WiUiamstuwn 
and  Cornwall.  He  first  married  ou  the  tith 
May,  18ofi,  Elizabeth  Mar>*,  eldest  daughter 
of  the  Ute  John  .Jacob,  of  Port  de  Grave^ 
Newfuundland.  She  died,  and  he  married 
again  on  tho  Oth  July.  I860,  Maria  Louise, 
■eoond  daughter  of  the  said  John  Jacob. 
By  the  last  marriage  there  are  throe  child- 
ren, oue  scm,  John  Jacob  Drew,  and  two 
daiiglitfir*,  EliKabeth  MttTy  Drew  and  Han- 
nah Heiinet  OarUnd  Drew.  There  were  no 
children  by  the  lirst  marriage.  Tu  look 
back  now  for  a  period,  it  may  bestato<l  tliat 
our  subject  having  completed  his  education, 
reaolvod  to  adojit  the  legal  profession,  and 
therefore  began  the  study  of  the  law  under 
the  Ute  Hon.  John  Sandtield  Macd^nald, 
at  the  town  of  Cornwall.      He  was  calltfU  to 


78 


A  CrChOP.^DlA  OF 


the  bar  of  OnUrio  in  1854,  iLnd  in  June  of 
18f)5  settled  in  the  said  viUn^e  of  Elora, 
where  ho  ulwaya  continued  to  reside  and 
practice  his  prufessiun,  It  loon  bvcaoie 
«pl>Breiit  that  the  youn^  barrister  was 
posscaaed  of  much  more  than  the  ordinary 
legal  Attainmenta  ;  his  buainesa  ^rew  apace, 
and  he  aoon  acquired  lucrative  einptoy- 
ment.  On  the  18th  December,  187'-',  he 
was  a]>pointed  Queen's  CounaeL  He  had  not 
lonu  practiaed  hie  prtjfeaaion  before  he  began 
tu  take  intereat  in  public  i{Ueation8,  and 
when  in  184>7  he  came  before  hia  riding  for 
election  there  wore  few  men  better  informed 
thou  he  upon  quentiona  of  the  day,  and 
it  hanlly  needs  tu  be  aaid  that  there  were 
few  who  could  diacuas  theae  rjueationa  with 
more  vigour  and  readinesa.  He  waa  elect- 
ed for  the  North  Hiding  of  WfUin^nn,  and 
woa  re-eUctt'd  for  the  same  conatituency 
in  1878.  Throughout  hia  public  career  our 
lubject  haa  been  a  steadfaat  Li^terul  Conaer- 
vative,  alvvaya  ^ave  a  hearty  aupport  to 
Sir  John  Mncdonald  and  hia  (government. 
Ho  was  an  ardent  supporter  of  the  national 
policy,  and  warmly  advocated  the  early 
oomplotion  of  the  Canadian  Pacitic  Railway. 
Ue  retired  from  politics  on  the  diaaulution 
of  ParUament  in  1882,  and  was  ou  the  23rd 
day  of  May,  1882,  appointed  Jiid^^e  tif  the 
County  of  Wellington,  and  on  the  27th  day 
of  June,  1882,  waa  appointed  local  Jud|^ 
of  the  High  Court  of  Juatice. 

Fraiiklun«l.  Cinmill  Fniiik,  Al- 
derman, Toronto,  was  bum  in  the  village  of 
Barrowford,  Laiicaa' ire,  En^tuud  on  the  7th 
of  September,  1834.  Hia  parents  were  John 
Frankland  and  Ann  Dixon.  John  Frank- 
land,  hia  father,  dit^d  in  1802.  and  hia  mother, 
Mra.  Frankland,  in  1805.  Mr.  Frankland, 
the  subject  uf  our  aketeh,  waa  educated  at 
the  (jrammar  School,  in  the  village  of  Mara- 
dcn,  Lancaahire,  and  received  such  an  edu- 
cation aa  would  prepare  him  for  a  commer- 
oial  life.  When  lie  left  school  he  waa  ap- 
prenticed to  a  farmer  and  butcher  for  tive 
years.  At  the  expiration  of  thia  apprentice- 
ship he  left  the  old  country  and  came  to 
Canada,  settlinj^  in  Toronto.  On  arriving 
in  Toronto,  in  1854,  he  commonct^d  life  aa  a 
purveyor  of  animal  food  in  St.  Lawrence 
market.  His  early  training  for  this  busi- 
ness led  eventually  to  the  export  of  Cansdian 
produce,  eapecialty  cattle,  sheep  and  horaea, 
with  which  hia  name  will  ever  be  connected 
aa  one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  this  great  in- 
dustry. In  recognition  of  his  aervicea,  the 
citizens  fif  Toronto,  in  1876,  presented  Mr. 
Frankland  with  a  mngniticent  present,  con- 
sisting of  a  service  of  silver  plate  and   a 


clock  of  Parisian  marble,  aocompftiiied  \x\ 

an  illuminated  addresa.  At  present  he  ia 
eugaj^ed  as  an  extensive  exporter  and  feeder 
of  cattle.  In  1882  he  was  Hp|,>uinted  une  of 
Her  Majesty's  Justices  of  thu  f*tiace,  and  in 
1885  was  elected  alderman  for  St.  Lawrence 
ward.  He  belonga  t<>  the  Freemaa<ni  order, 
and  ia  also  a  Hfe-member  of  St.  George's 
Society.  Mr.  Frankland  has  travelled  a 
great  deal,  having  crossed  the  Atlantic  about 
tifty  times,  and  has  been  the  means  of  iutro' 
ducing  Canadian  cattle  into  tlie  niark**tB  of 
Great  Britain,  Ireland,  France  and  Oermany. 
He  has  alao  done  an  extensive  busijieaa 
with  Albany,  New  York  and  Host<ui.  In 
religion  he  ia  KpiacopaUan,  and  in  politics  a 
Liberal.  He  waa  married  in  1S57.  to 
Misf  Jane  Nelson,  of  Toronto,  by  whom  he 
has  had  a  large  family,  six  of  whom  are 
aHve.  Mr.  Frankland'a  career  hsa  bemi 
an  eminently  successful  one,  and  hiftbiy 
creditable. 

Reiiitle,  Wllllum,  seed  merchant,  Tor- 
onto, WAS  bom  in  the  township  of  Scarboro*, 
County  of  York,  on  the  loth  of  March,  1835, 
in  a  small  log  osbiu.  His  father  and  motlior 
emigrated  from  near  Edinburgh,  Scotland, 
in  18IJ2,  and  settled  in  Scart>«iro*  in  1833, 
without  any  means.  Our  aubject  received 
a  limited  education  at  the  comm»in  school, 
whern  the  rod  waa  freely  used  by  the  teiicher, 
the  late  SherilF  Maughn  of  Owen  Suund. 
Being  the  eldest  of  the  family,  William  had 
to  take  the  lead  in  all  work  connected  with 
the  farm.  There  wore  neither  reaping 
machines,  mowing  machines,  nor  threshing 
ntachines  in  his  young  days,  so  that  work 
on  the  farm  waa  laborious  and  rei>ellaxit 
compared  to  what  it  ia  now  ;  yet  a  fanner  s 
life  in  those  days,  with  all  its  drawbacks, 
had  its  pleasant  associations.  When  twenty- 
three  years  of  age  our  subject  spent  a  sum- 
mer travelling  in  KngUnd,  Scotland  aud 
Ireland,  and  also  visited  the  Orkney  Islands. 
When  in  hia  tweutyliftbyear,  leas  <>x\^  day, 
he  commenced  farming  on  hia  own  account 
in  Markham  township.  County  of  York,  on  a 
farm  bought  previously  by  hia  father,  which 
farm  he  now  owns.  Two  years  after  he 
married  Ssrah  Glendinning,  daughter  of  the 
late  John  Olendiuniug,  a  Soarburo'  neigh- 
bour, aud  schoolmate.  In  1870  he  rented 
hia  farm,  and  began  at  his  present  imple- 
ment and  seed  busiuess  in  Toronto,  on 
Adelaide  Street  east,  near  Jarvis,  next  door 
to  where  he  is  at  present.  This  buaineaa  has 
been  a  very  great  aucc(>ss.  He  also  has  an 
implement  factory  at  112  Richmond  Street 
west,  where  he  manufactures  the  elevator 
ditohing  machine  for  underdroiuiug.  On  thia 


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CANADIAN  BIOORAFHY, 


7d 


MMArnw  fac  spcAt  a  large  amount  of  money 
«ttd  UflM  in  ^rfocting  it  Irafure  it  wsb  put 
«olh«  BMrW.!  »•..)  It  has  proved  «  deoided 
■CBtM.     ^[  ■  luu  a  family  of  four 

■wa,  alt  o^  2LAt  liim  in  his  buaineas. 

Hr  is  6nit  vtcv-pr«sidtint  of  ibe  York  Pin- 
M«c«  Si»ci«ty  ;  •  lueniberof  the  St.  Androw 
toil  Cale<Ii>iiiitn  ■octctien,  and  aq  enthnaiaAtic 
d^mt<*«»  »tf  the  roannji;  game  of  curling.  He 
i*  "-r  in  politica  ;  and  lias  Ijeen  an 

1-  Preabytcrian  Church  since  1HG9. 

Uc  hAa  likewise  been  an  ofHoor  in  the  I  ndn«- 
truJ  Ei.hib>itiuu  Asaociation  since  its  com- 
mrtmtMDnnU  and  he  also  belonga  to  the 
BMlonU  District  Horticultural  Society,  and 
li  (MM  of  its  directors.  His  career  has  been 
eott  of  imoeaaing  indnatry  ;  his  uiethoda  jiiat 
mad  iMjMCMirable,  and  his  labours  have  been 
cn>wiMnl  with  tuocew. 

CMvp^ll*  »lr  Alexander,  K.  C. 
X.  O.  I  ta  by  name  and  blood  a  Scutchmon, 
bf  Urib  wa  Engliahman,  and  by  adoption  a 
C^aai^ian  He  ii  a  m\\  of  tbe  late  Dr.  James 
Oisipbcll,  and  was  boru  in  1821  at  the  viUage 
elll«do&.  Dear  Kingstou-upon-Hull,  in  the 
Em4  lUdliktf  of  Yoikahire,  England.  His 
yarattto  MaigrAted  u>  Canada  when  he  was 
oolj  two  yeAfi  old  and  settled  at  Lachine. 
Vcaaag  Alexandar  v^ce'x  vod  his  early  tuition  at 
Um  basda  ol  a  Presbyteriaji  minister,  spend- 
tay  aoma  '.i  '       Roman  Catholic 

WemtTfcTy  He  completed 

hiaxlwrati  •  >  -rurgu  Butler  of  the 

)  iniinar   >9chuoI,    f5utler 

Ul«  at. 4^.»i  to  whom  the  training 

ofvOBOg  John  \.  MacdonaVl  aIao  fell.  In 
IBSAwpaaaed  tbe  preUminary  legal  e\ara- 
iBJL&kkii,  and  eutcrtsi  upon  a  study  of  the 
law,  ID  th«  "f^io  ..f  thv  Ilk  Mr.  Henry  Cas- 
vdy,  all «ri.  Aton.  In  this 

o4B«*b*l%'<'  nidy  8  death 

in  183V.  Uicn  Ik*  tH:M,-Auic  it  pupil  ^f  ^[r.  John 
A-  Maodtitiald.  who  at  thia  time  was  doing 
ft  Ciirlr  pro«]n.'riju9  legal  buBineas  in  Kings- 
\tim  He  Wft*  tulmiitml  u  an  attorney  at  the 
Hi]M7  Urt>  He  inimediatoly  form- 

Mi  ft  oE^p*  tith    Mr.   Macdnnald, 

ftod  tb*  linu  wild  in^rvafter  for  some  time 
hjMywn  ftft  Mftvdouald  &.  Campbell.  The 
firm  thr^  ■  '  '  -  '»ir--!-  was  not  «>  much  com- 
pBlati>  -  ia  now.     Macdonald 

«a«  a  »^ .  ...■...^:i  never  by  .iny  means  a 

yftt  lftwy«r,  but  he  had  much  tact  with 
jnffi— .  ftnd  was  lindowAd  with  g;>«Kl  anninnn 
WQiB.  Voong  CampV>olI  waa  o>ol  heiuled, 
•ad  dad  not  kindle  as  William  Hume  BUke 
mmA  %o  dri  aoaia  yoan  bnfora  whsn  addreaa- 
iaf  Um  cuorty  but  he  oouitwUed  rwipvoi  fur 
itiooi  aaiiii«r.  Tbey  soon  found 
?«•    ia    poMtiMJon   of  ft   handsome 


competence,  and  feeltiig  certain  that  their 
legn.1  business  was  on  a  6rm  bafia.  they  be- 
gun to  think  of  politica.  From  1851  to  1852 
Mr,  Campbell  was  alderman  for  one  of  the 
Kingston  wards,  tn  IHoti  he  waa  created  & 
Queen's  Co\)riHel.  In  1858  he  was  elect^'d  to 
the  Legislative  Council  in  the  Liberal-Con- 
ftervfttivB  interest  for  theCataraqui  Diviftion, 
and  he  always  won  respect  for  the  sober- 
ness and  soundness  of  his  views.  He  was  not 
a  man  that  Hamed  across  the  political  sky» 
and  attracted  every  eye  suddenly.  Itespect 
for  him  grew  slowly,  but  it  grew,  and  in  1863 
he  was  onusen  as  Speaker  of  the  Council .  In 
1864  he  was  asked  to  form  a  cabinet,  but  de- 
clined. In  the  Tachf'-Macdonald  Ministry 
he  accepted  the  portfolio  of  Crown  Lands 
Commi8Bioner,and  held  thinpoaitionthruugh 
the  variiiua  shifts  of  administration  down  to 
Confederation.  He  wiu  a  staunch  advi^cate 
of  Confederation,  and  ably  championed  the 
cause  in  the  Upper  House,  and  was  kept 
much  on  the  alert  in  replying  to  Mr.  Currie 
of  Niagara,  who  fancied  that  from  the  con- 
federatittn  scheme  would  issue  alt  sorts  of 
political  plagues  and  mischief, and  it  isa^lmit- 
ted  now  that  he  very  effectually  bore  down 
the  coDtentiona  of  thia  fertile  prophet  of 
harm.  In  1807  he  was  called  to  thu  .Senate, 
in  which  body  he  has  sat  since,  maintaining 
the  same  characteristics  that  won  hiiii  regard 
and  attention  in  his  earlier  career.  On  the 
first  of  July  uf  the  same  year  ho  was  ap- 
pointed Fosttiiaster-Ceneral,  and  rutaineil 
the  position  for  about  six  months,  and  thuu 
became  Minister  of  the  Interior.  This  poai- 
ti«>n  he  did  not  hoM  long,  for  his  party  went 
outof  ofticoinl873.  He  has  since  held  differ- 
ent portfolios,  and  ia  at  present  Minister  of 
Justioc,  a  position  for  which  he  seems  pecu- 
liarly well  a<lapted,  from  the  sober  judicial 
cast  of  his  mind.  In  1871)  he  was  created  a 
knight  of  the  order  of  St.  Michael  and  St. 
t>eorge,  at  an  investiture  held  in  Montreal 
by  the  Govenior-Goneral.  He  married,  in 
1855,  Miss  Georgina  Frederica  Locke,  ft 
daughter  of  Mr.  Thomas  Sandwith,  of  Be- 
verley, Yorkshire.  England.  Altogether, 
Sir  Alexander  Campbell's  life  has  been  a 
useful  one  to  the  public. 

Orr,  Wllllum  II.,  Manager  for  Weat- 
ern  Canada  of  the  .£tna  Life  Insurance 
Crtinpany.of  Hartford,  Conn.,  was  born  near 
BoAmanWUe,  Ontario,  October  1st,  1836. 
He  received  a  good  common  school  odnca- 
tioD,  and  was  apprenticed  to  the  b\iainesa  of 
printing  in  connection  with  the  first  news- 
paper published  in  Bowinanville — (he  Hou^ 
manvilU  ASttsenaer.  His  father.  Henry  Orr, 
was  a  native  of  Fintuna,  Tyrone  county. 


80 


J  cycloPj^dia  of 


Ireland,  and  came  to  Aniorica  \rhen  a  young 
niMi,  and  nettled  near  NVotnUtock,  N.  B. , 
where  heen;fAged  in  lumbering  and  bailding. 
Hit^  mother,  Euuioo,  fire  Kimb&U.  wiu  a  Nota 
Scotian  of  SoottiBh  descent.  One  half  of 
the  family  of  twelve  were  bom  near  Frede- 
ricttin.  New  lirunswick,  and  the  other  half 
in  D&rlingtoD  townahip,  Ontario.  Fnrming 
having  proved  too  heavy  an  employment  fur 
so  delicate  a  frame  aa  that  which  onr  atibject 
poftBeflaod  in  hia  early  daya,  tlio  lighter  work 
of  setting  type  woa  choaen.  Many  a  noon 
hour  while  a  printer  did  he  devnte  to  hooka 
and  pai>em  in  the  office,  dinner  tiein;^  deem.- 
cd  of  small  account  in  compariaon  with  the 
advantage  to  be  had  from  an  hour's  study. 
And  while  other  boys  were  on  the  green 
with  bat  and  ball,  yonng  Orr  studied  the 
French  dictionary  and  picked  sense  and 
meaning  and  mental  power  out  of  the  crow 
tracks  of  Pitman's  phonography.  Our  sub- 
ject left  Bowaianville  at  the  end  of  three 
years,  and  went  to  Now  York  city  and  acted 
as  compositor  upon  a  paper  called  Yunher 
NttfiouK.  He  acted  likewise  as  short-hand 
amanuensis  to  a  Trihuue  reporter,  and  aa 
clerk  in  the  supply  department  of  n  hygienic 
cure.  He  entered  aa  a  ntudunt  in  the  Hy- 
drupatUic  College,  under  the  care  of  Dra. 
Trallt  Taylor,  Dio  Lewis,  and  other  famous 
thinkers  of  the  period.  About  this  time  he 
ossiated  Henry  S.  Olubb.  of  Alauehester, 
England,  now  of  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan, 
in  compiling  a  work  entitled  the  **  History 
and  lieanlts  of  Prohibition,"  and  subse- 
quently travelled  through  Now  York  state 
as  agent  of  the  ^*  Maine  Law  Statistical  So- 
ciety." Keaching  Kocheeter,  ho  was  em- 
ployed by  the  iJaiUj  Tribxtnf  to  report  the 
Lyceum  Lectures.  His  first  attempt  was 
said  to  have  been  perfectly  shocking  to  reatl. 
All  the  spplnuae  and  cheers  of  a  four-column 
lectnre  were  there,  but  only  half  a  column 
of  the  mattor.  ka[)id  improvement  waa 
made,  however,  and  thia  dejiartment  of  the 
paper  proved  quite  a  success— much  more 
so  than  the  paper  itself.  In  the  spring  of 
185G,  the  subject  of  our  skutch  retui-ued  to 
hia  native  province,  and  though  n<it  yet  uf 
age,  became  editor  of  the  UjJuum  Vtiuli' 
fnitirr,  founded  aix  months  previously  by 
McMiltcn  &  Luke,  hia  father  having  pur- 
chased for  him  the  interesi  of  the  tirst 
lianied  partner,  At  ouce  the  young  editor 
connected  himself  with  the  temperance 
movement,  and  refused  to  inaert  liijuor  ad- 
vertisements in  his  columns.  The  paper 
lost  a  few  hundred  dollars  by  this  conrae, 
but  gained  what  was  of  more  rnhio,  and  has 
uuido    money  for  its  several  owners   from 


that  time  til!  now.  liis  printing  oltice  waa 
once  consumed  by  fire,  but  the  paper  waa 
resuscitated,  and  his  interest  was  shortly 
afterward  disposed  of  to  John  I«arke,  now 
reeve  of  Oshawa.  After  a  brief  respite 
spent  in  travel,  partly  in  the  Muakoka  dis- 
trict and  partly  through  the  Eastern  •Stat«a, 
we  next  trace  his  hand  in  the  leading  edi- 
torial articles  of  the  Toronto  Datltj  Globr, 
Hon.  George  Brown  waa  in  the  Oovemment, 
Gordon  Brown  in  poor  health,  and  therefore, 
during  a  considerable  period  the  editorial 
care  fell  upon  our  subject  and  another 
writer,  named  JohustoUf  since  deoeiaaed, 
with  J.  l(4jsa  Uoberteon,  now  of  the  7V/e- 
(jram,  as  their  city  reporter.  In  Febmary, 
1806,  Mr.  Orr,  who,  while  in  Oshawa.  had 
married  a  daughter  of  the  late  Henry  Ped- 
lar, left  journalism  as  a  pritfeasion,  and 
moved  to  Montreal,  as  one  of  the  firm  of 
S.  Pedlar  &  Co.,  managers  for  Canada  of 
the  .'Klna  Life  Insurance  Co.,  of  Hartford, 
Conu.  This  firm's  canvassing  succena  soon 
stimulated  their  sleepy  competitors,  and 
the  business  shortly  grew  to  dimensions 
which  attracted  the  attention  of  other  out- 
side companies,  and  of  the  Dominion  Got- 
ernment,  and  led  to  the  cstabliahmont  of 
the  present  inaurance  department,  witJi 
Profeiaor  Cherrimau  as  superintendent. 
Jealous  of  the  success  of  the  ..^tna  in  Ca- 
nada, doing  btuiness  as  it  dijl  at  that  time 
on  the  half-note  system,  mi>8t  of  the  other 
companies  united  in  a  crusade  against  it 
through  U»e  Montreal  Daihj  News.  Mr. 
Orr's  press  training  now  came  into  play, 
and  the  columns  of  the  Montreal  Giizttif 
gave  answer  to  the  charges  of  the  yewn  in 
such  manner  as  to  turn  the  tide  again 
strongly  in  the  .^I^Una^s  favour.  Its  strength 
and  soundness  and  reliable  character  were 
thoroughly  demonstrated,  utherwiae  the 
outcome  of  the  ooutroveray  must  have  been 
disastrous  to  it.  About  this  time  one  of 
the  three  memhera  of  the  firm,  John  Garvin, 
moved  to  Toronto,  and  established  the 
oompany'a  buainuAs  in  Ontario.  In  1870, 
Mr.  Orr  waa  induced  lu  acquire  the  interest 
of  Mr.  Pedlar,  and  a  few  yeai"*  later,  by  do- 
sire  (if  the  company,  he  also  totik  char'^e  of 
the  Western  Canada  branch,  and  for  some 
yeura  had  the  management  of  the  entire 
business  for  the  D><minion.  His  health, 
however,  began  to  give  woy  under  w»  heavy 
a  strain,  the  buaiuuss  having  grown  to  largo 
proportions,  and  he  llu'refore  invited  Dr. 
J.  K.  Alexander,  who  had  proved  himself  a 
moat  aucceasfnl  general  i^ent,  to  take  the 
care  of  the  Montreal  city  agency  off  his 
hands.    Subsequently  Mr.  T.  H.  Christxniu, 


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CAKADJAN  BIOGUAPHY 


SI 


Ml  (iulbfvl  c«abi«r  for  twelvB  ye&ri,  wu 
f)r«a  A  pM^DKrahip  in  tlit*  Kasteru  branch, 
vlodt  -  •*  -^  '-'nctedat  Muntroal  undor  the 
i?hriBtui<u,  while  Air.  Urr 
rv^-  -  :  Jiitu  early  in  1878,  tlio  bet- 
to  tvur^puiise  and  develop  the  Western 
Bruich.  Five  years  later,  both 
^navctvw*  having  gr<*wn  ftuiaeingly.  his  east- 
tfra  tnteresl  wiu  •liifpvj«e4  iif  to  Mr.  Christ- 
■uft.  He  IS  now  pushing  the  .'Etna  Lifu  s 
bt»rnr»  <'o  to  tbo  westward,  occupying  the 
f  maiimnce  office  in  the  city, 

*  -  StrfBt,  Toronto.     Ho  is 

AtOy  mclD'UjU  by  his  two  suna,  biuh  of  whom 
kiw  twgp  edacAted  and  trained  to  the 
voric ;  also  by  a  carefully  selected  stntT  of 
■irtants  aod  general  travelling  agents.  No 
e<M  is  MQployed,  as  a  rule,  in  tht*  oihce  or  in 
tW  fttld,  who  is  nut  K  I'racticAl  t»*niperanc-e 
Man,  AOd  vhi>  dofs  nt>t  devutu  bin  entire 
tima  and  coorgies  to  the  work  A^aiuiked  him. 
Oar  BoV  k>ct  L'-.Mi<>«  '.f  Presbytoriiiu  atock, 
Iratlif  ,  and  one  of  the  lend- 

««  AI-.  •'  Metropolitan  Ciiurch, 

whicii    he  retiidi'B.    in    Topinto,        Ue 
s   wnrro   interest  in  all    temperance, 
bnwT  11  niovetnents,  snd  was 

«ae  *■•.  r»  of  the  coffee  botiso 

'  '■'■[. rixcj  buLU  111  M'lntntm!  and  Toronto. 
flJiralon,  4'liurlrs  l»roii«illi%  Tor- 
QOR'.  Um  ti  M  bom 

at  Taui«t>'  ><1.  on 

Asgnsi  lOtn,  i-vt-i  nt^  lu'uer,  Kdward 
Bm«(ud,  was  a  tuvmWr  of  tUo  Cbiirch  of 
Ei^-'  — '  .-. ..  -  ni  Taniworth,  and  the  titst 
k  tc  lu  coan«ctiou    with  the 

H-„-.  -- '..Mi^i.t       Y«»u(ig  Uamtou 

«M  •da«ai<  [iitoiiy  of  his  rela- 

tma  bvmi;  ^h  the  army.     At 

tnlTB  Su9  was  captain  of  a  bi^ys  infantry 
•onw.  showing  soldierly  procliviiios  at  Oiis 
■anir  s^.  Ho  wu  •ubseiincntly  employed 
tM  UiSMt»»  Rouuiania  and  Turkey,  and  has 
swrvwl  and  trafvllcd,  knowing  «very  inch 
td  (b»  gmnnd,    from   UuMsia  down  ti>  Gil>- 


nlUT.      At 
kil^  Ron 


i«b 


'_'  retirud  from  service 

^  with   rank  and  tide 

*     in  IHT'i.  and 

established 

He 

^hrnen 

....   i.(.,,... .,...,  Joruy- 

ircli  in  it  und  n  i^riat 

\..vj.r.Jt.  I-      IM-.I     ..Tid 

it 

.  ">* 

IS  in  coniiiiaiiU  of  1^  I'ofu- 

n.  and  coinuiaiidud  No.  4 

•-t  duiiug  the  likte 

>L     Thisouiupauy 


led  the  famoas  charge  at  liatoohe  nn  I3th 
May,  1H85,  and  for  the  work  done  that  day 
Oupt.  Uarstou  was  promoted  to  be  brigade 
major  of  Col.  Straubenzie'a,  or  *'  the  fight- 
ing brigade"  which  statT  appointment  he 
hebl  during  the  rest  of  the  campaigu.  Mr. 
Hiirston  is  a  Freemason;  greatly  devoted 
to  Athletic  sports,  and  very  fond  of  shooting, 
being  the  originator  of  a  new  giime  law 
for  the  better  protection  of  irame.  He  ia 
also  secretary  of  the  Dominion  Kennel  Clab» 
and  much  of  the  snccess  of  the  exhibition 
last  year  is  said  to  have  been  due  to  hiui. 
He  hAa  invented  a  new  rifle,  the  ''  Uiir- 
stoQ,"  which  Borne  anthnrities  think  will 
snpuraedu  llie  "Martini-Henry.**  He  ia  a 
atauueh  member  of  the  Church  of  England, 
and  a  strong  tory,  but  he,  however,  favonrs 
jiidioiul  reforms  in  Canada,  and  nbominates 
everything  in  the  aliap**  of  bribery  or  cor- 
ruption. He  was  married  in  IBTO  tn  Mary 
Hegimi  KlliH,  whose  father  was  a  large  ship- 
owner of  I^mdun,  KngUnd.  Mr.  Hjiratoti 
hiiA  re-visited  England  aincc  be  came  out, 
and  on  the  lust  occasion  wab  the  guest  of 
his  brother  uHicera,  and  viaited  .MexAndria 
t«n  days  after  the  bombardment  in  1882. 
It  may  be  said  that  Captain  Uarvion  is  one 
of  those  active,  generous  hearted,  public- 
spirited  men  of  whom  any  community  has 
reAaon  to  be  proud.  The  fidh>wing  hia- 
torio  facts  inay  prove  interesting  ;— The 
family  came  originally  from  Hareton,  in 
CAiiibridgesbire.  It  was  onoe  called  Hart- 
Stou,  a<j  the  family  crest  vn\A  naturally  a 
hart  (or  stjig);  but  our  snbjtMrfs  paternal 
grondmuthcr  waa  a  Jervis-Cooke,  descended 
on  thruogh  a  fcmiile  line  of  the  KIlia'  of 
Kedal  HalK  Yorkshire,  and  thntugh  them 
from  tlitf  fcarl  do  Orny  and  Hipon  up  to 
Edward,  the  Black  Prinuv.  Through  this 
lino  C'ime  to  the  fAmily  a  cnrions  <dd  ptuce 
of  plate,  A  cruet  with  silver  boielL-s  and 
tiioreon  a  creet  of  n  naked  wumuii  with  her 
liair  all  down.  This  has  been  the  crest  of 
that  lino  for  AgvH,  but  has  been  ni'wlvriiised 
into  A  mermaid.  Tradition  says  ihey  c^mo 
by  it  in  the  following  way  : — Agi^a  n]in^  in 
the  days  of  Uobin  Hood,  bandits,  roblkers, 
etc.,  there  dwelt  on  the  estate  adjoining 
that  of  tht*  family's  ancfstors,  in  Vorksbiro, 
a  Ueuutdul  and  rich  lady  who  lived  alone  in 
her  citatle  niid  loved  to  roam  ibronuh  her 
forest  and  Un>la.  Due  day  aa  one  ancostor 
woa  riding  boiue  through  the  woodn  from 
hiinting,  he  hfard  the  screams  of  a  wontan, 
and  with  the  gallantry  of  tbo  time,  inmiedi- 
Ately  rmJv  lo  ■ucoour  the  dauia»*l.  Ho  pre- 
sently found  himsi'lf  in  a  small  glade,  and 
perceived    his    lovely    neighbi'ur    «tripp«d 


A  CrCLOP.EDIA   OF 


naked  Mid  tied  to  a  tree,  whilst  tliree 
n>bbor»  were  dividing  th«  spoils  of  which 
they  had  stripped  her.  To  rush  forward 
and  ride  duwu  these  rufhans  was  the  work 
of  a  luoment,  and  then  springing  off  his 
hors«,  wrHp]>ed  his  long  riding  olonk  about 
the  form  of  the  fair  lady,  and  nionnting  his 
horse,  bore  her  unconscious  form  before  him 
on  the  saddle  to  her  home.  This  piece  of 
plate  was  a  memento  of  his  e]ip1oit,  pre- 
sented to  him  by  the  lady  herself,  whom  it 
is  believed,  he  afterwards  married.  He 
adopted  the  figure  of  her  tied  to  the  tree, 
and  she  hnd  it  eu^^raveu  as  his  crest. 

Ualluni,  John,  was  born  in  Chorley, 
Lanciiahire,  England,  on  October  13tli,  1833, 
His  parents  wore  operatives  in  a  cotton  fac- 
tory in  Chnrley,  and  were  rery  poor,  but 
they  were  honest  and  respectable,  and  frugal 
and  thrifty.  As  soon  as  our  subject  was 
able  to  do  anything  he  was  put  at  work  in  a 
factory,  and  had  no  opportunity  of  getting 
education  until  he  became  twenty  yusra  of 
•go,  and  then  it  wns  only  by  attending  a  night 
school  that  he  attained  his  object.  He  came 
to  Canada  un  September  3nd,  1856,  arriving 
in  Toronto  ;  and  on  his  arrival  there  he  ex- 
perienced very  hard  times,  and  was  obliged 
to  work  at  anything  that  ufl'ereii.  So  for  a 
period  he  was  employed  puttin;^-  down  posts, 
digging,  delivering  flour  and  feed,  and  doing 
other  kinds  of  labour.  He  bfgan  biiiiinfss 
on  his  own  account  in  June.  ISfUi,  as  uhide, 
wfH>l  and  leather  merchant,  and  Iisa  nuoc^teil- 
ed  in  establishing  a  large  and  lucrative  trade. 
He  occupied  the  position  of  alderman  fur 
the  city  of  Toronto  for  twelve  years,  and 
during  part  of  that  period  acted  as  chairman 
of  the  Industrial  Kxhibition  and  many  other 
important  committees.  He  resigned  the 
poftiticm  in  1883,  wishing  to  devote  more  of 
his  time  to  his  own  affairs.  Mr.  Hallam 
was  the  first  chairman  of  the  Free  City 
Library,  and  this  institution  is  under  no 
small  obligation  to  him  for  its  existence. 
From  the  time  the  project  was  tirst  spoken 
of  until  the  j>resent,  he  hss  worked  nn- 
oeasingly  for  its  success,  and  it  must  be  a 
great  pleasure  to  him  to  think  thai  his  ex- 
ertions have  been  crowned  with  such  abun- 
dant success.  He  has  very  generously 
presented  the  Library  witli2,0tK»  very  valu- 
able books.  Mr.  Hallam  has  travelled  n 
great  deal,  having  visited  almost  ever>' 
country  in  Europe,  except  Norway  and 
Russia,  and  nearly  every  stste  in  the  United 
States  of  America.  In  religion  Mr.  Hallam 
is  a  liberal  christian,  refusing  to  be  bound 
by  any  creed  or  confession,  and  he  worships 
God  in  accordance  with  the  light  uf  his  con- 


'  science.     In  politics,  he  is  an  uncompromi 
ing   radical   of  the  Lancashire  type,  and 
I  free-trader  ;  the  folly  of  protection   haviu; 
been  brought  home  to  him  while  he  resid 
in  Kngland.      He   remembers    having  seen 
\  6d .  paid  For  a  loaf  of  bread,  which  twu  days 
I  before    had    cost  (under  the   Com    Laws) 
double  that  sum.     Mr.  Hallam  is  the  ve 
.  personification    of    activity,   and    this,  ot>m' 
I  Lined  with  his  unusual  ability,  has  enaihle4 
I  liim  to  grapple  with  and  overcome  the  hard 
I  fortune  which  met  bira  at  the  beginning  c 
his  hfe.     His  public  career  has  been  a  ve 
useful,  and  in  many  respects,  a  very  brillian 
one.     As  a  legislator  at  the  munici]ml  boa 
ho  was  <(uick  and  eminently  practical ;  whil 
it  stands  upon  record  that  lie  has  pr«i]>ound 
several  measures  of  ccmsiderablo  municipal' 
importance.   Among  these  may  be  mentioned 
the  abolition  of   tax  exemption.      He  like 
wise  advocated    the   abolition   of   taxea  ua 
incomes  and  i)rrBonal  prtiperty  for  municipal 
purposes,  and  maintained  that  the  tax  upon 
real  estate  is  the  only  true  basis  uf  taxation. 
Mr.  Hallam  has  been  married  twice  ;  and  his 
second  wife,  who  is  now  living,  omie  frt>to 
Baltimore.    .Altogether  Mr.  Ualiam's  career 
has  been  highly  honourable  to  himself,  and 
not  a  little  pn.>titable  to  the  community. 

Lanyevln,  Mr  Hector  l^>ula,  K.C 
M.O  ,  the  present  Minister  of  Public  Work 
for  Canada,  and  the  foremost  living  French 
Canadian    statesman,  was  burn  at  the  City 
of  Quebec  on  the  2rith  i.f  .\ugusl,  Ifi'jtl.    Hia 
father  was  the  late  M.  John  Langevin,  who 
was  lusistant   Civil    Secretary  under  Lords 
Gosford  and  Sydentiam  ;  luid  his  mother  w 
Sophia  Schulastiijuo,  a  daughter  of  Major 
Force,  who  served    his  country  with   muc 
gallantry  during   the  invasion   of    1812-1 
Young    Hector    Louis,   the   subject  uf  th 
sketch,  received  his  education  at  the  Que 
Seminary,  and  in  184t»  ho  left  schtml  to  begi 
the  study  of  law  with  the  late  Hon.  A.  N 
Morin,  at  Montreal.     He  had  an  early  tast 
for  literature,  and  while  pursuing  his  studies 
wrote  a  gretkt  deal  for  the  press.     He  l.^ecaiu 
editor  <»f   the  MHawfrx   HkU*jUmx  in   I84T 
find  siibsetjuently  editor  <>f    the  JtnmtaJ 
A'lfictdture,  both  papers  being  published  i 
Montreal.      When  AI.    Morin    r^lirt^d  fro 
praotioo^  Langovin  entered  the  <itlico  of  ill 
late  Sir  Oeorge  Etieiino  Cartier.     Thus  be 
gan  the  connection  between  those  two  dia- 
tingnished  men  which  was  destined  to  last 
so  long,  to  be  so  close  and  so  loyal,  nnd  of 
such  importance  to  the  French  Canadiana, 
as  well  as  to  the  Dominion  of  Canada      1 
1854    M.  Langevin  married  Justine,  elde 
daughter  of  the  late  Liout"Coloucl  Char 


IT 

i 


CANdDUS  BWOSAPBT. 


B  T*to,  J  r  la  18fie  b»  «M  Oaeted  n^ 
pantahT*  of  P&kM  Wafd  in  tk«  Q«ebM 
O17  C<waweil.  ftiid  iiihwuuBiiitly  faatme 
vkHTMUk  uf  ib«  Wattf  Works  Counittee. 
Ia  1B67  ^  hMsavodilor  oT  Um  CoiMvwr  dm 
dttttef    UM   AfaMSMW    of     Um 

Otr.  SCovrn,  ia  RegkiMl.  *oied  as 
MtfialiKte  of  QBBlkM  city.  H«^  wm 
In  tW  HUMT  jenr,  IdST,  aa  major  of 
^^•b»c,  and  ako  ••  t^  jariiamfntaty  r»- 
Mwc«il«llv«  for  t}rv  Crrmtj  of  Dovdmtar. 
H«  my  ftaSqr^l  -^d  rapportsof  tbe 

arfminiamrtino  .   kadura  of  w)iich 

ns  tlw  gaatieniALi  aj  aJMaa  kaada  be  had 
raoeircd  fcia  pnlitica]  aa  wvj]  as  kia  lagal 
TbaMaeur  -  i^Mmatrj, 

Ufa  b.^  ■•rmrioya  U^- 

iJna  diAcuiim  vmcsaovd  lUnvt 
«t^  BwaWn  yieldMi  Dp  Uiair  mmlm,  moA  it 
fuJtJil  to  reaiga.  llian  Mr.  OaocTpft 
raa  oatUd  to  ofioe.  bat  had  to  re- 
it  in  iKr»^  .*•»•  T'l*  ;-ticl  iniiustrT 
«u  t«eiU)<  ^^djoafcniaat 

took  iilaa^  Xardi,  1861, 

JL  Langarn   faaoasM  a  Kio»t^*%  Cooaaal, 
■■d  on  Um  Buie  day  ca(«r«d  iha  TWdi^ 


]n  1806  ha  Uoow  Poatnator 
Gaaaral*  wktoh  ofiMa  ha  retaiacd  till  thaooo- 
OTHialiftii  of  Cusfadataikoo.     In  thaoott- 
iadatmtiim  aaotvmaol  be  took  a  ptoonnaikt 
pact.     Ba  waa  a  «Ul««ia«*  u»  Cfaariolt«to«rti, 
waa  a  oMttber  t  '  >>«<   Ooofannea, 

aad  vcfU  to  Eo^  .  ihe  H<e>Ba  OIBoe 

ca   paifaaUttf   tuc    ■  .'uiifaeimciaii    arthama. 
l>artnf|B   ^^   eoiira    tntfrcment    the    tact, 
Uy«iid  >— -'  *'-*.««B«oalup  which  has 
la:  inanily  in  Uter  yean 

ii^....       .  .r   (tMir^  Cartier   vaa 

fuireftt],  itatriotic,  Init  lui  had 
'/n%n  of  M.  Ljui^rin,  aad  he 
•saafwratMl  vhm?  be  ahmUd  hare 
Id  the  Krai  Di-^oiuiion  ad- 
M .  Laagvria  «a«  Secratuy  uf 
for  the  Ih««awlff^  aad  the  fallaviiiK 
y^mx  ha  vaa  crated  a  C.  H.  riril.  In  1809 
ha  laauiaad  the  i^*nri4i'>  »f  W^H'xc  Wnrtv. 
Itt  WTO  he  »»• 
^nd«r'.l  the  I 

pary  the  Gnat,  bunnj^  J'jr  u^^cv^*  <  .iniHr» 
tsk  KncUnd,  ia  lik73«  U.  LaLn^Tin 
I— Irr  of  the  Franeb  Canadian  Con- 
rwa  partjr,  and  upon  the  death  nf  hia 
'  hv  baeaoM  the  p«wuui«nt  laadar.     In 
n  tha  dovnfall  of  Sir  John  Maodoti- 

alec!  40  DH- 

FoJ  eaadiiiu  utMr. 

McDoofmil,  tha  uMifuDor  iut  Throa 

howaror,  aiade  way  for  him.  and  he 


for  the  vacaNiri  ooantttMOfr  t»j 
la  ftha  Mv  OMwralive  ad* 
Bui^MiatioB  he  becane  PoatBaalaC'^aMfalt 
afaaoh  ofioe  he  retaiaed  tiU  1879.  vhan  ha 
hnraairi  ^ain  Mniietiar  of  Pafafie  Worica. 
Regarding  hia  fanlhaat  parte,  am)  the  a«^ 
riee  be  ^a  beeo  to  the  I>ammk4i  aad  to 
the  Fxvnch  Oaaadian  people,  the  QaacQ 
eoafecrad  opoo  hia  the  knighihood  of  the 
Older  of  S«.  M»^ael  and  St.  Qeocjsa.  Sir 
Hootor  LaogoTCD.  aa  haa  alrad  j  haea  wd, 
ia  aa  aatnt«  and  viae  ■liliianii.  aad  Ui 
ahota  atai  ia  to  cxaaie  a  feeling  ol  broihar- 
hood  amoag  hia  01m  people  aad  their  Kag 
liah-apealrin<  eonpatriola,  and  to  deralop  a 
feeling  oi  loraltj  throaghoat  the  ooaatry. 

Dwllotf.  Andrew,  Toronto,  vaa  bora 
in   th.  '    MoatnaL  on  the  34th  of 

Uarc'  i  ia  of  Sooteh  deaeeot.   Mr. 

WiUiaui  K''«riiu^',  the  father  uf  the  subjeot 
of  thia  aketch,  aeoompanied  by  his  vtfa, 
emigrated  from  Kdinbtngh  to  Caiiada  ia 
1838,  and  ahovilj  after  hia  arriTal  coca- 
menced  the  hardware  hoaitieaB,  vhuii  he 
atill  contiauea  to  carrj  on,  and  ia  well 
IcDovB  in  all  bnaiaeaa  eirclea  aa  a  mau  of 
high  fhaTartar  and  azeelkBt  haaiBeaa  4|aali- 
fiimriona.  Soom  jaan  ago  be  vaa  appoulad 
br  the  gorervaaat  aa  arbitrator  and  to- 
Inator  ia  the  Lochtoe  Canal  matter,  and 
haa  been  preaideot  of  the  Board  of  Trade, 
and  aarafnl  other  important  public  b<idie«L 
Andrew  fWfing  reoeiTed  '  '   '   ',  edu- 

catioo  at  the  Montreal   W  !,  ami 

aabaeqaently  spent  three  yoAi-^  in  ueneva 
aad  Parts  ia  Tarioaa  achooU.  Having  com- 
pleted the  literary  {fuiiion  of  his  adooa- 
tion,  he  travelled  thp>u^h  alt  the  chief  oocm- 
tries  in  Europe.  Ho  likewise  visited  Egypt, 
Palestine  and  Turkey.  When  in  his  S3rd 
year,  poaseaaed  of  a  thorough  education  and 
a  mind  refined  by  travel,  be  returned  to  Can- 
ada and  associated  himaelf  with  bis  father 
in  the  hanlwar«  bmineaa.  la  18TV.  he  as 
aociated  with  him  hia  brother  Thomsa,  and 
oanaaBoad  buiinesa  in  Tttruntn,  the  firm 
being  styled  A.  &  T.  J.  Darling  X  Co.  This 
6rm  deals  in  hardware.  Thr<»uxh  the  si^mnd 
ba»iness  qnalities  of  its  metnbers,  it  has 
pnahed  its  way  steadi) >  '    and  is  now 

one  of  th«  leading  est:^  '  <>f  its  kind 

in  th«  Dominion.  Mr.  I'arun;^-  haa  not  yet 
held  anr  public  oftice,  in  the  mcantinio  pre- 
ferring t4t  devote  all  his  time  and  thnujiht  to 
buainesa.  In  reli^on,  is  a  Presbyterian  ; 
and  in  pcilitica  a  Heformer,  whu  has  nailed 
ihe  reform  colotin  to  the  maat.  Mr.  Dar- 
ling is  a  keen  busineas  man,  ooarteous  and 
w«U- liked  by  all  who  oome  in  contact  with 
him. 


84 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  Oi! 


Cliarllon,  Joliu,  M.P.  for  North  Nor- 
folk, Lynedoch,  was  bom  near  Culedonia, 
Livingston  County,  N.Y.^on  February  3rd, 
1821*.  His  father,  Adam  Charlton,  camo  from 
NBWcB«iie-i»n-Tyne  toNew  Yorkinl8'i24.  Hm 
mother's  maiden  name  was  Ann  Gray  ;  ber 
father's  family  came  from  Northumberland 
county,  England,  at  an  earlier  peri(>d,  and 
she  was  born  at  Gorh&m,  N.  V.,  snon  aft<?r 
they  arrived  in  America.  The  Charlton's 
are  one  of  the  olduat  families  in  Kn^Iaiid, 
and  their  genealogical  records  in  Nurthiim- 
berland  dat«  back  to  the  eleventh  century. 
The  Htibject  of  this  sketch  waa  educated  at 
the  McLAren  Hrammar  School,  Culedunia, 
N.Y.,  and  at  the  Springville  Academy,  N.Y. 
In  183:i  his  father  moved  to  EUicottviUe, 
Cattaraugus  county.  N.  Y.,  whore  he  soou 
afterwards  entered  into  the  t^mploynient  of 
the  Holland  Land  Company,  tie  remained 
in  BUiouttviUe  till  his  removal  to  Canada, 
in  1849.  The  earlier  yeant  of  Mr.  John 
Charlton's  life  do  not  furnish  many  events 
w<trtby  of  record.  His  father  lived  a  portion 
of  hia  time  upon  n  farm  near  KUicottville, 
and  part  of  the  time  in  the  latter  village. 
Here  younjf  Charlton  learned  tu  work  on  n 
farm,  and  in  his  leisure  mumeuts  he  learned 
to  set  type  in  the  othce  of  the  Cattar- 
augus Whig  He  likewise,  for  amusement, 
read  a  little  law  in  the  olhce  of  A.  G.  Ilice, 
In  the  spring  of  184t>  he  made  a  trip  on  a 
lumber  raft  down  the  Alleghany  and  Ohio 
rivers  to  Cincinnati,  and  oJways  in  later 
years  retained  vivid  recollocliuns  of  this  hve 
weeks'  experience  with  theruu^h  but  warm- 
hearted raftsmen  of  the  Alleghany.  When 
his  father  removed  to  Canada,  John  was 
twenty  years  of  age.  The  family-  settled 
near  the  village  of  Ayr,  Waterhvo  county, 
and  the  next  four  years  of  hia  life  was  spent 
upon  hia  faiher'a  form,  where  he  worked 
steadily  and  diligently.  At  the  ago  of  twenty 
four  when  about  leaving  for  Minnesota,  he 
accepted  tlie  proposal  of  George  Gray,  of 
Charlottvville,  Out.,  to  opvn  a  country  store 
upon  Big  Creek,  in  the  County  of  Norfolk, 
at  Wilson  Mills,  where  the  post  othce  of 
Lynedoch  had  rectiutly  been  established.  A 
building  for  dwelling  house  and  store  was 
erected  hore.  mainly  by  the  labour  of  him- 
Bulf  and  his  partner,  and  the  farm  of  Gray  «S: 
Charlion  commenced  business  in  1853,  with 
ft  total  capital  of  less  than  ^1,8(K>,  including 
the  cost  of  the  building.  The  country  wiu 
new  and  piue  timber  was  abundant.  The 
new  timi  soon  managed  to  engage  in 
the  timber  business,  iu  ounnection  with 
8mith,  Westover  &  Co.,  of  Tfrnatvonda, 
N.Y,,  and  by  dint  of  feconomy  and  industry 


their  business  succeeded  far  beyond  their 

expectations.     In  18S9,  Mr.  Charlton  suld 
out  bis  interest  in  the  store  at  Lynedoch, 
nnd    took  charge  of   the   extensive   timbel 
business   of  Smith  Hi.  Weatover  in  Canada.! 
In  18GI,  iu  company  with  James  Ramsdell, 
of  Clarence,  N.Y..  he  bought  out  the  Cana-J 
dian  intert-st  of  Smith  &  Westover,  and  for 
four  years  Hamsdell  A-  Charlton  did  a  suc- 
cessful   business.     In    lt^ti5   Mr.    Charltxji 
bought    the    interest   of    his   partner,  Mj,j 
Kamsdoll.  and  conducted  the  buaineM  sue 
oessfully  in  his  own  name  for  several  years^ 
Since    then    he    has  been  associated  in   th» 
lumber  business  with  his  brother,  Thomas 
Charlton,  and  with  AUmz^i  Cbesbrough,  of 
Toledct,  Ohio  ;  and  at  this  time  (1885)  ia  ac- 
tively em;aged  iu  the  lumlHir   trade  in  the 
firm  of  Chealirough  iV:  Charlton,  of  which  he 
ia  manager  ;  and  in  the  timber  trade  in  the 
firm   of  J.  &  T.  Charlton.     Mr.    Charlton 
still    resides   at    Lynedoch,  Ont.,  where  he 
has  had  his  home  smce  1853.     In  1854  he 
married  Miss  Ella  Gray,  of  Lynedoch.  who 
was  born  at  Portage,  N.S'.,  .\ngust  I'J,  1838. 
Mr.  Charlton's  Hrst  connection  with  politics 
was  in  1872,  whun  he  accepted  the  uomiua- 
lion  for  the  Commons  iu  North  Norfolk,  and 
after  a  sharp  and  exciting  contest,  extend- 
Liig  f rom  June  20th  to  August  5th,  defeated 
A<(iiilU  Walsh,  Esq.,  the  Intercolonial  Com- 
inissiuner,  who  had  represented  North  Xiir- 
folk  in  the  previous  Parliament.  Hehascou-j 
tinned  to  represent  North  Norfolk  since  thai 
time,  having  been  four  limes  returned,  vix. 
in  the  General  elections  of  1872,  IHT4,  187' 
and    1882.     In   poUiics  he  is  an  odvanct 
Liberal.      Ue  has  taken  an  active  and  laboi 
ious  part  in  the  work  of  the  Bouse  of  Com- 
mons.    In  early  life  he  was  a  Krotectionisl 
but  was  led  by  subsequent  investigation  &n< 
study  to  pronounce  in  favour  of  a  revenu« 
tariff  policy  as  the  proper  one.   While  ho  bt 
licves  that  Canada  must  ultimately  b^c^^ml 
inde]>endunt,  he  doubts  whether  th«  propvi 
time  has  yet  arrived  for  that  change  ;  »ii< 
aUhoiiL;h  fully  alive  to  the  material  beiie&l 
that  would  accrue  to  Canada  from  annexj 
tion  to  the  United  States,  yet  is  in  favoi 
of  the  continuance  of  Canadiim  autouomy^^ 
if  a  proper  nnd  honest  adminiatration  of  our 
affairs  can  be  aecun'd.     He  believes  that  the 
experiment  of  working  out  the  British  sys- 
tem of  responsible  governuioat  side  by  side, 
with    the    American    syatemf    is    likely 
prove  of  great   interest   and    value  to  thi 
inhabitants  of  the    two    countries  snd 
Anglo   Su.ron   communities  and  other  frf 
commonwealths   in  all  parts  of   the  worlds 
Iu  religion,  Mr.  Charltuu  is  a  Prusbyteri 


CANADJAS  BWGIiAPnr 


86 


BBd  ho  Ukei  ft  lively  interest  in  Sabbath 
•thool  Wutk,  and  in  tho  atfftirn  and  tntereiU 
of  lh«  Preabyterian  Chtirch  in  Canada,  aa 
well  mM  nf  the  interests  of  other  roligious 
denominations.  Mr.  Charlton  is  of  genial 
and  kindl)rtemp«ranu*Dt,  but  ptteaesses  tiriu- 
Boaa  of  character  and  stnhbom  tenacity  oi 
parpoae.  His  itifonnation  is  wide,  and 
tber»  ia  always  a  fiAvour  of  culture  in  his 
ftp««cbe8.  lie  always  receivi^  attention 
vhen  he  rises  to  a(ld^t^as  the  House  of  Oom- 
s.  and  ia  regarded  as  one  of  ihe  ableut 

Vili«  apcaVera  in  the  Dominion. 

Cl4MC^  Pntrirk  G.,  of  Toronto,  the 
anbj«ct  of  this  sketL-h.  wss  bom  oo  tho  llUb 
of  NoTember,  1837,  at  Woodland  Hnuse, 
I'ortijlcfiutir.  Irelaini.  He  received  what  was 
rej^ari'  '   rraily  was  in  those  days,  a 

libvrA  I.     \Vhen  his  studies  were 

rota^.iii'^-- 1,  tin  was  apprentiood,  as  it  was 
tho  <nist*im  ti>  do  with  boys,  to  a  trade  ; 
and  that  chosen  for  him  waa  the  business 
i>f  Jrvj/s  an*!  pn*cene».  The  t«nn  of  his 
splrTVUtweahip  la9ted  for  six  years,  at  tho 
msptrf  of  which,  he  wt  out  to  travel  for  a 
/armi  tva  luu'ortin};  house  iu  the  North  of 
I  lew  tired    of   thi*  business, 

&:  vme  utterly  disaatistied.  so 

in  1^2  hn  iurnt'd  his  fac«  for  Canada,  and 
■rrireil  hm  m  due  time.  Shortly  after  hie 
■rriTml  he  L*Dtered  into  the  employ  of 
Mcura  Hamilton  iV  Co,,  of  Whitby,  On- 
tanu.  Early  in  lW,y  he  remifvod  to  Toron- 
to, and  esftabltshed  in  that  city  a  small  re- 
tail ijr»>cery  busince-  '  ■  r  awhile  ho 
irpcned  a  wh'lewile  » ^  1.  Here  the 
tolwQt  for  ^ 


aadoood 
now. 


iM    iMuiniii:  application 

which  had  boon  valu- 

.   |>..^L,  proved  advanta^ieous 

had  achievetl  a  lar^^e  niea- 

iir-  ftirrd  from  tho  ^T«»cery 

-  I  ,  ..    on^^meti     himAolf 

li-iin  Torontt'.  Mr. 

J  iif  his  attention 

.1  questions.      Fur 

h»«  rupi'c«f.*ut«d  St.  Lawrence 

Wu^d  ;  auii  iti  the  spring  of  1877  ho  got  hia 

by  aoolamattoD.      He  always  cooi- 

fawp^KH  and  att«fntion  at  the  ci^uncil 


With  n-al '  • 

r 
I. 


K)«r«i 
•af*i 
Tnroti 


f|ir»-»i 

far  C-"^ 
<#lk«r 

fV-k    ' 


id  judgment  and 

;i  a  dirccttir  of  the 

Railway  ;  of  the 

ranee    ConijAuy  ; 

i.if  Mid  Hurnfi   Kiiit- 

tbtf  Uoflrd  tif  TniHtuea 

iind  alfto  held  sitveral 

>.    His  father  was  Pat- 

>  tiirnr  of  Unen  in  Ire- 

in  his  'J7lh  your. 

'  ^  ai  the  old  home 


in  Ireland,  and  is  now  in  her  88th  year. 
Mr.  Close  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity,  and  belongs  to  aeveraJ  Iodides. 
He  married  on  the  Ist  June.  1S67,  Mary 
Jano  Walton,  u  native  of  Cnmborland,  Eng- 
land, who  came  to  Canada  when  a  child. 
Her  brother  is  Dr.  T.  C.  Walton,  Surgeon 
in  the  American  navy.  Our  suhjeci  ia  a 
staunch  Conservative,  believing  that  the  na- 
tional policy  and  other  measures  of  Sir  John 
Macdonald's  government  must  prove  of  per- 
manent ^'ood  to  tho  country.  He  profeaaea 
the  Presbyterian  faith. 

WooiIk,  Sumuetf  M.A.,  Ottawa,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  was  bom  in  the 
County  of  Tyrone,  Ireland,  on  the  14th 
October.  1841.  Ue  is  the  youngest  son  of 
William  Woods,  by  Martha,  «/■*•  Henderson. 
Both  theae  parents  were  of  old  covenanting 
stock,  and  wore  among  the  Protestant  im- 
migrants from  Scotland  who  settled  Vlstcr. 
(.Kir  subject  waa  educated  at  the  London, 
Ont.,  Grammar  School,  and  at  Uuiveraity 
College,  Toronto,  where  the  K<^ld  medal  iu 
classics  waa  awarded  to  him  in  l>Mi2.  Among 
hia  dsaamates,  it  may  be  mentioned,  were 
Prof.  J.  Loudon,  the  late  Principal  Buchan, 
Dr.  James  A.  McLollan,  Rev.  Dr.  Gibaon, 
of  Loudon,  En?.,  and  James  Fisher,  of 
Stratford.  Excellent  school  and  ooUege 
editions  uf  portions  of  Demosthenes,  VirgiJ, 
Horace  and  Cfcsar  have  been  pubUshed 
by  him,  and  hnvu  long  been  standard 
clnssics  in  our  institutions  of  learning.  Mr. 
Woods  was  a  member  of  the  University 
Riflt?  Company  first  formed  during  tho 
Tncnt  eicitement,  and  he  subsequently 
took  a  certificate  at  the  Kingston  Military 
School.  He  was  rector  of  the  Kingstoa 
Ct»IIegialo  Institute,  from  1802  to  1877, 
uructiug  for  this  institution  a  provincial 
rvputation  in  the  department  of  classics, 
and  ranking  it  one  of  ouly  four  iu  the  tirst 
ol»Jui  of  Ontario.  After  this  time  he  en- 
gaged in  busineas  for  a  few  yeara,  then 
I  unanimously,  and  without  solicitation  upon 
I  hia  own  part,  he  waa  appointed  principal 
'  of  the  Luke  Forest  Academy,  IlL  Thia 
situation  ho  bold  fur  two  years,  resigning  in 
I  June,  18H3.  He  waa  then,  at  the  urgent 
request  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the 
(_>ttawn  Ladies'  College,  induced  to  accept 
the  principatship  of  the  college.  In  this 
I  excellont  institution  he  is  carrying  ont  those 
I  ideas  of  education,  which  he  has  so  lung 
I  hold  and  atlvocatcd,  and  is  rapidl^r  ucquiriug 
a  very  high  place  for  his  collc;i;u.  Mr. 
Woods  was  the  origiiintor  of  the  Ontario 
I  Ituilding  and  Savinu  S«»ciety  of  Kingston  ; 
was  one  of  tho  original  directors  of  the  King- 


86 


A  CYCLOl'.KDIA  OF 


Btou  Street  Railway  Cumpany,  and  he  re- 
organized the  present  very  successful  King- 
fttoa  Mechanics'  Institute,  uf  which  he  wna 
president.  Of  this  Utter  inatitutioD  he  is 
now  one  of  the  three  life  monilxtrSf  the 
others  bein^  the  Right  lion.  Sir  John  A. 
Macdonold,  E.G.  H.,  bnd  John  Camithers. 
He  wai  the  originator  And  for  four  years 
ureiident  of  the  Irish  Protestant  Benevolent 
Society  of  Kingston.     He  is  likewise  vice- 

S resident  of  the  Ottawa  Field  Naturalists* 
lub,  snd  a  member  of  the  Senate  of  the 
University  of  Toronto.  In  tho  Nfanonic  or- 
der he  is  P.D.D.O.M.,  having  held  that  posi- 
tion,  in  I87C,  in  the  ^t.  I^wrence  district, 
and  is  a  charter  member  of  Minden  Lodge. 
Kingston,  and  was  a  member  of  ancient 
St.  JohnV,  but  detnitted.  In  religion,  Mr. 
Wood  is  s  member  of  the  IVesbyterian 
Church  in  Cfknadn,  and  belonge<l  to  the  old 
kirk  branch  of  that  unitetl  church.  He 
married  on  March,  1H«J3,  Eli/jibeth,  third 
daughter  of  Wm.  Ford,  Kinijston.  She 
died  in  Oct..  1884,  leaving  four  children 
surviving  her.  Oursubject  has  always  been 
a  liberal  Couservaiivo  in  [>olitics,  but  sel- 
dom takes  sny  active  part  in  any  contest. 
fle  is  a  man  of  a  strongly  original  mind, 
Hrm  convifltions,  untiring  indnstry,  and 
marked  energy.  The  institution,  of  which 
he  is  the  head,  reHecta  the  strongest  pouible 
credit  upon  him. 

Hlllycr,  Edward  Seoi^cr,  M.D., 
Hamilton,  was  bom  on  Aug.  17th,  1838, 
and  he  ia  the  third  son  of  Kubvrt  and  Susan 
Hillyer,  who  came  to  Csnada  in  1848.  Our 
subject  was  born  in  Sherboume,  Dorset- 
shire, England,  where  his  father  had  been 
engaged  in  a  manufacturing  business,  on  a 
largo  scale,  but  having  met  with  heavy 
losses,  through  the  free  trade  policy  of  tho 
Government  of  the  day,  resolved  to  try  his 
fortune  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  Ue  at 
first  purchated  a  large  farm  in  the  vicinity 
of  Waterford,  Norfolk  county,  Ontario,  and 
settled  there.  But  he  lost  large  sums  in 
visionary  schemes  of  agriculture  and  he  re- 
moved after  two  or  three  years  to  \\'al8ing- 
ham,  where  he  purchased  a  largo  tract  of 
pine  timber  land.  Here  he  built  mills  and  ' 
engaged  in  the  luml>6ring  business  till  he 
died  in  1850.  He  left  ei;;ht  children,  and  it 
was  amid  the  wildest  and  mi'st  unpromiBing 
scenes,  without  society  and  without  friends, 
that  the  family  were  obliged  to  struggle  ; 
but  time  has  wrought  many  changes,  and 
the  old  homestead,  still  hold  by  an  elder 
branch  of  the  family,  is  one  of  the  most 
thriving  and  attractive  in  Canada.  Tlie 
family  connection  ou  the  father,  aa  well  aa 


the  mother's  side,  may  be  said  to  be  his-* 
torical.  Our  subject's  patenial  graniimother 
was  a  sister  of  .luhn  Dunning,  the  celebrated 
Whig  orator  and  lawyer,  who  was  made 
Solicitor-General  in  the  Lord  Shelbotime 
administration,  &nd  who  waa  afterwards 
elevated  to  tho  peerage,  under  the  title  of 
tho  firat  Lord  Ashbnrton,  so  called  after  the 
town  in  whicli  for  centuries  the  family  had 
resided.  The  mother's  family  are  among 
the  most  ancient  and  respectable  of  the 
west  of  England.  His  maternal  grandmothe: 
was  a  Tidcombe,  one  of  the  Tidcombe's 
Sonieraotsbire,  a  family  which  has  hold  frc 
hold  lands  in  that  county  since  the  conquest 
They  were  lords  of  the  manor  of  Loving 
ton  from  time  immemorial.  Y^ouug  Uillyer 
was  educattrd,  partly  at  the  Academy  and 
Gramiiinr  Scho<»I  nf  Sherbourne,  and  partly 
at  Queen's  College,  Kingston,  Victoria  Col- 
Ibge,  C<'ibi>ui^.  anil  at  the  Toronto  School 
of  Medicine.  He  was  engaged  iu  practice  for 
ten  yearn  at  (Caledonia,  Haldimand  county 
whence  ho  removed  to  Hauiiltou  in  1862, 
He  has  decided  literary  predilections,  an 
has  been  vounected  with  the  press  both 
the  United  States  and  Canada,  as  editori 
writer  and  contributor,  and  is  likewise  con 
nectcd  with  various  literary  and  scientid 
societies,  in  both  countrien,  and  takes  a  pro 
minent  position  in  each  as  writer  and  worker. 
He  has  travelled  extensively  iu  the  neigh 
bouring  republic,  and  is  familiar  with  the 
defects  of  their  social  system,  and  is  not  very 
favourably  impressed  with  their  political  in* 
stitutions.  He  has  always  been  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Church  of  England,  to  which 
his  ancestors  have  been  attached  since  the 
Reformation,  one  of  his  grand  aunts,  having 
built  and  endowed  a  church  at  Fromo,  in 
Somersetshire.  He  has  always  been  a  mo- 
derate Conservative  in  politics,  but  indepen- 
dent enough  to  manifest  his  convictions  even 
in  the  face  of  party  exigencies.  Ue  takes  a 
prominent  part  in  the  Hamilton  Medical  and 
Surgical  Society,  and  in  the  Hamilton  Liter- 
ary Society.  He  delights  to  lend  a  helping 
hand  t^j  all  movements  intended  to  promote 
the  prcrgreaa  of  the  community.  Ue  is  » 
sidesmun  in  .St.  Thomas' Church,  under  the 
piwtttrate  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Curran. 

Eviina,  II.  Siiffdcn,  of  Ottawa,  F.O.S., 
F.RM.S.,  L<indon,  ex-President  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Itritain, 
Honurary  Member  of  the  Phanuaceutical 
Societies  of  Paris,  Vienna  and  St.  Peters- 
burg, member  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Aaso- 
ciatioD  of  America,  of  the  Society  of  Public 
Analysts,  and  of  the  Society  of  Chemical 
Industry.  England,  Chief  Analyst    for   the 


I 


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CANADIAN  BIOGHAPHY. 


:»IOttaw>.  t)t«..  WM  Ironi  in  Lfm- 
EngUnti,  IH^H'.  Ht!  U  the  v'^'mucst 
of  ihm  lata  John  Kvani»,  Ea'|.,  uf  L'»ikI'.>ii 
Mwl  LtvcTpoul  (founder  of  (he  cxteii«ive 
«kAl«»aiv  unig  hrnis  of  Krftns  &,  Leacher 
•aJ  Ev.4Ii«,  Sons  (t  Co.  ill  thoBn  citie«).  by 
his  BMywifl  wifo  Aima,  younifest  iJuughter  of 
Uw  U'  -  lUwh'y.  V\»<\  .  of  The  Fri 

orr,  :\,   Kiighuid.     He  was  edu- 

«-^  rcli.uit  Tayl'Ji'a  schnul  in  the  city 

'  .  whence  he  enter«tl  hii  father's 

'        '.      'U  uf  which,  eftpt*- 
'  'tic  J<?|>artui«nt  of 
1'  '>    »>iii    i;rt5At   earnestntiss. 

\i  etfutta  were  beini;  made 
of  the  PharDnaoeulical  Su- 
intain.  ainongat  whom  Mr. 
'i  prominent,  to  elevate,  by 
itifl.  the   slatuii  of  phariuH- 
mij,  and  ifio  8iil>Je<.-t.  of  this 
■ne  of  the  earliest  yradiMtes 
■'I  of  Pharmacy  efltahlinherl 
MN-.  fp.ifuily  paaaing  thri»uyh 
ri  1'  r  Dr.  fureira  in  materia 
tea,  I>r,  A.  T  Ttioiupftou  in  iHjtany.  and 
Tit.    Kedwoitd  in  chemiatry  and  phar- 
r.  and  lu  duo  courae  in  1^8  passed,  with 
coniidcraliU  credit,  the  necessary  eXH.niina- 
to  Milltl«  him  to  the  title  of  pharma- 
eiwmisi  and  memlier  of  the  sooiety. 

A  prin^ •  -  'i»r<uaceuUcat  authority  thni 

wttbf'  !,vana: — **Not  only  waa  he 

<«•■''  " -..i-fiii  eiudeuta  in  the 

tastil'  I   ater  extent  than 

cwmti  , .uiued  to  occupy  au 

•-  '-x\i    pi^ition    amongst     the 

LA  -    wliit  by  their  scientitic  work 

ara  CDdtnhutM]  to  thti  k>lranceinent  of 
phaciiiaca!r>cical  knowledge."  Having  com- 
plete*'  -1  in  London,  Mr.  Evans  was 
••r{>ooI,  there  to  take  cliarge 
'irinx  and  acientilic  depart- 
•  >r'»  ttiiAitiesa,  and  to  organ- 
'  the  Laboratonus, 
iliual,  and  drug 
u'l  %•'  ii:  himself  for  the  re- 
•MMiibl*  dutira  thru  assumed,  Mr.  Kvans 
■MOvi  binkMlf  under  Iho  lato  Dr.  Sheridan 
MiMpimtt,  uiie  of  t^e  late  Justus  Lielw^'s 
fivvMirit*  pupils.  t4>  study  ini*re  tlioronghly 
ansdytital  cJicmisfry.  and  iindbr  bis  tuiti<m 
^••H|t-:rr  I  vTivtl  "ill  n  III  ^iii  W\  ;ic.il  work  and 
tfDAc  '/\tions : 
"TBr  of  Am- 
Aoei-t  .  ithydriMiB  Sulphuric  Acid," 
"Umi.  "  Tha  (:hr<»mat«a  of  Cop- 
per," «!*;.  ilia  inv««tiKatiijn  on  this  latter 
•qbjrct  \xm  communicat«d  to  tho  Chemical 
i^eiamrtj  of  London  in  a  {>apor  reid  boforo  that 
bud/  ui  ItM9,  and  ttwreaftvr  he  was  elected 


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a  fellow  of  tho  society.  For  the  following 
eiybteu'i  years  Mr.  Kvans  continued  the 
active  managemeiit  of  the  laboratories  and 
mills,  being  in  1H54  taken  into  partnership 
with  his  father  and  brothen,  when  be  mar- 
ried Kate  Morse,  only  daughter  of  the  late 
Charles  Moss,  Esq.,  of  Cirsys  Thurrock, 
Ei*aex,  and  of  the  city  of  London.  Mr. 
KrauH  became  an  ardent  student  of  the 
micraoope  aa  applied  to  chemical  analyaia, 
devotinc  much  attention  to  analytical  work 
generally,  but  especially  in  regard  to  the 
adulteration  of  drugs  and  food,  being  fre- 
quently c<jn8ulted  by  the  Municipal  Board 
of  Health  in  regard  to  the  Utter  subject. 
The  reaulta  of  hia  invoatigations  on  the  food 
supply  of  the  city  of  Liverpool  were  em- 
bodied in  a  piper  communicated  to  the 
Literary  and  Philosophical  Society  of  Liver- 
{K>o],  in  whose  Transactions,  with  others  on 
C'jgnat«  subjects — "  TheTeaa  and  Coffeea  of 
Commerce,"  etc. — it  was  published.  Mr. 
Kvanii'  microscopical  researches  at  this  time 
secured  his  being  elected  a  Fellow  of  the 
lltjyal  Microscopical  Society  of  London.  He 
filled  every  oltice  in  tho  Liverpool  Chemist^a 
Ass<iciation,  occupying  the  presidential 
chair,  and  as  its  honorary  curator  organized 
its  museum.  He  also  retained  an  active  in- 
terest in  his  (i/ma  inater,  being  elected  to  a 
seat  at  the  board  uf  examiners  of  tho  Phar- 
maceutical Society  of  Great  Britatn,  the 
duties  of  which  he  diacharged  for  eleven 
years  ;  and  for  a  like  period  he  waa  returned 
to  the  ci>uucil  of  the  same  body,  until  in 
IBOO  he  was  elected  to  the  presidential  chair, 
and  it  was  during  his  presidency  that  the 
Pharmacy  Act  cnmo  into  force,  giving  to 
pharmaceuticnl  chemists  a  legal  status,  and 
to  the  society  legislative  powera.  During 
hia  term  of  otfioe  as  preaidont^  Mr.  Evans 
represented  British  Pharmacy  at  tho  Inter- 
national Oongreas  held  in  Vienna.  1809,  and 
in  recognition  of  these  services  he  received 
thu  diploma  of  honorary  membership  of  tho 
Sooietiea  of  Pharmacy  in  Vienna  and  St. 
Petersburg.  In  187H  ho  a^ain  visited  Vi- 
enna by  special  invitation  to  serve  as  repre- 
sentative of  Great  Britain  on  the  jury  in 
the  food  section  of  tho  International  Exhi- 
bition held  there  that  year,  and  for  which 
he  also  holds  a  diploma  and  other  valuable 
recognition.  In  1875  ho  was  constituted  a 
life  governor  of  Saint  Bartholomew's  Hos- 
pital, London,  in  recognition  of  humane  ser- 
vices rendered  at  a  railway  accident  on  the 
Midland  Ilailway.  Having  made  several 
biiBuieas  visits  to  Canada,  and  sncured  there  a 
considerable  busineas  connectum,  he  waa  in* 
duced,  in  1866,  to  associate  himself  with  Mr, 


A  CTCLOi'.^DIA  OF 


Nathan  Mercer  in  tbo  piirchaie  of  the  drug 
buainess  of  the  late  firm  of  Lamplough  & 
Campbell,  in  Montreal,  the  management  of 
which  was  entrusted  to  Mr.  Mercer,  while 
Mr.  Evans  continued  to  reside  in  England, 
whore,  after  the  death  uf  his  father  and  re- 
tirement from  buainesa  of  an  elder  brother, 
he  remuTcd  to  London,  aasuming  the  con- 
duct of  tlie  London  businesa  of  hia  Eujj;liah 
tirms,  and  for  some  years  devoted  hi»  atten- 
tion chiefly  to  the  Loudon  drug  market — t)iu 
drug  market  of  the  world.  In  course  of  tirnH 
the  Montreal  Viusineas  waa  greatly  extended 
far  beyond  the  original  intentitm,  and  it 
becAiue  necesaary  for  Mr.  Evans  to  take  up 
his  residence  in  Montreal  and  assume  the 
control  of  that  business,  and  in  1877  he  re- 
moved his  family  to  this  couulry  and  be- 
came a  resident,  with  all  his  interesla  identi- 
Bed  with  the  prosperity  of  the  country.  In 
1884  he  retired  from  the  personal  responsi- 
bilities  of  his  buainesii.  The  po8iti(.>n  of 
chief  analyst  for  the  Dominion,  unsought, 
was  DOW  offered  to  him  and  accepted,  in  the 
full  conviction  that  its  dutiea  would  be  ful- 
filled con  umore.  Mr.  Evans  is  a  staunch 
Anglican.  Hn  is  a  Freemason,  having  been 
made  in  St.  Paula  Lodge  E.  K.  in  Montreal, 
and  haa  served  in  most  of  its  othces,  occu- 
pylni?  at  the  present  time  the  J.W.  chair. 
Ho  also  occupied  the  same  chair  in  the  Mark 
Maaten  Lodue,  and  that  of  Scribe  N.  in  the 
K.A.  Chapter.  Ue  early  espoused  the  A. 
and  A.  Scottish  rite,  and  has  advanced 
therein  to  the  Consistory,  holding  the  otlice 
of  Grand  Marshall  in  the  Koae  Croix  Chap- 
ter and  Grand  Orator  in  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Perfection. 

Huffue,  John,  Toronto,  Follow  of  the 
Statistical  Society,  London,  England,  was 
bom  at  Rotherham.  Yorkshire,  in  I82l>, 
and  educated  at  the  Grammar  Sch(.K>l  of  that 
town,  where  at  the  age  iff  aixteen  he  entered 
the  service  of  the  local  bank,  of  which  his 
nncle,  Mr.  Dyson,  wils  for  many  years 
Vnanager.  While  in  the  bank  aa  junior 
clerk,  he  became  a  contributor  to  the  press 
aa  a  writer  of  art  criticisms  and  descriptive 
sketches.  In  1850  he  helped  to  start  the 
.S/jt^p/ti  Free  Press,  for  wliich  he  wr(>to  a 
numbor  of  leading  articles  in  advocacy  of 
social  reforms,  chiefly  of  a  system  of  com- 
pulsory, universal  education,  of  which  he 
waa  then  and  haa  ever  been  an  enthusiastic 
supporter.  Beiny  strongly  in  sympathy 
witt)  the  nationalist  movements  in  Europe, 
though  under  age,  he  became  secretary  of  a 
committee  which  undertook  the  work  of 
maintaini>]g  nnd  ultimately  settling  a  Urge 
body    of   Polish    and    Huiignrian    refugees. 


who,  after  the  battle  of  Temeavar,  took  re 
fuge  in  Turkey  until  they  were  cared  for  by 
the  English  people.  In  this  work  he  met 
with  the  leaders  of  the  revolutionary  party, 
namely,  Koasuth,  Mazzini,  Louis  Blanc^ 
and  others,  of  whom  he  haa  a  lively  remem- 
brance. He  left  buaineaa  life  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  years,  in  order  to  prepare  for 
the  ministry  of  the  Church  of  England,  and 
read  for  sume  time  aa  private  pupil  of  Dr. 
Moorelionae,  the  present  Hiahop  of  Mel- 
bourne. Throujjh  the  kind  interest  of  the 
late  Earl  Fiizwilliam,  he  received  a  nomina- 
tion  to  the  Elland  Scholarship  at  Oxford, 
but  when  about  to  enter  college  was  stopped 
in  his  career,  by  being  over  the  age  pro- 
vided as  the  maximum  under  the  trust 
deed.  Before  again  returning  to  bankiug 
life,  Mr.  Hague  spent  some  months  at 
Brighton,  where  he  organized  in  St.  John's 
parish,  what  is  bulieved  to  have  been  the  tint 
cotl'ee  house  and  reading  room,  with  nightly 
entertainments,  in  avowed  oppoaition  to 
public  house  attractions.  He  was  moved 
to  thia  work  by  seeing  the  ten-ible  evila  of 
intemperance  among  the  destitute  piu*r. 
After  a  brief  stay  in  Birmingham,  where  he 
established  a  ni^ht  school  and  free  concerte 
for  the  moat  abmidoiu'd  classes,  he  was  ap- 
pointed Bub-manai^er  to  the  private  bank  of 
\Vm.  Jones  &  Son,  near  Wolverhampton, 
which  afterwards  withdrew  from  buaineaa. 
Here  Mr.  Hai;ue  having  considerable  lei- 
sure time  at  his  disiKixal.  spent  it  in  found- 
ing and  carrying  on  single  handed  a  large 
night  school  for  colliers  and  other  m«ii  of 
the  most  illiterate  olaaa.  He  also  organised 
and  kept  up  for  several  years  a  weekly 
aeries  of  free  concerts  for  temperance  pur- 
poaen,  which  were  usually  attended  by  from 
500  to  800  men  and  their  wives,  and  it  i» 
pluaaiiig  to  note  that  it  was  demonstrated  by 
actual  inspection  that  these  enturtoinmeata 
emptied  the  public  houses.  Here,  also,  he 
waa  a  prominent  worker  in  the  County 
Educational  Association,  of  which  he  waa 
one  of  the  lecturers  and  in  which  work  he 
er  joyed  in  a  marked  degree  the  confidence 
and  friendahip  of  the  late  Lord  Lyttletoo, 
by  whose  intluenoe  the  plan  of  the  C4.*ll'eo 
houae  and  ita  entertatnnienta  waa  adopted 
in  many  neighbouring  towns  and  village*. 
Having  gone  into  the  iron  businesa,  which 
he  found  l>oth  uncongenial  and  pecuniarily 
barren,  he  came  to  Canada  in  1871,  and  has 
since  then  been  almost  n  daily  contributor 
of  financial  articles  to  the  newspapers  of  the 
day,  nut  forgetting  his  favourite  aubjecta, 
8<jcih1  refiirm,  music,  and  the  arts.  In  1873^, 
Mr.  Hague  was  invited  by  two  frienda  to  or- 


I 


I 


CJXADIAK  BIOGRAtUl 


89 


«  miittoal  society,  and  aucoeeded  by 
fil  avirerm]  yean  enthnsuMtic  Ubours  in 
idini;  the  Toronto  Philhortnonic  Society, 
ti  which  bo  WM  the  moving;  spirit  for  many 
yeftf*.  He  iJao  was  the  chief  aireiit  in 
fowidtng  the  Forester*  Society  in  CKimda, 
whaoli  Km  become  one  of  the  must  lucceuf  ul 
ol  oar  benetolent  asAociationa,  and  haa  also 
talora  an  eetiTe  part  in  rarious  educational 
Mr.  Hague  is  of  the  opinion 
social  reform  ia  the  great  structure  of 
vliiob  potiiioal  action  is  the  scaffolding. 
In  fnrlbvmBoe  of  the  upread  of  ediicatiuUt 
locBpMmooe,  the  difTnaion  of  art  knowledge, 
Um  OXtefieion  iif  pleasure  resorts  Utr  the 
Oiaaese,  and  the  enforcement  tji  bettor  sani- 
taiy  aim)  criminal  legislation,  he  has  for 
OMiiy- jean  wielded  and  still  wields  his  pen 
vith  reoojgnized  force  both  in  the  press  of 
Ki^and,  the  Hnited  States,  and  of  his 
•doplod  cxvauiry,  of  whose  institutions  he 
te  •  WftRD  ftdcsirer  and  defender.  Althuu^h 
hb  vntingi  would  till  many  voluines,  he 
h«i  ..Tilv  [iiihUflhed  several  pamphluta. 
"  A  Sketch  of  the  History 
In.  !i;mge/*    ''Lay  Work  in  the 

f^nreb/  "A  Plea  for  Ilecreatiou  in  Me- 
riHuici*  Inatituttfa,"  *' Sunday -schooia  and 
Socttl  Life/'  "A  HisUjry  of  Prison  Re- 
fomv***  ft-Hl  •'  Church  Sketchea~New  and 
OJd,"  wh»ch  werv  all  reprinted  by  request. 
He  waa  imsnoiated  with  Mr.  Morritt,  the 
late  •!  ''"d  art   critic,  in  the  publi- 

cttbor  'i  a  smsH  work  on    "The 

Old  >t  ««Tf  r'^,  which  attracted  cunniderable 
OoUon  *l  the  dfl(^  of  its  nppearanoe.  For 
bSi  *•  Defence  of  ihe  Ulack  Country,"  he 
ired  the  generous  recognition  of  the 
BritiBh  prime  minister,  the  late  Earl 
Duby.  Uia  tirst  magazine  article  appeared 
Ok  #VW««r,  in  185'j.  Mr.  Hague  is  a  mom- 
bar  of  tbt  Victoria  Philosophical  Institute, 
Loe^on. 

LJUMrelIrr,  Fruii<'al»  r.  SlHiilalaa, 
t,rC-,  LLI>..  M.  p.  f.r  .Mp-nntic,  Mayor  of 
ti»s  Ctty  "-  nnier  of  the 

IWr  fiir  tb'  .  waa  bom  at 

bi«.    Koea^iv.    ito^xL.   PrALuoe  of  Qnel>ec, 
no  tha  34lh  TJi>c«mt^r,  XWSiS.     He  is  a  son 
*      ii»   Swbastien   Lanaolior,  by 
>  taiilt       He  ifl  descended  on 
n?»   Taiftrr  'r         '-"'      •■■■II   IjinifrUer, 

wH«' caam  [uienne.ncnr 

\^  FimtK I',  III  ■•>■•■«,      li [1  AtiCHstora  set- 
A   Sillory,    nitar  QuoU^c,   an<l   after- 
rNiKivvtl  to  I.'UIot,     Of   this   fumily 
waa    tha    celebrated    Hishop    Lan- 
Oii   till-  111  'tlnr'-i  *\'\is  our    subject 
lis  of    Ciran- 
i.ily  belonged 


▼Ole,  9r9Lti 


the  late  L.  J.  Casault,  founder  M  the 
Laval  University.  Young  Lnngelier  waa 
edncated  in  claasica  at  St.  Hyacinthe  Col- 
let, and  in  law  at  Laval  University,  where 
ho  graduated  with  honours  in  186K  He 
was  always  a  diligent  and  brilU&nt  student., 
and  it  was  predicted  of  him  that  he  would  in 
himself  keep  alive  the  honoura  and  the  hril* 
liancy  which  belonged  to  the  (listinguished 
family  of  which  he  waa  sprung.  He  waa 
called  to  the  bar  of  Lower  Canada  in  Itifll, 
and  apiHiinted  a  provincial  Qaeen'a  counsel 
or  in  t878,  and  a  federal  in  1880.  Hia 
professional  career  has  been  an  unoxcep- 
tionally  brilliant  and  successful  one,  and  he 
haa  added  to  good  fortune  in  his  calling  the 
gift,  for  gift  it  assuredly  is,  of  being  ex- 
tremely popniar  with  the  public,  and  held 
in  the  highest  ejiieem.  His  talenta  and 
literary  equipment  was  perceive<l  by  the 
directors  of  Laval  University,  and  on  his 
return  from  Paris,  in  180U,  he  waa  appointed 
professur  of  civil  law  and  political  economy 
in  that  institution.  He  is  likewise  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Senate  of  the  University.  Ho  had 
likewise  boon  for  seven  years  profeasor  of 
Roman  law.  Ho  was  secretary  of  the 
tirat  colonisation  society  eatablishe<l  in 
Canada,  and  be  haa  always  taken  a  aettloQa 
port  on  queationa  intended  to  promote  the 
growth  and  development  of  his  native  land. 
Ue  haa  beuu  presidunt  of  the  Institut  Cana- 
adien,  and  is  president  of  the  Quebec, 
Montmoronoy  and  Charlevoix  Railway  Co., 
and  a  director  of  the  8t,  Lawrence  and 
Temiscouata  Railway.  In  municipal  pnlitlca 
he  haa  taken  a  great  deal  of  interest  and  waa 
elected  mayor  of  the  City  of  Quebec  in  1882, 
and  re-elected  in  l.'<84,  and  at  the  time  of 
writing  holds  that  ottiot*.  Hu  lirst  entered 
politics  in  1873,  when  he  w\x%  ek-cted  to  the 
Provincial  Legislature  for  Montioai;ny.  He 
waa  a  member  of  the  Executive  Council  and 
Commiaaioner  of  Crown  Landa  from  the  8th 
of  March.  187B,  and  treaaurer  of  the  Pro- 
viicu  of  (Quebec  from  March,  1870,  till  the 
resignation  of  the  Tory  miuiatry.  He  ia  and 
alwayn  has  been  an  nncoropromiaing  Liberal 
or  /u'H'/r  ;  but  he  is  a  Liberal  in  the  best 
sense  of  the  term,  not  being  one  of  those 
liberals  which  unscrupulous  Tory  poUti- 
cif»ni!  have  declared  but  ton  often  through 
),hirl»t*o  caiiu^  uii<lorthectuuiure  of  the  Roman 
t'atholic  Clniroli.  It  waa  felt  by  Mr.  Lan- 
gL'lier'fl  friends  that  such  brilliant  talenta  ai 
hu  poasesHe'l  should  hitvu  a  wider  scope  than 
the  provincial  It^i^istature  iitTorded.  H«  waa, 
therefore,  electvd  to  tho  legislature  for  Port- 
neuf  in  1^78.  At  the  last  general  election 
in  1881,  the  Blvt*  forces  were  too  many  for 


90 


A  CYCLVr.KDlA  OF 


him.  and  he  was  defeated.  But  in  1884, 
uptm  Mr.  Frechette  being  uiuvaUid  by  ibo 
€Oiirtii,  he  stood  for  Megaattc,  and  waa  elect* 
ed.  thufi  achiering  thtt  end  desired  V^y  his 
admirers — a  place  in  the  House  of  Ooin- 
uiona.  And  bo  has  been  an  honour  to  the 
Houtteof  Couimona.  How  rapidly  Mr  Lan- 
{felier  is  coming  to  the  front  is  the  remark 
made  by  every  one  wito  has  kept  an  eye 
upon  his  career.  He  has  splendid  abilities, 
and  unquestionably  is  destined  for  a  com- 
manding [K>Bition.  Our  subject  married  in 
166i  Virginie  Msrie,  danphter  of  the  late 
1.  Le^aro.  Esquire,  uf  Quebec,  and  sister  of 
the  Ri^bt  Uev.  C.  K.  Legare,  V.O.,  Arch- 
bishop uf  Quebec ;  of  R.  H.  Adolpho  Ld- 
gare,  cure  of  Beau  port,  and  Victor  L^garo, 
cure  of  St.  Jean  Chrysostom,  near  Quebec, 
whose  family  is  connected  with  that  of  the 
late  Hon.  Le'gare,  Attorney-General  of  U.S. 
He  has  hod  four  children,  all  rif  whom  are 
dead.  It  may  be  stated  that  Mr.  Langelier 
has  been  a  frequent  contributor  to  Liberal 
newspajwrs  in  Quebec  and  elsewhere.  He 
conducted  to  a  successful  issue  ilie  cele- 
brated Charlevoix  election  case  founded  on 
clerical  undue  intluence.  He  is  and  has 
always  been  a  Roman  Catholic,  and  says  he 
is  determined  to  remain  one. 

Allan,  Hon.  Creorge  Wlllinni, 
D.C.L.,  Toronto,  Senator,  and  Chanccllnr 
of  the  University  of  Trinity  College,  To- 
ronto, was  born  at  Little  York,  now  To- 
ronto, on  the  9th  of  ^January,  1822.  His 
father,  the  late  Honourable  William  Allan, 
W88  a  pioneer  settler  who  took  up  his  abode 
in  York,  during  Governor  Simcoe's  term  of 
office,  and  resided  in  Toronto  till  his  death 
in  1853.  This  gentleman,  in  his  day,  held 
a  very  prominent  place  in  public  esteem, 
and  being  possessed  of  more  than  ordinary 
ability  and  a  good  education,  he  enjoyed  ad- 
vantages not  su  common  in  those  early  days 
as  now.  He  was  the  first  postmaster  for 
York,  and  the  tirst  Cust4.im  Collector  for  the 
port.  During  the  war  of  1812-15  he  served 
in  the  militia  as  lieutenant-colonel,  and  his 
•on  baa  still  in  his  possession  the  flags  of  his 
old  refpment.  He  Hgnrod  prominently,  too, 
in  commercial  life,  and  wus  the  first  presi- 
dent of  the  Bank  of  Upper  Canada.  He  also 
held  a  seat  in  the  Legislative  Council  of  old 
Canada  for  several  years,  and  a  seat  in  thu 
Executive  during  the  admin  is  (rations  of  Sir 
Francis  Bond-Head  and  Sir  George  Arthur. 
Onr  subject's  mother  was  Leah  Tyreer, 
whose  father  was  Dr.  John  (ismble,  who 
belonged  to  a  U.  K.  Loyalist  family,  and  was 
a  sui^eon  in  the  Queen's  rangers.  His  corps 
«ras  raiaod  in  Upj  er  Canada  after  the  arrival 


of    Lieulenant-Govomor    Simcoe.     George 
William    was  educated  by  private    tuition 
during  his  earlier  years,  and  was  afterward*- 
sent  by  his  father  to  Upper  Canada  CoUeg*. 
When    the    rebellion,    hea*led    by    William 
Lyon  Mackenzie,  broke  out  in  1837,  younjif^ 
Allan,  then  in  his  sixteenth  year,  left  U.  C. 
College,  and  entered  as  a  private  '*  the  Banlcj 
Rifle  Corps,"   of   which   the  present  Chief^ 
Justice    Hagarty,    Judge   Oalt,    and    aomo> 
others  still  livini;  were  also  members.      Ho' 
returned  to  the  College  at  the  end  of  the 
following  year,  and  remained  there  until  lie 
went  np  for  his  examination  as  a  law  stu- 
dent which  he  passed  in  "'  the  senior  class," 
in  Easter  term,   183U.     He  was  articled  to 
and  began  his  studies  in  the  office  of  Messrs. 
Gamble  i!C    Boulton,  and  was  subsequently 
called  to  theV>ar  of  Upjter  Canada,  in  Hilary 
terra,  184t>.      Before  entering  upon  the  ac- 
tive practice  of  the  law,  young   Allan  waa 
s«nt  by  his  father  to  travel  abroad,  and  in  ^ 
addition  to  a  very  extended  tour  through- ^B 
out    Europe,    he  visited    many   oountriei  ^| 
which,  m  th<»se  days,  were  not  quite  as  ac- 
cessible as  they  are  now.     He  went  np  the 
Nile  to  the  borders  of  Nubia,  and  afterwards 
travelled  through  Syria  and  the  Holy  Ljindj 
Asia  Minor,  Turkey  and  Greece,   meeting 
with  not  a  few  exciting  ailventures,  arising 
more  particularly  from  the  lawless  and  un- 
settled  condition,    at    that   time,  of   man] 
parts   of   Syria  and    Asia  Minor.      He  was 
elected,  nf>t  loni^  afterwards,  a  fellow  of  the 
Royal    Geographical    Society    of    England. 
Mr.  Allan   early  took  a  part  in  municipal'! 
affairs,    his   name  appearing  as  one  of  the 
aldermen  for  St.  David's  Ward  in  1S49.    In 
1865  he  was  elected  mayor  of  the  city  and 
served  in  that  capacity  throughont  the  yeax. 
In  May  of  1856,  before  again  leaving  Cana- 
da foralenuthened  tour  abroad,  he  waa  pre- 
sented by  hisfellow-citizeiiB  with  a  very  com- 
plimentary address.   It  was  done  up  in  neat 
book  form,  and  is  now  a  most  interesting 
document,   as   it  Cfmtains  the  signature  of 
men  of  all  ranks,  parties  and  creeds,  a  large 
proportion  of  whom  have  now  passed  away. 
Mr.   Allan,  in  the  autumn  of  1858,  in  re- 
sponse to  a  retjuisition  from  the  electors  of 
the  York  division,  for  which  he  was  return- 
ed by  a  very  large  majority,  and  took  hia 
seat   for   that   division   in   the    l^egisl&tive 
Council  of  old  Canada,  which  he  retained 
until  confederation.     Mr.  Allan  to*jk  a  pi 
minent  part  in  the  business  of  the  Ijegiali 
tive  Council,  and  tilted  the  oflice  of  chaii 
man  of  the  Private  Bills  Committee  in  thai 
body  for  many  years.     In  May,  18tJ7,    h< 
was  called  to  the  i?enate  by  Koyal  proclanu 


CASADIAN  niOGRArOY. 


91 


villi    iniP 
%m  b  iiu« 


aiMl  tuB  ever  sincc^  taken  an  active 
•hftM  in  tU  deliberAliona,  u  well  aa  in  the 
bMUMflS  id  the  Cummittee  of  the  House, 
JUTiug  bcvn  cUaimmii.  ttrtt  of  the  Private 
Bitla  Comnuttee,  auil  sn)>««queatlf  of  the 
Staadio^  C^iTnniiltvA  on  BaJikini^  ami  Oom- 
a«rM»  which  \\^  ha^  now  Blled  for  many 
ym.  In  |»Ulica  he  ia  a  <  'unoerrative.  Mr. 
AUan  haa  alvaya  taken  a  deep  intereHt  in 
(k*  pranoci*^  of  literature  and  icience  in 
k«  uAbTe  cuiiniry.  He  was  v^ne  of  the 
uri^nal  owmbere  of  the  I^tyal  Canadian 
iMtftat^,  and  h<tii  filled  the  chair  as  preii- 
:  a  oontribntor  to  the 
Mite.  Ho  haa  alwa}*?! 
ISO  of  higher 
y  connecte<l 
»_  ji!\frsiiy  (of  wtiich 
llor,  and  from  which 
-u-^o  nf  U.C.  L. ).  everainoe 
tb*  foumling  of  that  histitntion  in  1852. 
Jt>  «i]  ti:>ri«r>  .■i.di^'.i.  <1  «iih  Oanadiftu  art, 
>i  .  a  lively  tnt*.>rcat. 

1j  ,  ' 'ntario  Society  nf 

■fiMiB.  aoa  chairman  oi  the  Art  L'nion  of 
*'^^*^*,  uvd  is  the  p^HMesaor  uf  a  l&rge  and 
Tvloabia  ooUe«tiou  ff  paintinirs  by  a  Oauu- 
^Jma  artnt.  the1at«Mr.  Paul  Kane,  ilhistra- 
tiBK     '  'e    and    cu«^*^*tnB,    and    the 

-at  North-Weat.     Attached 

iiortK^ultuiul  pitrauitA  himself,  Mr.  Allan 
labvar«4  aa  prraident  of  the  Horticultu* 

Soctatjof  Toninto.fur  more  than  twenty- 
Ara  /a^n,  to  foater  a  taate  for  the  atudy 
aaJ  <mliirati«>ii  of  tlowera  and  fruita  aruoog 
hia  ftfJiaar  cttictfiia,  and  it  wu  with  that  oh- 
yttfi  tjfeai  he  prewnteil  to  the  Society,  in 
I0&7»  tba  five  acres  of  land  which,  with  the 
■ahMqiwnt  riii.Iiii<<Ti  ntiulr  riftHPn,  now  form* 
agftlMSorj  iiav«*  already 

ikMit&f>iMM'  Miud  his  first 

A.  I  y  <>ariy  nge.     Ue  has 

AJ  interest  in  all  matters 

Ootii»<»cl*d  -  r<*ura  and  Milit'a, 

mmA  tm  luui  nel  of  the  Ke'^i* 

■wntal  Oikiaiou  of  hajtt  Toronto,  and  an 
WwiMmry  tneoiVMr  of  th**  Qtieen^A  Own 
Rid««.  A  ni#tiiber  of  the  t^hnrch  of  Kiig 
laad,  Mr.  AJlftn  has  ff>r  many  yc-ara  borne 
■D    actsn  'he   Synod    and     otht'r 

MBaabboi  nr\\.     Ht*  haa  nlno  tilled 

tht  ch-"  '  of  th**  VpptT  t'atinda 

HkJdr  a  than  twenty  years. 

labaau-.^— ti     Allan  tills  moru  than 

uat  pcMl  <4  oonaidt-rahU')  rcaponaihility  and 
tmaottUftm,  He  haa  been  for  many  yeira 
diM  eommiMiuner  of  llie  i.-ikiiada  ('mupany 
M  vttJJ  #■  pnwidvni  of  mie  of  our  Ui^Hiit 
«ai|  m$mx  BMOPsaaful  loan  coni|»Jiuioa,  iho 
W«iterfs   fTanHr    Lout  and  ^iaviij^s  Com- 


pany.  \Miile  in  his  twenty-fourth  yt-ar  he 
married  Lotiiaa  Maud,  third  daughter  uf  the 
late  Honourable  Sir  John  Uobinsoq,  Bnrt.«' 
C.U.,  chief  justice  of  Tpper  Canada,  and  she 
died  while  sojournini;  at  F^oine,  in  185'J.  He 
married  a^^'ain,  in  )Bo7»  Adelaide  Hsrriet, 
third  daughter  of  the  Kev.  T.  Schreiher, 
formerly  of  Dradwell  I>r>dge,  Essex,  Kng- 
land,  and  haa  a  family  of  six  children,  throe 
sons  and  three  dau^htors. 

3lilla,  <ieori;c  Hamilton,  of  fcbeOity 
of  Haniilton,  Barriaterat-law  and  Notary 
Public,  youngest  son  of  the  late  Jamea 
Mills,  Es^jnire,  was  born  in  the  towii  (now 
citj')  of  Hauiilton,  on  the  20th  November, 
1827.  His  father,  James  Mills,  was  bom 
in  Philadelphia  in  1774,  was  the  son  of  a 
t'.  £.  loyalist,  and  oa  auch  entitled  to  200 
acres  of  land  in  Ciuiada.  He  tint  cawe 
to  Canada  in  1703,  accompanied  by  the  late 
Hon.  John  W'illson,  of  Grimsby,  at  one  time 
Sj»«aker  of  the  Commons.  His  first  oocu* 
pation  in  thia  country  was  trading  with  the 
Indiana  for  furs,  which  found  a  fairly  good 
market  in  the  United  States.  On  hia  fini 
viait  to  the  locality  now  occupied  by  the  cit^ 
of  Hamilton  he  found  but  one  while  resi- 
dent, the  late  Col.  Richard  Beasley,  who  was 
also  trading!  with  the  Indians.  In  place  of 
the  now  well  ordered  streets  he  found  on  the 
site  of  Hamilton  only  an  Indian  footpath 
or  trail.  He  |»ennanent]y  settled  in  the 
country  in  I8lti,  and  finally  purchaaed  the 
'2<){^  acres  of  land,  which  now  forma  the 
western  boundary  of  the  city,  and  upon 
which  youui;  Milla  and  moat  of  hia  family 
were  born.  The  maiden  name  of  the  mother 
of  the  subject  of  our  sketch  waa  Christina 
Heaae.  whose  father,  Micharl  Hesse,  came 
fnjRi  (ifrmnny.  His  ancestors  have  held, 
and  still  hold,  an  oatate  on  the  Khinc,  Ger- 
many. Mr.  Milia  waa  educated  by  the  Rev. 
Dean  Cieddes,  and  ooTnmenced  the  study 
of  the  law  iu  1846,  under  articles  with 
Jiid^e  Uurton.  Ue  wsa  called  to  the  bar 
m  1851,  havtnK  paaseit  his  final  under  the 
exsminitiitin  of  the  Utn  Hon.  Unbt.  liald- 
win  and  the  Itt.  Hon.  Sir  J.  A  Macdonald, 
at  OshtcKMiti  Halt  Ho  married  on  )4th 
March,  18M,  Fraiicei,  dflti^rhter  of  the  late 
('apt.  Andrew  J>e«C'n.  of  Picton,  Ontario, 
and  ^rniiddau^hter  of  ihe  ^acTlioH.  Deavon, 
of  theOrdnaiictf  dL-|iartiiieiit,  Kingston.  Ont, 
He  waa  elected  aldummti  t<>r  8t.  tiutirg^e't 
Ward  in  1857.  and  chosen  maytir  of  tbe  city 
in  1858.  He  did  not  srck  re-ulection  to  the 
council,  but  wa»,  in  164V.),  again  elected,  by 
a  lur^e  majority,  alderman  for  Si.  George*! 
Wani.  During  this  year  he  njoved  the  first 
resolution  having  in  view  the  coustruction 


92 


A  ctclopjedu  of 


of  the  Uainillon  and  Lake  Erio  Hallway,  and 
by  forming  a  committee  of  leading  citizens, 
iu  concert  with  his  council  committee,  the 
enterpiiao  ripened.  8oon  after  thia  a  charter 
waa  then  obtained  and  (lie  road  couatriictod. 
He  waa  alao  the  firat  to  move  in  the  council 
a  reaolution   endorsing  the  conetriiction  of 
the  Hamilton  and  Nr>rth  Woatem  Railway, 
and  pledgini;  inunicipnl  ftnppori  and  aid  to 
the  undertaking.  Advocating  earnestly,  dur- 
ing it*  early  and  trying  stagca^  by  eloquent 
speechea  and  able  writing  its  construction. 
He  was  returned  as  alderman  for  the  years 
1870,  1871,  1872.  and  1677,  holding,  during 
the    moat  of   these  yeara,  the  position  of 
chairman  of  finance.      In    1800  our  subject 
waa    elected    president    of    the    Hamilton 
Horticultural  Society,  with  the  late  Judge 
Logie  na  vice-preeident ;  antl  waa  re-elected 
in   184)1,  and  ugaiii  in   1860,  with  .Tnhn  A. 
Druoe,  EMj.,aa  vice-president  ;  and  again  in 
1874  and   1875.      Thia  society  became  the 
leading  floral   institution  of    the  Dominion 
under  his  preaidency.    In  1874  he  was  elect- 
ed honorary  niombor  of  it  for  life  and  at  the  \ 
same  time  presented  by  its  members  with  a  i 
handsome  silver  service.     In  1803  he  was 
elected    president   of   the  Victoria    Mutual 
Fire  Insurance  Company,  which  position  ho 
has  continuously  held  to  this  time.     In  1851 
he  visited  Boston  as  the  invited  guest  of  the 
municipality  nf  that  place,  on  thencca&ion  of 
the  opening  of  the  Ogdensbnrg  and  Boston 
Railway.     Mr.   Mills  waa  a  captain  in  the 
Sedentary    Militia,  when    that    body    was 
superseded  by  the  present  volunteer  force. 
He  is  a  member,  and  always  baa  been,  of  the 
Gpiicupal    Church,   and    is   a    Liberal-Con- 
servative, strongly  attached  to  the  political 
principles   and   doctrines   of  the  late  Hon. 
Robert  Baldwin,  for  whose  memory  he  en- 
tertains the  higheat  reapcot.     To  Mr.  Bald- 
win's integrity,  ability  and  statesmanship  he 
attributes  in  a  large  measure  the  foundation 
of  cur  present  liberty  and  prosperity.     Ho 
)>eUeves  that  the  national  ptdicy  is  a  patri- 
otic one,    and   that    iia    coutinuanca,  until 
Canada  is  prepared    for   competition    with 
other  nations,  will  help  on    the  foundation 
of  a   groat  nation,  wliich   he  feels  s.inmunu 
is  the  destiny  of  Canada.     Mr.  James  MUU, 
father  of  the  Rubject  of  our  sketch,  hnd  ten 
children,   of  whom    Mr.  (Jeorge  H.   Mills  is 
the  youngest,  aud  the  late  Senator  Samuel 
Mills  the  eldest.      He  has  live  children,  the 
eldest,  Mr.  Sydney  George  Milli,  is  an  offi- 
cer in  the  North \V*e«t  M*>uiited  Police,  with 
title  of  inspector  and  capTuiu. 

Sc*oll,    Rohvrl,  Gait,  the   subject    of 
this  sketch  waa  boni  in  the  town  of  Gait. 


Ontario,  iu  1830.     His  father,  Jamea  Scott, 
a  gentleman  of  sterling  character  and  excel- 
lent abilities,  removed  from  Scotland,  &nd 
settled  in  Dundaa  in  1829.     Here  he  mar- 
ried and  settled  down  for  a  few  yeara,  bttt 
with  happy  insight  perceived  that  he  would 
accomplish    more   by     removing    to     Gait. 
Thither,  therefore,  he   repaired,  and  he  at 
once  occupied  himself  in  building  up  a  busi- 
ness.    Ho  still  resides  in  Gait,  and  ia  ono 
of  thoeo  who  can  point  to  his  exertions  a» 
beiug  among  not  tlie  leaat  imi>i>rtant  means 
through  which  his  adopted  town  was  able  to 
take  the  proud  place  that  it  now  holds  in 
the  business  community  of  Ontario.      The 
subject  of  our  sketch  received  a  sound  com 
moti  school  education  ;  and  after  his  studies 
were  ended,  he  began  to  learn  the  tinsmith 
trade.     In  order  tu  make  himself  maater  in 
this  bustneH,  he  removed  to  Albany.  New 
York,  where  he  spent  two  years  iu  a  pro 
minent   aud    well-equipped    establishment 
and   he  removed  back  to  Canada,  and  pur 
sued  his  trade  for  a  time  in  Guelph.     Two 
yeara  there  convinced  him    that  the  better 
opportunity  for  liis  business  existed  in  Gait, 
his  native  town.     Consequently  he  removed 
there,  and   associated    himself   in   partner 
ship  with  William  Trotter  iu  the  stove, 
und  h(dlow-ware  business,  under  the  firm  o: 
Trfftter  &  Scott,      In  1873,  after  the  partnc 
ship  htid  existed   for  ten  years,    Mr.    Scot 
sold  ont  his  interest  in  thebnsiness,  and  si 
months  afterwards  nurchascd   the    Viclori 
Wiirks,  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  o1 
hubs,    spokes,    rims,     wheels,    etc.       Th 
eatablishment    was    afterwards   clian^ed    to 
the  style  of  the  Victoria  Wheel  Co.,  and  is 
now  one  of  the  largest  factories  of  that  kind 
in  the   province  of  Ontario.     After  a  tim» 
Mr.  Scott  leaaed  the  establishment  to  Measra,. 
Perry    &.   Cook,    oihI    went  to   the  Cnitod 
States,  dividing  his  time  between  the  cities 
of   Detroit,    CleveUnd,   Atnlonta,    Georgia. 
Tidings   luid   now    reached    him    that    hia 
proj>erty    had    been    deatroyed    by    tire, 
returning   home— this    waa    in    the    fall 
1882— he  rebuilt  the  factory,  and  buain 
was  resumed,  Mr.  Scott  entering  aa  a  pari 
nor   with   the    leasees.       Many    inlluentlal 
townsmen,    who    had    learned,    during    the 
many  years  of  his  residence,  to  appreciate 
his  ability  ond  manly  worth,  pressed  him  to 
allow  himself  to  be  put  iu  nominatiun  for  a 
town-councillorship.     To  this  he  consented, 
and    was   elected   iu    1873.       He   ac*iuitl 
himself  itt  thia    petition   with  so  much  u 
rightuess,  ability  and  zeal  fiir  the  iuteres 
of  the  town,  that  his   fellow  oitixens  the 
elected  him  reeve.     It  was  after  this  tiait 


1 

1 


hia       I 


cakadjas  nioanAVHv 


ne  went  nuro/Mi  ;  but  on  his  return  i 
io  bii  luure  town,  be  wiia  again  received 
■Stik  fvoUnga  of  touch  aatisfacLion.  In 
I0S&  1m  vrai  •IvcUhI  mayor,  aoJ  r  most 
«ort]iy  4A'Mf  auKi«tr4ie  has  he  pmren  htm- 
■tU  tA  b*.  In  Addition  tw  Kin  other  prumi- 
BCBi  buainaM  connetilions,  Mr.  Scott  ie  a 
dknHor  of  the  Gore  Mutual  Fire  luiurance 
Co.  In  rmlijjion  he  i«  a  stAunch  and  honour- 
«d  OMtt^r  ol  the  .Metho<li8t  communion. 
lo  poUt»c»  h«  is  a  K«f<>nnvr.  hbeml  t<nuugli 
lo  ivgard  with  just  apprvciatidii  alt  the  g'M>d 
w— tlfca  of  his  f>pponenta,  and  true  enough 
to  put  it  in  no  man's  (lower  tn  be  able  to 
MJ  tbat  hia  pruicipl<«  l>ver  wavered.  He 
Im«  b*Ml  tmturer  of  the  Kefonn  Ansoci  At- 
tica f«r  the  Sonlh  Kidinv  of  Wiiterlou 
ODontjr.  Mr.  Scott  was  niarrii^  in  1870  u* 
Margaret  White,  uf  .Seafurt)).  Cuiint)'  of 
M"r■■'^.  and  by  thi»  tntimoble  lady  has  two 
■•-•ra  and  one  son.      11h  i«  one  of  those 

- 11  *!'<    .  <iii.iiiiiiiit\    with  whum  he  is 

aaaoci^  in  many  impor- 

tajsi  «  . 

Cebcil,   Antoinv,    Secretary    of    the 

D«I»rtm-r.t  -f  l*ublic  Works,  Ottawa,  woa 

born  n-  lie  d'Orlunns,  t*rovince  of 

O'^w'*  .irlN">.'V      He  was  educated 

minary  and  Laval  Univer- 

I  a  briiliatitcxirso  of  study,  ' 

taw.     In    1^72  he  entered 
'    t*f  Public  Works,  and  waa 
it.  fr.;m  1871)  until 
:iicbhonowh(dds. 
11    iii;tv  <  •■  Mtid,  he  was  quick 
and   the  ndiunitttrator  of  the 
.-    "■   ^im  Hu  vthcienl  ulticer, 
-tiould  a  vacancy  ucoui. 
^-    rnnis  wore  each  in 
ir    Works  during 
;]    was  law  clerk, 
•'•^  been  removed 
-  was  appointed  in 
laucrtcentlemau  died, 
\'rk,    Mr.    (lubuil,  was 
partuient  tit 
U>    hll  Mr. 
'     w  aj)  accordingly   ap- 
.»>  duties  "f   %(^c.TvU\ry. 
!              •.ires   rcating 
.iry  ..f  Pub* 
than   those 
i«   othoer  m 
Uw   cii..  ' ■■'    is 

tVl|ltll«<l,  I'd 

br^-t^i'Iiv*  ,"  .r- 

.1  I  altioe, 

i  .  \':  Bitua- 

ADd  hm  prunuaea  tu  tx*  nno  of  the  most 
C  aarrirtsr^ea    uf    which    the    Public 


tfflt  •< 

ai»d  tb*  ti 
ituiwii  by 
b«  m  nwui 

paftBt- 

apon  tb«ft' 

he  y^--"-- 

borvc 


Works  has  ever   bcon  able    t*.  boaat.     He 
married  in  1877  Mis^  II.  tiuiLrma. 

llcii€]vrM»n,  Williiiiii,  Ti#ronto,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  waa  born  ifi  tlte 
pansh  of  flslkirk,  iu  the  County  of  Caith- 
neas,  Sc«.tland,  Hia  father  was  a  farmer 
there  ;  but  ^ave  hiK  sim  the  benebU  which 
education  confers,  sending  him  to  schools 
at  Thurso  and  Wick.  In  1833  numlters  uf 
persona  were  emigrating  to  the  new  world 
to  twek  their  fortunes,  and  amun;!:  the  num- 
ber waa  William  Henderson,  who  on  bis 
arrival  settled  in  Tonmto,  wht*re  his  quick 
bueineas  perceptions,  his  good  jiidifment  and 
intelligence  booq  gave  him  a  prominent 
citi:;enfthip.  He  was  destined  in  the 
troublous  times  of  18il7  to  l>e  in  the  m<icr, 
and  was  found  in  the  city  guards  aiding  in 
restoring  order  and  maintaining  the  law. 
Alw'iya  taking  a  broad  and  intelligent  view 
of  civic  affairs  and  public  matters  generally, 
he  came  to  be  rev^ognir.^d  as  one  who  should 
be  in  a  ]e;;ialative  Aphure.  So  toward  1856 
H  number  of  his  friends  a>tktHl  btui  to  allow 
himself  to  be  nominated  for  the  City  Oouocil. 
He  consented,  and  was  elected  to  the  council 
for  Id'ift  and  1400,  and  while  in  the  Council 
he  Hcted  aa  chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Fire,  Water  and  Gas,  and  got  nitruduced 
aud  carried  the  Hrat  by-law  creating  a  paid 
tire  brigade.  Pu&sesaed  of  a  high  sense 
of  fairness,  and  having  a  character  of  high 
integrity,  he  was  appi^inted  a  justice  of 
the  peace,  and  in  that  position  now  is  often 
actively  engaged,  and  gives  eminent  satis- 
faction as  an  adniiuLstrator  of  justice.  Mr. 
Houdenoii  has  been  active  in  divers  ways. 
Hia  svuipathies  are  lar^e,  and  he  has  been 
prominent  in  the  promotion  of  various 
un^oaurus  of  public  and  social  utility.  In 
185U  he  waa  president  of  St.  Andrew's 
Society,  but  never  attached  himself  tu  any 
sucret  society.  In  religion  he  is  a  staunoh 
and  honoured  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church.  In  [H>Utics  he  has  suppnrted  thu 
policy  propounded  by  the  old  reformers,  aud 
so  ably  cmritiid  on  by  Mr.  George  Urown, 
Mr.  Alexander  Mackenzie  and  the  other  lib- 
eral IfAiierii,  In  IMiO  ho  marriud  Miss  W'il- 
holmina  .Munro  SuicUir.  He  is  at  present 
manager  of  the  Hartford  Fire  Insurance 
Coupany,  of  H»r(ford,  Counecucut,  for  the 
I>omini<>n  of  Canada. 

nonU'iilin,  t^oiilH  Joacph  4tc  i^nint 
Vcrail,  !niirqill«  or,  wh.s  the  di.'soendaut 
■jf  a  hoble  French  family,  and  was  born 
near  Niuiea  in  1712.  At  the  age  of  fourt^eo 
he  entered  the  army,  and  served  in  Italy  ai 
early  aa  17<^-4-  In  I7£it>,  be  being  then 
brigadier-goueral,    waa    appouited    Uj    tha 


94 


A   CYCLOVJIUIA   OF 


military  command  in  Catisda.  Reaching 
this  country  in  May,  ho  at  onLH3  began  his 
cainpuigTi,  and  singular  success  waited  on 
tiia  anus.  He  carriud  Fort  Oaweifu,  and  the 
fulluwiiig  year  Fort  William  Henry  surren- 
dered. The  harveat  now  failed  in  Cuiiada, 
and  Moiitouliu'a  soldiers  were  undisciplined 
Cnnadian  volunteent,  while  the  enemy  was 
the  best  British  stu^,  tbdroughly  organized, 
and  it  may  be  said,  bred  to  arms.  Mont- 
calm appealed  to  France  for  food  supplies, 
but  the  French  government  were  loth  to 
expose  muL'h  value  iiHoat  to  the  fangs  of  the 
KntiElish  cruisers  that  infested  the  northern 
AtUntic  waters.  "Notwithstanding  these 
disAdvftijtak^e.t,'*  says  a  writer,  '*  he  held  his 
^'lund  tiruily,  when,  in  the  campai^m  of 
1756,  the  English  under  Abercrombie, 
marched  from  the  south  toward  the  French 
dommions.  Montcaliu  •jccupied  the  stn>ng 
position  uf  TictMidomgo,  niiide  it  still  strong- 
er by  entrenchments,  in  constructing  which 
he  worked  with  the  common  soldiers,  and, 
at  the  head  of  about  three  thousand  six 
hundred  men,  awaited  tbo  attack  of  over 
fifteen  th<M)saDd.  After  a  tierce  battle, 
which  lasted  four  hours  (July  8,  175H),  the 
Kritish  retreated  in  disorder.  The  personal 
bravery  which  Montcalm  had  evinced,  in- 
creased his  popularity  among  his  soldiers  ; 
and  it  is  believed  by  many,  that  if  he  had 
received  timely  reinforcements,  he  could 
'avB  maintained  the  supremacy  of  the 
French  in  North  America,  or  held  out  for  a 
much  longer  period  ;  but  tho  want  of  energy 
on  the  part  of  the  homo  government,  the 
scarcity  of  food  all  over  New  Frunce,  and 
personal  dissensions  between  the  governor 
and  the  military  commaitder,  forbade  him 
to  look  for  much  assistance  ;  and  in  the 
midst  of  victory  he  expressed  his  ojnviction 
that  in  a  few  mcmths  the  English  would  be 
niaatera  of  tlie  French  colonies  in  America. 
Resolved,  however,  to  struggle  to  the  laat, 
and,  as  ho  himself  said.  '  to  IJnd  his  grave 
under  the  ruins  of  the  colony,'  ho  actively 
prepared  for  the  campaign  of  1759.  Tho 
Engliflh,  ou  the  other  side,  spared  no  exer- 
tions to  make  their  conquest  sure  ;  troops 
were  aent  frcun  Europe,  the  colonial  regi- 
xnenta  were  thoroughly  reorganized,  and  a 
strong  fleet  was  to  co-operate  with  the  land 
forces.  While  Amherst  and  Prideaux  were 
manojuvering  to  dislr>dt>e  the  French  from 
their  iHwts  in  the  vicinity  of  Kingston, 
General  Wolfe,  at  the  head  of  eight  thous- 
and chosen  troops,  supported  by  the  fleet 
in  the  St.  tiawrence,  presented  himself  be- 
fore Quebec.  The  sucuesfl  of  the  whole 
campaign^  or  more  properly  the  conquest  of 


Canada,  depended  upon  the  taking  of  that 
city  ;  and  to  protect  it,  Montcalm  had  con- 
centrated his  priucipal  forces  on  the  banks 
of  the  Montinorenci  river.  Being  attacked 
in  front  by  Wolfe,  on  July  31,  he  repelled 
him  with  cunaiderable  loss.  Wolfe  then 
chauged  his  plans  ;  he  prudently  landed  his 
troops  by  niglit  on  the  left  bank  of  the  St. 
Lawrence,  above  Qiiel>ec,  climbed  the  ta.ble 
land  that  overhangs  the  city,  and  on  th« 
morning  of  l^th  September,  appeared  with 
his  whole  force  on  the  heights  of  Abraham, 
in  the  rear  of  the  French  army.  Montcalm 
flew  at  once  to  op]>oae  his  advance,  uid  by 
ten  o'clock  the  two  armies,  nearly  equal  ia 
numbers,  each  having  fewer  than  five  thnus- 
and"  men,  were  drawn  up  in  front  of  one 
another.  Montcalm  led  the  attack  in  per- 
anum but  his  trfn)p9  soon  broke  before  tho 
deadly  fire  and  uullinching  front  of  th« 
British  ;  and  when  Wulfe,  placing  himself 
at  the  head  of  the  28th  and  the  Liouisbourgb 
Grenadiers,  gave  the  order  to  charge  with 
bayonets,  the  French  fled  in  every  direction. 
1'he  gallant  British  general  fell  in  the  mo- 
ment of  triumph.  Montcalm,  having  re- 
ceived one  musket  ball  earlier  in  the  actirm, 
WHS  mortally  wounded  while  attempting  to 
rally  a  body  of  fugitive  Canadians,  a  few 
moments  after  Wolfe  was  borne  fn^m  th« 
fleld.  On  being  t<dd  that  his  death  was 
near;  'So  much  the  better,'  ho  said.  'I 
shall  nt»t  live  to  see  the  surrender  of  Que- 
bec.* He  died  next  morning :  and  hit 
death  was  followed  by  the  loss  of  all  Canada, 
'whore  his  career,'  as  Bancroft  observes, 
*  had  been  a  wonderful  struggle  against  in- 
exorable destiny.'  He  was  buried  in  tho 
Ursuline  Convent,  on  Garden  street,  Que- 
bec. A  public  monument  to  the  memory 
of  both  Wolfe  and  Montcalni  was  erected  at 
Quebec  in  1827,  chiefly  thnmgh  the  influ- 
ence of  the  Earl  of  Dnihousie,  then  gover- 
nor-iieneral  of  Canada." 

Booker,  Wtlliuiu  Oavls,  Hamilton, 
the  gentleman  selected  to  form  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  comes  of  good  old*'EngUsh 
stock,  and  was  born  ou  March  10th,  1828, 
nt  Nottingham,  England.  Hin  father  waa 
the  Rev,  Alfred  Booker,  of  the  Bapti.'tt  com- 
munion. He  was  a  manufacturer  of  lace  in 
England,  but  was  meanwhile  connected  pos- 
torally  with  his  church.  For  a  time  he  ear- 
ned riu  business  as  an  importer  of  lace  at 
Montreal,  and  tlience  removed  to  Hamiiton, 
where  he  continued  in  similar  business  for 
about  six  years.  In  December,  1843,  he 
orgnnizeil  the  Park  Street  Baptist  church, 
of  which  he  was  ordained  tho  first  pastor, 
and   retained    the    charge    till    his    dekth^ 


4 


CAS  A  in  AK  JilOC'ItAPBY 


c: 

}. 

being    the 

M  tch.-'  • 

bo  4iil  so  t: 


ikmr 


H«  Jm«  hkawiM  teva  far  u 
^t  •ttp*rintcfk<i«cnt  u(    th* 


in  1857.     It  is  haxtlly  necds- 

to  tlte  caaae  nf  hia  death,  for 

remember  it.     He  was  a  ricti'_ii 

ta  tlw  tembte  Deajardins  Canal  accitJuiit. 

CNu  sab}ect*B  mother  was  Sopbi*,  nee  Var- 

ahv   hjul  be«n  au  orphiui   fruin  early 

Sh«  was  a   very  pioua  and  wurtliy 

,  aswl    died    in    184J.       The   subject 

9I  «Mir  akotch  is  one  of  a  family'of  ei^'ht ; 

aod  U  a  bmtber  of  tbt*  late  Ci>l.  BooVer, 

vba    at   000    tirnv    cxiumandod    the    l^ilh 

Bafttab«an  at  HatuiltoDf  and   was   also   the 

Ilia  ■  Ml  Mr  and  oommander  of  the  Hamilton 

Field  B«tUry  ;  and  of  the  Kev.  T.  Booker. 

Flirts     minister    in    Mount    Ferret,      ilia 

y>jans«et  ueter,  wh**  wm  born  in  Montreal,  , 

ia  tba  «>fe  of  Dr.  Reid.  a  wcllknnwn  phyfti-  1 

in  that  city.   William  D.kvia 

>t  sound  and  comprehensive 

•'le  plac«  of  his  studies 

.lu    Gramxnar   Sch<M)I. 

,1,1, ,,-■.,.(.  and  ordin- 

uMd  till  his 

ui/ida,  whioh 

<f  18-12,  arnvini^  dul}* 

autumn  of  the  s:im>*  | 

It  may  be  said  lliat  be 

•rc'il  until  May,  IM3.  and 

tlian   mofmi  t  u.      WilliAm  wms 

DOW  — (lytd   Ab-  -  father   iu    s«ll- 

iaf  Uoa  goodb  whwltMuUe.  and  iu  iravelUn^  , 

fRMn  M«nlT«*]  i<)  Sandwich  through  uU  the 

lovn*  and  vilUgea  on  the  way.     lu  Septetu-  | 

b«r,  l&ICr  ha  retired  fnjm  this  occupation 

•od  beeatn*  for  the  foundry  tirm 

«f  MnjQxtmi  >d  he  travelled,  princt- 

P^f  • '    *  r  smne  eighteen  years 

llUOttc  '"d    parts  of    Westeru 

-''•-      At  last  this  tirm 

T.  I   ts,  und  ho  C"ii- 

^JUMWii    .,    -: .-->Untiy  was  clnaod 

^^Kk  lb  August,  IWm,  iiv  \tvcntue  secre- 
^^^Ey  Atu3  Ir^wvtiiT*  r  i>f  tho  V'ictitria  Mutual 
^^^ba    I  KQd    still    con- 

^^^h*^  '  f*n.     i^Lr.  Booker 

U  ■!»•  Utaui  look  tuucii  interest  in  mili- 
tMWj  ■Mitora,  and  held  the  commiseiuns  of 
«M|ni  a&d  Uetit4UUU)l  in  the  uld  nulitia. 
Ha  /mti*«l    !)'«<  Son*  i-C  Temperance  ab^iut 


■r  became  a 
He  lA  a 
l  iti  M<»n- 

n>    A    CHi- 

■1    t'linrch 

'■■'1  alLtr 

a  rvli- 

In.rch. 

.[- 


In  ]K>Iitica  he  haa  been  all  his  life  a  Re- 
former, but  he  once  voted  for  Sir  Allan 
MaeNtib,  Ikhmuso  he  believed  that  he  would, 
thonyh  aTorv,  miike  &  better  rtpresenlutive 
of  the  city  thnn  Jus  Hefurm  opponent.  He 
married  in  July,  IS.'^a,  Sarah  Field  Uood- 
enough.  then  residing  with  her  fathvr.  Mr. 
Jolrn  Ooodenough.  a  retired  ofhcer  ui  the 
Conatguard,  Devonshire,  Kn;;land.  At  Km- 
eordjne,  County  of  Bruoe.  He  lins  a  family 
of  BIX  children.  The  eldest,  Mr.  Williun 
Booker,  is  foreman  of  a  lari^e  cattle  ranohe 
ill    Wyominif  Territory.     The   nth^r   tlir»e 

j  young  men  are  employeil  in  different  plact^s 
in  the  city  of  Hamilton  ;  and  Helen,  the 
eldest  daughter,  is  married  to   Mr.   <!F«orge 

I  A.  Crifce,  of  the  Star  Auger  Couipany, 
fi  am  iltt^n. 

WooiIk,  TVicbttCl  Joiiephf  Toronto, 
the  subject  of  ttiis  sketch,  was  born  near 
the  town  of  Ballymah'^n.  County  U>ngford, 
Ireland,  iu  the  year  1H4".  His  parents  were 
James  and  Ellen  Wooda,  who,  in  1650,  came 
to  Canada,  sett liii);  in  Toronto  ;  niid  subse- 
(piently  entja'^e*!  in  fanning.      5Ir.  VVooda 

I  wan  educated  in  Toronto,  and  receiviMl  a 
common  school  oduoation.  After  leaving 
schoi'l  he  had  a  great  deaire  for  painting,  but 
not  being  able  to  satisfy  his  inclinati'm.  he 
entered  aa  an  employee  of  Mr.  John  Mallon, 

,  This  was  in  the  year  180.1  ;  stmiewhKt  lat^r 
he  entered  into  partnership  with  Mr.  Mallou, 
who  was  a  butcher.  The  tirm  carried  OD 
buBtnesfl  with  much  nuc^ieaa  and  |>opuiarity 
in  the  St,  Lau-rencB  Market.  Iu  1871  Mr. 
Woods  set  sail  for  England,  forming  a  cc>n- 
noction  in  that  country  for  the  sale  of  cured 
meats.  He  wm  auocesaful  in  his  misAion. 
and  estabhvhed  agencies  ut  Liverpool  an<i 
<*la4;;ow.  During  this  visit  hi*  cruvelled 
through  the  priiiotp&l  cities  of  Great  Britain 
and  Ireland.  It  may  be  suid  that  Mr. 
Woods  was  one  of  the  ftrat  to  oHiBtder  tlic 
idea  of  shipping;  live  stock  to  thu  markets 
of  Great  llrLtain.  In  1881  he  was  cht^aun 
ooundllur  for  the  village  of  br}ckton  at 
that  time  a  suburb  of  Toronto.  Thia  ofhce 
he  held  till  1HH4  when  the  village  wae  am&l- 
gniuated  with  the  corporation  of  Toronto. 
In  tho  same  year  he  was  chosen  as  alderman 
for  the  city  of  Toronto,  and  in  that  posi- 
tion hiis  exhibited  r.eal  and  ccmnpicuoua  iu- 
teIli;;eiioe  in  the  dif«cliarge  of  his  duties.  In 
1885,  valuing  his  services,  his  constituenta 
re-electfed  him.  In  religion  Sir.  WixmU  ia  a 
Il^^man  Catholic  ;  in  politica  he  favours  the 
policy  of  Mr.  Ulake  and  other  liberals.  In 
18S1  liw  joined  a  syndicate  whose  ujjjuct  waa 
the  exportation  of  cattle  to  Kujjlaiid.  and 
during  the  time  that  he  waa  engaged  in  thia 


t»8 


A  CYOLOPACDJA   OF 


biiainess  hu  shipped  xiu  fuwtir  thftn  15,000 
head  of  cattle.  However,  owing  to  the  r»pid 
iticroofie  of  his  busineaa  in  other  directionB, 
he  was  obliged  to  sever  hie  connection  with 
the  oiupaiiy.  In  ]8!i2  he  wna  offered  u 
jiiatieetthip  of  the  peace,  but  here  again  the 
preaaursof  his  cxt«naive  butineaa  interfered 
and  he  waa  obl)(;ed  to  decline  the  offer. 
Mr.  Woods  takes  a  great  interest  in  our 
nationAl  game,  lacrosse,  and  is  lui  honorary 
nieml>er  of  the  Ontario  Lacroiwe  olub,  of 
which  Mr.  D.  A.  Rose  is  cHptKiti.  What 
hia  political  uiutho<ls  nre  will  be  seen  from 
the  following  uxtract  taken  from  a  cani  of 
his  issued  in  the  year  l8Br>  to  the  electors 
uf  St.  Mark's  Ward  : — "The  ratepftyors  of 
your  ward  hnving  alwaya  Voty  kindly  ah 
former  occ4isiouB  [>taced  ennu^li  couHileucd 
in  mo  tn  elect  me  without  any  exertion  on 
my  part  whatever  ;  should  that  contidenoe 
still  continue,  1  will,  as  heretofore,  without 
niakinu  any  raah  promises,  do  all  in  luy 
jH>wer  tor  the  best  interest  of  the  ward.  I. 
therefore,  take  tbii*  opi>ortunity  of  letting 
my  friends  know  that  I  am  a  eandidute.  I 
have  scrnpk's  against  making  a  persunal 
canvass,  for  in  my  opinion  candidates  ehould 
h«  elected  purely  on  their  merits,  and  wot 
through  solicitations,  as  I  am  sorry  to  say  is 
the  case  in  many  of  the  city  wards." 

Oliver,  John  Uiiggan,  Toronto,  of 
the  MfU-knowu  ^rm  of  Oliver,  Cuate  &  Co., 
ul  Torontu,  was  born  in  Hamilton,  ou  the 
3lst  May,  1847.  His  father  was  Stephen 
Oliver,  at  one  time  Sheriff  of  Hamilton,  and 
hia  mother's  maiden  name  was  Dug^an. 
Our  subject's  fallter  came  to  Canada  about 
the  yejir  1812.  settling  in  Hamilton.  Mar- 
garet Duvgan  (his  wife)  was  a  daughter  of 
the  late  C'ol.  Duggan,  of  the  British  army, 
and  sister  of  the  late  Judgri  XJu^gnn.  of  To- 
moto,  Mr.  Stephen  Oliver  had  ten  chil- 
dren, the  subject  of  tliin  sketch  bfing  the 
youngest  son.  John  fhiggan  Oliver  received 
a  sonnd  commercial  educaiion,  and  conclud- 
ed his  studies  at  Upper  Canada  Cidlege,  at 
the  age  of  sixteen.  He  then  entered  the 
employ  <'f  E.  M.  Carruthers,  ftirwH-rding 
agvnt  and  wharfinger,  where  hr  remMiiifd 
for  two  ye*rs.  He  ne\t  entered  the  wluile- 
sale  house  of  MeAars.  Moffait,  Murray  A'  Co., 
and  served  a  three-year  apprenticiahip  at 
the  business  of  the  tirm.  At  the  a^e  of 
twonlyone  ho  entered  the  employ  of  Messrs. 
Wakefield,  Coate  it  Co..  auctioneers  and 
commission  niercliants.  This  it  may  be  said 
was  ihe  oldest  firm  of  auctioneers  in  Con* 
ada.  it  having  exiiiied  fnut  1834  to  18C8.  In 
the  latter  year  Mr.  Waki-tield  retired,  and 
Mr.  Oliver  took  the    vacant   place,    having 


purchased  hijt  interest,  when  the 
charged  its  tiame  U*  F.  \V.  Toato  &  Co.  In 
1880,  Mr.  Coate  retired,  and  the  firm  ia  still 
known  as  Oliver,  Coati.^  «fr  Co.,  although  Mr. 
Oliver  is  the  sole  proprietor.  The  popular 
name  of  this  widely-known  establishment  ia 
the  Mart.  Since  the  buainesi  came  exclu- 
sively into  Mr.  Oliver's  hands  he  lias  great! 
enlarged  the  premises.  The  length  tif  th 
liondaome  place  ia  now  240  feet,  with 
ceiling  25  feet  high,  and  the  reault  is  that 
the  room  is  one  of  the  m.ist  ntagniliceni  in 
the  dt'miniun.  The  business,  wo  might  say, 
consists  of  auctioneering,  commission,  vain- 
ation.  dealinga  in  teal  ettute,  linancc  agency 
etc  Besides  the  splendid  business  that 
comes  to  th«  Mart  fr<jm  the  public,  the  pro 
prietor  ia  ofhciul  auctioneer  for  the  Court  o 
Chancery,  and  for  Moyds.  Mr.  Oliver  has 
in  the  main  Cfmtined  himself  to  hia  husineaa, 
but  he  ia  a  man  of  large  public  spirit  never* 
thelcss.  He  is  a  captain  in  the  Besetnr« 
Militia,  of  which  C.  S.  Ozowaki  is  colonel. 
He  IS  a  member  of  the  Chnrch  of  England, 
and  for  Heveii  years  was  warden  of  St.  St«*- 
phen's  Church,  T<.ronto.  He  married,  iu 
fcieptember,  1870,  Miss  KliMbeth  A.  Coate, 
only  daughter  of  K.  W.  Coate,  e:c-alderman 
of  Toronto,  and  now  rcBidcnt  iii  KosseAU, 
Muskoktt  district,  liy  this  union  our  stib- 
ject  has  u  family  of  eix  children  living.  He 
bos  travelled  through  the  United  Stales, 
partly  for  recrewtiou.  and  eomewhat  for 
huaiueas.  Mr.  Oliver,  it  would  not  b«  auper- 
fluuuB  to  aay,  has  more  than  usual  business 
capacity  and  a  sonnd  judgment,  a  sharp, 
quick  penetration.  He  dooa  not  concern 
himself  much  with  politics,  but  he  ia  an  ad- 
herent of  the  cauFe  of  Canadian  Coiiaervat- 
ism.  Mr.  Oliver's  appear»nce  indicates  his 
energy. 

Pollard,  Dr.  Meplien  B.— Stephen 
Ballard  Kdlard,  M.  IS.,  whs  burn  ou  May 
llth,  1M4»;.  in  ihe  Township  of  Toronto, 
County  of  Peel.  His  parents  were  Jo»hua 
Pollard,  who  married  Miss  Mariah  Hill. 
Mr.  Joshua  Pollard  was  a  life  l^ng  He- 
fiTiner.  and  was  one  of  the  patriotic  apirita 
who  gathered  uuder  the  banner  *if  William 
Lyon  McKeDZie,  in  the  atonuy  years  of 
1K17-38.  Mr  P.iIIard  always  credited  Mr 
\Vm.  Ly.-n  MuKenJiie  with  loyn.g  the 
foundation  of  freedum  and  justice  in  Can- 
ada. Our  Bubject  was  educated  Hrst  in  Ui* 
district  school  at  home  ;  then  in  the  Oak- 
ville  County  Grammar  Sohood,  and  auhae- 
quentiy  iu  the  Toronto  School  of  Medicine. 
Heijraduatcd  in  medicine  in  the  Cniversily 
of  Toronto  in  18410,  since  which  time  ho  haa 
been  in  constant  practico    Tie  apent  his  tint 


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ire  iif^fril 
with  '. 


i.iio  County  of  Elgin,  ami  then 

(rruiito.    He  hu  nlways  been  'jf 

*"-^  ■^itioii,    but    hiiB    never  been 

'  of  nny  sort.      Hib  e%[KTi- 

.....  .ilo  woreof  thv  ni'mt  pleJWAnt 

Ii«    haii    kind  ttiilulk!«nt  parents, 
It'^sa  tirm  wtien  nccAaiou 
'    tireaiiic  wu  always  n 
He  Una  never  evinced 
ikll'airs;  audliMnwor 
,  rpT   b»MJU  con»i.'cl«<l 
-.     Me  j(<ii>eil  the 
.  t-mber,  187*^,  and 
baa  held  4«:rerj.l  uUici.^A  in  the  lodyr*,  hiuI  in 
a(  praamt  master.      He  joined  the  Mnaonic 
order  in  Deonuber,  1875,  uud  haA  held  vari- 
<iiM  offioiM,  and  \B  A  ptifit  rniiRter.    Ue  joined 
h.  O.C-W.  in   Jiintiary,  IHtlO,  aikd  wa* 
*A  the  ImIu'u  fur  twi>  or  three  years. 
V  ia  [low   a  Pait  Uutriot  Deputy  Urand 
Mastof  for  York  Uulrict.      He  united  him- 
•aU  with  the  S**)^.  f    K'.m  rhts  of  the  A.O.l'. 
W,  in  January.  <  at  present  Ooni- 

uaailer  i.>f   His  i     ^  i    Deputy  (irand 

Ooamaodar  of  the  Urand  legion  wf  Ontario ; 
ii   PrMid«nt  of    Lodge    Windsor,   No.    8o, 
ftou  of  EBsland  BoDevolent  Society.  When 
ImMg   In  ot.   Andrew's    Ward,  he  was  an 
■ctiTa  aitfmber  of  the   Hefurui  Assocuition 
uf    the    v»rd,     boing    chtilroiau    one  year. 
Ha  \mM   attabdad    various    churches,    but 
nvwr  joined  one.     Ha  is  inclined   to  the 
BafiCiat  belief,  which  in  hiii  opinion  is  nearer 
Um  tnse:,  eternal  and  [irimilive  rfli;/ion  than 
waj  otber  (urm  of  worship.     He  is  at  pre- 
asAi  palitkally   the  same  as  when  he  tirst 
took  any  p"*"*    '"   "**'  alUim  of  the  country. 
He  la  a  rti  m,  and  do«s  nut  know 

■Ib^    tenu    ..      ....u:i   besr,    but  he  is  not 

of  rilhur«  and  is  alwsys  ready  to 
ike  cail  iu  either  name.  He  was 
maeried  oa  July  1st,  1874,  to  Marraret 
OnmiieU,  eldoiil  dau:;hl«r  of  the  late  Jnhn 
ConuieQ,  brvwor,  who  sat  at  the  aldenuauic 
ill  Toiwnlo»  for  St.  Andrew's  Ward 
aeveral  years.  In  private  life  Dr. 
u  •t»nny-h««nrtiHl  and  kind,  and  he 
onuol  '  .   J  porsoiial  friends. 

ham  ai<  cv,  and  is  juilged 

\m  a  no*!  .-Ap:ii>i> 

•tev««iaon,  Junt  rman,  Ham- 

oi  those  nil  II  .>ii<i  aas  carved  out 

ova  way  in  lifu  with  much  sucoesa,  waa 

,^  Ih-   ii.i.    \i-.^.  1.    tv-T.   ...  »ho  vil- 

t^onfari.  I.   His 

tier  by 
,  sod    bu  !%,    n^^ 

BrliTwood.     J'"  I  •iiiit-t 

kle  at)  (ar  aa   i  <1. 

Vl  '.  ■         '„  '110 

a 


man.  He  took  n  ^uod  deal  of  iDtereat 
alnays  in  military  luatters,  and  beltmf^ed  to 
one  of  the  Soutli  Stall'irdfihire  re^ments. 
He  died  in  1K30.  His  son,  the  suV*ject  of 
this  sketch,  recuived  the  ordinary  eilucatinn 
that  falls  to  biiyH  at  t)ie  common  schools  ; 
and  when  he  had  entered  into  his  eleventh 
year  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  trade  of  en- 
gine huildiiix.  etc.  He  spent  eight  years 
at  this  business  ;  and  then,  shoulderini;  his 
piLck.loft  his  native  village  and  proceeded 
t4i  Birmingham.  Here  he  plied  his  trade 
OS  a  journeyman  for  some  time  ;  but,  in 
18>~>()  he  made  up  his  mind  that  the  now 
world  litdd  out  brighter  prospects  for  the 
wt^rk  of  his  hands  than  the  old.  Hu  he 
soiled  for  America,  and  stationed  himself  in 
Philadelphia,  obtaining  employment  in  the 
Baldwin  Locomotive  Works.  In  1854  he 
{>acked  up  his  worldly  goods  and  de)>arted 
for  Cauada,  taking  up  his  abode  in  Unmil- 
I  ton,  then  a  small  enough  town,  yet  dujpjay- 
tn<;  the  enterprise  »ni]  push  which  after- 
I  wards  ]^ave  U\  her  the  name  of  *Mhe  ambi- 
/  tious  city."  He  obtained  the  responsible 
position  of  foreman  in  the  locomotive  de- 
partment of  the  Oreat  Western  Railway, 
and  held  this  position  till  1876,  when  he 
uutered  into  public  life.  He  now  l:»egau 
to  concern  himself  with  public  questions, 
and  chiefly  with  subjects  of  civil  concern. 
Estimatini^  at  its  proper  value  his  cayiaoity 
for  municipal  business,  a  number  of  towns- 
folk pressed  Mr.  Si.eveuB<>n  to  put  himself  in 
nomination  for  a  seat  iu  the  council,  which 
he  did,  and  iu  January,  1877*  he  was  elect- 
ed alderman  for  No.  4  Ward.  Hu  has 
been  re-elected  for  the  same  ward  every 
year  since,  and  enjoys  the  resjiect  and  an> 
shaken  c«>ntidence  of  his  constituents.  In 
1870  he  was  elected  chairman  of  the  Water 
Works  Ctmiiuittee  ;  and  tliis  im]>ortant 
oMco  he  hidds  up  to  the  present  date.  In 
\f^hl  Mr.  Stevenson  was  director  and  share- 
holder in  the  Hamilt<jn  Industrial  Building 
Society  ;  and  he  subset^uently  became 
president  of  the  same  institution.  Tikis 
ottiee  he  held  till  the  atfairs  of  the  company 
were  wound  up  in  18*50.  He  was  also 
president  of  the  Ki|niiable  BiddiHj^  and 
Loan  Society,  which  discontinued  buuiiioss 
in  187L  Our  subject  hus  been  a  somewhat 
extensive  traveller.  Ho  has  visited  the 
chief  places  ia  the  I'uited  States  and  in 
Canada ;  and  he  has  cntssed  the  t»ooaii  to 
[»ay  a  visit  to  his  nativu  lanO.  He  waa 
renrtfd  in  the  Episcopal  faith,  but  a«  hu  ad- 
vitnci'd  iu  life  tlie  doctrines  of  that  churcli 
i;rew  less  acceptable  and  he  became  a 
Methodist.       Iu   Dominion   |>olitics  ho    ia 


d8 


A   CYCLOr^VJA  OF 


B  Conservatife,  and  takes  an  unusual  in- 
terest in  tlie  AtTairs  of  hia  party.  He  has 
been  vice-|iri?(iM|pnt  of  the  C%inserv'utivfl 
Afianeiiition  in  Ward  No.  4.  Ho  intirriml 
on  the  Istiif  .Inly.  18(>1,  Mra.  Radial  Har- 
per, relict  of  the  latu  Thoiuoti  llurpor.  and 
una  DO  family.  Mr.  Stevviifiun  is  u.  gentle- 
man of  cuiirtooua  knd  attractive  luanuer. 
We  may  add  that  at  the  time  o(  the  Dee- 
jardins  Canal  accident  Mr.  8tevenBon  vas 
one  of  the  tirst  persoiig  ttpoti  the  ill-fated 
■oone  and  his  aaaistance  was  moat  valuable 
and  warmly  rcroorobered  after  that  terrible 
accident.  At  the  time  of  the  Trtnt  affair 
he  ur^Hnized  a  company  of  vulunteera,  but 
their  sen'icea  were  not  required,  huU  it 
WAS  diabanded  after  the  excitement  had 
ended. 

Ilonr}*,  Kobert,  Brantford,  ex-Mayr 
of  the  City  of  lirautford,  waaborn  in  Perth- 
ahire,  Scotland,  on  November  30th,  1844. 
He  is  a  son  of  John  Henry,  a  conir&ctur, 
and  his  mothtr,  Jane,  fi«  Dow,  both  being 
Scotch.  Uiir  subject  wna  educated  in  the 
pHnsh  BchooUof  Perthshire  until  he  reached 
his  ninth  j'esr.  Then,  in  l><.')3,  he  came  with 
the  family  to  Ontario,  and  finisht^d  his 
studies  in  the  lirantford  public  sohoids.  In 
his  twelfth  year  he  entered  the  employ  of 
Andrew  Hudson,  stationer,  and  in  this 
employ  remained  for  three  years.  Ho  then 
became  an  apprentice  to  the  urocery  1»nsi- 
ness  with  U.  i'.  AlUn.  In  1802  our  subject 
cntvred  the  warehouse  of  Charles  Wattn, 
thu  le»diny  wholesale  Krocer  in  UrHntft>rd  ; 
and  on  thn  dcmiso  uf  Mr.  Watts. in  IS»i8,  he 
beeiune  manager  fitr  Alfred  Watts,  the  son 
of  his  former  entpluvor,  who  bfkUi^ht  <iut  the 
business.  Mr.  Henry  held  the  position  until 
1871,  when  he  became  a  partner.  The  firm 
was  now  known  ss  A.  Watts  &  Co.,  whole- 
sale ^rocer8.  This  tirm  also  owns  the  Brant- 
ford  SMAp  works,  the  tannest  in  the  Dominion. 
The  wholesale  and  manufactory,  combined, 
embrace  a  very  large  business.  The  charac- 
ter of  the  firm  stands  the  very  hii^hest,  and 
its  busuieea  relations  extend  throughout 
every  proviuco  in  the  Dominion.  Mr. 
Henry  has  held  many  [xisittons  of  trust  and 
responsibility  during  his  career  in  Brantford. 
He  has  been  president  of  the  St.  Audrew^s 
^Society,  of  the  Caledonia  Society,  of  the 
boiith  Brant  Agricultural  Association,  of  the 
Telegram  Printing  Company,  of  the  Liberal 
Conaervatire  Association,  and  has  been  for 
two  yeara  past  the  president  of  the  Brant- 
ford  Board  of  Trade.  He  at  one  time  was,  for 
three  yesre,  a  member  of  the  High  School 
board.  He  has  also  been  n  director  of 
the  Brantford  Voung  Ladies'  (College,  since 


its  establishment ;  and  he  takes  a  very  a 
tive  piirt  in  the  municipal  aH'^tirs  of  the  cit 
having  been  elected  to  the  c<iuncil  f<'r  ll 
teprenentaiioM  of  the  North  Ward  in  187 
Mr.  Henry  wits  elected  to  the  niay-.r'a  cba 
in   1^78  by  a  large  majority,  luid  wus  the 
tinet  mayor  of  Brantfonl  after  its  inaugura- 
tion aa  n  city.     Hu  was  elected  by  acclama- 
tion in  187^,  and  offered  the  position  a  third 
ttme,   but   declined.      During   bis   lerui  uf 
othce  as  chief  magistrate  the   l^/me  bridge 
acrons  the   (irand    Ri%'or   was   built,  and   is 
one  of  the  besi  roadway  bridges  in  Canada. 
Mr.  Henry  lias  always  been  an  indefatigabl 
worker    in    the    interest    of    the    city    an 
county.     In    prditics   he  is   a  Liberal  Ct»n- 
servative  ;  in  religion  a  Presbyterian,  and  Is 
a  member  of  Zion  Presbyterian  church.     Hai 
married  Carrie  E.  Philip  in  December,  1879j 
daughter  of  the  lute  Anthony  Philip,   an 
grand -daughter  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Buchanan, 
of    Edinburgh,    Scotland.      He    has  three 
children.      Mr.    Henry    is    courteous    and 
kindly-hearted,  and  is  very  popular  with  all 
classes  of  the  people. 

Cordncr,  Rev.  Jolm,  LL.D.— Thii 
elo()uent  and  learned  divine,  who,  for  five 
thirty  years  occupied  a  prominent  positio 
among  the  clergy  of  the  City  of  Montreal, 
was  bom  July  3rd,  1810,  in  the  parish  of 
Hillsborough,  County  of  Down,  Ireland. 
By  the  removal  of  his  parents,  during  Uis 
infancy,  to  Newr}',  in  the  same  county,  lift 
passed  his  bi->ylioi-Kl  and  early  manhf'od 
that  town,  receiving  such  education  the 
as  the  best  local  schools  alforded.  H 
start  in  life  waa  in  a  buainoss  direction,  but 
thia  waa  given  up  for  study  and  training, 
with  a  view  to  the  Christian  ministryf  aa 
more  in  harmony  with  hia  feeling  and  the 
tendency  of  hia  mind.  Brought  up  in  the 
First  (Cnitarian)  Presbyterian  congregation 
of  Newry,  in  connection  with  the  Remon- 
strant Synod  of  Tlster,  his  studies  were 
carried  on  under  the  direction  of  that  bodyj 
at  the  Royftl  College,  Belfast.  Licensed  b 
the  Keumnstrant  Presbytery  of  Bangi^r.  h 
waa  ordained  in  September,  lH43,  at 
special  meeting  of  that  Presbytery,  held  in 
Belfast,  tu  the  charge  of  the  Unitarian  con* 
gregation  of  Montreal,  Canada.  That  con 
gregation  had  been  formed  in  the  prcvio 
year,  but  had  not  aa  yet  been  provided  with] 
a  church  edifice  or  regularly  ordained  min- 
iater.  Mr.  Cordner's  call  to  the  ministerial 
charge  of  the  oongregation  of  Montreal  came 
throu.:h  an  application  from  Montreal  made 
early  in  1843,  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Montgomery, 
one  of  the  profeaaora  in  connection  with  the 
College  at  Belfast.     Dr.  Montgomery  waa 


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^AVJAK  RWGRAn 


to  recommend  ii  aniuhle  yonng 

e    chdrjje  of    the    newly-formed 

-'©  i^n.     Mr    Cordner's     name    was 

'   f  .    And   in   due   timn  &  oill    came 

fr  1.1    1!    ntrenl.  «ii:ned  l>y  .T'lhn  Yoring,  L. 

H     Hoit'^n.    ri-njaiiiin    U'orktuAU,   ThomaH 

**     -' Mid  htt«*n  fitbera.      In  re^ponur 

'I    Mr.   I'nnlner  left    Irelund  for 
Old  *ft««r  viftitifiu'  Nrw  York  And 
tired  ut  Montreal  on  Satnrdny, 
itii    lK4l,  ftiiil  prenohed  hia  rtf*t 
'     ii  ■>:;..■;     ri  on  the  fidlowinjj 
'  •  -  II  t  ■-  ■■'.  m-'i-'iin*  was  in  a  private 
hniiao,  wht^re  Suudeiy  services  continued  to 
h«  btfld  until  A  L'hnrch  wm  built.     A  lut  of 
l»nd  haring  hieeni  MOcnred  fur  this  purpose 
OD  B«*Ter  Hall  Hdl,  the  fotindaticms  were 
Uiil   «arly    in    1844,    iind    the   church    waa 
opciMd  And  dedicated  in  1845.     An  an  indi- 
cation of  ih*  Blate  of  fettling  in  Montreal  at 
that  f*nod,  it  may  Ihj  mentioned  that  the 
vrndon  of    the  land  on  which   the  church 
waa    bnilt    hesitated    to    i^ve    a  deed   to  a 
^«ocielj  of  '  '  -■'■   -:^,  .in  the  ground  of  its 
^^Bt^vitrutrd  -i^aliry  in  conaefpience 

^Vf    KMr«>4>  _'    the  doctrine  of   the 

Triiiit\ .  :t\  difficnlty,  however, 

"'-*    '  i"  1  .  ■  .    and    ft   chnrch    was 

In   1857    the  church 
I  tor  the  uicreadin^  oou- 
^    -  11  wua  taken  down,  and  h 

erected  on  the  same  silo — 
Mg  thut  now  standi  there, 
fhf  rhnrth  -tf  the  Messiah, 
f  visited  Toronto, 
I   just  vacated  by 
I    to  li  larger 
!i    had   been 
no'iid  and  placed 
ly    iiervii?es ;  and 
I    11  ;jnthfred  by  pnblio 
rst  Sunday  service  by 


:  urntng 
I  ■  ihore, 

ikni  .  fur  the  second  time. 

'^H^  ■:-\\\r\  Sunday  meeting 

^Bli'  ^senibled  to 

^^VT  ,   which  wa« 

^^■|<  <         exists  as  the 

^^Vl  L>ion    of   Toronto, 

^■•■tTiu;  iU    iiUiiXcli  c'liljcu   on    Jarvia  afreet. 
Dvnng  A  penod  of  thirtv  yeara  ur  so  Dr. 

hi!  ■  .11- 

"I 


bf  ae. 


I ,  he  n^tired 
tioa,  still  ro* 


tainin^,  however,  at  the  special  reijueat  of 
the    con^rei;ation,    a   titular   connection  aa 
Honorarj'  Pastor  or  IVator  Emeritus.     On 
r-'siijrnini^  hia  ministerial  reBi>onBibilitieB  in 
Montreal,   he  removed    with    hia  Tuudy  to 
H  )atuji,  Maas,,  whore  he  now  residua.     The 
active    mintnterin)    and    public   Ufe    of  Dr. 
Curdner  waa  paaaed  in  Montreal.      Ilia  in- 
terest in  pnbhc  mattera  was  shown  by  his 
frrqiient  contnbutiona  to  the    newspajiers, 
editorinl  and  otherwise.      In  1944  he  isaufid 
the  *'  Bible  ChriatiAn  "  as  a  monthly  publi* 
cation,  mainly  for  the  purp'»se  of  removing 
mi&Ap prehension  concerning  I'nitariaii  views 
uf  retitciot),  and  giving  the  general  pnblic  « 
better  opportunity   for   understanding  the 
grounds  of  Unitarian  Christianity.      At  the 
otid  of  aix  years,  haviniv   fultilled  its  pur- 
pose, it  was  diacontinucd.     In  1854,  bow- 
ever,  a^^in  finding  the  need  of  some  organ 
of  expression    through  the    press,  he   pub- 
lished n  monthly  j«utrnal  called  the  "  Liberal 
t  Christian,"  ami  carried  it  on  for  live  yean 
'  longer.     In  November,  1808,  he  presented 
his  congrej<ation  with  a  volume  of  "  Twenty- 
:  Hve  Sermons/'  as  a  memorial  of  hia  twenty- 
'  five  years*  ministry   among   them.     He  is, 
{  besides,  the  author  of  pamphlets  and  tracts, 
several  of  which  have  been  reprinted  else- 
where—notably   one    on    the    "  .Ainencan 
Conflict,"   which  was  reprinted  in  England 
and  extensively  circulated  there  during  the 
civil  war  in  the  United  States.      He  took  an 
active  part  in  securing  Mount  Royal  Ceme- 
t4rry   as  a  burial    place  for  the  Protestant 
population  of  Montreal,  and  was  also  one 
of   the  originators  and   corporaton   of  the 
Protestant  House  of  Industry  and  Kefugo 
in  that  city.      Dr.   Corduer  was  married  in 
Dctober,   1852,  to  Camline  U.,  daughter  of 
the  Rev.   Dr.  Francis  Parkman,  of  Boston, 
MaAs.     His  family  cimsists  of  two  daughters. 
White,    Wlinailif   Secretary    of    the 
Post  OfHce  Dep»rtntent,  Ottawa,  a  Justice 
of  the  Peace  for  the  Ctmnty  of  Carleton,  and 
Lioutenant-Cohuiel,  of  the  43rd   Battalion 
of  Canada   Militia,    was   burn  in    Loudon, 
England,  January  tith.  1830.     His  father, 
whose  chriatian   name  waa  the  same  as  hia 
own  (as  was  also  that  of  his  grandfather), 
died  when  our  subject  was  barely  ten  years 
old.      His  mother  came  to  Oiinoda  in  18B1, 
and  died  in   1882,  in  the  ftSth  year  of  her 
age.     His    father's  family   have    for  many 
generations    been    settled   in    Devonshire, 
where  the  even  tenor  of  their  lives  seoins  to 
have  been  but  rarely  disturbed.     Our  sub- 
ject was  educated  at  a  private  school   near 
London,  Kngland,  and  shortly  after  leaving 
school  he    was   appointed   (19th    February, 


A  CYCLOFJEDIA   OF 


I84C),  to  tlio  English  Civil  Service  aa  n  clerk 
ia  the  General  l*usl  Otiice,  ^^t.  AI(iitiii*H 
le  Grand.  This  appointment  he  n^signed 
iu  April,  18o4,  in  which  year  he  came  to 
Canada.  Ho  remained  at  Godcrich,  in 
Weatcrn  Ontario,  during  the  summer  of 
1854,  and  in  November  uf  that "  year, 
entered  tlie  Civil  Service  uf  Canada  as  chief 
clerk  in  the  money  order  branch  of  the 
Post  Otlice  department.  This  i>uaition  he 
retained  until  Jan.,  1861»  when  he  was  pro- 
moted to  the  aecretaryahip  of  the  depart- 
ment. He  was  gazetted  a  lieutenant  in 
the  SrdBattalion  of  Toronto  militia  on  3Ut 
March,  185*.*,  and  ;ninBf erred  to  the  un- 
attached list  on  the  18th  May.  1860.  At 
the  time  of  the  Trmt  ati'<iir  in  I8G1,  he 
juiniMi  the  Civil  Service  Rifle  Cunipany, 
and  served  as  a  uon-commissioned  otticer  in 
that  ounipAiiy,  until  the  formatiim  of  the 
Civil  Service  Hifla  Regiment.  He  com- 
manded a  company  in  that  regiment  (cum- 
miaftion  aa  captain,  dated  21  st  iSept.,  18t>ti), 
until  it  was  disbanded  in  Dec,  18($8.  He 
WM  appointed  to  the  command  of  an  inde- 
pendent rifle  company  on  the  23rd  July, 
IBC'lj  and  promoted  to  the  rank  of  brevet 
major,  2nth  Jan.,  1872.  On  the  organisa- 
tion of  the  Govenior-OeiieriirB  F'oot  Gnarda 
in  1872,  hiflcompauy  became  No.  1  company 
of  the  Guards,  in  which  regiment  ho  was 
appointed  senior  major  on  the  20th  Sept., 
1872.  He  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of 
lieut. -colonel,  by  brevet,  2r>th  Jan.,  1877, 
and  waa  transferred  from  the  Fuut  Guards 
to  the  43rd  Uuttalion  as  lieut.-co]une],  on 
the  re-or^aniz&tion  of  the  43rd  Ottawa  and 
Carieton  lides,  vi\  the  ;Hh  Aug.,  lo81.  He 
coram&iided  the  Canadian  team  at  Wimble- 
don, in  1884,  on  which  occasion  the  team  won 
the  Kolapore  cup.  He  baa  likewise  been 
pretideot  uf  tlie  Ottawa  Athentuum  and 
Mechanics*  Institute,  secretary  of  the 
Ottawa  Natural  History-  Society,  and  presi- 
dent of  the  OttAwa  Field  Naturalists'  Club. 
Col.  White  was  appointed  in  June,  1880,  a 
member  of  tlie  Uuyal  CummiBsion  to  en- 
nuire  into  the  Civil  Service  of  Canada. 
He  haa  never  taken  an  active  part  iu  politics, 
and  cannot  be  said  to  bulung  to  either  of 
the  two  great  piJitieal  partiua.  He  married 
at  St.  lieorge's,  Hanover  Square,  Li>ndon. 
on  1st  Oct.,  1853,  Elixabtsth,  dauRhter  of 
George  Keen,  of  liambeth.  He  has  had 
six  sons,  two  of  whom  were  drowned,  and 
one  daughter.  Colonel  White  ia  said  by 
those,  whose  testimony  we  must  accept,  to 
be  at  once  one  of  the  njost  popular  and 
most  etticiont  oflicers  in  the  pubUo  service, 
in  him  is  most  happily  united  personal 
courte«y  and  oftioial  zeal. 


OftKOodo,  Honourable  Cliicr  Jun* 
lfc*c%  wtts  born  un  March,  1754.  When 
in  his  tifte^nth  year  he  was  itdmitted  as  a 
coiuiiicner  of  Christ  College,  Oxford,  whence 
he  graduated  M.A.  in  July,  1777.  He 
was  admitted  at  Lincoln's  I nu ,  and  be- 
came n  student  in  the  Inner  Temple  in  1773. 
Mr.  Osgoode's  family  had  limited  means, 
BO  the  young  man  applied  himself  with 
assiduity  to  his  profession.  Iu  1779  he 
pttblishud  a  tructin  4to,  entitled  **  Remarks 
on  the  Laws  of  Descent,  und  the  lieasona 
AssiKtied  by  Mr.  Justice  HlackHtone  for 
Rejecting,  in  his  Tablu  uf  Descent,  a  Point 
of  Doctrine  laid  down  by  Plowdsou.  Ixird 
Bacon  and  Hale.''  This  long-n-inded  and 
proclamation-like  title,  did  not  take  away 
fr<.>m  the  value  of  the  work,  which  was  snid 
to  be  both  learned  and  judicious  At  the 
bar  Afr.  Osgunde  was  nut  conspicnons  fur 
tluency  or  any  other  oratorical  gift :  ho 
spoke  slowly — aliUMSt  painfully — but  with 
extreme  care,  using  sucli  words  as  exactly 
conveyed  his  meauiug.  His  talent  woa 
soon  rec(.)|^ni:&ed.  and  when,  in  1789,  the 
province  of  t'pper  Canada  was  establinhed, 
lie  was  appointed  chief  justice.  He  sailed 
for  Canada  in  ^pril,  17^,  iu  the  same  ship 
with  General  Siincoe,  the  Lieutenant-Clov- 
ernnr.  There  was  much  confusion  in  the 
court  when  the  chief  justice  came,  but  his 
clear,  concise  and  methodical  intellect  soon 
created  order  ;  while  the  Bounduesa  t>f  hia 
judgments,  and  tlie  unbending  integrity  of 
his  character  won  for  him  universal  esteem. 
In  17^)4  he  wua  appointed  likewise  to  the 
chief  justiceship  of  Quebec,  whore  he  won 
the  same  h^ih  edteem  which  was  bostiiwed 
on  him  in  Upper  Canada.  In  Quebec  he 
formed  an  attachment  for  a  very  fascinating 
lady,  but  it  appears  that  she  did  not  return 
the  devotion  of  the  chief  justice.  With  hia 
private  hopes  wrecked,  he,  therefore,  reaol  vim! 
to  quit  the  oouutry,  the  theatre  uf  fond 
dreams  and  bitter  disapp>iutment.  Hia 
friends  said  that  he  haa  ^rown  lonely, 
separated  from  his  English  friuuds,  and  thta 
it  was  that  induced  him  to  return.  In  1801 
he  resigned  his  office  and  returned  to  Eng 
land  on  his  otbcial  pension.  This,  ti*guther 
with  his  own  property',  was  con  did  u  rati  le. 
So  after  a  ahurt  residence  at  the  Temple  he 
purchased  a  sumptuous  net  of  apartments 
in  Albany  House.  He  there  lived,  in  the 
enjoymeut  of  sitcicty,  universally  esteemed, 
and  never  tempted  from  his  resolution  of 
remaining  free  from  c>ffice,  except  in  the 
case  of  twu  or  three  temporary  comtniasiune 
of  a  legal  nature  ;  which,  from  a  ctmvictiun 
of  his  <juuliliuations  and  iutegritv,  weie  in  a 
manner  forced  uxjon  him.     In  these  ho  was 


CANADIAN  BIOGRArUY 


fit 


•Ith  Sir  Wil!i*m  Grant.  Mid  uiher 

oniAini^iTitft  of    ihe  Taw.     The  last  of 

v'tiich  wftA  for   examining   into    tho 

imm  tit  uffic«  in  thje  courts  of  law  (in  which 

he   w«A   unit«ii  with    the  thon  aoeoiintant- 

^^QDerxl.   and   lonl   chitrf  bnrnn)  wu  nearly 

jhl  io  »  O'liclnsHMi  at  tho  time  of  Uitt 

Hi<  htfoltl)  hitd  tfencrnllf  been  guod 

■«i     -  'h'")  ft   few   yeari   of   this  time,  when 

be  an   occuirnia]  sufferer  from 

■f'li**      Tho  sormw  of  hi«  lovo 

.:■-!  ■  ill  QiK'boc  ftlwuya  remained 

•  ■  1  hy  nevwr  married.      He  died 

ftuiisD  on  January  ITth,  1824.   U 
I  use  that  \rua  ifiven  to  the  seat  of 
iair,  i>a'^(j<K]4*  Hull,  in  Toronto. 

C*rrsg,  Kov.  Ultliatn,  M.A.,  D.D., 

Toronto,  Pf ofowor  *  ^f  A  pologetics  and 
CYtiir^h  nuti^ry  at  Knox  (Proiliyterian) 
t"  AS  born  on  tho  5th  of  July,  i8I7» 

•  r.^n,  naar  Uamclton,  County 
E»tJC^^Tii.  Ireland-  He  is  a  son  of  Daniel 
(»rieKS5-  *^*^  *■•  f'""  »oa»iy  years  a  rulini; 
TV       '    "      l^'re^hytenAn  V'hnrrh,  Knmel- 

♦■r  V*A   .I&iie,    M^f    (Irahaii), 
(fa    of    b.ilh    iinrvnta    worv 
uhject    pursued    hia    early 
i<;    rliAPii.-iil  school,   Knmehon, 
nl   Jleid.    Preaby- 
'  ipal.     After  leav 
•  nt  «nne  years  in  mer- 
.;    bttaineMs,    and    then 
mw    ».%jlleue,  and    ^radtiHted 
ih»?  HA.  decree       He  sub- 
ied  Rdiribnrgh  Colloyo,  and 
■n  obtained   his  M.A.      His 
4if  waH  c%)ndi(oled  under  Drs. 
-h,  and  Cnnninifhaui.  in  the 
■?    Kr«»r  I'rusbyieriftu  Churdi, 
On   the   l;Uh  Febniarj-,    184H, 
'  '      "       'V*r  Church   Pn-s- 
afterwanls   noril 

•  u.™.,      .  :   M,  by  tb»'  '.-ulonial 

itc*     of     th«    Free    rhmch.        His 

f.^r  thrt  ftr»t  year    in   Canada  werft 

enafi  i  the  Hounds  of   the  Kin^s- 

fi-n    I  v,    and    on   the  22nd   .June, 

h«     waa     unlauK'd    and     appointed 

•'.1^  of  the  i^Mi^reujation  in  UolluviUe, 

r»Tj    a«   Jithn  Street  Church.      Of 

;.  h  b«  remained    pastor  till  July, 

ivhnn  he   waa  translated   to   Toronto, 

pastor  of   i'<Hiko*s   Church,    of 

hit    r  '•*    for  tifteen 

nan  While  pHS- 

^'  I'M,    iv«'   *M  app«>inted 

%  {\mU\  in  Knox  Col- 

.1...    1.  ...  ,.i    ,.i-x^„^  in 

tkm    y  during 

tif*. .  -     ■.:■.,    -,,....,     ■;  that  in' 


..^JiEii 


stitution  (18*i7).  He  *a«  likewise  mi."tderator 
of  the  Presbyterian  Cliii?ch  of  Canada, 
usually  called  the  Free'CJuirch,  in  IHt>l, 
when  the  union  was  effet^t^  l>etween  thia 
church  and  the  United  PresttytoriAn  Cliurch 
of  Canada.  lu  1872  be  w'as  '  uppuiuted 
professor  of  apoloji^etics  in  Kiiox  Ciillege, 
and  still  occupies  that  chair.  Ht,  likejpiae 
conducts  the  olnRses  of  church  hist<'>t:y','"-Jn 
1878  ho  obtained  the  degree  of  D.D.'lfrojp 
the  f  ■nivcr.'sity  of  Hanover.  U.S.  Dr.  Grogy 
hiva  yiven  much  of  his  attention  to  worthy  . 
moral  moveinenttt,  and  he  bus  been  fur  many 
years  an  aotlre  sympathizer  in  temperance 
work.  His  chief  literary  production  may 
be  said  to  be  his  volume,  a  "  History  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Canada."  This  is 
a  ojui  preheusive  and  pninstaking  work.  Ho 
has  likewise  published  several  tracts  and 
dLscouraca.  and  edited  a  book  of  '*  Prayers 
for  Family  Worship."  Dr.  Oreeg  married 
on  the  10th  May,  1849.  Phtebe,  eldoit 
dsuijbter  of  Dr.  Kufua  HoldeUp  of  Belle* 
ville. 

flair,  John,  M.A.,  BA..  LL.B., 
Hamilton,  was  born  at  Orimsby,  Lincoln 
county,  on  the  13th  June.  1843.  Hia 
fnther  was  Andrew  P.  Muir,  and  his  mother 
w:w  Sarah,  mcc  Smith.  John  Muir's  grand- 
futhei*.  Andrew  Muir,  came  from  Se  'tland 
to  America  in  1702.  He  reached  Niagara 
in  17tK{.  and  died  in  1855  in  the  92nd  year 
of  his  age,  well  respected  and  beloved  by  all 
who  knvw  him.  The  father  uf  our  subjecti 
Amlrew  P.  Muir,  was  born  on  I2th  April, 
IK0:1  Me  wsK  one  of  llie  tirst  white  child- 
ren  born  in  the  township  of  Urimsby. 
When  he  was  a  young  man  there  were 
troublous  limes  in  Canada,  and  be  waa  out 
during  the  rebellion  of  J  837  on  the  loyalist 
side  He  was  afterwards  a  captain  in  the 
Milttia.  He  is  stdl  living.  Our  subject's 
mother  died  in  1870,  in  the  70th  year  of  her 
a'.;e.  She  was  the  daui-hter  of  a  V.  K, 
Loyalist,  Mr  Isauo  Smith.  John  Muir  waa 
educated  at  St.  Andrew's  Parochial  School, 
under  the  charge  of  the  Itov.  F.  J.  Lundy, 
D.C.L.,  Uect'jr  of  Grimsby  ;  the  common 
school ;  private  tuition  ;  the  Oraiomar 
School,  and  Hnall^  at  the  University  of 
Toronto,  from  which  institution  he  gradu- 
ated B.  A.  in  1805.  Tho  following  year 
he  took  his  degree  of  M.A.  He  obtained 
LL.B..  with  a  silver  medal,  in  1873.  In 
l.S<)(3  he  entered  upon  a  study  of  law,  for 
whicli  his  tastes  and  inclinations  teemed  to 
fit  him,  in  the  ofHce  of  Cameron  (V 
MuMichael.  He  passed  the  attumcy  and 
hamster  examinati>>nii  in  18(>8  and  18G9 
surccasively.    Having  obtained  his  ccrtilicate 


102 


A   CYCLOP.^DU   OF 


to  tho  bar,  he  ma^  no  dolny  in  seeking  to 
enUblish  a  prajptice.  He  prooeetUd  to 
Griuisby,  wU^'i^  be  tried  bis  fortune  for  a 
while;  but, :uJ*iiAugb  hia  succeea  there  wu 
very  fair^  -be  .wa«  u«it  antiahed  wich  the 
pruBpectB  *th^t  the  place  at  this  lime  held 
out  to.  his  professioiiul  ambilinn.  80  iu 
18T1  he'.reliirned  to  Hmnilton,  where  ho 
efttxiKiiAhfd  himiu'lf  by  ontering  into  partner- 
•hip'  ".vilh  Mr.  John  Crerar,  now  county 
^u>rney.  dnr  subject  ia  an  enlbufiiu»t  in 
bu  profession,  yet  has  he  aentiiuent  and 
tfine  to  put  at  the  disposal  <tf  other  worthy 
cuiploynjvnie  as  well.  He  obtained  a  tirat- 
cl«»a  certiticate  at  the  Military  Schnul  in 
Toronto  in  1605.  Ho  haa  not  thna  far  made 
any  decided  effort  to  come  into  political 
promtncuce,  although  it  cannot  be  said  what 
the  future  may  intend  for  him  in  this  re- 
gard ;  but  he  UBS  ulwuys  been  a  Conserva- 
tive, and  belivvea  Sir  John  Macdonald  to  be 
the  only  far•seeill^  and  pruoticiil  atuteaman 
in  Canada.  He  approrua  of  his  general 
policy  and  methods,  and  is  a  staunch 
supporter  of  the  national  i>olicy.  tie  ia  a 
member  of  the  Church  of  Kugland,  oa  his 
father  and  <jrAiidfather  were  :  and  with  re- 
spect to  hia  inclination  in  the  matter  of 
ritual,  he  ia  an  old-foahionud  evangelical. 
lie  believea  in  the  inspiration  of  the  Hible, 
and  has  no  diHiculty  in  reconciling  that 
book  with  the  declaratious  of  8ci»*nce.  He 
married  in  1874,  Anna  Pettit,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  R.  Pettit,  of  Oriniaby,  By  this 
union  there  are  two  children.  At  the  tinkc 
of  leaving  the  Military  Schot)],  Mr.  Muir 
held  the  rank  of  captain,  and  woa  also  drill 
instructor.  He  IkjIoh^b  to  the  Conservative 
Aiaociation,  of  Hamilton,  and  ia  one  of  the 
committee  of  management.  If  energy  and 
ability,  held  in  check  and  directed  by  good 
judgment,  count  for  much,  a  good  deaf,  in 
manr  ways,  may  be  expected  of  this  young 
barrister. 

t»lofiiiun,  Civorffv,  Brewer  and  Mal- 
ster,  and  one  of  the  best  kuown  and  must 
prominent  citizona  of  Guelpb,  Ontario,  was 
kH>ni  in  llie  village  of  St.  David's,  in  the 
year  1841.  When  our  subject  was  in  hia 
sixth  year,  hia  father,  Mr.  Jolm  >SleemAn, 
moved  from  St.  Daviil'a  to  Guelph,  and  here 
established  himself  in  the  brewing  busineaa. 
fie  had  not  long  continued  his  buainesa, 
when  he  came  to  the  conclusion  that  it  was 
destined  to  attain  a  wide  growth.  There- 
fore, after  being  three  years  iji  ituelph,  he 
purcliased  the  property,  on  which  stands 
the  Silver  Creek  Urewerj-,  with  which  our 
subject's  name  ia  nasociatcd.  Mr.  John 
tileeman  now  took  a  partner  into  the  busi- 


neaa, but  the  partnership  worked  somai 
disastrously,  and  stvtral  years  of  hard 
labour  and  intelli<£ent  industry  were  found 
to  be  without  fruit.  Therefore  tlio  partner- 
ship was  dissolved,  und  the  father  of  our' 
subject  once  attain  took  the  managouient  of] 
the  business  into  hia  own  hands.  ^Ir.  Slee- 
man  received  a  aolid  Kutiliah  education, 
attending  school  firat  at  St,  David's  and 
aubscquently  at  Guelph.  When  he  was 
in  his  eiglueenth  year,  he  assumed  control 
of  the  busim^ss,  and  it  was  soon  peroeived 
that  he  pos^caaed  ipialitications  for  the  posi* 
tion  in  a  marked  and  satisfactory  degree. 
In  1867  Mr.  Sleeman,  aenr.,  retired  from  tho 
))nsini's8,  and  his  son,  our  subject,  rfsuiued 
(he  entire  management.  Then  the  business 
l>egan  to  increase  in  every  direction  ;  the 
establiahmeut  was  enlarged  and  perfected  ; 
improved  facilities  were  addtd,  and  in  a 
little  while  everything  in  the  apleudid 
eetablishment  was  running  with  tlie  regular- 
ity  of  clockwork.  The  connections  of  this 
linn  n<iw  are  very  large,  and  it  has  agencies 
in  ToroAto,  Hamilton,  brantford,  tjweii 
Sound,  Stratford  and  Palmeraion.  In  IftTti 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  town 
council,  and  in  the  following  year  was 
elected  second  deputy  reeve,  by  the  larj^eat 
vote  and  largest  majority  ever  polled  by  a 
munici{M]d  reproaentative  in  the  town  of 
Guelph.  In  1877  he  was  elected  second 
deputy  reeve  ;  in  1^78  he  was  elected  first 
deputy  rccvc  ;  and  in  1870  he  waa  elected 
reeve,  and  also  chairman  of  the  Inangiiration 
Committee.  In  l8l^),  when  Guelph  becamu 
a  city,  he  waa  electud  its  first  mayor,  and  waa 

i  re-elected  to  the  aaine  ottioe  in  18H1  and 
1882.      In  i8<'<]  he  was  elected  by  acclama- 

I  tion  ;  but  in  1882  he  was  opposed  ;  never- 
theless hia  friends  carried  hia  election  by  a 
large  majority.  He  had  the  oppttsitiim  of 
the  two  city  newapapera,  who  resisted  the 
tillirg  of  tho  chair  for  the  third  term,  by 
the  same  person  ;  but  this  was  the  only  de- 
cided ground  for  opposition.  He  waa  nom- 
inated the  following  yeoTf  but  positively 
declined  to  till  the  position  if  elected.  He 
accepted  and  filled  the  position  of  chair- 
man of  the  Provincial  Exhibition,  and  of 
the  lytcal  Exhibition  Committee  ftir  1883. 
Our  subject  married  in  1863,  Miaa  Sirah 
Hill,  of  Aylesbury,  England,  by  whom  he 
has  had  eleven  children,  ten  of  uhom  are 
living.  His  eldest  son  is  nineteen  years 
of  age,  and  is  conducting  a  branch  of  the 
brewery  in  Braiitford.  Mr.  Sleomau  is  still 
president  of  the  Maple  Leaf  Baseball  Club, 
and  he  has  ^>een  for  three  years  president  of 
tho  Guelph    Kiflo   Aaaociation.     He  ia  also 


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103 


tvumUm  and  truuurur  u£  Proi^u  Lodf^e, 
So-  1.>H  I.0.4)  F.  Th«  Utter  poaitiun  he 
luM  btflii  aiuou  it  tviui  iudtitiittid  tea  feani 
ag<k  H«  hM  alwajB  bouit  fund  of  hdaUKful 
■Moljr  sports,  and  hfta  given  them  a  cordi&l 
latrocuisc.  Liko  hifl  upccsturs,  he  i«  a 
HMiab«r  idI  the  Chiiroh  u(  Ku^land.  In  poli- 
t»ca  1m  tak««  no  part.  From  n  publishod 
Morot,  wti  learn  th«  follow  in;; :  **Ttv«lve 
MM*  a4^>  Mr  Slettroan  commencod  to  c  >l- 
■Rt  laltl  eoma,  and  acting  on  the  principle 
vhieh  haft  distinguiaHed  his  wbule  career, 
TIL,  *  whaterer  you  undi^rtake  to  du,  do  it 
with  ^"  ojedttd  with- 

in a  I'  ''4>r  u  ciillec- 

«>■  '  lit    u"   t-iHiu  111   iiiu  D-iminiori, 

J  will  hear  oompAriaon   with  some 

uMdi  cahiiietn  of  Rurope.  Mr. 
SUeman's  Ust  etnhmoes  a  complete  culleotiou 
of  Cnfflfeali  •'•in-i  '•'  \tT)ericaii  and  Canadian, 
aoil    aJnx*"  reorda   of   the   chief 

Kumpwn  >  lu  fttit  there  U  m't  a 

kn<ri«a  oouuiry  on  the  facv  of  the  ^lobe, 
iMvuinf  a  onua^e  Bystem  but  wliat  is  liberally 
rvpcwarnted  in  tbia  t-anailian  collection. 
TbtMixh  Mr.  Stwman  at)ao1iii«<ly  refused  to 
plao*  a  money  valuta  on  his  Ciihiucia,  it  \s 
wall  km)  an  by  hii  friemla  that  he  hoa  ex- 
pctodcd  thouaanda  of  dollars  in  the  work 
of  ooliocimg    them    together.     It    is    only 

to  add,  in  omcUisiMn*  that  Mr. 

la  oaner  haa   bven    an  exeinphuy 

■•  '"ita  bo«n  hoouurable,  atrmghtfur- 

»UC0»5Mfu|. 

'  '   '"•«.     Wr,    Charlva    IV in,, 

.  sun  of  daiuea  Cuveriiton, 

.  .  .  'il'-'f  Atitii^oa,  VVeat  Indies, 

.      .    181:J,  at  l*enton 

<     '      -n^    England.      He 

1  ion    Hnd  at  the  Ahbi' 

Uoiiliigne-Sur-Mer, 

'  •>ci|uently   a    pupil    uf 

.  kf,    nf   B&ttersea.      He 

«Uitu4cd    Lite    V\  auduiill     Street    School    of 

lf«dicilM  aad  St.  Oeorge'a  Hospital,   from 

UOO  tu  1^33.     In  th«  atiiiiinn  of  the  latter 

to  the    University  uf  &lin- 

•  <:  aome  of  the  cloasea  there, 

;>ally   at   the    extra    mural 

ii„-     i*_..,,,j.y^   MiK:niU>»h, 

V  Ltaioi),  iU*b«?rt- 

..   ■ -lunuht  itiHU    were 

Iha  M\>l«aaon.     In  March,    I8:i5.  he  grail- 

■HM  at   )^t.    ATiari*a'*.      In  Auijnst  of  the 

<  >  diploma  of  the 

•  tni,    and  in  the 

•  'ir,  the  nicniber- 

ll'%ll,      Hecfiinetu 

>',   Mild  a|H'nt  ihu  sum* 

..u»t  and  in  iktober  h« 


L-  .  .       . 
araa  Xyj/m 


bia  wimt 


I. 


fvaaon. 

\i  s*t. 


aettled  in  the  County  of  Xorfolk.     Dnriug 
the   rel>e]lion    he    waa   ont    with    t-he    local 
militia,  aa  8urg»»on  of   Col.    ftapi*I|^ei«'  regi- 
iiient,    and   siibnetpifntly  aucotnpuniod    Sir 
Allan  .MficNab,  from  l^riiutford  to  the  dia- 
turbed    diatricLa     in    Norwich.        He     wiia 
electe<l  territorial  repreaentativeof  the  Gore 
'  and  Thames  diatriot  in  the  Medical  Council, 
I  and    ftncceaaively    appointed    vice-president 
I  and  preaident,  and  in  the  8[>ring  <^»f  1878  he 
I  wiu  appr*inted  to  a  chair  in  the  FAciilty  of 
Medicine  r)f  Trinity  College.     In  1878  he  left 
I  Simooe,  County  Norfolk,  for  Toronto,  and 
he    WKS   aubai.quently  elected   preaident   ol 
,  Toronto  Medical  Society,  and  in  18f^l   prea- 
ident  uf  the  Untariu   Medical  Si>ciety.     In 
'  IR8U  he  wa«  appointed  by  the  government 
I  of    Ontario   a    member   of    the    Provincial 
Board  of  Health,  and  in  the  apring  of  1884 
waa  ohoaen  chairmHn  of  the  aaine  body.    Aa 
a  delegate  uf  the  bo»ird,   ho  waa  preneDt  at 
^  the  fourth  International  Coiigreaa   of   Hy- 
giene,   tuaembled    at    Geneva,  tSwitzerland, 
!  188'J,  and  in  Oct4jber,  1884,  at  the  conven- 
tion  of  delegates  from   the  state  boarda  at 
St,  Louia  ;  and  in  the  following  December, 
at  Waahiui-lon,  district  of  Columbia.      Dr. 
Corornton,  it  would  V»e  almost  supertluoua 
to  aay,  is  a  moat  skilful  medical  man^  widely 
popular  and  tniated  in. 

CSrunl,  Jttuica  .4.,  M.D.,  Otrawa,  Fel- 
low Iff  the  H'lyal  Cidle<je  of  Fbyaiciana,  and 
Member  of  the  Royal  College  of  Surgemia, 
Ouiduii  ;  FtjUijw  of  the  Royal  CoUoge  of 
Sui-gtMiits,  Kdinburyh  ;  Corresponding  mem- 
ber of  the  Huatou  (iynMOolit-ficrtl  Society,  the 
diatiugnished  i^entleman  who  forma  tho  aub- 
ject  uf  tbia  bketch  was  bom  at  Inveriteaa- 
ahire,  Scotland,  on  the  8th  .\ugU5t,  18^i0, 
Our  stilfject  Cornea  of  a  diatiugniahed  and 
able  family.  His  father  was  Dr.  James 
Grant,  of  Kdinbtirgh,  and  for  many  years 
a  pHiminent  surgeon  in  Glengarry,  On- 
tario  ;  and  hia  paternal  grandfather  was  the 
teamml  Jamea  Grant,  author  of  *'  E^B«ys 
on  the  Ori!»in  of  Society,"  and  "Thoin^hta 
oil  the  Origin  and  Deaceiit  of  the  Gael.** 
\  little  while  after  the  publication  nf  tlie 
tatter  work,  the  author  was  pruaentvd  with 
a  large  silver  vaac  btaring  the  following  in- 
acription  ;  **  Presented  by  the  Hii^hland 
Society  of  Scotland  to  James  Grunt,  Ks<-|., 
iif  Ctirrimouy,  advocate.  a«  a  leatimony  of 
hia  (reatiao  on  the  M)ri;^n  and  Deaci'ut  of 
the  GaA>l,  1811f. '  This  waa  a  pri/.e  e^say.  in 
nbioh  many  of  the  moat  noted  scholari  in 
Scotland  coni|>etod.  The  viuo  ia  in  the 
p'tav^aiiion  of  Dr.  Grant  in  Otiawa.  It  may 
Iks  intereatitig  to  note,  as  we  paaa,  that 
Dr.    Granta    correct    appellation   ia  Chief 


104 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


Grant,  as  he  is  the  present  chief  of  The 
OranU  of  Corrim^nnj.  Tliia  Btatement  will 
be  fuund  aoiplilind  in  a  new  work  recently 
piiblittliefl  hy  Dr  Fraa«r,  uf  Edinburgh. 
and  entitled  '*  The  Chiefs  of  Grant."  Our 
subject's  mother  was  Jane,  ncr  (_trd,  and  she 
hrouyht  her  son  to  this  country  in  her  arms. 
Young  tiruit  received  hia  education  in  arts 
at  Queen's  College.  Kingston,  and  took  his 
luudical  degree,  18i>4,  at  Mc<iill,  Montreal. 
Uftvin^  obtaint^d  hia  diploma,  he  settlfd  at 
Ottawa.  His  great  skill  and  uubeworthy 
sucooas  in  his  profession  soon  attracted 
attention,  and  very  8)>eedily  began  the  tirst 
ol  what  afterwards  became  a  mu}>niHceiit 
practice.  He  has  been  physician  to  Li>rd 
Monck,  Lord  Lipgar,  Lord  Dutferin,  Lord 
Lome  and  tbe  Princess  Louise,  and  is  now 
physician  to  their  Excellencies  of  Lans- 
downe.  Honours  have  fallen  fast  upon  Dr. 
Grant,  but  well  have  they  been  always 
earned.  He  has  been  president  of  the 
Mechancis'  Institute  and  the  St.  Andrew's 
Society  of  Ottawa  ;  he  haa  been  president 
of  the  College  of  Surgeons  of  Ontario  ;  was  a 
member  of  the  International  Mcdic&l  Con- 
gress held  at  Philadelphia,  in  1876,  and 
was  creuted  one  of  its  two  vice-presidents 
in  the  department  of  suricery.  He  is  a 
Fellow  of  the  Royal  Colle^'e  of  Physicians 
and  of  the  Royal  College  of  Surgeons,  L<.>n- 
don  ;  a  member  of  the  Uoyal  College  of 
Surgeons,  Edinburgh  ;  and  of  the  Geological 
Society  of  En^'land.  He  is  also  consulting 
surgeon  to  the  general  Protestant  Hospital, 
and  to  thegcneral  Catliolio  Hospital,  Ottawa. 
Dr  Grant  is  likewise  a  member  of  the  Koyal 
.Society  of  Canada  ;  and  is  ex-president  of 
the  Dominion  Medical  Association  and  re- 
presentative of  the  University  of  Ottnwa 
in  the  Medical  Council  of  Ontario.  In  the 
literature  of  his  profession,  Dr.  Grant  is 
a  gentleman  of  distinijuished  repute.  He 
has  published,  in  British  and  Ciuiadian 
periodicals,  a  large  number  of  able,  lucid, 
and  comprehensive  essays  on  medical  and 
scientitic  subjects.  In  addition  to  his  con* 
tributions  to  his  own  professed  science,  he 
isageologint  of  higli  standing,  and  haA  made 
most  valuable  contributiona  to  the  literature 
of  that  important  science.  H  is  sty  leia  clear, 
forcible  and  cultured,  and  his  work  has 
attracted  very  wide  attention.  Dr.  Grant 
has  tikewije  taken  a  share  of  public  life. 
He  is  one  of  the  sturdiest  conservHlives  iu 
the  Dominion,  and  an  iron-handed  veteran 
iu  the  day  of  battle  :  and  sat  for  eight  years 
in  the  Dominion  Parliament  for  the  County 
of  HuBsell.  Always  a  man  of  wide  viewn, 
and  one  who^  iu  a  great  nieasuro,  looked  into 


the  future  far  as  human  eye  could  see.  he 
was  found  advocating  strongly  njeasures  of 
letoslrktion.  whereof  most  legtslntorB  in  those 
days  knew  notliing.  but  which,  time  haa 
since  crowned  with  its  approbation.  Dr. 
Grant  was  one  ^f  the  first  who  6aw  the  need 
of  a  transcontinental  railway,  and  was  the 
gentleman  who  introduced  the  original 
Pacific  Railway  Bill.  He  likewise  advocated 
the  admission  of  the  North-WestTcrritoriea 
into  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  at  a  time  when 
some  nieu  regarded  the  propoial  with  hos* 
tility,  and  others  deemed  the  territories  Co 
be  an  illimitable  and  dismal  stretch  of  frosty 
plain,  whereon  little  grew  but  lichens.  Dr. 
Grant  married  on  the  22nd  Jan.,  1Sot>, 
Maria,  dmigbter  of  Edward  Malloch,  who 
sat  for  Carleton  in  the  Legislative  Assembly 
of  Upper  Canada.  The  fruit  of  this  union 
was  twelve  children,  four  of  whom  are  dead  : 
and  the  parents  and  family  are  members  of 
the  Presbyterian  faith.  >Vhat  surprises 
those  moftt  who  have  studied  Dr  Grant's 
career  is  his  cast  capacity  for  work,  and 
his  almost  unparullolod  industry. 

Iluffli«a,  Jaiiiva  I^uu^hiln,  Inspec- 
tor of  Schools,  City  of  Toront<».  was  born 
on  February  20th,  184G,  near  Howmaiiville, 
Durham  Ci>.,  Gntario.  He  is  a  son  of  Juhii 
Hnghoa  and  Caroline  Huuh^s,  net  Laughlin. 
His  father  was  for  tweuty-tive  years  one  of 
the  leading  Public  School  teachers  in  West 
Durham.  Both  his  grandfathers  were  bom 
in  Ireland,  in  the  County  of  Tyrone,  and 
both  were  by  professi'm  soldiers,  and  fought 
under  Wellington  at  Waterloo.  After  the 
battle  of  Waterloo  his  mother's  father  waa 
stationed  in  Franco,  and  he  married  a  French 
lady  named  Pierre.  His  grandfather  Hughes 
married  a  sister  of  the  Rov.  Samuel  McLong, 
the  asflt^iate  of  Rev.  Gideon  Ouseley  iu 
eatablishing  Methodism  iu  Ireland.  Our 
subject  received  hia  education  in  the  public 
school  taught  by  his  father  iu  the  town- 
ship of  Darlington,  Co.  Durham  ;  and  after- 
wards in  the  Kormal  School,  Toronto,  under 
the  late  Ttiomas  «Taffry  Roberts4>n  and  Dr. 
Sangster.  He  is  also  a  gradnate  of  the  Mili- 
tary School  in  connecti<m  with  H.M.  29th 
Regiment,  lie  took  a  second  class  certifi- 
cate of  qualitication  to  teach  when  twelve 
years  of  age,  and  from  that  time  regulaxly 
took  part  in  public  debates  with  adullB  in 
connection  with  temperance  organizations 
and  literary  societies.  He  regards  this  as  a 
most  important  part  of  his  training.  At  the 
age  of  thirteen  he  was  editor  of  what  waa 
ofticially  stAtod  to  bo  the  tirst  paper  o.mduct- 
od  in  a  good  templar  lodge  in  Gntarin.  He 
left  school  at  fourteen,  and  for  four 


I 


CANAUIAS  BlOGRAPUy. 


105 


*««^ 


flahaeqiMDtly  managed  a  farm  owTied  by  hit 
fathT>  uid  Sad  ft  workshop  in  which  ho  nmde 
th»  voch!  work  of  tho  iiuplonicnta  used  on  the 
fniBf  ftod  uttended  t<t  such  repairs  ur  wab 
DeoevKkrv'.  He  choppt^d  ccird-wood  during thfl 
Knd  Bohi  it  to  procure  the  necv8- 
nd  rvlfto  to  enable  him  U^  procure 
needed.  At  etKhtecn  he 
.^•n  AS  teAohor  of  a  achrtol  in 
UkK  tr>iTu&K;p  ut  Hope,  'J'he  achoid  was  kept 
cipeti  foly  fur  six  niooths  in  the  year,  and 
Jir.  Uui^hes  began  the  work,  of  teaching 
viUi  the  idta  that  it  would  be  a  pn>fitable 
way  lo  Bfwnd  Uio  winter  ftuHSfin  when  there 
waa  not  much  to  do  on  the  farm.  His 
waiMiy  wvi  ^1*20  for  lix  montha.  He  soon 
dtfTelopetl  a  paMionKt«  lore  fur  teac'hing, 
an4  oonoluded  to  ddvote  his  life  to  edncii- 
liooa]  work  ;  therefore  ho  attended  the 
Karmal  School  in  Toronto  in  18<>5  and  l3r(G0» 
awl  waa  selected  by  Dr.  SAngsler  to  611  a 
Yaeancy  in  Frankford  Iwfore  leaving  the 
>'  'lool.     On  bi«  2l»t   birthday  he 

«  rr'fl    ner.md   assiitant   muter  in 

t  -I.  Torrjnto.     He 

*•  .  I  >n  of  Hrat  aasist- 

act  lu  J^i. ,  I4i>6,  juiil  UucaiuM  bend  master 
in  Aag.»  1871.  He  wna  Appointed  to  bis 
Mvaeot  poaiiion  uf  in£iiecl^>r  in  May,  1874. 
llow  0choi.iLs  buve  iitcreaacd  since  Mr. 
Ua^««t  ^v^t  conniiction  with  them  may 
Im  (MlMOrwd  from  tbi>  fact  that  there  w«re 
f«l7  67  teachers  m  1874.  while  \\\  IHSfi  there 
ara  3S7.  The  military  feeling  uf  the  Wjilor- 
loo  VDtcrans  was  transmitted  to  tho  cramU 
•ooa.  Three  brothers  ^ire  soldiers — IMnjor 
UaobaiiAd  Adjutant  Hnghes  of  tlic  45th, 
attdStfgMDt  H  lichen  t>f  the  fOlh  Canadian 
VelvBtocni  He  tn«.ik  n  second  cla»s  (HTliti- 
Cftlvfrom  tbeLMith  Itojjt,  but  has  nu  tiiilitjvry 
ncDfii.  Oar  tubji^t  has  bet-n  president  of 
tiw  ToroDio  Tvsjchera'  Aisociation  for  six 
TaAlrn^  atul  waa  [(rmidcnt  of  the  Canulian 
Dnaoli  of  the  ('hantaufiua  Litemry  and 
SoiMltiiW  CiirU  for  tho  timt  three  years  of 
ita  axiaWoctf.  He  was  also  president  t>f  the 
Toroolo  tivinday  School  Association,  and  for 
awvarmJ  years  accretary  tif  the  same  associa- 
Maa.  H«  waa  bunumry  Svcretaiy  nf  the 
ItebWUl  H>-*i  '  ^—'.-istion  of  Cansda  fi>r 
'iir  vears  sei^retary  of 
.*.  1 — .liurs  v-y...-i  .i,,.n  for 
a  mcmhur  *ii  ^1  Ciftn- 

of  ExamiiMfn  from  I    .  :  -^2,  and 

VM  A|ipnint«d  by  the  Ontario  i Government 
W  •  apedal  commitiiionttr  tu  invtrstignte  tho 
mati  in    v^nnection     with 

iMO^r  >•*  In  WSll.     \\v  became 

hjTip*  X  aOoitd  Templsrwhon 

and  was  the  first  W, 


tvo  fttua. 


X 


Chief  of  Toronto  htd^e.  He  became  a  member 
of  St.  Andrew's  Lodge.  A.F..A.M.,  and  waa 
worshipful  muster  in  IB^li.  He  became  an 
Orftngeuktm  in  IHH'J,  and  is  now  an  officer  in 
Tempernnce  L.  O.  L.,  UO,  and  also  in  the 
Connty  Lodge  for  Toronto.  He  has  visited 
most  of  tlie  lending  cities  in  the  United 
States  at  varioua  times  to  itudy  educutional 
mothods  .'tnd  systems,  and  was  sent  by  the 
Ontario  Oovernmenl  to  St.  Louis  to  report 
on  the  Kindfrgarten  system  in  that  uity  in 
1883.  Mr.  Hughes  takes  an  active  interest 
in  our  national  sports,  and  hold  for  seven 
years  the  presidency  of  the  Toronto  Laoroase 
Club,  and  for  eleven  years  played  in  all  the 
important  matches  of  the  club.  He  wai 
also  thp  secretary  for  two  jeiirs  of  the 
Nationnl  LHcrtn»e  Association.  Mr.  Hughes 
has  lK>un  chiftiy  tnstrvimt'ntal  in  the  intro- 
duction into  Ontario  of  industrial  drawing. 
iho  Kindergarten,  the  phonic  method  of 
teaching  reading,  and  systematic  hand  train- 
ing as  a  means  of  intellectual  development. 
He  taught  the  opening  lesson  in  connuction 
with  the  Chautauqua  Litemry  and  Scientific 
Circle  at  Chautautpia  on  the  day  of  tho 
founding  of  the  «*Ktibty  in  1878.  Mr.  Hughes 
has  written  several  works,  which  have  been 
well  received  by  the  teaching  professi-m  in 
Canada  and  the  C^nited  States,  his  "Mistakes 
in  Teach i n L' "  having  been  twice  republish- 
ed in  the  I'nited  States,  and  was  adopted 
by  the  State  Uoard  t>f  Education  for  luwa 
as  one  I'f  the  books  to  be  read  by  the  teachers 
I'f  thnt  state.  He  liHa  n]«o  published  **  How 
to  Si'curo  and  Retiiin  Attention,"  "The 
Teacher  before  his  Chiss."  "  Orill  and  Calis- 
thenifs,"  *'  Topical  Historj*  of  England, '* 
*' Topical  History  -if  Canada."  and  '*  The 
Practical  Speller."  Mr  Hughes  is  one  of 
our  foremost  educfttionitits.  and  occupies  a 
high  standing  among  all  educational  circles. 
He  married  in  Dec,  I8tiil,  Miss  Annie  Agnes 
Sutherland,  of  Toronto,  who  died  in  1884. 
Mr.  Hughes  is  a  Liberal-Conservative  in 
[Hditics,  and  in  reliL^Mon  a  Methitdist. 

l'niii|»hi*ll,  Arclilhiiia  lliimllton^ 
Ton-into,  \v(M  born  on  I2tb  August,  IHiy,  al 
Carbrook,  Srirlingshiru,  Scoilund,  the  coun- 
try seal  of  his  father,  John  Campbell,  VV.S. , 
who  wAh  born  in  1770,  and  who  was  tho 
itreKt-irrnndson  and  representative  in  the 
male  Itite  of  dohii  Campl»eli  of  Kaater 
Shiiin  and  (iarrows,  in  the  County  of  I'erth, 
'  ifrnntUon  of  .lohn  Campbell  of  Edramuckio 
f-'aBlU'.  on  Loch  Tay.  Mr.  Campbell  of  Car- 
bnjok  married,  in  17l>4.  Frances  Allen 
Hnjwn,  grand  daughter  of  VVilltAni  Mayne. 
of  J'owis  and  Logie,  Countieti  Perth  and 
CLackmanau,  the  great-grandson  of  VVilliam 


lOti 


A  ctcloPjKDia  of 


Mayiie  of  Pile,  whn  lived  in  the  time  of 
Mary  aud  .Jaiui^B  N''!.,  was  Buccveded  Viy 
hia  son  John,  born  1580,  and  wh'»  died  in 
IfilMi  at  the  Bge  of  llO.  (Fu/r  Burke's  Ex- 
tinot  Peerageu,  art,  Mmync.)  Out  suVijvct 
wiia  educated  at  the  Edinburgh  Acndcmy 
Atul  the  I'liiversity  of  Edinburgh,  at  lioth  of 
which  thcBtiidtus  worcchieHy  (.-Lis&ical.  He 
&lH'n>s  wan  fond  of  uut-duur  sports  and  ath- 
Ivtio  exerciaei*,  and  in  studit^a  of  nuuirid 
philue4:iphy  and  inechauics.  Uu  leavinie  the 
Cuiverftity  he  adopted  hnnking  as  a  piofes- 
aiiMi,  hnt  8nl>8equently  took  np  t)ie  Htiuly  of 
Scutch  law.  In  1845  Ik-  crime  to  Canada, 
and  on  the  CLipi>er  minini;  excitement  break- 
ing out,  became  connected  with  a  min- 
ing onierprifte  ou  I^ake  Huron,  which,  like 
i?tht*r  Hiniilnr  ventures,  waa  uuBUCcesBfnl. 
Beini;  od'ered  tlie  puBt  of  manager  in  a  bank 
in  MiintreMl  hu  returned  thither  in  Idol. 
In  1850  he  waa  married,  at  Hillitigdnn 
church,  near  Oxbridge,  Kn^Iand,  to  Lonit»a, 
youngest  daut:hter  of  Henry  Fisher,  Esq., 
of  Uilthi'Hd,  Dunkeld.  In  the  Bamc  year  he 
removed  U}  Kingston,  the  bea<l  otfice  of  the 
bank,  and  resided  ihure  till  1804,  whun, 
having  beconiu  nitvrtiHted  in  a  large  lumber' 
ing  concern  m  the  County  of  Pettirborough, 
he  rL^tircd  from  thu  bnnk,  and  hua  since  de- 
voted hiniMeif  to  that  buHiness.  In  1874, 
liavinjjSoKl  thu  milts  and  timber  limits,  he  re- 
moved fioni  Peterborough  to  Toronto,  where 
he  now  resides,  and  carries  on  thu  business 
of  the  Muskoka  Mill  and  Lumber  Company, 
WJicu  rusidint;  in  .Montreal,  the  Oregon  dis- 
pute s{i{>carini!;  likely  to  lead  to  a  war  with 
thn  I'nited  states,  he  obtained  a  cotnmis' 
sion  in  the  Montreal  Light  Infantry,  com- 
niandt'd  by  t^ol.  Dyde.  On  leaving  the  pro- 
vince ho  rttirnd  with  the  rank  of  cnptaiu. 
He  is  connected  with  vaiious  public  com- 
panics  as  a  director  or  president  of  the  board, 
ia  alflo  a  member  of  the  Hoard  of  Trtis- 
teea  i>f  the  University  and  I.  C  CoUeu^s  ; 
but  has  not  aspitud  to  other  public  ottice. 
In  1840,  Hhilst  residing  iu  Eut;Und,  he  was 
init  atL-d  in  the  mysteries  of  Frcenmsonry. 
He  fl.rved  aa  W.  M.  of  St.  I'anrs  Lodge, 
Montreal,  and  J.  in  the  U.  A.  Chapter  of 
the  same  lotlge.  He  has  sincu  yuutli  at- 
tended the  services  of  the  Chuicli  of  £ng- 
Und,  which  he  believes  to  be  the  best  form 
of  church  polity,  as  a  monarchy  is  the  most 
perfect  form  of  civil  government.  He  has 
always  held  what  are  vailed  evHn;{ulical 
vieWH.  and  is  a  member  of  the  diooeaan  and 
provincial  Synuils.  He  waa  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Church  AsB4>ciation,  organ- 
ized  for  the  purpose  of  putting  a  check  on 
htualisui,  and   now  takes  a  wmm  interest 


^ 


in    Wycliffe   College.      His  jKjlitiual   vie 
have  always  been  stnjngiy  conservative,  bu 
he  would  at  any  moment  sacriHce  party 
honest  and  pure  government.   He  has  thro 
sons,  the  eldest  being  a  barrister  in  Toronto, 
a  silver  medalist  of  the    Cnireratty,  and 
gold  medalist  of  the  Law  Society  ;  the  seot'Q 
a  H.  A.,  Toronto,  studying  medicine  at  Edin- 
burgh   University;    and    the   third,   also  a 
U.A.,  Toronto,  ia  mnnager  of  the  Musk*tka 
Mills,  on   the  Georgian   Bay.     He  has  also 
threv  daughters. 

Gittfcon,  John  IHorlMon,  Li. -Colonel 
MP.  IV,  Hamilton,    was   born  in  ill  e  town 
ship  of  Toronto,  I'ounly  of  Peel,   ou  the 
1st  of  Janunry.    184'J.      Our   subject  is  bi 
Bon  of  the  late   William  Uibson,   who  cam 
to  this  country  in  18'-i7  from  (flaniis.   Fo 
farshire,    Scotland,    and   shortly   after   hia 
arrival,  married  Mary  ISinclair,  whose  fa 
ily    belonged  to   the    township  of    NeUon, 
in  the  County  of  Halton.      William  fiibso 
was  a  farmer,  and  died  when  his  son  J  oh 
was  only  three  years  of  age.     Mr.  Gibso 
is  a  cousin  of  the  late   David  Oibsou,  who 
formerly   represented    North    Vork   in    the 
old    Parliament  of    Cauiuln,    and    who   waa 
prominently  associated  with   William   Lyon 
Mackeunie  in    the  troubles   of    1837.       He 
was   educated   at    the    Central   School,    in 
the  city   of    Hamilton,   where,    under  the 
head   mastership  of  J.    H.  Sangstor,    now 
Dr.  Sangster,  he  made  rapid  progress,  soon 
beoonuii^'  head  lioy  of  the  Hamilton  schoo* 
system.      He  matriculated  in  the  University 
of  Toronto,   in    1859,  attended    University 
College  for  four  years,  taking  high  honou 
with   scholarships,   during  hia  course,    an 
grailuated    in    18fi3,    taking   the   Prince  of 
WhIcs*  prize,  st   that  time  bestowed  ou  the 
moat  distinguished  K^aduateof  theyear.  Hia 
college  course  was  mainly   devoted  to  tho 
study  of  languages,   as  is  evidenced  by  the 
fact  of  hia  taking  silver  medals  in  the  di 
partments  of  clussios  and  modern  language 
and  the  priz?  in  the  department  of  orien 
languages.     By  including  Hebrew.  Chald 
and   Syriac,    among    the    t>»n^ues  to  whioh 
he  devoted  hia  attention,  il   might  be  sup- 
posed that  the  church  was  his  destiny.      Ua^ 
ctuumenced  the  study  of  law  in  the  ottice  uft^| 
the  tirni  of  which  the  present  dustice  Pur«S 
ton  was  at  the  head,   in  the  city  of  Hamil- 
ton, and  during  the  term  of  liia  articlos,  he 
entered   the  law  course  of  the  University, 
receiving  the  degree  of  LL.H.  and  the  gol 
medal  of  that  faculty  in   I8l>d.      Hia  courve 
as  a  student  was  markmi   by  close  apidics- 
tion.     He  was  cidlod  to  the  bar  in  Michael- 
insB  term  of  the  year  1867.    After  praclisin£ 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


107 


Citj 


4«  m%^' 


Cor  Aliout  a  yeftr,  he  entered  into 
pafftnvnbkp  with  Kmncis  Mnckt'kan.  W.C. . 
«iUi  iHMMa  bi'  hiu  uviTPiTici*  ttvei)  aMocintvcl 
w  boaiiMM  anii«r  dilfi^rvut  hmi  unmes  in 
ourytni;  r.n  ati  extvnsive  practice  in  the 
ti .  During  the  Trt-nt  ex- 
hn  wttH  one  of  tlio  rinit  t<i 
•1  of  the  Unirer- 
mkf  i:  ^  with  otiier  men 

¥i  Ikia  >4iu.   &ucU  A^   Win.   Aluloch,  M.P., 
•X  Maynr  MoMurrich,  of  Tontiito,  Dr.  Old* 
.  '-f  the  urofeuora,  iiiolndiiig 
■.  Cbernnmn,  U'il«uii,  ISuck* 
LkukIou  (llitfn  a  Btmlenl), 
J  On  ifJivin^'  the  I'nivfcr- 

iie  VAUx  lUtuliun.  of  Uaiu- 
ae.     In   1 80*%  h»  &iiL'iidu(i 
ri>l^iT)]|f  a  nrsc  aa   wtiU   ilh 
'<<>  of    ethiiipnoy  ;    and 
received  a  coanniuion 
I3ih.       lie    WN6   presQiit 
«tf  a  ':  'f  tlie  lenditij;  ctHnifHiiy  of 

ifaa  bfttLaluiii  mX  llidt^uwky,  in  1H04>,  in  the 
dkvBiuU  with  the  Feniaiu.  He  wt^a  ihrongh 
tki    ^  \ics  uf  rank    till    ho    was 

fBBHt'  iiAtit-i'oluiiul    on     the    2<>ih 

OMibeff,  l^^TU.     U«  his  a  very  high  re^u- 
a«  a  ndvioau,  and    was  h  mvoibvr  of 
■  Ion  in  the  years  1874, 
'oh  ul  which  occaaioua 
iiiiiiself  as   a    itiarksmnn  ; 
.  recoptl   waa  most  bnlliaut. 
\...   - v  ,-i-ded  in  ojirryiit^ 
ruu  of   £1(X)  and 
-;  lu  inipcrianco  to 
if.     Uo  idso,    at  the  same 
■    uiiiiKT  in  the  Olympic, 
lip  match.     Hh  c^mi- 
tcam  to   Wimbledon 
•  -'■am  were  defeat - 
•\h  of  Kolap«>re's 
o   Canadian 
il  two  dftya' 
111   l.s7t;.  and  in  l«fti*J 
wjian  team  which  de- 
fur  the  lirst   time  iu 
iiig.       C'uK*ntfl  Oibaon 

^   imiIKMI  of  til.     ''  II 

pruftiilrnt  uf  > 

and  haa  bbti.  .<»  ....nty 
nM«jpnaU«nt  of  the  uril-knowu  Victoria 
BlAa  club  of  f  I  ^tiiiir.dt  Ht)  has  taken  a 
d»i|i    ■■  naJ     M    Weil    aa 

In  Kill  '-  many    vohtb    lie 

» '  |ti*nl  ot  II 

ffT  I r<in,  and  h:i  ,  m 

Itar  iwv  yntf*.  Al  thu  tirat  L-lrclton  (tf 
■■aih«ff»  fur  thf>  S^nntr<  (tf  tho  (nivdrsity, 
ul  1\*^iiilt'.  -<(ty    Act   of 

lif«3  r^'Ooci  -I.-,    hu    waa 


lb 
1- 
I: 

iti' 


••»  IMIttbvr  •  >   w> 
lUtf*   jfcfrtwatiijn. 


huouvired  by  his  fellow  graduates  by  b«iiig 
one  uf  thu  tlret  HeiiutorB  selectinl.  Ht^  has 
o<»ntn)iifd  a  uiembvr  down  tt>  the  present 
time.  liAving  been  re-elucted  in  187^^  Mid 
1H83.  \\v  was  examiner  in  the  Faculty  of 
Law  fur  1^7*  iind  1873.  Our  subject  baa 
wide  and  pnuninent  conneciion  with  aifcret 
societies.  He  is  a  Freemason,  and  is  past- 
master  of  i?trict  Observance  and  Temple 
Loilgv  uf  Hamiliun.  Of  the  latter  he  waa 
tirat  master  He  is  a  jiast  tint  principal  of 
St.  John's  Koynl  Arch  Chapter,  a  past  grand 
suptartntviident  of  the  Hamilton  district  of 
the  Onutd  Cha(>ter  of  CAnada,  and  h  past 
Diatriut  Oeputy  Grand  Master  uf  the  Grand 
Lifdje  of  CaiiiitiA.  At  preaenC  he  is  com- 
mander-inchitif  of  the  Provincial  Gonsiat- 
ory  uf  the  Scottish  Kite,  and  is  a  member 
uf  the  Supremo  Council  of  that  Kite  within 
the  l>"miniou  of  Canada.  From  an  early 
aye  lie  (onk  an  active  and  foremost  part  in 
Liberal  pxlitios.  For  many  years  he  enur- 
•(cttically  tilled  the  position  of  secretary  of 
the  Reform  Association  of  Hamilton.  On 
the  retirement  uf  Mr.  J.  M.  Williams  from 
public  life,  in  1870,  he  became  the  candidate 
of  the  Heform  party,  fur  the  Le^lsla(ive 
Assembly,  and  after  a  very  spirited  o*uteat, 
defeated  Mr.  Huuh  Murray^  the  popular 
Conservative  nominee.  Again  in  1883,  not- 
withstanding that  the  city  had,  ainc4*  187$, 
been  represented  in  the  Commons  by  <  on- 
servativc  members,  he  was  re-elected  by  a 
considerable  majority  over  Mr.  Kichara 
Martin.  Q.C.,  the  regular  Conservative 
Dotuinee,  and  Mr.  Edw«rd  Williams,  the 
labour  candi<iate.  He  haatakenapronunent 
poaition  iu  the  Legislative  Assembly,  and 
was  freely  spoken  of  m  connection  with  the 
portfolio  of  Education  as  sucoesior  t<>  the 
Hon.  Adam  Crooks,  hut  in  consideration 
of  the  exigenciea  of  the  political  ailiiation 
at  that  time,  he  favoured  the  appi>intment 
of  the  present  minister,  reaultin*?  as  it  did 
in  the  rctlemption  of  West  Middlesex  fur 
the  lleform  party.  In  1H84  he  waa  appoint- 
ed to  the  impirrtsht  chairmanship  of  the 
Standing  Committee  on  private  bills,  a  p4»si- 
tinn  re«|uihitj{  the  exercise  of  ntuch  tact  and 
jiid)^iiient.  He  has  experienced  inor«i  than 
tlie  usual  allotment  of  nns  and  downs  in 
domestic  life.  He  married  first  on  the  I'Oth 
October,  18til).  Emily  Annie,  daughter  uf 
the  late  Kalph  Birrell,  cf  London,  Out., 
merobant.  8he  died  on  the  3rd  June. 
1874.  He  married  again  on  the  'Jillh  Srp- 
i  tomber,  I87*».  CaMline,  aecon<l  daughter  of 
the  Ute  Hon.  Adam  Hope,  senator,  She 
died  yth  October,  1877.  Married  thinl 
time,  I8th  May,  1881,  Elxxabctb.  daughter 


A  crcLor.icvu  oi' 


of  the  liitt?  .Iiidge  Miilloch,  of  Brockville. 
and  they  have  two  children,  a  sun  and 
(laughter  fii  all  Inn  relatimis  he  is  coiir- 
IQUU8  hikI  jLjoiteroiiA  hearted.  Ho  is  one  of 
the  most  promiBhig  amoniLr  our  younger 
politicians,  and  his  Hay  for  a  portfolio  must 
aoon  com*:*. 

Bowiiiiin,  Ifinnr  ICrb,  of  Wotertoo, 
the  Auhjvct  of  this  Hkutch,  w oh  horn  in  the 
township  uf  Woolwich,  m  the  County  of 
WateHfMi,  Ontario,  1832.  Here  he  was 
bron;yht  up,  and  hero  he  attended  Hchool, 
lubsequenily  entering  the  ftockwood  Aca- 
demy till  ho  was  prepared  to  begin  and  make 
his  way  in  the  wnrhl.  *->ur  suhject  la  the 
son  of  John  H.  Bowman,  a  uontleman  well 
known  for  hiyh  fdiarscter  ;  and  Iiis  mother 
WMS  Lydia,  »ic*  Erh.  When  Isaac  reached 
his  eighteenth  year  ho  hjid  not  made  up 
his  mind  with  respect  to  an  avucation  ;  but 
he  had  n  good  cducatiuit,  and  an  oppor- 
tunity presenting,  ho  entered  a  ach(»ul  as 
master.  He  liked  the  profesMloii  uf  tP-nohing, 
took  pride  in  his  work,  and  was  very  buc- 
ceasfnl.  As  a  teacher  he  remained  employed 
till  IHilO,  when  certain  atlurements  Uy  be- 
yond the  teaching;  profession.  But  in  the 
meantime  Mr.  Howntan  had  not  cunhned 
himself  excluflively  to  the  duties  of  the  class 
rorm.  In  JH57  ho  became  clerk  of  the 
township  of  Woolwich,  and  held  the  pixii- 
tiou  till  1873.  In  1858  he  was  appointed 
treasurer  for  the  same  municipality,  and 
lie  holds  this  position  at  the  present  time. 
Those  who  hail  watched  his  career  for  iiunie 
years,  o<  ncUiderl  that  he  had  excellent 
t)ualificati(>iis  for  [uirliament,  %o  the  electors 
of  North  Waterloo,  in  18t>4.  elected  him  as 
thoir  rcpiesentative  in  the  Legislative  As- 
sembly of  Canada  ;  and  a^'ain  in  IStiT  to 
represent  them  in  the  House  of  Commons, 
»nd  this  seat  he  held  until  1878,  Mr.  Bow- 
man watt  aUays  what  was  known  aa  a 
'*  solid"  representative,  and  bis  judymeut 
could  alwitya  bo  relied  upon.  Mr.  Bow* 
man  is  president  of  the  Ontario  Mu*nal 
Life  lna\irance  Oompiny,  and  this  pttsition 
he  hoB  held  since  the  or^nization  <if  the 
company  in  1H7U.  Ho  is  likewise  president 
of  the  Morcanliie  Fire  Insurance  ('ompiiny, 
and  a  director  of  the  Waterloo  Mutual  Fire 
Insurance  Company.  He  wus  appointed,  a 
justice  of  the  peace  in  IKtIO  ;  and  has  al- 
wnys  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the  progress 
of  moritl  movements.  He  is  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Afethodist  communion.  In 
1857  ho  married  Nancy  Knufmsii,  daujjhter 
of  Andrew  Kaufman,  late  (»f  Preston.  S^he 
died  in  1808.  Mo  nmrried  oy«in.  in  IHCtl, 
Lydia  BoHmsn,  daiiyhlur  of  J  .  W.  Bowman. 


He  adopted  the  tanning  business  in  1^' 
which  he  has  pursued  with  uniform  aucceat 
ever  »>ince  ;  and  is  at  present  a  partner  of 
the  tanning  firm  of  Bowman  <V'  ^inkan.  of 
Soulhampton^  and  is  carryin{^'  ou  a  kip  tan- 
ner)' at  St.  Jiicoh  f'n  his  own  account. 

WIckfiiM,    RU'hitr<l,   Toronto,    was 
born  on  the  IHth   Aiignst,  1820,  near  Win- 
chester, Hampshire,  Knt(land.      His  parenti 
belonged    to    that   locjtliiy,  and   the  fnmilfl 
came  to   Canada   in   \WM\.       His  mother r 
maiden  name  wss  Dinnh  Harluw.    Our  sub- 
ject received  a  goncral  mercantile  educatioitj 
until  he  was  fourteen  years  old,   and  wi 
engaged  in    mercantile  pursuits    in  <^hiehe( 
until  the  iprin^  of  1854,    when  he  reniovetll 
to  Toronto.      In  18rj4  he  entered  the  service 
of  the  Biitish  America  Assurance  Co..  oikV 
remained  with   that  company  for  nineteei 
ycArs.      In  1873   he   assumed   the   generatl 
a<:eucy  of  the  Commercinl  Union  xXeBurnncd, 
Co..  of  London,  England,  for  Western  *»nr 
tiirio.     He  was  at  first  aBSociated  with   Mr. 
Westmacott,  who  died  in  187i*,and  later  with] 
Mr.  Mitchell,  who  diud  in  November,  1884. 
He  is  a  member  of  St.  George's  Society,  hav- 
ing  served  iM:tivel3-    tor  one  it  two  years. 
He  has  travelled  through    England.   Sc^>t'«l 
land,  Canada,  and  also  through  the  Easten&j 
and  Southeni  States  down  to  Florida      Ii%J 
religion  our  subject  is  a  Methoilist.      Hi 
parents  wore  of  the  Church  of  England,  but 
he  changed    his  ruligitjus  views  some  tuu< 
ago.      He  is  independent  in    politic*.       Hi 
married  in  Feb.,  1848,   Martha  A.    Huoth.j 
Mrs.  Wickens   died    Feb.   Slst,    188J.  ;iftel 
havinj^  borne  a  f.-imily  nf  ten  children,  tiv 
of  whom  snr^'ivo  her.     Mr.  Wickena  him  m 
cause  to  complain  of  his  success  in  Canada, 
having  a  good  business,  which  he  budt  xxy 
by  intelligence,    upright   dealing  and    prr-J 
sistent  energy.      His  father  aerveil  dunn| 
the  rebellion  of  18:17-38.  and   was  disablec 
for  life  by  his  horse  felling  upon  him  an( 
dislocating    his   thigh    and    shoulder.     MrJ 
Wicken's  face  reveals  his  kindly  heart,  an( 
this  is  avoucheii  by  hosts  of  warm  friends. 
Ri<ldcll,  WilllMm  Henry,  Waterlo( 
the  subject  of  thia  memoir,  was  born  in  thi 
village  of  Sparta,  in  the  township  of  Mark-^ 
ham,  County  of  Voik,  Ontario,  on  the  18th 
of  Au}just,   1837,  a  year  memorable  in  thOj 
annals  of    our  country  as  that    of    the  r< 
bellion — a    popular    uprising    against    tht 
grinding  domination  of  a  junta  ()f  oligarch! 
aided   and  abetted  hy  the  unwise  adminit 
tration  of    the  arbitrary   lieutenant  guvei 
nors  of  those  days.      Hia  father's  name  vn 
Willism   Uiddcll.  and  the  maiden  nanie  0 
hia   mother    Margiuet    I^vin.     Hia   fathi 


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109 


---■  '- ->  ^ :  *irth,  Iiikvii)ijc  Wen  buru  in  the 
,  Irulanil,  whore  alsu,  we 
.,..*.^,  -.iv  ..orn  his  father  «nil  j^rand- 
fifctKer.  Th«  family,  however,  whs  oE  Scntch 
^MOBtil.  and  clifcinied  kinahip  with  the  Kid- 
dalft,  of  OlMi'BidddL  in  Sootlftml,  niie  tif 
vlivm  wma  immortulixed  by  Robert  Uurns, 
.»'•  iw««to8t  bnrd/'  in  a  poem  written 
•  z\\^  1704,  on  the  death  of  his  friend 
p«trun,  aud  wbum  the  poet  laiuenta  mt 

**  IVp  Mab  of  Worth,  and  haa  not  left  hia  ptwr." 

Hi*  bbilicx  WM  brought  up  a  rizid  Prosby- 
L,  and  having  received  u  liberal  eduoa- 
WM.   by  hi«   pitrenia,  destined  for  the 
Viit    in   thi«,   H«   the   se'iuel    will 
•  t  A  ere  doutnetl  tu  ihsupixiintiueut. 

U.T^uj^  .»4*«tered  the  Celtic  UnHuage — a 
rmtv  aoeompliBhment  in  those  days — he 
tiirA*d  hi»  attcutiun  to  its  nnclent  litara- 
tarv  :  bal  instead  of  tiudiiig,  aa  he  had  been 
toagki,  tliat  wlierervr  tho  Cath<.'lic  Church 
h«ld  away  tgnontuce  aud  BU(>erstition  flour- 
jkpMW,  he.  on  the  cuntrary.  was  aaton- 
loam  from  authentic  sources  that 
lUropt)  was  a  con^se  beneath  the  hoof 
Vandal,  Catiiolic  Ireland  was  the 
c»f  ■iM'itvnta  of  all  nations,  the  mart  of 
'  "      ..-  home  of  worth;  that  she 

'  •>  huul  uf  the  west,  the  <puet 

■  tvAiictity  and  literature."  Nor 
LTiea  rest  bore.  He  pursued  his 
Ki^a.ioiis  into  the  region  of  polemics^ 
examined  the  claims  of  the  various 
I,  U>  be  in  ipirituai  matters,  the  divinely 
a|>pAiiit«d  tc-achem  of  mankind,  with  the 
Teaall  that,  like  Noah's  dove,  tiudin;{  no  re- 
poae  h*  rolurned,  weary  of  the  search  after 
iruib    eUcwhuff.    tr*  n^st   his  head  on  the 


illTI 


ba«uciB  ol  t 
which  wx* 


mUw 

bavitic  t:r<> 
tK«  UriHHi 
Innf ,  Jaici< 
nwnarch  t. 
cMkciiisaoai 
vaipMyn 
and   barir. 


.  Church.    This  step. 

Ml  conviction  and  after 

u,  cut  him  otT/it  once  from 

m    lH3t>,  ho  loft  hia  native 

m   L'p(>or  Canada,     lu 

witA   married  t(>  Mim 

1'  't-h,  in    what  waa 

ni  J  York,"  now  the 

nto.     Her  family, 

Ol,  was  of  French 

r  ot    ita  Irisli  branch 

rom  Kuuny   France  to 

-"    ^vilh   ibv   fiigitivo 

m1,    lo  Hssiai  tliat 

•  >wn  ;  atid  on  tliu 

I    the   diaaatroU!i 

I    iu  tho  country, 

one  of    "  Knn'a  fair 

Illy,    in   the   course  of 

'  mure  Iriali  than  the 

In    Lliu   fall   of    L837. 


while  his  parents  were  on  their  way  into  the 
city  to  have  the  subject  of  this  sketch  ba^- 
tized,  hia  fati.er  was  arresr^d  by  tlte  "royal. 
lata  "  as  one  who  had  darod  to  hold  opinions 
oh  public  t|iiu6tionB  in  i)ppr>aitton  to  those 
held  by  the  Family  Conipai.a;  but  when  the 
peaceful  nature  of  hi»  miasioii  was  made 
knuun,  he  was  ruleiised,  and  allowed  to 
proceed  on  their  journey.  In  1448  he  re- 
moved to  the  "  Queen^s  Bush,''  and  took  up 
a  block  of  land  in  tlie  wildemeaa  lying 
weat  of  Nottawasa;;n,  in  what,  when  sur* 
veyod  same  years  afterwards,  was  uilled  the 
Townshi  p  of  Oaprey ,  in  the  *  Joyn  ty  of 
Grey.  Here,  out  of  the  format,  he  hewed  a 
home  for  himaelf  juid  family,  where  he  re- 
Btded  for  a  '(uarter  of  a  cenlury,  until  his 
death  in  m73,  much  respected  by  all  who 
knew  him.  He  was,  in  all  that  tlie  term 
inipliea,  a  pitmeer  of  civilixtition  in  >Ve3ti>rn 
Ciinada,  and  as  such  deserves  a  jdace  among 
*  *  Kcpreaontativu  Canadians."  The  facilities 
of  acquirini^,  **  in  the  buah,"  even  the  rudi- 
mentsof  a  common  school  education  were. for 
many  years,  limited,  but  his  parents  having 
determined  to  give  him  the  best  education 
in  their  power,  the  subject  of  our  memoir 
was  sent,  in  1H54,  to  Collingwood,  the 
school  of  which  town  was  then  taught  by 
Mr  A.  McMurohy,  for  many  yeara  paat 
rector  of  the  Toronto  CoWeginte  Institute, 
and  a  graduate  in  arts  of  the  Toronto  Uut- 
versily.  This  was  his  aliiu%  mnUr.  From 
ita  halls,  in  1850,  at  the  age  of  uiueteen,  he 
entered  the  profession  of  teaching,  which  he 
fuUi.iwed  with  moic  than  aventi^e  success 
until  tlie  close  of  1805,  when  he  abandon vd 
that  calling  for  tho  more  active  if  not  more 
protit*iblo  biiBinoBS  of  lire  underwriting,  re- 
presenting for  many  yean  the  Waterloo 
Mutual  and  other  oompanies  in  the  oounlioa 
of  Wellington,  Urey  and  Unice.  In  Janu- 
ary*, 1807,  he  married  Miss  Fannie  L.  Red- 
mond, daughter  of  Kd.  J.  Redmond,  Kaq., 
au  educationist  of  varied  attainments  and 
a  teacher  of  nmch  sucoeosi  who  occupied 
the  position  of  bead  master  of  the  Cobouig 
cummon  achool  for  twenty-tire  conAecutive 
years.  Many  of  hispuptIa(Chief  Justice  Thoa. 
Moas,  the  Canavausand  othen),  made  their 
mark  in  the  le^al  and  other  prufeaaioua  tu 
after  yearn.  lie  utuiutud  among  bis  life- 
long personal  friends  the  late  lamented  Dr. 
Uetlmiic.  Lord  Itiahop  of  Toronto,  tho  late 
.liidgo  McDonald,  of  Guelph,  and  many 
other  dirttiiiguiaheMl  men.  He  waa  Iriah  by 
birtii,  and  was  relate<l  to  that  noted  Wex- 
ford family  of  Itt^dmouds,  which  baa  given 
to  Ireland  two  of  ibe  ablcat  men,  orators 
and  parliamentariaua   tu  be   found  among 


no 


A  CrCLOP.^DIA  OF 


that  gifted  body  of  BUtesmeD  who  at  the 
ptvBeiit  tiino  CMiistitiite  thu  Irish  ptiriy  in 
th»  Bntish  House  of  Coinuions,  utider  the 
lendemhip  of  ChurleB  Stewart  Paniell.  Of 
ihia  miirri&ge  there  were  hum  three  unrm 
and  &  daughter,  but  by  one  (•(  thofto  dis- 
penB&tiona  uf  Providenco  nut  alwnys  coni- 
prehendod  by  huntHii  rvason,  he  sutTorvd 
the  untimely  lou  of  Iub  wife  and  cliitdren 
— A  bitter  atfliction  in  which  he  was  hub- 
tfiined  by  the  generous  sympathy  of  ii  wide 
circle  of  relatives  and  friends.  In  18r>8  the 
Ontario  Mutual  Life  obtainnd  an  Act  of 
Incrirporation  from  the  House  of  Assembly 
for  Ontario,  one  of  the  conditlnns  of  which 
was  that  before  the  board  could  isaue  the 
first  policy  (it  being  a  purely  mutual  crpni- 
pany  without  any  capital).  nOil  applic^itiouB 
for  inaurancc,  avera«in«:  31,00'*  each,  had 
to  be  procured;  and  to  H%i>iat  in  HoM-inL;  the 
company  (the  lintt  of  its  knid  in  Canada), 
Mr.  Biddell  undert^jok  Ap  agency  f«»r  it, 
and  ftuccceded  in  Recurin^  a  fair  share  of 
the  rctjuircd  MK)  charter-nieiubers,  several 
of  whom  may  be  counted  amouK  it-a  policy 
holders  at  the  prt^sent  <lay.  Thus  he  was 
identified  with  the  cimipiiuy  in  its  infancy, 
Utile  thinking  that  later  on  he  would  be- 
come one  of  its  chief  executive  ofticers.  In 
18110,  desirous  to  gain  experience  of  city 
buaineat>  he  accept  eii  a  {Htsition  in  the 
counting  room  of  the  manufacturing  fistab- 
lishment  of  Messrs.  Wilson,  Bowman  &  Co., 
Hamilton,  and  in  1870  was  made  manager 
of  their  fnctnry  at  F«ryu8,  erected  for  the 
puri'ofce  uf  meeting  thu  foreign  demand 
then  exiatuig  for  the  Lockman  Family  Sew- 
ing Machine.  In  the  snmmer  of  lH7i?.  this 
factory  having  shut  down,  owing  to  the  de- 
presaion  then  prevailing  in  all  branches  of 
business,  bntli  un  this  continent  and  in 
Europe,  he  severed  his  connection  with  the 
firm,  and  in  the  following  spring  engaged 
with  the  Williams  Manufacturing  Co.,  Mon- 
treal, of  which  Sir  Hugh  Allan  was  presi- 
dent, as  their  superintendent  of  agencies.  In 
the  fall  of  that  year  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Maggie  H.  Keflmond  (under  authority  of 
special  indiilt,  dated  t^mio,  August  17. 
1873),  in  St.  Michaers  Cathoilral,  Toronto, 
by  the  very  Rev.  A'icar-Oeneral,  now  Right 
Rev.  Dr.  Jamot.  Bishop  of  Peterboro*,  and 
spent  the  winter  of  1B73-4  in  the  great  com- 
mercial capital  of  Canada,  assisting  the 
Company's  otticers  to  get  out  its  financial 
statement  for  the  year.  In  the  spring  of 
18V*  he  again  took  the  Oeld,  meeting  with 
remarkable  success.  A  change  in  the  man- 
agement having  taken  place,  ho  left  the 
sorrioe  of  the  Comjiany  and  embarked  on 


I  the  troubled  sea  of  journnlistic  enterpriacC 
I  Karly  in  his  Suuiewhai  checkered  career,  he 
I  aspired   to  the   honour  of  contributitig  hii 
uiite  ti^iwarda  the  entightonment  uf  that  itn* 
I  certain  factor  in  political  calculutions,  name- 
ly,  public  opinion,  and  we,  therefore,  find 
I  htm  either  in   the  press  or  in  the  thick  of 
I  the  battle  on  the  hustings,  taking  an  aotiv 
])art  in  the  electoral  contests  of  the  day 
1870  he  was  i>tlered,  by  Mr.  J,  L.  Troy,  t 
founder  of    the  Toronto    Tribitn*',    and 
cepted,  a  joint  interest  in  that  paper.     In 
the  fall  of  the  same  year  a  sale  of  this  pub- 
lication  was   made  to   Mee.<irs.  Carroll   an 
Larkin,  St.  Catharines.  Mr.  Thoa.  McCro 
son  taking  the  nnminal  management,  wit 
Messrs.  Troy  and  Kiddell  on  the  staJT,  am 
Mr,  Alexander  Itobertsoa  in  charge  uf  th 
editorial  department.     On  Mr  McCrosjon 
apjHiiintfnenf,    in    187'J,    to  the  w&rdenshi 
of  the  I^eformatory  at  Penetangnishene,  Mr. 
Riddell  became  the  manager,  and,  in  ItlHO, 
managing  editor  of  the  paper.     While  hold 
ing  this  position,  his  old  friends  at  the  head 
olliee  uf  the  Ontario  Mutual  Life,  feeling 
the  need  for  some  person  of  Mr.  KiddeU's 
experience  and  training  to  aasist  the  man 
ger  in   the  growing  work   of  the  compati 
offered  him  a  position,  and  shortly  after  bo 
entered  on  the  discharge  of  his  duties  the 
board  created  the  ofhce  of  Secrelary  of  the 
company  and  appointed  him  its  first  incum- 
bent—an office   he   has  filled  with  gene 
acceptance  to  all  having  business  to  transac 
with  the  company.     That  the  popularity  t>l 
the  management  has  lost  nothing   by  Mr, 
UiddeH's  accession  to  its  stafi  may  be  learn- 
ed from  the  fact  that  during  the  past  fiva 
yearp,   covering   the   jieriod   of   his   official 
connection  with  the  company,  ita  volume  of| 
assnraiieea  in  force  has  increased  over  15 
per  cent.,  and  its  income  in  cash  over  2( 
per  cent.     Mr.   Riddell  is  a  self-made  raao,' 
having  been  the  architect  of  his  success  i 
life  as  well  as  uf  his  education.      From  th 
deak  of  the  schoolmaster  lie  has  passed  fro: 
one  post  of  renpotisihilny  to  another  nnti 
he  has,  while  yet  in  the  prime  of  manhood, 
attained  to  the  honourable  and  responsibl 
position  of  being  one  of  the  leading  life  in 
surance  men  of  Cunadn. 

Allan,  Oaiiivl  II ucrh, Toronto,  thesub- 
j^ct  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  the  township 
of  North  Eastbope,  in  the  County  of  Perth, 
in  the  Province  of  Ontario,  on  31st  Decem- 
ber, 1842.  His  father  was  the  late  Rev. 
Daniel  Allan,  who  received  his  education  at' 
the  University  of  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  from, 
which  he  graduated  in  due  course,  and  was 
ordained  a   member   of  the    Presbyteriau 


nd 

I 


'H 


CANADIAN  BlOGRAFHy. 


ill 


Oiarck.  In  1837  ho  loft  Scotland  and  cume 
to  CAbftHk  a«  A  aiisAionary,  and  in  audi  oo- 
ir^r.  ►,..  r^.,,  .,,... H  for  three  years,  hiscir< 
lO  HArniltnn,  Lniidon 
...ia;  but  before  tho  ex- 
tn,  hftTiDg  niiide  up  his  miud 
'hda,  heseltlod  in  Stratford. 
■11  of  the  church  h«  l^a^fued 
Frne* 'hnrch,  and  reuu'ved 
ope,  lukiug  charge  *A  and 
'iiitrfffati-m  there.  In  1841 
:»ri't  Nlac'dunsld,  of  Ouelph, 
by  vh  :  ¥i  (au)tly  of  seven  children, 

tL  ■>!   this  akit<'h  bein$;  the  eldeat. 

Allan,  the  nccond  eldest  of  the 
n  lonjj  juTUKi   the  editor  of 
'/  in  Undvnch,  and  wieldod 
.attat)  of  the  Heform    party. 
Ihj  anid,   is  *m\«  of 


•'>  rvii 
I 


rh 

^ 
f. 
t 


1 1. 


T^am  gentleman,  li  may 

tfc*no«t  |ironiiii*"<f   •  •• 
tnel,  and  h<i  la  ; 

Vniit  *Ir  !■•  ta' 

•I  A     ■  >^,. 


MitiiriatA  in  t)ie  dis- 

iispicuotiR  in  the 

;.    A  aiatcr  is  wife 

biuiker,  uf  Omaha, 


J,  S.  Allan,  is  San- 
tt*T  «i:hiM>4  ■iijwriiitendent  for  the  SlHte 
•i  Ncbcmakja  ;  a  bnaher,  Kviui  Allan,  M.D., 
4iMl  «1  lUd  Orchard,  Maine,  in  IKTlf,  and 
*  brollwr  and  aiat^r  diod  in  childhood 
Tk*  irabj«ct  of  this  ftkotch  received  a  c^Jin* 
■>■  mImkjI  educalioUf  fiuishiiig  his  stud- 
iH«t  III*  Ouelph  Grammar  School.  After 
InviiiK  Mbojl  he  remained  for  a  time  on  the 
psiaCttal  fama,  but  having  a  taste  fur  military 
IRQtMUta,  he  joined  No.  1  Cninpauy  of  the 
SthbftUAl!  ■  <  "rib,  as  a  private,  in  18(>r*. 
lie  afienr'i  i-d  Uj  Toronto  for  the 

n|   .,..  ..._  l>i(..*..if  f,,r  a  comniis- 

Uki*  ntihtar;.  re,  and  soon 

»  fimi-clasa  __        _  Wlulo  at 

UMk  aoboot    the    Kenian    raid  of  180G  took 
and  <'ur  suV-ject,  by  permission    ob- 
■uimandatit,  joined  the 
'H  .1  private.      He  t'»ok 
■^  in  their  enconn- 
I    Ni.  TA,  and  oamo  hack 
uit.     t>n  rotnrning  to 
\Q  study  of  law  in  the 
■'  'ch,  whiTe  ho  re- 
He  then  cime  to 
"  f  .Mur- 

I  wards 
:!,....„..  \  Pat- 
iLgreeJ  »»f  barri** 

(Ii*    W.-\<t    I  .1  w    of 

I'll 

,>linn«  Uontpuny  ot    IV 

III'  is  a  lUrfunner,  and 

Ury  \f\  thn  Upforni  Association 

a   poaitiun   he  has  hold  ainoo 


'Ma>:x 


1S80.  In  reliijiun  he  ia  a  Preibyterian, 
beiii)(  A  member  of  St.  Andrew's  Church- 
On  his  return  from  Stratford  he  rose  giie- 
ce-aafully  from  fiertrf'Ant  to  senii>r  major  of 
tho  QiietMr*  Own  RiHes.  and  as  a  cii(ttAin 
totik  much  inlnrest  in  his  company,  especially 
in  ritle-shooting.  in  which  brauch  of  mihtary 
proticienoy  he  has  never  ceased  to  warndy 
ttdvocnte  the  fn>>re  thorough  training  of  the 
Volunteer  militia.  Ue  has  been  for  many 
years  chainnHn  of  the  reginietttHl  nfle  com- 
mittee, and  an  such,  coupled  with  the  fact 
of  his  being  himself  an  cxceltont  shot,  he 
has  been  tho  means  of  bringin!(  tho  regiment 
into  the  position  of  being,  its  a  shooting 
cnrps,  sec«>nd  tu  none  in  ihe  Dominion, 
DunnK  the  late  cauipaign  in  the  Norths 
West  he  did  gooti  service  as  secund  in  com- 
mand uf  the  contingent  of  his  Curps,  which 
formed  part  of  the  Hattleford  column.  Al- 
together his  is  a  career  that  a  young  man. 
settin^j!  forth  in  the  world  to  carve  hia  way, 
mitdit  study  with  profit. 

morgan,  Henry  Jumen,  Chief  Clerk 
•  •f  the  iJepartment  of  State,  Ottawa,  waa 
h*>Ti\  in  the  city  of  Quebec,  on  November 
14,  1H42.  and  received  hia  education  at  Mor- 
rin  College  in  that  city.  Ho  married  in  No- 
vember, IW73,  Eiiiily.  second  daughter  of  the 
Honourable  A.  N.  Uichnrds,  Q.C..  late  Lieu- 
teiiant-^'Joveruor  of  liritish  Columbia.  He 
entured  the  public  ser^'ioe  on  the  lOth  of 
Novemlwr,  1853  ;  and  waa  a  sessional  clerk 
in  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Canada  from 
1800  to  1804,  when  he  was  a]ipoitited  pri- 
vate secretary'  to  the  Honuurable  Isaac 
Buchanan,  then  president  of  the  Kxecu- 
tive  Council.  Hu  was  transferred  to  the 
Provincial  Secretary  a  Department  during 
the  same  year,  as  private  secretary  to  the 
Honourable  William  McDougall,  C.B.,  then 
'A  nieuiher(»f  the  conlition  cabiiiet  of  Tschtf- 
Mucdonald,  and  after  the  acoimplishment 
of  confederation  he  wasa|tpointe<t  to  the  de- 
partment of  Stitte  ns  a  junior  aecond-claaa 
clerk  ;  and  in  October,  1873,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  lirat-chias,  and  waa  given  chtkTge 
of  the  Stato  Records  of  Canada.  In  this 
oa)»iCity  he  t«H»k  charge  of  the  ancient  State 
Kvcords  of  Canada,  which  had  been  lying 
for  miuty  vew-ra  in  thu  vaults  of  the  old  (gov- 
ernment ilim.-iu  at  Montreal,  and  brought 
them  to  Ottawa,  where  they  were  placed 
with  the  collection  in  the  department  of 
Stat**,  which  by  law  is  under  tite  custody  of 
the  poliiical  head  of  that  department  for  tho 
time  l>ein;^.  On  Decend>er  22nd,  1875,  he 
was  appointed  to  a  chief  clerkship,  with  the 
title  of  Keeper  of  the  UeoordB  In  January, 
187'J,  he  ubtaiuod  a   chief  clerkship  of  the 


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112 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


Gnt  K''"^*-'*-  Ut>  *'&«  appuiiited  chief  clerk 
of  the  DepArt;ment  df  the  Secretary  of  State 
in  June,  1H83,  replacing  Mr  Grant  Powell, 
»ho  WM  promiited  tc  the  uoder-aocrotary- 
ahip.  In  18ti9he  wasacommiftaiunerto  the 
WoAtern  States  t.>  enquire  int4>  and  rvi>6rt 
upon  the  existence  of  the  Texan  cattle 
plaifue-  Mc.  Murgau  was  called  to  the 
bar  of  Quebec  in  January,  1873,  and  t<> 
that  of  Ontario  in  Easier  term  durinfj 
the  same  ynor.  There  is  no  one  in  Can- 
ada to  whom  our  native  literature  is 
under  deeper  obliu;ation  ih&u  it  is  to  the 
gentleman  who  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
Every  writer  of  history  or  biography,  who 
seeks  umtensl  for  his  work,  hnds  in  Mr. 
Morgan's  books  a  splendidly  oqiupped  fit^jre- 
house;  while  his  productions  possess  literary 
merit,  they  are  in  the  highest  de};ree  prac- 
tically uaeful.  Mr.  Moriifan  U  the  author 
of  thf  books,  **  Tour  of  H.  11.  H.  the  Prince 
of  Wales  through  Britiah  Aiuurica  and  the 
United  States,"  published  in  Quetwc  in 
18tiU  ;  and  of  "Sketches  of  Celebrated  Oaun- 
dians  and  Tersons  Oonneut^d  with  Canada," 
published  in  Quebec  in  180;^.  This  was 
a  most  valuable  work,  and  the  first  im- 
portant attempt  ever  uiiule  to  get  into 
book  form  the  bioj^raphies  of  the  princi- 
pal actors  in  the  history  of  the  country. 
Bosidea  this,  from  the  same  pen  are  '^  The 
Place  British  Americans  have  won  in  His- 
tory," a  lecture:  "The  Bibliothean  Cuna- 
dians,  ora  Msnual  of  Cauadinn  Literature;  " 
which  the  HV*/Mi»fi.»/tr  JiwUir  pronuunoed 
to  ht  equal  in  merit  lo  Li>u  tides  and  Watt, 
the  leading  Knt^liKli  biographical  author- 
itiea  of  the  day  ;  **  The  Canadian  Lei;a1 
Directory,  a  Guide  to  the  Bench  and  Bar 
of  Canada,"  i^c.  With  his  usual  literary 
©nterpriieaud  quick  perception  of  the  need- 
ful, he,  ill  18G2,  eatnblished  the  **  Canadian 
Parliameiitary  Companion,'*  which  most  in- 
dispensable  work  he  continued  to  pub- 
liah  and  edit  up  to  187b.  He  edited  the 
•'  Speeches  aud  Addresses  of  the  Hon. 
Thomas  D'Arcy  Me\»ee  in  favour  of  Britiah 
American  Union,"  issued  in  Loudon  at  the 
time  of  the  confudei'atioM  movement.  In 
1B7B  he  established  the  Ixjok  for  wliich  pub- 
lic men  and  history  must  ever  remain  under 
the  deepest  obligation  to  him,  "The  Domin- 
ion Aununl  K^fgtsterand  Review."  This  con* 
tains  a  cotiriae  record  of  all  important  poli- 
tical, social  and  general  topics  of  the  year  ; 
gives  A  synopsis  of  the  literary  output ;  in- 
formation respecting  the  press  ;  the  condi- 
tion of  education  and  all  important  infor- 
mation upou  the  subject  ;  a  list  of  the  im- 
portant dead  ;  besides  a  mass  of  other  iudis- 


|)en8able  facta.     The  government  has  latc^; 
given  an  annual   i^rant  to  Mr.    Morgan 
aid  him  in   the   publication    of  this  work 
and  the  only  comment  we  have  to  make 
that  the  sum    should    have   been    great 
Mr.   Morgan  has   had  divers  honours  co 
ferred  upoi*  him.      He  is  a  ccrrespondii 
member  of  the  Manitoba  Historical  Societ; 
of   the    Buffalo    Historical    Society,   of 
Literary  and  Historic>d  Society  of  Quu 
of  the  .New  York  Historical  Society, and 
the  American  Geographical  Society.     Ha  ii 
a  fellow  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Northern 
Antiquaries  of  Denmark,  of  the  Statistical 
Society  of  Loudon,  aud  one  of  seven  Hon' 
orary  Fellows  of  the  Koyal  Colonial  Insti 
tute  of  England.     As  a  departmental  olH 
cer,  Mr.  Mtjrgan  is  pronounced,  by  an  em 
nent    Canitdiun    stntesmun,  to    be    the 
**  all  round  man  in  the  public  service."  W< 
have  to  repeat  what  we  stated  at  the  open- 
ing, that  to  no  man  in  Canada  is  the  practi- 
cal literature  of  Canada  under  such  obliga- 
tion aa  to  Mr.  Uenry  J.  Morgan. 

ISruiidoii,  Jaiuea,  Toronto,  the  au 
jecl  of  this  sketch,  was  lioru  in  Montreal,  o 
December  25th,  la5L'.      His  father  was  \m)TW 
in  Ireland,  and  came  to  Montreal  about  th 
year  1845.      Here    be   married,   6rat,    Jan 
Barry,  a  daughter  of  the  Hev.  John  Barry, 
a  missionary  lo  Bermuda,  who  died  on  thAi 
island  ;    and   whose  wife  and  family  after- 
wards removed  to  MontreHl.   James'  mother 
died  when  he  wns  <>uly  three  years  old,  and 
his  father  married  again,  Fanny  Scott,  a  lady 
from  Donegal,  Ireland,  and  removed  to  To- 
ronto in  ]8i>7,  where  he  went  into  busineos 
Our  subject  was  eduu*ated  at  the  Hijth  8cbo(» 
of  McGid  College,  Montreal,  and  in  Toron 
at  the  Urammar  School,  under  Dr.  Wickaou, 
On  leaving  school  he  began  as  a  cummerci 
trav aller    for    J  ennings    A:    Brandon    ( hia 
father  being  &  partnur  in   this   ti^ra),   and 
continued  in  their  employment  fur  several, 
years,  and    then   became  a  partner  in  thi 
hrm    of    Brandon    A:    Co.      He  always  h 
strong  business  proclivities.     His  fatlterhjul 
iuti-uded  him  for  a  profession,  but  he  had  a 
pretty  strong  will  of  his  own,  and  wont  in 
the    direction    whither   his   inclination    led 
him.     in   Iti7ti  he   left  the  dry  goods  busi 
ness,  and   went  into  insurance  exclusively 
representing  the  Phivnix,  of  Ixmdon,  En, 
laud,  and  the  London  Ouarantee  and  Acci 
dent  Assurance  Company.      He  was  a  mora 
bor  of  Q.  O.    K.,  No.  2  company,  for  two 
years  ;   aud  was   elected    fur  St.   Patrick's 
Ward  to  the  city  council,  iu  1884,   and  in 
1880  by   the  largest  vote  ever  polled  by  a 
Toronto  alderman.     He  is  a  trustee 


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113 


.1  lit  fttfio  a  member 
r  of  Foreaters,  anii  ia 
'.fjliQu'fl  Council,  Koyal 
When  in  the  dry  ufit»ds  btisiness 
\m  ImvvUvil  «*  *■•!'.  •  i'>  t '..  i"  .r,,, .  ..,1  niar- 
lortB,  atid  cooAro  ti  deal 

itf  t^  worid.       t  ,  r  of  tha 

Pump  aD<l  Windnuli  Company  ;  and 
annagiiig  dirvotor  of  th^  Trrule  auU 
MiitMai  Fire  InsnrAuee  I'oiiipany 
la  1691.  Kir'r  mi  hfe  he  wua  »  Hefomier, 
bntMi  '  <•(  the  national  policy, 

kft  ka«  .'itierence  to  the  party 

ImI  by  Sir  Ji,hi;  A.  Macdcmald.  He  mar- 
had  uo  Jone  r>th,  1870.  Mifls  Sara  Marn, 
illMJItarr  utf  Bir.  Thomaa  Mara,  who  is  an 
mU  i«rk  pioneer,  and  was  one  of  the  first 
aitjr  aliicrm«n,  and  aerred  ai  captain  of  the 
Tietorai  Fire  Ccrtnpauy.     He  luu  one  boy 

$mA  nne  girt     Th-  •  •■ ♦  -m-     s^  which 

nha  luMb««n  »  indas- 

Ixy,  UiruQgli  the  ^ .     :^ ....  _ i 'jsineaa 

iMtgtot,  aM  Aot  a  liliiu  Uiroii^h  the  high 
Hlaan  hi  vhioh  he  ha«  been  always  held  by 
Kbt  faaau>«aa  pnblic. 

.M  A„F.G.S.,of  the 
'ctawa.  waA   bom   the 
m  ihtt  village  of  Belle- 
\si}  Mimntatni.  in  the 
in  the  Uttaw*  Valley. 
Miifc  J.  A.  \\u\y  pat- 
tor  of  the  Fnuch   Presbyterian  Church  of 
Ottanu  a  of  Swig-  /i*.  uud 

I*raU-«  [it.  and  <;  birth. 

Ub  ■ia-ai<-~^i  Ml  SwitzcrlaiKi  mi'i  l*^tu»tern 
with  Mr.  Hi'nn  .1ui|uvt,  ihe  leading 
(....   --  ,r,(  ^j  hi*  lime,  anil  then  ciunu 


tlrnry  n. 
Gwlosiiml 

Hi*  (aiKM-,  itiL   \l^\ 


1S53. 
11. 


LS  A  mudionary  in 

in  one  of  th«  few 

wrtTk  wht<n  the 

f   three  hundred 

'    '  ■"lUit  tjf  Sc<ii- 

1  That  year. 


m  ker  paMonoar 

llkMl  ha  ha*  biMtu  cii^aitietl  in  uiixxiun- 
ttml  miuiatvrial    wurk.   both    in    <Juub»>c 
Otkla/Mk.      Utfl    ujrithnr  waa  Anne  (fir- 
%}i    I  Way    /Ui'tiliiii,    Fr*nc*».  als4t  of 
H*<— trnii    '  ui  the 

^ifMmdimr\  .me  of 

Ike  C^vritfta  an>i  lui-  v'r.i<ni^  ii  i  r<>i4*Atant' 
mm  va  Frauoe.  Shn  wna  rclat««l  tn  the 
Mctiifti&la.  Heean\vi»,  and  Peu^'entn  <>f  that 
4aittia«4  aatl  cmme  to  Cmiada  tn  lHr>4,  iui- 

boad    wttfc  Uw  BiuMt -.   " '   I  tr..H 

GlRlBitMi  piv<7<  iQcl^  y 

^(4    h*wft     ilLstill«i«l   IL  I'd 

Mki  B>  !  ri  tha  peffaon  of  Mr.  Joipiet. 

tt*  lu '  iJi  baeti  devoted  to  works  of 

kaavfolHMv  Hul  chstitv  butb  Ln  Quttbeo  and 
OMsfiok     Toung  Aasri  parents  wen,  an- 
B 


cordingly,  among  the  tirst  I'riiU'Ht.-uit  mie- 
aionaries  who  came  tf>  Canadiv  t^  cvrini^^clise 
the  French  ;  and  althuuiih  they  endured 
much  pervecutiou  and  truiiblesat  6rst,  their 
labours  were  crowned  with  much  suocesa. 
He  received  very  early  training  at  home, 
there  being  no  Pniteiitant  8chot*ls  in  tlie 
district.  At  the  age  of  three  hifl  parents  re- 
moved t)  JoUette,  where  lie  attended  tlie 
mission  school  ;  Ihenco  privste  tuition,  un- 
til the  family  rentoved  to  C>Unw»,  when  his 
studies  in  English  niny  V>e  said  to  have  be- 
gun. He  then  att^^nded  the  Central  and 
Hi;;h  schooU  ;  then  the  Collegiate  Institute, 
when,  in  1877,  he  entered  .\lcOill  College, 
Montreal,  where  he  received  the  training 
and  education  which  seemed  boat  to  tit  bia 
taate  and  inclinations,  namely,  reacnrches 
in  nntural  science;*.  Here  he  studied  under 
the  able  and  distinguished  Sir  William 
Dawaon,O.C.M.O.,LL  D.,F.R.!i.,  F.G.S., 
and  his  love  for  natural  science  soon  de- 
vel4)ped.  During  the  course  at  Mdiill  Col- 
leire  he  obtained  Tarimis  scholarships  and 
prizes,  which  enahlcnl  him  to  carry  on  his 
studies  more  auccesafully.  Followe<l  the 
honour  courses  in  natural  sciences  under 
Drs.  Dawson  and  Harrington,  but  on  ao- 
coant  of  iU  health,  the  rvsult  of  too  much 
undertaking  in  junior  years,  was  not  open 
to  cumftete  for  the  Lt^tgan  medal.  Mathe- 
matics and  natural  sciences  were  amongst 
his  predilections  at  acliool  and  the  univer- 
sity, with  a  decided  taste  for  logic  and  other 
metaphysical  studies.  Botany,  geology, 
and  pnltoontology  occupied  most  of  his  at- 
tention ;  loit  he  also  attended  lectures  for  a 
whole  year  in  Law  Faculty  of  McGiU  Col- 
lege, for  which  ho  felt  much  the  bett«r. 
From  early  (.-hi ldho<-d  Mr.  Ami  has  abstained 
from  intoxicating  liipiors,  and  thus  has  been 
a  supporter  uf  rigid  tem[>eraneo  principles, 
and  he  practices  Uital  abstinence  for  the 
sake  L>f  others,  Foaail  reiuAins  in  the  rocka 
uttrncted  his  attention  at  an  early  age,  and 
ho  has  since  made  pretty  vxteuBivo  collea- 
tioiis  of  plania  in  several  jiarta  of  Canada, 
and  added  a  few  to  the  Canatlian  Ibira  ; 
whilst  tho  cidlectinns  in  fossils  frimi  Mon- 
treal nn<l  Ottawa  have  occupied  for  neveral 
years  his  leisure  hours.  On  leaving  tho 
Vnivennty,  where  he  graduateil,  taking  a 
tirst-claaa  degree  —  Itachelor  of  Arts — 
sCjircely  a  niouth  hatl  e1a|*iied  when  hu 
waa  ap[Miinted  to  a  [M-isition  on  the  Pal- 
leohtological  staH'  of  the  GeologioAl  Sur- 
rey of  Canada,  shoKlv  after  the  re- 
moval of  the  museum  from  Moutrosl  to 
Ottawa.  Such  a  position  was  in  keeping 
with  his  early  and  present  tastes,  as  also 


114 


A  CJCLOV^VIA  OF 


with  the  good  will  and  pleasure  uf  his  friends 
at  the  University  and  at  Ottawa.  For  n 
nuiuber  of  years  it  was  his  intantion  and 
purpose  to  study  fur  the  ministry,  artd  he 
had  an  earnest  desire  to  go  into  the  work  ; 
but  his  health  and  partial  weakness  of  his 
eye-Bi?ht.  as  alsu  his  own  consctuuB  untitted- 
ness  fur  thu  work  ;  as  also  th»  interesting 
and  proHtiihle  claims  of  science  caused  hini, 
almost  unawares,  to  be  insensibly  led  inti) 
the  latter  pursuit.  He  has  been  on  the 
pa1iHontol(if;icaIstat!'uf  the  survey  since  June, 
18H2.  and  is  at  present  holding  the  post  of  As- 
Bistant  PaJjbontolou^iflt.  He  is  now  engaged 
in  detenuiuation,  identification,  clasBitica- 
tiou  and  study  of  the  fossil  remains  of  Can- 
ada, in  connection  with  the  museum  and 
geological  Survey  at  <!)ttawa.  The  natural 
history  resuuroas  of  Ottawa  and  vicinity,  the 
work  in  connectitin  with  the  Field  Natural- 
ists' Club,  and  especially  in  contact  with 
and  the  hvlp  of  Mr.  Fletcher,  -vhoae  ac- 
quaintance he  first  made  in  1878,  hiive  all 
been  iuuentives  tu  work — uut  to  mentiuu  the 
removal  of  the  National  Museum  from  Mun* 
treal  to  Ottawa,  and  meeting  such  men  as 
Dr.  Selwyn,  Mr.  Whitoarea,  Prof.  Macoun, 
etc.  His  first  paper  on  geology  was  road  at 
Ottawa  before  the  O.F.N. C,  in  the  fall  of 
1881,  whilst  the  winter  of  18dl-'82  saw  hia 
tiratpamphlet  orwork  on  *'The  (Jtica  Form- 
ation in  Canada,**  which  was  read  before  the 
Natural  History  Society  uf  MontretU.  and 
abo  before  O.  F.  N.  C.  at  Ottawa.  Then 
followed  **  Notes  on  Ti^uriUr\t9  apiimsyu^ 
Billings,'*  and  %'arious  reports  on  strati- 
graphy and  palaeontology  of  Ottawa  and 
vicinity,  and  a  catalogue  ox  fossila  from 
the  district  about  Ottawa.  Then,  in  the 
winter  ami  spring  of  1884-'85,  he  wrote  a 
thesis  fur  the  senate  of  McUill  University, 
for  which  was  granted  the  master's  d^uree 
in  Arts.  The  subject  dealt  with  the  "  Utica 
Formation  in  Cunada,"  bringing  tlie  subject 
up  to  date.  The  degree  of  M.  A.  was  con- 
ferred on  him  by  Sir  William  Dawson,  in 
May,  1885.  He  has  been  f(^r  lour  years  a 
member  of  "A"  Company  (Jovernor-Gen- 
eral's  Foot  Guards.  ESince  June,  1883,  he 
has  been  a  permanent  civil  service  othcer, 
in  the  Department  of  the  Interior,  Geolog- 
ical Survey  branch.  He  is  and  haa  been  a 
member  of  tho  council  of  the  Ottawa  Field 
Naturalists*  Club  for  several  years,  since 
1881 ;  and  joined  the  O.  F.  N.  C.  from  tho 
year  uf  its  organization,  1870. 

Dunkia,  Hon.  CbrUtopher,  was 
born  uu  the  24th  of  Seplember,  Idll,  and 
was  educated  at  the  UuivurttitieH  of  Lou- 
don and  Glasgow.     He  emigrated  in  early 


life  to  Aravrica,  and  was  a  i«*acher  of  0 

in   Harvard   University.       He  removed    to 
Canatla    simie    time    before    the    rebellio 
and  edited  the  Murniwj  ChronicU,  of  Mo 
treal,    from    May,  1S37,   till  the    foUowi 
summer.       fie  was   appointed  secretary 
Lord  Durham's  Education  I'ommiaaion,  ani 
was  also  appointed  to  the  l'«»st  Office  Co 
mission.     On     the    coosuumiatiun     of     th< 
union  of  1841,  he  was  appointi^d   assista 
secretary  for  T^ower  Canada,  and  this  pu«i 
tion  he  retained  till  May,  1847.    Ht^)  studiei 
law,  and  was   called   to  the  bar  uf  Low 
Canada  in  1846.     In  1844  he  stood  for  th 
County  of  Drummond,  but  was  defervted  by 
Mr.   U.  N.    Watts.     In   1H57,   however,  he 
was  elected  for  Dnimmond  aud  Arthabaska 
This  constituency  he  represented  until  1861^ 
when  he  was  defeated      He  was  the  follow 
ing  year  elected  for  Brome,  which  constiti 
enoy  he  continued  to  reprfsent  till  the  daM 
of  Confederation,  when  he  was  again  elected 
for   it  by   acclamation.      Mr.    Dunkin    was 
reared  a  cuuservative,  and  showed  liis  sym 
pathy  with  that  ]>arty   through  his  entire 
career;    but   he    was   always    iudopeuden 
of    trammel,    and    voted    according    to    hia 
conviction.     In   18G7  he  brcame  provincial 
Treasurer  of  Quebec,  and  in  18)id  entered 
tho  Dominion  Cabinet  as  Minister  of  Agri- 
culture and  Statistics,     This  office  he  held 
till  1871,  when  he  became  Puisue'  Judge  of 
the  SuiwrH>r  Otturt  uf  Quebec.      He  died  at 
Montre.il  on  January  Uth,  1880.     Ho  mar- 
ried  Miss  Mary   Barber,  a  daughter  of  the 
Ute    Dr.   Jonathan    Barber,    of    Montreal. 
He  was  president  of  the  Shakespeare  Club 
of  Montreal ;  a  member  of  the  Council 
Public  Instruction   from  185ti  to  18;.l* ;  h 
was    lieutenant-colonel    uf     the    Montr< 
Light  Infantry  ;  and  from   18t>0  to  1872  he 
was    lieutenant-colonel   of    the  52nd  (Bed 
ford)  Battalion  of  VI.     lie  was  the  means 
of  the  creation  of  much  important  legisla- 
tion, and  the  measure  with  which  he   was 
most   concerned    bears   his    name,    and    is 
known  as  tho  Dunkin  Temperance   Act  of 
18G4. 

Cook,  Herinon  II. — The  history  of 
successtul  and  upright  business  men  in  Con 
ada  has  few,  if  any,  names  more  prominen 
than  that  of  Hermon  H.   Cook.     Mr.  Coo 
ctmies  of  that  good  old  stuck  that  sacri6 
their  posaesaions  to  tlie  loyalty  ihcy  felt  fo 
their     sovereign.      His    grandfather,    Hr, 
George  Cook,  at  the  time  of  the  Revoluti 
ary  war,  Ivft  the  Mohawk  valley.  New  Yorl 
where  lie  had  acquired  a  valuable  prnperiy, 
and   settled    in    Duudas    cvmnty,    Caiiod 
John  Cook,  a  sod  of  George  and  an  uucle 


3| 


CA^JDIAX  BIQGBAPBY. 


}U 


«ar  rabject,  u  veil  reoMoibeffwl  ta  the  eld«r 
■lah  of  tha  ocKwCry.  u  a  ■tnmck  Uid 
OTrthT-  npniwBtMtiir*  o(  UamlM  oMiaty, 
ijr  T«*i*.  in  Ue  m14  fxrinwiwirt  of 
:  kU  itMiM  atwiding  boUly  Mil 
band  f4  aica,  vIlo  thoo^  Icivml 
tetlM  hflul'a  ojTw  lo  th«  Britah  Cruvn,  t%- 
iMtad  villi  imiluicluMg  front  thm  AaaaaaUBm 
if  Kb*  Kftaut;  CiimpAA,  and  leu  of  irraipaa- 

Tb*  ffttbor  o<  Ur.  U«nmm  U.  Couk 
«M  G«or^  Cook,  iktt  ;Daag»r  bro4ber  of 
ioktt  jml  lUiciilKil,  wkI  ovio^  to  the  Uv 
nf  pnmoe«iiitare,  to  foroe  st  the  tuxM,  ««• 
>{i  vtU>i>cit  fi>nui>e  tipoci  tk«  dawc  of  kis 

»b*»  tit#4l  iDlMiaiv.      Bnt    he  aoon 

oat  Aoompoicaoe  dtr  hiiuMlf  ;  ooea- 
yM  VMViiw  |»r««t9i4w  of  Utist  !□  the  public 
■rrrifft ;  m-am  •  aiptetn  of  miUtia.  wrring  in 
tkft  vftr  of  18IS.    and  rvceirin:^   from    the 

a  gold  me«l«l  m  rt<cx»'jiiLti<jD  of  hu 
Th«  mf4iier ul  Ht"-  "  w>«S*rah 
fbiilwiin.  A  l*Jy  <tf  fSerm*  whoM 

kAbermuiTunjft  CaatWaun.  >.  ^  ntuid 

vall-kiiawii  nUMbftaot  of  i>andas  ooaoty. 
Geocip*  Cn"k  h.vl  five  eooa,  the  youngeet  of 


VbMi 


n  U..  bum  in  Dundai  ou 
Thf*o   vmii  ui»(ie    their 
cj/tnoicrvtml  anii  public  hfe  of 
J«ni««  Wtlttam,  who  died  in 
I-  .-ntittive  of  Dun- 

d*  :  :o  I8i>l  ;  he  was 

the  Mroi''>r  ni(;mt>er  ui  tri«  exCeiiMTe  and 
vidal/  kaovn  finu  of  C<Hjk  Brothen,  the 
olbcr  HMrmt-  ^^  '  -'  K  were  Ge^rye  J.  and 
JokB  Lk     ^  s  a  representative  for 

Dmlaa  Ia  •••^^  j'<-->uciaJ  p«,rUauient  for 
^|bi  7*Ar*v  eafawn^urnt  u>  Cuafedenition  \ 
aflar  vbich  ho  removr J  tn  ^lorriftburg,  On- 
tarirt  vberv  he  eatabluiied  an  extenaive 
hunbar  btiaiiiMa.  Th«  fttibjeeiof  ihia  aketoh 
«aa  oJ»o«led  at  the  lr<M{u<ii«  Grammar 
MuMd  ia  Dundaa.  and  in  18:>8  beg^u  the 
Isaib^  bwunaae  in  the  County  of  SLioooe. 
Wbvfl  tbe  c»'n»trtictinn  of  the  Slidl&nd  Kail- 
««7  ti'  -  «TBa  }iru(ioaed,  with  a 

daor  tr  'utiirr  nf   the  lumber 

tr-  mber- 

tr>  ->,  and 

'a    uifr>.'  Tiu*    i.uy*»i    •.»*  iniii  in    the 
Hta  prvdietiona  were  verified  ; 
bosBocrr  '    '  -    '    -'   nr  in    creating  for 
K-  -o,  but  m  btMtiL* 

hqpiljr  isMtr  ''ifit;  Midland 

aMy,  liy  tk»  ti«  amploy- 

mtm\  to  1*1"    ^  -  '.iiterpnMa  ; 

tmA  thi»e  who  have  watchi'd  Mr.  (\>ok'i 
«M«ar  aay  thai,  ahilc  l.i»  ■,\>\i  interi'Sta  are 
mrmA  foe  hj  a  ijniok,  c<  >nd  unccua- 

ittf  aUeutioo,  lh«  coix  m  deiwu- 


dani  Bpra  bim,  aa4  tbe  «>eU 


of  an  ia 


oBUoy-,  aro  witk  kim  deenaM  ahraTa- 
nmcBHM^d  ooaaidctatMioa.  Tbfe  Midland 
mill,  wbieb  baa  a  aftwiag  capaciky  o(  tB.OOO,- 
000ft.  ia  the  year,  waa barat  m  1077,  b«t  it 
vaa  pnoapdy  replaoad  again,  and  tbo  gCTMi 
bOBnoM  want  r<B  witk  BBdtiahuabed  aedritj 
and  aaeeeaL  U  ia  bmb  Ufca  Mr.  Cbok,  bm*- 
tan  of  oooninaraial  aeienee,  who  sake  valu- 
able parttamemariana ;  and  ao  in  1873  our 
■abject  wu  iiiduce'i  ti>  enter  the  Geld  for 
the  repraeontation  in  the  Houae  of  Com- 
monaof  North  ^inicoe,  and  defeated  the  Con- 
aerratiTo  candidate.  Mr.  McCarthy.  In  1874 
he  waa  a^ain  elected  ;  waa  nnaealed  hy  peti- 
tioQ.  but  returned  again  by  a  ou^rity  of 
73  rotea.  In  the  general  electioo  of  187d  he 
waa  onaucoeaafal,  Mr.  McCarthy,  hia  old 
oppotseot,  defsAting  him  by  49  votea.  But 
be  waa  elected  for  the  local  lej^alature  of 
the  ProTinoe  of  Ontario  in  1671*.  and  aat  fur 
three  yeara^  then  reaignin>(,  wiu  elected  for 
HoQse  of  CoBunona  fi^  E^c  Simooe,  at  the 
genera]  elaotion  of  1882,  which  aeal  he  atill 
holda.  In  the  Houae  of  Comutooa  Mr.  Oook 
ia  one  of  the  moat  valuable  memben  aaieiB- 
bled  there.  Hia  judgment  ia  alwayaaonod, 
hia  ioaight  quick,  and  uearly  always  accu- 
rate ;  and  he  haa  been  inatrumeutal  in  pro- 
ducing a  unmber  of  acta  of  valuable  tegiaU- 
tioo.  He  ia  a  clear,  terae^  and  vigonma 
apeaker,  and  thoae  who  have  heartl  him, 
friend  and  opponent  alike,  admit  that  he 
alwaya  appeala  to  men'a  reaauii,  never  to 
their  prejudice.  He  ia  in  religi'in  <>f  the 
MtiihiMlist  church  ;  and  he  married  iu  18«)t, 
Lydi-t,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Jamea  White,  of 
the  County  of  Simcoe.  By  thia  lady  he  haa 
two  daughters. 

I  recaiHn,  Dr.  C'larkaon,  of  Milton, 
the  w urthy  an b]i*ct  of  t hia  biographical 
aketch,  waa  bom  in  the  township  of  Tra- 
falgar, County  of  Halton,  in  1827.  Hia 
father,  lauac  Freeman,  waa  bom  in  Eliaabeth- 
town.  New  York,  in  ITiM,  and  removed 
with  hia  parents  to  Canada  in  18(H).  In  1812, 
when  American  arma  began  to  gleam  upon 
our  bfirden,  Mr.  Isaac  Freeman,  tbeii  only 
a  lad  in  hia  eighteenth  year,  proni|ttly  rani^ed 
himaelf  amnnf;  the  defendera  of  hia  country, 
aerving  through  the  entire  war.  After  the 
aide  on  which  he  had  fought  had  seen  vic- 
tory upon  its  banuera.  he  married,  in  \^\1 , 
Miaa  Hannah  Kelly,  and  aellled  iu  the  town- 
ahip  of  Trafalgar.  Alwaya  a  true  li>ver 
of  liberty,  and  hater  of  tyranny,  he  taw 
with  manly  retentinant  the  oppreasiona  of 
the  Family  Compact ;  ao  in  1837,  when  the 
t*rievouB  diacontout  of  the  people  liazued 
forth  in  reb«llioU|  he  waa  ud«  of  tiioae  who 


110 


A  crcLOPjcniA  of 


ftiiUted  in  iho  pursuit  of  WiUiam  Lyon  M&c- 
kenide,  who  hnd  had  a  price  Bet  upon  his 
head    and    was   lloeing   trom    the  country. 
This  sturdy,  zealous  man,  had  a  family  of 
thirtveu    suiia    and    two    daughten.      Mr. 
ClarkaoD  Freeman,   whom  w&  have  chosen 
as   the  subject  of  this  akotch,  is  the  sixth 
son,  and  received  a  coramon  school  oduca- 
iioD,  and  afterwards  higher  in  extent  and 
sufficient  to  equip  him  for  important  under- 
tjikings.     This  education,  however,  like  that 
of   so   many   other   men,  whose  history   is 
written    in    the   creditable    work    of    their 
bands,  was  ohtained  under  great  diiliuuUies. 
He  was  ohli^red  to  work  on  his  farm,  and  it 
is  related  that  when  pursuing  his  studies  he 
wotild  guide  his  team   with  one  hund,  and 
read   from   a  book  in  the   other.     Having 
attended    the  common  school    for  ahout  a 
year,    he    entered    the  Grammar  School  at 
Palermo.    County  tialtoii,   thou  taught  by 
Mr.  Andrew  Hall.     After  remaining  in  this 
institution,    for  a  year,  he  was  enabled  to 
take    the    teachersnip    in    the     village    of 
Boyne.     He  subsequently  pursued  his  stu- 
dies in   tlie  City  of  Toronto,   hut   his    eyes 
became   atTected   from  a  too  close  applica- 
tion of  study,   and  it  became  necessary  to 
perform  an  uperatiuu  upon  them  to  removes 
grotte  that  was  forming.   After  a  short  respite 
from  study,  and  during  which  time  he  had 
fully  recovered  from  the  effect  of  the  opera- 
tion, he  determined   to  take  up  the  profea- 
sion   of    medicine,    and    began   his  studies 
under  Dr.    Rolph,    of  Toronto,  continuing 
the  same  in  the  University,  from  which  in- 
stitution he  graduated  in  1853.     He  at  once 
began  t<]  practice  his  profession  of  doctor  in 
the   village  of  Lowville,    in  the  County   of 
Halton,  afterwards  removing   o  Cummiiigs- 
ville.     In  the  year   1854  he  married  Miss 
Elizabeth   Martha,    eldest  daughter  of  the 
late  James  Cobban,  M.D.,  of  Milton.     Mil- 
ton, however,  offered  the  greater  attrucliona 
to   the    brilliant   young   practitioner,  so  in 
October,    1854,    he   removed    thither  from 
CummingsvilJe,  where  he  practised  with  his 
father-in-law,  Dr.   Cobban,   till  the  latter'a 
death.     Dr.  Cobban,  it  may  be  stated,  was 
one  of  the   most  noted  and  skilful  practi- 
tioners in  the  County  t>f  Halton.     In  1800, 
owing  to  ill-heath,  he  wa<f  advised  to  visit 
the  old  country,  and  the  result  was  a  com- 
plete restoration  of  his  prostrated  energies, 
and  the  actjuisition  of  a  larger  and  valuable 
■tore  uf  professional  knowledge.     The  latter 
was  the  result  of  careful  observations  during 
bis  visits  to  all  the  great  hospitals  of  Eng- 
land, Ireland,  Scotland  and  France.     Dur- 
Dg  the  late  Americaa   war,  Dr,  Freeman 


offered  himaelf  as  &  volunteer  surgeon,  an 
was   accepted   and    attached    to     the    2n 
Division    of    the    0th    Corps     of     Gcner 
Grant's   army  of  the  Potomac.     He  pa 
through  the  most  notable  bfittles  of  the 
spring    oamp&igu.     Among   theae    e 
ments  were  the  celebrated  nine  days 
before  the  taking  of  Petersburg  and  Rich' 
mond,   and  the  subaei^uent  bitter  atniggl 
before  the  surrender 'jf  General  Lee.    W'h 
the  war  was  over  he  returned  again  to  Ca 
ada,  and  his  ti*wnfi»lk,  unwilling  that  sn 
brilliant  talents  as  he  poaseased  should  n 
be  in  some  way  turned  to  the  public  benefit 
of  the  town,  chose  him  for  mayor  of  Milton, 
and  re-elected  him  again  by  acclamation  inr 
1871  and  1872.     In  religion  he  isa  member, 
in    very    high   standing,   uf   the   Meth 
Church,  and  in  politics  he  is  a  staunch  an 
highly-regarded  Conservative.   He  is  a  Ki 
mason,  and  a  member  of  a  number  of  l>eaeT< 
olent   aasociations.     Although    his    hair 
now  nearly  white,  he  is  still  full  of  energy 
and    there  is  doubtless  yet  for  him  a  long 
period  of  usefulness.     In  manners  he  is  in 
the  most  thorough  s^nse  gentlemanly,  and 
exceedingly  courteous  and  kind.     He  is,  aa 
he   deserves  to  be,    one  whom   his   fellow 
townsmen  would  delight  to  honour  and  to 
see   honoured.      While    Dr.    Freeman    was 
mayor,  1870,  1871,  of  Milton,  he  was  one  of 
tlie    &rst   of   the   promoters   of   the  Credit 
Valley  Railway  in  tibtaining  bonuses,  and 
owing  to  his  zeal  and  eaniestness  in  having 
this  road  carried  through,  he  nearly  uuder- 
mined  his  health,  but  atill   kept  ahead  of 
him  the  interest  of  the  town. 

OWCourko.  Tliomna  AllVed,  was 
born  on  .\uyuet  L'Oth,  1853,  at  Trenton, 
in  the  County  of  Hastings.  His  father  was 
Hugh  O'llourke,  and  his  mother  was  Marj-, 
net  Fenelon,  both  of  Connty  Carlow,  Ire- 
land. Mr.  0*Rourke,  aenr.,  settled  in 
Trenton  in  1844,  and  for  years  carried  on 
the  grain  business.  He  amassed  consider- 
able property,  and  occupied  the  position 
town  councillor  for  several  yejirs.  Thum 
Alfred  received  his  early  education  in  tlie 
separate  school  at  Trenton  ;  he  was  then 
sent  to  St.  Michaers  College,  Toronto,  and 
finished  his  educatiim  at  Toronto  Univer- 
sity in  1878,  taking  the  degree  pf  B.A.  H 
is  now  proceeding  to  the  deiiroe  of  LL. 
During  his  course  in  the  luivemity 
took  honours  in  modern  languages,  uatu 
Boiences  and  classics.  From  an  early  ago 
had  a  strong  predilection  towards  the  stu 
of  law,  and  on  leaving  college  began  i 
study,  and  after  being  admitted  to  the  b 
he  began  praotice  in  Trenton,  where  ho 


CANADIAN  BWGRArHY. 


•ince,  and  now  carries  on  a 
LtiDeM.  Mr.  O'Rourke  haa, 
i«d  himself  t(i  Itis  profesaionAl 
dntiaa,  bat  he  Haa  travelled  through  the 
fitetes  aod  Canada^  always  obsor\inff  with 
A  kctEA  eye.  In  religion  he  is  a  Roman 
OitliniUe,  and  in  politico  a  Heformer.  He 
ttarm«l,  on  April  24tli,  1882.  Miw  Mary 
Jmmu<  K.ith,  daughter  of  Air.  £).  £?.  Keith, 
o*  Our  ■nbjt'Ct  is,  doubtless,   a 

tr^.  Ill,  when  the  proper  time  arrives, 

n»km  hia  mark.  He  is  ijuick,  eneruetic,  and 
iAUtlU^canl  ;  one  of  those  who,  with  the  np- 
pofumitj   oflerad  to  him,  cannot  be   kept 

9|a,r    ,1,1.  M    Jamra,  Stratford,  Clerk 
cp£  the  irt,  L«tcal  Kegittnir  of  the 

High  UoMf*.  L>t  Justice  sod  Registrar  of  the 
StolOgate  Cunrt  in  and  for  the  Coanty  of 
"  ^'  w»»  >K>m  on  the  2oth  day  of  April, 
1  what  is  now  the  township  of  Nis- 
»'uii.  til  tiic  County  of  Middloscx,  about  six 
&aiii  London.  H  is  father's  name  was 
M»c^ddeD,  aud  his  inuther's  maiden 
Reid.  His  father  was  in  the 
tnoy  in  Ui«  old  cuuntry,  and  was  engaged  in 
•■feral  IjAttles  fur  which  he  held  »  medal. 
He  ftbcained  his  discharge  from  the  army 
io  lS17r  but  he  took  part  in  the  rebellion 
ji  U3T  aa  oftptain.  Hia  son,  our  suliject. 
iTcd  during  that  rebellion  under  his 
James  Maofadden  was  educated  at 
Ontario,  aud  received  a  common 
BoirGo)^  •dttoattt'n.  At  an  early  ascf*  be  ho- 
•  w  interest  in  educfttii*nal  aud 
affatra.  and  has  held  the  office 
■a  — eooi  inutoe  and  wa«  cviuncillor  in  St. 
(or  the  years  ISt^l  and  t8<U  He  has 
ilit«ire«t4»4l  ill  Kreemasfinry,  and 
ia  coMMcted  with  a  MaMmic  lodge,  the 
gtiaitfnrvl  F-hI..^  TLf:'  ,11. .1  ia  pwit  maater  of 
KC  Js:  .*.    From  1838  t<i 

IWO  M  lod  iu  the  States. 

when  be  reiitme)!  u*  Lmidou,  where  he  at 
^egan  th.  trii.ly  of  law.  He  passed  the 
"      '  in  1854.  andrk'moved 

i«»  law  there  in   IHo5. 
I   for  eleven  years,  and  in 
inrcd  to  Stratford,  where 
'■r  siuce.     Mr.   Mftcfadden 
\  any  very  strong  religious 
tt  an  adhervnt  nf 
:  ih.      Ho  married 
i.-"..-,  Kathcrine  A.  .Mc- 
Wilham   Mel  jean,  now  a 
'  nl  at  the  date  of  our 
resjded  in  8t  Mary's, 
By  this  union  there 
•even  daJdren,  hmr  daughters  and  three 
ail  of  whom  are  living. 


[ar» 


daughter  of 

Mfcilniit  of  '^ 

s  m 
he  Ha-  


Dewar,  John,  of  Milton,  Ontario,  the 

subject  of  this  sketch,  was  bom  in  Aber- 
feldy,  Perthshire,  Scotland,  on  the  22nd  of 
August,  1820.  His  father  was  Mr.  John 
Dewar,  who  married,  in  1828,  Emily  Knight, 
and  by  this  lady  he  had  nine  children.  In 
183<3.  being  then  just  two  years  married,  he 
sailed  for  Canada,  and  on  his  arrival  settled 
in  the  township  of  Esquesing,  County  of 
Halton.  where  he  devoted  himself  to  farm* 
ing.  When  the  father  left  for  Canada,  the 
subject  of  our  sketch  waa  just  nine  montlia 
old.  He  WHS  aent  at  an  early  age  to  school, 
continuing  his  studies  till  his  fifteenth 
year,  when  lie  began  tn  teach  school.  A 
year  later  he  entered  the  Grammar  School 
in  Palermo,  in  the  County  of  Halton,  and 
spent  four  years  in  teaching,  and  then  he 
repaired  to  the  United  Slates,  and  entered 
Franklin  College,  in  <>hio.  He  returned 
to  Canada  in  1852,  and  began  a  study  of 
the  law  in  the  respective  offices  of  S.  M. 
Jarvis,  John  McNab.  and  Morrison  A:  Lees, 
ofmclndiuij  under  the  legal  tutorship  of 
the  late  Angus  Morrison.  In  1868  he  went 
to  Milton,  aud  began  to  practice  as  an  attor* 
ney.  A  year  later  he  was  admitted  barris- 
ter ;  and  in  August,  18ti8,  upon  the  death 
of  Gilbert  Tioe  Bastedo,  waa  appointed 
Crown  Attorney  and  Clerk  of  the  Peace. 
Most  brilliant  and  successful  had  his  career 
been  aJ!  along,  and  his  achievement  was  all 
the  result  of  a  quick,  keenly -diacerniDg 
mind,  and  a  tireless  energy  and  application. 
Ho  has  been  superintendent  oi  public 
schools  ;  waa  several  times  school  trustee, 
and  at  the  time  of  writing  this  sketch  is 
chairman  of  the  school  b^^ard.  He  is  also, 
and  has  for  many  years  boon,  president  of 
the  Mechanics'  Institute  in  the  town  of  his 
aduption.  Mr.  Dewar  is  a  gentleman  whoso 
exceedingly  brilliant  natuml  partu  have  not 
alone  been  improved  by  an  excellent  edu- 
cation, but  by  the  advantages  of  travel.  In 
187l»he  left  on  a  visit  to  the  old  country, 
travelling  through  the  most  interesting 
parts  of  England.  Scotland,  and  Ireland  ; 
thence  he  passed  over  to  France,  an  exten- 
sive luur  of  which  he  made,  returning  again 
to  Canada.  He  likewise  visited  tho  princi- 
pal cities  of  the  United  States.  There  is  no 
part  of  human  ex|>eriunce  more  valuable 
than  travel  ainoni^  the  different  conditions 
of  men,  tn  thusc  who  have  the  seeing  eye 
and  thtr  receptive  mind,  and  it  is  not  at  all 
to  be  wondered  at  that  Mr.  Dewar  returned 
with  his  mind  enriched,  and  with  hia  eyes 
o[«ned  to  the  conditions  of  men,  and  the 
conduct  of  afTaira,  tt»  a  degree  that  renders 
him  a  valuable  acquisition  to  the  cummua- 


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A  cyclopa:dia  of 


ity.  In  religion  ho  is  a  staunch  Preabyter- 
i&n,  but  not  a  bi^mt,  for  he  yields  to  every 
man  the  right  to  worship  God  in  the  w&y 
that  he  thinko  best.  In  pulitiua  hu  19  a 
Kefonner,  and  has  always  lent  his  voice 
and  his  hand  to  those  whom  he  buliwed 
were  promoting  the  cause  of  good  govern- 
luent.  Up  to  the  time  of  his  appointment 
SB  county  crown  attorney  he  was  secretary 
to  the  Reform  AasociatioD  of  the  County  of 
Ualtou.  He  was  married  in  October,  1874, 
to  Miss  Jane  W.  Scunerville,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  Robett  B.  SouierviUe,  late  M.  P.  for 
Huntington.  Province  of  Quebec,  and  at 
one  time  a  manaffer  of  a  branch  of  the 
Staudnrd  l^nnkof  Oanada.  Mr.  Dewar  wits 
a  nicutbor  fur  some  time  of  the  town  and 
county  council,  and  retained  this  position 
till  i-eceivii)g  hia  cmwu  appointment,  when 
he  resigned.  His  father  died  in  1871^  be- 
loved and  lamented  by  all  who  had  known 
him  so  long  as  a  worthy  citizen.  But  the 
qualities  of  the  father  are  exhibited  well  in 
the  son.  to  whose  career  many  a  young  man 
would  do  well  to  look  up  as  a  guide  and  in- 
centive to  hia  justifiable  ambition. 

TIckcll,  JiiowrKV  Skinner,  Furni- 
ture Manufncturer,  Belleville,  Ontario,  was 
bom  iu  Bristol,  KnglanJ,  and  ohruuicled  in 
the  old  fnmily  Bible  at  7  a.m.  Sunday,  12th 
April,  1K29;  baptised  in'  St.  Augustine 
Church,  Bristol,  10th  May,  1829,  only  sur- 
viving son  of  John  Skinner  Tickell  and 
Klixa  Tully  Tickell.  The  father  was  a 
native  of  Devon,  England,  and  the  mother, 
of  Bristol,  England— the  father  being  of 
Cornish  and  the  mother  uf  Welsh  origin, 
the  subject  of  our  sketch  being,  therefore, 
in  all  pruhability,  of  ancient  British  stock. 
The  family  having  removed  from  Bristol  to 
Whitchurch, near  Tavistock, Devon, the  early 
life  and  aohmil  days  of  our  subject  wore 
aiient  in  Tavistock  and  Torquay  ;  and  at 
the  age  uf  fourteen  yuara  he  was  duly  ap- 
prentioed  for  the  term  of  seven  years  to 
leani  the  trade  of  cabinetmaker,  in  Tavis- 
tock. Tbia  term  having  been  faithfully 
served,  he  engaged  in  business,  and  with 
few  intermisaions  continued  up  to  the  pre- 
sent time.  In  the  year  1857  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Hannah  Beeltam,  a  native  of  Chel- 
tenham, England,  and  he  shortly  after- 
wards emigrated  to  Canada,  and  in  the 
spriiiK  of  1858  settled  in  Belleville,  where 
he  has  since  resided,  and  carries  on  the 
manufacture  of  furniture.  lie  has  four 
sons  and  one  daughter  living.  Mr.  Tickell's 
first  roligiouB  views  or  ideoa  were  formed 
with  the  Congregational  body,  in  England  ; 
but    coming    to    Canada    any    Calviuiatiu 


doctrines  he  may  have  held  were  disperacdj 
believinjj,  as  he  said  to  the  writer,  m  frc 
grace  for  every  repentant  sinner  ;  hen< 
hia  connection  with  the  Methodist  Chui 
In  politic!  Mr.  Tickell  is  a  Reformer,' 
but  liberal  in  the  true  sense,  as  he  holds 
that  every  one  has  a  perfect  right  trt  hia 
own  opinions.  During  the  national  policy 
agitation,  Mr.  Tickell  gave  his  support 
to  H'w  John  A.  Muc<hiniild,  in  the  l>elief. 
aa  he  informed  us,  that  the  change  would 
be  beneticial  ami  tend  to  build  up  onr 
industries.  Mr.  Tickell  is  an  Oddfellow, 
being  a  member  of  Mizpah  Lodge,  and  has 
passed  through  the  si'Vernl  chairs,  and  acted 
in  the  capacity  of  N.  G.  for  some  time.  He 
is  alao  a  Freemason,  and  a  member  uf 
Eurt-ka  Uidge,  in  Belleville.  Mr.  TiokcU 
is  one  of  the  aldermen  of  the  city,  and  haa 
represented  "  Ketehe»<-'n,"  the  commercial 
ward  of  the  ci<y,  for  a  period  of  four 
yeara.  He  haa  tilled  other  important  posi- 
tions, having  been  at  one  time  president  of 
the  St.  Cieorge'a  Society,  and  is  now  vice- 
president  of  the  Board  uf  Trade,  and  vice- 
presidont  of  the  Mechanics'  Institute.  Mr. 
Tickell  haa  travelled  considerably  on  thia 
continent  in  connection  with  hia  business, 
visiting  the  large  centres,  viz.,  New  York, 
Boaton,  and  Chicago,  in  order  to  gather  in- 
formation regarding  hia  business.  Ue  has 
only  once  visited  his  native  land  (in  I88IV(, 
twenty-Kve  years  after  leaving  it.  Though 
now  well  up  in  years^  ho  still  carries  on  the 
business,  and  aa  helps  haa  hia  two  eldest 
sons  with  him.  Ue  has  been  a  successful 
man,  and  has  the  largest  and  oldest  busi- 
ness in  hia  line  in  Belleville,  and  does  a 
wholesale  trarle  throuuhoiit  Canada. 

I>rni*h,   lion.    'William   M'urron, 
M.P.P..    B.C.U,  Q.C.,    n.C.L.,   was    born 
near  the  villaito  of  Bedford,  County  of  Mia- 
aisquoi.  Province  of   Qucboo,  on  the  30th 
September,    1845.       Uia    father,    Thomaa 
Lynch,   came  from   the   County  t»f  Cavan, 
Ireland,  about  the  year  1830.     Ue  served 
during  the  Canadian  rebellion  in  the  Shef- 
ford  Troop  of  Cavalry,  and  died  at  Knowl- 
ton,    Brome   county,   ou   the   liKh   March, 
1883.      His  mother",  Charlotte  It  Williams, 
was  b»»m  at  Stukely,  County  of  .^  hefl.  rd ,  Pro- 
vince of  Quebec,  in  the  year  18Uo.    Her  par- 
euts  were  descendants  of  l^E.  Lttyalists.whoj 
came  from  the  State  of  Vermont  at  the  chiaaj 
of  (he  American  revolutionary  war.     She  iaj 
still  alive.     Mr.  Lynch,  after  taking  advan-j 
tsge  of  the  elementary  schools  iu  the  vicinity] 
of     his     birthplace,    went    to    Staubndgi 
Acadumy  in  1K58,  then  a  most   dourishinf 
iubtitutiun  under  the  direction  of  Uol 


CJkSADIAH  BWGRAPBr. 


iar  %  nniiMJiily  oootaiL  Dvriog  iiM  Urt  I 
j^M-  at  SaaUlge  \m  aeUd  m  MRMut  > 
^mAm  to  Mr.  Botkr,  nd  Uwo  alaral  tlie  ; 
CatTfty  of  VcmoBt,  Bsriinitocu  in 
ft^ynm,  ItMl,  bat  Mving  U»  tb»  cirit  T«r  i 
■hjji  ba*!  •hctrHy  bWore  broken  o<it,  tiM  ' 
^mrmnaty  «Dima  in«  eonndenUj  ftffii<S«d,  * 
lad  Mr.  Ljmeh  did  mH  rrmt^mae  hlfl  BtndiM  \ 
tkttv.     In  tfinn— iligr  aatered  Um 

Aft*  Cuon*  «f  Mr*  -vBiXj,   MoD- 

IMaI,  hATia^  art-  :  xh&  aellolimhipa 

ofcwa  At  ft  oDt:^  vjuoinstioa.     His  ' 

ImbIUi  6ultap,  u«  nu  '>t<Uij(«d  to  abcodoa  , 
\a^  itniiw  befar»  tK*  CIlziaKiiia«  examin*- 
MiMb  B«  ttMn  eniMcd  in  mIiooI  tK*dua|{ 
m  vvtttwr,  aftd  v«tk«J  oo  hi*  fathei^ft  Ura 
B  wiiaii  ■  1b  llWo  h«  ««■  adaiueil  to  Um 
iiaiy  of  iIm  lav»  Mid  Mmmd  hn  stndiM 
m  tho  oOe*,  fim  of  8.  w.  rotter,  of  Knowl- 
laa«  mm!  sftonrwda  of  Joha  Monk,  wf 
MonlnaL  Ha  look  hi*  d«gir»e  of  B.C.U  at 
iUOiU  w  Mftf.  196Hb  aodaocorod  tha  Saza- 
Mi  Xmt%MfCmffM  acdal,  and  vaa  adnittod 
tofCMdee  sa  Jvaa*  TIm  folkiviog  year  Im 
«MBMBaBd  tlM  pnaiiea  of  hia  prtkfeaaion  at 
KaovhnB,  and  aiibaeqiiaolJj  retnored  to 
Sa^alaliun.  Uie  dui  iimt  ai  Bedfoni  Dia- 
Inel.  la  Uw  lall  of  18r0be  Manmed  ike 
■tflwiai  oMrtrol  of  the  iMftfrm;  viucb  was 
Mrtad  al  CovmaaviUe,  an  adjoining  tillago, 
«fed  vhidl  kaa  ainoe  beoomo  an  inflaantial 
atfpm  i«f  {wblie  opiiuon  in  the  dktrict.  In 
Jana,  187 1,  iluiing  tho  pcnrindal  eledaona, 
vfcich  w«f«  l^an  in  faogieaa,  ke  went  to 
KaovlioQ  lorapcfft  fair  hia  paper  the  pro- 
iiiiint^i  «l  soMiaation  day.  There  were 
Ihaa  two  BanilidailM  io  the  field,  and  ddox- 
pactedly  to  Mr.  I^rndl*  and  witbr*at  hia  in- 
tavfrrvoar,  biAh  candiilatn  «ritbdrrw,  aiid 
be  waa  dwHarer]  mctnb^rekict  fur  theCouaty 
of  Bnamo-  *h«  Fenian  truablea  of 

Ifttt  Mr.  (  .  an  actire  part  in  Um 

Ufm^'  ■•  ctJiapaaf  of    Tolunte^n  at 

BnmL'  t  halimme  liatutvuaul  and 

nHMUkra  iticb  '•  ^liou  m  1871. 

Pi  lug  tko  Wv>  -:t>he  waa  U 

(k#  f|r>a(  with  jii»  [«:iiui  h.  In  I 
wUk  the  ipnmuM*  madu  to  hu  eWtot  ■ 
«aa#  a  r«a4deat  of  the  Cotinty  of  1.>i.'ii>l-, 
wtaf  iwf  to  KaowliMi  in  lb«  fall  .>(  1871. 
H«  hM  kald  tnacmiiraly  ib«  officvs  of  wb«><)l 
oaUMikMMr  and  ehaurman  of  that  Ixnly 
faraaaailMr  of  7«an:  and  waa  alai*  the 
myvrof  UMiownihip  of  Brome.  and  war- 
Um  aoonky.  In  Mat.  1^71.  lie  mar 
ili>noo«»  eldr  t  of  J. 

a  ittooMaful  ntt  <  Kunwl- 

Vy  irkoai  ha  kaa  t«<»  cUiUr«iK     He  ia 
kbar  of  tho  maaonic   fraternity,   and 


VM  aooM  fam  aiaea  daiialy  grand  m»Mtt 
far  the  dictriek  of  iMfonL  Mr.  Ijadi 
cariy  in  life  idantified  hraiaalf  with  tk»  Coa- 
•wmUire  party,  to  vkkh  hm  hat  awr  borne 
(wtMnl  allefiuwat  He  took  aa  activa  ^mii 
in  the  politiical  diigwiaMniaa  in  the  LagtaU^ 
ture  of  Qoebcc  fm  the  aubject  of  the  diania* 
eitl  of  Iha  0e  Boochenille  goTenunent,  by 
M.  Leteliier,  and  it  waa  upon  a  motioa  made 
hy  him  that  the  Joly  gorcr— nent  were  de- 
U^LLe^i  '^  th-  30th  Oetobar,  187£>.  He 
"  'by  the  Joly  goTerametkt 

-  •■  »iifaaar)t>eot]y  rwtified  by 
ft  9ii:::U-u  iLii>L'  cv^afcrred  opoo  hiiu  by  th« 
Federal  authontiea  in  1881.  When  M. 
Chapleaa  aaaomed  office  aa  prezuier  %.4  the 
province,  he  Inrtted  )Ir.  Lynch  to  the  ooUB- 
cil  aa  Solicitor- General,  which  appotatoiMlk 
waa  aabaaqnenily  rmtifiied  by  the  flteeftonte 
of  Brome.  Un  Uie  aboUkioa  of  tha  oAoa  of 
Solicitor-GenermL,  Mr.  Lyncfa  waa  appointad 
GonuniaaioDer  nf  Crown  Landa.  on  tka  3lai 
July,  1882,  which  office  he  still  hokla.  H« 
haa  been  a  member  of  the  saooeaaiTa  gOT- 
enuoenta  of  the  ProTimv  of  Qtiebee  atnoa 
the  defeat  of  the  Joly  adminiatration.  Mr. 
Lyndi  haa  alwaya  taken  a  lively  and  eamoat 
interest  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  educa- 
tion, and  haa  twice  held  the  preaideocy  of 
the  ProTincial  Aaao.n*tiou  of  Pn>testant 
Teachers.  In  June,  1883,  the  Uoireraity 
of  Biahopa  College,  LennoxriUe,  conferred 
npon  him  the  honorary  de',;ree  of  D.  C.  L. 
He  ia  a  member  i>f  the  Church  of  Eni;I&nd, 
and  haa  been  a  delegate  from  the  Knowlton 
congregation  to  the  Dioeeaan  Synod  for  the 
paat  twenty  yean,  during  which  time  he  haa 
frequently  heea  choaaB  a  delegate  to  the 
Proriacial  Syaod,  aa  wall  aa  a  niember  of 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Dioceae  of 
Montreal. 

WllaoD,  WllllMn,  M.D..  Ottawa.  Ad- 
vocate and  Barrister,  waa  bom  at  Chanibly 
(^antnn.  in  Lnwer  Canada,  on  the  32nd 
Nnvcmt>er.  18.'^.  He  ia  the  eii;hleentb  in 
dBiKvnt.  by  a  younger  branch  of  the  family, 
frtnii  .\daiu  Wilson  to  whom  a  grant  uf  land 
U^}mhead.  En^fland,  m  the 
■  ard  the  Firai  for  sorvioee 
lis  luv.'  .'...  i.ii?:i  wars.  Dr.  Wilii«>u'8  fkther, 
wh-tae  name  aaa  the  same  aa  ntir  subjv'Ct's, 
WK«  a  man  uf  varied  and  eit^^naive  acquire- 
uienu.  He  spoke  and  wrote  aeveral  modent 
Unintages,  and  waa  an  excellent  otasaical 
»cni«lar.  He  was  sent  out  at  an  early  age 
tu  Uayti^at  the  inatanoeuf  Wilberfurce  and 
Clarkaon,  as  tutor  to  the  a(.in  of  Ueoiy 
t'hriatopbe.  king  of  Uayti,  but  a  revolution 
aoon  torminateti  hia  engagement.  Hetum- 
iug   to   England,  he  ataaiad  surgery,  and 


ISO 


A  CYCLOPMDIA   OF 


married  the  eldeat  daughter  of  FranciB 
Bay  ley,  of  Passiiioora  Uuuse,  in  Ebavx.  His 
frequent  conversations  with  his  aoii  on  the 
subject  of  hi6  eventful  life,  during  which  he 
imparted  to  the  latter  much  information, 
which  is  rarely  nrriuircd  in  the  ordinary 
course  of  education,  greatly  intltienced  the 
after  life  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  and 
fitted  hiiu  f(jr  the  course  of  lifo  he  was 
destined  to  adopt.  Dr.  Wilson  was  educated 
at  a  classical  school  kept  by  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Braithwaite,  at  Chambly,  in  its  day  one  of 
the  most  prominent  Canadian  educational 
establishments.  So  carefully  was  instruction 
impart-ed  that  before  he  had  attained  his 
fourteenth  year.  Dr.  Wilson  passed  the  ei- 
amination  for  admission  to  the  study  of 
niediciue.  Kntenu^  the  University  of 
McOiil  College,  MontreMl,  he  took  the  de- 
gree of  doctor  of  medicine,  in  due  course, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one.  Bt^t  his  teuden- 
cies  did  not  lie  in  tlie  direction  of  that  pro- 
fossion,  and  ho  shortly  after  commenced  the 
study  of  law,  and  was  called  to  the  bar  of 
Lower  Canada  in  1805,  Previously  to  that 
date  he  had  beun  employed  as  a  translator 
to  the  House  of  Assembly,  and  has  con- 
tinued in  the  public  ser>'ic©  ever  since.  In 
1871  I>r.  Wilson  was  appointed  assistant 
Uw  clork  to  the  House  of  Commons  of  Can- 
ada, and  has  discharged  the  duties  of  that 
important  ufllce  over  since.  ThisotKce  calls 
for  not  only  a  fair  knowledge  of  common 
law  and  the  statutes  of  Canada,  but  also  a 
familiarity  with  those  of  each  of  the  provin- 
ces composing  the  dominion  ;  and  in  addi- 
tion to  this  a  thnrtiugh  knowledge  of  both 
the  Knglish  and  the  French  languages.  Dr. 
Wilson  holds  the  rank  of  surgeon  in  the 
volunteer  force,  to  which  ho  was  appointed 
in  1800.  Upon  the  disbanding  of  the  Civil 
Service  Rifle  re^nment,  he  retired  retaining 
hisrauk.  In  1883  be  wxsappointed  one  of  the 
eommisfliont^rs  to  revise  and  consolidate  all 
the  statute  law  within  the  province  of  the 
Dominion  Parliament,  and  took  a  prominout 
part  in  that  very  important  work  which  has 
been  most  favt)urably  commented  on  by  em- 
inent jurists.  He  has  achieved  a  reputation 
in  oonnuctiuu  with  the  bntnch  of  the  profes- 
sion to  which  he  has  more  especially  devoted 
his  attention,  which  hns  caused  his  name  to 
be  known  throughout  Canada.  Ue  is  at  pre- 
sent chairman  of  the  Board  of  Management 
of  the  Civil  Service  Mutual  Benefit  Society. 
He  took  part  in  municipal  matters  for  sev- 
eral years,  as  cunncillor  of  the  villa^'e  of 
New  Edinburgh,  and  during  the  years  of 
his  service  as  such,  he  nssistotl  gruatly  in 
forwarding  sevorol  entorprisea  of  vast  advan- 


tage t4»  tbo  mimioipatity.  la  tliis connection 
he  more  espeoially  prides  himself  on  a 
thorough  system  of  drainage,  in  favour  of 
which  he  strove,  and  at  length  snooessfnUy 
for  years.  He  ultimately  retired  in  conse- 
quence of  an  excess  of  official  duty  calling 
fur  all  his  time.  He  is  a  member  of  tho 
Church  of  England,  a  representative  in  both 
the  dioooBun  and  provincial  Synods  of  thafe 
Church,  and  has  repeatedly  served  a» 
churcliwarden.  Dr.  Wilson  married  in 
1802,  Frances,  eldest  daughter  of  the  lat» 
Colonel  Charles  MacDonnell,  formerly  of 
the  Connaught  Rangers,  and  great  grand 
daughter  of  Sir  William  Johnson,  wht 
connection  with  the  establishment  of  Britis 
supremacy  on  the  North  American  continent 
is  too  well  known  to  be  dilated  upon  here. 
In  oonclusion,  he  may  be  described  as  a 
man,  with  whom  duty  has  ever  been  the 
foremost  thought,  and  one  whoae  pride  it  is 
tu  be  found,  in  season  and  out  of  season,  at 
his  post  and  ready. 

Cauy,  Jamea  Oilgers,  Oshawa,  was 
born  in  Cornwall.  England,  on  February 
2l8t,  1828.  His  father  was  Thomas  Guy,  and 
the  maiden  n&me  of  his  mother  was  Marjory 
Ddgers  ;  they  both  came  of  old  Cornwall 
families.  They  arrived  in  this  country  in 
1842,  and  took  up  a  farm  a  little  north  u£ 
Onhawa,  where  they  remained  till  they  died 
Our  subjert  gained  most  of  his  education 
in  England,  at  a  village  school.  It  may  be 
luentioncd  that  the  Guys  are  a  long-lived 
raoo.  The  father  died  at  84  and  the  mother 
at  82  years  of  age.  Our  subject  was  engaged 
in  fturming  till  he  was  twenty  years  of  age, 
and  then  he  became  a  clerk  at  the  Oshawa 
Harbour,  and  after  throe  years,  ho  waa 
found  capable  of  taking  charge  of  the  busi- 
ness, which  ho  accordingly  did.  About  thtf 
year  1665  he  commenoed  business  as  a  co 
merchant,  and  has  been  very  successful  ever 
siucti.  In  1882  he  and  his  son,  a  sma 
young  man,  a<ldud  to  the  coal,  a  grain  and* 
wholvHiile  produce  business,  under  the  style 
of  Jas.  O.  t'luy  &  Son.  For  tliirteen  year* 
our  subject  was  a  member  of  tho  county 
council  ;  was  for  eleven  years  reeve  ;  and 
prior  to  that  he  was  two  years  deputy-reeve. 


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and  in  1872  he 


warden  of  the  comity. 


He   has   travelled  estunsively  through 
United  ytatcs  and  Canada.     Mr.  Guy  is 
Methodist,  and  always  has  been  a  Reformer, 
and  does  not  believe  that  the  national  policj 
has  any   salutary  influence,  indeed    he 
gards  It  as  a  piece  of  unwise,  stupid  anf 
retrograde  legislation.  He  married  in  Janu*J 
»r>-,  1852,  Rachael    Lnke,  of  East  Whiiby.i] 
This  lady  cumes  of  old  stuck,   her   peopW 


CAKADJAN  BIOGRAFBY. 


121 


•vCtlc^i  in  Liknada  tn  IdM.     By  tJiia 
Udf  he   haa  a  family  of  sereu 
firo  of  whom  are   living.      Mr. 
Owjr  IB  vary  a&J>la,  and  b  one  of  the  must 
reelected    and    worthy    men    in 


nowcU,  Clerk  of 
Ute  CaoBty  Court  of  the  Coiititr  of  Wont- 
voctli*  vaa  bfirn  in  1^.14,  near  Hurlington, 
ia  Uk*  Coiioty  of  lialt'>D.  His  parents. 
Dtofid  Qbeat  ami  Mary  G.  Ghent  wero  both 
fi— itiana  The  latter  is  still  living,  but 
Ifca  fcmar  haa  be«u  dead  a  few  years.  At 
tka  tUD«  of  bia  death  he  was  the  oldest 
iwidaot  in  the  townahip  of  NelaoTi.  Darid 
GhMkt  waa  an  nld  Reformer,  and  a  strong 
frtend  of  Mr.  Lynn  MrKenzie.  Ue  secret- 
•d  tluit  faBiianian,  when  escaping  from  the 
in  •  paft-atack  on  his  farm.  It 
\m  vittler,  And  McKunzte  was  kept 
aliva  hf  foud  carried  tu  him  by  Mr.  Ghent, 
vbo  aaad  to  pretend  that  he  wiu  going  to 
tfc«  stack  to  feed  the  cattle.  The  authorities 
had  tsaoed  the  refugee  as  for  as  this  farm, 
oonvinoed  that  he  waa  concealed 
iflvfaara  apon  H.  After  an  ineffectual 
B  ertay  ooiMeiTablA  place,  the  mat- 
tar  waa  ipwn  np,  and  Mackenzie  went  again 
mm  bia  eiaalthy  journey.  Mr.  S.  H.  Ghent 
the  preseuce  of  the  red  ooats. 
lioly  a  child  tlien,  and  the  terror  of 
tW  family  in  the  trying  situation.  At  an 
narlj JranH .  yootig  Ghent  roanifeated  talent 
for  £ftwiatg  and  painting.  Hia  father, 
vtahiag  tA  encourage  the  same,  acnt 
htm,  ia  Ifttr,  to  New  York  and  Philadel- 
phia, 1t>  study  in  the  Aeadtimy  of  Design 
~^  atlva.  He  remained  at  these  in- 
fer nearly  t^u  years,  and  matlu 
kUa  pn>gn»a  in  thi*  fine  arts  ;  bnt, 
fiMlt^fg  litxle  •rnoonragemeut  in  t^anada  for 
art  at  that  time,  ho  diaoiiutintiedhis  sludit'A. 
In  <*ther  respects  hia  educatiun  was  obtained 
at  PigiTi't  Aoadamy,  and  afterwards  under 
Iha  l«4onkip  of  Ber.  3Ir  Lorimer.  uf 
Torooto.  He  was  euhie«]uently  a  student 
ol  law  for  twn  r««rs  in  the  LLB.  course, 
I  .to.      In    1855    he    waa 

.4  it  t*t  the  Jinn  of  Free- 

■aa,  cru^n;  iV  L  Hamilton,  with 

vhoa  baamtiii  'Tnd  of  the  term, 

vhaD  ha  was  adiii:M.<i  it^nUcitor,  and  open- 
ad  as  «>Cos  in  Hamilton,  lie  practised  his 
Teats,  whi*n  be  was 
•'  County  Cnurt  of  the 

Mar  IMS-  ;;o 

wal|tht  r*t  'Nt, 

Ka  aneoaad-  H«  peri -rmed 

datiaa  •  1^00  fur  twenty- 


two  years.  Before  his  appointm<*nt  he  was 
active  in  [Kilitics.  When  the  6rat  election 
for  legislative  ouuncillors  was  held  in  the 
Went  worth  Division,  he  went  over  the 
North  Rilling  of  the  county,  and  obtained 
the  signatures  of  leading  refunners  to  a 
re<:(uiBitiou  to  Dr.  Smith  to  allow  biiUMeU  to 
be  nominated,  which  he  did,  iuid  I>r.  Smith 
waa  afterwanis  elected  He  jyoAsesses  some 
originality,  and  is  the  author  of  sereral 
productions  in  verse.  Among  them,  a  song 
on  the  game  of  bowles,  which  begina  aa 
follows  : 

Cricket,  BaII.  LaorosM  and  Curling, 
All  are  maaly  games  yoa  say. 
Grand  they  are,  bat  not  so  whirliiif 
Ai  tbn  ({lUue  ot  litiwlea  I  play. 

Alao  a  sung  on  Burlington  Beach,  oommenc- 
ing  in  this  way  : 

WhvQ  <lown  St  the  B«ac-h,  the  6p«t  mtmou  I  tpetit, 
T  thuitgbt  it  a  stnuige  lookine  jtlace  of  oonttnt. 
All  b«untl*d  by  watt^r  on  every  side- 
Such  a  Niuall  9trip  of  land  oo  whiofa  to  r«ad& 

We  take  alao  the  following  from  a  philospher, 
aa  his  friends  often  speak  of  him  : 

*'  O,  man  !  with  alt  yonr  failings  tou  are  blest. 

Without  y..iir  ft- ll.iw  man  you  could  not  rest ; 
The  n<''  ;  le  in  the  mind  of  man 

Is  alw:t  I'py    -wheu  \nu  cam  ; 

And  QuixfTi  rum  iiiitt  principle  U  ahitWn 
When  happinMs  is  not  enjoyed  alone.** 

Mr.  Ghent  was  a  school  trustee  for  the 
Collegiate  Institute  and  public  schouls  of 
Hamilton  for  thirteen  years,  and  during 
that  time  auisted  in  building  most  of  the 
handsome  structures  in  thni  city  devuted  to 
the  purpttse  of  education,  lu  18GI  he  mar- 
ried Uuth  Annio  Lovejoy,  tliA  accomplished 
daughter  of  the  late  John  Liivejuy,  of 
Itrantfnrd,  proprietur  of  the  Hamilton  and 
Hrantford  Riisd  Cnnipany.  They  have  a 
largo  family,  ooe  of  whom  Miaa  Lillie,  haa 
vrvat  musical  talent,  bcitig  able  t«>  name  any 
notb  on  the  piano  by  sound.  Mr.  Ghent'a 
mother  was  the  dau^her  of  the  late  Samaom 
Huwcll,  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  tha 
County  of  Halton.  Our  subject  belongs  to 
the  Church  of  Ent^liLUd,  and  is  a  Reformer 
in  politics.  He  is  of  a  stnmg  poetic  turn, 
and  many  of  his  verses  have  given  pleasure 
\<i  the  reader  of  local  journals. 

L4fttirii-r,  lluiioiirttblv  Wlinrr<l, 
KC.L..  A.C.,  I'.C,  M.l»  ,  for  Quebec  Kaat, 
and  leader  of  the  Strngt  or  Freuch-Caua' 
diaii  Suction  of  the  Liberal  party  of  the  Do- 
minion, was  horn  at  St.  Lin,  L'Assomption, 
in  the  I'mvince  of  t^neliec,  on  the  24th  of 
November,  I8il.  He  comes  of  a  very  old 
and  dislingniahed  fanuly,  and  hia  ancostora 


tS2 


A  ctclofjEdja  of 


woro  tiinoiig  tho   tirnt    fiimiliea  that  estab- 
liB]i($d   themeclvoB  in  I.A  NouvcIIp   Fi-atico. 
He  was  educated  at  the  College  of  L'ABsomp- 
tion,  and  having  tinisliud  his  literary  8tudi«e 
he  was  entered  for  the  study  of  the  law  in 
the  ofhce  of  the  Ilonouruble  R.   Xjitliiiiituo. 
Here   he    devoted  himself  dili(jt>iitly  to  tho 
study  of  his  chosen  catling,  nnd  in  due  time 
he  WAA  culled  to  the  bar  of  Lower  Canada. 
This  was  in  the  year  1865  ;  but  the  year 
previous  he  had  t&ken,   at  Mo<vill  Univer- 
aiiy,    tho   degree  of    B.C.L.     la   October, 
18)50,  he  wtt«  appointed  Q.C.     Mr.  Laurier 
always,  fnmi  a  very  early  ai?e,  took  a  detp 
i"terfi8t  in  public  •luettions,  and  wasreiolv- 
ed,   when   the  6rat  opportunity  offered,  to 
aeek  a  posiiion  in  the  let;iftlature.     For  a 
period,  also,  he  gave  his  attention  to  liter- 
ature  And   journalism,    and   he  edited  for 
some  lime  Ia-  Ikfrkhenr  newspaper.     He 
was  an  earnest  advocate  of  temperanoe,  and 
was  a  delegate  to  tho  Dominiuti  Prohibitory 
Convention,    held    in    Montreal,     in    187o. 
At  the  general  election  of  1871  his  ambition 
to  get  into  public  life  was  realized,  he  being 
that  year  elected  to  the  legislative  assembly 
of  the  Province  of  Quebec  for  DrumuKtnd 
and  Arthabaaka.     He  remained  in  the  local 
assembly  till  January,   1874,  when  he  re- 
signed in  order  to  contest  the  same  seat  for 
the    Commons.     In  the   provincial   parlia- 
ment his  record  had  been  excellent.     He 
was  known  to  be  a  sincere,  upright,  able 
and    well-infomjed    public   man,   and    had 
proven    himself   a  genuine    Liberal  in    the 
truest  and  best  sense  of  the  word  ;  so  when 
he  came  to  ask  hia  constituents  to  send  him 
to  the  wider  sphere  of  usefulness  they  did 
not    refuse  him.      At   once,    on  taking   his 
seat  in  the  House  of  Commons,  his  briUiant 
abilities  and  his  high  character  were  at  once 
acknowledged.   Sir  John,  through  his  Pacific 
Railway  transaction,  had  been  relegated  to 
tho  opposition  benches,  and  Mr.  Mackenzie 
had  been  called  upon  to  form  an  ndmiuis- 
tration.      Mr.  Laurier  was  invited  by  the 
new  premier  to  enter  the  Cabinet,  and  was 
given  the  portfolio  of  Inlnnd  Revenue.   This 
office  he  held  for  a  year,  when  the  govern- 
ment resigned.     Returning  to  Drummond 
and    Arthabaska,  he  waa  defeated,  but  the 
member  for    Quebec    Enat.    the    Hon.    I. 
Thibaudeau,  resigned,  and  Mr.  Laurit^r  was 
elected  for  that  seat.      He  liaa  represented 
Quebec  east  since.       On  the  I3th  of  May, 
1808,    ho   married  Miss   Lafontaine.      Mr, 
Laurier   is  one  of  the  most  moderate  mid 
judicial  members  of  the  House  of  Commons. 
As  a  speaker,  he   always  apiwars  as  if  he 
regarded   some  responsibility  as  attaching 


to  every  W"»rd  he  utters.  Ho  is  calm  and 
reasonable,  and  always  receives  rospect  and 
attention  when  he  rises,  and  has  always,  on 
such  ccoasions,  sumething  to  say.  He  speaks 
with  a  very  pure  French  accent,  and  is  a 
very  effective  speaker. 

Pvamon,  nr.  Edwin  Pritclinrd, 
Toronto,  the  subject  whom  we  have  chosen 
for  this  sket^jh.  was  bom  on  the  23rd  of  July, 
1845,  at  Dublin,  Ireland.     His  parents  are 
still  both  living  in  Toronto,  and    bis  father 
waa  at  one  time  engaged  in  the  dry-goods 
business.     Mr.  Pearson  wu  educated  at  I'p- 
per  Canada  College,    where    he    exhibited 
much  mental  alertness.   After  leaving  college' 
he  entered  the  dry-gooda  business,  thus  em- 
ploying himself  for  about  seven  yeara  ;   but 
such  an  occupation  waa  not  congenial  to  hla 
tastes  ;     it    was   too  slow ;    and   it    left    no 
great  room  for  his  ambition,  therefore,   ho 
began  to  look  about  him  for  some  employ- 
ment or  occuptLtion  more  to  his  taste.     In  a 
little  while,  'hereafter,  we  see  him  engaged 
in    an    insurance  business,    sfid   concerned 
with  brokerage.     Mr.  Pearson's  life  has  not 
been  by  any  means  uneventfuL     During  the 
Fort   Krie   disturbanoes  or    the   Ridgeway 
combat,  as  it  ia  known,  he  seiTed  in   the 
merchants'    company    of    volunteon,    now 
known  aa  No.  5  of  the  Queen's  Own,  and  h 
also  served  during  the  St.  Alban's  raids.     He 
always  exhibited  much   ardour  in  military 
matters,  and  served  regularly  at  the  military 
school,  and  he  now  holds  a  tirst-clasfi  certifi- 
cate from  Major-Genoral  Napier,  and  this 
entitles    him    to    a    captain's    commission, 
should  he  be  called  u[Mm   to  act.     His  xeal 
has,  however,  not  been  confined  to  the  mill-- 
tary  channel.     He  is  an  ardent  lover  and 
patron  of  sports,  taking  ea|iecia1  interest  in 
lacrosse,  our  national  game.      But  to  patriot- 
ism and  sports  alone  Mr.    Pearson   has  not 
contined  his  7.ea1,  for  he  has  always  taken  an 
active  part  in  municipal    matters,  aitd,  in 
fact,  in  all  qucstiona  with  which  the  welfare 
of  the  public  are  concerned.     As  an  instance 
of  how  his  services  were  appreciated  in  the 
cause  of  education,  it  may  be  stated  that  ha 
held  the   ortice  of  school  trustee  for  seven 
yeara.     With  benevolent  and  other  asa4>cia- 
tions  he  has  likewise  been  prominently  con- 
nected.    He  is  also  a  member  of  tho  Board  of 
of  HnderwriterB,  and  of  the  Board  of  Trade, 
a  maaon  of  the  Doric  Lodge,  and  an  Odd- 
fellow.     Ue  has  ripened  and  enlarged  his 
e^ijerience    by     exteusive    travel    through 
(jreat  Britain,  where  none  of  the  lessons  to 
be  learned  by  a  man   who  keeps  eyes  an 
ears  of>en,  were  lost  upon  him.     In  religi 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Kug: 


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123 


^ir  Jobs   A.  VlarrffwM.  belMring  that 

Ui«    poblieil   oopime    of    Uw    OonMrr&tiTv 

p4rtv  i«  b««t  for  IIm  ooontxr^  welfkre.     H« 

VM  iMflfted  on  the  ^ik  off  April,  1871,  U> 

Mm  J«nie  Uke,  of  Kififfffeoa.     Him  Uke 

WM  iliA  dAOfcbter  el  ods  of  thoae  atardj  tnen 

wlw  ofBpptMt  vith  fostoae,  orerouae,  uui 

war  \m  e&irtions  uwncil  with 

0«r  aabjeet  CMoa  to  C!bira«l» 

«b««i  hm  WM  in  hn  fovnh  ye«r.     Mr.  Pmt- 

ntn  r«nir<— ipf  the  Nartfaem  Fir»  InsiirAikoe 

OgvpBBj,  in  TocvmftD,  mad  is  *  member  of 

iW  fitw  of  PauMin  Bffi>lhen,  fanAen.  etc 

B«»\   ::       ^\mr^  HaaUM*,  M.A, 

U.b  •.'rvvii  AttoTMy  MftU  Cleric 

«l  tk«  r  '-^ T   ;.'r  tke  Cuoaty  of  Waterloo. 

Itarfin^  (hkt.,  WM  bom  in  Um  Towaaliip  of 

iWaiinil.  u  Uw  Onniit/  of  Norfolk.  OoU- 

fio,  OuuiU,   on  October  4tb.  1834.     Bis 

iiAk«r  VM  Uw  Ulfl  A4ajn  bowlby,  of  Tuwn- 

■MdL  An  ftUoBMve  ftfawr  and  apecnlaiar  in 

faaa  landft,  vlw  owned  iar|{e  ti»eu  of  Ui»d 

tt  KfltiDlk  Hid  edjoiniii^  oooatiee,  nequred 

iniilwMii  wvakik.  sod  di«d,  at   tke  nd- 

^mmA  ^|«  of  91  y«M««  on  i  be  2«tk  Febn- 

«7.  I88X     Hie  KiawUuber,  Kidiud  Bowl- 

bj,  dnrsBS  tbe  Americao  Rerolatiocwry  Wmr, 

VM  a  miilaat  r4  tbe  ikeo  Prurioce  of  New- 

Iwnmft  and  bcini|  firm  in  lua  litegiiikoe  to 

Ibe  Briftiab  Orawn,  kMoaaa  a  U.  E.  LoT&liU, 

Wt  Iba  Cmted  8feBftML^aad  »Mled  m  Anna- 

mIm  oonaty,   Noffa.Seoa^   where  Ailam 

Bewlbgr  vae  born  tD  lT9t.    Adam  Bowlby 

•wad,  whilvanMrabd^mUMwarof  LStZ, 

baiiiw^  bacn  pUrad  ta  ffnunantj  of  a  com- 

paay   uf  Euaa^   pmrdaaMsi  to  prareat  the 

na^iaf  of  ptirataeca  €m  the  sborea  of  the 

b^  ol  Faa4f ,  and  fur  tbsa  aarviae  he  waa 

m  fwmi^mi  a  paaaiaa  tnm  Iha  Canadfati 

GovarsBaot,  up  to  the  d^j  of  hii  death,  am 

«MMf  tharataniMolthewarof  IMS.    Tha 

BownT*  «f«  aa  nid  Ko^iiab  fami]^,  bat  aa 

Iha  ant— *><■  uf  Uie  rabjud  uf  Uua  aketch 

«lda4  IS  the  Hrttiab  prtvinoca  of  A— ww>» 

ol  anah  aa  earijr  pTwd.  Ibo  hiamh  of  that 

maj  be  aua  pn-wJj  caOed  tha  «ot»- 

A  td  tha  famifjr,  and  era  deeoendtd 

id  C.  K.  Loy^ist  etnck.    Thomaa 

Bowlbf,  aa  Smbah  faarriater  aad 

who.  tn  tha 

of  fOfffMDMkdeM  af  tha  Union 

|jof<d  Bgtt  ee  ambama- 

to  China  m  UW»  and  wm  thata  tivaeh- 

■dty  hOIad  by  the  Choaee,  and  ta  whoM 

3  the  Cbiaeaa  fovefrnmaot  wert  eom- 
%•  pay  a  latga  indmnnhy.  wm  a  die- 
i  relatrva  %d  Ihta  braneh  of  the  mna 
TW  mntha-  c(  the  enhjcet  al  thta 


ahetoh  waa  Blisabetb  r«oTpn>ign  r  <rf 

the  late  Leonard  Soveni^.  or  i. 

Out.,  anj  oieoeof  the  late  Hhili^'  -•*ci--.sja, 
I  U-IMV,  member  io  the  fint  parliaiaeat  of 
Upper  Cazmda  at  Xiagara.  Mr.  Biwlby'a 
gwwat-fflaod mother,  on  the  fatb«r'a  aide,  wm 
a  aiatar  of  JoeUh  Wedgwood*  the  celebrated 
Engliah  chemitt  whr>  inrented  thp  Wedg- 
wooid  vare.  Ward  Hamilton  Bowlby  waa 
edooated  in  a  claigjmaa'a  ecfaool  at  the 
Woodbooee  Badory,  near  Sinaooa»  and  in 
the  grammar  aebooU  at  SinMoe.  StraetcviUa 
end  Stw  Tbomae,  awi  at  Uaivarnty  CoUege, 
Toronto,  and  Kn<doat«d  both  in  aria  and  in 
lav  at  the  Uoireraity  <rf  Tomato.  IKiring 
erery  year  of  hia  oullege  eonne  be  held  a 
fini  sdkobfihip,  and  on  gredoatiiw  to  the 
degraa  of  B.  A.  in  the  Unifvrvity  of  Toronto, 
in  ISLft,  he  obtained  the  Jamieeon  goU 
medal,  and  again  on  cradnaliog  to  tha  degree 
Ml  LU&,  m  186B,  Hr.  Bowibj  obtained  the 
Cniversily  gold  medal  is  lav,  be  being  the 
firet  peraon  who  erer  had  that  Koaonr  tram 
tha  Toronto  CniTeciity.  Mr.  Bowlby  atodied 
law  in  tha  oAee  of  the  lav  firm  of  Wileov, 
PhttenoB  A  Beaty,  of  Toronto,  vhidi  firm 
VM  than  oompond  of  the  preeant  Chief 
Jaatioe  WOaon,  Judge  Pftttenon.  aoad  Mr. 
Jamee  Beaty,  Q.C.,  M.P.,  and  be  vaa 
called  to  the  bar  and  admicicd  u  a  eobettcr 
in  May,  1858«  and  Hm  oov  praetiwd  tha 
legal  t»rofeesioa  ictr  >jrer  twenty-aeren  yean 
in  Barhtt.  Mr.  BovJby  ia  a  mamher  of  tha 
law  firm  of  BowU^  Sc  CleoMat,  one  of  tha 
lending  law  firms  in  theCownty  of  Waterloo, 
and  ia  a  aonnd  hMryar,  a  good  ooaaeelkv, 
aa  axceUeot  ewwa  ersminer  of  vitncaaee, 
and  a  abrevd  man  of  biiainfea  He  ts  alae 
a  aolicttor  for  two  of  the  charteeed  banks 
dmag  busineM  at  Berba  and  Waterkxn.  aad 
ia  ao£dltoe  for  one  of  the  Urgeet  iaeormBee 
eempaaiM  in  OatariuL  Daring  his  long  pi^ 
fsminnsl  career  he  Ima  ancoed  many  impor- 
tant caam  in  tha  Hich  Court  at  Tocxrato, 
and  in  Uw  Saprame  Cimrt  at  Ottawa,  and 
baa  always  eojoyad  a  large  and  InctatHa 
prartica^  and  DMn  in  aTary  vay  ntoet  eu^ 
Diisrfiil.  aad  ia  tinaodaUy  r^ed  m  one  of  tha 
weakhieat  citi&ziaof  Berlia.  Mr.  Bowlbj 
baa  often  be^a  a  memfasr  of  the  town  end 
eeonty  aovaeila  ;  was  reere  of  Berlia  from 
IMS  to  IMS,  aad  hM  bees  a  memberuf  tha 
Public  School  Board  of  Berlin  few  tha  p«it 
tweisty  years,  aad  hw  always  doiw  hie  oA- 
moet  to  fvomute  tha  ialarasts  cf  edoestiott. 
In  Febtmiy,  t^$i,  tha  CertMr^Maodonatd 
Goeamment  imoed  a  pfadunalion  dividiag 
tha  Cotmty  of  Watarioo  into  two  lagietraiinn 
dmnaalB,  wmd  nlferail  Mr.  Boalby  tha  poai- 
thnafrsoMfarof  Konh  Waterfcio  at  Ber- 


134 


A  C¥CLOP.'EJ)IA  OF 


lin,  but,  in  consequence  of  the  fact  thftt  the 
old  registrar  ftfturw&rda  elected  to  retain  the 
regiBlrarahip   &t    Berlin,   the    Govoniraent 
appointed  Mr.   Bowlby  reffiatrar  of  8i>nth 
Waterloo,  at  Preaton,  on  March  17th,  ]S(>'2, 
and  although  he,  at  tirat,  accepted  the  uiUce 
and    perforuied    its  duties   fur  a  length  uf 
time,  yet  he  refuaed  to  comply  with  the  law 
TequirinR  him  to  remove  hia  plac«  of  reai- 
dence  from  Berlin  to  Preat^m,  a«  he  would 
not  give  up  his  law  pr&ctico  at  Berlin  for 
the  reifiatranihip  at  Preaton,  and  n  chance 
of   guvernnient    having   taken  pliice  in  the 
meantime   at^jps  were    therenpon    taken   to 
abolish    the    new   regiatry  office  for  South 
Waterloo,  and  on  October  loth,  1803,  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Macdonald-Dorion  Gov- 
emmentf  there  was  paaaed  the  Act  of  Parlia- 
ment, 27  Vict,  cap.  36,  whereby  the  ridinga 
of  WaterUnj  were  re-unitcd  for  re^ietration 
purposes.   Mr.  Howlby  was  appointed  to  the 
oltices  of  County  <.'rown  Attorney  and  Clerk 
of  the  Peace  for  the  Cuunty  of  Waterloo,  by 
the  firat  ProWncial  <Jovemnient  of  (Ontario, 
on  December  24th,   18G7,  which  officea  he 
has  ever  since  held,  and  in  both  of  which  he 
has  given  every  aatisfaction.     Mr.   Bowlby 
ha«  travelled  much  in  forcii^n  parts,  having 
oroased  the  Atlantic  several  times,  and  in 
the  yean  1871*  and   1880,  in  company  with 
his   wife  and  daughter,  he  made  a  tour  of 
fourteen  months  abroad  and  visited  all  the 
principal   cities   and    places   of   interest    in 
<  treat  Britain  and  continental  Europe.    He  is 
a  member  of  the  Church  of  England.     Hvdd- 
ing  government  olhces  for  the  laat  eighteen 
years,  he  has  not  recently  inken  any  part  in 
political  matters,  but  in  politics  he  is  now 
generally  supposed  to  \hi  in  sympathy  with 
the  Liberal  party.      Mr.   Buwlby  has  one  of 
the  prettiest  and  most  deh<;htful  residences 
in  Berlin,  situate  in  an  enclnsure  of  eleven 
acres,  aurrounded  by  a  beautiful  well-kept 
lawn,  dotted  over  with  clnmps  of  evergreens, 
deciduous  trees  and  shrubbery,  and   here 
and  there   Hsnked  with   spruce    and  cedar 
hedges.      Mr.    Ii<iwlby    has   four   brothers, 
viic.,  Alfred  Bowlby,  tsq.,  M.D.,  of  Water- 
ford  ;  William    Buwlby,  E84|.,   of    iSimcoe  ; 
D.  S.  Bowlby,    Enq  ,    M.U.,of    Berlin,  and 
J.  W.    Bowlby.   Esq.,    LL  K,    barrister,  of 
Brantford  ;  and  ho  has  an  only  siater,  Mary 
Ursula,    wife   of   Col.    Walker    l*owell,  the 
Adjutant-Ocnoral  at  Ottawa.     Mr.    finwlliy 
was  married  on  April  10th,  18G1,  to  Liaaio, 
eldest   daughter    of    the    lute  J.    Hcspeler, 
Ksq.,  founder  of  the  village  uf  lleapeter,  and 
he   has  an  only   child,  a  daughter,  Annie 
Heapeler  Bowlby,  now  the  wife  of  CJeorge 
H.  Periey,  Esq.,  a  junior  partner   in    the 


well-known  and  ext-ensivo  lumbering  firm  of 
Perloy  S:  pAttoe,  nf  Ottawa. 

Medcair,  Alfred,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,    was   bom  in  the  City  of  Tor<.>ntn, 
in  1B41.     Uis  father,  Francis  Henry  Medcalf, 
«x-mayor  of  the  city,  uiarned  Mary  Harri- 
son, a  la<ly  belonging  to  PliiUdelphui,  who 
is  now  seventy-six  years  of  age.      Mr.  F.  H. 
MedcaU,  the  father  of  our  subject,  carried 
on  fur  many  years   the  foundry   business, 
and  during  his  long  career  won  the  confi- 
dence   and    respect  of   his  fellow   citizens. 
On  the  demise  of  the  father,   the  son  suc- 
ceeded tu  his  business,  and  he  ia  now    one 
of  our  most  prosperous  mechanics.     Young 
Medcalf  received  hia  education  in  tho  pub- 
lic schools  <(f  Toronto,  and  left  with  a  good 
English  education.       Alfred    ^^ledcalf    is  » 
gentleman  of  strict  moral  habits,  and  edi- 
lies  those  who    come  within    the   circle    of 
his  intiuence   by  hia  upright  conduct.      He 
haa  always  been  fond  of  travel,  seeing  what 
the  great  busy  world  has  to  show,  and  wa» 
absent  abrnit  two  years,  when  a  young  roan, 
in  Philadelphia,  Brooklyn  and  Ohio,  perfect- 
ing  his  skill   in   mechanical  pursuits.     On 
his  return  to  Toronto,  he  Dutered  into  part- 
nership with  hie  father,  and  this  partnership 
continued  till    the   death    of  the    latter    in 
1880.    He  now  fell  to  the  sole  pr<.iprietorship 
of  the  buainesB,  and  under  his  management 
it  has  l(»Bt  none  of  its  old  vitality  or  prestige 
Mr.  Medcalf  has  not,  however,  surrende 
himaelf  solely  to  mechanics  and  the  work  of 
his  establishment,  as  will  be  seen  from  the 
fact  that  for  the  last  eight  years  he  has  been 
one  of  the  aasessors  of  the  City  of  Toronto, 
besides  lieing  a  school  trustee.    Early  in  life 
he  joined    a   temperance  society,    and   haa 
all  his  days  been  a  rigid  abstainer  from  in- 
toxicating drinks,  and  has  done  a  good  deal 
in  the  way  of  resisting  a  traffic  which  has 
brought  miaery  to  so  many  households.     In 
the  temperance  body  naturally  a  man  uf  his 
character  and  ability  could  not  fail  to  tind 
recognition,  and  consequently  he  baa  held 
several  high  positions  in  the  society.     In  his 
eighteenth  year  he  connected  himself  with 
the  Orange  order,  and  in  that  body  haa  held 
distinguished  ottices  from  time  to  time,      la 
religion  he  ia  a  prominent  member  of  tho 
Church  of  England  communion,  and  in  poU-^ 
tics  lie  haa  followed  in  the  footsteps  of  hia 
worthy  father,  who  was  an  intelligent  an 
uncompromising  Conservative.   Our  subj< 
is  now  uhttirnmn  of  one  of  the  Conservativ 
city-ward  associations.  He  married,  in  18*56, 
Miss  Elizabeth  Thompson,  of  Tonmto,  by 
whom  he  has  had  four  children,  three  boys 
and  one  girl.     In  social  life  Mr.  MedoikU  is 


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125 


And  kind  to  al  1  who  onjoy  his  acr|iiaint- 
•nd   be  IS    Miiv    uf  tlitf  cl»aa  uf   men 
«kfw«  pamniiAl  ftilli^iwerB  mid  wAriu  admir- 
•1%  »r*  n^T«tr  few. 

PrHrr,    llcnri-   Fullcrlon,   O.E., 
i^ttaw  >  iiiineer  of  the  Uepartmeiit 

*(    I'll'  ::•>.   was  horn    in    St.   .John, 

H.«  Uk  iKi).  He  i«  the  eldtial  son  of  the 
M  n  Pt'Hfy,  who  wiia  Irnuerial  Coui- 
i"*f  '"    >>"riea  tindur  tho  Uniiprocit}- 

1W*ti  )ltf  i«  K  dvseeniJant  of  Allen 

A     :'  ■:  x\  aie«,  who,  in  1030,  iirrivcd 

*  lc»l  in   Ipswich,    Mftasachiisetui, 

•an  la  *  _'ro -f  Lrr-'iMUtm  of  Isntel  Perley, 
VbOy  in  IT'il.  'f  ia>!  re<)iie8t  of  the  then 
garvmor  of  MuMiMijhuMjtu,  eitaniiued  and 
rtponcd  on  tie  landa  bordering  on  the 
klinBr  St.  John,  in  New  HruDawick.  nud  in 
Ik*  yWiT  folluwiniL;  headed  ihoia  who  left 
^J|MMilu*ett«,  nil!  fo'k  firms  iind  ufttlod 
^^^^^■|Hin«}i  of  nn  that  river. 

^^^^^Krley   wi^^  i   lu   St.  John 

^^^^^Bi  tcboriU,  Ami  al  tht)  CoUetfiate  Graiu- 
^^^^^P^t>jl,  Fredericton,  N.B  ,  ana  aerved 
f  "tt  ■  papU  with  John  Wilkinson,  member 
liMtiluiA  ».f  Civil  Engineers,  and  entered 
set^ice  of  Ntiw  Brunswick  in 
'Afts  euiploy«)d  fur  four  years  on 
c.  ry  surveys  for  &  perfected  system 
ays.  His  abilities  as  an  engineer 
reeo;;niz(3d  thrtmyhont  the  mari- 
pmrinctM,  and  in  lHo2  he  aooepted 
€ll4af(0iuenl  by  Messrs.  Petn,  Bett^  &, 
OH  iiirvcys  in  Now  Bninawick 
Xnva.  S..itipi;  And  was  employed  by 
»  from    1H54-50  on  the   oon- 

'•  (irand  Trunk   Railway  be- 
Moatrval  and  Brookville.  In  August. 
again  enlcred  tho  service  <if  New 
kk,  aa  resident    engineer    on    the 
ion    of   the    Kurop<jan  and  North 
Railway   between  St.  John  and 
Uo    was  engaged   here   till   the 
of  the  linn  in  Deoomber,  18*W. 
perttKl   now  be  had  no   connection 
ment,  and  was  busy  with   pri- 
pCMCiee.     In   Mity,    1803.    th*^   Nova 

fcfiOT^- '  t  and  ji»H:ured  his 

itm  1  ..  -    pitflitioii  of  pro- 

ftacta*  -"^  ..■•  yi^ars,  when  he  re- 

iicBF  piisition  of  agent    for 


t)on  of   ihis  mtMt 

^  IH70,  ho  returned 

aid  tiKik  chttr^c  of  the 

with  the  itiipri»vpincnt 

1   of   the  govern- 

,'ruviuot',  aud   the 


construction  of   the   deep   wat^r   tcmutius 
and  tlie  extension  line  thereto,  at  St.  John. 
In  May.  1H72,  he  was  appointed  engineer  in 
charge  of   harbours,  etc.,  in  the   maritime 
pr*»vincca    for  the    Department    of    Public 
Works,    and    held  that   position   until    the 
cloau  of  1871*,  when  his    i;rent    engineering 
abihtiea,  and    markedly  brillituit   and  suo- 
cesflful    professional  career,  was  rccognixed 
by  the  appointment  to  his  presoiit  ptkaition 
of  chief  engineer.     The  best  pnwif  of  Mr. 
Perley's  qualiHcationH  is  found  in  the  suc- 
cessful accomplishment  of  his  many  impor- 
tant undertaking,  and  the  demand  his  ser- 
vices Wire  in  liy  govern monts  and  powerful 
OfUipanies.     Uis  position  as  chi^^f  engineer 
is  not  an  easy  one  to  till  ;    nay,  it  is  hard, 
most   ditticult.    and    wearing.     But   if   the 
writnr  is  to  trust  testimony,  which  he  be- 
lieve* to  be  airiclly  correct,  Mr.  Perley  is 
master,  thorough  master,  of  his  trying  tie- 
partriient  ;  and  ;:ives  evidence  of  the  satne 
sound  judgment  that  characteriEeil  his  pro- 
foesioual  career  before  he  took  up  his  aliode 
ttt  Ottawa.     He  married,  in  1S53,  Julia  E,, 
daujiliLer  of  tlie  lat*)  Joseph  Fairweather,  of 
St.  John,  N.B..  by  whom  he  haa  had  five 
children.      In  I8til  oiir  subject  volunteered 
during  the  Trent  difhculty,  and  assisted  in 
raising  the  New  Brunswick  Engineers,  with 
which  corps  hu  was  connected   until    1881, 
when  hi  was  appointed  engineer  officer  at 
headtjuarters^    and    attached    to    the    heatl- 
quarter  start*. 

Macdonuld,  Arcliibnid  Henry, 
(juelph,  Lieutenant-Colonel,  commanding 
the  1st  Provisional  Brigade  of  Field  Artil 
lery,  Active  Militia,  Barristerat-Law  and 
Solicitor  of  thw  Supreme  Court  of  r>ntario, 
WAS  born  al  I'obonrg,  on  the 'ilst  July,  1848. 
Fte  is  the  eldest  son  of  Archibald  Mncdon- 
aid,  iate  judi^e  of  the  County  Court  ttt  the 
County  of  WellingUm,  and  Jane  Ann  his 
wife,  who  was  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  David 
Wriuhi.  Judife  Macdonald  was  the  eldest 
son  of  the  late  Archibnld  Maccionald,  of 
i-'obourg,  formerly  a  captain  in  H.  M.  ;jrith 
Foot,  ami  cohmel  of  the  4th  Northumber- 
land Militia.  Lieut. -C^d.  Maotlonatd  was 
educated  i>riticip»lly  at  the  fiiielph  Ornm- 
mnr  School,  ami  studied  law  in  the  office  of 
.Ih.Il.'h  Kingsmill,  now  of  Walkerton,  then 
I  ling  m  <iuelph,and  his  p.trtners,  being 
i  to  the  bar  at  the  head  of  his  clau, 
in  Hilary  term,  1870,  and  in  the  ensuing 
term  ad'mitted  as  an  attorney.  Mr.  Mac- 
donald first  joined  the  militia  as  a  private 
in  tho  Oiielph  Ititlo  Company,  nn<l  obtainetl 
a  2nd  Claxs  Militarv  School  cortiticate,  ]Qth 
Auguat,  18G4  ;  and  Ut  CLaia,  8th  March, 


1S6 


A  CTCIOP.^DIA  OF 


I860.  Soon  after  he  wua  appointed  inotmc- 
tor  to  the  company »  with  the  rank  of  captain^ 
and  ho  went  with  his  cum|«ny  to  the  front  in 
March,  18fJ6.  He  obt»iuBd  h  tirRl  cluaa  cttr- 
tiGcatti  in  j:unn«ry  from  the  Royal  Artillery 
School,  at  Toronto,  on  ihe  2Gth  May,  1870. 
He  waft  commissioned  t&a  lit^utenant  in  the 
nuelpbOarrifton  Hattery  on  the  12th  Augiint, 
1870,  of  which  he  was  appointed  captain  on 
the  12th  April,  in  the  folluwinj^  year.  After 
serving  »»  Htijutaiit  in  the  30tb  Battalion 
Artillery  Militia,  nt  the  aniiunJ  drill  at  Uod- 
ericb,  1871,  <ho  battery  w*»  converted  into 
a  belU  battery,  "  The  Wellington,"  in  Sep- 
teial>er.  1871,  when  Captain  Macdonatd  wns 
ap|>ointed  tn  command  it,  and  received  ns  a 
special  case  proimitinn  t^i  the  brevet  rank  of 
m»jor  on  HHh  April.  1875-  Subsequently 
the  Ontario  Field  Battery  was  raucd  at 
(siielph,  and  the  batteriLa  were  brigaded  as 
the  1st  Provisional  Brifjiade  Field  Artillery, 
on  the  i;4lh  March,  1880,  when  Miijnr  Mao- 
dunald  was  appointed  tu  the  command,  and 
waa  eiven  the  rank  of  lientenant-colonel 
on  the  26Lh  Nov.,  1881.  He  has  served 
on  the  staff  of  Deputy  Adjataut  General 
Taylor,  at  London,  and  at  Sussex,  N.B. 
Ue  onmiUHnded  the  detachment  of  Canadian 
Artillery  sent  to  the  Shoebur^ness  compe- 
titions, in  1883,  and  has  with  so  much  suc- 
cess commanded  his  britjade  that  oat  of  tive 
years,  fntm  1871*  ta  1884,  in  which  prices  for 
general  etiiciency  were  offered  to  Held  bat- 
teries by  tlie  (vovemor-Cioneral  of  Canada, 
each  of  hia  batteries  liaa  twice  w(»n  the  cujw. 
He  is  president  of  the  Council  of  the  Do- 
minion Artillery  Asnoviation,  and  a  member 
of  the  £xecutive  Committee,  and  ho  is  also 
a  member  uf  the  Council  of  the  Dominion 
Rifle  Association.  Lieut.-Col.  Macdonaid 
stands  high  in  the  records  of  his  townRfulk 
for  ability  and  integrity  ;  and  for  thw  years 
1884  and  1S85  ho  lias  served  as  aldurmun 
for  Guclph.  In  politics,  he  always  has  been 
an  unswerving  Conservative,  and  in  religion, 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Church  uf  England. 
On  the  21»t  Octi.>ber,  1875.  he  marned  Ali- 
cia, daughter  of  the  lute  Robert  White,  of 
(iuelph.  We  should  be  by  no  means  sur- 
prised if  our  subject's  position  as  alderman 
were  only  a  step  in  the  direction  of  wider 
political  usefulness. 

Hendry,  Willliiiu,  of  the  town  of 
Berlin,  in  the  County  of  Waterloo,  maiisger 
i>f  the  Ontario  Mutual  Life  Assurance  Com- 
pany, was  bom  in  the  City  of  Aberdeen, 
■Scotland,  on  the  2nd  day  uf  March,  1834, 
and  baptised  in  the  Presbyterian  Church,  by 
the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Kidd,  of  Aberdeen.  Hia 
father,    Alexander    Henry,   was   a  cabinet- 


maker, and  bis  mother'a  maiden  name  was 
Ann  Milne.  They,  with  their  children,  two 
sons  and  one  dauj^hter,  emissrated  tu  Canada 
in  the  year  IH^t,  and  suttl^d,  in  the  then 
back  woods,  on  a  farm  between  Fergus  and 
Klora.  Here  a  small  clearing  was  made, 
and  a  comfortable  log  dwelling;  erected.  On 
the  lal  of  March,  1838,  the  day  before  th» 
subject  of  this  memoir  was  four  yearn  old, 
bis  father  waa  killed  when  fellings  tree,  and 
the  lamentable  occurrence  r»9ulled  in  the 
breaking  up  of  the  home  nud  dispelling 
its  proBpects.  The  boy's  mother,  who  waa 
possessed  of  strong  will  power,  bnired 
the  almost  insurmountable  iltthculties  of 
her  lot,  and  succeeded  in  obtAinin^  for  her 
son,  William,  as  full  a  ct>mmon  school 
education  as  criuld  bo  obtained  at  that 
time.  Tbo  lad  was  plac^'d  under  the  tutor- 
ship of  Mr.  James  McQueen,  who  still 
survives,  and  who  has  rarely  been  excelled  M 
in  the  country  as  a  teacher.  Her  efforts  f 
were  also  untiring  in  inculcatini;;  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  moral  law,  the  Bible  being  her 
text-book  and  dearest  companion.  She  en- 
joined regular  attendance  at  Sabbath  school, 
under  the  superintendence  of  the  Rev. 
Cieorge  Melville  Smillie,  who  is  yet  pastor 
of  Mt^Iville  Church,  Fergus.  After  leaving 
home,  however,  and  as  his  years  of  reason 
were  attained,  the  Presbyterian  dtfctrinea 
which  he  was  taught  appeared  so  contrary 
to  thi»se  taught  by  our  Savir>ur,  to  his  idea 
of  the  divine  attributes,  and  to  reason,  aa 
he  saw  it,  that  young  Hendry  vradnally  re- 
jected the  doctrines  of  his  youth,  preferring 
those  of  the  sacred  Scripture  as  he  found 
and  understood  them,  and  until  he  was 
thirty>tive  years  old  he  found  no  sectarian 
doctrines  which  he  could  accept.  The  theo- 
logical and  other  writings  of  Swedenbnrg 
had  been  for  some  time  his  reading  and 
study,  and  after  very  full  reflection  he 
found  in  them  complete  and  satisfactory 
tenets  of  doctrine.  Theae  be  warmly  em- 
braced as  to  doctrine  and  life,  and  the  New 
JerutiHlem  Church  has  no  more  earlTest 
worker  among  her  membera  than  he  now  is. 
his  motto,  as  that  of  his  church,  being.  "All 
religion  has  relation  to  life,  and  the  life  of 
religion  is  to  do  good."  His  wife,  who  had 
been  brought  up  a  Methodist^  also  joined 
him  in  the  reception  of  the  new  church 
doctrines.  In  his  fifteenth  year  our  subject 
left  home  and  engaged  iu  mercantile  busi- 
ness as  salesman,  and  soon  thereafter  as 
bookkeeper,  in  the  mercantile  and  milling;  M 
firm  of  C.  Hendrj'  &  Co.,  of  Conestogo,  in  ■ 
the  County  of  Waterloo,  the  senior  member 
being  hia  brother,  who  is  ten  years  older. 


I 


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CASADJAN  BIOGRAFBT 


127 


temL 


MdD-  ho   firm   of   C.    ^   W. 

BMklr-  -'\i  for  some  year^.     In 

llM4  an  opportuouy  oflfereil  tU«lf  to  «n^ag« 
m  thm  grovth  aad  scntciiiiig  of  du  iu  the 
OMMty  of  Grey,  which  >lr.  Uendr^r  aocept^ 
*d  ka  putnenhip  with  Mr.  W.  D.  Periae, 
with  hi«  tvuthen.  werv  ext«iuuvel7 
ui  that  buaiiieAA  lo  the  County  of 
Wai^ioo.  Thia  venture  was  uoprobtablc, 
lo  tho  4i«Atnu-tion  hy  fir«  (if  liis 
mill  property  and  the  year'a  cnip, 
vaa  maniifan tared  and  ready  for 
iL  About  thia  time  the  Ontario 
lif*  Ajraranee  Company  was  or- 
at  Waterloo,  with  1.  E.  Bowman. 
It ;  C.  IL  Taylor,  vic«-preaid«ut ; 
Springer  aa  aecretary  and  general 
A  manager  was  deemed  necessary 
directors,  and  that  position  was 
to  Mr.  Hendry  in  Angust,  1870, 
Bpted,  fir^t  tnt  trinl,  and  then  per- 
lt]y,  after  '  lus  and  detaila  of 

tW  baaioeaa  ha-:  iired.     Mr.  Heu- 

df7  now  fvlt  thv  weight  uf  a  heavy  reapon- 
sihtliiy  ;  a  gn:at  fuiuie  appeared  upt>n  to 
\hm  LhBtano,  to  be  secured  only  by  perae- 
rsr»tic«.  ikiU  aitd  integrity  ;  the  business  of 
Ufe  aaauraneo  was  being  done  almtjst  ex- 
diiairalj  by  for«»igQ  companieftf  causing  an 
annual  finauciai  drain  on  thia 
itry,  and  it  re^iuired  great  labour  and 
to  oreroomo  the  many  prejudioei 
vkidi  Ihan  exuted.  The  (Ontario  is  now, 
bowv^r,  a  cTvditrthlo  t'an.idian  institution, 
Aod  ettjopn^j  tl  teasure  of  public 

m«fc<i>niif       111  r,   1864,    Wdliam 

Boncby  married  Sarah    Washburn,  of  the 
of  Bc-rlin.  R.n'!  the  family  consists  of 
i-'T%  and  two  i;randsous« 
urred.     Mr.    Heti«iry 
ith    Divmioii  Court  of 
■  M)  from  1K5i:  to  1H04, 
I  a  juft' 
i-L  com* 


th: 


Uijrin^  BliicJj    icriii  lie  Wm? 
tie*  ol  the  peace,  and  still 


■.4  (      111 


\\\  M. 


fnteri  J. 

aABM...>.  I — .".*^.  >.  .al 

p— iliiw,  mod  BvrTttd 

feikiag  a  vara  int 

craft,  till  th«  f^: 

q(  ihm  brmmanii 

iatorfcft^  with  his  ipeoch.  since  wlucli  time 

be  kaa  become  a  menitier  of  (jrand    River 

CEMfter.  No.  VK  •*<  lv«rliii 

MptIim,  Jottn,  City  Clerk,  Toronto, 
tiM  gvAtlemaj)  who  forms  the  subject  of 
ikijs  skv^l*.  was  born  on  the  1 1th  ol  July, 
1430,   <  *     milot  f4  Arms4<h.  Ireland. 

in  the  gTt*eri  i^h:,  hu  father 


was  of  English  deaoent  He  iraa  edacated 
at  Armagh  Academy,  and  was  preparing  to 
enter  Trinity  College,  Dublm,  when,  on  th« 
invitation  of  his  brother,  then  a  practising 
buTLster,  he  came  to  Canada,  in  September. 
1643,  In  October  of  the  same  year  our 
aubjecl  commenced  the  stody  of  the  law 
in  Toronto,  with  Dr.  HcHicbael.  and  prov- 
ing himself  to  be  a  painBtakint;  student, 
he  was  called  to  the  bar  in  Juuc,  ldi>t,  and 
up  to  last  year,  ho  snoce-ssfnUy  practised 
his  profession.  As  a  mark  of  his  talents,  it 
may  be  mentioned  that  whilA  stu<lying  law, 
he  gave  Icasons  in  Greek  and  Latin  and  the 
higher  branchea  of  mathematics,  with  the 
view  of  furnishing  means  to  eke  out  his 
then  scanty  income.  Ue  was  appointed  City 
Clerk  in  December,  1884,  and  now  enjoya 
well-earned  re«t  fn>m  such  an  arduous  lot 
as  his  has  been.  He  became  a  Kreemaaoa 
twenty  years  a^,  but  lias  not  deroted 
any  time  to  the  order.  Mr.  tilevins  haa 
travelled  through  the  United  Scatos,  and 
in  1803  went  to  see  the  liiiid  of  his  birth. 
Ue  is  a  member  of  the  Ctiurch  of  Eugluid, 
and  of  this  religious  [>ersuasion  were  all  his 
people.  Ue  has  taken  au  active,  able  and 
intelligent  part  in  politico,  and  of  the  two 
political  parties  offered  fur  our  acceptance, 
he  has  an  unhesitating  preference  for  that 
led  by  Sir  J>.ihn  A.  Mioionalil.  Mr.  blevins 
haa  been  marned,  but  his  wife  died  four- 
teen years  agu.  learirig  him  with  two  chd- 
dren.  both  ot  whom  are  girls.  Mr.  Btevina 
has  beeu  an  active  member  'd  the  com* 
munity,  iu  proof  of  which  he  servetl  for  a 
number  nf  years  <li  alderman,  during  which 
period    he  uaine»l  many  warm  friends. 

HlrkpairU'k.  Mcul.  •  t'ul.  Hon. 
George  Alrey,  Q.Q.^  M.P.,  etc.,  SjHMker 
of  the  Uouse  of  Commons,  was  born  in 
Kintfston,  Ontario,  13th  September,  iHil, 
and  IS  the  fourth  sou  of  the  late  Thomaa 
Ktrkpatrick,  Bui.,  Q^<  ^^^  came  from 
Coolinine,  County  Dublin,  Ireland.  Mr. 
Kirk)mtnck  received  part  of  his  education  at 
the  1fruntmsrSchi»ol,Kin!^8t4>n.and  the  High 
Sch(Hd,  8i.  J<*hns,  P.  Q. ,  after  which  be 
was  sent  to  Trinity  CoUegu,  Dublin,  where 
)iH  i/rHduattid  with  high  honours,  roceiv- 
'-  degrees  of  H.  .\.  and  LL.  H.  ;  he  also 
.  lied  ns  moderator  and  silver  medalist 
(or  law.  litvrattire  and  political  eonu'imy. 
ftetumioi;  hon\e,  he  entered  his  father's 
otKce,  and  there  applied  himself  toadiligent 
study  of  tho  law,  and  was  called  to  the  bar 
of  Upper  Canada  at  the  Hilary  term,  I860, 
and  wuB  appointed  l|iueeu'«  c<.iun«el  on  the 
11th  <»ctolM>r,  1880,  He  received  from  hia 
a^fiMi    tiMi/ri,  in  June,  1884,   the  degree  of 


A  CYCLOPj-KDIA  OF 


LL.  L>.  Iti  uiilitjLry  aH'ain  Mr.  Rirkpatrick 
hi&s  iklways  token  nti  active  part,  ratehnt^  lu  a 
private  dnritix  ll»e  Trtut  atfair,  and  ritsestep 
hy  atep  in  tliK  rankH  till  he  reached  the  high- 
est ctiinmAiiJ,  that  of  lioiitenai)t.-C':)lonel. 
Qc  went  a^ain  into  active  service  in  the 
town  of  Cornwall,  during  the  Fenian  inra- 
sion.AndactedduriTig  that  period  as  adjutant 
to  the  14th  P. W.O.  Battalion.  V.  I.  He  waa 
etrcted  president  of  the  Dominion  HiHt*  Aa»o- 
oation,  and  alst» commanded  the  Wimbledtin 
Rifle  team  in  187it.  In  conimcrciikl  hfe,  Mr. 
Kirkpatrick  hasalvrayshad  theadv&ncement 
of  hia  nntivc  city  at  heart,  and  has  been  one  of 
the  foreiuost  in  founding  several  of  its  must 
inii>ortaui  works.  He  holds  at  the  present 
time  the  office  of  director  of  the  Kingston  & 
Pembroke  Kailmad  ;  is  president  "f  Kings- 
ton Water  Works  Company,  and  president  of 
the  Canada  Locomotive  Wtirks  of  Kingston. 
He  was  chairman  for  some- time  and  after- 
WArda  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
Collegiate  Institute,  being  ix^nnected  with 
the  board  aince  1670.  A  larue  number  uf 
his  friends,  perceiving  his  marked  abilties, 
and  being  anxious  that  they  should  be  em- 
ployed for  the  benefit  of  hin  countrj*  in  some 
legislative  sphere,  waited  upon  htm  and 
preaacd  upon  him  to  allow  himself  to  bo  put 
in  nomination  for  the  seat  mode  vacant  by 
the  death  of  his  father.  This  was  in  the 
year  ISTO,  and  our  subject's  father  had  for 
mnny  years  represented  Frontenac  The 
electorate  which  bad  felt  such  ounfidence  iu 
their  young  representative  were  3o<m  cttn- 
vinced  that  their  forecastinR  h.-ul  been  cor- 
rect, for  he  at  once  manifeBted  the  same 
excellent  intellectual  qualities  in  public 
which  he  had  shown  in  his  private  affairs. 
Whenever  he  arose  in  the  H(niso  it  was  fur 
the  purpose  of  accomplishing  something  im- 
portant,  and  when  he  spoke  attention  was 
given  to  him.  His  manner  never  repelled, 
but  always  gatliered  support,  his  hearing  be- 
ing dignified^  kindly,  but  firm,  nay,  uucom- 
promising.  Soon  men  about  the  Treasury 
ttenchea  began  to  say  one  to  another  that 
Mr.  Kirkpatnck's  day  for  some  pt>sition  in 
government  was  drawing  near.  Meanwhile 
he  had  given  his  attention  to  legislative 
measures  ;  and  it  was  he  who  introduced  the 
measure  which  aimed  at  securing  a  lien  for 
seamen's  wages  on  vessels  plying  on  inland 
waters.  Year  after  year  he  introduced  his 
measure,  till  eventually  it  found  expression 
in  Mr.  Blake's  Maritime  Court  Act  for  On- 
tario. How  iniiKirtiuit  Mr.  Kirkpatrick's 
measure  was  is  now  apparent  to  the  public  ; 
and  sailors  on  inland  seas  regard  him  justly 
as  their  benefactor.     As  we  have  said^  Mr. 


Kirkpatrick  was  first  returned  to  tlie  Houi 
of  Commons  for  Frontenac  m  1870.     At  thai 
general  election  of  1872  he  was  returned  \*y\ 
acclamation  :    again   returned    in    1874.  iai 
1H78.  and  byaccUmation  at  the  lost  goneralj 
election.     Perceiving  his  courtesy,  dignitj 
and    address,  and   his   acute  knowledge  oi 
psrliamentoT}'    procedure,    he    was    ele-.:ti 
Speaker  on  the  8th  of  February,  IHHl^,  thai 
being  the  date  of  the  oi>enin]^  of  the  presenl 
parliaiuent      Asa  Speaker  he  hsa  b^eu  dip- 
niHt^d,  impartial  and  effective  ;  and  he  has' 
always  held  the  reins  of  the  House  with  a 
firm  band.     He  married  tirst,  on  the  25th 
rJct^iber,  18i:o,  Miss  Frances  .lane,  daughter 
of  the  late  Hon.  John  Mucaulay.      She  died 
on  the  'JOth  of  January,  1877.     Ue  married 
Again  on  the  20th  of  September,  l^H^t,  Miaa 
Isabel    Luuisa,    youngest    datighter   of    th«] 
Hon.  Sir  I>B\'id   L.  Mocpherson,    Senator., 
In  politics  it  need  hardly  be  said  Mr.  Kirk- 
patrick is,  and  always  hua  been,  a  Conserva- < 
tive.     In   religion   he   is  a  member  of  tho) 
Church  of  England. 

Tllley,  Sir  Siimuel  Leonard,  K.Ci 
M.G.,  one  of   the  must  promLaent  of  Ouu^ 
senative  statesmen  in  Csnuda,  and  at  pres- 
ent Minister  of  Financt*.  is  the  gTvat-griuid-i 
son    of   Samuel  Tilley.  one  of    the  T?nile<l] 
Empire  Loyalists,  The  subject  of  this  sketch 
was   boni    at   Oagetown,   Queen's    county„| 
N.B.,  on  the  8th  of  May.  1818,  so  thathoi 
is  now  in  his  sixty-eighth  year.    He  was  e^lu-i 
Cttled    !it  the    Gagetuwn    Uraiumar  Sch(H>I« 
and  in  his  thirteenth  year  he  became  appren- ' 
ticed  to  an  apothecary.      Before  boginninff 
business   for  himself.  Mr.  Tilley  was  for  a 
time  in  the  employ  of  Mr.  WiUiaui  O.  Smith, 
druggist,  a  gentleman  of  superior  intellec- 
tual parts,  and  who  observed  public  move- 
menla  with  much  interest.    It  was,  probably, 
from  him  that  the  future  Finance  Minister 
of  Canada  derived  his  hrst  lessons  in  puliti*: 
cal   ecmomy  ;  and  we  may,   without  being! 
far  astray,  take  for  granted  that  Mr.  Smith. 
very  plainly  saw  that  his  lessons  were  nobl 
likely  to  be  wasted  on  this  ctear-heatled  aiidj 
enthusinstic  young  man.     Voung  Tilley  be- 
ing sprung  from  loyalist  stock,  it  was  onl] 
fair  to  assume  thst  whenever,  if  ever,  ho- 
should  bring  himself  before  the   public,  httj 
woiUd   find    a   prepossession  in  his  favour* 
He  liecame  a  proniinent  member  of  a  deluu* 
ting   society    when    seventeen,    and  t<H>k 
leading  part  in  the  political  discussions,  niidj 
shortly  after  became  a  HtuunohoiidableadvLK. 
cate  of   the  cause  uf  tempemnce.      It  may, 
here  be  said  that  from  that  far-psst  day   to> 
this  Mr.  Tilley  has  always  been  loyal  to  his 
temperance  principles,  has  always  aeixed  th« 


Ufa 


A 


CANADIAN  mOGRAPUY. 


129 


luiCT  to  forward  the  niovdnivnt,  nnd 
occAftion*  hfts  shown  the  sincerity 
kr»cter  by  the  practice  of  hia  pro- 
lo  rvcogattion  of  hU  distinutiiBhed 
ilk  the  cauBe,  the  N&tioual  diriaioa 
if  tlic  Som  of  TvmpcT&noe  uf  Americii,  in 
IMAi  ML-^'ted  him  it>  the  highest  oHict*  ia 
1'  uiuuelv    tbat    uf    JMost    Worthy 

1'-  vnd   which   [>L*aiti(>n   he  held  for 

\--  111   rnUrued   piditirs   the  tinit 

in  Ir    Tille-y  WM  111  lH4ti,  when  h<!r 

••w  t.M  ^.  fmIlT  od  (he  piij>«!r  nf  Mr.  U. 
At.«;..>  *Ii-'  u.is  returned  ►•y  u  good  mnjor- 
ixjr.  He  wu  one  nf  the  foremost  promoters 
i4  tK(*  ItKitway  Lea^ut*,  ur^«iiiztfd  to  atjcure 
Oi  '  t)on  of  «  railwKy  from  iSt.  John 

(  In  I  SMI  he  wiui  eh;cted  to  the 

A«*!ii''iy  i-»r  tJie  City  of  St  J»phn.  Mr. 
l^lky  Wftft  mX  this  time  ft  Liberal.  The 
followi-  -  -  "  *"fii."  Tory  wmnipiilators  becaii 
to  «ti>:  t'  foundatioiia  uf  their  oppo- 

V  Mvdiic«-d  fr<iiu  altei>iance  the 
ray  ai.-i  thu  Huii.  K.  D.  Wil- 
.»\  wa»  aftvrwarda  Appointed 
Wiimot  a  lieutenant-^over- 
'wfj  tf'tod  ^eiilleiiicn  entered 
(>n  the  day  that  their  ae- 
known,  the  Liberal  party 
Allocked  Aod  pained  at  the 
•>l'»fled  up  their  mnke  and 
'  t  th'i  enemy.  Meaars. 
iiu  and  Needhnm  there- 
a  Lvrd  to  the  people,  declar- 
Wilinot,  who  had  accepted 
'  1,  they  would  rr»ij;n 
>i*e,  AS  they  couhl  iidt, 
it«-,  It]  iL-ient  their  views.  The 
Suwcvcr,  nltimed  Mr.  Wiimot, 
and  aU  tik«  parltM  on  the  card«  except  W. 
H.  MovdiiftUi,  rv«i|;tiod  llieir  neat*.  Mr. 
TUlMjr  tb«r.  r.ttiirit^'.l  t.i  private  bfe.  But  he 
VU  ti  n   **  a  mute,  inglorious 

IGUt'i  l.il>erala  were  triumph- 

•At,  *:  >>itained  a  portfolit>  in 

iha  Bi  n.    From  that  time  up 

tu  thic,    »>  vption  of  a  ouple  of 

b<T«lt»,  y^  .  •Hi  M  rf*inarkMble  l<fiue 

*>*  '5%\  a    moral>er   of    the 

>  )1     Dominton    goveru- 

n^^'^  veam^  except  the 

Miaai"  "f  the  e\tra  sea- 

■  >t>   ill*   wa«  lKiAt*«n  on 
Vmt  in   IM&T  n^jcained 
twcanie  Uador  of  the  adminifl 
■<0n,  which  p'iftitiitn  h(»  retained 
i^i.".        H..  i.ti..M,l,.<j  the  confor- 
I'Wid  to  dts- 
i'l-  iitly  ap- 
'<t<re  he 
:  linoe  of 
I 


Hon.  J    II 

fpi-it    I  Aft     1 1 1  >(V 

a 
I- 
I- 
c« 

nwB  ua&tsraliy 
tfff  hyrr.  btit 
r.  ■ 

1.      , 

■pi>b  pul>li£tic<i 

mm  tiuu  if  Mr. 

■<lciu>    ira* 
lb«4rMMa 


Um  li<itior  t)n^ttii>n, 
tf 


the  province  ho  represented.  The  proceed- 
injjs  of  the  Quebec  conference  were  kept 
fnjm  the  public  with  the  mi^t  isu&lous  c^re, 
but  line  member  belou||;ing  to  a  aea  province 
loltl  hiB  wife  one  day  that  "  it  was  no  use," 
he  was  unable  "  to  keep  it  any  longer.*'  Ud 
unburthened  himself  to  a  newspaper  editor, 
wbi.*n  with  the  speed  rtf  the  wind  intelligence 
of  the  affair  was  spreail  through  the  British 
North  American  provinces.  At  once  in  the 
lower  provinces  n  Btomi  of  opposition  was 
raised  to  the  scheme,  and  presses  rolled  out 
toQS  of  pamphlets,  placards,  circulars  and 
u[>«u  letters,  denouncing  the  schemt,  and 
calling  upon  the  penple  to  rise  and  thwart 
Tilley  and  other  enemies  of  his  country. 
The  mini.ftry  fell.  The  Irish  were  all  the 
time  rampant  and  unappeasable.  They  aJl 
remembered  how  Ireland  hitd  once  been  sold, 
and  tUeir  representative  newspaper  became 
so  bitter  as  to  eventually  overreach  its  niin. 
Tohelpalong  thescheitieand  defeat  the  great 
booming  of  the  Irish,  fate  l>ri>ught  along  the 
Fenian  scare.  The  Uoverniueiit  resigned, 
and  Mr.  Tilley  was  sent  for  to  form  an  ad- 
ministration. A  new  electi'm  took  place  in 
18ti0,  and  the  atiiin  got  a  still  worse  drub- 
binc  than  had  fallen  to  the  bit  of  the  sup- 
porters  of  confederation.  A  short  time  after* 
wards  Mr.  Tilley  attended  the  couferance 
in  KiigUnd,  formed  to  procure  a  Chart  of 
Union,  and  he  was,  m  July,  lfU7,  made  a 
O.  B.  (civil),  in  recognition  of  his  distin- 
guished services.  He  resigned  his  seat  in 
the  New  Kruitswiek  legislature  and  gi^vern- 
mont  to  become  Minister  of  Cnstnnts  in  the 
new  Canadian  dihinot.  From  November, 
I8ti8.  to  April,  18(19,  ho  acted  Minister  of 
Public  VVorks,  and  on  the  22nd  of  February. 
M*>TA,  be  was  made  Minister  of  Finance. 
This  otTiue  he  held  till  the  downbdl  of  the 
adniinistration  on  the  5ch  of  November  of 
the  same  year.  He  then  became  lieut4;iiNnt- 
governor  of  his  native  province,  which  of&ce 
he  held  till  1878,  when  he  took  the  tieUl 
again,  with  the  triumphnDt  result  so  well 
known.  In  the  now  Con«ervati%*e  adminis- 
tration he  became  once  again  Finance  Min- 
i«ter,  and  shortly  afterwards  framed  the 
legislation  with  which  his  name  will  lie  con- 
nected so  long  as  the  history  of  CouAda  is 
read,  naoiely  the  National  Policy.  iJn  May 
24th,  lH7*.t,  h(i  wds  crtiritvd  a  K'dght  of  the 
Order  of  St.  Michael  and  St.  Oe-irgo  by  the 
(^lVemor■G«Ilcra^  acting  f.»r  the  Q'lern. 
Sir  Leonard  TtlU'y  has  been  twice  tn;ir'-ied, 
tirst  io  Julia  Ann,  daughter  of  Jnintui  T. 
Ilanford,  of  St.  John,  N  B  ;  and  s(*C'>nd,  io 
IHiJT  to  Alice,  eldest  daughter  of  Z.  Chip- 
man,  uf  St.   Stephen,  N.B.      Sir  Leonard 


BfiUMU^MBBSSli 


130 


A  CYCLOPJCDU   OF 


Tilley'a  career  baa  beeu  an  honour  to  his 
country,  nud  one  that  youn^'  men  who  aim 
to  do  Well  iu  public  iifo  should  seek  to  re- 
mem  l»er. 

Plilllp,  DnvUI  L,eille,  M.D.,  Brant- 
fortl.  Tills  )i<i|iuhir  aiid  duccHiuful  j^liyftician 
wju  bom  at  Richmond,  Ontario,  in  the  yeur 
1&41.  His  parents  were  Anthony  Philip, 
aod  iBftbellu  Mownt,  nm  Buchnnaiu  and 
br>th  wyre  <if  l>w)tti-h  »tofk.  Uis  father 
wa«  a  native  <>f  Aberdeen,  in  which  uUy 
he  spent  bia  early  years,  attending;  Marshall 
ooUege.  Our  subject's  mother  was  born  in 
Edinburgh,  and  she  was  a  daughter  of  the 
Rt'V.  I>r.  (icorge  Huchanan,  of  that  city. 
Tlio  name  Huchannn  is  well-known  in  Scot- 
tish annalfi,  and  many  members  of  this  dis- 
tini^uiahod  family  took  a  leadini;  part  in  Scot- 
tish ecclesiastical  hi&tory.  Young  Philip 
was  educated  lit  the  High  School,  A'^ankleek 
Hill, in  the  Ottawa  valley, and  subsequently 
attended  McUill  Medical  OoUegn,  graduit- 
in^;  aa  M.lX,  from  that  institution  in  18i)l. 
He  took  honours,  obtaining  the  Hidniea 
prixo  for  thesis  and  also  the  princ  in  clinical 
medicine.  After  leaving  c^'llege.  he  pro- 
ceeded to  Woitdstook.  Ontario,  and  entered 
into  oartnerahip  with  Dr.  John  Tunpiaud,  n 
well-known  physiciiin,  whu  was  president  of 
the  College  of  Phyniciana  and  8ur»;pons  for 
Ontitrio  in  184*7.  This  partnership  was 
continued  for  two  years.  He  then  went  to 
Plattaville  in  the  same  county,  where  ho 
remained  seven  years  enjoying  a  very  large 
practice.  U|K)n  leaving  PJattsville,  the 
medical  profession  of  O&ford  county  tend- 
ered him  a  public  dinner  in  the  town  hall, 
and  presented  him  with  a  fine  case  uf  sur^i* 
cal  infltruinent.4.  He  removed  to  Brant- 
ford  in  1872,  and  has  since  been  engaged 
in  hia  p^ofe^sioa  there,  doing  a  large  and 
lucrative  practice.  Dr.  Philip  belongs  to 
the  Presb>terian  church,  and  has  been  a 
member  uf  the  board  of  the  Collegiate  tu- 
■titate  for  eight  years,  uf  wtiich  he  m  nt 
present  chairman.  He  was  eltcted  in  1H^2, 
2nd  vice-president  of  the  Ontario  Medical 
Association  ;  and  in  1S85,  he  was  chosen  to 
represent  tlm  Erie  and  Niagara  division 
in  the  Ontario  Medical  Council.  He  has 
contribute*!  various  articles  to  the  current 
medical  literature,  and  these  contributions 
have  revualed  much  original  thought,  accu- 
rate rese»rch,  and  a  clear,  graceful  and  vigtir- 
ous  literary  style.  Dr.  Philip  is  a  man  of 
ener>;y  and  character,  and  of  large  public 
spirit.  Althiiush  his  practice  ia  large,  his 
otmnection  wiih  enterprises  beyond  profes- 
sional work  is  varied,  and  ua  we  have  shown, 
importaut.   He  is  a  member  of  Braut  Lodge, 


A.F.  and  A.  M,  and  he  ia  likewitte  a  meisl 
of  the   Brant  County  Medical    Association. 
Sclillllz,  Davfd  L.y  wa^  boni  at  Kock- 
W004I,  Eraniosa,  in  the  County  of  Wulliny*' 
ton,    Ontaiio.       His    far  her    was    Bamort 
Schultx,    and    his    mother,   whose   lusidei 
name  was  Martha  Jacks<:n,   were   ninrrit 
at  Guelpfa,   Ontario.     Our  suVject's  grand' 
father  came  from  Pennsylvania  and  settler 
iu  Niagara,  and  after  remaining   there   for' 
some  years,  removed  in  ltit26,  to  Rtickwotjd, 
and  took  up  land,  and  upon  ibis  same  land 
lives  at  this  day   the   father  of    David    L. 
Schulte.      The  grandfather  took  part  in  th( 
war  of    1812,  and    fought  bravely    on    thai 
Canadian   side.      M'.   Schultz's  ctOobratedl 
maternal   grandmother   was   a  relation 
Genend   Jsckson,    and    iiuarly    every   onej 
of    her  ancestors  were  mure  or  less  prom*) 
inent  in  military  circles.      David  L.  SchultxJ 
was  educatt'd  in  the  counuon  schools,  audi 
com plr  ted  his  studies  at  Ilock  wood  Academy. 
At   fourteien    he  left  school,  and    engage  ~ 
himself   at  the  work  of   milling,  at  which 
occupation  he  continued  for  twelve  years. 
He  then  entered  a  general  store  at  Under- 
wood, hut  ouly  conducted  the  business  for 
a    short    period,    when    he  s<.ild   out   and 
returned    to    Rockwood,     where,     with    a 
determination   to   win,  and   sleeves   rolled 
up,    he   commenced  huainess   again.      Hi 
undertaking  was  attended  with  very  good'] 
success,    ^subsequently  be  turned  his  atten- 
tion  to  stone  quarrying,  and  obtained  t\\i 
general  contract  for   supplying  stone  to  th( 
(irand  Trunk  ilnilway.       This   contract 
stiU  in  his  hands.       He  has  been  extremely 
active,  and   bviiig  blesavd  with  good  judg- 
ment, and    having  seldom  invested  in  un- 
protitable  undertakings,  he  now  tinds  him- 
self  in  a  comfortable  position.     He  joined, 
the  volunteers,  20th  Lome  Uifles,   No. 
in  1872,  and  is  now   captain  of  a  company^ 
having  passed  very  successfully  a  militai 
examination  at  the  lufnntrv  SSvhooI,  Totunt< 
in  the  spriug  of  1885,      He  is  a  mastm 
Speed  Lodge,  No.  IbO,  Ouelpli.  and  an  Udi 
fedow  of   Silver  Star  L(Mlgr,   Weston. 
addition  t*\  his  otiice  of  clerk  of  the  Divisiti 
Court,   ho  is  a  commif^sioner  for  the  Uigl 
Cuurt  uf  Justice,  uud   also  issuer  of   tm 
riage   licenses.      He  has   travelled  throug] 
Canada  and  visitfd  the  priuuipal  cities 
the    United    Statt^s.      He  is  a  PresbyteriaOj 
and  in  politics  an  ihdt-pendent.      lie  mai 
ried    at    Underwood,    Janet  Ounn,   who 
dead.     By  this  marriage  he  has   one    gir?j 
Mr.  tSchuIiz  has  the  character  of  being  vei 
prompt  and  particular  about  all  matter*  of 
busiuesa. 


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SaUiv*ail.  Un\i<l,  Assuiiant  Siiperiii- 
tm<lcnt  "f  till*  TS.iviii'^H  (lank  iJranch  uf  thv 
Ph«t  <Hho«5  Uc|it*rtinynt,  OiUwit.  in  »  Scotch- 
tun  lir  kitrth,  ho  hAvin^  boon  hi)rn  in  tho 
;»rUU  iif  OkiiiiibAy.  neiir  Johu  CGmftt'ii, 
OAitluieafr-khir'!,  Dn  the  '25th  Octoh<*r.  1840  : 
■.in  1«61.  Mr. 
st>rvice  ill  1863, 
t.,..it.  Secretary  to  the 
til  I»»>8  hn,  with  Mi- 
"•iiited  to  ori£*ntze  the 
Ilk.  and  apecii»l!y  de- 
unta  which  hM  made 
of  Savings  banks  a 
. ,  aiid  a  mtxlvl  that 
•eeu  pltiiued  tn  adopt. 
..Tiition  of  hifl  services, 
ITS*  *{j^iiit«<l,  in  18dl,  Assistant  Snperin- 
tstuimt  o£  the*  Savings  Bank  Urunoh  of  tho 
Post  Office  Department,  and  still  f>c«upi«a 
tkat  ptMtiion.  Id  1865  ho  was  msrritHl  to 
BLsnaniM*  White,  daughter  of  Mr.  M. 
Whiu»,  of  Queb«c.  This  estimable  lady  died 
in  If^U. 

TccuaiM^li,    Ciller.— Thin   ronowned, 
»*i---  ,Tid  dikrinu  Indian  chief,  wae  bom 

1.  .'i    died   on    *>clidK*r  5th,    18i:i 

<ras  a  Shawanee  britve,   ntunt^d 
t.ii^M'Js,   uiid  when  ho   was   killetl   in 
.  I  :  iiisthtius  sun  vas  u  child.    Pt.ck- 
'•runs  and  tcrriblu  in  war, 
n  lrgt'nd»,  and  livvd  on  the 
-,  UUio.     Thw  following  atory  is 
?  Tecuuisi^h  : — "  It  is   siip|>os(«d 
*l>«.u;  I8<m;,  he  and  Kia  bn^ther,  Elsk- 
sra4a«»r  tlii*   fir*tphet,    fonn^l    the   prxj^ui 


fi 


of  nnitiytg 
ayanMl  Uu* 


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•  arrr 


■y\«tx\  Indinns  in  »  war 

Wlii'u  (leneral  Har- 

itL'd    the    pMphet 

u,  NovombL't  7, 

»•  ii    WW  fiii^.tjt  on   a  visit  to 

In    the  wsr  of    IHl'J  \\v  wsk  an 

'  '  -'■     'itU  tho  rank  of   briKB- 

SieyO    of     Fnfl    Mviiffi, 

"dr    iTi  Jnly,    he   Wfta 
•  tf  two  thonannd 
I   Murjivian'own, 
c  ima,  at   which   Pntclor  was  the 

Ji  *-il  thb  AtUHrioan  generivl,  H-ir 

r\  '    '  y^  anics  (xonHral  Cans  and 

t  >.    Coloni?!  H.  M.  Johnnon 

9(MEu»iauti^l  tdi  \Uv  loft,  niid  curne  into  |>er- 
•DBal  oinliict.  it  la  i^ud.  with  Tvcuiuseh.  His 
Wirt0  fceinjj  kilb^d  a'ld  liiumolf  wuundod  by 
thfvw  balJa  in  hit  nirbt  thi(;h,  nnd  two  in  his 
W'      '  '      '  .1  \x\ha\  hiin 

V  in;  a  piHliil 

fn'wi  iH^  n  iKj  nim  dvnd  at 

Us  f f^C      t  -I'lnrl  Johnson's 

hrvUur.LiifU'. ..»..;  <  --...t.vi  Jam«s  Johnson, 


was  killed.  The  project  of  uniting  sU  tho 
western  Indians  against  the  AnierioAns,  and 
the  efforts  uuule  to  execute  the  projuct,  dis- 
play  a  sAva^e  energy  m\k\  i«>r8rveriuioe  rare- 
ly to  bo  met  wiih.  The  prophet  as  well  u 
the  warrior  heintr  now  deceased ,  6uch  a  cum- 
biuation  will  probably  never  be  made  ugnin. 
No  one,  however,  can  fully  calculate  the  lu- 
evtiuiable  value  of  those  devoted  *  red  men,' 
led  on  by  the  brave  Ttrcumscb  during  the 
struegle  of  181*2.  But  for  them,  it  is  pro* 
bable,  that  we  ahould  not  now  have  a  Can- 
ada ;  and  if  we  had,  we  would  not  enjoy  iho 
liberty  and  privileges  which  we  pusoess  in 
so  emineat  a  degree.  King  Phillip  Pontiac, 
the  Ottawa  chief,  wh  >  in  1703  captured 
MichiUmackinac  and  invested  Detroit  ;  and 
the  Prophet  and  Tvcuniaeh  may  b«  regarded 
a«  the  moat  reniiirkable  of  the  savage  war- 
riors of  America."  But  witty*  disoeming 
and  able  th<tuxh  this  prophet  was,  he  wru  the 
gruatest  impostor  and  tho  most  consummate 
liar  of  his  time.  Ue  pretende<i  to  have 
died,  to  have  been  in  tho  land  of  the  blessed, 
then  to  have  risen  from  the  dead  by  virtue 
of  sonie  divine  powers  within  him.  In 
every  way  possible,  and  most  fertile  was  his 
imagination,  did  he  work  upon  the  credulity 
of  the  Indians.  Once  ho  heard  ihrough  the 
almattacs,  that  on  a  etnted  day  there  would 
be  a  total  eclipse  of  tho  sun,  so  he  went 
about  among  ihe  tribes,  who  had  heard 
nothing  of  it,  and  who  were  not  aware  thivt 
the  white  men  could  predict  *'dHrk  dwys," 
announcing  that  on  a  certain  day  he  would 
spread  darkness  all  over  the  land  a*  an  ear- 
nest of  the  things  to  follow  ;  Jind  when  the 
tlay  canto  tlie  Indians  tlouked  together,  half 
in  auA,  tiiurvelling  if  indeed  the  prophet 
was  as  mighty  oa  he  said  he  was.  Slowly  a 
keen  black  shadow  began  to  creep  over  tho 
fact!  of  tho  sun.  the  heavens  Iwcanie  of  a 
ftickly  orange  colour  ;  still  tho  shadow  crept 
otiwartls  till  the  whole  face  of  the  sun  wa? 
shut  from  sight,  and  a  dismal  ulooui  fell 
u|M)ii  the  face  of  the  land.  The  awe  of  the 
Indians  know  no  bounds,  nor  iheir  rever- 
ence for  the  prophet,  who  th»y  beli*Ted  was 
in  direct  alliance  with  the  Or«  at  Spirit,  if  he 
were  really  not  the  Manitou  himstdf.  But 
a  most  hideous  looking  gre>it  spirit  h«s  this 
prophrt.  His  face  wim  of  a  more  lli'Mi  us- 
lully  repuUivts  Indian  type,  and,  U*  add  to 
its  conudineaa,  it  had  only  oneeji*.  the  other 
having  been  destroyeil  by  an  arrow  when 
he  x»iis  young.  Theru  is  no  doubt  that  I'e- 
cunisidi  allotted  this  impotttor.  but  history 
juHtiHes  him— that  is,  the  English  historian 
does — since  his  aim  was  the  manipoUtuin  of 
the  tribes  in  the  scrvioe  uf  tho  British  rtitg. 


132 


A   CYCl.UVjEmA   OF 


The  word  Tecunisch  has  received  many 
tr&nslvtiotis.oiiti  beiri^  "The  Shuutin^  Star,'* 
another  **  Tb«  Flying  Tiyer,"  and  still  an- 
other, *' The  Wild  Cat  Springing  upon  his 
Prey."  Of  thene  the  former  is  generally 
iiocepted. 

CInrkc,  Henry  Edwnnl,  M.RP.fur 
West  Toronto,  the  euhjeot  of  this  sketch, 
was  born  at  Three  Rivers,  Quebec,  on  *JOth 
of  March,  182fl.  He  is  a  84>n  of  Henry 
Clarke  and  Ellen,  Ht«  Armstrong,  both  of 
whom  came  from  Midhill,  County  of  Fer- 
nmnagh,  Ireland.  (Mir  subject  rect^ived  his 
tnitinn,  which  comprised  a  sound  and  prac- 
tical English  educati  >n.  from  public  teiichorA 
and  private  instructors,  and  at  fifteen  years 
itf  age  Mr.  Clarke  left  Itomo  t\>  push  his 
fortune  iu  the  world.  At  the  ago  of  eigh- 
teen he  had  learned  the  tra<lu  of  saddle  and 
trnnkmnking,  and  found  omptoyment  in  one 
of  the  lan^e  aho]>s  in  Montreal.  Ilt^rc  he 
remained  until  1848,  and  then  removed  to 
Ottawa  (then  IJytown),  where,  in  1849, 
when  barely  twenty  years  of  age,  we  find 
bim  foreman  of  the  largest  saddlury  nhup 
ill  the  town,  and  hero  he  remained  fur 
about  four  years,  working  diligently,  and 
perfecting  himself  in  his  trade.  Mr  Clarke 
again  returned  to  MontreaJ  in  I85:i,  and 
the  next  year  lie  was  sent  to  Toronto  to 
open  a  branch  trnnk  (ttore  for  R.  Pi'an  iV 
Co.,  of  Montreal.  Mr.  Clarke  now  resolved 
to  carry  ou  business  for  himself,  and  in 
ten  months  after  his  arrival  here  he  Vxjui^ht 
out  H.  Dean  &  Co.  AUhou|{h  he  had  very 
little  capital  at  his  command,  ho  had  in- 
dustry and  perseverance,  and  the  result 
is  that  wo  now  hud  him  at  the  head  of  one 
of  the  largest  trunk  rannnfacturiug  estab- 
liahments  in  America.  AUhouj,;h  an  active 
man  in  bis  own  businesH,  yet  Mr.  Clarke 
has  found  sumo  time  to  devote  to  public 
affairs.  For  eight  years  he  wiw  a  director 
of  the  Mechanics'  Institute  ;  was  alderman 
for  St.  George's  Ward  in  1879,  and  for  St, 
Andrew's  Ward  for  the  years  1881,  M2,  and 
'83.  He  was  chairman  uf  the  Court  of  Re- 
vision in  1881,  and  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee in  1883.  Ue  was  elected,  iu  1883, 
to  represent  Toronto  West  in  the  IViviuciai 
Parliament,  which  seat  he  stiJl  hold.M  ;  and 
he  is  also  one  uf  the  directors  of  the  Fede- 
ral bank.  Mr.  Clarke  is  an  Orangeman, 
having  joined  the  order  in  18*19.  He  tra- 
velled extensively  in  1878,  and  visited  Lon- 
don. Edinburgh,  Dublin,  heUaat,  Paris, 
Geneva,  Mont  Blanc,  Berne,  Lucerne.  Mu- 
nich, Vienna,  Trieste,  Venice,  Florence, 
Rome,  Naplvs,  Pompeii,  and  other  historic 
places.  On  his  return,  he  delivered  a  lecture 


I  called  "  Impreasiona  of  a  Tour  in  Europe, 
in  Richnifnd  Street  Methodist  Church,  and 

I  afterwards  published  it  in  pamphlet  fo 
Mr.  Clarke  belongs  totbu  Methixlist  deno 
ination.  and  in   politics  is  a  Couservativ 
He  married  in  Mny,  I85(i,  Anne,  daugh 
of  the  late  Thomas  Kennedy.,  of  Montre 
and  has  had  a  family  of  three  children, 
l>oy  and  two  girls.     Hia  son  died  at  the 
of  fourteen  years.     Mr.  Clarke's  career  h 
been  industrious   and  honourable,    and 
now  enjoys  the  fruita  of  his  lab<<ura  and  tb» 
respect  of  his  fellow  men. 

iVlcCiC*c%  Juniea,  Toronto,  is  a  nativt* 
of  the  North  of  Ireland.  He  served  aaevt'u 
years'  apprenticeship,  from  January,  18Mo, 
to  184'i,  as  a  manufacturer  of  linen,  with 
one  of  the  largest  firms  in  Btdfast,  and  he 
was  for  four  years  fl*x-boyer  in  the  Iriah. 
Dutch  and  Belgian  niarketa  ;  and  afterwards 
he  spent  two  years  in  the  same  buaineaa. 
in  France.  He  came  to  Canada  early  in 
the  year  1847,  and  took  out  a  patent  for  a 
new  process  of  rotting  tlax,  and  established 
a  scutch  mill  at  Weaton,  and  for  some  time. 
in  cunjunction  with  the  mill,  carrind  on  the 
cordage  and  rope  walk  at  Yorkvtile.  This 
businesa  was  not  anccessful,  as  the  climate 
WAS  not  suited  to  it,  and  it  was  a  step  too  far 
in  advance  of  the  devolopmont  of  the  buM- 
ness  facilities  and  of  the  manufactures  uf 
the  country.  Some  time  after,  Mesars. 
BUikie  &  Alexander  tried  t<j  introduce  the 
Hax  business  at  Oeor^etuwu,  and  Messrs. 
Lfuoderham  &.  Worts  aI*o  endeavoured 
establish  a  linen  factory  at  Streetsvill 
but  l>oth  efforts  failed,  and  the  attempt,  aft 
heavy  Inases,  hail  to  bo  dbRiidouetl.  Tum 
ing  the  scutch  mill  at  Weston  back  again 
into  what  it  hod  formerly  been,  a  saw  mill, 
he  then  went  into  lumbering.  Selling  out 
this  pniperly,  which  has  since  become  the 
wuoUen  factory  of  Mr.  Wilby,  Mr  McGee 
moved  up  into  Vaughan  and  Kmg,  and  nls» 
into  Esna,  and  built  saw  mills  and  carried  nn 
the  lumber  business.  He  supplied,  amongst 
other  things,  in  the  year  1854,  the  timber 
for  tlio  cribbing  of  the  cspluiiade,  under  the 
Cotton  J^  Manning  contract,  and  the  apara 
ft»r  two  sea-going  vessels,  being  built  by  P, 
Hayes  <!l^  Co.,  and  did  a  large  lumber  busi- 
ness in  those  localities  up  to  1809-  Being  a 
large  shareholder  in  the  Royal  Canadian 
Bank,  which,  in  cmsequence  of  mismantige- 
meut,  had  to  close  its  duiira,  he  was  called 
upon  by  meetings  of  shareholders  held  iu 
Whitby,  Brampton  and  Toronto,  t*!  take  part 
in  the  reorganization  of  the  bunk,  which  ho 
did,  and  acted  as  director,  under  the  prrni- 
dency  of  the  late  Hon.  John  Crawford,  aud 


rs. 


CANADIAN  lUOGIUPBT. 


133 


tStc  Hoo.  AUxmnder  Campbell,  now  Post- 
cnftftttft  Gener&l  ;  but  yfhen  the  Royal  Ciina- 
«itfli,  jotntlf  with  the  City  Bunk,  beeaiue 
■■■ri^iil  into  the  Conftolid&ted  I^anW,  iiiul 
t^  bead  ufiictr  was  moved  to  Mnntreal. 
he  fHUgoe«l  thia  poaitioa.  Havlnir  Bold  out 
tkU  lumber  baaineaa  Ui  ^.  &.  R.  Hciiry,  in 
'iQ  moved  into  Tumnto,  and  sat  as 
-fcji  ff»r  St.  John's  Ward  in  the  city 
•iHutal.  for  the  y«ura  1877  aud  IS78,  and 
tovik  an  activif  intereat  m  the  lunveaieut  for 
iW  Bf  'itn    Park    nnd    btiildtn^s. 

WWi  '-  H  iat  Ai^'riuiiltund  and  Arts 

A»Tf4ati  II.  for  whnve  use  thcao  buiMtngs 
«>l«er«ct«d,  failed  to  ko«p  their  promist.'  to 
tbe  City  Council,  to  hold  their  exhibitions 
p«nBaii»atly  in  this  city,  he  then  ^avti  his 
Mittian—  *  '^tr  Withrnw  in  formins^  the 
Tpvucit'  >-l  Exhibition  Agsociatiun, 

•bvaa  t: ..a  hiive  »inee  prtivcd  to  )>e 

c4  fraat  aMutance  in  the  promotion  of  the 
ar^cahanU  and  manufacturing  iutt'rvats 
«  Um  City  of  Toronto*,  uid  the  Doroiniou 
«l  Ur^.  Although  Mr.  McGee  has  not 
bMD  to  active  buaineaa  for  lomo  yeara, 
W  atill  oontiouea  to  act  as  a  directi^r  of 
(W  Lnion  Loan  and  Savinfjs  Co.  He  ia 
a  ilsrBctar  and  Ireaaurer  of  the  Indualrial 
Exkitnti^Q  Asoociatioo,  and  is  trustee  and 
aitomvjr  for  the  eatate  of  the  late  W.  Sz  R. 
Hvttrjt  lumber  merchants,  which  carries  on 
aa  meu^*  aaw  mill  buaiiicss  at  Kagawon^, 
JCaotSoalixi  Island,  Rand  wick  and  Lisle, 
llwlfcliii.  ami  in  the  city.  Mr.  Mcfreo  ia  a 
ICoUiodist,  and  his  poliiical  prefur«ucea  are 
balkjcm.  Bo  married  in  1850  the  eldest 
itant^hlar  of  lb«f  lat«  Jamea  St^fwarl,  of  York 
lnwatiip  Ilia  son.  Captain  jSIcCree.  of  the 
Qwma^n  Own,   ia   aaaociated    with    him    in 


JV 


OMtlna,  Honourable  John,  Miu- 
Mlflraf  lulaDcl  H«*vvnu«  fur  ilie  Duuiini<>n 
«|  Canada.  »««  bum  at  St.  Nicholas,  in  the 
■  c,  nn  Kcbruary  1st,  184o, 
iind  edncntion  at  the  eol- 
iL  At-a  a.  When  hia  education  was 
bfl  moved  over  to  New  Bruns- 
tbervafler  for  many  years  was 
wtOi  Taritma  pursuits.  He  was 
rogiatrar  of  decda  fur  Victoria 
and  a  jud^'v  of  rhc  Inferior  Court 
MiOoaoanQ  Plttafi  t' •-  '^'■■^  '■-"• 
a  fcryeaHyag*  >' 
HltfctfAolid  tni«Il<- 


t'-...— -L:        At 

'leDM 

..:.._;;  were 

in  alter  yean. 

!iod    limi  closely 


W  b»coai*  lii  ciM 

Ahe^m  All,  thtjao  v 

larouved   an   nnvarym;;  pcraiatcncy  in  any 

^mxtv    W^i.  h    bf    ni:*Tkrd    nnt   fur   hiuisutf. 
T  <  leading  inhahi- 

U-  .  ideti  ihHt  thity 


woald  ask  Mr.  Costigan  to  oiler  for  the  legis- 
lature, and  he  ctmsented  to  do  so,  and  was 
elected.  Mr.  Costipaii  sat  in  the  Xew  Bruns- 
wick  Aaaerably  till  1860,  when  he  was  de- 
feated.  He  way  during  that  period  r«^arded 
OB  one  of  the  ablest  men  in  the  house,  brith 
sides  always  paying  great  deference  ko  his 
opinions.     At  (he  t^ueml  electiun  after  Con- 
federation he  was  returned  to  the  House  of 
Commons,  and  has  held  his  seat   uninter- 
ruptedly  for  Victoria  county  ever  since.  Ou 
May  S.Hrd,    I88L',   he  was  admitted    to  the 
Privy  Council  as  Minister  of  Inland   Rev- 
enue, and  still  occupies  this  position.     On 
the   20th    May,  1&72,  Mr.   Costigan  moved 
an  address  in  the  House  of  Commons,  {inly- 
ing Bis   Excellency    to   diHallow    the   New 
Branswick  School  Act,  ou  the  ground  **  that 
said  law  is  unjust  and  causes  much  uneasi- 
ness amon^  the  Roman  cathulic  population." 
Some  time  before  the  introduction  of  Mr. 
Cofltigan's  resolutions,    persons    had    gone 
up  and  down  through  New  Brunswick  de- 
claring that  the  province  must  have  a  sys* 
tem  of  free,  non-aectanan    public  schools, 
and  children  of   every  denomination  must 
attend  these  schools,  and  that  one  and  all, 
according'  to  hia  real  or  peraoral  property, 
would  be  taxed  to  maintain  the  educational 
system.     So  for  this  was  good.     The  pro- 
vince had  for  many  years  previously  made 
liberal  grants  for  education,  but  the  schools 
Were  under  denomiimtional  control ;   there 
Wf«   no   thorough  system  of  insjiection  ;  nu 
uniform  course  of  instruction,  and  subjects 
wefA   taught  on    the  old    fashioned   parrot 
plan,   an  old   teacher  standing  behind   the 
ednoational     bulwark,     driving     education 
home  with  a  birch  rod.       Therefore  it  was 
a  wise  and  progressive  movement  that  some 
one  set  on  ftnit  to  reduce  thia  chnos  of  cate- 
chism and  birch,  and  arithmetic  and  letters, 
into  one  harmonioufi,  etticient   and  enlight- 
ened   syateni.     The   new  idea  earned   the 
province  by  fttorni,  and  then  there  waa  ap- 
pointed  a  chief  snperintendeut   of  educa- 
tion.    To  this  gentleman  was  assigned  the 
task   of  drawing  up  an  educationiil  charts 
outliutjig  courses  of   instrucuon,  and    pre- 
scribiii;;  texts.      He  hod  just  the  ijualilica- 
lions  needed   tti  carry  out  the  will   of   the 
nnrrow  p^diticisus  with  res|>ect  to  education 
and    the    Rouiau    cathcdic^,  and  so  rancor- 
ously  waa  be   diapoflcd  towHrds  catholiciam 
that,  it  IS  averred,  when  writing  a  letter, 
he  carried  his   hatred  so  far  as  to   avoid 
crosaiug  his  t's.   He  imagined  that  all  priests 
and  lay  brothers  were  bad  men,  and  all  nuns 
wicked  women,  not  tit  in  character  or  f;arb 
to  teach  in  the  public  schtiols,  thetvfore  he 


134 


A  crcLor.KXHA  or 


dreir  up  a  regulation  making  it  unlawful 
for  atiy  teacher  employed  in  the  public 
Bchoolfl  to  wear  any  badges  uarb  or  emblem 
distinctive  of  any  denominational  sect  or 
order.  This,  of  ctiurae,  excluded  nuns,  lay 
brothers,  and  people  of  a  like  ecclesiastical 
fashion,  and  the  liberal  and  high-minded 
proviso  was  characterized  as  "the  govern- 
ment's infurauMs  millinery  regulation." 
Holy  Church  had  no  cause  for  panic  when 
tj)e  idea  uf  free,  non-sectarian  Hchuols  wan 
at  first  broached,  iditiungU  it  fidgeltvd  uud 
fretted  its*  If  idmosl  out  of  its  vestments; 
now  it  had  a  genuine  grievance.  It  was  when 
this  narrow  regulation  had  been  put  upon  the 
statute-book  that  Mr.  Oogtigfln,  a  Roman 
Oatholie,  raised  his  voice  in  the  Houa»  of 
Commons  and  besonght  parliament  to  inter- 
puso  its  hand  in  justice  to  the  ntinurity  in 
his  province.  He  was  now  ably  seconded  by 
Mr.  Timothy  Warren  Anglin,  who  pleaded 
till  he  became  ^rathetic  for  justice  to  his  co- 
religionists. Mr.  Anglin's  newBi>aper,  the 
Freeman^  week  after  week,  was  laden  with 
complainings  against  the  injustice  of  the 
New  Brunswick  legislature.  Ic  declared  that 
it  was  the  duty  of  8ir  John  A.  Mocdonald's 
government  to  interfere  its  authority  and 
maintain  ri;iht.  Then  Sir  John  fell  under 
his  Pacitic  scandal  load,  and  the  reformers 
returned  to  power,  bringing  with  them  Mr, 
Anglin,  whom  they  put  in  the  'Speaker's 
chair.  Durinu  the  first  eessiun  of  the  new 
|>arliament,  Mr.  Costigan  again  aroae  and 
moved  his  resolution,  which  ended  in  these 
words  :  ^*  That  the  Goverumeat  should  ad- 
vise His  Excellency  to  diaalh^w  the  Acts 
passed  by  the  New  Urunswick  Le^'islature." 
In  this  case  Mr.  Speaker  Anglin's  &up{»ort 
ended  with  putting  the  resolution.  The 
whole  country  knew  how  he  had  the  Uotnan 
catholic  intercflts  at  heart,  but  it  was  Inex- 
pedient now  to  press  the  matter— inexpe- 
dient of  conr&c  to  embarrass  his  govcnunent. 
though  this  was  the  very  course  that  his 
great  store  of  witidom  had  sugt;ested  when 
Sir  John  was  in  oftice.  So  Mr.  L'ostigati 
had  to  tight  the  battle  alone.  To  dispose  of 
the  matter,  the  governor-geneml  did  not 
disallow  the  New  Bmnnwick  School  Act, 
and  it  would  have  been  a  constitutional 
crime  had  ho  done  so.  Nor  did  Mr.  Cos- 
tigan desire  the  repeal  of  such  portions  of 
the  law  as  were  just ;  ho  merely  sought  to 
remove  the  intolerance  and  bigotry  that 
disgraced  the  Act  in  the  "  ntilltnery  regu- 
lations.'^  Although  the  Act  was  not  re- 
pealed, Mr.  Ciisti^an's  exertions  were  not 
without  fruit,  for  Dr.  Rand's  anti-catholic 
provision  waa  expunged,  and  the  doctor  him- 


self, aa  political  decency  in  New  Brunswick 
increased,  began  t4.i  totter  in  his  chair.     At 
last  Mr.  HIair  asked  him   to  resign,  and  he 
is  now  back  in  the  province,  where  we  h"pe 
a  career  of  usefulnvHs  shall  always  be  open 
to  him.     Mr.  Costigan's  other  great  act  i 
jULTliHrnent  was  the  submission,  in  1963. 
•*  The  Coatij^n  Irish  resolutions,"    prayi 
that  Her  Majesty  mi'/ht  grant   Home   Uul 
government  to  Ireland  on  the  self  govornini 
colonial  plan,    likewise  praying  for  the 
lief  of  "  suspectn,"  and  asking  other  ameli 
uratinns.     In   so    far  as   these    resitlution 
addressed    Ihentselves    to    the   <]tiestion 
Home  Hole  for  Ireland,  history  shall  always 
applaud  their  author,  for  he  waa  only  askinfj 
for  a  country,  dear  to  him  by  ti^s  of  race, 
piditical  condition,  the  success  of  which  hi 
had  tested.      But  it  wan  a  pity,  a  sod  pity^ 
that  he,  and  ]>arlinment  behind  him,  shoul 
have  so  far  forgotten  themteives  as  to  wivi 
another  country  as  U)  what  she  should  d 
with  oQ'enders  aj^ainst  her  own  laws.      Mr 
Costigan  s  career  has  been  a  very  able  one.^ 
He  is  a  clear  headed,  firm  handed  odminia 
trator,  and  has  Ids  department  thoroin^hly 
under  cMiCTol.     He  married,  in  l$ii5.   Mi 
Harriet,  daughter   of   Mr.  John   Ryan,   ui 
Grand  Falls,  New  Brunswick.     His  admir- 
ers have  recently  presented  him  with  a  splen- 
did residence  m  Ottawa. 

l^ee,  %%'lllltiin  AuKuatlne,  Toronto 
the  subject  of  this  biographical  record,  wa» 
born  at  Port  Hope,  in  the  Province  of  ( *n 
tario,  nn  August  2t'ith,   1820.     Hie  father,;- 
Patrick  Lee,  em  iterated  to  Canada  in  1822 
and  his  mother,  Mary  Flynn,  came  in  1824 
and  both  were  brought  up  in  the  County  of 
Tippei-ary,  Ireland.     They  were  married  in 
Port    Hope  in    1825,  and  located  on  Ian 
there  called  the  Newcastle  district.   Findin 
a  pioneer  life  very  anluxus,   Mr.  Lee  wont' 
into  the  employ  of  the  Canada  Company  as 
snrvfyor.  This  company  ha<t  a  contract  from 
the  Imperial  government,  and  were  survey- 
ing and  resurveying  the  country.  After  this 
he  entered    the  employ  of  John  D.  Smith, 
father  of  the  present   Hon.  Sydney  Smithy 
as  book-keeper,  and  about  the  year  1H3C  h 
went  to  the  Srates  and  returned    again  t 
Canada  next  ye&r,  and  settled  in  Stamford, 
and   opened  a  school.       It  wns   here    thai 
the   subject   of   our  sketch   was  educated. 
After  leaving  school,  where  he  had  made 
creditable  showing,  owing  to  his  indostr/' 
and  hiB  natural  cleverness,  he  learned  th 
trade  of   a    cabinetmaker  with   Mr  Jamett 
Beed,  of  HHniilton.  and  Messrs.  Jacqnea  <fc 
Hay,  of  Toronto.  Failing  health  now  neces- 
sitated a  change,   and   ho   commenced   the 


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CANADUy  aWGBAPHT. 


to  t^  Sno  k««tt  ocMBpvtiftaoa  in  this  line, 
■ft  tn  lBri3  Ibr  tW  Wirtarn  AaMcniw* 


rM!dMd 


ivmbk 


ioo,  H'm  ■H^TKnii  aoa,  Frank 
P.  L«*.  W  «  pnrtiMr  vitli  htm  in  ike  ban- 
■■■,  Um  firm  bnng~W.  A.  I^c  &  Sod,  and 
nyiwipfff  wittT  Jvlin  L.,  ift  tb«  cohier  in  tb« 
ll«  nprcaeftlail  tko  dty  in  ISoid  n« 

d    kU    ba«B    NtllffBIQg    llflfaCF 

favSSfMfA.  B*  vas  liktfvne  ux  ooUeetur 
ft»  ■«K&I  y«vt,  bat  this  p««doa  be  w  igaid 
^  1883.  Bm  ham  tinvdM  IhrMixk  n  ki«e 
peetioa  «l  Um  AsMncnn  omtiiteat.  He  m 
•  %omttn  i«i}i<<Ue  in  rriaKknif  And  n  ooa- 
mrra'  ticB  ;  bat  be  U  by  no  menni 

mfmr  -     ciilmly  jtidgoe  piiUtc  quee- 

IMOB  for  htvaeif,  nnd  ropporU  wlwt  »Ter 
■—HI  be  beHertn  moet  in  ifae  pnbHe  in- 
MffveL      B«  mnrricvl  JtlMry  LAwIor,  a  sister 
el  die  Into  Dr  LAeU>r,  eiid   by  ihia  Udy  j 
baa    foor  agcis   and    Iwo    daugfatera.     Alto-  I 
gnibcr  kere  »  a  career  eibibitiDg  tirelees  | 
Ma4tmUj,  nntwerring  apci^hUMieB  u»d  good 

TT-T.  W,  H..  D.n..  F.R. 
i  ib«  CViiMiiiiuti  Mtih^- 
^Jfo0u-<M',  •*•»  bora  ID  Ton>nto  in 
He  in  deacended,  upon  the  father's 
af  U.  £.  Loyaliat  stock.  His  father, 
WiUnvv,  comes  fn^tu  Nova  Scotia, 
nftd  hi*  tt><^tbi<r.  FlU*ti.  'Iff  Sanderson,  waa 
bum  U'ithrow  iras&dn- 

rilei)  iiij,  Victoria  Col- 

hgia,  Cobonri;,  and  IVirunlo  UuiTeraitj.  In 
1M4  be  gradaated  in  art?  from  tlie  latter 
tlufcioc  :  and  in    '  ■*■  Victoria  in 

In   1MM4  ».-  «  .  a  KeUi.w  of 

'   CiutAdii,  Hi  tlie  attMid  ' 
i.decunaed.     Kev.  Dr  I 
■  •  iTAVfi^  i>&ve  been  extensive;  and  < 
he  baa    mnrh    improviKl    and    ca- 
-    -  ■'       nf«  hitalravelltwi  through 
kikd    IrvUml,  France.  Italy. 
—\     *<■ 'MMiii.  an*i  Swiuer- 
'  >i.r8  he  had  shown 

. — .: ,  imdc   for    hturary 

A  Toluiur   callr<i    "  A  Cauadiau  in 
,*    lTn*c    riiMinltini'    *_'<»,  Toronto, 
rsovoated  ••  trav«tllor  in 

a  tItwI,  r-  nenaiv**    way 

Dr.  Withrvw  tuamud  MiM  8.  A.  Smith,  by 
«bii«i   be   has   four  children.     He  entere«l 
Metb  :-vtry  in  1802,    and    baa 

sinoe  been  :  m  turn  at  Waterfurd, 

ilu,:uiiu>u,    and     Niayara.       In 
bii  aplmijiil  )itc*r»ry  lal««nta,  having 


a^m 


vork. 


b«ea  acknovledged,  be  vae  elsrteil  editor 
ol    the  C^na>iiAn    JitikodiM  Mmfosint  aod 

il^iMiay  ftcbtaiil  periodical*,  and  baa  been 
thtioB  p»  etecti'd.  In  addfttiefetobie  val«*- 
bltt  vovk  already  m^lced,  mad  m  e^tor  of 
ftb«  n^ajiMw  Dr.  Witbrov  hu  firodveed  « 
Bis«her  d  at  bar  Tohtmea,  all  axbibitinR  Ibe 
Mose  pictaraeqoe  mad  tranchaat  eiy  leu  Tba 
aoai  notaUe  of  Ibeae  works  m  *'  Tbe  Ctl** 
oimha  id  fteme  ;**  and  Mr-  GkidaUMke,  on 
««<iinf  Iba  vork,  wrote  to  iu  itietiryiiaKad 
aaibttr,  expraasingbiesdmirntioaolit.  Hie 
btiok  has  rvnched  tbrea  editioaa  in  Kagland, 
tbe  onlj  book  we  soppoae  aver  publiabcd  in 
tba  eoloaiea  oi  wbioh  tbe  smm  mm  be  aaid. 
*'  The  P.t  >.-.'"»>»«  »■  i,  eiprtatDty  an  ejioellent 
piecf  .  workniauahip  ;  while  c«tn- 

tainiii^  -  Mtely  and  solemn  thought,  it 

tbrobe  mtb  ail  the  faactnatiou  ot  a  novel. 
Tbe  r^'r^nutnre  i»  graphic;  the  toi»cl»  is 
V  there  is  ollectod   an    nnnsoal 

'  matter,  not  a  line  of  «  hich  is  not 
either  vivid  as  to  deecriptiou,  or  iu'«t  sog- 
gestireaa  to  thought  **  Valeria,  tliv  Martyr 
of  the  Catacombs,''  is  a  talo  of  early  Chris- 
tian life  iu  Rome,  from  the  same  happy  pou. 
It  has  all  the  cbarin  of  the  novel.  luid  all  the 
value  of  a  work  with  a  tit*ld  a^i  imjHirlant 
and  a  writer  so  caiukble.  This  botik  has  been 
rf'pubhshed  in  England,  and  also  in  the 
Cuited  States ;  but  we  know  not  whether, 
ID  the  Utter  case,  the  book  felt  into  tba 
bauds  of  a  pirate  or  an  honest  man.  TtMrre 
are  several  other  tales  from  the  snnie  pan, 
such  as  *'  Neville  Trueman,  the  Pioneer 
Preacher,"  "  The  Kinij's  Messenger /'  "  The 
Romance  of  Missions/'  "  Barbara  Heck," 
**  Men  Worth  Knowing,"  "  Missionary  He- 
roes.** etc  So  far  as  permanent  r&liie  to 
Canadians  is  concerned,  Uie  yirc<  <U  retisi-' 
alter  of  Dr.  Uithrow's  literary  lal>«mrs  is 
hia  "  History  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada.*' 
With  reference  to  the  literary  qiuvlilitis  of 
this  work,  the  editor  thinks  he  can  do  no 
belter  than  repniduce  with  appnival  the 
following,  fmni  the  Toronto  MnU:  "The 
Rev.  Dr.  Withrow,  of  this  city,  has  per- 
formed a  really  patriotic  work  in  the  pre- 
pamtion  of  his  admirable  *  History  of  Usn- 
ada.'     He   has  a  real  ij:eniiis   for  hlatohcsl 

reaearoh Dr.   Withrow   has 

performed  his  work  well,  snd  done  an  im- 
portant service  tt»  his  ci>nutry.  It  do-erves 
to  \>e  widely  cinMiUted  and  generally  read, 
ospecially  by  the  youn^  |»e<»plo  of  the  Do- 
minion, Nothing  is  Uttter  calculated  to 
create  and  foster  that  nutionnJ  antl  loyal 
spirit  upon  whinh  ao  much  depends  in  the 
fuMire  of  this  ^reat  country  than  that  ita 
past  history  shoiill  be  more  Acouratoly  and 


136 


A  CrCLVP.KDlA   OF 


thoroughly  known  by  the  CniiadiunB.  hi 
view  of  these  facUf  Or.  Wuhrow's  '  HiaUiry 
of  Canada  '  ia  cordially  recoiuinenduil  Ui 
the  pnblic.''  Dr.  Wiihr^w  htu  alao  written 
a  number  of  pamphletA  and  bot^kleU— <une 
of  them  a  prize  ess&y^ — t»n  varied  aJipecU  of 
the  cempvranca  reform,  wliioh  which  he  is 
in  stTunii  «ympafliy. 

Frimer,  lloiiouruble  ClirUloplicr 
Flilluy,  M  P.K,  one  cf  the  moAt  eloquent 
dvbateib  in  Coiiudn,  wns  bum  at  Hrorkville, 
in  October,  1839.  Mr.  Froaer  ia  i*f  Celtic 
orij^in,  hia  father,  John  Fraaer,  being  a 
Scotch  Highlander,  and  hia  mother,  Sarah, 
nee  Burke,  of  Irish  birth  and  parentage.  It 
fell  to  the  lot  of  our  subject,  when  a  bay,  to 
be  poor,  for  hia  parenta,  like  the  majority  of 
piouetira.  brought  into  the  new  oonniry  very 
little  yold  in  their  purses.  But  Ihia  very 
poverty  aeeraa  to  have  been  a  atimulua  to 
the  ambition  r>f  the  lad,  and  it  ia  aaid  that 
he  resolved  eui  ly  in  life  to  carve  out  his  own 
fortune.  In  order  to  accumpliah  anything, 
young  Fraaor  knew  that  he  must  become 
equipped  with  an  LMlncutiou.  tSchoola  in 
tho»e  days  were  sparse,  and  yet  well  con- 
dilioned  ;  and  the  tjest  of  auoh  tuition  as 
hia  purae  wffurded  he  waa  resolved  to  have, 
and  have  it  ho  ^id.  We  are  told  that  he 
did  not  hesitate  to  put  bis  hand  to  any 
employmtnt  that  was  olfered,  and  it  waa 
between  the  peritKla  of  auch  employmont 
that  he  attended  achool.  When  a  mere  youth 
ho  waa  found  employed  in  the  office  of  the 
Brockvillc  }{fCort{fi\,  working  for  a  little 
salary,  which  he  most  carefully  hoarded  to 
use  in  hia  education,  liut  even  this  honour- 
able ambition,  and  all  the  dauntlesa  industry 
could  not  have  availed,  had  our  subject  been 
ctnnposed  of  the  ordinary  clod  mnturial. 
But  no  auch  compoaition  wh.<i  his.  He  was 
gif  ed  with  abo^ether  unusual  mental  alert- 
nesa.  and  his  ntieranccs.  when  only  a  boy, 
were  remarkable  for  their  brilliancy,  force 
and  sometimes  for  tlieirwit.  When  he  had 
obtained  what  hn  deemed  a  suthcient  educa- 
tion, ihe  yi'ung  man  (thia  waa  about  the  year 
186tf)  entered  the  oHice  of  the  Hon.  A.  N. 
Richards,  latelieurpnant-governorof  Hritiah 
Culnmbia,  and  began  the  sttidy  of  the  law. 
He  was  a  hardwoiking  student,  anJ  after 
paasifig  a  must  cruditable  examination, 
was,  in  IHOOf  cJiUed  to  the  bar.  He  set- 
tled down  tu  the  practice  of  hia  proEusaiou 
at  Brockville,  where  a  prutitablu  business 
soon  began  to  i;row  up  arouud  him.  Moat 
observant  people  about  Brockville  had  the 
young  man  in  mind  when  he  came  back  from 
hia  studies  to  open  a  l«w  office  in  iheir 
midst ;  and  before  he  had  been  long  with 


« 


them  in  his  new  lAU,  thoy  began  to  perceive 
that  bis  abilities  were  quite  beyond  the 
usual.  But  the  youn^  advocate  waa  all  this< 
while  fashioning  out  his  own  career  for  him- 
self. He  had  no  sooner  establiahed  himself 
fairly  in  his  profession,  than  he  bey  an  to  give< 
attention  to  political  queations.  At  the  elec- 
tion of  I8G7  for  tho  (njufederated  provinces, 
he  offered  himself  as  a  candidate  for  his 
native  i>lace,  but  was  defeated  by  a  narrow 
majority.  Sonie  years  later  he  a^^aiu  prvsent- 
ed  himself  for  election,  but  waa  ayain  defeat- 
ed. Later  on  our  aubjfv^t  whs  to  diatinguish 
himself  by  taking  a  cuoapicuoua  part  in  the 
formation  of  what  wsh  known  aa  the  It^iman 
catholic  l^eague.  Rtmiun  catholics  being 
in  a  minority  in  the  province,  Mr.  Kraser 
judged  that  they  would  be  more  eUective  if 
united  in  a  public  body,  when  asking  for 
certain  rib;hts,  than  if  they  remained  discon- 
nected. This  waa  a  wise  movement  for  the 
sake  of  the  object  stated,  and  a  just  ime 
but  it  was  alaoa  very  clever  move,  and  since 
that  day  Mr.  Fraaer  baa  come  to  be  reganled 
&&  the  political  director  of  hia  oorcli^ioniats 
in  Ontario.  In  1871,  Mr.  Clark,  who  bad 
Bome  time  before  defeated  Mr.  Fraaer  for 
South  Orenville(in  the  Legislative  Asaembly) 
died  ;  and  our  subject,  once  again  presented 
hifiiself,  aud  was  returned  at  the  head  of  tho' 
poll.  Uia  great  abilities  were  at  once  recog- 
nized in  the  le*:inlature,  and  a  ye*r  later  ho 
waa  appointed  Provincial  Secretary  and  Reg- 
iatrar  On  appealing  to  his  constituency  fur 
the  usual  ratidcatum  of  his  acce])tauce  of 
office  he  was  elected  by  acclamation.  Here- 
maincd  Provincial  !:>ecretary  till  1874,  in  the 
Mowatadministration.when  he  became  Cum- 
miasiouerof  Public  Works.  This  otVrco  he 
has  since  held,  Hnd  he  has  taken  froin  the 
firat  a  oommanding  place  in  the  legislature. 
He  ia  leady,  brilliant  and  powerful  iu  du- 
batOf  whether  the  tjuestion  be  an  old  one  or 
one  sprung  upon  him.  and  he  is  a 
with  whom  the  up[NjuentB  never  care  to 
tritte.  He  la  not  malicious  nor  unkindly  in 
hisplace  upon  the  tluor  whenattacking  or  de- 
fending, and  one  and  all  are  delighted  to  sit 
and  Itaien  to  him  so  long  as  he  remains  upon  -^M 
hia  feet  ;  for  whether  they  ayrou  with  what  ^M 
he  is  aaying  or  not,  they  ore  pleased  with  the 
fresh,  vigorous,  brilliant  ana  manly  way  thai 
he  has  of  saying  it.  Overwork  in  theau  ^M 
later  years  had  told  so  upon  h  a  constitution  ^f 
that  it  waa  feared  he  might  have  to  lay  aside 
tiie  harneaa ;  but  wo  are  glad  to  b«4  able  to 
Bay  that  there  ia  now  every  ground  to  believe 
that  a  longcareerof  uaefuliusa and  brilliant 
public  service  atill  remains  before  the  Hon- 
ourable Chrifliopher  Finlay  Fraaer. 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


137 


S4iMl*«^ll,  Jobu  Lorn,  M.  A., 
Aadllor  Gco^nl  fur  the  Dominion  uf  Can- 
a4l^0Uaw»,  Ua  r,,t>\..  r..,.  ..l, .,,  tl,. .,.,,».  ,,f 
BflotrfidMeBnL   i 

dtoqgaUi  aaigmtt  i  .1. 

•Mi  w«a  f<or  some  jciuv  cunueotoii  with  the 
HlMWia'a  Hav  C>)..  Atil  •ub«e(|ntintly  aettle^ 
Uft  fhm    B*t'  net.       He  wiu  u  nt&n 

•4  ooafliil0r.i  <oe  in  bi«  4.lay.  an<}  for 

ailuft  time  ri)^trtr^-itt««l  Kenfrvw  rnniity  iu 
tiM  Oui*iliAn  Au«robly.  Jtihn  lj<»m  was 
bora  m  Kenfrew  in  1H3.S,  nnd  waa  editcA- 
(•d  Kt  th«  Hi^h  Schuol,  in  Montreal,  itnd 
the  I  iiireraity  of  Toronto  in  l8ou. 
b«  dtatioguiah«>d  himself  bj?  clost*  ap- 
pbaMion  toatudy.  He  graduated  in  )8!). 
evryiog  off  &  gfdd  medal  for  mathematics, 
aad  tt  ttlver  in^d&J  for  modem  lati^agea. 
Ub  kis  tvlum  home,  he  t>x)k  an  active  part 
m  HnmiiipAl  .^rTnit^  and  served  for  some 
w»r<  oonnty  :  andwaaaho 

\ty'\  ^      'h  Konfrew  Agrioaltn- 

nl  Bocialy.  In  1{»<>7,  he  wjia  chosen  to  rep- 
Smilh  Renfrrw  in  the  tirst  Ontario 
\\Ay  -  and  dunn^t  the  laat  two  years  of 
bisWrm  b«  »»•*  nli"  n  memWr  of  the  House 
dlCciOimmv-  'ht*  gotieral  election  in 

l£F7t!  he  SO"  ,r,    However,  in  1874, 

ki  Mieeavdea  \u  Ucteatingf  his  opponent, 
Mt:  BBnoermaii,  by  a  iimjority  of  seventy. 
B«  «M  ttOMMted  on  petition,  but  on  agaiu 
«c<pcttiuig  to  Xhm  electors  in  1873,  be  waa  re- 
^  uiure  l<.»uk  hie  seat  in  the 
<iia.  Mr  Macdougall  con- 
t-rit  South  Renfrew  until 
leJi  he  waa  apptilnt^d    by 

-  t/i.vemment   as   auditor- 

-  -  Ilk  iii  Mr  Lanl;r^ln,  who 
"I       In    religion  Mr.  Mac- 

the  Presbyterian  faith. 
la  pi«btiea,  bo  i«  a  Hefomivr,  but  n<iw  takes 
BO  part  in  politicad  cmiteata.  In  H71  he 
mamed  Atua  Morris,  dan|j;hter  of  Mr.  V. 
lldfTia.  Ur.  Mftodongall  isa  very  painstak- 
UKf  oAoiTt  and  tills  the  impnrtiiui  [Mist  he 

OCMplM  In  lh(>  *M(l<l/|i4't|<-|l  'if  alt  rohL'tTIHHi. 

flIeMillnii.  lloiioiirnl»l4-  iMuKild, 
M.l).,ban*:  '  •  Dniuiiiion  of  Ctinada, 

jUsxaadna.  i«   a   desL^ndant    nf 

as  old  HoDt  family  of  that  i)»ine, 

kaoarit   ••  llau    clan,    of    Kalcun 

Oto«v.    *■-'  i  'ivernesa-shiri',    i*oot- 

bsd.  111  ihlH    country  and 

Httiaii    -  ^     :,. .  uniftrio,  iu  the  earlier 

rt  otf  tbia  oentary.     Uiir  subject  was  bnm 
UtBararrr.  *iiit.^ri>>.  on  the  5th    March. 
NMb     Ha  t  ^iiucnn  MoMitbui  and 

Mar/  Oct   *■  His  moth*r.  whit  IB 

MtU  tllrv.  t*  i^  «if<M>rodtktil  "f  :i  >{>><k1  futiiily, 
Mid  on   b<*itk  aidvs  hia  AmvHt.^ra  wrrv  true 


Jaoobites,  and  fought  for  "  B<mnie  l*rinoe 
Charlie."  Young  McMillan  received  bin 
early  instruction  at  the  hands  of  private 
tiitont,  and  when  he  hail  nn^uired  a  ^rod 
education,  he  repaired  to  Tomnto  to  study 
medicine.  He  waa  very  dilit(ent  at  his 
btudies.  and  pas8«*<l  a  aucceMtful  examiu- 
atiun,  taking  his  M.  D.  at  Toronto  in  lH<lo, 
Possessed  of  his  diploma,  he  at  odcp  he^aii 
the  pmctice  of  his  pn»fe»»ion.  He  sixjn 
earned  a  repute  for  much  skill  and  care- 
falneaa,  and  with  considerable  rapidity  a 
practice  grew  up.  Ho  now  began  to  turn 
His  attention  to  municipal  matters,  and  in 
time  sat  as  councillor  for  his  native  C'^unty, 
Hnd  subs«<(iieutly  as  reeve.  It  may  likewise 
be  said  that  he  is  a  J.  P.  and  coroner  for 
the  united  counties  of  Stormont.  Dundas 
and  iilengarry.  On  the  17th  of  Norembar, 
ll!t57,  he  married  Amy  Ann,  a  daughter  of 
A.  Lewis.  J.P.,  of  Aylmer.  Ontario,  By 
tbia  union  there  are  eight  children.  In 
1875  the  Honourable  D.  A.  MaotUmald  w»a 
appointed  lieutenant-governor  of  Ontario, 
and  this  made  vacant  the  reptvsentatioD  of 
Glengarry  in  the  House  of  Commons.  At 
once  our  subject  went  into  the  field*  but  he 
suffered  defeat  by  a  small  majority.  He 
took  the  case  to  the  courts,  and  unseated 
hia  opponent.  M.r.  McNab  :  but  on  boin^ 
again  offered  the  nomination  at  the  oon- 
vention,  he  declined.  Mr.  .lohn  McLennan 
then  received  the  nominntiou.  and  though 
not  successful  at  ih.-it  t:>lecltou,  he  ran  again 
ilk  1874  and  carried  thu  cuiinty.  Dr.  Mc- 
Millan's intlueiice  and  hitrd  woik  for  hia 
party  did  much  U\  gain  this,  and  the  subse- 
quent victunea,  for  it  will  be  remembered 
that  the  Reformers  carried  the  couuty  in 
1^72  by  over  1,300.  and  in  1882  that  ma- 
jority waa  turned  into  a  minority  of  22>t, 
when  Mr.  McMaster,  the  present  member, 
waa  fleeted.  (>nr  subject  is  president  of  the 
St.  .Andrew's  Society  of  Olenipirry,  and  an 
honorary  member  of  tho  Oeltif.  S^'ciety  of 
Montreal.  His  whole  career  has  been  one 
of  uitfla;^^ing  industry,  and  his  intliience  is 
felt  in  the  c<.>mmunity  among  which  h?s  lot 
ha«  been  cast.  He  has  always  lieeu  n  con- 
stant^ sound  and  highly- respected  Conser- 
vative, and  his  party  must  always  remain 
under  deep  obligation  to  him  for  generiiiia 
aod  sturdy  aervioo.  On  tho  tlth  of  Jan- 
uary, 1884,  hn  was  called  to  the  Soiiate» 
and  all  who  have  watched  his  cireer  con- 
gnituUt«<l  the  goveritnient  on  their  choice. 
Many  years  of  umfnlnesa,  *o  \\t>\n%  and 
doiibt  not,  yvt  remain  to  Mr  McMillan,  and 
we  may  btr  certain  that  when  the  oppor- 
tuuily  arrives  in  tho  sphere  ttt  which  ho  baa 


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been  dilled^  and  wisdom  &nd  prncticnl  juid 
prudent  counsels  are  dostrod.  that  the  voice 
of  SoDAtor  McMillan  wilt  not  be  silent. 
Our  worthy  subject  ia  u  member  of  the 
Uorufin  catholic  church. 

O^roniior,  Daniel,  UArrister,  (HUma, 
!he  Kuhject  of  this  sketch,  waa  b<>m  At  Ot- 
ittwa^  on  the  25th  of  Jjtnnary.  1835  His 
father  was  D&niel  OVotinor,  who  was  iMjru 
in  TippetHfy.  Ireland,  in  ITfhi.  Hu  wsa  ft 
gentleman  uf  considurnble  cultnru,  and  of 
strung  literary  iiiclinatioiiB.  He  eniViarkud 
in  a  mercantile  buMineM  in  Clonniel,  but 
after  a  time  he  retired  and  purchaHod  n 
lieutenancy  in  the  lit  Retot>)«"t  of  Lii^ht 
Infantry,  organized  lo  aid  the  South  Ameri- 
can patriot  service.  He  aaw  very  much  of 
the  world,  having  travelled  about  9,li00 
mllea.  He  left  a  diary,  and  extracts  which 
tiave  coute  to  lj|;ht  reveal  thac  he  had  a  clear 
and  very  Just  insight  into  character  and 
fiuestions.  There  is  revealed  a  warm  gene- 
roua  heart,  a  love  of  things  honourable  and 
straightforward  ;  but  a  detestation  of  every- 
thing qitestionable  or  dishonourable.  There 
is  evidence  too  of  very  strong  persuniil  pre- 
judicos.  But  every  sentence  written  is  the 
work  of  a  man  of  culture  ;  of  one  who 
genuinely  loved  letters,  and  reverenced  his 
art.  After  his  travels  he  returned  once 
again  lo  his  home  at  Farrinlare,  and  shortly 
afterwards  married  Mis*  Power,  the  daugh- 
ter of  a  neighbouring  mill  owner,  and  in 
IA20  the  young  couple  emigrated  to  America. 
In  1827,  after  travelling  through  varioUH 
states  of  the  Union,  he  settled,  with  his 
family,  consisting  of  himself,  his  wife  and 
one  child*  at  Nepean  Point,  afterwards  Uy- 
town.  Shortly  after  the  arrival  the  second 
child  was  born,  and  this  was  the  tirst  birth 
in  Bytown,  the  present  City  of  (JtlnwH. 
Colonel  By,  the  commanding  engimn^r  of  the 
Kideau  canal,  welcomed  Mr.  O'Connor 
heartily,  and  ma<le  a  gift  of  several  town 
lots  to  the  young  visitor.  Mr.  O'Connor 
died  on  May  8th,  185S,  and  he  was  tb^n 
the  oldest  magistrate  in  the  county,  aud  he 
was  likewise  the  oldest  militia  otbcer  in  the 
4th  Curleton,  his  commission  bearing  date 
the  23rd  of  April,  I8;jti.  At  the  time  of  his 
decease  ho  was  major  in  this  regiment.  Un- 
der the  Draper  adiuiuistration,  in  1842.  he 
was  appointed  treasurer  of  the  County  of 
CarletuD,  aud  this  {wsition  he  held  till  his 
death.  Ife  was  for  many  years  chairman  of 
the  grammar  school  board  of  the  county, 
and,  during  the  emigrant  fever  calamity  of 
1847,  of  the  local  board  of  hejilth.  In  18:U 
he  was  a  candidate  for  the  County  of  Russel, 
bu{  waB  defeated  by  seven  rotes.  At  the  time 


of  his  death  he  left  seven  children,  of  whom 
Daniel,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  waa  the 
fourth.     Voung  O'Ctmnor  first  attended  th« 
grammar  school,  and  completed  his  studiea 
at  the  Ottawa  col|t;<;e.      In    1852  he  Iwgaa 
the  study  of  the  law,  in  theotticts  of  the  late 
John  Bower  liowis.     In   1852  he  was    ad 
mitted  to  practice  as  attorn(>y  and  solicitor. 
For  about  eight  years  our  Hnbject  was  pro* 
fi'ssionatly  connected  with  Mr.  (now  Judged 
Robert    Lyon,  and  aubseqtiently   with   Iha 
late  Daniel  VVade.     Hu  is  now  head  of  kho 
woll-known  Iei;al  hrm  of  O'Connor  ttr  Hogg. 
Mr.  t  ('Connor  is  said  to  be  an  extremely  dm 
scientious  and  painstaking  Uwyer.       Devot 
ed  to  his  profession,  yet  Mr.  O'Connor  ha* 
given  a  cunsiderable  amount  of  attention  to 
political  questiims,  and  for  many  years  has 
been  president  of   the  Liberal- Conservativt 
Association  uf  Ottawa.     In  1878,  on  the  ac 
cesaixu  to  power  of  the  mmisiry  of  Sir  Joliik' 
A.  Mucdoiiald,  Mr.  O'Connor  was  appointed 
to  the  very  important  ottioe  of  solicitor  for 
the  Crown  business  at  Ottawa.    The  St.  Pat- 
rick's orphan  asylum  was  established  largely 
thr*)Ugh    Mr.    O'Connor's   instrumentality 
and  hi»   wjis   its   vice-president  during   tho 
years  l8(Ki  G7-0S  ;  and  he  has  since  been  it»^ 
president.     This  charitable  institution  givufl 
shelter  to  more  tlian   a  hundred  inmates  ia 
one  year.     Wherever  there  is  a  benov.tlen 
or  chiiritable  projeci.,   Mr.  O'Connor  is  sure 
to  be  omnected  with  it.     It  need  hardly  be 
aaid,  that  he  is  like  liis  father,  a  Rttman 
catholic.      He  married   C  kihariuo   Charles- 
etta    Willis,    daughter  of    Wm.    R.    Willis, 
formerly  of  New  York  city.     By  this  union 
he  has  liad  six  children. 

I>iniil«,  Klelanrd,  Toronto,  was  bora' 
in  ttiL^  villa.;e  of  St.  Day.  Cornwall,  England 
on  the  18th  of  September,  1K34.  His  parmitft 
wore  J  olin  Dinnis  and  Martha,  whosa 
maiden  name  was  Fnote,  of  England.  Mr. 
Dinnia  engaged  in  the  business  of  founder 
aud  heavy  irtm  worker  in  the  town  of  Fal- 
mouth, Cornwall,  aud  in  this  employment 
he  continued  until  his  death  in  1854,  leav- 
ing eight  children.  The  snbj>*ct  of  this 
sketch  was  the  second  youngest  child.  Rich- 
ard Dinnis  received  his  education  in  a  pri- 
vate school,  in  the  town  of  Falmouth,  under 
the  well  known  WUliam  Eastman,  one  nf 
the  best  private  tutors  of  that  section.  Af- 
ter leaving  school,  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  ho 
was  Apprenticed  to  the  building  busin 
carried  on  by  the  firm  of  Oliver*  Sons,  am 
remattted  with  these  gentlemen  until  18 
Some  time  before  this  he  had  left  the  ben 
and  boc&me  head  clerk  and  manager  for' 
tho  firm.      Durins!  that  time  Mr.   Dinnia 


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CANADIAN  BIOQRAPBT. 


iai» 


M«hitMiairi»,  ■<>  tKat  it  mixht  b«, 
ia  afi«r  7««f«,  of  vftlae  in  hu  building 
b»Mnw  111  185li  he  left  tbp  old  countr}* 
mmI  landed  to  Toronto,  with  his  vife.  and 
•Qfwed  ••  bookkeeper  &iul  aasuitaiit  vith 
Mr.  Prm.  then  uac  uf  the  best  knovru  cod- 
laeUirt  uf  thti  city.  Hu  reaiunud  with 
iai  <itie  year,  and  theu  ungated  with 
itUTMfi  Brx*a..  otintracturv  as  their 
i7ftm1  muiAger,  &nd  with  them  he  remained 
itil  idtio,  wLvn  he  went  to  Uiiio,  t.  8.,  in 
^Kbe  ctikploy  of  Worthio^ton  A:  iC.tbertAon,  »» 
ft  nolruad  builder.  In  I8t)0  he  rvlumed 
lo  Tumulus  wid  commenced  buiioeM  fur 
ktetatf  IB  ODOtnctiDs  and  building.  Mr. 
UtoaU  luu  boen  eneftged  in  the  erection  of 
•fioa  of  th«  principal  bnildnigs  of  the  city, 
MautWT  w!".i'.h  are  th«_i  T  r\ivr-rsilv  *1  To^orl^t, 
til*     )  >/<»    the 

SteDii.i  ;   8tJit«ly 

wnMiiiM  and  w&fvhuinHiA.  Mr.  Dinnis 
«■•  «fi|figed  daring  the  Trtnt  ftlf/ur^  as  a 
rolvntver  in  >'(i.  1  cuuiftany.  Uilh  RoyaU, 
mmI  be4d  •  bHUtenanl'ft  oummiaaion  ;  and  be 
iipnnci«fl''  ^'irunto  Telephone  Man- 

■fwiCartOt'  He  is  a  Maaon,  and 

paalfBftat^r  oi  tveiiuboani  Lodge  -No.  66  ; 
5»  ttW  Mongv  to  the  Masonic  Benevo- 
IfMl  Board,  and  was  Grand  Worthy  Coud- 
ciBar  of  tbe  Good  Templan.  Mr.  Duuiis 
for  years  na«  of  the  furemoat  ad- 
nf  ltfniper%uoe,  belivriug  that  the 
nse  of  uitoiicanta  is  tho  greateat 
with  which  any  land  can  be  afflicted. 
kknnia  haa  been  an  eitensire  travel- 
lb*  baa  been  thmugh  most  of  the 
States,  and  three  times  risited  the 
of  iulereat  in  Great  Itritain.  He 
it  in  r&ligion,  and  a  ouiservative 
He  was  married  un  April  lOth, 
U*  Mkaa  Kli^a  Ann  ChArd,  daughter  of 
Artb«r  CHard.  of  Falmouth,  England, 
t  of  the  muftt  prumineut  geutl«uten 
tfjwm.  Mr.  Ditinis  haa  bad  aeven 
Mr  Arthur  Dihuis,  a  son  of  the 
MbjMii  <i4  ibia  ak«u;h,  aaaisis  hia  father  in 
HMidfltoa. 

Bell, Wlllbun,  Gnelph.— William  B^. 
tlw  haad  of  the  wfll-k.n'>wu  tinu  uf  org&o- 
biliidasB  ai  I'lur^liJi  Hut.irio,  was  bom  in 
DoBilnaa.  ^  eroth,  1833. 

B«iBaai«i>  Ml  >'f  l>t)iii- 

Mm«  Koo«Und,  ms\d  ut  M^i 
WAtwret.       \\u 
Ball  was  aent   to  school.  itLioniiiiig 
Iba   vdocatitnnLl    in9iifntii«u»   in  his  native 
lava.      Wban  l<  -ol  he  wna  etjuip- 

Bad   viib  a  acM<  h  odncatmn  ;  fur 

Lavas  always  a  hn^ht  and  a  brilliant  lad. 
asd  bad  tuxnad  fau  schiiiil  days  c>>  ^miti  ac> 


af  dui 


count.  Having  completed  hia  education, 
he  must  needs  turn  him  to  some  em- 
pl->ymenl  ;  conaeqiieutly,  he  mastered  a 
tradOf  which  he  plied  for  some  time  ;  but 
when  he  reached  hia  twentieth  year  he  re- 
solved that  he  would  ascertain  what  fortune 
had  in  store  fur  him  in  the  new  world.  He 
arrived  in  Toronto,  but  uuide  no  lengthened 
stay  in  that  city.  To  New  York  he  was  re- 
solved t<t  go;  Mn>l  here  he  remaiae<l  till 
ISOi,  dnring  which  year  he  paid  a  visit  to 
his  brother,  who  had  begun  the  manufac- 
ture of  organs  and  melodeons  at  Guelph^ 
Canada.  4Sc>  allured  was  he  with  the  pr<^s- 
pect  which  tlie  enterprise  held  out,  that  he 
took  a  partnership  in  the  business,  and  re- 
mnined  in  fiuelph.  After  a  little,  his  wa» 
the  head  that  planned  and  the  hand  that 
directed  the  business.  In  time  the  brother 
retired,  and  the  management  came  entirely 
into  the  hand.<i  of  William.  We  have  seen 
it  stated  that  the  Bell  organ  rcanufactury. 
like  many  another  important  undertaking, 
had  its  origin  in  a  very  humble  way.  In 
18G5  the  upper  room  in  ^' a  rickety  build- 
ing on  Wmdham  Street  was  enough  to  meet 
the  demand,*'  while  a  couple  of  hands  were 
all  that  waa  neoeaaary  to  tnm  out  the  one 
complete  organ  each  week.  Very  soon, 
however,  the  enteri>riBe,  with  Mr.  BellV 
stronfi  hand  and  soundly  calculating  head 
Itehind  it,  got  out  of  its  swaddling  cluthes. 
Not  loug  thereafter  there  reared  itself  upon 
tlie  site  of  the  old  factory  a  capacious  auid 
stately  three-story  brick  building,  wjuip- 
pad  with  every  cnvenience  for  the  trade  to 
be  carried  on  within  ita  walls.  In  the  newly 
equipped  ostabliahment  there  were  turned 
cut  each  month  100  organs  ;  and  there  were 
aVx^ut  100  liHuds  employed.  In  a  little, 
Mr,  Hell's  instincts  langht  him  to  louk  to 
England  for  a  market,  and  the  result  of  the 
effort  was  spleudid  suoceaa.  The  editor 
,.^  '  ^^elf  nf  the  following  extracia  re- 
lr.  Hell  and  his  splendid  factory. 

In  1881,  being  unable  iti  obtain  more  room 
fur  extenaion  at  the  old  building,  he  decided 
on  the  erection  of  a  second  factory,  and  to 
occupy  both.  Ttiia  idea,  uuce  fonnulated, 
w»s  carried  out  with  an  energy,  which 
ilixMed  the  man  to  l>e  ecjual  to  the  emcr- 
The  new  building  waa  erected  at  a 
1  $35,000,  fn^m  which  an  estimate  can 
l>tt  iwrmed  of  its  dimensions.  But  the  ac- 
(|utsition  of  room  was  nut  the  only  ^uestiou 
considered  in  its  oonatruotion.  Architec- 
tural bt-auty  was  not  lost  sight  of,  and  ita 
baaamant  walls  of  cut  stcme — above  that  tbp 
tbree-atory    pile    of    brick  work,  with    :h«* 


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A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


whole  auriutiunit'il  by  a  mansard — ruake  it 
one  of  tho  hAiidsouioftt  aa  wull  aa  ono  uf  ihc 
liirgest  Btriictures  Giielpli  can  bonst  of. 
Four  lun;e  dinls  on  the  lower,  which  siir- 
tnouiitfl  thu  ctjiiliiil  comer,  announce  the 
time  i^^f  (Uy  to  tlie  neighbourhood  and  tu 
paasenjiteni  on  the  Gmnd  Trunk  Railway. 
the  fltation  of  which  conipftnj*  is  <|uite  oun* 
tiguona  to  the  factory.  Both  Mr.  Bell's  in- 
stitutions are  lutw  running  to  thetr  full,  and 
tliuy  have  »  ctipaciiyof  turning  outtwonty- 
rtvB  complete  orgKUs  per  day.  In  short  the 
history  of  this  ttade  has  l>«un  duvelopiuent 
and  succ«s*  fruiu  the  time-  of  its  inception. 
Now  tifty  different  at)  Ics  of  instruments  are 
made,  varyinj^  from  one  valued  at$]U(l  t<>  a 
targe  church  organ,  with  double  hanks  of 
keys  and  imitation  pipes.  The  siirae  an- 
perior  finish  is  shown  in  all,  hotb  with  re- 
spect to  tone  and  appearanco,  and  this  is 
one  secret  r>f  the  success  which  Mr.  Bell  has 
achieved.  While  his  organ  now  has  securud 
the  ifrvatest  part  of  the  home  trade,  it  is 
constantly  ^ainin^  a  large  ahare  of  patron- 
Hf^e  in  foreign  maikets.  In  one  year  over 
fifteen  hundred  instruments  were  shipped 
to  England  alone,  and  since  then  this  bos 
been  incrensed  to  an  average  of  a  car  load 
^jvery  four  days,  wlucli  are  sent  direct  to 
London,  and  thence  distributed  throughout 
the  kingdom.  Shipments  are  likewise  sent 
regularly  to  Contint-ntal  Europe,  .\ustraliai 
South  America,  the  We&t  Indies,  India,  Java, 
New  Zealand,  China,  Mexicit,  Tasmania, 
^outh  Africa,  and  even  Japan  has  received 
her  (juota.  In  private  life  Mr.  Bell  is  known 
AS  a  genial-hearted  man.  In  public  life  he 
haa  done  much  for  the  good  of  the  commun- 
ity with  whom  he  dwells,  by  employing  a 
very  large  force  of  hands  at  u"»od  wages. 
In  this  he  has  been  a  public  benefactor,  and 
the  results  of  his  hent*ticence  are  visible  in 
the  comfortable,  happy  homes  of  many  of 
his  workmen.  The  regard  in  which  ho  is 
held  by  his  fellowcitizcua  is  shown  by  his 
4;lectiuu  for  several  years  to  the  School 
Board,  of  which  he  is  now  a  valued  mem- 
ber. He  is  als^i  a  prominent  member  of 
the  local  Board  of  Trade,  and  in  this  ca- 
[tacity  he  has  been  instrumental  in  sectiiing 
many  advantages  for  the  royal  city  of 
Ouelph.  Having  done  his  share  of  hard 
work,  he  now  endeavours  to  find  more  time 
for  leisure,  and  in  order  to  do  this  the  bet- 
ter he  hns  taken  in  as  partuers  his  sun,  W. 
J.  Bell  and  A.  W.  Alexander.  [The  former 
has  been  for  seven  years  closely  connected 
vith  tho  businoBs  and  whose  special  duty  ia 
to  do  the  foreign  trading  and  look  after  the 
-export  business  generally.    This  young  man 


1 

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has  been  in  nearly  every  foreign  country,  and 
has  just  returned  from  the  South  Pacific,  and 
IS  preparing  to  go  to  England  to  take  charge 
of  their  European  brnuch  in  London]. 
Mr.  Bell  is  vice-president  uf  the  Traders* 
Bank  and  director  of  the  North  American 
Aaauranee  Company.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  churdi  ;  and  has  been 
for  twenty-two  yearn  a  Freemssoo.  He 
married  in  1861  fsabella  M.  Christie,  and 
by  this  lady  has  had  two  children. 

Fullor,  TIIOIUU4,  Chief  Architect  of  th« 
UeparttiK'iit  of  Public  Works,  Ottawa,  was 
born  at  Bath,  England,  in  1823,  and  there 
he  was  educated.  Upon  leaving  school  hu 
was  articled  to  an  architect  in  Bath,  and 
aubseipiently  pursued  his  studies  In  several 
architectural  studios  in  London.  The  tirat 
work  of  importance  entrusted  to  Mr.  Fuller's 
care  was  the  erection  (.>f  a  cathedral  at  An- 
tigua, Wvst  Indies,  to  replace  the  old  build- 
ing destroyed  by  the  earth(]uake.  On  it« 
completion,  he  retunifd  to  England,  and 
practised  his  profcasion  at  Bath  and  Clifton 
fur  some  years,  during  which  aevernl  build- 
ings wore  erected  from  liia  designs  in  that 
neighbourhood,  and  also  in  Wales.  Believ- 
ng,  however,  that  better  opportunities  ex- 
isted in  the  new  world,  he  came  to  Canada 
in  1857,  and  suttled  in  Toronto,  commeuo* 
iug  the  practice  of  his  profession  iu  part- 
nership  with  Mr.  Chilion  Jones,  of  that  city. 
In  18o9,  in  the  competilion  fr>r  the  parlia-  J 
ment  and  dcfartmcntul  buildings  and  gover-  fl 
uor*8  residence  at  Ottawa,  theii  design  for  ™ 
tho  Parliament  building  was  adopted,  and 
the  second  premium  was  awarded  them  for 
their  designs  fur  the  Departmental  build- 
inga,  and  Governor's  rfsidcnce.  Mr.  Fuller 
then  removed  to  Ottawa,  und  remained  there 
until  18117.  when  in  the  conipelitioii  for  tho 
new  capitol  for  the  State  of  Now  York,  ai 
Albany,  his  design  waa  one  of  the  throe  to 
which  equal  premiums  were  awarded  ;  and 
in  the  aectmd  competition,  to  which  the  three 
were  invited,  Mr.  Augustus  Laver,  one  of 
the  three  (who  waa  one  of  tbe  architecta  of 
the  Departmental  btiildinga  at  Ottawa), 
agreed  to  aasociatc  himself  with  Mr.  Fuller, 
and  prepare  a  joint  design,  which  waa  ulti- 
mately adoptod.  Shortly  after  this,  in  the 
competition  for  tbe  new  city  hall  and  courta 
at  San  Francisco, Cal.,  the  designs  of  Messrs. 
Fuller  and  Laver  were  adopted.  Thereupon 
Mr.  Laver  left  for  that  city,  and  Mr.  Fuller 
remained  in  New  York  State  until  1881, 
when  he  returned  to  Ottawa,  and  on  the  9th 
of  December  of  that  year  was  appointed  to 
his  present  position.  Chief  Architect  of  the 
Domiiiioiu    vVhile  the  semce  cannot  but  ro- 


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CANADIAN  HlOGlurilY, 


141 


•   •AQ 


l%o  liAvo  at  iU  dt8pci«nl  the  skill  uf  an 
:t  mr.  «iiintnnt  ua  Mr.  Fnllur.  yet  his 
lient  to  nfltcial  life  may  be  rugiirJed  aa 
■  loaa  to  architecture.  It  i«  not  ueceasary 
to  point  to  his  design  nf  the  rurliaincnt 
bai2diDK«.  fnr  tho  fiiBiun  of  streriKtli.  l>eaii(y 
•ndutiluv.  in  Ihnt  heaiitifnl  <]t.*sit;n  is  plain 
\m  v^  :otit    |>ersni)  who  liim  looktHl 

apoci  I  re.     ilurdly  Itrss  warm  ci>m- 

nvtidaUtfjt.  ii  !■  said,  does  the  design  fur  the 
capiftol  at  Now  Yr.rk  8tat^  dcteire.  Mr. 
Kallcr  mamod  ifi  l^'4>3  a  Jantjhter  of  W. 
lifBflD,  Rsr)..  .I.P. ,  hy  whom  he  h:ift  lia«l 
[children. 

tat*.  Loula  llticl,  M.P.  for  Rich- 
hum  at  Varennes,  on  the  Itrd 
1828;  and  is  doseeuded  from 
:iont  family  of  <  )rlaans.  He  ts 
A  tb(>  laU'  Aini^  Masaue,  Stjij^tieitr 
Aimt^,  whi>  r»i>p»iAMiit<*d  thv  Ctninty 
iheret,  in  tho  LeciiilntivA  Aasomhly. 
1810,  by  Celestti,  mc  Richard.  Young 
le  waa  edncnted  nt  St.  Hyacinthe  cul- 
aad  \»  is  described  as  having  been 
Itatit  lad  at  schoid.  He  iimrrie<l  at 
in  18^0,  Esther,  daughter  of  the 
^lonol  fVrrault,  and  granJdanghter 
iat«  K.  X.  Perrault,  for  manj*  yrars 
lotaiy  of  the  district  of  (^uelwo. 
MmbOv  is  a  farmer,  and  haa  made  him- 
faiBiiUar  with  tho  prinoipteft  of  soien- 
liio  farwing,  and  his  influence  is  marked 
■■nsig  many  af^culturiots  in  his  native 
fVDviaas.  Ue  has  been  for  the  last  six 
Ident  of  the  Council  of  Ayhoultun.* 
Prorinoe  of  Quebec  ;  and  it  may  bv 
h«  haf  been  connected  with  all  the 
i4mta  tovarils  impr'<vud  and  twivntilic 
itf,  Mid  he  has  likewiae  had  k*  d<>  with 
tli0  Cochrane  ranchca.  Ue  has  travelled 
throitgli  the  United  States,  and  while  there* 
•oconit«  and  wide  oljservation  re- 
a^cuUural  pnrsuita.  and  upon  his 
iv>  made  re[>ort«  to  the  Coiini:il  of 
lltiifw  of  hia  pnivtnce.  He  has  been 
the  purchase  and  iniprnve- 
ibitKin  ijroundsin  Montreal. 
'%1>U'^)  tiie  a^ioulttinbl  colleges  at 
Mkhiffao.  r  8.,  ami  nt  iJuelph.  iu  Otit^iHu, 
■■4  pff«M»d  n|Hm  the^ovurnuieitt  n(  Quelfec 
iSbm  dnnirabihty  «if  eatabhshing  niniiUr 
M.  Maaaue  ia  a  aucve««tul  farmer 
but  niuuh  of  hta  i^reat  energy  and 
have  bcM>n  a|H<tit  lowunla  better- 
ing ihe  ^l«m  of  farming  ihronghoiit  his 
ymrinea.  Fuming,  M  Maatuti  regards 
M  a  ad/ine*,  mm)  aa  a  science  he  wishes 
kis  pcoTiDOi  tu  rvganl  and  to  practice  it. 
Il  rM^qiroa  jnst  a  few  more  apoatlua  uf  im- 
Sfnoukure,    like    AI.    Maaauo,    iu 


other  parts  of  Canada,  to  lift  farming  from 
the  plane  of  stupid  drudgery  to  the  place 
that  it  should  hold.  Our  subject  has  a  con- 
siderable military  career  to  look  bncfcL  upon. 
He  ia  a  major  in  the  volunteer  force,  and 
was  sent  to  Amhcr&iburg  in  1805,  in  com- 
uiand  of  n  detachment,  And  ho  remained 
tliore  from  tho  27  th  of  April  till  the  3rd 
of  July.  He  waa  at  St.  Johns.  Province 
of  Vnebec.  na  junior  mnjor  irf  the  battalion  ; 
and  in  the  same  year  he  was  sent  to  La- 
chine  in  cooiuiund  of  n  fieiachnient  Thi* 
was  tit  the  time  when  we  wert*  threatened 
with  A  second  Fenian  raid,  M.  Maaaue 
waa  vice-president  of  the  Bink  of  Jacituea 
Carrier  in  l»78-7I>.  and  is  a  director  of  th<» 
Creilit  Foncier  du  Has  Cannda.  He  ia  % 
itaunch  liberal-conservative,  and  a  con- 
sistent and  able  iwlvouaLe  of  protection.  He 
auci!eeded  Sir  Atiolphe  CaroU  aa  whip  of  the 
party,  and  \a  a  highly  reS|iected  member  of 
the  Huiiae  of  Commona.  and  is  very  popuUr 
throiit(h  \\\i  own  district  and  through  the  prt>. 
vince  of  Quebec.  He  is  genial  and  polite  in 
adtlress.  In  religion  he  ia  a  Hoinan  catholic^ 
llffiffg,  William  Oruiumoiid,  Otta- 
wa, ltarri.4ter-nt-law,  was  hum  in  the  town  of 
IVrih.  County  of  Lanark,  Ont..on  the  2ftth 
February,  1H48.  Hia  father  was  Dan'd 
Hogg,  a  son  of  Lieutenant  John  Hn<(g,  of 
the  tioyal  artillery,  a  native  uf  Edinburgh, 
Scotland,  who  as  an  oflioer,  took  part  at 
the  siege  of  Copenhagen,  at  the  battle  of 
the  Pyrunuda,  battle  of  the  Nile,  etc.  David 
H>>gg  emiurated  to  Canada  in  I8;)2,  and  waa 
one  of  the  pi'Uieer  aettlera  of  the  town  of 
Perth,  where  fur  m*ny  yeani  he  carried  on 
a  lar^o  furniture  miinufiiCturiiig  buainesa. 
He  died  \i\  18H2.  His  mother  waa  Isabella 
Inglis,  who  was  a  native  of  Clackinanan, 
Scotland,  and  came  to  Canada  in  I8'.U,  and 
settled  with  her  relatives  in  Lanark  villat^, 
County  Lanark.  Mrs.  Hogg  waa  uf  the  Hall 
famdy  there,  whose  branches  now  extend  to 
many  parts  of  OnlArio — Pdterb<in>ugh,  Sar- 
nia,  Brockrille,  Perth,  etc.  She  died  in 
1881.  Uursuhject  waa  educated  at  the  high 
school,  Perth,  puratiing  a  course  of  i^enera) 
Bttidies.  He  commenced  the  study  of  the 
law  iu  the  oftice  of  E.  (>.  Miilloch,  coun- 
ty crown  attorney,  Perth,  and  afierwarda 
a^tent  aevei-al  years  in  theothoe  of  Patersou. 
rtain  &  Paieraon,  of  Toronto.  Hewnacalled 
t*»  the  bar  nt  Hilary  term,  1874.  Mr.  Hogg 
waa  for  many  years  connected  with  tomjier* 
ance  societiea,  and  at  one  lime  hehJ  all  ih* 
ffttiotiM  i  n  the  order  of  the  Sons  of  Temtwranoe. 
Heiaaiuemln-'rof  St.  Andrew's  Siwioty,  Ot- 
tawa, and  for  many  years  wna  solicitor  for 
the  Bi>ciely,     In  \^62  he  atade  an  extended 


14: 


J   CYCLOyACDiA  OF 


tour  through  Manitoba  and  the  North- Went, 
being  at  thin  time  intereHtod  in  lands  in 
thai  i»rt  of  thK>  Dominion.  A^r.  Hn^g  waa 
brought  up  a  I'reabytcrian.  but  ho  is  not  a 
member  of  any  chtiruli.  He  helievcs  ihut 
tht'  ChriHtiiLU  religion,  oltlnjuuh  it.  has  not 
nccompliahed  hU  it  uii||Cht  bu  supposed  oxp- 
able  uf,  is  the  only  religions  system  worthy 
the  name  of  a  relik^i'^n.  He  was  married  uu 
September  I4t)i,  1H75,  to  lAtiiica  Agnes  ftai- 
tray,  ihiid  dau).hter  of  tlte  late  Dr.  Charlen 
Uattray«  of  CoruHall.  Ontario.  Aftt-r  aJ- 
misaion  to  the  bar,  in  1874,  Mr.  Hogg  bo- 
<}an)e  a  partner  with  Daniel  O'Connor,  ot 
Ottawa,  barristt>r-Htlaw,  and  has  continued 
to  practice  with  him  under  the  tirm  nanio  of 
O'Connor  &  Hojiif  since  that  lime.  Dur- 
ing the  last  few  years  ho  has  been  cnttagOil 
b^furo  the  iSupreme  and  Kxcheqner  courts 
at  Ottawa,  on  behalf  of  the  Crown,  in  a 
number  of  important  cases,  iDVolvin<;  both 
preri'gativo  and  constitutional  questions.  | 
Amongst  such  cases  wure  thu  now  some- 
what celebrated  ones  of  Uoutre  r.i  the 
Queen,  and  Mucljean  r*.  the  Queen.  Our 
subject  was  led  to  the  study  of  law  by  thu 
accidental  circumstance  of  roadin^^  when  a 
boy,  the  life  of  the  Honourable  William 
Wirt,  oDce  attorney- general  of  the  United 
islates,  whoae  career  attracted  his  mind  to 
the  profession  to  which  a  mlin  of  such  high 
moral  character  and  treatability  belonged. 
The  late  lamented  .lames  Ijtfthune,  Q.C., 
woa  married  to  Mr.  Hogg's  wife's  sister,  and 
for  many  years  he  had  the  great  plensiire  of 
being  the  intimate  friend  <>f  that  brilliant 
Uiryer.  Tbiough  his  father,  our  subject  is 
ft  relative  of  the  "  Eltrick  Sh*pherd."  the 
great  Scottish  poet,  Jhuk's  Hogi.;.  He  hiis 
never  taken  any  active  interest  or  part  in 
politics,  but  be  believes  in  the  idicacy  uf  our 
colonial  position,  with  the  proient  form  of 
government  (tf  the  country. 

Palieraon,  Rev.  Fpliralni,  AT. A., 
R^D.,  Straif'-rd,  the  subject  t>f  this  sketcti, 
wna  bom  iu  182G,  in  the  neiahbuirhood  of 
Perth,  County  of  Lanark,  then  a  portion  of 
the  old  Bathurst  district.  His  father,  George 
Patterson,  wasa  native  of  the  town  of  Perth, 
Scotland.  He  came  to  Canada  in  1814  with 
bis  regiment,  the  37th  Ilegiment  Foot,  and 
took  part  in  the  struggle  then  going  rm 
with  the  Cnitcd  States.  Bt  fore  comiiit!  to 
Canada,  ho  served  with  his  regiment  in  the 
Poniusular  war.  With  his  wife  Ann  Mari- 
gold, a  native  uf  the  city  of  Worcester,  Kn^- 
liuid.be  settled  ai  Perth,  Ont.,  in  ISlti,  when 
tlie  aitc  uf  that  town  was  a  forest,  itur  sub- 
iect  was  educated  at  the  Perth  Qramniar 
School,    where   he   passed    through  a  full 


1 

4 


classical  and  mathematicnl  cou'rae  ol  atudj. 
From  1845  to  1841)  he  studied  the-dogy  at 
the  Diocesan  Theobjuical  College,  Cohourg^ 
then  under  the  management  of  Itov.  Dr. 
Bethune,  late  Bishop  uf  Toronto.  While 
pursuing  his  stitdiea  at  that  institution,  he 
gained  on  one  occasion  the  ''  Kent  Testi- 
monial *'  prize  for  a  theoliiL'ical  uasav.  and 
stood  first  amongst  the  can<ltdates  for  dea- 
con's orders  in  tho  ciamitiation  held  at  Co- 
biiiirg.  in  1jh40.  He  was  ordained  t4>  ihs 
diiux'iiatti  by  Bishop  Strachan  iu  1^9,  an 
was  a[>pointed  curate  of  Cobourg,  and  cl 
sical  tut^ir  tn  the  Boc<md  division  of  theo- 
logical student**.  In  }85()  he  was  a4lvancod 
to  the  priesthood,  and  appointed  missionary 
at  Portsmouth  and  Wolfe  Inland,  in  the 
Ct)unty^  of  Frontenac  In  1M51  he  removed 
to  Stratford,  having  been  appointed  pastor'' 
of  St.  James'  Churoh  iu  that  town,  the  in 
ciimbency  of  which  he  has  held  from  that 
time  to  tlie  present,  a  period  of  thirty-four 
years.  He  nceivud  the  ap^xnotmeitt  of 
rural  dean  of  the  County  of  Perth,  from 
Bishop  Hcllmiith.  Huvin^  passed  the  U.A. 
examination  at  Trinity  C<dlege,  Toronto,  he 
was  admitted  to  that  degree  and  subse- 
quently received^'the  degree  if  M..\.  from 
that  Univoraity.  In  l?*o7  ho  took  a  prom- 
inent part  in  the  controversy  that  anje9 
between  the  friends  of  Dr.  Crouj'n  and  Dr. 
Bethune,  iu  relation  to  the  election  to  the 
tirat  bishopric  of  the  Huron  Diocese,  and 
in  this  controversy  he  exhibited  a  »inun- 
larly  efTectU'e  and  sound  style  of  argunteut. 
For  many  years  he  waa  chairman  of  the 
Perth  County  Board  of  Grammar  School 
Trnstcei*,  and  of  the  County  Btiard  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction  for  the  granting  of  tepchers* 
certtncnt«-8  i>f  i]ualitication.  He  was  also 
re|>etttedly  appointed  by  the  county  Council 
OS  locid  supeiiutc-ndent  of  ttchnols  for  sev*  ral 
townfthipe  in  the  eouiiiy,  and  public  school 
inspector  for  the  town  of  Stratford,  by  ths 
Bojird  of  Kducation.  The  latter  position 
he  re&igned  in  1873,  owing  to  the  incrensing 
pressure  of  purichial  work.  in  1852  be 
was  uiarried  to  Jnne  Wuuchope,  youngest  J 
daughter  of  Donald  Mackenzie,  i'I*q,  form- fl 
eriy  of  ilttawa.  Mr.  Patterson  is  a  devoted 
cbuicbmnn  and  n  tireless  worker,  and  is 
gifte<t    with   very  abli>   irit-tdleCttial  ]tnits 

Mcckrl,  I'OiiIh  J4»nc|»h  Renc»  Chie! 
Clerk,    Ki.  jiiiietnng    Bmucli  of    thu   Publi 
Works  Dephrtm«-nt,    Canada,  waa  b'>rn  o 
September  5,  1844,  at  V\  intzenh>  iiii,  Cpp 
Rhino,  AIsHce,  France.      He  is  the  third  soi 
of  George  Louia  lleti^  3teck*1,  of  Benfeld, 
Alsace,   notary   public,  who   was  for  many 
years  assistant  mayor  of  Wintsenheim,  also 


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bam  Friu-c 


■ffNWd  the  »o»]r<*l«i  «t  the  •  •! 

and  U^>k  p*r(^  nn<i 
0«ncnU  More^u,   m    t!:.'       ^it,..*    <>f 
JCarifib  ia  17tO,  agunat  tile   i:  i^-^..^^  uDiier 

BtmwMtot,  UM^  in  that  of  il>jiiwilinden  in 
llM>^pui:h«t  (h«  AuvtriAQK.     His  tint  wife 

wMtiieUt^  ^»^'-  '--» "-   ^i'  ■'■-  -i^..  .1- 

tcr  of  tKe 

And  boufK.L  .      . 

tli«  Ut«  CotoDcl  Cli  -r,  who  «Aa 

dvateii   A    K^r.ii    f.\  ,    the   Firit. 

Tk*  B:  A'lu  bt^ni  on  No- 

.  rfaiiL'hTtT  of  the 
i)ot«ry 
;h.  both 
Utr  irtltier  wn«  a 
eiUiie.    tiioludiug 
>«^  e»tjihl)Hhiiteut. 
he   had  «cte<t   for 
tin.  tho 
k'lurt-f 
I  •')   I.-"'  i\tiitte  »t 
:  French  eni(>!re. 


Our  »tt^>jif9l  waavdDQ&ltfil  in  th«>  Krt<nL-li  RUii 

(Mmuii  UnfURi(cii,uid  Uuglu  thn  rii<liti)'  uU 

o(  •ir^  ruvtrj.  wtc,  in  die  CAntimiLi 

•dl»o>'-  ■ 'tJ.      H*?  acquired  a  kuow- 

Wyr  ■  luid  in  the  wott- 

*«™  •  ^im.     He  showe  i 

I"    for    ditiwiii^    »nd 

'•vtfd  iiiDiic  ;  and  WAia 

irh  ohfftr,   pUyinij;    tho 

I   h«nd.       He    applied 

m»*(cr    tho    teir'ncet 

for  ctvil  trnzinvti^ra  and 

li 

...       lie 

'•f  land  •urvtfymii 

Sthof  May,  18A8, 


and  botjuay  in  IfiflO  «od  186&.    aKct  lut  r»- 

•-r-  '  ,  CaoadA  1- * '■ —  -^•T.ea,  be 

-cd    bia    I  :  lit  di0 


Kxatntncn  fur  land  ttirrpyars  •><  Lower 
Canada,  FidhiW  of  tlie  Royal  8«>c.itity  uf 
Oanada,  and  Knight  *^i  the  urder  <>(  Si. 
S«Qveur  de  Mont«  Kf*le«  [laty.  etc.  He 
was  employed  aa  dran^htaman,  etc ,  on 
the  tiaap^  and  OuK  Sh<>re  Kt<nd  "tirvera 
ordered    by  the  Puhbc  VV  a 

of    the  olii    l*m?inoo  of    *  1 

and  M^iV2.      fie  ftiruijihed  Mr    <  I- 

Ur^e  ni  l8(j2aeTrral  new  and  • 
metrical  BtUutiona  of   ditHcult  m 

land  surveyiner.  beatdes  other  n  f- 

.^,  ...1  .,.,...  ,>,!,. .,,j^  whtcli  he  (.i.-  .,>M^.i  iu 
1.^  on  ge<'iuytry,  trivioiuijiie- 
.1.  '-04  appi.>inttfd  draii^titAuiau 
un  the  Public  Uuildtn^,  Ottawa,  April  '2tith, 
1803,  under  John  PH:;e,  the  then  chief 
engineer  of  Public  Works,  Ho  waa  per- 
manently appointed  to  tho  dominion  de- 
partment t'f  Public  Works,  in  tho  enyineer- 
iiiK  bnnich,  on  the  l»t  Januiry.  M*},  H» 
assiittctl  Oeorge  Frederick  Baillarur.  civil 
engineer,  who  ia  now  depaty  uiiniater  of 
the  Public  Work*  department,  from  1870 
to  1873,  lu  the  extensive  survr^-s  made  by 
him  on  the  isthmus  "f  rhiipiect4-i  f><r  the 
projected  Bate  Verle  canal  fr^ni  the  Uiilf  of 
8t,  Lawrence  u*  tho  B^y  of  Fundy.  and  also 
tu  conncctiun  with  many  t>thcr  hurbour  and 
liver  works  earned  out  in  various  parts  )•{ 
the  dominion.  He  whs  appointed  osstst-ant 
nucuifiT  fii  thf  itutaide  service  of  the  Public 
\\     '  'I'Ut,  August  4th.  1873.      He 

-('.■'         'I    liiif*    for    the     pn>jectc\l 

iWitr.-  I  :  .  ir  •]■:.  iifirth  s'  oiv  of  lhi»  St. 
Lawrti.  ■  .  '  v^  11  Lakes  St.  Francis  and 
St.  Louis,  froiu  187d  to  1875,  and  m  ]87ti 
the  lliver  St.  Charles  estuary,  etc..  in  oun- 
nectiou  with  the  impn>veinviits  which  are 
Inrini!  carried  out  on  a  Uri^  mtaIv  m  that 
ptkVt  of  tho  harbour  of  Qtii<b«*o  ami  the  new 
graving  d(K^k  at  l^evis.  llv  Aiipt<rint«nded 
the  construction  of  the  mcKiuls  of  the  new 
locks  of  the  iMilart^l  d<jiiiinion  oauaU  which 
were  sent  by  Kp*  •' <--  'f  .ri  ituvfrninent  tu 
the  IWiB  Inr^M  vriibnion  of  1877. 

Thw  Pulilic  VV4iiL  ...,..,  utviit  WAS  awarded 
a  diphuua  «>f  h(ni<>nr  for  these  and  i>thur  ex* 
hibits.  He  was  appuii)t4«d  chi^d  clerk  of  tho 
L'Uuineero'k:  branch  in  the  depHttuieut  of 
Public  Works  lat  July,  1B8U.     He  carried 


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A  CXCLQFJHOIA   OF 


on,  Timler  inatriKtiuns  from  Ihfi  cliicf  cii- 
ginoer,  H.  F.  Porley,  in  1881  nnd  lHrt2, 
tfXtensivo  bydrugrnphic  anneys  of  !li«  St. 
L&wreDOu  ship  chMinel  between  Quebec 
ant]  Cap  ?i  U  Hoche  ;  altw  in  1H83  and  1884 
geodetic  levelling  opt»ration8  of  precision 
Along  the  nvern  Uichclieu  and  St.  Lnw- 
rence,  from  Lnke  ihanipbtin  towards  tid« 
water  in  the  gnlf.  The  resultn  of  these  anr- 
veys  niiiy  he  iiaed  with  confidence,  \iolh  fur 
en^ineerin;;  and  acientitic  purposua.  He 
became  a  member  of  the  Inatitut  Ciiiifidion 
FnuiQaia  d'Ottnwa,  October  6th,  1H0.\  beinj; 
the  tirat  piildic  othcer  admitted,  iind  he  liaa 
nninterruptediy  kept  up  hiacimneciion  with 
that  in&titnte  to  the  preaent  day.  He  was 
prominently  connected  with  the  Oitowa 
MiuicjU  I'nion  frttm  IHG3  tn  1805  aa  tlutiat 
and  librunnti,  and  he  acted  ns  conductor  uf 
the  choir  in  tlio  Cathedral  of  lutnwa  from 
1805  to  18tl7.  In  18G8  he  made  a  three 
montha'  tuur  through  England,  France, 
Switzerland  and  Germany.  He  ia  a  Roman 
cathi'hc,  and  haa  never  given  much  atten- 
tion to  piirt-ly  political  matters.  He  married 
on  Jnne  *iBtb,  1873,  Catherine  ti'Cunnor, 
youngeat  duii^hter  rif  the  late  Daniel  O'Cuu* 
nor  and  the  l»te  Margaret  Power,  bi.th  na- 
tives of  the  County  of  Tipperary,  Ireland, 
and  amuuu'  the  first  settlera  uf  old  Hytown^ 
founded  in  1827,  now  the  City  of  Ottawa. 
At  hia  death.  1868,  Mr.  O'Coimor  waa  the 
oldest  magifltrate  in  the  t^otinty  of  Carli't«m, 
ulao  the  oldest  militia  ofticer  in  the  4th 
Carloton,  holding  the  rank  of  mnj(»r  in  this 
regimenf.  His  wife  is  a  aiater  of  Mrs.  Friel, 
who  is  the  Hrat-born  within  the  limits  of  the 
prtseut  city  of  Ottawa,  hiid  widow  of  the 
late  mayor,  H.  J.  Fritd.  of  Ottawa. 

Wiiglier,  Joacpll,  Gait,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  has  born  in  Eich,  Gemtatiy, 
in  the  year  183;;!.  Hia  father  was  Adam 
Wagner,  and  this  gentleman ,  who  had  six 
children,  le^t  hia  native  laud  in  184tJ,  and 
taking  poss'^e  with  his  wife  Catherine  and 
family,  nettled  in  HuB'alo,  New  York  state. 
There  is  no  element  in  the  Cmled  St-ates, 
or  in  at>3'  of  the  colonies  that  more  cuutri- 
butea  towoidfl  a  solid,  fnik;tii  and  valunble 
community  than  the  Gornian,  and  thia  fact 
reoeiTrs  abundance  of  teatimoDy  in  some  of 
the  moat  thriving;  agricultural  distriots  in 
the  United  rotates  and  Canada,  where  the 
German  population  predomtnatea  ;  and  in 
the  arts  and  mannfHCtures  of  the  cities,  t^io, 
this  is  not  has  conspicuoun.  Thn  father 
of  the  subject  uf  our  aketch  eihibited  well 
the  charactoriatics  of  bis  people,  and  kept 
Joseph  at  school  tdl  he  obtained  education 
enough  for  buaiuess  pursuits.     At  the  ago 


of  Hft«en   he  b<^an  to  learn    the    tnuir 
tannine,  and  worked  for  s^^ime  time  in 
City  of  Btitfttlo.      In  18(11,  however, 
wolved    to    try  his  fortnnu   in  Canad: 
crusainK    the   line,    he   went    to    Bran 
where  he  remained   for  a  s'.ort  time, 
then  removed  to  Dundas.     After  cli>ne  a 
two  years  he  went  to  Gait,  wlicrr  he  eng 
in  the  tanning'  bnaineas  with  the  late  Jol 
l>uvids'<n,  and    sobsrquently    entered    into 
CO- partnership  with  Mr.  David  Spiers,  ex 
mayor  of   tJnll.        Hia  t)nick,  accnnitr    in- 
Biuht,  and  his  inherent  spirit  of  vnttirprise 
S4>on   convinced    him    that    he    cmld    make 
his  way  uhme.  so  he  dissolved  futrtnersliip. 
and  opened  a  business  for   himself  in  thi 
manufacture  of  fine  grades  of  leather,  coi 
prising  miirooco  and  fancy  leathers.     Fro: 
tlie  firat   hia  busineM,  owing  to  his  cl 
bead,  and  excellent  methods,  betran  to  grour 
apace,  and  in  1882  he  took  with  him  in 
partnership  his  son,  Theodore  Joseph  W, 
nor,  a  young  gentleman  who  gives  evide 
of    the    stnne    sufterior    qualifications    ih 
make  the    father    conspicuous   in    bnsin 
circles,  and  who  attends  to  the  books,  a 
aupcrintends  the  general   bueiness   of    th 
finn.      He    iti  i(uick   and    pnictica],  and    a. 
ready  has  achieved   a  large  ahare  of  jKip 
larity.     Dnl  Joseph  Waynor  d-ios  not  con 
fii:e  hia  attention  solely  to    his   onn    b 
ness,   luid    for  his   own   exclusive   benefi 
\\v  has  always  been  anxious  to  see  pub 
affairs    ftHciently    and   honestly    manage 
and    perceiving    this,   the   town-folk    wore 
desirous  thai    he    should    represent    them 
iu  some  public  capacity,  therefore  he  w 
advised  to  allow  himself  to  be  put  in  uomi 
naiion   for    the    town    oouncillorship,    an 
consenting  to  do  so.  he  was  elected  in  1 
The  same  (pmlitiea  that  he  exhibited  to  an 
advantage  in  the  management  of  bis  pnvai 
att'airs,  were  not  lacking  when  he  took  hi 
Bcat  at  the  council  b'^ard.     Mr.  Wagner 
a  staunch   and   respected    member   of   the 
Roman  catholic  church.     In  politics  ht  a 
proves  of  the  measures  of   Sir  John  M 
donald,   believing  that   the  itntional    ^lolic 
ofteiates  in  the  interests  of   the  comiuunit 
at  iHr^'e.      He  was  married  first,  in  18A8, 
Miss  Mwdeline  Demnier,  of  BufTalo,   17, S, 
but    this   lady   died    in    1873,   leaving   twi 
children,  of    whom  Theodore   is   one.      H 
married    again     Miss    KliKal*eth     Hays 
Guelph,   by  whom    he  has  had  three   chil- 
dren.     In  social  qualities  Mr.    Wwgner   ia 
all  that  one  would  deaire,  being  kind 
large-hearted,    and   showing    that   friend 
German  spirit  which  choraoterij&es  the  race 
with  all  those  Ue  comes  in  contact  with 


J 


CANADIAK  BIOGRAPET, 


Attdcrvon,   Thomaii    Oi^IItx,    the 

nbJMl  of  thu  vketeh,  U  ouo  of  the  yonng 
MO  to  whom  Toront-/^  is  really  indebted  for 
ita  dry  eo<«lB  tr.\de.     Mr.  Ander- 
boni  at  Brechin,  Fi»rf.ar»hire,  Scot- 
OB  U»©  2nd  of    April,  184'.>,  and   re- 
hia  edncation  in  tbe  parish  echonl. 
Oa  leATinz  this  institution,   he  entt^red  a 
■  ottico,   not,   hmrevrr.  with  the  in- 
of  studying  law.   hut  dimply  with 
As  Tt««  i'A  ^unuirinif  nuirit  VninvIi<dgo,  iiud 
in  this  HI  remained  for  tliree  years, 

TWo,  ■  .)  of  his  yutin^  countrymen, 

W  w%m  SMxed  with  the  desire  Co  travel,  and 
r**^jTe«1  to  visit  America,  and  he  landed  in 
y  I    1807,  and    resolved    to    mnlce 

t:...  A  hxme  f"T  some  tune.     On  hi-t 

amiai  iheiu,  ytMiii^  Anderson  found  a  ro- 
Ittioa  of  his  carrying  on  a  large  wholeBal- 
dry-goofls  bnsinefls, — the  head  of  the  tim. 
of  Ogilry  A  Co., — snd  bo  was  soon  inslalled 
M  ofie  '  '  -  '  rks-  Mr.  Anderson  devoted 
•11  hi"  '>  this  new  sphere  of  opera- 

ttoat,  uiii  >•'  ui  luse  in  the  estimation  of  his 
— ipJnjurr      The  business  bei^an  to  li^sume 
W^  pniponinns,  and  it  was  ultimately  de- 
«ui»,  to  mret  the  growiu*^  trade  in  Ontario, 
la  Mwa  a  branch  establishment  in  tho  City 
«f  TorvBto.     Aocurdmwly  in  1871  this  idea 
wm  carried  out,  aud  Mr  Andersou,  thou^^h 
only  t«enty-<ine  years  of  age*  was  ap- 
'  tii«  asatiatantUAnager.     biiince  then 
has   ffrown    immensely,    and    our 
Bi«ohm  Ud— having  been  taken  into  part- 
•■thip  in  18^7— is  now  one  of  the  lesuding 
■id  nosi  public  spirited  mercantile  men  in 
ih*  **Qt»#»n  City  of  the  Weat."  Mr.  Ander- 
•a*  M  U)  active  member  of  the  Board  of 
TV«d«  ;  it  a  member  of   the  St.  Andrew's 
Bocitly ;    and    being  a   keen    curler,   is   a 
frtwif  of  the  Oranitv  Curling  Club.      In 
mtiHtm  Mr.   Anderson  is  a  Reformer,  and 
talilOMi*,  when  ev««rythtn<;  is  cimsidered, 
Hit  tha  ooQtitry  has  gained  Anything  by  the 
a1    iM.liiv       In   rctttrion  ho  is  of    tho 
■fi.     -Mr   Anderson  married 
^^^j[i  iest  daughter  of    the  Kev. 

^^^^Ei 'ti*  noutfnll,   Berlin,  On- 

ttri»,  «»*  U^rii  lu  tite  City  of  Hlasyow,  the 

miBMresal  capital  of  Scotland,  in  the  year 

IdK     AUhnn;jh  by  birth  a  Lowlander,  he  is 

%tx%m  C«lt,  as  both  his  pircnta  were  Hii;h- 

hBi1<ra    frum   Argyliwh  ire.     Mr.    Macdou- 

plTilafchar  vaaa  member  of  tho  ancient  and 

«lkn    «hoa«  itaai«  he  liore.     Uia 

wu    ft  native   of    Ulonorchay,    in 

Affyylofthire.    '•"  -  *'      home  of  the 

«vU»  Macfpwora.  rations  back 

MflL  MaAJongafi'*  to  c^  ■■•■-■  .^...^tiotufoUow- 
J 


'J, =^^ 


ed  the  profeaiinn  of  arms.  Seversl  of  them 
occupied  high  rank  as  officers  in  the  British 
army,  and  served  with  marked  diatinction 
under  Wellington  in  the  Peninsula  and  iu 
other  parts  of  the  world.  Mr.  Macdoiigaira 
father  came  to  this  country,  and  arrived  in 
the  Province  of  t^Hiebec  at  a  time  when  it 
waa  in  a  most  primitive  condition,  and 
privations  and  hardships  were  the  lot  of 
every  adventurous  settlor.  He  remained 
for  a  time  on  the  banks  of  the  Ch&teauguay 
river,  where  Mr,  Macdougatl,  then  a  buy  of 
aeven  years,  acijuirod  a  fair  knowledge  of 
the  French  dialect  as  spokeu  in  the  diatnot. 
Uia  father  removed  from  there  to  Toronto, 
where  he  went  into  business.  There  the 
stilijvct  of  this  sketch  received  such  an 
udui'jition  AS  could  be  had  atthehest  srhunls 
i>f  tho  time  He  applied  lumtiolf  tit  his 
'-Mill  s  with  the  zeal  and  perseverance  for 
•  1!^  distinguished,  and,  being  fond 
ol  b>  K'  -•> '  a  great  reader,  he  iiimle  the 
beat  I  i'  *  *  me.  His  father  di»*d  when  he 
was  aU..  i;  vixteen  yeart  of  age.  Uy  »hia 
event  he  was  thrown  upon  his  -twix  reai'ur- 
ces.  This  circumstance  in  hia  -  "t*  "^t 
without    its    advantaijea.      It  d 

his  natural  spirit  of  aelfrolianoc 
ed  him  with  much  of  that  stron. 
ation  and  decision  of  character  w....  r^ 

to  often  evinced  in  a  marked  dei^'ee  in  nu 
subsequent  career,  and  which  sin^^'les  him 
out  as  a  8i*lf-made  man  in  the  fullest  sense 
of  the  word.  Having  manifested ,  when 
quite  young,  a  preference  for  the  i>rinting 
buaineaa,  he  secured  for  himself  a  situation 
in  what  was  then  the  leading  publishing 
house  of  Toronto,  that  of  Rowsell  Jt  Thomp- 
son. There  he  made  himself  the  prnctioal 
master  of  tbe  "  art  preservative  "  in  all  ita 
branches,  an  acquisition  that  in  those  days 
waa  indispensable  to  any  one  who  looked 
forward  Uy  embarking  on  his  own  account 
in  any  newspaper  enterprise.  After  he  ac- 
quired a  knowledge  of  printing,  he  looked 
about  him  for  a  favourable  opening  in  that 
line  of  business  ;  but,  aa  the  time  was  un- 
propitious  and  his  means  very  limited,  he 
commenced  to  write  for  the  newBf«(:>er 
press,  a  taste  for  which  he  evinced  while 
in  thu  service  of  his  late  employers.  At 
this  period  of  the  newspaper  press  of  Can- 
ada, no  one  oould  contribute  to  it  without 
being  irresistibly  drawn  into  the  politioi  of 
the  day.  Although  he  aoiuired  a  know- 
ledge of  the  art  of  printing  in  connection 
with  a  Conservative  journal,  his  mind  waa 
early  imbued  with  liberal  sentiments,  and 
the  high-handed  way  in  which  public  affairs 
were  carried   on   by   the   Family  Cuntpact 


uc 


JL  CYChOPMDlA  OF 


uf  that  timet  m&de  him  a  coDBrined  re- 
former.  Mr.  Mncdouf^all  continued  to  take 
a  lively  interest  in  the  p^>litical  iiweations 
of  the  day,  aiid  he,  along  with  Peter  Perry, 
the  father  of  the  preaent  regiatrar  of  the 
County  of  Ontario,  was  maiiily  inetnunen- 
t&l  in  getting  up  several  influeutial  dt<puta- 
tioUB  of  independent  yeomen,  who  rieitud 
Montreal,  then  the  capital  of  the  province, 
and  by  their  addreaaea  and  presence 
strengthened  the  hands  of  the  representative 
of  the  sovereign.  Lord  Elgin,  who  waa  se- 
vorc'ly  denounced  by  the  conBervatives  for 
having  given  his  sanction  to  the  '*  Kebellion 
Loftses  Bill."  Mr.  MacdouguU's  tirsi attempt 
at  jonrnnlism  was  the  stating  of  a  family 
paper.  It  was  ably  conducted  and  mot 
with  considerable  suooeas  ;  but  the  time  for 
such  an  enterprise  had  not  yet  arrived. 
Mr.  Macdougall  dispoeed  of  hia  journal, 
and  turned  his  attention  to  political  journal- 
ism, almost  exclusively.  He  for  a  time 
contributvd  occasional  articles  to  the  Toron- 
to press.  Ue  then  became  connected  with 
the  UumiUvn  Journal  nnd  Eri'iesK,  where 
his  articles  attracted  marked  attention.  He 
Bubst>([uently  removed  to  Hellevillef  I'ounty 
of  Hastings,  where  he  beoame  the  editor 
and  joint  owner  of  the  ilastiiujB  Chronicle. 
There  his  survicea  in  the  cause  of  reform 
and  good  government  were  highly  appre- 
ciated by  the  Reform  purty.  About  the 
year  1855  he  undertook  the  editorial  man- 
agement of  the  Kent  Adtyiiii^r^  which  was 
published  in  the  tlounshing  town  of  Chat- 
ham. While  there  he  rendered  most  valu- 
able service  to  his  party,  both  by  hia  pen 
and  i>erBonal  exertions,  in  numerous  political 
oampai)K'ha.  He  was  aubsequeatly  od'ered  a 
favourable  opening  in  Berlin,  the  county 
town  of  Waterloo.  The  county  is  one  of 
the  moat  populous  and  flonriahing  in  the 
Dominion,  settled  chiefly  by  Scotch  and  old 
country  and  Pennsylvania  riermans.  Upon 
Mr.  Mncdougall  leaving  Chatham  he  was 
tendered  a  public  ovation,  and  presented  by 
the  leading;  gentlemen  of  the  county  with  a 
very  fluttering  addrecs.  At  l^rlin  ho 
assumed  the  editorial  management  and  pro- 
priettirship  of  the  Berlin  TeUgrnph  and  C?pr- 
ma n  Co  nnciian,  the  former  an  Knglish  and 
the  latter  a  German  newspaper ;  both  of 
which  he  carried  on  succeaafully  until  he 
retirud  from  the  press.  Previous  to  such 
retirement  be  waa  presented  with  a  splen- 
did gold  wutoh  and  chain,  aceompanied  by 
a  flatteriu);  address  signed  by  the  leading 
reformers  of  the  County  of  Waterloo,  iu 
acknowledgment  of  the  valuable  service  he 
had  rendered  to  his  party  and  to  the  county. 


In  all  these  8phei*ea  of  arduoos  and 
ing  labour  (for  the  life  of  a  faithful  journal- 
ist is  seldom  anything  else),  Mr  Macdouga  ' 
was  ever  an  active  and  earnest  worker  i: 
the  political  ranks  with   which  he  had  carl, 
identified   himself.     He  was  nu  less  read 
by  speech,  than   with   his  pen,    and  dur 
hia  long  connection  with    the  press,  exteo 
ing  over  a  period  of  nearly  thirty  yuai 
took  an  l^onourable  anJ   useful  part  in  th 
party  strngglea  in  the  western  province 
the  Dominion.     Many  old  reformers  iu  thi 
County  of  Hastings,  but  especially  in  thtt' 
counties  of  Kent,  Essex  and  Waterlr^o,  w 
long  remember   his   incisive   and   pungen 
advocacy  of  the  principles  of  his  party,  an 
liis  stirring  appeals  on  behalf  of  their  com 
mon  cause.      Having  the  reputation  of  bei 
a  shrewd  and  discerning  politician,  he  haa 
enjojed  c^mtinuously   a  large  share  of  the 
esteem  and  oonhdence  of  the  leaders  of  the 
Liberal    party.     In    18BJ^  Mr.     MacdoiigttU 
materially  assisted  Mr.  Uillespie,  then  uditur 
of  the  liatnilion  Sptctaior,   in  establiehmg 
the  Canadian   Press  Association.      Iii   iHG2 
he  was  elected  president  of  that  AftiHH;iation» 
and  afterwarda   made  one  of  its  honorary 
life  members.      In  18(i4  he  severed  his  long 
snd  active  ctmnection  with  the  press.      lie 
in  that  year  received    from  the  late  Hon 
Sandtield  Macdonald.  who  was  thuu  prims 
minister,  his  appointment  lo  the  rogist 
ship  of  thw  County  of   VVaterlou,  an  o 
which  he  stdl  holds,  as  an  Appropriate 
ward  of  his  past  public  services,  which  were 
generally  acknowledged,  by  joumsls  of  both 
sides    of   polittca,    as  being  well   deserved. 
In    1875    the    Msckenxie    government   n 
pointed    a    commission    to    represent   th 
Dominion  at  the  Philadelphia  Exposition 
of  which  the  lute   Hon.    L.   Leteltier  de  St. 
Juat    was   ex  i»^icio   president.      Assi>ciat 
with  him  were  the  late  Hon.  Senator  Punny, 
Montreal  ;  the   Hon.   Senator  Wihuot,  and 
Mr.    D.     Macdougall.      Mr.    Wilmoc    sub- 
sequently   retired    from    the    commission, 
and  the  Hon.  Mr.  Letellier  being  appointed 
lieutenant-governor  of  Quebec,    the    Hon. 
C.    A.    Pulletier,   Minister  of  Agriculture, 
was   selected   to   till  hia  place.     The  Hon. 
Mr.  Penny  and  Mr.    Macdougall   were  the 
two  active   and   working  members   of   the 
commission,  on  whose  shoulders  the  work 
and  responsibility  uf  the  undertaking  rested. 
On   receiving   formal   intimation    that   the 
commission  had  concluded  its  labours,   the 
Hon.    C.    A.    Pelletier,  Minister  of    Agri- 
culture  for  the   Dominion,  sent  an  ofhci 
letter    to    each  of   the  cuinuiissioners,  co: 
veying  the  warmest  thanks  of  the  gover 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHy, 


a«nt  f'TT  tbn  earnest,  fttiil  inrlefnii((able  luon- 

D«-  iu  which  he  disch nr^ed  hia  Mtticial  Jatiea. 

■  Aoh  letUT    WM  n  morocco 

>  Inr^e  and   hntutBoine  l)o- 

<)a1,    »ti<1    a   short  »t]ilruits 

■n  parchment.     Mr.   Mju;- 

^■»^..^    »^t:    ^....j   mado    the  rocipicmt  of  a 

Imbome    broDZe    mednl  £roin    the  United 

9kita»  Centennial  C*>imni8sion,  aocompunitid 

\if  ft   eoinplitu«nt«ry    letter,  enKrrjssed   un 

(wbm«Dt.      Aiii),  ua  ail    evidence  of   the 

O0C4tM  which  Attended    the  labours  of  Mr. 

MarHoajj^tl  and  his  colleagnea,   Lord  Daf- 

tii«   then    novomor-Oeneral,    when 

>  j;  Co  a  couj^rataUtory  addreas,  pro- 

XjiiiMJ  tti  him  at  Ottawa,  on  his  return  from 

tba  Exhibition,  made  a  moit  pleasinif  refer- 

•aov  to  tbatn  ;   and  also  sent  a   letter  ad- 

dii— ti  to  the  Hon.  Mr.    Penny,  in  which 

ha  coil.  'I  the  oommiaaioners  on  the 

saooe*-  id    attended    their  efforts, 

Ml4   rr4j'i-3.<  <i  :!i;«t   his  personal  thanks  be 

••odftrad  U>  Mr.  Macdoiitrall  for  bis  att«n- 

tioa  to  hia  lordahip  during  his  stay  in  Phila- 

dalphia.       In   his  political  retirement  Mr. 

XMdoatpUl  has  taken  undiminished  interest 

toi  all  eOBCvms   in  the  district  in  which  he 

l—idc       He  has  heartily  idenliHed  himself 

with  its   vducational    intereats,  haa  several 

Tiinr»  fillrd  the  position  of  chairman  of  the 

'^obiitit  Board  of  Trustees,  and  in  every 

^  aaod  his  indaenoe  to  help  on  every 

^,x>d  aa4 philanthropic  objector  movement, 

nr  wbHrtM-vr  else  ho   could  be  of  ser- 


m- 


•  wi?M-kn"WU  ability,  energy 
iharacter,  lie  posseases  and 
ti  in  a  large  decree  pojiular 
idence.      Mr    Mawbuii'aU  is 

s  \.c..  -..,]  jjj  jj^^  ordinary 

'■ars  nf  continued 

i»s  b*?fi»rtj  him. 

Mitllivw,  waaborn  in  Little 
'i  t.>    III   1H2(>.      Hia  parents 

»  lud  Jntir  Uarr,  duuv;h* 

U:  iiaui    Barr,  uf   Ouiagh, 

m  xhm  Cnnnty  "f  Tyrone,  Ireland.  Mr. 
Jubn  CU'txi*nt«  waa  a  fanner,  and  in  I8'i3 
CMM  U9  <'aiiAda  and  sullied  in  Cornwall. 
la  %91S  b«  removed  to  Little  York,  whore 
h»r»auuii«d  nntil  1H31.  Once  more  he  re- 
■■Had,  liien  to  the  township  itf  Trafalgar, 
hi  "  "  rily  of  Halton.  and  nettled  on  a 
f«  H   a    mile   <•(    Milton,   now    the 


4aHUb,  whi< 
tST3»  fvnati.v  >oMit'> 
Ha  vaa  known  aa 
aa    upright   man. 
a&w,  ami    eoj*iy« 


•1  thore  until  his 
uiSlst  February, 

L.  i   .,  ..11  his  neiqhbiMira. 

a  zealous  Christian  and 
Mrs.    Clements    ia   atill 

(Mod    health.      By    mar- 


Mr.    Cleriivuta    hwl    a    family  of    t«ll 


ohildron,  and  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
the  eldeat.  Mr.  William  Clements,  the 
second  son,  is  deputy  aheriff  under  Mr. 
Mathew  Clementa.  Mathew  rec^eued  a 
common  school  education,  and  after  leaving 
.ichool  went  to  farming,  in  the  townahip  of 
TnifaljjAr,  where  ho  remained  for  thirty-one 
years.  In  1882.  he  removed  to  the  town  of 
Mihon,  and  was  appointed  sherifT  of  the 
county  in  the  same  year,  and  this  position 
he  still  continues  to  hold.  Mr.  Clements 
was  an  asseasor  for  eleven  years  for  the 
township,  and  in  ISfiB  was  electeil  council* 
rann  for  the  township.  This  office  hu  held 
for  two  successive  years,  and  in  lB7i>  was 
elected  deputy  roovo,  which  ofBco  he  re- 
tained until  the  yenr  l87o.  In  this  year  he 
waa  elected  reeve  of  the  townahip,  remain- 
ing  reeve  until  1881  ;  during  thia  period  he 
waa  warden  of  the  county  for  two  years. 
In  1882  he  waa.  aa  we  have  already  aeen, 
appointed  sheriff  of  the  County  of  Halton, 
and  in  185^  ho  was  appointed  a  justice  of 
tho  peace.  In  religion  he  ia  a  Methodist  and 
in  politics  an  advanced  Reformer.  Progreaa 
haa  ever  been  his  motto.  Mr.  Clements 
held  for  several  yaars  the  secretaryship  of 
the  IlaltOQ  dtristun  of  the  Grange  Lodge. 
Mr.  Clementa  married,  in  18o3,  Mar^ret 
Orr,  daughter  of  the  late  Andrew  Orr,  of 
the  township  of  Trafalgar.  They  have  three 
children,  two  sous  and  one  daughter.  He 
is  n  strong  advocate  of  temperance,  and  a 
supporter  '>f  the  Scott  Act  and  its  aims. 

]niuclnl|'rt%  Tlic»niHa  IVIarrnrlaiie, 
M.A.,  LL.Lt.,  Brantford.  Principfil  ot  the 
Ladies'  CoUei»e,  is  a  Canadian  by  birth,  but 
his  parents  came  to  thin  country  from 
Argyleahire,  Scotland.  His  motlivr  was 
Margaret,  tue  Carswoll,  and  his  matemsl 
grandmother  was  a  Macfarlane.  Tlit<  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  boru  in  the  year  IK-II, 
in  tho  township  of  Orford,  County  of  Kent, 
and  having  obtained  a  good  education  in  the 
villaiije  achoul,  he  prepared  himself  fur  the 
profession  of  teaching.  Uis  first  soh'M>l  waa 
at  Port.  01;m;^ow,  iu  the  County  of  Klutn  ; 
and  his  second  waa  the  village  achoul  at 
Diiart  He  continued  hia  studies  iu  tha 
Grammar  School  at  Wardaville,  which  waa 
umlor  the  hea<lmastenhip  of  the  Itev.  D. 
J.  Macdoimell.  B.D.  In  1801  he  entered 
the  Hollonlli*  Seminary,  then  attitiated  with 
the  Toronto  I'nivertity,  with  tiie  vi«?w  of 
taking  the  rnivonity  cniinte.  H«  jMiAaed 
hia  Hrcond  year  in  the  Univentity  in  ISlUt, 
and  in  the  following  year,  .\lbert  ('ollege 
having  obtained  university  powers,  ho  be- 
came a  charter  graduate  iu  arta  of  that  in- 
stitution.    It  was  hia  iuteution  to  praseoute 


14S 


A  CYCLOPjEDIA   of 


> 


Btilt  further  hie  mntheninticil  Btudiea,  which 
were  his  favourite  puranita  nt  that  time, 
but  was  olfered  tho  [ioaititui  of  adjunct 
profuMor  in  niatheinatics  in  the  Cdllegu, 
which  position  he  accepted.  In  additiur>  to 
the  work  of  tht?  matht-matical  department, 
ProfeMor  Maciulyr«  dtivoted  himself  closely 
to  tliQ  study  of  the  modern  languAgeii  and 
history,  and  the  latter  department  was 
placed  under  his  charge  during  the  third 
year  of  liia  profesBorBhip.  In  1870  he  re- 
ooived  thti  appoiniment  of  hcndmaBter  of 
the  Bowntanville  Hiuh  Schdul,  and  in  187'i 
that  of  tbo  Ingersoll  Uigh  }^ch(xil.  Mia  re- 
ligious training  was  tibtained  in  a  strict 
Presbyterian  home.  He  was  largely  infln- 
eoced  by  the  godly  life  of  auioBtintellii^ent, 
piouB  and  devoted  mother,  who  is  still  liv- 
ing. For  many  years  Mr.  Macintyro  hnd  a 
view  to  the  ministry,  and  iu  1878  was  mak- 
ing arraii^ementa  to  take  a  theological 
course,  when  he  was  called  to  fill  the  im- 
portant position  of  principal  of  tho  Presby- 
terian Ladies'  College  in  BrantforH,  On- 
tario, which  position  he  still  holds.  In  this 
year  he  obtained  his  degree  of  LL.U, 
Under  his  wise  administration*  this  institu- 
tion has  become  favourably  known  for  its 
elevated  standanl,  and  the  thoroughness  of 
its  achievements  in  the  higher  education  of 
women.  When  the  Toronto  University 
made  provision  for  the  holding  of  local  ex- 
aminstions  for  women,  this  college  at  once 
svailod  itnolf  of  tho  advantages  affnrded. 
The  principal  haa  taken  a  deep  interest  in 
all  the  educational  questions  of  the  day, 
and  has  been  a  stront;  advocate  of  a  provin- 
cial university,  with  federated  colleges,  coni- 
luuiug  and  preserving  both  state  and  de- 
nominational interests.  As  a  teacher  he 
stands  deservedly  high.  Principal  Macin- 
tjrre  is  one  of  the  few  successful  men  who 
have  remained  in  the  profession,  and  have 
risen  to  occupy  the  prominent  placos  avail- 
able to  talent  in  the  profession.  He  is  in  the 
■triotest  sense  a  student.  Whilst  he  has 
devoted  much  attention  to  philosophical 
subjects,  his  systematic  reading^  since  1808, 
has  been  in  the  department  of  history  and 
early  English.  His  method  of  teaching 
history  is  essentially  tho  topical,  Ki^i^is' 
special  prominence  to  dramatic  unity.  He 
haa  one  of  the  best  selected  historical  lib- 
raries in  the  country.  In  1883  he  visited 
Great  Britain  and  the  continent,  having  in 
view  the  places  of  historic  interest.  As  a 
public  lecturer,  ['rincipul  Maciatyre  has 
gained  a  high  reputation.  His  lectures  on 
Lord  Nelson,  Culloden,  Cromwell,  Imperial 
Federation^  the  Monr  in  Spainj  and  others. 


give  evidence  nf  his  grasp  of  historic 
anbjects,  and  his  power  to  give  a  vi 
setting  to  the  thoughu  and  nctiuns  tbi 
have  iiiHuenced  men  and  nations.  He 
married  in  1870  to  tlie  second  danght 
of  the  late  Robert  Walker,  of 
Whitby.  Hubert  Walker  was  one  of 
early  settlers  in  Whitby,  well  known 
highly  esteemed.  In  politics  he  was 
staunch  Liberal,  and  frequently  unced 
become  the  peoples' representative  in  pari 
ment,  hut  resolutely  refused  to  ent«r  in 
political  life.  There  are  now  living  mi 
who  can  remember  the  valuable  sem- 
which,  in  his  day,  he  ably  rtndered. 
died  in  1870  at  the  early  ajio  i>i  6lS.  Prin 
pal  Macintyre,  is  in  the  prime  of  life,  Is 
earnent  student,  and  is  blessed  with  a  sound 
conatituiion,  and  haa  proBjKJcts  before  him 
of  incrcflsed  usefulness,  and  of  attaining 
still  higher  distinction  in  hia  chosen  depurtr 
ment  »>f  work. 

Lackiier,  Or.  Henry  W.,  of  the  town 
of  Berlin,  t  »ntftrio,  was  born  on  tho  25th  day^ 
of  December.  1851,  at  Hawksville,  in 
township  of  Wellesley,  Waterloo  couut: 
Ontario.  His  auocstiirs  were  very  wor 
Oerman  people,  and  his  parents  c^me  f 
Baden,  Oernmny,  in  1839.  Arriving  in 
Canada  they  wended  their  wsy  to  the  town- 
ship of  Wvllesley,  where  William  Lackiier. 
the  father  of  our  8ubject,andertmik  fanninjj 
But  be  did  not  farm  in  the  plodding  waj^ 
and  upon  a  mediocre  scale.  In  due  ti 
he  hei*Jime  a  thriving  and  leading:  8;;rict 
turist,  and  besides  his  success  in  this  wa; 
engaged  himself  largely  in  stuck- raising 
The  old  homestead  now  contains  nearly  four 
hundred  acres  of  the  finest  aKricullural  land 
in  UniHiio.  Our  subject's  father  haa  been 
the  holder  of  several  municipal  and  other 
public  oflices  in  the  township  and  county. 
His  son,  Henry  George,  attended  the  public 
school  until  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  when 
he  obtained  a  scholarship  at  matriculation 
examination  at  the  Berlin  (.iraminnr  ScIkkiI. 
He  attended  this  institution  for  two  years, 
when  he  commenced  the  profession  of  teai-h- 
ing.  He  taught  two  of  x\w  best  public 
schcMds  in  the  county,  fron»  18*i8  to  1872 
inclusive.  Subsertuently  he  attended  the 
Toronto  School  of  Medicine  for  four  years, 
and  in  187G  he  obtained  his  license  from  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Ont., 
by  passing  an  honorary  examination.  He 
also  graduated  in  medicine  ut  the  Toronto 
University.  In  the  same  year  he  obtained 
the  degree  of  M.B.  with  honours,  and  took, 
the  Starr  f^old  medal  and  the  first  Untr 
sity  silver  medal  (lH7t>}.     He  at  once  ou 


own 

in   ■ 
m- 

ler, 

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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


149 


pnciioe  of  his  profewion  in  the 
^m%  of  B«riin  in  1876,  auU  luu  been  there 
«iir  alace  in  praciico.  Every  yoiint;  prac- 
tinds    diHicnlty  in   building  up  his 

knd    in    the   beginning   the   aanie 
s«rait«4l  our  subject ;    but   he   was 
fmiitaut,  »nd  he  had  his  heart  in  his  work, 
mJ  DOW  h«  enjoys  high  rnputo  fur  profea- 
akill,  and  has  establisheil  fur  hiiuself 
( Tmluable  practice.    Ue  was  appointed 

to  the  House  of  Industry  and  Re- 
fer   th*-    county   of    Waterloo  (1881), 
said  BMHltcal  health   officer  fur  the  town  of 
A    1B84.     Ele  holds   both    of  these 

MX.  this  time.  In  religion  ho  ia  a 
iberul  the  Lutheran  Church.  He  mar- 
f»d  hk  l&M)  Helen  A.  Mackie.  eldest 
llttB^ter  of  John  A,  Mackiu,  J. P.,  who  is 
•ft  pHMiBt  the  oldest  established  general 
mmhsnt  lo  the  County  of  Waterloo. 

Pslrraon,  William,  MP.,  Brautford, 
Ont&no,  one  of  the  most  brilliant  of  our 
pabtic  iiMn«  was  bom  in  Hamilton,  Ontario, 
<n  tlM  19th  September,  18>i9.  He  is  a  son 
c4  JauMS  and  Martha  Paterson,  who  came 
lo  C»no4w  from  Aberdeen,  Scotland.  He 
IMMved  bia  edticatkiQ  at  the  schools  of 
BaMilfeon  and  Caledonia,  and  hia  studies 
■nbra^ed,  l*e«i'U^s  the  ordinary  branches, 
Kmiiah,  French,  Latin  and  (2;enera.l  classics. 
Ho  «nftflro«l  public  life  as  deputy  reeve  of 
BvBBtfocd*  which  position  he  occnpied  from 
1109  to  1871  inclusive,  and  he  wtia  likewiae 
■iynr  nf  fTrsntfrnl  in  IftT'^  He  was  elected 
■wihiir  I  f  the  House  of  Comnions  for  South 
finnt  in  1872,  and  again  iu  1874,  in  1878. 
ir, '  ■  -'  Uis  opponent  in  the  first  con- 
V-  Francis  Hincks,  then  Finance 

KtnmvT,  K^d  his  op{>onent  in  the  last  three 
Maiaata  was  Alfred  Watts,  of  Brantford. 
Bo  hoa  been  connected  in  his  time  with 
mmti  ai  Uw  pnblic  enterprises  of  Brautford, 
■od  koa  always  ihown  a  geuuiue  and  un- 
MMokttNKOru  fur  the  mterests  of  tl  e  |»e<iple. 
fat  ffoligisici  he  is  a  member  of  the  Indepund* 
aniehurch,  but  his  parents  were*  strict  Pres- 
hjlMliaiia  He  msrned  on  Septc>nib-r  lOth, 
IMS.  Uamr  CUve  Davics.  daughti^r  of  T.  C. 
Darioa.  id  Brautford  Utwnship,  ai.d  by  this 
ttMoa  UMirv  are  fire  children,  three  of  whom 
«ro  oliro.  Oar  subject  lived  with  his  pmnta 
m  Hamilton  tiU  thvy  died  in  \><49.     It  ia 

to  remark  that  they  died  i*u  the 
day  ui  Aui;u!it,  his  mother  l>«ing  iu 
and  hiii  father  in  Ptirt  Dover. 
vImnv  Iw  biid  gone  a  day  or  twn  bttfore  on 
bvOBMOiL  Tha  cause  of  dosth  «  aa  ohulora. 
Two  rfoya  alt«r  hia  {parents'  death,  yoting 
Vmtmmm  vaa  adKiptod  by  ll«v.  Andrew 
Fcnior.  O  D  ,  of  r-Altfdctnm-  «  Presbyterian 


niiuiater,  and  an  old  friend  of  his  parents. 
Ue  hved  with  this  worthy  man  as  his  son 
till  he  was  nearly  hfteen  years  of  age,  when 
he  became  a  clerk  in  a  large  grocery  store  in 
Brantford,  in  which  situation  he  remained 
for  about  nine  yearn,  leaving  it  to  enter 
business  for  himself  iu  1803.  Iti  thia  year 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  Henry  B. 
Leeniim:,  of  Brantford,  under  the  tirm  name 
of  Leeraiug  &  Paterson,  and  began  the 
mauiifacture  of  biscuits  and  confectionery. 
Mr.  Leemiug  retired  in  1876,  and  since 
that  time  Mr.  Paterstm  has  been  sole  pro- 
prietor of  the  factory.  The  buaineaa  hao 
iiTTown  steadily  under  his  management,  and 
is  now  one  of  the  most  thriving  industriea 
in  the  Dominion.  Mr.  Paterson  has  always 
been  a  champiou  of  the  l^furm  cause  ;  nnd 
we  may  now,  in  summim;  up,  add  that  ia 
the  entire  Liberal  ranks  there  is  not  a  more 
worthy  man  to  be  found  than  Mr.  William 
Paterson.  His  ability  ia  of  the  very  high- 
est order,  and  he  has  no  peer  in  the  House 
of  Commona  as  a  fiashing,  witty,  pithy 
speaker.  A  warm,  aunuy  humoiir  pervades 
many  of  his  speeches,  and  though  he  can 
be  and  often  is  severe,  there  is  never  any 
malice  in  hia  utterances.  We  believe  that 
we  should  he  juatihed  in  saying  that  in  the 
Houae  of  Commons  Mr.  Paterson  has  not 
the  ill  will  of  any  man,  and  this,  notwith- 
standing that  no  other  member  upon  his  side 
of  the  Houae,  has  more  frequently  or  more 
effectively  arraiifiied  the  occupants  of  the 
Treasury  benches.  The  writer,  speaking 
for  hiiiinelf.  would  rather  lititen  to  a  apeech 
from  Mr.  Paterson,  when  at  his  best,  than 
from  any  other  meml>er  of  the  legislature. 
nacVlcHn  D.  H..D.D.,  LL.D..  Prin- 
cipal of  the  Presbyterian  College,  Mont- 
real, Canada,  and  Professor  of  Dogmatics, 
Church  Oovernuicnt  and  Houiileiics,  was 
born  in  Dnuiflosa,  near  Campbelltowu,  Can- 
tyre,  Scotland,  on  November  2i*th,  1831. 
Hia  father,  John  MaoVicar,  a  farmer  in 
Duiiglass,  was  a  man  of  great  physical  and 
iiitollectual  vigour,  and  w«s  widely  known 
and  highly  respected  in  Scotland  and  Can- 
ada fur  hia  ability,  generosity,  and  sterling 
integrity.  While  diligent  in  bnainesa  he 
delighted  to  rest  in  the  truth  nf  the  motto 
of  the  family  crest — '*  Dommus  Providebit" 
— The  lyird  wrll  provide.  His  wife,  Janet 
MacTnvish.  wm»  a  person  of  ■irnilsr  char- 
acter, possessed  of  an  unusual  deiiiree  of 
energy  and  executive  ability.  She  lived  to 
be  mnety-twn  years  old,  and  to  see  her 
children  and  children's  children  in  posi- 
tions nf  uaefulneas  and  influence.  Dr.  Mao- 
Vtcar  was  one  of  twelve  children,  ajid  the 


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A  CYCLOPjiSDIA  OF 


youngeet  of  fieven  sons.     Uia  parenU  emi- 
f(r&ted  to  Canada  a  few  years  after  his  birth 
and    settled  near   Chatham^  C^ntario.      Uia 
uarly  education  was  c^mUucted  by  a  private 
tutor,  and  he  afterwards  pursued  his  studies 
in   the   Tortmto  Academy  aud  I'niversity. 
Uo    took    his   Theoltigical   coursi*  in   Knox 
Colli'ige,  Toronto,  and  for  two  years  taught 
daaaiea   and   uthor    Bubjeota   in    a  private 
academy  in  that  city,  conducted  by  liis  bro- 
ther, Kev.  Dr.  M>mVicBr,  imw  PrufeiMtnr  of 
Apolugetics,  etc.  I  in  MacMaster  UhII,  Tu- 
rontu.     In  1850  he  was  hceused  to  preach 
the  gospel  by  the  Toronto  Pn»»bytery.    lin- 
metliately   after    he    waa    otVered     pastoral 
charges    in    Collingwood,    Erin,  Bradford, 
Toronto,  and  Guolph.     Ho  accepted   a  un- 
auinious    call   to   Knox   Church  in  the  last 
named  city.     Hia   high   preaching   powers 
and  eminent  gifts  as  a  pastor  had  already 
become    widely  known  and  recognized,  so 
that  in  the  fall  of  18G0  he  received  a  call 
from  Cot*  Street  Free  Church,  Montreal, 
aa  successor  to  Dr.  Frnser,  now  of.  Loudon, 
Kngland.     He  accepted  the  call  and  waa  in- 
ducted into  hia  new  charge  on  the  30ih  of 
January,  1801.  During  his  pastorate,  which 
lasted  for  nearly  eight  years,  the  congrega- 
tion attained  a  very  hig)i  state  of  eiliciency; 
the  membership  almost  douhlcd,  and  great 
missionary  zeal  was  manifested  in  the  found- 
ing of  several  district  Sabbath  schoids,  two 
of  which  are  to-day  not  only  self-aupiMtrting 
but  inHnential  city  congregations.      In  18l>H 
he  was  appointed  Professor  of  Divinity  in 
the  Presbyterian  College,  Montreal.     The 
work  entrusted   to  him  was  in   reality  the 
foundinK  uf  the  institution,  whicli  existed 
then  only  in  its  charter.     Now  (he  semin- 
ary haa   extensive    and  costly  buildings,  a 
large  and  valuable  library,  a  atutf  of  four 
professors    and   four    lecturers,   with    over 
seventy  students  in  attendance,  and  it  hoa 
Bent  out  over  one   hundred   ministers  and 
iniuioDariea.      Its   total  assets    amount  to 
ovor  a  quarter  of  a  million   dollars,     'ihis 
bespeaks  an  energy  and  enterprise  worthy 
of  all  praise.     It  is  unnecessary  to  speak  of 
Dr.  MacVicars  ability  as  a  teacher.     His 
pre-eminent  (itiali£catiouB  in   that  res]>ect 
are  known  all  over  the  continent,  and  have 
been   felt   and   recognized  far  beyond  the 
aphere  of  colleL,e  work.     He  haa  long  taken 
the  deepest  interest  in  the  work  of  French 
evan^ZeliKation.     By  overture  to  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Montreal  and  the  Assembly,  be 
originated  the  work  of  training  Frencli  aud 
KngUsh-spenkingmisaionaries  and  ministers, 
and    organised    the    Preabyterian    French 
work,  whjch  haa  l>een  so  sucoessful.     Ue 


haa  been  for  miiny  years,  and  is  now,  c 
man  of  the  Board  of  French  EvangoliKatio 
of  the  (ieueral  Assembly.     He  served  fofj 
many   years   ou    the    Protestant    Board 
School    Commisaioners,  Montreal,  and  hit 
services  in  this  connection  have  been  inval- 
uahln  to  the  uiuse  of  uducalion — a  fact  to 
which  the  press    haa  borne  repo-at«d  teati 
mony.     At  the  time  of  the  federation  of  t 
provinces  of  the  D  jminion,  he  took  a  lead 
ing  part  in  securing  the  educational  righ 
of  the  minority  in  the  Province  of  Quebec. 
His    public  lectures  and  addresv^s,  educa 
tional    and  theologicil,  and  hia  articles  in 
reviews,  are  widely  known.     .'Vmong  his  e*^u- 
cational  works,  his  two  arithmeticA,   prim 
ary  and  advanced,  are  standard  toxt-Utok 
During  the  sfssion  of  1871  he  was  Irctu 
on  Lngic  in  McGill  L'nivornity.     In  1870  h 
received  the  degi-ue  of  LL.  D.,  honorU  tn  i«ti, 
from  that  University,  i>f  which  he  is  aUo  a 
Fellow.     Ill  1881  ht'  was  chosen  moderator 
of  the  General  Asaetubly  of  the  Presbyter- 
ian I'hurch  in  Canada,  the  duties  of  which 
office    ho   discharged    with    acknowledged 
timmeaB,  courtesy  and  judgment.     In  the 
same  year  he  received  the  diploma  of  meui- 
bership  of  the  Ath^nee  Urieiital  of  Paris  ; 
and    two   yeaira  later    his  alnm  ma(fr  on- 
ferrod  upon  him    the  degree  of  D.D.      U© 
has    always  t-akea  a  promiueut  part  in  the 
work  of  the  General  Assembly,  having  bet^n 
a  member  of  that  court  every  year  since  his 
ordination.      He  waa  appointed  a  delegate 
to  each  of    the   three    great    Presbyterian 
Councils  which  met  in  Edinburgh  in  187 
in   Philadelphia,  1880;  and    Belfast,    1884, 
In  the  i'hiludelphia  nieettiig  hv  read  a  pa^ 
on  "  The  Catholicity  of  Presbyterian  ism 
and  at  Belfast  he  was  chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  the  admission  nf    chiirchi>a  into 
the   alliance.       He  haa  served  seven  years 
on  the  International  Bible  Lesson  Commit- 
tee.    He  ia  now  honorary  president  of  tlii' 
Celtic   Society  of   Montreal,  and    takes  an 
active*  i>art  in   ita   transacti>.)us.     On  three 
I  occasions   Dr.    Mac  Vicar   haa   travelled    lu 
Great  Britain  aud  Europe,  and  his  merits 
are  well  known  and  highly  appreciated  far 
beyond  the  borders  of  Canada.     Some  years 
ago  he  received  and  declined  a  very  cordial 
call  to  b  ecome  the  paati-r  of  the  South  Pro 
byt^rian    Church.     Brooklyn,    N.    Y. .  at 
salary  of  $7,000  per  annum.     Dr.  MacV'ic 
was   married   May    lat,    18G0,  to  Kleanor, 
youngest  daughter  of  Kobert  Oonldmg  ai 
Ann    BndgUnd,    who   were   both   born    in 
England,  and  came  to  Toronto  when  it  waj 
only  a  tillage  and   known  aa  Little  Vork, 
Mrs.  MacVicar  waa  educated  in   Toronto 


1^ 


ial 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAFffT. 


^'-  =li«  hms  ina4^e  her  home  the  ooene 
ri   ilumestic   IiappiiieM,  she   has 
"cial  poKition  Rhe  hiu 
jTiisheri    wiftdoni,   dig- 
'->  the    nitither    of 
ftwd.  ^  Anrl  throe  Bons. 

ftanlUi,  i'(4*i4K^4kr  4.old\«'ln,  A[.A., 
IX-D.  und  D.C.L.,  Toront ». — Tlija  learned 
and  |>opuUr  trrit^r  yttxM  born  ou  the  13lh 
of  AOKtiat,  1823.  at  Headings  Ku^IaikI, 
vbcre  uia  father  had  bvvn  for  numu  tiuiu 
a  practJainy  phyiicutn  ;  though  thu  family 
from  whii'h  he  sprung  had  orit^inally  lived  , 
iry,  in  Cheshire.  Like  so  many 
tjruishod  En^liahmen^  Mr.  Smith  ' 
LCtii  hut  early  education  at  Eton,  which 
).wf|  w»M  norm  to  receive  added  honours 
ant  ruiveraity  course  at  Oxford. 
'«afl  iJiaL  ho  tirat  evinced  evidence 
1^.  :i«ing  the  rare  talents  that  hare  since 
rcn  him  t*.*  jirnnunent  a  pluco  amonLC  the 
,r  -  -I  r-enturv.  He  tirst  entered  as 
•■  of  (Thrist  Church,  but  on 
"  a  dumynhip  in  Magdalen, 
iplettfd  hifl  course  in  that  college.  He 
away  the  Ireland  and  Hertford  Bcho- 
Urthiijfl,  obtained  the  Chancellor's  pri^o  for 
La'ixi  «er8v,  and  fur  Kn^lish  and  Latin 
aawya.  and  crowned  his  series  of  under* 
graditat«  Bucocaaes  by  (^raduatuii;  with  a  first 
daa*  ui  claMics.  Two  years  after  uradua- 
Uoii  he  wa«  ot1ered>  and  aoctfpted,  a  Fellnw- 
Ahip  oi  Uuiversitj  College,  of  which  iufttitn* 
tioo  he  became  tutor.  This  hai>]>ened  to 
ba  ■  time  of  much  mental  activity  in  Kng- 
laod,  and  the  brilhaut  touU'^  Fellow  soon 
proty''    '     -  (,«1  to  be  a  leading 

tpktit  well  »a  within  its 

^MBii  V  'imerTeil  the  various 

rt&gi'  >d    aoci&l    movements, 

*^""   ~  -  V    topics   in    his  keen. 

II  '<-■,  coniniaud'ng  immo- 

..  ;   n.  and  (irawin^  all  the 
iBEer  and  aspiruit*  winds  of  the  ct>lle^e 
him.      In  1847  he  was  called  to  the 
bur  at  Liocoln's  [nn,  but  mimU  like  his  sel* 
find  in  the  law  a  permanent  attraction, 
luckily  for  the  calling  Ui 
.  iered  himself,  waa  won  to  a 
•\ii:e  to  literature.     His  ability 
rith  the  rexing  public  questions 
attracted  the  notice  of  g'jvern- 
it,  and  iti  1 850  he  woa  Appointed    asaiiit- 
jLary  "f     '      ''       '   ' '  -"Hion  to 

int»  tl  of  the 

'  '  iin  lu  rcla- 

uul  studies.'' 

.    ..  .v.ka   apjiointod 

etary  ;  and  he  was  a  mumlxer  of 
'onmusaiou  to  examuiv  itito  tlie 


condition  of  Popular  Education  in  England. 
It  was  chiefly  while  commissioner  that  Mr. 
Smith  obtained  that  insight  Into  the  working 
and  needs  of  the  various  seats  of  learning 
that  has  ^iveu  such  value  to  his  views  on 
educational  questions,  both  in  hia  Dative 
country,  and  in  tlie  United  States  and  Can- 
ada. In  1858  he  woa  elected  professor  of 
Modern  Hist^jry  at  Oxford,  a  position  which 
he  tilled  in  a  way  that  attracted  the  admir- 
ation of  all  authorities.  Meanwhile  his  able 
advocacy  of  liberal  reforms  in  matters  edu- 
cational, religious  and  political,  won  fur  him 
a  world-wide  name,  and  when  he  visited 
America  in  lSti-4,  he  waa  warmly  welcomed, 
and  received  from  the  Brown  University 
the  degree  of  LL.  D.  From  hia  own  Univer- 
sity of  Oxford  he  subsequently  had  ounferred 
upon  him  the  degree  of  li.O.L.  He  staunch- 
ly advocated  the  abolition  of  slavery,  and 
warmly  sytnpathiaod  with  the  North  during 
the  civil  war.  Four  years  after  his  Hrat 
arrival  in  America  he  waa  appointeti  Lec- 
turer in  English  and  Constitutional  Hia- 
tnry  in  Cornell  University,  at  Ithaca,  New 
York,  and  this  otlice  he  still  holds,  altliough 
for  the  past  twelve  years  he  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  Toronto.  It  may  be  said  that,  ia 
1860,  Mr.  Smith  left  England  to  cast  his 
lot  in  the  now  world,  but  leaders  of  the 
Liberal  party,  with  whom  he  hwi  so  long 
been  in  ax^vird,  and  who  knew  and  prixed 
the  assistance  ho  had  given  to  their  com- 
mon cause,  were  luth  to  let  him  go  ;  and 
among  other  induceuientii  placed  at  lus  dis- 
posal a  constituency  with  a  certaiu  libenil 
luujority,  but  he  refused  all  overtures.  Nor 
have  hia  English  friends  since  ccaaed  their 
solicitations  for  him  Ut  allow  himself  to  be 
put  in  nomination  for  a  safe  oouatittienoy:  he 
left  England  atrickon  down  by  a  sad  family 
bereavement,  and  resolved  (■>  spend  the  rest 
of  his  days  beyond  the  Atlantic.  In  1872 
Mr.  Smith  to*jk  up  liis  abode  in  Toronto, 
where  he  at  once  became  prominent  in  edu- 
cational circles.  He  was  appointed  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Senate  of  Toronto  University, 
was  eleottid  the  first  president  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  Public  Instruction,  and  was  for  two 
years  president  of  the  Provincial  Teachers' 
AasociatioD.  Since  coming  to  Canada,  Mr. 
Smith  has  unreservedly  devoted  his  iimo 
and  genius  to  u  furtherance  of  all  projects 
that  can  advance  tlie  jteuple,  intellectually, 
siicially  and  morally.  He  has  given  a  proa- 
tij^o  to  Canatlian  letters  by  his  active  and 
prommenl  connection  with  native  literary 
undertakings  ;  he  was  a  contributor  to  the 
^Mita'lUin  Sfunthhj^  and  aftorwsrds  to  the 
T<.»ronto  A «(<"'*,  io  both  ^f  which  pi.'ri»KU- 


162 


A  CrCLOrACLIA  OF 


cilia  his  voice  wai  rniud  on  all  ocoasioni, 
wheu  irur(l'>  uf  udvioe  and  waniitit:  worv 
ijoeded.  8uliH0<jueutly  )m  twtablishvd  Tfu 
Bt/ftotuJer,  ft  journal  irhicli  for  a  p«ri(>d 
appeared  munthly.  than  quarterly,  but 
which,  after  10010  time,  wu  discuntinued 
to  make  room  for  Tfir  H^eek,  in  whicli 
paper,  however,  his  charact«riaiic  Btjle, 
trenchaut,  froah,  keen,  and  brilliant  as  ever, 
ia  recugniaed  over  the  well-known  fvm  d< 
plume,  '*  Bystander.''  In  private  life  Mr. 
Smith  IB  the  genuine  type  of  the  cordial, 
courteous,  high<hred  Engliah  gentleman  ; 
and  in  addition  to  his  activity  in  literary 
work,  he  has,  since  coming  to  Toronto, 
taken  a  prominent  [lart  aniorifc  those  who 
care  for  the  pour,  to  whom,  it  ia  attested, 
his  purse  ia  always  open.  It  need  not  be 
aaid  that  he  has  by  his  example  elevated 
the  tone  of  the  native  press,  given  life 
and  stimulus  to  independent  journaltsni, 
and  taught  the  joumalistic  profession  that 
tkere  is  such  a  thing  as  honour  belonging 
to  ita  calling.  In  England,  Mr  Smith  was 
a  Liberal,  but  in  Canada  he  has  eachewed 
party  connexion.  In  1875  lie  married  Har- 
riet, daughter  of  Thomas  Dixon,  Ea<]uiro, 
of  Uoston,  and  widow  of  the  late  William 
liouliou,  Eacjuire,  uf  Toronto.  As  a  master 
of  style  Mr.  Smith  has  no  superior,  if  an 
equal,  livini/.  Among  some  of  hia  worka  of 
the  last  thirty  years  may  be  mentioned, 
•*  Irish  History  and  Character,"  "  Lectures 
on  the  Study  of  History,"  "Three  Engliah 
StfttearaeD— Pyni,  Cromwell,  and  Pitt,"  a 
volume  of  essays  which  included  that  on  the 
"Great  Duel  of  the  Seventeenth  Century," 
and  "The  Political  Deatiny  of  Canada." 

Forater,  Arc'hfbald  ncUonald, 
Hamilton,  our  subject,  was  born  on  May 
11th,  1843,  tn  Markham.  His  grandfather, 
John  For8ter,was  a  nati%'e  of  Newcastle-on- 
Tyne,  England,  and  was  engaged  in  the  lead 
and  ooal  mining  business.  One  day,  while 
examining  one  of  hia  mines,  he  was  acciden- 
tally killed,  and  when  hia  estate  was  wound 
up.  it  was  found  that  little  or  no  means  had 
been  left  in  aupport  hia  large  family  of  chil- 
dren. In  1830  the  grandmother  and  family 
emigrated  tti  Canada,  with  the  view  of  im- 
proviuL!  iheir  oonditiun.  Matthew  \V.  Fora- 
ter,  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
the  eldeal.  was  an  engineer  and  machiniat  by 
trade,  and  on  his  arrival  he  sot  a  position  on 
board  the  Jt/hn  B\dl,  one  of  the  steamboats 

g lying  between  the  porta  of  Quebec  and 
[ontreal.  He  next  found  employment  on 
a  steamboat,  the  Vnion^  runnmg  between 
Little  York  and  Niagara  town,  and  other 
boats  belonging  to  the  Hon.  John  Hamilton, 


and  some  years  afterwards  be  had  th< 
honour  of  being  one  of  our  early  settlers  whol 
with  others  built  the  first  two  propelJors, 
the  Loiuion  and  the  St.  Thomas,  tor  the  lake 
trade.  Archibald  M.  Forater  was  educated 
in  the  Markham  and  Uxbridge  Grammar 
achoola,  and  there  be  received  an  English 
education,  with  some  Latin.  His  father 
conducted  a  foundry  and  machine  shop,  and 
into  this  shop  Archibald  wont  after  he  had 
left  acbool.  In  18U2,  buaineaa  loaees  having 
overwhelmed  himself  and  hia  father,  the 
foundry  was  given  up,  and  he  took  a  situa- 
tion in  a  railroad  shop  as  an  iron  finiaher 
Then  he  went  as  second  engineer  upon  a 
steamboat  on  the  western  lakes,  and  after 
having  taken  out  a  certificate  of  qualification, 
he  found  that,  in  conaequence  of  his  being  a 
Britiah  subject,  the  United  States  authori- 
ties would  not  recognue  it,  and  he  had  to 
turn  to  something  else.  He  went  back  to 
the  workshop  again,  but  ahortly  after  went 
into  the  newa  b'laineas,  having  rented  from 
the  Great  Western  Railway  Company  the 
right  to  sell  books  and  newspapers  in  aome 
of  its  trains.  In  theme&ntimu  his  ingenious 
brain  was  at  work,  and  we  find  him  invent- 
ing and  patenting,  in  I860,  a  preparation  to 
clean  scale  from  steam  boiiera,  and  in  1868 
what  ia  known  to  machiniata  as  a  aelf-oiling 
cup.  Aa  theae  inventions  proniiaed  to  be 
of  great  value,  in  1877  he  estabtiahed  a  brass 
fnindry  in  Hamilton,  and  in  this  shop  we 
find  htm  to-day  manufacturing  all  kinds  of 
brass  goods,  uf  the  most  excellent  and  mar- 
ketable description,  and  like  wise  several 
specialtiea  which  are  hia  own  invention,  and 
which  are  uaed  all  over  the  Dominion.  Mr. 
Forater  was  brought  up  a  Methodist,  but 
changed  hia  viewa,  and  now  attenda  the 
Episcopal  church.  He  ia  also  a  Freemason. 
For  many  years  Mr.  Forater  was  a  ataunch 
Liberal,  hut  having  accepted  Sir  Leonard 
Tilley's  national  policy,  he  has  ever  aiuoe 
been  a  Conservative.  Ue  married  in  1872, 
Miss  Minnie  Holliuhead,  youngest  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  Hollinhead,  manufacturer,  of 
Dundas.  Uy  this  lady  he  has  had  four  of  a 
family.  There  are  two  girls  and  one  boy 
livine. 

WnodK,  John,  Alderman,  Toronto, 
was  born  in  the  County  of  Longford,  Ire- 
land :  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  he  aailed 
for  America,  and  landed  in  Toronto,  on  the 
9th  of  March.  1845).  Mr.  Wooda  received 
hia  education  in  the  public  school  of  his 
pariah.  On  hia  arrival  he  obtained  employ- 
ment in  the  dry  gooda  establishment  of 
Walker  &  Hutchinson,  on  King  street. 
However,  after  a  few  yeflkra,  he  abandoned 


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tka  bauooM,  and  le&msd  the  trade  of  cab- 
iM  mihJDg  with  Jactpiea  A  Hay,  and 
vorked  in  their  shopt  f>r  aome  time  aa  a 
jdvnMjman.  fn  1859  he  >;»»«  up  cabiuet- 
■alrtng,  and  established  himself  m  the 
gnicw/;  winea  aud  liquor  busineAs,  on  the 
BMili  side  of  Dundaa  street^  and  afterwards, 
oving  to  the  eulargement  of  hia  buaineaa, 
nmoved  to  his  preaent  place  on  the  south 
Ktie  of  Duiidat  street.  Toronto.  In  1882  he 
««•  elected  alderman  for  St.  >?t«pheu'e 
VTard,  and  in  1886  was  again  called  iifKin 
to  ataod  aa  candidate  for  St.  Mark's  Ward 
{ianonrly  Ltr<>cktoii),  and  was  duly  elect»^ 
ita  cvpresout^tive  in  the  City  Council.  Mr. 
Waooa  iM  a  member  of  the  executive,  fire 
and  gaa,  court  house  and  reception  coui- 
lllK>iia  of  the  city  council  ;  and  is  also  a 
MOjAKolder  in  the  Standard  Bank.  In  re- 
fiipoa  be  is  a  H'jman  cathulie,  and  be- 
unCt  bi  the  St.  Vincent  do  Paul  Society, 
oa«  of  the  most  worthy  of  the  benevolent 
•adattea  of  Turunttj.  In  politics  he  ia  a 
CMMvraXire,  and  lh  the  chairman  of  the 
Oaowmaure  Aaaocintioo  for  the  ward  of 
8t,  MarV  >tr  Woods  was  married  io  1857, 
t  t  Lawlor.  daughter   of  the 

^'  T,  of  the  township  of  Ad- 

i  4.  L  uuiity  ui  Siincoe,  a  native  of  Vueeu's 
:y,  Ireland.  By  this  lady  he  has  a 
u>  Illy  of  nine  children,  six  boys  and  three 
Is  r.t.  Owini^  to  Mr.  \Vm>d'»  many  engage- 
E#;.'.«.  hij  v'oa.  James  D.  and  William  P., 
kMt.f.  iiii;  u  liii  business,  and  these  young 
taeu,  tttiu  are  well  educated,  are  favourites 
witfc  Um  jmblic.  Altogether,  Blr.  John 
Wooda'  career  la  one  of  which  any  man  may 


mmrtt 


EMD,  Edward  W«rren,  Tor- 
raa  bimi  on  the  30th  uf  May,  1810, 
iDdMlCilx  of  H.xaton,  U.S.  His  parents, 
John  ma  £lizal>eth  Barton,  were  born  in 
Rhod*  Uiand,  and  had  a  family  of  tire 
cUlslrwi,  tlie  suhject  of  our  akotoh  being 
Ch«  vUMt.  In  1H4U  Mr.  John  Barton  moved 
*i»  QmukIo,  and  settled  in  the  town  of  St. 
GftilunAea.  Here  he  started  a  pail  and 
wrtrti  fa«Uiry  ;  but  four  years  later  he  sold 
Otttib*  bvailMM,  and  removed  to  Hamilton, 
wfaflrakarv  '     :|  1853.    Unce  more  he 

fffrtH  Dp  I  V  etfecu.  and  Mit  out. 

Utti  ikum  UrjiMiii^  ins  ate|Mi  toward  Tort>nto. 
lai  tid*  cHjr  1m  mgageil  in  the  manufacture 
of  pMmn  bear  and  l>r.  Cronk's  sarsitparilla 
tmm  s  mgi  after  a  time  he  turned  his  atten- 
lo  iIm  iMUnfactuf  -f  Atorknig  yarns.  Ow- 
mg  to  lavvrs  cv  lie  did   not  long 

csatiaft*    ia    ihi-  ^>^.    hut    engaj^ed 

kifluatf  in  lh«  manufacture  and  praparatiuu 
mi  ttWfcaa  and  spiMa.     In  18112  he  aold  out 


thU  business  likewise,  and  commenced  the 
manufacture  of  brooms.  In  18<i8  he  sold 
out  the  business  to  hia  partner,  Mr.  Uow- 
arth,  and  retired,  and  in  1874  he  died. 
Edward  W.  Barton,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  received  a  public  school  education, 
and  at  the  ago  of  fifteen  he  found  employ- 
ment with  his  father,  in  the  woollen  milL 
After  the  sale  of  the  mill,  he  went  into  the 
broom  factory,  and  in  1867  he  was  appoint- 
ed manager  oF  the  works,  and  conlinued  oa 
such  uutd  1870,  when  he  began  business 
for  himself ;  aud  now  he  has  une  of  the 
largest  establishments  for  the  manufacture 
of  brooms  and  brushes  at  20  Girena  street, 
in  Toronto.  In  1869  Mr.  Barton  joined 
the  (larrison  Artillery  of  Toronto,  iinder 
Captain  McLean  ;  and  in  the  same  year 
he  received  a  tirst-clasa  certiticate  in  the 
School  of  Gunnery  in  Toronto.  Before  thia 
date,  after  receivmg  hia  certificate,  he  waa 
oHered  a  lieutenancy,  but  declined.  Mr. 
Barton  has  acted  for  nine  years  in  the  vori- 
oua  capacities  of  corporal,  dergeant,  drill 
instructor,  and  i]uartermaBter*aergeant,  and 
haa  not  yet  received  his  discbarge.  Mr. 
Barton  was.  in  1884,  elected  alderman  for 
St.  Stephen's  Ward,  and  waa  re-elected  by 
acclamation  in  1885.  He  ia  now  a  member 
of  the  Beard  of  Works  and  Water  Worka 
committees.  He  ia  an  Oddfellow,  and  haa 
received  all  the  honours  within  the  gift 
of  that  socie^y  ;  and  is  second  in  command 
in  the  newly-formed  encampment  of  Odd- 
fellows. He  likewise  belongs  to  the  United 
Workmen,  and  was  the  representative  of 
that  order  during  its  lost  session  at  To- 
ronto, In  addition  he  is  a  paat  officer  in 
the  Royal  Arcanum,  a  grand  president  of 
the  Sous  of  Canada,  aud  an  officer  in  the 
Orange  order.  He  is  likewise  president  of 
St.  Stephen's  Ward  Reform  Association. 
Mr.  Barton  is  in  religion  a  Preabyterlan, 
and  in  politics  a  lieformor.  He  married  in 
July,  1864.  Jaoot  McLennan,  daughter  of 
Kenneth  McLennan,  of  Toronto,  and  has 
had  nine  children,  Francis,  Herbert  and 
Kenneth  W.,  now  uuiat  in  the  management 
of  their  father's  business. 

Wllllama,  Arthur  TreftiaU  nen- 
ciigo.  —  The  late  Lieutenant  -  Colcmel 
Williams,  M.  P.  for  East  Durham.  Ontario, 
waa  bom  at  Punryn  Park,  Port  Hope,  On* 
tario,  m  1837.  Ue  was  a  son  of  Tucker 
Williams,  a  commander  m  the  Royal  Navy, 
who  sat  for  Durham,  in  the  Canadian  aasem- 
bly,  fn.m  1^40  to  1848.  '  In  his  early  boy- 
hood," says  A  writer  in  the  Port  Hope  Tim**^ 
*'  Arthur  Williama  waa  sent  to  Upper  Can- 
ad*     College,    then    the     royal    grammar 


164 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA   OF 


fichool  nf  the   province,  wliorc   he  wa»  the 
pupil   (if   F.  W.  Barion,    Esij..    M.A..  the 
principal,    and    waa    the    fMlnw-Biutlcnt  of 
nmiiy  who,  like  hiniaelf,  have  Gmired  con- 
B|iicuon6ly  in   the   hiatury  uf  this  country. 
Pnmtinc'Ut    amongst    these   wns    the  Hon. 
Edward  Blalce.    In  1^54,  nt  the  n^je  of  seven- 
teen years,  our  anhjeot  was  left  futherleuMf 
and  deep  indeed  was  his  diatreas.      He  was 
paaaioiittely  fond  of  his  parents,  ftnd  wnathe 
oouataut  oomponion  of  hid  father  whenever 
ho  was  at  home.     Mony  of   our  older  resi- 
dents  can   recall    llie  partly  li^ire  of  Mr. 
Williams,  as  he  walked,  leaning  on  the  arm 
of  hia  slender  and  youthful  boy  ;  the  evi- 
dent pride  of  the  father  in  his  aon,  and  the 
equally  evident  love  and  respect  of  the  aon 
lorhiafHthtr.  SfitttHlyafber  hia  father's  death 
tile  guardians  of  hia  son  sent  him  to  Scot- 
laud,  where   he  attentled    Edinburgh  Uni- 
versity, Dud    enjuyed  the  valuable  inatruc- 
tionoi  rrof.Aytoiiii,  and  other  diatui^uisUed 
men,  wh<  »e  friemJslup  he  retained  in  ufttT 
years.   Having  c<-mpleted  his  college  course, 
he   travelled  extensively  in  (Sreat    Britain 
and  Ireland,  and  upon  the  Ointinent,  hav- 
ing as  hie  Ci^mpanion  and  intimate  friend  a 
college  chum,  the  late  Mr.  Wella.  who  waa 
ufterwarda  an   oculist  and  aurist  of  some 
distinction  in  London,  England,  and  who 
waa  »  genMeiuan  of  very  high    culture,  of 
affluent  nieuna.  of  great  acquaintance  with 
the   prominent   men  of   the   day,  and  of  a 
warm    heart   and   charming  addresa.      Be- 
tween these  two  the  firmest  friendship  ex- 
isted up  to  the  time  of  Mr.  Wella'  death, 
8(.>mo  years  ago.     Upon  coming  of  ago,  Mr. 
W'lUiainB   de>oted    himaelf   to    uajuiring  a 
knowledge  nf  the  atiairs  of  the  lar^e  estate 
left  by  hia  father,  and  actively  co-n|»erated 
with  the  executors  and  trustees  under  hia 
father's   will,  who    were    his    mother,  and 
Mosars.  William  Fraaer,  John  Ogilvy,  and 
James  iScott  (now  deoeoaod),  iu  the  manage- 
ment of  the  extensive  properties  committed 
to  them.     Soon  afterwards,  at  the  request 
of  the  trustees,  he  assumed  the  entire  direc- 
tion and  cfintrol  of  the  estate,  and  contin- 
ued in  charge  of  it  until  the  various  divis- 
ions amongst  the  bene6ciariea  relieved  him 
of  some  of  the  shares.     Still,  up  to  the  time 
of  his  death,  he  retained  the  management 
of  a  cousidet.'ible  part  of  the  prupertits,  and 
administered  them  with  the  same  assiduity 
and  care  which   had  always  diatinpuisbed 
his  business  relations.     The  burthen  thus 
laid  U]>on  him,  even  from  his  earliest  man- 
hood, was  one  wliich,  in  a  degree  thut  will, 
perhaps,   never  be  duly  appreciated,  moat 
hav?*  weighed  upon  him,  and  deprived  hia 


life  of  much  of  the  leisure  and  relaxation 
» hich    ho    might    otherwise    have    enjoy- 
ed."    He  married  a  dauubter  of  the  Hon- 
imrablc    Senator    Sej'mour,  but    she    diudi 
iu  1882.      In   early  life   c*ur   esteemed   and' 
Lauienttd    subject   c<>nnected    himself  with 
the  volunteer  service,  and  for  a  considera- 
ble  period   beforo   his  death  he  had  beea 
Lieut. -Colonel,  commanding  the  4tith  East 
Durham  battalion.     Uo  did  not  adopt  aiiyj 
prnfesBion.  but  delighted  to  call  himself 
fanner.     But  he  was  a  man  of   large  and] 
generous  pul'lic  spirit,  and  connected  him- 
self with  a  number  of  important  enterprises.] 
He  was  chairman  of   the    Port  Hojkj  Har-j 
hour  Commissionera  ;  president  of  the  Mid- 
land  Loan   and   Savings  Company,  and  &] 
director  of  the  Midland  Railway.     He  cum- 
manded   the  Wimbtedim  team  of  riHemeai 
in  1881.1.     Me  hegau  public  life  hy  entering 
t  he    Outar  io    Lfg  islat u  re,    at    the    gem 
election,    in    1807.      In    1871    he   was   re- 
elected  by  ucchunation   to  tlie  aame  house.] 
He  was  first  elected  to  the  House  of  Com-j 
mona  at  the  geuend  elections  for  1878,  and] 
was  re-elected  at  the  laat  general  election. 
Through  life  a  zealous  Conaervative,  he  was 
always  held  in  respect  otid  honour  by  hia 
party  ;  btit   his   personal  relationship  witlhj 
gentlemen  opposed  to  him  on  public  ques- 
ti(ins  was  always  of  the  m<.*Bt  cordial  kind. 
When    the  unfortunate  disturbance   broke 
out  in   the   Ni»rt,h-We«t,  Cidonel  Williami 
put  hiutaelf   at  the  head  of   hia   men,  anc 
matched  to  the  front.     His   bravery  there^ 
inspired  those  who  followed  him,  and  hia 
kindness  to  his  men,  denying  himself  com-j 
fttrta  for  their  sake,  won  tlie  love  of  evet 
man    under   his  c^nimand.     It  is  admitt< 
on  all  hiinds  that   while  all   the  troops  en^ 
gaged    behaved     with    the   most    splendid 
stendinesn  and  courage,  the  inception  of  l] 
grand    charge    which    carried   the  day  tiui 
broke   the   backbone  of   the   rebellion,  b 
longed  to  Col.  Williams,  and  gained  for  hii 
by  unanimous   consent  the   title  of  "*"  t] 
hero  of  Batoche."    This,  says  our  authoi 
ity,  was  our  heroes  6rat  "  baptism  of  fire,' 
and    the   coolness,    judgment  and  doshin 
bravery  he  exhibited  in  the  midst  of  a  vei 
hailatorm  of  bullets,  called  forth  the  higl 
est  encomiums   of  the   commander  of  ll 
expedition,  and  deepened — if  that  were  poi 
sible — the  lore  and  devotion  uf  his  ot!icei 
and    men.     Had    he   lived  to   return,   he 
would,  uuduubtedly,  have  beeu  iu  the  tlrst 
rsnk  of  the  heroes  of  the  campaign.     -After 
the  battle  of  Batoche,  he,  with  his  battJk- 
lion,  the  acAttored  parta  of  which  hod  now 
come   up,  proceeded   with  Gen.  MiddlctoQ 


IS 

ri 


A 


CANADIAN  BIOGMAPBT. 


155 


»  Albert,  And  Uience  to  Battleford 
t  Pitt.  From  there  he  was  dea- 
to  Frog  L&ke,  in  pursuit  of  Big 
\  Mid  OQ  to  a  p^iint  twenty-four  miltfe 
asvili.  This  was  •  moat  fatiguini;;  and 
warriu^  march  ;  but  we  are  toUl  that  he 
reCimieti  to  Fort  Pitt  woU  and  in  ^ood  «pir- 
lU.  Herv,  howovor,  hin  ouiip  woa  pitched 
Mi»  Bia«kc^  of  dunp,  spon^*  ground,  and 
Ihtn  fo<r  foartoen  we&ry  daya  they  waited, 
dpectzBg  eaob  day  to  bring  tht^m  th«  lynXar 
fbc  the  homeward  march.  Il  was  during  this 
tiaw  tt»t  the  disease  was  coutractud  which 
bDAUy  earned  him  off.  That  determination 
W  tkcC¥pt  for  himftelf  no  luxuries  which 
w«re  oot  a.  ■  -r  his  meiu  which  had 

rrer  been  '  ^uishing  charjtclvristio 

ufhiimUiur^  inc.  prerenti'd  his  acouptiiig 
the  prtj^r  csmp-hc-d,  which  wuulJ  have 
vnaM  his  body  ahuve  thv  dantpness  and 
ikitt  ol  the  ground,  H«  would  fare  u  his 
mmn    did,    whnt«ver  misht  be   the   conse- 

rnooa.     It   is   truly  ati'ectinf;,  in    view  of 
izi«ljLii(-'l><>tv  circuinstAnoes,  to  hear  tliat 
]i»  d<^  oATup-hed   hit  servant  had 

Xur-  hLin^  and    resolved   io   share 

l«v«r  privations  were  home  by  his  men, 
^  rolled  himaslf  in  his  blanket  und  slept  on 
tb»  huoud,  cold  tn'ound."  This  brought  uti 
ft  svTvrti  o.->ld,  with  pains  in  his  limbs,  and 
addsal  Uj  it  was  the  effect  of  the  burning 
iumi  at  the  church  parade  on  Sunday,  the 
3Slb  Jutiir.  which  leti  him  to  believe  that  he 
hftd  WtflsTrd  a  sunstroke.  On  Wednesday, 
Uw  1st  July,  when  a  genera!  parade  was 
ocdfftd  to  celebrate  the  birthday  nf  the 
thMBsaion,  which  he  so  dearly  loved,  and 
(or  which  he  hs^l  hax^rded  his  life,  he  at- 
lctBp(«d  to  take  the  iMummud  of  his  noble 
fc«ltslirn,  but  found  he  was  not  equal  to 
(Jm  Iftbour  Thn  surgeon  advised  him  to 
fgo  aboard  the  steamer  HorOncejit  and  lie 
d««ii,  and  hit  did  so,  no  apprehension  of 
MiyllUJM  MMioUB  been  then  euterUiined. 
Fnun  ImI  bed  in  the  captain's  ro«Hn,  he 
B«V«r  n>*r.  and  delirium  setting  in  on  Mon- 
dftj,  tH«*  *Jnd  July,  h*«  remained  with  only 
l»OBi'  iiRciousnuss,  until 

k  on  the  morning 
mrdky.  tiu'  4iii   tuy,  Itis  spirit  psaaed 
Onca  during  his  illness,  but 
^onc  8>nipoct4}d  the  fatal  end- 
to  a  gvntleuiajk  :   **  Well,  it 

' ■•  '  -'■■■■iid  Uj  bowled 

orar  oow.  ihrou^h  the 

wbol*  «ai<  J  AIMS    were  in- 

lafi«d  at  >  the  -Jlit  of  July, 

■mnilnil  t>;  .  ^  -nooursuof  pe«iplo, 

fluM  nmmr  and  far^  stisf  bufore  seen  ABsem* 
W»d  in  that  toviL 


Sialic  Jotin  rttz- William,  M.P.. 
Halifiix.   the  worthy  gentleman   who  is  the 
suhject  of  this  sketch,  was  bom  at  Halifax, 
the  city  whicli  he  now  represents  in  the  Do- 
minion Parliament,  on  the  llHh  of  January, 
1848.      He  is  the  eldest  son  of  the  Honour- 
able \Villiam   James  Stairs,  who  has  baen 
a    member    of   the    Legislative    Council    of 
Nova   Sci>tiA,    and   is   one   of    the   loading 
merchants  in   that   pn^vince.       Mr.    Stairs 
received  his  Hrat  intellectual  instruction  At 
private  schools,  and  he  afterwards  attend- 
ed the  Halifax  Grammar  School,  and  later 
still   took   a  course  in    Dalhousie   College. 
Mr.  Stairs  was  not  very  long  before  he  be- 
^an  to  displity  those  excellent  business  quali- 
ties which  now  are  mimiFest  to  all  Ida  fellow 
citizens,  and  it  soon  became  clear  thut  he  was 
not  cont«<nt  to  tviniiin  with  his  buslneds  all 
the  time  whilu  publi^j  ufftiira  culled  for  men 
of  sound    understAuding.      He    watched  all 
the  leading  public  (lucstions,  heard  th:s  Mdo 
nud    heard    that,    but    quietly  OHUie    to  his 
own  conclusions.     This  has  been  his  manner 
ever  since.     He  never  allows  himself  to  be 
pushed  into  extravaijaDces,  or  to  get  excited 
when    coolness    and    deliberation    ore  the 
qualities  then  most  in  need.     In  November, 
187^,  he  WAS  elected  to  the  Legialative  As- 
sembly of  Nova  Scotia,  ftud  in  December  of 
the   same   year   he   entered   the    Executive 
Council,  where  he  remained  till  May,  1882. 
At  the  general  election  of  this  year  (1882), 
he  did  not  otferhmisolf,  having  hecomc  some- 
what tired  of  provincial  politics.     Mr.  Stairs 
was  chosen  warden  of  Dortinuuth.  on  the  l&t 
of  May,  1883,  and  retained  iheulhce  till  the 
Hanie  month   of   1885.      En   1883  a   vacancy 
occurred  in  the   Huuse  uf  Commons,  owinjj 
to    the    retirement   of  M.    U.   lUchey    from 
the  representation  of  Halifax,  to  accept  the 
lieutenaut-govemorship  of  Nova  Scotia.     It 
WAS   clear,    without  any   dispute,    that    no 
other  person  wu  so  well  fitted  in  all  respects 
for  the  vacant  position  as  our  subject,  and 
when  it  was  announced  that  he  was  a  can- 
didate, no  opposition  wiw  raised,  and  he  was 
elected  by  acclauiation.      As  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Commons,  Mr  Stairs  has  revealed 
the  same  diligence  in  the  performance  of  his 
duty,  and  the  same  practical  wisdom  which 
had  charscterizod  him  beforehand.      He  is 
the  moat  loyal  and  faithful  of  meinburs  to 
his  constituents  ;   and  there  i?.  probably,  no 
other  private  member  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons whit  has  s«*  liir^e  »  personal  correspou- 
di^ncti,    and    who   iiltenda   to   it    with   such 
promptitude.     Mr.  Stairs  is  connected  with 
some  very  important  public  enterpriser,  and 
is  a  director  of  tlio  Dartmouth  and  Halifax 


156 


A  crcLOPjsDiA  or 


Steambofti  Co.;  of  the  Nova  Sootia  Sugar 
Refining  Co.;  of  the  Nnva  8critia  Sceel 
Works,  at  Nev  Olasgnw  ;  and  he  u  alwi  a 
member  of  the  tinu  of  Wm.  Stairs,  Son  •& 
Morrow,  shipping  and  general  nierohanta. 
Mr.  Stairs  is,  aii<l  has  always  been,  a  Presby- 
terian. On  April  27th,  1870,  he  ntarried 
Charlotte  J.,  daughter  of  Jndye  Km^*'.  "f 
Pictou.  The  fruit  of  his  marriage  is  five 
children. 

Eddy,  Ezra  Butler,  HuU,  Province 
of  Quebec. — This  gentleman,  to  whom  the 
inhabitants  of  Ottawa  and  neighbourhood 
owe  so  much  for  his  business  enterprise,  was 
born  on  the  22nd  uf  Auifust,  1827,  on  a  farm 
near  Bristol  village,  in  the  State  uf  V^ermont, 
U.S.  He  is  a  son  of  Samuel  Eddy,  a  gentle- 
man of  Scottish  descent,  and  his  mothar 
was  Clariaia  Etistmsn,  a  direct  descendant 
of  the  famous  Miles  Standisb.  and  his  grand- 
mother was  also  a  Standiah.  Mr.  Eddy 
waa  married,  on  thv  *2\Hh  December,  184G, 
to  Zaida  Diana  Arnold,  who  was  bom  on  the 
2Bth  June,  1828,  in  Bristol,  Vermont,  U.S., 
and  is  a  daughter  of  Uriah  Fields  Arnold, 
son  of  John  Arnold,  of  Fmnkfort-on-the- 
Main,  Germany.  Our  subject  was  brought 
up  on  the  farm  until  he  A'as  about  ten  years 
of  age,  and  during  part  of  this  time  he  at- 
tended the  district  school.  His  father  then 
moved  from  the  farm  into  the  village  of 
Bristol,  and  began  hotel-keepint;,  and  young 
Eddy  became  his  assistant.  While  here  he 
again  had  the  privilege  of  attending  school 
for  four  winters.  Nut  caring  for  his  mode 
of  life,  and  having  a  strong  inclination  for 
general  business,  at  the  age  of  tifteen,  Eitra 
left  home  and  went  to  New  York  city,  and 
here  he  procured  a  situation  in  a  mercantile 
house  at  three  dollnm  a  week,  and  on  this 
sum  had  tu  board  himself.  He  was,  how* 
ever,  promoted  in  three  months,  and  re- 
ceived ten  dollars  per  week,  and  he  was  soon 
entrusted  with  the  banking  business  of  the 
firm.  After  a  year,  not  enjoying  city  life,  he 
returned  home  to  Vermont,  and  commenced 
business  for  himself,  by  purchasing  butter, 
cheese,  etc.,  and  taking  the  same  tc*  the  Bos- 
ton and  New  York  markets.  In  1851  he  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  friction  matches, 
at  Burlington,  Vermont,  and  continued  here 
until  1854.  This  year  be  went  to  Ottawa 
(then  Bytown),  in  search  of  a  locatinu  in 
which  to  establish  buaineaa,  and  he  then 
decided  upon  Hull,  opposite  Ottawa  city, 
and  moved  there  in  the  fall  uf  1854.  He 
at  once  began  the  manufacture  of  matches, 
and  the  present  magnihcent  business  had 
then  its  farst  start.  In  185G  he  added  the 
manufacture  of  wooden  ware,  such  as  pails, 


tubs,  wsshboards,  clothes-pini,  etc.,  to  his 
bunineas.  In  1858  he  commenced  lumber- 
ing  in  a  small  way  ;  but  all  these  branches 
increased  in  volume  from  year  to  year* 
up  to  1868.  when  the  business  had  reached 
a  magnitude  uf  one  million  dollars  per 
annum  ;  and  at  the  present  time  the  yearly 
ont-put  is  upwards  of  $1,500,000.  In  1883 
his  entire  premises  were  consumed  by  tire, 
and  this  entailed  upon  him  a  loss  of  $250,000,, 
over  and  above  insurance.  With  ehar&ctor- 
istio  enterprise  and  courage,  in  the  space  of 
twelve  months  new  promises  were  erected, 
and  he  was  able  to  turn  out  nearly  the  same 
quantity  of  goods,  as  during  furmer  years. 
With  respect  to  his  religious  coimectious, 
Mr.  Eddy  was  brought  up  a  Baptist,  and  still 
continues  in  that  faith.  His  wife  is  a  Metho- 
dist. In  1871  he  was  elected  to  the  Quebec 
Legislature,  and  sat  for  foi^r  years.  Upon 
the  Bstablishmeat  of  the  Ottawa  Ladies'  Col- 
lege, ho  was  made  president,  and  held  that 
position  for  some  years  ;  and  he  was  also 
mayor  of  Hull  for  several  years.  Mr.  Eddy 
joined  the  Corinthian  I^odge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Ottawa,  in  1860,  and  the  Royal  Arch  Chap- 
ter in  1873.  The  Eddy  Lodge,  A.  F.  A  A. 
M.,  in  Hull,  was  named  after  our  subject, 
and  he  was  its  tirst  master.  When  it  was 
instituted  it  had  only  a  membership  of  nine 
persons,  but  at  present  it  boasts  of  seventy 
members.  Mr.  Kddy  has  occupied  the 
position  of  district  deputy  grand  master,  and 
IS  now  a  past  district  deputy  grand  master 
of  the  Masonic  order.  When  he  went  to  Hull 
in  1854,  there  was  only  a  population  of 
about  125  persona  in  the  village  :  but  aft«r 
ho  had  established  his  works  there,  it  began 
to  grow  very  rapidly, and  n^'W  numbers  about 
0.000.  His  works  alone  give  employment 
to  something  over  3,0<HI  persons.  Between 
1847  and  1864  he  had  three  chil'^ren  born, 
to  him,  two  boys  and  one  girl.  lV»th  boys 
died  when  very  young,  but  the  daughter  is 
still  living.  Altogether,  in  summing  up  the 
career  of  this  enterprising,  far-seeing  and 
honourable  business  man,  there  is  not  to  be 
found  anywhere  in  our  young  country,  one 
who  better  deserves  the  appellation  of  a  go- 
ahead  Canadian. 

liiiiK.  Jolin,  Berlin,  Ontario,  a  well- 
known  member  of  the  legal  profession,  re- 
sides at  Berlin,  in  the  County  of  Waterloo. 
Although  of  Scotch  pareniaize.  and  of  High- 
land Scotch  descent,  Mr.  King  is  a  native 
of  Canada,  and  was  bam  in  Toronto,  Sep- 
tember  15th.  1843.  His  father  came  «>f  an 
English  military  family,  several  of  whose 
members  saw  a  good  deal  of  active  service 
with    the    British   army  abroad.      One   of 


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CASAVIAS  BIOGRAPHY. 


Wi 


ifaw,  Jktr.  Kia^'*  pfttara&l  rruidlftther, 
■■mad  •  SeoCcb  !*•■•  in  tb«  Hi{;hlMiila  of 
Alwul— Mhiro,  wbo  TM  poateMed  of  con- 
^■«>ihii  property  in  her  o«m  nsht.  uid 
IMO  ftltannrdB  ivUred  comfortably  nev 
Fi— iaiiuty.  in  tbe  pantli  of  Tyrie,  Aber- 
»,  vbera  oar  «ahioet*A  fmther,  John 
■  bom.  Be  vm*  au  only  son,  who. 
ftkyve  of  military  Life,  wu  «ilti- 
«Mlad  mt  the  Roral  MUitAry  Acatleray  at 
Wovlwtch.  witb  a  rieiv  to  his  cutering  the 
■nBiy.  U*  «il)«e>i^u«otlj  joiued  the  Royal 
Hana  Artillery  at  Ab»rd»eu.  and  in  Sep* 
^amimt^  1.834,  vaa  deap*tched  to  Canada,  in 
ft  aabftliam  npAcity,  in  cbarge  of  a  detach- 
ntcat  i»i  hia  battery.  He  waa  for  a  time  at 
Orona  laie.  beluw  Quebec,  in  oommand  of 
tb«  qaacantinfl  atatirm  r)i*»r>^  nnd  was  after- 
varoa  ^lunerod  at  K  i'reacott,  and 

Qiaebec      Durniir  t!>  rmg  tnjubl«B 

aloBg  thf  ~  !.c«  rroDtier,  which  fol- 

lovvd  the  r  •:  1837,  he  waa  in  o^^m- 

mmaA  al  i\tr\.  WdlingUin,  Preacott,  hia 
MWicaa  there  being  highly  oomuiended  by 
Oalonel  Witlums,  R.A..  the  ooinmaadant 
of  %hm  Johnstown  dtalrict.  A  few  years 
aftarwarda,  while  superintending  the  ureo- 
tioA  ol  defensive  works  at  this  saiue  place, 
\m  eonlxactMl  an  lUneu  of  which  he  died  at 
Qaahao.  He  waa  then  acarcely  thirty  yearn 
vi  as^  iumI  had  a  prtjmisinjr  care(7r  before 
klBi.  Ha  waa  a  man  of  soldierly  ({ualitiofl, 
■ad  vi  adakowlaged  professional  and  liter- 
ary abalitiot,  and  was  the  author  of  a  worlc 
on  ftttin«ry  and  miliriirv  «ini;ino«ring.  He 
mamad,  uo   A  IB4I,   Christina. 

dail^tar  of  Ai*-  iacdungall,  uf  To- 

foolow  aod  sister  of  D.  MacdouKull,  thu 
pOMOt  reipatrar  of  the  County  of  \VBterl<.>o. 
A  daofhler  who  died  in  infancy,  and  the 
■abjecS  of  this  notice,  were  the  iaaue  of  this 
marriage.  Mr.  Kinf^'s  mother,  who  is  still 
Unn^.  waa  bom  in  Glasgow,  Scotlnud,  and  is 
erf  Highland  Sct>tch  parentage  and  descent, 
bar  father  being  of  the  clan  Maodougall 
•C  Ijoma,  of  Ohtkii  in  Argylenbire,  and  her 
MMbar  a  Maeintyre  of  Glenorchay,  of  the 
cIsB  of  that  name  in  Inverness  and  eastern 
AqodiabtrB.  Her  father  emigrated  with  a 
laif*  fanily  to  Canada  in  1A30,  settled  for 
alUDaia  Chateauffuay,  in  Lower  Canada, 
sad  aftanrarda  removed  to  Toronto,  where 
ba  vaa  aaga^ed  in  s  mannfaoturiiig  business. 
A  malamal  uncle  emigrated  at  the  same 
tUM  to  tha  United  fSUtes,  and  settled  near 
flfiauusa,  Oewego  oonnty,  State  nf  Now 
Turk.  He  there  reared  a  lar^o  family, 
pHaetpaUy  sons,  all  of  whom  served  in  the 
Wnriliam  anay  ■  Iih  civil  war.     Two 

«Ma  UOad  fisht  :  Orant  in  the  bat- 


tlea  around  Vickabur^.  Mr.  Kicff**  eartiait 
yoata  were  spent  in  tYesoott,  Brookrille, 
and  Torouto,  where  his  mother  resided  after 
her  husband's  de«rh.  lie  reoeive*!  his  early 
education  at  the  old  Tor»:»ntti  MlhIbI  Sohoid, 
then  opp«>8ite  Upper  Canada  College,  on  the 
present  site  of  Glovernnient  House,  and  waa 
subsequently  a  pupil  at  the  Belleville.  Chat- 
ham, and  Berlin  grammar  sohotds.  He  and 
hia  mother  resided  with  his  uncle,  Mr. 
Macdouiiall,  who  was  o^mnected  at  ihfferent 
times,  as  editor  and  publisher,  with  the 
newspaper  press  at  these  different  places. 
In  September,  Iii57,  the  family  removed  to 
Berlin,  wboro  they  have  sinoe  reaided.  In 
Septomher,  ld5l>,  Mr.  King  entered  the 
University  of  Toronto  as  a  matnculaut  in 
the  Faculty  of  Arts;  ■-.itiiin.'n.-^H  his  nnder^ 
)L:n»duate  career  as  a  t  ident  in  the 

following  year  ;  was  :>  •>  the  degree 

of  B.  A.  in  June,  IStU,  and  to  the  degree 
of  M.A.  in  June,  1841.V  He  waa  engaged 
as  a  private  tutor  durmg  the  greater  part  of 
his  Uuivenity  ouurse  :  was  distinguished 
aa  a  student  for  his  literary  and  rhetori> 
cal  attainments  ;  waa  a  tirat  prizeman  in 
Unirenity  college  as  English  essayist  atld 
public  speaker,  and  won  the  last  Univer- 
sity prize  awarded  for  the  boat  thesis  by 
candidates  for  the  degree  of  M.A.  He  waa 
also  elected  twice  in  sucoession  president  of 
the  Tniversity  (College  Literary  and  8cien* 
lific  S4>ciety,  and  afterwards  aucrutary  of 
the  University  A8St>ci&tion.  He  waa  one 
of  the  original  project'irs  of  a  Univeraity 
jounukl  and  review,  his  name  appearing  in 
the  first  prospectus  issued  aa  chairman  of 
the  committee  whi»  had  charge  of  Iht;  under- 
taking. The  project  failed  for  want  of  sub- 
stantial encouragement,  but  was  auhae- 
quently  revived  with  succeaa  in  the  publi- 
cation kntiwn  aa  T/te  '  Vanity^  to  which  Mr. 
King  waa  a  frequent  contributor  in  the  tirat 
years  of  its  existence.  He  was  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  University  RiUe  Corps  (No.  y  Q. 
O.K.),  from  its  formation,  in  the  Miohael- 
mas  vacation  of  tStil,  till  he  graduated, 
and  Bubaequently  volunteered  and  aerved 
at  the  front  with  hia  old  oomradea  during 
the  Fenian  troubles  in  1866.  Upon  taking 
hia  degree,  he  aaaumed  editorial  charge  of 
the  Berlin  Ttlegraphy  to  which  he  had  pre- 
viously been  contributing,  and  conducted 
it  for  about  a  year.  In  April,  1866,  he  waa 
admitted  at  tJsgoode  Hall  as  a  student-at- 
law,  and  was  at  the  same  time  article<i  to 
Jamea  Maclennaii,  Q.C. ,  In  whoae  office 
be  studied  hia  profeaaion.  He  paaaed  aa 
attorney  and  solicitor  in  Michaelmas  term, 
1868,  and  was  called  to  the  bar  in  Michael- 


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moa  term,  1869.  Upon  being  admitted  m 
attorney,  ho  opened  an  offioo  for  a  few 
months  in  Toronto,  and  was  at  the  same 
time  appointed  assistant  law-clerk  uf  the 
Legislative  Assembly,  and  private  cltitk  to 
tJie  Speaker  of  the  House,  the  late  Hi>n. 
John  Stevenson.  While  actintc  in  these  ca- 
pacities, the  Hon.  J.  S.  Macdonnld,  then 
premier  and  attnrnoy-genera],  offered  him 
the  law  clerkship,  vacated  by  the  retirement 
of  Mr  Miles  O'Reilly,  Q.C.  Ho  dwiined 
ibis  appniiitment  for  the  active  practice  of 
his  profession,  which  he  commenced  in  De- 
cember, 1809.  at  Berlin,  and  has  there  since 
continued.  For  about  three  years  be  also 
had  an  office  at  Oalt,  in  the  same  county, 
and  was  for  a  time  associated  there  with 
K.  J.  Beaumont,  in  the  firm  of  King  ifc 
Beaumont.  The  partnership  was  dissolved 
in  January,  16B5.  At  Berlin  he  was  solici- 
tor for  the  Consolidated  Bank,  and  is  now 
solicitor  for  the  Canadian  Hank  of  Com- 
merce, its  successor.  He  is  also  county  so- 
licitor, and,  as  Crown  counsel,  conducts 
criminal  business  at  the  assizes  in  different 
parte  of  the  province.  He  is  a  Liberal  in 
politics,  an  ox-preeident  of  the  North  Water- 
loo Ueform  AssociatioD,  and.  for  many  years 
post,  has  taken  a  prominent  part  m  electoral 
contests  on  the  Liberal  aide.  Ho  has  nearly 
all  his  life  been  a  writer  for  the  newspaper 
press;  wrote  for  the  Gttnnditin  Afontfthj  dur- 
ing its  existence,  and  is  an  old  member  of 
the  Canadian  Press  Association.  He  has 
always  been  on  active  University  man,  ren- 
dering service  in  many  ways  to  his  tiJma 
ittatt'i;  whenever  her  interests  required  it, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  I'nivuraity  Senate, 
having  been  elected  to  th.%t  body  by  his  fel- 
low>graduates  in  May,  18tM),  and  re*elect«d 
by  acclamation  in  Mny^  1H^(o.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum  SiH^it/ty.  Mr. 
King  married,  December  I'ith,  1872.  Isabel 
Orace,  youngest  daughter  of  the  late  William 
Lyon  Mackenzie,  M.  P.,  so  distinguished  in 
the  early  strugiflea  for  responsible  govern- 
ment in  this  country.  Two  sons  and  two 
daughters  are  the  issue  of  this  marriatfe. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
and  takes  a  zealous  interest  in  church  mat- 
ters. 

McMlllHn,  Hugh,  M.P.,  J. P.,  Cap- 
taiu  of  iMilitiftf  Rigaud,  Quebec,  was  bom 
at  Uiuiaud,  Province  of  Quebec,  on  the  19th 
December,  1830.  He  is  a  son  of  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel Donald  McMillan,  who  sat  in 
the  House  of  Commons  for  the  County  of 
Vaxidrenil  from  1867tol872.  .  His  father 
was  of  Scotch  descent,  and  emigrated  to  this 
country  in  1823,  from  Aberdeen.  Scotland, 


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and  settled  in  the  County  of  Glengarry,  with 
the  colony  of  Highlanders.  His  m{>ther  was 
M.  Julie  Charlebois,  a  lady  of  French  des- 
cent. Our  subject  was  educsted  at  the  Mont- 
real college,  and  pursued  a  general  course  i 
and  classical  studies  for  the  period  of  eight  S 
years.     He   is  described  as  having  been  «  H 

f)ainstaking  student,  and  when  he  left  col* 
oge  he  was  equipped  with  a  very  thorough 
and,  at  the  same  time,  a  very  practical  edu- 
cation. Ho  took  an  interest  afterwards  in 
military'  matters,  and  was  promoted  to  a 
captaincy.  He  was  a  couuly  councillor  for 
fifteen  years,  and  was  elected  F.  P.  Com 
missioner  of  Small  Causes.  He  has  like 
wise  been  connected  with  the  Vaudreuil  Ss 
Prescott  Railway  Company.  He  married  on 
the  11th  February,  1802,  Agnes  Mongenais, 
daughter  of  J.  B.  Mongonais,  who  repre- 
sented the  County  of  Vaudreuil  in  the  Leg- 
islative Assembly  of  Canada,  from  the 
year  1848  to  1861,  and  the  same  omiity  in 
the  House  of  Commons,  from  1878  to  1882.  M 
Mr.  McMillan  was  a  merchant,  at  Rigaud,  I 
from  1865  to  I8T3,  having  succeeded  his 
father  in  the  business.  He  then  sold  out 
and  built  a  saw  mill,  which  he  now  works. 
Mr.  McMillan  has  always  taken  a  very 
active  part  iu  the  political  contests  of  Vau- 
dreuil county,  as  well  as  those  in  the  neigh- 
bouring county  of  Prescott  He  refused 
many  times  the  candidature  for  both  Ur>uses 
of  Parliament,  until  1882,  when  he  accepted 
the  nomination  for  the  House  of  Commons, 
and  was  elected.  Ho  has  always  been  a 
sterling  friend  of  his  county,  and  is  now  an 
active  representative  in  Parliament.  Mr, 
McMillan  iu  politics  is  a  Conservative,  and 
iu  reliicinn  a  Roman  catholic. 

McOHl,  Hon.  James,  the  founder  of 
McOill  thiiveraity,  in  Montreal,  was  born 
in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  on  the  6th  of  October, 
1744.  and  at  an  early  age  emigrated  to  Can- 
ada, and  settled  in  Montroal.  Here  he  en- 
tered into  mercantile  pursuits,  and  after 
havini;  aiuassed  a  large  fortune,  ho  devoted 
his  tiuu*  and  means  to  the  advancement  of 
his  adopied  country.  He  liecauie  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Legislative  and  Executive  Coun- 
cils <if  Lower  Canada.'  During  the  war  of 
1812.  he  t<»ok  an  active  part  in  military 
alfairs,  and  so  valuable  were  his  services 
that  he  rose  to  the  position  of  brigadier- 
general.  Mr.  McGill,  will,  however,  be  chiefly 
remembered  f<'r  his  chanty,  and  the  warm 
interest  he  took  in  the  cause  of  education. 
About  the  end  of  1813  he  died  at  the  age  of 
Bixty>8even,  leaving  behind  him  a  name  of 
more  value  and  of  more  enduring  quality 
than  marble  or  braaa. 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPBT. 


16ft 


iiirtl.  rruiicU  Joneff  M.  P.  for 

I  Dibia,  n-aa  bom  at  Quebec, 
lary,  182i>.     Uia  father  waa 
UatetJ^ut'-q  lUruant,  au<l  his  motlicir  Cath«- 
TTO#,  H»f  Teiftr.     Our  aubject  i*  descended 
ill    old   Yorkshire,    England,   family, 
^  tint  ancestor  in  tlie  new  world  waa 
'     ritard.  who  settled  in  Massiichu- 
'•)  1042.     At  thti  latter  date  this 
-t  name  drat  appears  on  the  Uart- 
U.       thir   subject    received    hia 
III  thu  City  of  Quebec,  and   hia 
.^riaod  what  is  known  »a  a  solid 
^^"■'n.     He  did  not  care  to  bind 
>  professional  routine,  but 
-t  he  hail  a  BCrong  spirit  of 
iiterpriflti,  and  talked  about 
K  hia  fortune.   Ho  employed 
luAUBli  in  rorious  waya  in  hia  native  city, 
|)cior  to  taking  Uia  departure  from  it.     On 
th«  0th    of   July,   1453,  he  warned    Ellon 
8uIlma.D,  and   by  this  uuiim  liaa  had  three 
^oidren,  %'!£.,  Frank  S.  fiamard,  now  man- 
B^^arol  ib«  Brttiah  Ctilumbia  Express  Corn- 
Alice  TeUer,  who  married  John  A. 
a{>eaker  of  the  local    legislature  of 
I'.'i'i^U  Cotuuibia.  and  meinltor  for    Vale  ; 
and  Oei*.    (lenry  Ijaniard.      When  our  aub- 
.  »    I.--I  .^.,..\,^,i  (jig  thirtioih  year,  he  di- 
-  to  Uhtiah  Columbia,  a  col- 
known,  bnt  younK  Barnard, 
t'l  careful  consideration  and 
1   t!iiit  there  was  a  brdliant 
'  remote  Hritiahctdony. 
Mp   lijn  sleeves  and  re- 
•uiv«d  Ut  cxrve  nut  fur  himaelf  a  fortune 
Um>«-       Hf  first  engaged  in    mining,  with 
1  tkfterwards  eatabliahed  Bar- 
iid  Sts'/e  Line.     In  1878  he 
'  I  olumbia  Kxpreas 

'  lirijuyh  the  entire 
^ir  r..iriiarii  lias  Iwen  engaged 
for  a  considerable  time  iu  horse- 
ha«  also  a  large  intoreat 
He  likewise  had  the  con. 
for  the  conatruction  of  the 
of  the  Canadian  Pacitic 
H»  represented  the  dia- 
LegiHUtive  Asaembly 
•II,  from  1806  to  1871  ; 
Ife*  vta  ciocted  to  the  Comnioua  ft>f  the 
dialricl  in  187!>,  and  again  in  1882. 
Sir.  bomanl  was  always  a  strong  and  elTec- 
itre  »JvY<CEate  of  V-oMft.d'.-ration,  and  a  mem- 
bar  of  the  Vai«  Convention  in  1Hf>8,  wlien 
tb«  oo<»l«M|«r»tion  of  Itntiah  Columbia  with 
tlb»  fHhi>r  ]irt>Ttnc««  was  tint  nnx^^ted.  In 
politics  1m  is  a  lJb«ral-Conaervative,  and 
(Wm|||Ii  hv  ta  not  bumptious,  it  ia  well  known 
th«re  are  few  men  in  the  Huuae  whoso 


judgment  upon  important  and  critical  quea- 
lions  may  be  more  readily  accepted  with 
safety.  All  that  ho  has  in  repute  and  in 
worldly  goods,  of  which  he  haa  a  large 
ahare,  he  haa  attained  through  his  own 
industry,  uprightneaa  and  perseverance. 
iMr.  Barnard  ia  an  attendant  of  the  Preaby- 
terian  clmrch,  and  resides  in  Vict*»nA.  U.C. 
Bryce,  Rvv.  Dr.  Ocorye,  M.A., 
LL. B.,  lLD.,  VVinnipeg,  waa  born  o\\  the 
22ud  of  April,  1H44,  at  Mount  Pleasant, 
Hrant  county,  (Jntario.  Hia  parents  were 
George  and  Catherine  Bryce,  and  hia 
mother's  maiden  name  was  Henderson. 
Mr.  Bryce,  aeni<)r,  came  from  the  neigh- 
bourhood of  Dunblane,  Perthshire,  Sect- 
land  ,  w  here  the  fa  mily  haa  been  traced 
back  by  baptismal  records  to  )G10.  In  the 
reign  of  James  I.,  one  Walter  Bryce  was 
tried  at  Dunblane  on  the  charge  uf  wizardry, 
but  waa  acquitted  on  the  interference  of  in- 
fluential friends.  Our  aubjoct'a  grandfather 
carried  on  u  long  and  extousive  lawauit. 
against  tho  Earl  of  Moray  to  protect  a  feudal 
right  invaded  by  tho  earl.  Young  Bryce  waa 
educated  at  Mount  I'leaaant  Public  Schools 
and  Brantford  Collegiate  Inatitute.  Ue 
matriculated  iu  Toronto  University  in  18li3 
with  lionuurs.  Eie  took  numerous  honours, 
scholarships  and  prizes  during  hia  cmrsoi 
chietly  in  science  and  English.  He  gradu- 
ated with  a  medal  in  1867,  and  entered  Knox 
College,  Toronto,  in  lS(J8,  where  he  became 
preaident  of  the  Literary  and  Metaphysical 
Society,  From  this  institution  he  graduated 
in  1871,  takui;;  tjve  out  of  the  six  scholar- 
ahipa  opeiL  lie  waa  selected  by  the  College 
professors  to  be  aasiatant  and  succeaaor  in 
Chalmers*  Church,  QuiiVioc,  whither  he  went 
in  1871.  It  may  be  added  that  he  took  prixos 
for  English  essay  writing  in  Toronto  Uiii- 
veraity  and  Knox  College.  Ue  entered  tha 
volunteer  service  in  1862,  during  the  excite- 
ment of  the  Trtni  atfair.  Wiih  a  young 
school  male  he  organized  the  Mount  Pleas- 
ant Infantry,  a  company  of  the  Brant  bat- 
ulion.  ile  waa  connected  with  thu  Univer- 
sity Rifles,  Queen's  Own,  in  1863,  and 
entered  tho  Military  Sch*K»l,  Toronto,  in 
184U,  whence  ho  took  a  second  class  oertifi- 
cate  of  fitness  as  to  datiua  of  captain.  He 
was  at  Laproirie  camp  aa  a  cadet  under 
General  (then  Colonel)  Wolusley  in  1806, 
and  wiis  with  the  Uiiiveraity  company  at 
Ridgeway,  acting  aa  ensign,  and  made  out 
the  roll  of  the  compiiuy  uf  proMeut,  killed, 
wounded  and  miaaing,  after  t)ie  cuntliot. 
He  was  appointed  by  the  Home  Miaaiun 
Committee  uf  the  Presbyterian  (ioneral  As- 
sembly in  August,    1871,   to  leare  Quebec 


160 


A  CTCLOPJSDIA  OF 


and  prooe«d  to  Winnip^,  to  found  h  college 
Boioiig  ilm  Selkirk  settlers  on  the  R«d 
River,  aud  also  to  organize  a  Presbyteriaa 
Church  in  Winnipeg.  Ho  was  ordained  in 
Toronto  on  September  19th,  1871,  and  ar- 
rived in  Winnipeg,  goin^  the  last  300  miles 
over  the  prairies  by  stage  through  Minne- 
sota. He  organized  the  college,  which  he 
called  Manitoba  college,  the  same  being 
eatablishod  at  Kildonun,  four  miles  fprni 
Winnipeg.  He  obtained  incorporation  for 
ihecoUegtiin  18^3,  and  the  following.'  yexr  it 
was  removed  to  Winnipeg.  In  187"  he  was 
one  of  the  chief  founders  of  the  Manit^tba 
Cniveraily,  which  combinf^s  St.  Boniface 
(Roman  catholic).  St.  John's  (Episcopal) 
U)d  Manitoba  college  (Presbyterisu).  He 
has  been  on  the  executive  uf  the  University 
sinoeits  begiinnng,  and  has  framed  many  of 
its  miwt  iTiiportant  statntes.  He  nrued  in 
188tl  the  erection  of  new  college  buildings, 
obtained  snhscriptions,  and  in  IKBI  saw  be- 
gun, to  be  completed  in  18ti2,  the  present 
beautiful  building  of  Munitnba  college, 
valued,  with  grounds,  at  370.000.  He  was 
elected  in  1877,  on  tlie  tirst  School  Board 
for  Winnipeg  under  the  cities  and  towns 
act,  and  served  for  three  years.  He  was 
appointed  first  inspector  of  Winnipeg  Pub- 
lic Schools  in  the  .•tame  year,  and  was  chair- 
man of  school  management.  In  1B71  and 
1872  he  acted  as  examiner  in  natural  history 
in  Toronto  I'nivorsity,  and  has  been  an  ex- 
aminer in  natural  science  in  Manitoba  i'ni- 
versity  since  1878.  For  several  years  he 
was  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Examiners 
of  Public  School  Teachers  in  Manitoba. 
He  organized  Knox  Church,  Winnipeg,  and 
was  its  first  moderator,  1872-3,  He  like- 
wise organized  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Win- 
nipeg, in  1881,  and  has  held  the  tirst  service 
in  many  of  the  new  settlements  of  Mani- 
toba. He  has  oiwned,  or  re-opened,  some 
twenty  new  churches  in  Manit^iba.  He  is  a 
trustee  of  all  Presbyterian  Indian  mission 
property  in  the  North-West,  and  in  1884 
was  appointed  by  the  Oeneml  Assembly  the 
moderator  of  the  first  Presbyterian  Synod  of 
Manitoba  and  the  North-VVest  territories. 
He  was  one  of  the  incorporators,  and  from 
187*1  to  1879  a  director  of  the  Winnipeg 
General  Hospital,  and  for  1877  and  1878 
was  secretary  and  treasurer  of  that  institu- 
tion. In  1881  he  was  appointed  delegu^ 
regional  of  the  Institution  Ethnographiquo 
of  Paris.  In  1878  he  was  one  of  the  incor- 
porat4irs  of  the  Historical  and  Scientific  So- 
ciety of  .Manitoba,  and  was  from  1878  to 
1883  corresponding  secretary  of  thia  society, 
and  for  1884  and  1885  its  president.    On  be- 


ing relieved  of  the  heavy  duties  of  mtssfott^l 
secretary,  Dr.  Bryce,  in  1881,  began  to  pay 
more  attention   to  anthoisbip.     In  1882  he 
published    in    London    (Sam pson ,    Low   4^ 
Searle,  publishers)   his  work,    "  Manitoba 
its  Infancy, drowth  and  Present  Onndition,"! 
octavo,  34}4pp.    This  volume  has  had  a  wido* 
sale.     An  Kngliah  gentleman  read  it  in  New 
Zualatid,  and  cuming  to  Manitoba  by  way  of 
San   Francisco,  purchased  100,0<X>  acres  of. 
wild    land    in    the    province.     The  work  is< 
largely  a  vindication  of  the  Earl  of  Selkirk, 
thft  blunder  of  the   Red   River  Settlement 
The  author  haa  had  tlte  pleasure  of  revers- 
ing the  unfavourable  opinion  formerly  held 
in  Onnada  of  the  earl.     During  a  visit  to 
Britain   in  1881-82.  Dr.  Brj-ce  visited   the 
then    Earl   of   Selkirk    and    Lndy    Isabella 
Hope,    his   sister,    aud    had    access  to    the 
family  papers  in   preparing  his  work.     The 
article  **  Manitdba  *'    in   the  EncychipftMiia 
Britannica  is  by  Dr.  Bryce.  During  the  year 
1884  his  publications  were,  '*  Plea  for  a  Ca- 
nadian  <-amden    Society"   and  the  "Five 
Forts  of  Wii.nipeg,"  published  by  the  Royal 
Society  of  Canada  ;    *'  Education  in    Mani- 
toba,'' published  in  the  Canadian  memorial^ 
volume  by  the   British   Association  ;  '*  OufJ 
Indians,"  by  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  of  Winnipeg  ;I 
'*Coal,*'  by  the  C.   P.  R.  Literary  Aasocia^J 
tion,  Winnipeg  ;  and  *'  The  Mound  Btiild- 
ors,"  by  the  Historical  Society.     Dr.  Bryce 
is  now  engaged  on  a  work  of  considorablo 
size  and   importance  on   a  department  ofl 
Canadian   and    North-Weat   history.      Our] 
subject  has  visited  Kiigland.  Ireland,  Scoi«l 
land,    France  and    Italy,    Eastern    SLat«a» 
Nova  Scotia,  New  Brunswick,  Quebec,  the 
Rficky  Mountains,  and  has  written  descrip- 
tions of  many  of  his  travels.     He  received 
early  and  careful  religious  instruction  in  a 
Christiau  home.     Ho  is  now  in  church  mat- 
ters, while  an  ardent  churchman,  an  enemy 
of  ecclesiasticism.      He  married,  September 
17th,  1872,  Marion  Samuel,  daughter  of  the 
late  James  Samuel,    Kirkliston,   near  lan- 
lithgow,  Scolhind. 

LacoMic,  Bon.  Alexondrc^  Q.O., 
D.C.L.,  Senator,  Montreal,  was  bom  at 
Boucherville,  in  the  Province  of  Quebec, 
on  the  12th  of  January,  1842.  Alexander 
Lacoste  is  descended  from  an  old  and  dis- 
tinguished French  family,  which  emigrated 
from  France  many  years  ago,  and  settled 
at  BouchL>rville,  Province  of  Quebec  His 
father,  Hon.  Ixiuis  Lacoste,  was  a  sena- 
tor of  the  Dominion,  and  his  mother  was 
Marie  Antoinette  Thais  Proulx.  Young 
I^acoste  received  his  early  education  at  the 
College  of  St.  Hyacinthe,  and  be  concluded 


ri 
4 


1 


CA  NA  VIA  N  mo  on  A  I'M  Y 


LUl 


UlMadiM  «t  the  Lftval  rnivonity,  Quebec. 
Ob  tb«  dth  of  M.ky,  18(U>.  M.  Lacostfi  mar- 
md  a4  MontroAl,  Dunu:  Arnrie  LonUe  Ctlo- 
kauky.  HariuLi;  oonqiloUMl  his  eduoatiun, 
JC  l^cncta  entered  upon  the  Blndy  of  the 
kv.  *nij  u  attid  tu  hnve  be«n  a«miduotis  and 
WliltAOt,  &iid  (MtMewed  "f  a  Bound  ttnder- 
iiaadir>>;.  When  \w  rt>achud  hia  tirenty-tir«t 
j«ar,  be  van  called  to  the  bar  uf  Lower 
i^»*»^^  A&d  at  once  b«g&D  the  practice  of 
lua  prufgaaion  iu  MontreAl,  and  Sfton  found 
k  '  '    aad    importAnt   business   grow 

tj  uiin.      Ue    was    prompt,    he  wits 

ab(*,  ana  he  was  to  be  trusted  :  what  more 
vttft  to  be  riAAded  in  a  youn^  adv(:K:ate  ?     In 

ISaOb^--  - '   iQ.C.  ;andwas   called 

tolkr  .uoil  of  the  Proviucoof 

QMb«-> •     •;.  iu-lsle  division,   ou  tho 

4lh  of  aUrch.  1882.  The  following  year  ho 
Rod  in  1M84  he  was  called  to  tho 
Km  a  legislative  o»UDciUor  our 
•abj«ot  wu  diatingutshed  for  stiltd,  and,  at 
Um  «uii«  time,  brilliant  abilities.  It  was 
a*«9  in  deference  to  his  Stness  for  the  po- 
tKan  to  political  exigency  that  he  was 
&  member  of  the  S«rmte,  in  which 
body  Set  ua  hope  ho  shall  long  remain  to 
with  wise  counaela.  All  his  life  M. 
lua  been  a  sturdy  and  highly  es- 
Cuoservative. 
Mnnlck,  Churlea  Richard  fSlcs 
■IMO,  T■.^.nlo,  tho  8Ul>j«et  of  rliia  sketch, 
*u  h'jm  at  f»iirenp'>rt,  Kn^luud,  in  1844. 
UiA  Ea£her  wa4  James  Dinnick,  who  priic- 
Itiw  Ht  Davenport,  and  hia  mother 
Harriot  Dinuick.  His  fnther  had  a 
Huinenl  ilanding  at  the  bar  iu  hia  early 
f  Aud  he  lubseqnently  entered  the  em- 
aioyoMtit  of  the  gorernment,  who  utilized 
mm  l«gol  t«I«nt«.  The  subject  of  our  sketch 
was  Muoafced  at  the  Davenport  schfKils,  and 
allar  oocapUiittg  hia  course,  he  learned  the 
tnds  of  A  ear]ienter.  Having  mastered  this 
tnda  Ka  opened  busineaa  for  himself  at 
Oftvaaport.  Hu  suon  became  poueaoed  of 
a  '  ■■'■'■■■       '        liot  to  some 

'  t,   where  he 

i  better  re- 

iiait   was  to 

i  M< ..  ^.re,  in  1M71, 

itid,  and  in  due  aeaaon 

iiich   before   this  date 

i  "  the  Queen  City  of 

>tri  he  o|>eue<l  business 

'v  and  }*ont>ral  Bi»ecu- 

^)Ln  to  deal  extensively 

I    i>ru|i«rtiwa,  in  bnyini;  up 

I    land   and   builditii;  houses 

iUi  Uad  ft  quick,  fsrroaohiug  in< 


Uis    L 
I     OK«*r 


wuhI  : 

haofll  aail  : 
UmAminX  1 

OMBhwlb- 

1 
oartAi: 


ialo  bfuiiMM,  and  he  loou  aaw  that  hia 


enterprise  was  beiuf;  crowned  with  success. 
One  achievement  became  the  foundation  for 
another  one  still  more  impnrtimt.  Mr. 
Dinnick  haa  shown  oonoom  for  afTiura  lying 
beyond  the  circle  of  his  own  buaiuesa.  At 
present  he  is  a  member  of  the  Sanitary  As- 
sociation, an  institution  badly  needed  in 
Toronto.  In  lt^81  he  joined  (he  Masonic 
order,  and  is  a  very  highly  re«pected  mem- 
ber of  that  body.  He  is  tikewiae  an  Odd- 
fellow, having  joined  this  association  in  1880. 
In  relii^ion  he  is  a  member  nf  the  .Methodist 
communion.  No  political  party  can  Lay 
claim  to  him,  he  being  an  advoatto  of  pare 
and  etticiunt  admiuistratioo,  and  takes  an 
intellt^dCent  and  unbiased  interest  in  public 
questions.  In  18G6  he  married  EIiks  Ann 
Brown,  a  daughter  of  Austin  Brown,  of 
Toronto.  By  this  lady  he  has  had  five 
children.  Through  unfailing  integrity  and 
persistent  industry  Mr  Dinnick — although 
he  has  sustained  in  the  vicisnitudes  of  for- 
tune some  heovy  losses — has  now  secured  a 
handsome  competence,  and  h'>ldB  one  of  the 
first  places  among  the  builders  and  oon- 
tractors  of  Toronto. 

Beuly,  Jniin»a,Jr.,Q  C,  D.C.L.,M.P,— 
[icrc  is  an  instance  of  what  can  be  accnin- 
plished  by  a  nmn  of  integrity  who  puts  a 
hi^rh  aim  before  him.  and  unfalteriuizly  pur- 
sues his  way,  doing  always  the  right  and  hia 
best.  Mr.  Beaty  was  born  at  AshdaK*  Farm, 
township  of  Trafaljjar,  in  the  County  nf 
Halton,  on  the  lUth  of  Novenil>er,  1831. 
His  father  was  an  estimable  gentleman.  Juhn 
Beaty.  who  emigrated  front  the  County  of 
Cavan,  Irehind,  and  who.  on  reaching  Can- 
aila.  engaged  hnnself  in  a(?riculture,  which 
callintc  ho  pureued  for  half  a  century  at  Ash- 
dale  Farm.  It  was  at  this  old  homestead 
that  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  brouuht 
up,  and  fr<im  intelligent  parents,  who  by 
word  and  precept  always  set  an  exantple  of 
the  right,  did  he  receive  his  early  tuition. 
At  lirst  he  attended  the  public  school,  and 
subsequently  entered  the  grammar  schrnjl  at 
Palermo,  in  Trafalgar.  Leaviikg  the  Palermo 
school  in  1B49,  he  was  sent  to  Toronto, 
where  he  received  private  tuition  for  a 
perivMl,  and  at  the  following  Trinity  term  he 
waa  miten^d  as  a  student  of  law  in  the  ntlice 
of  Adam  (now  Chief  Justicu)  Wdson  and 
Dr.  L&rratt  W.  Smith.  NVhilo  punning 
his  studies  ho  evinced  much  ^rasp.  and  a 
faculty  for  mastering  readily  the  principles 
ami  (ttftnils  of  the  law.  In  1855  he  was 
cnlled  to  the  bar,  and  in  the  following  yt-ar 
entered  int^  partnership  with  Mr.  VVil»on 
and  Mr.  0.  8.  Patterson.  The  f^r^iotMrJ  of 
the    firm    was  subsei|uently    cltunged     by 


102 


A  CTCLOK^DU  OF 


Messrs.  Wilstni  and  Patterson  being  called  to 
the  bench.  Mr.  B*>aty's  was  alwuya  one  of 
the  clearest  heads  at  the  t>ar,  and  in  1872 
he  waa  created  a  Quuen's  counsel  by  the  Do- 
minion giiTcmment,  flub«uqueotly  obtain- 
ing th(?  same  distinction  from  the  govern* 
ni«*nt  of  Ontario.  In  1872  he  received  hia 
dejff^e  of  B.C.L.  from  Trinity  CoUej^e  ;  and 
in  1875  the  degree  of  D.C.L.  was  conferred 
upon  him.  Ue  began  the  career  of  politics, 
in  which  he  was  afterwards  to  diBtinguiAh 
himself,  by  being  elected  alderman  for  »St. 
James'  Ward,  Toronto,  While  aittin^  ns 
aldvrman  he  intnidnced  the  **  Beaiy  By- 
law," a  plan  changing  entirely  the  syntem  of 
civic  affitira.  Two  yuiira  later  he  was  elected 
mayor  ;  and  was  the  following  year  re-elect- 
ed, defeating  liia  opponent  ex  mayor  Morri- 
son by  over  900  vutee.  Mr,  IJuaty's  pri>- 
Fesaional  career  has  1>eeu  a  peculmrly  sue- 
oesafiil  one,  an4l  he  has  conducted  a  large 
number  of  ciises  with  marked  skill  and  force 
from  the  Court  of  Appeal  down.  In  politics 
he  is  now,  as  he  has  btteu  through  a  cousist- 
ODt  career,  a  Liberal-Conservative  :  but  he 
frequently,  many  j  ears  ago,  resisted  the  pres- 
sure of  friends  whti  were  desirous  that  hu 
should  offer  himself  for  a  tieid  giving  wi'lor 
oppiirtunity  for  his  usefuJnesa.  In  1880, 
hoWfver,  his  advisers  prevailed,  and  he  pre- 
sented himself  for  the  representation  of  West 
Toronto  in  the  Dominion  Parliament,  and 
was  Biiecusaful,  defeating  his  opponent  by 
a  handsome  majority.  His  course  in  par- 
liament fully  juatiHed  expectations,  and 
the  large  iiuin>>er  of  prfmiiuent  acts  of 
legislation  which,  through  him,  havu  be- 
ooMie  law,  bear  testiujony  to  his  iiidusti^ 
and  appreciation  of  the  public  needs.  At 
the  general  election  of  1882  Mr.  Beaty  was 
once  more  successful,  defeating  his  oppo- 
nent by  a  decisive  majority.  In  religion 
Mr.  Beaty,  though  brought  up  a  member 
of  the  Anglican  communion,  now  belongs 
to  no  deitouiination,  simply  accepting  the 
Bible  with  the  message  it  announces.  He 
has  written  frequently  for  the  secular  and 
religious  press,  and  for  legal  and  literary 
puriodicals.  He  has  the  faculty  of  cou- 
Tinoiiig  by  the  clearness  of  his  reason,  and 
by  an  unaggressive  forcibleneos  in  presenting 
his  viuws.  Lie  it  a  oWar,  terse  and  furciltle 
sptfakor.  but  dues  not  obtrude  his  oddresseif 
upou  parliament,  unless  the  occAsion  is  a 
sutKcient  one.  Mr.  Beaty  married  on  the 
l*tlh  uf  Novenibtir,  1ho8,  his  cousin  Fanny 
Beatv,b>  whom  ho  hatt  onu  duuifhter  living;. 
I'cllrtlor.  lion.  Cliarlvn  .4lplionae 
PNnlaleon.  C.M.G  ,  U.O.I...  *^.C.,  P.O  , 
Stfuator,  Quebec,  the  disliuguuhed  subject 


of  this  biographical  sketch,   was   bom  at 
Riviere  Ouelle,  in  the  Province  of  Quebecji 
on  the  22nd  January,  1837>     His  father, 
very  worthy  gentleman,  was  J.  M.  P»lletii 
a  merchant    and    farmer  of   high   standing 
and  good  suoooss  ;  and  his  mother  was  Julii 
her  maiden  name  being   Panichaud.     Tbi 
lady  was  a  sister   of    the   late   Rev.    0.  F. 
Painchaud,  founder  of  the  College  of  St.] 
Anne.     When  our  subject  was  old  enough, 
he    was   sent    to   St,   Anne's   College,  and 
pibssed  through  the  grades  of  that  institu- 
tion.    Thereafter  he  entered  Laval  Univer- 
sity, and  in  graduating  obtained  the  degree 
of  B.C.L.    This  was  on  the  1 5th September, i 
1858.      In  1801   M.    PoUotier  married    Sn- 
aanna,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  Charles 
£.  Casgrain,   M.  L.  C.    but  this  lady   died 
iu  1862.     He    married   again    Virumie  A., 
second  daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  M.  P.  Da 
Sales  La  Terriere,  M.  D.     This  gentleman 
hnd  sat  in  the  parliament  of  Lower  Canada, 
and  subsequently  in  that  of  United  Canada. 
M.  Pulletier  devoted  himaclf   faithfully  to 
the  study  of  the  law.  and  iu  1860  was  duly 
called  to  the  bar,  and  begfin  the  practioe  of 
his  profesHiuu.      He  soou   began   to  distiu- 
^uish  himself  as  an  advocate,  both  because 
of  his  brilliancy  and  of  his  great  knowledge 
of  the  law.      In  after  years  (1870)  his  legU 
qualifications  were  formally  acknowledged. 
by  his  investiture  with  the  silken  gown  of 
a  Queen's  counsel.     He  has  always  held  the 
highest  possible  place  among  his  coufrerae. 
of   the  French   bar,  of  which  he  has  b««i 
syndic.     He  occupies  now  the  highly  credit- 
able position  of  joint  city  attorney  of  the 
city  of  Quebec,  with  L  O.  BuilUIrge,  QC.,,^1 
a  moat  worthy  gentleman  in  all   reBpeeta,^| 
very    favourably   known    in    Quebec       Id      i 
everything  national  and  calculated  to  pro- 
mote  the   interests   of  nationality    or   the 
material   welfare  of   his  province,  M.  Pel- 
letier  has  been    prominent,  and  has    been 
thrice   elected  president  of  the  Society  de 
St.    Jean    Baptiste,    Quebec.      In    military 
matters   this  enterprismg  and  highly  put>' 
lie  spirited   man  has  been  likewise  promi- 
nent.  He  WAS  for  several  years  mnjoi*  of  the 
9rh  Baitalion,  known  as  the   Voltigeurs  cf* 
Q\itbec.     During  the  Fenian  raid  uf  1866, 
he  was  in  command  of  this   battalion,  and 
in  tlie  same  year  he  retired,   but  retained 
his  rank.     Before   the  completion  of  ood- 
federation,  when  public  men  hioked  tn  larger 
achievem-nt  in  political  life,  M.  Pelletier 
offered    himself   for   the   repreeentation   of 
KKmoiirasko.     A  special  return  was  niadoi 
and    this    constituency    was    disfranchised 
for  some  months  ;  but  in  ]8G1>  our  sut>jtfOi 


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163 


0U1      I 


•duered  bia  aim  by  wiutiing  the  Commoni 
■ftt  for  Kjunounuka.  At  once,  on  takinit 
kia  nl<i4r*i  in  thtf  bou««.  be  WAB  marktfd  out 
x^  'ichftWivu  the  ordinary  standard 

vi  19.      He  sion  reveAled  learning, 

and  aiQcti  thon2;ht,  nnd  bnlliancyf  and  deep- 
oouTiction.  and  vory  promptly  »io- 
I  hubi  tit^jD  tbe  rv-4poct  uf  tho  house, 
aftd  ho  baa  nt«ver  relincjuished  that  hold. 
Ha  waa  rv^docted  at  the  gen^'ral  elections 
«i  1H7*  ;  and  choaen  by  acclamation  in  1874. 
H»  wiM  nt4  alone  cuuoonied  now  in  domin- 
uxt  poUticw,  but  the  affairs  of  bis  own  pro- 
tuiee  la  the  local  legislature  enj^rrosacij  hia 
atr«aiion.  !»  1873  he  was  tlected  to  the 
0»h»o  LeL'ifllaiive  Aasemb'y.  for  the  oon- 
ot  Quebec  East  ;  but  the  folluwing 
bm  Taa  obliged  U*  resign  his  seat,  for  a 
bill  bad  paaavd  the  Doniiuinn  leuislature 
icb  dcH-lared  that  no  per.ioh  could  at  the 
time  hold  aeata  in  a  provincial  aaaem- 
mad  in  the  0>>ininion  pirliamcnt.  M. 
^aUetier  omtinued  aa  a  favourite  memlier 
ta  Uic  House  of  C 'ninionB  til)  1H77.  when 
he  waa  invited  to  the  Privy  Council,  and 
umvlvl  with  the  portfolio  nf  Aijriculturtf. 
Tb«  U>»n,  Alexander  M  tckeuxiu  waa  at 
tb«t  fims  premier  <>f  Cana-lu  ;  and  it  must 
aluayv  rvmun  tu  the  credit  of  thai  gen- 
tleiaau  th»l  he  invarithly  stiu.{ht  to  ob- 
t*:-  '  -  ^  ;h  Mrtice  htith  infejjfrity  and  ability. 
Ir.  'f  M.  ^'I'lleiiur  it  was  u  livtirsally 

«ii.»..*  <.  *.tal  hia  choice  had  been  a  happy 
aB0b  Htf  waa  a  careful,  cmidunli'^us,  vii{- 
•r^««a  nnd  ciiiNbble  deoarttneiit  I  head. 
In  ill*-  year   Mr.  Mackenzie  was 

4mtmmv      .  i>  In,  and  lite  Hon.  M.  Pul- 

Wtt«r«  wiui  the  r«st,  r»Ai<^ned  the  atfats  of 
oA.-r,  Alw:\rA  taking  a  deep  tntcrfst  in 
ir  matttirt,  he  wa«  pre^idtfut 

u'  Oointuisiton  for   the  Paris 

t  ,.  .  itiouot  1878      For  his  «in- 

.ji'ji:  'U    that   <^»ocaAion,  he    was 

crvaLeU  9  i  "iiipAniou  uf  the  Unler  of  St. 
Miebnal  and  St.  iteorgo,  on  the  ^Orh  of 
0^**mw,  1874.  in  1H77  ho  wa*  called  to 
tba  h.-oate,  which  b-idy  ho  now  udorna.  It 
ia  IbarUly  aeouwary  to  aay  that  iiur  distin- 

rtaktfd    an*)}  -ci    i«    in    p>dtiica  a  strtuncU 
KAr^i    And    hit  tervici's  iu  tho  cause   of 
li  (1  hia  own  province,  as  wall  aa 

II.  mi  h,  are  w<?  1  known. 

4»ra«rH.  Dr.  W\  W  Mullrr.— Frel- 
srirk  l^  M*iiie  (ir^a^ti-i  wna  b*>rn  lat  April, 
lJ>i»l,  in  rcP'hUK  Hift  father,  Rw.  Henry 
ivst-v  «9F-M'ti,  Istit  UeaM  uf  Porontu.  waa 
V  .r,  in   l8<Ja      H.s  (Dr.  C.ra- 

k  ii»-r     was     Uvnry    <Jra*»«tt, 

hi  .  :'.»pt>ctor  xf  Army  llospiuU, 

1^,  7^^  '    .;  -"K'd  at  Qibrailar  when    Dean 


Oraaett  waa  bom.  Henry  was  present  at 
the  Trinidad  disturbances,  in  ]7<>7.  and  be 
waa  in  Malta  in  ItiOO.  From  I8l>l»  to  1813  he 
served  under  Wellington,  during  the  Pen- 
insular war.  In  1813  he  was  sent  to  Can- 
ada as  surgeou-in-chief,  serving  during  the 
American  war,  and  at  its  conoludiun,  his  son, 
the  dean,  was  sent  to  England  and  received 
his  early  education  at  S>uthsea,  and  later  at 
the  Royal  Grammar  School,  Qtteltec  He 
afterwards  grailuated  at  St.  John's,  Cun- 
bridgt»,  KdgUnd,  takini;  the  degree  of  B.A. 
in  Ih:I4,  and  of  M.A.  in  1842,  and  U.  U.  in 
1853.  In  1834  he  returned  again  to  Que- 
bec, and  waa  ordained  by  the  late  Biahop 
Stewart,  and  remained  till  1853.  He  was 
chaplain  to  the  bishop  till  his  deHth  in  1837. 
and  in  this  year  succeeded  Dr.  8trauhan  aa 
rector  of  Toronto.  He  waa  created  dean  in 
1 867.  He  was  presidm t  of  the  L'pper 
Canada  Keligious  Tract  Society,  and  of  the 
bible  Society.  He  held  several  pnsititma  in 
connec'ion  with  the  High  and  Public  Schools 
from  1840  lo  1875.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  late  Council  of  Pubhc  Jnstruutiun,  being 
the  third  and  Inst  chiiirman,  which  position 
he  held  for  thirteen  ye«rs.  He  wis  four 
years  member  of  the  B  lard  of  High  School 
Trustees.  The  aubjeot  of  our  sketch  waa 
educated  first  at  a  private  schoid.  then  at 
Hjlliiiu'h  College,  under  A.  'Sweatinan,  the 
present  B  shop  of  Toronto.  From  his  earliest 
years  he  evinced  predilections  for  the  study 
of  medicine,  and  always  declared  that  he 
desired  to  be  a  doctor.  He  studied  one 
yt*ar  at  the  Toronto  Medical  C'dlege,  and 
afterwards  at  the  Edinburgh  Cniveisity  in 
Scotland  ;  at  L  mdon,  England,  and  at  Dub- 
lin. Altogether,  he  waa  about  seven  years 
at  Kdintiurgh,  during  which  time  he  was 
House  Piiyeicitn  and  Uuuae  Surgeon  uf  tho 
Edinburgh  Intirmiirv,  and  touk  his  decree 
of  MB  CM,  at  E-Iinburgh  Univemity, 
He  ia  a  member  of  the  Royal  C  illege  of 
Surgeons,  li^ugland,  and  a  Fellow  of  the 
Royal  College  uf  Edinburgh,  which  latter, 
it  need  harjly  be  aaid,  la  a  very  distin- 
guished otbce  to  hold,  only  one  other  in 
C«nada  is  the  recipient  of  a  similar  distinct 
tiou.  In  religion  Dr.  (r'asett  in  a  member 
of  the  Chiiruh  of  England,  and  in  pohtioa 
a  Conservative,  but  t«liea  no  active  par* 
in  public  affairs,  being  a  <jiiiet  gentleman 
who  tinda  his  tune  fully  Oienpiutl  with  pro- 
fussixnal,  a"cial  an  I  domest>c  duties.  He 
married  in  1883  Jane  8' uart  Todd,  daughter 
«if  A.  T.  To  id,  of  TortQto,  He  haa  prac- 
ti««-d  m  Toonito  aineu  188^,  and  haa  built 
up  an  extensive  and  lucrative  bnsine-a.  Dr. 
Grasett  ui,   by  common  consent,  one  of  the 


164 


A  CYCLOPMUIA  OF 


most  notable  pbyaicmcB  that  the  Qneen 
city  bntuts,  and  in  social  life  ho  has  many 

fnonda. 
Huntington,  Hon.    LucIuh   Seth, 

conitis  iff  Puritan  stock,  and  wua  born  at 
Compton,  in  the  County  uf  StaDsiead,  Que- 
bec, on  tlie  2(Uh  of  May,  18*27.  He  was 
educated  at  the  coiiimon  schools,  studied 
law  at  Hlierbrooke,  and  afterwards  taught  in 
a  township  high  school  for  a  period.  He 
waa  called  to  the  bar  of  Lower  Canada  in 
1853,  and  in  1860  became  pn^prietor  of  the 
Waterloo  Adcrriisti.  In  ISOI  he  wm  elected 
to  the  House  of  Commons  f«>r  the  County 
of  Shedord.  "  From  the  outu't  of  his  par- 
liamentary career,"  says  a  writer,  "  he  de- 
veloped remarkable  aptitude  for  parliamen- 
tary lifOf  more  especiHlly  as  a  speaker.  Ue 
had  a  never-failing  command  of  rigorous 
lanfi^uage,  and  made  himself  conspicuous  for 
his  scathing  criticism  of  measures  whereof 
he  disapproved.  His  energy  and  good  Judg- 
ment also  made  him  useful  as  a  member  of 
committees.  ...  It  has  been  said 
that  Mr.  Huntington's  views  were  of  an  ad- 
vanced character,  to  which  it  may  be  added 
that  on  some  subjects  they  were  altogether 
*■  in  advance'  of  moat  of  his  colleagues.  He 
was  an  avowed  advocate  of  Canadian  Inde- 
pendence, and,  b<jth  in  his  speeches  and  in 
ni.H  writings,  ur^ed  his  views  upon  tliu 
public  with  frequency,  as  well  as  with  con- 
siderable power  of  oratory.  In  these  views 
he  found  few  sympathisers  among  the  mem- 
bers of  parliament,  and  some  of  bis  oppo- 
nents were  wont  to  taunt  him  with  being  an 
annexationist  in  disguise.  His  almost  iso- 
lated position  in  this  respect  interfered,  to 
some  extent,  with  his  usefulness  to  hia 
party,  but  he  never  made  any  attempt 
to  conceal  or  dissemble  his  views,  and  had 
the  full  courage  of  his  uptnions.  After  the 
accomplishment  of  confederation  he  yielded 
his  allegiance  to  the  new  order  of  things. 
He  arrayed  himself  on  the  side  of  the  Oppo- 
eition,  and  was  from  lirst  to  lost  one  uf  the 
most  uncompromising oppouenta  of  8ir  John 
Macdouald's  government.  His  opposition 
was  fraught  with  momentous  results  to  the 
government  and  to  the  country  at  large."  It 
may  be  said,  before  poaaing  on  to  the  more  re- 
markable circumatanooa  in  his  public  career, 
that,  in  1803,  be  became  Solicitor-General 
East  in  the  John  ^andtield-Macdonald  ad- 
ministration. During  the  sessiouof  1873  re- 
marks of  a  vague  kind  surcharged  the  air 
about  Ottawa.  It  was  generally  concerning 
the  late  electiona  that  the  rumonrs  were 
about,  oonoeniinff  large  sums  of  money  used 
in  some  way,  and  obtained  from  a  myateri- 


oua  quarter.  Everybody  expected  a  startlij 
disclosure;  no  one  save  a  few  of  the  mil 
istera   knew  what  the  disclosure  was  to 
In  painful  anxiety  the  Houao  sat  from  day 
day  till  the  2nd  of  April  arrived,  when  Jlkl 
Hnulingtou,    with    much   agitation   in 
fact*,  art«o  and  began  to  read  a  reaolutic 
It  set  out  with  the  usual  form  of  such  reaoli 
tions,  but  its  burthen  was  that  an  uudei 
standing,  previous  to  the  last  election, 
boon  come  to  between  the  Government  am 
8ir    Hugh  Allan    and    Mr.    Abbott.  M.P-* 
that  Sir  Hugh  Allan  nnd  his  friends  ahoaU 
advauce  a  large  sum  of  money  for  the  pi 
poae  of  aidiufc  the  election  of  ministers  and^ 
their  supporters  at  the  ensuing  general  eleoij 
tion,  and  that   he  and  hta  friends,  in  coi 
aideration  of  such  monetary  aid,  should 
ceive  the  contract  for  the  constniction  of 
Pacific  Railway.     The  announcement  cac 
upon  the  Houaelike  theexploaion  of  abomi 
shell  tlung  upon  the  floor,     i^ir  John  Mi 
donald  sat  there  as  inscrutable  as  a  atom 
made  no  sign,  and  uttered  do  word.     Th4 
resolution    waa   treated   aa   a    want-of-coi 
fidence  motion,  and,  before  explanation 
diacusaion   came,  it   waa  voted  down   by  a 
majority  of  thirty-one  votes.     Lator  on  fol- 
lowed  iSir  John's  motion  for  a  committee  of 
enquiry.     A  atorm  raged  in  the  Houae  for 
many  days,  aud  it  ended  in  the  downfall  of 
the  ministry.    In  the  Liberal  Cabinet  which 
came  into  power,  with  the  Hon.   Alexander 
Mackenzie  at  its  head,  Mr.  Uuntingtnn 
came  president  of  the  council.      In  18<>5 
auccceded  the  Hon.Teleaphoro  Fournier 
poatmaater-general.     In   1878    ho   resigned 
with  his  colleagues.     Mr.    Huntington   haa 
been  twice  married,  hrst  to  Miriam  Janej 
daughter  of  Major  David  Wood,  of  ShelTordyJ 
and  second  to  Mrs.    Marsh,  widow  of   thfl] 
late  Charles  Marsh,  C.E.     During  the  sum- 
mer  of  1884  Mr.  Huntington  appeared  in  a 
new  role,  in  that  of  author,   bringing  out 
simultaneously  in   New   York  and  Toronto 
his  political   novel,    **  Professor    Conant.^^^ 
This  volume  has  received  handsome  troat-^| 
ment  from  the  press,  and  a  warm  reception" 
from  the  pul>lic. 

KonneU)',  John,  Toronto,  thesubjoot  ^ 
of  this  sketch,  was  bom  in  the  U*wi)ship  oCjfl 
King,  County  of  York,  Out.,  on  the  1st  ofV 
November,    1852.     His  father  was  Alartia 
Kennedy,  who   came   from   Tipperary,  Ire- 
land,  and   his    motlier's   name    was    Manf^f 
Nevin,     John  Keunedy  received  the  nidt^'^l 
ments  of  a    sound    KiiglieJi    education    in 
the  common  school**,   and  nfter  c<^»mpleting 
his  stndies,  took  a  fancy  for  u  tnide.     Ue 
aet   to    work   to  master   carpenteringj  and 


ider^ 

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nedV 

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A 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY 


105 


eodtintied  m  thia  trade  for  about  seven 
jotf*.  Hftvine  re&ched  his  twenty-necond 
|Mr.  H  '    ^  '':>  him  that  in  this  age  thure 

a  Biiif!  iur  prize  to  bo  won  by  the 

p<M>€i>i <  ■«  iiiuriiui^h  oducation  ;  so  he 

nfkaired  to  Li>ndi>n,  and  there  onterwj  the 
ODnunercinl  college,  applying  himself  dili- 
ijvaUy  to  the  study  of  all  the  branches 
eoQfcatncd  in  its  curriculum.  As  might  be 
tXpeeUid,  bis  career  thore  waa  a  clever  one, 
■M  he  left  the   institution,  feeling  himself 

aoxppcd  for  any  occupation  that  might 
vr.  Ue  was  aatistied  there  was  much 
toooow  to  b«  won  in  the  occupation  which 
h«  IumI  oh<wen  at  the  first ;  so,  on  leaving 
collage,  he  again  resumed  his  late  empl>)y- 
liMxDt,  and  oontinneil  in  the  same  for  the 
no*  of  about  a  year.  He  now  established 
mwel/  in  the  planing  business,  setting  in 
oparmtion  a  planing  mill,  on  Queen  street 
«wt«  in  the  City  of  Turonto.  Cmtinuinj; 
far  three  years  he  removed  to  McDonald 
■{iiare,  where  ho  still  continues  a  suoceea- 
fu  bostneas.  having  the  contidence  and 
regani  of  all  witli  whom  liis  busintiss  brings 
kiai  into  cunta^l.  In  politics  Mr.  Kennedy 
h  »  Reformer,  and  he  favours  a  prudent  ad- 
viniftfwtioa  uf  affairs  without  parsimony, 
and  in  rehjcion  he  is  a  respected  member  of 
tlhv  RottiAn  catholic  church.  It  may  be  ad- 
tlad  tJtat  at  the  time  of  our  subject's  removal 
to  McDttn^ld  square  he. took  with  him  into 
IMItueiabip  his  brother,  Daniel  Kennedy,  a 
ywtlswnan  of  marked  business  e.it^rprise 
art'  r  -'^.  and  the  poeaessor  of  a  clear, 
a.  >ct.     Daniel  has  control  of  the 

Bi»i«.  "laif^  general  supervision  falls  to  the 
^UtUI'  pertiivr  of  the  buaiuess.  Daniel 
Kaftaeoy,  like  his  brutber.  is  practically 
ooaiveraaiit  with  his  trade.  John  Kennedy 
ie  A  man  whose  ennrgirs  ore  written  iu  his 


fintdrr.  Wllllufn^  Waterloo,  Ontario, 
>'  :ui  u»wn  xf   \Val«Tloo.  Oat.,  waa 

I  village  (<f  Waterhm,  on  October 

2IIU^  l^i.'».  Uis  fath«r,  Elias  Snider,  was 
bum  at  \V»t^rUt«t,  in  St-pt.,  18K»,  at  which 
t'l  rr^iyn  house  in  the 

iho<Kl.  he  learned 
iIm  milling  tr^iii/,  tti  tiie  mill  now  owned 
uid  oenpiod  hr  Wm.  Snider  <&  Co.  He 
was  »  Bseiabvrof  the  council,  while  the  place 
wee  yel  ■  district,  and  the  council  met  at 
QveJpli.  lie  tiMk  an  active  jiart  in  }>olitics 
Ml  lli«  B«ft>rni  side,  Imt  in  these  Ute  years 
Iht  fvttred,  and  is  noi*  a  in)niHU<i  xf  (he 
Htiu*  church.  His  tiii>thi.>r,  llHimah 
i,  waa  bom  in  Bucks  cuunty.lVnn* 
tylfaaia,  in  August,  1815.  When  tern 
yaara  of  a^  her  iNkrente  moved  to  Canada, 


and  settled  on  what  is  known  tia  the  old 
Bingeman  farm,  about  one  mile  east  of 
Bridgeport.  Young  Snider,  himself,  waa 
educated  at  the  common  schools,  thia  being 
the  only  facility  of  education  within  his 
reach,  lie  was  elected  member  uf  the  vil- 
lage ootincil  iu  1873,  which  position  he  held 
for  six  yeai-s.  In  1878  he  was  elected  reeve 
of  the  town^  and  this  office  he  retained  for 
three  years.  In  1881  he  waa  unanimously 
elected  warden  of  the  county  ;  and  after 
this  date  he  retired  from  municipal  honours 
until  the  present  year,  when  lie  was  elected 
mayor  of  the  town.  Mr.  Snider  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Watorh>->  County  Millers'  As- 
sociation for  a  number  of  years,  and  he  is 
now  vice-president  of  the  Waterloo  County 
Millers'  Mutuid  Fire  Insurance  Co. ,  head 
of!ice,  Hamilton.  Thia  office  lie  has  held 
for  the  last  six  years;  and  he  is  now  a 
director  of  the  VVaterloo  Mutual  Fire  In- 
surance Company.  Mr.  Snider  hiu  always 
taken  an  active  part  in  all  th«  leading 
matters  in  his  nati\'e  town,  particularly  in 
the  building  of  the  market  houae^  in  obtain- 
ing incor[>oration,  and  In  bringing  the 
branch  of  the  Grand  Trunk  R.U.  to  Water- 
loo. These  are,  however,  only  a  few  in- 
stances of  his  zeal.  Our  subject  has  travelled 
through  Canada  from  Winnipeg  to  Halifax, 
and  has  visited  a  great  many  parts  of  the 
Tnited  States,  including  the  large  cities. 
He  married  at  Uochester,  N.Y.,  on  June 
llth,  18B7,  Lydia  Ann  Bowman,  daughter 
nf  Mr.  Kowman^  of  Flloomingdale,  Ontario. 
When  Mr.  Snider  was  nine  years  of  age  hia 
father  sold  his  mill  property  and  farm  in 
the  then  village  uf  W.*terkH»,  and  moved  to 
the  farm  upon  which  he  now  lives,  about 
one  mile  north  of  Waterloo.  Young  Snider 
remained  on  the  farm  until  he  was  nineteen 
years  of  age,  and  then  entered  the  mill 
to  learn  the  milling  trade.  In  1870  his 
father  gave  him  an  interest  in  the  busi- 
nesB.  At  that  time  the  firm  was  making  a 
high  grade  of  Hour,  known  as  the  "  fclaxall 
t1i>ur.''  manufactured  by  atones,  Grst  grind- 
ing very  high,  aud  then  cleaning  the  farina 
or  coarse  middling.  This  tinur  was  sold  in 
Boston  as  hi^h  as  fl7  per  )>arrel  during 
the  .American  war,  and  no  other  flour 
manufactured  in  America  waa  ct^ual  to  it. 
In  ]87<i  the  company  put  in  the  tirst  sot  of 
rolls,  which  arc  now  so  generally  iu  use. 
In  I87S»  our  subji-ct.  with  A.  Kraft,  hia 
present  partner,  bought  the  mill  property 
from  Mr  Snider,  senior,  but  Itefore  running 
the  mill,  made  improvements,  putting  in  a 
new  boiler  and  engine  and  a  number  of 
rollers  aud  other  mikchineiy  to  the  extent 


1«0 


A  crCLOr.'EDlA  OF 


of  «bout$10,00U  worth.  They  also  put  up 
the  first  brick  chimney  in  the  town  of 
Waterloo.  In  1881  thpy  built  the  Central 
Block,  now  owned  and  occiipivd  by  Mr. 
Theo.  Bellinger.  In  1880  they  built  an  ad- 
dition to  the  old  mill  46  x  40^  live  sturiea 
high,  ueibg  part  of  the  atnicture  as  an 
elevator,  and  in  the  other  part  they  put  a 
full  tine  of  rolla  and  other  inai^hinery  neoes* 
lary  to  niokeaconiplcte  mill,  iucreaeio^  the 
daily  capacity  from  150  to  300  barrels.  They 
likewise  exl^uded  the  track  from  the  Grand 
Trunk  sttition  tu  the  null,  and  put  in  a  40 
ton  track  scale,  During  the  present  year 
they  put  up  another  addition,  40X50,  two 
stories,  for  storing  flour.  Mr.  8nider  also 
haa  an  interest  in  t)ie  saw  mill  property  at 
Roaeeau  Falls,  Muskoka,  aud  a  few  years 
ago  invested  in  aomo  real  estnte  tioiber  laud 
in  the  n'>rtheni  part  uf  Michii^'an,  on  the 
abore  of  Little  Traverse  Bay. 

Draper,  Uon.  William  Ucnrr, 
one  of  the  foremost  prtliticians  of  bu  time, 
and  so  long  an  ornament  to  the  b«*noh  as 
Chief  Justice  of  Upper  Canada,  waa  bom  on 
the  lUh  of  March,  1801.  in  hia  father's  rec- 
tory, in  one  of  the  Surrey  suburbs  of  Lon- 
don, Enuland.  His  father  waa  a  cleivyman 
of  the  Church  of  KniElaud,  and  wua  rector  of 
St.  Anthony's,  in  Watling  street,  London. 
When  only  a  little  lad,  William  Henry,  his 
head  full  of  romance,  and  a  spirit  of  adven- 
ture, ran  away  to  sea.  He  was  afterwards 
a  cadet  on  board  of  an  East  Indiaman,  but 
in  hia  eixhteenth  year  he  gave  up  the  sea, 
and  set  out  for  Canada,  where  he  arrived  in 
1820.  He  taught  school  for  a  time  at  Port 
Hope,  and  in  18'J3  began  the  study  of  law  in 
the  office  of  Mr.  Thomaa  Ward.  A  short 
time  after  thio,  through  the  interest  of  in- 
fluential friendfl,  he  wsa  appointed  deputy 
reporter  of  thocuuntiea  of  Northumberland 
(Uid  Durham.  He  married,  about  thici  time, 
Mias  White,  a  daughter  of  Captain  George 
White,  of  the  Koyal  navy.  In  1828  he  was 
called  to  the  bar,  and  shortly  afterwards  re- 
moved to  Toronto.  The  Hon.  John  Beverley 
Robinson  met  Mr.  Draper,  and  waa  so 
pleased  with  his  address  that  he  offered  him 
a  place  in  his  law  office,  which  was  readily 
accepted.  In  1837  he  was  called  to  the  Legis- 
lative Council,  and  accepted  a  scat  in  the 
Executive  wilhout  otlice.  lu  1838  he  became 
aolicitor-^'eneral  of  Upper  Canada,  which 
ottioe  ho  held  through  the  storm}'  period  of 
the  rebellion.  He  had  once  held  a  colonul's 
commission  in  the  County  of  Durham,  and 
waa  now  appointed  colonel  of  a  Vork  bat- 
talion.  rpou  Mr.  Hagerman'a  resignation 
he   become  attorney-general.     Mr.  Draper 


was  not  generally  wmsiderea  as  neing  a 
mi  mber  of  the  family  compact.  He  waa 
hrouyht  up  a  Toiy,  and  nearly  everything 
respeotable  in  a  social  way  that  he  saw  on 
coming  to  Canada  was  also  Tory.  It  waa 
natural  for  him,  therefore,  to  be  a  Cona^rva- 
tive.  He  was  a  brilliant  man,  with  excel- 
lent judgment,  hut  it  aeemstous  with  a  not 
very  far-reaching  insight.  He  seemed,  mors 
than  once  in  his  career,  to  be  strangely  o" 
livinna  to  the  public  movements  thvu  goin^ 
ou,  which  to  men  of  only  ordinary  perceptiott' 
must  hiivu  tiet-med  full  uf  si^nifictince.  But 
perhaps  be  belonged  to  that  class  of  whi^ 
it  is  said,  cK'U^ta  habtnt  ft  uon  ritietit^  j>er- 
hsps  he  did  not  want  to  see  the  signiticanoe 
that  was  in  those  movements.  But  Mr. 
Draper  never  railed  auainst  fate.  What 
came,  and  came  to  remain,  he  welcomed  and 
recognized.  Despite  hia  opposition,  the  Ke- 
formers  won  responsible  government  in  its 
full  sense.  When  that  boon  was  granted,  we 
have  a  recollection  of  having  heMrd  that  Mr. 
Draper  was  glad  in  a  sort  of  a  way.  He  was 
of  an  entimly  different,  stamp  from  Hon 
John  Cartwright,  who  thought  that  war 
would  soon  swallow  our  institutions  up 
the  people  had  the  government  in  theif: 
hands  Mr.  Draper  had  a  most  persaaai 
eloquence,  wheuoe  he  obtained  the  name 
'*  Sweet  W^illiam."  The  summer  following 
Lord  Elgin'a  arrival. in  Canada,  Mr.  Draper 
withdrew  from  public  life,  to  ttie  grost 
dignity  of  the  judgment  seat.  He  became 
A  Puisne  Judce  of  the  Court  of  l^ueen's 
Bench,  succeeding  Mr.  Justice  Hagerman. 
In  February,  1850,  he  became  Chief  Justice 
of  the  Court  t"f  Common  Pleas,  in  the  room 
uf  Sir  Jamt'sMaoaulay.  In  ISiiS  he  became  _ 
Cliief  Justice  of  Uppt>r  Canada,  succeeding  ■ 
the  Hon.  Archibald  McLean.  This  position  1 
he  held  till  18()1),  when  he  became  president 
of  the  Court  of  Error  and  Appeal.  He  died 
at  his  home,  in  Yorkville,  after  a  t«dioua, 
illness,  on  the  3rd  of  November,  1877 

Shaw^,  Ciieorire  Alexander,  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel, Tort>nto,  was  tiorn  at  King- 
ston, Canada,  on  June  24th,  1844.  Thia 
gentleman  is  a  direct  lineal  descendant  of 
the  MacDnff  who  was  created  tirst  Karl  or 
Thane  of  Fife,  for  servict's  retjdered  to  Mal- 
colm Caninoro,  King  of  Scotland,  in  1067. 
In  11 03  Shaw,  the  third  son  of  the  fifth 
Earl  of  Fife,  for  gallant  conduct  in  battle, 
was  appointed  governor  of  the  castle  at 
Inverness.  This  ap[^>ointment  remained  in 
the  Shaw  family  for  several  generations, 
and  it  ia  here  that  the  name  Macintosh 
originated,  thus,  Mao-an-Toist?ach,  mean- 
ing son  of  tho  foremost  or  chief  man.     Aa- 


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CANADIAN  BIOGBAPHY. 


1(57 


fiMi,  the  «xth  chief  of  the  M&eintoshs.  was 
■nsaDt  at  the  battle  of  Bannuckbum  in 
13U.  Tbe  family  is  esseutially  n.  military 
floe,  umI  npniiiy  uf  the  royal  blood  of  Sc>*t- 
bukd.  Th«  lint  counectiun  of  the  family 
vitfa  tki«  c*)uutry  m\s  when  ISIr.  Shaw's 
m»X  ((raridfatherr  ftfajor-General  .'Kneas 
fihMT,  a  C  K.  loyoJut,  served  during  the 
ftnk  American  re'iollion.     Major  Shaw  oc 

rvd  tlie  tirst  house  built  io  York  in  1703, 
it  waa  Ueatroyod    during  the  American 
tarmaion  uf   1813.     For  his  services  he  re- 
wired a  free  ^rant  of   large  tracts  of  land 
a  fiuiriu«  parts  of  the  Province  of  Canada, 
amon^  them  bein^  500  acres  north  of  the 
flunaoo  at   York.     On  thia  he  built  a  log 
ten  in  17!)5.  calling  ii  '-Oak  Hill  "  (t.l^, 
TovdaiToch},  and  iu  this  house  he  ha<l  the 
^oooor  of  entcrtainintf  the  Duke  of  Kent. 
B«T  Maieaty  ■  father     He  died  of  fatii^ue 
ii«    war  of    1813,     Our   subject's 
r.   Captain  Alexander  Shaw,  of 
t}i>   '                      rl}*  the  36ih,  fought  in  seven 
t^  tir .                  .iieuts  in  Europe,  and  waa  at 
th«  taking  ut  Alexandria,  in  1813.     Thus  it 
vill  bv  aeeu  that  Captain  Alexander  Shaw's 
falhar  waa  ti^'Uting  in  Canada  while  the  eon 
vaa«stg«4fvd  ui  the  east  doin^  battle  under 
llMaame  ^o^.     Oaptain  Shaw  waa  one  of  the 
only  tire  otficera  i>f  the  re^ment  who  came 
"cxandriaii  affair  alive.     Our 
-  waa  Geor|;e  Shaw,  who  waa 
.1  ill  the  Quoen^B  Rangers,  and 
iig  1837-38.     The  mother  of  Mr. 
Ellon    Uewson.  of   Dublin,  and 
'Ubngwl  to  an  old    Irish    family.     LieuL- 
Oolooal  tihaw  waa  educated  at   lipper  Can- 
ada   CoHcf^e   and    Tnnity   College   school, 
athi  afterward*  at  the  Univeraity  of  Trinity 
Collcg*.  and  at  the«<^  placea  acijuired  an  or- 
dnary   elaaaical    edncacinn.      Uo  haa  hod 
militery  taat«a  from  youth,  but  owing  tocir- 
CBnavtaaoe*  h«  did  not  b«oome  a  regular. 
Ua  r-                                      : :«  aa  railway  mail 
<l«ri.                                    niied  so,  advancing 
ia  p*Miiii  111,  111!    [.-'»_',  wfieu  he  commenced 
a   Oliniog    and    luuibering    buaineu.     Ue, 
hovrarar,  still  holds  a  itoflition  in  the  civil 
aaiviee.     Ue  has  large  intcruala  in  Colorado 
SUvar  Muantain  mining  districta,  aa  well  aa 
He  WL*nt  tliroujh  the  Military 
in   1845.   taking   second,  and  after- 
fifat-claas.  certilicatei,  and  he  served 
^^           ibo    loth  Itrfiyala    during  the  Fenian 
^Hbaada,  betofc  lu  oommand  of  U  Company. 
^^Ba  waa  aelrrtrrl  a.^  nn<*  of  the  captaina  dur- 
isf^lha  L<  I  waa  lieuten- 
ant in  tbi*                     b.   He  became 

ia  May.  I  -  ^ut  lu  ;Ue  10th  Royals, 

~  held  for  aix  yuant ;  thou  ho 


waa  promoted  junior  major,  then  senior 
major,  then  commanding  oflioer  Oieat,- 
culonel),  with  which  rank  he  retired  in 
October,  1H80.  He  is  an  OrangHman ;  a 
memlterof  St  Andrew's  Society;  and  also  be- 
longs t"«  the  Sons  of  Scotland  and  the  Gale- 
donian  Society.  He  al-io  1>ehinga  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  and  the  Workingmen'a 
National  Co-operativo  Union,  and  is  vico- 
Consul  for  Hawaii.  Lieut.  Colonel  Shaw  hae 
travelled  through  the  I'uiteU  Stat«a  and 
Canada.  In  religion  he  belongs  to  the 
Church  of  England  ;  and  in  politics  he  is  a 
Liberal-Cunservativo.  He  married  on  Au- 
gust 30th,  1882.  Marion  Christina  Baatedo, 
daughter  of  OUbert  Bastedo,  crown  attor- 
ney for  the  County  of  Balton.  It  may  not 
be  unintereating  to  state  that  the  arms  of 
the  Shawa  of  Tordamuih  are  :  Qoartarly — 
lirat  and  fourth — or,  a  lion  rampant  yWrj. 
armed  and  lanquid  a«i(rT  ,  second  and  third, 
Ayjtni^  a  tir  tree  growing  out  of  a  mount  in 
base,  till  propter ;  on  a  ciiief  ijuh'jt  charged 
with  an  augmentation  of  royal  standard  of 
Scotland,  a  canton  of  the  jieUt,  thereon  a 
dexter  hand  couped  lesawise.  proprr,  hold- 
ing a  dagger  point  downwards,  ^(/i-jv.  Crest : 
a  dexter  hand  and  forearm  couped,  holding 
a  datirger  erect,  all  pro^Kv.  Motto  :  Fide  H 
Foriiiiuline. 

Lindsay,  Janiei,  w^as  born  in  the  town 
of  EnnisktUoM,  Ctiunty  of  Fermanagh,  Ire- 
land, Nov.  4th,  1833.  His  parents  wore 
James  Lindsay  and  Catherine,  net  Gilmore^ 
who  wore  married  in  Ireland.  They  had  a 
family  of  aix  children,  of  which  the  sub- 
ject waa  the  youngest.  Catherine  Gilmore 
waa  the  daughter  of  Davidson  Gilmore,  of 
the  County  of  Fermanagh,  Ireland.  James 
Lindsay  was  a  farmer,  aiid  waa  also  the 
captain  of  a  merchant  vessel.  Consequently 
he  waa  commonly  known  aa  ''Captain  Lind- 
aay."  In  1840  he  left  Ireland  and  came  to 
Canada,  settling  in  the  county  of  Peel  as  a 
farmer.  He  died  in  the  same  year.  Jamea 
Liudsay.,  jr.,  attended  the  common  schools 
til)  he  was  eighteen,  and  then  went  into  a 
stave  and  shingle  factory.  Ue  remained  iu 
thia  buaineas  for  two  yean.  He  then  went  tu 
the  States,  returning  again  to  Canada  in 
1859.  Heaettleil  in  the  county  of  Peel,  and 
remained  tliere  until  1801*,  when  he  moved 
to  the  town  of  Milton,  in  the  county  of 
Halton,  where  he  rented  the  saw  mill  and 
stave  factory  and  cooperage  from  George  B. 
Abrey.  Afterthreeyeara  he  bought  the  whole 
manufactory  fr*jm  Mr.  Abrey,  and  has  re- 
mained in  thia  business  ever  aince,  doing 
one  of  the  most  extensive  trades  in  the 
County   of    Halton.     Ho    belonged   to   the 


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A  CYCLOrjfCDiA  OF 


Peel  Rifles,  and  was  b  nun-coniroiuiuue<J 
ufHoer.  In  1870  he  was  elected  to  the  town 
council  of  Milton,  and  re-tdected  in  1883. 
He  subseqnenlly  had  the  opjwirtUDity  of 
again  ent«rin^  the  cutiiioii,  but  refuaod. 
Mr  Lindsay,  it  may  be  said,  deTotes  hia 
ability,  time  and  enterprise*  entirely  to  his 
ovm  niilla.  He  belont.'B  U\  the  Orani^e  m>> 
ciety,  and  ho  haa  been  deputy- master  for 
severul  years.  Bv  haa  trawUed  through  all 
Canada,  and  most  nf  the  United  States.  He 
is  an  EpisctjpAliftn  in  religion,  and  in  politics 
a  staiinoh  Conservative.  He  was  iiwirned  in 
lUoA  to  Miss  Fireis  Jane  Chorch.  daughter 
(if  the  lute  Oranage  Charch,  of  the  County 
of  Pool,  and  one  of  the  most  prominent 
persons  in  the  county.  Mr.  Lindsay  has 
had  a  family  of  eleven  children,  all  of  which 
are  living. 

Allen,  Tiiomaa,  Alderman,  Toronto, 
waa  born  in  the  Cimnty  of  Armagh,  Ire- 
land, on  May  CMst,  1831,  and  was  a  son  of 
William  Allen,  a  worthy  and  highly  respect- 
able farmer,  who  frum  his  tine  and  im* 
posing  stature  was  known  to  his  neighbours 
and  the  country  folk  amund  by  the  sobriqnet 
of  ** Big  William  Allen."  I'homas  Allen 
was  sent  to  the  Irish  National  Hohools,  and 
his  studies  comprehended  the  ordinary 
branches  of  reading,  writing  and  arithmetic. 
The  knowledge  received  at  these  schools, 
however,  in  the  case  of  the  ambitious  young 
Allen,  was  only  &  foundation  upon  which  to 
rear  a  alructnre  of  practical  experiertce.  As 
soon  aa  the  lad  had  completed  his  studies  he 
went,  to  work  uim)ii  his  ftithor'a  farm,  and 
strove  there  faithfully  till  ho  was  nineteen 
years  old.  Then  came  the  failure  of  the 
potato  crop  in  Ireland,  with  its  attendant 
famine  and  horror.  With  the  thousands 
who  fled  from  the  stricken  land  was  young 
Allen,  and  ho  turned  his  face  westward, 
and  sailed  for  Canada  in  IS50,  but  was  not 
long  out  from  hind  when  there  came  violent 
weather  and  the  ship  was  tossed  about  for 
fourteen  days.  Then  she  returned  into  the 
Cove  of  Cork,  and  our  suViject.  glad  of  the 
rescue  from  almost  total  shipwreck,  retired 
to  bis  home,  where  he  remained  for  nearly 
a  year.  The  foUnwint^  year  he  set  out  again, 
and  arriving  in  Toronto,  went  to  his  cousin, 
Samuel  Piatt,  who  kept  a  brewery  where  the 
gas  works  now  stand.  In  this  establishment 
he  learned  the  browing  and  niHlting  bi.sinuss, 
and  at  such  occupation  has  he,  in  the  main, 
been  engaged  from  that  day  to  this.  Here 
he  took  engagements  as  brewer  and  fore- 
man. He  waa  likewise  for  a  time  in  the 
establishment  of  W.  Copeland.  In  1BG8  he 
joined  in   partnership  with  Hugh  Thomp- 


son and  leased  the  East  End  Brewery,     In. 
1875  he  purchased  bis  partner's  interest  in, 
the  business,  and   continued  the  establish- 
ment  alone.     He   has   not  accumulated   a 
very  large  fortune,  but  Mr.  Allen  now  re- 
tired from  the  business  with  a  very  consider- 
able income.     He  belonged   to  the  volun- 
teers over  a  quarter  of   a  century  ago,  and 
Again  volunteered  in  I'i.iWi  when  the  Feniaiia 
wore  crosaing  over  to  Kidgeway.     He  went 
to  Thorold   as   aergeant    of  No.    10   Com- 
pany«    Tenth   Hoyals,  but    the    company* 
services  were  not  required.     Shortly  after- 
wards he  retired  from  the  rc^ment.     Mr. 
Allen  is  now  serving  his  sixth  year  as  alder-j 
man,  and  is  popular  and  respected,  not  for 
much    speaking,    but  for    honest,  str&ifiht- 
forward    and    well-judgeil    conduct.      Mr. 
Allen    has   grown    up    with    the   city,  ond 
thoroughly  understands  its  needs.     Ha  be- 
longs to  tl)c  Orange  and  Freemason  societies, 
and  to  the  Irish  Protestant  Benevolent  As- 
sociation.     In  politics  Mr.  Alien  haa  alwaya 
been    a    consistent    (.'ouservative.      He    has 
been  twice  married.  Hrat  to  Miss  Margaret. 
Brown,  whose  family  belonged  to  the  conntyi 
of  Orey.     They  were  married  in  1857,  aim 
she  died  in  187^1.    He  married  again  in  1H77 
his  present  wife,  who  waa  a  daughter  of  the 
late  Edward  Beckett,  the  well-known  iron- 
fuunder   and    lemperanoe    advocate.      Our 
subjftct   has  had    twelve  children,  and  ten 
are  living,  and  two  are  deail.     Mr.   Alleu 
though  well  advanced  in  years,  devotes  hi 
whole  time  to   the   interest  of  the  peopl 
and  is  a  stauuch  supporter  of  the  Eptacopal] 
church. 

Crooks,  Hon.  Adnm,  LL.B.,  lat( 
Minister  of  Education  for  the  Provint 
of  Ontario,  was  the  son  of  Honourable] 
James  Crooks,  a  gentleman  who  totd 
a  prominent  and  creditable  part  in  pub- 
lic alfairs.  A<lam  Crooks  was  born  at 
*'  The  Homestead,*'  in  the  township  of 
West  Flamboro*.  Wentworth,  on  the  11th 
of  December.  1827.  The  family  is  of  Scot- 
tish descent,  und  settled  in  Canada  in  1794. 
Young  Crooks  attended  the  public  schooh 
in  hifl  own  neighbourhood,  and  in  hii 
twelfth  year  he  entered  Upper  Canada  Col- 
lege. In  his  eighteenth  year  be  matriculate^i 
at  King's  College — now  the  Cniveraity 
Toronto — and  stood  lirst  in  classics.  In  hii 
second  quarter  he  took  the  Welliiigtoi 
scholarship,  and,  when  graduatimr,  carri< 
otr  the  Kold  medal  for  claBsics  and  the  lirsi 
silver  medal  for  Uketaphysics.  He  now  be^ai 
the  study  of  Inw,  and  was  called  to  the  " 
of  Upper  Canada  tn  ISfjl.  He  opened 
office  in  Toronto,  where  he  soon  establishe 


CANADIAN  JilOGHAPnr. 


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IT*  practice.  His  buainesa  habits 
correct,  and  in  bin  profeaaion  he 
itaking  and  thorough.  The  de^ee 
A.  vaa  couforred  upon  him  in  1852. 
«Bd  in  185t>  he  married  Emily,  young«Bt 
4m^ier  of  the  late  General  Thomaa  Evans, 


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diatiu^niahed  ofticer 
'^  lMne  ia  1812.  Hia 
in  1868.  In  1863  Mr. 
the  degrotf  of  LL. B.,  and 
ir  wu  olectAd  Ticc-chjuicol- 
rrf  th«  C'hiverBity  of  Toronto,  which 
pntrtinn  he  held  till  1872.  when  he  resigned. 
I '  tru  created  a  Queen's  coonsel. 

Mr.  Oroi'ks  waa  a  Liberal.  In 
\i€Z  Use  livform  party  was  badly  in  need  of 
■tv  blood,  and  leading  members  preaaed 
'^  ■  "ruoks  to  offer  himself  for  j^arliament. 
eroforB,  offered  himaelf  fur  the  \V(«t 
iwuiaic  uf  Toronto,  for  the  provincial  legis- 
Itfan,  but  was  unsuccessful.  Futir  years 
howerer,  hu  carrit'd  the  same  con* 
In  the  HIake  administration  Mr. 
Crook*  waa  attomey-general.  Whon  Mr. 
Mtiwat  ne>'oanstnict«d  his  Cabinet  in  Octo- 
ber, 1872,  Mr.  t->i>ok8  became  prctvincial 
tiiMaiiiiir.  and  to  this  department  was  ad- 
4e4,  in  187t>,  that  of  minister  of  education. 
la  1975  he  waa  defeated  for  East  Toronto, 
bat  «•«  9onn  afterwards  elected  for  South 
Oblford.  He  reeii^ed  the  provincial  treaa- 
mmnkip  in  1877,  Hun.  S.  C.  Wood  taking 
tlttl  offioB.  Mr.  Crooks,  a  cultured  scholar 
himatilf.  always  took  the  deepest  interest  in 
MfaMMlkm.  A  Ubour  of  love  as  well  as  of 
tety  VM  bis  administration  in  the  Educa- 
ttwQ  demrtmimc,  but  ho  did  not  escape  cen- 
■Bivt.  His  <'pponriita  railed  at  him  bitterly 
lorwbatlh"'  ■  •"■••*  his  bigotry  and  his  par- 
tsaaaahlp.   >  \  s  sefmed  tu  the  writer 

ifcat,  to  a  l.t  I .  ' ,  Mr,  Crooks  was  made 

thm  ■•ap«g«^t  of  his  party.  He  had  to  bear 
opoa  hia  own  shntildRrs  alone  sins  which 
Mnaii  VBTB  Dtft  bit  own,  but  those  of  bia  col- 
IwtruM  anil  thr  d4*partnieul.  Education  was 
laaa*  to  pa;  •  party  oTiHMliency^  aa 

•TCt7  Moot  nt  m  the  puhlic  service 

ia,  SM  Mr.  iJiuuUs  wna  held  res|KiUB)ble. 
tlqi  wh«u  his  health  and  mind  gnve  way, 
■Jfcare  "rBS  ont.  so  far  aa  this  writer  hoA  seen, 
any  one  amonit  his  c^>IU'a<(ien,  amon^  those 
collpagnra  who  T  '  ^  ulatt*il  ediicaiion 
to  tkatr  own  ci>  id  up  and  nay  h 

word  for  him.  lM>^•^.  ■;  their  silence  they 
sftsrlod  to  be  a  little*  scandaliKed  thcniaelves 
aC  tlM  aUt^  '-'• 
b*d  lOWn 
faMilta  aa  ai 
ihm  ti»«  « 
cTsry  Bp*»w  ^ 


)ii.lt  •xlncatiunal   affaiis 

(kI  a  numljcr  of 

lit'  wMvt^red  at 

.•■m  WHS  Mviuiri>d,  and 

chrew  tlio  department 


into  the  throes  of  a  general  change.  Out  of 
this  grew  dissatisfaction  over  the  country ; 
out  of  it  grew  the  disgusting  rivalry  between 
publishers,  and  the  demoralizing  acenes  of 
canvaasing  and  bribery  among  school  boards 
and  school  trustees  which  afterwards  pre- 
vailed thruuKhout  the  province.  But  for 
this,  even,  Mr.  Crooks  was  only  in  a  mea- 
sure responsible.  Ue  should  uet  credit  for 
all  that  he  did  in  the  cause  of  education. 
He  was  always  courteous,  and  won  the  good 
will  even  of  those  who  differed  from  his 
judgment  and  his  methoda 

BurKPPi,  Alexun«lt*r  Itlnokinnon, 
Ottawa,  Deputy  Minister  of  the  Interior  of 
Canada,  was  born  on  the  :^l8t  of  Uctol>erf 
1850,  at  Strathspey,  Invemess-abire,  Scot- 
land. He  is  a  son  of  Jnhn  Burgess,  by 
Ann  Davidson,  »«■«  Mackiunon.  Young 
Burgess  was  oducatod  at  the  parish  school  of 
Advie,  at  tho  Grammar  Scht»oI  of  Aber- 
deen, and  at  the  Uuiveniity  of  Aberdeen. 
His  first  public  oflice  was  that  nf  editor  and 
chief  reiM>rter  of  the  debates  of  the  House- 
of  Commons,  at  the  inception  of  the  official 
reports  in  1875,  and  aa  editor  and  chief 
reporter  of  the  debates  of  the  Senate  and 
House  of  Commons  of  Canada  in  187ti.  On 
the  Ist  of  November,  187ti.  be  was  appoint- 
ed private  secretary  to  the  Honourable 
David  Mills,  then  Minister  of  the  Interior. 
On  the  1st  .]anuar>-,  1882,  he  was  appointed 
secretary  of  the  Department  of  the  Interior, 
and  on  the  1st  July,  1888,  was  creat4>d 
deputy  Minister  of  the  Interior,  Mr.  Bur- 
gess has  visited  Manitoba  and  the  North- 
West  territi>ries,  on  various  occasions,  in 
cttnnectiou  with  his  otKcial  duties  in  the  De- 
partment of  the  Interior  ;  and  he  also  visited 
NVaahington  in  the  winter  of  1885  on  official 
business.  On  the  7th  July,  1873.  Mr.  Uur- 
gess  marrie<l  Maggie  Beatrice  Anderson, 
daufihter  of  Thomas  Anderson,  of  Portsoy, 
Scotland,  ptot^t  and  publisher.  Beftirt'  com- 
ing to  Canada,  Mr.  Bur|;ess  was  a  clerk  in 
the  employment  of  the  great  North  of  Scot- 
land Railway  in  18C7.  He  joined  the  press 
of  Scotland  in  18(»U.  and  on  his  arrival  in 
this  country,  in  1871,  became  a  member 
of  tlie  repiirtinn  staff  of  the  Toronto  Ciloftr. 
He  attended  tho  sessions  of  parliament  in 
thrit  rnpncity  in  1872,  1H7.'^  and  187-1.  Ho 
became  editor  of  the  Ottawa  Titn*'^^  on  the 
Int  July.  1874,  and  subsequently  purchaaed 
tliat  newspaper  from  Mcl.iean,  Jioger  Ji: 
Company,  parliamentary  printers,  but  sold 
it  to  leoiio  It.  Taylor  in  the  summer  of  1870. 
Very  so-wi  tlierosfter,  aa  already  stated,  hu 
entered  the  civil  service  as  private  secretary 
Ui  the  Hon.  David  Mills.     Much  might  be 


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A  crcLOPjcvTA  or 


ddded  to  the  tftble  of  evenu  in  the  career 
of  Mr.  Burifesa  ;  hut  the  editor  will  content 
bimst^lf  with  adding  the  iGBtimony  of  those 
well  qualitied  to  apeak  respecing  our  sub- 
ject's (ifticial  ijualities.  These,  we  beheve, 
Are  well  known  to  be  pAinstiikinij  /.^a1  in 
office,  and  oonrteay,  fair  dealing',  and  efli- 
oictfit  AtlminiBrratinn  i\&  n  public  sprviint. 

RobcrlHon,  Juuivfl  Hiiiltli,  Whitby, 
the  eoterpriEiiiig  and  Buccessful  publisher. 
printer,  etc,  wlium  we  hnve  chosen  fts  the 
fiubjeot  of  this  sketch,  waa  bom  at  Toronto, 
on  the  0th  of  April,  1853.  Ue  is  a  son  of 
the  lately  deceased  and  lamented  John  W. 
RohertsoQ,  and  Mary,  ate  Smith,  who  is 
atill  alive.  Young  Eiobertaon  received  a 
very  careful  edneation.  He  was  6rat  sent 
to  a  private  bcIkmiI,  and  when  he  had  com- 
pleted the  studies  prescribed  there,  he  en- 
tered the  Victoria  street  public  school.  Al- 
though be  made  a  very  creditable  display  at 
his  task,  and  was  very  fond  of  his  books,  yet 
he  suddenly  took  it  into  his  head  to  leave 
school,  and  seek  for  employment,  which  he 
found  in  a  grocery  store,  where  he  remained 
for  six  months.  But  the  grocery  trade  was 
not  to  his  liking,  and  we  soon  lind  our  enter- 
prising lad  engaged  in  the  book  business 
with  U.  S.  Thompson.  Ue  retained  this 
position  for  two  years,  after  which  he  went 
into  the  store  of  A.  S.  Irvintf,  and  remained 
with  him  for  the  next  eight  years.  In 
July,  1874,  he  removed  to  Whitby,  Ontario, 
where  he  had  i>ersuaded  himself  there  was 
an  opening  for  the  book  busineas.  Here  he 
oomnienoed  in  the  retail  trade,  and  he  had 
fair  success.  In  1880  he  opened  a  printing 
office,  and  being  joined  by  his  brothers, 
iuuetl  a  paper  called  the  i^itifunUnj  A'i(tht. 
This  publication  was  continued  for  throe 
years,  when  Mr.  Uobertson  bought  out  the 
Whitby  CArvHiWe,  merging  the  two  papers 
into  one.  He  has  continued  since  to  be  the 
proprietor  and  editor  of  the  Chnmide,  and 
it  is  hardly  necessary  for  the  writer  of  this 
sketch  to  inform  his  readers  that  the  news- 
paper in  its  own  field,  which  is  not  a  narrow 
one,  haa  since  held  an  inHuential,  worthy 
and  profitable  position .  Mr  Robertson 
seeme<l  to  have  set  out  with  the  idea  that 
the  best  way  to  kill  opposition  is  to  bribe  it 
out  of  existence  ;  so  he  bugan  by  buying  out 
rivals  whom  he  regarded  us  a  inenRcc  to  his 
success.  Thin  explains  why  it  is  that  we 
flee  the  little  Saturdity  Nitjhf  absr.rbed  by 
the  long  established  Whitby  Chnnuclt.  In 
1882  Mr.  Robertson  decided  to  try  his  for- 
tune in  the  book  trade  in  Toronto,  and  he 
purchased  the  book,  periodical  and  general 
stationery  store  known  as  Wilkinson's,  sit* 


nate  on  the  comer  of  Toronto  and  Adelaide 
streets,  and  this  is  now  one  of  the  most 
popular  news,  book  and  general  stationery 
depots  iu  Toronto.  The  excellent  business 
instincts,  and  the  courtesy  of  the  propriet4ir 
are  revealtnl  through  the  e<itabliithment. 
Mr.  Robertson  has  had  his  turn  at  public  life 
among  his  other  employments.  In  1881  he 
was  elected  oouncillor  for  VVhithy,  and  has 
been  re-elected  to  that  otHce  ever  since,  H« 
has  held  the  important  offices  of  chairman 
of  the  Ore  and  water  commicree  ;  also  of  the 
finance  and  assessment  committees.  Mr. 
Robertson  joined  Eastern  Star  LK>di>e  of 
Oddfellows  in  1875,  and  he  also  belongs  to 
Charter  Lodge  of  the  A.O.  U.  W.  in  Wnitby. 
Mr.  Robertson  is  a  member  of  St.  An- 
drew's church  board  of  manim^ment,  and  for 
some  time  he  held  the  ]>o&ition  of  president 
of  the  Young  Men's  Association.  He  baa 
always  taken  an  active  part  in  temperance 
work,  ond  he  was  president  »if  the  Blue 
Rihhon  organization,  and  the  secretary  to 
the  Scott  Act  organization  during  its  exist- 
ence in  Whitby.  His  toatea  are  strongly 
inclined  toward  politics,  and  he  is  well 
known  as  one  of  the  truest  and  most  s^iUd 
Liberals  in  Ontario.  In  1879  he  married 
Annie  Moore  Kerry,  and  by  this  union  has 
four  children.  The  Robertson  Brothers, 
lately  sold  out  their  book  business  in  Whit- 
by, and  now  confine  themselves  there  to 
publishing  the  CHronicU.  They  have  also 
retired  from  the  retail  book  business  iu 
Toronto,  and  have  opened  handsonio  and 
conirnudious  premises  for  their  subscription 
book  depariment  in  the  Mail  building,  to 
which  branch  the  subject  of  our  sketch  de* 
votes  a  large  portion  of  his  time.  He  is 
genial  and  cheerful  in  all  his  relations,  and 
enjoys  respect  and  much  good  will. 

niallon,  John,  Toronto,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  bom  at  Middtetowu, 
County  Armagh,  Ireland,  on  the  *J*^nd  of 
September,  1834!.  He  was  the  youngest  soa 
of  James  and  Margaret  Mallon,  who  emi- 
grated with  (heir  family  to  Canada  in  1847, 
and  settled  in  Toronto.  A  few  weeks  after 
tlteir  arrival  the  father  died  of  a  malignant 
fever,  which  was  taging  at  the  time.  Mr. 
Malhtu  attended  one  of  the  city  schools  for 
about  three  years.  .After  leaving  school  ho 
was  apprenticed  as  a  salesman  in  the  butcher- 
ing  business  in  the  St.  Lawrence  market. 
He  being  of  a  delicate  constitution,  and 
knowing  that  this  was  a  healthful  business, 
and  one  which  required  little  capital  at  that 
time  to  begin  with,  he  was  induced  to  enter  it. 
In  1801  he  commenced  business  for  himself 
in  stall  No.  14  in  the  bt.  Lawrence  market. 


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CANADIAN  BIOGBAPHY. 


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well,  that  in  1804  be  found 
td  Nu.  16,  which  he  leased 
lormcr  etuplojr'er,  Mr.  Murphy, 
•team  hx  hif1  vorTed  aa  apprentice  and  fi>re- 
■Ml.  In  1H65  he  found  it  nec«Mary  to  odd 
■XlfcT  a<*ti^  No.  I'i,  and  hirt  pr«iniftes  then 
loniMd  Uie  beat  hniineas  ^Li4)d  of  itfl  kiud 
iaTk«r«>iito.  At  thia  time  hetouk  hia  bntther- 
ta-kw,  Mtchael  J.  Wood'j  {nuv  city  aldcr- 
■au)  into  pATtnerahip,  and  the  huBineaa  waa 
i1i*>n  earned  on  Qndt*r  the  linn  name  of  John 
I  Jt  Co.,  and  was  continued  undur 
-  nmu«  qniil  Mr.  W'cKids  waa  elected 
ho  retired,  leaving  Mr. 
proprietor  of  the  bunineas, 
viDwkh  hia  usual  tact  still  carries  it  t>n. 
Mr.  M&Uun  waa  a  trnstftj  for  uno  of  the 
m^mnim  tcfaiK>U  in  W^sc  Yurk,  for  a  number 
«l  TVMS  ;  and  he  wiu  aJderuian  of  the  City 
of  Tonxnto  during  the  year*  1873  and  1874, 
afkd  tken  rvtirvil,  declining  to  run  au'^in  for 
oAm  ''  *  "7*'  Mr.  Matlon  was  appointed  a 
jitif*  iCe.      He  held  the  offioe  of 

g— HI.'*..  --•  -:.v  vilU;,'eof  Brockton  from  its 
MewfpoTation,  in  188(3,  until  iui  nnnesation 
to  Um  City  of  Toronto,  in  18H4.  He  was  an 
koDOUrary  director  of  the  Toronto  Savings 
Bank  f-t  ri  iMiiiilter  of  yvKny  and  when  it 
»  I  with  the  Hume  Loan  and 

^  ■  '>'►  h^  became  a  stockholder 

of  liuki  cuikjpiuiy.  He  has  also  been  con* 
BtfvtMl  with  6ereral  enterprises,  such  as 
■hining  cured  meats  to  Li\'er[>ool,  London 
AM  Otavptw,  and  has  liko^iM  engaged  in 
<Ti  •    trade.     He  also  deals 

•  ite.     In  religion  Mr. 

:i  t«-xi»«ctwl  ineml>fr  of  the 
L'hurch.       In  politics  he  is 
'    ril,    and    lifts  h^ld    the 
of  the  llt'fomi    AiMo- 
.i.,.  J   Ward.      He  nmrritfd, 
K.    Woods,    a    dauf^hter   of 
aotv*  ui-i    Kll'ii  \Voc>d8,  of  tho  County    of 
Ford,  Ireland.     H«  has  eleven  chtltlreu 
inc   «jf    whotn,   the  tddest,    is   pre- 
ir  a  profession,  and  is  an 
tho  rnivcraity  of  Toronto, 
>rninntian  at  the  model 
v  the  hij;jhesfr  honours, 
r-(toneral'B  meiial.     In 
:i  is  genial  and  kindly, 
fuard  of  many  personal 
Mnlli>n,  his  avuond  sou, 
icttieiiiL'nt    of   the 
iiarkel 
<    4  lia«rt<*al*lllll|>|>Ci 
c,  Knight  Cdtiitimndur 
;    of   the    Hi»ly    Sepul- 
Order  of  St.  tJrog«>ry 
I  of  IheGUt  Battalion 


of  Mnntmaarny  and  LUslet ;  President  of 
the  Qiiebeo  Conservative  Association  ;  Vioe- 
presulent  of  the  Union  Aifricole  Natiunalo 
of  the  Proxinoe  of  Quebec  ;  President  of  the 
Montuiftifny  AKrictiltural  Society     *  '  tv 

of    the    Montmayny    No.     3    *  n 

Society  ;  Meml>er  of  the  Entonit...-;^.. ,.,  .-../- 
ciety  of  Canada  ;  Jlembor  of  the  Biblio- 
graphical S-tni«ty  of  Paris,  etc.,  was  bom 
at  Quel^ec.  15th  January,  1^6.  He  is  a  son 
of  the  Ut«  Dr.  J.  E.  Landry,  by  the  late 
Caroline  E.,  H«LeIievry.  Dr.  Landry  was, 
in  his  time,  the  first  sunreon  of  the  Province 
of  Quebec,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Laval 
ITniversity,  in  which  he  waa  a  profvssor  for 
nearly  thirty  years,  and  at  the  date  of  his 
deaili  (17 ih  June,  1884),  proprietor  of  one- 
half  of  the  Quebec  Lunatic  Asylum.  The 
family  is  of  Acadian  extraction,  their  ances- 
tors haviuQ  came  from  Anjon,  and  settled  in 
Acadia  at  lleauHusin.  They  were  scattered 
in  1755  by  the  British  troops,  and  came  to 
Cannda,  and  settled  in  Ronaventure  county, 
at  Tracadittche  (since  CarletonJ,  where  Mr. 
Landry*s  father  and  grandfather  were  born. 
In  1855  M.  Landry  entered  the  Levis  Col- 
lege, where  he  remained  for  two  yeara  under 
the  tut'irship  of  the  well-known  Frfere  Her- 
menigilde.  In  1857  he  comineneed  his 
clas.Mcal  studies  at  the  Quebec  Seminary  ; 
leaving'  thia  institution  in  July,  18(>0,  after 
having  obtaini'd  most  successfully  his  de- 
grees of  B.  A.  He  was,  in  the  years  1865  06, 
named  aosistant- professor  <if  the  course  of 
ohomistry  ai  the  I>ava]  University,  which 
jHisition  he  occupied  oncv  more  u\  I8<jO-*i7- 
At  that  time  he  was  asked  by  the  late  Dr. 
Hubert  Larue  to  analyse  the  ditlVrent  alco- 
holic bevera|;es  of  the  City  of  Quebco  <  hi 
this  occasion  he  puhlisltt^d  asoiuntdicpHniph- 
lot,  **  Les  boissona  alcoliolitpies  et  leura  fal- 
siticatious/'  which  ooutaint*d  the  result  of 
all  his  dilfurent  luialyses.  In  the  fall  of  1800 
hi*  entered  St.  Anne's  Agricultural  College, 
which  he  left  in  the  winter  of  1807,  to  re- 
turn to  hia  chemical  studies  at  Laval 
Uuivoraity.  Ho  came  back  in  the  spring, 
but  left  definitely  in  the  fall  of  1807.  He 
beca.no  professor  of  agriculture  at  the  Que- 
bee  Normal  School,  and  txo^vio  a  member 
of  the  AgricnltunU  Board  of  Trade.  In  the 
beeinnini^  of  the  ipring  (1808),  he  had,  in 
the  Quebec  uewiip»per8,  a  very  hnt  cinteat 
with  Mr.  L  Abbe  IMote  on  agricultural 
matters.  At  that  time  he  left  for  St.  RooK 
dea  Aulnets,  where  he  spent  the  whole 
aprinr;  and  part  of  tlie  summer  in  learning 
agricultural  practioe.  on  the  well-known 
farm  of  M.  J.  Bte.  Dupuis,  ex-deputy  of 
the  County  of  L'Islet,      In  this  same  year 


A  crcLOPMDiA  or 


(18(18),  Dr.  Laiidry  purcltuod  from  the  Que- 
bec archbishop,  the  valuable  property  ho 
poBftcsred  at  Sr,  Pierre  Riviere  du  Sua,  in 
the  County  of  Montmogny,  and  on  the  lit 
October,  1K08,  M.  Landry  took  poueas- 
ion  of  his  new  home.  On  the  tith  of  the 
same  munih  he  was  married,  and  constantly 
lived  at  Nt.  Pierre  until  Mirch,  188K  He 
then  left  St^  Pierre,  and  in  view  of  helping 
his  father  in  the  management  of  theQuebeu 
Lunatic  Asylum,  took  up  his  residence  on 
Beanport  road,  at  Villa  Mastai,  formerly 
the  reaidence  of  Dr.  James  Douglas,  Mr 
Landry  has  since  become  the  propriettjr  of 
that  villa,  as  he  also  becAme  one  of  the 
propriet-ors  of  the  Quebec  Lunatic  Asy- 
lum, on  the  death  of  his  fnther.  During 
his  stay  at  St.  Pierre,  M.  Landry  devoted 
his  whole  time  to  farming  and  politics ; 
and  in  1871  he  took  a  prominent  part  in 
G.  Bobby's  election.  The  folluwtng  ycur 
Hon.  M.  Beaubten.  Commissioner  of  Crown 
Lands,  was  defeated  by  M.  THsoheresu  in 
the  general  elections  for  the  Dominion  Par- 
liament. M.  Landry  fought  the  buttles  of 
the  two  campaittns,  and  this  brought  htm 
into  notice  ;  and  in  November,  J8T3«  when 
M.  Fuuruier  was  sworn  in  a  Minister  of 
tlie  Crown,  M.  Landry  was  selected  by  the 
Conservative  party  to  fight  M.  Laugelier, 
the  Liberal  candidate  for  Montmagny.  M. 
Landry  was  defeated  by  a  majority  of  189. 
In  1875  a  general  election  took  place,  and 
the  same  two  candidates  ran  one  against  the 
other,  but  victory  crowned  M.  Ltindry's 
persistency,  and  M.  Laugelier  was  defeated 
by  eight  votes  M.  Landry  delivered,  in 
the  fall  of  187d,  the  answer  to  the  address 
from  the  Thrtme.  In  1870  the  court  of  elec- 
tions, comix)sed  of  Justices  Ronthier,  Marc- 
Anrele  Plamoudon  and  Wilfrid  Dtttion, 
annulled  M.  Landry's  electiun,  and  dis- 
ifUalitied  him,  Justice  Kouthier  tiissent'trnit. 
This  has  been  held  since  t<i  hare  been 
merely  a  ]}olitical  and  partisan  judgment 
M.  Landry  appealed  to  Her  Majesty's  Privy 
Council,  but  was  refused  ;  and  he  then  pub- 
lished his  defence  in  a  pamphlet,  entitled 
*M)u  est  ta  disj^race,"  in  which  he  pointed 
out  and  proved,  the  partiaauship  of  Justice 
Plumondon  and  Dorion,  the  two  Liberaht 
who  condemned  him.  In  1878,  at  the  gen- 
eral elections  for  the  Dominion  Parliament^ 
M.  Landry  was  again  selected  by  the  Con- 
se^^'ative  party  as  its  candidate,  and  suc- 
cee<ied  in  defeating  M.  Carbonneau,  his  op- 
ponent, by  38  of  a  majority.  Again  in  1882 
M  Landry  carried  his  election,  beating  his 
opponent,  M.  (.ThtMjuclte,  by  120  votes  of  a 
majority.     M.  Landry  was  made  captain  of 


No.  2  Company,  Olst  Battalion,  in  1800 
and  he  wsh  called  twice  to  the  front  in  1870 
durinu  the  Fenian  invasion.  He  had,  the 
second  time,  the  command  of  the  whole  bat- 
talion. When  Lt. -Colonel  Beaubien  died 
(1877),  leaving  the  command  to  Lt. -Colonel 
Colfer,  he  acted  as  major  ;  and  when  Lt.- 
Colonel  Colfer  retired,  he  was  promoted 
Lt.-Colnnel,and  is  now  tn  command  of  the 
(list.  Be  was  a  cadet  of  the  military  school, 
where  he  took  his  second  clnss  ccrtilicute  in 
ISfio,  and  obtained  his  tirstclass  certiticate 
before  a  special  board  in  18»4,  He  was 
otl'ered,  and  accepted  in  l87o,  the  command 
of  the  Canadian  Wimbledon  team.  In  1875 
he  was  called  to  the  Quebec  Agricultural 
Council,  and  for  an  essay  on  Agriculture, 
he  obtained  the  first  prize,  a  gold  medaL 
Ho  went  to  Europe  in  188<),  accompanying 
his  futlter,  who  travelled  for  the  sake  of  re- 
storing his  health,  and  he  visited  Englitnd, 
France,  Italy  and  Swit/Ajrland.  He  return- 
ed to  Rome  in  1883  to  plead  before  the 
Papal  Court  of  the  Proi>aganda,  the  cele- 
brated case,  Landry  va.  Hamel,  and  was 
then  created  a  Knight  of  the  Order  of  St. 
Gregory  the  Great.  In  1881  he  was  a 
delegate  to  a  mass  meeting  of  the  Frencli- 
Canadians  at  Burlington*  and  delivered  » 
patriotic  speech  of  the  festival  of  the  24th 
June.  He  is  a  lUtman  catholic,  and  is 
oppitsed  to  all  secret  sociftics,  because  he 
says  they  are  forbidden  by  natural  law.  and 
the  laws  of  the  church.  He  delivered  oa 
March  4th,  1880,  in  the  House  of  Conmiona 
a  remarkable  speech  on  the  relatitms  be- 
tween Church  and  State,  a  speech  whic 
brought  him  the  congratulations  of  all  th 
bishops  of  the  Province  of  Quebec  He 
a  Conservative  and  protectionist.  He  mar 
rietl  on  the  0th  ()ctf»bcr,  I8G8,  Wilhelmina. 
daughter  of  the  late  Captain  Ktienne  Cou- 
ture, and  ho  has  had  six  children,  two  of 
whom  are  living. 

ToUcr,  Cuplaiii  Fred.,  Ottawa, 
Comptiolieruf  Dominion  Currency,  and  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  was  bom  in  England 
on  June2Ut,  1841.  He  receivk;d  his  odu* 
cation  in  Euglaud,  and  as  he  waa  approach- 
in!i<  mau's  estate,  set  sail  for  Canada  On 
the  30th  September,  1871,  ho  eutered  the 
civil  service  vi  the  Federal  Government,  aa 
senior  second-class  clerk,  i^n  the  1st  of 
July,  187:^  he  was  promoted  to  a  tirst-class. 
From  the  lat  of  January,  1879,  to  Jum 
30th,  1881,  he  was  private  secretary  to  Sir 
Ijettnard  Tilloy,  Minister  of  Finance.  O 
the  lat  of  July.  1881,  he  was  appuin 
comptroller  of  Dominion  Currency,  and 
that  position  he  holds  at  the  present  time 


1 


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CAyADUN  BIOGRAPHY. 


173 


Mr.  Toller  did  not  become  entirely  ab- 
in  the  civil  service,  like  «o  many  in 
bcidy.  who  are  coo  tent  t4i  let  the  ((reat 
uMUide  world  wag  8ii  lon^  &■  pAy-day  d^vna 
MMB  ta  the  month.      Ho  alwii3^feU  and  ex- 
UUftid  ■  grre»t  deal  of  intoroBi  in  military 
t»tt«r«  ;  und  ia  at  the  present  time  captain 
'■urenior-Geueral'a  Font  Guards,  at 
I.    To  be  at  once  a  good  officer,  and  a 
ir  uue.  is  an  extromely  ditficult  double 
ut  it  is  nne  that  Captain  Toiler  has 
ished  most  perfectly.      His  capacity 
ization  isveiy  marked,  and  ho  has 
trol  of  his  men^  who  giv^e  him 
p4*ct  and  good-vill.     As  a  de- 
ofhcer.  Captain  Toller  is  acknow- 
tobe  very  aii|Mirior,     tie  married  on 
tlMllth  rtf  July,  1872,  Annie,  third  daugh- 
ter vf   2>.  Chipman,  of  St.  Stephen,  Kew 
Bmnsvick. 

Valim,  Alexander,  Toronto,  is  one  of 
thotte  SoDtchmon  who  are  endowed  with 
pkMik,  and  despite  the  attractions  of  native 
«0«alry.  t^avc;  it  for  the  purpose  of  advanc- 
*CiC  il:  "<  And  who,  in  the  majority 

of  ca»-  -  .  The  nubject  of  this  sketch 

wa«  bc*U4  lu  iht*  City  of  (ilaagow,  on  the 
22Dd  ol  March,  \'^A2  ;  and  his  parents  were 
Jflha  Xaim  and  Margaret  KirkUnd.     His 

ICsAk^r  was  well  known  in  Ulaagow  aa  a  largo 
■rn«r  a  d    grain  merchant,  and  for  a 
pr  of    years  carried   on    the  Oarroch 
niilLi,  near  tho  Tliree  Tree  Well,  on 
■ter  KeWin  ;  and  later  on,  the  Wash- 
to  Ktonr  Mills,  of  Ulasgow.     Alexander 
Twi  his  early  education  at  the  Normal 
d1,  and  afterwards  tinished  it  in  Flint's 
Acwtemy,  Ulaagow  ;  and  when  he  left  Frin- 
eilttl  Flint,  he  had  what  nearly  all  Scotch 
bcm  ftuive.  a  fair  and  usefal  knowledge  of 
tlliMgi   K««ormUy  worth    knowing.     At   tho 
a^  ol  nxitfen  be  entertMl  hit  father's  oUioe, 
■■  an  ■swfltint  in  the  business.     In  1801  his 
faAhsr  di«d,  leaving  six  children,  Alexander 
baing  thti  eUl*»t  w^n.     The  whole  uianage- 
Buiti  of   the  biiftineaa  now  devolved  upon 
kla,  aad  far  five  yean  he  carried  it  on  very 
uUy.     In  Itto^i,  liaviiig  sold  out  the 
in  Glasgow,  he  joined  his  mother 
"^^  rling^hiru,   where    they 
1  a  mill  and  a  farm. 
.»..    Nsim  could  not  con- 
A   ho  left  for  Caniula,  and 
.,  in  Is.""       Fit*  did  not  re- 
\  etl  to  Rock- 
i  lugton.    On- 
,1  in  view  of  studying 
roficiunt  in  ihe  system 
parvhaaitig  and   milling,  then  car- 
la   Ui«  oonuty.     lu  m06  he  com- 


ifT 


menced  business  for  himself  in  Hockwood, 
as  a  general  store-keeper^  and  grain  com- 
miaaiou  merchant,  and  had  the  honour  of 
being  among  the  tirat  to  Bhip  grain  over 
thai  section  (»f  the  Orand  Trunk  Railway, 
and  this  was  in  a  largo  degree  the  means  of 
building  up  Rockwood.  In  1S(>3  ho  pur- 
chased tho  Kverton  flour  and  saw  mills,  and 
also  the  farui,  and  carried  them  on  with  his 
other  business,  while  at  the  same  time  he 
took  a  very  active  part  in  the  erection  of  a 
Presbyterian  cKuroh  and  public  school,  and 
was  one  of  its  trustees.  On  hia  departure 
Ln  1^74  for  Tor  )nto,  tho  inhabitants  of  the 
village,  as  an  expression  of  their  gratitude 
for  what  he  had  done  for  the  place,  pre- 
sented he  and  Mrs.  Nairn  with  a  hand- 
some illuminated  address,  accompanied  with 
a  beautiful  mantel-piece  ornament.  While 
in  Rockwood,  Mr.  Nairn  became  one  of  tho 
directors  of  the  Torout^5  Fuel  Association  ; 
and  in  1871,  becoming  intorested  in  the  coal 
mines  of  Ohio,  he  was  the  drst  to  introduce 
into  Canada  the  celebrated  Streetsville  coal. 
In  187o,  Mr.  Nairn  entered  into  partner- 
ship with  his  brother  Stephen,  under  tho 
name  and  style  of  A.  &  S.  Nairn,  wbarlin- 
gent  and  coal  raercliants.  and  shortly  after, 
the  firm  built  one  of  the  finest  docks  in 
the  city,  and  which  is  known  as  the  Nairn 
Docks.  Mr.  Nairn,  apart  frum  A.  tV  S 
Nairn,  still  carried  on  several  contracts,  and 
supplied,  among  uthers,  the  (Sraiid  Tnink 
and  Great  Western  Railways  with  wood, 
giving  employment  to  a  largo  number  of 
men  in  the  State  of  Miohi^aI),  as  well  as 
along  tho  Rutl'alo  and  Qoderich  Railway, 
in  making  and  delivering  timber  and  rail- 
way ties.  Ho  was  also  interested  in  the 
lake  trade,  and  a  large  shareholder  in  the 
Western  Transportation  Coal  Co.  ;  and  in 
187^  he  was  elected  a  director  of  the  To- 
ronto, Grey  and  Rruce  Railway.  In  1880 
he  purchased  the  flour,  saw  and  woollen 
mills  at  Banovor,  in  the  County  of  Bruce, 
and  this  property  is  still  coutmlletl  by  him. 
In  1884  the  partnership  was  dissolved,  and 
Mr.  Nairn  virtually  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness. In  18415  he  was  elected  to  the  Com 
Kxchsnge,  which  is  now  known  as  the 
Board  of  Trade,  and  in  which  he  still  holds 
a  seat.  He  ia  a  director  of  the  L mdim  and 
Ontario  Investment  Co.,  and  is  alsu  on  the 
directorate  of  several  other  institutions.  Ia 
religion  Mr.  Nairn  is  a  Presbyterian,  and 
belongs  to  St.  James*  Siiuare  Church,  and 
is  the  chairman  of  its  boar<I  of  management, 
In  politics  ho  is  a  Reformer,  and  takes  an 
actiro  interest  in  all  public  questiims.  He 
was  married,  in    ItMM,   to  Eliubeth   Ana 


174 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  or 


Davifi,  d&ugbter  of  the  late  Frederick  DnvU. 
Hi.  Hi^1ier*s,  IiUnd  of  Jersey.  A«  will  be 
teeii^  Mr.  Nairn's  businesa  cartser  hai  beun  a 
very  aucceaftfnl  one,  au'.l  is  wurtby  of  imitn- 
tiitii  by  our  young  men.  Nuw  th»t  h«  is 
ftble  to  take  the  world  easy,  wo  ho[)o  he 
will  be  long  spared  to  cnj-iy  the  abundant 
fruits  of  his  indusiry,  and  help  in  all  tlie 
gnod  movements  that  have  for  their  object 
the  bdttertui;  of  the  world. 

Oewe,  John,  Chief  Dominion  laipec- 
tor  of  Post  Otiiccta,  Ottawa,  was  born  at 
Stookwellt  near  Loudon,  England,  on  the 
5tb  of  July,  IiS21.  U is  father  was  Henry 
Tombs  Ddwc,  a  merchant  in  the  City  of 
London,  and  the  eldest  son  of  tlie  Hev. 
John  Dewe^  vicar  of  Breadsall,  near  Derby, 
The  family,  of  which  there  are  several  inter- 
esting rec«>rdfl  in  the  Bodloau  library,  at  Ox- 
ford, is  of  Norman  oriij;in,  the  name  being 
formerly  spelled  D'Eu  and  D'Ewo.  Hia 
mither'a  mniden  name  was  EUz>i  Prior ; 
and  she  was  a  daughter  of  Thomis  Prior,  of 
Dtnford,  near  Leicester.  Our  subject  was 
educated  at  a  private  school  near  Londcin, 
but  on  the  death  xf  his  futher,  obtain&i,  at 
the  age  uf  seventeen,  a  aiiuUiua  as  clerk  in 
the  sucreturv's  ofhco  of  the  Genfrat  P\iat 
Ottiort,  ML  Martin's  te-Grand,  in  which  be 
served  for  fire  years.  During  a  portion  of 
this  time,  he  sat  at  the  next  desk  to  that 
occupivil  bv  Anthony  Trollope,  the  noveliar. 
Sir  John  Tdiey,  who  was  some  years  after- 
wards secretary  to  the  department,  whs  a 
clerk  in  the  same  office.  In  July,  1843,  he 
was  appointed  by  the  Posttitavter-lteneral 
to  a  surveyorship  in  the  Canadian  Poat 
Oflioe,  whicli  at  that  time  was  uuder  Im- 
perial c<introl.  He  served  as  surveyor  fur 
the  Central  Pi>stat  Diairiot,  with  headquar- 
ters at  Kmgaton,  untd  shorcly  af  er  the 
transfer  of  tbu  Post  Ottice  Ut  Provincial 
management  in  the  year  L65t,  when  he  waa 
appointed  P.  O.  Inspector  fnr  the  Toronto 
Puatal  Division,  with  headquarters  ai  Tor- 
onto. At  the  time  of  the  TreiU  oti'air,  in 
March,  1862,  he  joined  the  Civil  Sorvioe 
Co.  of  the  Queen's  Own.  He  resigned  his 
commission  in  this  corps  in  180'1.  He  re- 
mained at  Toronto  unul  Oct,  1870,  when  he 
was  appomted  Chief  P.  O.  Inspecuir  for  the 
Dominion  of  Canada,  witli  headquarters  at 
Ottawa.  He  has  travelled  in  hia  othcitl 
capauity  through  all  the  provinces  of  the 
Dominion.  He  has  also  viatted,  when  on 
leave  of  absence.  France,  Belgium  and  6er- 
manjr.  In  reliKion  he  bits  bnuu  a  member 
of  the  Church  of  Englind  from  his  yuuth 
upwards.  Inspector  Dewe  ir  ui  married  at 
Perth,  Out.,  on  the  Slstof  October,  1350, 


to  Clara  Alicia,  daughter  of  Colonel  Henr^ 
Nellea,  of  Griuuby,  Outario,  who  8er««d 
wi'h  thB  Canadian  tnops  in  the  war  of 
1812,  He  is  now  a  widower,  hia  late  wife 
hitving  ditHl  on  the  25th  of  June,  1885. 
He  has  oo  aona.  His  only  daughter  ia  mary, 
ried  to  L.  K.  Jonea,  of  the  dopartmenc 
Railways  and  Canals. 

Rom,   Arthur   Wellington,    M.P 
for  Lisgar,  Wtnuipeg,  was  b<trn  on  the  25tfa 
M'lrch,  1840.  in  the  township  of  East  Wil 
hams,  Middlesex  county.     His  father,  Don 
aid  Rosa,  wiia  bom  in  Tain,  and  bis  mother, 
Margaret  Roas,  in  Glasgow,  Scotland.      By 
his  birth  he  secured  the  traita  of  character 
peculiar   to    both   branches  of  the  Scottiah 
famiJy.      Donald  K<is8  whs  the  uldeat  axn  o: 
Arthur  R  IBS  of  i he  78th   Highlanders,  wh 
fought  in  twenty-hve  battles,  and  waa  wuun- 
ded  five  timi^B.      He  served  under  Sir  Ralp 
Abercn  mbio  and  the  Duke  of  Wellington 
and  he  lont  hia  eye-aighl  with  the  aanda 
Kgypt,  but  regained  it  again.     He  set* led  i 
the    township   of    Adelaide,   Middlesex   co. 
His  gritnif'ither  died  aged  85  ;    hia  wid<»ir 
died  afterwnrda,  aged  'J4  years.     Our  au^jeol 
was  educated  in  the  public  achnnU  at  Nairn 
and  Loii'lnn  ;    at  the  VVanlaville  (^mmni 
Sjhool  ;  at  Toronto  Normal  >Sch<M<l,  and  at^ 
the    University  College.     From    the    lat 
institution    he   graduated  as    B.A.     In    hi 
Btuiliea  he  paid  special  aitention  to  the  Ea 
Ijliah   branches  aa  oontradiatinguiohed   from 
the  clasaicai.     In  his  early  life  Ue  worked  on 
the  farm,  and  petfurmed  the  varinua  kinds 
of  w-<rk  incident  thereto.      He  alwaya  had 
simple  taatt'S  and  liibila,  and  was  extremely 
c>iUiiima  in  mrikiug  any  step.    He  began  life- 
by  school  teaching  at  $17  per  month,  and  a 
this  calling  he  accumulated  auiue  m<*ney,  anii 
apeculat<?d  in  oil  laudu  during  the  oil  excite 
ment  in  Ontario.  He  increaaed  hia  small  sum 
largely,  then  went  to  the  Tortinto  Cnii-er- 
sity.    Kventually  he  lost  the  uioney  made  by: 
his  earlier  enterpriae,  and  again  beg^n  v*irl 
at  school-teachinif,  bocoming  head  master  n 
the  soho«<l  m  Cornwall,  where  he  taught  f 
two  years.     He  afierwarda  became  iiispHcto 
of  aohools  for  the  County  of  Glengarry,  under 
the  then  new  Pubdc  Scho'd  Act,  rt:m*Mittledl 
the   whole    system    of    instruction    in    tho 
county,   and  u;ave  general  sntiafaction.      in 
1K72,  during  holidays,  he  visited  Manit^iha, 
and  waa  ohligod    t*!   travel    by  siago   rrom 
Breckenridu;e    to   Winnipeg,    a   didianoe 
nearly  30!)  milea ;  au-<  had  a  varie  1  exiwri 
unoe  ID  travelling  by  buokboard  on  the  prai 
riea.   By  this  he  acquired  auub  a  knowledge 
the  country  that  he  becauio  impreaAed  with' 
its  varied  resources,     in  1874  he  again  viait* 


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175 


•A  MAnitolM.  ukJ  inTcstcd  mnney  in  Winni- 
pt|^     In   •>crt<ibcr  of  167*4,  he  reaijnirU  his 

raMrTK'in  ;%.«  iTi  Mi-i.'(*tiir  of    Hi-h.if»)D,  mitj  lH*CAIIlt! 

f  CrcM'ki,  Kiiigs- 
ro.  lie  remained 
ihmrm  nntit  M*/.  Id77,  when  tio  moved  tn 
Vluiai|.>c^,  and  joitied  bit  brother,  the  l&tc 
W.  H-  R(««.  He  ir»s  «dini<tt-d  tu  the  bar  uf 
MaMloUft  lo  Pel)rn»f7,  1H7M,  when  the  firm 
ifcw  lfccai»e  R*v8  «&  Uosa,  luid  toiik  the  lead 
iatiM  Uad  buainesa,  pushing  claims  fur  pat- 
at>  for  huiDvateadi.  aiid  purchaxiiig  acrip 
mA  lMlf-brr«d  cl.-iitita.  iu  lt!l7D  the  firm  waa 
liWd  by  A.  C.  KilWrn.  now  Ju^tio!  KilUm 
otf  the  Coart  of  (Queen's  Bencli,  Manitoba. 
■id  it  beoaiue  aolidlorB  for  the  Ontario 
Maniu>ba  Mortga^  and  Invefitment 
jr,  Qur-ht*r  Mnrtgm^e  mnd  liiveatment 
Qwi|iiiaj.  '  Onnadian  Loan  Com- 

Cjr»  mod  is   the    Bank  of   Nova 

Itk,  and  worKe^  up  a  lan^e  ficener&l  buai- 
Bubaeqiieiitlj  the  6rm  becante  Ro«a, 
A  Havgart.  In  1878,  Mr.  R4ifia  was 
fur  8|iruigfie]d  for  the  lucal  aaaem- 
■  '  Maattoba,  as  »n  opponent  of  the  Nor- 
;j<iV«miiiM>l,but  when  the  French  went 
ailo  of<|iL«iiion,  he  it^ned  the  roond  r>ibiu 
lDMi^|«ort  &ir.  Norquav,  if  he  would  carry 
mtX  a  certain  pr^'gTKmmtf.  On  an  appeal  to 
lfc«  oi>uuty  un  tilt*  uhw  tsaue,  he  waa  aif&in 
CBloroad  fur  Sprinulit'ld.  He  Bupp4irt«xl  the 
fvttfrBOMttit  \**y\\y,  and  gave  them  orery 
HiklMkO*,  nntli  he  waa  C'tuvinced  it  had 
mtamA  to  be  no  p^ny,  and  tieuuno  thor- 
o»gHiy  cnttkcTvuiivH  In  lH^2  he  r  sig  ed 
\tm  9KmX.  to  ~  I  r  cuiiteist  the  County 

of  Liagar  «•  :imw  S-natiif),  Schultz 

fMm  wwm  pr«-HK-d  to  enter  the  oiihteat  by 
tm*-n»f  both  |iarti*-e,  and  asked  in 
mm  an  indi^pendeot.  Ue  accepted,  and 
c»  ibia  ticket,  and  waa  electrd.  The 
M  RfMB  &,  •  oaa  made  lar^iepurchasi^auf 
mmtmiic  m  Manimba,  which,  after  thti 
ir  pan  Ii.   Mr.    Ktwa  kept  up 

|ic4i>ia  <  Mwo  property  over  the 

•*f  tt<*>  .><>riii  kSeaT,  nnd  IS  a  half  pro- 
ffirtfiT  ID  the  Btrtlu  saw  iitills  and  liiuita. 
Hat  viw  tli»  p«trnt4'e  and  hibd  the  natnitit^  of 
tk«  Cily  uf  Bandon,  abd  spent  a  lar^e 
■■iniinT  of  lauury  m  its  development.  He 
tak—  ft  diMp  uiter«ift  in  the  discovery 
d«r«t«>piD«nt  of  C'wl  and  other  miner- 
fr«>ta  iJjte  uf  th«  Wi>*>da  to  the  H4>cky 
ni«ui«,  and  is  the  lar|ceit  real  estate 
4jr  and  ownrr  in  the  Nonh- Wrat.  Air. 
liiMatck  k  tht?  nrcrdB.nry  n'rj**  to  wen  re  for  the 
lfMr*h  '  V,  winch  rtsnlttMl 

Wk  ifer  •   and  InveAtmt  nt 

Oiwyaiij^  Owiui^  siiiruu,  a.nd  waa  one  of  its 
In*  \\m\  dtTMlon^  and  waa  alsu  the  pn>- 


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xnot«r  and  one  of  the  diivctors  and  U*easQrer 
ttf  the  Winnipeg  tins  Company  :  a  director 
uf  the  WiTinifH?g  Wntrr  ^VurksCotnpany;  waa 
Wce-preeident  of  the  M.  and  N.  W.  Kadway; 
a  dirrcU^r  of  the  proposed  Hudson  Bav  Had- 
way,  Winnipeg  and  8.  E.  l<ailw»y  ;  Wnmi. 
pe^  Street  Rjtdway.  and  Asainib^ine  and 
Red  River  Bridge  Company,  and  he  has  been 
c«>nnect«d  with  nearly  every  other  enterprise 
fur  the  advancement  and  develupmcnt  of  the 
North* W^est.  Mr.  Ross  was  one  of  the  tirst 
beuchers  uf  the  Lav  Society,  having  l>«eu 
elected  iu  1880,  under  the  new  Act.  He  also 
touk  an  active  part  in  military  matters,  and 
waA  for  three  years  a  prii'ste  in  No.  \}  T'ni- 
versity  Corps,  Queen*s  Own  Riflea.  He  haa 
tmvellod  a  ^ood  deal  in  England  and  the 
laiittnl  states.  Mr.  K'.iss  has  been  identiBed 
with  the  Liberal  p»rty,  althout^h  elected  a» 
an  Independent  fur  LiSktar,  but  opposed  the 
Opptisiiion  in  their  Dolicy  with  r«g«rd  to 
gnaiting  aid  to  the  Canadiitn  Pacihc  Kojlway 
Company.  In  religiun  Mr.  R<iss  ia  a  Preshy. 
teriiin.  He  was  married,  30tb  July,  \iSlZt 
Ui  Jessie  Flora,  daughter  uf  the  late  Ounald 
Catiaiiach,  uf  Laggan,  (siengarry,  by  whom 
he  has  had  thrre  children,  two  sons  and  a 
diiughter.  Iu  habits  be  u  quiet,  yet  iiber&l 
and  very  social.  In  alJ  ixintters  he  ia  plucky 
and  enterprising,  the  likst  two  t|>ialitios  h«* 
ing  the  secret  nf  his  successful  ctireer.  With 
Che  pnblic  he  is  very  popular,  and  iu  s>>cial 
life  h)ia  innny  wnrtn  frieida. 

FrunklniKl,  lli*nr)  RobertshnM'. 
ToP'iUu,  waa  t»urii  in  tde  villai;e  ut  Cheater, 
Don  and  Duiforth  r^>ad,  county  and  town- 
ship uf  York,  on  the  Ist  day  uf  Septcm^wr, 
1858  His  parents  were  GMrrelt  F.  Frank- 
Und  anii  Jane  NuUun.  Mr,  FrankUnd 
•  ame  to  this  country  in  1854,  and  settled  in 
T<tront«,  where  he  haa  remained  ever  since, 
doing  an  extensive  export  trade  (<or  fidler 
p'lrtionlai^  rt./f  sketch.  p)ige  78.  of  Gurrett 
F.  FmnklandJ.  Henry  li^iberishuw  Fr4nk- 
Und  reoei\*ed  a  cumiuou  st-huol  education, 
and  ater  leaving  sch-xil  en  tu  red  as  an  ap- 
prentice in  the  butchering  Itusiitess  with  hia 
father^  iu  St.  Lawrence  market.  In  1870, 
at  the  age  uf  eiuhtoun.  he  couimenced  biiai- 
nesa  fur  himself  iu  his  father's  old  standi 
which  ha<I  been  closed  for  about  Iao  years. 
Here  he  was  oblit^ed  to  build  up  a  new  trade 
in  •■pposiiiun  to  the  old  traders  in  the  mar- 
ket, and.  thn»ut(h  energy  and  atirntiun  to 
busineM,  he  hi»s  suoc-eeded.  In  1883  he  waa 
eteufcd  deputy  reeve  (or  the  township  of 
York,  and  waa  re-ele<:teil  for  the  years  1HH4 
nnd  1885,  and  th  s  oflice  he  now  hoMs.  He 
IS  al»«>  a  member  of  the  county  council  of 
York,  and  in  1884  he  was  appointvd  a  jui- 


I7« 


A  CYCLOV^VJA   OF 


tioe  of  the  peace.  He  ia  an  extenaire  stock- 
holder in  tho  Grip  PublUhing  Co.,  and  in 
the  Central  Tkuik.  Hv  iB  n  Frevmtuon.  and 
a  member  i>f  tlie  auciutit  order  of  United 
Workmen.  Mr.  FrankWnd  has  crosaed  tlie 
Atlantic  eight  times,  viaiting  all  iK)inta  of 
interest  in  Great  Britain  »nd  Ireland,  and 
on  one  occasion,  combining  biisinesji  with 
pleasure,  he  disposed  of  a  cargo  of  cattle. 
He  has  also  travelled  through  nearly  tho 
whole  of  tho  United  States,  visitini;  liiu 
principal  cities.  In  religion  he  belongs  to 
the  Church  of  England,  and  in  {>olitic!i  ia  n 
Reformer.  He  married  un  tlie  19th  day  of 
November,  1870,  Mary  Catherine  Smith, 
daughter  of  William  Smith,  carriage  manu- 
facturer, in  Toronto,  and  by  this  lady  has 
two  daughters.  In  private  and  social  life 
Mr.  Frankland  lias  lots  of  friends  and  in 
bi)8irK.>B6  circles  is  highly  respected. 

Ho  wCy  llOM.  J  o»epb.— The  late  Hon. 
Mr.  Howe  waa  born  at  th«  North-west  Arm, 
about  two  miles  from  Halifax,  in  December, 
1804.  His  father  was  John  Howe,  a  U.  E. 
loyalist,  who  woa  at  one  time  a  printer  in 
Boston,  but  who  subsequently  became  a 
writer  for  the  newspapers.  It  may  here  be 
«aid  that  the  word  l*.  E.  loyaliat  passes 
current  in  all  parts  of  Canada  as  an  equiva- 
lent for  aristocrat.rnir  people  taking,  it  would 
seem,  almost  for  granted  that  all  those  whn 
gathered  up  their  movables,  after  the  colon- 
ies had  etl'octed  their  LDdopendonco,  were 
high  society  gentlemen,  and  in  some  way 
personal  friends,  if  not  blood  relations,  of 
the  Crown.  The  truth  of  the  matter  is  that 
the  n.  E.  loyalists  comprised  all  sorta  uf 
people,  unlettered  yeomen,  eleemosynary 
«hoemakers,  printers,  blacksmiths,  weavers, 
spinners,  and  a  few  handfnls  of  gentlemen 
who  had  a  little  blue  china,  and  whose  ances- 
tors came  out  in  the  Maij^fiawn'.  When  these 
loyalists  settled  in  the  loyal  provinces  that 
now  form  Canada. the  Crown  oould  not  be  so 
ungrateful  as  to  let  them  go  uurecumpenaed 
for  the  SRcrilices  they  had  made  at  the  dic- 
tates of  their  devotion  ;  for  it  is  not  to  be 
disputed  that  a  number  of  the  refugties  really 
did  make  sacriHcus  to  their  loyalty.  For 
hundreds,  however,  tho  war  might  be  regard- 
ed as  a  perfect  godsend.  They  loft  their 
empty  shoe-making  stalls,  and  were  pre- 
sented with  a  large  tract  uf  land  in  Ontario, 
Nova  Scotia,  or  New  Brunswick,  in  con- 
aiderstiou  of  their  "  devotion."  But  to 
return  to  Joseph  Howe.  He  went  to 
school  in  an  irregular  fashion  in  Halifax, 
and  picked  up  the  rudiments  of  a  rough* 
Aud-reody  sort  of  otlucation.  He  was  of  a 
rugged  framsj  had  an  exuberance  of  animal 


crag,  and  foi 
those  who  knew 


spirits,  and  was  fond    of 
and  hdl.     He  had  indeed, 
him    say,     the     *'  poetic     temperament,' 
though    it  must  be  confessed   that   he 
nut  show  much  of  it  in    the  voraea,   by 
many  called    puvtry,   which    hu    afturwi 
wrote.      In  1817  he  bei^an  to  learn  the  prini 
ing  business  at  the  Guzftie  ofHoc,  Halifax.^ 
This  tia|)er  was  owned  by  his  youni^er 
ther,  John.     Ho  served  out  hia  full  appren- 
ticeship,   and     then     enga^'ed    himaulf    ia] 
journeyman  printing  work.    While  learuinff ' 
his  trade  young  Howe  ia  said  to  have  reu 
voruciuusly   every  book    that  he  could  Ujr^ 
hands  ufHrn.       He     also   published    in   tt 
Gazette  a  lot  of  verses,  which,  however,  di< 
not  amount  to  very  much  oa  poetry.      **Oi 
morning,"  says  a  Canadian  writer,  '"whilttl 
taking  a  solitary  swim  in  the  Arm,  he  was 
seized  with  cramp  and  felt  himself  sinking. 
He  cast  an  agonized  look  round,  and  caught 
sight  of  the   deorlydoved    cuttage   <m    the 
hillside,  where  his  mother  was  just  placing,, 
a  lighted  canlde  rm    the  windoW'Sill.     Th«| 
thought  of  the  grief  which  wuuld  ovoraluH 
dow  that  mother's  heart  on  the  morrow  in- 
spired him  with  strength  i»  give  a  last  da* 
■pairing  kick.   The  kick  dispelled  the  cramp, 
and, hastily  swimming  ashore,  he  sankduwn 
exhausted,  but  thankful  for  his  delivermnce. 
It  was  long  before  he  could  summon  cour- 
age to  scriunint  his  parents  with  tho  circum* 
stance ."  Joseph  Howe  began  a  newspaper 
busuiess  on  his  own  account,  in  1827,  be-j 
coming  [lort  proprietor  of  the  FF>eJt/t/  Chntn- 
fW(4,    the    name    of   which   was    afterwards 
changed    tu  that  of  the  At'inHau.     He  souu 
sold  out  the  latter,  and  purchased  the  yQta^ 
Scotiai^,     In  this  newspaper  he  wrote  wit 
^reat    earnestness,    eloquence,    and    force. 
His    style   was    pregnant,    trenchunt,  andJ 
sometimes  overwhelming.     He  married,  in] 
1828,  Catharine  Susan  Ann,  a  daughter  of 
captain  John  McNab,  of   the  Nuva  Sootia.^ 
Fenciblcs.   Mr.  Howe's  celebrated  Lc^^aHvt 
Rerifw  beuan   to   appear  in    1830,  aud  at- 
tracted  wide  notice.     In  1835  he  publishedl 
au  article  which  the  oligarchists  could  not' 
tolerate,    and    he    was  indicted   for    libel. 
He   consulted    rarious   lawyers.       **Thera 
can  be  no  successful  defence  made  for  you,"-! 
they  all  eaid,    and    somo   invited    him    toj 
make  a  humble  apology,  and  throw  himself 
uj>ou  the  mercy   of   his   prosecutors.      He 
borrowed  a  lot  of  law  books,  read   all   he 
could  tind  on   libel,  and  convinced  himself 
that  the  learned  men  of  the  law  were  wrung.  ^M 
He  pleaded  his  own  case,  and  his  heart  b»-^| 
came  comforted,  as  he  saw  among  the  juron 
an  old  man,  with  tears  streaming  from  his 


i 

4 


CANADIAN  niOORAPET. 


ITT 


#lVr  11m  jno*  rciurutidinten  minutes  with 
^f^nfiiiof  "  not  guilty,"  and  the  lawvmrs 
Vte  haA  s&id,  '*he  who  pleads  hU  uwn 
0M»  haa  A  fool  for  ft  client "  were  in  a  way 
4ttabfounded.  Ftvtn  this  day  forwtird  Mr. 
H««e  VM  »  noted  mnn.  In  18:^'i  he  vriu 
darted  to  pfLrti&ment  for  the  County  of 
Hsljfsx  ;  And  two  ye&ra  lat^r  he  travelled 
-ifavaffh  Europe,  iu  company  with  Judge 
»n,  better  known  as  *'  Sam  Slick." 
rtumed  in  \WS6  nnd  pJMiiifvd  iuto 
'grk  AgTAiu.  Hir  Colio  Cacupbell,  the 
led  autocrst,  who  was  then  govor- 
dd  not  TinderatAnd  what  the  **com- 
ipcMiple  meant  hy  tnlkint;  about  their 
and  with  hini»  Mr.  Howe,  it  need 
b«  said,  was  ai  istiue.  On  petition  of 
ivinoe,  Governor  Campbell  was  re- 
d  was  Buccveilttd  by  Lurd  Falk- 
'»  son  of  Willifuii  IV.,  by  Mrs. 
lan.  After  a  lime  Fiilklaud  became  a 
s-paw  in  the  hands  of  the  Tories,  and 
)T<>ked  ri«roe  hostilities  from  the  Liberals, 
tha  bead  of  whom  was  Joseph  Howe.  In 
tho  day  of  tnnmph  oame  for  the  Lib- 
Blr.  N.  Mackie  was  called  upon  to 
a  ffOTemment,  and  Mr.  Howe  became 
^Tincial  secretary.  In  IHyl  iie  retirt'd 
■  rvpresentation  of  Halifax  ;  and  iu 
became  premier,  in  the  place  oi  Mr. 
roooK,  who  waa  elevated  to  the  bench. 
9uK»  the  entry  inui  public  life  of  Dr.  Tup- 
r,  in  l>i^,  there  had  been  a  sttia<ly,  often 
fiirioos,  hosttUty  between  hiinself  and  Mr. 
-  "  t^'Bt  between  them 
which  Mr.  Huwe 
1  ..g^K'r  prevailed,  not 
a.  r  man  than  Mr.  Howe  ; 
w.ij  iin  hia  side — -there  be- 
i<  :  \\  i;:>>vemunt  in  the  direction  of 
ti;t  ttn*  Imperial  t^ovemment desired 
When  confederaliuD  wm  ao- 
hod  ins  now  almost  br>>ken-down 
made  to  see,  by  Sir  J.  A.  Mac- 
that  he  could  be  loyal  to  his  pro- 
opting  the  inevitable  and  mak- 
boat  of  the  new  order  <>f  things. 
he  «nt«riKl  the  Dotninion  Cabinet  in 
•a  president  of  tho  council.  Ton  months 
iMcam'  '.  of  state  for  the 

juad  dent    general    of 

■      ill  u-^w  nnw  all  the 
111  li     iiii-ntal  retro- 
i  .101  wttli  his  phy- 
•Inted  lieutenant* 
■••■r  _  ,    but    \\is    died    a 

Aa  an  onit<ir,  Jttseph 
1    It  man  timt  the  prov- 
vhiob  ooni poise  Canada  hav«  vvor  prv- 


flule  grow 

\\MXl    »•  ■ 

?*L    In  1 


Kumpf,  ChrlfttlHn,  Waterloo,  tho 
worthy  ^''futleman  chosen  as  the  subject  of 
this  brief  memoir,  was  bom  at  Beerfelden, 
Hesse,  Darmstadt,  (iermany,  on  the  l."2ud 
August,  1838.  At  an  early  age— when  in 
his  eij^iith  year — be  emigrated  to  Canada, 
settlinj;;  at  Gait,  Ontario.  Here  he  attended 
the  common  nchools  till  he  had  secured  an 
education  sufHcient  for  all  his  future  and 
important  business  purposes.  In  1862  the 
goveniment  appointed  him  the  postmaster 
of  Waterloo,  tho  duties  of  which  position 
he  dischargus  lu  the  most  satisfactory  man- 
ner. From  1800  to  1877  he  was  treasurer 
of  the  t«iwn  of  Waterloo,  and  in  1878  was 
elected  mayor.  This  position  he  also  held 
during  1879.  The  following  year  ho  was 
appointed  tcjwn  treasurer,  and  thia  impor- 
tant office  he  holds,  to  the  satisfaction  of  his 
townsfolk,  at  the  present  date.  He  married 
in  1«6L'. 

Muodie,  Robert  BaldU'fn,  Toronto, 
was  brim  at  Belleville,  Ontario,  on  the  8th 
of  July,  1843.  His  parents  were  Lieutenant 
J.  W.  Dunbar  Moodio,  late  sheriff  of  Hast- 
ings, and  Susanna  Moodie,  nte  Strickland, 
author  of  **  Houghing  it  in  the  Bush  "  ana 
other  popular  works  (vidt  sketch  of  Mis. 
Mutjdie,  p.  17}-  Robert  was  educated  at 
the  Grammar  School  and  Albert  College, 
Belleville,  St.  Mar}'*!  College,  Moutreal, 
and  Bishop's  College,  Lennoxville,  Ijuebee. 
After  completing  his  education,  in  1859,  h« 
entered  his  father*a  oftioe  in  Belleville,  and 
acted  AS  deputy  sheriff  until  the  death  of 
his  father.  Shoritf  Moiwiie,  and  fri>m  1803  to 
1865  as  chief  clerk  in  the  same  odicu,  under 
SheriiT  Taylor,  who  succeeded  his  father  in 
the  shrievalty  of  Haatings.  In  1865  he  re- 
signed his  position,  and  engaged  in  a  manu- 
facturing business  iu  Trenton ;  but  in  conse- 
quence of  S4>mo  inducements  held  oat  to 
liim  when  started  not  being  fultiUed,  he 
abandoned  the  busiuMs,  and  ahortly  ofter- 
wiirils  decided  to  remove  to  the  United 
States.  He.  therefore,  left  Canada  iu  the 
spring  of  181>5,  aod  proceeded  south,  with 
the  view  of  lettering  bis  position  ;  but  aft«ir 
travelling  six  months  in  the  States  of  Ken- 
tucky, Mississippi,  Arkansa.s,  Tennessee, 
Alabama.  Lousiaua  and  Texas,  he  returned 
to  Canada,  having  in  the  muantimo  dis- 
covered that,  in  consequence  of  the  very 
uiisetlit*d  state  of  the  CUiited  States  at  that 
time,  there  was  very  little  chance  of  his 
procuring  a  permanent  position.  Soon  after 
his  return,  he  was  onered,  and  accepted, 
the  position  of  manager  in  the  large  art 
house  of  C.  H.  Williamson,  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  and  in  thu  establishment  ho  reuiainod 


178 


A  CYCLOPMVIA  OF 


uutil  the  Fenian  trouble  began,  ia  18G6^ 
wlien  be  reaiguedbu  position,  and returue«l, 
with  twu  hundred  patriotic  Cftnadiana,  to 
auiflt  the  voUiiiteers  then  stationed  on  the 
fr-mtier  for  the  protection  of  the  country. 
He  then  joined  the  Ututiiga  battalion,  and 
served  at  Proacott  until  the  Fenian  excite- 
mout  died  oat,  vhen  he  took  command  of 
the  Bchooner  Alert,  ^f  Belleville,  and  sailed 
Lake  Ontario  for  the  balance  of  the  year. 
In  October,  18(Ki,  Mr.  Moodie  entered  the 
service  of  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway  Oom- 
panj,  aa  freight  clerk  at  Seaforth.  He  waa 
promoted  to  the  af^ency  at  Brant  ford  in 
I8f)8,  contracting  agent  for  the  western  dis- 
trict in  1875,  and  agent  at  Toronto  in  1881, 
when  he  resigned  his  connection  with  the 
Grand  Trunk  R4ulway  Company,  and  was 
appointed  by  the  Dominion  Uovernmeot  to 
take  charge  of  the  western  freight  and  \*a»- 
senger  business,  Intercolonial  liailway  Com- 
pany, in  Toronto,  Mr.  Moodie  joined  the 
MoAons  in  1803,  and  oontinuBs  to  take  a 
lively  interest  in  all  that  pertaiuB  to  this 
ancient  order.  Mr.  MiKidie  is  a  nienii>er  of 
the  Kpisoopal  church,  and  in  poUtics  i«  a 
Conservative.  On  the  27th  June,  1863,  he 
married  Sarah  Ellen  Russell,  of  Belleville, 
and  has  sis  children  alive—four  ^trla  and 
two  boya.  Mr.  Moodie  has  pr>jved  himaelf 
to  be  a  true  patriot,  »nd  a  worthy  son  of 
worthy  parents. 

Orant,  Rev.  George  9loiiro,  D.D., 
Principal  of  Queen's  University  and  College, 
Kiugston.  Ontario.  wa:i  born  on  the  1^2nd  Ue- 
eewbor,  \6'6U^  at  Stellarton  (Albion  Mines), 
a  village  situated  on  the  Kast  Hiver,  iu  the 
County  of  Pictou,  Nova  Scotia.  His  father, 
who  was  a  native  of  Scotland,  taught  a 
Rchool  in  the  village  where  our  diatinguish- 
ed  subject  waa  bom  and  reared.  Ho  was 
roapocted  by  those  who  knew  him  for  his 
hue  abilities  and  uprightneas  of  charac- 
ter. The  family  removed  to  Pictou,  and 
young  George  Monro  attended  the  academy 
of  that  town.  It  ia  aaid  that  he  waa  not 
remarkable  for  cloae  application  to  study, 
but  that  he  could  master  hia  hooka  with 
very  little  difhculty.  *'Hewaa,"  aaya  an 
authority,  *'  fonder  of  play  than  of  hia  lea- 
■ooa,  and  alwaya  ready  for  a  play,  a  acram- 
ble,  or  a  holiday,  or  a  tight  at  a  moment's 
notice.  He  waa  ambitions  and  pugnacioua, 
and  had  several  perilous  adventurea  such  as 
do  not  commonly  fall  to  a  boy's  tot.  On 
one  occasion  ho  waa  thrown  into  the  East 
River,  at  Piotou,  by  a  big  boy  with  whom  he 
had  been  fighting,  and  to  whom  he  refuaed 
to  acknowledge  himself  beaten.  Hia  an- 
tagoQJat   left   him    to  acmmble  out  of   the 


river  or  drown  as  luck  mitiht  have  it. 
He  and  some  of  liis  playfellows,  for  the  mei 
love  of  mischitjf,  were  experimenting  with 
hay   cutter,    in    the    absence  of   its  ownei 
Young  Grant^a  right  hand  waa  caught  by  th^^ 
knife  and  taken  completely  off.     .     .      Th« 
deprivation   hoa    never    aenoualy  inconve- 
nieocod  him,  and  he  has  been  known  to  aay, 
'1  do  not  know  what    1  would   do  with  a 
second  hand  if  1  had  it.'  *'     He  bcre  away 
the  l^rimroae  medal  from  the  Pictou  aca- 
demy.     In  hia  sixteenth  year  he  entered  the 
Weat  River  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  Nova  Scotia,  receiving  hia  inatnio*^! 
tion  in  classica  and  philosophy  at  the  handllH 
of  the  able  Profeaaor  Ross,  afterwards  prc^af-  ^ 
dent  of   Dalhouaie    college,  Halifax.       He 
remained  in  the  seminary  for  twu  yeara,  ami, 
waa  elected  by  the  committee  of  the  Syno< 
of  Nova  Scotia  aa  one   of  fonr  bursars  t^ 
be  sent  t*)  the  nniversity  of  Glasgow,  to  h 
titled  for  the  n\iniatry  of  the  Presbyterii 
Church.      Just    aa    he    had    attAined     hi 
eighteenth  year  he  proceeded  to  Scotland. 
Hia  career  at  the  univonity  waa  character- 
ised by  singular  success.  He  t^mk  the  higheat 
honours  in  philosophy,  and  also  carried  off] 
first    prizes   in   claaaica,    moral    philosophy] 
and  chemistry,  and  the  second  priae  in  logic*! 
In  divinity  he  took  the  Lrird  Hector's  prizt] 
of  thirty   guineas    for  the   best   essay    oQi 
Hindoo   literature  and  philosophy.     Whett) 
hia  atudica  were  completed,  be  was  ordained 
a  minister  of  the  Church  of  Scotland,  and 
upon  his  return  to  Canada  he  was  appointed 
a  missionary  in  hia  native  Couuly  of  Pictou, 
Here  all  the  wonderful  energy-  of  his  nature, 
hia   zeal    and  brilliancy,  began  tij  manifest 
themselves.     In    a  little  while,  however,   % 
wider  sphere  of  uBefnlneas  waa  opened  fori 
him  in  Prince  Edward  Island,  and  here  he^ 
laboured  for  two  yeora  with  t  ho  moat  marked ' 
auooeas.     In   May,  18C3,   he  waa   inducted 
into  the  pastorate  of  St,  Matthew's  Church, 
Halifax,  which  ho  retained  until  hia  appoint- 
ment, in  1877,  to  hia  preaent  position  at  the 
head  of  the  t'niveraity  of  Queen'a   college 
at  Kingston.     During  nia  fourteen  yeara 
ecclefliastic&l    labours,  the  work  he  aocom- 
pliahed    waa   very  great.      He  had    been    tki 
director  of  Dalhouaie  college,  a  trustee  ofi 
the  Theological  seminary,  a  member  of  theij 
various  committees  of  preabytery  and  synt»d»' 
and  a  persistent,  energetic  advocate  of  Prea* 
byterian  union.     Hie  Principalship  of  this 
University  gave  to  our  subjoot  the  very  aoope: 
that  he  needed  for  the  exercise  of  his  grei 
energy   and   capacity   for  organization.     A 
new  now  of  warm,  thrilling  blood  waa  in- 
fused by  thia  appointment  into  Queen's,  and 


I 


^ 


CA  NAD  J  A  N  Sia  OH  A  FH  Y. 


\y  botmded   forward  into  a  pince 

tho  for«mi«t  univorsitlee  of  Canada. 

'i-ndid  auoc^u  achieved 

Wii,  it    now  hv^An  to  iLfive 

■och  oi  :iiM  :tii»'iifi"n  to  publio  ftiid  liUsmry 

lopica.     In  tho  summer  of  187^  he  accom- 

vf..  *^....  ifnrd  Fleming o!i  a  totiracrou 

c-  -fpectini;;  the  Ii>catiun  of  the 

..  line.   The  party  left  Toronto 

'uly,  I87ii,  wid  n^achtjd  Victoria, 

tmbia,  on    Iho   IHh  of   October 

The  result  of  this  jouruey  was 

ik,    '*  Ocean    to  Ocean,'*  a  work  of 

(p,  i!lns«  observation,  an<l  a  poetic 

from    plaiti   and  uiouutains.       For 

^<*T\l»  Dr.    Grant   w^rvtte  a   seriea  of 

rirticlp*  <Mi  the  ^n^at   North- West,  and  he 

I*  1   u»  the  OitutdUin  Monthl'j,  the 

"^ftinthiif.   The   f.\>nltmp'>rorij    H«- 

^r,  ,.  r's  ^yi'f/ficinr,  able  and  in- 

|l      terwt  .   with  obstrvations  on  hi»» 

It      (w?el,  I    respect    tu   uur  ^reat  in- 

^tnuit)  .vAy.     HiH  )ven  is  still  active 

ia  tbr  iblications  in  Canada,  and 

■■»  a  MB  voice  m  heard  from  th& 

'  <  •/  Mnyaiine,     He  has  in 

it  with  singular  ability 

'tile  of  university  uon- 

Sti  wisdom  and  the  lit> 

loy  of  the  (,>ueen'8  and 

itistitiitions,  according 

1*  Ifceir  pft  ii  Kn  autonomoue  Cni- 

fWKlftea. 

H^Kellar,    Archibald,    Ottawa,    ia 

'■      '     "    ■'    '  '"H  whom  Canadians  like  to 

;*  of  what  can  bo  done  by  a 

^i*^  I      '     -^'ed    perse  vemnce 

^Bt'  M    I>       ir,  the  subject  of 

^Vt-  •'■»-■«  li'ini  III    hobruary,  1815,  in 

^^^  of    Bute,  the   sontheni    portion 

■    **'  *•*'     "•'  i   when    only  eight  days 

■  with  his  mother,  to 

'i^ha,   whore  he  spent 

\\'i9  life.      His  partTita 

I  tr  and  Catherine  Mo- 

'd  they  t»eh>ni^ed  to  the  ]ieasant 

.   were  not  blvssod  with  much  of 

:  I,  but  yet  they  spent  some* 

'Id's  schmdinf?,  and  he  re* 

ceiTiui  vju^<  i      He  was  early  forced 

tn  aogao    '  lonnng  farmers,  and 

ftsr  opvardi  ui  iu<jiiiysix  years  wurked  in 

faw<lanH  aa  a  farm  Hand.     In  1841  he  was 

■MfTi?  '  '*''Uuck,    and    the    pair 

•mifp-i.  Mr.    McKellar,  on 

»n>  '  -  ~^v  Montreal* 

Iv  .d     to    the 

of     "'■  '    ■■•■      ^— Tl- 


City  and  began  dairy-farming,  and  it  is 
gratifying  to  say,  this  buaiueas  has  proved 
very  successful.  He  is  now  the  possessor  of 
one  of  the  finest  farms  in  the  County  of 
CarletDU,  and  has  a  herd  of  about  seventy 
milch  oows,  which  gives  milk  to  many  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  Capital.  Thoui^h  now 
well  advanced  in  years,  Mr.  McKellar  take* 
an  active  interest  in  agricultural  showj,  and 
ia  a  great  advocate  of  all  measures  calculated 
to  improve  the  class  whom  he  represents. 
Mr.  McKellar  is  a  devutei  adherent  uf  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  in  politics  is  a 
atannch  Reformer.  The  fruit  of  his  mar- 
riage is  a  son  and  two  dAughterd.  His  son 
John  is  actively  enicaged  in  the  busine&s 
with  him.  and  has  already  proved  himself 
a  worthy  son  of  a  worthy  father. 

iMy,  Henry  Wright,  M.  D.,  Trenton, 
was  born  in  the  township  of  Kingston,  on 
the  Gth  September,  1831.  He  is  the  son  of 
Calvin  W.  Day^  fanner,  and  Eliziheth 
Wright,  his  wife.  His  ancestors  were  i;nited 
Empire  loyalists,  and  hia  great  yrand  father, 
liarnabas  Day,  once  lived  on  the  present 
site  of  the  City  of  New  York.  Near  the 
close  of  the  American  revulutiou,  this 
ancestor  came  to  Upper  Canada,  selected 
government  lands  f<iur  miles  west  of  the 
present  site  of  Kingston,  then  returned  to 
New  York  state,  and  bronght  his  family  in 
a  can<»e  fnmi  Sackett'a  Harbour.  The 
grandfather  of  the  doctor  was  then  only 
nine  yo.ira  old.  The  original  Day  home- 
stead, selected  about  one  hundred  years 
ag(»,  is  still  in  the  pt.vsesMton  of  the  family, 
and  is  occupied  by  Sydney  W.  Day,  a  youn- 
ger brother.  Hia  mother  was  of  Scutch  do- 
scent,  and  her  mother  belonged  to  a  United 
Empire  loyalist  family.  Dr.  Day  received 
a  thorough  mathematical  and  classical  edu- 
cation at  the  old  Newburgh  Acidcmy.  and 
his  medical  education  at  Queen's  I  niver- 
sity,  Kingston.  He  secured  hia  degree  of 
M.  l>.  in  1859,  when  he  immediately  settled 
at  Trenton,  where  he  has  since  remained, 
each  year  adding  t*j  his  large  circle  of  friends 
and  patrons,  and  to  his  repatatioa  as  a 
medical  man.  In  ISQD  he  was  ejected  a 
member  of  the  Council  of  Physiciaiu  and 
Surgeons  of  Ontario,  for  the  Quiuti  and 
Cataraqui  distriota.  and  held  that  position 
for  three  ^eara,  and  again  from  1880  to  the 
preaent  time.  He  lua  also  been  elected 
president  of  the  CiMtncil  of  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Ontario.  Many 
vears  ago  the  diwtor  was  surget^m  of  a 
battalion  of  militia  ;  and  in  1866,  when  the 
finit  Funiau  rai<l  occurred,  ho  organized  a 
battery  of  garrisou  artillery ,   was  made  it 


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A  CrCLOV^DlA  OF 


capUin,  and  kept  up  his  conneotion  with 
the  To1unt«era  until  1882.  Ue  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board  of  Trtjnton  for  four- 
teen or  dfteeii  consocntiTe  years,  and  assist- 
ed  in  buildiog  up  the  excellent  system  of 
graded  and  grammar  schools  ;  and  was  also 
in  the  town  cotindl  eight  years,  and  strove 
to  promote  the  bestwinterusta  of  tlio  town, 
being;  always  known  aa  a  public-spirited 
man.  In  1881 ,  when  Trenton  was  inourpor- 
atod  aa  a  town,  Dr.  Day  was  elected  its 
first  mayor,  and  held  that  othce  for  two 
years,  lu  1800  he  was  appointed  coroner 
for  Uaslings,  and  in  the  united  counties  of 
Northumberland  and  Dtirhum.  He  was  also 
president  of  the  Provisional  Board  of  Direc- 
tors of  the  Central  Ontario  Railway.  Dr. 
Day  is  a  FreemasuUf  and  has  taken  a  veiy 
active  part  in  the  order.  lie  has  been  mas- 
ter of  the  Blue  Lod^^e,  and  he  has  alsu  tilled 
the  chairs  in  the  Chapter  and  in  the  Ku- 
oanipment,  and  is  a  past  district  deputy 
grand  master  and  past  district  superin-  i 
tendent.  He  is  a  Methodist  in  religion,  i 
In  politica  he  is  a  Keformor,  and  comes 
of  an  old  refonn  famUy.  He  married  on  \ 
December  31st,  1857,  Eliza  Anne  Purdy, 
of  Eruestown,  whose  father  was  a  native  of 
Canada,  and  her  mother  of  the  State  of 
New  Vork,  The  doctor  is  full  of  public 
spirit  and  enterprise  ;  is  a  skilful,  success- 
ful and  popular  practitioner,  and  in  the 
social  circle  has  many  well-wishers.  He  is 
one  of  the  class  of  wide- idea  men  to  whom 
oommuuities  fur  over  remain  under  obliga- 
tion. 

HCDl,  John,  Toronto,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  bom  iu  the  Cfity  of  Toronto, 
on  the  8th  of  December,  183C.  His  parents 
were  Joseph  Kent  and  Ann,  iut  Newton,  of 
Caistor,  Lincolnshire,  Enj^'land.  His  fatlier 
was  a  brickmokcr  in  Caistor.  but  in  1830, 
he  left  the  old  country  and  came  to  Canada, 
and  settled  in  Toronto,  Here  he  engaged 
in  trading,  afterwords  opeuinu  a  shop  on 
King  street,  iu  the  Chowitt  building,  and  on 
tlie  site  on  which  the  Hoasin  House  now 
stands.  He  remained  in  business  until 
about  18<)U,  when  he  retired,  and,  in  1882, 
he  died.  John  Kent  was  educated  in  Can- 
adaj  and  received  a  public  school  educa- 
tion. He  learned  carpenterini;  with  liobert 
Briggs,  and ,  after  mastering  the  trade, 
worked  at  the  same  in  different  shops  iu 
Toronto,  continuing  until  1870,  when  he 
auterud  into  business  with  his  ])resent  part- 
ner, Frank  nilh»ck.  These  enterprising 
gentlemen  commenced  operations  on  I3ay 
street,  as  lumber  dealers,  and  remained 
there  until  1873,  when  they  removed,  owing 


to  the  increase  of  their  busineas,  to  the  ooi 
ner  of  Albert  and  Chestnut  streets,  whet«^ 
they  now  have   one   of  the   largest  lumber 
yards  in  the  City  of  Toronto,   and    wher« 
they  do  one   of  the    mowt  extensive  trades 
pertaining  to  their  line  iu   the   Dominion, 
Mr.  Ktiut  has  always  ^ven  evidence  of  mucHJ 
public  spirit.     He  has  belonged  to  tho  lOtb 
Ruyats,  now  Grenadiers,  and  held  the  rank 
of  sergeant,  and  he  went  with  his  companr 
to  the  front  at  the  time  of  the  Fenian  raio. 
In  18C6,  he  was  elected  school  trustee  forSU 
Jdhu's  ward,  and  continued  in    that  officoi 
until  188U,  when  he  retired  ;  also,  in  1883{ 
he  was  elected  alderman  for  St.  John's  ward, 
and   re-elected  in  1883.     In  1885,  he    was 
appointed  a  justice  of  the  jteace.      At    the] 
time  of  the  sumicentennial  of  Toronto,  Mr. 
Kent  was  appointed  one  of  the  musical  oom- 
mittee,  atid  faithfully  performefi  his  duiiM. 
He  is  a  Freemason,  and  holds  the  othce  of  i 
pastmasber  in  St.   Andrew's  lodge,  No.  IC, 
G.  R.  C.       He  has   trwvelled   a  good  de*l 
through  the  United  States  and  Canada  ;  and 
in    1884,    he  took   a   trip   to   Britain,    and 
viaited  the  chief  cities  and  places  of  interest. 
In  religion  he  ia  a  Methodist,  and  belong 
to  the  Carlton  street  Methodist  church.     He 
is    superintendent   of   the   sabbath    school, 
which  office  he  has  held   for  a  number  of 
years.     He  is  also  president  of  the  Toronto  ^ 
Methodist  Sabbath- school  Association,     loi 
politics  he  is  a  Reformer.     Ho  was  married,] 
in  1868,  to  Mary  Jane  McClosUcy,  daughter 
of   Goorso    McCloskey.      Mr.    Ruut   has  a 
family  ot  eight  children,  two  girls  and  six 
boys,  one  uf  whom,  Newton  Kent,  is  attend- 
iug  tho  University  of    Toronto,  intending, 
after  graduatiou.  to  study  the  profession  of 
law.       Mr.    Kent's  career  has  been   highy 
creditable  to  himself,  and  to  those  who  bear 
his  name. 

Awrcy,  ^'icfaoliifn,  M.P.P.,  Binbrook, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  bom  in  the 
township  of    Binbrook,  County    of    VVeut-i 
wortli,  Ontario,  on  the  8th  of  June,  185L, 
Mr.    Awrey   is    descended    from    German- 
Scottish  stock.     His  ancestors  belonged  to 
an   old   German    family,    who   had  aettlt 
in   New    England   some   years  before  thi 
war  of  independence,  and  were  possessed  o| 
considerable  means,  but  when  the  coionievj 
revolted,    they   sacrificed  all,  and  Umk  up^l 
their  abiHle  iu  a  laud  where  ihey  could  aeef 
the   British  flag  wave  in  the  bret2e.     His 
father  was  Israel  Awrey,  whose  mother  was  a 
Miss  Macphcrson,  a  lady  of  Scottish  descent 
and  his  wife  was  Mis>i  Rymal,  a  daughter  of 
^jeorge  Rymal.     Voung  Awrey,  attundtni 
his  earlier  years  the  public  schools  of  Weni 


CANADIAN  BIOORAPST, 


icitided  hU  atndie«  \>y  a 

,Kt  the  Gramnmr  School  of  Hamilton. 

«y  haa  always  oxhibit^id  a  Urge  puh- 

apirit,  aiid  ftt  tho  time  of  the  Fenian  raid, 

I  took  ail  actirv  part  ill  the  fommtion  of  a 

•Otpa  of    voluute«ra,    and    was  oiio    of  the 

aMtttnaQdinjt  uOicerft  of  tho  Binbrook  oom- 

fwy,  now    fonuing  part    of  the  77th    bat- 

klion.     Fmm  a  very  early  age  our  subject 

loak  a  deep  iiitereat   iu    politics,    and   he 

declared  it  to  be  his  intention  fco  try 

ly  for   a   place  in    the    It-jfislatiin*. 

inda  perceived  that  he  was  well  in- 

on  public  qiiestioni,  and  he  hnd  tho 

lity  to    make  himself  heard  ;  therefore, 

len  he  had   not  yet  reached  his  iwenty- 

'ith   year,  he  wa*  elected  representative 

the  Ontario  Lei;ial*it»iro  for  the   South 

idiiigof  Wcntworth.     Hia  career  since  has 

m  uiark»?d  by  industry,  and  painstftkiny. 

11*  is  one  '  •(  the  most  observant  and  thouu'ht- 

il  men  iu  the  House,  and  he  ilevutea  him- 

If  heart  and  soul    to    the  interests  of  liis 

iisiituetitA    and    of    his    province.       Mr. 

kwTity  hM  travelled  extensively  through  the 

it«id  States,  and  through  our  own  west- 

r^NriltTiea.     He  married  on  the  15th  of 

!Otwr,  1^2,  Uaasoltine  Barlow,  youngest 

■''tcr  of  Kichard  Barlow,  of  Wont  worth 

r.  and  thi-  fruit  of  this  union  ia  three 


I  till*.  Tlioniaa  Ollloii,  the  Financial 

ii"I- '  -^  Uomiuion  of  Canada,  third 

I  ilji^iij  and  Catherine  Dillon 

Tim«.  w.u  t.-irn  in  Castle  Pollard,  County 
WeatmeAth,  Ireland,  on  the  6lh  Januar>-, 
liKfu.  Tho  family  came  to  Canada,  and 
■^M  in  the  Cily  uf  t^uel>ec  in  the  year 
^«tt^w>....,  \\r  Tims,  senior,  died  in  I8;trt, 
^^^^^■t«  ^n  died  in  184>2.      A  young- 

VWVit>*  tk  D.    Tims,  Tiuw    occupies 

tKe  puaition  oi  deputy  aiHlitur-geuoral  fiT 
lb«  ProTincK  of  Quelxtc.  and  their  sister, 
IIm  R«T«r«nd  31other  St.  Catherine,  who 
•nlarsi]  tib*  inonaiiery  of  the  t^rsutines  at 
Q<a«b«e  nany  yearn  ago,  is  still  living  at  tho 
ODBWol,  a#t»r  having  occupied  for  two  con- 
-the  longest  period  \mx- 
^ulations—lhehigh  position 
■rf  U*i?  '  -^s.      While  still  quite  a  lud, 

TKutt*  -  hocatue  i**tnnected  with  one 

of  tbv  |tri»t-ii)Hi   murcanttle  ei(tAblj«thmenta 
in  Qu«ib««,  of  which  h<t  btx-ame  mi 


lh»Hriy 

SMiiT  tlle 

v«Matfiiri. 
mA^  M  vsll  as  t  [ 


lAiingrr  st 
•en  years.  'I'lif  busi- 
of  a  very  varied  «nd 

-"'■'  ■! .■(.)••'<  >i-a 

|j 


Having  determined  upon  starting  in  bust- 
neaa  on  his  owu  account,  he  was  tempted 
to  E^elect  the  new  and  rising  town  of  8t. 
Mary's,  in  the  County  of  Perth,  Western 
Canada,  as  a  point  whore  a  large  business 
might  bo  established  and  profitably  carried 
on.  Ho  occordinjily  moved  there  with  his 
family  in  1855,  and  soon  afterwards  was 
otfered  and  accepted  the  position  of  agent  of 
the  Commercial  Bank  of  Canada,  and,  there- 
fore, became  the  pioneer  banker  at  St, 
l^f  ary  V  H  is  prospects  of  socoess  \  n 
extensive  grain  and  other  buRineai  of  a 
general  character,  which  ho  endeavoured  to 
eatablisb,  were,  however,  soon  blighted  by 
the  delays  that  took  place  iu  the  opening  of 
the  Grand  Trunk  Railway,  then  m  course 
of  construction,  and  almost  oomplotod  t4> 
St.  Mary's.  The  general  depression  iu 
trade  throughotit  the  world  at  this  time 
(IHo7)  a<i  severely  affected  business  at  St, 
Mary's,  and  the  prospects  of  revival  there 
seemed  so  remote,  that  Mr.  Tims  was  reluc- 
tantly obliged  tu  abandon  the  prost>ects  he 
had  formed,  and,  iu  1H58,  moved  with  his 
family  to  Toronto,  on  his  appointment,  un- 
der Sir  A.  T,  Gait,  then  finance  minister, 
to  a  leading  position  in  the  audit  branch  of 
his  department,  where  he  was  immediately 
allotted  the  important  special  duty  of  supcr- 
inteuding  the  compilation  and  printing  of 
the  public  acoounta,  and  the  preparation  of 
the  estiutates  for  parliament.  During  liis 
long  s<.tjourn  at  St.  Mary*s,  Mr.  Tims  occu- 
pied a  very  prominent  p(;sition  in  the  county. 
Having  been  a]>point«d  a  magistrate  soon 
after  his  arrival,  he  tnnk  a  lively  interest  in 
all  public  uiattera,  especially  those  utlectlug 
the  welfare  of  his  new  home.  On  severing 
his  connection  with  the  bank,  he  was  the 
recipient  of  very  complimentary  acknow- 
led<;ments  from  the  president  and  general 
manager  for  his  successful  manajieuient, 
uuder  great  and  unforeseen  difljculties,  and 
his  removal  to  Toronto  was  the  cause  of 
universal  regret,  even  amongst  those  with 
whom  Mr.  Tims  had  differed  widely  on 
public  qucstiiins  of  tho  day.  The  very  large 
experience  Mr.  Tims  had  ac4uired  in  com- 
mercial air&irs  proved  invaluable  in  connec- 
tion with  the  duties  he  was  afterwards  des- 
tined to  discharge  in  the  public  aerrice. 
Being  an  expert  in  all  matters  relating  to 
accounts  of  a  complicated  character,  his 
previous  training  enabled  him  to  aH'-jrd  great 
assistance  to  his  chief  tn  improving  the 
system  of  couduotiuK  the  buipineaa  ot  the 
department.  In  18(>3  Mr  Tims  was  in- 
structed by  government  to  enquire  into 
prison  management  at  Montreal,  where  the 


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A  CYCLOrMUlA  Ot 


pabUofttioD  of  hU  reports  gnve  rise  to  coii- 
aiderable  dUcuHsion  in  the  newipapera  {>f 
the  day.  Pre^nous  to  this  he  had  also  been 
selected  an  expert  in  acconnta  to  aaaiat  the 
conmiisaionerB  apfniinted  by  government  to 
inquire  into  the  aflaira  of  the  Grand  Trunk 
Railway.  Ue  waa  aUo  instructed,  during 
the  aaine  year,  to  accompany  the  Buard  of 
Prison  Inapectora  on  a  viait  to  all  the  peni- 
tentiaries, reformatories,  lunatic  aRylums, 
and  prisons  of  th«  province^  which  resnUtMl 
in  l1i«  acconntinjij^  huainesa  of  these  inatitn- 
tiona  being  placed  on  a  uniform  footing  in 
all  porta  of  the  country.  His  valuable  aer- 
rioes  in  this  connection  were  suitably  ac- 
knowledged by  the  inspectors  in  their  an- 
nual  rei>oris.  In  18«j<i,  Mr.  Tima  waa  re- 
quested by  government  to  auperintend  the 
engrariuK  and  printing  of  the  &rat  issue  of 
legal  tender  notos  at  Ottawa.  The  system 
of  checks  eatabliahod  by  him  met  with  the 
entire  approval  of  the  auditor-general  and 
the  minister  of  finance,  and  aubse<]iiently 
proved  a  perfect  succeas  in  every  respect. 
When  confederation  took  place,  on  the  lai 
July,  16G7,  Mr.  Tims  was  authorized  to 
proceed  to  Quebec,  on  application  of  the 
tirat  provincial  treasurer,  to  assist  in  the 
work  of  organizing  a  AnanciAl  system  for  the 
new  province.  After  spending  severa]  weeks 
there,  during  the  (treatH.>r  portion  of  the 
time  in  charge  of  all  tiscal  aflaira,  he  com- 
pleted voluniinons  reports,  which  met  the 
entire  approval  of  the  provincial  treasurer, 
the  auditor-general  and  the  tinanco  minis- 
ter, and  which  subsequently  became  the 
bosia  of  legislation  in  regard  to  the  mattera 
to  which  tliey  related.  On  hia  return  to 
Ottawa,  Mr.  Tims  waa  instructed  to  proceed 
to  the  maritime  provinces  for  the  purpose  of 
inquiring  int^)  and  reiKfrtint;  on  a  system  of 
couducting  Dominion  afiaira  there.  It  may 
be  here  mentioned  that  when  the  Union  Act 
took  effect  the  old  province  of  Canada  was 
divided  into  the  new  jirovinces  of  Ontario 
and  Quebec.  The  exiating  iltipartmental 
machinery  at  Ottawa  waa,  therefore,  used  for 
some  time  in  conducting  fiscal  busineui  for 
these  two  provinces.  On  the  other  hand, 
it  was  considered  expedient  to  appoint  the 
Local  Oovernnienta  of  Nova  Scotia  and  New 
Bninawick  agents  of  the  Dt^minion  for  the 
time  beiugf  until  the  departmenta  at  Ottawa 
were  prepared  to  asaume  direct  control  of 
their  respective  branches  of  the  public  ser- 
vice in  these  provinces.  <  h\  arrival  at 
Halifax,  early  in  October,  18G7,  Mr.  Tims 
found  public  aflaira  in  a  very  unaatiBfactiiry 
poaition.  The  first  genurul  election  in  the 
province  under  the  Lmou  Act,  for  both  the 


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Uouieof  Commona  and  the  Provincial  Leg< 

islntiire,  had   only  recently  taken  place, 
suiting  in  the  defeat  of  moat  of  the  union 
candidatea.     For  the  LcgislattTe  A.<»embl 
the  anti-confederates,  aa  they  were   called 
carried  every  constituency  except  one.     Th 
,  first  local  government  appointed  under  th 
I  Union  Act  had  tendered  their  resignation 
to  the  lieutenant-governor,  but  their  suoces- 
I  si»rs  had  not  yet  been   gazetted.     The  de- 
cUrution  uf  the  leadera  of  the  anti-coufeder- 
ate  party  tti  ignore  the  Union  Act,  U»  collect 
their  revonuea  as  if  no  nninn  had  ever  ex- 
isted, and  to  declare  oil  Dominion  authority 
at   an  end  in  the  province  when  they  aa- 
BUined  the  reins  of  otliee,  caused  intense  ex* 
citement  throughout  the  country.    The  be»t 
informed   people    believed  the  situation  ao 
grave  that  an  armed  rebellion  would  be  thi 
result.      Instead,  therefore,  of  carrying  out 
his    original    iiistnictiona,    Mr.    Tims    was 
ordered  to  remain  at  Halifax,  authorized  to 
immediately  open  a  branch  of  the  finance 
department  there,  and  to  iLssume  temporary 
charge  of  all  Dominion  atfaira  in  the  pro- 
vince, until  such  time  as  the  deparlmeuta 
at  Ottawa  could  assume  the  management.  '^ 
During  bis  continuous  stay  of  nearly  a  year  fl 
in  Nova  Scotia,  and  having  been  furniahed 
with  credentials  from  His  Excellency  Lord 
Mouck,  then  governor-general,  to  Sir  Haat- 
ings    Doyle,  the   lieutenant-governor,    who 
received  and  treated  him  with  marked  kind- 
uesis  and  distinction,  Mr.  Tims  waa  afforded 
uumern\i8  npportunities  of  meeting  most  of 
the  leading  people  of  the   province,  which 
enabled  him  to  remove  many  exiating  pre- 
judices in  regard  to  the  western  i>rovincea, 
and  smooth  the  way  to  a  considerable  extent 
for  the  negotiations  that  subsequently  t^Ktk 
place  between  the  late  Hon.  Joseph   Howe 
and  iho  Hon.  A.  W.  McLelau,  now  minister 
of  marine  and  Hsheviea,  acting  for  the  pro- 
vince, and  the  then  minister  of  finance,  the 
Hon.  Mr.  (now  Sir. John)  Rose,  on  behalf  of 
the  Dominion.    These  negotiations,  it  will  be 
remembered,  renulted  in  brini;ing  about  a 
better  state  of  things  between  the  provinoo 
and  the  Dominion,     The   thorough  know- 
ledge of  alTairs  acquired  by  Mr.  Tims  als«>    - 
enabled   hiiu  to  render  valuable  lutsistanco  V 
in  the  preparation  of  statistics  used  by  Uie    m 
hnance    minister   during   the   uegotiatious. 
Although   for   a  time   after   hia   anivat  in 
Halifax,  Mr.   Tims  became,  as  a  Canadian  i|f 
otficial,  a  special  object  for  daily  abuse  hy  ^ 
the    more    violent    anti-confedcratt;     news- 
papers, these  attacks  gradually  cuused  aa  he 
became  butter  known  in  the  city.     He  soon 
acquired  a  host  of   friends,  even   amongst 


CA^AlfJAN  BIOOBAFHY. 


183 


tfcnMi  Bwai  biiteriT  opposed  to  th»  union 

vil^  Caoada.     In  the  course  df  an  exciting 

debate,  doriag  the  tint  acouion  of  the  Loj^is- 

laMn  afl«r  liii   arrival,  Mr.    Tims'a  naino 

bttsig    iae«itioaeU«  the   Hua.    Mr.   Annaiid, 

Um  laader  of  lht»  goveruuitfnt,  in  reply,  re- 

l«rr»d  to  Mr.  Tiuia'a  thuruu^h  knowledge  nf 

Cacftl    alfain,  and  of  his  ccnciliatory 

tuvanl  his  government,  in  very  com- 

■         .  :    I  liming  t*>  OttAwa 

vfl,  Mr.  Tiiua  wm 

I  naiiiii\  L'v  ilia  chief,  and  waa 

>iupliijiciit«d   by    the   governor- 

»..  >'^ -I    the  tact  he  had.  displayed,  and 

fur  tile  •ttccesafut  mAiiiicT  in  which  he  had 
cacritfd  out  fata  inatructiuna,  under  great 
difiealtiea.  Matters  having  asaume<l  a  more 
pionuBBg  aapect,  Mr.  Tinia  waa  enabled  t<> 
tmi  hia  attention,  in  the  latter  part  of 
l*"*-.  to  atTaira  in  Now  Bmnawick,  where 
placed  uu  a  aimilar  footing 
.4.  In  the  ititfTim  he  was 
a^ij^juileU  a  mvoiber  of  a  cominiaaion  to  en- 
quire into  and  report  on  the  uianatjenjeut 
ii  railway  affairs  in  N^va  Scotia.  In  the 
7««r  18T1  Mr.  Tima  w&a  ap[>ointed  to  the 
Mwly-tmaUMl  office  of  tinaucial  inspector, 
■adsr  i>Lr  Francia  HiucLs,  then  niiniaier  of 
finance.  In  the  same  year  it  heoinio  his 
doty  to  o{texi  aaviugs  banks  thrvut^hout 
Kora  Sootta,  and  to  organize  the  othces  of 
Um  aaaiatant  receirers-gener»l  at  Montreal, 
H«ii/&x,  and  St.  John.  Hritish  Columbia 
kftVtttjS  «Ol«n}il  the  union,  in  lU71,3Ir.  Tinia 
W90  tattnuted  to  procotMl  there  in  tliu  f(*I- 
Joving  Doaaon  for  tliu  purpose  of  settling  , 
affairs  with  the  Kical  govcruuiont, 
■atahbahing  sjivinga  banks  iu  thut  pm- 

and   »  branch  uf  the  linance  deimrt-  \ 
\l  >     -'  During  the  year  1873  he 

liicial  viait  to  the>  new  pro-  , 
vinas  'a,  Iravellin.*  t<i  \Viiinip4*g 

bj  tk>  'Utc,  ill  the  then  unuMtiiilty  , 

Abort  tiiuf  >.'!  scvRO  days.  On  reaching  the  , 
BOctll-Wat  angU  of  the  Luke  of  the  Woodfi. 
\m  foaad  aaaifmhled  thora  betnt^en  7<-H) 
aikd  ttUi  Indiana.  U>  ne>;otiate  a  treaty  with 
ctiwroiaatonirr ^  iLT.fMunt.-ii  \.\-  L'<'vernment. 
Tkm  ai^t  »  t-red.     Mr. 

TksM  aJao  .ui,  for    the 

isBt  UUM»  cm  otbcial  biiaineaa  during  the 
foUowiog  jvar*  and  placed  tinancial  all'aira 
•B  thm  mmm  ftxtting  as  m  the  other  pro- 
viiMJU.  lie  baa  aUo  mure  than  once  visitinl 
WaakinfUm  uthuially,  with  letters  friMu  thn 
Mvmiar-K«&eral  to  tho  Hritish  uiiuistcr 
tMVt.  As  tinaudal  m«[>«ctor  for  the  Do 
I,  it  is  the  iluty  i>(  Mr.  Tinia  to  make 
1  iiup«atJona  of  all  tlie  ouuide 
of  tM  fiiuuioe  department.     Ue 


has  also  had  continuous  charge  at  Ottawa  of 
all  tiflcal  buflinessof  the  railways  owned  and 
operated    by    tho    Dominion     government 
since  oonfe>leration .     During  tho  nieoting  of 
I  the    British    ABsociaiion    at    Montreal,    in 
1884,    a    very    interesting    paper    by    Mr. 
'  Tims,  on    Government  savings  Imnks,  pre* 
i  pared  by  the  re<|uest  of  the  cliairmfui,  was 
I  rend,  and  has  been  published  in  full  by  the 
j  eoonomics  Viranch  of  the  society.     Mr.  Tims 
{  mEirriod,  at  Indian  Lorctte,  in  ]84*J.  Lunioa 
I  Flora,  youngest  daughter  of  the  lato  John 
8tan8feld,  a  leading   nierchaui    of   Qnebeo. 
.Nlr.  and   Mrs.  Tinia  liave  had  a  niimeroua 
family,  ei^ht  of  whom  are  still  livinif.     All 
are  members  of  the  Roman  tatliolic  church. 
Hia  hi'adqunHers  are  at  Ottawa,  where  his 
family  has  resided  since  the  removal  uf  the 
Beat  of  };overnraent  from  Vnebec,  in  1Hli5. 
He    held  a   captain's    commi.ssion    in    the 
Militia  at  Quebec  at  the  time  of  his  depar- 
ture for  iSt.  Mary's,  and  it  bears  the  signa- 
ture of  the  late  Lord  Elgin,  goTernor-general 
of  Oatiada. 

Dowliiif;,  The  Tcry  I{«t.  Thoni- 
aa  Joseph,  P.P.,V.G.,  Paris.  The  very 
reverend  gentleman,  who  fonns  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  the  County  of 
Limerick.  Ireland,  ou  the  2%i\\  of  February^ 
1840.  When  he  was  about  eleven  years 
old.  his  fat  Iter.  MsHin  Dow  ling,  emigrated 
with  his  fninily  to  Canada,  and  settled  in  the 
City  of  liamiUon.  Here  the  subject  of  our 
sketch  attended  a  select  school  until  he  en- 
ttred  St.  Michael's  Cvilloge,  Torontt),  in  the 
autumn  of  1865.  In  this  institution  he  ro- 
mained  seven  years,  and  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  St.  Michael's  Literary  Associa- 
ti'>n,  a  society  of  advanced  students  formed 
f"»r  the  purpose  of  improvement  iu  tho  art 
of  public  speaking,  and  for  the  cultivation  of 
English  literature  ;  and  for  the  encotirage- 
nient  of  this  society  he  contributes  hq 
annual  prize,  known  as  the  **Dowting  Sil- 
ver Medal."  In  1801  he  was  placed  on  tho 
staff  of  professorn,  and  as  classical  teacher 
took  charge  of  a  class  for  one  year.  In  the 
following  year  he  entered  the  (irand  Semin- 
ary of  Montreal,  where  he  liniahed  his 
theidogical  stndiea.  He  waaordnined  prieat 
on  the  7th  of  August,  18G4,  by  the  Right 
liev.  Hiahop  Karrell,  in  St.  Mary's  Cathe- 
dru.1,  Hamilton  ;  and  on  tho  &th  of  t)ctober 
foil.iwing,  he  was  appointed  pastor  of  the 
luissiona  of  Parts,  incUiding  the  town  of 
Ctalt,  llie  townships  of  Uurford  and  North 
and  South  Diiuifries,  the  villages  of  Ayr, 
Lileninorris  and  llamsbnrgh,  aiidfora  tiuie 
the  villages  of  Hespvler  and  Preaton.  As 
tho  church  at  Paris  waa  untinished  and   in 


A  CTCLOfJCVIA  OF 


aerioiu  fiiuiaoiBl  difKculties,  he  travelled  to 
Chicago  aiid  to  the  oil  districts  of  PouuayK 
vauia,  on  a  lecturing  and  collecting  tour, 
and  in  two  years  ancceeded,  by  the  aid  of  hia 
congregation  and  frienda,  in  paying' o6f  the 
debt.  Thie  church,  which  it  nov  one  of  the 
handsomest  iu  the  province,  ho  has  since 
renovated,  enlarged  and  decorated,  at  an 
outlay  of  about  twenty  thousand  dollars.  It 
was  dedicated  under  the  name  of  "^  The 
Church  of  the  Sacred  Heart  of  Josiis,"  by 
Ri^ht  Rev.  Bishop  Crinnon,  on  the  Cth  of 
February,  1881,  on  which  occasion  hia  lord- 
ahip  appointed  Father  DowUng,  Viciir  Gen- 
eral or  the  di'>ce4e.  On  the  6th  of  Septem- 
ber, 1873,  he  purchased  the  property 
on  which  ia  situated  the  Paha  separate 
school  and  residence  fur  the  sisters  of  8t. 
Joseph,  which  cost  about  $4,000.  In  1877 
Father  Dowling  accompanied  the  Canadiau 

Silgrima  to  R')me  ;  assisted  at  the  Golden 
ubilee  of  Pope  Piua  IX.,  and  presented 
au  ofTering  to  the  Pope  on  behalf  of  the 
clergy  und  laity  of  the  dioceae  of  Hamdton. 
In  1880  he  built  St.  Patrick's  Church,  Gait. 
and  then  resigned  the  charge  of  that  pariah. 
On  the  17th  of  January,  1883,  he  was  elect- 
ed by  the  clergy  of  HamiU<in,  vicar-cap- 
itular cif  the  diocese,  which  office  he  retain- 
ed until  the  arrival  of  his  Lordship  Right 
Rev.  Dr,  Carbory,  the  present  distinguiahed 
Bishop  of  Hamilton,  who  re-appointed 
him  vtcar-geuerul.  So  singularly  zealous 
for  his  church,  and  au  able  an  exponent  of 
her  doctrines,  it  ia  no  woudor  that  the 
vicar-general  ia  beloved  by  his  people,  and 
respected  by  his  ecclesiastical  anperiors. 

Daw<ion,  niiyor  CScor^c  Dudley, 
Royal  Grenadiers,  Toronto,  was  born  on 
January  7th,  1831*,  in  the  County  of  Carlow, 
Ireland.  He  ia  the  second  son  of  the  Rev. 
George  B.  Dawson,  who  was  for  more  than 
thirty  years  rector  of  the  pariah  of  Aghade, 
in  that  county.  His  mother  was  a  sister  of 
Lieutenant-GL'neral."rir Dudley  HiII,K.C.  B., 
who  died  when  in  commiind  of  a  division  in 
IndiA,  in  1852.  Young  Dawson  received 
his  education  by  private  tnition  and  at  Kil- 
kenny college,  and  entered  the  array  {"when 
sixteen  years  of  age)  on  M>irch  IGth,  1855. 
He  was  ordered  to  the  Crimea,  in  October  of 
the  same  year,  but  when  the  ship  arrived 
at  Malta,  news  of  the  armistice  was  received, 
and  no  more  troops  were  sent  on.  He  re- 
mained at  Malta  for  a  year,  and  returned  to 
England  iu  the  autumn  of  1850.  He  served 
in  VHriuua  parts  of  ICnglandand  Ireland  from 
1850  to  18<>1.  He  took  a  tirst  chiss  certi- 
ficate at  the  Scliool  of  Musketry,  Hythe,  in 
1869,  and  acted    as   asAistant  instructor  of 


Musketry  to  a  depot  battalion  at  Cork  and 
also  Athlone,  Ireland,  for  two  yeara.  Major^ 
Dawson  came  to  Canada  with  the  47th  R«^- 
ment,  in  IBfit,  and  he  held  the  appointmen%j 
of  out-poat  officer  for  four  yeara  at  Kin^ 
Bton,  Hamilton,  and  Toronto.  He  also  acl 
as  brigade  major  to  the  field  force  undei 
Colonel  Lowry  during  the  Fenian  raid 
Fort  Erie,  in  I80G.  In  1867  he  sold  out  atl 
Halifax.  He  married  on  January  7th,  18ftS>,* 
Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  R.  P. 
Crooks,  barrister,  of  Toronto,  and  niece  of  I 
the  Hon.  Adam  Crooks,  late  miuiater  of) 
education  for  Ontario.  He  went  into  busi- 
ness aa  a  wine  merchant  in  1870, at  ToronW|! 
in  partnership  with  E.  H.  Foster,  but  the* 
latter  retired  from  the  partnership  in  18To. 
He  founded,  in  1871,  The  Bodega  Wine 
Co.,  of  Canada,  with  branches  at  Montreal 
and  Ottawa.  <>n  the  reorgani/Ation  of  the 
old  Tenth  Royals,  in  1880,  under  LioU' 
tenant-Colonel  Grasett,  Major  Dawson  be- 
came senior  major  of  the  regiment,  and 
aasiated  in  developing  the  corps,  fie  served 
during  the  whole  of  the  rebellion  in  tho, 
North- West,  in  1885,  and  received  a  wonndt 
in  the  charge  on  Batitche  on  May  12th,  1885. 
From  the  above  facta  it  will  be  seen  that 
Major  Dawson  ia  a  gentleman  of  onterpriae, 
courage,  and  uound  biiaineaa  Insight. 

Flint,  Johu  Janiet  Bloeoker,  wiw 
burn  December  21Uh,  1838,  at  Belleville, 
Gntario.  He  ia  a  direct  descendant  on  lus 
father's  side  of  a  U.  K.  loyalist  family.  His 
mother's  maiden  name  was  Kltza  Haskins, 
who  waaborn  in  Dublin,  Ireland.  Her  grand- 
father, on  the  mother's  side,  possoaaed  a  large 
estate  in  Ireland,  but  became  tinancially 
involved,  died,  and  his  son.  Dr.  James  Haa- 
kins,  and  daughter,  Eliza,  came  to  Canada  J 
and  settled  in  Belleville.  On  the  death  of^| 
hia  mother,  he  was  adopted  by  the  Hon.  Billa 
Flint,  when  at  the  age  of  four  years.  He  was 
sent  to  the  Belleville  Grammar  School  under 
the  late  Alexander  Burdon,  and  completed 
hia  studies  at  Victoria  College,  Cobcmrg. 
He  became  ensign  in  No.  5  company  of 
volunteers,  one  of  the  first  volunteer  com- 
panies of  Belleville.  He  was  elected  town 
councillor  in  18G8,  and  tilled  that  othco 
nntil  1872,  when  he  was  elected  mayor  of 
Belleville.  For  the  last  ten  years  he  has 
been  connected  with  the  lirm  of  Flint  & 
Holton  in  the  lumbering  and  milling  busi- 
ness. Mr.  Flint  was  president  of  the  Belle- 
ville Literary  Society  for  several  years,  and 
was  also  president  of  the  Legal  and  Literary 
Society  of  Belleville.  He  is  now  president 
of  the  Belleville  Bar  Aasociation,  and  was 
president   for   a   number   of  yeara   of   the 


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185 


tike  c 
Mr. 
ktc  S 


BitUfUl*   Reform  Clab.     He  it  a  Libenl 

ia  politics,   and    for   many   jeara   t(it)k    a 

r«ry  active  p&rt   in   the   p^ilitical    conteati 

of  Um    county.       He   oomiucnood   praotioe 

u  a  faamatar  in  November,  1862  :  iu  1866, 

k  fonntd  a  partner«hip  with   City   Clerk 

Aobvtaun.  anti  Bulifteiiuuntly,  in  1878,  with 

Mm  lale   Sfr.    Jellett,    and    ia    now   senior 

of   the    firm   of   Flint  A  Sherry, 

Jioticiton  fnr  the  Hajik  of  Commerce,  Belle- 

I'tille.     Mr.   Flint  traa,    in  1884,    appointed 

potioB  mj^iatraie  of    HoUoville.     He  is  n?i 

•dhcccolcrf  the  Methodist  church.     He  ac- 

iisteii  in  the  ertwtiou  of  a  Huapilal 

!d  FritiiitllesB,  and  is  a  mem- 

■ry  buard.    Iu  IHOI*  he  vLsiled 

.1  cumpany   with  Judge  La- 

-   Hobt*rt«iii.  M.P.,  and  the 

and  in  1H84  Ike  visiter]  the 

*rk.       In    September,  ISlIO, 

W  nArricU  hU£&.  daughter  of  the  late  E.W. 

BoHoa,  and  niece  of  Hon.  L.  H.  Holtun. 

CSovnui,    Hon.    James    Robert, 

Svaaior,     Hurie.     and     t^x-Jud^e    uf     the 

tltatrict    of  Simcoe,    waa    bom    in 

Cotiiily    of    Wexfurd,    Ireland,   on  the 

Dec-.  1817.     His  parents  were  Henry 

Mid  Klizabetb  {n^e  Barkitt)  Guwan. 

yuMiiig    Gowan  waa  in  hia  fifteenth 

y«ar  ha  paraata  emigrated  to  Upper  Canada, 

■nd  Lheri*&fur.  for  lo&ny  years,  the  father 

was    deputy   clerk   of    the 

.  rt  for  the  County  of  Simcoe. 

trtirihy  man  died   in  18(>3,    at 

_■•  rtf  HI.     Jsnies  ll*jbert    Gowan 

■    for    several    years  in 

iter  part  of   his   edu- 

tjHiff   w^A  ul.uiiiuil  tn  Canada.     When  hia 

vAonUiooal  studies  were  completed,  he  on- 

upofi  a  0(;urae  of  Uw  with  the  Hon- 

Jmbm  E.  Small,  of  Turonto.  stflici- 

-  '         r  Canada.     In  lS3i»  he 

•ind  t>e^an  his  practice 

\lr.  SiiikII.      Faiir  yean 

•■  'xa  Viar,  ho  wjia  appoint- 

.4-  J     -.^lal  district  of  Simei»e, 

iwiitwi-iny.  Muskuka  and  i'arry  Sound. 

A(»pcAlitmrr)t    wa.s    ni:k-tt.>  by  thv    Uald- 

Ijafoir  ^iraiii'n.    No 

>  to  the  legal 

iUid    iltv   iiiC^grtly   i*f   a  youn^ 

vbtNB  R'^lterl  iUldwin  woold  select,  *t 

tW4^*>f  iN^  t<*  fill  a  place  upon  iho  bench. 

Bodi  an  a{i[M»inliuunt  is  ezirumely  rare,  if 

a»>4  alu^ti  '.  lu  our  judicial 

hutiiry.      I  at  once  untered 

bsart  And  -  nd  his  vxer- 

UciOfl  is  Ui-  "  of  hu  dis- 

Itlot  ««rv  ••■  '«ui.<-v>«t>ii  >i:t>^  III    ihv  year  fol- 

Lis  appointment  the  magistrates  of 


the  district  preaented  him  with  a  anuif-box 
of  wrought  gold,  bearing  an  appropriate  in- 
scription. The  district  over  which  .Judge 
Gowan  waa  nailed  to  preflide  was  one  of  the 
laiXest  in  T'p^M^r  Canada,  and  he  was  obliged 
to  face  many  hardships  and  dangers  in  nis 
pioneer  work.  But,  under  his  patience  and 
energy,  ubstacles  diaappe&red,  atid  "  with 
such  diligence,''  says  a  writer,  *'diii  he  per- 
form his  duties  that  after  the  lapse  of  nearly 
twenty-six  years  he  wa-s  able  to  say,  *  I  have 
never  been  absent  from  the  su|«rior  courts, 
over  which  I  preside,  and.  as  to  the  division 
courts  (except  when  on  other  duties  at  the  in- 
stance of  the  government),  fifty  days  would 
cover  all  the  occ%sions  when  a  deputy  acted 
for  mo.'"  As  will  be  seen  by  glancing  at 
the  "  Canadian  Legal  Directory,"  govern- 
meut  as  well  as  associations  of  the  bench 
always  held  the  judgment,  learning  and  wia- 
dom  of  Mr.  Justice  Gowaa  in  high  ecteem. 
In  1857  the  judges  of  the  coarta  of  Queen's 
Beach  and  Common  Pleas,  being  empowered 
to  asaooiate  a  district  judge  with  them  in 
ranking  certain  provisions  regard  ini;  fees, 
under  the  C<>mmon  Lsw  Procedure  Act, 
elected  Judge  Gxwan  for  that  duty.  The  Act 
for  oasiiniUtin^'  the  Canadian  law  of  probate 
and  admiuiatrati'jn  to  thai  of  England,  and 
providing  for  courts  in  every  judicial  dis- 
trict, re<iuired  the  appointment  by  the  gov- 
ernor of  three  judges— a  judge  of  one  of  the 
superior  courts  uf  common  taw,  a  judgu  of 
the  cuurt  of  chancer^',  and  a  county  jud^e, 
to  make  rules  and  orders  regulating  proce- 
dure in  these  courta.  and  for  carrying  the 
provisions  of  the  law  into  full  ofTeot— and 
Justice  Burns.  Vice-Chanoellor  Spragge 
and  Jud^e  Gowan  were  the  three  judgea 
appointed  for  tliu  pur|>'>se  in  August,  1858, 
Hud  who  eubst-quently  framed  and  settled 
the  orders  whicu  now  regulate  the  oourta. 
Sir  James  ^IticauUy  thns  wrute  in  re^^ard  to 
the  services  rendered  by  our  subject  in  th« 
W'  »rk  of  thu  ctiiisolidation  of  the  public 
statutes  of  the  ctiuntry  :  **  I  feel  every  con- 
tidenco  thnt  a  g<KMl  work  has  been  achieved 
and  a  desirable  l^asis  laid  for  future  legiala- 
lion  ;  and  for  the  able  services  ruodered,  by 
Juilge  Guwan.  (be  gitvvrumuut,  the  legis* 
Uturc  and  the  public,  as  well  as  myself,  are 
imlebtod  tn  him."  In  IStiO  Judge  Gowaa 
was  app'tinted  chairman  of  thu  Board  uf 
Couuty  Judges,  a  body  whioh  regulates  the 
priK'cdure  of  the  division  oourta  aud  cutttca 
c«>rilliotin:^'  decisions,  their  orders  haviu),;  the 
force  of  law  ihrouiihodt  the  province.  A(ter 
the  ctmfedemtion  nf  the  provinces  it  i>eaune 
necesAary  t^:)  assiiuilate  aud  consolidate  the 
criminal  laws  of  the  several  prorincoa.    This, 


186 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


nnder  the  atispioes  of  Sir  John  A.  Mac* 
tloualJ,  was  nccompUsheil  in  1869,  iu  a 
aeries  of  enactmentB,  by  tho  parliament  of 
Canada,  vhich  are  now  law.  Iu  tho  pr«- 
paration  of  thifi  tiiipurtaiit  cuusolidntion. 
Judge  Gowan  cti-operat«d  throughout.  In 
1871  Judge  Gowraa  was  appoiuted,  with 
font  other  justices,  Adam  Wilaon,  J.  W. 
Owynne,  S.  H.  Strong  and  C.  S.  Pattonion, 
a  commission  to  entpiire  into  the  constitu- 
tion aittl  juriadiction  uf  thu  suvenii  courts  of 
law  and  equity,  etc.  In  August,  1873, 
Judge  Gowan,  the  Hon.  C.  D.  Day  and 
J  udge  Antoino  Polette  were  appointed 
royal  commissioners  to  investigate  certain 
charges  against  the  ministry  in  connection 
with  tho  Canada  Pacific  TUilway  contract. 
Justice  Gowan  has  always  shown  rare 
energy  and  eaniestncaa,  conscientious  and 
ecrupuluUB  care — and  an  unlluiohin^  finn- 
ness,  based  upon  conviction — and  his  career 
as  a  judge  was  reuiarkablo  for  its  brilliancy, 
industry,  and  usefulneas.  From  the  **Caua- 
dian  Portrait  Gallery"  we  learn  that  "  Judfie 
Gowan  haa  always  taken  grout  interest  in 
tho  cause  of  education,  being  intimately 
connected  with  the  provincial  school  system 
for  over  thirty-six  years,  as  chairman  of  the 
lioard  of  Public  Instruction  from  its  furma- 
tion^  and  for  many  years  past  as  chairman 
of  the  Senior  High  School  Board  of  the 
County  of  Simcoe,  finding  time,  amidst  his 
other  engagements,  to  perform  satisfactorily 
and  acceptably,  the  duties  of  these  honour- 
aiy  and  honoursblo  p(»8itiuiis."  "Intarly 
life,'  says  the  same  authority,  *^And  up  to 
a  short  time  before  his  appuiutnieni,  the 
judge  wxis  a  frecpient  writer  fur  the  lay  press 
in  Toronto."  In  religion  our  subject  is  an 
Episcopalian.  He  was  married  in  July, 
ISoIi,  to  Anna,  daughter  of  the  late  ttev.  S. 
B.  Ardagh,  rector  of  Karrio,  and  incumbent 
of  Shanty  Bay.  Ardraveu,  on  tho  outskirts 
of  Harrio,  beautifully  situated,  and  fronted 
by  Kenipenfeldt  Bay,  is  the  reaidetice  of 
our  diatinguiahed  Hubject.  He  wag  called 
to  the  Senate  on  tho  *JOth  January,  18^n 
and  the  press  of  the  country,  and  many  of 
thoae  politically  opposed  to  the  Administra- 
tion, complimented  Sir  John  l^Iucdnnnld 
upon  his  choice  of  tho  senator.  An  eminent 
lawyer  from  Halilax,  N.S.,  and  a  member 
of  the  Opposition,  cuiietudeil  hia  speech  iu 
support  of  the  Bill  enabling  a  wife  U)  appear 
against  her  husband  in  the  event  of  his  neg- 
lecting to  provide  her  with  the  necessaries 
of  life,  with  the  following  reference  to 
Senator  Gowan  : — "  I  think  that  this  Bill, 
and  two  others  which  wo  have  had  before 
us,    already  go  to  show  tho   wisdom  exhi- 


bited  by  the   Government   in    placing 
honourable  member   from    Barrie    in 
chamber.       From    hia    position    my    hott^ 
ourable     friend    learua    what    the    def 
are    which   the    judges,    who   are    now 
the  bench,  lind  in  the  criminal  law,  and  he  i 
able  from  his  own  experience  to  reoogn 
defects   that   have  existed    for  some 
Legi.ilation  such  au  he  hoK  introduced  ia  j 
the  kind  of  work  which  is  calculated  to  yn 
this  Senate  weightand  respectability  tbr<>i)g! 
the  country,  and  I  think  that  meaauiva 
this  sort  do  us  a  great  deal  more  aerrioa 
public   estimation  than  debates,  exten* 
no  matter  how  many  weeks,  on  the  genei 
question  of  our  utility."     '*  A    Member 
the  Ontario  Bar"  published  for  private  ctrcn*] 
lation  **  The  Addresses  and  Prttooedings  x 
connection  with  tho  Retirement  from 
Bench  of  His  Honour  Judge  James  Ro 
Gowan,'*  giving  selections  from  printed  mai 
ter  touching  his  career.   His  Honour,  it  may 
be  said,  had  retired  from  the  bench  on  the 
24th  Oct.,  1883,   after  having  been  engaged 
in  the  judicial  otlico  for  nearly  forty  years. 

ni-Ciiufre,  Fr»nria  J.,  Trenton,  was 
bom  in  the  County  of  Loitrim,  Ireland, 
about  the  year  1H20.  His  father  waa  Jamoa 
McGuire,  and  his  mother's  maiden  n 
Ellen  AIcKann.  Misa  McUann  beUtnge< 
to  an  old  Irish  family,  and  the  McGui 
came  origiiiftUy  from  Fermanagh  county. 
Mr.  McGuire  was  educated  in  Drumaua, 
Leitrim  county,  and  at  sixteen  yeara  of 
age  sailL*d  for  Canada,  and  arrived  in  Que- 
bec in  1841,  where  ho  stayed  for  a  year 
aa  clerk  in  a  grocery  store,  and  then 
moved  to  Kingston,  where  he  remained 
for  a  short  period,  as  a  clerk  in  the  same 
trade.  Thence  be  removed  t^^  Douro,  As- 
phodel, and  Percy,  and  taught  school  in 
these  places.  Hia  teaching  extended  over  a 
period  of  four  years.  He  then  settled  in 
Trenton,  and  opened  a  general  store,  and 
continued  business  until  18To,  when  he  waa 
appointed  collector  of  customs  at  Trenton  i 
which  positiun  be  has  retained  ever  sine 
He  was  commissioned  t'Usign  and  quarto 
master  inXhe  militia,  and  wns  nppoint4?d  jua- 
tice  of  the  peace  in  18ti2.  Ho  is  a  sohoo 
trustee,  and  at  tho  present  time  chairm 
of  the  Board  of  Separate  Schools  of  Tren* 
ton.  Ho  was  one  of  the  orii^inal  mem- 
bers of  a  syndicate  fur  procuring  the  erec- 
tion of  a  dam  above  Trenton,  the  facili*, 
ties  of  which  would  be  of  immense  advan<« 
tage  to  the  town.  The  dam  is  now  in  courae 
of  erection.  He  is  a  member  of  St.  Patrick** 
S^tcicty,  and  has  travelled  through  Canada 
and  the  United  States.     In  religion  he  ia  a 


^aa 
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J 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


187 


eftOtf'ti.'  nM,|  hu  been  for  severat 

Wf ■  dian-  His  ulliciiil  pt^aitiuu 

Inj  *!r1ixrr.  ;i  tHkjnu  h  very  pnmi- 

Ho  married,  in  1854, 

.  who  was   a  ttative  of 

t^'ntjtity   Antrim,   Irelnnd,  nnd 

Alex,  McEHierun.    By  this  Iwly 

r  l>oyB  Aiiil  ODD  £arL     His   wifo 

r    tt^xme  time  dead.      lu  private 

ru  ifl  very  geniaK  and   haa 

if). 

.iy,  ^Varrlnv,  Toronto.     Like 

wh't  have  made  their  mark  in 

su)tjeci.  'jf  onr  sket-ch,  Warring; 

oil  Imhinun,  huving  been  born 

.«  .....  ;  ......ty  Diiwn.    When  young  in  years 

k*ra  taken  U)  Lc*ndon'iprr}\  and  jilneed  in 

•  •8llD«^I      »Jii  rn   h.'   rt'citi  vr-(l     -i    I'nnd   Knglisll 

«diuai  I  for  u  biitfi- 

iV  in  a  dry 

t<r9  in  the  town  ot  Kiirea,  but  at  the 

ten  f*\  his  apjirrnticeahip  he  went  to 

\^  whcTK  he  hvcd  nitiny  years,  earning 

brUmaclf  a  rcputtttion  second  to  nono  for 

kitin%eDre,  ttidividuHl    application  i^t  and 

lltoroi^li  kjMiwledifu  of  husineM,  and  eu- 

PJ^   anch   an   exemplary   character    that 

•■vaval    poaitiuna  of    tru&t    were    conferred 

■^Mt   hini.     Findinjc  that  the  harveat  waa 

B«C^t«Dtr*;iUft.  and  that  labourers  were  far 

r.    Kennedy's  natural  inclinn- 

(I  an  thi^y  were  by  tlio  landnhlt< 

^nnn>;  a  priiie  iu  the  nico  of 

him  in  1M07  to  onii-irtUo  to 

Lrii\H.l  ill  Ti.ponto  at  a  time 

'■'..  but  tht)  neivfh- 

W-  1^:  through  a oriaia 

■dn-M,  and  the  proapectaof 

fur  from  oheeriii;^.      To 

stamp,  howtfvttr,  the 

thu  stronfrer  was  his 

IBMon  !-•  iroai^Jctely  overcome  them. 

him,  therefore,  at  the  earliest  mo- 

n   aitualioti  by    no  means 

■I  ithfiin  aahiry  ur  {wsitiou, 

>Kar  ;.  %   oiisineaa  ipialtficntions  f&irly 

<Bftitl»<l  him   lA  export.     The  onptirtunity 

t^aa  avijoni  has  never  been   loat,  and  Mr. 

KffBoudy'a  vabaequnnt  career  has  been  one 

M|]fi>|[,.»    -.w. .  HH        "  Doing   with   all   hia 

■^t  Imnd    has   found  to   do/' 

^*ni*»rr  _    .(!'  nil  Ijt-morrow  what  he 

iay,"  he  has  more  than  fnltillud 

of    hta   early  youth.      Ilia  iii- 

.  .  his  untirio^^  induatry,  hia 

^"^.  \\\n  tU-votcd  attt»ntion 

-nly  in  hitt  buai- 

iti   his  Hitidioua 

o(   thoae  wht>m   lie 

i   the   Dotica  of  com- 


t 


tnorci&l  men.     Uia  aorvicefl  were  eagerly 
sought  for.  and  he  received  rapid  advance- 
iiient,  passing    in  auccessiuu  From  one  em- 
ployer  to   a   more    lucrative    appointment 
under  another,  until  at  laat  we  hear  of  hira 
promoted  tn  a  yearly  salary  of  for.r  thoiiaaiid 
dollars.      Having  climbed  to  the  top  of  the 
ladder  in  the  subordinate  grades.  Mr.  Ken- 
nedy, in  18(it),  secured  the  co-operalion  and 
partnership    uf  two    of   hia    former   fellow- 
workers  (ui  the  atore  of  John  Alacdunald  -Si 
Co.),  and  with  theui  established  in  Toronto 
a  wholesale  biuiness,  known  as  the  tirm  of 
Hamaon,  Kennedy  &  Genimel  (now  Samson, 
Kennedy  it  Co.),  and  such  ia  the  oatimation 
it  ia  held  in,  and  so  great  the  contidunee  re- 
ptfsed   in   its   management   by   retail  mer- 
cbanta,  that  in  les-s  than  ten  years  the  annual 
aaleg  amounced  to  nearly  one  million  dol- 
larBf  a  result  oa  unprecedented  as  it  ia  well 
merited.     Mr.   Kennedy  has  been  a  caudi- 
tbite  for  civic  honours,  and  l^oen  repeatedly 
solicited  to  accept  nominatiim  to  a  aeat  in 
parliament   by  the  pnrty  of    Reform.     He 
was  elected  an  alderman  in  1871,  and  polled 
the  largest  vote  on  record  up  to  that  time  in 
favour  of  any  Toronto  city  aldennan.     He 
unsuccessfully  contested   the   mayoralty  in 
January,  1H77.     The  unsolicited  requisition 
to  allow  himself  to  be  put  in  nomination, 
.'ind  the  amount  of  support  he  received,  not- 
withstanding the  fact  that  he  did  not  per- 
Honiilly  canvass  a  vote,  olewly  indicate  the 
public   opinion   entertained    of    the    man. 
High  as  Mr.   Kennedy's  position  is  in  the 
litiBineaa  world,  he  occupies  no  leas  a  con- 
Kpicuous  place  in  the  circle  of  religion,  for, 
irrespective  of  being  ii  leading  member  of 
the    Meth'jdiat    church,  he    itt   alan   a    local 
preacher,  claaa-leader  and  trualee,  and  waa 
aufwrintendent  nf  the  Elm  Street  Sabbalh- 
aohool  from  IStiti  till  1878,     He  ia  also  on 
several    conference   committees,  and  waa  a 
delegate  in  1874,   1878  and  1882.  from  the 
Toronto  district  to  the  lieneral  Cnnforenoe 
of  the  Methodist  church,  iind  tnok  a  promi- 
nent part  iu  the  dehates  of  that  important 
legislative  body.      Hu  waa  alao  a  member  of 
the  Torunto  Annual  Conference  in  1^84  and 
1885.     He  was,  in  187*.  elected  president  nf 
the  Iriah  Protestant  Benevolent  Society  ;  iu 
187.i,  on   tlie  organization  of  the  Commer- 
cial  Travoltera'  Association  of  Canada,  he 
was  chosen  an  its  hrst  president,  a  position 
to    which    he    waa  for  aeveral  ye.irs  aubse- 
(juenily  elected,  and  is   now    an   honorary 
tlirector.    He  ia  also  a  trustee  of  the  Necrop- 
olia  and  the   Mount   Ploaeant   Cemetery,  a 
directtir  of  the  l^pper  Canaiia  Bible  Society 
and  minute  secroury  of  the  board.     Mr. 


188 


A  C7CL0PJEUIA  OF 


Kennedy  is  %Uo  a  member  of  the  board  of 
nianageinent  uf  the   Honsti  uf  ludustry  ;    is 
a  directur  of  the  ii^Mkatchewan  Land   and 
Homestead  Company,  and  waa  for  several 
years  a  director  ou  the   board  of  the  Real 
EstAte    Loan     and     Debenture    Company. 
He  is  a  gond   public  speaker,  indtied,   few 
commercial  men   have  the   facility  for  ex- 
prcaaiug  themselves  in  public  possessed  by 
bim.      Mr.  Kennedy  married  the  daughter 
of    his  tirst  employer,   ihe  late  JameM  Ma- 
oaw,     A  long  period  of   usefulness  is,  we 
trust,  still  before  hiui,  and  should  he  decide 
on  entering  the  political  arena  of  public  life, 
and  turn  hia  attention  to  nmttorsof  "  state," 
it  ie  not  too  much  to  expect  for  him  a  suc- 
ceHS  equal  to  that  he  has  already  achieved 
in   the    "church"  Methodist,   and   in   the 
"world"    of   commerce.      In    a   cundonsed 
sketch  it  is  impossible  lo  do  adequate  justice 
to   or   point   out   the    many    lessons  to    bo 
learned  from  a  study  of  the  character  of  a 
man  of   Mr.    Warring    Kennedy's  calibre. 
Suffice  it  to  say  that  his  name  and  example 
will  ever  shine  forth  to  the  immignmte, sales- 
men, shop- boys  and  young  men  of  the  future, 
as  a  brilliant  beacuu,  towering  high  above 
and    always    before    them   in    their  voyage 
through  life,  warning  them  by  the  brightness 
of   its   light   to   give  a   wide  berth  to  the 
** rocks"  of   *•  idleness,"  the  "shoals"  of 
"procrastination/'  and  the  ** troubled  wa- 
ften  "  of   dishonesty;  encouraging  them  to 
ateer   through   the   calm   seas  of   industry, 
diligence,  perseverance  and  integrity,  a  ci>n- 
tinuance  on  which  course  will,  after  cunyiitg 
them  safely  past  all  dangers,  guide  them  at 
length   into   the   haven   of  snccesn.     In   a 
biography  of  self-ratde  men,  Mr.   Kennedy 
fully  deeerres    a   distinguished    place  ;    he 
may  truly  be  said  to  have  been  "  the  archi- 
tect  of   his   own   fortune;"   gratifying  as 
this  reflection  must  be  to  him.  it  pales  before 
the   consciousness  he  enjoys  that  through 
the  whole  of  his  career  he  baa  carried  him- 
self without  reproach,  and  the  knowledge  he 
possesses  that  among  Toronto's  many  worthy 
oiti/^ns  no  one  to-day  stands  more  deser- 
vedly honoured,  refl|jected  and  oatoemeil  by 
hi«  fellow-men  than   the  young  appretitice 
boy  of  a  dry  goods  store  in  an  obscure  Irish 
town. 

Ifall,  John  >9liarp.  was  bi»m  in  Scot- 
land in  17*.>7,  and  settleil  in  Montreal  in 
iH30.  In  Edinburgh  he  occupied  the  posi* 
tion  of  writer  to  the  signet ;  but  on  coming 
to  Canada  he  tirat  taught  school,  and  after- 
wards took  up  the  pn>fe»9ion  of  accountant, 
which  he  practisetl  for  nuiny  years.  He  was 
an  ardent  lover  of  the  temperance  cause,  aud 


a  hard  worker  among  the  Sons  of  Tem- 
perance of  the  Province  of  Quebec.  The 
Grand  Division  elected  him  as  its  Qraod 
Scribe,  and  for  orer  twenty  years  he  filled 
this  office.  He  was  also  a  Past  Grand 
Worthy  Patriarch  of  the  name  organization. 
In  18H2  he  woa  elected  by  the  National 
Division  uf  the  Sons  of  Temperauc**  of  North 
America,  at  the  seasion  Iteld  at  Coucordi 
Now  Bampftliire,  Most  Worthy  Associate, 
and  occupied  this  position  for  two  yeajt. 
At  this  time  he  was  the  oldest  Son  of  Tem- 
perance Attetiding  the  National  Division. 
He  died  at  Iledfonl,  Quebec,  at  the 
deticti  of  his  frm,  J.  M.  Hall,  on  the  30t 
September,  1885,  at  the  advanced  age 
eighty-seven  years  and  eight  months,  and 
his  Inidy  was  interred  in  Mount  Royal 
Cemetery,  Montreal, 

l>e  M.  Just,  lion,  L.UC  Lcleltlcr 
the  late  ill-ttt^irred  Lieutenant-Governor 
Quebec,  was  bom  at  Riviere  Ouelle,  nn  t 
12th  of  May,  1820.  Like  most  of  o 
Canadian  public  men  of  note,  M.  Letelli 
studied  law,  and  practised  his  profession  I 
a  time,  after  which  he  entered  pobtical  lif 
He  was  elected  for  the  first  time,  in  1H50, 
to  the  parliament  of  old  Canada.  He  was 
defeated  at  the  general  election  of  1852,  and 
again  in  1867.  Thrt*u  years  latt*r  he  wa» 
elected  for  Granville  Divii^ion  to  the  Legi 
lativo  Council,  where  ho  sat  till  the  unio 
In  18*i3,  he  became  minister  of  agnoultu 
in  the  SandtieUl  Maodonald  adminisn 
tion,  and  ttiia  office  he  retained  tUl  t 
following  year.  In  May,  1807,  upon 
completion  of  the  confederation,  be  w 
called  to  the  Senate,  by  proclamation,  for 
the  division  of  Granville.  For  the  foUowing 
six  years,  ho  was  loader  of  the  opposition  in 
that  bi>dy.  In  the  Liberal  administration^ 
which  came  into  uHico  in  1873,  ho  becam 
minister  of  agriculture  ;  but  towards  t 
close  of  the  following  vear,  he  resigned  hia 
portfolio,  and  was  appointed  lieutenant- 
governor  of  Quebec,  in  room  of  the  Uio 
Hon.  Bene  Edouartl  Oaron,  deceased.  He 
had  not  long  occupied  the  position  of  lieU' 
tenant-L,'overnor,  before  he  began  to  fin<" 
himst'lf  more  or  less  at  variance  with  certai 
members  of  the  local  government,  especially 
with  the  premier,  M.  0e  Boucherville.  The 
variance  originally  ar4»se,  partly  from  the 
ditfertint  pomts  of  view,  from  which  the 
contemplated  public  affairs  generally, 
each  seems  to  have  been  of  o])inion  that 
other  was  trying  to  usurp  functions  foreign 
to  hia  olhce.  M.  Boucherville,  on  sorend 
occasions,  showed  a  disposition  to  substitute 
the  power  of  the  executive,  for  that  of  the 


be 
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A 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


380 


ooiltU  of  Uv.  It  is  fair  to  add 
hv  WM  ur^ed  on  to  thU  course  by  some 
[ka  ooUMgoes,  and  Ih&t  the  offence  wss 
confined  to  him  alone.  The 
ilcnaoi-^oTemor  all  aloDg  manifested  a 
tlml  uf  tirxuDWft,  and  used  grcnt  plain- 
of  speech  in  bis  conftarences  with  the 
■rtniier.  By  de^iYts,  the  diH'ereuce  between 
9tn  became  wider  and  wider,  and  ere  long, 
•U  tha  memben  of  the  ndministrati'in  were 
parties  to  the  dispute.  Finally^  on  the  2-lth 
of  March,  187A,  matters  were  tirought  to  a 
cniii*  On  that  day  it  was  announced  to  the 
votid  that  the  Iieut«niint-goTemor  had  dis- 
■MMid  hu  cabinet,  and  was  about  to  form  a 
lev  ooe.  Such  a  hurricane  has  not  been  in 
this  country  for  many  a  day,  as  there  was 
thflB.  The  storm  soon  spread  beyond  Que- 
bec, and  sped  from  f^alifax  to  Vancouver. 
At  kat  t^  qnestion  was  taken  to  the  Do- 
■Uoa  Parliament,  but  the  liberals  were  in 
^•iwer,  and  they  could  not  be  expected  to 
:  L-ensure  or  punish  M.  Letellier,  al- 
ii.il  he  hnd  unwittingly  erred,  and  done 
•  nsl  principles.  But 
•  liberals  were  ousted, 
(i4i4-i>  mUu  had  declared  when  in 
ion  that  if  they  could  they  would 
him  of  his  lieutenant-governorship, 
bftd  now  come  into  powur.  Tho  ((ticstion  was 
brotigbt  up  in  the  House  of  Cuuinious,  and 
««ot  a^putist  the  lieuteuant-gurornor.  Min- 
iaUta  adrined  his  dismissal,  but  the  gover- 
Aur»|E«b«r»l,  L^ird  L«>rnc,  hesitated,  aadthf>n 
MiMTvd  th«  whole  case  to  Downing  street. 
Downing  street  wmte  back.  *'  Take  the  ad- 
wum  of  your  ministers  ;  '*  and  forlliwith  ]VL 
XjauUier  was  expiated  to  party  spite.  The 
gnMind  for  dismtsaal  was  that  hia  "  useful- 
MHS  waa  gone,"  in  view  of  the  votes  uf  cen- 
Bvr«  by  the  two  houses  of  Parliauicnt  ;  and 
ib*  tvu  houses  of  Parliament  roted  the  cen- 
OD  the  lieutenant-goTernor  for  having 
his  advisers  while  they  had  a 
iti  the  Assembly.  It  was  made  out, 
~  k>  way,  that  the  wturso  of  M. 
dictated  by  hia  desire  to  for- 
it  uf  the  liberiila  in  Quebec 
of  the  cunservatives.  M. 
therefore,  thrown  out  of 
diagnuMHl.  Be  died,  some  say, 
ik«a.  m  l(^. 
ilnw<i.  Hon*  JAiaet.  The  late  Sen- 
Skaad.  of  Ottawa,  was  bom  st  Moresby 
Ilall,  in  tho  parish  of   Moresby,    Cumber- 


band.  EngUn^t. 
1^  kto    v^ 

1!.. 

was  the  et'terit  sun   cf 

."iwl,     of      ''■                          11, 

lagtand.  •; 

■llIT    W'-V*    Ml                            IK, 

.  .S.-lLirk,  of 

Srt 

-  .    .  Iiavcn.     &lr. 

Skead  was  educated  in  his  native  town,  at 
the  rectory,  and  came  to  Canada  in  \K\2. 
The  family  settled  at  Bytown  (the  preaonl 
City  ftf  Ottawa),  anti,  as  there  was  very  ex- 
cellent promise  then  in  the  timber  trade,Mr. 
Skead,  after  a  time,  en^taged  iu  tbia  business, 
and  he  may  now  be  regarded  as  one  of  the 
pioneeriumber  merchantaof  the<.>lt»wa.  He 
married  February  1st.  1842,  Kosens  Msckey, 
daughter  of  James  Mackey,  Mackey's  Is- 
land, County  Down,  Ireland.  Upon  the 
acci^roplishment  of  confederation,  in  1867, 
he  was  called  to  the  Senate  by  royal  proo- 
Inmaticn.  Early  iu  1881  he  resigned,  but 
was  re-appoiuted  on  the  24th  of  Decem- 
ber of  tlie  same  year.  Seuittor  Skead  was  a 
man  uf  ureat  bnainess  capacity,  and  during 
his  lifetime  he  established  very  wide  busi- 
ness connections.  He  served  us  president 
of  the  OtUwa  Board  of  Trade  ;  of  the  City 
of  Ottawa  Agricultural  Society,  aud  of  tho 
Ottawa  Liberal  Conservative  .Associatiuu. 
He  was  likewise,  at  one  time,  preiident  of 
the  Ottawa  Agricultural  Insuranoo  Com- 
pany; president  of  the  Cppcr  <  Htnwa  Steam- 
boat Company  ;  president  «if  the  Dominion 
Boani  of  Trade  ;  u  director  of  the  Ottawa 
Association  of  Lumber  Manufacturers  ;  uf 
the  Madawaska  Hivcr  Traprovetnent  Co.; 
and  of  the  Caughnawaga  Ship  Canal  Com- 
pany. He  was  vice-president  of  the  Canada 
Central  Railway  Company,  andoE  ihe  Mont- 
real and  Ottawa  City  Junction  Itailway.  In 
1874  he  waa  elected  president  of  the  Lib- 
eral-Conservative Association,  which  met  in 
Toronto,  on  2.'trd  September  of  that  year. 
•Ho  at  one  time  served  as  alderman  for  the 
City  of  Ottawa;  andalio  was  president  of  the 
Agricultural  aud  Art*  Association  tif  Ontario 
and  of  the  Ottawa  St.  George's  Society.  In 
1870  he  wns  presented  by  the  latter  Itody, 
with  i\  handsome  gold  cross  of  St.  George, 
for  his  Ikearty  services  in  promoting  the 
afiaira  of  the  association.  In  187ti  he  waa 
appointed  a  judge  of  the  timber  depart- 
ment at  the  Cuited  States  Centennial  Ex- 
hibition. He  had  considerable  parliamen- 
tary experience,  having  represented  Uideau 
Division  in  the  Legislative  Council  of  old 
Caniula  from  18U'J  to  the  date  of  union. 
The  Senator  was  a  man  of  Aplendid  busi- 
ness abilitiea,  atid  in  evt-ry  walk  df  life  his 
individuality  and  intlucnco  weru  felt.  He 
died  5th  July,  1884,  leaving  a  wife  aud  six 
children. 

nacqiiecn,  Frederick  WHIIain, 
WwdsUKjk,  was  Ixiru  in  Wijodstock,  On- 
tario, on  the  22ud  'if  May,  lMr>(i.  He  is  the 
eldest  son  of  the  late  Honourable  Judge 
Macqueen,  of  Woodstock.     With  respect  to 


lUO 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


Ilia  palenml  anc««t<»rs  we  find  the  following, 
which  we  repnuitice  :     *'  David  iShnnk  >Iac- 
ijueen  woa  the  »uion   of  an   old  and  diiitin- 
giiiahod  SwiU'h  fftuiily.     The  Ial«  of  Skye, 
from  which  his  father  came  with  his  reoi- 
roeut,   aiill  retaius  affection  fur  a  home  of 
pruportiuus  in  her  local  history.    Dr.  John- 
aon,  wt?  are  told  by  Boswell,  ajx>ko  of  the 
Rev.  Dr.    Mactiueeti  as    the  maat  learned 
man  in  North  HritAin,  and  one  of  the  finest 
gentlemen  of   tho   duy.     Judge    Mac^uueii 
was   born    at   Quebec',    12lh  of  September, 
1811,  and  was  the  son  of  Captain  Alexan- 
der Alacqueen,  by  Grace,  daiighter  of  the 
Honourable  Thouia»  Fraaer.     Ho   received 
hia  education  at  Cornwall,  under  the  Kov. 
Dr.    Urquhart,    and   afterwards  moved    to 
BrockrUle  to   atudy  law.     This  woa  in  the 
stormy  days  of  1837-3K.     From  the  Keport 
of  Servicea  for  those  years  we  extract  the 
following  :— '  While     purauinu      hia     legal 
studies  at  Brockville,  the  rebollion  of  181)7- 
38  broke  out    iu    Lower  Canada,  and  Mr. 
Macqueen  waa  sent  on  January  2nd,    in  a 
batteau  to  Cornwall,  with  a  detachment  of 
men  in  charge  of  arnu  ft>r  ihu  (Sleniiarry 
militia.      Upon  hia  ruturn  from  thia  difficult 
and   hazardous   sorTiee,  he   was   appointed 
lieutenant   in   tho   troop   of    cavalry    com- 
manded by  Capt.  Harvey,  which  he  had  as- 
sisted   in   raising.     He   was  then    sent    to 
Dtcktinaon'a  Lauding  to  brin^  up  the  head- 
quarters of  the   32nd  and   8^^rd  rDi:iajentB, 
under   the  corauiand  of  Captains  Miirkhaiu 
and    Colquhoun.     This    duty   having   been 
done,  he  aaaiated,  under  the  authority  of  8tr 
John   Oolbonio,  commander  of  the   forces, 
in  raising  a  company  of  the   Quoeu'a  Loyal 
Borderers,  in  which  regiment  he  was  ^izet- 
lud  captain  in  January,  1838,  and  rerved  in 
that   corps    at    Brockville  for   six    months. 
While  in  Brockville  certain  suspicious  look- 
ing vessels,  crowded  with  men,  having  ap- 
peared otr  the  town,  apparently  making  for 
Preacott,    Mr.    Mactjueon    volunteered  aa   a 
private   marine    on    board    Her    Majesty's 
Steamer  £xpt:rin\^.ntt  Lieut,  Fuwell,  to  fol- 
low them,  and  hia  services  having  been  Ac- 
cepted, he  was  on  board  when  she  opened 
lire  at  PreHcott  upon  the  before  mentioned 
vessels,  and  upon  the  steamer  United  States. 
The    enemy  having  landed   at    the    Wind* 
mill,    Mr.    Macqueen    went    on   ahore,  and 
volunteered   on    the    advance   guard  of  the 
left   wing  of  the  attacking  force^  under  the 
command  of   the   late   Col.    K.   D.  Fraser, 
which  advance  guard  received  the  Brat  tire 
of  the  enemy  from  behind  the  stone  wails 
surrounding  the  butternut  orchard  at  that 
place.'    TfaoB  di vision  compelled  the  surren- 


der of  the  rebel  commander,  who  h4o 
his  sword  to  Mr.  (then  Capt.)  Macqueen 
trophy  of  the  victory  which  is  atill   in 
poHsessiou  of  the  family.     Shortly  after  Una 
Mr.Ma&jueen  was  called  to  the  bar,  and  all 
a  brief  practice  as  a  barrister,  received  t 
appointment  of  Judge  of  the  County  of 
for«i."  Speaking  of  tho  death  of  thia  wo 
gentleman,  which  r>ccurred  June  0th,  1 
un  eloquent  and  accurate  pen  saya  :     **  It 
tmnecesaary  for  us  to  dwell  upon  his  lo 
services  of  forty  yean  as  the  chief  ma>,' 
trate  vf  this  wjuuty.     They  are  the  most 
deariug  memeutLves  of  a  life  long  to  be 
tnembured.      On  Tuesday  he  was  laid  at 
in  the  quiet  little  churchyard  of  Hunti 
ford.       It   was  a  glonouH  day  of  aunabi: 
above,  and  as  those  who  knew  and  loved  t 
kind  old  man  looked  across  tho  valley  to  h 
old  homo  on  the  hilltop,  nestled  among  tUi 
trees  he  loved  so  well,   one  could  nut  bi 
think  such  a  day  was  in  accord  with    t 
closu    uf   the  life    of  him    who   bad    i>assed' 
away.     Judge    Macqueen    was    married    to 
Fanny  Maria  Harriet,   second  daughter 
James  Muttleberry,  M.  I ).,  inspector  gene 
of  Army  Hospitals,  England,  in  J\ine,  1847, 
who  survived  him,  together  with  two  so 
and  four  daughters.''  His  son,  the  subject 
thia  lueiuoir,  received  a  linished  educatio: 
He  first  attended  the  Trinity  School  at  I'o 
Hope,     and    afterwards   entered    the     Lni 
veraity  of  Trinity  College,  Toronto.      Wbe: 
about  twenty-two,  ho  left  college  and  bt>gai| 
the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  the  Honour^ 
able    Edward     Bluko,    Toronto,     where    he 
remained  till  1  H7»5.     t")wing  then  to  his  ap*^^ 
poihtnient  to  tho  clerkship  t>f  the  First  Dtvi^H 
sion  Court  for  the  County  of  Oxford,  aittrH 
ill  health,  he  discontinued  his  legal  studies. 
In  1870  he  joined  the  Queen's  Own  Rifles, 
and  served  as  private  iu   Trinity   College 
Company,  No.  8,  for  three  years.    After  his 
departure  from   Toronto,  he  joined  No. 
Company,  22nd  Battnlion  "Oxford  Rifles,' 
as  a  private,  and  shortly  afterwards  was  ap 
pointed  staff- sergeant.     In  1876  he  waa  p 
moled  to  the  lieutenancy  of  No.  1  company, 
and   in     1878   he   obtained    the   captaincy 
Since    hia    promotion  he  has   always    bee 
specially  mentioned  in  the  annual  report 
the  Canadian  militia.   Mr.  Macqueen  is  pres 
ident  of  the  Woodstock  Amateur   Athletio' 
Association,  and  was   one  of  the  princi 
organizers   of  that  body.      He   ia   like 
Becr<3tary  aud  treaauror  of   the  Woodato 
Rifle  Aasociatir^n,  and  was  for  five  yean  %-' 
director  >.)f  the  Western  District  Rifle  Aaao- 
ciation,  at   London.     He  was  for  two  years 
financier  of   the  A.O.  U.W.,  and  has   be«n 


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191 


from  1882  to  the  present.     He  ia  a 
im.      Ue   hafl  always   taken  an  in- 
■    ''■'•■-.  being  a  conservative.    But 
Uhli  t  'if  parties,  Hud  looks  tu  the 

•diCarv; .-.  :^-  .>.antry  as  the  eud  lur  which 
ll,  liTMp«CtiTe  of  diriaions,  should  strive. 
%  an  acddeat  in  1HH3  he  Inst  his  sight, 
iftd  in  acooniance  with  the  wishes  of  his 
liMiida,  went  to  London,  Enfflaud,  where  an 
o^raboo  was  perfi>rroed  by  iho  celebrated 
Ur.  BadvT.  The  uperatiun  was  sacoeesful, 
ad  fci«  fully  rMMvered  his  sight,  and  before 
svtotiuRg  to  Cansda  he  spent  about  Hvc 
■ocith<  on  the  continent,  chiefly  in  Ger- 
MftOf*  To  show  with  what  skill  the  opera- 
tkoa  vaa  perforraed,  we  might  say  that  Mr. 
Mmboooo  has  sinoe  been  able  to  take  part 
Ok  wim»  matches.     In  religion  he  is  an  Epis- 


HinrlnbothAin,    Johu     William, 

Olihawa,  was  bom  in  MttiicheBt«r.  England, 
i«  Harcb  Ufcb.  ISiVS.  Uis  father  was  John 
SlniBbotliam,  who  carried  on  a  drug  bnsi- 
■■A  in  AtanrJiester.  The  family  came  to 
in  1^6,  when  our  eubjoot  was  about 
jwmn  of  a^,  and  settled  in  Toronto. 
Ia  1865  ihmj  moved  to  Ifowinanville.  Mr. 
Bfeppabodum  was  educated  in  the  Model 
Se&DuL    T<>ri>uto,    under  Dr.    Csrlyle,  and 

Cir«d  himself  a  g*M>d  scholar.  In  1873,  on 
nag  ach'xd,  he  entered  his  father's  drug 
ant!  businoas  aucceedin<:,  a  branch 
waa  '      t    Oahawa,    under   the 

of  J  ubotham  <£  Son,  and 

tiMj  lM?<e  carrivM  w,  t he  dnig  business  eTer 
mes.  J.  W.  Hiif^tnhoihaui  was  second 
dc^ty  r*ere  «*f  DAhawa  in  1882.  and  hoA 
rsfouinml  his  ward  in  the  council  for  live 
yMrm.  He  '-■  ni.tvt  w.irthy  ^raud  prcsiflvnt 
ol  thaSuxu  1,  which  is  the  hiuheat 

oftoo  iKat   '  '  onfer,  and  ua  he  has 

hata  tlUctitd  twios  m  sueces^ion*  it  speaks 
vavy  biiefaly  for  hii  iK>[.ntArity.  He  ia  a 
aaaur  Ms«c4i  of  Lul' .  ;   and  ftUo 

an  UildfKll«>w.    Mr.  Iii_  ^\^^  posaenea 

a  rarj  fwrtila  brain,  aud  a  rtiady  toiu^ue,  and 
llsarv  arv  few  innit  In  his  section  uf  country 
'  iiii  in  arrangin({  ideas 
with  such  effect.  Ho 
n  various  important 
u^Mithara  is  a  cooaoien- 
an  uncompromising 
'led  on  Anifuat  2-ith, 
.  Ik-...,  "I  Bownianvitle.  This 
teller  ia  d«siModed  frotu  a  family  of  early 
hsiog  h«r»«Jf  a  uative-born  Cana- 
n«  ia  a  Sunday-school  superinten- 
sd  Kaa  been  chairman  of  the  Relief 
CoawiittiM,  which  has  d^ne  good  work  dur- 
lAf  tha  past  winter,     kirn  Uvea  for  others 


1974,  Lurin*^ 


I  more  than  for  himself,  and  is  emphatically, 
auood  man.  and  enjoys  the  rosjMict  and|k;o{>d 
will  of  all  who  know  him. 

Ilninblj.  Philip  llcle,  Major  4nth 
battalion,  Uiistinj^s  Kitles,  BelluvUlu,  was 
boru  at  Plymouth,  Duvun.,  Kui^Uiid,  on  the 
2nd  Oct.,  1835.  His  parents,  Philip  and 
Mary  Ann  Hambly,  cnme  to  Canada  with 
their  family  in  1848.  Mr.  Uambly,  senior, 
bought  out  the  business  of  the  Ute  Henry 
Ourby,  and  by  the  application  of  persistent 
enemy,  soon  extended  the  capnbiliiicB  of  the 
establishoient.  Hambly's  bread  soon  caoie 
to  be  a  household  word,  and  the  prosperity 
of  the  institution  was  thereafter  assured. 
He  built  a  gravel  road,  from  lielleville  to 
Napaneo,  but  he  was,  it  is  said,  too  pnrticu- 
lor  and  ovor-scrupulous  in  the  fulfilment  of 
his  contract,  and  lost  money.  He  it  w;ia 
who  built  the  sewers  4jf  Uelleville,  and  he 
wiis  piiTt  purchaser  of  the  staamahip  Ctiy  of 
tfu  Bay.  This  boat  did  not  pay.  However, 
it  was  a  bold  venture,  and  those  enguj^ed  in 
I  the  enterprise  doaerred  credit.  In  conse- 
,  rjuenoe  of  an  injury,  he  retired  from  busi- 
ness in  1606,  leaving'  the  establishiuent  to 
his  son  Philip.  The  mother  of  P.  H.  Hamb- 
ly,  is  now  in  her  eighty-fourth  year,  with 
eyesigtit  and  hearing;  as  good  aa  most  young 
women  possess,  aud  her  intellect  is  aa  keen 
as  ever.  She  can  put  tea  before  a  visitor, 
with  bread  and  butter  of  her  own  makint?, 
and  clotted  Devonshire  cream  of  her  own 
scalding,  as  handily  as  any  Devonshire  mai- 
den uf  tweaty.  She  was  boni  in  Cornwall, 
England,  and  his  father  in  Devonshire. 
They  are  both  now  living  in  their  home  at 
Corbyville.  Our  subject  was  educated  at 
Plymouth,  England.  He  jiuued  the  old 
Belleville  rifle  company  at  its  inception,  and 
attended  the  military  school  at  Toront4», 
under  Colonel  Peacock,  and  took  a  tirst-class 
certificate.  He  went  to  Amhenttbnrg  during 
the  Fenian  raid  of  18^34  in  his  old  company, 
under  the  command  of  Major  Leveoconte. 
Oul.  Urown  was  then  lieutenant,  and  the 
present  minister  of  customs  was  ensign.  Our 
subject  remained  at  Amhemtburg  for  four 
months,  acting  as  drill  mstnictor  ;  and  in 
184)8,  havtui^  been  promoted  ensign,  went  to 
Aultsvillo  with  his  company.  Ue  waa  pro* 
motet]  to  the  captaincy  of  Xo.  ]  company, 
on  the  formation  of  the  40th  battalioti.  He 
is  a  Koynl  .\rch  Mason,  Eureka  beini;  his 
mother  ItHlge.  of  which  he  is  past  maatifr. 
anit  on  retiring  from  the  chair,  was  pre- 
sented with  a  very  elegant  past  msattir'f 
jewel.  He  ia  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
KngUnd.  On  the  10th  November,  IfiHib. 
he  married   Mary  Ann,  eldest  daughter  ol 


102 


A  crctoPAfviA  or 


Henry  Mayo,  of  Beltevitln,  and  the  fmiti 
of  the  union  are  seven  hoys.  At  the  briic- 
ade  camp  in  1883,  he  was  presented  with 
a  bandaome  portrait  of  hiiusolf,  in  »nl,  hy 
Sairyer.  The  following  extraaia  we  take 
from  the  speech  delivered  by  Major  Hambly 
in  reply  to  the  address  presented  to  liitu 
on  the  occasion  :—**  The  material  of  wliioh 
the  Canadian  volunteer  force  ia  compnaed 
is,  doubtless,  second  to  none  the  wurld  can 
produce ;  but  under  the  present  system 
of  organization,  it  fails  to  secure  that  e.<prU 
which  would  result  from  diHci]>line,  and 
there  can  be  no  discipline  while  oliicers  con- 
tinue ttj  be  so  dependent  on  the  incUnaliun 
of  their  men,  when  called  upon  for  duty.  The 
necessity  for  freijuent  resort  to  humiliating 
persuasion,  places  the  officer  under  fuch  a 
compliment  oa  to  render  reproof  for  indis- 
cipline out  of  the  (luestion.  I  have  heard 
ofticers,  in  attempting  a  mtisterfor  command- 
ing otlicer*8  parade,  receive  the  most  insolent 
abuse.  Authority  will  say,  why  didn't  the 
injured  individual  have  the  utTenderbrouijht 
before  ma  1  The  officer  answers,  *  Well,  the 
fact  ia,  he  happens  to  be  a  neighbour  of 
mine,  and  exercises  s«mie  intinence  among 
the  company,  and  if  I  attempt  a  punish- 
ment, it  will  be  the  last  time  ha  and  his 
friends  will  turn  out  with  me.'  And  so  the 
matter  enda.  The  effect  of  such  a  proceed- 
ing on  those  who  knuw  of  it,  is,  of  course, 
ao  bad  as  to  need  nu  comment.  What  should 
wedo  ?  Well,  I  consider  that,  AS  the  state  pro- 
tects every  man  in  the  pursuit  of  his  avoca- 
tion in  life,  every  man  owes  to  the  state,  in 
return,  a  certain  amount  of  military  duty, 
and  it  should  be  given,  whether  he  likes  it 
or  not.  There  ia  no  necessity  for  exacting 
any  unreaoonablo  (wriod  for  drill.  Four 
months  is  sufficient  to  render  any  man  of 
ordinary  intelligence  competent  in  drill  and 
the  performance  of  duty,  such  as  i^uard, 
etc.,  but  these  four  months  should  be  con- 
Emitot^,  and  in  brit;nde.  Having  served  his 
four  months,  he  should  have  b  written  dis- 
charge, and  bo  relieved  fnun  further  duty, 
except  in  the  event  of  abi'uhit'C  neersnitif^  in 
which  event,  having  kept  his  commandmg 
officer  notified  of  his  change  of  residence, 
should  he  make  one,  he  might  be  held  avail- 
able, and  called  upon  for  duty.  There 
would  be  no  neceaaity,  perhaps,  f(»r  increas- 
ing the  annual  vote.  Lot  a  r[Uota  be  gather- 
ed from  each  district,  in  such  numbers  as 
the  vote  would  permit  of.  The  men  could 
be  balloted  for  duty,  which,  perhaps,  would 
be  the  least  objectionable  mode.  They 
might  be  warned  for  duty,  three  months 
in  advance  of  the  gathering.     So  gathered 


and    drilled    these    men,    whenever    cftll 
upon  in  after  life,  could  bo  bron«jht^ogelh«r 
in  a  few  days,  tit  for  the  mint  serious  duty. 
They    would   go  home  disciplined,  entitled 
to  the  respect  of  their  fellow  countrymen, 
Hud  having  a  proper  respect  for  themaelvei, 
conscious  and  proud  of  the  knowledgfl  thejT 
had    acfiuired.     No   one  could   taunt  the 
with  having    misspent   their  timo,   or  wi 
having   he«n  enticed   from    home   thnmg 
their  %'anity   for  a   uniform,   or   from    an; 
childish  craving  for  novelty.     They  wonl 
have  gone,  <m  a  mutter  of  dni}j^  without  an; 
nonsense  about  it,  and  no  father  would  o 
ject  to  his  H<ui's  per/'^-rmiruj  this  fhtty.     Har 
ing  aopiired  habits  of  ubeilieuce  and  system^' 
he  would,  iu  the  great  majurity  of  inatancea, 
return  home  a  better  son,  and  an  instrnmenti 
for  the  dissemination  of  a  properly  und 
stood  regard  for  the  force."     Those  arc  wiae, 
practical   and  timely    words,  and    we  trust 
that  they  will  <x>me  for  perusal  before   the 
eyes  of  many  an   officer  and  man  in  o 
militia  service. 

Farrnn,  Wtlllatn  Wnllacc,  Clinton, 
was  b*-jrn  on  the  I'Jth  of  Nor.,  1834,  in 
township  of  Oanabruck,  Str»rmont,  Ont*rio 
The  i)reci»e  locality  of  hia  birth  is  now  call 
Farran's    Point.      He  is  a  son   of   Charlei' 
C.    Farrao,    who    conducted    flouring   and 
grist   mills.     Mr.   Farran  had  also  engaged 
iu    farming,  and    in    lumbering.      Ue    died 
in  August,  1383,  at  the  age  of  75.      Ue  waa 
born,  liko  his  son,  at  Farrau's  Point.     Our 
subject  was  educated  at  the  public  school  in 
his  native  place,  at  the  Cornwall  (Jrammar, 
and  a  High  School  in  New  York  state.     He 
was  first  employed  at  seventeen  years  of  ago, 
under  Tom  8.  Uubidge,  C.  K.,  on  the  sur- 
veys of  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway,  and  wa« 
ihuseiigttged  for  about  threu  years,   tie  then 
acted  under  William  Ellis,  C.K.,  on  the  con- 
struction of  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway  at 
Prescolt,  where  he  had  charge,  as  resident 
engineer, ^uf  a  section  ;  siibsecjuently,  when 
that  section  was  completed,  ho  had  charge 
another   section    at   Mallorytown.    west 
Brockville,  on  the  Grand  Trunk  Rallway.J 
After  completion  of  this  work  in  the  fall 
1H50,   he    was   employed  under    George  G. 
Dixon,  chief  engineer  of  the  Brockville  and 
Ottawa  Railroad,  as  resident  engineer,  ia 
charge  of  the  construction  of  a  section  i 
Carleton  Place.     In  February,  1858.  hewi 
employed    by  the  iirm   of   Wilson,  Row 
Co.,  cimtractors,    as  engineer,  to  conatru 
about   one  hundred  and  twenty-four 
of  county  gravel  roads,  iu    the   County 
Huron,  and  this  enterprise  occupied  abou! 
three  years.     Mr.   Farian   was  one  of 


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CA  a  AVIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


1113 


^leeaUVin.  in  tSOL,  in  oil  lands,  I 
Um  disooveiy  of  petroleum  in  the  j 
CvoBly  of  LuabtoQ  the  previous  y<^^.  JUid 
iJkm  aid  oC  an  aged  American,  vho  had 
wed  a  process,  as  he  thought, 
g  the  ooal  oil  ur  petruloum, 
oebced  the  cooatructioa  of  an  oil 
_  ,  There  were  three  oil  retinenea 
ih  in  ld4)1,  and  theae  three  went  into 
flperation  at  the  same  time.  George  S.  Jar- 
rxk.  oi  Corawall  (ion  of  the  lato  Judge 
Jart^>,  wma  our  subject's  partner  in  this 
vtntoro.  This  waa  a  difficult  undertaking, 
tb«  manufacture  of  Canadian  petnjleuoi 
khao  in  its  infancy.  In  November,  1864, 
partDera  abandoned  the  oil  aprini^B  and 
■ntd  oat.  1>n  the  Ist  of  December,  18G4,  he 
VM  appoinieti  division  court  clerk  at  Clin- 
lo«,  (kmaiy  of  Huron,  by  the  late  Judge 
OooEMtr,  M»d  this  office  he  has  since  held.  In 
1816,  be  aerred  as  councillor  in  the  village 
il  OtitttoD,  and  was  reeve  of  Clinton  for  the 
auouueding  six  years.  After  Clinton  had 
txicorporate<l  as  a  town,  he  was 
for  p*rt  of  a  year  to  fill  an  unexpired 
la  N*>veail>er,  1882,  he  joined  D.  F. 
Mmtfmrmn  and  C.  E.  Btwey,  in  the  Clin- 
ttm  fouadfy  and  agricultural  impleraont 
aamifactory,  the  firm  being  known  as  Far- 
raOy  Macphera'jn  &  lluvcy,  they  having 
t»cii—  aucoea»)ni  of  Glsjigow,  Maopheraou 
A  Co.,  asUbliahed  m  1862.  In  thi«  bu^iuew 
•vibject  iM  now  engaged.  In  May,  1883, 
joined  J.  P.  TiaJall  in  thei  buaineaa  of 
Tai«  banking  in  Clinton,  under  the  style 
«tf  Farrao  A  Tisdall,  and  is  alsu  atill  en- 
caged in  private  banking.  In  religion  he 
m  m  nwabar  uf  the  Church  of  England.  He 
iBBCfWd  oo  the  24th  January,  1867.  Ellen, 
(laMfbitsrr  of  Dr.  Archibald,  Dickenson's 
County  Sturnmnt.  The  life  of 
maat  be  stimulating  reA<ling  to 
ttg  man  with  ability  and  ambition  ; 

tieon  H  vorv  (iucot»*sful  "me. 

«r,  t-Ilina  %Vehcr  Bln|ecninn« 

'       It's.  <hitariu,  ruprcsuntative 

House  of   Asaembly  for  the 

'•I  .^  TTti  Waterloo,  wjia  bt»rn  du  the 

t9Ul  Jane,  ItM'J,  in  the  town  of  Waterloo. 

t'v.  Ontario.    He  is  the  eldest 

i-ter  and   Hannah,  his  wif«, 

Our  siibjuct,  we   may  say, 

an  iihl    Swia*  family  that 

datti  to  try  their  fortunea 

new    land    of    .\merica.     Jacob   S. 

tho  ui^^udfatherof  K.  W.  B.  Snider. 

>    PennNytvania  to  Waterloo 

•.  in  th»«  year   1806,     Here 

ba  wttt«~l  iloAn  on  a  farm,  which,   under 

hl^  thrift  and  iaUlliTence,  maintained  his 


€. 


family  in  comfort  Young  Snider,  the  grand- 
son, our  subject,  waa  sent  to  the  common 
school  in  the  town  of  Waterloo,  and  being  a 
diligent  boy  of  good  intellectual  cai>acity,  he 
waa  equipped  with  a  sound  education  when 
his  school  days  came  to  an  end.  Some  time 
after  thia  he  turned  his  attention  to  milling 
at  German  Mills,  and  he  continued  at  auch 
occupation  with  rery  fair  success  till  1871, 
when  he  moved  to  St.  Jacob's,  where  be  atill 
continued  his  milling  operations.  Good 
ability,  industry  and  untiring  attention  to 
business  have  borne  Mr.  Snider  their  fruita, 
and  he  takes  a  very  prominent  place  in  the 
occupation  which  he  has  chosen,  t^n  the 
I9th  of  April,  1864,  be  married  Nancy 
Weber,  dau-^hter  of  David  Weber,  of  Water- 
loo township.  Mr.  Snider  has,  from  early 
yeara,  we  have  been  informed,  interested 
himself  in  politics,  and  given  serious  and 
careful  attention  to  public  questions.  At 
the  bye-election  for  North  Waterloo,  in 
June,  1881,  he  offered  himself  for  the  legis- 
lature, and  waa  elected.  His  course  met 
the  eapectationa  of  hia  conatituonta,  and 
he  waa  reelected  in  1883.  He  ia  a  care- 
ful, clear-headed  representative,  and  hia 
opinion  always  carries  weight  in  the  Houae, 
and  ia  received  with  resjject  by  every  one. 
He  is  a  Liberal,  and  in  thorough  accord  with 
the  Honourable  Oliver  Mowat  as  leader  uf 
hia  party. 

Chaplcuu,  Hon.  Joacpli  Adolphe, 
LL.D.,  Q.C,  P.C.,  Secrt'tary  uf  8tale  for 
Canada,  was  born  at  Sic.  Thereso  de  Btaiu- 
ville.  Terrebonne,  province  of  Quebec,  on 
the  9th  of  November,  iM().  M.  Ohapleau'i 
ancestors  came  from  France,  and  were  oarly 
settlers  in  the  seigniory  of  Terrebonne.  He 
received  his  education  at  the  cotletfea  of 
Terrebonne  and  St.  Hyacinthe,  and  waa  a 
very  brilliant  lad  at  achiMil.  After  having 
completed  hia  education,  he  was  entered  aa 
a  student-atlaw.  He  applie<l  himself  very 
diliij'ently  to  the  study  of  bin  profession,  and 
more  than  (me  who  observed  the  handsome, 
commanding,  aiWery-tongued  Bt.ud<«ut,  pre- 
dicted laurels  for  him  in  the  legul  prufewiun. 
Others  aaid.  **the  lo^al  pntfeiuioti  will  not 
hold  him  ftir  itaeU.  The  public  sphere  alime 
will  satisfy  auch  abilities  and  auch  ambition 
aa  ho  poaaeasea.''  In  1861  he  ivns  called  to 
the  bar  of  Liowor  Canada,  and  twelve  years 
later  waa  created  a  Queen's  ccinmellor.  Ho 
was  the  laat  president  of  the  litsiiiiil  Cuia* 
dien  Fraugata  of  Montreal.  (In  wav  created 
Cummanderof  the  U^giunof  llononr,  Prance, 
on  the  10th  November,  1882,  and  Comman- 
der of  the  OMer  of  St.  Gregory  the  Great 
(Roman)  in  1881.     He  was  oleoled  by  acda- 


194 


A  CYCLOFyEDlA   OF 


mation  a  member  of  the  Quebec  legislature 
for  the  County  of  Terrrtbonne  iu  September, 
1867f  and  cnterod  the  udininistration  of  that 
pnjviuw  on  27th  February,  187ii.  aa  eolici 
tor->;uueral,  whioh  position  he  held  till  St^p- 
tember  of  the  following  year.  The  Uuiniet 
government  then  retigued,  and  he  with  i(. 
On  the  27th  January,  1876,  he  entered  the 
De  BoucherviUe  government  as  provincial 
secretary  and  registrar.  This  position  ho 
held  until  the  dismiaaal  of  the  goTernment 
by  Lieutenant-Governor  Letellier  in  1878. 
He  then  became  leader  of  the  Conservative 
opposition,  and  was  ever  a  terror  to  the  politi- 
ciU  existence  of  M.  Joly.  Some  of  the  moat 
eloquent,  iiery  and  able  ■(>eecfae«  that  have 
ever  been  heard  in  any  of  our  provincial  le- 
gislatures  was  delivered  by  M.  Chapleaii 
against  the  HoMgta^  their  principles,  and  chief 
of  all,  against  their  leader.  He  was  not  alone 
powerful  as  an  orator,  but  he  was  consum- 
mate tnytMe&te,  in  the  art  of  managing,  hold* 
ing  together,  and  making  his  way  through 
dangerous  and  labyrinthine  places.  M. 
Joly  could  not  stand  against  such  a  man. 
We  are  in  the  habit  of  looking  upon  M. 
Joly  and  his  Roage  following  as  victims  r>f 
the  Conservative  bias  of  the  Legislative 
Council.  But  notwithstanding  that,  the 
action  of  the  legislative  Council  was  the 
immediate  cause  of  M.  Joly's  downfall,  the 
overthrow  of  the  Rougts^  the  man  who 
undermined  that  party,  discredited  it  before 
the  country,  and  made  ita  existence  impos- 
sible, was  J.  A.  Ohapleau.  During  the 
nineteen  months  of  M.  Joly's  administra- 
tion, M.  Chapleaii  never  lost  a  day  during 
and  between  the  sessions  of  the  House,  in 
his  vigorous  denunciation  of  M.  LetuUier's 
ooi(/>  d'etat.  Hu  overran  the  province,  at- 
tending hundreds  of  meetings  and  carrying 
diamay  into  the  very  strongholds  of  the 
Liberal  party,  and  during  the  whole  of  that 
period  he  never  lost  one  of  his  followers  in 
spite  of  all  the  temptations  that  were  un- 
ceasingly oiferod  to  them.  When  the /i(/ti^<M 
fell,  Lieutenant-Governor  Kobitaille,  who 
had  succeeded  the  deposed  M.  l>etellier 
St.  Just,  called  upon  M.  Chapleau  to  form 
an  administration.  Be  remained  premier 
and  minister  of  agriculture  and  public  works 
until  1882,  when  his  health  became  so  poor 
that  he  was  obliged  to  throw  the  corroding 
cares  of  leadership  uff  his  shoulders.  He 
resigned,  and  M.  Mousseau  succeeded  him  as 
premier.  He  then  entered  the  iVivy 
Council,  as  secretary  of  statu  for  Canada, 
succeeding  M.  Muusseau,  who  had  succeeded 
liim  in  the  premiership.  In  July,  18S4,  he 
waa  appointed  a  commisaioner  to  proceed  to 


Ijritish  Columbia  for  the  purp<»se  of  im- 
vestigating  and  reporting  upon  Chineae  im- 
migration to  Canada.  M.  Chaploaa  has  not 
devoted  his  time  exclusively  to  politics,  but 
has  been  connected  witli  several  private  en- 
terprises. He  wwtf  among  uther  like  offices, 
n  direct(>r  <jf  the  Laurentides  Railway  Com* 
pany,  and  uf  Le  Credit  Foncier  du  Bas 
Canada.  He  Is  a  director  of  the  Pontiac  and 
Pacific  Junction  Railway,  and  the  vice- 
president  of  Lo  Credit  Foncier  Franco-Caua- 
dion.  He  was  at  one  time  a  professor  of 
criminal  jurisprudence,  and  he  now  holds 
the  cliair  of  international  law  in  Lav&l  Cni- 
vorsity,  Montreal  section.  He  has  the  de- 
gree of  doctor  of  civil  law  in  that  instita- 
tion.  Those  who  predicted  a  brillisnt  career 
for  M.  Chapleau,  on  seeing  his  deportment 
at  college,  and  at  a  law  student's  desk,  have 
not  seen  their  forecoatings  unfulfilled.  ^L 
Chapleau  is  probably  the  ablest  French  ora- 
tor in  the  Dominion  of  Canada  ;  while  there>j 
are  few  men,  perhaps  there  is  not  one  ma: 
in  the  House  of  Commons,  whom  the  wri 
would  rather  listen  to,  talking  in  Eng 
than  he.  M .  Chapleau  is  a  bom  orator.  I 
build,  in  the  pose  of  his  head,  the  sway  of  h 
body,  he  is  an  orator.  But  the  greater  qualid' 
cations  lie  behind  titese.  He  ia  eloquent, 
fiery,  impsasioued.  tluont,  and  he  has 
knack  of  throwing  a  sentimentality  throu^ 
every  sentence  he  utters.  Add  t^i  this  a  clear, 
powerful,  musical  voice,  every  tone  of  which 
falls  upon  your  ear  distinctly  as  the  note  of 
a  silver  bell.  M.  Chapleau  married  in 
November,  1874,  Marie  Louise,  daughter  irf 
Lieutunant-Colonel  King,  brigade  major, 
Sherbrooke. 

nvDonuld,  Rev.  Alex.  Dou8:liUs 
Seaforth,  Province  of  Ontario,  was  boru  oaj 
Nov.  ;»th,  1832.  in  the  ciUdol,  Quebec.  His 
parents  were  John  and  Isabella  (Douglas) 
McDonald,  and  they  died  before  our  sub- 
ject attained  his  eighth  year.  His  father 
had  been  a  bandmaster  in  the  71Uh  Highland 
regiment,  and  was  present  at  the  battles  of 
Cunuina  and  Waterloo.  The  regiment  was 
ordered  home,  and  bandmaster  McDonald 
remained  in  Canada,  In  18^7  he  joined 
the  Queen's  Own  RiHes,  under  Col.  Kings- 
mill,  t-o  aid  in  the  suppression  of  McKenaie'a 
rebellion.  For  his  service  in  the  army  he 
received  a  pension  of  twu  shillings  a  day, 
and  a  grant  of  land,  consisting  of  200  acresi^ 
in  the  township  of  Clarke,  County  of  Dur-fl 
ham.  Shortly  after  the  rebellion  was  over,™ 
this  worthy  man  died.  Our  subject  liad  a 
brother  seven  years  older  than  himself,  and 
he  died  many  years  ago.  After  his  father's 
death,  A.  D.  McDoniJd  went  into  the  coun. 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


195 


mnd  lived  witb  a  farmer,  where  he  work* 
for  his  board  till  he  wu  eighteen  ye&rs 
itf  bccl  He  then  oommenoed  hia  atndiefl, 
Id  tb«  fftoe  of  almoat  every  dttticulty.  He 
■ttitlJuJ  &  Bchm^l  at  Tttronto,  known  aa 
tk*  Toronto  Aoftdamy,  under  the  charge  of 
^kc  Uto  ProfeMor  Gale,  Knox  College. 
J^or  AMoe  yean  after  he  had  cmnmenced 
Ilea,  he  worked  on  the  fariu  during 
liner,  and  attended  the  academy 
the  Tint«r.  Ue  tHUght  school  on 
irth  Ofinceaaion  of  Rienhi^im,  dur- 
«nmmers  of  1S53  and  18o4  ;  and 
^xmn^  the  tainmer  of  1855  he  waa  employ- 
•d  H  a  niiasionary.  and  preached  at  VVeet- 
port  and  Newbnrgh.  In  1850  and  1867  he 
ir«a  aunjouary  »t  CuUingwo'Hl  and  Brsd- 
fpld.  After  graduating  from  Knox  College 
intlMapringof  I85J^,  he  waa  employed  aa 
of  the  late  Dr.  Bayne,  of  Knox 
Gall  During  the  summer  he  waa 
by  the  Hamilton  presbytery,  and 
hlOfltobor  of  that  year  he  weut  to  preach  at 
t,  Hurun  county.  In  April,  185l\ 
ordained  miniater  of  Willia  Church, 
and  remained  there  until  April, 
During  eii,'ht  yeara  of  that  time  he 
srk  of  the  Huron  presbytery,  and 
lt«ndent  of  common  schools  iu  the 
of  Clinton  and  township  of  Tucker* 
Iu  AuKuat,  1869,  tlie  Rev.  Mr.  Mc- 
Donald was  settled  aa  pastor  of  Knox 
AlHvll,  Elura,  and  acted  for  some  years  as 
Aatliuan  of  the  High  School  Board  there. 
In  April.  1871*,  he  wu  called  to,  and  was  in- 
dnetod  as  pastor  of,  the  First  Presbyterian 
chvrdb,  8<*af'irth.  and  in  this  p<:)jiitiun  he 
mna^va  atill.  Durin*^  the  year  iHKii  he  fill- 
ad  the  peoition  of  moderator  of  the  Synod 
ol  Hamilton  and  London  ;  and  he  has  aoted 
aft  BflAforih  for  twn  years  as  chairman  of  the 
HSfh  Scbuoi  B<«rd.  Xu  IHHO  his  congroga- 
tioD  a*  ;>  to  (treat  Britain,  and 

wbiW  *  The  V>e-st  known  cities 

of  £liiEi*n<3,  irei  iii'i  aiitt  Scotland.  In  18^2 
b*  travctUad  through  Manitoba  and  the 
KDrth-Weat,  going  aa  far  as  ^I(H>se  Jaw. 
Ua  has  been  aJl  hia  life  a  Presbyterian.  Mr. 
HcDwaald  was  married  at  Pans  on  the  t23rd 
of  JaiM*  Vd&i.  til  Agnes  Cavan,  third  daugh- 
fear  «C  Jacn«a  Caran,  of  Paris.  The  fruit  of 
is  ten  obildrrn,  four  uf  whom 
The  i*Jdrst  s<tn  is  emjlMytHl  as 
m  the  wholenale  «*«f  ftl 

MacK**and    A'  Co.  ^4. 

•i)D  is  b<jok'ku«per  milU  .lolin 
BMrcfaant,  Winnijfeg,  and  throe 
OCImV  boya,  and  ihoyonntfest,  a  girl,  are  atill 
at  h»1>.  The  life  of  Kev.  Mr.  McUmiatd 
iIimIj    afauws  what  can   be  do&«  through 


siaaB^vi 


peraeverance  under  adverse  oiroumataooea, 
and  is  a  good  example  that  might  be  fol- 
lowed with  advantage  by  many  of  theyouui; 
men  now  studying  for  the  ministry. 

Titiigaay.Abbc,  LL.D.  F.RS.C,  etc, 
Ottawa,  thu  celebrated  French-Canadian 
genealogist,  was  born  in  Quebec  in  1811*.  In 
1839  he  gradusted  at  the  Seminary  of  Que- 
bec. Whilst  at  college  he  is  aaid  to  have 
exhibited  great  diligence  atid  paiuataking, 
and  these  traita  might  be  taken  as  the  fore- 
shadowing of  what  he  was  afterwards  to  be- 
come in  the  literary  sphere.  Our  subject 
had  for  fellow-studenta  E.  J.  Uoran.  after- 
wards bishop  of  Kingston,  and  the  Honour- 
able Joseph  Cauchou,  late  lieutenant-gover- 
nor of  Manitoba.  On  the  Uth  May,  1643, 
he  was  ordained  priest,  and  he  afterwards 
became  curr  missionary  of  the  parishes  of 
St.  Raymond  and  St.  Basile,  Portneuf 
connty,  Rimouski,  St.  Michel,  of  Belle- 
chasse,  and  St.  Hcncdine,  County  of  Dor- 
Chester.  The  first  of  our  subjoec's  works 
saw  tlie  light  a  short  time  before  his  ordina- 
tion to  the  sacred  ministry.  '*  It  had," 
says  Benjamin  Suite,  "  reference  to  the 
correspondence  of  his  con//erc.  M.  Bolduc, 
a  missionary  in  Oregon,  and  was  entitled 
*  An  Account  of  a  Voyajto  from  Quebec  ti> 
Oregon,  around  South  America.'  "  '*  Na- 
tural history."  continues  M.  Suite,  "  waa  a 
subject  which  had  great  attractions  fur  him  ; 
he  obtained  many  interesting  things  frt^tm 
different  parts  of  the  world  bearing  up(.>n 
this  science.  One  of  his  curiosities  in  this 
respect  was  the  fossil  of  a  sea-elephant, 
which  he  presentod  to  the  University  of 
IavsI.  This  fosul  was  found  in  1853  iu  the 
6eld  of  a  farmer  at  Rimouski,  about  300 
feet  above  the  level  of  the  St.  Lawrence, 
and  6ve  miles  in  the  interior  of  Pointe  au 
Pere,  of  Rimouski.  Tliis  fossil  was  seut  to 
the  exposition  iu  Paris  in  1855.  There  are 
many  memorials  of  the  activity  and  patriot- 
ism of  Abbe  Tanguayat  Rimouski,  of  which 
we  may  particularly  mention  the  maguifi- 
c^*nt  church  there  to-day,  used  as  the  cathe- 
dral of  the  diocese  ;  also  the  collej^e  tliere 
was  founded  by  him,  which,  since  1855,  has 
received  a  government  subsidy,  as  well  as 
the  convent  of  the  Indies  of  thecongregatiou 
at  that  place.''  llow  well  his  tastes  snd 
instinota  fitted  him  for  the  task  which  waa 
to  make  his  name  so  prominent  in  letters, 
we  learn  from  the  same  authority,  fie 
says:-** One  might  naturally  ask,  when 
and  how  did  the  idea  of  a  genealogical  dic- 
tionary coma  to  enter  his  mmd  I  It  was  an 
idea  which,  wo  might  say,  was  stamped  in 
his  mind   whan  his  existence  began,  wliich 


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A  CTCLOFJ^DIA  OF 


waa  in  keeping  with  the  peculiar  taate  and 
talent  of  his  boyhood.  When  very  young 
he  wai  remarked  for  hia  curioaiiy  and  in- 
terest in  finding  out  the  nainoB  of  his  neigh- 
bours and  their  ancestors.  These  facts 
would  be  so  impressed  on  his  mind  that  in 
conversation  he  would,  to  the  astunishmeut 
of  all,  correct  errors  made  by  a^ed  persons 
with  regard  to  the  names  of  their  relatives 
or  ancestors  of  two  or  three  generations 
Icwck.  This  peculiar  talent  was  combined 
with  the  qu&lifioatiun  of  being  able  to  rapid- 
ly arrange  catalogues,  clear  and  oonciae, 
giving  the  information  he  had  obtained  ;  he 
w&B  a  statistician  by  nature.  He  was  re- 
garded by  bis  family  in  the  light  of  a  loalh- 
imj  tlidioiianj,  and  he  had  the  same  reputa- 
tion at  collej^e  among  his  fellow  •students. 
He  was  sent  to  the  College  of  Ste.  Anne  de 
la  Pocaticre,  at  the  age  of  nine  years,  and 
was  the  youngest  pupil  there.  It  waa  the 
year  when  thia  educational  institution  waa 
first  opened.  About  twenty  years  from  that 
time,  it  happened  that  a  list  of  the  pupils 
who  first  outered  this  college  waa  re<|uired, 
and  those  interested  in  the  matter  were 
astonished  to  find  tliat  Abbe  Tanguny  pos- 
sessed a  complete  list.  It  apppeared  also, 
that  during  the  three  months  which  he 
spent  at  the  college,  he  had  made  a  note  of 
many  little  circumstances,  which  were  after- 
wards interesting  in  connection  with  the 
history  of  the  collegw.**  The  extent  of  the 
labour  of  this  distinguished  gentleman  in 
the  preparation  of  his  Genealogical  Diction- 
ary  of  the  old  French -Canadian  families,  is 
simjily  amazing  to  colt  tern  pi  atft.  He  has 
nc-t  alone  visited  every  port  of  this  con- 
tinent whereto  it  waa  necessary  to  go  for  the 
verification  of  dates,  births,  marriages  and 
other  incidents,  but  he  has  been  in  Kurope, 
where  lie  conducted  the  moat  painstaking 
investigations  in  public  and  private  libraries, 
baptismal  registers  and  other  church  records. 
The  dictionary  is  not  intended  to  be  a  bio- 
graphy ;  it  is  entirely  genealogical,  con- 
taining reliable  information  in  this  respect. 
It  is  universal  in  its  object,  that  is,  it  oa- 
Bociates  itself  with  all  clossus  uf  people.  The 
work,  so  far  as  it  is  advanced,  embraces  one 
hundred  years  in  volnme,  the  first  which 
lias  been  published.  The  second  and  third 
volumes  will  soon  appear,  comprisinganother 

f»eriod  of  sixty  years,  and  these  will  be  fol- 
owed  by  three  more  volumes,  which  will 
extend  to  the  present  century  ;  its  comple- 
tion is,  therefore,  being  rapidly  realized. 
The  more  the  diotioimry  advances,  the  more 
interesting  and  important  it  will  be.  There 
are  very  few  works  of  which  so  much  con  be 


predicted.  ^*  It  is  natural  that  the  French 
Canadian  portion  of  the  population,"  we 
quote  again  M.  Suite's  words,  which  we 
cordially  endorse,  **  of  Canada  should  highly 
appreciate  thoir  countryman ,  Abbe  Tonguay, 
to  whom  they  are  in  so  special  a  manner  in- 
debted, his  literary  labours  having  been 
wholly  directed  to  their  benefit  and  honour, 
and  it  must  be  most  gratifying  to  them  am 
well  as  to  their  benefactor  Ut  find  that  the 
literary  men  of  the  Knglishapeoking  jiopu 
lation  of  Canada,  as  woU  as  of  America,  are 
not  insensible  to  the  important  and  valuabl 
services,  in  a  literary  and  historical  point  of 
view,  which  Abbe  Tanguay  has  rendered  tu 
society.  They  view  with  envy,  combined 
with  admiration,  the  Genealogical  Diction- 
ary, and  thfir  rei^ret  is  that  ptfculiar  circum- 
stances should  exist  which  make  it  impos- 
sible for  the  dictionary  to  embrace  generally 
the  ancestry  (»f  the  English,  Irish  and  Sootoh 
Canadian."  Upon  the  following  circum- 
stances was  the  book  planned  and  the  autlior 
guided.  There  were  four  distinct  groups 
constituting  the  French  population  found 
in  Canada  during  the  seventeenth  century, 
vix. ,  first,  that  of  Acadia  in  1(504  ;  second, 
of  Qnoboc  in  1608  ;  third,  of  Three  Rivers 
in  1635 ;  and  fourth,  of  Montreal  in  1641. 
In  1700  the  Canadians  (embracing  only 
three  groups)  had  spread  themselves  over  a 
large  extent  of  country,  around  the  great 
lakes,  towards  the  south-west,  and  had  be- 
gun to  lay  foundations  of  lai^e  establish- 
ments which  have  ever  since  been  continu- 
ally increasing.  To  keep  track  of  these 
groups,  it  was  necessary  to  follow  them  f>ver 
an  extent  of  territory,  which  in  a  direct  line 
would  exceed  3,0(K)  miles  ;  and  to  classify 
the  distinct  families,  their  descent  from 
generation  to  generation  had  to  be  carefully 
traced.  For  example,  a  man  born  in  FraDC« 
was  married  in  Acadia,  went  to  reside  in 
Quebec,  where  his  children  were  baptized  ; 
removed  afterwards  to  Montreal,  where  liis 
wife  died  ;  he  married  again  in  Detroit,  and 
at  lost  he  himself  died  in  some  parish  on 
the  banks  of  the  Ohio  or  Mississippi,  where 
some  of  his  children  settled,  while  others 
had  remained  in  the  valley  of  the  St.  Law- 
rence. 

Tidal,  Hon.  Alexander,  of  Samia, 
member  of  the  Senate  of  the  Dominion 
of  Canada,  was  born  at  Bruoknell,  Berk- 
shire, England,  on  the  4th  of  August, 
1819.  He  is  the  eldest  surviving  son  of  th» 
late  Captain  Richard  Kmeric  Vidal,  R.N. 
The  family,  of  Spanish  origin,  emigrated 
to  England  iu  the  latter  part  of  the  seven- 
teenth  century.     In  1834  Captain    Vidftl» 


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CANADIAN  BlOGRAFHl, 


197 


aooomp#niod  by  hii  wife  Mid  family,  came 
to  Caciad*,  and  settled  iu  Sarnia.  Senator 
Vul&l  received  hit  educational  training  in 
'  Mathematical  School,  Christ's 
t*  n  London.  England,  and  studied, 

rJ.  .  \  .,i:ithematic3,  navigation,  and  nauti- 
cu,  ,i<kiTMiMim,v,  viLh  the  view  of  cnlering 
thd  nav^y.  In  1837  he  aerved  lUi  a  private 
in  the  militia,  when  it  was  called  out  to 
■Qppreia  the  rebellion  of  that  year ;  and 
wmm  promoted  afterwarda,  step  by  atop, 
antfl  be  gained  the  rank  of  lieut«nant- 
colooel  in  the  Lamhton  roaervo  mih'tia, 
wludi  he  Btm  holds.  In  1^43  Air.  Vidal 
wBt  lieeoaed  a«  a  provincial  land  surveyor, 
and  for  ten  yeauv  followed  this  profession. 
During  this  period  he  was  employed  by  the 
Hovammeait  to  survey  part«  of  the  town- 
akips  of  Bentinok  and  Olenelg,  the  township 
of  Saage«n,  the  town  plot  of  Saalt  Sto. 
l^uia,  and  all  the  mining  locations  on  the 
oocih  shore  of  Lake  Huron  and  River  Ste. 
HAne.  He  also  aooompanicd  Captain  Ander- 
•ott  to  the  north  shores  of  L:}ke8  Uurou  and 
Buperior,  as  commUsioners,  to  arrange  with 
th«  Indians  fur  the  transfer  of  lands  to  the 
<~  i':.iJian  Ouvemmfnt.  In  1853  he  was  ap- 
-  -d  treasurer  of  the  County  of  Lambton, 
ana  la  still  the  trusted  and  faithful  servant 
of  hia  ooimtv.  In  1861  Mr.  Vidal  pre- 
aaiit«d  himself  as  a  candidate  for  election 
to  the  House  of  Assembly,  and  was  defeated; 
bat  in  18fi3  he  was  elected  to  the  Legislative 
CooDoU,  for  the  St.  Clair  division,  which 
•1  lli^  counties  of  Lambton  and 
X  :  this  seat  he  held  until 
rmn  of  the  provinces,  when 
isUitve  Gottncil  was  abolished  and 
itc  BsUblished  In  the  year  1853 
aelected  as  sg<^Qt  for  the  Bank  of 
ip«r  Csnada,  in  Samia,  and  held  this 
ic9  until  the  bank  clost»d  its  doors,  in 
This  saine  jvar  he  was  appointed 
for  tlie  U^nk  of  Montreal,  and  re- 
tliis  position  in  1874,  with  the  view 
ig  fre«  to  nttrnd  his  parliamentary 
hf*  having  Iwon  appointed  to  the 
in  January.  1873.  Hon.  Mr.  Vidal 
inected  himself  with  the  tcm]>erance 
•n»  III  iHin  nml  has  been  ever  since 
f  total  abstinence,  and 
kor.  Ufth  in  and  out 
Senate,  lu  prtuuoting  prohibitory 
fctjnn  In  IS74  he  liatl  the  honour  of 
:il  t^tiiiperance  conveu- 
,  .>f  Montreal,  that  year; 
:<:u  ^Uiuually  elected  president 
inion  Alliance  for  the  Suppres- 
Lt'jnor  Ttallic,  since  its  forma- 
in   1^7Ci.     He    was   president  of  the 


English  Loan  Company,  from  the  tirst  year 
it  opened  its  ofhce  in  London,  Ont.  In 
1880  the  Senator  visited  Britain,  and  was 
well  received  by  his  many  friends  ;  and  he 
and  Sir  Charloa  Tuppor  wore  entertained  at  a 
public  broakfost  given  in  their  houour  by  the 
United  Kingdom  Alliance,  in  the  Westmin- 
ster Hotel,  in  London.  Senator  Vidal  was  a 
member  of  the  Church  of  England  until 
1843,  when  he  united  himself  with  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  has  been  formany 
years  an  elder  in  that  body  ;  and  has  repre- 
sented the  Samia  church  in  the  General  As- 
sembly. He  is  also  a  worker  in  the  Sunday 
school,  and  may  be  found,  Sunday  after 
Sunday,  teaching  a  Bible-class  in  the  Samia 
Presb^rian  church  sch'>ol.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Liberal'Conservative.  On  the  8th  De- 
cember, 1847,  he  married  Catherine  Lonisa, 
daughter  of  the  late  Capt.  Wm.  E.  Wright, 
of  the  Royal  navy  ;  sne  died  19th  April, 
1882,  and  by  this  union  hve  sons  and  two 
daughters  were  born.  These  are  alive,  ex- 
cept one  son.  Two  daughters  and  two  sons 
are  married  and  settled  in  life.  AUogetheri 
Senator  Vidal  has  had  a  stirring  and  useful 
career,  and  our  hope  is  that  he  may  be  long 
spared  to  enjoy  his  well-oamod  honours, 
and  take  a  part  in  passing  a  measure  pro- 
hibitiui;  the  importation,  manufacture  and 
sate  of  alcoholic  liquors  in  Canada. 

JalTray,  William,  Berlin,  Ontario, 
was  born  on  March  Gth,  1832,  at  Shrews- 
bury, England.  He  is  a  son  of  teeter 
Jaflray,  a  native  of  Stirling,  Scotland,  and 
Mary  Ann,  nee  Gittins,  of  Shrewsbury.  Mr, 
ZaS^y^  senior,  we  may  say,  was  a  gentle- 
man of  excellent  literary  attainments,  and 
was,  for  a  number  of  years,  editor  of  the 
Shrewsbury  Ctirtmich.  Uur  subject,  for 
one  year,  attended  the  Diocesan  School  in 
bis  native  place.  When  very  young,  he  en- 
tered the  sedentary  mibtia,  and  iu  1854 
was  promoted  to  a  lieutenancy.  Our  sub- 
ject, it  may  be  said,  comes  of  a  newspaper 
race,  for  the  **  iuherited  tendency  "  soems 
to  manifest  itself  iu  the  matter  of  the  jour- 
nalistic instinct,  as  well  as  in  legal,  military 
or  ecclesiosticiil  leanings.  Some  members  of 
the  fatndy  occupy  prominent  journalistic 
positions  in  Itirnungham,  En^Und  ;  some  in 
Australia  ;  some,  as  we  see,  in  Canada,  and 
several  in  the  United  States.  In  185t>  our 
subject  became  editor  of  the  Oalt  EefMyrter 
and  Bfilin  rAromV/c,  and  for  several  years 
took  an  energetic,  prtuninent  and  inHuenliol 
part  in  the  {x>litical  contests  of  South  Wat- 
erloo. He  married,  on  January  20th,  1854. 
Agnes  Jackson,  a  native  of  Kilmaruock, 
Scotland,   and  the  fruit  of  the  union  was 


A  CYCLOI\^DlA  OF 


eight  children.  Three  of  the  sous  are 
publiabera  and  propietora  of  the  Canad\iiy\r 
American  Journal^  another  holds  an  impor- 
tant office  in  the  -St.  Paul  M.  &  M.  R.R., 
at  Dea  Moines,  lowa«  and  the  Hfth  is  a 
partner  with  our  subject,  both  being  Grand 
Trunk  K.K.  agents  in  Berlin.  Mr.  Jaffray's 
father,  we  xnay  aay,  establiahed  the  Gait 
Hf porter  in  1847,  ajid  the  aon  became  part- 
ner with  him  in  1651.  In  1856  the  Berlin 
Chronirie  waa  founded,  but  the  enterprise 
waa  sold  out  in  1661,  Mr.  JafiVay  haa 
always  been  an  unyielding  and  sturdy  Con- 
servative, In  1862,  Mr.  JafEray  was  ap- 
poi n ted  poatmaster  for  Berlin,  and  in 
18G4  he  became  the  express  and  telegraph 
agent.  In  the  period  extending  from  1865 
to  1883,  our  subject  haa  been  councillor, 
deputv  reeve,  reeve  and  mayor,  and  occu- 
pied the  last  named  position  for  two  ycara. 
He  has  always  been  active  and  inter- 
ested iu  municipal  affairs,  and  although  an 
Englishman,  has  in  many  contests  been 
victoriouB,  by  considerable  oiajurities,  in  a 
German  town.  lie  is  an  Episcopalian,  and 
has  been  a  member  of  church  choirs  con- 
ttnnously  for  over  forty  years.  He  once  went 
to  Scotland  and  England,  and  tot^k  a  three 
mouths  holiday  through  the  two  countries. 
It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  say  that  our  sub- 
ject is  one  of  the  moat  popular  and  respected 
inhabitants  of  Berlin. 

Rice,  Bev.Jamei  Joseph,  Belleville, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  is  a  native  of  New- 
foundland, and  was  bom  at  Twillingate,  (a 
town  wliich  gives  name  to  the  Northern 
Electoral  District  of  the  **  Ancient  Colony,") 
on  22nd  March,  1830.  He  is  of  English 
descent,  his  father  and  mother  (James  and 
Ann  Kice)  having  had  birth  respectively  in 
Devon  and  Somerset.  James  Rice,  sr.,  ar- 
rived in  Newfoundland  in  1806,  and  after 
some  years  in  mercantile  life,  received  the 
appointment  as  Sheriff  of  the  Northern  Dis- 
trict (Twillin^ato  and  Fogo),  a  position  which 
he  continued  to  hold  uninterruptedly  until 
1874,  when,  at  the  age  of  eighty-two,  he 
relin<iuished  uftice  and  life  together.  His 
only  brother,  R.  P.  Rice,  has  again  and  again 
been  returned,  sometimes  without  oppo- 
sition, as  member  of  the  House  of  Assembly 
for  the  district.  The  whole  family  wore  strict 
Episcopalians,  although  liberally  disposed 
toward  other  sections  of  the  church.  Edu* 
cation  in  Newfoundland  is  under  the  charge 
of  the  different  religious  denominations, 
which  receive  government  aid  according  to 
the  service  rendered;  and  in  the  Twillingate 
school  of  the  Church  of  England  he  ob- 
tained the   rudiments  of  an  education,  on 


which,  in   after  life,    was   laid    a  solid  \\\ 
building.     At  the  early  age  of  eleven  y*>ar8. 
Mr.  Rice,  jr.,  obtained   the  consent  of    his 
parents   to  leave  home,  and,  proceeding  to 
St.  John's,  the  provincial  capital  (200  miles 
distant),  he  entered  the  Timts  printing  ofhoe, 
and  continued  there  five  years,  till    1846. 
On  the  9th  June,  of  that  year,  a  terrible  fire 
laid  the  city  in  ruins  ;  and   shortly  after, 
and  oonsefiuent  upon  this,  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen, another  change  of  residence  was  made.' 
His  clothing  destroyed  by  hre,  and  poasessed 
of  dnly   what   he  wore,  he  secured  a  place 
on  board  a  schooner  bound  for  P.  £.  Island, 
and  worked  his  passage.     On  the  voyage  he 
more  than  once  narrowly  escaped  death  by- 
drowning.     Onoe,  when  at  the  helm,  and  he 
the  only  one  on  deck,  the  vesael  shot  out  of 
a  fog  hank,  and  the  beetling  cliffs  of   the 
Newfoundland    coast    in    another    minnt€ 
would  have  carried  destruction  tu  ship  and 
ail  on  board,  but  for  his  prompt  action  and 
coolness  in  the  presence  of  danger.      Again, 
in  a  heavy  gale,  the  vessel  missed  stays  in 
coming  about,   and  he  was  knocked  over- 
board by   the   main  boom,  but   the    unac* 
countable    presence   of    mind   of  an    aged, 
stiff- limbed   Acadian    Frenchman,    rescued 
him  from  certain  death  on    that  occasion . 
A  month  later,  he  reached  Charlott«town, 
where,  in   the  printing  business,  the   sub- 
sequent seventeen   years   of  his  life    were 
spent.       During  this  period,   his    life  was 
shaped,  and  his  life  wurk  determined.       In 
1860  he   was   united    iu  marriage  to  Ellen 
Penelope,  ynnngeat  daughter  of  James  and 
Catharine  Pollard,  old  residents  of  Charlotte- 
town.     In  1854,  he  purchased  the  Advertuer 
(a    weekly    Reform    newspaper)    oftice,    to 
which  he  gave  both  editorial  and  mechanical 
management  for  nearly  four  years.     In  1855 
he   received   a  commission  as  lieutenant  in 
the  1st  Queen's  county  regiment  of  militia, 
having  been  first  elected  to  that  position  by 
the  Prince  of  Wales  Rifle  Co.    This  poaition 
he  continued  to  hold  until    1859,  when,  im- 
pelled  thereto   by  religious  convictions,  he 
resigned  his  commission.  In  1856,  Mr.  Rice 
made  a  profession  of  couvertiug  grace,  under 
the   ministration    of  the    late  Rev.  Cephas 
Barker,  of  the  Bible  Christian  Church,  and 
unit«d  with  Alothodism.      In  the  autumn  nf 
1857,  he    was  recalled   from  a  lucrative  po- 
sition   in  Pictou,  N.  S.,  to  assume  mechan- 
ical   management    of   the  FroteMatU  news- 
paper,   established   to    resist    the    Roman 
Catholic   demand   for  the  expulsion  of  the 
Bible    from  the  provincial  public    scliools. 
This  business  relation  continued  until  1863, 
when  Mr.    Rice   abandoned  secular  life  for 


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190 


ittBcraiit  miniatry.  Having  served  three 
M  auch  at  Vemou  River,  and  then  tiro 
r««ra  at  Woflt  Cape,  in  P.  K.  IiUnd,  he  was, 
tn  186S,  iranaferml  to  Ontario.  Duhog  his 
6w  yean'  ministry  on  the  island,  he  took  a 
Ttifjr  actire  part  in  the  temperance  roove- 
mant,  loeturing  over  a  large  part  of  its  area. 
Hia  tmiL  appointment  in  Ontario  was  Buv- 
nanriUe  ^the  Connexional  headiiuarters),  in 
196&  He  subeet^uently  received  appoint- 
naCiU  Ic  Oshawa,  Toronto,  London,  Hamil- 
U^n.  Clintoa,  aud  Cubourg,  and  during  the 
> -two    years  he    laboured  as  a  Bible 

- '.  ian  minister,  the  improvement  of 
<Anffth  property  received  at  hia  hands 
HArited  att«ntion — new  erections  or  enlargo- 
■MSta^  with  improvements  in  churches  and 
panoiujpaa,  following  almost  every  appoint* 
Bent.  He  was  always  ready  to  go  where 
hia  brethren  decided  he  ought  to  go.  Fnr 
mataiKW.  after  tiftoen  months  at  Oshawa, 
conlottably  placed,  and  the  work  donrishing, 
\m  boved  to  the  voice  of  the  committee,  and 
to  Tnrunto,  to  esLablish  the  denomin- 
in  the  provincial  metropolis.  Having 
yroapacted,  he  found  not  one  adherent  who 
'-'^Tu  any  enooursgement,  or  offered  iu  any 
>  co>oporate.    He  secured  Agricultural 

._  however,  aud,  from  the  tirst  Sunday 
u  tictober,  1871,  to  February,  1872,  held 
cwo  aenieea  every  Sunday.  A  lot  was 
flBCorvd  in  the  meantime,  and,  a  temporary 
bnildfaig,  having  been  erected  thereon,  this 
wiA  occupied  thenceforward,  until,  iu  De- 
cember of  1873,  Agnes  street  church  was 
4edicat»4  and  occu[>ied.  Up  to  leaving  tlie 
kalL,  congregations  had  greatly  ductuated, 
haX^  onee  occupying  premises  over  which  the 
y  art  or  vxerDised  full  control,  congregations 
graallj  inereaaed,  a  good  Sunday-school  was 
^■lllarwil,  and  at  tho  close  of  his  pastorate 
fJoMy  1^5),  he  h«<]  a  congregation  of  four 
■Vadted  t«i  tivtf  hundred  at  Agnes  street, 
•a^one  of  eighty  to  one  hundred  iji  another 
•ppointmeDt  which  he  had  opened  on  Lip- 
pcnovtt  itreet,  lu  the  north-west  part  of  the 
-city.  The  membc>rBhip  under  hia  pastorate 
ll%d  gruwn  to  ftevunty-tive,  Sunday-school 
Machm,  to  twenty-six,  and  Sunday-school 
■diolAra,  io  two  hundred  aud  sixty-six.  He 
yei wiuaUj  canvaased,  while  in  Toronto,  the 
ouMt  of  the  oonnexion.  and  raised  about 
#7,fU<  '  'lie  I'oronto  ppiperly.  Prom 

the  fi:  "itce  ho    'ttti.<iidtMi,    to    the 

stttkni  oi  .M'^Kt'idiam,  olHcial  duties  inces- 
^malUj  Call  to  hia  lot,  He  was  ti  nance 
— afiiiary  nna  year,  misatouary  secretary  two 
ywan,  and  omfcrunco  ujcretary  three  years, 
«a<J  al  tho  Mitchell  confereuco.  in  1878,  he 
via  aaaaimonsly  elected  preeideut.  He  waa 


district  superintendent  of  London,  Toronto, 
and  Cobourg  districts — filling  the  latter  po* 
aition  at  the  time  of  the  amalgamation.  His 
sympathies  were  always  with  a  United  Meth- 
odism, and  he  was  linked  in  with  the  move- 
ment from  its  inception  toitsconanmmation. 
In  1870,  he  represented  his  denomination  at 
the  great  gathering  iit  Toronto,  (developed 
chiefly  under  tlie  hand  of  Rev.  Dr.  Dewart) 
and  Kave  one  of  the  fine  addresses  on  that 
occasion,  his  subject  being,  **  Methodism,  its 
characteristics  and  mission.*'  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  union  committee  a'l  thn>ugh  ita 
work,  and,  on  the  assembly  of  the  tirst  gen- 
eral conference  of  the  Methodist  ohuroh,  he 
was  unanimously  chosen  as  its  associate 
secretary.  From  the  Bay  of  Quinte  con- 
ference he  received  his  tirst  appointment  as 
a  minister  of  the  new  church,  to  the  City  of 
Belleville.  During  his  London  pastorate, 
he  lost  by  death  the  wife  of  his  youth,  and, 
while  on  his  next  Held  of  labour  (Hamil- 
ton^, he  married  (August.  1 880)  Mary 
Edith  Crossall,  daughter  of  the  late  John 
Cuatos,  of  Quebec  city,  but  bora  in  King's 
county,  Ireland.  Of  a  large  family  born 
of  his  Hrst  marriage,  five  still  survive,  the 
eldest  of  whom  is  Rev.  J.  P.  Rioe,  of  the 
Toronto  conference,  who  has  been  in  the 
itinerant  ministry  for  twelve  years.  Mr. 
Rico  is  Btill  full  of  vigour,  both  physioaUy 
and  montally.  His  life,  in  many  ways,  be- 
side that  of  his  sacred  profession,  has  been 
useful  and  active. 

iVIii9!*on«  George,  Toronto^  the  sub- 
ject of  this  memoir,  was  born  at  Toronto,  on 
the  3rd  of  November,  18;tti.  His  parents, 
William  Musaon  and  Mary  Ann  \Voo<Jley, 
were  natives  of  En>^Iand,  and  were  married 
in  that  country.  His  father  for  a  number 
of  years  was  engaged  as  a  tin  plate  manufac- 
turer, in  England;  but  iu  1820,  allured  by 
the  brighter  prospects  which  a  new  country 
held  out  for  intelligent  industry,  he  set  sail 
for  Canada,  and  in  due  time  reached  Toronto 
(then  Little  York),  where  hesettleil.  George 
Musann  attended  the  Toronto  Academy  for 
a  time,  but  finished  his  studies  in  Upper 
Canada  College.  In  1853  ho  entered  into 
the  employ  of  tho  late  William  Mona^han^ 
one  of  the  largest  retail  gnicers  in  the  city, 
and  here  he  remained  for  two  years,  when 
he  took  a  position  in  the  office  of  Wakefield, 
Coate  it  Co.,  auctioneers  and  comminnion 
merchants.  In  this  situation  he  remained 
for  twelve  years,  during  which  time  ho  held 
the  position  of  book-keeper.  He  found,  how- 
over,  that  this  was  a  slow  way  to  get  along  in 
the  world,  at  least  for  one  of  his  fitness  and 
ambition,  so  he  left  for  Buffalo,  U.S.    Hero 


A  CrChOFMDlA  OF 


he  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother. 
Henry  Musson,  in  a  general  grain  and  com- 
mtfision  btiBineu,  and  continued  in  this 
partnership  for  twoyoars,  when  he  returned 
to  Toronto,  and  began  for  himself  a  mer- 
cantile brokerage  bu&ineaa.  After  a  time 
John  Morrow  joined  him,  and  in  1878 
the  tirm  embarked  iii  the  foreign  comxniaaion 
trade.  In  this  they  have  continued,  and 
they  now  carry  ou  a  veiy  large  buainesa 
in  teAB,cofl'eeR  and  sngara.  They  have  di- 
roct  connection  with  China,  Japan,  the  Weat 
Indii«,  Kin  de  Janeiro,  and  other  ahipping 
ports, and  their  tranaaotiona  extend  from  one 
end  of  Canada  to  the  other.  In  18GI,  dur- 
ing the  Trent  excitement,  Mr.  Muaaon  un- 
listed in  No,  1  Company  of  the  Queen'a 
Own  Hillea,  and  after  aerring  for  some  time, 
he  received  an  ensign's  commiaaion.  How- 
ever, he  soon  afterwarda  transferred  to  the 
KHb  Royals,  retaining  the  same  rank  ho  had 
held  in  the  Queen's  Own.  Shortly  after- 
wards he  was  promoted  to  the  captaincy  of 
No.  5  cunipany  ;  and  duriuiE  the  time  of  the 
St.  Albans'  raids,  iu  1865,  he  waa  sent  to 
Laprairie,  as  senior  officer  of  two  oompauiea. 
These  two  companies  were  detailed  for  duty, 
and  quartered  in  the  barracks  at  Laprairie 
for  two  months.  In  the  following  year, 
during  the  Fenian  raid,  ho  waasentwith  hia 
r^finient  to  the  front,  and  stationed  at  Fort 
Erie,  where  the  regiment  remained  under 
oanvaa  for  three  weeks.  In  lS8:i  Mr.  Muason 
waa  appointed  vice-consul  for  the  fcinipiru 
of  Brazil  at  Toronto.  Ue  married, in  1B<>3, 
Agnes  Balfour,  third  daughter  of  the  late 
John  Balfour,  of  the  firm  of  Scobie  *fc  Bal- 
four, pu  blishera  and  stationers,  Turonto. 
By  this  uniim  he  lias  had  six  children,  three 
of  whom  survive.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  England,  and  has  been  fur  six 
years  warden  in  the  Church  of  the  lie- 
doemer,  Tunmto.  In  politics  he  is  a  stead- 
fast Conservative,  and  one  who  studies  and 
masters  for  himself  the  questiona  of  tlie 
hour. 

Sniilliiaoii,  'William  Henry,  Assist- 
ant Accountant,  Post  ( »ftico  Uepariment. 
Ottawa,  Canada,  was  liom  at  Portland,  St. 
John,  N.B.,  on  the  28th  February.  1834. 
Hu  ia  the  son  of  the  late  Uev.  Willinm 
Smithson,  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Harrison. 
Hia  father  waa  descended  from  an  old  York- 
shire, England,  family  ;  and  his  mother  was 
the  daughter  of  a  U.  E.  loyalist  otHoer, 
who,  with  his  brother,  also  an  ofhcer,  took 
np  their  grants  of  land  at  Sheffield,  on  the 
St,  John  river.  Hia  mother,  who  ia  still 
living,  ia  now  84  ;  but  hia  father  died  sud- 
denly in  1800,  at  the  age  of  09.    Mr.  Smith- 


bo 

I 


Bon,  ar.,  was  for  over  forty  yean  a  Wealey&n 
Methodist  minister  in  high  standing  ;  and 
hia  tirst  appointment  waa  to  the  Shetland 
Islands.  He  came  to  New  Brunswick  ia: 
1827,  where  he  was  married.  "  A  very 
prominent  feature  of  Mr.  Smithson's  char 
acter  was  hia  catholicity  of  spirit.  Whoa 
leaving  hia  last  circuit  to  go  on  the  retired 
list,  in  his  ch^ing  service,  the  clergyiner^ 
of  the  Episcopal  and  Presbyterian  cburche*^ 
accompanied  him  to  the  pulpit,  and  after 
hia  farewell  sermon  delivered  apprt>priat<a 
addresses.  He  waa  stationed  at  Portand^ 
St.  John,  at  the  time  of  the  cholera  viaitA 
tioD,  in  1834,  and.  by  a  remarkable  coinci- 
dence, twenty  yearn  after,  when  the  cholera 
again  raged  in  that  city,  he  occupied  the 
same  sphere  of  labuur.  Without  mtermis* 
aion,  demands  were  made  upon  him,  oft«D 
by  entire  atrangers,  but  none  were  ev 
rofuaed.  When  peatilenoe  was  walking 
darkness  and  waating  by  noonday,  causiuj 
dismay  to  atrung  hearts,  and  apreoding  a 
funereal  hue  over  ever}*  habitation,  he 
braved  the  plague,  and  tracked  the  cholera- 
stricken  city  by  day  and  night,  amungst 
high  and  low,  rich  and  poor,  whenever  or 
wherever  duty  called  him.  The  last  three 
years  of  hia  public  ministry  were  spent  in 
t|(e  Hahfax,  N.S.,  district,  of  which  he  waa 
chairman  ;  and  those  who  were  with  him 
in  that  district,  and  by  whoae  unanimous 
sulfnigea  he  had  been  elected  to  that  hon- 
ourable position,  tliu  highest  that  oould  be 
accorded  to  him,  except  the  presidency  ol 
the  conference,  will  ever  cheriah  a  dee_ 
remembrance  of  hia  fidelity  and  kindnvas, 
hia  anxiety  for  the  cauae  of  Ood,  and  hia 
solicitude  for  the  welfare  of  hia  brethren.' 
Thna  said  the  Pmnncitd  IKc^i/an.  Other 
newspapers,  likewise,  bore  not  less  hearty 
tribute  to  the  worth  of  the  deceased.  His 
mother  ia  universally  lured  and  respected 
by  a  large  circle  of  friends  in  both  Ne' 
Brunswick  and  Nova  Scotia.  The  foUowin 
tribu  te  was  paid  to  the  memory  of  hit 
mother's  brotner,  the  hite  Rev.  Canon  Har 
riaon,  Church  of  England,  by  the  prt>aa 
"  Few  men  iu  his  prufeaaion,  or.  indeuil, 
in  any  capacity  of  life,  were  more  sincerely- 
loved  and  respected  than  the  late  devoted 
rector  of  St.  Luke'a  Church.  Ue  leavoa 
behind  him  a  fragrant  memory  and  an  hon- 
ourable name."  Another  of  hia  mother's 
brothers  waa  the  late  Hun.  Charles  Harrison, 
for  a  great  many  years  a  member  of  the 
Legislative  Council  of  New  Brunswick.  Unr 
subject  was  educated  al  Albion  Vale  Acad 
emy,  Annapolis,  since  diaooutinued  ;  an 
at  Sackville  Academy,  now  a  college.     H 


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201 


rsued  g«nerHl  otudiets,  inclading  French 
%mA  th»  elauicB.  Ue  was  ap]>ointe(l  clerk 
in  ihe  Po«t  Office  Deportment,  New  Bruns- 
wick, M«7  1,  I860,  and  accountant  in  18(i7. 
lie  wHi  removed  to  the  head  utHce,  iHtawa, 
in  Jane,  1868,  and  made  aaftistAnt  account- 
4lkt  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada  Post  Office 
4i|Mrtxnent,  on  July  Ist^  1873,  which  poni- 
tioB  1m  now  holds,  to  the  fulldnt  satiafaction 
o(  Uke  icrrice  and  the  public.  He  joined 
the  ancient  order  of  Freemaoona  in  1855, 
and  soon  after  was  exalted  to  the  Royal 
Ar?h  d^'i.TT-?,  nad  asaisted  in  establiiihing 
'*  Vrch  Chapter  in  Fredttricttin, 

w  t.     When  he  was  appointed 

r  <  >tliceddpartmeut  of  New  Brims- 

«  Atmaater-general,  who  was  a  per- 

■QSLU  mend,  offered  him  the  position  with- 
out any  application  or  solicitation  on  the 
pari  uf  himself  or  his  friends.  Owing  priu- 
opftllj  Ut  his  fatiier  having'  beuu  a  Motho- 
dut  minister,  it  may  be  related  that  he  has 
xf  ally  reaided  in  t«n  different  places.  Mr. 
Smithaon  married  on  the  1st  June,  1858, 
l#>aiae  J.,  yoiingt^t  daughter  t^f  tlie  late 
on.  Charlies  Herley,  uiemtwr  of  the  Legia- 
>«  CHtuncil  of  Now  Brunswick.  Hon. 
lea  PerWy  died  in  1877,  at  the  age  of 
90,  and  had  represented  Carleton  county  in 
the  Honae  of  Assembly  and  the  Legislative 
CoQnoil  of  New  Brunswick  from  1843  until 
his  death*  having  been  appointed  to  the 
LegialatiTe  Council  in  1863.  Mr.  Siuithson 
Im*  had  three  children,  but  of  these  there 
ia  duly  ooe  daughter  living.  When  at  school 
moat  interested  in  chemistry  studies, 
leaving  there  went  to  8t.  John, 
the  purpose  of  l>ecuniing  a  chemist 
i.»  nn,\  afterwards  Opened  a  chem- 
•rstabluhment  in  Frederic- 
.  ii  he  carried  on  for  »ever:il 

btf/^re  joining  the  PostOfHce  Depart- 
t.    111  religion,  he  is  a  Wcaleyan  JMetho* 

'l«arffl«  Ciconie  Lanitriftli,  Oakville, 
tn  Wvyuioiilh.  Dorset^  England, 
)th  of  Jniie,  1H47.  His  father  was 
TUard,  iLiid  he  engaged  extensively 
eoal  btuiiirvB  in  ih^t  place.  Our  sub- 
t,.M  at  the  Toronto  Grammar 
left  nt  the  age  of  sixteen. 
M'  ti  nrticied  as  n  sttident-at-lnw  to 
tl  «i  O'Uri^n.  In  \Hi\H,  wlten  his 
axplrf>d,  he  remained  in  the  ofKe«3, 
afterwards  hoi?ame  a  partner  in 
tlw  frw,  which  aMutued  the  name  of  Kobin- 
•an,  O'Brien  t^  Tizard,  and  in  this  jxiaition 
ho  eoutiiJii_«i  !i!!  !ri77.  He  th»Mi  practised 
fin  his  -'lytuir  iTi  T'irinto.  and 

ilk  ihor  y»itr  partner  with 


another  gentleman.  Tn  187^',  ho  removed  to 
Oakville,  where  he  h&a  practised  ever  since 
with  very  fair  sucoess.  He  served  in  the 
Queen's  Own  RiHes,  and  holds  a  aeeuudoUas 
certitlcatc  in  the  military  school,  and  he  was 
ffazetted  as  ensifirn  in  the  2nd  battalion  of 
York  INlilitia.  But  Mr.  Tizard  also  gave  a 
good  deal  of  attention  to  civic  politics, 
and  in  recognition  of  hia  services  in  this  di- 
rection, A  number  of  his  fellow  oitizena 
waited  upon  him,  and  asked  him  to  allow 
them  to  nominate  him  for  the  city  coxincil. 
He  consented  and  was  elected  alderman  for 
St.  Jiihn'a  ward,  in  the  City  of  Toronto. 
This  was  in  the  year  1878-79.  He  is  now 
also  a  High  School  trustee  for  the  town  of 
Oakville.  This,  it  may  be  said,  is  an  ap- 
pointment by  the  county  c-mncil.  Mr.  Tiz- 
ard is  a  Freemason  of  Oakville  Lodge,  No. 
400  ;  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  St.  Paul's 
Royal  Arch  Chapter.  He  is  likewise  past 
county  master  in  the  Royal  Black  Knights 
of  Ireland,  Toronto  ;  and  past  district  mas- 
ter in  the  centre  Toronto  Orange  order- 
He  has  travelled  through  the  United  Statea 
and  Canada,  and  also  through  England.  In 
religion,  he  is,  and  always  has  been,  an  Epis- 
copalian. In  politics,  he  is  a  atraight  Tory, 
and  has  been  ao  from  his  youth.  He  married 
on  the  11th  of  September,  187'A  Johanna 
Mitchell,  daughter  of  Colonel  Mitchell,  who 
served  during  18:^7,  in  quelling  the  rebellion 
led  by  William  Lyon  Mackenzie,  and  she  is 
also  granddaughter  of  Gen,  Adamaon,  who 
served  in  the  Peninsula.  By  thia  lady,  he 
haa  had  five  children,  fotir  boys  and  one  girl. 
In  manner.  Mr.  Tizard  is  genial  and  kindly. 
In  a  public  and  business  way,  he  ia  exce<jd- 
incrly  p'tpular,  and  siK'ially  his  following  of 
friends  i»  larg'*. 

Urown.  Ultliain,  D.L.S.,  L'.E.,  Pro. 
feawir  of  Agriculture,  Ouelph  Agricul- 
tural College,  was  bom  on  the  14th  April, 
1835,  at  Turritf,  Aberdeenshire,  *Scotland. 
He  is  a  son  of  J  amea  Broi^Ti,  LL.  D. , 
nutlior  of  '•  The  Forester,"  and  now  a 
resident  of  Port  Elgin,  l.hitario,  Canada. 
Hia  m-ither  was  Janet  Erakine,  His  great 
gmndfather,  on  his  father's  side,  was  cousin 
to  Rev.  John  Brown,  minister  of  Hadding- 
ton, commonly  called  "  Bible  Brown." 
Professor  Brown  was  educated  principally 
in  the  neighbourhood  of  Edinburgh,  in  the 
ordinary  parochiol  scbotils  uf  ihe  country, 
and  he  ntu-nded  school  np  to  hia  seventeenth 
year  ;  thereafter  he  was  entirely  self-taught. 
He  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  in  .Aberdeen- 
shire for  twelve  years,  and  railway  director 
then*  for  tive  years,  ending  18i>0.  He  was  also 
coiiimissiouer  for  the  County  of  Aberdeen, 


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A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


and  one  of  fifteen  Appointed  to  superintend 
the  cattle  plaifiie  of  1867  ;  and  wu  for  three 
years  clerk  and  treaaurer  of  North  and  South 
OriUia  and  Matchediuh.  In  1851  he  joined 
the  Masonic  Order  of  Scotland.  Up  to  his 
twentiotli  year  Mr.  Brown  was  largely  em- 
ployed by  his  father  in  the  superintend- 
ence of  forest  tree  planting  in  England 
and  in  Scotland;  in  the  extensive  drainage  of 
famiB  ;  and  in  the  (general  improvement  of 
landed  estates.  From  twenty  t<>  twenty- 
four  he  w&a  engaged  on  a  survey  of  the 
estates  of  the  Earl  of  Seatield  in  Banffshire, 
Scotland,  and  had  also  the  peraonal  manage- 
ment of  the  estates  uf  Andrew  Stewart, 
M.  P.  for  Aiichlunkart,  in  the  same  county. 
In  IBBO  he  received  the  important  appoint- 
ment of  factor  to  Culunel  Farquharson  of 
Invercauld,  Braemar,  Aberdeenshire,  Soot- 
land.  This  estate  is  one  of  the  moat  exten- 
sive in  Scotland, aud  euibraces  about  133,000 
acres  of  land,  with  nearly  500  tenants,  30.000 
sheep,  and  corresponding  Uighlaud  charac- 
teristics, such  as  shooting,  fishing,  etc.,  and 
^musually  valuable  woods  and  forests.  It 
was  chietly  because  of  Mr.  Brown's  intimate 
practical  acquaintance  with  Arboriculture 
that  ho  received  this  onerous  appointment. 
He  t^>uk  an  active  part  in  iiuprovingthe  roada 
of  the  district,  and  in  intro<luciug  traction 
^n^inea  for  the  conveyauce  of  timber  to  the 
railroada,  and  ultimately  to  the  extension  uf 
the  railway  itself.  Canada  presenting  bet- 
ter prospecta  for  his  family  of  three  sous 
And  three  daughters,  he  emigrated  in  1871, 
and  bought  a  farm  near  OriUia,  and  in  addi- 
tion to  farming  acted  as  provincial  land  sur- 
veyor ;  and  he  was  appointed  to  the  charge 
of  the  Ontario  Agricultural  College  and  Ex- 
perimental Farm  in  J  875.  l*rof.  Brown  is 
author  of  various  important  papers,  among 
others  one  on  '•  British  Sheep  Farming,' 
published  in  Edinburgh,  and  one  on  the 
*^  Claims  of  Arboriculture  as  a  Science," 
read  before  the  British  Asaociation  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science.  He  U  gold  medal- 
list of  the  Highland  and  Agricultural  Su- 
■oiety  of  Scotlaud,  as  well  aa  of  the  Scottish 
Arborioultural  Society.  It  is  hardly  neces- 
aary  here  to  say  how  prosperous  has  been 
the  Ouelph  Agricultural  College  since  Prof. 
Brown  took  its  nukiiagcment.  Its  reputation 
for  excellence  ia  now  so  well  establiahod  that 
its  meuiburship  each  year  includes  students 
from  the  most  distant  parts  of  Oauadii,  from 
Great  Britain,  and  from  the  United  States. 
Profeasor  Brown  is  an  enthusiast  in  his  work, 
and«  besides  his  duties  as  head  of  the  Agri- 
cultural and  Experimental  departments  of 
the  coU^e,  he  haa  given  lectures  upon  aciei)* 


.ot^ 

I799.n 


tific  fartniog,  atook-raimng,  eto.,  thro' 
many  parts  of  Canada.  He  is  also  skilled  In 
forestry,  and  his  brother  is  government  con 
servator  of  Forests  for  Sf>uth  Australia. 

Wickttteed,  4iiuHfarufi  W.,  Q.C, 
Law  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Commons 
tawa,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was 
nt  Liverpool,  England,  in  December,  1799 
His  father  was  a  member  of  the  Cheshire 
and  Sh  ropahire  family  Wicksteed .  His 
mother  waa  of  a  Lancashire  family,  and  her 
name  waa  Tatloulc  Mr.  Wicksteed  came 
to  Canada  in  1821,  on  the  invitation  of  his 
uncle,  Mr.  Fletcher,  who  waa  soon  after- 
wards appointed  judge  of  the  then  new  dis- 
trict of  St.  F^rancia,  Quebec.  He  studied 
machauical  engineering  in  England,  and  wu 
for  Borae  time  employeid  in  work  connected 
with  that  profeasiou.  In  1825,  he  commenced 
the  study  of  the  law  under  the  late  Colonel 
Gugy.  In  the  fall  of  1828,  he  entered  the 
service  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Lower 
Canada  as  aasistant  law  clerk.  In  1841,  on 
the  motion  of  .Tnhn  Neilson,  he  waa  ap- 
pointed law  clerk  and  chief  English  trana- 
latorto  the  Legislative  Aaitembly  of  the  Pro- 
vince of  Canadri ;  and  in  18ti7,  to  the  same 
iitVicc  in  the  House  uf  Commons  of  Canada ; 
and  this  office  he  holds  still.  In  1841,  he  was 
appointed,  with  the  Honourable  Mr.  Ueney 
and  A.  Bucluinan,  a  commissioner  for  re- 
vising the  Statutes  and  Ordiuauces  of  Lower 
Canada,  with  the  present  Justice  John- 
son for  secretary.  In  1854,  His  Excellency 
the  Earl  of  Elgin,  gave  him  his  ailk  gown.  In 
1856,  he  waa  appointed^withSir  J.  B.  Macau- 
ay,  exchief  justice,  and  five  other  gentle- 
men from  Upper  Canada,  and  A.  Polette* 
K.  MacKay,  A.  Stuart  aud  T.  J.  J.  Loranger 
(all  now  judges),  and  Geo.  De  Boucher- 
ville  (now  clerk  of  the  Legislative  Council), 
from  Lower  Canada,  a  commiasioner  to 
'*  examine,  revise,  conaolidate  and  classify'* 
the  Public  General  Statntos  of  Canada.  In 
1804-5,  he  waa  a  commissioner,  with  ex- 
Chancellor  Blake  and  J  ustice  Day,  for  fix- 
ing the  remuneration  to  be  paid  by  the  gov- 
ernment to  the  several  railway  companies 
for  the  carriage  of  mails.  On  the  death 
of  Mr.  Lindsay,  Sir  George  Cartier  offered 
Mr.  Wicksteed  the  clerkship  of  the  Legisla- 
tive Assembly,  but  told  him  that  he  would 
prefer  his  retaining  his  present  position, 
which  he  cousiderod  of  greater  importance. 
Uu  has  been  twice  married  in  Canada,  first 
to  the  second  daughter  of  John  Gray,  first 
president  of  the  Bank  of  Montreal ;  and  se- 
condly, to  the  eldest  daughter  of  Captain 
John  Fletcher,  of  Her  Majesty's  72nd  regi- 
nient,  then  an  ofHcer  of  Her  Majesty's  lm[>e- 


I 


CA^AVIJLN  BWORAPUr. 


203 


M  ftl  Quebec  ;  and  he  has  been 
«  hWMtholdw  tn  each  of  the  fire  oitie«  which 
Vtn%  bMQ  the  se&ta  of  i;ovemmetit.  He 
thialu,  therefore,  that  he  may  now  fairly  call 
him— H  a  Canadian,  viihout  ceaaiug  to  re- 
aeiabw  thai  he  it  EngUah  bom.  At  the  time 
|4  wriMtig.our  worthy  subject  ia  still  in  office, 
nd  thoo^h  he  ia  now  in  hia  eighty-sixth 
ywr,  h«  performed  hia  duties  through  the 
tat*  over  long  and  trying;  aeaaion  with  the 
VMst  oom[ilete   satisfaction    to   everybody. 

R-  ^v  bo  said,  the  oldeat  official,  and 

^  -  ^  n  in  the  civil  service  nf  Canada. 

b  ^^ — .;.  u>  Mr.  \Vioksteed*B  stiocesaes  in 
oficul  and  professional  life,  as  chronicled 
ibore,  ha  has  won  many  laurels  in  literature. 
£««r  since  a  boy  ho  has  shown  strong  lite- 
ntj  iDclinaiions ,  and  a  yearning  to  speak 
«itii  "  a  lettsred  tongue.  '*  H  is  chief  literary 
pruioction  is  '*  Waifs  in  A'enw,"  a  volume 
mosij  bound  and  well  printed  ;  we  unly  wish 
tlkst  we  hud  the  space  here  to  givt*  specimens 
o{  the  author's  work.  The  poetry  assumes 
diifdy  the  f>>rm  of  wruU  mtcifti  ;  and  some 
of  tiiam,  indaed  a  great  many  of  them,  are 
Out  fttrpaasod  for  verve.  wit«  ease  of  rhyth- 
ttieal  flow,  and  happy  and  clever  hita. 
lu  his  "  ap^ilogy  "  f..r  hu  *'  Waifs"  ha  says, 
nuiy  bavu  a  mtniest  wish  for  hooonrable 
kUoa  in  the  Canadian  list  of  authors,  as 
written  something  besides  statutes 
■laaof  statutes  : — 

Is  Moni»n*t  u^ul  tM)ol(  roy  place  is  fmall : 
Is  statety  Tkjrlur'9  wurk  I've  aoiw  at  sU  ;  — 

1  Mtty  have  a  secret  aspiration  for  a  higher 
la  the  former,  and  vime  little  obscure 
in  th«  Utter  :— *  Vanity,  perhaps,  aa- 
I  have  arranged  the  pieces  almost 
alwajs  in  ifaa  ortler  of  their  birth,  and  the 
earlMBt  ooes,  are  therefore,  the  most  senti- 
^«otal.  1  was  young  then  and  aok  old  now  ; 
bsti  hapayou  will  think  the  lineson  old  Christ 
Gboiw,  and  lh«  touching  In  \ftmi)riam  to 
f^jMi|  show  that  in  my  old  age  the  qiia- 
IztT  h  oot  quite  extinct  in  me.  But  you  may 
■K,  whrshonld  I,  a  nthor  ancient  Q.C.and 
lav  dan  lathe  House  of  Commons,  write  and 
uiaA  yaraas.  My  goc^l  friend,  what  I  have 
Bone  offiriAnT  is  the  very  reason  and  justi- 
6caE  lit  I  am  doin^;  now.      Having 

audr  .1  htitavv  prose  in  statute  form, 

*tt  ia  bat  tair  to  add  a  little  rhyme.'  I  do 
Bal  kaoar  that  any  of  our  present  leading 
hare  distinguished  themselves  in 
bol  ihey  niuvt  hfive  ihe  main  element 
it  po—y  in  tb"  •  heir  very  opponents 

kflkoowMjta  he*  to  be    *  full  of 

"' m,     aiiO   or   '   ufistinatiun  all  oom- 
On  thia  pointy  therefure,  I  am  justi- 


fied by  precedent  and  authority  as  ample  as 
a  lawyer  could  wish  for.    Hut  you  may,  per- 
hapa,  object,  that  I  have  occasionally  been  a 
little  harder  on  public  men  and  their  doings 
than  betita  my  position  ;  that  1  by  no  means 
inculcate  teetotaliam  as  becomes  the  author 
of  a  temperance  bill ;  and  that  I  am  some* 
times  slightly  critical  on  my  French  Cana* 
dian  fellow-subjects.     But  be  pleased,  my 
dear  friend,  to  remember  that  I  almost  al- 
ways wrote  in  a  ropreaentative  character,  and 
had  to  express  tho  feelings  and  views  of  my 
constituents,  my  ;ion-;><iyi'(7  clients,  rather 
than  my  own."     The  edge  and  olevaruesa  of 
Air.  Wicksteed's  wntinga  may    be  gueaaed 
from  these  extracts.     The  prose  bita,  inter- 
spersed through  the  volume,  are  hardly  lesa 
clever  than   the  "  Waifs,"  themselves.    The 
editor  has  seldom  seen  a  volume  that  he  has 
road  with  more  interest  than  those  ''Waifs" 
of  the  genial  law  clerk.     He  has  made  some 
skilful  translations  of  verse,  among  which 
may   bo   noted  that  of   Dr.  Louis  Honor^ 
Prechette^s  poem,  For*  Vhonnr^tr.    In  Afetft- 
oriam^  Hth  iSept.,  iStiO ;    Levis  burning   hia 
citlours  to  prevent   their  surrender  to  the 
enemy.     It  is  not  often  that  a  poet  is  satis- 
fied   with   a   translation  of  his  work.     Dr. 
Freohette  was,  and  in  the  next  number  of 
La  Futric  he   spoke   uf    "  Waifs  in  verse  " 
as    **ce  tin  rf»cueil  de  puusies  d^lach^es,  oh 
IVuthousiasme  du  patriole  se  m<''le  k  la  verve 
caustique  de   chansonuier,  la   note  legbre- 
ment  sentimentale  avec  la  petite  pointe  du 
satiriste  de  bimne  humeur.*      "  This  bright 
little  collection  of  occasional  poems,  in  which 
the    tiro    of   the   patriot   mingles   with  the 
caustic  wit  of   the  songster,  and    a  gently 
sentimental  tone  with  go^Kl  humoured   sa- 
tire." 

ncLaiiKtilln,  Jainca  FruncU,  one 
of  Torouto's  proniment  general  grain  and 
rtour  deaUrs,  was  boni  at  Mono  Mills,  in 
the  County  of  Cardwell,  on  May  1st,  1852. 
His  father,  who  was  one  of  the  worthiest 
and  most  highly  respoctod  inhabitants  of 
Cardwell,  came  to  Canada  in  1830,  and 
settled  at  Mono  Mdln,  where,  peraeivLng 
that  milling  would  unquestionably  bo  pro- 
fitable, he  built  a  grist  mdl.  We  have 
anticipated,  however,  in  aaying  that  ho 
settled  at  Mono  MUlx^  for  this  latter  name 
came  to  be  applied  in  consequence  of  the 
oxistenca  of  Mr.  McLaughlin's  milt.  The 
subject  of  our  sketch  received  the  beat  edu- 
cation that  ooiild  be  obtained  at  Mono 
Mills  ;  and  when  he  had  attained  his  tif- 
teeuth  year»  he  left  school  and  began  to 
learn  the  business  of  milling  in  his  father's 
employ.     But  he  was  a  young  man  of  alto- 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


gether  unnsiiAl  otiergy,  ospAcity  and  ambi- 
tioD.  This  is  well  proven  by  the  fact,  that 
when  ho  reached  his  twentieth  year  he 
brtught  hia  father  out,  undertook  himself 
the  management  of  the  rnills,  and  aimnU 
taneously  conducted  a  general  store.  It  is 
not  oft«n  that  of  a  yoiin^  man  of  twenty  as 
much  as  this  cau  be  said.  This  double  and 
extensive  business  Mr.  McLau^'hlin  man- 
aged with  marked  ability  and  success   till 

1881,  when  a  desire,  which  he  had  had  for 
some  time,  to  go  to  Toronto,  prevailed.  In 
the  Queen  City  he  saw  an  opening  for  a 
successful  grain  and  flour  businesA  ;  and  in 
such  manner  ho  eatablishcd  himself  there. 
He  did  not  let  his  hold  upon  the  profit&ble, 
and  now  historio,  Monu  MLlLs  ko,  but  still 
ouriefl  them  uu  in  conjunction  with  his 
bnsinMi  iu  grain  and  flour.  It  is  hardly 
necessary  to  say  that  the  sucoest  which 
attended  Mr.  Mclaughlin's  early  exertions 
has  not  been  denied  to  him  in  his  now 
and  larger  sphere.  For  the  greater  part 
his  time  and  attention  are  absorbed  by  his 
large  and  growing  business,  nevertheless  he 
has  paid  much  attention  V^  politics  in  his 
day.  He  oiinteated  Cardwell  with  Thomas 
White,  (now  Minister  of  the  Interior),   in 

1882,  and  though  he  was  not  sucoesafol,  he 
polled  the  largest  vote  ever  given  to  a 
liberal  candidate  in  that  constituency.  Our 
subject  has  travolled  much,  and  In  his 
travels  ho  has  kept  his  eyes  observantly 
open.  He  married,  September,  1883,  Isa- 
htiUa  Small,  who  hod  formerly  resided  at 
Mono  Mills.  By  this  union  he  has  had  one 
child.  Mr.  McLaughlin  in  a  Roman  catholic. 
He  is  extremely  genial,  and  very  agreeable 
in  manner. 

%VliltcnvrH,  Joseph  Frederick, 
F.G.S.,  F.lt.S.0.,  Ottawa,  the  subject  ot 
this  sketch,  was  bom  December  20,  1835,  at 
Oxford,  England.  He  was  educated  near 
Oxford,  London  and  Brighton.  Between  the 
years  1855  (or  a  little  earlier)  and  1801,  he 
devoted  his  attention  to  the  study  of,  first, 
the  invertebrate  zoology  ;  and,  second,  to 
that  of  the  invertebrate  palieontology  of  the 
Jurassic  rocks  of  the  immediate  vicinity  of 
his  native  city.  At  the  request  of  the  late 
Professor  Phillips,  he  prepared  a  paper 
on  *^The  Land  and  Fresh-water  Mollusca 
inhabiting  the  neighbourhood  of  Oxford," 
which  was  rosd  before  the  Ashmolean  So- 
ciety in  1857,  and  published  in  tho  transac- 
ti«)nB  of  that  body  for  the  same  year.  He 
also  published  some  nf  the  results  of  his 
palaiontological  studies  in  the  **  Heport  of 
the  British  Association  for  tho  Advanco- 
ment  of  Science,"  in  1800,  and  in  the  "  An- 


nals and   Magazine  of    Natural    History* 
(London),  for  1861.     During  the  last  naniedj 
year  he  came  to  Canada.     From   1HG3  to 
187B,  both  years  included,  he  was  scieutitic 
curator  and  recording  secretary  to  the  Na- 
tural History  Society  of  Montreal,  and  c-jn- 
tributod  many  papers  on  Canadian  zoology 
and  palieontology  to  its  journal,  tho  **  Cana- 
adian  Naturalist  and  Geologist."    He  prose- 
cuted live  deep-sea  dredging  expeditiouB  to 
the    Gulf  of  8t.  Lawrence  in   1807.    J8*^'y, 
1871»  1872  and  1873.  the  Ust  three  under 
the  auspices  nf  the  Department  of  Marine 
and  Fisheries  of  the  Dominion  government. 
and    published    papers    descriptive  of  the 
results  of  these  investigations  in  the  reports 
of  the  Department  of  Marine  and  Fisheries, 
in  the  *'  Canadisn  Naturalist,"  the ''  Anni 
and  Magazine  of  Natural  History  "(L<jndon) 
and  in  the  "American  Journal  of  Scieix 
and  Arts."     He   first  joined  the  Geologic 
Survey  of   Canada,    in    1874,  and    for  tw< 
years  had  charge  of  the  Mesozoic  and  Tei 
tiary   fossils   and   zoological   specimens    ii 
the   museum  of  that  institution,  under  E. 
Bdlings.      He    was    elected    palueootologist 
and   zoologist   to   the  Survey    in  October, 
1876,  and  sabset^uently  one  of  the  four  as- 
sistant directors.  His  principal  publications, 
since  he  joined  the  Survey,  are  ilhistraled 
monographs  on    the  invertebrate  fossils  of 
tho    Upper  Cretaceous  rocks  of  Vancouver 
Island   and   other   islands  in  the  Strait  of 
Georgia  adjacent  thereto  ;  on  those  of  the 
Middle  Cretaceous  rocks  of  the  Queen  Char- 
lotte Islands  ;  on  those  of  the  Guelph  for- 
mation of  Western  Ontario  ;  and  on  those 
of  the  Laramie  and  Cretaceous  rocks  of  tho 
Bow  and  Belly  River  districts.   Also  various 
papers  on  the  fossil  tiahes  nf  tho  Devrihiun 
rooks  of  Scanmeuue  Bay,  P.Q.,  and  on  thi.sy 
of  Oampbellton,  N.B,,  as  well  as  others 
the  recent  marine  invertebraia  of  the  Pocit 
Coast  of  Canada.     In  addition  to  those 
the  annual  reports  of  the  Survey,  he  ha 
contributed  papers,  mostly  on  palmontologi 
cal   subjects,    to    the    Transactions   uf  tl 
Itoyal  Society  of  CAuada  ;    to  the  Ue[iorl 
of  tho  American  Association    for    the  Ac 
vanoeniuut   of  Science,  to   the  *'  AmcricJ 
Naturalist,"  and  to  the  *'  American  Jounii 
of  Science  and  Arts.*'     He  was  elected 
honorary  member  of  the  Ashmolean  Societyi 
Oxford.  England,  in  1857  ;  a  Fellow  of  tl 
Geological  Society  of  London,  in  185S>; 
honorary  member  of  the  Natural  Histoi 
Society  of  Montreal,  in  187*5;  and  a  Fellow 
the  Koyal  Society  of  Canada,  in  18S2. 
has  worked  a  good  deal  with  the  microscnp 
and  has  devoted  the  greater  port  of  his  lil 


CAKADUN  niOGRAPHY. 


!U5 


jii^-  .4    i:.au».'')iuulf>gy  and  zoology, 
!ity  being  recoiit  and  foaail  inver- 
A  ; -•• -r- -'itii^  otUoial,  an  anient 
knvr  o{   a^  ->   gentleman   brings  a 

tml  mMi'^  ■"  •  to    the    work  in  bia 

d!iu;p:.  "  And  the    public   will 

!  [.  Jume*  IVulerN,   Mayor   of 

T  »;itiirio,    wiui   born    iit   Thuno, 

tid.  on  tli«  14th   January, 

noil  '«f  James  Dunuet,  who 

hridt  Waters.    The  paxenta 

trat  came  to  Montreal,  and 

;<.-d  for  the  period  of  four  years. 

rntion  of  that  time  they    moved 

tvl'&kcutiam,  a  aniall  TilU|{o   nut   far  from 

Ottava,  And  tliera  abode.       Dut  Jauios  VV, 

kfl  PaiteahAtii  in    18<U  and  proceeded    to 

PHerlHictf',  where  he  commenued    buaineaa. 

H«r»    be    remained    until    1870,   when  he 

buHj    UmAh    up    hiA    abode    in    Belleville. 

HtfveexTed  tiin  education,  which  cumpriaed 

Bfcriliti,    ancient    and    tnodorn    tan^iiages, 

m^kfimAlioi,  Hiid  lite  otht^r  higher  hranchea, 

my  of  Kirkwall, Orkney  Iilanda, 

^asaout  from  Canada,  and  where 

ha  aw«^  all  the  tint  prizea  in    classics  and 

ccatlkrauUici.       Hv  oauie  to  this  ciuntry  in 

:  and  be  becaniv  ft  cAptain  in  the  vol- 

:   foroe,    active  militia,  in  1862.     Ho 

UwTvard   Wcamw     payuiaster   of  tJie  57th 

Sftttali<<n.    Pi^t^trliunt",    and    major   of    the 

\.  L,  1..  Belleville.     In  1881 

:  Upon  by  a  large  number  of 

trnuai  lo  tuer  tor  a  aeat  at  the  civic  board  ; 

a»d  karix^  ootwpted  the  invitation,  he  was 

claeta«l,  BO'^  "—  —    '"cted  in  1882  and  again 

m  1883.  •'  waa  elected  mayor; 

and  *'/*'"'  •>  18A5.    Heisaatrong 

«dror  >  toe,   Aiid    adopted   the 

.SeoCt  .  rm  when  he  ran  for  the 

n*joraity.       At  the   time  of  the  arreat  of 

Jklaaoo  atid  81id«ll  upon  the  hi^h  soaa,   Mr. 

Dsaovi   waa  a  reaidout  of    Pakenhaai.  and 

h*  lh«re  rmised  a  oumpany  of  voUinteera. 

B*  kas  for  many  years  been  ooimected  with 

Ht*  4Vang«  and   Oddfellowa'    societleH,  and 

th  ol  theae  organiuitiona  ia  a  member 

:b  atanding.      Iti  rclit;ion  he   profeasea 

faith,  and    baa    eerre^l    as 

'••r  aoveral  years.       He  has 

rvrn    a    aiipL'Tititondcnt  of    Sunday-schoola 

!ttMwiM>i  aod  held  that  paaition  in  Peterboro' 

Womnoringto  iieUoville.  His  sympiithiea 

Vt  alUigathnr  with  the  Low  Church  party. 

Ott  Not.  9tli,  1804,  he  married   Elizabeth 

Jmm  Othv3U.     Mr.  Diirinet  ia  now  among 

like  Mattoobeit    and    most   prominent    dry 

foada  toerchanta  iu  BollevLlle,  and  hia  ca- 

ner,  la  r«f«fT»d  to  in  tb«  bet^iimiug  of  thia 


sketch,  roveala  his  regard  and  popularity 
amnng  his  townsfolk.  It  may  be  that  higher 
public  honours  are  in  store  for  Mr.  Dnnnet. 
Wutlerp,  Kev.  Ucrnard  JaiucSf 
Paruih  Prioat  of  Godench,  waa  burn  iu  the 
City  of  Quebec  on  the  29th  Sept.,  1846. 
Tbia  able  and  pioua  priest  waa  a  son  of 
John  and  Jane  (ML'Gauran)  Watters,  who 
who  came  from  the  Province  of  Connauebt, 
Ireland,  the  former  from  the  town  of  Caa- 
tlebar.  and  the  latter  from  the  town  of  8tigo. 
Mr.  Wattera  took  up  his  abode  in  Quebec 
upon  his  arrival,  and  afterwards  conducted 
in  that  city  a  mercantile  business.  Young 
Bernard  Watters  began  his  educational  stu- 
dies at  the  High  School  in  Quebec,  in 
185d,  under  the  late  Dr.  Smith,  the  rec- 
tor of  that  excellent  institution.  Here  be 
remained  for  two  years,  following  the  gene- 
ral course  ;  but  he  aUi>  took  private  leaaona 
in  claasics,  from  Dr.  Smith,  for  a  period  of 
three  years.  He  likewise  attended  the 
French  Seminary,  where  he  completed  a 
fine  classical  cnurae,  and  acquired  an  inti- 
mate knowledge  of  the  French  language, 
la  1865  he  entered  St«.  Anne's  Colloffe, 
below  Quebec,  and  here  joined  the  pbilo- 
Bophical  class,  of  which  the  Rev.  Andre 
Pelletier  was  the  able  professor.  In  18U0, 
under  the  professorship  of  the  Rev.  Acbille 
Valter,  he  began  a  course  in  cbeniiatry, 
physics,  astronomy,  botany,  etc.  The  year 
following  be  entered  the  ecclosiaatioal  state, 
and  received  the  tonauro  at  the  hands 
of  the  late  Right  Reverend  Charles  Bailler- 
geon,  archbishop  of  Quebec.  In  1808  be 
received  minor  orders  at  the  hands  of  the 
same  archbishop.  He  now  commenced  hia 
theological  atudies,  which  were  pursued 
under  the  piom  Father  Blanchet.  In  18119, 
feeling  a  desire  for  miaaion  life  in  Ontario, 
the  young  seminarian  applied  for  and  re- 
ceived his  exeat  from  the  archbishop,  and 
set  out  for  the  diooeae  of  London,  into 
which  he  was  adopted  by  its  learned  and 
distinguished  bishop,  Rt,  Rev.  Dr.  Walah. 
He  here  received  the  orders  of  sub-deaoou 
and  deacon,  at  the  hands  of  that  prelate,  on 
the  aecond  week  of  October,  1W>9  ;  and  on 
the  28th  October  of  the  same  year,  he  waa 
ordained  priest.  After  ordination,  be  re- 
mained a  few  months  with  the  bishop,  and 
I  in  Jan.,  1870,  he  waa  appointed  oasistant  to 
the  Very  Rev.  Dean  Murphv,  P.  P.,  Dub- 
lin, Ont.  He  remained  here  tiftHeri  mouths, 
when  he  waa  recalled  by  the  bishop  to  hia 
palace.  Here  be  remained  for  nearly  three 
years  as  aaoiatant  at  St.  Peter's,  and  for 
acme  time  as  aecrotary.  In  June,  1873,  he 
waa   appointed  by  hia  lordship,   rector  of 


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gether  untiinal  energy,  oftpadty  and  ambi- 
tion. Thia  ia  well  proven  by  the  fact,  that 
when  he  reached  his  twentieth  year  ho 
bouf^ht  hia  father  out,  undertook  himself 
the  management  of  the  mills,  and  Bimul- 
lanentisly  conducted  a  general  store.  It  ia 
not  often  that  of  a  yuiiug  man  of  twenty  as 
much  as  this  can  be  said.  Thia  double  and 
extenaive  business  Mr.  McLaughlin  man- 
aged with  marked  ability  and  success  till 
I8dl,  when  a  desire,  which  he  had  had  for 
somti  time,  to  go  toToronto,  prevailed.  In 
the  Queen  City  he  saw  an  opening  for  a 
Buccessful  grain  and  flour  business  ;  and  in 
such  manner  he  eHtablishcd  himself  there. 
He  did  not  let  hia  hold  upon  the  protitable, 
and  now  historic,  Mono  Milla  ^o,  but  atill 
carries  them  on  in  conjunction  with  hia 
buaineas  in  grain  and  tlour.  It  is  hardly 
neceaaary  to  say  that  the  succeaa  which 
attended  Mr.  Mcliaughlin's  early  exertions 
has  not  been  denied  to  him  in  his  new 
and  larger  sphere.  Fur  the  i;reater  part 
his  time  and  attention  are  absorbed  by  hia 
large  and  growing  business,  nevertheleaa  he 
has  paid  much  att,ention  to  politica  in  his 
day.  He  contested  Cardwell  with  Thomas 
White,  (now  Minister  of  the  Interior),  in 
1882,  and  though  he  was  not  aueoesafol,  he 
polled  the  largest  rote  ever  given  to  a 
liberal  candidate  in  that  constituency.  Our 
subject  has  travelled  much,  and  in  his 
travels  he  liaa  kept  his  eyes  observantly 
open.  He  married,  Sepk^mber,  1883,  Isa- 
bella Small,  who  had  formerly  resided  at 
Mono  Mills.  By  this  union  he  has  had  one 
child.  Mr.  McLaughlin  is  a  Roman  catholic. 
He  ia  extremely  genial,  and  very  agreeable 
in  manner. 

%Vliltruve!f,  Joseph  rrederlvk, 
F.O.S.,  K.lt.S.C.,  Ottawa,  the  subject  ut 
this  sketch,  was  born  December  20, 1835,  at 
Oxford,  England.  He  was  educated  near 
Oxford,  London  and  Brighton.  Ptetweeu  the 
years  1855  (or  a  little  earlier)  and  1801,  he 
devoted  hia  attention  to  the  atndy  of,  first, 
the  invertebrate  zoology  ;  and,  second,  to 
that  of  the  invertebrate  palwimtology  of  the 
Jurassic  rocks  of  the  immediate  vicinity  of 
his  native  city.  At  the  request  of  the  lato 
Profoesor  Phillips,  he  prepared  a  paper 
on  ''The  Land  and  Fresh-water  Molhisca 
inhabiting  the  neighbourhood  of  <.)xford/' 
which  was  read  before  the  Ashtnolean  So- 
ciety in  IBoT,  and  published  in  the  transac- 
titms  of  that  body  for  the  same  year.  He 
also  published  some  of  thu  results  uf  his 
palieontolugieal  studies  in  the  '*  Heport  of 
the  British  Association  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science,"  in  1800,  and  in  the  '*  An- 


nala  and  Magazine  of  Natural  Hiatory" 
(London),  for  l8(> I.  During  the  last  named' 
year  he  came  to  Canada.     From    1863  to 

1870,  both  years  included,  he  was  acieotitic 
curator  and  recording  secretary  to  the  Na- 
tural History  Society  of  Montreal,  and  con- 
tributed nmny  pajiers  on  Canadian  zoology 
aud  palaeontology  tu  its  journal,  the  **  Caua 
adian  NBturalisi  and  Geologist."  He  pr<jse* 
cuted  five  deep-sea  dredging  expeditions 
the    Gulf  of  St.  lAwrenoe  in   18C7.    1809, 

1871,  1872  and  1873,  the  last  three  under 
the  auapicoB  of  the  Department  of  Marino 
and  Fisheries  of  the  Dominion  government* 
and  published  papers  descriptive  of  th< 
results  of  these  investigations  in  the  repo: 
of  the  Department  of  Marine  and  FiaheriaSy 
in  the  '*  Canadian  Naturalist,"  the  "  Ann 
and  Magazine  of  Natural  History" (London 
and  in  the  **  American  Journal  of  Scien 
and  Arts."  He  first  joined  the  Geologi 
Survey  of  Canada,  in  1874,  and  for  iw 
years  had  charge  of  the  Mesosoic  and  Ter 
tiary  fossils  and  zoological  specimens  in 
the  museum  of  that  institution,  under  £. 
Billings.  Ho  was  elected  pal^eontologiat 
and  Zoologist  tn  the  Survey  in  October, 
187<^,  and  8ub»equeutly  one  of  the  four  as- 
sistant directors.  Hia  principal  publications, 
since  he  joined  the  Survey,  are  illustrateci 
monographs  on  the  invertebrate  fossils  of 
the  Upper  Cretaceous  rocks  of  Vancouver 
Island  and  other  islands  in  the  Strait  of 
Georgia  adjacent  theretf^i ;  on  those  of  the 
Middle  Cretaceous  rocks  of  the  Queen  Char- 
lotte Islands  ;  on  those  of  the  Guelpb  for- 
mation of  Western  Ontario  :  and  on  those 
of  the  Laramie  and  Cretaceous  rocks  of  the 
Bow  and  Belly  River  districts.  Also  various 
papers  on  the  fossil  fishes  of  the  Devonian 
n>cks  of  Scanmenac  Bay,  P.Q.,  and  on  tbiuttf 
of  Campbelltun,  N.B.,  as  well  as  others  on 
the  recent  marine  iuvertebrata  of  the  Pacitic 
Coast  of  Canada.  In  addition  to  tliose  in 
the  annual  reports  of  the  Survey,  he  has 
contributed  papers,  mostly  on  palfeontologi- 
oal  subjects,  to  the  Transactions  of  xha 
lioyal  Society  of  Canada  ;  to  the  Reports 
of  the  American  Association  for  the  Ad 
vanoemont  of  Science,  to  the  "America: 
Naturalist,'*  and  to  the  *'  American  Jourm 
of  Science  and  Arts."  He  was  elected 
honorary  member  of  the  Ashmolean  Society. 
Oxford,  Englatid,  in  1857  ;  a  Fellow  of  thi 
Geological  Society  of  London,  in  18,59  ;  an 
honorary  member  of  the  Natural  History 
Society  of  Montreal,  in  1870;  and  a  Fellow  uf 
the  Royal  Society  nf  Canada,  in  1882.  Ho 
has  worked  a  good  deal  with  the  microsco 
and  has  devoted  the  greater  part  of  his 


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CANADJAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


20D 


Uhft  lUidj  Off  p&montology  and  zoology 
kb  ipedAlity  being  recent  and  fosnil  inver-  ' 
Itbtmte.     A  painsttikinii;  ofHcial,  an  ardent 
lomr  of  Bcienco,  tliis  gentleman   brings  a 
•n)  uid  a  knowlodije   to    tliu    work  in  his 
^aff^»  which  scieuoe  ami  the   public   will 

Miinnel,  Juinvii  Wnlcm,   Mayor   of 

:  1«,    Ontario,    was   burn   at   Thuno, 

— s,  s     r  and,  on  the  I4ih   January, 

iJr^  M,i.i  n.  Miti  (if  James  Dunnet,  who 

laacritfii  Jaov  Gilchriht  Waters.    Tbe  parentB 

of  oar  ■iibject  Hrat  came  to  >foutreal,  and 

UiR*  remained  for  tho  period  of  four  years. 

Mth?  expiration  of  that  time  they    moved 

I   '  in,  a  imall  village  not   far  from 

t  i  there  abode.      But  James  W, 

!  i\vn  in    18t)4  and  proceeded    to 

I  where  ho  commenced   buaineia. 

ilfr..    jjB    remained    until    IW70,   when  he 

finally    took    up   hia   abode    in    Belleville. 

Be  received  his  education,  which  comprised 

£D)fUah^    ancient    and   ni<jdeni    laoKuages, 

iiuAb«aLatica,  and  tlie  other  higher  brauches, 

A  Ibe  Aead«fuy  of  Kirkwall,  Orkney  Islands, 

whltfaer  lie  was  sent  from  Canada,  and  where 

be  swept  all  the  6rst  prix.es  in    claanica  and 

matKemalice.       Ho  came  to  this  country  in 

id43 ;  and  be  became  a  captain  in  the  vol- 

ant«er  foroc,   octivu  niUitia,  in  16d2.     He 

aftcrwmnl   became    paymaster  of  the  57th 

batlAlJOD,    Pet«rboro',    and    major   of    the 

Ifilii  b*lUlion  A.  L.  I.,  Belleville.     In  1881 

b»  WM  prevailed  \\\x*x\  by  a  large  number  of 

frMBda  to  offer  for  a  seat  at  the  civic  board  ; 

aot!  having  accepted  the  invitation,  he  was 

olected*  and  was  re-elected  in  1H82  and  again 

in  1683.     In  Id84  he  waa  elected  mayor  ; 

tmA  agun  rv-elected  in  18)^.    He  is  a  strong 

•dTQCate   of  temperance,  and    adopted   the 

Sooit  Act  as  hit  platform  when  he  ran  for  the 

mayoralty.       At  the    time  of  the  arrest  of 

^^Ma*<'n  and  Slidell  upon  tbe  hi^h  seas,   Mr. 

^^BttiUMt    waa  a  resident  of    Pakonham,  and 

^^B*   ib*rs   rmiaerl   a  company  of  volunteers. 

Ba  baa  for  many  years  been  coimeoted  with 

tlb«  Omnge  and  Oddfellows'   societies,  and 

IB  both  oTiheee  organisations  is  a  member 

ia  bi^  standing.      In  religion  he   professes 

iIm    s|>i»oopal    faith,  and    has    served    as 

dlurob*w«rden   for  several  ^rears.       He  has 

biiti    a    suporintRndent  nf    Sunday-schools 

llkawiau,  and  hold  that  p'lition  in  Peterboro' 

bafurv  aortogto  Melleville.  His  sympathies 

Mw  Altqgelher  with  the  Low  Church  party. 

On    Nov.  9lh,  1H(H,  he   married    Elifabeth 

Jmm   Gib*oii.     Mr.  Dunnet  is  now  among 

Um  •taonchcst    and    mt>st    prominent    dry 

goedt  aorehaats  in  Belleville,  and  his  ca- 

aa  rcferrod  to  io  the  beginning  of  this 


sketch,  reveals  his  respird  and  popularity 
am'^ng  his  townsfolk.  It  may  be  that  hii^her 
public  honours  are  in  store  for  Mr.  Ontmet. 
M'utlcrs,  Rev.  Bc*rnur<l  James, 
Pariah  Priest  of  0(xlorich,  was  born  in  the 
City  of  Quebec  on  the  29th  Sept.,  1845. 
This  able  and  pious  priest  was  a  son  of 
John  and  Jane  (McGauran)  W.itters,  who 
wh<j  oame  from  the  Province  of  Connaught, 
Ireland,  the  former  from  the  town  of  Gas- 
tlebar,  and  the  latter  from  the  town  of  Sligo. 
Mr.  Wattors  took  up  his  abode  in  Quebec 
upon  hia  arrival,  and  afterwards  conducted 
in  that  city  a  mercantile  business.  Young 
Bernard  Watters  began  his  educational  stu- 
dies at  the  High  School  in  Quebec,  in 
1869,  under  the  late  Dr.  Smith,  the  rec- 
tor of  that  excellent  institution,  Here  he 
remained  for  two  years,  following  the  gene- 
ral course  ;  but  he  also  took  private  lessons 
in  classics,  from  Dr.  Smith,  for  a  period  of 
three  years.  He  likewise  attended  the 
French  Seminary,  where  he  completed  a 
fine  classical  course,  and  aci|uiretl  an  inti- 
mate knowledge  of  the  French  language. 
In  1805  he  entered  St©.  Anne's  College, 
below  Quebec,  and  here  joined  the  philo- 
sophical class,  of  which  the  Rev.  Andre 
Pelletier  was  the  able  professor.  In  1860, 
under  the  professorship  of  the  Rev.  Achille 
Valier,  he  began  a  course  in  chemistry, 
physics,  astronomy,  botany,  etc.  The  year 
following  he  entered  the  ecclesiastical  state, 
and  received  the  tonsure  at  the  hands 
of  the  late  Right  Reverend  Charles  Bailler- 
geon,  archbishop  of  Quebec.  In  1868  he 
received  minor  orders  at  the  hands  of  the 
same  archbishop.  He  now  commenced  hia 
theological  studies,  which  were  pursued 
under  the  pious  Father  Blanchet.  In  1869, 
feeling  a  desire  for  mission  life  in  Ontario, 
the  young  seminarian  applied  for  and  re- 
ceived hts  tJxat  from  the  archbishop,  and 
aet  out  for  the  diocese  of  Londim,  into 
which  he  was  adopted  by  its  learned  and 
distinguished  bishop,  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Walsh. 
He  here  received  the  orders  of  sub-deaoon 
and  deacon,  at  the  hands  of  that  prolate,  on 
th^  seoond  week  of  October,  1869  ;  and  on 
the  '28th  October  of  the  same  year,  he  waa 
ordained  priest.  After  ordination,  he  re- 
mained a  few  months  with  the  bishop,  and 
in  Jan.,  1870,  he  was  appointed  aasistant  to 
the  Vury  R«v.  Dean  Murphv,  P.  P. ,  Dub- 
lin, Ont.  He  remained  here  fifteen  months, 
when  he  was  recalled  by  the  bishop  to  hia 
palaoe.  Here  he  remained  for  nearly  three 
years  as  assistant  at  St.  Peter's,  and  for 
some  time  as  secretary.  In  Juue,  1873,  he 
was    appointed  by  hia  lordship,   rector   of 


A  cyclopjKvia  of 


Curunna,  %  parish  situated  on  the  St.  Clair 
rir«r,  six  mtlea  below  Sfimia.  Father  Wat- 
ters  built  a  brick  church  in  Port  Lambton 
while  pariah  prieat  of  Corunna,  and  made 
many  improvement!)  iu  the  two  charchea 
and  thu  house  while  there.  He  remained 
iu  this  parish  till  he  was  promoted  to  the 
paatoraliip  of  (loderich.  of  which  place  he  ia 
at  present  pariHh  prieat.  A  brief  reference 
to  the  late  Itev.  \^.  McOauran.  brother  of 
Rev.  Mr.  Wattem*  mother,  may  be  appro- 
priate here.  He  waa  bom  in  the  pariah  of 
Balliaodaro,  County  Sligo,  on  the  14th  Au- 
gual,  1821,  and  came  to  this  country  with 
hia  paronta  at  an  early  ago.  In  the  spring 
of  1B47|  be  was  appointed  chaplain  at 
Qrosae  Isle,  aud  was  the  tirst  prieat  stricken 
by  the  thip  fever  of  that  terrible  year,  from 
the  effecta  of  which,  and  the  laboiint  ho 
underwent,  he  novor  fully  recovered.  In 
the  aamfl  year  he  was  appointed  vicaire  of 
St.  Patrick'a,  Quebec.  In  1^8  he  waa  ap- 
pointed niiaaionary  iu  the  Eastern  Tuwn- 
ahipa.  hia  mission  including  nearly  the 
whole  of  the  preaent  diocese  of  Sherbrooke, 
and,  as  during  his  incmubency  of  this  very 
extensive  mission,  the  construction  of  the 
Grand  Trunk  Kailway  was  in  operation,  his 
laboura  were  neither  few  nor  light.  Ite- 
signing  hia  charge  through  sheer  exhaustion 
in  1854,  he  woa  named  dts-Krvant  of  L'Ange 
Gftrdien,  and  later  vicaire  of  ^i.  Joseph  of 
Levis,  and  later  vicaire  in  the  parish  of 
Notre  Dame  de  Leris,  on  the  healthful 
heigbttt  i)f  that  town,  opposite  Quebec.  In 
1871,  on  the  occasion  of  his  silver  jubilee  in 
the  priesthood,  he  was  presented  with  an 
addreaa,  acu>mpiknied  by  a  gold  watch  and 
chain,  by  the  committee  of  St.  Patrick's 
church.  In  1872  he  viaited  Europe,  and  in 
Ireland  he  was  the  recipient  of  many  marks 
of  esteem,  notably  from  the  Late  diatingnish* 
ed  Archbishop  McHiile,  whom  he  hrst  met 
in  hisUiric  Cong,  and  waa  aubsequently  his 
cherished  guest  in  Tuam.  In  Ltmdon  he 
was  most  warmly  received  and  hospitably 
entertained  by  Cardinal  Manning,  to  whom 
he  imparted  a  large  amount  of  information 
concerning  Canada,  particularly  with  regard 
to  the  school  system  ;  thus,  no  doubt,  laying 
the  foundation  of  the  Cardinal's  aubaequent 
aociou  in  providing  for  ao  many  of  that  great 
city's  woifa.  In  Home  he  waa  accorded  a 
private  audience  by  the  late  Pope  Piua  IX., 
and  waa  authnrised  to  bestow  the  Papal 
benedictitm  on  hia  people,  a  privilege  which 
he  availed  himaulf  uf,  and  the  solemnity  of 
that  Sunday  in  St.  Patrick's  is  still  fondly 
remembered.  S|>ecialiy  honoured  by  the 
Cordiual-Uean  Patri^u,  he  waa  accorded  ,a 


and^ 

tenS 
P<ur^ 


great  many  spiritual  privileges,  aroon; 
others  that  of  erecting  an  altar  in  his  pri- 
vate residence  and  of  celebrating  Holy  Mas* 
there  whenever  he  ahould  think  6t.  The 
crowning  work  of  hia  life  waa  the  foundation 
of  the  St.  Bridget's  Asylum  at  Quebec. 

Burrlck,  Dr.  Ell  Jnnieiv,  Toron 
M.D..  M.K.C.S..  England,  L.H.C.P.  and 
London  and  Kdiuburgb,  one  of  the 
successful  medical  practitioners  Torvuto 
can  boast  of,  waa  bom  on  the  28tb 
cembor,  1838,  in  the  township  of  Wainfl 
Welland,  Ontario.  Dr.  Rarrick  is  deacen 
cd,  on  the  mother's  side,  from  Jacob  Olt,  a 
U.  E.  loyalist,  who  came  over  from  the 
State  of  Pennsylvania  at  the  oloae  of  the 
last  century,  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  the 
township  of  Waintleet,  County  of  Wellan 
Here  he  abode,  and  brought  up  a  family 
nine  children,  two  sons  and  seven  danghte 
all  of  whom  married  and  aettled  in  that 
of  tho  country.  Their  doacendenta  form  a 
large  portion  of  the  population  of  Wain- 
fleet  and  coutiguuuB  ports.  Dr.  Barrick  at- 
tended the  c"miu'.>n  school  iu  Waintl<§et.  and 
when  twelve  years  old.  removed  with  his 
eldest  brother,  Benjamin,  to  a  farm  six 
miles  further  west  in  the  township  of  Moul- 
ton.  On  this  farm  he  worked,  and  attendoil 
the  common  school  until  1850.  His  habiia 
at  this  period  were  marked  by  great  indus- 
try, and  he  showed  a  strong  desire  to  be- 
come a  builder,  therefore,  in  the  spring  off 
1850  ho  began  to  learn  the  buUdiug  trade 
but  an  attack  of  the  ague  coming  on  in  thi 
afternoon  of  the  ot^mmencing  day,  cause 
him  to  return  to  school.  Thia  turned  tha 
whule  current  of  hia  life-wnrk.  (In  resuming 
school  he  pursued  hia  studies  with  mo 
than  ordinary  industry  ;  aud  in  the  fall  o 
the  same  year  he  went  to  Toronto,  aud  eu 
tered  as  a  pnpil  at  the  Normal  SdiooU 
Here  he  attended  two  sessions,  and  at  th 
close  of  the  second,  1857,  he  received  a] 
second-class  certitioate.  In  January,  185^^ 
he  took  charge  of  a  common  school  in  the 
township  of  Humberatone.  four  milee  east 
of  Stonebridgo.  and  taught  with  great  auc- 
cesa  until  May,  1880,  and  again  reaumed 
studies  at  the  Normal  School  for  another 
year.  In  June.  1881,  he  was  one  of  live 
who  received  the  highest  certificates  grant* 
ed.  In  the  following  July,  on  recommenda- 
tion of  the  teachers  at  the  Normal  School, 
he  took  charge  of  the  common  school  No.  9, 
township  of  PuslinchjCounfcy  of  WellingUm, 
which  he  conducted  with  remarkable  suc- 
cess for  three  and  a  half  yean,  and  thea 
gave  it  up  to  attend  Holph's  Medical  School 
at  Toronto.     In  lH(k>  our  subject  obtaine 


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207 


ft»  degree  of  M.  D. ,  from  the  Uoiveraity  of 
Vietoria  College.   After  graduftting,he  spent 
eelfe*  time  at  the  hoBpitals  and  diBf>enaariea 
n  N«w  York,  aod  then   went  tu  Loudon. 
RngUnd.  where  ho  reaumed  his  itadies  at 
Thonaaa'A  Ho«pital  for  one  year.     He  was 
th*  fint  Canadian  who  ti>ok  the  piMition  of 
midcBt  aooouchear  at  that  hospitaL     Dur- 
■if  hit  roudenoe  in  London,  ho  paased  auc- 
oatfully  examinationt  before  the  Royal  Col- 
tag*  of  Pbysiciaus  and  the  Royal  College  of 
Sa^goona,  in  both  London  and  Edinburgh. 
Barvtnmed  home  in  May.  18G7,  and  proc- 
tited  medicine  in  Dunnville.    until  Xat  of 
October  of  the  same  year.    A^ain  he  entered 
th»  f;  '  ■•>{  aa  demonstrator  of  ana- 

toBy,  t'Dced  practice  in  Toronto. 

After  itoKiiiiL;  Uiia  pusitinn  for  three  yeara, 
W  WM  ap(H(iitted   professor  of    midwifery 
aad  diMMues  of  women  and  children,  which 
pontiOQ  he  held  until  the  dissolution  of  the 
•ebMk)  in  1H74.     Since  then  he  baa  devoted 
th«  Tholc  of  hia  time  to  the  practice  of  the 
pRifMaion.     Very  early  in  life  he   had  de- 
■ded  ooDTiotiona  in  regard  to  temperance, 
Md   wh«u  about  sixteen  years  of  age,   he 
firm  stand,  and  became  a  total  ab- 
and    he   has   continued   to  be  one 
since.     The  doctor  is  fully  ^^ersuaded 
the  only  aafe  conrse  for  a  young  man 
to  paisoe  ia  to  totally  abstain  from  the  use 
oi  liauora.     His   religious   training  he  re- 
■ui  >mil  from  hia  mother,  and  thia  Christian 
WCMBUi'a   teaching   has    been    a    tower    of 
strvoffth  to  her  children  and  grandchildren, 
which  the  soepticiam  of  the  age  has  not  been 
alii*  to   ahake.       Dr.     Harrick   has  been   a 
fucmbcr  of  the  Methitdiat  church  for  nearly 
thirty  yearn.  ■in.l:»t  Tiri^Noniisone  of  the  trus- 
%»m  of  thi:  !  ku  church,    Tonjnio. 

Hit  eoDDViM  I    nocioties   have    btten 

principally  aa  medical  attondant,  and  in 
tliii  oipadtT  be  haa  been  connected  with 
th»  Orange  Ludges  Nos.  212, 4tj7  and  127  ; 
tha  Courts  Kobin  Hood  and  Hope,  A.  O. 
TfJtmim  ;  and  May  iV'  Ou's  Ilenetit  Society. 
Ia  politica  I>r.  Harrtuk  is  n  LiberalConser- 
Tativ«L  On  the  i'Wth  of  Anril.  1870.  he 
■laryipd  Kate  Head  Ncncttmbo,  of  Toronto, 
uut  the  fruit  of  this  marriage  was  eight 
chttdrcn,  oaly  three  of  whom  now  survive — 
Iwo  bof  and  a  girl.  Mrs.  Barrick  ia  aiater 
of  Dra.  Junaa  and  William  Newcombe,  and 
OdBrroa  and  tlenry  (<>f  .0.  Kewcombe  & 
Oo»)  an4  Mrs.  A.  J.  Mason,  all  of  whom, 
with  thotr  mother,  cam^  in  Toronto  from 
Da-vcttshiro,  Kii^UrKl.  in  tSaO. 

flolSBtr.  Tlioiiius  iVnukllD,  B.A., 
Piof— uc  ot  Maihemalios,  Albert  College, 
BnUavtUa,  Ontahu,  waa  born  in  the  County 


of  Hastings,  Ontario,  on  the  Mth  April, 
1859.  He  is  a  son  of  Thomas  Holgate,  who 
was  bom  in  Yorkshire,  Kngland,  and  settled 
ill  Ontario  in  early  life.  He  was  a  pioneer 
settler,  and  afterwards  held  the  commission 
of  justice  of  the  peace.  Hia  mother,  Elea- 
nor, whose  maiden  name  was  Wright,  waa 
deaconded  of  United  Empire  loyalist  stock. 
Our  subject  waa  educated  in  Albert  College, 
taking  the  governorgenerara  medal  for  pro- 
ficiency at  matriculation,  and  hotioura  in  ma- 
thematics throughout  the  whole  course.  He 
received  the  decree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  tu 
1884,  and  was  immediately  appointed  pro- 
feasor  nf  mathematics  in  Albert  College, 
having  gained  experience  in  teaching  in  the 
public  schoola,  and  aa  tutor  in  Albert  Col- 
lege. He  atudied  at  tirat  and  attended  col- 
leifo  with  the  view  of  making  teaching  hia 
life  work.  He  is  examiner  in  mathematics 
for  Victoria  Uuiveraity,  and  also  holds  a  tirat 
class  |{nule  A  certificate  from  the  Educa- 
tioual  department.  He  aseiated  in  organiz- 
ing a  company  of  volunteers  in  Mli«rl  C-d- 
lege,  in  connection  with  the  loth  battalion 
A.L. I.  active  militia,  and  rt»o  to  the  rank 
of  lieutenant.  He  volunteered  for  service 
LU  the  North- West,  in  the  late  rebellion. 
and  was  ordered  to  the  front,  but  when  it 
was  decided  to  take  only  one  company  frL>m 
the  15lh,  on  occonnt  of  duties  at  the  col- 
lege, the  order  waa  cancellefl.  Our  subject 
is  in  full  connection  with  the  Methodist 
church,  and  has  twice  been  lay  represents, 
tive  to  the  annual  conference  of  that  church 
from  tiellovillu  tabsrnacle.  He  was  married 
on  Au'^'ust  I'Jth,  m85,  to  Julia  Sharpe, 
daughter  of  John  Sharpe,  J. P.,  of  Ernus- 
town,  OntJirio.  Hia  wife  is  of  V.K.  loyalist 
descent.  Her  grandfather,  Lucaa  Sharps, 
waa  for  many  ycara  a  pensioner,  on  account 
of  active  aorvico  in  the  war  of  1812. 

Dcwurl,  Rev.  Edward  HHrtli*>'» 
D.D.,  Toronto,  a  prominent  divine  and 
author  in  the  Methodiat  church,  and  a 
prominent  Canatiian  litttritUur^  waa  born  in 
the  County  of  Oavan,  Ireland,  in  the  year 
1828.  He  ia,  we  obaerve,  by  authentic 
r^corda,  of  mingled  Scotch  and  Englisli 
deaoent,  hia  father's  ancestors  Itaving  coma 
origiTutlly  from  S4.H>tland,  and  his  mother's 
from  England.  When  he  was  six  years  old 
he  came,  with  his  parents,  to  thia  country, 
the  family  settling  in  the  County  of  Peter- 
borough, Ontario.  Here  Edward  Hartley 
Dewart  passed  hia  boyhood  and  hia  youth. 
Schoola  in  those  days  were  few,  and  they 
were  aa  a  rale  deticieut  in  ayatem,  and  not 
provided  with  competent  heada.  The  edu- 
cational  fackUtiea  open   to  young    Dewart 


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A  CYChOtMDlA  OF 


were  uot  better  than  thuae  jn«t  chanicter- 
ized,  but  the  lad  wm  a  peraiatent  student, 
a»d  hia  love  for  reading  amounted  almoat 
to  a  pauion.  His  home  was  pretty  gener- 
ously stocked  with  books,  but  through  &U 
these  he  wont, and  then  he  read  eveiy  volume 
that  he  could  borrow  from  his  neighbours. 
It  is  not  much  to  be  wondered  at  that  his 
church  and  his  adopted  country  were  in  after 
years  to  ^et  a  got>d  account  of  him.  In  the 
year  1B47.  he  resolved  to  avail  himself  of 
^(reater  educatioD&I  atl vantages,  we  are  told, 
and  to  qualify  himself  for  a  broader  sphere 
of  usefulness.  In  order  to  effect  this  object 
he  started  one  wintry  November  uioniing. 
from  his  secluded  forest  home,  to  become  a 
student  of  the  Normal  College  in  Toronto, 
which  had  been  opened  a  few  months  pre- 
viously for  public  iustruction.  With  char- 
acteristic energy  and  determination,  he 
travelled  the  whole  of  the  distance,  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  miles,  on  foot.  After 
prosecuting  his  studies  hero  with  remarkable 
success,  he  rotumod  homo  at  the  end  of  the 
academic  year,  taught  school  for  about 
twelve  or  fourteen  months,  and  came  back 
again  tn  attend  lectures  fur  an^ither  aesaion. 
Uia  ability  and  aaaiduity  as  a  student  soon 
rendered  his  proficiency  so  marked  in  all  his 
Btudies  that  he  was  frequently  employed  by 
the  professors  to  assist  them  in  teaching 
their  classes.  In  1851,  ho  was  called  Ui  the 
work  of  the  Christian  ministry,  in  connection 
with  the  Wosleyan  Methodist  church,  of 
which  ho  had  been  a  member  since  1843.  He 
commenced  bis  ministerial  labours  on  the  St. 
Thomas  circuit,  some  months  after  the  meet- 
ing of  the  conference,  as  junior  preacher, 
under  the  direction  of  the  chairman  of  the 
London  district.  After  remaining  a  second 
year  on  this  circuit,  he  travelled  respectively 
for  one  yearthe  Port  Hope  and  Thorold  cir- 
cuits. On  completing  his  four  years'  proba- 
tion, he  was  ordaint^d  in  L^mdon,  in  June, 
185d,  aud  sent  to  Dundaa.  The  next  year, 
he  married  Miss  Matilda  Hunt.of  HamiUon, 
Ontario,  and  was  appointed  superintendent 
of  the  St.  Andrew's  circuit,  on  the  Ottawa 
river.  Ho  hibourod  here  for  two  years, 
when  he  was  sent  to  the  Odelltown  circuit. 
In  1860  he  was  stationed  by  the  conforoiiee 
in  Montreal  west  Very  shortly  afterwards 
he  was  compelled,  owing  to  enfeebled  health, 
caused  by  protracted  overwork  before  coming 
to  the  city,  to  resign  his  charge,  and  to  re- 
tire temporarily  from  the  pastorate.  After 
his  health  had  become  restored,  he  under- 
took the  superintendence  of  the  8t.  John's 
circuit,  where  he  laboured  for  three  years. 
Thereafter  we  iind  him  at   CoUingwood,  at 


Toronto,  an<l  at  IngoraoU.  In  18U9  h« 
elected  editor  of  the  Christian  (juaniian,  % 
position  for  which  his  passionate  love  for 
literature,  and  for  literature  of  the  highest 
and  best,  eminently  fitted  him.  This 
position  he  has  since  Hllitd,  with  unbounded 
credit  to  himself  and  to  the  publication  un 
der  his  charge.  Conference  after  conferen 
saw  him  re-elected  to  the  control  of 
paper.  At  the  threat  general  cunference 
united  Methodism,  in  1883.  he  wjut  elected 
by  acclamation  by  the  united  church.  No 
withstanding  the  large  ainnunt  of  chu 
work  pressing  npon  his  time,  our  disCin 
uuished  subject  has  been  enabled  to  emploj: 
his  pen  in  tlie  production  of  a  considorahle 
quantity  of  enduring  work.  Ue  is  a  grace* 
ful  and  pleasing  writer  of  prt>ae,  and  his 
verses,  uf  which  he  has  written  a  giK^y 
numbnr,  embracing  patriotic,  domestic,  and 
religious  themes,  have  much  lyrical  fervour 
and  artistic  skill.  Chief  among  the  former 
may  be  named,  "John  Milton,"  *'  Niagara 
FJIs,"  and  '*  Voices  of  the  Past."  ft  is 
interesting  to  note  that  his  first  literary 
elTort  of  imix^rtance  was  an  essay,  written  io 
1858,  against  ihe  use  of  tobacco.  This  won 
a  valuable  prize  over  a  large  number  of  com- 
petitors, in  the  numerous  field  his  contri- 
butions have  been  frequent,  and  they  have 
always  borne  the  stamp  of  strong  intellec- 
tual individuality.  In  recognition  of  hi^ 
high  attainments,  Victoria  College  cijnforred 
upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity. 
Dr.  Dewart,  says  an  authority  already  quoted 
from,  is  a  man  of  great  force  of  character, 
and  of  marked  natural  ability.  He  is.  in 
the  true  sense  of  the  term,  a  self-made  man 
and  his  success  is  largely  attributable  to  his 
indomitable  perseverance  and  unwearied  a 
plication.  He  has  always  been  a  diligen 
and  laborious  student,  and  a  close  observe 
of  human  nature.  In  connection  with  th« 
movement  for  the  consolidation  of  Canadian 
MethtMlism,  he  took  a  leading  part  in  advo- 
cating lay  delegation  aud  union  principles  ; 
and  at  the  London  conference,  in  1873,  when 
a  plan  of  union  had  been  agreed  upon  by 
the  Wesleyan,  Kastern  British  American, 
and  New  Connexion  conferences,  he,  in  cun- 
junction  with  Dr.  Nelles,  was  appointed  a 
delegate  to  the  British  conference,  to  repre- 
sent the  relations  arising  out  of  the  proposed 
union,  and  U*  arrange  the  terms  of  settlo- 
ment  with  the  parent  body,  lie  waa  also  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Kcumenical  con* 
ference,  which  met  in  London,  England,  in 
1881.  At  the  recent  Methodist  union,  he 
did  not  approve  of  snmo  points  in  the  basis 
of  union;  but   always  austamod   the   priix- 


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CASADIAS  BIOGRAPHY. 


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fl«  hu  been  a  strong  adro- 
'ef  of  iiniU^  iinirertity  edu- 

n  frr  i:!!*  ^r>irmcu  of  Ontario.  As  a 
kbor  of  church  oourta  and  confereoco 
lie  displays  sa^aotty  and  de- 
Mfoa  of  ebaractor.  Aa  a  preacher,  he  is 
•iffiMat^  practical,  and  at  ciiues  eltx^usnt  ; 
hn  aerm^as  are  CHjcuUted  to  i|viick«n  the 
mdlcct  ftj  wA\  ^^  rh''  'i:>irit.  Htt  lA  a  man 
«i  stT'^  -I'lns  of  hia  opin- 

MM,  a:  ;><>kdn  ID  exprou- 

yftttii  mamiaiuuig  ih«m.  Ue  ia  aUo  a  mui 
krMhd  Tiewi,  o?  progroseiTtf  priaciplea, 
mA  id  adraoced  id^as  upon  all  subjects, 
•btilMr  ciTil  or  eoolestastical.  Ue  is  a 
ilMtDch  adrocatts  of  thv  prubibitioa  uf  the 
U|«iirtramc 

L«ronlAlnr,  Kir  1^.  II.,  mudMcended 

faun  AiitiiWT  Mt  narJ  liuf.>ntaine,  who  was 

SflUHBtharuf  r^rliament  for  I^ower  Canada 

ftvB   179A   in    \»\H.     Th&  subject  of    this 

ifatleb  was  bora   at   nHichvrvilIp,   l-nna^Ia 

KMt,  in  IW7.  ari<l  wm  thu  third  nun  of  A. 

IC  Lafoblaiue       Ho  reo^ivud  m  tiuiind  edu- 

mAam,  and  then  entered  npon  the  study  uf 

IW  lav.      He  ffa«  a  (iiJi;^T!iit  student,  nnd 

ttti  by  durmi;  his  4tudy-titne  a  vast  fand  of 

us^ttl   ilwHtry.      Korliine   waited  upon  him 

Mriy  in  his  oareer  at  th)*  bar  ;  and  as  soou 

«ih«  hfti  b«c»me  ''nch  envii^h"  he  pro- 

fmx^  himaeU  for   public  life.     '*At  tirst/' 

■sys  a  wriur  *)f  th?    ^^'anhin'jUm    Sketchtft^ 

**  bs    waa    a     follnwer,    then     a    rival     of 

P^iiovaa.     Tbo  latter  was  with  the  Parti 

iSt$rt;  thv    '  l-d  that    ..r    ' 

/ir<Mars«  *i)>  is  shook   i  ^ 

ai  Ikia    ortbi>u(>A_>  ,  lu   fact  spoke  ui    mru 

M    little    beiter    than     an     intidol.        But 

aiiwiiwlamiin   alter  oasb>s.       Both    tied   in 

1837  fmtn  warrants  r>r  \u^h  treason.     M. 

io*   rvaobif'l    En^Und,    where,    not 

bimaiiir  s«fi>,  by    the    auistance  of 

Uirard  Kllice,  who  had  the  greatest  single 

pmparty    ia    Canaila,    ha    escaped    across 

th*  ehaniMl    lo    France.      More   furtanatc 

M.    Papiaeau.  he  was  very  sr>f>n   en> 

H>  rr«Mm,  th*»T»   lit    reality  b«?ii)!<  no 

«tiil#<)'  "       Uis  fate  had  l>een 

Ukm   t'  he   Utui   written   an 

ironic  V.  M.  (virotsard,  on  thc*ab- 

nf<^^  i'*n,  which  was  tAkcn  liter- 

""  fiuud   hiuisolf  tn 

iH  forthwith  set 

nim^ai    •"  '  ;>'inentA,  the 

PKinHk-       V.  i<inorfr«-im 

puKay,  U>  1-  <-".  ttnd  his 

moni  etMKl  ■-•-.  it  is  to 

b«  pmomv'i  ilioti^h 

tb* •oiactaUnce  of  niu<n»f.  atui  a.  .  .<    <n  ts 

flUiking.    Whetk  M.  I'apmwau  t-aiur   l.uk, 

N 


he  found  hi?  ohair  occupied,  and  forth* 
with  M.  Papineiu  took  the  extreme 
party,  L'l  jmnf  Ft'.vurf,  with  but  a  small 
Jollowiui;.  Ho  a<1vu«ved  anuo\'ition,  abo- 
lition of  tithes,  and  of  oeij^iiwrr'  -. -i.-^ 
while  M-  Ltfontiiinf  stuck  to  i 
}(uvt»mment,   and  as    nearly  lu  ,  > 

the    gtxthts   if  no.     In   18114.    M.    I 
who,  after  the  death   of    Lord   \  ,. 

had  worked  himself  int^i  pUce  as  the  head 
of  the  French  party,  r|uarreUed  with  Lord 
Mstcalfti.  The  isiue  was  taken  on  ag*^ndrat 
election.  The  T>>ry  party  was  then  iu  the 
ascendancy  in  I'ppcr  CUnsda,  anJ.  united 
with  the  moderates,  out  of  forty-two  repre- 
sentatives, returned  all  bat  nine,  and  of  those 
three  were  doubfut.  M.  Lafontaine  brought 
up  his  win<^  of  the  brigade  mUantly  ;  but  it 
was  no  use  :  the  centre  and  the  other  wing 
were  routed.  He  wai  doomed  for  three 
years  to  the  *  cold  shades  of  opposition.'  in 
nhich  he  showe<i  ;Lp^at  onstancf  and  ia- 
dnstry.  In  March,  IS4H,  the  Tory  party 
fell  to  pieces,  and  went  t  >  an  election  in 
sheer  desperation.  Their  opponents  in 
Upper  Canada  ^ainin)^  twenty  soats^  saved 
all  the  French  counties,  and  gained  M<mt- 
rejkl  and  three  Et^Ush  or  mixed  counties, 
giving  them  a  majority  of  two-thirds  of 
the  house.  M.  Lafontaino  then  restinied 
his  old  place.  M.  Lafontaine,  in  style  of 
thought,  was  like  nil  tho  French  who  form 
their  ideas  from  books,  Iheoreticd  and  dog- 
matical. He  was  not  an  elor]nunt  sp  aker, 
his  utterance  b^iti^  thick  and  i<iittur»l.  and 
his  Kn^lish,  th  lu^h  gitod  in  atrnctitrf,  was 
bad  in  pronunciation,  tnfact  he  rarely  triLxI 
the  latter.  Bnt  he  was  a  oloso  and  compact 
logician,  and  never  lost  his  temper.  M.  La- 
fontaine remained  in  odice,  until  October, 
1851,  when  the  Eiincks-TnchA.  adtuiui«tra- 
tion   was   formed.     On   thw    I3th    Auj^mt, 

1853,  he  was  elevated  to  the  chief-juiuce- 
shtp  of  the  Court  of  Q>ieen's  Bench  of 
Lower  Canada,  and   on    the  3Sth   August, 

1854,  was  createtl.  for  his  eminent  services, 
a  baron  of  the  tfiit4»d  Ktngd"m.  H^  mar- 
ried twice,  tirst  in  1831,  Ati>!e,  only  d4Ui^h- 
ter  of  A.  tierthelot,  Ksrjiure,  an  advocate 
of  aome  standing  in  Ixiwer  CanndA  ;  and 
secondly  in  IHtWi.  a  widowixl  lady  of  Mon- 
trnal."    He   died    on    the   2Bth    Fobmary, 

ncWIIInn.  John,  Aldormau.  Toronto, 
has  t>een  for  morn  than  twenty  years  an 
active  worker  in  thu  tumpcranco  cause,  and 
to-day  he  enioys  tho  fullest  oontidonoe  Mud 
respect  of  the  great  army  of  teuipemnou 
men.  Ue  was  btirn  at  HushmilU.  (Jounty 
Antrim,  Ireland,  D«c    'ilst,   1840.     When 


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A  CYCtOPJSDIA  OF 


he  WM  four  ye&ra  of  &ge,  his  parents  emi- 
grated to  Gatiada^  and  young  John  grew  to 
manhood  in  the  otd  City  <>f  Quebec,  where 
he  was  educaUKl  at  the  Pruteatant  CummU- 
Kiouera*  ScUool.  His  parents,  of  the  old 
Covenanting  atook,  hoped  toaeo  him  a  rain- 
iator  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  but  the 
youth  did  not  fall  in  with  this  plan,  and  at 
an  early  age  he  strack  out  to  fight  hia  own 
way  in  the  battle  of  life.  He  has  been  a 
teetotaler  from  hia  boyhood.  In  1860  we 
find  him  prominent  m  a  Good  Tumplar 
Lodgeat  Smith 'a  FalU,  Ont.,  and  later  on 
an  active  member  of  Neptune  Diviaion, 
Sona  of  Temperance,  in  the  City  of  New 
York.  In  New  York  he  lived  for  six  yeara, 
making  hia  mark  aa  a  temperance  worker, 
labouring  with  the  foremost  workers  of  the 
caoae,  and  the  chairman  of  a  committee  that 
held  regularly  a  aeriea  of  public  temperance 
meetinga  in  the  Uotanic  Hall,  in  the  Coop- 
er Inatitute,  aitd  on  the  dock  at  the  foot  of 
Market;  slip.  Uere  his  association  with  the 
piuneera  of  the  prohibition  movement 
grounded  him  in  thetirm  principle  to  which 
he  still  adheres.  Here,  too,  another  im- 
portant influence  was  brought  to  bear  upon 
Lis  cliaracter  and  career.  At  twenty-two 
years  of  age  ha  was  married  to  Elizabeth 
Armatrong,  of  New  York,  a  lady  who, 
though  then  only  sixteen  years  of  ago,  was 
like  himself,  an  earnest  worker  in  the  tem- 
perance cause,  her  interest  in  wliichshe  still 
retains.  In  New  York  he  became  an  olticor 
in  the  Clrand  Division  of  8ona  of  Temper- 
ance, and  whuu,  later  on,  ho  made  the  City 
of  Toronto  hia  home,  he  transferred  his  al- 
legiaucu  to  the  order  here,  and  rose  rapidly 
in  the  fnvour  of  his  brethren.  Be  was  made 
Grand  Worthy  Associate,  and  in  1882  hia 
services  were  reoogni£ed  by  his  being  elect- 
ed Grand  Worthy  Patriarch  for  Ontario,  a 
position  which  he  held  for  two  years,  dtir- 
ing  which  time  the  order  nearly  doubled 
its  membership.  For  hia  services  he  re- 
ceived llie  wannest  tlianks  of  the  Grand 
Division  at  its  session  at  Kingston  in  1884 
Uo  has  also  been  for  many  years  an  oltict^r 
of  the  Dominion  Alliance ;  he  was  secrelAry 
of  the  association  that  conducted  the  suc- 
cessful campaign  against  grooem'  licences  in 
Toronto  two  years  ago  ;  he  was  a  prominent 
figure  ill  tlie  York  county  and  Toroiito  Dun- 
kin  Act  contests  ;  and  he  was  for  a  number 
of  years  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  Toronto  Tem  perance  Refomiatioa 
Society.  Ue  is  a  member  of  Erskine  Pres- 
byterian church,  and  in  politics  a  Reformer. 
A  successful  business  man  in  the  wholoaalo 
fruit  and  oyster  trade,  and  an  active  poli- 


tician, Mr.   McMillan  has  the  eateem 

contidence  of  a  great  number  of  our  h 
oitzens,  iu  proof  of  which  they  elected  hii 
as  alderman  fur  St.  James*  ward.  As  yet, 
Mr.  McMillan  ia  comparatively  a  young 
man,  and  we  trust,  has  a  long  useful  future 
before  him.  We  wish  him  all  that  exten- 
sive recognition  and  succesi  that  public 
men  of  his  merits  ought  to  Have.  He  has 
a  family  of  throe  cbildien — two  sons  and  a 
daughter. 

Simpson,  Willlatn,  Toronto,  was  bunt 
in  the  village  of  Huntley,  Aberdeenshire, 
Scotland,  in  the  year  1817.  His  parents 
were  Alexander  and  Isabella,  ntc  Staples. 
Mr.  8impaon  was  an  overseer  of  farms  in  the 
district  about  Huntley,  and  was  so  em- 
ployed for  forty-one  years.  He  then  retired; 
and  died  in  1884,  leaving  a  family  of  tire, 
three  boya  and  two  girls.  The  subioct  of 
this  skotch  ia  the  Hfth  of  the  family.  William 
Simpson  received  what  is  regarded  as  a 
giKfd  English  education.  When  his  studies 
were  completed,  his  father  apprenticed  him 
to  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  builder,  in 
the  village  of  Huntley,  under  George  Gray. 
In  1804,  when  master  of  his  trade,  William 
left  Huntley  and  went  to  thw  City  of  Aber- 
deen, where  he  reutained  for  over  two  years. 
In  ISiyCi  he  moved  to  London,  and  w«<rke4i 
there  at  his  trade  for  four  yeara  Tht^n  hv 
got  tired  of  tlie  routine  in  the  old  country, 
and,  packing  up  his  etft'Cts,  wont  on  board 
a  ship  bound  for  Canada.  Ho  landed  in 
Toronto,  and  plied  his  trade  in  that  city  till 
1880,  when  he  purchased  the  buildings  and 
machinery  on  312  and  314  Queen  street 
west,  and  embarked  in  the  manufacture  of 
aashea.  doors,  blinda,  and  other  descriptions 
of  icindred  woodwork.  Here  he  hus  oon- 
tinuud  ever  since,  and  he  is  now  the  head 
of  a  prosperous,  well  establislied  and  pop 
lar  business.  Mr.  Simpson  ia  a  Mason 
belongs  to  St.  Geotge's  Lodge  ;  to  the 
dent  Chapter,  and  to  the  lioyal  and  Orie: 
tal  Kite.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  A. 
of  United  Workmen.  He  is  .i  highly  res 
bd  muml»er  of  tlie  Presbyterian  church  ;  a 
his  ]H)litics  are  tho»e  of  the  reform  and  pro- 
gressive school.  He  married,  in  1872,  Mar- 
garut  McGuire,  daughter  of  the  late  James 
McGuiro,  of  the  County  of  Fermanagh,  I 
land.  This  gentleman  was  in  his  day 
of  the  most  prominent  barnstttrs  in 
court.  He  died  in  1843,  aud  bis  daugh 
(Mrs.  Simpson),  came  to  Canada  in  i 
The  number  of  children  by  this  union  is 
seven,  two  boys  and  live  girla.  We  may 
add  that  Mr.  Simpson  has  accumulated 
great  deal  of  property  since  he  be^ 


Lmea 

I 


CANADIAN  BWORAPBY, 


211 


la  OmiuU  ;    and  in  every  rtupect  he 

t  b«  reg»rded  u  one  of  Canada's  stauiioh 

tative  men. 

Bo««,  L4.-C'ol.   Tliomiis,  Accountant 

otf  Ci>otiiigeocitM,  Fiunuoe  Ui^jjartntent,  ()t- 

ta»%  vaa  born  at  Muiitreal  uii  thuStti  July, 

int.    Hu  father  was  Dnvid  U039,  Q.C.,  and 

athara  were  both  nlficeni  m  High- 

r*-^i.iin'nt3.     Hii    patHrnal  grandfather 

tt)  :  tnitiry  Highlnnderd,  and  he 

1  in  the  year  1700.    Captain 

Fraewr,  Ui«  lualonial  urandfathur  waa  a  cap- 

tam  in  the  Fra»er  Highlanders,  74th  Foot, 

wkA  vas  present  at  the  taking  of  Quubeu  in 

17S9.     This  officer  hecame  seif^eur  of  St« 

GQlaa  <l«  B^auriva;^  by  purchase.     Onr  su  b- 

JKl'ft  father  was  a  very  able  lawyer,  and  a 

y  BMUl,  and  his  mother  was  a  woman 

fuponor  ouUure.    Her  acta  of  charity  Hvo 

her.    She  was  the  princi[tal  founder  of 

lb»  Mciutraal   Protestant  Orphan  Asylum, 

m4  was  one  of  it*  utlice  bearers  for  half  a 

eMltary.   Our  wnbjoct  was  educated  in  Mou- 

tn^l,  by  ihu  Rev.  Dr.  Black  and  the  Ivev. 

immm  Kamaey.    The  aohool   kept  by   Dr. 

vaa  opeaod  in  lS2f^     The  family  con- 

of  tire  sous  and  four  danghiorfl.    The 

inii)r»rity  hare  pused  away,  having  been  uae- 

y  ways  in  thc<ir  Keneration.     Un 

"X»l    his  inclinations  were  for  a 

>,  but  the  fultiluient  of  his  desire 

ticable.      However,  he  whs  bent 

loh  military  life  aa  pussible, 

on  leavin>;  fl<;h«iol,  in  I8^t8 

I  >utroal  Kitlcs  as  a  private. 

1  until  the  corpa  was  dis- 

■  i'odiiU'-'Ut  of 

lie  received 

i»  nf  the  i  aiinic  Daly, 

I  th.-i.ni.  -rary'ftoftice, 

was  in  Montreal 

iim^  a  permanent 

iilfcMr  Lif  Um  «i'  ou  the  union  of 

Ofpw  an-i    Ujv,  la,   in   1841,      Ho 

■■Bftiired   to  Kui^aLou   111  >ray,    1H41,  ani 

PMHsinM  Ihnri^  until  May,   lr^4.  when  the 

Mat  >'!'  tt'Ut  was  remiivtid  to  Mon* 

l0Msl,  he  lived   until  autumn  of 

tM9,   wrji^ci,  Mil  the  alternate   system,  the 

nt  was  roruovn*]  to   r«>nrnio.     He 

IB  Tvroato  and  Quobec,  aliurnately, 

fctl   Xvircml)«r,    iMlto,   when  thu    irovprn- 

»«i....    "-'nnanfntly    to  <Ktawa. 

iUi  ptWB  iL«  ditfcrvnt   grades   in 

<K*o0ie»t  W4->:.nd  l•^:..H.  when 

hm  b—imt  1  .'Ury'ii 

In  to  the 

drpartmuDt,  whuii  thai  duiiartuu-nt 

iha  oontrol  of    Sir  John  llose, 


hart,  KC.M.G.  lender  his  auspices  Mr. 
Ross  oarriod  onl  the  forinatioa  of  the  station- 
ery office,  which  has  proved  a  great  success 
in  B  tinanoial  point  of  view.  Hia  service 
has  now  extended  over  a  period  of  forty* 
six  years.  With  the  exception  of  G.  Wick- 
Bte«d.  taw  clerk  of  the  House  of  Commons, 
he  is  now  the  only  clerk  in  the  civil  service 
who  went  to  Kingston  in  1S41,  from  Lower 
Canada.  Mr.  Roas'a  military  career  has  been 
as  follows  :— Private  and  corporal  of  A 
Company,  Montreal  Rifles,  1838  and  1830  ; 
lieutenant  and  acting  adjutant  general, 
Montreal  Garrison  Artillery,  1844  ;  unat- 
tached captain  and  major,  1B46  and  1K50 ; 
captain  Quebec  Garrison  Artillery,  A  Bat- 
tery, Active  Militia,  1B05  ;  captain  B  Bat- 
tery, Ottawa  Garrison  Artillery,  1865.  In 
Juno,  1872,  he  raised  the  Govemor-Oea- 
eraPs  Foot  Guards,  of  whi?h  regiment  he  is 
commanding  ofticer,  with  the  rank  of  lieu- 
tenant-colonel. In  1880  ho  commanded  the 
Wimbledon  team.  Lt.-Col,  Rosa  became  a 
Freemason  in  1843.  He  was  grand  pursuiv- 
ant in  the  Provincial  Grand  Lodge  of  Mon- 
treal and  William  Henry,  and  afterwards 
at  Quebec.  He  waa  grand  secretary  for  the 
Provincial  Grand  Lodge,  Quebec  and  Three 
Rivers.  He  ceased  his  connection  with  Free- 
masonry on  the  severance  of  the  union  be- 
tween England  and  Canada.  Lt.-Ool.  Ross 
visited  Europe  twice,  and  Bnglnnd  on  sev- 
eral occasions.  From  youth  up  he  has  been 
an  G|>iao'tpalian.  His  tirst  wife  waa  Maria 
Sarah  Mtkcanlay,  daughter  of  George  Mac- 
aulfiy,  son  of  the  Inspector  General  of  Hos- 
pitals Macaulay,  who  settled  in  Toronto 
after  the  war  of  1812,  and  by  this  union 
therv  WAS  '>ne  daughter,  who  is  married  to 
Dr.  J.  A.  CUytun,  a  Cornish  (lentleinan,  now 
HI  the  finance  department.  He  wan  ai^aiu 
married  in  1863,  to  EUen  E.  Oreighton, 
pldest  daughter  of  the  late  Captain  Creigh- 
ton,  a  retired  ofticer,  who  had  hold  commis- 
sions in  the8Lsi  and  70th  regiments  of  Foot. 
In  politics  C"Ionel  Ross  is,  and  always  has 
been,  a  Conservative.  He  is  of  a  kindly 
heart,   and  has  genial  winning  innnncm. 

<;nmpbell,  Rer.  Tboa.  nctrulftr. 
a  nitniater  of  the  Methtxlist  ('hun^b,  and 
now  stationed  at  Guderieh,  is  the  oldest 
son  of  the  Ult*  John  and  Mftrgaret  Camp 
bell,  of  Dundas.  Ho  was  born  November 
9th,  1839,  in  the  township  of  Hawksbury, 
on  the  west  side  uf  the  Ottawa  rivivr,  midway 
bvtween  Ottawa  and  Moittreiil,  mid  bntii^ht 
up  in  thn  town  of  DaitJits.  which  was  the 
honn*  of  his  family  fi^r  ei>{hteen  years.  He 
belongs  to  a  branch  of  the  house  of  Argyll, 
which  have  with  oare  and  pride  preMrT«d 


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A  CTCLOFMVIA  OF 


their  record  of  doMeot  from  the  first  duke 
of  that  name,  who  touk  h  prominent  part  in 
the  rebellion  which  placed  William  of  Orange 
and  Mary  on  the  throne.  Hev.  Mr.  Campbell 
received  hit  earlj  education  in  the  town 
where  be  waa  brought  up,  and  niao  took  a 
thorongh  course  of  training  in  the  Mercan- 
tile College  of  Buffalo,  intending  to  follow 
oommercirtl  life.  But  his  course  waa  ordered 
otherwise.  At  about  twenty  years  of  age, 
in  connection  with  the  death  of  his  father, 
a  conviction  of  duty  which  had  followed  him 
frtmi  childhood  becAnie  deeply  intensified, 
and  lie  promptly  saoriticeil  exo-ellent  buftineiA 
engagementa  and  prospects,  and  entered 
upon  a  conrae  of  study  for  the  ministry,  at 
Victoria  College.  He  waa  received  as  a  pro- 
batiouor  in  ]800,  and  duly  ordaiued  to  the 
ministry  in  June,  1870,  by  the  late  Dr. 
Ponshon,  la  the  old  Adelaide  street  Metho- 
dist church,  Toronto.  His  appointments 
aiuoe  his  ordination  have  been  Dunnvilte, 
Ridgcwny,  Morrilton,  Windsor,  Sarnia  and 
Qoderichf  in  all  of  which  places  he  lias  left 
Bubatantial  results  of  hia  energy  and  ability, 
in  largely  increased  congregations  and  mem- 
bership, and  improved  church  property. 
As  a  preacher,  Hev.  Mr.  Campbell  18  clear, 
logical  and  6uent,  with  a  strong,  command- 
ing voice,  and  a  manner  graceful,  yet  im- 
passioned. His  sermons  abound  in  illus- 
trations drawn  from  ob8er\'alion,  history 
and  science,  aud  to  these  things,  as  well  as 
to  an  intense  eamestneas,  the  jxipiilarity 
and  results  of  his  preaching  may  be  traceil. 
Uis  written  and  published  lectures  nre  pre- 
pared with  great  cato,  and  have  been  re- 
oeived  with  much  favour,  eHpeoially  that  on 
"The  Dispensations/*  delivered  before  the 
Guelph  conference,  held  in  Owen  >>ound  in 
June,  1885.  iiev.  Mr.  Campbell  is  a  stmrft 
ieoiperance  worker,  and  an  ardent  and  im- 
passionud  advocate  of  total  abstinence  and 
prohibition.  During  the  last  few  years  he 
has  also  taken  an  active  part  in  the  councils 
of  the  church  to  which  he  belon;t;a.  Ue  was 
a  member  of  the  General  Conference  of  the 
Methodist  Church  of  Canada  in  1881!,  and 
also  a  member  of  the  delegated  body  which 
framed  the  discipline  of  the  now  united 
Methodist  Church.  At  the  c«jnference  of 
1885,  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  diistrict 
superintendent,  a  position  for  which  his 
administrative  ability  and  inspiring  energy 
eminently  fit  him.  He  was  married,  on  June 
22udf  1870,  to  Martha,  youngest  daughter 
of  Thomas  Williams,  Esq.,  St.  Thomas,  a 
graceful  and  gifted  lady  whose  eminent 
piety  aud  abundant  labour  in  the  church 
have  borne  much   fruit  for   Christ.       Six 


children,  three   boys  and  three  girls,  bl 
their  parsooHge  home. 
Uoftjnrdlas,  T.  C  Alphonae,  Mon 

real,  M.  P.  for  UochelBgs,  Quebec,  was 
bom  at  Terrebonne,  Quebec,  on  the  6th  of 
May,  1H4I.  The  family  settled  in  CanaiS 
before  the  cession  of  the  province  to  G 
Britain,  The  father  of  our  distinguish 
subject,  waa  deputy  sherifi'  of  the  district 
Terrebonne  for  a  number  oi  years.  X\ 
Desjardins  waa  at  first  instructed  in 
son  college,  and  when  his  course  « 
here,  he  entered  the  Seminary  t^f  Nic«jle' 
After  leaving  the  last  named  institution 
master  D^sjardins  began  to  consider  wliat 
profession  he  should  adopt,  and  he  had  tittl 
difliculty  in  ninking  choice  of  the  law. 
he  entered  the  otlice  of  Wilfred  Provost 
but  snbse^piently,  he  went  into  the  ofljce 
of  Fabre,  Lesage  <fc  Jett6,  of  Montreal. 
In  1862  he  waa  called  to  the  bar,  and 
began  tlie  practice  of  his  prfifosaion.  Ho 
continued  in  practice  till  I8ti7  ;  and  then 
journalistic  literature  won  him  to  itaclf. 
He  became  one  of  the  associate  editors  of 
L'fMire,  and  his  pen  was  remarkable  al- 
ways for  brilliancy  and  edge,  and  aume- 
times  for  pungency.  For  four  yt^ara  he 
remained  with  VOrdrCy  then  he  becam-j 
editor  of  Ia  Nuuvta^  Mondtt  which  p<>&i 
tion  he  held  from  1872  to  1879.  Tl 
paper,  like  its  dashing  editor,  was  Liberal- 
Conservative,  and  it  had  an  independen 
ring  about  every  sentence  that  it  uttered. 
When  It  began  its  career  of  educating  the 
people,  conservatism  was  in  a  sorry  pUghi 
in  many  parts  of  the  province  ;  and  it  is  du 
to  M.  Desjardins  to  say,  tiiat  his  pen  wa* 
largely  instrumental  in  infusing  courage  and 
life  and  ambition  into  his  political  confreres 
M.  Desjsrdins  was  first  elected  to  parlia- 
ment by  acclamation,  at  the  general  elec- 
tion of  1874  ;  he  was  re-elected  at  the  gene 
ral  election  of  1878  ;  and  by  acclamatio 
again  at  the  last  general  election.  He  is 
very  powerful,  comprehensive  and  ctinvin 
iiiu'  speaker  ;  and  he  always  commands  thi 
atloution  of  the  flousu.  He  has  dvlivere 
effective  speeches  favouring  the  construe 
tion  of  the  Canadian  PaciHc  Ilailr^iad,  aud 
in  urging  an  amiieaty  to  Kiel  after  the  re- 
bellion of  184>Otil.  Ho  is  an  advcM:ate  of 
separate  schools,  and  warmly  sympathised 
and  co-operated  with  Mr.  Coatigan  in  hia 
exertions  tf>  have  an  obnoxious  school  taw 
passed  in  the  Now  Brunswick  legislature  re- 
pealed. On  the  17th  May,  IBM,  ho  married 
Vii'ginie,  eldest  daughter  of  Hubert  Par^ 
She  died  in  1874,  leaving  fuur  children 
Ue  has  since  married  Hortense,  youiigi 


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CANADIAN  BlOGRAl'UY. 


213 


Agree 


aigbt 


dMgtit#r  o<  Joseph  Bnra&loit,  of  Montreal. 
We  i|uote  from  tli«    "  ParUamenUry  Com- 
T»--'?'fia    retired,   from 
tl  '  syo.    He  is  presi- 

t\  .^..  ......:■  Hank.      He  wa* 

if  the  order  of   Piua  IX. 

aft  If  r  hii  return  from  a 

Home,  where  he  had  the  honour  of 

LttviJ    to   an  audience   with  His 

Ha   tdiik  an  acttre  part  in   the 

f'f  the  Canadian  Papal  Zouave 

h  went  to  the  aAsistance  of 

r  in  18(M.      He  was  one  of 

uf   the   Proijtii^titnt  Catholique, 

tfil   in    April,  1871,   which   was 

[1  >ae  of  being  offered  to 

y,   as  a  basis  on  which 

.|.|/-.siit^   neotioni  of  that  party 

'     lu   ibH2  M.  OttfiJHr.hns  wii» 

;.u.,.t    ,,f    ;^   i\...i,f    f''oniurr  (iu 

director  of 

.  .      ..: _  ._'. ijj'ation  com- 

ptftjT.  In  UAt  .lulv  he  waa  elected  vice- 
inaidafit  of  the  Montreal  and  Western 
kulway  Crimpanyt  a  line  to  be  bnitt  from 
^  Jerome,  tenninua  of  a  branch  of  thu 
Ouftdian  Paollic  Railway  to  the  Desert, 
a^nv  it  will  croes  the  (ratineau  Valley 
iln>*d,  and  thence  nin  westerly  through 
Ottawa  vftllvy  regi<fu.  M.  Desjardins 
Uk«n  ao  active  inlerost  in  the  duveiop- 
t  aI  tho  commercial  relations  between 
Fraooe  and  Central  Kurope.  He 
ehalmuui  of  a  committer  of  business 
•elected  to  study  and  promote  such  u 
fctiey,  and  open  new  luarLels  to  the  indus- 
tri«a  sod  unknown  r«*Notircea  of  Caaadn. 

Grant,  John  91.,  WootUtock,  Ontario, 
Mayor  -f  ^^  .lUuick,  wan  bum  at  Elgin, 
Seoda  Jnd  of  October,  1849.     Ho 

'    a  »i-i  inas  rSraut,  who,  with  his 

«  mad  family  emigrated  to  Canada  in 
On  arriving  m  this  country,  the 
iijr  made  their  way  Ui  Woodstook,  On- 
atid  here  tix>k  np  their  al>>du.  Our 
iilkiect  b*iti^  only  live-  years  old  at  the 
da**  ftf  wraurratinD,  his  education  fell  into 
i".  *       '     '       '''  '  ck  masters.      He 

i  .;iry  schools,  but 

»rt'-:  » ..T'  •  f  i  '.iT-  I  III'.'  uMj;li  stiluMil.  We 
iiavo  hrnrd  that  hf  wiia  ii  diligent  and  care- 
:^1  ■lu<j«'i.t,  Mini  tiitnuJ  bia  time  to  the 
Shr>rtly  after  leaving  schoul, 
-  fitheri  tannery,  and  subse- 
t  himiwlf  with  his  brother, 
the  liriu  very  «o<»n  l>egan 
Uabluh  imporlAUi  cunneo- 
.11  i>?Rr  the  country  ;  and 
•'<■  equipped,  and 
ill  the  l>Qtxttniou. 


un 


But  our  subject  has  not  always  coutiQed 
his  abilities  to  his  private  business,  for 
he  hu«  Inkem  a  deep  interest  in  political 
i)i.esti>>ns,  and  is  ever  ready  to  go  upon 
any  platform  to  express  his  views,  and 
help  along  what  he  believed  to  be  a  deaerv^ 
iug  cause.  He  is  quick,  energetic,  effective, 
and  sincere,  and  saying  this  we  know  of 
no  higher  compliments  that  could  be  paid 
to  a  public  man.  He  has  always  professed 
the  doctrines  f>i  the  lleformera,  and  he 
is  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  party  in  his 
county.  Mr.  Cirant  has  occupied  all  the 
p<iaitions  in  the  gift  of  the  people  of  Wood- 
stock. He  has  represented  them  for  a 
number  of  yenra  in  the  county  council ; 
was  reeve  for  the  years  1881,  1882  and  1883, 
during  which  time  he  was  a  leading  mem- 
ber of  that  body.  During  the  year  lb84-o 
he  filled  the  position  of  mayor  to  the 
fullest  satisfaction  of  the  people.  He  has 
always  been  aggressive  and  progressive  in 
hia  advocacy  of  public  questions  ;  and  has 
done  a  groat  deal  to  bring  Woodstock  in- 
to prominence  aud  position.  He  has  al- 
ways been  elected  by  handsome  majorities  ; 
and  the  longer  he  is  bef<*re  the  people,  the 
higher  seems  to  become  the  pnbtio  apprecia- 
tion of  his  qualities.  The  well-being  of  his 
adopted  town  seems  to  be  his  i^reatest  pub- 
lic care  ;  and  the  townafulk,  it  seems,  are 
neither  blind  to  this  fact,  nor  unmindfnl 
of  it.  In  1875  he  married  Isabella  Watson, 
eldest  daughter  nf  Alexander  Watson.  The 
fruit  of  this  union  is  one  child. 

Aslilvy,  llurrord  Tliiirlow,  Belle- 
ville, was  bom  cm  June  14,  1840,  in  tlie 
home  in  which  he  at  present  resides,  fifth 
concession  of  Thurlow, .County  of  Hastings. 
Hia  father  was  Simcoe  Ashley,  of  Maasa- 
chuaetts,  and  his  mother,  Mary,  nee  Nash, 
of  New  York.  Uis  father  settled  in  Canada 
in]!$03.  Young  Ashley,  the  subject  uf  this 
memoir,  receivnd  a  common  school  educa- 
tion, and  coiupleU^d  his  studies  in  a  select 
school  in  New  York  state.  He  also  attend- 
ed Albert  College.  Belleville,  and  the  Com- 
mercial College  at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y, 
He  waa  auditor  of  the  township  of  Thur- 
low for  1800  aud  1870.  He  was  elected 
deputy-reeve  of  the  same  township  for  1871, 
1872  and  1873.  Ho  was  elected  re-^vo  in 
1874,  and  continued  in  such  office  up  to 
date  (1886.)  Elected  warden  of  the  County 
of  Haiitings,  1880  ;  he  was  chairman  of  the 
(■ravel  Koads  Committee  for  the  said 
county  for  1879  and  1885.  Ho  became  the 
choice  of  the  Uefomi  Convention  of  East 
Hastings  for  their  candidate  in  the  House 
of  Commons,  in  I88i,  but  was  defeated  by 


214 


A  CYCLOPjEDIA  of 


John  Whit€,  the  Bitting  momber,  by  about 
fifty  votes.      Mr.   Ashlti^  Hab  been  largely 
inatrumotital  in  the  rebuilding  ot  the  village 
of  Foxboro,  which  under  the  impetus  given 
it  by  him,    has  risen    from    a    dilapidated 
country  village,  to  the  most  thriving  villaf^ 
ill  the  township.     Arnon^;  other    itnprove- 
mentft  was  the  laying  out  of  a  cemetery,  and 
building  a  vault  for  the  same  by  Mr.  Ash- 
ley, which  is  known  as  Ashley  Cemetery. 
He  erected,  in  1871,  on  the  farm  ou  which 
he  was  bom,  and  near  the  vilUj;e.  a  cheese 
factory  known  as  "  Ashley's."     Tbia  factory 
haa    been  of  immense  service  to  the    local 
community.     He  sometimo  afterward   pur- 
chased the  ThuHow   clieeae   factory,    which 
had    been,    heretofore,    unsuccessful  in  its 
management,  and  which  was  burned  on  4lh 
July,  1878,     Un  this  site  Mr.  Ashley  erect- 
ed a  new  factory,  which  was  in   successful 
operation  inside  three  weeks  from  the  date 
of  the  fire.    Both  these  undertakings,  under 
the  energetic   management  of   Mr.    Ashley, 
have  been  very  suoeeasful,  and    remain    so 
to-dt^.     In  1874,  our  subject  purchased  the 
carriage     works  at  Koss    Corners,    former- 
ly owned  by  W.  H.  Yermilyea,  and  which 
bad   been   closed.       Here  he  worked  up  a 
svicccssful  trade.     In  1878,  he  built  a  hand- 
some block  of  two  stores  and  a  bank,  known 
aa  the  Ashley  block,  the  latter  occupied  by 
the  Belleville  branch  of  the  Biink  of  Com- 
merce,   situated  on  the  east  side  of  Front 
street,  in  the  very  heart    of   the    businesit 
centre  of  the  City  of  Bolloville.    This  block 
is   three  stories  high,  and  one  of  the  best 
structures  in  the  city.    In  1882,  Mr.  Ashley 
purchased  the  premises  of   the  WallbriUge 
Foundry  in  the  said  city.  The  premises  had 
been  idle  for  sonte  time,  and  were  at    the 
time   of    purchase    in    a    very    dilapidated 
condition.     After  obtaining   possenaion,  he 
put  them  in  thorough  repair,  and  removed 
hia  carriage    business    thither,    from   Boss 
Comors.       Ho    then  organized  a  company 
known  aa  the  Ashley    Carriage    Comituny, 
with  a  capital  of  ^>0,000,  of  which  $3(>,(KH) 
was  subscribed  on  the  1st  of  April,   1885, 
and  this  company  now  employs  about  thirty 
hands,  and  are  turning  out  buggies,  phae- 
tons,   tubular  axle   lumber    waggons,    and 
cheese  niacliincry.     The   wrought   iron   tu- 
bular axle,  of  which  this  company  owns  the 
patent,  bids  fair  to  revolutionize    the   solid 
iron  and  w(K>d  axle  in  use  at  present.       He 
is  an  adherent  of  the   Presbyterian  church. 
He  married  on  the  15th  of  September,  1874, 
Sabra     Maud     Yandew&ter,     daughter    of 
Henry  Vandewater,  of  the  township  of  Sid- 
ney, by  whom  he  has  had  three  children, 


two  of  whom  are   living,   both  being    girla 
When  the  City  of  Belleville  was  approached 
by  the   speculatora   who  were   ''booming'* 
the   smelting    works  and  still   enterpriaea 
Mr.  Ashley  was  one  of  the   partiea  selected' 
by  the  citizeos'  to   enquire    into    the    ^f 
fuits  of  the  promoters.     The  result  waathat 
the  people  of  Belleville  escaped  what  might 
have  been  a    very  undesirable   acquiaition. 
TlHdale,  David,  Q.C.,  Lieut. -Golone 
^imcoe,  Ontario,  was  bom  in  the  townahi 
of  Charlotteville,  Norfolk,  Onturio,  on  the 
8th    September,    1835.       Hia  parenta  were 
Ephraim  and  Hannah,  his  mother's  maiden 
name    being    Price.        Her    father,    James 
Price,   was    a    U.  E.   loyalist  who  came 
Canada  shortly  after  the  declaration  of  i 
dependence,   and    settled    in    the    townahip 
of  Walsingham,  and  left  numeroua  descend- 
ants.      The    grandfather    of   our    subject, 
Ephraim    Tisdale,     lived    at    Freetown    i  ' 
1775,  and  was  obliged  to  leave  because 
his  loyal  sentiments.     He  was  also  obliged, 
later  on,  to  abandon  his  ship,  to  avoid  oa(^ 
ture,  and  like  many  another,  true  to  the  old 
Hag,  he  lost  everything  that  he   posseaaed. 
Then   he   settled    in  New  Brunswick,    but 
after  a  time  removed  to  Upper  Canada.    He 
left  eiKht  sons  and   four  dnu^hters,  and  all 
his  children,  except  Walker,  came  to  Upper 
Canada  with  him.    His  father.  Ephraim  Tis- 
dale, served  in   the  war  of  1H12,  and   took 
jiart  in  the  battles  of  Queenston  Heights  an 
Lundy's  l*ane,  and  died  February  12,  188 
at   Charlotteville,    in    the  County    Norfol 
His  father  served  in  a  troop  of  horse  In  t 
rebellion  of  1837,  and  was  over  twenty-ser 
yeara  in  service.     The  rebels  one  night  sur- 
rounded his  house,  and  except  for  hia  atiaen 
with  his  troop,   he  would  undoubtedly  ha 
been  killed.     He  had  his  forage  cap  taken 
off  by  a  cannon  ball  at   the  battle  of  Navy 
Island.     He  was  bom  in  18(11.  and  took  a 
very    active   part    in    poliiics   in   his    early 
days.       Young   Tisdoiu  received  hia   early 
education  at  Simcoe  Grammar  School,  and 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  G.  R.  Van  Ncnr- 
hian,  at  Simcoe,  from  1852  to  1854,  and  then 
went  into  the  office  of  Read,  Leith  &  Head, 
Toronto,    where  he  completed    his   term   in 
Tebruary,  1857.     He  joined  a  company  of 
volunteers   at   Simcoe  as  a  private  at  the 
time  of  the  Trtni  difficulty,  and  he  waa  made 
captaui  of  the  company.     He  was  gazetted 
lieutenant-colonel  of  the  39th  Norfolk  Rifles 
in  Deoi-mber,  1808  ;  and  was  thanked  in  gen 
era!  orders  for  dispersing,  on  the  requiaiti- 
of  the  civil  authorities,  with  part  of  his  re; 
mont,  a  prize  fight  near  Port  Dover,  L 
Erie,  in  the  spring  of  1873.     He  waa  one 


It 

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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


316 


tfaa  ii«l^s(««   who  formed    the   Domiuioo 

Rftfle  AMociation,  bnt  deoUned  to  lerve  on 

Iha  ootmcil  on  account  of  pressure  of  busi* 

HHl.     y{t.    TiAtlAle   was  appointed    deputy 

ngtalx»r&iMl  maBter  in-ch*noery  at  Siracoe  ; 

■M  vaa  likewise  choBen  reeve  and  councillor 

lor  the  town  of  Simcoe  for  several  years,  and 

roetuber  of  the  county  council  for  the 

toty  i)f    Norfolk,     lu   1876    be  took  an 

'  ma  railway  enterprise,  the  object 

■.1  to  coufttnict  a  railway  from  Port 

i".ji  tr.    ijkke    Erie,    to   Georgian    Bay,    at 

Wiaiton,  and  alter  much  manipulation,  time 

iDd  labour,  aaw  hia  scheme  carried  out.    Air. 

TUaI*  u  a  moderate  Conservative,  and  he 

hia.  froni  early  years,  taken  an  active  part  in 

politic*,  and  he  thumughly  b«*Iiev«s  that  the 

Couiprvative  party  is  the  party  of  pro^uaa 

^  reform.     In    1874  he  oppi>sed 

.'  Mton  in  North  Norfolk,  but  was 

<i<>f«*t«d.     Lieut. -Colonel  Tisdtilo  is  a  man 

M   vide  experience,  and  ho  has   travelled 

llwoiifb    the   United    States,    and    visited 

vanoiM  parts  of  the  South  during;  the  war. 

On  hia  arrival  in  Simcoe,  after  completing 

hi*  studies,  Mr.  Tisdale  formed  n  biw  pJirt- 

n  ^t  It.  T.    Livingstone,  under  the 

ii  lale  &  Livingstone  ;  and  in  L872 

1     nil,  of  Hamilton,  was  tvlmitted  to 

M  ,>  Eithip,  and  the  name  changed  to 

.'<';.       jr.  iir.'stnoe  &  Uobb.     In  18S4,  on 

-'I-     t.     :h^  •    iiH    Having     been    appointed 

:     r  I    .    -f  Norfolk. heretired  fromthe 

."       "      :  ^  M.v  firm's  uamo  was  changed 

rV.h.     Mr.  Tisdale  wasmadea 

in  XWl'Z.     Up  to  this  time 

Attentied    to  businesc,    and 

practice,  and  had  refused 

j'»in  Onus  in  Toronto.    Mr. 

Iitf«u  uitervsted  in  B«veral  rail- 

f«  ;  and  is  now  lar^'»ly  interested 

iLr<      Hu  la  prvsidvnt  of  the  J.  £. 

And   Lumbtir  Co.,  who  are  pro- 

r  lM>;e  steum    mills  in  Michigan 

ivj>  iiin.     The  annual  out-put  of  this 

•uiu^.'  '^        krious  millv,  amount  to 

About  I   of  timber.     Wo  may 

WKjVt^*  ^t..     .,,.....    l^ougltt  out,  Uat  year, 

mm  imUxmX  iho  Fwderal  Bank  had  in  this 

^nlaniriaa.     *hir  •ulnt-.t    in    very    fond    of 

■booting  mi'  "ik  an  activvpart 

ta  OfSMtiskt  14  the  Limg  Point 

SbooCiftg  Olab  on  L'ik«i  Krit*.    This  olub  now 

evMMhdhas  the  tin^st  wild  fowl  and  wild 

d4wr  prxirv  in  the  world,      Me  is  a  mum- 

bttr  01  wj  cbnrch,  but  is  an  ailhcrent  of  the 

K|ttaoDpal  communion,  of  which  his  wife  and 

ila«^1it«rs  are  mftnbcni.     Uo  believes  that 

Chnatianity  ts  too  lirood  to    be   embraced 

wkihia  the  particular  teutita  of  any  church, 


and  that  salvation  is  quite  within  the  reach 
of  all  the  children  of  our  heavenly  Father, 
if  they  do  what  is  right  snd  proper.  He 
married  October  IG,  1858,  Sarah  Araminta 
Walker,  by  whom  he  has  two  daughters  and 
two  sons.  His  eldest  son  is  now  studying 
law  ;  and  his  youngest  son,  having  com- 
pleted his  education,  is  engac^ed  in  cattle 
ranching.  Lieut. -Colonel  Tisdole  is  an  ac- 
tive man,  and  a  fit  subject  for  our  Cana- 
dian younjj  men  to  follow. 

Johnston,  Rev.  Hugh,  M.A.,  B.D., 
Torontfi.  was  bora  in  the  township  of 
Southwold,  Ontario,  on  January  &th,  1840. 
He  ia  a  son  of  John  Johnston,  a  yeoman  of 
Scotch  extraction,  and  Mary  Ann,  net  Teet- 
xel,  whose  grandfather  was  a  Oermau.  Mr. 
Johnston  received  in  his  youth  an  ordinary 
education,  bnt  being  of  an  ambitious 
and  sturdy  temperament,  he  resolved  to 
carve  out  a  prominent  place  for  himself 
in  the  world.  As  a  first  step  towards  this 
end  he  proceeded  to  Toronto,  where  he 
attended  the  Normal  School,  from  which  he 
carried  away  a  tirst-clasa  teacher's  certifi- 
cate. Obtaining  his  license  to  teach,  he  was 
fortunate  enough  to  immediately  obtain 
charge  of  the  High  School  at  Arkona,  in  the 
County  of  Ijftmbton.  Here  ho  t&iight  for  a 
year  with  marked  success,  bnt  had  yet  attain- 
ed only  his  uighteunth  year.  Ho  then  became 
a  candidate  for  the  ministry  in  the  Methodist 
church  ;  and  to  the  end  of  ordination,  en- 
tered Victoria  ooltege  at  CoWmrg,  where  he 
took  a  full  course  in  arts.  He  graduated  in 
1804  as  medallist  and  valedictorian  of  his 
class.  In  (he  following  year  Mr.  Johnston 
was  ordained,  and  appointed  to  Toronto.  In 
1866  he  proceeded  to  Montreal  as  an  assist- 
ant to  Rev  Or,  Dout;lasin  the  MontreiU  West 
chaise.  !n  the  following  year,  he  went  to 
Wiudsur,  Ontario,  where  ho  had  the  pasti*r- 
ate  of  a  church  for  three  years.  When  his 
term  here  expired,  he  was  invited  again  to 
Toronto,  and  whilst  in  that  city  he  made  a 
study  of  Hebrew,  having  aa  hia  preceptor, Or. 
Herscbfelder.  In  1874  his  Mma  truUer  oon- 
forrcd  upon  him  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Divinity.  His  next  appointment  was  to  the 
Centenary  Church,  at  Hamilton,  this  charge 
being  the  largest  in  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
London  conference.  Aft«r  bis  term  of 
three  years  here  had  nlapst'd,  he  was  invited 
to  the  ]>astorato  of  th»  Wesley  church  in 
the  same  city.  I'nder  his  snperintendency 
while  he  retained  this  incumbency,  it  wai 
erected  into  a  larger  and  very  beautiful 
church.  In  1873  an  urgent  request  was  sent 
from  the  4Uarterly  othcial  board  of  the  Hi, 
James  Street  church,  Montreal,  asking  for 


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A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


Ilia  traiuference  to  t)ie  Montreal  otmferenca, 
ThU  requeit  was  complied  with,  and  under 
hia  paatorehip  the  church  throve  in  (itren^th 
and  nnmbora.  In  1882  Her.  Mr.  Johnston 
waa  transferred  from  Montreal  to  the  Metru- 
politan  church,  Toronto.  After  completing 
his  term  here,  he  was  called  to  the  Carlton 
St.  church,  the  pastorahip  of  which  ho  holds 
at  the  time  of  writing.  Uev.  Mr.  Johnston 
is  a  very  able  and  successful  preacher,  and 
there  is  an  air  of  scholarship  in  all  his  utter- 
ances, lie  is  a  man  of  a  broad,  fjinnorous 
heart,  and  a  cheerful  temperanmnt.  Wo  mny 
add,  likewise,  that  he  wields  a  very  able,  and 
a  very  ^racfful  pen.  lie  has  for  many  years 
been  a  contributor  to  the  religious  periodioals 
of  his  deuoniinatiou  ;  but  he  has,  likewise, 
been  a  force  ou  occasion,  in  the  secular 
press,  lie  was  correspondent  on  the  expe- 
pedition  which  went  through  British  Colum- 
bia  to  the  Pacific  coaat.  **Hi8  letters." 
says  a  compptont  airthority,  **  were  fresh, 
racy,  and  popular,  being  copied  not  only  into 
Canadian  tiut  into  United  States  and  Eng- 
lish newspaptrs."  In  1876,  Rev.  Mr.  John- 
ston inanidd  Eliza,  daughter  of  Alderuian 
RichAiU  Holland,  of  Montreal.  The  fruita 
of  this  union  are  a  family  of  seven  sons  and 
one  daughter.  The  well-known  and  ver>'  able 
book,  with  the  apt  and  poetical  title,  "To- 
ward the  Sunrise,"  is  also  from  the  pen  of 
Rev.  Mr.  Johnston.  This  work,  we  learn, 
hab  already  rt^ached  the  third  edition.  It 
may  be  interesting  to  know  that  our  subject 
was  an  intimate,  personal  friend  of  Rev.  Dr. 
Funsbou.  He  was  with  him  in  Italy,  in  hia  ex* 
treme  illness,  and  accompanied  the  gr^at  di- 
vine to  Lr>ndon.  It  was  his  pen  which  fur- 
nished to  the  Christian  Wurld  the  details  of 
the  chjsing  houra.  Mr  Johnston  is  only 
now  in  tlie  prime  r>f  his  manhood,  and  a 
long  career  of  usefulness  and  brilliancy  yet 
is,  we  hope,  Allotted  tu  him. 

Hobbs,  William,  Milton,  was  burn  in 
the  town  of  Dundas,  County  Wentworlh, 
Ontario,  on  the  14th  of  Novomber,  1848. 
Uis  parents  were  William  Hobbs  and  Sarah 
Anne  Philip.  Mr.  Hobbs  came  from  Riick- 
inghanishire,  England,  in  1843,  and  settled 
in  Toronto  as  a  miller,  where  he  remained 
about  one  jear,  after  which  he  removed  to 
Dundaa,  where  he  was  engiiged  in  the  luilliug 
business  until  his  death.  William  Hobbs 
received  a  common  school  education,  and 
after  leaving  school,  liegan  to  li?arn  the  dry 
goods  business,  continuing  at  this  employ- 
ment until  1803.  Ho  now  undertook  to 
master  the  milling  business,  in  tlie  employ 
of  E.  ^  U.  Kglestou,  at  Ancaster  village,  and 
here  he  remained  for  two  years,  and  then 


en* 

im«;fl 

LreoH 


J9M 


went  to  Dundas,  and  entered  the   empk 
of    James   Coleman,    of    that    town.      Mr. 
Hobbs  remained  in  Jiundaa  for  five  years, 
and  in  1870  left  lor  Hamilton.      In  1877  he 
arrived   in   the  town    of   Milton,    and    en- 
tered   into    partnership    with   J.    D.    Cum- 
mings.     This   partnership   lasted  tor  thi 
years,  when  Mr.    Hobba    and    Mr.    Cum* 
mings  dissolved  the  partnership.     Our  sub- 
ject  now    associated    himself    with    Peter 
Campbell,  of   Milton,    in  millinu.   but  this 
nartnerahip   was   dissolved    in    1882.      Mr. 
Hobbs  started  for  himst^'lf  once  again,  and  i| 
now  posaesaed  uf  one  of  the  best  flonrinj 
mills  in  Caimda.     In  1884,  he  was  electee 
uounoilmau    for  the    town    of  Milton.      H«(j 
belongs  to  the   Iudei>endent  Order  of  Odd- 
fellows,  and    has    held    the   utlice   of    s«(r«< 
retary.     He  has  travelled  through  Canada 
and  the  United  States.     In  religion  he  is 
Presbyterian,  and  in  politics  a  supporter  of 
the    Hoform    party.      He    was    matTie4    in 
1874.  to  Jessie  Murdoch,  daughter  uf  George 
Murdoch,  of  Strathroy,  and  by  this  lady  hi 
had  two  children.       Air.    Hobbs    is   one 
thooe  persons  who  has  a  hearty,  kindly  woi 
and  good  wish  for  one  and  alt  ;  thereforSy 
he  is  a  business    favourite,  as   well  as  the 
possessor  of  many  worm  friends  in  theaocial 
circle. 

Uolden,  Thoinati,  Belleville,  OntariOf 
was  born  in  the  C»juiity  of  Oneida,  Nei 
York,  U.  S.,  in  the  year  1840.  HiBparentK,j 
soou  after  his  birth,  turned  their  face*] 
toward  Belleville,  and  settled  in  Shannon- 
ville,  a  small  village  nine  miles  distant  froii 
Helloville.  Here  the  subject  of  our  sketol 
spent  hia  early  years  and  pursued  his  firs! 
studies.  While  still  young,  ho  went 
Cobourg  to  attend  the  olassea  of  Viotoi 
College,  where  he  graduated  in  18< 
Ue  was  an  industrious  and  brilliant  stu- 
dent, and  gave  much  promise  in  th< 
days  of  that  energy  of  character  and  capi 
city  of  intellect  which  were  in  his  aft 
life  to  oomc  tu  such  excelleut  use.  Hav- 
ing finished  his  studies,  he  began  tho 
fctudy  of  law  iu  the  itfice  of  William  Kerr, 
Cobourg,  and  Biibsc<piently  with  the  pre- 
sent Chief  Justice  Cameron.  Wheu  liis 
term  of  study  was  ended,  he  was  called  to 
the  bar  (18<i3),  and  began  the  practice  of  hia 
profession.  In  the  following  year  he  be<t^| 
came  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Ross,  Hell  ^b^l 
Uolden,  of  Belleville.  In  1870  the  Hon- 
ourable John  Ross  retired,  and  the  follow- 
ing year  the  tirm  was  re-oonstnioted  and 
known  as  Bell,  Holden  &  Bell ;  but  in 
187'-;,  Mr.  Hoiden  reUred.  In  1866  Mr. 
Holden  was  [>ressed  tj  enter  civic  politics,^ 


CANADIAN  BlOiiRAtUY, 


21' 


oonienliDg,   was  choaen  u  the   repre- 
■tiliilive    fur    Baldwin     ward.       For   four 
yian  ha  continntHl  in  bold  thin  ntHc«,  and 
alwaym.  ao  far  aa  the  limited  field  in  which 
b  work  affurdtfd  roum,  displayed  his  bril- 
fiaocj    and    natural    ability.       During    the 
yt'Am  I  '*'.9  »nd  1870  he  aooeptud  tho  puaition 
<n  of  the  finance  committee,      lu 
nteated  the  oiayoralty,  and  was 
-.•itil,     defeating     Alexander     Uobert- 
III  1872  he  was  not  a  candidate  ;  but 
73    hei    ji^'ain    nflered,  and    was  again 
1.    defeating  J.  J.   B.  Flint  by  sixty 
)H77  he  entered  municipal  poliiios 
ai  for    Kftcheaon  ward,  and  re- 
iiuaiiit-u  Ml  ihe  cuuticd  txin880.     But  in  the 
but  named   year   he  waa  appointed  acting 
■MTflr-i*-     and    held   that    othce,    to    the 
UgMat    «atiafaction  of  the   public,  till   his 
wklh,  which  occurred  ou  the  28th  of  June, 
146^     The  lamented  deceased  had  boon  a 
■waaber  *>f  the  Methodist  church  frum  boy- 
hood, and  waa  an  honoured  member  oC  that 
oomoauntou  at   the  timi*  of  hn  death.     He 
iaft  a  wife  and  servn  children.     He  was  a 
«»rTdidn»i-  for  KmI  HnntinKS  in  the  House  of 
4  rt    1872,    but    waa   defeated    by 

.'  lu  1A70  he  waa  a  candidate 

lur  Uie  legislature  of  Ontario,  but  waa  de- 
feated by  AUaaiider  llf^bertaun,  wbotn,  aa 
ve  haT<d  seen,  he  had  himself  defeated  for 
the  mAyoralty  of  Uelleville.  in  politics 
was  a  oonaistent  and  thorough  Re- 
Ue  was  an  able  advocate,  and 
ill  the    front  rank   of  the  provincial 

SorUf    liiMeph,  Clarksburg,  waa  born 
1  ,i  TecuMiseh  (near  Beaton), 

»  ■,  OMf:irM.,  April 2*lth.  1832. 

H  .a  native  of  tlie 

(  1.4,    emigrated  to 

'  Ibli*',   wiivii  «  youth   of   fifteen 

y.  ■  ,<(!i,  in  cimpany  with  ftjur  or  five 

brwthtfrs,  who,  after   iindv-rgoing  the 
tpa  and  prrlls  of  the  sea  voyak;f>,  nnd 
111  •'  lale  of  Anticoaii.  loainieall 

I  uido  )ii«  way  to  Littlu  York, 

I  !>t?n   Ik*  shortly  after  located 

\\  (vhich    thu   subject    of    our 

J ^.  '    -lit.    In  ISlil  he  mnriit>d 

>'  r  of  Thomas  Hurst,  a 

Xb^..-  IroJ-ind,  whoaUoen)i- 

ftmWti  y  to  Caua«U,  in  18'Jt', 

ami    i-  laiiie  township.     She 

6imA  in  1^"  k«nty,  leaving  eleven 

ckildrMi  am  '  •  f  n  fatuily  of  four- 

Our  >m1   hia  education 

Uw    pu  <    the    nfi>{hbour- 

o(   li  -'«.     The    troublea   of 

I837-3B,  UA't  "g  impreaaion  on  hia 


I  mind,  creating  a  apirit  of  loyalty  to  Queen 
and  country,  and  a  stern  i.>ppoaition  to  all 
attempts  to  weaken  British  inlluence,  and 
the  connexion  with  the  mother  country. 
When  young  he  waa  very  fond  of  literature 
and  adventure,  and  desirous  for  a  military 
and  sctive  life.  He  left  school  at  the  age 
of  fourteen,  and  spent  a  short  time  aa  clerk 
in  a  country  atore.  In  1S48  he  removed 
with  hia  parents  to  the  township  of  Colting- 
wood,  in  the  Oounty  of  Grey,  and  located 
lands  adjoining  the  present  village  of 
Heathcote,  where  his  father  atitl  resides. 
This  being  a  period  when  railways  were  un- 
known  in  Ontario,  the  pioneer  actllera  of 
Grey  were  obliged  to  contend  with  many 
ditlioulties  and  undergo  great  hardships, 
Holland  Lnnding  being  the  uvareat  base  for 
supplies,  and  Toronto  the  nearest  reliable 
market.  His  mind  matured  rapidly  under 
the  hard  experience  of  the  next  live  yeara, 
and  he  soon  began  to  take  an  active  part  in 
the  political  atru^glea  of  the  country.  He 
reinaiiitfd  on  the  farm  with  hia  father  until 
the  close  of  IKoB  ;  and  taught  school  In 
Thorobury,  during  18,59  and  1860.  He 
apent  the  next  four  years  in  the  employ  of 
the  Meaars.  Marsh,  general  merc-hanta, 
Clarksburg,  as  accountant  In  18G7  he 
married  iSusan,  daughter  of  the  late  John 
Donaldson,  of  Mount  Norris,  t.-uunty  Ar- 
mauh,  Ireland,  who  euiigruteil  to  Canada 
in  18i0.  After  his  marriage,  heaettled  per- 
manently in  Clarkabui^.  and  opened  an 
ofbce  aa  ni>tary  public,  conveyancer,  land 
loan  and  general  agent,  which  be  aiill  car- 
riea  im.  Hia  wife  died  in  188J,  leaving  two 
sous  and  thr^e  dauijhters  Living,  a  son  and 
daughter  haviug  died  before  hor.  He  re- 
ceived hia  first  commisainn  as  captnin  in  the 
4th  battalion  Grey  Militia,  taking  rank  and 
precedence  from  the  4th  of  Febru;4ry,  lrtr»8, 
from  Sir  Edmund  Head  ;  and  hia  second 
commituiion  aa  captain  in  No.  4  company, 
division  Reserve  Militia  of  the  rcgimentaj 
diviaion  of  North  (irey,  taking  rank  and 
precedence  fnin  2nd  of  April,  IHO'J.  from 
Sir  Jt<hu  Voung.  In  I8t)8  be  was  gu«9tt«d 
lieutenant  in  No.  7  company,  yisl  (trey 
Volunteer  Infantry  Vmttaliun.  In  IBTill  he 
attt'uded  the  Schnol  of  Military  Instruction, 
Tororttii,  and  obtained  a  second  doss  certi- 
ficate, bearing  date,  November  24th,  IBfiD. 
Ho  received  a  captain's  coramissioTi  in  the 
3lst  Urey  Volunteer  infantry  battalion, 
Inking  rank  and  pn-cedenoe  fnuu  February 
'i8(h.  I87»».  At  the  lime  *.f  the  Trrnt  at- 
lair,  he  aaiisted  in  raiaing  a  Hank  company 
in  hia  regimental  division,  lu  which  ho  was 
i4>pointed  enaign,  tha  lieuUMtaut-colouul  and 


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A  cycloPjEDja  of 


major  accepting  the  captaincy  and  Lieulen- 
anoy  therein,  but  fortunately  their  services 
were  not  required.  In  the  lato  Kiel  rebel- 
lion (1885),  he  vith  other  oHicers  of  the 
Slst  tendered  their  Mrvicea  to  the  govern- 
nient.  Ho  was  appointed  a  jnstice  of  the 
peace  for  the  County  of  Grey,  January  26th, 
1859  ;  a  commisaioner  in  B.  R.,  May  2nd, 
1864  ;  and  a  notary  public,  April  lOth,  1867. 
These  offices  he  still  holds.  He  was  likewise 
appointed  &  returning  officer  for  the  electoral 
district  of  the  East  Hiding  of  (irey,  in  the 
Dominion  elections  for  18H2.  Ho  repre- 
sented the  township  of  Collingwood,  iit  the 
municipal  council  as  fellows  :  as  councillor 
in  18W> ;  as  deputy  reeve  from  18*18  lo  1R71; 
as  reeve  from  1873  to  1878  ;  and  was  elec- 
ted warden  for  the  County  of  Grey.in  1876. 
He  was  one  of  the  principal  promoters  of 
the  I^urth  Grey  Railway  sohenie,  and  be- 
oame  one  of  the  provisional  directors.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  North  Grey  and  Northern  Exten- 
sion Railway  Companies,  until  these  lines 
were  purchased  by  the  Northern  Rail- 
way Company.  He  also  took  an  active 
part  in  the  county  legislation,  in  «:rautiug 
municipal  aid  t**  the  Toronto,  Grey  and 
Bruce  Railway,  and  the  Wellington,  Grey 
and  Bruce  Railway  schemes.  He  became  a 
member  of  the  Orange  association  in  the 
year  1853,  being  the  tirst  member  initiated 
in  the  township  of  Colliniiwood,  and  has 
remained  iu  cimnoction  with  the  order  ever 
since.  He  611ed  the  master's  chair  for 
sereral  years  in  No.  523  and  No.  139H  ;  aud 
was  elected  the  tirst  district  master  of 
Collingwoud  district  in  1801  ;  and  wu  re- 
elected in  1880  81'82.  He  was  chosen  de- 
puty county  master  forN.R.  Grey  in  1882-3; 
and  at  present  he  holds  the  rank  of  P. 
D.  M.,  Collingwood  district.  He  was  also 
regularly  received  into  Froemasonir,  in 
Pythagoras  Lodge,  No.  i:i7,  G.  R.  C.,  on 
the  20th  of  December,  1801 ;  and  is  a  char- 
ter member,  of  Heaver  Lodge,  No.  231,  A. 
F.  &,  k.  M-,  Clarksburg.  He  has  also  been 
a  member  of  Manitou  R,  A.  C,  No.  27.  G. 
R.  C,  Collingwood,  since  1870.  A  Liberal 
Conservative  in  politics,  he  has  been  an 
active  member  of  the  party  for  the  last 
thirty*(iTu  years  ;  and  was  elected  vice- 
president  of  the  Liberal-Conservative  Associ- 
ation of  North  Grey  in  1874  \  and  tilled  the 
office  of  president  of  the  LiberaUConser' 
Tative  Association  of  East  Grey  from  1875 
to  1878.  Mr.  Rorke  contested  the  riding 
of  East  Grey,  with  A.  W.  Lauder,  in  1879, 
for  the  local  Icgislaturo,  as  a  resident  can- 
didate in  the  conservative  interest,  but  was 


St 


defeated.     Our  labject  is  a  Presbyterian. 

All  who  oome  in  contact  with  him,  either 
in  bnsiness  or  in  social  life,  have  invariably 
found  him  to  be  a  gentleman  in  the  highest 
sense  ;  and  he  is  of  a  kiudly,  and  retiring 
disposition  in  private  life  ;  but  in  publit 
he  is  always  ready  to  raise  his  Toice  in  thi 
interest  of  the  people.  Mr.  Rorke  is  very 
mnoh  attached  to  the  gun  and  nxl,  and  takes 
unbounded  interest  iu  all  s^jorts.  He  took 
an  active  part  in  the  formation  of  the  Beaver 
Valley  cooperative  society,  now  in  active 
business  in  Clarksburi;,  and  is  one  of  th«] 
directors  of  the  institution. 

Ciarrow,  Janirs  Thoinpaon^  Bar- 
rister, etc. ,  Godench,  was  bom  near  Niagara 
Falls,  on  the  11th  March,  1843.     He  is  the 
eldest  sun  of  Edward  and  Rebecca  Garrow, 
natives  of  Scotland,  which  worthy  couple  are 
still  livini^  upon  their  farm,  acljoiniug  the 
town  of  Seaforth.     Our  subject  completed! 
a  common  school  education  at   the  God^^i 
rich   Grammar  School.      He    was    articled] 
as  a  law  student  with  the  present  judi^e  oi 
the  County  Conrt  of  the  County  of  Huron, 
Justice  Toms,  and  he  was  admitted  a  solic*-| 
itor  in  May,  1868,  and  called  to  the  bar  iaj 
November,  18C0.     On  his  admission  to  thoj 
roll  o^  solicitors,  he  entered  into    partuer-j 
ship  with  ]NL  0.  Canierou,  the  present  M.P: 
for  West  Huron,  and  remuliiod  iu  that  firm 
(Cameron  &  Garrow)  practising  at  Goderich 
till  duly,  1874.     He  has  since  continued  the 
practice  of  liis  profession  there,  and  has  foFJ 
years  enjoyed  a  largo  business.     He  is  nuir^ 
senior  luember  of  the  law  firm  of  Garrow 
&  Prcu)df<H)t.      In  politics  Mr.  Garrow  ia 
staunch    Refonner,  and  iu  religion  a  Prut- 
byterian,  being  a  member  of  Knox  church,! 
under  the  K«v.  Dr.  Ure.     Our  subject  wi 
for  seven  ye&ra  reeve  of  the  town  i  if  (joderichj 
(1874  to  1880  inclusive).     For  the  last  yeal 
he  was  warden    of  the   county    council    ol 
Huron,  and  he  then  retired  from  munioi] 
duties.     So  far  he   has  not  taken  an  aotivt 
part  in  politics,  though   he  is   undoubtedly 
much   interested  in   public  questions.      Hi 
is  a  niemlwr  of   Maitland  Lodge,  No.  112, 
A.  F.   &    A.  M.      He  married  on  July  17, 
1872,  Mary,  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Rcv*^^ 
Charles  Fletcher,  of  Goderich,  and  by  thitt^f 
union  has  five  ohildreu,  all  of  whom  are  liv-^l 
ing.     As  a  lawyer  Mr.  Garrow  stands  very 
high    in    his   profession,    for   industry,    fur 
ability,  and  for  high  personal  worth.     He 
is  a  gentleman  of   much  modesty  of  char- 
acter, but  dittident  though  he  is  in  appear- 
ing  in  the  public  light  aa  a  representative 
man,  hero  it  is  the  duty  of  the  biographer 
to  put  him. 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


2l» 


»wner.  Tboiuas,  Jr.,  Toronto,  wu 

in    Kicumond  Hill,  i-^ouaty  of  York, 

lh»  12Ui  of  Februiirv.  1H43.    Hiapartiiits 

Hioma*  %xn\  Annn  D«)wney,  M<;f  Smith. 

married  in  frdlund,  iind  l&nded  in  To> 
in  1S42.  Mr.  Downey,  Renr.,  adopted 
th*  bawtiftiw  of  c&rpentar  and  builder,  and 
iwiiniiil^^d  the  pablic  schools  aituated  on 
TlflKihft  atreet,  John  street,  and  Phoebe 
itntl  111  187$  he  waa  elected  alderman 
lot-  6i.  John's  ward,  and  re-elected  for  the 
j^tm  l)*73.  1874,  1875,  and  187fi>  when 
be  retired  from  public  life.  3Ir.  Downey 
vaa  oo«  of  the  first  promoters  in  the  build- 
ii^  Oil  the  ELni  street  Methodist  church, 
WtDg  ft  iTttStde  for  many  years  and  at  the 
lis*  of  hia  death,  which  occurred  in  1870. 
Hm  deauae  was  yreatly  lamented  by  all  the 
OBQgrtgaftion,  and  by  the  citizens  of  Toronto, 
^ftom  he  had  served  so  Itjii;^  and  faithfully. 
On*  vtrmn^r  incident  iu  thu  life  and  death 
vi  Mr  I'Qwney  may  be  mi^ntioned.  The 
cAaelt  whirJi  .Mr.  Di>wney  bi>nght  when  oom- 
■MMSBg  house- keeping  in  Toronto,  and 
vfaieh  waa  continuously  in  use,  stopped  at 
tiw  T«rj  moment  of  his  death,  at  nine  min- 
iil«e  lo  twelve  o'clock,  p.m.,  March,  1S70. 
Tbra  cJfK^k  is  DOW  in  the  possession  of  the 
flObject  ol  this  sketch.  Another  cnriosity 
ia  aa  (grange  certificate,  brought  to  this 
ootiatry,  which,  in  its  form  and  way  it  waa 
prrmtred,  makes  it  a  most  curious  instni- 
misnt.  It  bears  date  IK^.  Thomaa  Downey, 
jr.,  reerived  his  early  education  at  the  pri- 
rate  schfHjl  of  David  Storey,  who  is  still 
livirvt;  111  Toronto  After  reuiatnin;^  here  for 
a  Umo,  br  tinished  his  education  at  Uie  T<»- 
rosito  Grammar  School,  under  the  lat^ 
A.  B.  Howe,  who  was  then  its  principal. 
ftfJT  taaving  ■rhnn],  at  the  sf^e  of  fourteen, 
ha  ha([an  lo  learn  the  trade  of  carponter 
and  bttilder,  in  his  father's  shop.  He  re- 
Tinmf^  ao  employed  for  tive  years,  when  he 
weal  tn  the  t'nited  States.  There  he 
atayad  in  diiferont  cities  untd  14(j*J,  when 
ba  married  and  returned  agaiti  tn  Toronto. 
H#  iben  parohaaed  the  Inmbiitr  business  of 
tba  lata  Thumaa  Brig^,  situated  on  Kd- 
ward  atmet.  He  still  carries  on  business 
■a  a  doaler,  builder  and  contractor,  bein^ 
ooo  of  the  foremost  in  that  tri^de  iu  On- 
tario. He  belotin«d  tj>  No.  J  CVnipany 
Qoteit'a  Own  KiliMs,  ami  waa  a  corpora) 
at  tbe  time  whan  Captain  Mactlunald  re- 
Mgnail  tlie  oommand,  and  Colimel  Otter 
waa  eleetsd  to  thn  pttaition  of  ensign.  In 
\SS2  he  waa  elected  alderman  for  8t.  John's 
ward,  and  re-aleoted  iu  1883.  He  toftk  an 
mUt*  paxt  in  the  local  impniveuuMit  sys- 
!«■«  and  tba  bauefita  of  ihia  system  can  be 


seen  in  the  block  pavements  and  other  Im- 

ftrovementa.  He  was  also  chairman  of  the 
e<^lative  committee  for  the  city  council. 
He  belongs  to  the  Oranfle  order,  and  has  been 
for  twenty-one  years  a  member.  He  is  paat 
master  of  L.  0.  L.  No.  39fi ;  belonya  to  thd 
Independent  Order  of  Oddfellows ;  ia  a 
Freemason;  is  a  member  of  the  A.O.U. 
Workmen,  and  also  belongs  to  the  Sons  of 
Canada  He  mnrriod,  at  Memphis,  Ten- 
neaaee,  in  1800,  Esther  Van  Vleck,  daughter 
of  the  late  M.  F.  Van  VIeck,  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  Wisconsin.  U.  8.  Mr.  DowTiey 
has  had  eight  children,  of  whom  seven  are 
still  living — five  boya  and  two  girls.  The 
eldest  son.  Geor^  E.  Downey,  assists  his 
father  in  his  bnameoa.  Like  his  father,  he 
ia  a  Methodist,  and  one  of  the  oldest  mem* 
bers  of  the  Elm  street  Methodist  church, 
Mr,  Diiwney  is  n  staunch  Refonner,  and  is 
vice -president  of  St.  .lohn's  Wiir<l  Reform 
AssociAtioD,  and  \%  popular  in  social  as  well 
as  privatcf  tifi*. 

Hf^ldoii,  <  harlea  Wcalejr,  D.C.L., 
Q.a.  M.  p.,  St.  John,  N.B.,  wiis  bom  at  Rich- 
ibucto,  N.B.,  on  February  27th,  IH^TO.  He 
is  a  sou  of  the  Honourable  John  W.  Weldon. 
for  many  years  a  representative  for  the 
House  of  Assembly  of  New  Bninawick ;  for 
eight  years  speaker  of  the  House  ;  and  a 
judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  iJruns- 
wiok  for  nearly  twenty  years.  He  dieil  on 
February  lOth.  1881,  in  the  eighty-first  jroar 
of  his  age.  His  mother,  Frances  Chandler 
I'pham,  who  died  in  1844,  was  the  young- 
est daughter  of  the  Honourable  Joaliua 
rpham,  u  judue  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
New  Brunswick  at  its  hrst  organi/j^tion. 
Judgi>  Upham  was  a  loyalist  from  the  State 
of  Massachusetts,  and  entered  the  army 
during  the  revolutionary  war.  He  became 
a  colonel  of  drai^oons,  and  waa  nidttlttamp 
to  Lord  Dorchester.  He  died  in  London  in 
1807.  The  H*»nouniblo  Charles  W.  Cphaui, 
of  Sale  m ,  Maasach  u  so  its,  a  wel  1  -  k  now  u 
writer,  was  a  ton  of  Judge  Upham.  Judge 
Upham  a  first  wife  was  a  daughter  (»f  Colonel 
Murray,  of  Rutland,  and  his  second  wife  a 
daughter  of  Charles  ^'handler,  the  grand> 
father  of  the  Houourablo  Edward  B.  Chand- 
ler, late  lieutenantgoveniur  of  New  Bruns- 
wick. Our  subject  was  eduoatetl  at  the 
Orammar  8ch(M>l  at  Richibucto,  and  at  the 
Windsor  Acudemy.  He  entered  King's  Col* 
lege,  Windsor,  in  1844,  and  graduated  with 
honours  as  onfim^,  or  double  first,  in  1847. 
He  became  M.A,  in  1851  ;  and  in  1884 
received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.C.L. 
Ho  t>ogan  the  study  of  the  law  with  hia 
father  at  Kioliibucto,  and  waa  admitted  to 


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A  CYCLOPAEDIA   OF 


the  btu-  in  Now  BruoBwick  iu  1852,  and 
cotniiK'Tiu«d  practice  in  St.  John.  Re  waa 
appointed  Quetiii's  counscJ  in  1873.  Dr. 
Weldon  ia  president  of  llio  New  Brunswick 
Electric  Telegraph  Cumjiauy,  a  director  uf 
the  New  Bnmawick  Railroad  Company,  a 
director  of  the  Frodericton  Railway  Com- 
pany, and  alflo  of  the  Carleton  Hranch  RAil- 
road  Company  ;  a  vice-president  of  the 
Eastern  Marino  Insurance  Company,  direc- 
UiT  uf  William  Parka  A  Sou  (limited)  cot- 
ton factory  ;  was  for  several  years  president 
of  the  barriatera'  Society  of  Newr  Brunawick, 
and  ia  a  bencher.  He  is  president  of  the  St. 
John  Law  Society  ;  and  has  been  warden  of 
Trinity  Church,  St.  John,  since  1875,  and 
hu  been  a  delegate  to  the  Diocesan  Synod, 
and  also  to  the  Provincial  Synod  uf  Canada. 
Ho  ia  a  member  of  Carleton  Royal  Arch 
Chapter  of  St.  John.  In  1873,  at  a  citizens' 
iniM»ting(  be  was  nominated  a  candidate  for 
m&yor,  but  was  defeated.  In  1805  and  IHOC 
he  took  an  active  part  in  opposition  to  the 
scheme  of  confederation  ;  and  in  187^  was 
nominated,  with  Honourable  Isaac  Burpee, 
as  ilie  candidate  of  tbe  Lil>eral  party  for 
the  Dominion  Parliament  for  the  city  and 
county  of  St.  John,  and  was  elected.  In 
18K2  he  waa  a^ain  elected  for  tlie  same  C4>n- 
stitUBQcy.  The  first  important  case  in  which 
Mr.  Weldon  engaged  was,  in  1850,  Law  ton 
c«.  Tarratt,  where  he  was  associated  with 
the  late  S.  R.  Thomson,  against  the  late 
Hon.  R.  L.  Hazen,  the  present  Justice 
Gray,  of  British  Columbia,  and  other  lead- 
ing counsel  of  the  day.  In  1864  be  was  asso- 
ciated with  Justice  Gray  as  counsel  for 
the  Soutlieni  Confederacy  on  the  CAwtt- 
/*?ftA«  case,  wliere  the  parties  who  captured 
this  vessel  were  arrested  and  ordere<i  to  be 
extradited  by  the  police  ma^istrace  of  St. 
John,  on  A  chanre  of  piracy  ;  but  u]H>n  an 
application  by  Mr.  Weldon  to  the  present 
Chief  Justice  of  Canada,  then  on  the  New 
Bnmawick  bencli,  after  an  able  argument 
tlie  prisoners  were  discharged,  and  subse- 
nuently  Messrs.  Gray  it  Weldon  successfully 
defended  other  parties  tned  on  a  charge  of 
piracy,  iu  the  Court  of  Admiralty,  before 
Carter,  C.J.,  and  Parker  and  Ritchie,  JJ. 
Since  that  time  Dr.  Weldon  has  been  en- 
gaged in  many  of  the  most  important  cases 
m  New  Brunswick,  and  also  before  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Canada  on  appeals  from 
that  court.  Dr.  Weldou'a  legal  attainments 
are  admitted  to  be  very  wide  and  very  pro- 
found, and  OS  an  authority  on  maritime  law 
he  has  no  peer  in  Canada.  He  dues  not  very 
often  addretss  tbe  Uoase  of  Commons,  but 
whenever  he  rises  he  at  ouoe  gets  the  atten- 


tion of  members.     Ho  is  a  nervoait  aone- 

whac  impetuous  speaker,  and  this,  a<Lded  to 
the  clearneas  aud  punty  of  hia  language,  and 
the  siraightforwardnesa  of  hia  ideas,  make 
him  very  effective  in  debate.  He  has  heen 
always  a  very  consistent  and  very  prominent 
Liberal.  In  reli^on  he  ia  a  steadfast  mem- 
ber of  the  Church  of  England.  Uo  married 
on  March  2lBt,  IStiO,  Annie,  only  daughter 
of  John  Tucker,  Esq.,  who  died  in  August, 
18Mf>. 

Cliniiipluin,  Samuel  cic,  came  of  a 
noble  family  "f  iirouajit*,  in  the  province  of 
Saintonge,  Franco.  In  the  year  161X1,  he 
commanded  a  vessel  on  a  voyage  to  the  East 
Indies,  acqiviring  a  high  reputation  for  hia 
skill  as  a  naval  officer  On  his  return  to 
Franco,  the  prospect  was  mooted  of  prose- 
cuting the  discovery  which  bad  been  made 
in  Canada,  by  Cnrtier,  and  De  Chatie,  the 
governor  of  the  cdony,  secured  the  services 
of  Champlain.  The  intrepid  navigiitur  set 
sail  on  the  16th  of  March.  IttOrS,  accompanied 
by  Pontgrav6,  who  had  already  made  several 
voyages  to  Tadousac,  a  trading  post  at  that 
point,  where  the  cold  sullen  waters  of  the 
Sagucnay  are  sluiced  into  the  St.  Lawrence. 
After  tarrying  for  a  short  period  here,  the 
explorers  took  a  light  bntteau,  ascending  the 
St.  Lawrence,  as  far  as  thefallaof  St.  LoUis, 
the  cataract  which  had  formed  the  terminus 
L.f  Cartier's  explorations.  The  falls  of  St, 
Louis  were  in  the  neighbourhood  of  the 
Indian  settlement,  Hoohelaga,  and  at  this 
place  Champlain  tarried  for  a  time  to  ub* 
tain  iuformaiion  from  tbe  Indians ;  and  ho 
made  some  careful  explorations  along  the 
St.  Lawrence.  Sailing  for  France  in  August, 
when  he  reached  that  country  ho  found  that 
De  Chatte  was  dead  and  Sieur  de  Monta 
appointed  in  his  place,  who  engaged  him  aa 
his  pilot  in  another  voyage  to  the  new  world. 
On  March  7th,  UJiW,  Champlain  set  out  on 
his  second  voyage,  arriving  at  Acadie,  or 
what  was  known  later  aa  Acadia,  on  May 
6th.  After  much  cruising,  in  search  for  a 
desirable  situation  for  a  aettlement,  a  small 
island,  about  twenty  leagues  to  the  west- 
ward of  St.  John  river  was  chosen.  This  waa 
St.  Croix  island,  and  thereon  the  disooverera 
oatablifthed  ihemaelves.  In  1007,  Chsmp- 
hiin  was  sent  on  another  voyage  to  Tadou- 
sac,  and  on  the  3rd  of  July  of  the  following 
year,  he  laid  the  foundation  of  Quebea  Ue 
erected  staunch  barracks,  cleared  the  forest 
from  the  ground,  and  sowed  many  acres  of 
rye  and  wheat.  He  ha«.i  none  of  the  com- 
mercial instinct  in  him,  el^e  he  might  soon 
have  made  himself  rich  by  trathc  with  the 
Indians  ;  he  was  oiUy  concerned  in  laying 


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221 


th«  faun4*tiona  o{  enduring  tetUenients  in 
tb«  Dew  world,  and  entabliahing  firmly  the 
Dovninion  of    France   therein.     Conspiracy 
janag  th9  fint  irinttr  in  Canada  raised  iu 
!k-^.  bat  tKe  scheme  to  aaaaRsinate  Cham- 
«aa  discovered  by  Capt.  Teatii,  one  of 
Ni»cn.Nutta  suffering  death,  the  others 
b«ag  sunt  Ui  the  salleyi.     During  the  win- 
ter, seQrv(>y  in  a  mUignant  form  bruke  out 
nitts,  and  OhauipUiii  sutight 
i- — a  decoction  of  the  bark 
v«-hich  Oaitier  ha«l  undnr  a 
-.\hk^i\  do  aucccMfully,  but  hu 
!i  any.     In  the  summer  of 
-        >ns,   Algunquins  and  other 
L-ir  paint  tu  niarcti  a-^ainst 
Ntjuiy,    the     lru(|U<.>i0;    and 
:■.':.■->  luved  such   enterprise  for 
e.  and  further  being  desirous  of 
•  a  of  so  many  p(twerful  tribes  of 
▼es  joined    them.      From    Sorel  he  set 
with   his   savage   allies,  entering  the 
which  be  garo  his  own  name.     The 
on  hoped  to  surprise  the  Iroijuoia  in 
a,  but  they  met  them  upon  the 
turning   their  pn>ws  shoreward, 
^wsuItwI  to  bivuuac  for  the  night  and 
ptimmanoe  the  battle  on  the  raiorruw.  Chau)(>- 
'  '.14  covert,  shot  two  chiefs  whom 

•3d   by  tlteir  pUimes.     The  noiAe 
iin-  »-vi*outioo  of  the  firearms,  so  terri- 
ihe  pnur  iroipiois  that  they  tied  in  sad 
The  ei|>ediiion  returned  tu  Quebec 
ty  scalps.      Champlain   made  many 
ice,  and  kIho  joined  in  sereral 
tions  against  the  Iroquois.     He 
«"!  Jia  lieutenant-governor  under 
'\  n«ibleman.  the  Prince  of 
'  mttroncy.     He  was  a  dernt- 
•d  iflheritut  ut  the  Itoman  catholic    faitli, 
and  rcaolrod  to  plant  Xhv  cross  in  the  wildor- 
maa  of  Canada.    With  thia  aim«  he  brought 
o<ii  ft  tiombwr  of  Jesuit  fathers,  who  nubly 
M»l«rff«i    ill   the    work  asai^nud  to  them  in 
Uiv  (aoe  of  every  danger,  hutflmg  with  ci'ld, 
koiifvr  and  RUficnitittiin  in  its  most  dtrgrnd- 
tM  and  eniel  fornu.      In  July,  Iti'^J,  he  was 
olictted  tr>  surr*«nder  Qut<bee  to  Sir  David 
Kirm«,  who  CAiue  agiunsi   him  with  a  welt- 
•iiufeppsU  English  arniamont.      Be  was  then 
tMOa  la  France,  where  be  exerted  himself 

RnMiBoaaly  fur  the  rocuvcry  uf  New  France, 
ft)  Canaila  was  restored  again,  in  1032,  by 
w  Uvasy  of  8t.  (t<^rnia)n^  together  with 
»dfe«  aM  Cape  Hr^t^jn.  rhamplAin's 
xrttoTts  »irr*»  not  without  due  reco^iitiun. 
P  wi  *1  govomor  of  Quebec,  but 

did  M  -i  to  carry  out  an  admints- 

txalidn,  11.   ^hich  his  b4ju1    was  bmiud   up. 
lie  well  mvrittfd  Uie  title  of  the  father  of 


New  France.  In  a  large  sent*  b«  wu,  and 
though  he  was  credulous,  superstitious  and 
almost  fanatical,  he  had  an  enormous  fund 
of  enenty  and  much  sagacity  and  penetra- 
tion. It  is  dnubtfnl  indeed,  if  the  founding 
of  a  oobiny  in  such  clrcumsfcancca  aa  he  was 
pUced,  could  have  fallen  into  the  hands  of 
a  better  man. 

II»)',  narid  Davidson,  Registrar 
North  Hiding,  County  of  IVrth,  Stratford, 
was  bom  at  Broughty  Ferry,  near  Dundee, 
Scotland,  on  the  28th  of  Jaituary.  1828.  In 
1H43  hi-  came  to  CHnnda,  taking  up  his  abi>de 
for  a  abort  f«^riod  in  Montreal,  where  he 
employed  himself  in  ft  mercantile  ofKoc.  He 
moved  then  to  Bowmanville,  Upper  Canada. 
wtiere  he  was  for  many  years  iu  the  em- 
ploy of  the  late  Senator  Simps"!!,  and  from 
Bowmanville  he  removed  to  the  County  of 
8imcoe.  where  he  also  occupied  himself  with 
commercial  purauita  for  a  time.  He  then 
moved  (nearly  thirty  years  ago)to  Listowel, 
north  Perth,  whore,  in  conjunctittn  with  his 
father  and  brothers,  he  erected  a  isaw  tknd 
grist  milt.  Our  subject  is  a  sun  of  Robert 
Hay,  who  wiLs  descended  from  an  old  Inver- 
ness-shire family.  His  mother,  Catherine 
McKiddie,  who  is  still  aiive,  was  a  native  of 
Forfarshire,  Scotland.  He  was  educated  at 
private  schoola  in  Forfarshire  and  Dundee, 
and  jturaued  chiefly  the  English  branches 
and  nmtlieniatics.  He  was  for  ten  years  in 
Buccessiun  the  reeve  of  Elma,  in  the  County 
of  Perth ;  and  was  likewise  reeve  of  Listowel 
for  several  years  after  its  incorporation.  Of 
an  active  temperament,  and  talcing  a  deep 
interest  in  the  prngreas  of  his  county,  he  was 
largely  instrumental  in  bringing  a)>out  the 
construction  of  tho  northern  gravel  roads 
in  tho  County  of  Perth.  He  was  foremost 
too  in  the  movement  which  resulteii  iu  the 
construction  of  the  southern  extension  of 
the  Wellington,  Grey  &  Bruce  liailway,  by 
way  of  Listowel.  With  his  brothers  he  con- 
structeil  the  first  ten  miles  of  the  niad,  and 
spent  several  months  in  the  municipalities 
interested,  promoting  the  p'Lsaage  of  hy-laws 
in  iiid  i>f  the  road.  He  was  likewise  active  in 
tinxMiriug  government  iiid  for  the  road,  Mr. 
Hay  also  assisted  in  procuring  bonuses  for  a 
railway  line  from  Port  Dover  tti  Stratford  ; 
and,  in  conjunction  withColonel  Tisdale  and 
8.  S.  Fuller,  secured  bonuses  for  the  Strat- 
ford and  Huron  Railway,  from  Stratford  to 
Wiarlon.  In  18tJ7,  he  contested  North  Perth 
fur  the  legislature,  but  was  defeated  by  Mr, 
Monteith.  In  1873,  he  was  employed  by 
the  Outano  govenimont,  oa  special  emigra- 
tion agent  in  Europe,  and  lectured  upon 
Canadian  resources  in  Enuhwd  and  Scotland. 


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He  returned  the  same  year,  and  took  charge 
of.  for  aeveral  months,  the  Ontario  home 
eniigratton  work,  interviewing  and  confer- 
ring with  various  county  councils,  and  other 
hfxlies,  with  respect  to  immigration  and 
kindred  subjects.  He  was  for  nearly  twenty 
years  division  court  clerk  at  Listowel ;  and 
was  also  a  justice  of  tlm  peacu  for  tlni  county. 
lu  1H74,  he  conteftted  North  Perth  again, 
and  this  time  was  successful,  and  was  re-elec- 
ted in  1879.  In  1883  he  was  defeated.  In  the 
last  named  year,  ho  was  agaia  employed  by 
the  Ontario  goTomment  as  special  emigra- 
tion commissioner  in  England  and  Scotland. 
He  attended  that  year,  in  the  interosta  of 
Ontario,  the  Koyal  Show  la  Vork.  and 
that  of  the  Highland  Society  at  Inverneas. 
He  lectured  m  Scotland,  his  work  hav- 
ing  special  ret^ard  to  securing  emigration 
of  tenant  farmers.  In  .lanuary,  1884,  on 
the  demise  of  tlie  late  Mr.  Rttbb,  he  was 
appointed  registrar  uf  the  North  Riding  of 
Perth.  Mr.  llay  has  itlst}  been  ecltool  trustee 
and  president  of  the  agrictiltiiral  suciety. 
We  may  add  that  he  ha»  always  taken  an  ac- 
tive interest  in  educatimiai  atid  social  ciiies- 
tious.  With  respect  Ut  hia  religiitus  convic- 
tions, it  may  be  said  that  lie  was  biYMight  up  a 
Fresbytorian,  but  after  his  arrival  in  Cana- 
da, he  beeauu  connected  witli  the  Congrega- 
tional body  and  rotamed  the  connection  for 
about  twenty  years  or  more.  He  (hen  era- 
braced  the  doctrine  "f  conditional  immortal- 
ity, and  for  years  lectured  regularly  in  pro- 
motion of  these  views.  He  is  now  again 
connected  with  the  Congregational  body,  but 
he  atill  holds  very  tirmly  to  the  doctrine  of 
the  second  coming  of  Christ .  He  married 
on  the  23rd  of  March.  1851,  Janet  Rogeraou, 
of  lunistil,  Cuunty  of  Simcoe.  This  lady 
is  descended  from  a  Dumfries  (Scotland) 
family. 

Deville,  Ed^varcl  C-nMtoii,  Surveyor 
General  of  Uuiiiinion  Lands,  Ottawa,  was 
Ii>rtrn  inl849at  LaChariteSur  Loire  Nievre, 
France.  He isa  retired urticer  of  the  French 
navy  ;  and  was  educated  at  the  Naval  l?!chool, 
Brest.  He  hud  ohsr^e  of  extensive  hydro- 
graphic  surveys  in  the  South  Sea  Islmida, 
Peru  and  other  countries.  In  1874  he  retired 
from  the  nary  and  came  to  Canada.  Shortly 
after  his  arrival,  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Quebec  government,  where  he  remained 
from  1874  to  l»7i>,  aa  inspector  of  surveys 
and  scientific  explorer.  In  1877  he  was  com- 
missioned as  provincial  land  Hurveyor  ;  and 
in  1878  l)u  waa  appointed  examiner  of  mas- 
ters and  mates  Un-  the  pnrt  of  Quebec.  In 
1878,  he  was  commissioned  as  Uuminioii 
land  and  topographical  surveyor ;  ami  he  was 


appointed  a  member  of  the  boanl  of  exi 
iners  for  Dominion  land  surveyurs  the  sami 
year.  He  became  in9i>ecti.tr  of  Dominir 
land  surveys  in  1881.  Finally,  in  1886, 
ruached  the  top  round  of  the  ladder,  beoot 
ing  survey  or -general  of  Canada.  He  is 
Fellow  of  the  Royal  Astronomical  Society*^ 
and  uf  the  Hoyat  Society  of  Canada,  and 
in  the  section  of  mathematical,  physical  aa< 
chemical  sciences.  He  is  tlie  author 
'*  Astronomic  and  Geodetic  Calculationa,' 
and  of  several  able  scientific  papers.  B^ 
married,  in  188X,  Josephine,  daughter  o 
the  Honourable  G.  Oainiet,  Biiperiniendent' 
of  public  instruction,  and  late  premier  of 
Quebec. 

VIc'kcrs  John  Joitepb,  Toronto, 
proprietor  of  "^  Vickers'  Express  "  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Vickers  Express  Company. 
This  enterprising  gentleman  was  bom  in 
Dublin,  Ireland,  in  1818,  and  was  the 
second  son  of  Juhn  and  Hannah  (Leeson) 
VicUera,  of  that  city.  His  father  held  a 
government  position  in  the  treasury  depart- 
ment in  Dublin,  for  many  years,  and  he 
died  when  Juhn  Joseph  was  but  six  years 
old.  Mr.  Vickers'  early  education  was  ac- 
quired in  Dublin,  and  when  a  young  man, 
he  entered  the  service  of  the  City  of  Dublin 
Steam  Packet  Company,  and  remajued  in 
their  service  for  several  years.  In  184U,  he 
left  Dublin,  and  arrived  in  New  York,  bear- 
ing introductoiT  letters  from  Mr.  James 
McHonry,  nf  Liverpool.  He  entered  the 
service  of  the  Howard  Steamship  Com- 
pany, and  continued  in  the  employ  of  thii 
company  for  about  two  years,  lu  thi 
meantime,  having  heard  of  tlio  splonditti 
agricultural  prospects  of  Canada,  youn|^ 
Vickers,  who  had  lots  uf  eneniy  and  am< 
bitiun,  determined  tu  try  his  hand  at  fiirm' 
iug,  and  putting  his  resolution  into  effect, 
he  left  New  York  and  moved  to  tlie  Bay  oj 
Quint^  district,  and  settled  upon  a  farii 
in  Prince  Kdward  County.  Two  years  pi 
tice  as  an  amateur  farmer  conrinood  Mr« 
Vickers  that  rolliu^  logs  and  growing  buck- 
wheat was  very  different  to  what  he  hat 
imagined  it,  he  abandoned  agriculttire, 
and  left  for  Toronto.  In  1852,  he  engsget 
with  the  Araericsn  Express  Company,  am 
continued  in  their  service  for  two  years 
when,  on  the  completion  of  the  Northoni.] 
Railroad,  he  embarked  in  the  express  buai- 
ness  on  his  <^>wn  account,  and  by  strict  atten- 
tion and  great  exrrtions,  he  has  developed  hivj 
preseul  extensive  ouiuectiuu.  In  1858,  ii 
conjunction  with  uthers,  Mr.  Vickers  visiti 
the  Lake  Superiur  district  in  the  tint  steam* 
er  {Tkt  IU»ctit)j  to  Thunder  Uay.      He  thei 


CANAVIAy  BIOOHAFHT. 


Uuit  the  Kft.miiUBtiqt]i«  river  would 

n  (b«    future  be    »     gre&t    h&rboiir,    aud 

WtiBg  OD    bu    owD   pruphettc  inslitiuU,  he 

pOTOh— nd   After  its  survey  by  the  govern- 

watmX^  tjkiia,  in  that  region,  uid  owns  nearly 

kiM  of  Iha  navigable  portion  of  the  river 

liMilajtii  an  the  north  aide.     The  Canadian 

PiMiie Railway  D<twrijiis  through  the  greater 

portion  of  bu  property.    Since  liiBsettleineot 

a  Toronto,  he  haa  taken  an  active  interejtt  in 

all  thai  concerns  the  city*a  welfare,  and  in 

I9M  waa  elected  alderman  to  represent  St. 

George'a  ward,  and  he  remained  in  the  ouun- 

oil  ontil  1S70.     During  the  time  he   was  a 

BMnber  of  the  c^JuncU,  he  proposed  the  re- 

lolition  to  construct  the  new  water  works, 

•raa  carritsd  \\\   Ootober,  lOth,  1870. 

^    captain  in    the  Sedentary     Militia, 

^  held  a  comuussion  for  many  years. 

ickera'  political  opiuiuna  »xe  strongly 

rrative.      In  1855,  he  married  Cather- 

hry,  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Lieut- 

ttii  John    W.    Dunbnr  Moodie,    of    the 

itiah  arniyi  the  first  Sheritl  of  Hastings 

ۥ '    r  mother  being  Susanna  Mnudiv, 

(..  :  authoress,  whose '*Ht>iighin];{  it 

in  luc  •■<i»U",  and  otht>r  publiciktions  havf? 
oontnhui^l  not  a  Itttio  to  onr  national  lii- 
eraxore.  The  iasu^  of  this  marriage  is  four 
M>tta  and  six  dauk^htcrs,  all  living.  The 
«li3«>t  son.  John  A.  U.  Viokers  ia  the 
AOUTe  superintendent  of  the  Express  Com- 
(■anr. 

iJiMUIOBy  RCT.  I'm  i'&stor  Ht.  Bosirs 
JUtfOMD  catholic  church,  tirantford,  waa 
the  year  184G,  of  p<ior,  hut  resp»^'t- 
ita,  in  the  panah  of  Hallymficnab, 
ity  of  Armagh,  Ireland.  His  porunia 
lU^ted  to  America  early  in  1848.  and 
Vtar  locating  for  a  tow  years  in  New  York 
Aiy.  and  Uarvestmw,  N.V..  they  came  to 
Guada,  and  SHttlpil  near  the  present  City  of 
Stnftfurd.  Here  thny  remained  for  a  peKod 
-..1...  — «.  ,.  I,.,,,  in^t  hnding 
y,  they  went 
-  .  _.kt*wi  nt-nr  the 
:  nnedota.  The  subject 
r,  remained  in  Canada, 
ina  aiid  c<>mpiet«  his  atuijies.  Being 
oousiitiitton,  his  parunts  dvs* 
lim  fiT  sume  prtifeaaioii,  and  deter- 
to  give  him  the  l>eat  education  then 
t*j  bo  rkbtainud.  After  spending  a 
in  a  ouiiniry  log  schuul,  hu  pMaed 
examination  lu  the  Stratford 
i|(f>r  thuu  ciJlcd)  Gramuiar  ^^chool,  at 
rly  :s.  '   •■   11  years.     K'-re  hu  iip- 

tiii»-  iy  t  t  the  study  of  claa- 

iu»>iM-ui;ttiu»,  for  tive  years,  and 
<iaciipUd  A  front  rank  in  ail  his   nisases. 


Although  the  only  calholie  attending  the 
grammar  school,  for  two  years,  he  was  a 
general  favourite  with  both  teachers  and 
pupilfl,  whose  esteem  he  won  by  his  talents 
and  good  conduct.  In  the  year  1804.  he 
entered  the  college  of  St.  Sutpice,  Montreal. 
when  he  again  distinguished  himself  in  all 
the  branches,  making  the  full  course  in  six 
years,  the  usual  time  being  niue  years. 
After  graduating  from  the  cullege.  he  en- 
tered the  (trand  Seminary  of  Montreal,  to 
prepare  for  the  priesthood,  by  three  years 
stu'ly  of  thenloffy.  lit)  wa»  ordained  priest 
by  Bishop  Walsh,  (if  London,  on  the  30tb  of 
June,  1873.  During  the  first  year  after  his 
ordination,  Father  Lennon  laboured  wiUi 
zeal  aa  curate  in  the  City  uf  London,  the 
town  of  Amherstburg,  and  the  parish  of 
Stratford.  To  the  last  named  place  he  was 
called  upt^n  the  appointment  of  the  late 
Bishop  Orinnon,  then  incumbent  of  iStrat- 
ford,  to  the  Sec  of  Hamilton.  Bishop  Crin- 
uon,  however,  knowing  the  ability  and  ster- 
ling qualities  of  tht.*  young  privst.  obtained 
as  a  favour  from  the  Bishop  of  London,  the 
transfer  nf  Father  Lennon  to  the  Diocese  of 
Hamilton,  as  private  secreUu*y,  which  im- 
portant office  he  tilled  for  five  years.  Ho 
was  then  appointed  assistant  to  the  Vener- 
able Dean  O'iiielly,  of  Dundas  Whilo  in 
Dundas,  besides  attending  to  bis  various 
duties,  and  aiding  the  pastor  in  working  up 
the  misaitm,  be  was  mamly  inatrumental  in 
founding  the  now  famous  huiue  fv»r  nged 
men  and  women,  known  as  the  House  of 
Providence.  The  late  venerable  Father 
McNuhy,  of  Caledonia,  hail  for  many  years 
before  his  death  thought  of  procuring  a 
home  for  the  destitute  with  the  means  ho 
had  saved  afta>r  forty  years  of  hard  miasiiiu- 
ary  life,  and  at  the  suggestion  uf  K«*v. 
Father  Lennon.  bought  the  Methodist 
seminary  of  Dundas,  beautifully  situated 
and  overlooking  the  town,  for  this  purpose. 
He  jilaced  implicit  contidence  in  ihu  ad- 
ministrative trdunts  of  Father  Lennon,  and 
gave  over  all  his  earnings  without  reserve. 
Nor  had  he  reason  to  reflet  it ;  for  he  had 
the  plea«ui*e  to  see  wiih  his  uwu  eyes  the 
institution  iu  a  rt'urishing  condition  and 
tiad  the  happiness  of  dying  within  its  walls, 
lubving  been  chaplain  over  it  for  i\\v>  apace 
of  six  years.  His  remains  repose  in  a 
beautiful  nook  near  the  building,  and  the 
soft  Eeuhyrs  possiTig  through  the  trees  that 
shade  bis  humble  grave,  siug  the  r*M))iiem 
of  the  good  old  pnest.  who  gave  all  ha 
had  to  make  a  home  for  the  pi*or.  After 
three  years  of  laborious  missionary  work 
in  Dundas,  Father  Leuncm  became  broken 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


down  in  he&ltli,  and  his  physician  oidered  a 
ohauge  of  cUuiate  as  Deoesaarv  to  recovery. 
Accordingly,  in  1881,  he  took  a  trip  to 
£urope.  and  during  four  months,  visited 
England,  IreUnd.  France,  (.Jerniany  and 
Italy,  returning  in  good  health.  <>n  his  re- 
turn, he  was  api>ointed  for  ahort  periuda  to 
the  miaaiona  of  Caledonia,  Walkerton  and 
Arthur.  But  in  May,  1882,  he  was  perma- 
nently Btatiuned  in  Urantfurd,  where  hu  st^l 
at  work  immediately  to  iiaiah  St  Basil'ii 
church,  already  deeply  in  deht.  It  was  m 
bold  undertakin>^%  but  Father  TiCnnon  waa 
equal  to  tht^  taflk,  and  thanks  to  his  energy, 
xeal  and  great  adminiatrative  powers.  Hrant- 
ford  possessL's  one  of  the  tinest  churches  in 
Ontario.  As  a  preacher,  Father  Leiinoii 
haa  a  clear,  ringing  voice,  capable  of  tilling 
the  largest  church  editice.  His  style  is 
pointed  and  argumentative,  and  while  at 
times  ornate,  aims  chiefly  at  conviction. 
He  takes  a  deep  interest  in  all  matters  re- 
lating  Co  the  welfare  of  church  and  state, 
prudonily  avoiding  anything  of  a  purely 
political  nature.  By  such  means  he  cum- 
mands  the  reBj>ect  of  all  classes.  WhiU  he 
is  au  ardent  champion  of  his  own  faith,  hn 
respects  the  honest  convictions  of  those  that 
difl'er  from  him  in  religion  ;  and  although 
he  is  a  warm  loyal  citizen  of  the  country  of 
his  ndoption,  he  is  an  enthusiastic  lover  of 
the  c^mntry  of  his  birth,  and  takes  a  livoly 
interest  in  all  relating  to  the  Emerald  Isle. 
IVIyllus,  i'eor|[c  Kiiilolpli,  M.D., 
Berliu,  the  aubjuct  of  this  mem<*ir,  was  born 
un  the  301  h  of  April,  1837.  at  AlsfeKI,  Grand 
Dnohy  of  Hosaift,  Germany.  His  father  was 
George  Mylnii,  M.Ii.,  a  physician  of  excel- 
lent 6tandini>,  and  hia  mother  was  l^ouiaa 
Httrnxing.  G.  R.  Myliua*  grandfather  was 
Carl  Mylius,  who  came  from  Silesia.  Prus- 
sia, during  the  Napoleonic  war  of  1814, 
and  1815,  to  Alsfeld,  in  Uassia,  where  he 
obtained  an  appointment  under  the  govern- 
ment, Kudulf,  from  his  fifth  to  his  four- 
teenth year,  received  his  educational  in- 
struction by  a  tutor  at  Komrod,  Hiuisia^ 
where  hia  futhL^r  was  established  aa  govern- 
ment pliysician  in  Rreisarzh.  When  four 
teen  years  of  age  he  went  to  the  Giessen 
High  School,  and  when  lie  reached  his 
eighteenth  yenr,  to  the  I'niversity  of  Gies- 
8on,  where  be  began  the  study  of  medioine 
and  chemistry  under  Lichig  and  Will  ; 
botany  under  HoHnian  ;  phyaiology  under 
Biifohotf,  continumg  till  1860.  He  took 
hia  degree  of  M.0.  in  December,  1859, 
Ur.  Mylius  came  from  Germany,  by  way  of 
New  York,  in  March,  18(50,  and  took  up  his 
abode  in  Berlin>  where  an  uncle  of  his,  Mr. 


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Charles  Kraux,  was  livioK,  and  here  he  at 
once  began  to  practice  his  profesBinn,      In 
1875   he  attended   lectures  at  the  Toronto 
Schwd  of    Medicine,  to  enable  him  to  pasa 
an  examination,  and  on  April  24th,  187t*,  he 
obtained  a  license  and  certificate  of  M.D. 
from  the  Ontario  Medical  Board.    Hrs  prac- 
tice, is  now  very  large,  and  ho  enjoys  tl 
reputation  among  all  classes  of  being  a  vei 
successful  and  skilful  physician  and  surgeuiuj 
From   18tt2  to  1872  he  devoted  his  energii 
toward   the  manufacture  of  beet  root  sugi 
in  Berlin,  but  hin  t^rtorts,  like  similar  efforl 
in  other  parts  of  CanHila,  were  unsuocesaful.' 
Ue  huB  hold  no  public  ottioe  except  that  of 
school  trustee,   and  this  ofHoe  he  filled  foi 
six  years.    He  is  associated  with  the  Forest* 
er»,  and  has  Iwen  medical  oflicer  of  Coui 
Berlin,   No.  72.  since  JaiiUBrj'  211th,  1883. 
Or.  Mylius  was  brought  up  iu  the  Lutheran 
church,  and   still   strictly    adheres  to  that 
body.      He  married,  on  October  IHh,  1801, 
Dorothea  Fridohen  KJote,  eldest  daught* 
of  Otto   Klotz,  of  Preston.     By  this  unioi 
he  haa   had  three  children,    two  dnughtei 
and  one  son,  all  of  whont  are  living. 

Bod),  Rev. Charles  U'illluni  Ed-' 
nitind,   M.A.,    D.C.L.,    Provost    of    Trin- 
ity College,  Toronto,  was  boru  at  Cliipham,i 
Surrey,  England,  on  October  4th,  IH-VI.  an* 
he  is  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Elihu  Fdinuud  andj 
Sarah.  Body.     The  Rev.    Elihu    B«H]y 
for    a    time    mathematical   master    nf    i  h( 
Clapham    Grammar  Scho^d.    of   which     th( 
present  I'rofesstir  l*ritcliar<l,  of  Oxford,  wi 
the  head  master  ;  and  he    is   now  Vicar   o| 
Wonersh,  Guildford,  Surrey.     Our  subjet 
was  educated  at  8t.    John's  College,    Cam- 
bridge.  He  entered  in  1871,  and  graduatedj 
K.A..    with     mathematical     honours     (Uti&j 
wrani,'ler,)  in    187-\     He  took  socond-claalj 
theological    honours  in    1870  ;    Bell's    I'ni- 
versity  scholar  in  lK7i; ;  Carus  Greek  Testa-' 
ment    Priwitiun  in    1870,    and   Tyrrwhit's 
Hebrew    Scholar    in    1878.        He     was    a 
Felhtw,  and  Lecturer   in    Theology,  at   St. 
John's  College,  frcmi  1878  to  1881.     Ha  waa 
lecturer  in  Theol')gy  in   Petnhrnke  Cullege,  h 
Cambridge,  from  1880  to  1881  ;   nnd  in  the  ■ 
last-named  year  he  becntne  Provost  of  Trin-  " 
ity  College,  Tonmto,  and  Vice  Chancellor  of 
that  Ciiiversity.       During  his  career    as 
lecturer    at    Cambridge,    he    was     several 
times  University  examiner  in  the  Pass  and^ 
Honour  Scliools  of  Theology,    itiid  for   the 
Tyrrwhit  University  scholarship.      He  waa 
also  select  university   preacher,    etc.,  and 
while  in  this  oflice,  took  att  active  part  in  fon- 
tering  theological  study  in  the  university,  aa 
likewise  in  the  foundation  of  a  new  tlouriah- 


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iB|{  thaotogical  tr&iaing  school  for  candidates 
fftv  bu^  orders  at  Cambnd^'e.  In  conjunu- 
tiiitt  with  vome  three  ur  foiir  other  yuuag 
VelkHrft  uf  CoUe^^es,  he  was  assistant  curato 
XT.  t^A  U'  r.,  ..  vri^H  of  Chosterton,  from  187tj 
^sl  Rev.  Dr.  Budy  haa  tftkt^n 
t'  ,    .         ruUini;  a  UkT^e  supplemental 

ihiwiiiiiiii  for  the    rniveraity    of   Trinity 
PoBkv.  aijd  of  the  sum  of  ^200,000  requir- 
'>  lias  already  been  raised.     In 
^t   H<«ly,   in   conjunction  with 
:    -    [1.   Starr,  B.D.,  was  sent  to 
'    '>>  '<  itf  of  the  endowment  niove- 
i-y  met  with   good  success, 
i  ^.3o  taken  an   energetic  part 

II  '     iiuMit  for  ohtHJnin^  biblical  in- 

ter <i  the  public  and  high  schools  of 

I'  ^   '.^  is  now   chairman  of  the 

*  ",'  OQ  reIi(^iouB  instruction 

\  -!,•.  ^'f  Toronto.       Ha  married, 

'li.  1881.  Frances  Mary   Perry, 
rl,^    !>fM    J.    Perry,   J.  P.,    of 
irid.    Provost  BLMly  is 
*  :  ity  and  zeal,  and  under 

Id*  e^pftble  and  wise  maDageuient,  the  pros- 
pacta  of  Trinity  Colloge  are  bri^rhter  than 
i&aj  harn  ever  boon  since  its  institution. 
Dr.  ^y\y  waa  not  Batiifiod  when  acceytinj^ 
•f  the  college  to  fall  into  the  lines 
but  he  very  promptly  set  at 
■■■>  '-••■  '  study  of  the  country  of  his 
■  iii  '■•this  end  personally  viait- 
:)i\Vest,  and  various  ulher  parta 
union.  Of  the  following  tribute 
i'pjvuat  Body  by  tho  Bishop  of  To- 
In  hts  charge  to  the  Synod  of  the 
lb  1881,  we  gladly  avail  ourselves  : 

*  Witk  mtar^i  to  the  uiimetliaie  object  of  our 

—  —  '    '-■ 'Hi*  (r>Mn|  guiHanco  uf 

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wurk  amount  the  younij  men  of  the  ITniversity, 
at  a  timo  wht^n  hbiTaliani,  indifft-rf^ntiam.  ana 
avowml  nnhelicf,  were  HpreadinK  Hke  a  Itra7«n 
tbroui;h  the  inteUectnai  life  of  f •■] liiwit  H4  well  u 
iin<ien;r:ulu»tei.  In  this  iriunt  importAiit  tieUl  of 
lahfjur,  clijhely  associated,  lirit  with  Profaawor 
LiL'btrH>t  (D<*w  Ui-^hop  of  Durhaai.|  aad  after- 
w&nt4  with  I'rofe-tiior  Wtrstcott,  ht*  itijccrtBor, 
Mr.  Bo  iy  ai:<iiitrt>J  such  iuflm-ncv  over  the  miiulK 
of  llie  youu;,'yr  men.  ami  aohieve'l  aueh  coiLapiou- 
ou-^  •''■  •■-■-^-  1- lij  »ttract  atlentiuQ  from  tlutro  io 
h:  W'ho  Eire  clomsly  watohini,'  tho  o«>ur»o 

Ml  ii  -u^ht,  ami  to  e.irti  liiui  r  reputittion 

not  ouly  ill  hU  own  t'uivt'r^ity,  lint  in  Oxford. 
Howevur.  you  will  feel,  aud  ho  will  fetrl,  that  the 
wiitlom  of  oar  .ielw;tiu»  Iiaii  vrt  to  \ye  proved  W 
thi»  re«ulls  of  his  wurk  in  fkif>  new  iij,)lien).  He 
eutera  upon  it  full  of  eariiwt  purpose  tu«pir>*d  by 
the  mof^itude  of  its  scope,  and  the  inciitcalalde 
importance  nf  it^  L-tfiUM  in  the  futur**  <>f  the 
Church  in  thi.i  ^'re^it  Pruvince.  I  citiuniend  him 
to  y^ur  oordial  welcome  amnuj^  u«,  and  pray  you 
to  aid  and  fiiKher  hi>t  rffurtd,  ia  tho  trust  that, 
with  l-iod'-*  l.J.  ■  ;i  tht-m.  we  may   yet,  ete 

Ion;,',  see  Triti  .  the  oliild  of  the   old  age 

nf  the  finit  hi-i  i-runk   worthily   on  the 

I'aiTensity  of  tht-  greiit  Ohuroh  of  Kn^tand  In 
Ontario,  and  ttecoiue  the  rotlyinj;  j^Mint,  m  vrhich 
will  unite,  in  ;  '^'  '  'iTirity,  and  with  fuUetft 
contidenoe,  ti;  ily  (ieparnt«fd  phalanxss 

of  the  one  uii'  .  !>'•" 

MurLiireii,  \Vllliuin,D.D.,  Professor 
of  Syateiiiatic  Thooloyy,  Knox  College,  To- 
ronto. Thi^  learned  divine  was  boru  iuthe 
township  of  Torbolton,  in  the  County  of 
Carleton,  and  is  the  tifth  son  of  David  Mac- 
Laren,  who  was  bom  at  Dnimlochey,  Purth- 
ahire,  Scotland,  in  17SS.  His  parenU  were 
inarriefl  on  6th  •Taniiary,  1817,  and  after 
residing  some  years  in  Glasgow,  came  to 
Canada  in  1822,  aud  settled  for  a  short  time 
at  Richmond,  Out.  They  then  removed  to 
the  township  of  Torbolton,  on  the  Ottawa 
river,  where  William  was  born,  on  the  2t)th 
January,  1828.  Subaequently,  David  Mac- 
Laren  removed  to  Wakf  tietd,  Quebec,  where 
he  died  in  1801^  and  his  vrife  followed  him 
six  years  lator.  He  was  a  farmer,  mill- 
owner  aud  merchant,  and  was  for  a  number 
of  years  assuciatud  with  two  of  hia  sons  in 
tho  well-known  lumbering  firm  of  James 
Mac  Laren  &  Co.,  Wakefield  and  Ottawa. 
Professor MacL^ren  rocoivod  his  preliminary 
education  in  the  (Grammar  Sch*>til,  Ottawa, 
and  in  the  Toronto  Academy,  an  institution 
which,  owing  to  ohangci  in  the  educational 
Bvstein  of  the  provuict},  was  sub&ei|uenUy 
closed.  His  college  training  was  aecuntd  in 
Knox  College,  which  at  that  lime  gave  both 
A  thuological  and  an  arts  course.  He  also 
attended  cortjuu  classes  in  the  Cniversity  of 
Toronto,  although    it   was  not  then  on  it« 

S resent  UbL*ral  basis.     On  lat  June,   1853, 
l.ev.    W.  MaoLaren  was  ordained    by  the 
Froabytery  of  Loudon,  in  oonuection  with 


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A  CYCLOPMDIA  OF 


the  Preab^tcrian  Church  of  Canada,  and 
was  inducted  intu  th«  char^u  uf  the  church 
at  Aniheratburg,  Ont  Here  bu  entered 
upon  his  responsiblo  duties,  and  met  with 
an  eooouragtag  measure  of  euocess.  In 
IHoT  he  moved  to  Boston,  Mass  ,  having 
received  a  call  from  Knox  church,  Beacon 
street,  now  known  as  the  Columbus  Avenue 
Presbyterian  church.  The  congregation 
was  then  iu  connection  with  the  Presbytery 
of  Mnntreal.  This  connection  having  been 
found  inconvenient,  it  was,  on  bis  advice, 
dissolved,  and  the  congregation  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Presbyterian  church  in  the 
ITuited  States,  and  Mr.  MacLaren  returned 
to  Canada.  After  receiving  various  invita- 
tifins  to  important  spheres  of  labour,  Mr. 
MncLarun  accepted  a  call  to  the  John  street 
Pre»b\tM'i)in  church,  Belleville,  where  he 
laboured  with  success  until  1870,  when  he 
was  called  to  the  pastorate  uf  Knox  church, 
OttawH.  Duriuj^  his  residence  in  Ottawa, 
he  held  by  appointment  of  the  lieneral 
Aascmbly  for  the  session  of  1872,  tlie  posi- 
tion of  Lecturer  on  Apoloi^etics  in  the  Pres- 
bylerinn  College,  Montreal,  In  1873  he 
was  appointed  by  the  asme  btMly  to  the 
chair  ui  Systematic  Theology  in  Knox  Col- 
lege, and  as  a  professor  has  achiever!  succeas 
in  his  nitmi  mafcr.  lii  188^,  the  Univer- 
sity uf  Queen's  College,  Kuigston,  con- 
ferred on  Professor  AlacLaren  llie  degree  of 
Dootorfof  Divinity.  Dr.  MacLaren  has  al- 
ways iatieu  an  active  interest  in  mission- 
ary opeiaLinns,  and  in  the  genent  work, 
uf  the  church,  and  was  for  sixteen  years 
convener  of  its  Foreign  Mission  Committee. 
The  General  .Assembly,  1884,  conferred  on 
him  the  highest  honmir  in  its  gift,  by  elect- 
ing him  til  the  otUuo  of  nindorat'ir.  In 
1854  Dr.  MacLaren  niamed  Marjory  Lain^c, 
third  dauijhU'r  of  James  R.  Laiog,  of  Nid- 
drie  Park,  Melbourne,  Quebec.  He  has 
living,  one  son,  David,  a  licentiate  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  one  daughter, 
EliKabeth  Hftrnet.  now  Mrs.  Arthur  Mowat. 
Ciinieroii,  John,  EiHior  and  Manager 
of  the  GUiUc^  Toronto,  was  borniu  the  town- 
ahip  of  Markham,  Ontario,  on  the  22nd  of 
January,  1843.  His  father  was  a  native  of 
Argyllshire,  Scotland,  and  his  niotlier  of 
the  north  of  Ireland.  When  a  boy  he  went 
to  reside  in  London,  Ontario,  and  in  the 
Fret  PreAt  oHice  he  learned  the  printing 
trade.  On  the  expiration  of  his  apprentice- 
ship, and  when  only  about  twenty-one  years 
of  age,  he  conceived  the  idea  of  starting  an 
evening  pa[)«r  in  London.  He  had  little 
or  no  means,  and  thu  pa[>er  to  succeed 
must  pay  its  own  way  day   by  day.     The 


first  number  of  the  Evenijig 
acoorduigly  issued  on  the  27th  i»f  Oc 
1803,  and  fortune  smiled  on   the   v«n 
from  the  st«rt.     Tliis  paper  was  at  first 
very  small  size,  but  it  Hlledalongfelt  want«^ 
and  it  grew  in  circulation,  si7.Q  and  presti:;«, 
year  after  year,  until  it  is  now  one   of  th 
most  prominent  morning  and  evening  daili 
in  the   province.     In  December,   1882,  Mr 
Cameron  gave  up  his  position  on  the  Adrtr- 
(w»i',  and  the  Hon.  David  Mills,  M. P.,  he« 
came  its  editor,    while   Williaui    Citxujroa 
who  had  been  from  the  first  assooiaied  witlt' 
John  Cameron,  assumed  the  businesd  mau- 
affement.      On   taking   the  editorship   and 
managiMuent    of  the    Glvhe,  Mr.    Cameroa 
introduced  many  reforms  in  the  arranite- 
ments  of  its  news  columns,  etc..  And  tiiil 
newspaper  now   stands   as  a  modtL   daily. 
Mr  Cameron  is  a  pronounced  Liberal,  aud  » 
consistent  advoci^te  of  the  temperance  re- 
form.    **  He,"  says  a  writer  in  The  Sent  in 
Bntifth    North  Anu^i'ioi,    *'  is  essentially   & 
man  of  tact,  shrowdueasa  and  resource,  and 
though  criticism  has  not   been  silent  a?  to 
the  ett'ect  of  the  change  iu  the  stylv*  of  the 
great  newspsperi  the  destinies  of  which  havQf 
been  vntruste^l  to  his  keeping,  it  must  be  ad 
mitted  nn  the  whole,  borne   well  the  trying 
ordeal  of  comp  irisoii,   with  his  veteran  pro 
decesaor."  i 

KcefLT,  Tliouiua<'.,C.E., Ottawa,  th« 
very  diBlinguished  subject  of  tbis  sketch, 
w:i«  bom  at  Tliorold.  near  Niagara,  on  th« 
4th  of  November,  182L  His  ;;randfather, 
George  Kietfc r.was  a  U.  1:^.  L.  and  hu  Alsaiiau 
Hugnem>r.  His  paternal  greHt-m^nndfatber. 
Samuel  Kietfer,  married  Ann  WsldruflT,  of 
WoBtervallon,  in  Oermsny,  and  died  ii» 
Alsace,  on  the  Rhine,  leaving  twu  stins. 
tSeorge  and  Jacob.  Tlieir  mother  married 
Fred*  rick  Ssverine,  and  emigrated  with 
him  to  America,  whuii  George  KietTer  waa 
ten  years  old.  This  was  about  1700.  Our 
Bubjeot*8  father  was  born  on  Pepper  Cottou 
Creek,  near  Newton,  Sussex  county,  in  the 
then  British  Province  of  New  Jersey,  ii 
1773.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the  Itevolu 
tionary  war,  in  177*^.  his  father  joined  tho 
Royalists  under  Col,  Barton,  and  went  to 
New  York.  leaving  two  valuable  farms  and 
a  distillery,  which  were  confiscated  by  the 
L'nited  Stales.  After  serving  several  years, 
he  died  of  typhoid  fever  in  the  army  hos- 
pital on  Stateu  Island,  and  is  buried  there. 
His  son  George,  in  his  eighteenth  3'ear» 
(1700),  came  into  Canada  by  an  Indian  trail 
to  where  Buffalo  is  now  built,  with  other 
loyalists,  and  returning,  brought  his  mother 
here  iu  August,  17U2.     Ue  established  hitn- 


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CAKADIjy  BIOORAPHT. 


P£ 


%X  Thnrold,  on  the  WoUand  Canal,  of 
ch   ho   was  one  of  the  promoters,   and 

.^IccUmI  the  6rst  president  of  the  Wel- 

liiil'  Cknal  ConipAUj.  iitir  subject's  ma- 
tSBftl  grandfather  was  Peter  Mu  Bride,  uf 
Axmagh,  one  of  t^iv  Irish  volunteers  who 
asaMn  with  General  Carletun  to  America  in 
ITT^t,  haviDg  previously  married  in  Tralee, 
Mary  Kradahaw,  who  was  born  there  2iid 
February.   175i>      She  was  dejc«ndej  from 

/: ^t    Ur^.ishaw  (a  brother    of  the  re^- 

liin  sent  to  Ireland  by  Cromwell. 
,v.r<t  connected  with  the  Springs, 
id  McCarthys,  of  that  part 
^  Protestants  and  Otthoncs. 
nncle^    Kdward    McBrtJe,    who  repro- 
ved th""  town  of  Niagara  In  the  parlia- 
r  per  Canada,  was  a  noted  mason, 

■«-  1  of  being  una  uf  the  party  who 

cuaJu  awAy  with  jMor^an.  Another  uncle, 
his  brother  Jaiuea,  was  mayor  of  Munro, 
Michigan,  and  sheriflf  of  the  county,  who 
martiad  a  niece  of  Sir  L.  H.  Lafontume ; 
bar  oouain  Lomn^'cr  married  our  subject's 
MUit,  Anne  McHride.  Another nncIc.Tlios. 
V-T»"  J  .,..,..,,]  Mary  Detlor, of  NaiMinee. 
-U'T  was  educated  in  Upper 
^  whereto  went  most  of  the 

A  time.  In  18^{8  he  began 
.:incer,  his  first  employment 
the  Erie  Canal.  Subsetpiently 
.\^a2cd  ui>on  the  Welland  Canal, 
with  marvellous  speed  became  division 
cngtooer  upon  that  work.  Mr.  Keefer'a 
capacity  for  work,  his  kii'iwled^^e.  his  brilli- 
Sfi^^y,  snd  bi*  orij^nality  broui^ht  him  very 
I  '  now,  and  his  services  were 

■  highest  di^manil  ;  hence  in 

» L'  iiud  him  chief  engineer  of  the 
V  Kiver  works.  This  ottice  was  abjl- 
lancKl,  aad  thu  iKTUpattou  of  this  Othello 
ig  ontfinpers*  was  gone  for  the  iioDce. 
SiftSUli^  his  ppn  he  was  soon  found  ex- 
vtmtA  so  bis  bold  and  bnlliant  essay,  '*  The 
l>fciio^.r.Kv  ..r  1! .  ir..;»d».''  BrioHy,  the  ob- 
Jeat  1-i  iH  to  show  that   in   a 

>  iiry,  as   Canada  then 
lat  r»itn*jut)i  would,  as  investments, 
rnus  ;  but,  that  iti  order  to  prevent 
llation,    thuy    roost   be   constructed. 
>t^  wnt  tran>Ut«d   into  forei^'u  lan- 
'ibdity  of  the  writer  was  on 
^  Mr.    Keefer  waa  sent  to 

n.«att<n  %.<  oAiiiAt  tlie  CniU'id  Slates  consul, 
Mr.  Andrews,  n^apectinij  the  Heciprouity 
trma^.  Hd  waa  in  1851  appointed  to  nmke 
MniiBMy  •urreyi  for  the  Grind  Trunk 
lUitwsr,  rt-  '  '  -  n  bridiCD  over  the  St. 
Lawr*i»oe  al.     The   present   Vio- 

tofia  fari<)gu  .-  ^..*   "iitcomo  of  the  pUxis  of 


Mr.  Keofer  at  thai  time.  In  1851  he  op* 
posed  the  broad  ^niage,  and  later,  the 
narrow  one,  advocatinj;  the  standar^l  t;ua|,'e 
for  Cansilian  railways,  and  the  subsetpient 
change  of  guage,  both  broad  and  narrow,  to 
the  standard  gua^ife  has  confirmed  his  pre* 
Bcienoo.  He  gained  Lord  Elgin's  priKa  for  an 
essay  ou  the  Canals  of  Cauada,  and  the  pro- 
duction wiia  remarkable  for  its  breadth  of 
view,  the  economical  weiglit,  indeed,  we 
might  say,  the  statesmanlike  prescience 
which  it  revealed.  In  almost  every  im- 
portant engineeriog  project  in  the  country 
this  brilliant  engineer  has  been  in  some 
nmnner  or  an<»thor  concerned.  He  con- 
structed water  works  for  Montreal,  Hamil- 
ton, Ottawa,  and  other  cities,  and  advised 
with  respect  to  the  construction  of  works 
in  Nova  Sc  >lla  and  New  B^uuswick.  He 
was  likewise  chief  engineer  of  railways 
in  I'pper  and  Lttwer  Canada.  To  one 
tlieory  he  seemed  always  to  be  wedded, 
namely,  the  milirary  and  political  signifi- 
cancc  of  railways,  and  ho  mide  no  important 
allusion  to  our  rail  way  systems  in  which  this 
idea  was  allonvtMl  to  remain  in  the  back- 
ground. His  corresp  mdence  to  the  press 
on  public  works  has  been  %'oluminous,  and 
seldom  gainsaid.  He  held  that  as  soon  at 
the  extiuijuishment  of  the  Hudson  Biy 
C  jmpany'ii  title  was  accomplished,  an  nlU 
through  Canadian  or  (Janaaa  Pocitio  Riil- 
road  wasalogicil  conaequencd.  In  1878  he 
was  sent  to  Paris,  as  Chief  Commissioner  for 
Canada  to  the  International  Exhibition,  and 
France  honoured  him  as  a  distiujfuished 
engineer  by  conferring  upon  him  one  of  the 
hi;iher  ^'radea  of  the  legion  of  honour,  and  by 
ap;iointin}|r  him  one  of  the  jurors  fortheclau 
of  en.(ineerinir.  Hti  '\\  a  member  of  the  In- 
stitution  of  Civil  Engineers  of  L  mdon  and 
of  New  York.  He  commenced  the  public 
advocacy  of  the  Grand  Trunk  K\tlw.ky  in 
1817,  and  of  the  Canadian  Paoitio  in  180'J. 
His  military  record  is  confined  t«i  service 
on  the  frontier  in  1837,  st  Ftirt  Erie,  and 
to  drilling  in  T..ronto,  in  1861,  for  the 
TiYHt  alftir  )tr.  Keefer  has  travelled  in 
the  northern,  middle  and  western  States  to 
the  P&oi6G  Ocean,  and  in  Europe.  When  a 
boy  our  subject  ha«l  aonie  n'i.rrow  csctpes, 
Once  he  waa  struck  senseless  in  his  fathers 
milt  at  Thorold,  and  bears  the  indent  in  bis 
skull  now.  He  was,  in  November,  184j, 
swampdd  in  a  rapid  in  the  Ottawa  river, 
his  canoe  was  lost,  and  hisbowsman  drown- 
ed. He  himself  escaped  with  dittioulty  to  a 
rock,  from  which  he  wa«  rescued,  with  cloth- 
ing froxsu  Btiir,  by  the  last  boat  of  the  sea- 
son.     In  religiou  Mr.  Koofor's  opinions  are 


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A  CrCLOP^DlA  OF 


tAken  from  the  Bible — non-denominational. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  the  lato 
Uonutirablo  Thos.  Mckay,  by  wbum  he  haa 
had  seven  children,  fivu  uf  whom  are  BtUl 
liviii]^.  He  is  not  a  political  partisan,  aup- 
purtlng  ineaauroa  rathur  thnn  men. 

PolHcr,  lion.  l*a»cul,  Kichibucto, 
New  BrmiBwick,  waa  boru  on  the  14tb  Feb- 
ruary, 1852,  at  Shediac,  New  Brunswick. 
He  is  of  old  Acadian  descent,  and  a  member 
uf  a  very  honourable  family.  Youog  Poirier 
received  a  very  thorough  education,  com- 
pleting hi8  o.iur»e  of  studies  at  St.  Joseph's 
College,  Memramconk,  \ix  the  Frt'vince  of 
New  Briiniwick.  Having  finished  his  edu- 
cation, he  entered  a  law  ufhce.  Ue  was  dili- 
gent and  brilliant  aa  a  student^  and  a  very 
successful  lei:al  career  was  frequently  pre- 
dicted for  him  by  ihoao  who  had  nbeervcd  his 
ways.  In  \61<\  he  was  callcMl  to  tbu  Quebec 
Imr.  and  bej^an  practice!.  The  yoiin^  advo- 
cate always  had  Blrong  literary  instincts,  and 
ho  wrote  in  a  very  pure  and  cultured  French 
style.  But  there  was  more  than  grace  in 
the  works  of  his  pen.  There  waa  marked 
originality,  and  there  were  very  frequent 
outbursts  of  brilliancy.  At  an  early  age  he 
ftfts  a  contributor  to  the  daily  and  weekly 
proea,  writing'  for  the  most  part  in  French, 
thou({h  his  English  work  was  also  very  cred- 
itable. t?ou)e  of  his  reviews  and  essays 
were  remarkable  for  their  shar|>  insight,  and 
true  critical  faculty.  Bnt  the  literary  work 
by  which  he  is  best  known,  and  which  must 
always  survive  in  our  native  letters,  waa  his 
book  known  as  ^'L'Origine  des  Acadiens." 
This  work  concerned  itself  with  the  early 
scttlemeut  of  old  Acadia  by  the  Acadian  im- 
migrants, the  early  struggle  of  the  Acadians, 
and  all  the  important  events  coimected  with 
their  subsequent  career.  The  book  has  the 
tme  historic  fervour  ;  is  a  very  graphic  and 
remeraberable  niece  of  portraiture ;  and  it 
oontaiua  a  number  of  eloquent  and  brilliant 
paBsagea.  When  M.  Poirier  was  in  his  twen- 
tieth year,  he  received  the  appointment  of 
postmaster  of  the  House  of  Commons  \  and 
tliis  position  he  held  uninterruptedly  from 
167-  to  1885.  Then  occurred  a  vacancy  in  the 
Senate  for  the  Province  of  New  Brunswick. 
For  a  long  time  it  had  been  ui^cd,  aud  with 
every  justice, that  the  Acadians  had  not  their 
duo  share  of  senate  representation,  and  Mr. 
Pierre  A.  Landry,  the  able,  brilliant,  and 
patriotic  member  for  Kentj  pressed  that  an 
Acttdian  now  should  have  one  of  two  hd- 
pointuieuts  to  be  made  in  New  Brunswick, 
the  senatorship  alluded  to,  or  a  judgeship  for 
the  bench  of  the  Supreme  Court,  bo  called. 
Being  asked   which  he  would  favour,  he 


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made  it  plain  that  he  would    prefer  aeein 
the  senatorship   go  to  his    [K.'ople,  and 
cordiugly  M.  Poirier  waa  chosen.     The  ap 
piuntment    was   everywhere  received    with 
marked  satisfaction,  and  it  was  felt  that  M. 
Poirier  was  a   decided    acquisition    to  the 
Seiuite.     Let  us  hupe  that  our  subjoct  may 
be  able  to  continue  to  devote  some  of  his 
fine  talentfl  to  the  production  of  further  lit 
erary    work.     M.  Poirier  has  truvelled  ex 
tensively.     He  was  twice  in  England,  and 
haa  also  been  in  France  ;  and  he  studied  for 
Hix  months  in  Paris.     He  was  married,  in 
Montreal,  uu  0th  of  January.  1870.  to  Mite. 
Anna  Luai^nan,  sister  of  Alph<*nse  Lusig- 
nan,  a  member  of  the  Bojal  S.tciety,  and 
one  of  the  foremost  French-l'anadisn  IttUr- 
aUurs.     The  Lusignans  occupy  an    impor- 
tant place  in  the  history  of  old  France,  one 
tff  the  name  having  been  king  vf  Cyprus 
aud  derjsalcni.     It  may  be  stated  that  our 
subject  is  descended  from  the  French  Neu- 
trals, who  were  exiled  from  TAcadie,  Nov* 
Scotia,  in  1750,  which  episode  has  been  snn^ 
by  Longfellow,  in  his  Kt^in^fliue,     In  man 
ncra,  the  Honourable  M.  Poirier  ia  genial 
and  in  bearing  hi*  i»  courteous. 

John»oii,lVitllHni^  BelleviUo,  Ontario, 
waa  bom  in  Antrim,  County  Antrim,    Ire- 
land,   on  the  28th  September,    ISi'J.     Hia 
forefathers  were  Warders   on    the   borden 
of  England  and  Scotland.     During  the  rev 
olution  of  1088-1)0  they  espoused  the  can 
of  civil    and  ndigions  liberty>    and   fough 
under  King  William  tho  Third,  for  which 
services  they  received  grants  of  land   from 
the  king,  at  Oldstone,  near  Antrim,  in  Ire- 
laud,  where  the  family  have  since  resided.. 
Mr.  Johnson  is  the  eldest  sun  of  tlie  lata 
William    Johnson,   a  merchant  of   Antrim. 
Mr.    Johnson,    jun.,    came    to    Canada   in.* 
1803,    and  settled    in    Belleville.       Imme- 
diately on  cimitng  to  this  country  he  en 
rolled  himself  in  the    volunteer  force,   and 
was  on  active  service  with  his  battalion,  the 
15th  Argyle  Light  Infantry,  at  Belleville,  ia^ 
March,  and   Prescott,  in  June,   1800.     U«^ 
haa  devoted  a  great  deal  of  time  to  Sunday- 
schools,  having  been  almost  ct^utinuously  a 
Sunday-schuol   Superintendent    since  18G4.  m 
His  services  to  thin  department  of  churolL^| 
work    were    recognized    by    Sunday-school 
workers  from   all    parts   of   the  Dominion, 
wheu  they  elected  him  president  of  the  Sun- 
day-school Association  of  Canada,  at  the  great 
convention   held   in  BeUeviltein  1870.     He 
has  been  since  1873,  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Education  of  the  City  of  Belleville,  and 
since   1882   its  chairman.     De»oeuded  frunk 
men  who  fought  under  King  William  at 


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I 


CANADIAN  BIOGHAPBT. 


KH.I  -li.'where,  &n<l  having  very  early 
■il  with  the  principles  of  the 
'  "H.  he  iiiiit«<i  wilh  that  vast 
;•  in  Beltaat.  Ireland,  in  1800  ; 
:ui  ttrelera  enerj^y  and  enthnsiasin. 
4ra  cUaracterutic  ftiatnres  of  hU  ch&- 
.  were  enrly  recot;nized  and  appro- 
U  d*wd.  lu  coniiii^  to  (J;bnuda  he  at  ouoe 
^  aatlfed  with  the  itMt»ci!ition  here,  nnd  hIucu 
^■Mlj^^Uft  tilU^d  ahuoat  every  uthco  in  the 
^^^^^■i  primary,  district,  onnty,  and  ^rand 
^^^^^^L  lie  ha«,  for  thret!  succeaaive  yearB, 
^^^^^^U^t}<4  )iud  188.>.  been  nuaniinousty 
^^HHB  Omnd  ^[aste^  of  the  Grand  Lodj;e 
of  (tatario  Eut.  He  btia  twice  been  sent 
to  tfae  4»1d  world  na  a  rtipresemativo  of  tho 
OiBQ^men  of  Cnnndft,  and  has  been  for 
y««n  rTc>>i;:iitxed  r>n  both  Bides  of  the  Atlan- 
tic «•  **n«  i>f  the  leaders  of  the  Orange  so- 
ty.  Mr.  Johnson  is  the  eldest  hrother  uf 
ca  Jithnson.  editor  uf  the  Ottawa  (.*iftc<rn, 
tff  John  W.  Johnaon,  |»rin<^it»Al  of  the 
tjin<i  HusineBa  College,  Belloville. 
t«iirp4'r.  Joliii  .n.,  B.A.,  Ph.D., 
■,  the  subject  t»f  the  follow- 
I  sketch,  was  born  on  the 
uls,  1>4,),  at  Johnstone,  in  Renfrow- 
S^N.ttand,  Pr.  UikTper  is  the  son  of 
M.  Harper,  printer,  bookseller  and 
t*r,  id  Johnstone,  and  founder  of  the 

ly  V   — -T  printe*!  in  that  place, 

si'  ,  he  is  of  Cdltic  *»rigin. 

.-      til"  Kobert  Monmoin- 

y  >. w   I  |)r>niinent  aiauu- 

-.:..iiv.   vliere  be  waa  held  in 

teiriu  by  his  fellow  citizons.     John- 

bmis  part  of  the  Paisley  Abbey   par- 

,  a  district   famous  for   its  schools,  and 

as  at  one  of  the  best  of  these  that  the 

jcct  of  our  sketch  received  the  ritdiinents 

Ins  education.     From  the  parish  ach'Hil 

went  tn  the  Glasgow  E.  C.  Training  Col- 

^.  an  itmtitiiliou  founde<i  by  Stowe,  and 

Vnierica  has  drawn  several 

itintiiatJi.     He  entered  col- 

^oIult  of  the  first  niiik, 

•ho  full  course  of  study, 

!•■  -w^iiwsl  certittcifctes  tn"*nteil 

of   couiu]itt4.*e  of   ConitiMl  un 

tfiiMatkon.  and  wub  stiooml  certitioafes  from 

Um  Science  and  Art  Depart  ni».uit,  K^nsini;- 

toM.  After  oiiiung  to  this  country  he  becanio 

agraiduatcof  i^utntn's  UnivvrsUy,  Kingston, 

aa4  MKiio  v<'.trn  a^^M  he  received  the  decree 

•  \'\\y  from   the  Illinois 

I  fltftirt^  the  three  years* 

^(Ht-fnuJ liAtt)  coittM  ux  the  section  of  luet-a- 

phyaioal  acienoo.       In    IHXl   he  was  unani- 

okkmI/  elc«t<Kl  a  Fellow  of  the  Educational 

iMJUinttf  uftSoutUnd,  an  honour  seldom  cun- 


^i^.i 


lorda 


ferred  upon  teachers  labouring  outRide  of 
Britain,  and  only  upon  thi.>se  of  ativoucud 
experience.  Before  leaving  v>cotland  he  bad 
received  an  appointment  to  an  academy  in 
New  Brunswick,  where  he  laboured  anccess- 
fuUy  for  the  full  term  of  his  engn-^eraent. 
After  several  yearn  residence  in  the  Mari- 
tirno  Provinces,  he  waa  eventually  appointed 
principal  of  the  Victoria  High  Scluxd,  St, 
John,  N.  B.,  the  largest  inacitutiou  of  the 
kind  in  that  section  of  Canada.  Here,  as 
elsewhere,  he  lalwured  to  raiaw  the  teaching 
profession  in  the  estimation  of  the  public, 
and  endeavoured  to  foster  an  rjyinf  dr.  corps 
among  the  teachers  themaolves.  He  auc- 
ceeded  in  introducing  many  of  the  improved 
mt^thoda  of  imparting;  instruction  by  holding 
meetini^a  with  the  teachers,  and  otherwise 
followed  up  his  ettorta  in  this  directiun  by 
giving  instruction  in  drttwing,  chemistry, 
botany  and  kindred  Hu>>jocta.  In  1877  thti 
Hon.  L.  H.  Daviea,  premier  of  Prince  Ed- 
ward laland,  Tiaitod  the  educational  inslitu- 
tiona  of  St.  John,  and  meeting  \i*ith  tbe 
principal  of  thu  Victoria  schiKd,  was  not 
slow  m  recognising  his  worth  as  an  educa- 
tionist- After  carefully  examining  the  sys- 
tem under  which  the  St.  John  schools  were 
being  conducted,  and  no  doubt  anxious  to 
introduce  such  a  system  in  his  own  province, 
he  invited  Dr.  Marper  to  accept  the  {losition 
of  auponnccodeut  of  education  in  Prmce 
KdwuHi  Island.  This  geuoroua  otfer,  hovr- 
ever,  was  declined,  aa  the  head  moater  of 
the  Victoria  school  hod  no  desire  to  Irat'e 
his  adopted  province.  But  not  long  after, 
the  Victoria  aohmit  building  was  destroyed 
in  the  i^reat  Hreof  St.  John,  and  on  heanng 
of  the  calamity,  Mr.  Davica  foUowetl  up  his 
previous  olTor  by  asking  Dr.  Harper  to  aa- 
aunie  the  priucipalshipof  the  Provincial  Xor- 
mat  achiH>l  in  Oliarlottetown.  This  the  latter 
did,  but  only  on  the  understandiui{  ih«t  he 
would  be  free  to  return  tr>  8t.  John  aa  soou 
aa  the  Victoria  achonl  waa  rebuilL  While 
on  the  island  the  value  uf  his  work  was  at 
once  keenly  appreciated.  In  a  letter  written 
by  ihe  premier,  in  which  he  gives  expres- 
sion to  the  general  sentiment  of  the  publia 
in  regard  to  educational  progruaa  on  the 
island,  he  says  :  '*  Aa  a  matter  of  fact.  Mr. 
Harper  organuied  tlie  whole  school.  Wlut 
existed  under  the  name  of  Normal  aohool  waa 
murely  a  name.  He  infused  life  and  vitality 
into  It.  The  bitterness  of  religious  strife 
was  such  when  he  took  charge  aa  to  defy  all 
attcmpu  to  make  the  school  in  any  sense  a 
provincial  one.  By  tact  and  judictous  man* 
agement,  he  succeeded  in  overcoming  all 
that,  and  under  hia  rule  the  achool  has  been 


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A  CTCLOr.'EDIA  OF 


%  great  succesB.  Intimaioly  connected  with 
him  aa  I  was  for  nearly  two  years,  I  can 
speak  of  his  ability,  tact  and  administrative 
power,  because  he  was,  in  addition  to  being 
principal  of  the  Normal  ach(H)l,  also  super* 
mtendent  of  the  city  schouls.  He  auoceeded 
in  carrj'ing  out  the  difficult  task  of  grading 
Protestant  and  Catholic  children  in  the 
schools  BO  that  entire  aatiafnction  was  given 
to  the  citizens.  I  consider  the  province  owes 
him  a  debt  of  gratitude  fir  bis  successful 
labours."  x*Ior  is  the  testimony  of  others 
less  explicit.  '*  Mr.  Harper,"  says  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Mcliennaii,  "has  occupied  for  some 
time  the  position  of  principul  of  the  Normal 
school  of  this  province,  and  of  superintend- 
ent of  the  city  schools,  having  been  invited 
to  occupy  these  oHlcee  by  the  Government 
for  the  purpose  of  establishing  a  system  of 
training,  organization  and  eijuipmeut  suit* 
able  to  give  effect  to  a  Public  School  Act, 
passed  by  the  Legislature  in  1877.  The  high 
reputation  which  ho  enjoyed  aa  a  tescher 
and  writer  on  school  ntfairs — the  influential 
situation  ho  was  tilling  at  the  time  aspiinci- 
pal  of  the  Victoria  school,  St,  John,  Now 
Brunswick,  and  the  reconimeudatiun  of  pro- 
minent educationists  who  were  ac^uaiuted 
with  his  career,  pointed  bim  out  as  eroi- 
nently  titted  for  the  position  offered  to  him 
in  Pnnce  Edward  Island.  The  heavy  task 
which  he  undertook  was  performed  with 
vigour,  ability  and  acknowledged  success. 
The  condition  of  the  city  schools,  in  point 
of  organization,  and  methods  of  instruction, 
was  soon  brought  into  conformity  with  that 
which  characterises  the  best  public  schools 
in  other  provinces.  A  superior  public  cdi- 
hce  WAS  constructed  at  a  cost  of  9^{0,000  ; 
while  in  the  Normal  rchool,  the  work  of  in> 
struction  and  training,  conducted  mure  im- 
mediately by  himself,  gave  indications  of  the 
value  of  thai  special  work,  virtually  new  in 
this  province."  At  the  end  of  a  year  or  more, 
when  Ur.  Harper  proposed  to  return  to  St. 
John,  the  government  of  Prince  Kdward 
Island,  being  anxious  to  continue  the  work 
of  educational  progress  bo  successfully  inau- 
gurated, put  forth  every  od'ort  to  induce  him 
to  resign  hia  position  in  New  Brunswick, 
and  to  take  up  his  abode  permanently  in 
Churlottetowu.  After  some  delay  they  suc- 
ceeded, and  fur  three  years  the  subject  of 
our  sketch  hecume  a  resident  of  the  island, 
holding  during  the  last  year  of  his  residence, 
when  a  ehaugu  of  gi>veinrnent,  in  1870, 
brought  about  iho  amalgamation  of  the  Nor- 
mal school  and  the  Prince  of  Wales'  college, 
the  position  of  professor  in  the  amalgamated 
institution,  with  specitil  supervision  of  the 


department  for  the  training  of  teacherai 
Beyond  his  professional  reputation,  how- 
ever. Dr.  Harper  has  not  failed  to  make  his 
mark  as  a  gentleman  of  matured  literary 
tastes.  From  his  earliest  yenra  he  has  taken 
a  deep  interest  in  literature  nnd  literary 
pmsnits.  In  Nova  Scotia  he  took  an  sctive 
part  in  establishing  a  literary  jteriodicat,  de- 
voted at  its  inception  to  the  cultivation  of 
Canadian  literature,  and  has  continued  more 
or  less  fre<|uently  to  contribute  to  ^ur  fieri- 
odical  literature  in  prose  and  verse.  Many 
of  his  lyrics  have  been  hi>{hly  praised,  whtid 
some  of  his  poems  in  the  Sonttiah  dialect 
merit  a  prominent  place  in  the  literature  of 
hia  native  country.  Ho  also  enjoys  a  repu- 
tation of  some  distinction  as  a  writer  andl 
compiler  of  school  text-books,  and  ia  the 
author  of  several  excellent  lectures,  includ- 
ing" Plato."  "The  Now  Education,"  *'CauBe 
and  Effect  in  School  Work,"  and  othera 
The  Literary  and  Historical  Society  of  Que- 
bec is  indebted  to  him  for  tw»  valuable 
papers,  published  in  the  Transactions,  and 
entitled,  "The  Marititno  Provinces,"  and 
"The  Development  of  the  Greek  Drams." 
He  is  also  a  contributor  to  the  Transactions 
of  the  Koyat  Society  of  Canaila.  Vr.  Har- 
per at  present  holds  the  position  of  rector 
of  the  Quebec  High  School,  bein^',  besides 
exsminer  for  teachers*  licenses,  secretary- 
treasurer  of  the  Prottalant  Board  of  School 
Commissioners,  and  fur  a  season  was  interim 

ErofcBsor  of  mathematics  in  Morrin  College. 
le  ia  also  president  of  the  Teachers^  Local 
Association  ;  vice-president  of  the  Pnrvin- 
cial  Association  of  Teachers  ;  vice-presideni 
of  the  Quebec  Literarj""  and  Historical  So-] 
ciety,  and  vice-president  t)f  the  St.  Andrew*! 
Society.  He  was  married  toAgnea,  daut^hter] 
of  William  Kiikwood,  of  Stanley  Muir, 
Paisley,  by  whom  he  has  had  two  soni 
and  live  duughters.  Mrs.  Harper  died  ii 
IBS'i.  In  the  rank  of  progressive  educa- 
tionists, Dr.  Harder  occupiva  a  prominentl 
place.  Few  can  thow  a  fuller  record  ofj 
honest  work  done  in  the  interests  of  educa- 
tion in  Canada.  Indeed  he  has  always  been 
most  ready  to  lend  his  exporicnce,  profes- 
sional training,  nnd  his  literary  ability  to 
advance  the  interests  of  a  calling  M'hich  is 
now  l>eing  universally  ruLOguized  as  sec>md 
in  importniice  to  no  other.  ^M 

lje>s,  John.  Ltarristur, Toronto,  wasbom^ 
at  Pickering,  Ontario  County,  Ontario,  on  the 
27th  Jiinuary,  1834.  He  is  a  son  of  Francis 
Leys,  a  pioneer  settler  in  the  township,  who 
came  from  Aberdeenshire,  Scotland.  His 
mother  was  l^chcl  Enist,  of  Pickering. 
Our  subject    received   his    early  education 


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rick«ring,    in   h  school    coaduct«d   by 
luha  V'urt  ;  but  Then  he  had  reached    his 
tlhh  Ji'cor,  he  vras  sent  to  Toronto,  where 
HkUerod  the  academy  of  which  the  Rev- 
Alftsaudor  (iiUo  Wfui  preaideot.   Hav- 
npleted  hia    t^dueational  atndiefl,    he 
«KtOT«d  Upon  •  courae  of  Uir  in  the  otfioe  uf 
Morriauii,   and   in    1860,  h«  was  ad • 
Ui  the  Iwr.    He  at  oaoo  applied  hini- 
ihtt  practice  of  his   profeaaion,  and 
Ikie  ahilities,  which  ans  evory- 
iWladtred,  ho  soon  succeeded  tn 
lOg  for  himself  a  remunerative  and 
It  practice.    He  haa  taken  ooiisider- 
ill    railroad    enterprises,  and 
took  y  pmiuiiient  part  in  or^aniz- 

il^  Xii'j  .*;ui<iw  t~ti.iijb;i*  liiiilway.  Uu  was 
«alidu>r  f<>r  the  Toronto  Si  Nipissing  Rnil- 
fiom  its  inception  until  it  was  merged  in 
ihc!  Midland  system.  In  religion,  Mr.  Leys 
U  a  Preabyt«rian«  and  was  for  several 
j«*n  aeoretAry  uf  St.  Andrew's  Society. 
He  nuuricd  in  Iftthi,  Helen,  dnu^^hter  \.*l  thu 
late  WiUiAin  Arthurs.  In  pulitics  ho  had 
always  taken  a  great  interest  and  an  active 
p«rt,  and  Me  has  cast  in  his  fortunes  with 
til*  H«f4tciu  side.  He  hHS  twice  uusnocess- 
foUjr  eotiteBttid  EiLst  ToriiDto  for  the  local 
iMNtte.  bat  thu  day  of  Mr.  Leys  is  coming. 
Fuller,  ^iiiiuvl  Hiilrvet,  Stratford,  was 
•m  on  August  Jtitli,  IiS35,  at  >'jag:kra  Falls, 
estate  of  his  :jrandfiither,  within  a 
j^a  throw  of  the  ijroui  Nini^iura.  Ho  is  a 
«f  Thomas  I^ri*ck  Fullt^r.  lute  Bishop  of 
th*  DU>ceae  of  Niiv^ara.  Hii  niothtir  was 
Gyntliia  Street  Fuller.  Thep^itonial  grand- 
laihcr  VftS  Major  Fuller.  uLde-de>camp  to 
Oeoeral  Bruck.  Our  subject's  mother  was 
the  eldest  daughter  nf  Samuel  Street,  of 
Niagara  Falls,  one  ff  thu  first  settlers  in 
that  plac«.  and  the  builder  of  the  first  grist 
^lII  on  thi?  river.  His  irrsndfather  likewise 
■1  the  tirmt  Hnur  mill,  near  what  is  now 
n  »«  01*^  Ittiniitig  Sprins;s.  Samuel 
'  >a  (■^•mni'Mi  schfH>l  in  Thor- 
liis  father  was  then  stationed 
t-i.i^c  \nx\  rectur.  In  his  ninth  year, 
wiis  sont  to  A  LK(Ardini^-«chouI,  uonductud 
~l>y  ilia  Itev.  Mr.  Kvaub.  at  Woodhouse,  near 
Stsancw.  Hence  he  went  to  the  school  of 
>i,  .;...Li„^^  Hamiltim,  where  he  re- 
i>r  six  yoArs.  For  ei;<hteun 
....::i.i,  hti  altondod  a  school  at 
under  the  tutorship  of  Mr.  Regan. 
L->»nii'li'ted  liis  studies,  he  entered 
'  .  C.  Leo,  of  Stratford,  in  a 
^4  He  remaine<l  in  this  es- 
luieui  (or  four  yearst  and  during  the 
rn  ho  was  chief  clerk,  and  had  sole 
of  the  lukrdwaro  atora.  Being  now  in 


his  twentieth  year,  he  luft  for  New  York^ 
where  he  entered  a  wholesale  hardware 
e.stAbli.shment,  in  order  to  fAuiiliArize  him- 
aelf  with  the  business,  and  remained  so  em- 
ployed for  two  years.  He  returned  again  to 
Canada,  and  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
twin  brother,  Thomas  Richard  Fuller,  now 
at  Toronto,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  on 
the  hardware  busineas,  and  tliey  bou)(ht  out 
the  biuineM  of  U.  C.  Lee.  Our  subject  re- 
mained in  partnership  with  his  bn^ther  for 
ten  years,  during  which  time  they  did  an 
extensive  and  lucrative  business.  He  then 
sold  out  to  his  brother,  to  carry  on  Hax  man- 
ufacturiuu;,  as  there  waa  now  a  g(K)d  open- 
ing for  that  busincHs  in  the  neighlHmrhoud 
of  Stratford.  He  very  soon  was  head  of  an 
extensive  business,  and  employed  a  large 
number  of  hands.  Ho  remained  in  the  6sx 
trade  for  abi3Ut  ten  ye^irs,  then  retired  and 
rented  the  mill,  which  was  one  of  the  beat 
in  Canadft,  to  J.  &.  J.  Livingstone,  of  Baden. 
His  reafl4Mi  for  giving  up  and  renting  this 
splendid  property  was,  because  he  was  now 
deeply  interested  in  the  completion  of  the 
Port  Dover  and  Lake  Huron  Railway,  of 
which  road  he  was  a  director  fn>m  its  incep- 
tion, and  this  new  enterprise  completely 
occupied  his  mind.  Ho  subsequently  be- 
came president  of  the  Stratford  and  Huron, 
which  afterwards  farmed  part  of  the  Fort 
Dover  and  Lake  Huron  Railway  system, 
and  remained  pri'sident  of  same  until  its 
consolidation  with  the  Port  Diver  and  Lake 
Huron  Railway,  and  the  Wellinxton  and 
(leorgiau  Bay  Riulwsy,  a  road  built  from 
Palmorston  to  the  town  of  Durham,  when 
Colonel  Tisdale,  of  Simcoe.  waa  elected  ita 
president,  and  our  subject  vice-preaident 
of  the  consolidated  niilway,  known  as  the 
Urand  Trunk,  Oeon^ian  Bay  and  Lake  Erie 
RailiTAy,  which  position  he  still  rotains.  Ho 
is  also  a  Director  of  the  Brttiih  Mortgage 
Loan  Company  of  Stnttford,  a  very  success- 
ful company.  He  waa  one  of  the  four  par- 
ties, it  may  be  mentioned,  who  constructed 
the  Stratford  and  Lake  Huron  Railway  frcm 
Strafford  to  Wiartou,  one  of  the  beat  built 
liN:al  railways  in  Canada.  After  the  consoli- 
dation >^>f  tho  Stratford  and  Huron  Railway 
with  the  other  tines,  it  was  leased  t'l  the 
Grand  Trunk  Railway.  Shortly  afterwards 
our  subject  took  re-possesaion  of  his  flax 
mill  property,  and  fitted  it  \ip  for  a  wool 
stock  factory.  After  running  for  less  than 
a  year,  it  waa  burnt  down,  through  which 
Mr.  Fuller  lost  $13,()4)<),  ab<ive  insursnce. 
Ue  did  not  rebuild.  Ue  was  nls<^  burnt  out 
ouoe,  while  carrying  on  the  flax  mill,  but  the 
loss  waa  not  then  au  aorious,  being  about 


232 


A  CYCLOP.^VJA  OF 


$4,000.  Mr.  Fuller  represeDted  ihe  tomi  of 
Stratford,  as  deputy  reeve  of  the  County  of 
Perth  in  1865.  He  married  on  the  18tn  of 
November,  18G3,  Mary  Ann  Smith,  of  Strat- 
ford. This  lady  belunga  to  an  English  family 
who  had  settled  a  few  years  before  in  Strat- 
ford. Stie  had  fciiir  brot)iers  residing  in 
Stratford  at  the  time,  and  three  ui  them  atiU 
reftide  there  ;  one  of  theao,  George,  ia  a  doc- 
tor ;  another,  Willianj,  is  a  bank  clerk  ;  and 
the  t]urd,  J.  Graaon,  ia  a  barriRter  and  attor- 
ney. The  late  Honourable  Jnatioe  8mith,  of 
Manitoba,waa  the  other  brother.  The  fnixt 
of  thia  marriage  is  four  aona  and  two  daugh- 
ter!. One  daughter  died  an  an  infant.  Mr. 
Fuller  is  the  owner  of  a  quantity  of  real  es- 
tate in  Stratford,  Palnterston,  Atwood  and 
Wiarton.  I^e  ia  not  engaged  now  at  any 
particular  business.  Looking  back  he  can 
SCO  the  place  now  a  city,  which  waa,  when 
he  began  hia  operations  in  it,  only  a  vil- 
lage. In  religion,  Mr.  Fuller  is  an  Eptaco- 
palian ;  and  in  politics,  u  Conservative.  He 
ia  president  of  the  Cuiit^pvative  Associatiun 
for  the  North  Riding  of  Purth.  In  1882  ho 
went  aa  far  west  aa  the  south  Saskatchewan, 
and  aaw  the  first  dwelling,  a  auiall  frame 
houBe^  erected  in  Rogina. 

Burnt,  C'liiirlcH,  Toronto,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  waa  burn  in  the  County  of 
Wicklow,  Ireland,  on  the  lUh  of  January, 
1840.  In  1849,  with  many  others  who  at  this 
period  wore  Uiming  their  faces  toward  the 
new  world,  he  removed,  with  hia  parents, 
to  Canada.  His  father  vraa  Simon  Peter 
Burns,  who.  on  arriving;  in  thia  country,  took 
up  his  residence  in  the  Cotinty  of  York, 
where  he  lived  till  his  family  waa  grown  up. 
The  subject  of  our  sketch  received  a  good 
Qomuion  school  education  ;  and  after  hia 
studies  had  been  ojtnpleted,  went  on  the 
homestead  firm,  and  here  he  remained  for 
some  time ;  but  farming  waa  not  to  his  taate. 
It  occurred  to  him,  that,  with  the  right  sort 
of  capacity  tlicre  waa  opportunity  for  good 
ftchievement  in  Toronto ;  so  thitlier  he  re- 
moved, and  established  himself  as  a  dealer 
in  flour  and  feed.  He  remained  at  this  oc- 
ou])ution  for  about  three  years,  and  then 
opened  a  shop  for  general  groceries.  Thus 
he  employed  himstdf  for  nine  years,  after 
which  he  engaged  in  the  ice  business.  Be- 
sides these  occupations,  Mr.  Burns  has  been 
active  in  a  score  of  other  directions,  being  a 
gentleman  of  largo  and  generous  public  spirit. 
As  proof  of  this,  it  may  be  instanced  that  he 
has  held  the  pi>sition  of  trustee  of  separate 
sohouls  for  a  (quarter  of  a  century,  and  for 
the  past  three  years  he  has  been  chairman 
of   the  finance  Committee.      For  the  Isbst 


four  years  he  has  been,  and  still  is,  a  dii 
tor  of  the  House  of  Industry  ;  and  ia  at  thi| 
time  grand  preaident  of  the  Emerald  B«n< 
ficient  Association.     In    1881,    he    was 
pointed  a  justice  of   the   peace,  and  thos»! 
who  know  his  high  personal  integrity,  ani 
and  never-failing  sense  of  justice  most  coT'^ 
dially  agreed  that  a  good  choice  had 
made.      In  religion  Mr.  Burns  ia    a  proi 
inent  member  of  the  Itoman  cathulio  cot 
munion  ;  in  polities  he  ia  a  Reformer.     Hi 
was   married   in   Octol>cr,    185H,    to 
Kenny.     Mr.   Bunis's  personal  ap[jeanin< 
reveals    the   liardy  deternnnation,    the   ac- 
tivity and  the  force  through  which  he  has 
been   able   to  accomplish  »o   much,  and  to 
accomplish  it  so  well. 

nrCuiifcltey,  HAmuel   Cal>'n,  A.M.] 
Barrister,  tteaforth,  Ontario,  the  subject 
the  following  sketch,  was  bom  in  the  year^ 
1830,  near  Ballymena,  County  Antrim.  Ire- 
land.   He  was  educated  at  the  Koyal  Belfaaij 
College,  the  educational  cradle  of  great  num- 
bers   of   diatinguished  men,   among    wboi 
might   be  mentioned,   Dr.  Thompson,  pro- 
feasor  of  mathematics   in  that  irtstitution, 
afterwards  occupying  the  same  position  iai 
Glasgow,   and  to  which  hit*  now  oelehrated 
son.  Sir  W.  Thompson, succeeded  ;  Sir  Fran- 
cis Hincks,  Dr.  John  Hall,  and  many  others 
of  equal  note.    Mr.  MoCaughey's  father  waa 
Thomas   McCaughey,  a   linen   draper,  and 
agriculturist,  owning  several  farms  and  be- 
longing to  a  family  of  lauded  proprietors.. 
His    mother,   still   living,    in  Jane   (Glyn] 
McCaughey.     In   1854   the  subject  uf  thii 
sketch,  with  hia  brother,  James  .McCaughey,] 
LL.B.,  barrister,  Ingersoll  (now  deceased! 
came  to  Canada.     James  McCaughey   waa] 
reeve  and  afterwards  mayor  of  IngeraoII  for' 
a  number  of  years,  and  was  the  most  popu- 
lar  man  without  exception    in   the   Sunth 
Riding  of  Oxford.     At  two  different  times 
he  was  chosen  as  the  Conservative  standard- 
bearer,  and  was  considered  the   only  maiii 
able  to  wrest  that  refonn  constituency  and- 
return  a  consen-ntive  member  for  the  House 
of  Commons.     But  his  relations  persuaded 
him   nut  to  accept,  though  he  waa  pretty^ 
certain  of   being   eleoted,    many    reformers 
having  signed  the  requisition,  asking  him 
to   be  a  candidate.     He  died  at  the  early 
age   of   forty-aix   years,    a  little   over   two 
yean  ago.      For  some  time  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  with  hia  brother  in  inger- 
soll in  the  pnictice  of  law,  but  about  18tl3, 
souie  twenty  years  ago,  he  located  himself 
in  Seaforth,  and  has  been  ever  since,  until, 
lately,  in  the  practice  of   the  law  in  that 
town.      He  had  with  him  as  partner,  for 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


235 


tKin. 


mne  aftceu  jeara,  Fnnk  Holmested,  and 

tfofina  Txs  Vnown  u  that  of  McCaughey 

A  HoltDested.     They  did  a  large  bunoeBa 

4anng  lUat  time.     Tht.»  firm  waa  diasolred 

•Xini    >•>>.  years  ngo,    Mr.   Holmesied   re- 

•  practice,  and   Mr.  McCaughcy 

_    j/o  the  hustneaa  of  private  banker 

\N .   Loji^aiv  uniler  the  atyle  of  I^igan 

During  the  time  that  Mr.  McCaug- 

\%  in  th«  practice  of  the  law,  he  wna 

•  T  fr^r  tht!<  Conaolidated  B&uk  and  the 

&u}jU  Canadian  Bank  from  it«  O'niiuence- 

BM-nt  to  ita  going  down.    Ho  waa  alsu  aoLici- 

r  the  Canadian  Bank  of  Commeroe, 

t<«  Btart  in  Seaforth,  until  he  ga%'e  up 

'■  1'  ••  of  the  law.     Our  subject  has 

'^f  the  town  of  Soaforth  for  tlirec 

an  an   of   the   Bt^ard    of   Schotd 

>nnuon)    for    many   yean,   and 

-..  x.c  .>L«t  chairman  of  the  High  School 

,  and  ia  Btill  a  truatee  of  that  iuatitu- 

He  ia  aU'^  chairman  of  the  Afechanica* 

lniti(itt«,  MM  institntion  aeci:iud  to  none  of 

tikv  ktnd  III  th«  province.     Atr.  McCaughey 

«w  alai»  president  of  the  International  Salt 

vork*  of  Uoderich  and  8eaforth  until  they 

VMv  void,  and  vraa  one  of  ita  largest  Btock- 

Mdrrp.     He  ia  alao  an  elder  of  the  Proa- 

*  lurch.    Seaforth,    and  ia  known 

ris  of   the  congregation,  aa  well 

-liow  citizenK,  to  be  a  conacien- 

lerlinig    Chriatiau    man.      He  ia 

1.  and  a  man  who  ia  interested 

!•  -  I'f  all  good  works.     His  ex- 

"  '     *  -.  and  his  deep  interest 

in,  titted  him  well  for 

t.  >  <^ii«--<  Mv   hjia  held  in   the  edu- 

c^  lies  of  hia  adopted  town.     Mr. 

3I>. ri    ->  married  in  18(18.  Sarah  Ferris, 

datigfa(«r  of  Rev.  IColwrt  Ferris,  Preaby- 
torma  minister  of  Fethard,  south  of  Ireland, 
and  dufUin  tu  the  Presbyterian  soldiers 
miAlioiMid  in  that  t4>wn,  and  niece  of  the 
UU  Dr.  Ferris,  of  St.  Catharines.  Thoy 
harr  hod  four  uhildren,  two  boya  and  two 
v\i  ::irU  nru  living,  but  the  sous  are 

\f  t  'no  \\\kh\  III  infancy,  the  other, 

>  ' '  \  dind  in  March, 

he  \\\^\\  School, 
i-TTii  I  ri.'  ,>.;»il,hm  i'.'ij'tjiifor  thus  spoke 
him  at  the  time  of  liij  death  :  '*On 
tiraday  niamiuK.  March  uth,  1885,  our 
-Q  BurnriaRd  and  paiued  to  leam 
of  th«  doath  <>f  MoBter  Francis  T.  McCaug- 
bajr,  uttly  ivju  of  S.  <J.  McC»u^h^?y,  Eaq.,  of 
Utia  t4*WQ.  Frank  was  a  manly,  quiet  and 
Mixitona  lad,  whose  ciempUry  character 
ttftd«  him  a  univoraal  favourite  with  all 
Vbu  knav  him.  J  la  waa  old  beyond  hia 
yean,  uid  it  would  ae«m  that  his  active 


in  th« 


t 


and  powerful  mind  waa  too  much  for  a  not 
over  robust  body.  He  waa  the  pnde  and 
hope  of  a  happy  houaehold,  and  his  death 
will  be  a  terrible  blow  to  his  fond  and  de«- 
voted  parenta.  But  in  the  depth  of  their 
grief  they  will  have  the  consolation  of  mem- 
ories which  are  denied  to  many  othew,  aa 
fen*  parenta  have  had  to  monm  the  death 
of  so  atTectionate,  obedient  and  exemplary  a 
son."  The  Seaforth  i^an  also  said  reiiard- 
ing  him  :  "  He  waa  a  youth  of  great  prom- 
ise, waa  well  educated,  and  waa  a  general 
favourite  with  our  people.  When  a  bright 
boy  like  deceased  is  cut  down  by  the  merci- 
less hand  of  death  like  a  llower,  it  is  aad — 
very  aad  indeed."  Mr.  McCanghcy  ia  a 
Reformer  in  politics,  though  he  does  not  take 
a  very  prominent  part  therein,  hia  tastes  not 
lying  much  in  that  direction.  His  father 
had  two  brothers,  John  and  Frank.  Jolm 
died  at  a  good  old  age,  at  the  uld  homestead 
in  Rosherry,  County  Antrim.  He  had  no 
children.  Frank  is  dead  also.  He  married 
a  sister  of  Sir  Samuel  Wilson,  who  is  now 
living  on  the  property  of  the  late  Lord 
licaconafield.  His  sons,  two  of  them,  Sam- 
uel McCaughey  and  another,  are  among 
the  great  sheep  farmers  of  Australia.  It 
waa  here  that  the  Wilsona,  their  uncles, 
amassed  their  ^reat  wealth. 

Qnlnn,  Rev.  Jamea  C,  Emerson, 
Maniiobn,  wiw  born  near  Belfast,  Ireland, 
on  the  27th  May,  1845.  Hia  father  was 
Richard  Quinn,  and  his  mother  Jane  Coch- 
rane.  He  entered  Queen's  College.  Belfast, 
in  Idfto,  and  snbsetjuently  the  i*eueral  As- 
sembly's College  of  the  same  city.  U«  dia- 
tiu^'uibhud  hitnsulf  greatly  at  college,  taking 
prizes  iu  Hebrew  and  Christian  Apolo- 
getics during  his  theological  career.  Rev. 
Mr.  Quinn  also  tttok  a  course  of  medical 
study  while  at  the  university  ;  and  gave 
m\ich  attention  during  his  arts  courae  in 
Queen's  University,  Ireland,  to  natural  phil- 
osophy and  natural  science  and  mineralogy. 
On  the  J'jth  August,  1873.  he  left  Belfast  fur 
Newfoundland,  but  in  the  following  year 
crijsaeil  over  to  Nova  Scotia.  In  December 
of  187-1,  he  went  to  New  Brunswick,  and 
waa  inducted  into  the  pastoral  charge  of  St. 
James'  church,  Scotch  Kidge,  N.  B.  He  waa 
inducted  t^^  the  paatoral  char(;o  of  the  Prea- 
byteriau  church.  Sherbrooke,  N.S.,  1st  May, 
1877  ;  waa  called  to  and  settled  in  Tabusin- 
tac  and  Burnt  church  (Miramiclii,  N.B.)  Ut 
May,  laSl  ;  waa  called  tu  St.  Luku'a,  Bath- 
urst,  N.B.,  on  the  Ut  May,  1883  ;  and  called 
to  labour  in  Manitoba,  by  appointment  uf 
the  Home  Mission  lioard,  on  the  Ist  8ap- 
tuuiber,  1885.     Our  aubjeot  ia  a  member  of 


234 


A  CYCLOFJSDIA  OF 


the  Phonetic  Society  of  England  ;  also  of  the 
Free  and  Accepted  (Jrder  of  Freemaaons, 
Ireland.  He  ha«  ^iren  much  attention  to 
the  iigriciiltuml  intcroataof  thocommnnities 
in  which  he  ha-areaided,  and  baa  also  taken 
a  prumjneut  part  in  all  that  uB'eottid  the  well- 
being  of  society.  He  waa  the  tint  tu  intro- 
duce into  the  countiea  of  Nurihunitwcland 
and  Gloucester,  N.B  ,  the  ayateui  uf  prv- 
nerving  green  fodder  in  siloa,  commonly 
known  aa  ^'enailage."  He  likewise  intro- 
duced Shropshire  sheep  into  Northumber- 
land and  Glouceater,  N.B. ;  and  encouraged 
hy  personal  effort  the  introduction  of  thor- 
ouv;hl>red  Ayrshire  cuttle  and  j>ouItry  into 
Gloucester,  N.H.  He  had  charge  of  a  stAtion 
for  the  American  Uruithulouical  Society 
when  resident  at  Hathurst,  N.B.  And  all 
this  he  did  in  addition  to  the  fuU  work  in  a 
large  and  widely  scattered  pariah,  reiiuiriny 
as  a  rule  thr<  o  servicea  every  Sabbath  and 
three  week  night  servicea.  His  religious 
vieuH  are  Calvinistic.  He  married  on  the 
10th  April.  1872.  Anna  Wilaon,  of  Belfast, 
daughter  uf  William  Wilaon,  cutlur  and 
surgical  instrument  maker  and  Jiardwute 
merchant,  of  the  same  city.  She  is  a  niece 
of  the  lato  Rev.  Dr.  Alex.  Wilaon,  of  South 
Carolina.  U.8.  It  is  a  pity  that  there  are 
Dot  more  men  like  Mr.  Qiiinn  in  the  country  ; 
men  who,  while  attending  to  the  spiritual 
welfare  of  their  Hocks,  look  after  their  tem- 
poral improvement  aa  well. 

C'apcll,  John,  Tormito,  was  boni  in 
MiddletonCheney,  Northamptonshire,  Eng- 
land, on  the  loth  October,  1851.  His  father 
waa  John  Capell,  and  his  niuther  Ann  Wil- 
liams. The  parents  were  married  in  Eng- 
land, but  they  emigrated  to  Canada  in  1871, 
and  took  up  their  abttdo  in  Newmarket 
They  had  nine  children,  and  of  these  the 
subject  uf  our  aketch  was  the  eldest.  On 
their  arrival,  Mr.  Capell,  nenior,  employed 
himaelf  as  a  farmer,  and  is  still  at  the 
same  calling,  near  Hichmoiid  Hill,  in  the 
County  of  York,  He  is  a  aincere,  upright 
gentleman,  a  thrifty,  frugal,  inieltigent 
farmer,  and  enjoys  th'»  tes[)t;ctand  good- will 
of  his  neighbours.  His  wife,  our  subject's 
mother,  is  still  liearty,and  there  are  doubtless 
many  ripe  and  useliii  years  yet  in  store  for 
this  excellent  couple.  Their  family,  like 
themaelvea,  are  doing  welt.  Mr.  Capell  r«- 
cei%'ed  a  fair  rducHtiou  at  Mididdton,  his 
naiivo  town.  When  he  waa  sixteen  hu  went 
to  Banbury,  Oxfordshire,  where  lie  was  ap- 
prenticed to  the  trade  of  carpenter  and 
joiner,  in  the  emph^y  of  J.  &  T.  Davis, 
and  here  he  riinained  fur  live  yeara.  He 
waa  now  a  hopeful   young   journeyman  of 


twenty*one,  and  a  thorough  maater  of 
trade.  Although  he  possessed  a  fair  edtl 
tion,  he  was  ambitious,  and  rcaolved 
poosesa  more  ;  so  when  the  tiresome  day 
was  ended,  ho  was  found  at  a  night  school 
studying  braachea  to  tit  him  for  such  walks 
in   life  as  we  have  iiu  doubt  his  aan 


KU 
young  imagination  was  brooding  over.^ 
1871   the  family  emigat«d,  as  we  have  seen 
to   Cana<]a.       They    went   to   Newraorke 
Ontario,    fur  here   three   of  Mrs.   Oapeiri 
brothers  had   already  betaken   themselves. 
These  three  bnithers  were  Get.»rge,  Joseph^ 
and  John  Williams.     John  Capell,  jr.,  did 
not  remain  long  at  Nowmurket,  but  entered 
into  the  employ  of  Withrow  iW  Hillock,  it 
Toronto,  and  he  afterwards  went  to  work 
fur  Hastings   ^    Peterkin,    likewise    lar^i 
wood-work    manufacturers.      Here   he   ob- 
tained a  thrfrough  knowledge  of  every  var- 
iety if  work  that  might  bo  said  to  belong 
to  his  trade.       In  the  spring  of  l^^O  he  re- 
solved, along   with    Mr.    Hewitt,    a    fellow 
wotknioii  in  the  same  shop,  to  begin  busi- 
ness on   their  own  account,   and    the   new 
tirm   took  the  name  of  Hewitt    v't   Capell 
The  Jirm  commenced  opei^tions  in 
1880,  in  a  shop  on  Queen  street  west.     B 
business  grew  so  fast  that  these  enterprisio, 
men  had  to  seek  larger  premises  on  :She 
pard  street,  and  here  they  romaintHJ  unt 
1884,    when    their    business    hod    assumed 
such  proportions  that  they  were  compelled 
to  lease  a  large  building,  57  Adelaide  strc 
west  (which  buihling  is  now  owned   by  th 
lirni),    where  they  now   manufacture  on   a 
large   scale   a   vtined   class    of   wood-work. 
Unly   the    most   skilled  workmen   arc  em- 
ployed by  this  tirm  in  the  various  depart- 
ments of  their  factory,  and,  as  a  result,  their 
work  is  of  the  highest  and  moat  aatisfacUuy 
kind,  and  is  in  ctmstant  and    ever-incre 
ing   demand.      The  only  association    wi 
which    Mr.   Capell   has    leagued   himself 
that  of  the  United   Workmen.     In  religion. 
Mr.    Capell  is   a  member  of    the    Baptist 
church,    in    which   communion    he  staodB 
high.     He    is  now,  and  has  always  been,  n 
Conservative.       In   1875,  he  married  Mary 
Ann,  daughter   of  William  Dean,  of    Bun- 
bury,   Oxfordshire,    England.     Mrs.  Ca[>ell 
came  to  Canada  in  4873.      The  fruit  of  this 
union  is  four  children,  three  of  whom  arv 
living. 

murphy,  Tlinotliy  Douglas,  M.D.^ 
Hamilton,  of  the  well  know:i  Hamilton 
Whip  Company,  was  born  iu  the  City  of 
Hamilton  on  the  20th  November,  1852. 
His  father  was  Daniel  Murphv,  and 
mother's   maiden   name  was   Ellen    Kl 


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I  the  «ldMt  child  oi  the  Uto  James 

of   GU190W,    who   wft*   one  of   the 

>tjcera  of  Canada.     He  came  to  thia  coun- 

1820,    aettling  in    the   towiiahip  of 

ok,    in    the   County    of    Went  worth. 

lie    engaged   in    the    lumber    trade, 

•  PTtensive   miUa  and  timber  lands 
'    Upper  Canada.     To    facilitate 

u  purchsaed  Urge  vessels  to  con* 

timber  and   lumber   to   the   lower 

In  18*>Ci  Mr.  Fluod  removed  to 

of    Kinij'svillt',    Essex   county, 

rhertf  he  n^maiiied  until  his  duuth 

Daniel  Murphy  vriia  horn  in  the 

mnty  of  Cork,  Ireland,  in    \%'ZZ,  in  the 

Hage  of  Barehaven^  and  emigrated  to  the 

med   i>Ute8   witli   bis    parenta   in    1826, 

tiling  til  New  York  vtate.     He  remained 

the    United    Stutes    until    1838,    when 

Jte  rcmored   to   Canada  with   hia  mother, 

brothers  and  a  sist-er.      He  settled  in  the 

CitT  "f  Kingston,  whore  he  engaged  in  the 

:'  lu.    After  rcmainine  in  Kingston 

'  time,    h»  removed  to  lymdon, 

.    ,    uhere    ht;    married,      lu    1848   he 

ciX  to  HawilUm,  and  entered  into  the 

V    buainess   xu    partnership    with   his 

■  'rc'ther,  Timothy  Murphy.     He  con- 

''  '--   trade  in  what  was  known  as 

red  "  atore,  on  Kinj^' street, 

'  iiiiL  hia  brother's  death  iu  18.'3. 

w  uineta  wsfl  continued  under  the 

t- ..   Murphy  A  Co.     Mr.   Mnrphy 

w»M    now  e*>lu  proprietor.      In   ISOO,  owing 
t..    :lMi«»|th,  he  concluded  to  t«ke  a  tnp  tu 

•  at    Indies.      In   the  fallowing  year, 
<   way   home,  be  dietl  in  tbc  City  of 

N«w  Vork,  leaving;  a  family  iif  ei^ht  boya, 
of  whum  are  atill  living*,  the  subject  of 
thia  akflicJi  boiui;  the  thinl  ^)\\,  Alluding 
k»  tlie  dc%tb  of  Mr.  Murphy,  the  Uamilton 
!k|an:h,  I8C1.  aaya  ; — *'  A  telej;ram 
w  York  uu  Friday  last  announced 
.th  of  thia  gentleman  iu  thut  city. 
scarcely  say  that  in  this  conimun- 
'  -where  among  those  with  whom 
>  wan  Well  ac<jU;unti'<l,  his  death 
^'  frttiiiMittrtl  In  all  the  rfla- 
cofniijut  wan  truly  e.\enip- 
i^iiniuiB  men  his  enterprise 
ity  bad  earned  f<>r  him  a 
>n,  whilt?  in  the  family  and 
waa  beloved  by  all  near 
■  <i  as  drftt.*rvrdly  aa  he  waa 
by  iht'ae  who  eiijo^ttd  hia  f  1  iend* 
An  iutimatu  aoinaintance,  laatin;; 
than  one- third  his  lifetime,  enables  us 
to  apeak  fwbngly  on  thia  subject.  nnA  we 
Are  sure  •ccirv«  "f  frienda  will  j«>iii  us  in  th>* 
mziorks  we  have  made.     Mr.  Murphy  cuiue 


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hither  from  Kingston  in  1H40,  hut  only 
st«.yed  about  a  year,  when  he  roniuved  to 
London,  and  there  commenced  bnsineas. 
He  came  back  to  Hamilton  in  1848,  and 
waa  aaaooiated  in  business  with  his  bruther, 
Timothy  Murphy,  who  died  here  in  1^53. 
Since  then  he  haa  done  a  hcai'y  business 
ou  his  own  account,  and  had  succeeded  in 
making  a  handsome  lorttme.  Disease  of 
the  heart,  however,  rendered  it  neoeasary 
for  him  to  seek  relief  in  a  milder  clime,  and 
on  the  3 1 st  of  December  last  he  proceeded 
t(»  Bahama,  but  to  no  purpose.  Ou  his 
way  hack  he  waa  overtaken  by  deatli  in  tho 
City  of  New  York,  and  thus  at  the  ago  of 
38  tiu  been  taken  from  a  eucotasful  caioer 
and  a  large  family  of  young  children.  Ho 
waa  a  native  of  the  County  Cork,  Ireland." 
Some  of  the  family  are  in  the  Uuitetl  8tate« 
occupying  resfionsible  positions.  One,  John 
Redheld  Murphy,  M.D.,  is  a  prominent 
pbysicinn  in  Kanaoa  City  ;  another,  Dun* 
itl  S.  Murphy,  is  employed  in  the  Cen- 
tral Pacitic  (Inilway,  California.  The  re- 
mainder uf  the  family  are  living  in  Ham- 
ilton, Timothy  Duuglaa  ^[urphy,  M.O.,  the 
subject  of  our  sketch,  received  n  tinished 
education,  cmcludinji^  his  atudifs  in  Rush 
Medical  Collei;e,  Chicago,  ubeit*,  nfu^r  a 
course  of  fuiir  years,  he  received  the  decree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicine,  graduating  in  Kub- 
ruary,  1870,  with  high  honours,  imd  being 
one  of  the  two  of  the  125  applicanta  for  the 
position,  who  were  appointed  H'-use  Doctor 
to  the  Cook  County  Hospitiil,  lu  the  City 
of  Chicago.  He  remained  Qouae  Ouctor 
until  the  fall  of  187i(,  when  he  returned  to 
Hamilton,  where  he  married.  Ho  rfturned 
again  to  Chicago,  whore  ho  practised  hia 
profession  until  18M1.  Again  he  returned 
to  Hamilton,  fnmily  atTairs  retiuiring  to  be 
arranj^ed  in  the  matter  of  bis  father*H  estate. 
Finding  the  management  of  his  intereHta 
would  require  more  attention  and  a  longer 
time  than  he  ut  first  thought,  and  no  would 
seriously  interfere  with  his  practiae  in  Cbt- 
oago,  he  reluctantly  decided  to  abandtm  hia 
profession  for  the  present  and  remain  in 
Hamilton.  His  natural  bmiinesH  abilities 
ouuld  not  long  leuiain  inactive,  and  after  a 
short  time  we  tind  him  one  of  the  principal 
promiHcrs  of  a  manufacturing  industry, 
namely,  the  Hamilton  Whip  Co.  Of  this 
institution  be  is,  at  time  of  writing,  score- 
tarj'-treaaurer  and  manager.  The  tiriii  is 
one  of  the  foremost  now  in  Canada,  nmnu- 
factuiing  escoltent  descriptions  t>f  whips, 
and  the  prominent  i>oBition  which  this  ct'm- 
paity  now  holds  among  our  manufacturers, 
supply  iiig  aa  it  does  a  claas  of  gooJs  which 


23»y 


A  CrClOP.'JCVJA  OF 


tho  mercantile  community  in  the  paflt  were 
obliged  to  procure  from  our  American  neigh- 
boura,  is  undoubtedly  duo  to  hi£  buaioeAB 
tact  and  ability.  Our  subject  baa  trav- 
elledoxteuBively  through  the  United  States, 
and  was  twu  years  in  Una  Frauciaco  in  thu 
employ  of  the  Central  Pocihc  liailway.  Ue 
is  a  Hom&n  catholic,  and  a  staunch  sup- 
porter 'if  I  ho  N.  P.  He  married  in  October, 
3870,  Emma  Florine  Martinj  daughter  of 
Philip  Martin,  of  Hamilton,  Ontario,  one 
of  the  oldest  residents  of  the  city,  and  a 
most  successful  merchant,  who  has  lately 
retired  from  active  life,  leaving  bis  busi- 
ness in  the  hands  of  his  sons,  t'hilip  and 
Andrew  Martin.  Mrs.  Martin  Murphy  is 
well  known  throughout  the  country  as  one 
of  Csnadu's  most  brilliant  singers,  she  hav- 
ing taken  part  in  opera  and  concerts  in 
yanous  parts  «if  the  country.  8he  is  a 
pupil  of  Senor  Agramonta,  tho  culebruted 
Italian  teacher  ul  vooalism,  of  the  City  of 
New  York.  Among  many  llatteriug  notices 
now  before  us  of  the  talented  lady,  we  can 
only  Hud  room  for  one.  Alluding  to  Miss 
Martin's  titbnt  in  New  York,  the  Stw  York 
Sun  thus  spoke  : — '*  Mias  E.  M&rtin  mude 
her  first  appearance  before  a  Nuw  York 
audience  on  Friday,  2Ut  inst.,  at  Ohickcr- 
ing  Hall.  She  sang  the  ditticult  Hondo  from 
'Don  Pu8<|uaIo,'  when  she  introduce<l  some 
difficult  caJoDzas  ;  with  staccato  nottia,  trills 
and  roulades,  the  rendition  was  highly  artis- 
tic in  the  details.  Her  vnice,  a  pure  soprano 
of  ^eat  compass,  txtendin^  tu  K  in  alt.,  is 
weli  adapted  for  the  singing  of  bravuro, 
and  from  the  Hr&t  notes  she  captivated  the 
numerous  audience  that  tilled  tho  hall.  All 
the  diatonic  scales,  trills  and  staccato  pass- 
ages were  so  distinctly  and  clearly  avoom- 
pliaheil  that,  after  the  final  cadunza  in  stac- 
cato, the  applause  was  unanimous,  aud  three 
times  she  was  forced  to  come  out  and  ac- 
knowledge it.  This  successful  debnt  predicts 
for  Miss  Martin  n  brilliant,  future  in  the 
divine  art  of  sinL'ing.  and  she  is  already  a 
very  distini^uished  singer." 

WcaC,  Richard,  Toronto,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  the  Coanty  of 
Fermanagh,  Ireland,  in  the  year  I8:U.  His 
parents  were  Francis  West  and  Louise  Arm- 
strong. They  were  married  in  IrelanJ,  and 
the  fruit  uf  this  marriage  was  twn  children, 
Richard  and  John.  John  West  is  now  a  resi- 
dent  of  New  South  Walea,  Australia,  where 
he  carries  on  a  large  stock  farm.  When 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  only  one  year 
old,  his  mother  died,  and  some  time  after- 
wards his  father  married  again,  and  by  the 
second  man-iage  was  bom  to  him  five  more 


children.     Francis  West  still  resides  on  t 
old  homestead  in  Ireland,  respected  and 
loved  by  all  who  know  him.    Richard  Wesi 
the   subject  of  this    sketeb,    waa   oduci 
in    Ireland,  at  one  of  the  **  paid  schooU. 
The  arrangement  was  that  each  pupil  nhuuli 
pay  for  his  own  education.     At  th«  age 
seventeen,  in  18h5,  he  left  Ireland,  and  sumi 
after   landed    in    New  York.      He  was 
ployed  in  Jersey  City  for  a  short  time, 
then  moved  to  Long  Island,  and  t«Kik  ch 
of  a  farm.      He  remained  on  this  fonu  f 
about  eighteen    months,  and  then  left  ( 
ToronUi.     Shortly  ait<>rhii  arrivnl  be  tt\ 
ed,  on  (Jueen  street  West,   a  wholesale  aii4 
retail  grucery,  tlour  and  feed  store,  in  con 
junctitni  with  a  Mr.  Brown.     This  partner- 
ship waa  disBi)lved  in  almnt  a  year  ;  and  In 
ltk>()  Mr.  West  started  in  the  coal  and  wn^A 
bnsinvsB^Hnd  in  1802  added  groceriea  to  lui 
trade.     In  lBf»4  he   became   contractor  fi 
supplies,  and    in    this  brnuch  he  is  at  thi 
present  time.     He  haa   been   a   suocessf 
merchant,  aud  accumulated  a  good  deal 
wealth.     He,  along  with  William  Wataon, 
a  gentleman  with    whom   ho  entered   in 
partnership   in    1870,   owns  the    handsfi 
pn>pcrty  known  aa  Ocuideut  Hall,  corner 
Queen   and  Bathurst  streets,    aud    in   this 
building  various  of  the  West  End  aucieties 
meet  weekly.     Mr.  West  has  served  in  thi 
volunteer  artillery,  aud  at  one  tium  held  th 
position  of  sergeant  in  the  Field   Daltery, 
He  received  his  discharge  in  18^5,  havi 
completed   hia   eight   years   svn'ice.      M 
West  is  a  Freemuon,  and  stands  high  i 
the  order.     He  waa  married  on  the  3rd 
October,    1800,    by    Rev     l)r.    OrasAtt,    to 
Mary  Jane  Buddy,  of  Toronto,  hy  whom 
he  has  had   seven  children,  four  of  whom 
are  alive.    In  religion  Mr.  West  is  a  Metho- 
dist :    but   before   hia  marriage   he    wan  a 
member    of    the    Church  of  England.     lu 
politics  he  is  a  Conservative.     It  need  ha 
ly  be  said  that  Mr.  West  is  highly  regard 
aa  an  upright  and  worthy  citizen. 

WolR',  Jumi't^  the  conqueror  of  Qu 
bee,  waa  born  at  Wosterham,  Kent,  on  the 
15th  of  January,  1720.  He  waa  the  son  of 
Edward  Wolfe,  an  otiicor  in  the  British 
army.  The  following  historical  statement 
shows  hia  connectiua  with  various  expedi- 
tions against  French  holdings  in  the  prov- 
inces now  forming  the  Duiniuion  of  Canada. 
In  1758  he  was  sent,  with  the  rank  of 
brigadier-general,  on  the  uipediiion  against 
Cape  Breton,  in  whioh  Boscaivun  commanded 
the  sea,  and  Amherst  the  land  forces.  The 
bnint  I'f  the  French  tire  in  landing  before 
LoutAbourg  was  borne  by  the  left  divUioa 


I  a 

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CANADIAN  BtOGRAPBY, 


237 


Wolfe,  t[iti  attacks  by  the  centre  luid 
-Uiona  beini^  mere  foiuta  to  diatroct 
Id  1759,  th«  memonvblo  expe- 
j  aft«rnurdii  •ho'l  BueU  luatro  «'n 
Ttji*,    was    fil.t^'d    Mut   ft^ainat 
%  h(f  had  rosiilved  to  deprive 
.    \tu  tif   ita   moat    important 
tMiipznenu  in  .Vnuirit.'a.     The  commuid  of 
Lii"*  111  f  «rcoa   wac  eitUustcd  to  Sftunden  : 
•  '  '  \nd  foro«8  ("►*XtO  men 

I  ,  to  Wulfe.     The  oxpe- 

r-i  ikt  the  Xile  «jf  Orleaiia  on  the 
.'  ;   the  fort  of  Ningira  hnd  been 
to  the  Hritiah  under  Amhtirat 
:  >re.      lu  Augutii  Wolfo  laniied  a 
ti   In  the  Oajiiuljan  peaaaiits,  in- 
♦  ru  that  the  torces  wore  masitTa 
'  ;'  '  rfiil  anuy,  under 

td  their  country 
4   upon    them  to 
iiriny  thestruKi^le 
British  orowna, 
I  iii'm  in  their  poa- 
"  of  thoir  religion. 
ii<?     moat   faithfully    kept. 
■  nrrTitnitf'd  all  tUu  force*  he 
'■  of  Quebec,  and 
;i'>na  in  a  masterly 
raacitivr.      The  moutha  ul  ifuly  and  Auguat 
War*    ti^nt    in    ref>eat«d    un^uoceaafnl    at- 
U  to  drive    the    French    from  their 
j^eoua   poat   at  tho  FaUb  of   Mont- 
'1  rrtiLi  .    and  heri?  thu    fintiah  aiitfcred  a 
rrpiiiae.  on  attem;*tin>;  lo  »;H».'(-'t  a  lamlini^  in 
iM  ncinitv     '''    ''       •ight  between  tlie  llith 
aad  J3*h  r!  r,  175'.*,  Wolfe  landed 

iy  above  (Quebec,  and, 
!:t,  aacended  the  ateep 
:  .„>na  of  Abraham,  which 
\i  city  from  the  weat.     Mont- 
he   leanmd   that   the    Hritiah 
pnawiimi  of  tbefle  hei<;hta,  aaw  at 
v«o»  tiuit  nothing  but  a  battle  could  aave  the 
P^t  and  ho  took  bis  measures  accordingly. 
battie  mu    iFtnrnuuusly  contested,  but 
Pittttcb  *i  gave  way.     The  car- 

««•  ,    both    aidea    suffered 

wvljr ;  but,  trom  all  accounts,  we  believe 
Cha  Franeh  moat ;  this  is  attributed  to  some 
of  the  French  orticers,  and  to  the 
of  their  men,  who  bad  long  suf- 

fWvd  bvQ  ' '        'ndeed,  Lh«  French  gov- 

ttMMBt  tit  niicb  puina  to  retain  so 

■alvaM"  "  y.     They  never  knew 

U>*  y.  I   really  was   until  thev 

kiat  ii.  irn  t<j  the  fight.      Both 

MoAl^mlnk  and  Wotfo  tell  in  the  actiim,  and 
tbdf  ••nmds  in  command  were  both  dauger- 
<«ily  voundedf  luid  wore  obliged  to  leave 
the  fate  of  thtt  day  waa  de- 


^Mrta 


7W 


cidod.  Montcalm  lingered  for  a  day  or  two; 
but  the  young,  Katlant  and  intrepid  Wolfe, 
expired  almost  immediaiely.  Tradition  and 
hist<»ry  have  it,  that,  while  he  lav  wounded 
on  the  field  of  battle,  the  cry,  "they  run  !** 
arose  along  the  line.  Aa  he  was  raised  frf>m 
the  ground  he  asked,  ■'  Who  run  ?  '*  *■  The 
French,"  waa  the  reply.  Beseemed  U>  feel 
aatistied;  he  had  accompli- hed  the  purpoae 
for  which  he  had  bet»n  aent.  "  The  French  !*' 
(then  he  added)  "  1  die  happy  !"  And  fall- 
ing down,  ho  instantly  expired.  It  is  re- 
lated that  while  the  boats  were  gliding  along 
Utward  the  landing  wh«uce  the  soldiers 
wore  tn  scale  the  hill  and  atta«-k  the  French, 
that  Wolfe,  keeping  time  with  his  band,  in 
a  low  tone  recited  several  stanzas  from 
Gray's  Elegy  ;  and  that  after  he  bad  Qnifiliud, 
turning  to  some  of  the  othcers,  he  said, 
"  Gentlemen,  I  would  rather  be  tho  author 
of  that  poem  than  the  Oinquerorof  Quebec." 
On  the  plains  of  .Abraham  where  this  noble 
hero  fell  a  monument  atands  to  his  memory, 
and  Frenchmen,  it  ta  c^aid,  pass  by  it  now 
without  any  feeling  of  bittemcaa.  As  if  to 
salve  their  wounded  foeling,  in  a  public  gar- 
den looking  down  u[>on  lower  town  stands  a 
double  marble  column,  half  of  it  tu  the 
memorj'^  of  the  Engliah  conquerors,  the 
other  half  to  do  memory  to  the  darling  of 
la  btlle.  Frttuct  and  her  sona  in  our  own  colo- 
niea,  the  heroic,  grand-souled  and  chivalrous 

I  Montculm. 

I  !<i\i'oiUland,  Joliii^  M.  D..  Ottawa, 
Sherill  of  Uarletou,  ia  a  aon  of  8imon  and 
Jane  (Morris)  Sweetland,  and  was  bom  in 
the  City  of  Kingston,  Ontario,  on  the  loth 
Augnat,  181^.  Dr.  Sweetland  ia  descended 
from  the  Kweetlands  of  Kxoter,  Devonahire, 
England.  He  completed  his  education  at 
Quuon'a  College,  in  hia  native  city,  and  in 
1858  graduated  from  the  medical  depart- 
ment. Having  obtained  his  diploma,  he  at 
once  opened  an  othce  at  Pakenham.  Lanark 
county,  Ontario,  and  began  the  jiractice  of 
his  profeaainn.  He  set  out  in  his  professi- 
onal career  to  win  ;  his  energy  waa  untiring, 
hia  ability  very  marked,  and  naturally  he 
soon  found  himself  the  tnaatcr  of  a  aplendid 
practice.  In  addition  to  an  active  and 
useful  career  tu  his  profession.  Dr.  Svyeot- 
land  haa  performed  various  important  public 
duties,  and  haa  been  identitied  with  several 
conspicuous  enterprises.  For  oxamplu,  he 
has  been  coroner  for  the  counties  of  Lanark 
and  Renfrew;  surgeon  for  Carleton  county 
jail ;  and  aurgeon  for  the  County  of  Car- 
loton  general  hospital ;  he  has  alao  been  sur- 
geon for  the  United  Protestant  benevolent 
society  ;  for  the  order  of  Foresters  ;  and  of 


S38 


A  CrCLOPACDIA  OF 


the  order  of  OJdfellowB.  Dr.  SweetUnd  in 
1877,  WM  elected  preaidont  of  the  Ottawa 
Medico-Chirurgical  Society  ;  he  waa  preai- 
dent  of  Hi.  (Jeorge'a  Society  seven  years: 
waa  for  three  yeiirs  preaideat  mF  the  Ottawa 
Reform  Asaocifttioii  ;  ia  preaident  of  the 
lieechwood  (eineiery  Company  ;  and  haa 
been  tirat  riccpn  sident  of  the  (Ottawa  Ladies' 
College.  He  was  coinmiaaioner  durini;  the 
oonatniution  of  the  Ottawa  watorworka;  and 
for  many  yeara  held  the  position  of  director 
of  the  lirat  and  aecond  Mntnal  Building  so- 
cietiea  of  Oitnwa.  Dr.  8wentland  was  ftir 
four  yeara  lu&ater  of  Doric  Lod^e,  No.  58, 
Canadian  registry.  Dr.  Sweetlatid  was  like- 
wiae  a  member  of  the  Ni»rth  American  St. 
GenrgeV  Union  ;  waa  choaen  vtce-piesident 
of  that  society  in  1H70,  aud  preaiient  nut 
long  afterwards.  In  DBcember,  the  lioetor 
waa  appointed  Sherilf  of  the  County  of  Cir- 
leton,  and  he  atill  holda  thai  otiice.  In  1883 
he  waa  president  of  the  Douiiiiiuu  Siinitury 
AaaociatioD.  In  1884  he  became  preaident 
of  the  Athletic  Grounds  Ansuciaiion  of  the 
City  of  Ottawa  ;  and  ho  waa  elected  presi* 
dent  of  the  Uideaii  Clnb  to  M-irch,  1884, 
and  again  in  Alarch,  1885.  Shorilf  Sweet- 
land  IS  a  member  of  the  Bpiacopalian  clinrcli, 
and  a  man  of  ain  jularly  blameleaa  life.  Ue 
has  always  ahown  the  deepeat  poaaible  in- 
tureat  in  tlie  advancement  of  moral  move- 
monta  and  reforma,  and  ia  generally  in  the 
front  of  all  Chriatian  work.  He  haa  been 
twice  married.  On  the  lirat  itocaaioii  he 
married  laabella,  a  daut^hterof  Sheriff  Dick- 
aoo,  KingBlon,  Ontario.  She  diod  in  1872, 
leaving  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  J.  and 
Stilina  KlorencD.  lie  married  aj^ain,  in  1874, 
f'atharino  Uloadell,  relict  of  the  late  Nicho- 
laa  ijparka,  aon  of  NicK<ilaa  Sparks,  the 
founder  of  the  City  of  Ottawa.  By  this  union 
there  are  two  children,  John  Blaadetl  and 
Caroline    Fi««rencp. 

iMrkitiNnii,  li<i%%  Kent,  M.P  ,  for 
County  uf  K(iBael],Ont.,  waa  born  iBt  dune, 
l8i'J,  ia  the  village  of  Denmark,  Lewia  coun- 
ty, State  of  New  York,  lie  is  the  youngeat, 
and  only  aurvivinj;  aon,  of  the  lale  Uarnabaa 
Dickinaonand  Lydia  Davenport.  The  furiuer 
wasbornat  Hatbeld,  Maaa.,  I'.S.^oth  May, 
1783  ;  the  latter  at  Sponcertown,  Conn.,  on 
the  lat  June,  1793.  Both  are  lineal  do- 
Bcundanta  of  the  Pil^im  FuChers,  who  land- 
ed in  i^tiw  Em^Iand  from  the  Ma}ffiower. 
Bamabaa  Dickinaun  came  to  Canada  about 
the  year  181*^-13,  and  was  the  tirat  contractor 
for  the  conveyance  nf  the  maila,  then  carried 
on  men'a  backa,  from  Montreal  westward. 
After  the  close  of  the  war  of  181*2-15,  he  es- 
tabliahod  the  first  lino  of  public  conveyance 


I 

r>f^ 


by  boats  and  eoachea  betiraen  Montreal  ant)     " 
Preaoott.     He  wa«  the  foander  of  Diokin- 
aon'a  LAnding,  on  the  St  Lawrenoe.  then  a 
sta^e  station,  now  a  prosperous  and  thri\'ing 
town.     About  182<,»  he  transferred  his  Cana- 
dian business  to   hia  younger   brother,  Th* 
late   Horace   Dickinson,  of    Montreal,  wh» 
died  of  cholera  in  \K\'Z.     He  then  obtained 
several  important  mail  contracts  in  the  Stat* 
of  New  York,  and  removed  to  tho  v)ltai;e  tif 
Denmark,  where  he  connected  hia    aeveral 
stage  lines  with  a  line  of  paaaeni^er   packets 
on  the  Erie  canal,  between  Schenectad)' and'J 
Oswogo.     He  retunied   with    hia  family  to 
Canada  abont  1827-28,  and  died  at  Cornwall 
of  cholera  in  1832.     The  widow  luid  family 
removed  to  Prescott  in  1833.  Ouraubjtjct  was 
educated  at  the  common  schools  of  Cum  wall 
and  Preacott,  and  at  the  academies  of  Low- 
villo  and  Denmark .  State  of  New  York.     Htt, 
studies  were  tlioHt'  required  for  a   eoramer' 
cial    calling.      He  haa  Urun    a    private  of 
juvenile  corps,  raised  in  defence  of  the  fron- 
tier  at    Prescott,    during   the   rebellion 
1837-38.    and    filled    the    same   positi-in  in 
the   tHtawa  City    Kiflt>    corps,    during  the 
Fenian    excitement    of    18Ul<)5.     He    lel 
Prescott  in  the  fall  of  1838  for  the  State 
Illinois,  in  the  capacity  of  a  merchant  clerkj 
with   the  lale  Hiram    Norton,    ei-M.P.   U 
the  County  of  Grenville,  in  the  old  parlij 
ment  of  Ontario;  visited  Chicago,  which  then 
contained  only  about  3,50U  inhabitantji,  an( 
now   baaa  p(>pnIation  of  over  7<Mi,0(N>,  an( 
returned  to  Preacott  in    184(».      From  tbal 
year  until  1844,  he  acted  aa  clerk  in  the 
oftioo  and    custom  houao  at  Preaoott;  am 
then    (1844)  he   commenced    the   forward" 
ing    busioeas   on    hia  own    account,    witl 
one    steamer  and  one  barge,  upim  the  St. 
Lawrence,  Ottawa  and  Rideau  rivers,  ply-i 
ing  1>etween  Kingston  atid  Montreal.     Thil 
waa  prior  to  the  completion  of  the   St.  LawJ 
rencu  canala.      He    aubseipiently    extendedl 
his  line  to  Quebec  and  Lake  Champlain,  witl 
branch  oftices   at  Kingston,  Ottawa,    Moi 
treal,  Quebec,  Burlington,  and  Whitehall, hi 
fleet  now  consisting  of  sixteen  steamers  am 
sixty  barges.      In    1850  he  freighted  fur  th< 
late  Hon.  Thns.  McKay,  half  a  million  ft 
of  sawn  lumber,    this  b^in^  tho    first   ship 
nient  to  and  the  introduction  of  the  Otta^ 
valley  lumber  trade  into  tho  United  Stnl 
and    waa    ita    total    export    fur    that  year. 
Thia  trade  for  1884  ahoned  a  total  export  i 
025,ai)0,OUO  feet,  of  which  about  400,tMXi,U< 
found    ita  way  to    CS.    marketa  via    Lai 
Champlain.     Alao  from  1860  to  1867  he  waa- 
asaociated    with    the    late    J.    M.    Currier, 
ex  M.P.  for  Ottawa  city,  undcrthe  name 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY 


23ft 


r  A  Dickmnoa,  in  the  manufacture  of 
imV>er  At  Ottawa.     Tlii«  firm  wm  the 
n  the  HoHtoii  market  to  tho  Iimi- 
^  [-4  of  th^  OitAWu  v&lley,  and  in 

L  . .  M  it  nvro.  tho   firAt  car  load 

r  rail.     He  residtMi    in  Kingston 

I  ^44    to    184S.    in    Montreal    from 
r  -'^   ll$02,    and   nt  OtUw*  fruuj    186'J 

fr  M.'j.        He     then  severed    his    connec* 

^  'ith    the    forwarding   trade,  and    re- 

a  i  t^    Manotick,  nti  the  Rideaii   river, 

f.  niijeafrom  Uttawa,   County  uf  Ku8- 

■'•."A  a  tljuriahing  village,  of  which 
«•  the  founder  iu  1850.  This  village 
■^'  oi  extenBtvti  water  power,  and  has 
vuiuuB  tuilU  iu  tiperation,  Mr.  DickiuBuu 
■"u  elected  mayor  of  the  City  of  Ottawa,  in 
I^,  and  waa  returned  by  aciztamution  the 
twuiuoceedin^  yo*ri,  I8*>>-*>0.  During  his 
tcnnu  chiuf  nugiitrat*?,  the  onfoderalion 
^  (he  provincoa  wai»  accomplished,  and 
(Htiva  became  tlie  permanent  capital  of  the 
Z^iniom.     At  the  general  election  of  1882, 

Mwai  *'^  "  '     i  na   tlie    Conservative 

Aembr  hty  of  Russell,  iu  the 

Dknatd  >n, n:.  and  was  returned  by 

iioaj  I       He  cast  his  first  parlin- 

Dcntar,.    .    :     _:  Kingston  in  lA44iii  favour 

of    John     A.    M«cJonald,    now  the    Hi^ht 

n  )0     Sir    John    A.     Macdonald,   i)ramior. 

los   continually    since   been   allied  in 

•  witii  tlw  Conservative  party,  provin- 

In  religion  Mr.  Dickinson 

i:      Mr.  Dickinson  married, 

11  ti  Mary,  youngest  daughter 

iv  -la  Trigge,  of  Toronto.    She 

dbeU   in    lo^tj,   leaving   two  sona  and   two 

<bMxliUn. 

Moylan^  Jnmra  Gevrgv,  Ottawa.  In- 
■pwtur  vA  Peniluntianes,  fur  tlie  Daminiou 
uf  Camda,  wm  born  at  Maynooth,  Co. 
Klldarc^  Ireland,  in  the  year  18^0.  Uo 
it  m  ^m  of  >1--t'""i  vt  .1...  ^  descendant 
<tf  MioM  a:  >'nily,  which 

rvOftVTtil  (<>  '--..    ,....\  part  of  the 

It^  and    which    includuil 

tta    1  teveral    distinguished 

H«l»l*a,  and  also  the  dashing  and  brave 
OffmfiMm  ul  the  American  Hvvoluti'tn,  Uoni- 
iml  Slapktfn  Moylau  :  and  of  Mary,  dnti;;htt>r 
oCOM^Bird,  »f  Little  H«ywoo'.|,  >>titr>rd- 
■kire.  Uoranbjact  was«iluoAt>id  at  St  Jar- 
UUi'a,  Tuam,  between  thu  yean  183H  and 
1843.  and  at  the  Koyai  C<3Uegc,  Mtynootb, 
ffOOk  tM!l  to  1847.  Hts  courae  of  studies 
eampciaed    !^  uttiea,    rhet^.thc,    belle 

lattra.    na-  '•M-iphy,    1'>k>c,     meti- 

.h:»,  iv^.      [•"-■;■   ■!   ,  years     l8ol 
rcauled  in  ^  n,  D.  C,  in 


t- 

o»...<  v>.^..  with  thi 


ibatay,    and 


na  correspondent  for  several  jonmals  of  the 
North  as  well  as  tho  South.  From  1854  to 
1850  he  was  attached  to  the  staff  of  the  New 
York  Dixihj  Tim<^.  In  185S  he  commenced 
the  publication  and  editorial  manai^ement 
of  the  C'tuirtJwwi  Fntman.  In  1860,  at  tho 
joint  request  of  thu  then  premier,  Sir  John 
Macdonald,  and  the  late  Hon.  J.  C.  Chapais, 
Minister  of  Agriculture,  ho  undert<Hjk  a 
mission  to  Ireland  to  advocate  emii^ration 
from  that  ci»untry,  in  the  interest  of  the 
Dominion.  He  remained  there  until  the 
spring  of  1872,  and  durin:^  hia  roMdenoe  in 
Dublin,  he  published,  iu  various  leading 
journals,  a  series  of  papers  on  Canada,  con- 
tainiug  a  fund  of  useful  infonnation,  re- 
specting the  government,  resources,  inan> 
ners  and  institutions  of  the  country,  highly 
beneticial  to  intending  emigrants.  Tnese 
letters  wore  reprodaoed  and  much  comtneud< 
ed  by  some  of  the  principal  newspapers  in 
Cuiada.  Mr.  Mnyhin  was  instrumental  in 
causing  a  consideruble  number  uf  very  de* 
sirable  settlers  to  come  to  Canada,  in  pre* 
ference  to  the  more  distant  colonies. 
Though  often  urged  by  men  of  prominence 
and  p  isition  to  enter  pnbUc  life,  Mr.  M  >y. 
lan*a  (juiet  habits  and  literary  pursuits  led 
hiiu  to  avoid  any  further  active  participa- 
tion in  politics  than  the  suppi>rt  which  ho 
gave  his  party,  through  his  journal  and  oc- 
casinnalty  on  the  hustings.  In  1872  he  tvas 
appointed  Director  of  Penitentiades,  atid 
in  I87j.  on  the  abolition  of  the  board,  the 
late  government  offered  him  tho  position  of 
Inspector,  which  he  accepted,  and  still 
holds.  During'  his  term  of  otHce  four  new 
poiittentiaries  have  been  opened,  vis.,  St. 
Vincent  de  Paul,  Manit'dm,  British  Ciilum- 
b la  and  Dorc)iester(N.  B.),  the  6rst,  third 
and  fourth  named  he  inaugurated.  In  the 
performance  of  his  duties  he  has  viiited  all 
the  provinces  of  the  L»i»miaion.  The  Peni- 
tentiary system,  under  his  supervision, 
operates  very  satisfactorily,  and  can  com* 
pare  favourably  with  that  of  much  older 
countries.  Mr.  Moylan's  Annual  Reports 
on  Penitentiaries,  to  the  Minister  of  Jus- 
tice, are  valuable  documents,  lull  of  experi- 
ence and  practical  knowledge  of  the  sub- 
jdcta  which  h«<  treat*,  and  are  always  well 
received  and  fav<tnrably  nocioed  by  the  por- 
tion of  the  prtss  whic  l  takes  an  iuterest  in 
penitentiary  matters.  Ho  has  been  a  steady 
and  earnest  advocate  of  prison  reform,  and 
has  been  the  means  of  iutn»ilucing  several 
changes  and  improvements  into  the  {>enttun- 
tiary  adminiatration  which  are  important 
and  advantageous.  Mr.  Moylan  has  been, 
through  life,  a  strict  and   staunch    Roman 


240 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA    OF 


catholic.  lie  nmrried  Beuie,  dAOghter  of 
the  late  D.  Murkhnm,  of  Dnnbeg,  County 
Clare,  and  niece  of  "The  O'Gorraan"  of 
the  CaiiBeway,  Ennia,  who  was  alau  nnciti 
of  Colonel  '*  The  O'Oorman"  Mahnn,  M.P., 
Major  Purceli  O'Curman,  ei-M.  P.  for 
Waterforil,  aud  Judf^e  Richard  UGonnan, 
of  the  Supreme  Court,  New  York.  He  has 
a  family  uf  two  daughters-  Mr.  Moylan  is 
one  uf  the  most  pupuUr.  and  at  the  same 
time  one  of  the  musi  efficient  ofHcers  in  the 
public  sorvice. 

Sniilli,  lion.  Sidney,  Q.C.,  Cobourg, 
Portmoster-Gcncral  from  l!:^o8  to  1802,  waa 
bom  at  Port  Uope^  Upper  Canada,  on  the 
IGth  October,  1823.  His  grandfather.  Elias 
iSmith,  waa  a  United  Empire  loyalist,  who 
adhered  to  the  British  standard  through 
the  American  revnlnlionary  war,  and  after- 
wards came  to  Canada,  founding  what  is 
now  the  town  uf  Port  Hope.  John  David 
Smith,  iho  father  of  the  subject  of  tliia 
nottco,  was  a  member  of  the  L>egislative  As- 
sembly of  Upper  Canada,  fruiu  1824  till 
1827.  James  Smith,  afterwards  Judge  uf 
the  County  of  Victoria,  brother  of  Sydney 
Suiith,  twice  represented  Durham  and  onco 
Victoria  in  the  Legislature  of  Canada  ;  and 
another  brother,  J.  Shu  tor  Srnitli,  also  sat 
in  parliament  up  to  Confederation  fur  the 
County  of  Durham.  The  education  of  Sid- 
ney Smith  commenced  under  Archdeacon 
^(airtorwnrds  Bishop)  Bethune,  at  Cobourg  ; 
was  continued  at  the  Home  Grammar  school, 
aud  ended  under  the  care  of  the  late  Dr. 
Jonathan  Sh<»rt,  of  Port  Hope.  Studying 
law  in  the  office  of  Smith  (hts  brother,  John 
Shuter,)  *&  Crooks,  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1844.  The  same  year  he  commenced 
practice  in  Cobourg,  where  he  soon  became 
solicitor  to  the  Commercial  Bank,  and  suc- 
ceeded in  establishing  the  largest  business 
.in  the  district.  He  also  became  sulidtor  to 
the  Bank  of  Montreal,  to  the  Midland  Kail- 
way  of  Canada,  and  to  the  Commissioners 
for  the  Town  Trust  of  Cobourjf,  Hia  tirst 
Jaw  partner  was  hia  brother,  .John  Shuter 
Smith,  the  partnership  uontiuuiuK  until  the 
latter  was  appointed  master  of  the  Court  of 
Chancery,  in  I860.  Three  years  after  he 
took  iu,  as  a  new  Jaw  partner,  Mr.  (now 
Hon.  Justice)  Armour.  In  18)i2  Mr.  Smith 
became  a  Queen's  Counsel,  Ho  was  elected 
municipal  Councillor  in  1853,  fortwoplaoea 

the  town  of  Cobourg,  atid  the  township 

of  Hamilton,  iu  which  the  town  is  situated. 
The  election  of  wurUen,  or  presidiiig  officer 
•of  the  county  councils,  stimelimus  takus 
the  shape  of  a  political  contest.  Such 
was  the  case  in   1653,  when   Mr.   Smith 


waa  elected  warden  of  the  united  oouutiea 
of    Northumberland    and    Durham, 
reeve  of  th»   township  of   Hamilton.      Ii 
1854  Mr.  Smith  contested  thu  west  riclim 
of   Northumberland,    against    Col.   D'Ai 
E.    BouUun,  and  was   then  first  elected 
member  of  the  Legislative  Aassen'bly.  Thii 
waa   the    first    olucliun  that  occurred  aft 
Mr.  Uincks'  bill,  reformiug  the  represent 
tion   in   parliament,  came  into  effect.     Mr. 
Smith  wiui  twice  elected  for  this  constitu-' 
oncy.     In  these  two  latter  elections  ho  wu 
opposed,    in   the   first,  by  Mr.  (afterwanli 
Senator^   Asa   A.    Bumham,    and    in    the 
second  oy  a  Mr.  <trim8haw  ;  and  althoodi 
the  most  strenuous  etl'urU  were  made  by  IW 
opposition,  and  the  ihunders  of  their  proM 
exerted   against    him   to  a  greater   extout 
than  on  any  previous  occasion,  to  cause  hii 
defeat,  yet  he  was  triumphantly  returned,, 
his  opponent  only   polling  a  small  number' 
of  vot*9.    <  »u  his  tirst  entry  into  parliament, 
in  I8o4,  Mr.  Suiith  moved  the  address  in 
reply  to  the  speecli  from  the  Throne.     Ue| 
supported  all  the  liberal  measures,  such  a*' 
the   secularization    of    the   clergy  reserves, 
etc.,  from  the  time  of  his  advent  into  par^j 
liament.     In  18fi4  he  was  chairman  of  ihi 
so-called   corruption   cominiitee.      In    thi 
year  he  placed  upon  the  statute  book  thi 
Chattel  Mortgage  Act,  which  is  still  in  fore 
Till    18D6  he   supported   the   coalition, 
which  Sir  Allan  MacNab  was  the  head.  aa( 
then  he  went  into  opposition,  being  dissatisr 
tied  with  the  citurse  pursued  by  Sir  Allan  ii 
the  leadership  of  thej^overnment,  and  whei 
the  latter  had  ceased  to  be  able  to  dischargo 
his  duties,  owinK  t4>  ill  health.    At  the  ch 
of  the  session  in  this  year,  Mr.  Smith  went 
to  Germany  for  tlie  benefit  of    hia  healt 
returning  much  imprtA'ed.     On  the  2nd 
February,  1858,  Mr  Smith   waa  appoini 
Postmastfr-Geueral,    with    a    seal    in    thi 
Cabinet ;  which  olfice  he  held,  with  the  oX" 
ception  of  the  periud  of  the  ministerial  vriii 
in  1858,  when  he  became  Pn^siJent  of  tl 
Council   aud    Minister  of   Agriculture,  til 
the  government  rusigned,  in   1862,   coi 
quent  upon  defeat  on  the  Militia  bill.   Froi 
1858  to  18G2  Mr.  Smith  was  a  meicber 
the  Board  of  Railway  Com  mission  era. 
1858,  Mr.  Smith    intriiduced    and    carrii 
through   parliament  the  Consolidated  Jury^ 
Act  for  Upper  Canada  ;  this  .Act,  with  the 
exception  of  a  few  unimportant  ameudmeni 
recently   made    in  the  local  legislature 
Ontario,  l>eing  still  the  law.     Inthcsessioi 
uf  l8o9,  he  moved  and  carried  an  address 
the  Queen,  praying  Her  Majesty  to  rocunl* 
mend  the  Imperial   Parliament  to  grftnt 


CAXAJ>U2^  BWGBAPB7. 


Ml 


r     «Bift 


to  As  Cmm^mb  liae  off  aeiM  ilM*- 

Mr.   Simit^  ,..--^^  >.,.,.wi.- 

wilh     th«  - 

Inac*,  riiMi.  9mA  BelgiwB,  lor  iKe  010- 

TifMua  <4  Mul  BAttcr  acroH  tke  AUuitie 

11  th»  r«n«Hian  sbeaovn,  mk}  tikioagh  Caa- 

«Aft  «tt  t^B  Qnad  Troak  fUavaj.     Bj  tbis 

b  inwfplUKwd  mor*  for  lbs  basM&t  of 

Caada,  t&aa  had  amy  oi  hu  predeceMon  in 

4ek     H*  proTvd  huMetf  one  o(  tb*  beat, 

la^Md  Do«  tbe  bat,  PoatsMter-GManl 

Oittd» hMpoaaned,  and  ooe dl  tbe  Boat 

4U*  aad  afficiMit  sHflabaB  cif  tbe  gorem- 

iB«l  of  tb«  dajr.    Thb  »  bo   Cktuio,   m 

^  b^a6ciaJ  reaolls  of  bb  admiaiatnUwQ 

<f  tW  piiNUl   afttviee  go  to  pcore.      Tbe 

^qr  iff.  8«utb  cmdertoolc,  ia  prooeeding  to 

"         w—  aataaaninlMfietnrt  pity  in  tbe 

kk  bat  ae  a  r—KiniiMii  Bin- 

aa  far  aa  poaabto^  to  Main 

^  ova  dtpnrtmeai  aalf  milBiiiinn     Sne- 

«MiiBg  to  tbe  Duaitiao  of  Poatnaatcr<rev- 

A^    vitb    a    Ux^K*    balaboe    a^ataat    bia 

^•pirtmeat   io   tbe   atUMial  eoeouQU,  vitb 

Wle  pniepect  of  kaaproTUig  reoedpta  in  tbe 

Uud  mrefiiae,  be  determined  to  make  the 

bat  of  vbel  appeared,  in  a  measure,  a  hope- 

4ai  taak.     B/  outjuliQg  tbe  ooat  of  borne 

OBCineia,  a  eoaaidenbleaaTing  vaa  effected; 

Wt  ibe  aonaiag  act  of  Mr.  Smitb*a  ad- 

AttttaKratioQ  waa  tbe  ocaaa  poatal  aernce. 

Tu  abow  wiuU  be  bad  to  coptend  a^ainat  m 

two  aeparate  miaianina  to  Europe,  it  is 

%mtf  n»«eairy  to aUode,  fint,  to  the  freezing 

of  gjm{Atbj  ba  reoaited  from  L^rd 

ae  Kngliah  pnalxnaater-generaL     The 

and  moat    pauifut  diacooragsment 

Mr.  South   iiiei  wan  m  tbe  luoa  of 

ihf   Ivwt  «f    the    OanadiAn   ocean 

1  few  months  uf  eech  o'her. 

>n  Helegmte  was  not  to  be 

'  ii  Lord  Elipn  was  not 

,*,  Mill    WAS  f»r   fnitn 

aaoo  waa  |ic«>m*cu 

larminataoQ  auoh  xa  itui  ti-'  ^•ai-.a.<L .  me 
drtlill  of  his  achQiue  uf  ocvui  st-rvtcc,  Mr. 
Smttb  araa  enable  *  *  — ^(-ut  to  i'ruuia, 
tbe   Xetbarlaoti-  nice,   in  a   Uuht 

^^|bMh  et  (looe  o .1  Approval.     Tlitt 

^^MMine  from  tbe  Ant  CauadtAu  <k:**hii  mail 
B^MfiMRtoan  ahtUinsia.     Afu*r  Mr.  Sinith'a 

■ 1,  in  18S'J,  the  moil  froigbt  in- 

furtv  '^'.ij-t.  »vii'l   Uy  tlio  liitor 
uj  :» 

ourried  hy  ' 
tkml  twmh 
rr*''  tubaiu..    .  .     -    .. 


I  fiom£SO,0(»a7<Mtflo£IM.QOO^  tbora  ma 

I  00  netaal  increaae  ef  expcodStvra  mmlved. 

\i^  ^-''-'4  amagwnBnU,  in  otber  vecda, 

the  fait  jnaar  of  kbeir  oneratson 

^-     .    9Mli,O0ll  into  tbe  exebaqoer. 

I  if  ti>  tbn  ««  add  tbal  tba  awtul  baUoea  of 
'  £4O,00Q,  wbieb  appaand  ^ainal  tba  |M«t 
I  ofioa  vbaa  Mr.  Scaitb  aaromed  tbe  raina, 
bad  djaa^earad,  eaottgh  is  said  to  abo>w 
'  with  what  aingnkr  aV  ^looets  the 

poctal  interaata  ol  tbe  <  r«  admto* 

iaterod  in  bta  baada.  la  HaiOu  Blr.  Smilb 
aeitlad  that  maeb-retod  qaaalioai  — Ibe 
abolitioa  of  flabhatb  labour  in  tbe  poet 
offices  in  Upp*'  Panada  In  tbegvoarml 
Section  of  1861.  Mr.  Smith  waa  dofiiated 
in  Weal  Xurthumberiand,  but  be  waaabottlgr 
after  elected  t->  the  tapper  House  for  tbt 
important  diriaiou  of  Trent.  In  18&3  he 
reaigned  hia  seat  in  thtt  LcfciaUtire  CoudclI, 
and  oovitasled  Viotoria  for  tbe  Honae  of  Aa- 
aemblj,  bat  waa  defeated.  He  no  v  ratamed 
to  the  practice  of  hia  profeavion  at  Pelerbaro', 
where  hia  wonted  auoceaa  at  tbe  bar  waited 
npoQ  him.  Daring  the  prograaa  of  tbe  eleo- 
ttun  in  1574,  for  VVeat  Northnmboriand,  io 
which  he  waa  a  candidate  for  the  Umiso  of 
Commons,  Mr.  Smith  advocatod  a>lrauoed 
views  io  the  matter  of  the  franchiae.  pro- 
nouncing in  farour  of  manhood  auffirage, 
reciprocity  of  tariffs  with  the  l'nit«d  Scatee, 
repreaentation  vif  lutnorities,  prutcction  tu 
Canadian  industries,  etc  <>n  the  t?-lth  of 
NoTember,  )8tJG,  ho  was  appointed  inspec- 
tor of  registry  oMioes  fur  Tpper  Canada, 
bein^r  re-appiiinted  t*)  that  onict)  fttr  the 
prurinee  of  Datario  at  Confederation,  vhiob 
poaition  he  atill  holds.  In  this  capacity  he 
haa  perfected  the  registry  syslvin  of  the  prv 
vince,  to  the  entire  satisfaction  and  u*  the 
admiratiun  of  evor^  one  concemett  <.>f  late 
years  Mr.  Smith  has  lived  in  comparativo  re- 
tirement, yet  it  ia  not  impn>bable  that  the 
voice  of  one  who  haa  so  well  prove<i  hia 
many  qualifications  fftr  pubhc  lifn  will  tw 
^^iD  heard  in  PArltameut,  Mr    -  c 

having  uuirethan  retu^he*!  the  a^^*  t 

intellect  and  experience.  During  m.-  mmC 
of  the  Priuoe  uf  Wales  tu  Canada  m  HtkJ, 
while  (he  njyal  party  were  staymg  at  Co* 
bour^.  His  Kx>yal  Hi);hn«MM  and  HUlte  ware 
the  gueau  of  Mr.  Sniit.*i,  at  hia  rvaidenoe  on 
the  ahorea  of  Lake  Ontario,  between  Port 
Hope  and  Cobourg .  On  tbe  oooaaion  of  an  ex  • 
\  cnrvion  on  board  the  steamer  i*io%i^M>oyt  in 
1859,  in  which  the  lea<l«r  of  the  Guvoru- 
mcut  for  Upuer  Canada,  the  Hon.  (now 
Sir  John  A .)  Macdotiald  and  hia  oolleatfuea, 
toL^elher  with  a  party  of  frienda,  partici- 
pated, the  steamer  having  booome  duahleil 


MS 


A  CrCLOPJEDlA  OF 


by  An  ft£cident  to  the  Bteoring  appuvtua, 
during  s  heavy  wind  Bturm  on  tne  lake, 
which  caused  great  conBtemntion  atuong 
the  excurtionisU,  and  nearly  rc^BuIled  in  tlie 
lr>8»  uf  the  entire  party.  In  connection  with 
thia  incident  a  piece  of  plate  in  Mr.  Smith's 
noftflesaion  tella  thia  atory  : — **  PreaeDted  to 
Hon.  Sidney  Smith,  Pi:»fltmaatcr-General  of 
Canada,  in  C4)uiinemomtion  of  his  fearlehs 
behaviour  and  effective  services,  the  admir- 
ation of  all  on  board,  in  aaving  the  vteamer 
FlifUtfhhntj  from  wreck  un  the  dangerous 
shorft  of  Lake  Fluron,  on  the  tenipestHous 
night  of  Saturday,  July  2nd,  1859— by  one 
of  the  psaseiigers."  In  1844  Mr.  Smith 
marripd  Miss  Bennett,  of  Cobourg,  by  whom 
he  hftd  several  children^  his  eldest  son,  U. 
H.  Smith,  being  commissioner  uf  Dominion 
Lands,  and  cbainnan  of  th*^  Land  Hoard,  at 
Winnipeg  ;  another  son,  Sidnt-y  Smith,  jr., 
being  a  chief  clerk  in  the  Post  Ottice  de- 
partiuent  at  Uttawa. 

Iflcrriikrii,  Tlioniaii,  Toronto,  was 
bom  in  Honaventnre,  Quebec,  in  1835.  Hia 
parents  were  James  McCrakea  and  Mary  Mc- 
Crakcn.  He  came  to  this  country  in  1811), 
settling  in  Bonaveutnre,  Quebec,  and  adopt- 
ed the  business  of  lumbering  and  ship-build- 
iu;;.  Lie  was  one  of  the  largeBt  und  most 
extensive  dealers  and  merchants  in  Quebec. 
At  the  time  of  the  admitiistration  of  Lord 
Goaftford ,  as  govern or-gcncral  of  Lower 
Canada,  Mr.  McCraken  represented  the 
County  of  HonaveDCure  in  the  parliomont  of 
that  time,  and  it  nmy  l)e  mentioned  that,  in 
order  to  attend  to  hiB  parlitimentary  duties, 
he  had  to  walk  the  distance  of  four  hundred 
niiU'S  on  «uow  shoes.  At  the  time  of  the 
IVIacUenzie  rebellion  he  raised  a  company 
of  voUuitt^era.  In  1&44,  ho  removed  to  Ot- 
tawa, and  was  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the 
lumber  trade  on  the  UttJiwa  river.  He  died 
in  1802,  leaving  five  sons  ana  two  daugh- 
ters. Mrs.  McCraken  is  still  alive,  and  re- 
siding in  Toronto.  Mr.  McCraken,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch,  was  educated  at  the  pri- 
vate school  of  Mr.  Wilkie.  of  Quebec,  and 
Hniiihed  his  education  in  the  Grammar 
School  at  Ottawa,  then  called  Bytown,  <if 
which  the  present  Judge  Hobs,  of  Ottawa, 
was  principal.  After  leaving  school,  in  18.50, 
he  entered  tlie  employ  of  the  large  lumber 
linn  of  George  li.  Hall,  of  Quebec,  ou  the 
Gatineau  river.  He  afterwanls  went  to 
Three  Rivers,  in  the  employ  of  Wm.  Price 
&  Co.,  of  Quebec.  In  1854,  he  left  the  lum- 
ber business  and  bef^an  banking  in  the  Gore 
Bank,  Hamilton.  Upper  Canada.  In  this 
ioiititnttun  he  remained  until  115t>9,  when  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Koyal   Canadian 


Hank,  and  became  general   manager  of 
snme  in  September,  1870.     This  position  h< 
continued  to  hold  until    187*^   but  a  shorSJ 
time  afterwards  resumed  his  former  occupa- 
tion in  the  lumber  buaiuesi,  in  Toronto,  nuJ 
in  this  business  he  still  cf)ntinues.    HehoM« 
the  rank  of  adjutant  in  No.  2  troop,  Went- 
worth  cavulr)',  which  troop  had  the   honoor 
of  forming  the  escort  to  His  Royal  Hiuhuos 
the  Prince  of  Wales,  on  hia  visit  lo    Hamil- 
ton  in   18Gi>.     Mr.  McCraken  is  a  dirvcfaor 
of  the   Land  Security    Company,  forxosdy 
the   Toronto   House    Building  AasociatioD. 
He  belongs  to  the  Freemason  order,  andhsA 
held  the  office  of  assistant  grand  aecrelary 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Canada.     In  relitiioa 
lie  is  a  Presbyterian,  and    has  been    tniatee 
and  treasurer  in  Kuoi  Church,  Toronto,  lor 
some  years,      lu  politics  he  is  an  independ" 
ent.     He  was   married,  in    1802,  to  aeltfl^f 
Crawford,  of   Hamilton,  and   has  a  taiiiily' 
of  four  children,  three  being  alive.       WliiU 
in  the  Gore  Bank,  and  before   leaving  their^ 
employ,   Mr.   McCraken  was  otfeied  the  po- 
sition   of  cashier   in  that  institution,  whicKi 
he  declined,  owing  to  his  accepting  a  position^ 
in   the   Koyal   Canadian    Ban k .     Mr.   Mc- 
Craken acted  as  manager  for  the  Gore  Bank] 
in  London   for   some  two  yeara,  and  at  th< 
time  of   leaving   Hamilton  for  London,  to 
take  the  management  of  the   branch   thefe. 
ho  received  ansiddresa  from  the  citizens,  anil 
a   testimonial  from  the  Maaonic  bodies    to 
which  he  belonged.       On  leaving   London, 
he  waa  alao  presented  with   a   hiuidsome  il- 
luminated address  by  the  citizens,   and  \lsi> 
was  presented  with  a  most  handsome   t43sti- 
monial  from  a  number  of  his  friends,  at  the 
time  of  the  amalgamntiun  of  the    Royal  Ca- 
nadian and  City  banks.      The   pfesuntation 
was  made,  un  behalf  of  the  donors,    by  the 
late  Hunotirablc  George  Brown. 

Flddci,  Alcxnii(ler«  Toronto,  was 
born  in  Scotland,  in  the  village  of  AberlmUy. 
Haddingtonshire,  in  the  year  1H40.  His 
jmrents  were  James  Fiddes  and  Joair  Thomp- 
son, ilaughtcr  of  T>avid  Thomj.i&on,  a  aea 
captain  in  the  merchant  service.  Mr.  Fiddes. 
sen.,  was  a  son  of  James  Fiddes,  an  othccr 
in  the  army.  At  .in  early  age  ho  went  to 
sea,  and  followed  the  life  of  sailor  until  haj 
was  thirty  years  of  age,  when  he  returnee 
home,  married,  and  aetlled  down  in  Abt 
lady,  and  afterwords  entered  the  service 
the  Karl  of  Wemyss,  where  he  remain* 
until  his  lieath,  which  occurred  in  1884.  lii 
left  a  widow  who  is  still  alive.  Mr.  Fidt 
had  ten  children,  five  boys  and  five  girli 
Alexander,  being  the  fonrth  child.  Alex^ 
ander  Fiddes  received  a  common  school  eclu- 


CANADIAN  BIOOSAPBY, 


243 


Lii.i  iJi nr  leaving  nchool  At  the  age  of 
'hsaIq  the  ruerchnnt  service, 
fie  tibAtidoned  Ka  life,  and 
ih,  and  bei^an  to  team  the 
ri^.     He    remaiaed    here  in 
\\tUfy  i»t  Haj-  Si  Addii  for  five  yeiu-a, 
\&  drni  oloaed  husinesa      He  then  en- 
into  the   Haddiugtanahim  Artillery, 
hia  full    live  ye&ra.      He    then 
le  anuj*  aiid  wetii  to  Glaa^ow,  where 
ftoiiihwl    hia  trade   in    the  ahop  of   one 
lohn  Uckharl.      After  a  time  he  went  Xjci 
Btlhutt,    and    remained    there    for   a   year, 
at    hia  trade.       Ho  thou  went  to 
ft  where  be  remained  for  some  six 
W*-  "ftQrwards  went  tti  Manchva- 
citiea  iu  Ciruat  iSntain,  and 
____t  to  Ireland,     lie  settled  in 
where  he  remained  for  some  time, 
rhich  be  removed  to  Greenock,  Scot- 
»re  be  remained  for  twelve  months. 
once  more  rettimed  to  Belfast,  and 
letice,    in  1873.  sailed  for  Ameriuu, 
in  Torontii,    Mr.  KidUesdid  notatny 
In  TurunU.1,  Imt  went  on  to  Brauifurd, 
to  bo    found  employment  in  the  work- 
the  Oraud  Trunk  Railway.     Some 
?r  'his  he  retuniud  to  Toronto,  and 
with  Jtihu  Rit4:hie  vV*  f^on,  aa  plum- 
ber.    In  Id^l,  ho  formed  a  partnership  with 
Henry  Uo^jarib,  and  this  tirm  now  airrica 
un  sncceasfuUy   a   plumbing  and  gastitting 
-«f.K!ishment.      In    religion,    .^Ir.  FiddeR  la 
'  ;M;ndent,  and  in  political,  a  Reforuivr. 
:_         .»  married,  lii  1^*1;;;.  t<."  Elizabeth  Bi»yd, 
kiiKbter  *jf   Henry   B^yd,  of  Belfast,   Ire- 
and  by  ihia  lady  he  has  had  seven  of 


Bci^amtn,  Ottawa.  President 
iL<m  Royal  Society  of  Caniida,  was 
Thrw  Kivem,  Pn>vinee  of  (^iielveo, 
17tb  of  S>eptentb(!r,  1841.  lie  is 
th*ocily  bring  sim  of  Uenjamin  Suite,  who 
VM  owner  and  captain  of  a  schnoiii^r  which 
l^rsd  between  Quebee  and  Hulif.-ix,  and 
ItarieLefebvre,  wh^tie  ancestor  waa  the  tirst 
FrMich  SMiJer  tkt  lUiodu  FebTre(Lefebvre'8 
to  St.  reu>r\  in  1083.  The  nrst 
Hin)  cani»  U*  Cannda  as  a  suldier,  in 
iiiii*  .'f  \\\ti  regiments  under  the  coui- 
id  '1m.       Ue  settled  in  Three 

>iiite  left  the  Friam'  schtjol 
ttK^tigvof  ten,  and  lince  that  day  he  never 
oo«  «a«k  at  a  time  without  a  salary. 
tsm  ha  could  rca^l,  write  and  calculate 
11  ;  >ad  by  bis  cunncction  with  English 
'ling  boys,  he  had  a  good  knowledge 
iMx  Ungoagtt.  U«  always  devuted  his 
•rmlng  hours  to  reading,  and  hia  read- 
fttt  *•   «  nU«  systemaLically   choaen, 


but  history  has  his  proferenon.  Ho  does 
everything  very  quickly,  because  he  never 
takes  up  wurk  without  tirst  having  carefully 
prepared  the  material  for  it,  and  he  frames  a 
plan  of  action  for  every  detail.  There,  then, 
can  be  no  delay,  no  miaunderstAnding.  no 
remodelling  of  the  work.  At  6rst  he  was  a 
clerk  in  a  dry  gooda  establishment,  thou  in 
a  grocery  store.  He  then  became  n  book 
keeper  witti  G.  A.  Oonin  &  Co.,  a  large  lum- 
bering 6rm.  He8uhs«!(|nent1y  bei^ame  purser 
on  board  one  of  thu  veaaels  plying  between 
^luntreal  and  Three  Rivers  ;  then  we  find 
him  a  merchant,  selling  clothing  in  cttonec- 
ti»n  with  the  building  of  the  Three  Rivera 
and  Arthabaska  Railway  ;  then,  again,  aa 
book-keeper  at  Oouin's.  This  briuga  us 
down  to  1804.  Aa  he  had  made  some  name 
for  himself  in  1850,  by  writing  in  the  news- 
pai>erB,  ho  Witsc^'naideredin  1S<>4as  a  future 
newspaper  editor,  i.  p.,  a  politioian,  but  he 
never  had  any  fancy  for  polities,  and  once 
in  stating  the  fact,  be  ui>noliided  by  saying, 
'  thank  Uud  that  1  never  bad.  "  So  he  con- 
tinued producing  literary  articles  in  prose 
and  verse,  in  a  regular  Gatling  gun  shower. 
In  1803  two  companies  of  infautry  were  or- 
gaiiizod  at  Throe  Rivera,  and  M.  Suite  join- 
ed one  of  thorn  ;  and  in  ISr^n  his  company 
(No.  1),  waa  sent  to  the  Niagara  frontier, 
and  he  was  made  color- sergeant  of  it.  On 
hia  return  in  July,  he  went  to  tlie  military 
school,  Quebec:  then  followed,  as  an  edi- 
tor, the  autuuin  session  nf  Parliament,  and 
in  February  ne>.t(  1800),  joined  hiii  company 
again  at  the  Missisipioi  frontier.  In  July, 
when  the  men  returned  home,  he  was  called 
to  Ottawa  by  L.  N.  Duvernay,  proprietor  of 
Lt  Cariu'ia,  and  he  became  the  chief  editor, 
as  the  Honourable  E.  Uerin  was  leaving  for  a 
tour  \i\  Europe.  In  those  days  a  French 
paper  in  Ottawa  was  a  large  undertuking, 
because  there  was  the  whole  valley  i^f  the 
Ottawa  to  attend  to,  whilst  at  present, 
Montreal,  and  even  Quebec  furnish  reading 
matter  in  abundauce,  and  hourly  lo  the 
Franoh  population  of  that  large  region.  On 
the  19th  of  November,  1807,  M.  Suite  en- 
tered the  service  of  the  Houae  of  Commons, 
aa  one  of  its  translators  ;  and  on  the  10th 
of  May,  1870.  he  waa  removed  from  the 
Hoiue  of  Commons  to  the  Department  of 
Militia  and  Defence,  where  he  is  now  em- 
ployed. Ho  is  a  staunch  Roman  cttholic. 
The  societies  in  which  he  took  an  active  part 
are  as  follow  : — From  ISOl-Oo,  president 
CvrcU  Littirain,  Three  Rivers  ;  18<J6,  mem- 
ber (corresponding)  <>(  the  t'ercU  ArtUti'nie 
and  LiiUraiff,  of  Bruxelles.  Belgium  ;  ItSOO, 
secretary  SocUti  St,  Jean  Bapt'ute^  Ottawa  ; 


244 


A  CTOLOPjEDIA  of 


3874-76,  prcflidfut  Tiutiiut  Canidien-Fran- 
\'aia^  OtUwa,  lii  187^-70,  thti  buildini^  at 
present  occupied  by  that  institution  was 
erected  at  a  coat  of  6G3,001).  In  1875,  M. 
Suite  became  u  member  of  the  Lltrranj  ami 
HUtorii'M  Sorirty,  Quwbtic  ;  in  1876,  a  mem- 
ber (corroaptindiiiii)  .SiriiN!  Noi^nandi  de 
<?«winawAi(',  Houon,  France  ;  in  1877,  presi- 
dent of  St.  Joseph  section  ^crii/e  St.  Jenn 
B«/;(ijrf(!.  Ottawa,  and  uUu  preHidmit  of  8t. 
Thvmag  Bfurvulfnt  ^ocUty,  Ottawa  ;  in  1878, 
a  member  of  the  S-t'tHi  Hi,^tvrupi€  deM^tmt- 
treal,  and  8tat«  Ili.ttorical  Society  of  Wis- 
consin ;  in  187^,  a  corresponding  delegate 
Vluititution  £(/iMoyr«;i/ii'y«f  do  France  ;  in 
1882,  araomber  of  the  Hoyal  Sociciyot  Can- 
ada ;  in  1883,  president-genuml  St,  Jtati 
Baptisle  of  Ottawa  ;  aud  in  1885,  he  was 
made  president  of  the  first  section  of  the 
Rtnfcd  Society  <>i  Canada.  In  the  year  1878  he 
visited  the  Now  England  states,  and  deliver- 
ed lectures  in  the  French  Canadian  centres. 
Although  he  is  a  Conservative,  since  1867  he 
has  taken  no  part  in  political  afTairs.  On 
the  3rd  of  May^  1871,  he  was  married  in 
Ottawa,  to  Augustine,  youngest  daughter  of 
Ettienne  Parent,  Under-Secretary  of  State. 
With  reference  to  hia  wife's  sisters,  we 
may  state  that  Joaephine,  the  eldest,  mar- 
ried Antoine  G^rin-Lajoie,  one  of  the  best 
French-Canadian  writers ;  aud  tliat  the  se- 
cond, Mathilde,  married  Evariatu  (J^linas,  a 
brilliant  journalist  and  a  capital  essayist. 
M,  Parent  was  looked  upon  as  the  best  news- 
paper editor  that  ever  conducted  a  cam- 
paign in  French  Canada.  Ettienne  Henri  Pa- 
rent, M.  Suite's  brother*in-law,  is  the  chief 
engineer  of  the  St.  Lawrence  canals,  from 
Lake  Ontario  downwards.  He  studied  in  Pa- 
ris. Our  subject,  as  hia  friends  say,  is  rather 
full  of  tire  ;  ready  to  laugh,  ready  to  light. 
He  never  had  a  hcailache,  and  he  has  a  voice 
which  can  hU  any  hall.  His  father  was 
drowned  15th  Nov., 1847,  in  the  wreck  of  his 
vessel  on  the  Gasp^  coast.  His  mother  is 
eighty,  is  in  good  health,  no  grey  haira  yet. 
The  tirat  efforts  of  M.  Suite  in  the  tield  of 
literature,  were  verses  publinhed  in  1859-60, 
under  various  mmus  dc  pl-uuie.  Soon  after, 
in  18(1  J,  he  signed  his  own  name,  and  at 
once  attracted  the  attention  of  those  vhose 
taste  made  them  attentive  to  the  reVela- 
tion  of  coming  men.  The  Honourable  P. 
J.  O.  Chanvean,  secured  his  productions 
for  Le  Journal  de  J'Iruit ruction  Pubtujuf^ 
where  he  gave  many  good  son^s  and  patriotic 
verses.  In  t8f>4,  was  foundud  in  Montreal  Ln 
Revile  Onuidir-nHK,  and  M.  Suite  iiumediatuly 
became  one  of  the  most  regular  collaborators 
of  that  publication  ;  and  he  is  now  the  only 


one  of  the  old  stock  on  the  list.  Tlit 
printed  in  18(}8  his  hrst  article  on  the 
tion  of  the  destruction  of  our  forests,  a  sub- 
ject which  at  once  made  him  known  aa  a 
deep  observer  of  the  reaources  of  Caaada, 
and  a  strong  proae  writer,  lu  1870,  appear- 
ed Lu  lAiurentiiniiiH,  a  very  elegant  volume 
coutaining  all  the  national  and  patriobif 
verses  of  M.  Suite.  In  the  same  year  wai 
published  the  tirst  part  of  tlie  *'  History  oj 
Three  Rivera,"  his  native  city.  The  iux\ 
ious  style  of  publication  adopted  by  th«j 
author  frightened  the  public,  and  the  sub*J 
scription  was  meagre,  but  M.  Suite  only  on* 
Bwered  :  **  Wait,  and  you  will  pay  five  time* 
the  same  omouut  of  money  for  the  same 
work  in  a  few  years."  We  are  told  he  is  sure 
of  that  result  now.  In  1873,  was  di8tribut«d 
in  Europe  a  pamphlet,  entitled  L*.  Catmda 
en  EuTOfn^  a  very  sharp  criticism  by  M. 
Suite,  of  the  nonsense  published  in  Europe 
about  <'&nada.  Several  pamphlets  appeared 
afterwards  from  liis  peu,  such  as  '*The 
History  of  the  Frenoh-Canadians  in  Otta- 
wa," and  "  Notes  on  Early  Travels  in  the 
North- West  Territories."  In  1876.  he  pub- 
lished  L*^  Chantu  Nouvfau^,  a  contiuiialion 
of  J>j  LMtinntieuuen.  A  good  volume  is  the 
one  published  in  1876,  under  the  title  of 
M^lfingeit  d'HisUiirr  tt  de  LiiUyaturt.^  the 
whole  is  relative  to  Canada.  Another  bi>ok 
called  C/ironif/ite  Trijinvianite.  was  printed  in] 
1879,  telling  about  the  events  woich  tool 
place  in  Three  Rivers,  between  the  yeani 
l(i40  and  1665.  We  have  heard  this  work 
highly  praised.  In  IS81,  he  published  a  large 
album,  of  unknown  plans  and  sketches  relat- 
ing to  the  1 7th  century  on  the  St.  Lawrence. 
The  first  volume  of  Histnirc  des  CanadUu$- 
Fran^au  was  published  in  1882,  and  the  8th 
and  last  one  in  the  spring  of  1885.  It  covers 
the  whole  history  of  Canada,  but  deals  prin- 
cipally with  the  settlers,  and  very  Uttle  with 
other  matters  pertaining  to  the  history  of 
that  country.  Other  works  of  M.  Suite, 
such  as  large  iiulexes  to  series  of  histonoal 
documents,  have  been  put  in  circulation. 
We  hear  he  is  now  preparing  three  voUiroea 
of  his  articles  spread,  since  1860,  in  varioua 
reviews,  Iwth  in  Canada,  United  States  and 
France.  ' 

I>eiiiaou,  Li.-Col,  George  Tnylor, 
of  Bellevue,  Toronto,  was  bora  at  Dover* 
court,  Harwich,  England,  27th  December.  A 
1783.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest  inhabit-  S 
ants  of  Toronto.  His  father.  Captain  John 
Deiiison,  left  England  to  settle  in  Canada 
in  171^2,  aud  after  living  four  years  in  King- 
ston, cnmo  to  Tonmto  in  Kl*6.  Lt.-Col. 
Denison    served  in  the   war  of  1813  as  aa 


CAM  A  VI  AN  BIOGRAPHY. 


t.fi«Tin  the  Y.irk  Vblnnleers.  In  1822  he 
nnjnniMd  the  Tolunt«er  cavalry  tntop  now 
kft'trn  M  Iho  Oviveriior-Cienerara  Body 
(fturd.  Hu  mniiitained  tliis  coqia  ut.  con- 
ndBrnhlc  .mi-miso  fnmi  1IS22  till  1837,  when 
Iwo  <  L  during  tho   retKtlion.   Ue 

"u  :i[  '  the  coinmiaxid  of  the  West 

TnrkUihtia  in  IB^IH.  Uia  eldest  sod,  the 
Utn  bl-<.'»jl.  Richard  L.  Denisun,  coinniand- 
hgthe  diVftlry  tronp  in  the  second  rebellion 
■4  1;^.  He  WAJS  a  mcnihor  of  the  first 
wundl  for  the  City  of  Toronto,  and  for 
D»**i7  yeHre  reprea«nted  St.  Patrick's  ward 
m  il  He  died  in  1B53.  His  tirat  wife, 
Csth^  (lorden  Lippinoott,  wis  the  only 
child  ftf  Captain  Hiohard  Lippincutt.  a  pro- 
nwitl  I*.  K  liiyaliflt  oihcer,  fnnn  New  Jer- 
sey, who  left  the  United  htiiti^a  after  the  con- 
duninn  of  Iho  war  of  the  revolution,  and 
t/Kr  n  »Uy  *>l  some  yean  ia  Now  Bruns- 
•ick,  settled  near  Toronto,  in  the  township 
of  Vr»rk. 
OenlM>n,  Colonel  Cjieoriee  Taylor, 
Kushxline,  'li»ronU:»,  the  »ec'»nd  B'.mi  of  this 
line,  was  honi  at  Hellevne,  Toronto,  I7lh 
fuly,  1HH>.  He  was  educated  at  U.  0.  Col- 
i»e«  «tudio<I  law,  and  was  called  to  the  Imr 
1840.  Although  a  lawyer  hy  profession, 
lergiea  of  his  life  were  devoted  to  the 
)t  service.  lu  1837  he  served  at 
ttle  of  Callow's  Hill,  and  the  winter 
ti)  Scotland  vilU^o,  Canada  West, 
•ittge  af  Navy  tbUnd  he  took  a  prom- 
[part,  and  waa  orte  nf  the  oftictjra  who 
information  which  led  to  the 
destruction  of  the  steamer  Vat- 
I8CV<  hn  was  &p(»otnted  lieutenant 
dw  cavalry  troop  raised  hy  his  father, 
<anod  the  Guvemor-CJener&l's  Body 
i,aud  in  I8k0,  obtained  command  of 
In  KiTj  hp  tm>k  an  active  part  in  organ- 
>  tindtr  tho  new  law  poased 
1  was  the  foundation  of  the 
ptMMkt  uiiUury  system  of  Canada.  He 
bftia^ht  a  squadron  of  cavalry  into  the  new 
fnrv*~  'forwards  or^janizcd  the 

Toffv>i.  ry,  and  in  184)0  at  the 

fvqnoi*  ':  ^ir  r.'iiiiiiiid  fieod,  he  organ iztfd 
Um  Que«n's  Own  Kitlea,  and  was  appointe<l 
ooaunandaiit  of  the  volunteer  force  of  the 
&iti  and  Imh  militia  diiitncta.  He  was  ^rtuL- 
•tt«d  (o  xhm  rank  of  full  colonel  in  October, 
IBtO,  axKi  from  ttiat  lime  he  was  the  senior 
in  thv  i'n>vince  of  Ontario.  He  may 
•  riMl  the  founder  of  the  vol- 
romnt't,  haviii}(  organized 
llory,  ;md  rifles.  Ue  was 
alflrrnian  for  St.  Patrick's 
i>f  Toronto,  was  vice-prcs- 
of  the  York  Pioneers,  and  for  a  lun^ 


time  a  member  of  the  Synod  of  the  Church 
of  England.  He  died  on  the  30th  of  ^(ay, 
11:173 

l>riiUon,  LlriKviiuiit  -  C'olonvl 
George  Tiiylor,  of  Heydon  Villn,  To- 
ronto. To  those  who  think  of  the  law  of 
heredity,  there  is  probably  in  Canada  uo 
more  noticeable  instance  of  its  oonlinnity, 
than  thM  subject  of  the  following  sketch. 
*'  Tho  child  is  father  of  the  man/*  as 
Wordsworth  says,  but  the  child  is  tho  son 
of  its  father  aa  well,  and  the  leanings  and 
teiuperament  storud  up  in  a  family  seem, 
with  occasional  lapses  and  variations,  to  be 
as  surely  transmitted  from  father  to  son,  as 
the  lineaments  of  form  and  face.  This  law 
of  heredity  is,  perhaps,  more  undevlating  in 
familios  of  militxiry  disposition  than  in  any 
others.  The  nrffauizini^  faculties,  tho  in- 
stinct of  obedience  and  of  commaDd,  and  the 
toughness  and  endurance  inseparably  aaso- 
ciated  with  the  military  character,  are  not 
leas  likely  to  be  tranaiuitt^*d  than  more 
irregular  and  inipre8»ionable  ([ualities. 
lleiiius,  it  is  said,  is  not  hereditary  ;  and, 
limiting  this  term  strictly  to  the  creative 
mind,  in  the  ideal  world  of  poetry  and  art, 
the  saying  ia  a  correct  one.  But,  in  the 
wider  acceptation  of  the  term,  it  uppliea  to 
special  ability  in  other  spheres  of  mental 
activity,  and,  in  this  sense,  its  appearance 
may  reoaonably  be  looked  for  in  a  family 
diatinguished  (or  generations  by  a  particular 
taste.  That  it  is  possessed  by  the  subject 
of  our  sketch,  will  not  be  denied  by  any 
CanadiAu  who  is  proud  of  his  country  s  nd- 
vancoment,  and  of  the  intellectual  achieve- 
ments of  its  sons.  Hitherto  Canada  haa 
furnished  but  few  opportunities  for  the  ex- 
erciae  of  mtlitsj'y  abdity— a  happy  circum- 
stance, in  the  opinion  of  those  who  look 
ut>on  war  as  an  unmixed  evil,  and  to  be 
avoided  even  at  the  cost  of  national  dia- 
honour.  But  history  proves  that  wars  are 
often  unavoidable,  unless  at  the  cost  of 
national  existence.  Aggrandizement  and 
injustice  are  not  yet  euoiinated  from  the 
polity  of  nations,  nor  ambition,  sedition, 
and  wild-justice  from  tlie  thought:^  of  indi- 
iiiluala,  and  Wars  will  not  likely  c«aae  until 
human  nature  casts  out  its  faults.  As  we 
have  said,  Canada  hiia,  until  recently,  been 
A  restricted  military  arena,  and  it  is  sur- 
prifiug  that,  under  d'.'pressing  conditions, 
tier  miliuiiy  spirit  has  twen  kept  alive,  But 
slitf  is  now  tho  conscious  mistreas  of  half  a 
continent,  with  enlarged  interests,  and  a 
weighty  future,  wherein  may  arise  mure 
than  one  struggle  for  existence.  The  Do- 
miniuu    has    been    rudely    awakened  to  a 


946 


A  CYCLOPjTCVIA  OF 


knowledge  of  the  fact  that,  like  other  conn- 
tries,  she  miut  anstain  her  nstional  reputa- 
tion by  force,  and  bo  prepared  to  oopc  with 
dougera  from    within  as  well  aa  from  with- 
out.    The  late  rnotnentous  rebellion  in  the 
North-wcflt    baa    dispelled  the  indifference 
with    which    many    Canadians  looked  upon 
their  citizen-soldiers  ;    and  it  is  now  seen 
how  ninch  the  Dominion  owes  to  men  who, 
in   the    face  of  apathy,  and   even  ridicule, 
kept  alive,  often  at  their  own  expenaoj  that 
Tohuitver  organization  which  saved  the  Do- 
minion in  its  hour  of  peril.      The  Canadian 
volunteer,  wedded,   as    a  rule,  to  civil  em- 
ployment, cannot   be   expected  to  make  an 
extensive  study  of  military  science,  or  con- 
tribute  largely  to  its  literature.     The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch,  however,    has,  in  a  re- 
markable manner,  exemplified  what  may  be 
accomplished  by  a  native  Canadian  of  gen- 
uine talents  and  industry',   and  has  proved 
that  the  man  wh<:)  can  rightly  apply  them  may 
successfully  compete  with  expenenc«>d  offi- 
cers in  the  old  world,  and  win  a   prominent 
place  as  a  military  writer  in  Kuro^wan  re- 
pute.      Lieutenant-Colonel  George  Taylor 
Denison  was  born  at  Bellcvue,  Toronto,  on 
the  Slst  of  August,  1839,  and  is  the  eldest 
son    of  the  late  Colonel  George  T.  Denison, 
of  Rusholme,  in  the  same  city.      His  great 
grandfntber.  Captain  John  Denison,  of  the 
2nd    West  York    Uei^iment,  England,  came 
to  Canada  in  1702,  and  settled  in  Toronto 
in  1700.  On  themother^asidf,  LiouL-Ctdonel 
Denison  is  of  U.  £.  loyalist  descent.      His 
great  grandfather.  Captain  Hichard  Lippin- 
cott,  of  New  Jersey,  was  a  prominent  up- 
holder of  the  British  interest.      Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Denison  was  educated  at  Upper  Can- 
ada College,  and  is  an  LL.B.  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Toronto.     He  was  gazeticd    to  the 
active  militia  in  1855  as  cornet,  was  made  a 
major  in  1863,  and    was  promoted  to  the 
lieutenant-colonelcy  of   the  Governor-Gen- 
eral's Body  Guard  in  18CG,  which  rank  and 
command  he  still  holds.      In  1801.  he  was 
called  to  tho  bar,  and  on  the  20th  January, 
I80y,  married  Caroline  M»cklem,    daughter 
of  the  late  Oliver  T.  Maokloui,  of  Chippuwa, 
Chitario.       She  died   on  the  20th  Fobniary, 
188*~f.      Lieutenant-Colonel  Deniaon  sc-r\*e(i 
in  the  City  Council,  as  alderman  for  St.  Pat- 
rick's ivard,    during  the   years    1805*00-07. 
In  1800.  he  served  during  the  Fenian  raid, 
and  commanded  the  outposts  on  the  Ningara 
river,  in  the  fall  of  that  year,  under  Colonel 
Wulseley.  In  1872,  and  again  in  the  folJow< 
ing  year,  ho  was  sent  to  England  as   special 
fOommiasioner,  to  represent  the  Ontario  uov- 
iment  in  emigration   mattara.      In  1872,  | 


he  contested  Alcoma  for  the  House  of  Com' 
mens,  but  was  dfofeated  by  the  Hon.  J.  B« 
Kobinson.  In  1877,  he  waa  appointed  polii 
magistrate  for  the  City  of  Toronto,  and  uj 
1885  he  aerved  in  Uie  North- weal  rebellioo. 
His  literary  works  are  as  follow  :  1.  *•  Man- 
ual of  Outpost  Duties,"  published  in  Toronto 
in  1800.  2.  "Historyof  the  Ftinian  RAid,*" 
Toronto,  ISOfi.  3.  '•  MfKlem  Cavalry,' 
London,  England,  1868.  This  work,  tran- 
slated into  German,  was  published  at. Mun- 
ich in  180lf.  It  was  aleo  translated  into 
Russian,  and  published  at  St.  Petersburgi 
in  1872,  by  order  of  the  present  Czar.  It 
wss  also  translated  into  Hutif^rian,  and 
publiahed  at  Buda-Peath  in  1880.  In 
1874,  the  Emperor  of  Russia  offered  prizea 
for  the  beat  "  History  of  Cavalry.**  Licn- 
teuant-Colonel  Deniaon  competed,  and  \v(ls 
awarded  the  first  prize  of  five  tbousand  rt^n- 
bles.  He  visited  St.  Petersburg  or»  thia 
occasion,  and  was  presented  to  tlie  Emperor 
and  Empress  of  Russia.  This  work,  like  th« 
former,  has  been  translated  into  Bossian, 
German,  and  Hun(;arian.  This  is  a  work  of 
great  value,  and  is  a  standard  authority  on 
ita  subject  in  Europe.  He  received  for  it 
from  Lord  DufFerin  a  bronse  medal,  (/lonons 
cnusa).  In  1882,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Den- 
ison  wss  appointed  an  original  member  of 
the  KngUah  literature  section  of  the  Royal 
Society  of  Canada,  and,  dnrin;;  his  absence 
in  the  North-west,  in  1885,  was  elected 
president  of  the  section.  Lieu  terunt- Col  one! 
Denison  was  a  Conservative  in  politics  until 
the  Red  River  rebellion,  in  1870,  when,  dia- 
satistied  with  the  conduct  of  the  g^)\'ern* 
ment  in  their  treatment  of  Riel,  and  their 
apathy  in  reference  to  the  punishment  of 
the  murderers  of  Thomoa  8cott,  he  oppi»scd 
them,  and  cnniested  Algtmm  in  the  Kefomi 
interest  in  1872. 

Deniaon^  Ll.-Coloiiel  Fredorlrk 
Charlcn,  C.M.G.i  is  the  second  son  of  the 
late  Colonel  Getii^e  Taylor  Deniaiai,  of 
Rusholme,  Toronto.  He  was  born  22rid 
Nov.,  1840  ;  was  educated  at  Upper  Canada 
Cullege  ;  studied  law,  and  was  called  to  the 
bar  in  1870.  He  served  in  tho  administra* 
tive  battalion  at  Niagara  for  some  months 
in  1805,  as  lieutenant,  and,  on  ilie  ^<ith 
An}i!UBt,  of  the  aamo  year,  was  gazetted  cor- 
net in  the  Guveni'ir-Generars  Body  Guard, 
in  which  capacity  lie  served  during  the  Fe- 
nian raid  of  ItitUi,  on  the  Niagara  frimtier. 
He  was  gszt^ttifd  lieutenant  on  the  Gth  De* 
ci?mber,  1S07,  snd  served  as  orderly  offictr 
to  Lord  Wolseley,  on  the  Red  Rivor  expe- 
dition of  1870,  and  was  mentioned  in 
despatches.       He  was  appointed  captain  in 


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■ -""    TUAJor  in  1H7*S,  and  liotitenant-colonol 
1      Ou  Au«mt  2«th,  1884,  Lurd  Wol- 

^.^  ,  LtflQgrA{)bed  to  the    ((uvernor-Geoeral 

to  ori^iaB  «ad  aend  to   Kgypt  &  foroe  of 

CukAdiui  voyo^mrii,  to  aid  him  in  the  OAm* 

:  tn  ib«  Soudan  fur  the  relief  uf  Croueral 

"ti,  aud   sugk^ested  that  the  oouimand 

1  bo  given  lu  his  former  orderly  nflicer, 

xi\  Ao]iiired  cmuiderAbte  eiperionce 

loll  in  the  ft*d  River  expe- 

I        Lord    Lansdowno    telo- 

..   i-tter  to  Colonel  Ueiiison,  it  was 

Liid    Colonel  Deuisuu  at  otice  aet 

Hnd  an  the  15th  September, 

'i^ent    aviiled  frum  (Quebec. 

: <i « jiL-  MLivice    rendered  by  the  Oaua- 

iMjatnien    was  acknovrledged    on    all 

u^....^i^     Colonel  I>eni9oii  acooinpanied  Gen> 

«nil  Eorle'a  column,  and  took    part  in  the 

bMtie  of  Kirbekan.      He  was  mentioned  in 

AntpaTohf  by    Lord   Wolaeley,  and  also  by 

K4>r(l    Hartiiigtou,    who   moved  the  vote  of 

Uianks   to   the  troops  in  the  House  of  Cum- 

cnona.    For  his  services  in  thiscampai^,  he 

WM  inade  a  Companion  of  the  Order  of    St. 

Michael  and  St.    ( feor>;e.       On  his   return 

Uie    Suiidan,  he    vras    attacked    with 

fever,  and  was  detained  a  long  nine 

io  hospital  at  Cairo.        This  prevented  him 

&o«n   rettiruing   to   Canada  in  time  to  take 

part   in    the  North- west  campaign  with  the 

ISuvemor-Oeueral's    Body  Ciuard,  of  which 

ha  ks  t'  ■   \  'ittioer.        lie  is  the  author 

of  thr  :    d  Record  itf  the  Oovernor- 

QMMr-.  ^    i...;y  riiiard,"  with  its  standing 

orders,  and  ii  u  Fellow  of  thu  Royal  Ulator- 

ical  s<oc»ty  of    England.       He  repreieniod 

8t.  fSlephen's    wtrnl,    na  alderman,    for  the 

fv^t<  lsTH-T'.<-W-Hl.»;|.H4,  and  for  two  years 

;  tn  o(  the  executive   committee. 

nservfttire.       Oe    married  Julia 

'id     dau Khter    of    the     late 

i*m,  of  Chippewa,   Ontario, 

.-.'ad    \\>v\\,  1H74. 

Kmok,  Jnsr|ih,  Siiboim),  waa  bom  in 

i^ngUnd,  ou  the  IlUh 
I'll  la  were  Richard  and 
^lAnnu  I.  -^if^  iucEiard  Uritok  was  a  wool- 
Imi  Biaoufscliirer  lu  tlie  villAi;e  of  Putsey, 
Vackabixv.  In  \d>il  he  sot  uut  fnr  America, 
*DilMiUw<l  in  New  York  HtJite,  where  he  re- 
aacovdhis")!'!  ^ 'iimi  t.rturing  liuitinoHs.  After 
rep<al«d  r>  m  place  to  place  in  the 

V.   Stitea,  '  :    i  to  try  his  fortune   in 

CmimU.  In  lt(tl:^,  he  was  appointed  manager 
a€  Uhp  wearing  department  uf  I  he  Port  Dover, 
(Norfolk  cixinly),  woollen  radls.  He  re* 
at  port  Dover  thrve  years,  and  then 
to  Simcoe.  Here  he  (ymimenced 
(or   himself,  taking  inUi  partnor- 


ship  his  son,  Joseph,  the  subject  oF  this 
memoir.  The  firm  was  known  as  R. 
Brook  A  Son,  and  want  largely  into  the 
manufacture  of  cloths,  flannels,  tweeds. 
yarna,  etc.  Mr.  Brook,  senior,  died  in 
1872,  and  the  bueiness  was  ooutinued  by 
the  sons.  Mrs.  Brook  is  stilt  livmg.  Joseph 
Brook  was  educated  in  the  State  of  New 
York.  When  he  reached  his  twelfth  year,  he 
entered  the  employ  of  a  woollen  manufac- 
turer, and  he  acquainted  himself  with  the 
business,  and  here  remained  until  lHti4.  He 
then  came  to  Canada,  and  joined  his  father 
in  business.  In  1883,  ho  erected  a  mill 
for  the  manufacture  of  worsted  yarns,  and 
formed  a  joint  stock  company,  with  a  cap- 
ital  of  ^0,000.  Mr.  Brook  waa  appointed 
manager  of  the  enterprise,  and  holds  the 
pofltiion  up  to  the  present  time.  When  the 
mill  had  been  erected,  tbie  enterprising  com- 
pany at  once  ordered  machinery  from  Eng- 
land, and  Commenced  che  manufacture  of  all 
kinds  of  woollen  goods  ;  and,  from  the  first 
day  that  the  wheels  began  to  revolve,  it 
has  carried  on  a  very  successful  business. 
The  products  of  the  establishment  go  to 
every  part  of  Canada,  and  the  quality  of 
tho  goods  is  a  credit  to  our  young  country. 
The  company  employs  fifty  nands  the  year 
round.  Mr.  Brook's  own  mills,  already  re- 
ferred to,  carry  on  a  large  and  profitabla 
trade  ;  but,  of  omrse,  its  relations  are  of  a 
local  nature.  Mr.  Brook  i«  a  Freemaiun, 
being  junior  warden  of  Norfolk  Lodge,  No. 
10,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  likewise  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Ancient  Ordac  of  United  Work- 
men. He  is  a  Methodist,  and  a  Liberal- 
Conaervstive.  Mr.  Brook  married,  in  18C4, 
Setiua,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Elizabeth 
Barber,  of  the  City  of  Auburn,  New  York 
state.  Mr.  Barber  came  to  Canada  about 
five  yearn  at{o^  and  established  woollen  mills 
at  Port  Elgin,  Ontario,  where  he  now  carries 
on  operatiims,  his  firm  being  known  aa  A. 
Barber  xSl  Sons 

VerruK  Georifc  W.,  Alderman,  To- 
rontii,  was  born  on  the  5th  March,  1821),  in 
Seaford,  Sussex,  Kngland.  Being  of  a  deli- 
cate constitution,  he  was  not  sent  to  school 
until  he  waa  abtmt  twelve  years  of  age,  and 
then  he  entered  a  private  boarding  schwtl  iu 
the  town  of  Lewis,  the  principal  iHstng  Mr. 
Button,  and  at  the  schowl  he  remained  for 
about  two  yoara.  and  received  n  fair  common 
school  education.  After  leaving  school  be 
paid  a  short  visit  home,  and  at  tlie  age  of 
fourteen,  he  sailed  for  Canada,  and  landed 
in  Toronto  in  1842.  Un  his  arrival,  fttr, 
Verral,  who  had  been  reared  in  comfort, 
was  obliged  to  begin  at  gardening  io  sum- 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


nier,  and  to  drive  a  team  in  winter.  After 
reoiaining  at  this  buainesA  for  some  time  he 
went  to  the  village  of  Woaton,  in  1845,  and 
worked  on  a  farm  for  Mr.  Downey,  for  the 
pitrpofie  ••{  tearnini^  the  Byst4;]n  of  farming 
in  Canada.  He  rem&Jned  for  about  one 
and  a  half  years,  and,  in  1847,  returned  to 
Torontt.*.  Having  now  a  great  deaire  to  deal 
in  hones,  he  took  charge  as  manager  of  some 
of  the  prmcipa)  stables  in  Toronto,  and  for 
some  timo  continued  at  this  business.  He 
then  entered  the  employ  of  the  Grand  Trunk 
cttntractors'  8»irveyor«,  and  remained  with 
them  for  6ve  years.  Once  again  the  desire 
for  horse-dealing  grew  upon  hmi,  and  about 
the  year  18o5,  he  Kaif^ht  a  cab  and  appur- 
tenances, and  established  himself  in  the  cab 
and  livery  business.  From  that  date  he  has 
continued  in  ibis  business,  and  has  at  the 
present  time  one  of  the  largest  coup6,  cab 
and  livery  establishments  in  the  City  of  To- 
ronto. In  1884,  Mr.  A'erral  was  elected 
alderman  for  St.  Oeorge's  ward,  and  in  1880 
was  re-elected  by  acclamation.  Ho  has  been 
a  member  of  St.  George's  Society  for  some 
years.  About  the  year  18Go  he  returned  to 
the  old  country  on  a  pleasure  trip,  taking 
with  him  one  of  his  children,  George  W. 
Yerral,  who  remained  in  England  for  about 
nine  years,  and  coming  back  in  1874,  he 
concluded  his  studies  at  the  Cummercial 
College,  Toronto.  Again,  in  1882,  Mr,  Ver- 
ral  crossed  the  r>ceau,  and  visited  points  of 
interest  in  England  and  Scotlsnd.  In  re- 
ligion he  is  a  member  of  tho  churcli  of  Kn^;- 
land.  In  politics  he  is  a  Keformer.  Ho 
married,  in  1855,  Ann  Farley,  of  Toronto, 
by  whom  he  has  had  eight  childreu.  The 
eldest  is  George  W.  Verrul,  who  now  assists 
in  the  management  of  ihe  business  with  his 
father.  In  1884  Mr.  Vurral  opened  another 
stftble  on  Queen  street  east,  Toronto,  and 
has  placed  his  second  son,  Charlf^s  K.  Ver- 
ral,  in  charge  thereof.  In  public  life  Mr. 
Verral  is  a  great  favourite,  and  through 
his  kindly  manners,  has  in  social  life  many 
friends.  His  career  has  always  Ijeen  upward 
and  onward. 

Bngot,  Mir  Cliarlca,  Baronet,  G.C.B., 
was  bom  on  tho  2;ird  of  September,  1781, 
at  Blithfield,  in  the  Cotinty  of  Stafford, 
where,  since  a  period  prior  to  tho  Norman 
conquest,  his  ancestors  had  lived.  He  waa 
the  second  son  of  William,  Lord  Bagot, 
and  Louisa,  daughter  of  Viscount  St,  Jobn, 
brother  and  heir  of  the  celebrated  Boling- 
broke,  whom  Pope  addresses  in  his  opening 
of  the  "  Kasay  on  Man."  Ho  married  Lady 
Mary,  daughter  of  tho  third  Earl  of  Mom- 
ington,  brother  of  tho  Duke  of  Wellington, 


by  whom  he  left  three  sons  and  five  dangh 
tors.  Sir  Charles  entered  public  life  iiv 
ISOfi,  as  Under-Secretary  of  State  for  foreiatv 
affairs,  at  the  time  when  Mr.  Channinic  held 
the  seals  of  that  department  in  the  Duke  cf 
Portland's  Hdministratiou.  In  1814  he  wa« 
aent  on  a  special  niisaiou  to  Paris  ;  he  ynm 
afterwards  Bp]H.iinted  successiory  ]deiiipo* 
tentiary  to  the  United  States,  and  ambas* 
aador  to  St.  Pt-tersburg  and  the  Hagne. 
When  Lord  Amherst  returned  from  India., 
he  was  otTered  the  vieeroynhip,  but  ilk 
health  forbwde  his  acceptance  of  the  otlice. 
In  1811  he  '.vaa  requested  by  the  Earl  of 
Derby  (then  lionl  Stanley),  to  undertake 
the  governorship  of  the  British  North 
American  colonies,  which  ofiice  he  accepted*. 
entering  on  his  duties  on  the  lOlh  of  Janu- 
ary, 1842.  When  the  Liberals  heard  that 
ho  was  coming  they  put  up  their  hands  in 
dismay.  Sir  Charles  was  a  tor^',  and  thi* 
WAS  the  time  wlien  responsible  government 
was  trembling  in  the  balance  ;  and  the  tori 
who  thought  that  if  jtower  got  into  th«i! 
handa  of  the  people,  the  country  nonld 
run  into  anarchy  and  ruin,  nut  up  their 
hands  in  gratitude  when  he  landed  ;  ba 
Sir  Charles  was  not  a  weak  man  like  Sir 
Francis  Bond  Head,  who  followed  those  wh 
were  nearest  to  his  ear.  He  set  himself 
to  work  to  ascertain  the  political  conditma 
of  the  country,  and  to  see  if  the  Libern 
party  had  any  groimds  for  tho  or>mplainta 
of  evil  treatment  which  they  had  been 
BO  persistently  making.  And  Ids  investi 
gatuin  led  him  Ui  the  belief  that  they 
had  grounds  ;  therefore,  in  choosing  his  ad 
visers,  he  took  into  his  ounfidence  ropreseii 
tatives  from  the  French  province  who  hith- 
erto had  been  studiously  ignored,  and  re- 
formers from  LTpper  Canada,  with  the  wise 
and  high-minded  Robt^rt  Baldwin  at  their 
head.  When  the  toriea  saw  this  they  were 
covered  with  consternation,  and  muttered. 
in  great  trepidation  that  the  Christian  had 
turned  Turk.  Under  hiB  rt(finit  Mr.  Hiuoktt 
waa  inspector-general  ;  Mr.  Ualdwin,  alUir 
ney-genoral  west ;  M.  Lafontaine,  attor- 
ney-general east;  M.  Morin,  cf)mmi»sioner 
of  crown  lands,  and  Mr.  Aylwin,  solicitor- 
general.  Unfortunately,  at  that  time,  for 
Canada,  this  wise  and  best  of  statesmen  did 
not  see  the  end  of  his  full  term.  In  1 
his  health  so  failed  him  that  he  asked  to 
be  recalled,  and  he  waa  succeeded  by  Sir 
Charles  Metcalfe.  Sir  Charles  Bagot  died 
a  few  months  after  his  return  to  England, 
leaving  a  name  that  was  uublemiahed,  and 
one  that  ought  never  to  be  forgottea  by  any  ' 
true  Canadian . 


I 


CANADIAN  BIOOBAFBY. 


S4» 


'mn  f-r,  Pnlrick,  Iftte  of  Halifax,  wbb 
\ilm«<-*thotna#,  in  Uje  County  of 
..:.  IreUni].  on  the  17th  March, 
He  wo*  (he  ei<;hth  rhild,  and  second 
l-i*A  r.tn-  und  Kikth&nne  Power  of 
vvs«  (he  youngest  of  the 
!  iiiaturo  ftjje— »  aiater 
'ho  «nu  youiif^vr  than  ho  havini;  dit'd  when 
He  eiiiii^ratmi  to  Nuva  Scotia  when 
[ht  yeam  uf  age.  twin^  preceded  by 
>er  and  aonio  of  the  «lder  children, 
fcthe  remainder  went  from  Waterford 
Halifax  in  the  same  ahip  with  himaeU. 
iired  in  Halifax  with  ono  of  iiia  siaters 
wNne  years,  and  went  to  school.  After- 
Varda*  wbUe  yet  a  boy,  he  went  to  An- 
lifOaiah,  where  his  elder  brother,  David,  was 
and  where  he  pursued  liia  itadiea 
'hat  further.  Uia  vdMcatiou  waa  of  the 
land  at  that  time  hestuwed  hy  ordinary  Kn- 
gliah  achooU.  In  or  about  the  year  1832  he 
mni  into  buaineaa  in  >ialifax,  as  a  merch&nt. 
in  mmpany  with  a  brother-in-law,  nained 
RJDg.  The  co-i>HrtnerBhip  did  not  last  very 
loo^,  and  Mr.  l^'owur,  alter  ita  diasohitioii, 
tt  into  Sniineas  for  bimaelf.  In  October. 
Lt.  He  nmmed  Kllen,  the  eldest  child  of 
and  KathariDc  IJaul,  a  native  of  the 
Waterford,  whote  parents  had  em- 
while  she  wa»  still  an  infant.  Mr. 
'  id  un  an  exteuaivo  businesa  aa  a 
from  a  period,  aomu  three  years 
marriaf|>e,  up  to  the  date  of  his 
For  some  yeara  the  struggle  against 
llUioa  was  severe,  but  the  obstacles 
Minnountvd  ;  and  during  the  last 
fcVMkfcf  yeara  of  his  life,  ho  was  in  easy 
cireitwiatan nea.  For  some  yeara  before  his 
th  tut  waa  a  director  of  the  People's 
nk  of  Halifax.  At  an  early  age  Mr. 
raw«r  b^aji  to  take  an  interest  in  public 
even  hefore  his  marriage  waa  a 

"  active  meml^er  ^'f  the  Liberal 

pMTtf.  at  that  time  led  hy  Hon.  Mr  Howe.  In 
I84H  he  waa  apj-x>intod  a  justice  of  the  peace 
for  lh«  County  uf  Halifax.  He  also  served 
ft  Ifim  of  three  years  as  alderman  for  Ward 
of  the  City,  his  term  beginning  on 
lat,  1851,  Me  was  appointed  a  cora- 
of  the  ViHiT  Asylum  and  Pro- 
itsJ  and  City  HiMpital,  in  or  about  the 
1H57,  and  oontiuued  to  serve  until  the 
•n  of  the  Hoard  of  Comniiuioners  in 
He  attrved  aa  a  commissioner  of 
ila  for  the  City  of  Halifax  for  several 
and  nnon  his  rcsifpiaiion,  in  the 
ualSAA  of  1860,  waa  succeeded  by  his  8«in, 
wbo  o«Ottpied  the  position  for  ten  years.  Mr. 
for  very  many  yeara  a  proiniuent 
aciir«  member  uf  the  Charitable  Iriah 


Society  of  Halifax,  in  which  body  he  filled 
at  dilferont  times  various  offices,  including 
the  presidency.  When  thu  dithcultiea 
occurred,  which  led  to  the  withdrawal  by  the 
Roman  catholics  of  their  allegiance  from  the 
Liberal  lenders,  it  waa  with  much  difficulty 
that  Mr.  Power  elected  Ui  side  with  the 
mass  of  his  co-religionists.  He  saw  that  there 
were  faults  on  both  sidea,  and  knew  thnt,  if 
harsh  thinf{s  were  aaid  and  wntt«*n  on  the 
one  aide,  there  had  been  not  a  little  provo- 
cation from  the  other.  While  ho  always 
took  a  deep  interest  in  politics,  ho  had  no 
wish  to  occupy  any  recognized  public  posi* 
tion,  and  being  constitutionally  retiring,  and 
somewhat  nervous,  shrank  from  s[«aking  in 
public,  or  even  ap[>earinL;  on  platfonns  at 
large  gatherings.  Owin^  to  his  lack  of  am- 
bition and  retiring  dis]>«)9ition,  and  possibly 
til  stime  extent  to  a  feeling  that  attention  to 
hi«  legialative  duties  would  be  inconsistent 
with  a  due  regard  to  the  interests  of  hia 
varied  and  extensive  business,  Mr.  Power 
declined  a  nomination  for  the  County  of 
Halifax,  at  a  time  when  the  nomination  wua 
eciuivalent  to  an  election.  He  was,  how- 
ever, forced  from  his  voluntary  retirement 
by  the  agitation  that  arose  in  Nova  Scotia, 
upon  the  publication  of  the  proceedings  of 
the  union  conference  held  at  Quebec  ia 
18t}4.  As  most  of  the  prominent  pol- 
iticians in  the  province  favoured  the  con- 
federation  scheme,  the  op^iositiuu  to  it  was 
of  necessity  championed  by  the  business 
men.  Meetings  were  held,  an  anti-confed- 
erate organi/ation  was  established,  and  its 
members  set  vigorously  to  work  to  defeat 
what  they  regarded  as  a  pernicious  and  un- 
patriotic achenie.  In  this  organisatiun  and 
agitation,  Mr.  Power  waa  prominent  and 
active,  and  took  part  in  some  public  meet- 
ings. When  the  union  wrasaii  accompUshed 
fact,  he  hesitated  long  to  yield  to  the  wishes 
of  his  co-labourers  in  the  pofmlar  cause, 
and  become  a  candidate  for  the  House  of 
Commona.  While  he  was  in  this  state  of 
indecieiuu,  an  offer  of  a  seat  in  the  Legia- 
lative  Oounoil  of  Kova  Scotia  waa  made  to 
him,  subject  to  no  condition  whatever.  Mr. 
i*ower  might  continue  to  be  an  sjiti'coixfed- 
ate,  and  to  work  with  his  old  }>olitioal 
friends  if  he  chose.  But  he  knew  tlukt  the 
object  was  to  remove  all  pf>ssibiiity  of  hia 
becoming  a  c^iudidate  at  the  approaching 
election,  and  it  was  generally  understood, 
that  if  he  were  removed  from  the  tiold,  Doo- 
Uit  (now  Sir)  Charles  Tupjier  would  be  one 
of  the  K<^vernmeut  candidates  fur  tliu  County 
uf  Halifax.  At  the  some  time  that  the  seal 
iu  thu  Council,  either  fur  liimself  or  his  son. 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


Buhjed  only  to  the  (xindition  that  Mr.  Power 
should  not  becuine  a  candidmto  at  the  eleo* 
tion,  was  [ilnced  ui  his  dis|tu»H},  nti  intima- 
tion wits  made  froiu  a  v«ry  intluential  (quar- 
ter that  a  r«fuaal  to  accept  the  offer,  mttde 
on  bebdf  of  the  goTemment,  would  be  fol- 
lowed by  aerioua  coiuequenoea  to  hirnaelf 
and  hia  family.  Mr.  Power  promptly  de- 
clined the  olTefj  and  from  that  time  forward 
there  was  no  hesitation  on  his  part  as 
to  his  candidature.  In  September,  1867, 
his  colleague,  Mr.  Jones,  afterwards  uiin' 
later  of  militia,  and  he  were,  notwith- 
atanding  very  extraordinary  meaanrea  taken 
to  aecure  their  defeat,  olectud  by  a  hand- 
some majority  over  the  govemmont  caiidi- 
datea  fcir  the  representation  of  the  County  of 
Halifax  iu  the  House  of  Cumraoiis.  After 
the  overwhehning  defeat  of  the  unionist 
party  at  the  general  election  of  September, 
1H07,  a  Cfmvention  of  the  victorious  candi- 
datea  for  the  Commons  and  I»ca1  Assembly 
was  held  in  Halifax.  The  nec;eaaary  ate[« 
were  taken  to  fonn  a  local  government,  and 
Bonit)  cousideratiun  was  given  to  the  course 
most  desirable  to  be  pursued  by  tlie  Do- 
minion members  elect.  Mr.  Uowe,  Mr. 
Annand  and  Mr.  Jared  C.  Troop  were  about 
proceeding  on  a  delegation  to  England  to 
make  an  effort  to  secure  a  repeal  of  the 
union,  the  enactment  of  which  the  petitions 
cf  the  people  of  Kova  Scotia  had  been  im- 
able  to  prevent,  and  it  was  Buggostcd  that 
the  case  of  the  delegates  would  be  not  a 
little  strengthened  if  the  members  chosen 
to  the  HousB  of  Ci>nuuons  refrained  from 
attending  the  then  approaching  session  of 
the  Dominion  Parliament.  Only  three 
members  were  prepared  to  adopt  the  course 
indicated.  They  wore  Mr.Carmiohael,of  Pic- 
ton  ;  the  late  Mr.  Chipman,  of  Kings,  and 
Mr.  Power.  Aft«r  the  failure  of  the  repeal 
delegation,  Mr.  Power  allied  himself  to  the 
Liberal  party  iu  the  House  of  OouimonSf 
but  was  never  what  is  known  as  a  thick  and 
thin  supporter  of  his  leaders.  He  always 
felt  that  confederation  was  a  bad  thing  for 
the  Province  of  Nova  Scotia  at  large,  and 
for  the  City  of  Halifax  in  particular  ;  so  that 
while  ho  gave  a  general  supp<;rt  to  the  Lib- 
eral loaduns.  it  was  aimply  to  him  a  choice  of 
the  less  of  two  evils,  and  his  sentiments  to- 
wards the  two  great  parties  of  Canada  were 
not  unlike  those  entertained  by  Mercutio 
towards  the  Capulets  and  Montagues.  A 
remarkable  instance  of  hia  independence 
was  afforded  by  his  conduct  with  respect  to 
the  Washington  Treaty.  When  that  meas- 
ure was  before  the  House  of  Commona,  Mr. 
Power,   feeling  convinced  that  the  effect  of 


the  treaty  upon  his  own  province  would 
good,  did  not  hesitate  to  sever  himself  fro 
hia  party,  and  delivered  a  speech  iu  favour 
of  the  adoption  of  the  treaty,  which  showed 
a  more  intimat**  practical  knowledge  of  its 
probable  working  in  the  Lower  Provinoeai 
than  any  other  which  was  made  cm  that 
ooGBflion.  In  1872  Mr.  Power  and  his  col- 
league, Mr.  Jones,  were  defeated  at  the  geo 
eral  election^  but  were  again  elected  iu  1H74« 
Mr.  Power,  who  had  been  delicate  from  in 
fancy  upward,  had  a  serious  attack  of  illneM 
in  the  autumn  of  1877,  from  which  he  never 
altogether  recovered,  and  hia  parliamentai 
frionda  noticed,  during  the  sesaion  of  1878, 
that  a  marked  change  had  taken  place  in 
him.  The  urgent  solicitations  of  his  political 
allies  and  supporters  induced  him,  nincK 
against  his  will,  to  become  a  candidate 
the  general  election  of  that  year  ;  and  the 
minister  of  militia  and  he  were  overwhelm- 
ed by  thu  tidal  wave  which  then  swept  over 
the  Dominion.  His  own  defeat  did  not  co 
Mr.  Power  a  pang,  aa  he  had  lost  moat  ul 
hia  interest  in  matters  of  earth,  and  turned 
his  thoughts  more  and  more  upon  spiritual 
things  with  each  anccoeding  year.  Hia  life 
after  1 878  offers  nothing  to  the  chronicler 
that  would  poaseas  much  interest  t-o  thfti 
reader.  Hia  vital  powers  gradually  failed; 
and  he  passed  away  calmly,  and  alm< 
without  pain,  on  the  23nl  of  Fub- 
ruary,  1881,  within  three  weeks  of  the  cloae 
of  hia  aixty-sixth  year.  By  liis  will,  he  left 
the  greater  portion  of  hia  properly  for 
religiuUB  and  charitable  purposes  iu  conne 
tion  with  the  Roman  catholic  church,  0 
which  he  had  always  been  a  zealous  and  ac- 
tive niember.  When  the  charitable  society 
of  8t  Vincent  de  Paul  was  eat&blished 
in  Halifax,  Mr.  Power  joined  it,  and 
oontiuued  hia  membership  for  the  thin 
yeara  which  intervened  between  that  dat 
and  his  death.  Hia  charity  was  of  the 
bzxiadest  and  best  kind.  Hia  gifts  were 
limited  to  no  place  or  creed,  and  wen 
largely  of  the  kind  mentioned  in  Scripture 
done  in  secret.  As  a  conaeciuenoe  of  \\^M 
general  mode  of  life,  and  of  his  many  gifta 
for  charitable  and  religious  purposes,  Mr. 
Power  was,  on  the  19th  of  July,  1870,^ 
made  a  Knight  of  the  Order  of  St.  Greg«*ry 
the  Great,  by  Pope  Pius  IX.  In  politics 
and  in  business,  Mr.  Powers  course  waa 
characterized  by  caution,  acutenesa,  sound 
j  udgment,  originality,  independence  and 
tenacity  of  purpose.  His  moral  record  was 
without  a  blemish  ;  and  if  in  doraeetic  and 
social  life  he  had  any  defect,  it  was  that  of 
showing   much  less  than   he   felt.     By  hia 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPBT. 


251 


-  — -!an,  ftbove-mentfoned,  Bfr.  Power  had 
caildrBD,  fire  aona  &nd  three  daughters. 
«i»>  trld«Bi child,  and  unly  surriving  son,  ia 
AlB#iBb«rof  the  Senat«  of  Oazuida,  having 
iHcn  enlled  to  that  bodjr  in  February,  1877. 
Hi»  MCirind  son,  John,  died  in  infancy.    His 
ridatft  daofthter,  Katharine,    became    a  re* 
l^oua  of  the  order  of  the  Saored  Heart,  and 
dt«d  It  MKnhattaovilte  m  April,  1871.     His 
:k.  was  loat  iu  the  tteaniBbip, 
,   in   the  winter  of  1870,  to- 
fiuU««<  m\\.h  Mr.  Barron,  a  busineas  partner 
of  Mr    Howe's      The  fourth  aon,  Edmund, 
•'  ■    '■  "v'«Je«utt  College,  Montreal, 

iroin  the  et!ecti  of  a  fall  on 
lit   jiJa^i^ri'una,    being    then  fifteen    years 
■id  fthjuf  old.     The  youngest  son,  Darid, 
diad  vheti  aboat  three yeara  and  a  half  old. 
Jfr,  Power'*  aecoud  dau^fhter,  Mary,  is  the 
wife  of  Judge  Mclaaac.  of  Anti^onish,  and 
bai  third  daughter  and  young^it  child.  Ellen, 
ii  ft   ri-lioii.M«  ..f   the  Sacred   Heart,   and  ia 
lied  at  Atlantic  City,  N*?w 
Powor.    who  aurviveil  her 
\  alive  and  in  the  eDJoyment 
y  robust  health. 
'».  C'al%lti,  Picton,  Ontario. 
'  Ooimty  of  Prince  Edward, 

(  .  ut  )f*ri>h,   18*J5.      He  is  a  son 

<■  .    Curry  and  Harriet  Hill,      His 

faUiktu  VIU4  A  native  of  County  Down,  Ire- 
land, and  Lis  mother  waa  a  descendant  of  a 
V  ''  .  Aliat  family,  and  belonged  to 
\'  '*ard.     The  family  settled  in  the 

w-u-^i^.  .  i  H«lUwell,  in  1820.  The  family 
aA  ihm  worthy  couple  numbered  eighteen 
cfcildrv"  '-^^  •on*  and  eiyht  daughters , 
Oeotv-  second  child.    He  remained 

Hpos  ^-        3  fiu-ni  until  he  was  fourteen 

v«An  old,  when  ho  waa  indentured  as  clerk  to 
D.  R.8t«r«aA00,  general  merchant  of  Pieton. 
Piier  to  Mit«nng  this  employ,  he  hod  at- 
tettdml  tlM  Urminmar  sohtH'I  at  Picton,  and 
a  VpoA  EngUah  education.  He 
with  Mr.  Strrenson  fur  tive  years, 
ihm  xmrm  aet  in  his  aidenlures.  after  which 
hm  Langlit  aehotil    for  Mwvf-rmt  years  in  the 


ltat|ui.- 
IAJI*  charvv 
Kdici,  ttfta/aetunfrs 
ftt    l»»H4^i,       TH- 
»av«r«J  y^am.  ai> 


time  after  he  re 
of    teacher,    to 

iJif  rjtijiiije«  of  3.  Wilsfm  it 
uf  (arraitii;  imptementa. 

f    Utsted    for 

^  purchased 

a  hmH  intemt  in  ;. , ...    .. .  ;<.•!  on  by  the 

late  Ilkvid  Difclcor,  and  thn  lirm  became 
Aisuvti  (M  IliLor  A  Curry,  niannfocturersof 
imnUi..  nta.     In  this  buaincaa  Mr. 

Curry  \    fur   tiru   years,    when   he 

I  Uta  luivreat  In  tl,  Aiid  joined  M  a 
with  W.  P.  Reynolds,  iii  a  m«roui- 


tile  business,  under  the  name  of  Curry  As 
Keyn<ilds,which  was  carried  on  with  good 
success  for  nineteen  years.  In  1882,  how- 
ever, Mr.  Curry  sold  his  xnterM&t  to  bis 
partner,  and  retired  from  active  buaineas. 
He  then  accepted  the  oftice  of  police  magis- 
trate for  the  County  of  Prince  Edward,  and 
this  poaitiun  he  still  holds,  discharging  his 
duties  with  unmistakable  ability  and  gen- 
eral satisfaction.  Mr.  Curry  has  held  various 
ottices  in  municipal  aflairs.  in  1873  he  waa 
Warden  of  the  county,  was  reeve  of  the 
town  of  Picton  for  several  temu,  and  coun- 
cillor  for  many  years.  He  has  been  a  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  for  nearly  forty  years.  To 
Mr.  Curry  is  largely  due  the  cre*lit  of  con- 
stmoting  the  town  hill  and  county  ottices, 
all  of  which  are  a  credit  to  the  county,  and 
monunieni-s  to  the  public  spirit  of  ita  citi- 
zens. While  in  jiartnership  with  Mr,  Rey- 
nolds Mr.  Curry  engaged  in  shipbuilding  on 
his  own  account  solely  ;  and  he  budtneveral 
schooners  wbich  are  now  engaged  in  take 
trathe,  and  he  atill  owns  an  interi-st  in  some 
of  them.  Mr.  Curry  has  always  been  a 
staunch  supporter  of  Reform  principlca, 
and  is  now  looked  upon  as  a  leader  in  ths 
rauksof  that  party.  He  is  an  adherent  of 
the  Meth(»dist  churchy  which  was  th^  church 
of  his  fathers.  He  married  on  the  I4th 
April,  1857,  Catherine  Richards,  ailaughter 
of  John  Richards,  a  farmer  of  the  township 
of  Helliwell,  and  a  descendant  of  old  U.E. 
loyalist  stock.  By  this  lady  he  has  three 
surviving  children,  two  sons  and  one  daujfh- 
ter.  The  eldest  is  in  business  as  a  druggist 
at  Gore  Ray,  Manitoulin  Island,  The  daugh- 
ter married  the  Rev.  J.  M.  Hodsun,  R. A., 
a  minister  of  the  Methodist  church  of 
Canada.  The  youngest  son  resides  with 
his  parents. 

iViilih,  nirhnel,  Barristcrat-l^w, 
Ingersoll,  Oiitorjo,  was  born  in  Ingersoll, 
County  of  Oxford,  on  the  25th  of  November, 
1838.  His  parents  were  John  Walsh  and 
Jane  Crotty.  They  came  from  Neaagh, 
Ireland,  and  settled  in  Ingersoll  in  18:C 
Young  \Valsh  whs  educated  at  the  lit^wr- 
soil  public  and  grammar  8cho«%la,  and  upon 
completing  his  fducational  studif>a,  he  en- 
tered the  law  uthce  of  James  McCaughey, 
LL.R.,  iul801.  He  pursued  his  studies  here 
for  four  years,  when  he  procee«led  to  To- 
ronto, and  entered  the  uffice  of  the  Huu. 
Stephen  Richards,  where  he  remained  for  a 
year,  completing  his  course.  After  being 
admitted  to  the  Rar  he  was  in  the  otlice  of 
Mr.  Spencer  for  one  year ;  and  then  re- 
turned t-o  infienoU,  where  he  entered  into 
partuership   with  Mr.   MoCauKhey,    under 


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A  CYCLOVMDIA  OF 


the  name  of   McCaughey  &.  Walsh.     Thin 
partnership   laaUd    till    1878,    since    irbich 
time  he  has  conduotcd  buaineu  in  his  own 
name  unly.       D\iring  the   Trtnt    difficulty 
Mr.  Wnlsh  wiu  a  private  in  the  In^eraoll 
Infantry  Cnmpaoy.     Ho  attended  the  Lon- 
don Military  ach^K*!  in  ]Bf>5,  and  took  a  cap- 
tain's certificate  nndor  the  IGlh   Uegiment 
of  Foot.     He  was  summnned  to  the  first  en- 
campment  of  cadeta   at  Laprairie,  in  Sep- 
tember,   18li5,    for   three    weeks  drill  and 
inspection.      The    camp    was  comj>osed    of 
1,100   military  c«d«t8,    divided    into   tliree 
battalions  ;  two  of  theao  were  Knglish  and 
one  French-speaking  ;  and  theae  att«rwards 
became  th«  rifticera  of  the  volunteer  fiirce  of 
Ontario  imd  (Quebec.      We  may  say  that  our 
subject  left  Rch(tol  in  his  twenty- fourth  year  ; 
and  in  later  lifo  he  held  the  poaitiou  of  school 
trustee  for  some  years.     He  ia   a  direot«tr 
and  alB«)  the  secretary  of  the  In^orsull  and 
Thnmeaford     Gravel    Koad    Company,       In 
184»ll  he  joined  the    Freemaaons,  in  King 
Hiram    Lodge,   Nn.  3V,  IngeraoU,   and  be- 
came  junior  warden.     In  1884  he  became 
master  of  the  lodge,  and  thia  oosition  he 
Btili  holds.     He  haa  viaitcdthe  old  country, 
apendin;;,  in  1875,  lix  weeks  in  Ireland,  and 
viait«d    the  most    important    pointa.     Mr. 
Walsh    is  an  Episcopalian,  and   a  Liberal- 
Conservative.       He    always    haa    taken    a 
Kealous  part  in  the  cause  of  his  own  poli- 
tical party,  and  baa    for    fuur   years  been 
secretary  of  the  Liberal-ConaMrvAtive  Asso- 
ciation of  South  Oxford.  Mr.  Walsh,  senior, 
we  may  add,  waa  a  farmer  in  Canada.    Mrs. 
Walah  came  of  a  prominent  old  Irish  family. 
Her  father,  Mr.  Crotty,  waa  descended,  on 
the  mother's  aide,    from  a  Spanish  family 
named  Antony,  who  settled  in  the  south  of 
Ireland  a  couple  of  centuries  before.     The 
late  Ct»lonel   Crotty  waa  a  member  of  the 
same    family.        Miaa   Crotty   married    the 
father  of  our  aubject  in  Canada,  and  she  ia 
still  alive,  and  in  the  enjoyment  of  oicellent 
healili.      During  the  rebellion  of  1837,  Mr. 
WmIsIi,  senior,  took  an  active   part  on  the 
loyalist  side  aa  aer^eant    in  Her  Majeaty'a 
forces.      He  is  still  alive,  and  enjoys  j^ood 
health,  thoutjih  now  verging  upon  his  eight- 
ieth year.       There  waa  a   family   of  eight 
children,    of    whom    our    subject   w»a    the 
eldest. 

Wood,  John  Flnhcr,  M.  P..  Brock- 
viUe,  was  bom  in  the  township  of  Elixubcth- 
town,  County  of  Lewis,  Ontario,  on  the  12th 
October,  1852.  Mr.  Wood  cornea  of  a  good, 
sturdy  Scotch  atock  upon  hia  father'a  aide, 
he  being  John  Wood,  a  railroad  contractor, 
who  came  from  Dundee,  Scotland,  and  aet- 


tle<l  at  Brockville.  Mr.  Wood,  aen..  m 
ried  Ann,  daughter  of  the  lato  Thomas 
Wadden,  of  BaUycaatlo,  County  of  Mayo 
Ireland,  who  waa  the  mother  of  the  aubj 
of  our  sketch.  When  a  boy  Mr.  Wood 
oeived  a  careful  elementary  training,  and  in 
due  time  entered  the  Fanuersville  Grammar 
school,  and  when  he  left  that  inatitution  b 
had  a  good  English  education.  Wttho 
any  delay,  the  law  waa  chosen  for  him,  and 
by  him.  At  the  Easier  term  in  1870  he  waa 
called  to  the  bar  of  Ontario,  and  immedi- 
ately began  the  practice  of  liia  profession. 
Mr.  Wood's  legal  buainesa  began  to  grow  with 
great  rapidity,  and  he  waa  soon  found  ti»  W 
a  capable,  and  at  the  annie  time  a  relmbK 
lawyer,  which  aatiafied  hia  clienta.  Altli'iiuli 
ancccaaful  in  hia  calling,  he  haa  been  enabled 
to  devote  a  goml  deal  of  hia  attention  to 
projects  outaide  of  his  profession.  He  is 
atilicitur  for  the  counties  of  LeedaandOreu- 
ville,  and  soliuitor  for  the  Bruckvitie  Build 
ing  and  Savings  Society.  He  ia  likewi 
vice-president  of  the  Brockville,  West 
and  Sault  St.  Marie  Railn»ad,  which  wai 
subdiilized  by  the  Dominion  Parliament  last 
aeasion  (1885).  In  1882,  Mr.  Wood  offered 
himself  for  the  Doinini<m  Parliament  for 
Brockville,  and  was  elected,  and  now  eiM">» 
a  very  high  place  in  thereapect  of  the  !(•  i--^ 
of  Commona,  and  is  frequently  pointed  to  an 
a  coming  man.  His  politics  are  deep-seate>i 
Con.«ervfttiam. 

Tiiruhiill,  JaiiiC!S  B.A.,  Clinton,  On- 
tario, waa  born  on  tlio  Teviot,  a  few  milea 
from  Kelso,  in  Roxburghahire,  Scotland » 
on  the  15th  of  May,  1831.  Hia  }«ren 
were  William  TurnbuU  and  Elizabe 
Cairns.  Young  TurnbuU  received  his  ear! 
educational  instruction  at  tlie  parish  achoot 
in  Eckford  andthepublic  school  of  Hawick, 
reapectively.  Thence  he  entered  the  high 
achool  at  Woodstock,  Ontario.  Thia  ach*>>l 
waa  nndor  the  maatership  of  the  late  Mr. 
Strachan.  He  completed  his  oounse  at  the 
University  of  Toronto,  where  he  apeiit  '  ' 
years,  taking  high  honours  in  claa^) 
matriculation,  during  hia  ttrst  and  strcnu 
years.  He  graduated,  in  lH<iI,  taking  away 
the  gold  medal  for  modem  languagea.  With 
respect  to  Mr.  TurnbuH's  connection  with 
public  offices,  wo  may  say  that  he  was  f">r 
five  years  tirst  vioe-preaideutof  the  Mechan- 
ics* Institute  at  Clinton,  and  for  the  soc- 
ceeding  five  and  ahalf  years  waa  president 
of  the  same  institute.  He  has  frei|uently 
been  president  of  the  Teachers'  Aasociation 
in  his  own  county;  and  was  for  twn  years  ik 
member  of  the  town  council.  While  se: 
ing  in  this  body,  he  waa  chairman  of  the  b; 


i 


CANADIAN  BIO GM A  PUT, 


353 


W«  oonmittee.       Mr.  Ttirutiull  bu   nerer 
tAkco  •  pmminent  part  in  pulitiea,  but  he  is 
«  tkouagh-pAoed  Reformer,  and  in  a  qoiet 
wM,j  hM  always  given  his  best  sapport  to  lis 
t.vi~r«       TIU  tmvela  have  been  conBned  to 
il  puriod.      When  a  boy  in 
town  of  HawicW  Mrith  his 
-eeciod  to  the  neaport  of  Annan, 
■  '  liirerpool.     From  Liverpool, 
1  1  »  ^ew  York,  thence  to  Al- 

ii river  atdambnnt,  and  then 
The  next  year  they  set  out 
:iter,  by  steamboat  for  Hamil- 
ton, UDUno,  touching  at  Port  Uoju'  and  To- 
mato. Froxu  Hamilton  they  procoitded  to 
Woodatock,  in  which  town  they  abode  for 
Bianj  y«^ta.  Mr.  TurnbuU  waa  baptised  in 
^1*  old  Kirk  of  Scotland  :  but  when  the  dis- 
niption  ttf  1843  took  place,  the  family  be^an 
to  ouand  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland.  Mr, 
T^mbaU  ia  now  a  member  of  the  body 
kauini  ■■  the  Presbyterian  Churoh  in  Cau- 
«da«  and  he  has  been  for  many  years  on 
•14«r  in  that  church.  Oa  the  'ii\)th  of  Jan- 
oary,  180:^,  ho  married  Elizibeth  Jane  Mc- 
Horray,  daughter  '^f  Thomas  McNfurray, 
Tcat>oU>,  and  niece  of  William  McMurr&y, 
0.Cl«.,at  present  archdeacon  of  Niagara. 
^*#  may  aay  that  Mr.  TurnbuU  had  taut{ht 
**>^'^'  in  (Oxford  county  for  two  years,  with 
til  .  '  sta,before  entering  the  university, 

«  <*btVkined  his  decree,  his  inolma- 

Ut»u  again  led  hioi  to  schrHd  work,  for  which 
lio  STMs  titled  intf^llectually  aa  he  wan  by 
orcnpatby.  In  1862  he  became  head  maater 
«t  ib«  OaladoDian  high  and  public  schools, 
vbifh  pottticm  he  held,  with  satisfafitiun  to 
all  oooemied  (or  nearly  six  years.  He  then 
neau^TjciJ  to  aooept  the  headmaatership  of  the 
t  h  school  f^April,  ltiM'»8),  and  this 

J.  still  holds.     The  Chnton  High 

h"  -  Btatf  of  fonr  masters,  all  special- 

ty: several  departments.    Theschool 

haa  lot  £UACiy  years  nuw  taken  a  high  [ilace 
ai»oog  the  High  st^huols  and  Cullegiatu  in- 
•Ciful^a  of  th*  province  ;  and  has  always 
fc«*tvrd  a  liberal  mviuure  of  praise  fn>m  tliu 
lu^h  aoixKil  inspectors.  This  is  doubtless 
daa  tu  iliw  (act  ttukt  our  subject  ktves  his 
vnric,  and  is  such  a  finely  i<ipiippiod  scholar. 
SfrUonsild,  lion.  Ulllluin,  Stma- 
U»t,  LitlU  )•'•""  1'—^  N'  ui  Sciitia,  the  dis- 
UBgoiilMd  sketch,  waa  born 

in  Uw  CoLi<  ^  >  »s.   Nova  Scotia, 

iD  Uw  ysAT  1937.     His  futlK'r'it   name  was 
and  hi^   motliar's    name  was  Mary, 
(>.  -ors  of  the   welbknuwn 

ol-  Maodonald.     The  par* 

4DisarftaC>d  Uvui^,  Licing  reckoned  among 
4Im   thhflj    fanning'   claas   whose   Industry 


and  intelligenoe  have  been  the  makers  of 
our  national  importance.  The  father  came 
from  Scotland  in  1829  ;  the  mother  in  1832. 
Allan  McDonald  waaone  of  those  who  truly 
appreciated  the  value  of  a  sound  edacatiou, 
and  predicting,  perhaps,  somewhat  of  the 
future  that  was  open  to  the  subject  of  our 
sketch,  sent  him  to  the  best  schools  within 
reach.  At  first  he  attended  school  at  Inver- 
ness, and  Bubsec^uently  entered  the  Antigo- 
niflh  C(dlei;e  of  St.  Francois  Xavier.  At 
school  and  college  he  gave  evidence  of  th^se 
soUd  and  active  intellectual  'lualities  which 
became  manifest  when  a  wide  sphere  of  use- 
fubieas  lay  open  to  him.  At  the  age  uf  six- 
teen he  received  a  license  to  teach  school, 
and  continued  at  this  occupation  for  about 
two  years.  It  was  sftcr  this  puni>d  that  he 
attended  college,  his  object  l>tiing  to  actpiire 
the  hii{her  branches,  including  inftthematics 
and  classics.  After  leaving  cidlege  he  again 
taught  for  four  years  ;  two  years  in  Victoria 
county,  and  two  years  in  Lingan,  Oape  liru' 
ton.  A  man  of  Mr.  McDonald's  capacity 
nod  ambition  would  be  pretty  sure  not  to  be 
found  a  very  long  time  engaged  in  teaching  ; 
so  at  the  expiry  of  the  pcrif>d  montioftedi 
he  resolved  to  try  his  fortune  in  mercantile 
life.  Accordingly  he  commenced  the  trans- 
action of  a  general  commercial  busineas, 
and  very  soon  saw  that  he  had  set  out  on 
the  proper  road.  At  Little  Glace  Bay  it 
was  that  he  established  himself,  and  there 
he  has  continued  to  this  day,  and  muy  be 
said  to  have  been  through  all  these  years  a 
benefactor  of  the  community  among  which 
his  lot  is  cast.  As  might  be  expect^,  sue- 
cess  waited  liberally  upon  his  exertions, 
and  his  busineas  connections  and  import- 
ance grew  apace  from  year  to  year.  Uut  he 
did  not,  like  so  many  other  successful  men, 
bury  hitnself  selHshly  in  hia  private  con- 
cerns. He  always  has  exhibited  a  large  share 
of  public  spirit,  and  has  many  umes  been 
found  foremost  in  movements  for  the  pub- 
lic good.  He  has  always  been  a  friend  of  the 
tt}nii>crauoe  cause,  and  in  his  time  has  done 
a  good  deal  to  advance  it.  In  ri«ligion  he  is 
a  Iti^^hly  respecteii  member  uf  the  Human 
catliolie  comninnion.  In  munictiMiI  affairs 
he  alwtiya  took  a  hearty  interest,  and  wjis  a 
member  of  the  General  Session.t  of  the  Peace 
for  his  county.  In  18i>T  his  frionris  werft 
oertaiu  that  he  would  otl'er  himself  for  the 
local  leginlatiire,  but  considering  that  he  waa 
too  young,  he  declined,  in  the  uiuanwhtle 
giving  close  study  U*  public  questions.  He 
was  then  offored  the  shrievalty  of  the  coun- 
ty, a  position  oi  much  importance,  as  hia 
county  waa  the  third  largest  in  Uie  province* 


2&4 


A  CrCLOP^DIA  OF 


Always  lo  king  broadly  tipou  public  quee- 
tiuns,  he  wiw  oue  of  the  few  who,  in  1867, 
Bupfmrted  the  movement  for  the  confeder- 
attoii  uf  the  proviacea.  Reocii;niziny  hiacoin- 
iiiandingHbilities,  suveral  intliienlial  persons 
preHsuil  him  to  otiWr  himself  for  parlianient- 
aryhijuourt;  aiul  naturally  having  an  inclin* 
ation  in  that  wav,  he  yielded  to  their  Boliciu- 
tions,  and  in  1872  he  first  eutorod  parlia- 
ment. Ho  did  not  pled^u  himself  to  aoy 
course  till  he  could  see  fur  himaidf  ;  and, 
therefore,  he  took  his  euat  in  parliament  as 
an  independent  member.  Here  ho  made 
careful  obftervntions  and  came  to  the  con- 
clusion that,  on  the  whole,  the  policy  of  tbe 
Liberal-Conservative  party  was  best  for  the 
interests  of  the  country  ;  at  the  same  time 
he  felt  strongly  convinced  that  the  refurinera 
were  factional,  and  favoured  Ontario  alto- 
gether too  much  against  other  portions  of 
the  Dominion.  Pleased  with  his  course  in 
parliament,  ho  was  re-elected  in  1874,  187S, 
Ai)d  1882  ;  and  two  ye^rs  later  a  vacancy 
occurring  in  the  Senato,he  was  called  thither, 
much  to  the  gratification  of  the  many  who 
had  watched,  approved  of,  and  been  editicd 
by,  his  public  curse.  Ho  held  the  poeitiun 
of  postmaster  for  a  number  uf  yearn,  and 
was  superintendent  of  telegraph  uHices  fur 
Little  Glace  Bay.  thi  Feb.  7th,  1805,  he 
married  Catharine  McDonftld,  by  whom  he 
hftd  seven  children,  three  boys  and  four 
Kirls,  the  youngest  being  dead.  Mr.  Mc- 
Di'niild  is  one  of  thosu  wlio  is  indebted  to 
himself  for  his  fortune  and  his  honours, 
and  may  be  taken  as  an  example  of  what 
m»y  bti  aohiuvod  by  perseverance. 

Broley,  Rev.  JHinea,  pastor  of  the 
Methodist  church,  Seaforth^  Ontario,  and 
tinancial  secretary  of  the  Goderich  district 
of  the  Guelpb  conference,  was  bom  in  the 
County  of  Tyrone,  Ireland,  on  the  22nd  of 
Augtist,  183').  His  father  was  James  Broley, 
a  descendant  of  a  Huguenot  family, — the 
original  name  being  DeBroglie,  a  nauiu  well 
known  in  France, — and  his  mother  .Agnes 
Lindsey,  a  lady  of  Scotch  descent.  Both  par- 
ents were  born  in  Ireland.  The  family,  in 
1837i  emigrated  to  Canada,  and  settled  in 
the  township  of  Vaughan,  York  county,  Ont. 
Here  our  subject  received  such  educational 
advantages  as  the  common  schools  had  to 
offer,  and  he  studied  Latin  under  a  private 
tntor.  When  he  reached  his  sixteenth 
year,  he  received  a  certificate  from  the  board 
uf  public  instruction  authorizing  him  to 
teach  public  schools  in  the  counties  of  York, 
Ontario,  Peel,  and  the  City  of  Toronto.  He 
taught  school  for  five  years,  and  being  then 
twenty-two,    waa   received    oa   a  candidate 


for  the  Wealeyan  Methodist  ministry.  At 
twenty  six,  having  successfully  ctmipleted  a 
four  yttars  course  of  study,  he  was  ordained 
to  the  work  of  the  ministry,  in  the  town 
Brantford,  on  the  0th  of  *)une,  1801,  und 
the  presidency  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Stiust 
D.D.  During  the  same  year  he  was  united 
marriage  to  Maria  Matthews,  of  Acton, 
young  lady  of  great  personal  charms  and  me 
cal  cultivation.  She  has  ever  been  an  ex 
lent  hvlpmeet  for  her  husband  in  his  wori 
and  her  worth  has  bucn  recognized  in  all  th 
churches  where  our  subject  has  been  sta- 
tioned. Some  of  these  stations  wore  Bow- 
man ville,  Orangeville,  Windsor,  Watford, 
Palmerst<m  and  Seaforth.  Mr.  Broley  wa» 
for  several  years  local  superintendent  of 
shoouls  in  Lambton  county;  and  ho  has 
taken  an  active  and  very  succesaful  part 
in  all  the  great  moral  ijuestions  of  the  day. 
For  nineteen  years  he  has  been  u  master 
maaon  of  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  Iuj  is  like- 
wise an  Orangeman.  The  fruit  of  the  union 
just  referred  to  is  four  children.  Rev. 
James  Broley  is  well  and  favourably  kn>iwn 
throughout  weatera  Ontario  as  a  preacher 
oi  more  than  ordinary  ability.  His  stylo  in 
the  pulpit  is  argumentative,  and  his  dis- 
courses,  which  are  always  logical,  are 
invariably  presented  w^ith  an  eloi^ueuce 
that  commands  the  greatest  attention  and 
admiration.  As  a  pastor,  his  kindness  of 
heart  and  brotherly  sympathy  win  for  him 
a  place  in  the  affections  of  all  his  pariahi- 
onera.  Mr.  Broley  enjoys  the  esteem  of  all 
classes  of  the  community  where  he  ia  known, 
and  his  manly,  stirring  appeals  on  behalf  of 
truth,  have  made  his  ministry  one  uf  great 
powpr  and  success. 

\Vri|;lil,  Jonvph,  Toronto,  the  sabjeot 
of  thi.n  memoir,  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Glunford,  Lincolnshire,  England,  in  the 
year  1847.  His  father  was  Jacob  Wright 
and  his  mother  Martha,  whoao  maiden  name 
was  <^uipp.  This  omiple  came  to  America 
with  their  family  in  1852,  lauding  in  Pliila 
delphia,  U.  S.  Here  they  remained  ti 
1854,  when  they  crossed  over  to  Cauad 
and  settled  in  Toronto,  and  here  th 
father  of  onr  subject  resolved  to  try  h 
fortune.  He  engaged  himself  aa  a  contractor 
and  builder,  and  has  continued  in  that  occu 
pation  up  to  the  present  time.  It  is  hardl 
necessary  to  aay  here  tliat  Mr.  Wri^Ii 
senior,  ia  oue  uf  the  best-known  builders 
Toronto,  and  some  of  the  finest  building 
contracts  in  that  city  have  fallen  into  hia 
hands.  He  had  a  family  of  nine  children. 
Joseph  Wright,  one  of  the  number,  is  1;ha 
gentleman    of   whom  we  speak  in  this  me 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


3ft5 


Boix;       He  At   first  altended  the  common 
■ebooW.  but   couclutUd  hia   atudies   at  the 
T*ni%vruty  of  Toronto.      When  in  hia  seven- 
ye«r,  h©  entered  into  the  eraph>y  of 
to    Dr.    Howenn,  druggiat^  as  an  ap- 
anmtjct*.  and  here  reniainod  iintit   the  com- 
pletion of  hia  tenn  i.f  Rpprenticeship.      After 
■  Oi*.  Elowaon,  he  entered  the  employ 
Utt?  Jolin   UalUmoi-e,  dniggiat«  and 
iiAined  for  a  |>encKl  of  two  years.     In 
;ie   decided    to  try  hia   fortune    in  a 
which  he  had  a  personal  interest. 
))im  joining  in  a  partnership  with 
A>r    liownoii,  in  whofte  eatahliahmont  he  had 
jpMrved  hi«  apprtnticeahip.     After  two  years. 
-Hut  pATtncrahip  wu  dissolved.   Mr.  Wright 
luTiag  buufffat   out   hi«   partner's    iutere«t. 
ADdBaium«u  the  entire  control  himself.  And 
BOW  v«  6iid  Mr.  Wri^'ht  carrying  on  a  suc- 
OMalnl  dnig  business  in  the  shop,  corner  of 
Qitecn  and  Elizabeth  atreets.     In  lh7i>,  Mr. 
Wriest  was  elected  aa  one  uf  the  aldermen  for 
^'.  '9    ward,  in  the  City  Council,  and 

i:.  .vaa  re-elected,  heading  the   poll 

by  A  ui^jijnty  of  three  hundred  votes.  In 
ItCT,  he  was  chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Hralcb,  and  al«i  acted  aa  chairman  of  the 
citouniltee  appomted  by  the  City  Council 
to  rvvLse  the  City  By-Lawa.  Mr  Wright 
ii  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  the  County 
ol  York  and  the  city  of  Toronto.  Uu  haa 
always  boon  a  loaloiia  worker  in  the  city's 
intere**  "*'■'  -"tvo  his  time  and  hia  enthuai- 
aam  w.  'j.  moved  by  seltish  motives. 

H**  w  _   1  reemiLson  and    an  Orange- 

u  kes  an  a^'tive  interest  in  the  weN 

(ji  ■•'  )}«Kliea.      With    re8i>et:t  to  hia 

tfltMuai  standing  therein,  it  may  he  aaid  that 
h«  baa  ]iaaaed  all  the  chairs.  Ho  waa 
broQgbt  up  in  the  tenets  of  the  Methodist 
charck,  but  haa  latterly  oome  to  possess 
broader  riewa  upon  religious  and  the(jioji>ical 
qiwtii.iiis.  In  politics  he  is  an  untltuotiing 
Ri^Drt  '  .<n  of  the  St. 

Aftdri  rionforaev- 

cnU  yirarii.     iiv  m  aiii  <  ;i  hm  '  t!ie  exe- 

evtiva  committer  of  thn  n<  intiun. 

In  lP«7fi.  be  waa  hiokt*d  iip-'ii  ..^  ..  ^'Hthahle 
and  very  likely  vandidiite  for  the  Mouse  of 
CoouiMxui.  It  might  m>l  be  t'^i  ntuchtosay, 
tbai  |Mcbap«  that  house  may  yet  see  Mr. 
"  i».ij  ita  tloor.  Mr.Wnght's  premises 
!•  >y  and  elaborately  litted  up, 

<  'lly   one   of  the  iHMt  retail 

It    I  (»n,  1lul4>c»ltii  Colin,  Goder- 

:tli  tluron,  Ontario, waa  born 

y  of  Lanark,   Ont. ,  on  the 

U  Apr^il,  1531.    Be  ia  deaoended  from  a 

High^Tf*-*^*'*^*'  family.and  waa  educatvd  at 


Knox  Collets, Toronto,  with  a  view  to  enter- 
ing the  ministry  of  the  Preshyterian  church. 
After  some  time,  however,  his  mind  under- 
went a  change,  and  he  felt  thnt  his  vr>cation 
lay  in  another  direction.  He,  therefore, 
began  to  read  law  in  the  office  nf  .fudge 
Deacon,  of  Itenfrew  ;  and  waa  called  to  the 
bar  of  Tpper  Cnnuda  in  18<5U.  at  Easter 
Term.  He  at  once  l>t*^an  the  practice  of  his 
profession,  entering  into  it  with  seal,  and 
a  determiniition  to  take  a  foremost  plnc« 
at  the  bur  How  mitoh  he  was  justified 
in  hia  resolution,  haa  aincA  been  proven  by 
hia  brilliant  legal  achievement.  In  1H70  he 
waa  invested  with  the  silken  gowa  of  coun- 
sellor, and  he  is  now  fienior  member  of  the 
widely-known  tirm  of  Cnmerom,  Holt  & 
Cumeron,  of  Ooderich.  lu  1850  our  subject 
began  hia  political  career  aa  oouucillur  for 
the  town  of  Gcxlerich.  For  twelve  jears  he 
remained  a  member  of  the  civic  board  ; 
and  waa  for  one  year  reeve,  and  for  fonr 
years  mayor.  He  took  a  loading  part  in 
the  establishment  of  the  extensive  and  pro- 
fitable salt  works  in  the  County  of  Huron  ; 
and  has  always  been  foremost  in  any  nota- 
ble enterprise  which  has  for  ita  object 
the  development  of  the  industries  of  his 
section  of  Canada.  Towards  the  establiab- 
ment  of  the  free  harbour  of  refuge  at 
OtKlerieh,  and  of  the  commercial  harbour 
at  Bayfield,  he  did  splendid  service  by  hia 
able  advocacy  of  the  scheme  in  his  place 
in  porUament.  He  was  hrst  elected  to  the 
House  of  Oommona  in  1807;  waa  re-elected 
in  1H72  and  1<^74,  in  lti7Ci,  and  at  the  last 
general  electiim.  From  the  outset,  Mr. 
Cameron  has  been  an  nncompromiaing  Lib- 
eral. He  had  no  sooner  taken  hia  seat  in 
the  House  than  hia  position  became  eatab- 
Ushed,  as  one  of  the  foremost  men  amongst 
bis  party.  He  has  always  found  that  a  re- 
gard for  the  beat  intereata  and  well-being 
uf  the  county  obliged  him  to  oppoae  the 
main  policy  of  the  party  led  by  sir  John 
A.  Macdonald  :  and  be  is  earnestly  con- 
vinced that  to  a  oonsiderabte  extent  the 
well  \w\\\^  of  u  alHlo  depends  upon  hnw 
ita  public  ^.tfiiirs  are  udntinistcred  by  the 
government,  and  this  ia  why  hia  opposition 
to  a  policy  which  he  deems  [jfTrnicioun  has  al- 
ways been  so  consistent  and  so  pniuouucud. 
We  may  say  that  there  ia  no  member  in  the 
House  of  Cominona  whoit^  V(<ice  c<>mmanda 
more  attention  and  rtHpect  than  doos  that 
of  Mr.  Cameron.  When  he  ariaea  he  is  pre- 
pared tnoroughly  with  argument,  and  tif*on 
conatitutioual  and  legal  iJiueationa  hia  utter- 
ances are  invariably  looked  up<jn  aa  those  uf 
an  authority.     He   married  m  May,  ItiJO^ 


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A  CYCLOP^DXA  OF 


Juiisiti  U.,  fJanghter  of  Dr.  McLean,  who 
wa4  MBocinied  in  the  survey  ttnd  explora- 
tions of  the  Inkea  of  VVeBtem  Oiiniula,  Caji- 
tain  HayHeUt  lK>inj;  comiimntlur  nf  the  exhi- 
bition. The  fruit  of  the  inarriAge  ia  seven 
children,  and  one  who  died  at  Jacksonville, 
Florida,  in  1876,  aged  seventeen  years.  His 
eldest  daughter  waa  recen t ly  married  to 
John  (ialt,  son  of  the  late  John  Oalt,  regis- 
trar of  Huron,  grandeon  of  John  Oalt,  the 
novelist,  and  nephew  of  Sir  Alexander  and 
-Judge  Ctalt.  Our  subject  has  a  fine  resi- 
dence called  "  The  Maples,"  iu  the  town  of 
Qoderich. 

AreliihHl«l,  lion.  TIiom.  I>lckat>n, 
Sydney,  C  £1. ,  member  of  the  Senate  of  Can- 
ada, was  born  in  OnsloW,  Nova  Seutia,  in 
Idiy.  liis  father  waa  David  Archibald,  of 
Onalow,  brother  of  the  celebrated  Samuel 
Oeorge  William  Archibald,  of  Truro,  master 
of  the  rolls,  and  attorney -general  of  Nova 
Sootia.  His  tuothor  waa  OUvia  Dickson,  uf 
Truro,  of  the  old  family  of  Dickson,  well 
known  in  the  nunala  of  that  place.  Uavid 
Archibald,  and  his  brother,  Samuel  George 
William,  married  sisters.  Mr.  Archibald,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  was  educated  at  the 
Piotou  Academy.  After  completing  the  uauol 
routine  of  atudies  taught  at  the  academy  at 
the  time,  ho  became  clerk  with  the  luie 
J amcs  Primrose,  of  Pictou ,  and  ahurl  ly 
aiterw-ards  entered  tlie  service  of  the  Gen- 
eral Miuing  Association  of  L.ondon,  in  their 
office,  at  the  Albion  Mines  in  Pictou  county. 
In  the  year  1832,  he  camo  to  Cape  Breton, 
and  entered  into  partnership  with  his 
brother  in  a  Koi^oral  busiucss  in  connection 
with  the  Sydney  Mines.  This  business, 
under  the  name  of  Archibald  &  Co.,  has 
been  cciutinued  ever  since,  and  is  one  of 
the  oldest  in  Uie  Province  of  Nova  Scotia. 
The  firm  have  taken  part  in  almost  every 
sort  of  enterprise  that  has  been  attempted 
in  tlie  island  fif  Cape  Breton,  having,  not 
only  been  engaged  in  supplying  the  mlnoa, 
and  in  ahippiug  coal  in  all  directions,  but 
also,  very  largely  in  shipbuilding,  in  pros- 
ecuting the  lisheries,  including  the  aeal- 
tiahery,  and  as  ship-owners  and  general 
shipping  agents.  In  ItfOl  the  tirm  com- 
menced to  0[>en  up  the  Ciowrie  coal  mines 
in  Cow  Bay,  Cape  Bret(m,  which  enterprise 
now  ranks  aa  one  of  the  foremost  and  most 
auceessful  in  the  island,  and  of  which  they 
are  the  sole  proprietors.  Mr.  Archibald 
acted  as  agent  for  the  B^nk  of  Nova  Scotia 
fur  a  number  of  years,  when  an  agency  of 
that  bank  waa  established  in  Cape  Breton, 
And  repreaented  the  United  8tates  of 
Amerioft  at  Sydney  as  conaular  agent^  until 


called  to  the  Senate.  In  1850  he  vraa  ap- 
pointed a  member  of  the  Legislative  Council 
of  Nova  Scfttia,  in  which  body  he  remained 
until  appointed  Senator  at  the  oonfetiera- 
tion  of  the  provinces  in  1S<»7.  From  IHtiO 
to  ]8()3  he  was  a  member  of  the  Executive 
Council  of  Nova  Stfotia  during  the  admiuiA- 
tration  of  the  Hon.  Jcmeph  Howe.  Mr. 
Archibald  has  been  married  three  times,  and 
is  now  a  widower.  His  tirst  wife  waa  Siman, 
daughter  of  William  I'^orbett,  of  Pictcii.  t" 
whom  he  waa  married  iu  1839,  and  by  whom 
he  had  seven  children,  four  of  whom  are 
living.  His  second  wife,  to  whom  he  was 
married  in  1H«7.  waa  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  George  Uu;:hes,  of  Boston,  U.S.  He 
was  married  a  third  time,  in  1874,  to  Maria 
Louisa,  relict  of  tlie  late  John  Buryneat,  tif 
Truro,  who  died  at  Ottawa,  suddenly,  of 
hemorrhage  of  the  lungs,  nine  months  after- 
wards. In  religion,  Mr.  Archibald  was 
brought  up  a  Presbyterian,  and  has  re- 
mained one  all  hia  life,  liaviiig  been  fur 
many  years  a  member  of  that  church.  Aa 
a  politician,  Mr.  Archibald  waa  conuec 
with  the  old  Liberal  party  of  Nova  Scutia 
but  since  confederation,  which  he  auppo 
ed,  he  has  given  the  Conservative  party 
the  Dominion  a  fair  and  conaiatont  aupjKi 

illlllctt,  Juiiic<i  Elliott,  wu  bom 
the  'JObliof  January.  1817,    at   Liamorta^hi 
Fethard,  Tipperary,  Ireland.      Hia    parents, 
were   John  MiUett  and  Sarah  Harrington, 
daughter  of  William  Harknett  Harriugtoo, 
whose   residence  in  the    City  of   Cork    vi 
Sydney  Hall,  and  hia  cotintry  residence  w 
known  aa   Hanover  Hall,    near   Maoroo 
Cork  county.    Mr.  Harrington  waa  a  gout) 
man  who  owned  a  lari^e  estate  in   Irelaud 
and  he  devoted  nuMt  of  hia  time  to  vtai 
different   parts  of  the   world   for   plaasu 
and  inatruction,  and  died  iu  1850  at  a  ripe 
old    age,  lamented    by  all  who   knew  him. 
John   Millett    owned    extensive    properties 
in  the  County  of  Tipperary,  Irelund  ;  and  in 
1841   ho  married  Sarah  Uarringtou.  whoae 
father   has   juat   been  deacribed.      By    Uiia 
lady   he    had   seven    children,    three   sons 
and  four  daughters.     Mr.  MiLlett   lived  the 
life  of  a  private   gentleman,  never  engagin 
in   p<diticri,    or   in    any   business,    bat    h 
infitience  otuild  be    felt  through    the   whol 
district  in  which  he  lived.     Here  he  enjoy 
ed,  for  his  sterling   qualities,   a  largo  a 
of  respect  and  warm  good  will.     He  died  i 
1870,  lamented  by  all  to  whom  he  had  be 
a  kiud   friend    and   benefu>ctor.     Ue   uev 
forgot  to  help  thuae  iu  diatreas,  and  he 
waya  hud  a  cheering  word  for  thoae  strivi 
for  a  position  in   the   world.     Mrs.    Millel 


CANADIAN  /ilOGHAPHT. 


26; 


fkiMl  m  J&73,  two  yeara  after  Mr.  Millett, 
And  Imt  Ui«  wAft  greatly  Felt  by  all  her 
frhmii  utd  by  the  cnniruunity  in  which  she 
li*ed«  and  eaneciAlly  by  the  circle  in  which 
db*  moTCKL  Jamos  waa  educated  b^  privAto 
tutoffv  :  ami  liu  studied  ciril  enj^ineering, 
•od  terred  four  yean  on  theeii():iiiecr's  statl' 
<n  lh«  workv  uf  Ui«>  Limerick,  nnd  Kjllalrx) 
and  Rathkiotle  iV:  Nowcattte  Junctinu  Itait- 
vayii  in  tho  County  of  Limerick,  lie  left 
thcrv  to  j''jin  the  eng;ineer'a  staff  of  Sir 
Mtiffton  Peto,  bnrt.,  then  going  to  HnasLJi ; 
bol  owing  to  reverses  ocourrini;  in  the  fnm- 
■'"  *•-  —•  unable  to  leave.  In  April,  18ti4, 
Toronto,  Canads,  but  owing  to 
y  of  getting  immediate  eruploy- 
u  Mimed  to  Ireland  m  thefoUonrin« 

>  In  the  spring  of  18tjO  he  entered 

the  employment  of  Mesara.  Jameson,  Urge 
bc»wrii  and  distillers,  in  Dublin,  where  he 
nmjuned  for  eight  years,  until  iuHuenced 
hf  ilMlaoementa  held  out  to  him  by  his 
Mother,  irho  was  at  that  time  manager  for 
the  lat«  llenjamin  Walton,  controctnr,  and 
who  built  the  Ctist^nn  House,  ToDjnto,  and 
who  bad  been  in  Canada  for  (lome  time  pre- 
viovaly,  he  re^ii^ntHl  hia  position  there  and 
tnigvmt^d  to  Toronto  witli  bis  wife  and  two 
IMtfnn  in  April,  1K7-4.  A  few  nmntha  after 
1n>  uriTal  he  entered  the  employment  of  the 
Tomnto  Brewing  &  Malting;  Company,  then 
jvat  former],  as  book-keeper,  and  afterwards 
obUuo'^^  *^i"  ""«itiou  uf  secretary-trctwnrer. 
'd  for  eight  years.  SuIh 
i|{  with  a  few  friends  a 
,  my,  he  purchased  the  welU 
►dlongiug  to  VVm.  Copland, 
ntreet,  and  named  the  com- 
"  l'<-i  hind  Brewing  Co.,  of 
•d  into  poaaeasion  in 
•jjLtenaive  and  (vopular 
it  ui  u  'w  uudt^r  his  management 
,  on  the  20th  Nov.,  1S71,  Kith- 
'  r  of  Kobt.  Boyle  Phil- 
HfviUe,  Clonmel,  Tip- 
Sir.  Millett  is  &  ineoiber 
KngUnd,  and  a  Conierra- 
He  is  ■  member  of  the 
BoAni  of  Tradv,  Toronto,  and  likewise  a 
■iMiiliiii  of  tho  <.>ntArio  Joakey  Club.  Ue 
ii  kbicUy  in  ail  hii  relations,  and  upright  in 
him  d««linj^*  thrrrforr  he  hfls  the  roepect 
Ml4r»gmrd  nf  all  wh<>  know  him. 

Corhmnr.  U'llllnin,  D.D.,  miniater 
«**  rl,    was  bom    in 

I  .  .ry,  »th.  1831,  hia 

noniau  bbiug  WilUam  and  Mary  Cochrane. 
Uia  £kUi«r  waa  burn  in  Ualry.  Aryahire,  and 
ikm  iamHy  aprutig  from  the  name  stock  aa 
Ih*  rtaoviiM  MNMoan.  TUiwu&s  CodLTHue. 


H«n 


cm  i'aritAtnent 
panr      th*-     " 


ii 

lip-.     .-. 

Otthm 


afterwards  Earl  of  Dundouald,  or  Lord 
Cochrane.  Hia  mother  w.is  from  the  Island 
of  Arran,  Sditland.  After  attending  the 
parish  achoola  of  hia  native  town  from  the 
age  of  four  and  a  half  yoara  until  twelre, 
he  entered  the  shop  of  Murray  A.  Stewart, 
bookaellera  and  stationers,  where  he  re- 
mained between  ten  and  eleven  years.  Ue 
was  a  youth  of  indomitable  energy*,  and 
devoted  all  hia  leisure  hours  to  study.  So 
great  waa  his  thirst  for  knowledge  during 
the  Utter  part  of  that  period,  that  he  gave 
np  alt  his  spare  time  to  the  study  of  the 
classicB.  and  finally  entered  the  L'niveraity 
of  (ilaagow,  going  from  Paisley  every  raorn- 
in^  at  5  o'clock  to  attend  classes.  Hlien  he 
was  in  his  twenly-third  year,  two  gentlemen 
in  <  -incinnati.  who  had  known  him  in  Pais- 
ley when  a  mere  child,  and  who  had  heard 
of  his  persevering  efTorta  to  obtain  a  higher 
education,  offered  hiui  a  home  and  ample 
means  to  study  for  the  ministry,  on  condi- 
tion that  he  would  come  to  the  Ignited 
States.  Although  the  proposal  was  atrongly 
opposed  by  hu  piistor,  the  Late  iter.  Dr. 
Wra.  Fraser.  of  the  Free  Middle  Church, 
Paisley,  and  other  friends — who  wished 
hira  ti>  enter  the  ministry  in  tlie  Scottish 
Church — he  accepted  the  offer,  and  after 
spending  a  few  weeks  in  Cincinnati,  entered 
the  classes  of  Hanover  College,  [ndiajia,  in 
September,  1854,  where  he  gradurvLed  with 
highest  honour,  and  took  his  degree  of  B.  A. 
m  iHoT.  During  the  last  year  of  hisoourse 
in  Hanover,  ho  pursued  his  theidogical 
studies,  aloQf;  with  the  regular  branches  of 
the  art  course,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Jonathan  Edwards,  professor  of 
Theology  in  Danville,  Kentucky,  and  re- 
cently pastor  of  the  Seventh  Chnrch,  Cin- 
cinnati. Immediately  after  his  gradua- 
tion, he  entered  the  i^rinceton  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  in  New  Jersey,  and  pursued 
hia  studies  tliere  for  two  yeara,  under  the 
Rev.  Drs.  Hodgs,  Alexander,  Mc<*ill  and 
Green.  In  February,  IHiiO,  he  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  Madison, 
Indiana,  and  was  c&llvd  and  settled,  aa 
pastor  of  the  Scot«h  Presbyterian  <.'hurch, 
Jersey  City,  N..L,  on  the  7th  Juue.  IH.'jft, 
where  he  contiuiied  for  three  years.  In 
December,  lB<il.  he  paid  a  visit  to  his  friend. 
Rev.  Dr.  John  Thonisom,  then  minister  of 
Knox  Church,  Gait,  by  whom  he  waa  asked 
to  preach  in  7Aon  Church,  Brantford,  which 
was  then  vacant,  and  heavily  burdened  with 
a  debt  that  ulnu>st  threatened  its  extinction. 
Immediately  afterwards,  the  ctmgrei^attou 
sent  him  a  prvssing  and  unanimous  *.ml]. 
which  he  was  led  seriously  to  coiuider,  and 


S58 


A  CrChOPMBJA  OF 


tinftUy  accepted.  Inducted  into  Ma  prcBont 
charge  ou  the  Kttb  of  May.  1802,  ho  liaa  ser- 
ved hia  people  faithfully  for  nearly  twenty- 
four  yean.  During  this  long  p«riad  ho  hiui 
received  repented  caHs  And  flattering  invita- 
tions t<>  wealthy  churclies,  in  other  and  tuuch 
larger  citiea  than  rirantford.  Doaton,  ^iew 
York,  Nowburyport,  Delroit,  Chicago  and 
ToroutOf  have  all  endeavourud  to  have  him, 
bnt  he  ha«  limily  resiated  the  temptation  Ui 
leave  Brantford,  and  sever  the  tiea  that 
bind  him  to  an  attached  people.  During 
his  luinistr}*  in  Urnnlfrtrd,  the  congregation 
has  more  than  ijuadrupled  in  niimVierB,  and 
haa  now  upnrarda  of  fUH)  momberH.  In  addi* 
lion  to  hifl  naatoral  work.  Dr.  Cochrane,  in 
1874,  founded  the  Brantford  Young  ladioa' 
College,  a&«iat«d  by  other  gentlutnen  in  hta 
congregation,  and  acted  oa  president  from 
tta  start,  until  1880,  (teaching  some  of  the 
hiiyher  claaaea  duiing  every  ae&sion.  For 
fifteen  years  he  haa  filled  the  office  of  clerk 
of  the  Synod  i>f  Hamilton  and  liondon,  and 
lor  fonrieen  years  was  clerk  of  the  Presby- 
tery of  Parifl.  For  tliirteen  years  ho  liua  Vteen 
cfmvouer  of  the  Home  Mission  Committee 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Canada,  an 
office  of  grout  responsibility  and  labour,  and 
entailing  a  largo  amount  of  travel  and  cor- 
respondence, \Vith  all  these  ecclesiasticaJ 
burdens,  he  ia  at  the  same  time  one  of  the 
most  public-spirited  citizens  that  Hrantford 
contAina.  He  has  been  for  thirteen  years 
president  of  the  Mechanics'  Institute,  now 
Free  Library,  and  fully  identifies  himself 
with  every  educational  and  Uterarj'  enter- 
prise that  has  for  its  object  the  good  of  the 
community  and  county.  Rev.  Dr.  Cochrane 
has  had  his  full  share  of  honours  from  the 
church  he  hoa  loved  and  aer\'ed  so  well,  and 
from  other  quarters.  In  lrtfi4,  he  received 
the  degree  of  M.  A.  from  Hanover  College, 
and  again,  in  1875  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Divinity,  having  at  the  same  time  the  oti'er  of 
the  latter  honour  fr.mi  another  college.  In 
1BG9,  he  represented  the  Canada  Presby- 
terian Chatrcn  at  the  General  Assemblies  of 
the  Scottish  and  Irish  Churches.  In  1873 
he  was  sent  as  deputy  to  Manitoba,  in  c<^jn- 
nection  with  ooUego  and  mission  work,  and 
again  in  1881.  In  July,  1882,  ho  was  sent 
as  deputy  to  visit  the  churches  in  llritish 
Columbia,  and  at  the  last  General  Assem- 
bly, held  in  St.  Jolm,  N.  B.  (June,  188?), 
he  was  unanimously  elected  to  the  highest 
gift  within  the  church — the  modoratorahip 
of  the  General  Assembly.  In  1884,  Rev. 
Dr.  Cochrane  was  also  appointed  one  of  the 
deputies  to  tlie  Pan-Presbyterian  AlUauce 
iu  Belfast.     Rev.  Dr.  Cochrane  is  an  inde- 


I 


fatigable  worker,  on  the  platform,  in  Church 
courts  and  by  his  pen  ;  and  no  clergyman 
is  more  frequently  called  to  |:roacb  special 
sermons  at  anniversaries  and  on  the  ope 
ing  of  new   churches.     As  a   preachtir  I 
is  popular  in  the  best  sense  of  the  tern 
Though   a  speaker  of   groat  readiness  an 
fluency,  his  sermons  are  prepared  with  tli«; 
fire&tost  care,  and  as  a  rule  wntten  iu  full. 
He  uses  his  notes  very  little  iu  the  pitlptk ; 
his  deliver)'  is  forcible,  animated  and  im- 
pressive ;    his    arrauKement   is   logical,  his 
style  clear,  and  his  illustrations  often  ^nvid 
and  striking.     Thoronj^ddy  despising  senia- 
tioiialism    of    all  '  kinds,    he   preschcB    the 
gospel  in  its  simplicity  and  purity,  and  by 
his  clear  exposition  of  truth,    and  earnest 
appeals  to  the  heart  and  consciuuoe,  seldom 
fails   to  make  a  deep  impression  upon  his 
hearer«.      Within  the  last  few  years  he  has 
published  four  volumes  of  sermons, — "The 
Heavenly  Vision,*'    "  Christ  and  Christian 
IJfe,"  *'  Warning  and  Welcome,"  and  '*  Fu- 
ture Punishment,  or  does  Death  end  Proba- 
tionl"     Those  volumes  admirably  stand  th« 
onjuial  test  of  the  clusost  study.     As  a  writer 
he  is  cleur,  terse  and  vigorous,  and  hisatyle. 
thou^'h    sfi'ecting    nothing    of     the   ornate, 
possesses  luany  of  the  graces  of  the  polished 
scholar.      Jn  addition  to  tlieao  volumes,  he 
is  a  frequent  writer  for  the  preae,  and  sev- 
eral of  his  papers  have  been  republished  iu 
American  periodicals.     As  a  lecturer,  we 
he  to  respond  to  all  hia  applications,  duri 
the   winter   season   he   would  never   be  a' 
home.    The  church  iu  which  Hev.  Dr.  Coch 
rane  statedly  ministers  is  now  one  of  th» 
finest  in  Untan«>.  In  1868  the edifi^'e  woa en- 
larged by  the  addition  of  galleries  ;  in  1876 
a  handsome  organ  was  added  ;  and  this  year 
itpias  been  entirely  remodelled  and  enUrged 
at  a   CAiM  of  $U,CiOO.     Rev.  Dr,  Cochrane 
was  married  July  24th,  1800,  to  Mnrj-  Neil- 
son    HouBtoun,    of  Paisley,    Scotland,  who^ 
died  January  8Lh,  1871.     In  October  2nd^H 
187;*,    he   was   agaiu    married    to  Jennett*^ 
Klizabeth    Rainier,    of    Oakvillo,    Ontario. 
His  family  consists  of  three  boys  and  a  girl, 
and  hia  eldest  son  is  at  present  connected 
with  n  large  cnmniission  house  iu  Chicago.    ^\ 
IflaNon.AinbruftC  Wilcock,TorontO|fl 
Artist,  was   burn  at    Bickleigh,    near    Ply-W 
mouth,  Devonshire,  Knglaud,  on    Febmary 
lOth,  1851.        Be  is  a  son  of  Lawrence  and 
Klizabeth  Ann  Maaou.       His   father  waa  a 
very  successful  agriculturist  in  South  Devon, 
and  for  many  years  wore  the  uniform  of  Her 
Majesty's   service  in  the  yeoman  cavalry. 
Our  subject  was  educated  at  the  Ontario  In- 
stitution for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb,  at  BoiU 


CAyADJAI^  liJOQKAyHY, 


3S0 


tiUa.       £wljr  in    life  he  foiined  m  taste  fur 

&IM  urU,    auid  spent   hia    leisure    houra  in 

dniri&g  mmI  ftketching.     His  artUitc  faculty 

TM  BK)ff«  fally  develo]}e<l  uuder  the  iiiAtruc- 

tiock  of  tba   late  Mr.  Ackcratann.  vho   had 

chme   u{   that  department  of  study  in  the 

LVafand  I*tlm^•  Institutiun.     His  chief  aim 

^  '  '  (uself  as  an  artiat,  es|KM:ially 

1  portraiture.  IJe  came  from 

!  N  .wrnanviUe,  Ontario,  in   J857- 

/.  ■<:,  the  institute,  he   placed  him- 

tux  un-jcr    the   tuition  of  aome  of  the  heat 

MlMlaui  Toronto,  and.  tindiug  that  aucceas 

twsnlad  hid  lahoitrs.  foHofved  hia  profeasiun 

w  artiat,  lint  at  Belleville,  and    afterwards 

fB  Toronto,  where  ho  came  to  reside  in  1  tiH3. 

He  wks  dniwinic  muter  in  the  Deaf  and 

Ilumh    Iiutitiite   during  the  years    already 

ffaffcJ  to.  and  he  was  also  for  a  time  vice- 

jiT**i<l?T(t  nf    the   Literary  Society   of   that 

In   reltj^on   Mr.   Mason  is  a 

■ind  in  poUtica  a  Reformer,  and 

:>iU  Btanncbly  to  hia  colours.   Ue  mar- 

a  the  3rd    November,   1884,  Fannie 

'    1  ^wis,  daughter  of  Samuel  Lowia, 

.man.      of     Leaiiiinc;tan,     Essex 

v.-uiiiv.  wiiu     Mr.  Maaon,  we  may  add,  has 

ratAhliahed  for  himself  a  wide   popularity, 

— !    .ri  endnritig  re]mte.      Ue  has  a  high 

.11  art  cirvlcB.  and,  in  addition  to  hia 

-  ^  >feAaional  ability,  he  ia,  personal- 

tineas  circles,  extremely  i>opular. 

..•Jiment  ia  nt  10  King  street  east, 

"I,   and   hero   pictures   are   made   or 

.  in  nil,  water  colour,  Indian  ink  and 

rdinc  t"  hi.'Ii  artistic  excellence. 

■  m,  M'HIiuni  J.,  Lfondon,  On- 

'ifu  in  iJorel,  province  of  Que- 

i:Jih  January*  lc^3.     His  father 

\.  Caiiun  Ahdcrsi'U,  M.A..  rec- 

:  -1.       It   may    bu   iuleresting   to* 

1*.   Canon    A-udenon  u  the  last 

uda  the  i<Id  Church  of  £ngl&ud 

ho  now  being  the  only 

<-d  rector   in   Canada, 

:  Lnr  ijtsl  cn>wn  endowment 

ends,     thi  tho  recummeu- 

'^  ''-<\bom6,  he  waa  induct- 

od  times  of  1838,  and 

;it>]><<iiited  chaplain  to 

i  the  headijuart- 

In  1840,  he  was 

of  Moulroal,  by 

11  n,  u<  whom  five 

■c,  the  eldest  hviutf  bemg  the  subject 

.  ^  skotrH.      VV.  J.    Anderson  was  odu- 

c^4«J  "i^ate  institute.  Sorel.   Bom 

whilf  iig   uvuuls   of   the  French* 

CklMtluui  mb^^liiun  were  still  fresh,  and  liv- 

,.^lg  Id   •  Urg*  garrison  town,  his  natural 


V  ft 


ouffn^d  to  Mil 
vhom  he  had 


taste  was  towards  a  military  life.  Hisfather'a 
friend,  Sir  John  Colborne,  then  field  mar- 
shal, offered  him  a  commission  in  the  line, 
free  of  purchase,  but  his  father  objected, 
and  obtained  instead  a  situation  fur  him  in 
the  Bank  of  Alontreal,  Montreal.  Ue  aerTud 
variotis  positions  at  the  branches  in  King- 
ston, Cornwall,  Quebec,  and  New  York, 
and  in  1870,  was  ap[>ointed  accountant  at 
St.  John,  N.B.  At  that  rime  (he  *'ai»ti" 
feeling  ran  high,  hut  in  spite  nf  that  (he  de- 
lightful social  pleasures  uf  the  city  made  it 
a  very  desirable  plaoe  to  live  in.  In  ]87If 
he  waa  promoted  to  the  accountantship  at 
Montreal,  and  there  met  hia  future  wife, 
Kmtly  15oylo,  oldest  daughter  of  the  Uev, 
Felix  Boyle,  M.A.,  rector  of  Frampton,  to 
whom  he  waa  married  on  the  Slat  Fobniary, 
1872.  He  afterwards  was  appointed  assist- 
ant manager  at  Toronto,  and  after  a  few 
months  waa  promoted  to  the  managomont 
of  the  Brockville  branch,  in  which  beauti- 
ful town  he  remained  fur  four  years.  He 
then  was  appointed  maiiai^er  of  the  London 
branch,  and  moved  to  that  city  on  1st  April, 
1883.  Four  children  have  been  bom  to  him, 
two  boys  and  two  girls.  Mr.  Anderson  has 
been  ^vaya  a  staunch  Conservative,  but 
never  took  ftn  active  {tart  in  politics.  He 
k  ■  member  of  the  Mjuouic  body,  and  for 
many  years  took  an  active  part  in  tho  vol- 
unteer movement. 

PolU,  Kc%'.  John,  D.D..  Toronto, 
was  burn  in  18^18,  at  ^lagui^e's  Bridge, 
County  Fermanagh,  Ireland,  After  an  un- 
eventful childhood,  John  Hotta  determined 
at  an  early  age  to  leave  the  laud  of  liia  birth 
and  tr}*  his  chance  iu  the  now  world.  We 
accordingly  hear  that  when  only  seventeen, 
the  young  man  started  for  the  Southern 
States  of  America,  taking  Kingston  in  his 
route.  As  a  straw  will  at  times  iitfiuence 
the  current  of  a  stream  and  direct  it  from 
ita  nriginal  course,  Mr.  Potta*  sojourn 
amongst  his  Kiug8t4m  relations,  associated  aa 
it  was  with  the  ple&santoat  reminisoenooa, 
induced  him  on  hia  return  from  the  south 
to  sulect  Canada  as  the  land  of  his  adoption, 
and  (many  enticements  to  go  elsewhere^ 
notwithstanding),  forsaking  all  others  he 
haa  kept  ouly  unto  her.  L>riginally  an 
Episcopalian*  Mr.  Potta'  intercourse  with 
(he  Wealeyans  of  Kingston,  at  that  time 
under  tho  apintual  guidance  of  the  Rev. 
Oaorge  Donglaa,  waa  not  without  ita  effect 
upon  him,  and  he  became  a  Methodist.  The 
young  man's  tirst  step  iu  life  waa  trodden  ia 
the  path  >.•{  cummerce,  and  ue  hud  him  en- 
gaged in  mercantile  i^ursuits  at  Kingston 
and    Hamilton.     Work  of   this   kind    waa. 


2tiO 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  or 


however,  uncongenial  to  hu  ttutcn,  it  is  no 
matter  of  surpmo,  therefore,  that  j'iclding 
to  the  earnest  solicitatinna  of  his  friends, 
seconded  as  they  were  by  hia  own  natuntl 
d«tree,  Mr.  Pntt»  ni  the  age  of  nineteen, 
pnor  to  the  expinition  of  his  Aru  course,  at 
Victoria  College  l'niver»ity.  Gobonrg,  was 
induced  to  study  for  the  miniatry.  Wis 
period  of  probation  was  pnased  on  circuit  at 
Markhniu,  Aurora,  Kewiiinrket,  and  lastly 
at  Thorold.  during  hia  residence,  in  which 
place  the  yuuu^  man  completed  hia  theolog- 
ical sttidiva,  aud  was  received  in  full  cou> 
nection.  Subsequent  to  his  ordination, 
when  only  twenty-three,  the  young  minis- 
ter's first  lield  of  labour  was  at  Norter  street 
Church,  London,  aa  aasiatant  to  the  Vener- 
able Hichard  Jones  ;  from  thence,  at  the 
expiration  of  his  time,  he  waa  appointed  to  a 
charge  in  Yorkrille,  and  was  asaociated  with 
the  Hev.  K.  H.  Dewart,  then  at  £Un  street. 
Such  was  the  estimution  in  which  this 
young  worker  in  the  Lord's  rineyard  was 
held,  that  in  180ti,  he  waa  chosen  (no  small 
compliment  for  a  man  of  only  twenty-eight) 
to  bo  the  tirat  paatorof  anew  church  erected 
in  Hamilton,  to  commemernte  the  centen- 
ary of  American  Melhodiam,  and  thua  be- 
came within  the  short  space  of  ten  years  the 
minister  in  a  congregation  where  he  bad 
formerly  been  a  member^  and  Sunday-school 
teacher.  Mr.  Potta'  acceptance  of  the  Ham- 
ilton charge  was  at  first  oppoaed  by  the  Sta- 
tionary Conference  Committee,  but  their 
misgivings  as  to  his  ability  to  till  the  church 
soon  proved  to  be  groundletts,  for  such  wore 
his  laleuta  and  popularity,  and  so  forcible 
his  preaching,  that  Sunday  after  Sunday 
multitudes  flocked  to  hoar  the  Word  spoken 
by  his  month.  While  at  Hamilton,  Mr. 
Potts  was  inrited  to  come  to  Toronto,  to 
the  church  in  Adelaide  street,  but  fearing 
the  time  he  would  have  to  devote  to  the 
superintendence  of  the  building  of  the  Met- 
roptilitan  cliurch,  then  in  course  of  erection, 
would  interfere  with  whnt  lie  cunsidered 
strictly  ministerial  work,  he  declined  this 
charge,  and  accepted  that  of  St.  James 
street,  INfnntreal,  which  had  been  aimul- 
taiieously  placed  at  hia  disposal  in  auocesjiion 
to  the  Itev.  Or.  Douglas.  Equal  bucccbb  at- 
tended Mr.  Potts  in  this  his  new  field,  and 
after  a  space  of  three  years  he  returned  to 
Toronto,  and  was  placed  in  charge  of  the 
Metropolitan  church  in  that  city,  where  he 
rapidly  increased  the  number  of  the  congre- 
gation. The  close  of  his  ministrations  there 
aaw  him  again  removed  to  Elm  street,  ojid 
for  a  second  period  we  again  see  him  in 
charge  of  the  Metropolitan,  Toronto.     At 


the  close  of  a  second  term  in  the  Si.  Jatim 
street   Methodist    church,    Montreal,    Rerj 
Dr.  Potts  was  called  back  io  Toronto,  anc 
is  now  the  pafitnr  nf  Elm  street,  it  may  be 
said,   for   the  third   time.     Mr.   Potts  is 
staunch   supporter   of   temperance,    hai^of 
first  adrocnted  its  cause  when  only  Hit 
He  is  also  connected  with  the  Young 
Christian    Association  and    Bible 
He  and  the  Kev.  W.  Mac  Vicar,  of  Mc 
real,  are  the  Dominion    representatives  oo] 
the    International  Coramittoe,  whicli  seled 
the  Sunday  lessons  for  all  schools  oil  oveel 
the  world.      The  subject  of  our  sketch  is  a 
member  nf  the  Board   and    Senate  of   the 
Victoria  University.     He  is  likewise  a  mom- 
her  of   the  board    of    the   Montreal   Theu-] 
logical  College,  and  also  a  member  of  C<mf 
mictee,  and    has   charge   of  the  publishinj 
interest  of  the  church.       In  1878,  he  wj 
elected  the  first  president  of  an  oasuciatioi 
which   was   formed  in  Toronto,  embracinj 
ministers  of  all  denominations.     In  July, 
that  year,  the  Wesleyan  rnivorsity,  Ohio, 
in  due  appreciatioa  of  his  merits,  admitt 
him  to  the  degree  of  D.D.     On  the  deal  I 
of  Rer.  Dr.  Tupp,    he    was   appointed,    in 
1879,    to  succeed   him   as  chairman  of  the 
Home  for  Incurables,  an  iustitutiou  likely 
to    prove    of    incalculable    benefit    to    th*] 
people  of  Toronto,  the  foundation  stone  of! 
the  new  buildin;.>s   of    which    was   laid   by! 
Her  Royal  Uiglmess  the  Princess    Louise,' 
on  the  occasion   of  her   first   visit   to    To-i 
ronto,    in    September    of    the    same   year.i 
Never  doing  anything  by  halves,  nnosten- 
tatious,  strictly  imbued  with  a  conscioiunes 
of  the  responsibilities  of  his  sacred  othee,. 
Kev.  Dr.  Potts  rarely  takes  a  leadmg  port  I 
in  lectures  or  meetinga  of  conference,  bat) 
prefers  to  thoroughly   identify  himaelf  with 
hia  ministerial  work.     Gifted  with  no  ordi-l 
nary  power  of  eloquence,  poaaeaaing  a  tonguttj 
OS  it  were  the  pen  of  a  ready  writer,  vhth 
complete  mastery  over  the  subject  he  handles^ 
and   a  splendid  voice  in  his  delivery  of   it,l 
Rev.  Dr.  Potts  is  uuBurpawed  in  thepulpitj 
aud  rivets  the  attention  of  his  hearers.    Of 
commanding  presence,  having   the   advan- 
tages of  a  superior  intellect  and  an  eiiuaUy 
poised    mind,    and     jtosaossed    w i th    gtvat 
physical  strength.  Rev.  Dr.  Potts  is  never 
weary  in  well  doing.     Ever  re»dy  to  mnst 
those   who  are   trying  to   lead  a  Chrietiaa 
life,  he  fearlessly    denounces   in    no  raeao- 
ured  language  uf  condemnation  and  warn' 
ing,  those  who  are  walking  in  the  ways  ol 
wickedness  and  vice.    Combining  in  hi*  i>ei 
son  the  miiiyiter  in  modf*  with  the/or/»/*f  ii 
re,  ho  is   known   for  and  wide  beyond 


CAHADUK  BIOGRAPHY. 


9G1 


UbuU  of  lin  DWTi 


tu  p&Ip.   a   >! 

h«    u  ft    man  1 1 

laby  DO  MvrUxiiU'    i  .■  y 

MBf ti  Co  tile  ut  [tower  &il  teii* 'W- 

#>a4«f»,  inv«t'~  '^'l.  in  thtj  »ervice 

.   lUiU   curtlUIty  holda 

:    chrUti&ii    fellowfthip 

tj  U>  «U,  who,  Ukvt  himself, 

iin<l  Are  eudeavnring  to 

ic  :J.'   f<pintn%l  and    tciupt>ral  cod- 

Alioo  mnO  velfarv  of  th«ir  ft*llow-men.   The 

^tfm  ^^ntit^  uf  his  teveral  importaut  charue* 

teivUMhlm   aiDODgst  them,  and  tli«ir  re- 

iMInMato  part  with  htm,  amply  testify  t<> 

IteineeeM  of  KU  Uh«ira  in  the  past  ;  boiii|> 

■ntW  full  vi^iir  of  hu  manhotHi.  ahouM  hia 

Uiv  be  ffmrnd,  Her.  Dr.  Potu   has  u  loug 

(vwr  of  OMfQlneis  and  work  before  him  in 

.ran  lo  eome.    The  hutorian  ia  the  future 

tb#o  rooordiiig  the  progreu  and  growth  of 

~       tanity  in  Canwla,  will  i»ot  fail  t»>  place 

V.   Dr«    Potts   m    the  foremoit  rank  ;    a 

iHrvrof  atrentcth  in  his  own  denomination, 

b»  bv  hta  example  indiciitea  to  all  the  way 

is  which  tliey  ahuuld  wxlk,  and  generationa 

ift»r  he  Bhaj]  have  pa&s«d  away  hu  mem>'>ry 

viU  be  UaMed,  and  Lis  works  will  follow 

rdvi-ard  Oeorsc,  Wood- 

uf  this  iketch,  was  born  in 

',  uu  the  2ud  Uctober.  1853. 

"ther  were  nutives  of  Eni;- 

T.     Canada  in  1832.      Mr 

:  to  thtf  public  scho<jla, 

led  the  Model  School 

Having  completed  his  studies, 

li  hia  ■ixtv«uth  year,  he  entered 

wih»''AI<Ui*r]r  achiMl.    2inh    regiment,    then 

"^liMBMlA^d    by   Colonel    Karrington  ;    and 

rnwlfiati^  in  doe  time,  and  then  mored  to 

UAtailtocL,  wbem  he  learned  the  trade  of 

OMMI-Midini;.     in     the    establishment    of 

nMnttOB   A   Oreen.       After  he   had  mas- 

md  tiUi  trade,  tu<  was  tipi^Mutod  maua^or 

lor  tbe  Canada  ttr^au  A   \'\\u->  <%»..  ni  To- 

fODto.      In  1874,  be  catiibiiaheU   what   wss 

Iniown  as  tile  burial  eiuK>  factory,  now  one 

mi  4fc«  Unr*-'     .>.--»  »horoui{h,  and  popular 

inMttDliim*  I  In  the  coimtry.      In 

1^6,  be  »>i  :  r-Ht   lu  this  business, 

mmk  maored  i«-  k,  where  he  saw 

m  Aehl  fur  orsvi  '  Hero  he  at  once 

Uie  mMinfactre  ci  Mfgans,  and  hii 

werv  toon  rewarded  with  auooesa. 

Ef«t7  y<aar  eaw  an  lucfiaw  in  Uie  ca{<acity 

^  his  vstablisluueiit,  till   the 


TTiTv 


bnaiDess  attained  its  present  large  dimen- 
sions. In  1881,  Mr.  Thomas  wr«  elected 
alderman  for  the  City  of  WiMwlatock,  aiid 
likewi»i;  fi»r  l8Ki,  in  which  Utter  year  he 
retired.  Ho  was  a  jwinatakin^  and  clear- 
headed ciTio  legislator,  and  duriitg  his  ofB- 
cial  term,  waa  diainuau  uf  the  tire,  water 
and  light  committee.  Ue  has  taken  ood- 
Biilerable  interest  in  aecret  aociety  aSain, 
and  is  a  ppmiinent  member  of  t  >dd-Felluws' 
1<Hli;e,  No.  88.  Ue  ia  likewise  a  member  of 
the  (irand  LtKl^e.  and  haa  held  high  tniata 
in  the  Masonic  order.  In  religion  our  sub- 
ject ia  a  staunch  Episcopalian.  Ue  marriod 
in  1S72.  Margaret  Campbell,  dani^hter  of  the 
late  \Villia.m  C'am[>belt,uf  tiaiuiltou,  and  by 
thia  union  haa  hatl  four  children,  lu  poli- 
tics he  ia  a  staunch  Reformer  ;  and  he  does 
not  content  himself  with  merely  iviahing 
his  party  well,  but  he  is  a  constant  and 
zealuua  worker. 

ShorlUi,  Tlionias,  Toronto,  was  bom 
in  Bristol,  England,  on  the  7th  July,  1823. 
Uls  father  waa  Thumaa  tShortias,  and  hii 
mother  Mary  Bourke.  Mrs.  Shortiaa  came 
from  Tipperary,  Ireland,  and  wai  c«>nnected 
with  sijme  of  the  tinit  families  in  the  south 
of  Ireland.  The  family  came  to  Canada  in 
1826,  and  settled  in  Toronto,  then  known 
as  Little  York.  ()ur  subject  waa  educated 
at  the  ToiYinto  Grammar  School,  and  at  the 
Vpper  Canada  College.  On  leaving  school 
he  went  intu  the  dry-gooda  business  and 
continued  in  it  fur  seven  years,  and  after- 
wards, for  a  short  time,  waa  connected  with 
the  civil  service.  In  1854  he  entered  the 
luml>ehng  bnainesa,  and  was  one  of  the 
firat  in  developing  the  County  of  Simcoe, 
where,  among  other  industrial  improre- 
ments.  he  built  a  large  ateam  milt.  He 
tumtni  his  attention  later  to  minerals,  and 
he  and  his  partner  were  among  the  first 
to  explore  Lake  Superior  as  prospecton. 
Through  their  means  chietly  that  territory 
was  brought  before  public  notice.  The 
mining  interest  at  this  time  waa  in  a  rery 
piKir  condition,  sud  nobody  believed  that  the 
minerals  in  thia  region  were  worth  troubl- 
ing aU>ut.  Mr.  ShurLisa  has  been  engaged 
in  mining  and  lumbtiring  ever  since  the  pe- 
riod stated,  and  owns  a  Urge  tract  of  lum- 
ber on  the  1  Ottawa  river.  He  was  captain 
in  the  4lh  I^ttaliou,  Toronto,  for  fourt4^en 
years,  under  Col.  Richard  Deuisuu.  Ue 
waa  alderman  for  the  City  of  Toronto  for  the 
yean  1854-55,  and  has  l>eeu  ci^nnected  with 
most  of  the  imp«irtant  public  enterprises  in 
that  city.  Ue  is  a  Master  Mason,  of  Ionic 
lodge.  lie  has  travellml  through  Europe 
and  the  States,     la  religion  he  is  an  Kpia- 


A   Cl'CLOP.^DlA    OF 


cop«lian,  and  in  politicfl  a  Conaervatire. 
He  niarried  in  Oct.,  1855,  Heater  S.  Wake- 
field, whoae  father  waa  then  a  very  prnm- 
incnt  man  in  businei>B  in  Toronto.  Mr. 
Shortisa  is  of  a  most  genial  terit[>eramcnt, 
and  kindly  of  heart ;  tiiiTofore  he  does  not 
lack  warm  frienda,  uf  whicli  he  has  many. 

Diirliiini,  ICarl  or. — John  (Jeorge 
Lauibtnn,  Karl  of  Durham,  the  ^catoat  of 
those  Kni<liah  atateamcn  that  we  include  in 
tho  history  o£  Canada,  was  bom  on  the  12ih 
of  April,  1703,  and  received  his edacation  be- 
tween Eton  and  Cambridge.  On  reaching 
maturity  he  was  sent  to  Parliament  for  Dur- 
banj.  Lie  had  previuusly  married  Mtsa  L'hol- 
mondeley,  who  died  on  the  Hlh  of  July, 
1815.  In  the  following  year  he  espoused 
Lady  Loniaa  Elizabeth  Grey,  daughter  of  the 
then  prime  miniater  of  England,  Earl  Hrey. 
This  waa  tlie  nobleman,  by  the  way,  who 
used  to  be  in  suoh  a  state  uf  trepidation  at 
the  Cabinet  councils  8ometiro(*8  lest  his  im- 
petuous son-in-law  should  break  beyond 
bounds.  Mr.  Lanibtnii  was  descended  of  an 
old  aristocratic  family,  but  his  ancestors 
had  nearly  always  striven  in  the  cnuse  of 
popular  liberty.  When  the  future  Earl  took 
his  seat  in  Parliament,  ho  at  once  becran  to 
busy  himself  with  questions  of  reform. 
With  heart  and  soul,  too,  did  he  always 
enter  into  any  enterprise.  In  1821  he  in- 
troduced a  mcaaura  to  amend  the  existing 
law  relating  to  representation;  and  nil  the 
fossils  and  the  tones  were  ecandalixed  ; 
Lambton,  they  felt  sure,  with  hia  radical- 
ism, and  leanings  toward  the  common  ]>eo- 
pte,  would  diagrflce  Ida  lineage.  A  strong 
bulwark  of  sticks-inthc-mud  arose  and  said 
&U  such  legislation  as  Lanibton  proposed  was 
in  the  direction  of  undermining  the  founda- 
tions of  tho  Constitution.  Not  so  many 
years  Afterwards  an  aluioat  idviitical  mea- 
sure was  submitted,  and  the  fossila  had  to 
swallow  it.  On  the  17th  .Fanuar}%  1828, 
Mr.  Lambton  was  raised  to  the  peerage  with 
the  title  of  Baron  Durham,  of  tho  City  nf 
Durham  and  uf  Lambton  ^'aatle.  In  1831 
he  lost  his  sou,  Charlcn  WilliAm.a  promising 
buy  whoae  beauty  has  been  imm<u-tAlrzed  by 
the  pencil  of  Lawrence.  Un  the  12th  March, 
1833,  Lord  Durham  retired  from  the  cabinet, 
received  an  earldom,  and  in  the  summer  of 
the  same  year,  proceeded  on  a  special  mis- 
sion to  the  court  of  Russia.  In  IHljo,  his 
lordship  returned  to  Russia  as  British  am- 
bassador, and  remained  theru  until  tho 
summer  of  1837  ;  uud,  in  the  fnllowingyear 
went  out  as  goverunr-gt>neral  to  Canadii, 
whence  ho  returned,  after  a  few  months' 
Ihbseitce,  without  any  permission  from  go?- 


ernment,  and  died  in  1840.     When  he  cam 
to  Canada  he  found  the  smoking  enibern  *A 
tho  recently  subsided  rebellion;  and  that  ill- 
fetdintf,  heart  burnings,  and  the  m<->at  pain- 
ful  discout en t    were   abroad   th rou i;h    t he 
country.     His  lordship  ub»rved  that  the  oiu- 
stitution    was    practically   suspended,    that 
trial  by  jury  was  no  longer  efleutive,  and 
that  to  make  things  bolter  it  was  necessary 
to  he^dn  at  the  foundation.     To  this  end  he 
Issued    divers  ordinances,   which  declared, 
among  other  things,  an  amnesty  tr>  all  the 
rebels,  save  their  leaders,  who  were  declared 
banished  to  Bermuda.     U  was  declared  that 
should  they  return  without  penniitsion  the 
would    incur   the   penalty  of  death.     Lo 
Brougham,  in  England,  the  Ferocious  oppo- 
nent of  Ixird  Durham,  was  delighted  when 
he  heard  the  strange  tidings  from  Canada. 
With  sledge-hammer   and    bitter    style,  of 
which  he  was  master,  he  showed  how  the 
governor-general    had    transcended  bis  an* 
thoriiy  in  banishing  loan  island,  over  which 
he   had   no   control,  and  in  declaring  th 
men  who  had  never  been  brought  to  tnal, 
and  who   must   bo   presumed  innocent  ti 
proven   gnihy,    should   bo   made  t^>  snff* 
death  if  they  again  showed  their  faeces 
Canada.      Lord  Durham   doubtlessly    did 
transceml  Ids  powers,  but  dospomte  cmsetci 
are  made  better  very  often  nnly  by  despera 
remetlies  ;  and   it  is   highly   probable  th^i 
had   his   lordship   been  permitted  io  ha 
his  own  way,  the  results  wuuld  have  bee 
what  everj  body  wished.    But  ho  went  dow 
before  the  atnrm  of  censure,   and  waa   r 
called  in  disgrace.    Hoi^'ever,  before  receiv 
ing  tho  notico  of  recall,  and  wounded  deep 
than  a  mean  mind  c&n  imagine,  he   set  a 
for  England,  where,  shortly  afterwards,  he: 
died,  aa  some  have    supposed,  of  a    bn 
heart.      His  report,  which  appeared  a 
after  his  return  to  England,  waa  the 
masterly  state  paper  in  nur  colonial  history; 
The  scheme  of  a  union  for  lej;ialalive  pn 
poses  of  the  British  North  .American  provi 
cea  wa.t  laid  down,  and  the  fullest  conatitn 
ional  freetlom  for  the  jwople  waa  infti<«ted  on* 
N'ay,  the  Knrra  eyes  looked  forwanl  still  t 
to  a  day  when  he  thought    that    these  p 
vinces,    united    as   one,    might    take    the 
place  among  the  independent  nations  of  th 
earth.     Wo  quote    tho  ft»lIowing  re.«pectin 
his    lordship,   from  tho    colonial  historian 
Robert  Montgomery    Martin  : — *'  Fty  birt 
and  inclinatiun,  Lord  Durham  was  one  uf  the 
earliest  advocates  of  political  and  popular 
reform  ;  and   to   his  credit,   be  it  said,  he 
was  ever  foremost  to  aid  the  cause  of  th 
oppressed.      Hia  sympathies   were   ^axou 


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CANADIAN  ifJOGRAPHY. 


203 


iiitqtiently  with  the  people,  but  the 
Konn»n,  or  fend&l  pride,  was  often  seen 
■tmsgUng  with  the  in<  re  libora)  principles 
of  hu  surly  nnci'str)'.  At  &  period  when 
l«D  fttixjd  forward  tu  oppoio  the  en- 
inotili  nf  midLsteriAl  power.  Lord 
Hiu  alwKjra  the  staunch  opponent  of 
u<«n.  whether  national  or  individual. 
'ith  a  i^nerouB  diAposition,  he  was  prompt 
to  relieve  dtstreas,  and  expend  hia  wealth 
in  ubjecta  conducive,  as  he  thought,  to 
hia  country's  good.  There  was  nr*  nii^gard 
or  paraifuoniuua  spirit  in  liis  pn>ui.''^'din|,'s, 
whenever  it  could  be  proved  that  luoiiuy  or 
en«rv:f  could  advance  the  cause  he  took  in 
hand;  and  an  unsullied  integrity  and  lofty 
ptttriutisin  were  anioitg  the  difltinguishiu^ 
ch&ni4^t4friBticB  of  this  latuente^l  nnhleman." 
T1wr«  is  very  liltio  tuore  in  the  pni^ua  of 
"'  irtin  respectitig  Lord  Durham  that  ia 
f  to  anv  man  who  is  not  so  narnjw- 
as  Martin  evidently  was.  This 
kiaii  usually  dull  writer  sl'ouib  to  have 
liis  t:umt>ersouio  pai^s  at  a  tinit* 
•till  a  few  uf  our  puldic  tnen  otiuld 
rf»c!<*  a  slur  to  the  dead  lion  ;  hut  the 
rinii  censure  is  very  ridiculoualy  read 
h)<nt  (if  the  prcstMit  time.  &(ost  of 
irham  advocated  has  been  carried 
kct  ;  and  those  very  lohemes  which 
•nies  have  adopted,  and  which  weru 
•iidest  lupous,  »ro  those  which  Uoheri 
■riiery  Martm    churacterises  as  C'to- 

JVIicllhan,  I*ntrlok,  Saint  ISfary's. 

rar  of  the  South  Uidini;  of  the  Cuunty 

frth.     ivrc  Kuril   at    iV'terfield,    in    the 

muty  ot  Ireland.    April  'J3rd^ 

VI.      Hi-  '  oiu'J*  Whcliiian,  a  fiinn- 

died  when  the  son  was  two  yeara   old, 

kving  a  widowed  mother,  Klixabeth,  whoso 

idnn  name  was  D'Arcy,  with  a  family  of 

iT«n    diiidreii,  of  whiuu  our  suhjoct    was 

t«nth  child.      Uo  WHS  tirnuglit  up  nn  a 

m  until  ■iit«>en  ynars  of  a«{c.  n>veivtng  in 

n4(ionaI  fectioul  education. 

y  came  t<'  Auterica,  hiiidiu^ 

i-xiiA,  li^.,  whun*  cho  muther  m\k\ 

her  to  »k  tho  y^fllow  fever,  and 

M:iti,  <Jhio.    Thin  wiwi  a  trying 

ft.1  '  of  yiMUij  Win  lihan.     Tbe 

nu:_.     >     exhaustod    liia    means,  as 

well  as  that  of  a  hrdhcr  rii^ht  yi^srs  older, 
ftotl  he  found  himviitf  nt  iiixtoea  with  small 
nawM  anfS  a  Tonm^cr  sister  on  tiis  hamls  to 
^t«?.  AtTlirl.  d,  )nit  not  disheartened, 
'  f»rnorthwar\l  as  Ixm- 
_  some   of    his    frii.tuds 

M»*L      Uw   *o..ii  aftvrwanls  mturnuil  to 
to,  whatd   ho   ma'lo   au   engagement   to 


work  for  an  English  railway  firm,  Chamber- 
lain, World  A  Walker,  and  had  charge  a^  a 
supply  Btore,  while  the  partners  were  build- 
'\f\\^  riiilways  in  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania. 
After  having  pUce<l  his  sister  at  aohool  at 
Cleveland^  he  purcha»vd  snd  paid  for  two 
hundred  acres  of  land  near  the  village  of 
Lncan,  in  the  Huron  diAtrict,  Ontario,  then 
called  the  Queens  Bush).  On  this  farm  his 
Ittte  brother's  family  still  reside,  fn  H51, 
Mr.  Whelihan  went  to  Kiuf^ston.  Ontario, 
and  8|Mjiit  two  years  with  the  firm  of  Brown 
Si  Hearty,  act^uiring  a  knowledge  of  the 
dry  goods  buiineu.  In  the  »priijg  of  lti53j 
he  remrtved  to  London,  and  spent  a  short 
time  with  the  Hon.  Frank  Smith,  who  was 
(hon  a  leiulin^  merchant  and  importer  in 
that  city.  Haviiij*  branched  out  fn>iu  that 
eslablishiuoMt  in  1854,  ho  S4*tilud  in  St. 
MaryV,  County  of  Penh,  and  was  a  general 
merchant  there  until  October,  1871,  (except 
two  years  spent  at  Stratford),  when  he  was 
appointed  rrgistar.  In  1807  he  purchased 
the  husinessiif  Mr.  Corcaran,  wholesale  and 
retail  t^rocer  at  Stratford,  and  conducted  the 
same  successfully  for  fifteen  months,  while 
carrying  on  his  farming  operations  in  the 
t'jwDship  of  Blanchard.  At  the  oud  of 
the  period  named,  he  resold  the  business 
b:ick  to  Mr.  Corcoran,  and  repurchased  his 
old  establishment  in  St.  Mary's,  from  which 
he  retired  in  the  spring  **{  187'.i,  At  twenty- 
four  years  uf  age  he  was  appMiuted  justice 
of  tlie  peace,  and  that  t^fitce  he  still  holds. 
H»  is  also  one  of  the  license  comintssinQ. 
era  for  the  *Soutli  Riding  of  the  County  of 
Perth  ;  and  is  registered  at  Washington, 
D.C.,  OS  a  Canadian  majgistrate  to  facilitate 
the  drawing  of  pensions  of  soUliers  who  re- 
side in  Canada,  who  were  enga^^L'd  in  the 
late  civil  war.  Mr.  Wheliluin  represented 
the  South  ward  in  the  town  of  St.  Maiy's, 
in  the  municipal  council,  for  severitl  years  ; 
and  ho  made  the  tirat  audit  shitvta  sfter 
the  place  had  become  a  town.  He  ts  also 
a  trustee  of  the  collegiate  in.ititute.  and 
takes  groat  inturest  in  education.  Ho  has 
1>e(>n  a  faithful  worker  for  evory  public  in- 
t«n:st  ever  coiitided  to  him.  Be  is  a  mem- 
l>er  of  the  Koniati  c-nlholic  church,  and  has 
XWvA  an  unblemished  life.  In  duly,  1855^ 
Anno  Amelia  Wells,  of  London,  Ontario, 
was  joineil  in  marriaife  with  .Mr.  Whelihan, 
aiid  of  fourteen  children,  the  fruit  of  this 
union,  tweUe  are  living.  His  eldest  dauKh' 
tor.  Mary  Jane,  is  the  wifu  of  l*r  Han- 
over, of  lAindon,  Out.  ;  Charhs  Edward,  the 
eldest  scui,  has  l)een  his  father's  deputy 
for  nine  years,  and  has  oxcvll«nt  btisinesii 
tslenta.      Three  daughters  have  IxM^n  edu- 


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cated  at  the  Sacred  Heart  Academy,  Lon- 
duu,  Out.,  and  two  daughters  aiid  a  son 
attend  the  CoIIegiatti  [nstitute,  St.  Mary's. 
The  younger  children  are  in  tho]ix;al8cho<ils 
of  lovrer  ji^rade.  Mr.  Whelihan  is  giving 
bia  cliildrcn  a  good  mental  drill,  and  rear- 
iog  thorn  ill  the  ways  of  tomporance.  virtue 
and  indaatry.  During  tb«  aeventeun  yeara 
that  he  waa  in  mercantile  life,  he  w&a  alau 
engaged  in  farming,  and  has  new  une  hun- 
dred and  tifty  acres  in  the  corporation,  his 
home  not  boins  mora  than  6vo  minutes 
walk  from  bis  office.  Hia  apecialty  ia  stuck* 
raiaing,  and  principally  in  Nonuau  per- 
cherun  horaea  ;  A^yrahire,  and  grade  cattle  ; 
and  pure  bred  Southdown  sheep.  In  Xor- 
man  percheron  liorsea  bo  has  some  very 
choice  animals,  bia  own  imi>ortations  direct 
from  France,  and  imrcbased  by  biniaelf  por- 
sonaUy  from  tbi;  most  noted  borsebreedera 
in  the  north  of  France.  He  deserves  great 
credit  for  bia  enterprise,  being  the  brat  one, 
BO  far  aa  we  know,  in  Ontario  to  import 
boraea  direct  from  France..  All  others  bad 
purchased  tlteir  tirst  stock  Ivaxa  Americans. 
Mr.  VVbeliban  is  proving  a  benefactor  to 
Ilia  country,  and  especially  to  the  locality 
where  he  resides,  by  improving  the  stock  of 
horses,  etc. ,  in  the  country  for  miles  around. 
In  1883,  Mr.  Wholihan  with  bis  wife  spent 
three  months  in  Europe,  visitinp:  many 
places  of  importance,  combining  Duatness 
with  pleasure,  for  durinir  the  visit  be  made 
some  &ne  selections  of  Norman  percheron 
horaei  in  the  north  of  France.  These  are 
now  to  be  seen  on  his  farm,  which  wo  may 
add,  is  known  as  **Tborn  Hill  Place,"  St. 
Mary's.  Mr.  Whelihan  vras  at  one  time  an 
active  politician,  but  the  nature  of  his  office 
requires  him  now  to  maiat*in  m  neatral 
position. 

Hayes,  James,  M.D. ,  CM.  .M.C. .P.S. 
0,,Simcoe,  Coroner  of  Norfolk  county, Oat., 
was  born  in  Simooe,  on  the  loth  December, 
1844.  Hia  parents  were  David  Hayes  and 
Maria  Theresa  Olennan.  Mrs.  Hayes  was 
a  daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  Glennan,  of  Dub- 
lin. Ireland.  In  1818,  the  family  of  John 
HayeA  left  the  town  of  Antrim,  and  sailed 
for  Canada,  and  after  landin^i  they  remained 
a  short  time  at  Quebec.  The  parents  were 
t«ken  with  cholera  and  died,  leaving  the 
father  of  our  subject,  then  in  bis  eighth  year, 
and  he  was  taken  to  the  town  of  Oobourg, 
where  be  remained  till  be  reached  man^s 
estate.  He  learned  the  trade  of  lit^uor  maiiU- 
factunng.  and  afterwards  removed  to  West 
Flam boro*,  and  tistabliabed  a  distillery  tliere. 
In  1832  he  proceeded  to  Sinicoe,  where  ha 
establislted  another  distillery,  which  he  con- 


ducted  for  a  nuuiber  of  yean.     In  1856 
retired  from  active  buainvsa.  and  has   eiuot 
resided    with   bis   son.  Dr.    Jamea   BaytML 
Mrs.     Hayes   died  in  1847.     •lumes    Hay«s 
was  educated  in  the  union  schools,  and  i 
the  Grammar  Bch'K>l  of  Simcoe.     In    ]8(> 
be  repaired  to  Montreal,  and    entered  ll; 
medical    department     of    McOiU    Col) 
where  be  pursued  bis  studies   luitil  1 
when  be  graduated  aa  M.D. ,  CM.     In  1809, 
he  received  the  title  oi  M.C.P.S.O.     He 
once  returned    to    Simc<>e,  and  opened 
odice.     In  1868  be  purchased  the  dru^  bo 
inoaa  of  John  Wmch,  and  aaaociated  h' 
aelf  in  partnership  with  J.   F.  Wilson, 
busiuesfl  was  continued  till  lrt69,  when  Dr. 
Hayes  sold  out   his    interest,  and  devoted 
himself  exclusively  to  hia  practice.     In  1S71 
be  took  in  aa  bis  partner  Dr.  Corlis,  and  this 
partnership  lasted  till  1873,  when  Dr.  Corlis 
removed    to  St   Thomas.     It    may    alsu 
stated  here  that  in  1^)70  Dr.  Hayes  boughl 
out  the  drug  business  from  Mr.  Wilson 
took  into  partnership  R.  T.  (now  Judge), 
Livingatou,  the    company   being  known  as 
Hayes   tV    Livingston.      Tlie   busiuesi    was 
managed  by  W.  W.    Livingston,  now  tow 
clerk  of  Simco^.     O'hia  bnaiuess  was  oarritM 
on  for  four  years,  when  in  1874,  Mr.  Uayi 
sold  out  his  interest  to  Mr.  LivingaUm  ;  an 
from  this  time  be  has  continued  to  atten 
closely  to  his  practice,  the  result  of  which  1 
that  he  now  is  one   of  the  most  promineul 
practitioners  in  the  county.  He  applied  him 
self  diligently  to  hia  profession,  untd  1 
when  he  bought  the  drug  business  from  Mr, 
Livingst-tm.  taking  into  partnerahip  at  th9 
same  time  John  B.  Farlow.  and  the  establish 
ment  was  now  known   as  Hayea  &  Farlow 
In   1885  the  partnership  co&sed,  and 
Hayes  bought   out   bia   pariner's   inc«i 
Dr.    Hayes   was  for  some    years   assiatan 
surgeon  in  tlie^Oth  battalion,  Norfolk  Rifler, 
and  be  retired  in   188*2.      In  1872,  he  was 
elected  councillor  for  the  town  of  Simcoe, 
and  was  re-elected   in   I87ti-77.      Ho    thei 
retired  from   municipal  affairs  for  a  tim 
In  1885,  be  was  elected  mayor  of  his  nativ 
town  by  acclamation.    He  is  connecred  wit 
the    newly    developed    mineral    springs    ai 
Montana,  with  the  Simcoe  Worsted  Wtxille 
Mills,  and  other  public  enterprises.      He 
a  Masun  of  Norfolk  lodge,     No.  IH^  A.F. 
A.M,  and  is  past  master  of  the  same  bidge 
be  likewise  belongs  to  the  Simcoe  lodge  o 
Oddfellows  ;    and  is  the  physician    of    th 
lodge  ;  he  is  an  Indegwndant  Forester,  an 
the  physician  of  that  body,  and  is  jail  an 
geon  and  attending  pliyuiciaii  of  the  county 
Poor  House.     He  is  an  Kpiscopalian  and  a 


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CA^AVJAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


2t^ 


\jXt9f  ;tuvc'.      He  iiiiLrrieii  in  1809, 

JaosiL-  r  of  the  Kw.  Martin  Livtng- 

Ut<!*  ininnn-r  tif  St.  Paul's  Prt'sbyterinn 
Siwcfie.  wba  wiia  nupcraiitiuAtod  iu 
ly--.  \r-,  Hnyea  dir'J  in  1870.  and  th« 
:ie*i  as^uiu^  in  isri),  Miiry,  ilaiiyh- 
.-.  ..  „.  Iluwiliy,  ijf  TowiiHend.  He  hod 
fiT»  diilclivn,  two  ul  whom  fturTire.  The 
»«ent)d  wife  dietl  iu  1833, 

Pf  11%,  ThoaifU,  was  horn  in  Toronto, 

;  ir    :ird  of   Mhv.    IM30.       His  parenla 

««ff«  William  Pella  and  8usan»  whose  maiden 

name  wm»  Dent,  both  b«1on(nnK  to  Toronto. 

-   from  Holt,  Norfolk,  Eug- 

>nd  latidetl  in   Toronto,  then 

'  .Muddy    York,'*  wbvru  lie  took  up 

«ines4  nf  bricklayer      He  took  an  ac* 

it  th«timeof  M^kckenisie'a  reboU 

-  aide  of  the  loyalists.     He  died 

-■ring  a  family  of  eight   children, 

"f  this  ftketch    bein^  the  second 

^»-r  Pella  died  in  1875.    Thoniaa 

I  of  thi>  sketcli.  nioifived  a 

-    --^  :   1  uducatuin.       At  the  »4(e  uf 

-  yeArm,  when  his  father  died,  the  f»m- 

'    lieing    in  the  btist  of  circumstanoea, 

di  '  iui  ifhliged  to  devote  the  niont  of 

ki  helping   his  mother.       He  was 

^omvi  iiie  boys  who  tirst  sold  the  CkmUt, 

iIm  Fatrict  and  the  Olvb€  in  tJie  streets,    At 

ihm  M^  of  sixteen,  he  was  apprenticed  to 

MeBaiQ  *&  Withiow,  whose  shops  once  oc^u* 

pted  tha  ipaoe  on  which  the  Grand  Opera 

Uo<UMi.  Toronto,  now  stands.    Aft^r  serving 

bve    year*    at   carpentt>ring,    and    learning 

\h9  trade.  Mr.   Pella   wt-nt  to  try  his  hick 

al»ro«d(aDd  set  nvit  for  the   United  Stat44s, 

Uodikig   in  Kew    Y<irk,      He    remained  in 

Umi  eity   for  one  and  a   half  yvan,  when 

bo  left  and  went  t<i  Vickshnrg,   .Mis<^LSsippi, 

tiMi  SuutUom  Slat«a.      Heru  he  remained 

Ibtf  oQtbteak    of   the  American  war, 

h«  r0turu«H.l   to    t'nnada,    ststtling    in 

Tort>iilo.      Ho  n*jw  erit^rtd  the  employ  of 

J.  P.  Wagner,    whnr«    he    remaineil    until 

1977,   »bim    he  opened  for   himself  in  the 

btsnnAM  of  builder  and  contractor,  on  Ade- 

laiiU  atmit       In  this  business  b«  still  cou- 

tiii<^*».  and   \»  "n^  of  Toronto's  niost  noted 

t"  •■    building   of  the  fine 

:  d  by   Farley  A    Co., 

Mr,    Pells'    hands.       He 

6rst  militia  corps,  under 

1  hft  was  also  s  raomber 

:i\'nt.       He  w  a  atock- 

'   ■•  1  .      Mr.  Pells  isn 

l:t«nnie  lodge,  A.   | 

i:,.ri.r  .,f  Mum- 

I'lungs 


the  Ancient  Order  of  I'nitfd  Workmen,  to 
the  Select  Knights,  the  Royal  Aroanum 
lodgo.  and  to  the  Toronto  Ciun  club.  In  all 
llieae  socicticB  Mr.  Polls  holds  a  very  proui- 
iiitint  |>Uue.  He  has  tnvullfd  thr«Mtgh  the 
I'nited  States,  vitiiliug  all  points  uf  iniorest. 
In  188o  he  visited,  toijtether  with  Mrs.  Pells, 
tbu  Xow  Orleans  exposition.  Hi*  is  a  Meth* 
odist,  and  a  Conservative  in  pulitics.  He 
married,  on  thu  5th  of  Aneiiat.  18(]'J,  Sophia 
Marion  Baker,  daughter  of  the  late  Job 
Baker,  one  of  the  oldest  inhabitants  of 
Toronto,  who  died  in  Knghind,  to  which 
country  he  had  removed  in  1876.  Mr. 
Pells  has  bad  three  children.  He  is  a 
most  genial  gentleman  in  social  life,  and 
one  that  attracts  all  with  whom  he  oomes  in 
contact.  We  may  add  that  Mr.  Pella  has 
jtiat  erected  a  h.indsome  building  on  Ade* 
laido  street,  known  a.s  the  **  Grand  Central 
Roller  Skating  Rink." 

Bradley,  Alexander  Priesllr}', 
Lieutenaut  ('I'lonel,  Secretary  to  the  l>e- 
partinent  of  Railways  and  Canals,  Ottawa, 
waa  txjrn  uu  the  26th  of  t>ctober.  1831.  at 
Portland,  County  of  St.  John,  in  the  Pro- 
vince of  New  Brunswick.  Is  a  son  of  John 
and  Jane  Matilda  Bradley,  the  mairlun 
nainu  of  his  mother  being  McCoU.  His 
educational  studies  weru  pursued  in  St. 
Johi^  New  Brunswick,  and  he  attended  the 
(rramniar  school  in  that  city.  He  has  held 
comuiisaious  in  the  0th  regiment,  Cumber- 
land, Nova  Scotia  militia,  as  follows  : — 
He  was  appointed  osptain  and  adjutant  ou 
the  4th  of  .August,  1854;  tnajorou  the  ISth 
September,  18ij:j,  and  lieutenant-colonel  on 
the  27th  !Sept*niber,  IHtM*.  By  militia  gen- 
eral orders,  dated  3rd  January,  187*.^  he  was 
placed  on  the  retired  list,  retaining  the  rank 
of  liuutenant-colunel.  In  1848,  he  reuLOved 
from  St.  John  to  Parrsboru',  Nova  Scotia, 
where  he  was  employed  iu  a  merchant's 
otbce.  He  was  appointed  deputy  regiatrar 
of  deeds  for  the  District  of  Parrsboro',  Cum- 
berland, under  commisaiou  dated  9th  Sep- 
tt'ml>er,  1^2.  He  received  the  oi*mmiBsiuD 
of  registrar  of  deeds  on  the  10th  Noven)l»«r, 
1857  ;  was  appointed  poatmanter  on  the  lUth 
August,  18C3  ;  issuer  of  inarriagt<  Iiconaus  on 
the  l>th  July,  IBr»4  ;  and  )Kihc«  magistrate 
in  li^\>.  He  resigned  the  foregoing  fU  the 
1st  July,  1871,  on  hia  appointment  as  aaaiat- 
ant  accountant  in  the  Department  of  Public 
Worka,  Ottawa.  He  was  np{>ointod  private 
secretary  to  the  Hunourai>iti  Sir  ChaiKis 
Tupjwr.'C.B.,  K.C.M.O.,  thm  minister  of 
Public  Worka.  on  the  I7th  nct^d>er,  1878; 
and  held  a  like  [H^sttiun  under  him  as  miu- 
iater  of  Railways   aud  Canals    up    to  May 


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2:^rd,  188iJ.  Ho  WM  then  Bppointed  chief 
clerk  and  secretary  of  that  department.  Mr, 
ISradley  is  K  Methodist,  and  ha«  beon  since 
childh'xxl.  He  has  held  ufficial  connection 
H'itli  ihe  church  fur  many  years,  both  in  Nuva 
Scotia  and  at  Ottawa  ;  was  u  member  of  the 
Mnntreal  conference  for  tlie  seuious  of  18S4 
and  IRSn,  and  is  a  meutherof  the  missionAry 
oommittco  of  that  ct^nfnrt'^nco.  He  married, 
OD  the  2ad  Novetuber.  1854,  at  Parrsboro', 
Nova  Scotia,  Mary  E.  Chnbbnck,  daughter 
of  the  late  Jamea  L.  Chubbiick,  and  grand- 
daughter of  the  late  E^dward  Dixnn.  of  ^^nck• 
ville.  New  Brunswick.  Our  subject  is  well 
known  as  a  capablo,  painstaking  and  zealitua 
public  othcial,  and  these  qualities  are  inval- 
uable ID  a  man  at  the  head  of  a  department 
BO  ixuportant  as  that  presided  over  by  Mr. 
Bradley . 

Tuylor,  Cyriiw  milcr,  Waterloo,  was 
born  in  Ancaster,  Wentworth  county,  Out., 
in  the  year  IS31.  He  is  a  sun  of  Abraham 
Taylor  and  Anna  liaxter,  buth  of  whom 
came  to  this  country  in  1817,  from  Jefferson 
county,  ^few  York  state.  Younjj  Taylor's 
father  died  when  our  stibject  was  four  years 
old.  In  1844  he  weni  U\  live  with  hU  old- 
est brother  at  Bridgeport,  County  of  Water- 
loo, and  he  received  the  principal  part  of 
his  education  at  the  common  school.  In 
1861  his  brother  moved  to  the  township 
of  Wellesley,  in  the  same  county,  and  for 
several  years  yonnK  Taylor  worked  upon  his 
brother's  farm  during  the  sumuior  seasons, 
and  attended  schtnd  during  winter.  Fnmi 
1858  to  18(»1  h«  was  employed  tenching 
school,  and  aa  a  clerk,  in  the  County  of  Wa- 
terloo. Ho  married,  in  1857,  a  daught^jr  of 
W.H.  Hacking,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the 
present  town  of  Listowel,  and  postmaster 
from  its  earlitat  days  to  the  present.  In 
IrtOl  Mr  Taylor  commence<l  an  insurance 
aftenoy  in  the  town  of  Waterlot*.  He  had 
not  been  long  so  eD^a'^ed  before  Ue  con- 
ceived the  idea  of  starting  a  CJ>mi>any  with 
the  view  of  becomini;  ita  manager,  and  stt 
about  the  formation  of  the  Waterloi*  Mu- 
tual Fire  Inmirance  Company,  which  com- 
moncod  doing  business  in  the  spring  of  1 803, 
with  Mr.  Taylor  as  its  manager  and  sole 
agent.  In  a  year  or  two,  however,  the  suc- 
cess of  the  company  was  so  ^reat  as  to  create 
a  wider  field  of  operations  than  could  bo  at- 
teuded  to  by  him,  in  the  capacity  uf  manager 
and  agent,  and,  therefore,  agent  after  atfent 
waa  appointed,  until  the  whole  of  Western 
Ontario  waa  represented.  The  success  of 
the  mutnal  principle,  as  it  had  been  applied 
in  the  Waterloo  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
Company,   suggested   to   the   mind  of  Mr. 


Taylor   the  ppoprioty  uf  eatablishing  a  lifo 
Assurance  Company,  which  should  be  ji 
mutual  and  entirely  in   the   interest  ot    iia 
(tulicy  holders.   Mr.  Taylor  immediately  ac 
ed  on  his  convictiun»,  and  with  the  aasis 
ance  of  Isaac  E.  iViwuian,  the  then  u^emb 
of  the  House  iif  Ctnnmons,  and  Mr.  Springer, 
thfe  member  of  the  lA'gisUtive  Assi?-mhly  o! 
Ontario,  the  sdtcme  very  soon   oasiknied 
practical  shape:  and  application  was  mode  t4^ 
the  Leijishiture  of  Ontario  in  the  fall  of  1^64^ 
fi>r  the  inconiurattou   uf   the  <)nU«riu    Lift 
Aesurnnce  Company,  which  was  g  anted  in 
the  spring  rtf  1S0'.>.     The  office  of    manager 
iif  the  Wnterloo  iMutual,  and  the  positi'^n  of 
Tice-prcsident     uf    the    Ontario    Life    has 
been     held    by     Mr.     Taylor    ever    since 
iho      dates      of     their     organizalions.       lu 
the  year  184U  Mr,  Taylor  bejjati    tn   study 
the  views  i»f  a  religious  body  styled  Christa- 
delphians,  and  notwithstanding    his    preju- 
dice against  a  system  of  religious  teaching  so 
subversive  of  liis   previous   convictions  re- 
8[>eotihg  the  religious  doctrines  tiui^ht  in  the 
soripturea,  in  a  ahtirt  time  he  became  thor- 
oughly convinced  of  the  truthfulness  of  the 
system  of   religious   truth  taught  by  lhf>ae 
|>eople,  and  connected  himself   with    them 
in    IS02.       He   luta   prepared    the    foUo 
ing  synoi)8i9  of  his  religious  belief  : — Th 
God,  the  great   first    cause,  the  creator  and 
upholder  of  all  things  is  a  personal  being, 
having  a  hicalized   habitation    in   some  pa 
of   hia  vast  domain,  styled  Heaven  in  scri 
ture.     That    there   is   no   other   beinsf  co- 
eternal  or  co-equal  with  Him.     That  .lesus 
Christ    the    "Son  of   God"   and    "Son  of 
Man"  had  no  existence  save  in  the  purpos 
of  the  Deity   until    his    birth.     That  i>ri  a 
Count  of  his   perfect   and  sinless  life,  Go 
raised  him    from  the   dead,  and  he  becarrn 
the  Prince  of  Lift*,  to  give  eternal  life  to 
his  faithful    brethren.      That    the     a|)iri 
whoso  K'.iurce   is  tJod,  is   an   all  tHirv;v..Un 
principle, undefined  in  its  naturt*,bui  kui>w 
by  its  name  and  oiwratimis  as  follows: — Is 
As  a  creative,  life  uivin<4   and   life  sustAia- 
ing    agency.     'ZnH,    Tlte    medium    througl 
which  trod  is  omnipresent  in  all  parts  of  U 
universe.     3rd,  The  channel  through  whic 
<  Jrtd  has  spoken  to    ua   by    *'  Holy   men 
old/'  and    the   power  in  the  iLaiids  of  th<> 
men  by  which   they  performed   niiraclcB   i 
attestation   of  their  divine  mission.     Th 
these  divinely  inspired   and   attested  wnr 
are  the  scriptures  of  divine  truth,  and    a 
the    only    appeal    to   the    intellectual    au 
moral  faculties  of  man  t<:i   lead    him    in  thfl 
*•  way  everlasting."     That  the  ani^elis  Are  a 
class  of  real   tangible   beings,   immortal    in 


em      N 
.nd~ 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


2«7 


re,  whose   powers  of  locomotion 

■e  Attributed  U*  their  [:>r>BS09sion 

'    To    their   immortal    nuture. 

1^3,  in  their  capacity  as  mes- 

:  i  i-  crtsentft'ivesof  God  in  carry- 

'.'-  Hta  purtMisfa  in  Mis  dealings  with 
— ...,  !i»ve  ])«rs"nAted  thu  Great  Jehovah, 
**wl}o  dwL'IU  in  light  iiiiupproachabloi  wliom 
CM  m&a  hath  teen  or  can  see."  Th&t  the 
4*vU  ho*  nu  p«r«onal  existence,  but  is  sin 
pnviffufied,  and  thnt  in  the  languago  of 
•eritvtare,  *'  When  a  man  is  tempted  he  is 
lanpieil  and  drawn  uwny  by  hia  own  lusta 
or  dwirti."  That  man  la  entirely  mortal. 
T^nt  hb  Buperiority  over  all  other  animals 
'If  due  to  bia  snperior  organization 
tncation.  lliat  he  does  not  possess 
an  enuly  within  which  snrnves  the  death 
of  the  bi-idy  in  a  c^nscions  state  of  exist- 
■aar.  ThAt  hia  innate  longingn  for  a  life  be- 
jrond  Uw  gmre  harmonizoH  with  the  idea 
tkftt  6<Kt  fs  his  creator,  and  that  He  has  re- 
TtaM  a  way  iu  which  thU  hungering  tiiuy  bo 
rMlt«ed,  Ttiftt  way  is  throut^h  the  belief 
and  obedience  *>i  His  word,  and  a  resiirrec- 
tkm  from  the  dead.  That  in  the  interval 
1)wtwv«n  d« nth  and  the  reaiirrcotion  "our 
Ufe  U  hid  with  Christ  in  God."  That  there 
tfe  tto  rewards  or  piiniihmenta  until  after 
tbarrflurnotion  and  jud^anent.  That  thoae 
«iU  be  raiaed  from  the  dead  who  hare  be- 
MMM  Aiucnablo  to  the  Jndgniout  seat  of 
Ohrint^by  the  possession  of  light  and  know- 
M)|^.  That  the  faithful  amoni;  thi?  class 
»iU  b*  rovarded  "  by  this  mortal  puttim; 
«o  immortality.''  That  the  unfaithful  will 
be  **  beaten  with  fuw  or  many  stripc!i,  end* 
inC  in  the  actoimd  doath.*^  That  those  who 
||AV«  etnne«l  wiihoiu  law,  will  perish  n-ith- 
oot  law,  and  aIo*tp  a  iK)r|>etual  eioop. "  That 
i^r-  .T^ni.,',  ,....,1.',.  will  biv4<kthurud  back 
•  -  una  I'f  Israel."    **  That 

t  _  ^vorld   will  yet  become 

ti  lis  of  our  Lord  and  his  Christ." 

T  ••  the    law    will    proceed  from 

^(  .  and  the  word  of  the  Lord  from 

J  *  whnn  Ji>«u«  Christ  will  rei-^n  at 

"  '  ti    the  throne  of  his  father 

I'  oncionte  jLtloriuusly."  That 

tt  :»  iho    evorluating^  homo  of  the 

r  Thttt     Christ,     the      "aeoond 

AtTiut,  aill  «Bt4kbltKh  suoh  An  ordor  of 
ihmifs  oa  will  eventuate  in  the  '*  rentitulion 
M  all  thin;^  sprtkoii  nf  by  all  Ooil's  h*>Iy 
fifi»ph*l«,  •inco  thi«  wfiHil  began."  *rh»t 
Ihea  OtMj's  will  "  will  bn  done  on  earth  oa 
ll  b  4ob4  In  Hrarnn*'  and  sin,  sntTorinc 
iu>«I  diukih  Mill  tt'»t  exist  in  tho  univvrso  of 
<•  Ihat     the     belief    of    **  the 

1^  --'i  the  kinydum  of  (Stnl  and 


the  nutue  of  Jesus  Christ"  and  a  ''  baptism 
into  Christ"  is  the  beginning  of  that  path 
that  leadH  to  Itfn  ett^mal. 

Wlilvluw,  Robert,  Woodstock,  On- 
tario, was  born  in  the  parish  of  Merton. 
Roxboroughshire,  in  1827.  His  |>!irenta  were 
Atidrew  Whitelaw  and  Isabella  Gladstone^ 
Andrew  Whitelaw  waa,  for  m-'iny  yej*ra  a 
thrifty  farmer  in  his  native  plaov ;  but  in 
1H4(>,  he  sailed  with  his  family  Ui  Canada, 
settling  in  the  t<iwn  of  Guelph,  our  subject 
Iwing  then  iu  his  thirteenth  year.  Farming 
waa  a;;^in  commenced  in  the  new  coiintrr, 
and  Andrew  Whitelaw  continnod  to  reaide 
on  the  farm  of  his  eldest  st/n,  Willi  uu,  tliree 
miles  from  Guelph,  till  his  death  in  lH4t}. 
A  family  of  six  children  survived  the  worthy 
man,  and  Robert  was  the  youngest.  The 
lad  received  only  a  ccimmou  school  educa- 
tion, at  the  pariah  achooU  in  Scotland, 
and  worked  upon  his  father's  farm  till  ho 
waa  sixteen  years  old.  The  following  year, 
1844,  he  loft  hia  home  and  proceeded  to  the 
town  of  Dundaa,  where  he  l>e;fan  to  learn 
the  trade  of  millwright,  iu  the  shop  of  th« 
late  tirm  of  John  G.  Gartshore  &  Co.  Here 
he  »erve*l  an  apprenticeship  of  four  yean; 
and  u{M>n  the  expiry  of  hia  term,  wont  to 
the  Tnited  States,  settling  in  Bntfalo.  In 
this  city,  he  wi>rknd  at  hia  trade  for  a  short 
time,  and  then  returned  tij  Canada.  In 
1850,  he  bent  hia  steps  towarda  ron)nto. 
entering  into  the  employ  of  Lr>we.  Turner 
&  Gibb,  machiniata,  where  he  remained  for 
two  years.  The  firm  now  failed,  aud  Mr. 
Whitelaw  rented  the  ahi»p  of  the  bankrupt 
establiahmeut,  and  opened  business  for  hun- 
aelf.  Here  he  continued  for  about  a  year 
and  a  half,  when  he  anid  out  to  Henry 
Hawke.  He  now  became  engineer  upon  a 
largo  Bteamer,  and  thereafter  woa  employed 
up«JU  several  boats  plyiiii^upou  Ii*kt'  Uu- 
lario.  He  contiuued  in  thia  busiue»«  for 
two  seas4:>n8,  after  which  he  reiuoved  to 
tlie  to^vn  of  Siuicoe,  where  h«  took  the  posl- 
tutn  of  foreman  in  the  foundry  of  the  late 
John  Bijyd.  In  the  fall  of  lAVT,  he  left 
Uimciie,  oiul  en^aijedaa foreman  with  Thom- 
doii  it  Muirheod,  of  Boochville.  in  the  *U- 
ford  foundry,  iu  which  position  he  remain- 
ed for  two  yuara.  He  then  purvliaa«M  the 
interest  of  the  senior  partner,  .Andrew  Thom- 
aun,  but  iu  1800,  rented  his  intort*at  to 
liolxirt  Thoniaou.  In  lt**>2,  .Mr.  Murhoad 
and  i>ur  subject  purchaurd  the  interest  uf  Mr. 
Thoui8i»n,  and  carried  on  husincaa  under 
the  naiuM  i»f  Whitelaw  &  Co.  The  part- 
nnrahip  continued  till  IHiUi.  when  Mr. 
Whiudaw  bought  out  the  entire  interest  of 
the  estabUahment,  aud  carried  on  the  buai- 


A  crcLOJ\KVjA  or 


u«M  himnulf.  In  1874.  he  removed  his 
busiutifis  to  tlie  town  of  SVoodntock,  where 
he  Btill  coutitiiioH  with  marked  prosperity. 
It  i«  ])roi>er  to  adil  thut  Mr.  WhitoUw  hM 
hftd  his  share  of  reverses  aud  cruaaea  in  hia 
buflinesa  life.  Uis  preuistia  weru  twice  de- 
stn>yvd  by  tire,  once  in  Keaohvillu,  in  1S09, 
and  A^ain  at  Woodstock,  iu  1875.  Not 
at  all  daunted,  this  courageous  and  enter- 
prisine  man  speedily  erected  a  new  and  im- 
proved oatablinhniont,  upon  the  rnina  of 
the  old  one  at  Woodstock.  In  this  splendid 
estnblishment,  he  aow  matiiifttctures  all 
kinduof  luachiuery,  includinj^^chietly  eiigiites 
and  btfilura.  Uis  house,  we  may  also  add, 
hna  erected  mills  throuyhdut  every  part  of 
Canada.  Mr.  Whitelaw  was  elected  coun- 
cillor for  the  township  of  North  *  >xford,  and 
held  the  position  for  three  yeura.  He  has 
been  vioeproaidenl  of  the  VV'oodstock  Board 
of  Traile  since  18H2;  and  he  is  a  shareholder 
in  the  MiUem  and  Manufacturers'  Insurance 
votnpany  of  Toronto.  So  far  as  our  subject's 
religious  >-iew8 are  concerned,  we  may  aay 
that  he  was  brf>ught  op  in  the  I'resbylerian 
faith,  but  has  aitice  given  in  his  adherence 
to  the  doctrines  of  the  Baptist  church.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  tnio-bino  Reformer.  He 
married,  iu  18i>;i,  Miirgrct  Hlackwell,  of 
London,  England.  By  this  lady  he  haa  four 
duldren.  Two  of  them.  Hubert  (;.  and 
Andrew  O.,  are  in  their  father's  employ. 
The  finn  is  one  of  hououmble  repute,  and 
la  now  tirmly  eiitreiu'lied  in  the  r-immunity. 
lillroy,  itcv.  Kdtiioiifll  Burke,  D.D., 
Paator  Sc.  Joseph's  church,  Stratford,  On- 
tario, was  bom  in  Ireland,  on  the  ^tOth  of 
November,  1830.  Hia  parents  emigrated  to 
Canada  in  18'lti,  and  stftlled  near  Windsor, 
Ontario.  Father  Kilroy,  after  suitable 
trainint^,  and  when  in  his  fifteenth  year, 
entered  the  University  of  Notre  Dame,  In- 
diana; and  from  thia  institution,  graduated 
in  1>^5^,  with  high  hnnonrs.  He  continued 
hia  theidogical  st\idies  tilt  1854,  when  he 
was  ordained  a  prieat.  From  this  period  till 
1850,  hti  waa  one  of  the  best  known  mission- 
ary prieais  iu  norlhoru  Indiana  and  south- 
ern Michigan  ;  through  what  at  that  time 
formed  the  missions  which  heattende*!,  there 
are  now  twenty  prieHt«  stationed.  Tn  18ot>, 
Father  Kilroy,  waa  appointed  president  of 
the  University  of  l^aint  iMary's  of  the  Lake, 
(.'hica^o,  Illinois,  continuing  in  this  cajacity 
for  two  years,  and  giviuir  i; rvut  satisfaction  to 
all  interested.  Hut  in  1858.  he  became  paator 
of  the  church  in  Laporte.  Indiana;  and  short- 
ly afterwards  waa  transferreil  to  the  City  of 
Lafayette,  where  he  presidetl  over  the  moat 
important  pariah,  within  thedioceae  of  Fort 


Wayne,  till  1H(U,  when  he  took  chari^e  of 
the  mission  of  Karnia,  Onlario.  During  the 
American  civil  war.  Father  Kilroy  waa  ap- 
pointed special  agentof  the  slate  of  Indiana, 
by  Governor  Morton,  to  see  after  the  wound* 
ed  behmgiug  to  that  State  iu  the  anuiua  of 
the  Cumberland,  Mississippi  and  the  Poto- 
mac. Ue  readily  accepted  the  poaitiou,  aai^ 
gave  him  an  opportunity  of  miniateriuK  totht 
spiritual  wanta  of  hundreds  of  Roman  cathf 
lie  Boldiera,  who  otherwise  muat  have  dit 
without  the  rites  of  their  religion.  From 
18*M  to  the  present  time  he  hiia  been  actively 
engaged  in  mtseiou  work,  iu  the  diocese  of 
LonduD,  a«)  pastor  of  Sarnia,  of  St.  Man.''a,  as 
rector  of  London  Catliedral,  and  as  parisb 
priest  of  the  City  of  Stratford.  Durini! 
1876-77,  he  visited  Europe,  and  trAVvUed 
through  Knglaiid,  Ireland,  Spain,  France, 
and  It-aly,  with  the  Right  Ueverond  BiaViop 
Walah,  of  Loudon.  During  his  stay  in 
Rome,  he  received  from  the  College  of  the. 
Propaganda  hia  doctorahip  in  divinity,  ll 
need  tmrdly  be  said  that  Rev.  Dr.  Kilroy^ 
is  one  of  the  beat  known  catholic  prieala  il 
the  province  of  Ontario.  He  iaaneUxfiienl 
and  effective  preacher,  is  an  able  lecture] 
eminently  sociable  and  kind  in  hia  manner^ 
but  above  all,  is  untiring  snd  xealoua  in  ~ 
exertions  to  win  men  to  virtue.  This  latt 
he  seeks  to  accomplish  by  making  virtu< 
appear  pleasing  and  attractive,  rather  thaa' 
by  a  propaganda  of  rigid  and  austere  piety, 
which,  however  got:>d  in  itself,  cannot  be 
other  than  repulsive  to  the  great  majorit] 
of  men. 

Todd,  A.  Tliornlon,    Toronto,    U 
subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  at  BunorMUt] 
Castle,    County    Donegal,     Ireland, 
apecting    the    family     of     Mr.     Todd, 
learn    the    following    from    Burky*  Lana 
Gentry:    Thornton,  Jamea  Henry  Todd, 
Westbrook,  Co.   Donegal,  J.  P.  and   D.  h4 
waa    a   lieutenant-colonel    of    the   Don 
Militia.     He  was  authorized  by  Royal  Lefr-' 
ters  to  take  the  name  of  Thornton  m  addi' 
tion  to  that  of  Todd,    having  succeeded  to 
the     estates     of     Sir      William     Thornton. 
William  Thornton-Todd,  of  Runcrana  Castle, 
Co.  Donegal,  son  of  Daniel  Tuild,  E*q.,  by 
Letitia  Thornton  his  wife,  aunt  of  Sir  Wm. 
Thornton,     and    grandson    of   John    Tod( 
Kbq  ,     by    Elizabeth    Patterson,     marric 
Wilhelmina,   daughter   and   heir  of  Daiiif 
Patterson,  of   Fox   Hall,   Co.   Donegal, 
.lane  his  wife,  sister  and  co>heir  of    Hem 
Vaiiifhau  Brooke,   for  many  years    memi 
of  parliament  for  that  county,  and  had  iasui 
Daniel  hia  heir  ;  William,  captain  in  the  851 
Regiment ;  James  Ucur>',  captain  in  iUl 


CANADIAX  mOQRAPBY. 


2m 


now   of   Westborough,    and    A. 

Sir.     A.    Thonitori-Tmid,    the 

■d^WiL  of  ^u  vketch.  innrned  first,  Miss 

fItlgMlM,    dftogbter  of  Major  R.  Fitsger- 

ilA,  of  KinieBko'n,  untl  seoiKlIy  ^fiss  Ev&nt, 

^•Qgihtflr    cil    the     Kev.    (ie(^r>;e  Kvans,  cif 

Tkm^giasmaL,    County   Tjruue,  Trelaiiil.  &nd 

kM  iMBa.     Mr.  A.  T.  Tudd,    recei%*ed   his 

•iiSGBt»»a  it  Fuyte  Collego  &od   Dnn^annon 

Rosr»l  S<)k*oI.  ftTid  dnrifii*  the  rebellion  of 

iMflT.  ^*'  «*rr«i  in  the  incorporated  militia 

'  T  in  command  of  the  St.  Thomas 

^^^,  TfwiiJ  is  now  chairman  of  the 

-  also  one  of  th«  tUrect- 

iiik.     Mr.  ToddjoincKi 

oTUcr  muiy  years  ago,  and  is 

Aiuui,  r,  Sierry,  LL.D,.  F.R.S.,  Mont- 
Mkl,  «M  bora  at  Norwich,  Conn.,  S«pt.  5th, 
YKB6,  ci  an  old  New  England  family.  His 
pamU  4f«igned  him  for  the  rae*lica1  [)n.>fes- 
iioii,  bol  a  strong  inehnati<m  toward  the 
atedy  of  cbemistry,  mineraUyy  and  geolo^^y, 
1— iited  his  becomini;  a  physician.  En  1H45 
M  baaame  a  special  student  of  the  late  Prof. 
Btttjanun  %>illunan,  of  Yale  Collej^,  New 
Ufa,  and  aft«rward,  his  asaiatant.  Pmf. 
SQttaan  was  for  more  than  a  generation  the 
■■iiM.i|ial  teacher  of  chemistry  and  geology 
la  Ajnorica,  and  his  son,  the  second  Prof. 
KUKiTWin,  had  already  Drgani7»d  a  private 
laboratory  in  connection  with  the 
Tbii  was  the  ^erva  of  the  present 
kieil«fMrtiiM»Ut  of  Yale — the  8her}ie!d 
Aa  early  as  I84»l  the  subject  of  our 
was  a  worker  in  that  laboratory,  had 
a  pcivatfl  das*  in  crrstallography  and  min* 
published  his  tirst  on^^nal  re- 
in ill**  .4 1.1^,  !..(«  JijiiriKi.'  of  SciftiCfy 
by    f  i!iau.     The  'leoloj^ical 

of  •  on  reeenlly  ofK'Hnixed 

faj  Mt^  aftarwarda  Sir  William  E.  lAi;j^n, 
rwrmrad  tb«  •nrioM  of  a  com]H}t«nt  chernin 
MM  mUwtaio^tat.  Mr.  Ltigan  applied  to 
Trol.  6iUit»*n  !«•  "npply  the  want,  and  Mr. 


Hfcut 
Maition,  w 
Hjs  oomiccti 
duinff 
vniaJ 


•comutended   for   the 
•-umed  early  in  1847. 
•n  TTiUt  tba  survey  continued 
than  n   quarter  of  a  century 
*""  *  !:»t  the 

1.     His 


«nia  Jnlt.   ■-"' 
WMii  af  th' 

vock  donna  "'v 
MtawfiMd  to 

anl  winsnJoifj  ^ , ..  .■;..,- 

it  of  fiatd  geulogy.      Dunne  the  latter 
iif  Ilia  conti»'t.ti.'ii  witfi  tho  survey,  its 

Ixai^e. 

Thnui  uted  by 

tW  tl^o^my  "i  t'auada  an*  lh<Mi«<  nt  itn  crya- 
tnlfina  rockiL     To  tiieir  atudy  Ur.  Hunt  ad- 


dressed himself  from  the  beginning,  i^ring 
the  first  clear  notions  ever  prenente«l  of  our 
earlier  rocka.  He  afterwnrtb  i^w  ihe  names 
of  Lnniyntiaii  and  HHrinii*nt,  layinff  the 
foiindation  of  what  he  rej^iu-ds  as  the  work 
of  his  life—tha  study  of  the  problems  of  the 
origin  and  snooeuion  of  the  older  rocks. 
While  pursuing  questions  of  great  abstract 
iutrrest  and  importance  in  geoloify,  Dr. 
Hunt  Kttvtt  constant  attention  to  the  econo- 
tiiic  aud  practical  departments  of  the  survey. 
He  was  the  fir^l  tu  make  known  the  dt^poaits 
of  phosphate  of  lime  in  Canada,  and  call 
attention  to  the  commercial  value  of  the 
product  as  a  fertiliser.  He  cdlected  and 
sent  specimens  to  the  foreign  exhibitiona  of 
1851,  18r>5  and  1867.  He  investigated  the 
petroleums  of  Canada,  and  their  distribu- 
tion. Later  he  studied  in  detail  the  salt 
deposits  of  Ontario,  analyxiuR  the  brines. 
determining  their  gei>li  i^cal  origin,  and 
pointing  out  the  best  modes  of  manufactur- 
ing salt.  He  early  made  extended  analyses 
of  the  soils  of  Can&da  with  reference  to  sci- 
entitic  agricnlture,  a  w»rk  wtiich  haa  not  re- 
ceived the  attention  it  deserves.  His  studies 
of  the  qiineral  waters  of  the  Dominion  wer« 
the  moat  complete  of  any  ever  made  in  the 
world,  anil  enabled  him  to  frame  for  the  first 
time  an  intelli^ble  theory  of  the  origin  of  sa- 
line waters.  During  his  c«->nnection  with  the 
survey  ho  took  part  in  the  great  exhibitions 
in  18oC  and  1S07.  at  both  of  which  he  was 
a  judije.  He  was  also  one  of  the  jud^^es 
at  the  Centennial  Exhibition  at  Phila- 
delphia in  ISIO.  Dr.  Hunt  has  done  much 
work  in  teaching,  havinjf  during  the  years 
1856-*V2  been  pri>fessor  of  Chemistry  at  La- 
val Tniversity,  Qaebeo ;  of  whidi  institu- 
tion he  LB  still  honorary  professor.  His  an- 
nual coarse  comprised  forty  lectures  in  the 
French  language.  Subsequently  he  was  for 
some  years  lecturer  at  &[cOill  I'nivoraity  in 
Montreal.  In  1872  ha  accepted  the  choir  of 
geology  in  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology  in  Ik«ton.  a  [»ost  which  he  re- 
signed, iu  1878,  in  order  t^^  devote  himseU 
to  study  and  pn)fea8ional  work.  His  scien- 
tific attainments  and  work  have  been  widely 
reoogiiised,  both  at  home  and  abroad.  He 
was  made  M.A.  at  Harvikrd  in  1>'52,  anbso- 

*!y  received  the  title  of  l>ovtor  of  Scieo- 

u   Laval,  and  Doctor  of  Laws  from 

'.L    In  \tiH\  ho  had  the  unusual  honour 

nf  degree  i>f  Doctor  (tf  Laws  from  Caiubndge 
in  England*  in  S[)ecial  recognition  of  his  emi- 
nence in  geology.  Among  distinctions  ac- 
corded him  m  early  life  was  that  of  baing 
croateil  a  Fellow  of  the  Uoyal  Society  of  Lon- 
don in  18^9.     In  li$74  be  was  made  a  mam- 


*jro 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


b«r  of  the  NikUonal  Acftdemy  of  Sciences  of 
the  Unitod  Slates,  whielt  nninbun  rnie  bun- 
drod  of  Uie  inost  distiiiguialied  scholara  aud 
studenUi  uf  Americn.  In  lf^2  li«  waa  une 
uf  those  called  by  the  Marquiaof  l>»nie  tu 
aid  ill  the  (fr^HiiiiiHtion  uf  The  now  Koyal 
Society  of  Canndtt,  and  beonme  thftt  year 
the  chief  of  the  Section  of  Phyaic&l  and 
Mathematical  Bcicnoofl.  In  1884  he  waa 
elected  preaident  of  the  Aociety.  l>r.  Hunt 
wii»  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Aniurican 
Anaociation  for  the  Advancement  of  Science 
at  Philadelphia  in  1849,  and  waa  its  preai- 
dent in  1870.  He  took  an  active  jmrt  in 
inducing  the  aaaociation  to  meet  in  Mont- 
real in  1882,  and  laboured  atrenuonsly  in 
making  that  nieeting  the  auoceu  it  proved. 
An  early  member  of  the  American  Institute 
of  Mining  Engineers,  he  was  nrcaidont  of 
that  body  in  1877.  As  a  founder  and  life 
mouibor  of  the  American  Chemical  Society, 
he  became  iUi  president  in  188U.  In  187C 
he  organized,  tn  concert  with  aome  Ameri* 
can  and  Knropean  geolo^ista,  the  luterna- 
tinnal  Geolc^oal  Congress.  At  it«  tirat 
meeting  in  Paris,  1878,  he  waa  made  secre- 
tary, and  at  its  second  meeting  in  Holognn, 
ill  1881,  he  was  elected  vioe-prosident. 
The  third  congrosa,  held  in  the  same  year 
in  Berlin  demanded  his  presence,  but 
the  meeting  of  the  Ikitish  Association  ren* 
dered  it  impiossiblu  for  him  to  leave  Mont- 
real. He  is  one  of  the  vice-presidents  for 
the  Asaociatinn's  meeting,  and  moreover 
chairmm  of  theComraitteeof  Invitationsand 
receptions  on  behalf  of  our  citi/.ens.  Among 
Ilia  decorations  id  tliat  of  the  Legion  of 
Honour  bestowed  by  Napoleon  III.,  and 
the  cross  of  St.  Mauritius  and  St.  Lay-urua, 
from  the  reigning  King  of  Ital^'.  Dr.  Hunt's 
contributions  to  acientitio  literature  are 
numerous.  These  inuludu  many  publications 
in  the  Geological  Survoy  of  Cuhada  iluring 
twenty-tivo  years,  and  his  report  on  azoic 
rooks  coiistitutc's  a  volume  of  the  Geologi- 
cal Survey  of  Pennsylvania,  to  which  ho 
was  attached  in  187o-<}.  In  the  general 
catah'gue  of  acientitio  papers,  published  by 
the  K«»yal  Society  of  Lou-Ion,  we  find  his 
cimtribntions,  up  to  1874,  to  have  been  156 
in  number.  Since  which  time  his  published 
articles,  essays  and  momoirB  have  prolmbly 
brought  up  the  total  to  more  than  200.  A 
selection  from  these,  entitled  Chemical  and 
Geological  Essays  appeared  in  1874,  and  a 
secondedltion  was  issued  in  1^78.  It  is  under- 
stood that  a  second  volume  will  so<jn  be  forth* 
coming.  As  a  popular  lecturer  on  scientific 
BUDJecta,  Dr.  Hunt  is  well  known  ;  within 
recent  years,  he  has  delivered  two  courses 


before  the  Lowell  Institute  in  Boston.     Hia 
labours    as    a    prnfessional    geologist    and 
metaUargiat,    ni  ijuestions   connected    with 
the  mining  and  working  uf  coal^  iron,  cop- 
per, etc.,  are  widely  appreciated  in  the  in- 
dustrial and  OTimmercial  wurld.    A  cbemical 
green  ink,  which  he  invented  in  1859,  has 
given  the  name  to  American  currency.     He 
disposed  of  his  imtent  for  a  small  sum,  and 
the  appliciition  of  his  ink  to  the  printing  of 
greenbacks  and  bonds,  conferred  a  h&od«oni« 
jfortnne  on  the  buyer.     A  glance  at  the  list 
uf   Dr.  Hunt's  scientific   pajwn    will  shov 
that  his  studies  cover  a  wide  range,  not  only 
in  practical  and  theoretical  chemistry,  miner- 
alogy and  geolngy,  but  in  the  lofty  questions 
«if  general  philosophy  and  the  relations  ot^ 
the  sciences.    In  his  study  of  the  older  n>ck: 
he  has  probably  comprehended  a  wider  tiel 
than  any  other  living  geologist.      His  explo- 
rations have  extended  from  the  Gnlf  of  St. 
Lawrence  southward  U\  tJie  Gulf  of  Mezioo, 
and  westwanl  to  the  Mississippi  Valley  and 
thence  to  tlie  Pacific.     In  Europe  he  has 
made   frequent   studies   in    threat    Britain, 
Switzerland  and  Italy,  and  has  been  enabled 
to  co-<.'rdinaic  the  cr}'staUiue  rocks  of  bt>tl» 
continents,  and  to  show  their  similarity 
conditions.     The  conclusion  of  his  work  o 
the  crystAlline  rocks,  giving  not  only  the 
clasaili cation  and  their  sticcession,  but  the 
natural  laws  of  their  development,  forms  an 
extended  memoir  which  was   presented  tg. 
the  Royal  Society  of  Canada,  at  its  meeti 
in  May  last,  and  Is  now  in  course  (tf  publican 
tton.    Dr.  Hunt  married,  in  1878,  theelde: 
daughter  of  Mr.  Juaiioe  Gale,  of  Montreal 
The  union  has  been  chddless.     Dr.    Haal 
unites  a  very  extensive  uc<iu«intance 
literature,  and  good  powers  of  criticism  in^ 
art,  to  his  attainmeutsas  a  satixnt.    Whether 
in  the  laboratory,  lecture  hall  or  drawmg 
room,  he  awakons  adtuiratiuu  by  his  brilli- 
ant and  dirersitiud  powers.  ^m 
Co»b),  AlfrcMl  norKiiii,  one  of  Tu^f 
ronto'a    best   known   citi^tens,   was  born  iu^^ 
the  County  of  Wellaud.on  lltli  Sept.,  1840. 
His  ancestors  were  United  Kuipire  loyalists, 
who   chose  pioneering  in  a    country    over 
which  floated  the  banner  of  England,  to  a 
wev  state  fashioned  by  enthusiastic  repub-; 
lies,  who  crowned  and  uncrowned  their  own. 
king  every  four  years.      Our  subject  haa 
in  his  veins  a  mixture  which  has  produced 
some    excellent    men,    to    wit,    Irish    and 
Scotch  ;  and   he  seems  to  have  the  fire  of 
the  one  tempered  and  restrained  by  the  cold 
caution  of  the  other.    Our  subject  was  edu- 
cated in  Toronto,  and  took  away  from  the 
schools  such   knowledge  aa   was  regarded 


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CANADIAN  BWGRAPUT. 


271 


•r  *  life  of  business.     Most  Uda  on 
Tfc-  .  '\A  have  tlieir  eye  upon  one  occu- 

lta reference  to  anulher  ;   and  in  the 

OHM  u<  j'MitiK  Cueby.  n  bunker's  life  hml 
most  aJlurtf muni.  So,  in  1M(U,  he  ent^rud 
Um  Bank  of  Tnronto  as  a  clerk  ;  &fiil  ufler 
A  cmxTttT  of  indiHtry,  and  a  display  of  much 
•xceUent  bosincu  ability,  he  wna  appoint«d 
to  the  ciiar)^  nf  a  branch  ut  Purl  Hope. 
ThM  boaitum  ho  held  until  1876,  when  he 
FBlbvo  bvra  banking  life.  Leaving  Port 
Hopv  Mr.  Conby  waa  chosen  lu  the  mansge- 
»eot  of  the  London  '^  Oatari<*  Investuient 
CompiaDj  ;  and  at  the  hvad  of  this  import- 
ant baaiiiesa  be  hns  ri-Diaiiiod  ever  aiuce.  It 
A'i\\\'  '.e  said  with  rcapoot  lo  the  buii- 

i(  its  of  our  subject,  what  lias 

allM^j  aied,  that  he  is  energetic, 

and  vud  by  those  who  conio  in  contact  with 
turn  to  be  poasesscd  of  a  clear  head  and  a 
•oond  judgment.  He  does  not  feel  any 
asnlhtiou  to  make  a  noise,  aud  has  not  taken 
•  pn*ntiiieut  part  ui  politics,  but  he  is  a 
liberal.  In  religion  he  profussea  F'reahyter- 
ift&xsni,  as  did  his  ancest^ira.  In  1870.  Mr. 
Coaby  married  Clira  A.  Worta,  daughter  of 
J.  G.  Worts,  of  the  widely  known  firm  of 
Ootfdariiam  &  Worts,  distillera,  Toronto. 
Our  subject  now  resides  in  Toronto,  aud  he 
la  an  iinjHirtaut  acquisition  to  the  business 
aoilv^^-^'  '  •'    -f  the  city. 

Ro.  I  as,  of  the  tinu  of  Elias  Hog- 

«rt  «l:  '  ...  i:to,  is  a  native  of  Canada. 
Ha  was  t>irn  on  a  farm  near  the  vilia^e 
of  Neaniarket,  on  the  23rd  of  June,  1H50. 
His  pantita  wore  anion^fst  the  early  settlers, 
Mkd  v«rt  well  known  as  lea<ling  members 
ol  f be  Sodoty  of  Friends.  Mr.  Rogers  ad- 
beres  to  the  saute  denotuiuatiun,  and  since 
}■  ■  to  Toruntti,  has  been  largely  iu- 

■  lu  orguiiziug  and  establishing  a 

'  "     'ing"   here.      Mr.    Rogers' 

I  has  been   oue   of   marked 

auccoM.  1119  ttvly  yean  were  spent  on  the 
fanDAt  his  old  hooM.    When  about  twenty- 

jaara  of  age,  he  began  in  the  lumber 

and  although  not  very  extensively 

in  that  enterprise,  success  attended 

A  ftfw  yenrs   later   ho   became 

»t4Ml  ill  <ojil  tiiiiiin-  property  in  Jeffer- 

'rg    his   attention 

•nlirv- vts,  and,  in  )87<>i 

OfWnorf  aa  utlicn  in  Toronto  for  the  sale  of 
cobI,  ■£  wholesale,  throughout  Canada.  He 
alto  wtabllahed  a  retail  buiincss,  taking 
\mU>  fMrtnoraliip,  auuu  afterwards,  F.  C. 
T>  •  wealthy  g^ntieniau  residing  in 

*  •  w  York,  who  was  largely  inter- 

■f4'.t«l  Ki  tho  mining  and  shipment  of  an- 
thaeato  ooaJ.     The  tinn  being  in  the  very 


best  position  with  regard  lo  supplies,  they 
have  been  enabled  at  all  times  to  famish 
the  liest  grades  of  coal  at  the  lowest  prices. 
This,  together  with  the  strictly  honourable 
course  pursued  by  theiu,  aud  a  careful  at- 
tention to  business,  has  given  them  a  first 
place  in  the  cosi  trade  of  the  Doiniuion. 
They  supply  the  wholosale  tradt*  direct  fmm 
the  mines,  while  their  facilities  for  the  retail 
buainesfl  in  Toronto,  may  be  justly  said  to 
be  unsurpassed.  Their  sheds  for  storing 
coal  on  the  Ksplanade,  between  Berkeley 
and  Sherbourne  streets,  are  the  largest  in 
Canada  ;  and  they  have  during  the  past 
year  purchased  a  targe  property  at  tite  foot 
of  Bathurst  street,  »nd  have  completed  the 
erection  of  railway  trestles,  sheds  and  pock- 
ets, the  first  of  the  kind  in  Canada,  where 
the  cars  are  handled  by  atcam  power.  The 
cars  are  drawn  up  au  incline,  aud  the  coal 
is  unloaded,  screened,  and  loaded  into  the 
carts,  ready  for  delivery,  without  the  use 
of  a  shovel-  They  Also  do  a  large  lire-wood 
business,  and  hsv«  the  roost  modem  ma- 
chinery for  sawing  aud  splitting.  A  con- 
tinuous stream  of  horses  and  carta  may  be 
seen  psasing  in  and  out  of  their  yards.  Air. 
Koijors  is  still  a  comparatively  young  man, 
and  it  is  gratifying;  to  note  the  continued 
Buccfss  he  has  achieved. 

Roper,  John  Pollard,  Mdton,  was 
bom  in  18'25  in  the  town  of  Ashburton,  De- 
vonshire, Kngland.  His  parents  nere  John 
Itoper  and  S^riih,  net  Pollard,  and  his  father 
was  occupied  with  thetra<le  of  wool  combiner 
up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  1818.  Upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Uopur,  Mrs. 
Roper,  the  widow,  sailed  for  Anieric^b,  aud 
she  died  in  Cleveland,  <Jhio,  U.  S.,  in  1881. 
There  were  nine  children,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  being  the  eldest,  aud  out  of  this  family 
tltere  are  only  three  now  living.  John 
P.  Ro{)or  never  received  what  people  now- 
a-days  would  call  an  education.  When  b« 
was  young  it  retpiired  a  considerable  purio 
to  meet  the  expenses  of  a  boy's  schooling, 
but  what  education  he  received  he  put 
to  good  use.  After  leaving  sohool  be  was 
apprentic«d  to  Joseph  Hamhn,  a  tanner, 
in  the  t<iwn  of  Buckfestleigh,  Devonshire, 
nad  here  he  served  his  time,  and  reniained 
in  Ddvonshire  about  thirty  yeirs.  Tuen  he 
left  for  Canada,  Isnding  at  (^)aebec  in  1853  ; 
and  remaining  there  forashurt  time,  be  went 
to  the  United  .States,  and  stopped  in  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  where  he  was  employed  on  the 
Lake  Shore  Railroad.  In  1851  he  returned 
to  Canada,  and,  settliuic  in  Toronto,  be  en- 
tered and  remained  in  the  emplov  of  George 
Michie  iV  Co.   for  two  years.     In  1866  be 


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A  CTCtOPJEDJA  OF 


left  Toruitto  and  went  to  Milton,  and  here 
ho  opened  bnsinosa  fnr  himnelf  in  the  gro- 
cery and  provision  trade,  and  in  thin  bnai- 
ueM  he  has  contliuied  ever  ainco,  and  now 
carriea  on  one  of  the  most  extensive  tra<leB 
in  this  hue  in  Miltou.  Be  was  one  of  the  dnt 
OQUticillurB  of  the  town  of  Milt4.>]i,  and  acted 
in  that  capacity  at  intervals  auveral  tlniea. 
He  ifl  at  present  acoimcillor  in  Milton.  Our 
■ubject  belon|j[i  to  the  Orange  society,  and 
baa  held  several  ofGces  in  that  body.  He 
hoa  travelled  through  Canada  and  the  United 
States,  and  profited  much  by  what  he  haa 
seen.  In  religion  he  belongs  to  the  Church 
of  England,  and  in  politica  ia  a  solid,  yet 
hberal,  Conservative.  IJe  was  married  in 
1 846  in  Buckfastleigh,  to  Grace  Memmory, 
who  died  in  1871.  He  again  married  Mrs. 
Ann  Speedy,  and  by  the  second  marriage 
had  four  children.  Mr.  Roper  ia  the  gen- 
nine  type  of  a  warm-hearted,  open-hauded 
English  gentleman,  who  likes  to  see  all 
happy,  and  to  draw  around  him  many 
friends.  In  business  circles  he  is  not  less 
popular  than  in  the  social  sphere. 

Robltnillc,  Hon.  Theodore,  M.D.. 
Senator,  and  ex-Lieutenant  -  Oovernor  of 
the  Province  of  Quebec,  waa  born  at  Varen* 
nea,  in  the  Province  of  Quebec,  on  January 
29th,  1834.  Our  distinguished  subject  is 
descended  from  one  of  the  oldest  French 
families  in  Canada.  One  of  his  (;raud- 
nncles,  M.  Kobitaille,  was  chaplain  to  the 
Activo  Militia  Force  of  Lower  Canada  dur- 
ing the  war  of  lHi2.  The  family  took  an 
active  part  in  the  war  on  the  loyal  side. 
Another  granduncle,  the  Rev.  Louis  Bro- 
deur,  after  spending  seven  years  as  a  mis- 
sionary in  New  Brunswick,  was  appoint- 
ed curate  of  the  Parish  of  St  Roches  des 
Aulnets  where  he  diud,  bequeathing  his 
wealth  to  the  Sainte  Anne  College,  of  which 
institution  he  was  one  of  the  foundors. 
Another  granduncle,  Jean  Rohit-aille,  aat 
in  the  Canadian  Ijegislature  from  1809  to 
1829.  Our  subject's  father  was  the  Inte  M. 
Louis  Adolpho  Rohitoillo,  N.P.  Theodore 
received  his  early  education  at  Vorennes, 
but  after  a  time  he  was  sent  to  school  in  the 
United  States.  Returning  therefrom  he 
entered  the  Seminary  of  Ste.  Th^r^se.  after- 
wards entered  in  succession  the  Laval  Uni- 
versity and  the  University  of  Mctiill  tX»l- 
lege.  From  the  latter  institution  he  gradu- 
ated M.  U.  in  1858.  Ue  was  a  most  suc- 
cessful practitioner  of  medicine,  but  one  of 
his  taste,  and  ambition,  and  ability,  could 
not  be  con&ued  U)  the  bread*and-butter 
routine  of  a  profession.  He  always  felt  a 
strong  inclination  to  enter  public  life,  mnd 


he  took  ft  great  deal  of  interest  in  political 
questions.  He  was  6rst  rmurncd  t^i  the  C.-*.- 
niidian  Assembly  for  Bonavcnture  in  \i^i'»] , 
and  held  the  constituency  till  the  union. 
He  was  always  on  active  and  efiioicut  mem- 
ber, and  promptly  drew  the  aitf  ntion  of  thi 
Houne  tu  his  abilities.  From  18(}7  to  187( 
he  sat  in  the  House  of  Couidinnft ;  and  ol 
the  30th  of  January,  1873,  he  was  sworn  in^ 
to  the  Privy  Council  as  receiver-general  iot^ 
the  Uominiun.  He  was  not  destined.  how< 
ever,  to  holdottice  long,  for  in  November  of 
the  same  year  Sir  John  A.  Mocdouold's 
transactions  with  Sir  Hngh  AlUn  causedi 
the  overthrew  of  the  government,  and  OrJ 
Kobitaille  resigned  with  the  administration. 
On  the  2Gth  oi  July,  187^.  he  was  ap[>ointe( 
to  the  Ueutcnant-gtivembrBhip  of  Quel 
in  the  stead  of  M.  Luc  Letellier  da  St.  Just 
It  will  be  remembered  how  this  disiniai 
and  of  M.  Robitjulle's  conseiiuent  app>inl 
ment  came  about,  so  that  it  ia  only  nee 
aary  to  refer  to  it  brietly.  When  M.  d< 
Letellier  was  appointed  to  the  lieut«n&nl 
governorship  of  Quebec,  political  feeling  wi 
in  a  very  bitter  condition  in  the  provixx 
The  new  incurnlM^nt  was  a  Liberal,  with  thftl 
strongest  [>ariy  leanings.  For  advifl&rs  h«1 
had  M.  DuBoucherville,  and  men  of  anch 
pronounced  Conservative  type  as  M.  Chap- 
leau.  Ue  did  not  feel  when  the  doors  of 
the  council  were  closed  as  if  he  were  tsdcing 
his  seat  among  friends.  Apparent  o^ntuUity 
existed,  hul  there  suhsisted  feulings  vf  mu- 
tual distrust.  Yet  the  li«ut. -governor  wa 
powerless  to  do  harm,  being  tied  up  with 
constitutional  claim  tu  his  advisers  so  long 
they  did  not  encroach  upon  his  prerogativi 
Btit  very  soon  they  did  this.  They  catuc 
certain  proclamations  bearing  M.  LeteUier'l 
name  to  bu  published  in  the  O^cinl  (JazxtU 
and  some  of  tliese  said  proclamations  thi 
Ueut.govemor  had  not  seen  until  they  so 
peored  before  the  public  Adding  theoe  ei 
croochmenta  upon  his  prerogative  to 
alleged  unwise  acts  on  the  port  of  h^ 
accusers,  he  found  a  cause  againat  hia  oobi" 
not  and  dismisflcd  them.  This  was  unques- 
tionably a  startling  cmip  in  a  province  en- 
joying responsible  government,  so  long  a* 
the  ndmiuistrutioa  was  supported  by  a 
majority  in  the  House.  At  once  the  ques- 
tion was  taken  to  the  central  parliament 
The  House  of  Commons,  the  majority 
which  were  liberal  and  friendly  to  M, 
tellier,  refused  to  discuss  the  matter,  hnl 
the  Senate,  the  majority  of  whicK  was  con< 
servate,  did  discuss  it  and  found  the  lieu' 
tenant-governor,  so  far  as  its  dictuni  wen< 
guilty.      The  next  year  the  Ubentls    wei 


ap.1 


CANADIAN  liWORAPHY, 


27S 


owrthrovTi  adiI  the  conserrativea  cftme  to 

<iA(:«.    Alon«)M.  Letelliur'flaot  wwhroni^'ht 

up    ttvlure   the    Hniind   of    CominoiiR,    and 

^auuirml  bf  the  innjoriry.    After  iiume  little 

delay,  nocuioned   hy  thu  ruforenco  of  the 

<lu«Mti'»»  to  £iigUii<l,  M.    LctuUier  was  dis- 

nuaaed,  and  Dr.  Kohitaille  n^jpointed  in  his 

|iilac«.     The    new   incumbent  iuliiiiiust«red 

ai«  I'lfioe    with  6rniness,   inipartiality,  and 

disikitjT-    lUiistrioUH,  respected,  and  admired 

be  had  b«en  as  an  activn  partyiat,  and  these 

tzihutea  were  attributed  t<>him  for  the 

fadioud  quality  in  hia  new  aphoro. 

H'    ■  ■  -  ■ '\  in  Novoraber,  1809,  Mario  Char- 

!'■  i,  daughtor   of    P.  A.   Qiieanul. 

ami  gnkiKi-datighter  of  the  Ut«  Hon.  F.  A. 

QiHM«l,  for  many  yean  a  member  of  tho 

£aviftl*ciir«  oi  Canada. 

darkaon,  Rev.  John  B.,  M.A., 
BeUarUlc,  (Jntarir).  About  fifty  yeara  ago 
mtf  the  oitj  of  Toronto,  the  subject  of 
ikia  akMcli  was  brjm.  H^  ia  the  son  of  the 
lata  Thomaa  Clarkaon,  for  many  year  a 
laadinf  merchant  of  Toronto,  one  of  the 
Coandem  of  the  H*nk  of  Tomnto,  and  the 
lather  and  president  of  the  Board  of  Trade. 
Mr.  CUrkaon  waa  educated  at  the  famoua 
of  tho  late  John  Mair.  on  Jamea 
t,  and  fur  yeara  at  Upper  Canada  C<d- 
tegtt,  in  the  halls  of  which  ao  many  of  the 
jnuth  of  our  capital  have  received  their 
life's  literary  training.  Wishing  to  become 
ho  B]>ent  a  year  in  a  chemiat^a 
nl,  in  order  to  obtain  a  more 
,  ,.  1,.  '  .-.  ,,f  Jruga,  before  enter- 
•  if  his  prof eaaton.  By 
...  .  ,  ihia  purpose  waa  com* 
He  entered  his  father's 
.  and  continue<l  there  with 
gnwiiuc  farourfor  years.  Hi»  father's  home 
waa  aoncfa«il  by  many  aona  and  d'lughters, 
WMRoa  of  whom  have  reachtut  eminent  poti* 
tiooa,  all  'tf  whom  attended  the  Church  of 
EiDglar  re  well  drilled  in  the  princi- 

plaa  <  !  .:iity.     Our  subject  entered 

tba  oontirinuliLMi  olaasca  of  bis  rector,  the 
Vary  Rev.  D«.mui  <>raat)tt»  and  was  in  duo 
oouiaa  congrmetl  by  Bishop  8tra«hau. 
ThMa  laciuraa  were  made  a  threat  blessing 
to  this  eager  youth.  His  judgment  waa 
omrtnoed*  and  bw  conscienco  aroused, 
ooo^ciand  distress  pr«^vailod  under  a  deep 
aMinc(i«ia  •>(  sin.  Doubt  and  darkness 
thvir  jl  <jiiiv  (iaH  ovur  his  inlnd  and 
His  painful  condi- 
looking  in  faith  Ut  the 
lu  of  liightuoiiflnofls, 
tiod  alt  the  gloom  away, 
ijtfw  creature  in  Christ. 


f 


•way   ' 

tion  Vti/i   > 

r 

ato4  ik«  vui»rg«d  * 


2lM 


paaca  and 


joy    which    followed   gave 


another  character  to  life.  Its  pleasures 
were  purer,  its  duties  were  accomplished 
more  easily,  and  everything  was  viewed  in 
the  light  of  two  worlds.  All  home  and 
business  claims  were  met  with  increased 
6delity,  while  the  leisure  time  was  given  to 
cottage  visitation  and  tract  distribution. 
Quick  promotion  in  tlie  very  large  busi< 
ness  of  his  father,  greatly  increased  his  re> 
spoosibilities,  and  served  to  reveal  bis 
capacity  for  ci>mmercial  pursuits.  Tliis  was 
detected  and  appreciated  by  others.  For, 
on  becoming  of  age.  an  cxtonaive  mercltant 
offered  him  a  moat  lucrative  partnership,  but 
no  commercial  inducements  wero  suHiciently 
tempting  to  effect  biismess  contracts,  which 
would  interfere  with  a  long  cherialied  pur- 
pose to  enter  other,  and,  to  him,  more 
congenial  pursuits.  He  felt  called  to  proa^h 
tho  gospel  of  Christ.  This,  however, 
brought  a  double  crisis.  His  father's  hopes 
for  bis  commercial  ascendancy  were  crushed. 
Uia  own  fears  to  enter  Trinity  College,  as 
the  oidy  institution  at  that  time  available, 
to  prepare  for  the  ministry  of  the  Engliah 
church,  were  heightened.  He  shrank  from 
the  demand,  and  declined  with  sorrow. 
Widenmg  fields  of  nsefnlneas  were  opening 
in  other  branches  of  the  Christian  Church, 
which  were  eagerly  and  regularly  occupied. 
&Ir.  Clarksoo  was  attracted  to  the  services 
of  the  Methodist  church,  and  in  course  of 
time  entered  its  membership  and  nnniatry. 
The  way  back  to  college  providentially  open- 
ed, and  four  years  were  happily  and  success- 
fully  spent  at  Victoria  University,  Cob«jurg, 
where  he  took  out  the  well-earned  decree  of 
H.A.  During  these  years  a  full  coiiraa  of 
theology  was  satiafactorily  completed.  At 
Quel>ec,  in  June,  184)3,  and  just  after  grad- 
uation, he  WRH  ordained  to  the  oHioe  and 
work  of  the  ministry.  From  that  time  to  the 
present,  Rev.  Mr.  Clarkson  haa  continued 
U)  command  some  of  the  most  inKuential 
pulpita  of  his  church,  .\mong  the  towna, 
eminent  service  has  been  rendered  in  Gait, 
VVoodntock  and  <>wcu  Sound;  and  he  haa 
occupied  one  of  tho  chief  appoiutment«  lu 
five  of  our  cities,  viz.— 'Kingston,  .Montreal, 
Brantford,  Toronto,  and  Belleville,  where 
he  is  just  closing  his  pHSturate  of  Bridge 
strt.M*t  church,  and  an  supuriutendent  of  the 
UtdluvilL  district,  whiclt  is  in  the  Bay  of 
i^uintt^  conference.  Fie  waa  for  many  yeara 
missionary  treasurer  of  the  London  con- 
ference, and  onco  secretary  of  it,  and  waa 
elected  to  the  general  cfjoforence  of  Mon- 
treal, in  1878.  His  early  commercial  adrftu- 
iM^Mk  are  an  ever- gn.* wing  factor  of  useful- 
ia  the  executive  work  of  the  denomm- 


374 


A  CYChOFMlilA  OF 


AtioD.  Hia  public  diacouncii  are  prepared 
with  great  c&re^  and  evince  much  research. 
They  u-c  packed  full  of  good  ideas  and  well 
delivered  with  a  rich  Btrung  vuice.  They 
are  quaint,  incisive,  distinguished  fur  per- 
spicuity, strength  of  statement,  and  are 
exegetical  rather  than  orutorical,  inctorial 
another  than  logical.  This  last  quality  gives 
him  enormoufl  power  over  the  youth  to 
whom  an  art  sermon  is  preached  once  a 
month.  He  is  deservedly  esteemed  for  hia 
excellency  of  character,  elevated  by  a  rare 
sweetness  of  diepoaition  which  runs  ita 
brightness  through  his  laborious  ministerial 
life,  all  the  duties  of  whidi  are  moat  con- 
scientiously discharged  under  a  deep  sense 
of  their  great  reaponsibility.  In  June,  1807, 
Rev.  Mr.  Clarkson  waa  married  to  Miaa 
Whalley,  the  only  daughter  of  the  late  B. 
»'haMey,  of  Montreal,  formerly  of  Leeds, 
England,  who,  after  a  life  of  great  suffer- 
ing, passed  away,  in  Toronto,  in  lti81.  Ilia 
present  wife  is  the  youngest  daughter  of 
Wm.  iScarff,  of  Woodstock,  Dtitarto.  Their 
only  child  and  son  is  called  Douglas.  Mr. 
Clarkson  has  travelled  extensively  on  thia 
continent,  and  haa  been  three  times  in  Eu- 
rope. His  coiitributioDs  to  the  press  have 
been  fugitive  artitdea  on  various  tupica  with 
an  occaMoual  scientific  essay.  Many  allege 
that  so  strong  a  pen.  bhould  bo  more  freely 
exerciaed. 

Elliol,  Hon.  Wllliain,  City  of  Lon- 
don, Ontario,  aenior  Judge  of  the  County 
of  ISliddloaex,  was  boni  in  the  year  1817. 
on  his  grandfather'a  property,  where  hia 
father  resided,  at  Stoniegate,  in  the  County 
of  Durham,  England.  Mr.  Elliot  received 
hia  education  principally  under  the  Rev .  Dr. 
Mortimer^for  twenty-tive  years  head  mas- 
ter of  tlie  London  city  achools^  England, 
and  aubeequently  prebendary  of  St.  Paul's. 
Mr.  Elliot's  father  waa  of  the  family  of  the 
EUiota  of  Stobbs,  in  Roxburghshire,  Scot- 
land ;  and  hia  mother  waa  one  of  the  Hut- 
tona  of  Marske,  in  Yorkshire.  In  1836,  Mr. 
Elliot's  father,  with  hia  family,  left  New- 
castle*on-Tyne,  to  take  up  land  on  the  3tis- 
aiaaippi.  Hut  hia  residence  there  waa  not 
entiruly  satisfactory,  and  the  following  year 
he  left  the  United  States,  and  settled  on 
the  river  'j*hamea,  two  miles  from  Loudon, 
Ontario.  After  the  death  of  hia  father, 
which  occurred  shortly  after  the  arrtval  in 
Canada.^  Mr.  Elliot  occupied  himself  with 
farming,  and  continued  to  do  so  till  1847, 
when  he  oommencod  the  atndy  of  the  law.  In 
L852,  he  waa  called  to  the  bar,  and  at  once, 
posaeaaed  of  energy,  much  learning  in  the 
Uw,  and   abilities  far  beyond  the  average. 


ne 


besran  to  practice  hia  profeaaion.      rnuanal 

ability    is  sure,    sooner  or  later,  to  beoome 
apparent,  and  especially  is  this  true  in  th* 
case  of  the  legal  profession,  wherv 
in  such  a  large  portion  of  the  held  depsnite^ 
upon  ability.     Mr.  EUiut  waa  aoon 
riater  of   reapeotable  standing,  and  no 
waa  surprised  when,,  in  18B9,  he  w&s  called 
to  the  bunch  as  judge  for  Middlesex,  in  the 
room  of  the  Honourable  Jameii  Small,  de- 
ceased.    For  &ve  years  our  aubiect  acted  aa 
Buperiutendeut  of  public  schools  in  the  old 
Ltmdon  district,  which  then    comprised  the 
counties    of  Middlesex   and  Elgin,  and  h«, 
haa  had    likewise  a  varied  experience  wi( 
miinicipal  bodies.       Ho   married,  in    I848y 
Miaa  Robinson,  a  daughter  of  tSaiuuel  Rob* 
inaon,  M.D.,  of  Dublin,  and  aiater  of  Mra. 
Hume  liiake,  and    of  Judge   Robinson,  of 
Loubton.     Judge  Elliot  and  hia  family  t^ 
oeutly  suffered  a  severe  bluw  in  the  death  of 
their  son,  Skettington  Connor  Elliot,  on 
timabte  and  very  promising  young  man,  who! 
fell  in  the  conflict  at  Duck    Lake^   NortH*{ 
west  territor)',  between  the  Dominion  foroas 
and  the  insurgents  under  Ivonia  Riet,  on  th» 
26lh  March,  1885,  in  the  twenty-sixth  y< 
of  hia  age.     He  was  in  an  excellent  practici 
in  the  law  at  Prince    Albert,  ou   the  Si 
katchewau,  when,    with    twenty-five 
young  fellows,  he  hurried  to  the  front,  t< 
uphold  Ihe  supremacy  of  the  law,  oud,  w 
eight  of    his   volunteer  comrades,    died  oo 
that  fatal  field  for  their  country.     Hia  r«- 
mains  having  been  brought  to  Lundonj  hi» 
native  place,    the  people  of  thai  city  and 
vicinity  testified  by  a  public   funeral,  and, 
in  many  other  waya,  their  regard  for  thei 
bravo  young  fellow-citizen.     Judge    Elliut' 
belongs  to  the  Episcopal  church,  and  enter- 
tains   the   opinions  which    are  represented 
by  what  are  called  the  Hroad  church  party. 
No  one  ia  more  extensively  known  than  he 
in  tlie  part  of  Ontario  where  he  haa  reotded  JH 
fur  the  last  forty-nine  years.     Aa  a  jiidgft^J 
he  ia,  through  hia  integrity,  hia  ability,  hi»" 
patience,  and  his  learning,  an  oruament  and 
an  honour  to  the  bench. 

CMilholm,  Rdbcri,  Gait,  waa  bom  in 
the  township  uf  North  Dumfries,  in  the 
County  of  Waterloo,  in  1833.  Hia  parent 
were  Robert  Gilholm  and  Ann,.H«'*  Kor- 
man,  who  resided  iu  Boroaden.  Northum- 
berlHudshire,  England,  and  removed  to  thia 
country  in  \W,V2.  They  settled  iu  the  town-H 
ship  of  North  Dumfries,  about  one  and  »^| 
half  miles  west  of  Gait,  where  the  father 
adapted  the  life  of  a  farmer.  He  had 
seven  children,  Robert,  the  subject  of  oui 
sketch,   being   the  third.     Young   Gilholi 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


375 


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th« 


ft  oommon  nchool  odncation,  and 
(he  f&rm  with  hia  father.  At  the 
hU  father's  death,  which  ooourred 
in  1)M4,  Mr.  Gilhulm  came  into  possBasiuu 
«il  ibe  fAmi,  whure  he  reamiued  uutU  1859, 
wImo  be  le«9ud  the  farm  aud  came  tu  Gait. 
*^^y  aft«r,  be  and  Goorye  Hogg  bouj^ht 
y  ui«r  mUl  of  Dry  den  A:  Sutherland, 
''•«r  carry  un  the  luiuberbuainess under 
Dnn  i<f  GilhidtQ  iSr^  Uo^g.  In  1 870  he 
«M  appointed  schiwd  triisteu,  which  poBiiioii 
b*  Mill  hold*  ;  aod  id  ld8:t  waa  elected  to 
tiM  unrn  council  of  Ualt.  la  relid:ioa  he  is 
a  Proahyterian.  and  in  politics  a  Heformer. 
tl«  wu  married  in  1850  to  Jane  Scott, 
i  ter  of  the  late  William  Scott  of  South 
■  uia,  and  haa  had  aix  chddren,  five 
ria  and  one  boy.  His  S'^n,  Rnbert  Scott 
kolm,  U  now  carrytnf^  on  the  jewellery 
in  the  Tillage  of  Preston,  a  short 
from  Gait.  >Ir.  Gilholm  is  very 
dtunfcdly  held  in  high  repute  with  all  those 
with  whrnin  he  has  ever  had  any  business 
eOBiieeUatia,  and  in  private  and  social  life  he 
M  aAble  and  highly  esteemed. 

Brolliers,  Jo»cpli,  Milton,  to  whose 
public  Hpirit,  iutelligenoe  and 
•wn  of  &{ilton  is  under  no  small 
was  born  in  the  City  of  To- 
OD  ihe  ;$rd  vf  January,  1^37.  Mr. 
Bnjlhen  U  the  son  of  Joseph  Brothers  and 
Mar>'  .Sioclaxr,  and  he  load  thirteen  brothers 
sad  sisten.  His  father.  Joseph  Brothers, 
wna  bom  in  the  County  of  Armagh,  Ireland, 
k;.  ^  ui  bis  twentieth  year,  he  entered 

I  array  aa  a  private.  Ue  was 
boBxin«<i  i<>  be  more  than  a  harrack-walkin^ 
Midlfft  W  these  wore  the  days  when  Na- 
Bobfnn  waa  terrorixiug  over  Kurope.  So 
Mr.  Brothers  saw  much  service,  being  pres- 
ant  UI  Miinit-rxiiA  onKageinents  during  the 
pf^in  wid  received  several  wounds. 

»A  >  i./unce,  ambition  and  energy 

Uw  ton  found  potent  in  reaching  the 
tt  plaoQ  which  he  now  holda  among 
liiliDv-oouutrymen.  enabled  the  father  to 
rtt*  irum  mnk  to  rank  tn  the  army  and  pass 
hit  faUova.  till  ho  became  quartermastfu. 
In  ib>  yvM*  1^3  he  was  retired  on  a  pen- 
■iKMi,  aod  sailed  for  Canada,  and  settled  ii: 
Tvrostt^K  During  all  the  stormy  years  that 
pC«C*d«d  iheoutbreakandthe/iatrnaL  Moiit- 
fooserr's  (arm,  he  dwelt  in  Tonmlu  ;  and 
irhMi  WiUiam  Lyon  Mackenxie  rebelled,  he 
procBpUy  threw  himself  in  with  the  loyalists 
Ha  waa  a  valoos  cluunpion  uf  the  cunuec- 
tita  bMww»n  the  colonies  and  the  mother- 
land, Mid  readily  gave  hia  services  Ui  the 
OiyvB  M  drill  aorgeant.  This  wurtfiy 
diad   in    IM7.     Joeeph  was  past  ten 


years  old  at  the  time  of  hia  father's  death, 
blithe  received  a  sound  education,  andut  the 
age  of  sevonteen  began  to  learn  the  trade  of 
n  lu^hinist.  Uuving  mastered  this  triide.  he 
repaired  to  Chicago,  where  he  remained  for 
a  abort  period,  and  then  returned  to  the 
County  of  Ualton,  settling  iu  the  vilUi^e  of 
Palermo.  A  young  man  of  his  character 
and  business  address  would  not  naturally 
be  obliged  long  to  solicit  notice,  su  he  soon 
entered  into  partnemhip  with  the  late 
Jacob  Lawrence  in  the  business  of  manufac- 
turing implements.  Milton  soon  held  out 
inducements  to  him  that  he  could  not  resist, 
and  thither  he  went,  entering  as  mnnager  in 
the  foundry  of  John  White,  ex-M.P.  Ue 
had  now  accumulated  some  capital,  and 
resolving  to  push  hia  way,  depending  upon 
himaelf  alune.  After  throe  years  he  pur- 
chased the  establishment,  and  conducted  it 
successfully,  and  to-day  he  is  reapinu  the 
labour  of  his  industry.  In  1800.  nt  the 
earnest  solicitation  of  many  friends  who  saw 
iu  him  a  man  of  unusual  uljUity  and  high 
character,  he  presented  himself  as  a  candi- 
date for  the  town  councillorHhip  of  Milton, 
and  waa  elected,  and  contintiod  in  this  poei- 
I  tion  until  1880,  when  he  was  elected  reeve, 
and  occuptea  this  position  at  <  he  preeent 
time.  In  religion  Mr.  Brothers  ia  an  at- 
I  tendant  of  the  Methodist  church,  and  hi:{hly 
'  esteemed  in  that  body  :  and  in  politics  he 
is  a  lieformer,  and  president  of  the  Md- 
I  ton  Reform  Aasociation.  In  1858.  on  the 
I  7tli  of  October,  ha  married  Mary  Melinda 
Dorland,  by  whom  he  has  hud  six  children. 
Two  of  these,  William  D^trland  Brothers  and 
John  Anson  Brothers,  are  partners  in  their 
father's  general  business.  These  are  justly 
regarded  among  the  most  prominent  ttiul 
efiicieat  business  men  uf  Miltuii.  WilUnm 
attends  to  the  othoe  in  the  capacity  nf  Ix^ok- 
keeper,  and  John  renders  aasiatanoe  to  hia 
father  in  the  general  management.  Mr. 
Brothera  ia  a  gentleman  tu  whom  the 
citixena  of  Milton  owes  a  good  deal,  and  it 
ia  pleasant  to  know  that  they  fully  appreci- 
ate his  Worth. 

Cameron,  Hector,  M.A.,  QC,  Tor* 
onto,  M.P.  for  North  Victoria,  Ontario,  one 
of  the  moat  distinguished  of  our  public  men, 
and  abrilliantand  able  advocate,  wiw  tHtni  at 
Montreal  on  the  :{rd  of  June,  18^1'J.  Our 
subject  is  descended  from  the  Glen  DeH*«ry 
branch  of  the  historic  clnn  Cameron,  ot  In- 
veruesa-shiru,  Scotland.  He  is  the  only 
surviving  son  of  the  late  asaistant-comiitis- 
sary  general,  Kenneth  Cumeron,  and  u  a 
nephew  of  the  late  John  Oanii*ri.>n,  that 
clever  politician,  who  fn^m  1857  to  180I  r»- 


276 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


presented  Victoria  in  the  old  Cnnadtan  As- 
sembly. Mr.  C-aineron  had  all  the  early  ail- 
vantAgea  iu  educariun  auch  aa  careful  privato 
tuition  tiould  confer,  and  when  he  waa  siitH- 
cdently  prepared,  he  waa  aout  to  EnKUnd  tu 
ooniinuu  his  education.  He  entered  King's 
College,  London ;  and  here,  \v«  are  inform- 
ed, always  held  a  bijjh  place  amon;^  his 
many  brilliant  claaamaten.  After  he  hud 
gone  through  the  course  preaorihed  at  this 
institution,  he  repaired  to  Dublin,  and  en- 
tered Trinity  Cifllcgo  as  an  undor-gradiiatc. 
He  took  the  full  course  at  this  institution, 
revealing  the  same  width  and  quickneas  iif 
intellectual  ]iart!<  as  he  had  shown  earlier, 
and  he  duly  graduated  as  It.  A.  in  l8o].  Llis 
education  completed,  be  returned  to  Canada, 
and.waa  articled  aa  a  law  studt^nt  in  the  olhce 
of  Hon.  John  Hillyard  Cameron,  Torontn. 
Wc  may  aay  here  that  some  time  after  his 
return  to  Canada  he  took  the  degree  of 
M.A..  at  the  Lniveraity  of  Toronto.  The 
same  dili|;ence  that  he  exhibited  in  pursuit 
uf  his  educational  studies  waa  noticeable 
when  he  entered  upon  his  profeasional 
study,  and  at  the  Easter  term,  in  1854,  he 
waa  calleil  to  the  bar  of  L'pper  Canada. 
Later  (IB72)  he  was  invested  with  the  ailk 

town  aa  Queen's  counacl,  and  subsequently 
ecatne  a  bencher  of  the  Law  Society  of 
Ontario.  On  being  admitted  to  the  bar,  he 
promptly  entered  upon  the  practice  of  Ids 
profeision,  establishing  himself  in  the  City 
of  Tontnto.  Ilere  his  excellent  education, 
hia  natural  abilities,  his  attention  to  his 
office,  his  courtesy,  and  hia  general  air  n\ 
superiority,  auon  brought  a  oonaiderable 
practice.  From  that  time  to  the  present 
that  practice  has  continued  to  (p'ow,  not- 
withstanding that  much  of  Mr.  Cameron's 
attention  boa  been  devoted  to  political  life, 
in  which  he  takes  a  pixtminent  part,  lie 
always  felt  himself  drawn  towards  public 
life,  and  no  sooner  had  he  been  admitted  to 
the  bar  than  ho  began  to  interest  himself  in 
the  <iueationa  that  engrossed  the  attention 
of  the  country.  The  first  opening  by  which 
he  might  try  hia  fortune  occurred  at  the 
general  election  in  184J7,  in  iSotith  Victoria, 
But  the  brilliant  young  barrister  had  not 
yet  convinced  the  people  that  he  was  a  nmu 
whom  they  ought  to  take  pride  in  callin;^^ 
their  representative,  and  he  waa  defeated. 
He  returned  to  hia  office  and  resumed  his 
pnotioe,  saying,  however,  to  his  diaconsolate 
friends,  "Don't  be  dispirited:  I  am  not. 
This  defeat  only  gives  edge  to  uiy  ambition 
to  get  into  parliament,  and  I  shall  be  there 
yet."  The  words  sounded  prophetic,  and 
time  revealed  them  to  be  ao.     Five  years 


rolled  round,  and  another  general  election 
was  proclaimed.  In  1874  he  waa  in  the 
Held  again,  npeaking  with  vigour,  wide 
Wnowloiigo,  and  diynitiud  restraint,  but  once 
more  was  he  uuBuceeHsful.  Still  undaunted, 
he  continued  to  practioe  hia  profeA^:<  t  , 
watching  public  questions  at  the  aame  tune. 
But  Mr  Canierou  waa  certain  now  that  he 
hsd  not  been  beaten  by  fair  means,  and 
some  of  his  friends  6led  a  petition  agumst 
the  succcA-'^fnl  candidate,  Mr.  Maok'nnai), 
who  was  unseated.  Roth  men  o^ain  a)>- 
pealed  to  the  constituency,  but  the  unseated 
member  was  again  sent  back.  Again,  t 
was  the  ca#e  taken  into  the  courts,  and  on 
more  was  &Ir.  Maclennan's  election  decl 
void.  The  strife  waa  now  ended,  and  M 
Cameron  was  declared  the  duly  elec! 
member  for  North  Victoria.  Mr.  Came 
has  held  this  seat  ever  since,  and  oppoaition 
to  him  now  seems  little  more  than  a  matter 
of  form.  At  ouce,  ou  taking  his  place  in  the 
Uouae,  he  began  to  give  evidence  of  the 
parliamentary  brilliancy  which  had  been 
predicted  of  him.  He  ia  not  a  fluent  or  a 
tloshy  orator,  but  he  is  ready  of  speech, 
and  hia  arguments  are  always  forcible, 
sound  and  solid.  He  posseases  marked 
energy,  and  there  is  little  chance  i.>f  th 
measure  lagging  or  failing  in  the  House 
which  he  has  once  lent  his  interest, 
coustitutioual  quoations  he  is  one  of  t 
foremotst  authorities  in  the  oiuntry  ;  and  it 
LB  upon  men  like  him  that  Sir  John  A.  Mac- 
donaid  is  in  the  habit  of  falling  back  for 
thoae  opinions  upon  cunatitutional  and  other 
questions,  which,  through  a  preas  of  other 
business,  he  has  not  the  time  to  form  for 
himself.  There  does  not  seem  just  at  pre- 
sent to  be  an  oppurttmity  for  Mr.  Canierou 
in  the  cabinet,  where  his  solid  abilities 
might  be  turned  to  still  greater  account  for 
the  Conservative  cause,  but  the  time  can 
not  be  very  for  away  when  a  portfolio  will 
assuredly  como  to  him.  Mr.  Cameron  has 
conducted  a  number  of  very  imiwrtant  legal 
caaea  before  the  Canatlian  courts,  and  be 
waa  selected  by  the  Canadian  government 
to  ikrgue  the  question  of  the  boundary  of 
tJutario  before  the  Judicial  Committee  of 
the  Imperial  Privy  Council.  Mr.  Cameron 
marrind  in  August,  184>0.  Clara,  eldeat 
duiightor  of  William  boawell,  borrister-at- 
hiw,  of  Coboiirg,  and  grand -daughter  of 
Capt&in  Honourable  W.  Uoswell,  R.N. 

!$coU,   William,  was  bom  in  (Jolt,  in. 
1838.       Idia  father  was  Jamea   Scott,  wl 
came   to  Canada,  from  Scotland,  in    18*J 
and   having  first  settled  in  Uundas,  gdtei 
wafds   removed   to  Gait,      Mr.  Scott  Vfi 


ced 

1 


CANADIAN  BIOORAPHT. 


277 


•dDcmted  in  Gait,  and  obtained  a  oomnion  i 
adkool  education.  Aftur  leaviaj;  school  he  ' 
],«iu^e<^  ♦»,-  K,,ii.^;n^  trade.  lu  1850  be  went  \ 
to  thr  '  ktes.  where  he  rtirnained  f'tr  I 

•oout  ti _:. ,  then  he  returned  to  Gait, 

u»d  oomoffDoed  bunneaa  for  himself  in  a 
pl*uit>i;  mill,  and  in  this  occupation  he  hu 
xi.  ".T  since.     He  was  chief  of  the 

i  uent  for  two  yean,  and  b«Ion&;s 

!•  r   of   Foresters,  and  holds   the 

o!:  'trict  chief  rsntfer  fur  Wellin^^ton 

WLiX   Wiu^pxIoq.     In  religion,  he  is  a  highly 
mglkrded  member  of   tho    Methodi^tt  com- 
;  and  in  politics  he  gives  in  his  ad- 
tothe  party  led  by  the  Uonourable 
Bdward  Blake,  believing  that  the  principles 
l^K>a    which  it  rests  its  fortunes,  and   the 
polMy  which  it  propifunde,  are  bent  for  the 
iail4f««ta  uf  our  country.      He  murrteil,  in 
1882,  Ellen  Vatt^fl,  who  died  in  1S75.     He 
acain  married,   tHi   July  2t)th,   18H2,    Mrs.   ' 
mMxy  Ann  Laraway,  of  Galu     By  his  first 
Maniaga  b«  had  three  children,  and  by  the  I 
Moood  marriflge  one  child.     Obserriug  the 
darvaala-Uon    that   intemperance  is  working 
avwryThere  in  the  land,  Mr.  Soott  is  an  able 
and  tanoera  advocate  of  total  abstinence,  and 
BAVar  luaea  an  opportunity  to  forward,  as  , 
lar  as  he  can,  the  great  movement  whose 
aim  ia  the   suppression   of   the  widespread 
•Til 

Fuurhcr  de  !9uliit  Unurioc,  \'nr-  i 
c4«ar  llcnri  Kdouurd,  Quebec,  M.P.P. 
fur  I^Ileciiaue,  wus  born  at  Qiielwc,  on  the 
1844.      He  is  a  Btjix  of  the   late 
iisUintin  Fiiucher  do  Saint  Mnur- 
warden    of    the   County    of 
eei>ni<'iir  of  Beaumont,  Viuceii- 
ST-inf-ii-jteitie,  and   of    Catherine 
r,  both  being    members  of 
■  1  French  families.  Our  sub- 
educatod  at  the  Seminary  of  Q<ie- 
bac.  aod   he    married    in    li<ti:^,   Josephine 
B«rth«l<jt    U'Arti^ny,     niece    of    the    late 
Sir   Louia   \\.    Lufmitaine,    baronet.      Our 
•ilbjaci  w*nt  to  Mexico  in  IMU,  and  became 
•  oaptMiB  LB  the  4th  Mexican  Sharpshooters. 
VLm  af'  iterved  with  the  aume  rank 

in  tbc  aion   of   Li:jht   Infiintry  of 

A^  ■'  ide-de  camp 

t  '   -IB    Uuuuul 

d  .'    '  •— -      t'l-    -...  ..w     ...    ...i*   the  entire  ■ 

var.  mwk  made  phii'Uf  r  At  thi<  tieiJte  "f  Sal*  I 
Uili>,  and  wa«  ctmdointio^l  Ui  l^e  nhnt.  hut  he  I 
was    aftvnrariU     eKcliAiu'fi.      M<'     \\i\a    mi 
•levcn  l-«tt1<*^.  \\i^-  4ii.'i:e8  (th"H<>  of  thixtiou  , 
and    ^^  rty-tu'>>  eii:jHL;i;inonta  : 

h»  Wa*  1   )iv  It  Nikli  and  by  a  I 

■ImU,  Mxi  t>  '    under  litui.  ' 

HvnianMs^  ■  ■.  ood  wu  fur  i 


fourteen  years  clerk  of  Private  Bills  of  the 
Legislative  Council  of  the  Province  of  Que- 
beu.  He  has  contributed  largely  tu  the 
newspaper  press  in  France,  Canada,  and  the 
United  States.  He  is  likewise  author  of  the 
follijwing  works  :  **  De  Quebec  H  Mexico," 
two  vols.;  "  A  la  Brunante/'  novels,  one 
vol.;  '*  Choses  et  autrea."  lectures,  one  voL; 
"  Ue  Tribord  a  Babord,'*  one  vol.;  *'  l*roia- 
enades  dans  le  Oolfe  Saint  Laurent/' 
(through  the  islands  and  maritime  provincea) 
two  vols.;  *' Procedures  Parlementaires  ;*' 
**Cours  de  Tactiqne  ;"  '*  Relations  de  oe 
i|ui  eV.at  paAse  aux  fouilles  faites  lura  de  la 
demolition  des  casernes  des  Jesuites,  il 
Quebec,"  and  *'  Kapport  sur  I'Kxposition 
Internationale  deCTeographie,  Venice."  He 
waa  editor  iu  chief  of  Lt  xTonriKxl  de  Quebec 
during  one  year  and  a  half,  and  is  now  edi- 
tor of  Lf  C'liKniiVn,  He  was  for  some  time 
librarian  and  a  member  of  the  Council  of 
tua  Literary  and  Historical  Society  of  Que- 
bec. He  is  a  member  of  la  Society  dea  genu 
de  Lettres  de  Franoet  and  its  official  repr«^ 
sentative  iu  North  America  ;  is  houur&ry 
chairman  of  the  Press  Association  of  the 
Proviuce  of  Quebec  ;  waa  commissioner  for 
the  Province  of  Quebec  at  the  International 
Exposition  of  Geography  at  Venice,  in  1881, 
where  his  books  received  a  tirst  claas  dip- 
loma ;  was  the  tirat  presidetU  of  the  French 
literary  Mction  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Can- 
ada. He  was  created  a  kuight  of  the  im- 
perial order  of  QaudaIou[:»e,  by  the  Mexican 
emperor,  and  received  the  medal  of  the 
Menicau  campaign  from  Napoleon  III.,  and 
the  military  medal  for  valuur  and  integrity 
given  by  the  late  Emperor  Maximilian.  He 
was  created  a  knight  of  the  Legion  of 
Honour,  2Cth  July,  1881,  for  exceptional 
military  services  rendered  to  the  dag  of 
France.  Ue  is  a  member,  or  corresponding 
niember^of  the  geographical  society  of  Pans. 
liordeauXi  and  Marseilles,  of  TAc^demie 
Franoaiae  de  R  >uen,  of  la  Societe  Archeo- 
lugique  et  Hifltorique  de  la  Saintonge.  On 
the  2nd  December,  1^1,  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Quebec  Legislature  for  the 
County  of  Bellecliaas?,  and  that  seat  he  still 
occupies.  He  h.is  travelled  in  France,  Kng- 
laud,  Ireland,  SwiU.erland,  Italy,  Austria, 
Corsica,  Elba,  Newfoundland,  LabrHilor, 
through  all  Canada,  the  Unit«<i  States, 
(Hiba,  the  Bahamas.  Martinica,  Mexico,  St. 
PiiTrt!  and   MitjueifU. 

Iliitcliliinon,  Cliurlva,  London,  On- 
tario, County  Crown  Attorney,  and  Clerk 
of  the  Poacfi  for  the  County  of  Middlesex, 
was  born  at  Newcaslle-on-Trne,  on  the'J.nd 
June,  1620.     Ha  ia  a  son  of  Francis  Uuvcli- 


!?7ft 


A  CYChOPMDlA  OF 


ineon.  of  Kowcastle-on-Tyno,  physician,  and 
Francea  hia  wife,  Uaiighter  of  (Jeorge  Loali, 
of  Soiay,  neiir  Kuuen,  France,  and  grand- 
diild  vi  Julin  Loab,  of  Woodaide,  near  Car- 
lisle, England.  Our  subject's  father  was 
tl\e  only  son  of  Captain  Charles  Hutchin- 
snn,  of  the  Kaat  India  CoiDpany^  s«r\'ic^, 
who  was  acti%'ely  engaged  in  thu  great  events 
of  the  lattor  part  of  the  last  century,  and 
the  beginning  uf  the  present  one  in  India. 
He  died  eventually  in  Sumatra,  whore  he 
held  a  luilitary  cuminond  durinu  the  period 
uf  Britain's  rule  in  that  island.  His  father 
(onr  subject's  great-grandfather),  who  was 
an  ofhcer  in  the  British  army,  was  married 
in  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  and  Charles  Hutch- 
inson has  a  letter  in  his  [Xjssession  written 
to  hia  (jrcat-KTau  dm  other,  bj'  a  brother  offi- 
cer of  her  husband,  who  was  present  at  the 
wedding.  Thus  it  will  1>e  seen  that  the 
family  of  our  subject  has,  for  a  considerable 
time,  had  connection  with  Canada.  The 
family  of  our  subject's  mother  belongs  to  the 
landed  gentry  of  Cumberland,  and  have 
owned  an  estate  at  Woodside.  since  the 
reign  of  King  Stephen,  aa  appears  by  a 
title  deed  of  that  reign.  The  name  was 
formerly  Arlosh.  The  property  referred 
to  consists  of  about  3,000  acres,  beauti- 
fully situated  about  four  miles  from  Car- 
lisle, and  fairly  fertile,  and  wooded  with 
ancestral  oaks.  The  subject  of  this  sketch 
went  first  to  the  Itoyal  Grammar  school, 
Newcastle,  where  Judge  Elliot  also  received 
a  portion  of  his  education.  Young  Hutch- 
inson afterwards  attended  a  school  near 
Durham  ;  and  thence  entered  another  inati- 
tution  at  Darlington.  Family  troubles,  how- 
ever, compelled  hink  to  leave  school  early, 
and  earn  his  own  living  ;  and  so  it  came  to 
pass  that  before  he  had  reached  his  fonr- 
toenth  year,  ho  accepted  a  situation  in  the 
office  of  the  Walker  Alkali  Company,  at 
Walker,  near  Newcastle.  These  works 
were  established  in  the  last  century,  by 
Lord  Dundonald,  father  of  the  famous  Ad- 
miral Lord  Cochrane,  and  our  subject's 
granduncle,  John  Loah,  of  Woodside,  and 
were,  at  the  time  of  his  entering  the  office, 
the  property  of  Miss  Sarah  L^jsh,  the 
iiwnor  of  Woodside  and  represenlalivo  of 
the  family.  The  life  here,  however,  did 
not  pleaae  him,  although  presenting  fair 
prospticts,  and,  therefore,  having  acciden- 
tally met  a  fiiend  from  Canada,  Frederic 
Errington,  a  son  of  the  vicar  of  Mit- 
ford,  in  Northumberland,  whe  had  settled 
in  Canada,  and  was  at  home  on  a  visit 
in  his  parents,  he  dot^miinefl  to  accompany 
him  to  Canada,  with  the  view  of  farming. 


I  In  the  year  I84(t  he  sailed  for  Canada,  ani 
I  upon  hia   arrival   stayed  upon  Mr.  Errinj^^ 
ton's  farm  at  Westminster  for  a  time.      Si] 
'  months  at  farming  convincod  him  thorrjugh* 
I  1y  that  The  work  waa  not  suited  either  to  hi 
I  inclination  or  his  aptiUide  ;  so  having  mads 
I  a  number  of  friends  in  London,  he  removed 
I  thither,   and   articled    himself   to   the    1a(« 
j  H.  C.  R.  Becber,  Q.C.,  a  barrister  of  good 
\  standing.     After  five  yeara  study,  be  wm 
j  called  to  the  Imr  (November,  1852),  and  wm 
j  immediately    taken   into    partnership    with 
I  Mr.  Decher,  his  letral  preceptor.    This  aaso- 
■  ciation   continued  for  three  yeara,  whetn  it 
I  waa  dissolved  by  reason  nf  onr  subject's  de- 
I  parture  for  England.     Mr.  Hutchinson  waa 
I  a  lieutenant  in  the  first  cavalry  troop  organ- 
I  ized  in  hia  neighbourhood.  Mr.  Rivera,  thea^H 
of  the   bank    of    Cpper    Canada,    but  nonr^f 
manager  of    Molsons    at     BrockviUe,    be-^* 
ing  captain.      Our  subject  served  only   % 
short  period,  as  the  work  took  up  too  much^^ 
of  his  attention  ;  snd  it  was  a  time  of  pro«^| 
found    peace.     He    was  appointed    count]f^l 
crown    attorney    in    March,    1858,   on  the 
creation  of  the  fitice,  and  succeeded  Colonel 
Askin  as  clerk   of  ihe  peace  in  the  fall  ofS 
1869.     He    joined    St.    George's    Masonio^^ 
lodge  about  thirty  years  ago  ;  and  is  now  a 
member  of  Kilwinning  lodge,  at  London. 
Mr.  Hutchinson   is   a  steadfast  churchman 
(Episcopal),    as   his  forefathers  have  been. 
He  has  been  twice  married  :  first  in  Detroit,J 
in  1858,  to  Frances  Mary  Street,  sister  of 
William  P.  R.  Street,  Q.  C,  of  London,  wh»| 
died    in  childbed    in    1861.     He    married, 
secondly,     Annie     Johnson,     daughter     of 
Henry  A.  Johnson,    of   the  Post-Oflioe  de- 
partment,   London,   by  whom  he  has  had 
eight   children,    six  of  which  survive.     In 
summoning  up  we  may  say,  that  if  our  sub- 
ject did  nnt  set  apart  for  himself  the  politi- 
cal objecia  for  which  many  strive  a/i  hardly, 
that  be  has  in  a  leas  ambitious  way  earned 
a  respectable  crown,  and  fairly  placed  him- 
self  among   the   industrious,    capable   and 
successful  men  whom  we  must  call  repre- 
sentative. ^H 
Clarke,  lion.  Charlca,  Elora,  On-S 
tario,  Lieutenant-tVdonel,  M.P.P.  for  Wei* 
lington    Centre,  Justice  of  the    Peace,  and 
Speoker  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  oi  On- 
tario, was  born  in  the  grand  old  cathedral  city 
of   Lincoln,  Kni^lnnd,  within  sound  of  the 
famous  bell   known  aa  **Great  Tom,'* on  the 
L'yth  November,  1820.    He  waa  a  pupil  of  Mr., 
afterwards  the  Rev.  Thomas,  Cooper,    who 
became    such    a    prominent  fii^ure    in  the 
Clmrtiat  movement  in  England.     He  subse- 
quently attended  an  advanced  institution  at 


1 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAFET. 


2T0 


'Waddington,  Lincolnshire,  under  the  tuitton 
oi    George    Boole,  well  known   as  the    au- 
thor  of  aerentl   mathematicAl    works,   and 
v1m>  heawne  fint  profeiuor  of  mathematics 
in  Qaeea^  College,  Cork,  Ireland.     Bof»re 
Im  wu  fonrteen  years  of  ago,  he  entered  the 
cxteaure    cstablishniont  f*i  John  Norton. 
«C  Lincoln,  to  learn  the  businesa  of  a  draper. 
Mr.  Sorlon  wa«  a  promiuuiit    Radical,  and 
male  friend  of  John  Bright  and  Rich- 
bdftD ;   and  it  is  not  to    be   wondered 
.ftt  if   a  yoting   man  hke   our  subject,  with 
eTM  wide  open  fur  important  public  ques- 
tioaa,  aod   yeAming  for  the  day  when  hia 
own    Totoe    might  be   heard,  should  carry 
avay  in  his  mind  the  foundatioiu  of  a  very 
eousd  an4  very  enduring  Ubv>ra1ism.     Yuunu 
C}"-^'-  '-■■  '.'lopeti  into  oiaiihrKKl  at  a  period 
«  i!id  was  in  thf  throes  of  a  trade 

fc.   ......_;..  when  the  hand  of  the  nation  waa 

at  the  throat  of  monopoly,  and  the  Com 
t«irs  were  on  their  trial  before  the  people. 
la  1844.  he  emigrated  to  Canada,  following 
•one  of  his  connections  who  had  gone  be- 
fore a  short  time  previouslv.  He  settled  in 
Um  townahip  of  Canboro  ,  in  the  Nia);^ra 
dattriot,  and  devoted  himself  tn  farming. 
Poar  je^rs  later,  he  removed  to  Hamilton, 
vkare  he  fonnd  commercial  employment  for 
A  daw.  Whilst  so  engaged,  he  amused  him- 
»<''  .'  leisure  hours  in  writing desorip- 

<■  ■'■<•>   scenery  about  Elora,  for  the 

local  prr«s.  The  merit  of  these  oontrtbu- 
tioos  attracted  the  attention  of  the  editor  of 
tbe  Baroilton  Jourria/  and  Expr^4$j  and  Mr. 
Clarice  was  solicited  for  contributions  to 
that  journal,  and  a  little  while  after- 
wards became  its  sub-editor.  Baldwin  and 
Lafontaine  were  now  at  the  head  of 
affaira.and  the  paper  gave  the  administnition 
a  CT.Minl  -n[ti.nrt.  In  a  few  ntonths  the 
^  t    KOt  o^nlrol  of  the  paper, 

•»'  'luring    his  cuuuectiuu  with 

i^Lod  till  1850,  U  was  conduct- 
vii^or  and  marked  skill  for  a 
uf  sach  little  experience  in  colonial 
pi>UliaR.  A  semi-weekly  jounial,  in  a  pro- 
vivcial  Utwti,  was  not  a  vehicle  important 
ijh  for  the  conveyance  of  his  thduichts, 
*■-  S*gan  to  contribute  to  the  Toronto 
.  aad  he  waa  re*(Uested  by  Mr.  (now 
.1.  .  .,,,-n)^j^(  William  Macdougall,  to 
ilr.  a  of  articles   to  the  North 

.i-«e  briUiaut,  sound  and  able 
papen  appearod  under  the  title,  '*  Planks 
of  oar  Platform.*'  and  very  naturally  com- 
Banded  wide  attention.  Ho  likewise,  about 
ikis  prrj'^i,  r'>Titribut«d  to  the  DiindasBnn- 
V  .  Turonto    Sxamiurr^    and 

rnals.     In  1852,  tliu   Bach- 


it^  aiuch 
c<l     with 


tcoodstnan  was  started  under  his  political 
editorahip  at  Elora,  and  it  did  sturdy  ser- 
vice in  the  causa  of  reform  and  general 
p<>Iitical  progress.  AIkmiI  this  time,  too, 
(1852)  Mr.  Clarke  married  Emma,  daughter 
of  James  Kent,  of  Selkirk,  in  the  County 
of  Haldiraand.  This  worthy  lady  died  in 
1878, and  Mr.  Dent,  in  the  "Canadian  Por- 
trait Galler}*,"  pays  this  tribute  to  her 
worth:—"  Mrs.  Clarke  waa  truly  a  help- 
meet. She  waa  possessed  of  remarkable  ac- 
tivity of  body,  was  a  clear  and  incisive 
thinker,  a  pleasant,  not  profuse,  conversa- 
tionalistj  and  a  mother  among  ton  thousand. 
Her  bruad,  common-sense  views,  and  her 
cheerful  application  of  theui  in  the  atfairs 
of  everyday  life,  were  of  service  to  her  hus- 
band in  facing  many  of  the  inevitable  diffi- 
culties that  arise  daring  every  long  and  busy 
public  life  '*  There  were  five  children  by 
thid  marriage  ;  and  the  only  son,  Charles 
Kirk,  who,  as  a  student,  was  on  the  medioai 
staff  of  the  Asylum  for  Insane,  Toronto,  for 
several  years,  and  afterwsrds  medical  assist- 
ant at  Hamilton  and  Kingston,  is  now  super- 
intendent of  Kockwood  Asylum  for  Insane 
in  the  latter  city.  In  lt*8I,  Mr.  Clarke 
married  a  second  time,  and  became  united 
to  llose,  eldest  daughter  of  James  Halley, 
of  Ponsonby,  Ontario.  In  1857,  Elora  was 
inc<»rporftted,  and  Mr.  Clarke  elected  to 
the  council.  He  was  appointed  reeve  in 
the  following  year,  and  for  many  terms 
afterwards  occupied  a  seat  in  the  county 
council  of  Wellington.  He  wsa  a  school 
trustee  for  several  years,  and  served  for  a 
considerable  time  on  the  Elora  High  School 
board,  always  evincing  a  kosIous  interest, 
in  educational  affairs.  In  all  matters  relat- 
ing to  the  progress  of  the  town  or  his  own 
county,  he  has  taken  an  active  interest  ; 
but  he  is  none  the  less  a  friend  uf  the  entire 
province,  because  his  own  cunatiluency  is 
so  dear  to  him.  In  1861,  he  was  appointed 
lieutensnt  in  a  volunteer  rifle  company  at 
Elora ;  in  I8till  he  became  captain,  and 
served  for  throe  months  at  Chatham  and 
Point  Edward,  during  the  Fenian  raid.  He 
waa  (gazetted  senior  major  of  the  30th  Wel- 
lington battalion  of  Ritles,  and,  later,  was 
promoted  to  the  command.  He  i«  asealous, 
active,  etKcient,  and  popular  militia  officer. 
At  the  general  election  of  1871,  he  was 
elected  by  a  majority  nf  six  hundre<l  and 
seventy-four  votes,  for  Centre  Wellington, 
to  the  Ontario  Legislature,  defL'atiug  Mr. 
McLaren,  a  Reformer  nominated  by  a  Con- 
sei-yative  convention  ;  in  1875  he  was  re- 
elected by  acclamation  ;  in  1879  was  re- 
elected by  a  majority  of  aix  hundred  and 


S80 


A  CrChOVjEDU  OF 


ftixty,  and  was  re-elected  at  the  liuit  general 
election.  As  Speaker  (which  poaitiun  he 
accepted  in  1880,  on  the  retirement  of  Hod. 
R.  M.  WoUs,  and  to  which  he  waa  re-eleoted 
without  opposition  in  1884),  his  course  haa 
been  characterized  by  a  judicial  impar- 
tiality, prompt  and  sound  judgment,  and  a 
dignity  and  a  firmness  which,  whde  never 
standing  in  the  way  of  legitimate  freedom 
of  debate,  have  always  kept  discussion  with- 
in the  proper  limits.  As  a  writer,  Oolonel 
Clarke  is  bright,  pointed,  terse  and  vigor- 
ous. There  is  a  lit^;^ary  flavour  in  his  style, 
and  u  musical  balance  to  his  sentences.  In 
rtparlte  he  is  c^uick,  and  sharp  lu  a  needle  ; 
and  in  debate  is  ready,  interesting,  and 
etFective. 

Oall,  Georgc^i  Toronto,  the  well-knuwii 
Contrai^tor  and  huilder,  was  bom  in  the 
town  of  Peterhead,  Aberdeenshire,  Scot- 
land, iti  the  year  1840.  His  father  woa 
George  Oall,  a  gentleman  of  stertini;  ([ual- 
ities,  who  pursued  tlie  occupation  of  archi- 
tect, contractor,  etc.,  in  his  native  country, 
his  mother's  name  was  Isabella  Chahners. 
His  father  died  in  l87*-2.  George  Gall,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  received  a  common 
school  education,  and  remained  under  tu- 
tors till  ho  reached  his  Hfteenth  year. 
Then  he  was  apprenticed  to  John  Chal- 
mers, to  learn  the  trade  of  carp"nter  and 
joiner.  He  served  an  apprenucoship  of 
four  years,  and  he  then  left  and  went  to 
the  City  of  Aberdeen.  Here  h«  wnrked  at 
his  trade  until  t8t>1,  when  he  left  Scotland, 
and  came  to  Canada,  settling  in  St.  John, 
New  Brunswick.  He  afterwards  made  trial 
of  his  fortune  in  Woodstock,  a  tonii  just 
then  budding  on  the  banks  of  the  St.  John 
river  ;  but  he  was  not  attracted  by  the  pros- 
pects that  the  place  held  out  to  him.  In 
1803  he  had  grown  somewhat  sick  of  N*>w 
Brunswick,  and  sailed  for  Boston,  which 
was  only  a  short  passage  by  boat  from  St. 
John.  Here  he  remained  a  year  and  a 
half,  and  then  he  felt  a  yearning  to  go 
home  again  to  Scotland,  In  a  little  while  we 
tind  him  on  board  ship,  homeward  bound. 
In  1804  he  landed  in  the  City  of  Aberdeen, 
where  he  remained,  and  wurked  at  hin  call- 
ing, for  the  next,  seven  years.  Hut  in  the 
year  1871  the  desire  re-arose  in  him  to  see 
what  fortune  had  t<j  bestow  upon  him  in 
the  new  world.  So  he  went  on  board  u 
vessel  once  more,  and  took  passage  for  New 
York.  In  this  active  and  rapidly  expand- 
ing metriipoljs  he  plied  his  trade  fur  three 
years;  but  at  the  end  of  this  period  he  turned 
his  face  toward  Canada.  Arrivini;  in  To- 
ronto he  resolved  to  establish  a  business  ; 


and    he   began  as   builder  and   contractor. 
He  was  a  man  of  good  jud^ment.  and  be- 
ing ever  on  the  alert,  everything  bei,T*n  to 
fore  well  with  him  iu  his  ru<w  uudertjtking. 
Success  had  been  his  in  so  liberal  a  meftsur«1 
that  in  1880  he  bought  out  the  planing  mill 
and  factory  belonging  to  the  estate  of  Wil- 
liam Elliot.     In  1883  he  entered  into  ^lort- 
nership  with  Thomaa  McOraken.    but  this< 
partnership  was  dissolved    two  years  latel 
(1885)  :  and   Mr.    Gal),  our  subject,    foundl 
himself  mana^r  and  pn>priotnr  of  the  entiro^ 
concern.     Mr.   Gall  nos  travelled    thnmgh^ 
the  principal  cities  of  the  United  States 
well  as  Scotland.     He  is  a  member  of  thi 
Presbyterian    faith,    and   is    manager    and^ 
elder    of   ilit-    College    street    freibyteriai 
church,  Toronto.     He  has  never  conc«nie4i 
himself  much  with  p«ilitics  ;  but  he  is  nevi 
thulcss  a  staunch   Keformer.     He  was  m« 
ned   in  1871   to   Marin  Mark,  daughter  of] 
Gegrge  Msrk,  of  Strichan,  Aberdeenshire,; 
Scotland.    By  this  marriage  there  is  a  faniiljr{ 
of  six  children.     Fur  integrity  in  busiaesa, 
and   for  succeos,  he  is  esteemed  as  &re  all 
worthy  men.  , 

Rol»liiM»n,  I'lirlMloplH'r  BlHckctt,^ 
Toroni<j,    the   editor  and  (tropriotor  of  ih^H 
Cimuiia  /Vt'jt/n/^^riViH  newspaper,  was  bom  in      y 
the  township  of  Thorah,  Ontario  county,  in 
1837.       His   father   was    bom   in    London. 
England,  but  was  educated  in  Scotland,  and 
remained   there  for  many  years  ;    and  his 
mother  was  of  Highland  descent,  and  be- 
longetl  to  the  clan  Gunn.      Mr.  Kubinso>n, 
junior,    entered   journalism  at  tlu^  age 
twenty  years,  and  edited  iu  Beavorton,  foi 
a  couple  of  years,  the  Cana.tuin  P>jjit.     Inl 
1801,  he  removed  this  puper  to  the  town  of  I 
Lindsay,  where  he  continued  to  publish  ife] 
for  about    ten   years,  during  which    time, 
through  able  management,  the  Poft  becamoj 
a  valuable  newspaper  property,  taking  higl 
rank  among  local    weeklies.     Jn  1871.  Mr« 
Robinson  aold  out  his  interest  in  the  PomI 
and  removed  to  Toronto,  where   ' 
the  publication  of  the  dmada  Pt' 
which,  under  his  energetic  and   wi.^l    run- 
trol,  speedily  attained  great  success.      Th9] 
PresinfteriiiH,   without  pretending  to  \>e 
any  sense  the  official  organ  i>f  the  l*re»by-l 
terian  church,  has  won  for  itself  high  appre- 
ciation, oa  its  large  subscription  list  teattties, 
as  u  forcible  exponent  of  ihe  general  pub] it 
opinions  of  that  body,  and  one  of  the  recog- 
nizud  vehicles  of  intelligence  speotsUy  affect*] 
ing  its  interests,  and  indicative  of  its  pi 
gress.     Mr.   Robinson   is   also   the   prints 
and  publisher  of  Thr  fKr*-/:,  a  weekly  Utermry 
journal  of  considerable  merit. 


J 


CANAVIAH  BIOGRAPHY, 


991 


rinoU  John  George.  Honoraty 
ry  of  the  li^iyal  Society  of  Caiinda, 
of    the  SUtisticnl    S<M;iely   nf    Lon* 
doB,  HoMonry  Correflpondin;;  Secrct&n'  of 
Um  Koy&l  Colonial  luatitute.   Clerk  of  the 
House    of  Corammis,   Canada,   and   author 
"f  ^<''it*^i!  ifnt-'Ttant  wnrkft  and  esaajs,  wa« 
Nova  ^tiijtia.  ou  the    24th 
He  19  n  9'>D  of  the  late 
1 'timnrit,  Senat^jr  of  the  Do- 
Tidson  of  Judge  Marshnll^'of 
His  ninther  was  a  daughter 
■   Marshall,  woU   known  as 
T    ')t    ttiuiperanoo,  and    for  his 
-•'li^iuus  and    social    topics.     His 
'  ■<  lAinily    caine  ongiually  from   Nor* 
>. .  w*re  Uuguonots,  and  settled  in  the 
I  of  Jersey.     The  MarahalU  were  Irish 
tlly.       The  father  of  Jud-^c  Marshal] 
.     .1   captain    in    the  Hritiah  army,  and  a 
I'wiltst.    In  biao>ir]y  days,  our  distinguished 
•  (I    . ct    rvceived    his  intellectual    training 
:  the  tutorship  of  thti  Rev.  W.  Y.  Por- 
\*-  Sydney.        The  preceptor  saw  much 
ycotuue  in  the  lad,  and  nfton  spoke    highly 
of   hu  <|tiickne8a  of  perception,  and  of  the 
•ItvBgUi    of    his  intellectual  grasp.     When 
MsMriod  «f  tutorship  was  over,  Mr.  Hour- 
iaoi*  Cath«r  eonceivc<l  the  idea  of  sending 
lua  KID  to  the  university  of  Trinity  College, 
TorrmUx       At    college  young  Bourinot  dis- 
tiQguishetl    hinisclf,  and    he    Always  was  a 
Brwini:'      *  *  '   r"  in  his  class.      His  indnstrj' 
nt*^Q'  '  forth  admiration  :  and  he 

Meore^  -..  •■..Uuigton  and  other  scholar- 
ihipiL  When  he  left  college,  he  could  not 
mmiy  decide  upon  a  calling.  Ic  was  with 
jroong  gndoate  as  it  lias  been  with  all 
pMMSsed  of  11  pt*r\*ading  literary  in- 
net.  He  was  restive,  and  looked  with 
tisfftction  at  any  CMiime  of  life  that 
T'  oly  a  dnidgery  and  a  routine,  re- 

II'  lo  the  dear  Aspiration  that  was  in 

hitu..  Thu  newspajter  prean  has  always 
Alfonlvd  a  arirt  <>f  eacaiwinoni  for  literary 
A-*  w(u  fiuiio  natural  to  ex- 
^pn^Htr  press  tlie  young  man 
:  lu  the  inetuilime.  He  be 
tAiy  reiMirter  and  etlitur, 
:\\  [M-tAiUon  f'<t-  some  time. 
M  18GI.I,  he  established  the 
,  and  wrui  chief  editor  of 
.1  nunilicr  of  vt-aw.  Fn>m 
'ir  A  cofih'deratiiin.  Mr. 
clvn.'f  otticiat  reporter 
..embly.  In  1H<W,  he 
Senate  as  shorthand 
h"  rotninwl  until  ap>  I 
'ht  in  April,  1W73. 
lu  tlie  hrst  clerk  i 


H^&nci 


asaistantship.  In  February,  IftTH,  he  waa 
ap]>ointed  first  clerk  assistant  to  the  Honai*  ; 
and  on  the  18th  December,  1H8<I,  ho  1>C- 
came  chief  olerk  of  the  House  of  Commons. 
Through  the  greater  part  of  his  life  Mr. 
Bourinot  has  been  a  tireless  litemry  work- 
man, and  his  articles  are  remembered  by 
all  who  took  interest  in  the  disoussion  of 
important  public  questions.  His  essay  on 
the  "  Intellectual  Development  of  Can- 
aila,"  which  appeared  in  the  pages  of  the 
Ciiiuidian  Mnuthl^j,  was  a  careful,  elaWirate 
and  valuable  treatise  on  the  intellectual  de- 
velopment of  the  colonies  k%  an  unwedded 
brotherhood,  and  of  Canada  Hubseiiut^nt  to 
the  union.  He  iL-is  contributed  to  many 
leading  pspers  of  this  continent,  to  the  To- 
ronto Miitl  in  its  inception,  and  U*  the  New 
York  WoH4.  He  was  for  years  one  of  the 
best  known  contributors  to  the  rViNfitiian 
MoiUhlxf.  Hia  desire  liaa  always  been  to 
create  a  love  for  Canadian  subjects.  He 
has  contributed  papers  to  the  Royal  Colo- 
nial institute,  wliich  have  attracted  rauoh 
attention.  One  of  these  papers,  which  re- 
ferred to  the  Federation  of  the  empire, 
waa  deemed  so  important,  that  Justin  Mo- 
Carthy  devoted  a  whole  chapter  of  his 
*'  History  of  our  own  Times  "  to  its  consid- 
eration. An  article  in  Blnckwood^  (to  whicli 
he  has  been  one  of  the  very  few  Canadian 
contribulom),  on  the  "  Pnjgress  of  the  New 
Uouuniuu,"  was  reviewed  by  the  London 
TiiMJi  as  **  the  best  article  that  has  yet  ap- 
peared on  the  subject  in  a  British  perii>d- 
icAl."  He  hasalso  written  other  papers  in 
the  H'rAtminstfr  RfrUo',  the  Linuioit  Quar- 
ttrly,  the  S<jtt1t%h  Bi-riro-,  and  other  leading 
British  periodicals,  with  the  view  of  making 
Canada  Iwtter  known  to  the  British  world. 
<>t  late  yeirs  he  has  devoted  his  leisure  time 
for  the  most  part  to  cnnstiiutionnl  and  par- 
liamentary Btudiei,  and  has  written  n  large 
work  on  **  The  Practice  and  Procedure  of 
Parliament,  with  n  review  nf  the  origin  and 
growth  of  parluitnentary  mstituiion*  in  the 
Dominion  of  Canada."  which  has  btwn  most 
favouratdy  revit-weil  in  Knglatid  and  Can- 
ada, and  has  already  l>een  accepted  as  a 
couititutional  authority  in  every  depenil- 
ciicy  of  the  Crown.  The  London  7ioi«ji, 
in  a  tliree-columu  review,  wrote  most  ap- 
provingly of  the  work,  and  the  Auntralian 
press  has  also  noticed  it  in  rery  enlo^atic 
terma.  Mr.  Bourinot  is  an  adv<H:aii*  of 
the  graud  idea  of  Imperial  Federation,  and 
■  member  of  the  executive  committee  ap- 
pointed at  a  public  meeting  in  Montreal,  in 
May.  IHKo,  with  the  object  of  promoting 
tho  scheme. 


A  CYCIOFMDIA  OF 


Wrlfflit,  Kev,  Peter,  B.D.,  Stratford, 
Ontario,  was  bom  hi  WestnitUer.  Berwick- 
shire, Scotland.  October  loth.  1830.  Hia 
p&reuta,  Peter  Wright  and  Ht)loiiOocWburn, 
wero  persoQft  of  tinolemiBhed  ch&r&cter,  oud 
-deservedly  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  circle 
of  their  HC(|u&intADce.  Mr.  Wright  received 
Iu8  early  educaiiou  at  the  parish  school  of 
his  native  place.  Being  favoured  from  child- 
hood with  vigorout  health  and  a  strong 
mind  eager  for  knowledge,  ho  made  the  best 
of  his  advantagea  under  the  vigilant  eye  of 
hlB  teacher  and  the  foBtering  care  of  a  Chris- 
tian home.  Before  he  had  attained  hia  ma- 
jority, he  took  leave  of  his  native  country 
and  arrived  in  Canada  in  1859.  For  two 
years  after  he  engaged  in  agricultural  pur- 
suits, and  had  sole  charge  of  a  farm  in  the 
neighbourhood  of  Cobourg.  During  the 
abort  time  spent  in  this  pursuit,  Mr.  Wright 
-followed  hia  natural  inclination  for  study, 
and  by  commendable  perseverance  in  attend- 
ing evening  olaasea,  qualified  hiuiself  to  be- 
come a  public  school  teacher.  Having 
pasacd  the  prescribed  examinations,  be  ob- 
tained a  certificate,  and  for  two  yean  de- 
voted himself  with  much  enthusiasm  and 
succesa  to  the  duties  of  that  profeasion, 
while  at  the  same  time  he  preparnd  for 
matriculation  in  Toronto  University.  While 
pursuing  hia  courae  as  an  undergradnate^ 
with  the  ability  and  force  of  character  for 
which  he  has  aince  been  distinguishefl,  and 
after  he  had  entered  upon  thvologicul  stu- 
■diea,  circumstances  constrained  him  to  turn 
aside  for  a  time  to  his  former  profession  of 
teaching.  For  three  years  he  acted  as  prin- 
cipal of  the  High  School  ut  Norwood,  and 
fgr  one  year  as  principal  of  the  Hijjh  School 
at  St.  Mary's,  Ontario.  In  presiding  over 
both  inatitutious  he  fully  evinced,  by  his 
methods  of  instruction  and  discipline,  hia 
eminent  skill  and  proficiency  aa  an  educator, 
and  received  the  clearest  testimony  to  this 
effect  from  the  Inspector  and  trustees.  Had 
he  seen  tit  to  continue  in  this  line  there  can 
be  no  doubt  that  he  would  have  dune  much 
to  advance  the  interests  of  higher  education, 
and  would  have  speedily  enjoyed  merited 
promotion.  But  he  felt  irresistibly  called 
to  the  office  of  the  Christian  ministry  and 
consecrated  his  life  to  the  work  of  preaching 
the  grtspel.  He  accordin(*ly  withdrew  from 
the  High  School  of  Sl  Mary's,  returned  to 
Kiiox  Cnllcgo,  Toronto,  and  completed  his 
theological  curriculum  with  diatmotion  in 
1870,  and  was,  in  due  courae,  licenaed  and 
ordained  as  a  minister  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  His  popular  pulpit  powers  at  once 
attracted  attention,   and  in  August  of  the 


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same  year  be  waa  settled  as  paetor  of  Era* 
kine  church,  Ingersoll.  Hia  Sock  became 
much  attached  to  himj  and  it  would  seem 
fls  if  he  wero  destined  to  remain  among 
them.  But  the  eyes  of  other  oongragationa 
were  turned  towards  him,  and  after  being 
twice  called  to  Chalmers'  church,  Quebec, 
he  yielded  to  this  importunate  ai'licitatiua 
and  waa  translated  to  that  city  in  February, 
1875.  His  ministry  there  was  productive  of 
much  good.  There  waa  a  marked  increase 
in  the  attendance  and  membership  of  the 
church,  and  much  reli^rious  interest  awak- 
ened, especially  among  the  young.  Mr. 
Wright's  next  charge  was  Chalmers'  churcha. 
Montreal,  which  he  assumed  towanls  thej 
end  of  1877.  During  a  poatorate  of  over' 
three  years  he  was  instrumental  in  extend- 
ing and  consolidating  the  conj^r^gation,  and 
in  removing,  in  part,  a  heavy  burden  of  debt 
which  rested  upon  the  church  property.  In 
addition  to  hia  ministerial  duties,  he  ren- 
dered etiicient  aervice  in  the  Presbyterian 
College,  Montreal,  as  a  lecturer  in  claasioi 
and  matheutatics,  and  at  the  same  time  en- 
tered with  earnestness  and  tJbwX  into  the 
missionary  operations  of  the  Preabytery. 
It  appears  from  the  statiatica  of  the  C^unend 
Assembly  that  the  congregation  of  Strat- 
fordf  of  which  ho  is  now  pastor,  ia  stettdilj 
advancinc:  in  all  respects  under  hia  care. 
As  a  theojotiian,  Mr.  Wright  ia  Auuuatinion 
or  CalvinJstic,  and  has  not  been  given  to 
chang').  As  a  preacher,  he  ia  clear,  foi 
ibie,  and  eloquent  in  style,  and  thoroughly 
evangelical  in  matter.  As  a  pastor,  Mr, 
Wrieht  is  diligent,  tender  and  faithful,  aiu 
readily  gains  the  confidence  and  esteem  of 
his  parishioners. 

Smith,   William    John.    Alderman, 
waa  bom  in  Toronto,  on  the  8lh  Oct.,  1^32^] 
His  parents  were  John  Smith  and  Mary  Mc« 
Uarahan.     His  father  was  born  in  TorontO| 
on  the  13th  of  September,  1811,  and  waathuaJ 
one  of  ita  early  pioneers.    Hia  father,  who  if 
atill  alive  and   in    the   onjoymont  of  good 
health,  adopted   farming  aa  a  trade.    Wil- 
liam    John     Smith,    the    subject    of     oar 
aketch,     received     his    cdvication     in    To- 
ronto, first  from  private  tutora,  then  in  the 
public  achools,  and  completed  it  at  the  acad- 
emy of   Mr.   Orr,  at  that  time  on  Mutual 
street.       After     leaving     achool,     he     en*fl 
tered  the  civil  service  as  clerk  in  the  Posfefl 
OAioe   department,    and    remained    in    the 
government   employ  until    1883,    wlum    he 
aiid    C.  J.  Smith  joined  aa  partners,  f'*r  thtt^l 
purpose  of  carrying  on  a  wholesale  wnod  and'H 
fuel   business,    which  they  established    on 
Berkeley  street,  near  the  Esplanade,  and  at 


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CANADIAN  BIO  OR  A  PHY. 


thi«  piUce  the  firm  still  continaes  to  tmde. 
la  I88Ik  Mr.  Smith  wm  elecU^d  one  of  the 
aUcrin>-n  U,r  St,  Matthew's  wnrd,  in  the  City 
Oottn  now  n  ineinl>«ir  of  the  water 

«oH;>  iiid  gat.  exhibition  and  recep- 

tion cnmiiiikt«««.  He  belon/^  to  the  Freema- 
•mt,  ftnd  waa  also  at  one  time  a  member  of 
'range  order.  He  liaa  travelled  thrntigh 
nule  of  Canada  and  the  Cnited  States. 
In  rvU^fiou  he  belongs  to  the  Church  of  Eiig- 
laiid,  and  in  politics  is  a  Conser^'ative.  He 
in  1872.  Julia  Blanche  Kerrisun, 


dsasliter  of  the  late  John  David  Kerhson, 
«f  bgland.  By  this  lady  he  has  two  chil* 
dnn.  He  is  exceedingly  popular,  and  the 
•Mm  ni  his  popularity  lies  in  his  ready, 
tie  intellect,  and  a  great  fund  of  6on- 
In  society,  Mr.  Smith  is  a  very 
dwUJad  faiToarita. 

Bakaaiel,  Joftepli,  Barrister,  Q.C., 
Kotttrv*!.  was  tK>m  iu  the  city  just  named, on 
tht  SOUi  January,  18343.  His  parents  were 
Jowph  Dahamel  and  Domethilda  Mousset. 
Hia  fatiier  was  a  worthy  merchant,  in  the 
Ckty  nS  ^fontreal,  and  is  now  retired  from 
Ivoiinras,  and  in  his  eighty-fourth  year.  At 
ifa*  age  of  seven,  young  Duhamcl,  our  sub- 
Jecf,  entered  the  preparatory  department  of 
tJba  College  of  St.  Tbert'se,  and  subsequently 
took  a  full  oourao  at  the  College  of  St. 
Hymcinthe.  At  eighteen  he  had  completed 
a  bnllant  claaaical  carver  at  the  Jesuits'  Col- 
lege in  Montreal.  Ho  then  selected  law 
aa  U*  prufitlon.  He  passed  his  term  of 
«tady  in  the  office  of  Badgley  &  Abbott, 
of  the  most  eminent  Montreal  legal 
at  that  time.  1.  [:m.id  his  adinisaion  to 
the  bar  on  the  7th  April,  18^»7.  he  fonned  a 
MTtnerahip  with  the  late  Cyrille  Archam- 
wolt,  a  gentleman  of  threat  reputation  in  the 
profeaaton,  who  whilst  traveUin'^  came  to 
*n  nntimely  death  by  the  explosion  of  the 
hi-nter  nf  the  isteaiuer  St,  John,  in  New 
V  i"       '  U  formed  a  partnership 

t,  now  retired  fr>m 
;  Tufeasinu,  and  a  cheva- 
■  t  ;i  «>f  Honour,  France. 
"  '  '  ;.ie  the  heatl 
I.?,  Rinfret  & 
..L.. ,..«.,.,.  wv  one  of  this 
r  court  judgeship,  and  the 
r  (-ausfd  it  to  bo  changed 
A'  KainviUe.  The  pre- 
n  t«  Oulianiel.  Itainrille 
A  Maroean.  <»wtng  to  his  high  reputation 
wanaff  Kia  follow  comitrym&u,  liis  ypeal  ora- 
ioviflal  knowledge  of  the  law,  and 

Ufl  Hi-  ■•ncnrii*  and  devotion  tn  his 

pfX>laMi<^u.  lift. almost  immtMlintely 

<MI  Ilm  Cllt4;:  ir.  Commanded  one  of 


loDubMH* 


the  largest  practices  of  the  Montreal  bar. 
His  legal  career  has  been  both  useful  1o  his 
countrymen  and  lucrative  to  himself.  He  is 
one  of  the  legal  advisers  of  the  Grand  Trunk 
Railway  Company,  the  Canada  Atlantic 
Railway  Company,  the  Jacqnea  Csrtier 
Union  Railway,  and  has  also  a  large  com- 
mercial practice  representing  many  whole- 
sale houses,  etc  An  alderman  at  nineteen, 
Joseph  Duhamel  had  already  served  two 
years  in  the  city  council  of  Montreal 
before  he  reached  hia  majority,  an  example 
of  popular  favour  unknown  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  municipal  government  of  Mont- 
real. In  those  days  the  questinn  d  repres- 
entation sccordin<{  to  natirioAlity  in  the  city 
council  was  very  prominent.  The  residents  of 
St.  Mary's  ward  solicited  Mr.  Duhamel  to  be* 
come  a  candidate  ;  and  he  was  selected  over 
the  head  of  many  older  aapirmnts  by  a  large 
majority.  Mr.  Duhamel  did  not  disappoint 
the  sanguine  anticipation  of  those  who 
had  brought  him  forward.  Indeed  so  thor- 
oughly satisfied  were  they  with  their  choice 
that  when  his  term  of  office  had  expired, 
hia  oontitnents  strongly  urged  him  to  present 
himself  again,  but  he  declined  on  account 
of  his  professional  duties.  Some  years  after- 
wards, yielding  to  the  solicitations  uf  hta 
friends,  leading  merchants,  lawyers,  etc,  of 
the  Montreal  east  ward,  ho  was  re-elected 
for  three  years  more,  and  during  this  time  he 
devoted  himself  with  much  seal  and  assiduity 
to  the  interest  of  Montreal.  During  the 
laat  twenty  years,  Mr.  Duhamel  has  been 
repeatedly  solicited  to  become  a  candidate 
for  the  mayoralty.  In  1884  again,  a  large 
and  influential  deputation  of  men  represent- 
ing all  natiunaliliea  and  professions  waited 
upon  him,  ami  urged  him  to  allow  himself  to 
be  put  in  nomination,  but  his  profeasionsl 
dtities  reipiiring  all  his  time,  he  decline^L 
In  politics  Mr.  Duhamel  haa  always  been  a 
Liberal,  and  to  his  aasistanoo  both  by  pen, 
and  npuech  un  the  public  platfrtrms,  the  lib- 
eral party  is  under  very  cunsidorrfbte  obli- 
gations. Immediately  on  his  leaving;  c>llege, 
he  took  an  active  part  in  electoral  strng^lea. 
At  twenty,  he  wsa  the  t-ictim  of  his  devotion 
to  his  party  at  an  election  which  tiHik  plaoe 
for  the  Alma  division,  a  thorough  cunserva- 
live  constituency.  At  a  meotini;  of  the 
whole  division  which  t>>oki)lace  at  Sault-au- 
Rocollct.  he  had  in  spite  of  the  threats  tif  a 
crowd,  composed  of  several  thounand  [ler- 
sons,  Duccveded  in  gutting  on  the  platform, 
and  when  there,  he  spoke  so  sncoessfulty 
that  the  enemies  of  the  Liheml  party  to  put 
an  end  U^  the  discussion,  suddenly  overthrew 
the  hustings  and  attacked  him  with  sttckii 


384 


A  CYCLOPjEVIA  of 


BQ<1  tired  sex'erRl  pistol  ahoU  at  him,  and 
left  hint  for  dead  *m  tho  spot.  Wln-n  at- 
tended to.  it  waft  fuund  that  two  of  hts  ribs 
and  hifl  right  Arm  had  been  broken,  a  large 
wunnd  h:id  been  received  on  hia  head,  and  in 
conseciuenco  nf  which  he  was  confined  to  his 
hed  during  ftcrera.1  weeks.  Mr.  Duhaniel 
has  repeatedly  been  asked  to  becomo  a  can- 
didate forlegialativohonuurs,  but  has  always 
preferred  tu  devote  himself  tu  the  law,  a 
career  in  which  hia  energy  and  ability  have 
been  crowjied  with  great  success.  Ou  the 
28th  uf  April,  1S82,  hb  a,  mark  of  respect, 
OS  well  as  an  acknowledgment  of  his 
talents,  and  of  his  faithfulness  tj  his  party, 
in  the  Province  of  Quebec,  Mr.  Dnhaiinel  waa 
nnanimously  elected  president  of  the  Reform 
Aitsociatiun.  Jt  is  nut  unreasonable  to  sup- 
post*  that  tlie  sterliuj^'  tjualities.  which  have 
enabled  him  to  fultil  ho  well  hts  duties 
will  win  success  in  a  stijl  more  extensive 
field  of  action,  and  should  he  liltimatcly 
consent  to  enter  the  political  arena,  he  will, 
no  doubt  attain  the  pooition  which  his  ability 
seems  to  mark  out  for  hiiu.  Mr  Duhamel 
travelled  tliruugh  Europe,  during  the  year 
1870.  He  was  married  io  1859,  lo  AIpln»n- 
sine  Maason,  daughter  of  the  late  D-Liuaae 
Mossun.  whu  WHS  formerly  one  uf  the  most 
eminent  wholesale  merchants  uf  the  City 
of  Montreal,  and  one  of  its  most  useful 
and  enterprising  citixena.  Our  subject  is, 
a  Roman  oatholie. 

GUbonie.  Frederic  !Vewton,  Engin- 
eer and  Klcotriciaii,  was  born  at  Bruuuhton, 
Lancashire,  England,  March  8lh.  1824. 
From  a  late  publicatiun  entitled  **  Derby 
and  Derbyshire  Worthies/'  we  take  tho  fol- 
lowing extract  : — The  family  of  uisborne  is 
perhn|>s  one  of  the  oldest  and  moat  honoured 
of  the  county  "  trees  "  of  England.  It  is 
of  Saxon  origin,  and  was  in  the  old  days 
spelt  "  Giflburn."  For  a  very  long  while 
they  lived  in  Yorkshire,  where  tliey  lield  a 
large  estate,  known  :is  "  Gisbuni  Park." 
During  the  loth  century,  however,  they  left 
the  shire  of  many  acri^s,  and  settled  in 
Derbyshire  and  London.  In  an  old  regis- 
ter in  the  church  of  St.  Alkmund,  Derby, 
are  recorded  the  names  of  the  cliildren  of 
Thomas  Gisboroo,  accompanied  by  the  dates 
uf  153!)  and  1541  respectively,  whilst  in 
Staveley  church,  there  is  a  monnuent  con- 
tainint;  an  inscription  to  the  '*  Rev.  .fohn 
Gisborne,  rector  of  Staveley,  and  preben- 
dary of  Durham,  and  his  three  children, 
General  Gisborne,  Dr.  Oisborne  (physician 
to  His  Majesty  King  George  III.),  and  the 
Rev.  Francis  Gisborne."  During  their  long 
oomioction  with  the  county,  the  Gisborncs 


have  been  prominently  aasodated  with  many 
public  movements  of  imp'irtance,  several  of 
their  number  greatly  distinguished  them 
selves  for  their  philanthropy  and  enlight 
ened  aervice.  The  Rev.  F.  Gisborne  Jeffe 
large  beuuests  to  diH'erent  county  institn- 
tions,  and  founded  many  charities.  He  also 
left  the  princely  sums  of  £*IO,OiX)  to  Greea 
wich  hospiUl,  and  £20,(XX)  to  St,  Peter's 
college,  Cambridge,  with  which  fund  "  Gis- 
Ix^rne  Court  "  was  built  and  some  scholar- 
ships  established.  The  tato  Uev.  Thum&s 
GiatMirne,  prebend  of  Durham,  whose  eldest 
son  was  M.P.  for  North  Derbyshire,  and 
for  Carlow,  Ireland,  and  Ms  brother.  John 
Gisborne,  of  Darley  Dale,  were  widely 
known  and  respected.  Several  members  of 
the  family  were  Cambridge  wranglers  and 
mayors  of  Derby,  and  have  act{uirvd  a  fam- 
ily connection  with  the  Pules.  Batemans, 
Hyrona,  Rabingtons,  Darw.ns,  Evans,  and 
other  houses  of  hiituric  note.  Frederie 
Nowton  Gisborne,  the  subject  of  this  bio- 
graphy, is  grandson  of  John,  and  eldeat  son 
of  Hartley  P.  Gisborne,  of  Darley  Dale, 
Derbyshire ;  and  on  his  mothers  side  re- 
ceived his  second  name  fi^jm  her  famous 
ancestor,  Sir  Isaac  Newton.  He  waa  edu> 
cated  by  the  Rev.  R.  Pidcock,  vicar  of 
Warslow,  Staffordshire.  Dr.  Cttwan,  Tox- 
leth  Park.  Liverpool,  and  Ii«v.  W.  Thomp- 
son, of  Cheadle,  Cheshire,  assisted  by  spe- 
cial instructors  in  mathematics,  civil  eugi* 
neering,  botany,  oto.  In  January,  1842, 
young  Gisborne  started  upon  a  journey 
round  the  world,  aud  during  a  tour  of  threo 
and  a  half  years  visited  the  Cape  de  Verd 
and  other  Atlantic  ocean  islands,  Australia, 
New  Zealand  and  the  Society  islands,  where 
he  remained  some  time,  taking  an  active 
part  in  wittuttanding  tho  French  occupation, 
of  those  islands.  Heipiitted  Tahiti  when  iJie 
natives  were  defeated  and  Queen  Poniore 
was  banished  to  Bula-Bola.  Ue  then  visit- 
ed Pitcarn's  Island,  the  romantic  homv  u( 
the  descendants  of  the  mutineers  of  H.  M.S. 
Bounttj,  where  he  was  the  guest  of  October 
Christian,  the  first  child  born  upon  that  is- 
land. After  touching  at  several  other  groups 
he  arrived  at  the  Sandwich  islands,  visiting 
during  subsequent  explorations  Mouna  Rua^ 
the  grandest  volcano  in  the  world,  ou  th» 
island  of  Hawaii.  Thence  he  sailed  Ut  ths 
Gulf  of  California,  and  landing  upon  tho 
coast,  rode  across  tho  continent  to  Vorl^ 
Cruz,  vift  thei  City  of  Mexico.  He  then; 
travelled  through  Vucatati  and  GuatamQU^ 
and  being  from  youth  a  keen  sportsinati  and 
unerring  rillo  shot,  had  many  stirring  ndven" 
tures  during  his  travels,  which  terminated 


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bj  hia  return  to  England  during  the 
of    1845-      Finding,    upon    arriving 
n  UtAt  family  aSaini  ueccssitatod  prunipt 
Mitoii  Msd  example.  5Ir.  GishorDe,  aooom- 
frtntr^  by  hia  younger  brother  Hartley  (who, 
aonaa  jrean  Inter,  became  Director  of  telo- 
j^raftlu  in  Esypt,  where  he  reaid&d  fur  nearly 
tventr  years)  Mtled  for  Canada,  where  they 
amvihi  during  July,  ]S4o,  and  almuat  ini- 
acdiatcly  afterwarda  purchased  a  farm  near 
S^  Euaiacbe,  where  they  resided  until  May, 
7.     Kindin^t   such   pursuit  uncongenial, 
anting    the    suocesaful    advent   of  the 
rio  telegraph  in  England  and  the  United 
P.  N.  Oishome   became  one  of  the 
t  opviiUors  of   the  Mouireal   Telegraph 
ptuiy*    and    for   that  company  opened 
tmt  station  at  Quebt>c,  in  the  old  Mer- 
ckaots'   Exchange.        Asauciated    with    the 
Leading   men  of  Quebec,  the  British  North 
American     Electric    Telegraph    Association 
was  Uieu  ftjrmed  for  the  purpoae  of  connect- 
istf  ttie  Maritime  Prorinoea  with  the  Can- 
a&a,  and  with  the  liberal  consent  and  good 
will  of  the  Montreal  company,  Mr.  Giabome 
wa^  npp"inted  j^nenil  manager  of  the  awo- 
^^k  i^d  tu  visit  New  Bruns- 

^^pi  I  ^  where  he  explained 

^^^htt  vmm  acieoce  tt.>  the  legislatures,  then  in 
H^pMian,  And  lectured  before  the  public  on 
^OM  practical  TsJue  of  telegraphic  communi- 
oation  tbroughout  the  continent.  His  mis- 
lioa  wa«  so  successful  that  the  government 
<d  AoTS  ftcutia  undertook  to  erect  a  line 
Halifai  to  Amherst  conditionally 
3lr-  OislHime's  services  being  trans- 
f«n«d  \*i  them  by  the  association  which  he 
repmaenCed.  This  rec^nest  was  finally  agreed 
to,  and  Mr.  Gisbome  returned  tu  Quebec 
mm  iKe  north  shore  of  New  Brunawiuk, 
ataring  which  journey  he  walked  on  snow- 
ihow  between  Campbelltown  and  Metis, 
^baiBioig  over  100  Iba.  weight  on  &  tobog- 
acroaa  the  Gas(.e  mountains,  108  milea, 
iUree  days.  For  this  service  he  was 
a  handsome  gratuity  by  the  aasoc- 
From  the  spring  of  184M  to  Ibol, 
isbonie  was  superintendent  and  chief 
r  of  the'govemmcnt  lines  at  Halifnx, 
h  porioil  bo  was  observant  itf 
ox  gutta- perch  as  an  imporish- 
jUeouB,      iniulaiing      material, 

KOC  I'J  which   he  wax  nnvtciHted   with   the 
in.  F.  •'    '    ^-.i(t.    ..(  'hy  Stat*  of  Maine. 
UlMWfal  1  iients  for  convey- 

daetri.     ,..  ,,h  snV^merged  unin- 

mvtaihc  circtnta.     Shortly  after  his 
■iTiTkl  tn  Hah/ax,  Mr.  itLsbornestronvilyatl- 
~  AD  attempt  being  made  to  esluolish 
licoomiQuuisation  with  the  lalaud 


IDffCUC 

luTaivd 


of  Newfoundland,  and  by  permission  of  the 
government  of  Nuva  Scotia,  during  the  win- 
ter of  1850-51,  visiter!  that  Island,  with  this 
special  object  in  view.  When  there  he 
contracted  to  erect  a  land  line  between  St. 
John's  and  Carbinear,  da  Harbour  Grace, 
which  he  completed  that  summer ;  and 
started  on  September  lat,  1851,  with  a  party 
of  six  men  to  survey  on  foot  a  praoticu 
n>ut0  accrosa  the  widest  and  most  nigged 
section  of  Newfoundland,  from  St.  John*a 
westward  to  Cape  Uay.  Varting  with  his 
men,  ntid-way  at  Long  harbour,  whence  they 
returned  by  boat,  Mr.  Oisbomo  accjm- 
plished  the  remaining  twr>-thirds  of  the 
joiimeyi  accompanied  by  two  Indians,  one 
of  whom  died  within  a  few  days,  from  the 
hardships  encountered.  During  the  winter 
session  of  1^51-52,  the  legislature  of  the 
island  gr*nt«Ml  to  F.  N.  Gisbome,  anl  hia 
&Mi>oiat«A,a  telegraph  construction  charter, 
with  exclusive  privileges  for  the  term  of 
thirty  years,  and,  by  permission,  with  most 
flattering  testimonials  from  the  govern- 
ment of  Nova  Scotia,  Mr.  Gisbome  re- 
signed his  su[>eriiilendeucy.  and  a  good 
salary  to  carry  out  the  enterprise,  which  he 
had  himself  pri>jected  and  initiated.  He 
then  Tisit«d  New  York,  and  there  obtained 
an  as&urance  of  all  the  capital  reijuircd  from 
Horace  B.  Tibbetis,  and  D.  B.  Holbrooke, 
of  New  York,  and  from  Thos.  A,  Dexter^ 
and  General  John  Tyler,  of  Boston ;  and 
u|>on  his  return  tu  Halifax,  laid  before  the 
Hon.  Joseph  Howe,  tlio  llien  astf^tunding 
and  apparently  chimerical  project  of  a  trans- 
atlantic submarine  cable  conneotou,  Ivtweea 
NewfuundliLud  and  Ireland.  The  annexed 
letter  from  Mr.  Howe,  when  Secretary  of 
State  for  Canada,  and  the  published  cor- 
respondence between  I.  W.Brett,  and  Mr. 
Gisbome,  in  the  early  part  of  1853,  (one  year 
after  the  laying  of  the  first  ooean  cable, 
between  England  and  France),  are  proofs 
positive,  that  to  Mr.  Gisbom«,  and  ti  Can- 
ada is  due  the  credit  of  the  conception  and 
primary  practical  moremont  for  transatlsn* 
tic  telegraphy,  and  if  further  evidence  be 
ret^uired,  note  an  appendix  to  the  Uor.  H. 
Harvey's  text  book  uf  the  history  of  New- 
foundland, Mr.    Harvey   being   personalty 

ci^uversaiit  with  the  enterprise  f- '-     ar- 

liest  initiation.     On  the  'JOth<'  ■  r, 

18r.2.  Mr.    Gisbome,    under   e^^. , -biy 

diflioult  circumstances,  Isid  the  j\r*i  ooean 
cabhi  <iu  this  side  of  the  Atlantic,  connec- 
ting Prince  Kdward  Island  with  Now  Brims- 
wiclf ,  and  when  occupied  with  several 
hutidred  labourers,  during  the  following 
spring,  of    l4o^,  in  cuuatruoting  the   land 


SBtt 


A  CYCLVPMDIA  OF 


line  acrou  NewfoiindUnd,  the  New  York 
capitaliBU  dUagroed  anioug  theiusolves,  as 
to  a  diviaion  of  their  respective  interests  in 
the  iiudurtakiug,  and  stopped  paymotit, 
thus  leaving  Mr.  Gisbome  responsible  for 
$50,000  of  indebtedness,  over  and  above 
the  proceeds  of  his  private  property,  in 
aealing  vessels  and  land,  which  he  at  once 
utibaed  in  p&rl  payment  of  the  company's 
liabilities.  The  govomnient  uf  Newiotind- 
land,  alsu  assisted  in  paying  labourers*  wages 
iu  a  must  noble  and  liberal  manner,  relying 
ujwn  Mr.  Giaborne's  assurance,  that  he 
ouuld  and  would  re-orgaiUKe  the  enterprise. 
In  nccunliince  with  such  promise,  Mr.  Ois- 
borne  again  vi.Hited  New  Vork,  during  the 
winter  of  185;{-54.  and  there,  for  the  (irat 
timOj  met  Cyrus  W.  Field,  who  was  at  that 
period,  a  licensed  junk  dealer  and  a  well- 
tOHlo  dealer  lu  mtes,  etc.,  for  paper  manu- 
focturino;,  but  had  no  connection  with  tele- 
graphy whatsoever.  After  examining  Mr. 
fiisborne's  plans,  and  reading  his  correspon- 
dence with  Mr.  Brett,  Mr.  Field  was  greatly 
impressed  with  the  immenso  importance  of 
the  enterprise,  and  their  after  negotiations 
terminated  by  Mr.  Oisborne  returning  to 
St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  accompanied  by 
Cyrus  W.  Field  and  his  brother  Dudley, 
the  well-known  lawyer,  when  the  legisla- 
ture, per  Mr.  Gisbonie's  petition,  cancelled 
the  original  ohartf*r  to  himself  and  his 
ussooiates,  and  granted  a  new  one  to  the 
New  York,  Newfoundland,  and  London 
Telegraph  Company,  incorporating  Peter 
Cooper,  Mosea  Taylor,  Marshall  O.  Rob- 
«rls.  Chandler  White,  Cyrus  VV,  Field, 
and  Frederick  Newton  Oisborne,  with  ex- 
tended privileges  and  exclusive  rights  dur- 
ing a  period  of  bfty  years  from  that  date. 
Mr.  Gishorne  was  appfiinted  chief  engineer, 
but,  for  good  and  aufhcient  reasons,  resigned 
within  a  month,  and  during  the  remain- 
der of  that  year  travelled  throughout  the 
United  States.  After  great  waste  of  capital 
in  an  unsuccessful  attempt  to  construct  the 
laud  Ime  across  Newfoundland,  under 
the  management  of  Mr.  Field's  brother 
Mathew  and  other  American  engineers,  Mr. 
Gi.iborne  waa  solicited  and  again  accepted 
the  chief  engineerahip,  and  by  the  tint  week 
of  October,  1856,  completed  the  work  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  uf  the  company,  receiving 
from  the  veuvable  philanthropist,  Peter 
Cooper,  as  president  of  the  enterprise,  a 
flattering  testimonial  as  to  his  skill,  energy, 
and  integrity.  Mr.  Gishorne  then  engaged 
with  Cyrus  W.  Field  and  the  late  Sir  Ed- 
ward Archibald,  British  Consul  at  New 
York,  to  proceed  to  ludia.  and  there,  upon 


joint  account,  secure  privileges  and 
lary  assistance  for  submarine  cable 
tion  with    Bombay,  no  the  Red   Sesk, 
further  eastern  extension  ;  but,  upon  amr- 
ing  in  Londcoi,  he  became  acquainted  with 
facts,  rr.  0.  W.  Field's  private  negotiatiooi 
with    Mr.    Krett,    re.  transatlantic    oonneo-i 
tions,  which,  among  other  reasons,  induced 
him  til  abandon  the  contemplated  journey 
and  all  connection  with  telegraphy,  /nv  ffui,^ 
That  Mr.  Gisbome  committed  a  grave  oi 
by  abandoning  a  profession  in  which  be  hi 
bocome  eminent,  be  is  now  free  to  allow.  In^ 
May,  18oT,  he  returned  to   NewfontidUnd,i 
and  at  a  public  dinner  was  presented  with 
valuable  statuette  in  silver,    representative 
of  science  and  perseverance,  and  tearing  the 
following   inscription  : — "  As  a  testimonial 
of   the   high  esteem  entertained  ft^r  him  by 
the  c^tmmunity   of  Newfoundland,  and  for| 
the    indomitable    energy    he  displayed    in 
traversing  the  hitherto   unexplored    regional 
of  the  island,  preparatory   to  the    introiluc-j 
tion  of  the  electric  telegraph,  as   well  as  to 
mark  the   universal  admiration  of  hia  suc- 
cessful  endeavours  and  scientitic  ability  in 
carrying  out  that  enterprise,  which  he  him* 
self  projected,      Liihor  omnia  pincU.    1856.*' 
For  several    years   he   afterwards  devoted- 
himself  to  mining   pursuits,   during   which 
time  he  explored  the  island  eskstward  around 
the  coast,  from  Cape  Hay  to  the  Straits  of 
Hello  Isle,  being  asaodatcd  in  several  ven- 
tures with  his  staunch  friend,  the  lat^  Hon.  ] 
Charles    Fox   Bennett,  at  one  time  premier 
of  the  colony.     While  actively  engaged  in 
such  pursuits,  he  met  with  a  severe  gun  shot 
wound,  which  for  some  time  incapacitated 
him  from   physically  arduous  explorations, 
and  returning  to  London  devoted    his   at- 
tention to  scientifio  pursuits  and  inventions. 
While  there  he  had  the  honour  of   repr«*j 
aenting  the  interests  of   Newfoundland,  as' 
acting  Commissioner,  at   the  great   exhibi- 
tion of  1802,  and  three  yettrs  later  again,  re- 
presented that   colony  at   the  great    Paris 
exhibition  of  I8t)5.     He  was  also  ap{.>ointed 
London  Agent  for  mines  and  minerals  by  the 
government   of    Nova   Scotia^  and,  during 
ld(>l),  f^^aln  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  iuTesU- 
gat4)  the  gold  quartz  leads  of  that  prorinoe. 
Meanwhile,  during  his  residence  in  London^ 
Mr.  Gisbome  was  ii  regular  exhibitor  at  thd 
soirees  of  the  Koyal  Society,  and  was  noted 
for  the  variety  and  value  of  his   inventirms, 
for   which  nine  medals  have  been  awarded. 
Among    these    were  : — Bis   electric,  pneu* 
matic,  and   mechanioal  ship  signals  ;  anti- 
corrosive  and  anti-fouling   com{>i>sttiona  fop^ 
the  bottoms  of  iron  ships  ;  tho  electric  r»-' 


CANADIAN  BWQRAFBT, 


28; 


tirgiei,  improvomeDta  iiigaaillumin- 
c»  We  may  here  add  chat  his  sem- 
ffw  waa  awarded  a  gold  luetlal  at  our 
Ute  fishery  Exhibition  in  London,  his 
lat«at  iziTentions  being  an  auti-indiiction 
cBbUf  an  iron  telegraph  pole  with  iron  cross 
anaa^  srluoh  have  been  adopted  by  the  Cana- 
dian Ouvftnment  for  uso  on  their  north- 
tfot  pratnea,  and  an  improved  telephoue. 
Hia  recent  maps  of  Canada  are  alao  in  high 
TVpQte.  thirintf  his  visit  to  Nota  Scotia  in 
I860,  Sir.  Otsbome  became  interested  in 
the  eo&l  fields  oi  Cape  Breton,  where,  as 
ekief  tin^fineer  of  an  English  company, which 
tinally  expended  over  three  miUions  of  dol- 
chat  country,  he  established  and  de- 
l  the  Reserve,  Lorway,  Emery,  and 
-^Lii '".uisr  S'ond  ooUierias;  superintended  the 
canslrmlion  of  the  Sydney  to  Schfwner 
^ud  railway;  and,  as  contractor,  constrnct- 
the  Liirway  u>  Ijcuiiaburg  railway,  in  alt 
j-iwo  miiea  in  lou^th.  with  two  im- 
shipping  piers  at  Sydney  and  Louia- 
borg  harbours.  The  then  existing  high 
|HiiW  o4  coal,  and  anticipated  increasing 
vahM  of  d lal  tields  throughout  the  world, 
bftving  proved  to  be  temporary  and  falla- 
ciooSi  tA«  company  collapsed,  and,  conse- 
cnMot  npon  such  unlooked  for  disaster,  Mr. 
Cmbome  had  to  begin  the  world  afresh,  at 
■n  m^  when  the  brnt  energies  nf  must  men 
an  on  the  wane.  For  a  aeason  gold  mining 
IB  Nova  Soi>tia  continued  ti»  ucoupy  his  at- 
tention, but,  pro«[>ecU  being  discouraging, 
\i_  i:....,^,Q^  in  1H79,  WAS  utTered  and  ac- 
(ipermteiidency  of  the  Dominion 
it  Telej;raph  and  Signal  Ser\"ictj, 
I)  which  he  at  present  ocoupie-s. 
__!<5iul  and  aatiafaotory  nianaur  in 
which  he  haa  carried  out  the  Hon.  Dr.  For- 
lin's  gulf  oable  scheme,  reorganized  and 
mmdm  rvmuoerative  the  British  Columbia 
■wskie.  and  rapidly  ouusiructud  tint-class 
aWlV7  telegraph  lines  in  the  North-west, 
^|f**g  the  late  reboltion,  is  a  matter  of  prea- 
«ni  history  ;  and  his  numerous  and  most 
lUUatiDg  tostimoniala  from  the  various  gov 
wniBM  till  SI   '  MuuB  whimi  he  has  faith- 

fflll|«  aervi-  Iwat  evidences  of  the 

iMwiiliiH—  ot  fiiN  '»[>'ur.  Mr.  tJislN)me  is  a 
rMdj  sflVar,  and  has  lectured  freijuently 
VpOO  %  great  Tariety  *^i  subjects.  He  it  also 
a  pvngent  writer  of  pruM  >irtioI(*B.  Mr.  F. 
K.  <3i»hon»e  mnrn—l  Uf  S.u. timber.  18r»0, 
Ahds   KUeu,  m  <>f    the    late 

i,  E   tyiATT,  Hftli  ■  III,  by  whom 

Im*  bad  ia>  III  I'll,  frhe  died  in  Frincu 
Uward  Ulin  i ,  '.xnuary,  lf^^4,  at  the 
ettrly  agw  (if  nniotoun  ;  Aud  in  April,  IBoT, 
Mr.  UiaiMTno  married  Honrtetta.  youugoat 


daughter  of  the  late  Francis  Hemaman,  of 
Broadmead,  Newton- Abbot,  Devon,  Eng- 
land, by  whom  he  hAs  four  children  now 
living.  The  eldest,  Francis  H.,  is  one  of 
the  barristers  in  the  Department  <•(  Jiutioe, 
Ottawa  ;  and  the  second,  Hartley,  is  dis. 
trict  sujwrin  ten  dent  of  the  Government 
Telegraph  Service  in  Manituba  and  th& 
Xorth-West  pnivinces.  Mr.  Gisburno  is 
une  of  the  original  fellows  nominated  to  the 
Royal  Society  of  Csnadn.  Ho  is  a  member 
of  the  Institution  of  Engineers  and  Elec- 
tricians, London,  England,  and  has  from 
time  to  time  been  a  member  of  the  Society 
of  Arts  and  other  scientific  inatituti'ina.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  England,  and 
broad  and  liberal  in  hts  views.  Ho  ia 
thoroujjhiy  conversant  with  the  resoiiroef)  of 
the  Damkuoii,  having  resided  in  and  trav- 
elled over  every  province  of  Canada,  haa 
bean  the  direct  means  of  introducing  a 
very  large  amount  of  capital  and  much 
skiUed  labour  into  the  country,  ttnd  haa 
undoubtedly  at. heart  the  best  mttiresta  of 
the  Dominion  with  which  he  haa  been  so 
intimately  connected  for  over  forty  yeara. 
The  following  is  the  letter  from  the  Hon. 
Joaeph  Howe,  alluded  to  in  the  foregoing 
sketch  : 

yu  oaAR  Gi!»ORve,— Without  deslrius,  in  the 
slightitot  degree,  to  undervalue  thf>  Kcrvicea  ran- 
dered  to  civiliixtinn  by  *,b«  Imdy  of  ruiiiirnt  nn?n 
who  have  jUJit  botrn  rewArded  for  lann^'  the  AtlAU- 
tic  cable,  I  uwn  t'l  tK>rTie  fi*t.'Uug  uf  diHAppi>int- 
ment  in  nut  Mcint,'  any    inuntioti  tn&dt<   of  ynar 
name,  as  I  have  reaAun  to  l>eUt>ve  yuu  werv  thv 
flrat   pinneer  uf    the   ent'^rprif^t'.    ah   wrll  am  tho 
I  I'rifiiiial   promoter  oi    electric    t4;lftrn\itby  in  the 
MAritime  provihcaH.     In  the  \viDtfi  nf  iH4>S  you 
uuujr  t"  Hnlifnx  And  iiiterenUfil   th«  jrnvprrtmcnt. 
uf  w  tiicli  1  uiu  a  lueiuber,  in  the  snbjrct  of  teU- 
j  gTAphic  oonimmucation.     A  bill  won  intPHlticcil, 
]  And  t'l,')0»)  waa  expended  by  the  jjovfmnieiit  for 
I .  ..  of    Imes    to  connect  Hiilifm   witJi 

>  i^k,  ('Aoada,  Aod  the  United  Statin. 

NV  I        ,  .ine    WA»   completed^  you  wei«  etn- 

plo^'ed  to  mADAge  it  uncler  a  comniiiuion.  of 
which  I  WM  the  cbAiraian,  the  Hun.  U<Hinire 
Yount;  And  WiUiAoi  Murdoch,  E^q.,  belot;  tlie 
other  membera.  This  llnti  was  aabMipieatly  pur- 
chased  from  the  govemmeot  tby  a  compAoy, 
which  hAA  since  extetided  bnmch  lines  Ui  evvfy 
Mhire,  town,  and  Msaixut  In  tha  prvviooe.  In 
1850  yon  dl'ictisHeil  tvith  me,  And  Aubac^juantly 
lAid  bcfnn-  the  coniriusHiunum,  a  plAn  for  ounnect- 
io^  NewfiinnilUni)  with  thr  i'mitijieat  of  AiDer- 
tOA,  AUil  obtAiiied  leavv  of  AtfAvnoe  to  enable  you 
to  ;;i»  t'l  that  iolAhd  and  iteoiini  mipiMirt  t4.>  the 
pn>jf^l.      My    bjMlhar    .-  -    ,  , r,.    lioth 

ilea'l.    Ihi  yrxir  I'etum  }•■■  tlMeace 

l<>  (fo  to  New  York  U*  \>  'mion  of 

the  line  to  KuK-Iand,  and  ^\-^kc  nt^ittnit-uily  nf  \x>- 
inx  Abltt  to  i'vU.'nd  it  acdmm  the  Atlantic.  Aud 
conaoct  Kuro|M>  with  AmericA.  I  p  t"  Lhia  time 
I  never  heanl  the  ideA  sujigvsted,  and,  tliou^'h 
rssding  the  Katclish  And  Amerioan  |taper«.  never 


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A  CYCLOJ^KUJA  OF 


HAW  any  allusiim  In  ihu  |inM;ticabiiity  nf  •luch 
an  rrittVi»iiatf.  A«  no  capital  could  1»  k"*-  i** 
Halifftx,  you  naiiu-iilly  sought  in  [^ondim  »«J 
Kcw  Y")rk  (or  c<»-MiK-rtttii>n  ami  ii»»ii*tame.  I  Au 
not,  I'f  cimrsf ,  kui>u  ulmt  t-xik  pluce  xhroiul  ; 
but  of  thin  I  btoVK  iiu  doubt,  tliul  until  yon  went 
tu  New  Y'trk  m'bn«ly  had  fiu^^'estcil  or  taken 
any  Rt^jw  tv»w»r«I«  promotini;   an    Atlantic  tele- 

yt-iH  I  ■  ;'  ■  "lil'^LNAC,  noNEKR  AM  '  I'K<'JrCT<>K 
of  f :  rk.  it  ui>i»ear*  U>  lue  tbut  yi'u  "UKlit 

t(,  ;     .  -.-if  in  yi.iir  tiUf  positiuli.   Rlui  tllflt, 

if  out  inclu<li.-d  auionu  lhL«»e  wl»«t  arfl  t<>  fc*  hon- 
ourwl  and  reward«l,  you  isbould  at  lea*t  endeav- 
our tti  ohtoin  from  yi«ur  countr>-men,  nnd  fnin 
tlip  witTliI  at  laruw,  who  arv  t«  b','  benefited,  the 
recu^'itition  which  yciu  de9eivr  an  the  uHiniKATin 
AND  I'BAtTH.'AL  I'KiME  M0\  KB  of  the  K^'ftt  enter- 
priae  now  BO  happily  hroiiyht.  by  a  c«nnliMiatiiiu 
of  pubHi*-*pirited  and  able  men,  t**  a  fc»rtiinate 
cnnHuuiniutiuu.  It  oxi^ht  not  \o  Vi^  f.irtrott*/n  that 
the  very  line  acroHft  NewfoimdUnd,  nuw  usetl  by 
the  A  tigln- American  Company,  was  uriKmallv. 
at  jjreat  jiecuniary  aacTitice  and  risk  of  Ijealtn, 
exmnred  by  y«>u  and  c<in*tnjt:tt*d  by  vourself  ft** 
chief  engineer  of  the  New  York,  Newfound- 
land, and  London  Tftleyrapb  Company,  Believe 
mf.  very  «incerelv  yourB,(SiHned),  Jt'SBPH  UoWK. 
London,  -ij  SavUle  Kow,  Feb.  12,  1867. 

I'urker,  Rolicrt,  Toronto,  Ontario, 
was  Kirii  iu  M:titcheater,  England,  in  tho 
year,  1858.  His  i)arentB  sailed  for  CuhoaIji, 
in  ISTil.  BettUn^  fur  a  time  in  Quelwc,  where 
Mr  Parker  wa«  sent  to  achoul,  and  he  re- 
ceived a  fair  common  school  education  at 
Borthier-eu-huvif,  Quebec.  Leaving  school 
at  the  ago  of  eighteen,  he  left  for  the  Statoa, 
travelling  through  the  principal  cities  and 
luwus  in  the  northern  portion^  and  he  anb- 
aequently  went  to  the  old  country,  visiting 
his  native  city,  Manchester,  and  he  likewise 
took  an  extenaivo  lour  through  the  princi- 
pal manufavturinu  towua  of  Great  Britain, 
The  sole  object  of  this  trip,  was  to  gain  a 
full  and  thorough  knowledge  concerning 
the  buaineas  of  dyeing.  He  returned  then 
direct  to  Uamiltou,  Canada^  with  a  view  to 
engaij^ing  in  thia  buaineaa  ;  but  the  induco- 
nients  there  were  not  of  such  it  nature  as 
to  offer  any  enconragument.  Cu»Bt<|ueutly 
he  removed  to  Tonmto,  in  1870,  and  open- 
ed n  place  of  buainess,  at  830  Yonge  street, 
In  tho  short  time  since  he  conunenced ,  he 
hna  been  successful  in  building  up  a  most 
prosperous  business.  In  April,  Id77«  he 
opened  a  branch  olhee  at  211  Yonge  street, 
and  in  the  fall  of  tho  same  year,  opened 
another  at  339  l^ueen  street,  west.  In  187!*, 
he  opened  still  another  at  4  John  street, 
north.  Hamilton.  In  1883,  a  branch  oUice 
was  established  at  225  Queen  street  ejist, 
Toronto.  All  these  establishmente  are  in  a 
flourishing  condition,  and  their  custom  and 
popularity  are  widening  ever)'  day  at  an 
unusual  rate,     Botidos  the  branch  offices 


named  he  c*mpIoys  an  agent  iu  each  l<>wu 
of  importance,  in  Ontario,  through  whicli 
medium  a  large  mass  of  business  is  obtaiiK.';. 
Mr.  Parker  baa  just  had  erected  on  Y<  lu'^ 
street  (Noa.  7i>&  to  703)  a  fine  three  story 
brick  building,  with  a  frontage  of  30  fe«l 
and  running  back  150  feet,  in  which  he  hi 
put  a  lot  of  new  machinery,  etc.,  to  acoot 
modate  his  growing  busimi'SS.  Mr.  Parici 
was  married  in  1882,  to  Barbara  WilUmin4 
Gordon.  He  is  a  youns  man  of  gejitl»- 
tnanly  easy  manner,  and  ia  of  quiet  de- 
meanor ;  but  he  posseasea  much  naturil 
shrewdness  and  far  sightedneas  in  busineks 
matters.  How  important  those  features 
arc  to  the  successful  busineas  man  it  is 
not  necessary  to  say.  How  he  has  prijtited 
by  this  <(UBlity  in  his  splendid  buaineas  is 
manifest  enoui^h. 

Calaaa,   William^   London,   Sheriff  of 
the  County  of  Middlesex,  descending,    on 
the  patenial  side,  from  an  old,  well-known 
famtiv  of  the  County  of  Armagh,  Ireland. 
the  old  farm  homestead  being  still   owned 
and  occupied  by  his  cousin,  Samuel  Glass. 
In  the  year  181^,  Samuel    Glass,   father  of 
the  Sheriff,  at  the  a^e  of   nineteen  yean, 
left  his  home  to  seek  his  fortuue  in  Canadi^ 
having  for  his  point  of  destination  the  town- 
ship of  WuBtmixister*    iii   the  Lfmd<<n  du- 
trict,    where   his   sister,    wife   of   the    Late 
Lieut -Colonel  Orr,  had  settled  two   yean 
previously.     Crossing  the  Atlantic  he  ma<|e 
acquaintance  of  Mr.  Owrey,  a  well-to-do  re- 
tired merchant  from  the  town  of  Douagha- 
dee,    Ireland.     Young    Glass   induoed   Mr,i 
Owrey  to  accompany  him  to  the  townahipj 
of   Westminster,  and  there  they  both  suttleai 
in  the  year  ISIH.     Seven  years  subse^iuent-j 
ly,  Mr.  Glass   married  Elua,   daughter 
Mr.  Owery, purchased  and  settled  upon  thtt] 
beautiful  farm  known  as    Mount  Pleasant 
now  owned  by  Benjamin  Davis,    in  Weal 
minster.     On  this  farm  William  and  David ' 
were   bom.     In  tho  year  1830  Mr.    Gh 
Bold  this  farm  and  moved  to  the  Towoshii 
of  Limdon.  and  the  following  year,  rumort 
to  the  village  (now  city)  of    Iifjudon,  wherti 
for  many  years  he  carried  on  the  Hour  auf 
grain  business,  and  whore  he  resided  up  to] 
the   time   of  hia  death,  in    1877,  having 
short  time  previously  celebrated  his  goldei 
wedding,    his    dve   sous,    Wdliam,    David, 
Samuel,  James,  and  Archibald,  with    their 
wivesandchildren,  being  present.    William, 
the  subject  uf  this  notice,  was  bom    on  the 
20th  of  May,  in  the  year  1827-     At  the  aga, 
of  eighteen,   in  company    with  his  brothc 
David,  he  commenced  the   flour  and 
business ,  two  years  afterwards  the 


CANADIAN  BIOORAPHY, 


289 


■B  and  pr<tprititun 

1^  CunijiHiiy;  ono 

UmiI  of  the  Afc,'ri- 

Cuiupiuiy.     The 

A   inun    of   large 


ip  WM  disKilved,   William  continuing  the 

inescgreatly  extending  thi*  sAme,  havinj; 

In    Chicjuru^    Detroit   and    varioua  \ 

t\Xk  Oaiuula,  to  which  wak   addod  the 

and  rvukil  grocery   hiisineu,  and  ' 

[ng  exienairely  in    real    estnte.  aU    uf 

hich  nrvre  carried  wq  \rith  duecnntion  and 

In  IS54,  Mr.  UUsa  was  elected 

liur,  which  piMiition  he  held  for 

t«u   years,    and    then    refused   re-election. 

In    l8r»o,  \w    married    Phu-he,  daughter    of 

■    (Juemaey,  Earj.,  •  f   Que9nst4in,  On-  \ 

\»y  whom   he    hoa  three  sons  livin)^, 

U'h.Lf  IM   True.    8amuet    Frank,    and   Juhn  \ 

Oenry,    the  lirel  named    Ueiu^'  a  graduate 

r  T  -rrmto   University,  and  is  now  apend- 

■-'AVt   lost  year  of  hia  law   cMiirse  in  the 

.lii^..-    <if    M«»ars.    Moss,   UuyUs  &:  Ayles- 

wurlh,  "f  Torontc.      About  the  same  time 

ived  a  cummisaion  iu  the  militia  force  I 

da.     !n    September,    1858,  he  won  \ 

itcd  Sheritf  uf  iht*  County  of  Middle 

At  the  time  he  was  considered  very 

for  appointmunt  to  such  an  impor- 

>,  but  ho  has  given  great  satisfac- 

the  discharge  of  his  onerous  duties 

tSve    paat    twenty-seven   years,    during 

lb  tini^  h^  has  been  ably  assisted  by  his 

who  liaa,  during  the  same 

■-  position  of  deputy  sheriff. 

iLTitt    ii->w  owna   and  occupies,    as  a 

\T  home,  the  farm,  in    London  towu- 

\tX  of  lot  Id,  3rd  Concession,  uu 

kthar  lived  over  fifty  years  ago, 

on  this  form  is  said  to  be    un- 

»d  in  VVtjsleru  » )Mtario.    The  grounds 

>*. -t.  ..rn  A-.  Mttttni  and  laid  out  with  ' 

r  lior  a  most    charming  I 

t'ritMids  are  hospitably 

kii  K     The  sheriff  haa 

d>  aion  for  kijidnesfl 

uty,  his  name    being  connected 

ly   undertakintpi  calculated  to  od- 

loethe  intorvat  of  hi4n.itire  county.    Ue 

una  of  the  founders  Hud  trustees  of   the 

rit    Orphans'     Hume  ;  trusteo    and 

ir  of  the  Voung  Men's  Christian  A»- 

>n;  one  of  the  truattnis  of  the  Metho- 

Liirob   of  Cana<la,    of  which  he   ia  a 

)r;uiieof  t' 

Oregun  s 

ftbeni: 

IMtMks,  and  an  oKt4*niivo  landholder,  strict- 
Yf  liODest  ami  in>rtk.'tit  in  all  his  dealings. 
Teapcff»l«  Its,  \A  robust  c«jnstitu- 

UoCL,  Mid  If'"  ly,  he  bids  fair  to  spend 

DMD^    nore  ywars  ttf    usefulness,    and   do 
hf  bis  well   nuitnreil  judgment  and 
H 


large  erperienoe,  to  benetit  the  coramunity 
among  which  he  is  to  well  known,  and  high- 
ly resjit'oted. 

Robllaille,  LoiiU,  M.D.,  CM.,  New 
Carlisle,  (Quebec. — This  diatingui&hed  gen- 
tleman is  descended  from  one  of  the  moat 
illtiatrious  French  families  in  Canada.  Mon- 
sieur Kobitaille,  one  of  his  grand-uncles,  was 
chaplain  to  the  active  militia  force  of  Lower 
Canada  during  the  war  of  1812.  All  the 
Robitnille  family  were  noted  for  their 
loyalty,  and  t^iok  an  active  and  most  zealoua 
part  during  this  war.  Another  grand-uncle 
of  our  subject,  the  Rev.  Louis  Hroduur, 
spent  seven  years  lui  a  missionary  in  New 
Brunswick.  Ue  was  su))8i!<pienl]y  up- 
jxiinted  curate  to  the  pariah  of  8t.  Hoche 
dca  Auluets,  where  he  died,  bequenthini^ 
hia  wealth  tu  the  College  of  St.  Anne,  Still 
another  grand-nncte,  Jean  llobitaille,  was  a 
member  of  the  Canadian  Legislature^  from 
L801)  to  1821).  Our  subject  is  a  sod  of  the 
late  Louis  Adolphe  liobiiaille,  notary  pub- 
lic, and  a  younger  brother  of  the  Hon. 
Theodore  Kobit&ille,  late  lieut. -governor 
of  the  Province  of  Quebec.  He  waa 
educated  at  the  local  high  school,  Sem- 
inare  Ste.  Th6rese,  and  at  McGill  Univer- 
sity, Montreal,  where  he  gradnoted  as 
Doctor  of  Medicine  and  Master  in  Sur- 
gerj'  (M.  D.,  C  M.),  March,  18G0.  Sub- 
sequently  he  practiced  his  profession  with 
i;ood  sucoeaa  at  New  Carlisle  and  adjoin- 
ing neighbourhood.  On  the  2-ith  5Iarch, 
1K0*,>,  he  was  appointed  captain  uf  Ueser^'e 
Militia  ;  and  lu  January,  18till,  he  was  ap- 
pointed surgeon  of  the  regimental  division 
of  Bonaventure.  In  18(>t  he  was  ohooen 
by  the  ct*ntnil  board  of  health  to  act  aa 
medical  ot)icer  for  the  pariah  of  New  Car- 
lisle, when  an  opidemio  of  smallpox,  which 
had  been  im]>orted  by  foreign  veeavts.  was 
rauiug.  Ue  retained  the  position  until 
18C7,  when  the  danger  disappeared.  In 
1871  be  was  appointed  commissioner  for 
ttte  ccnsns  for  the  County  of  Bonaventure. 
In  1875  he  was  named  vice-consul  of 
France,  under  the  great  seal  of  the  French 
republic,  for  the  district  of  Os8p6  ;  and  in 
1HH3  he  was  named  one  of  the  justices  of 
peace,  under  the  new  Act  of  the  Province 
of  Quebec.  In  187M  he  was  utfered  the 
p4^>siti4.)n  of  collector  of  cuBt4>ma  for  the  port 
of  New  Carlisle,  «vhich  he  accepted,  but  re- 
signed on  Feb.  8,  1883.  Ue  was  called  to 
the  Senate  by  letters  patent,  but  this  seat 
ho  resigned,  for  political  reaaona,  on  the 
25th  January,  1885.  On  July  31.  1886.  by 
order- in-council,  ho  was  appointed  inspector 
uf  uaatomsj  and  vioe- president  of  the  Uoi* 


390 


A  CYCLOPJUDIA  OF 


dea  Chaloure  RailwBy.  In  1870  he  waa 
elected  by  the  leadera  of  the  Conservativo 
parly  U>  the  (teat  in  the  Commons  for  th« 
County  of  Boiiaventure,  the  seat  havini^  be- 
come vacant  by  the  then  member^  his  bro- 
ther, the  Htm.  T.  Robttaille,  aco«pting  the 
np[>ointment  of  Iieiit.*i{overQor  of  the  pro- 
vince  of  Quebec,  but  declined  the  honour, 
and  gave  bis  iuHuonco  to  the  present  mem- 
ber, who  was  elected  by  a  Urge  majority. 
Hon.  L.  Kobitaille  has  been  an  exteuaive 
traveUer,  and  has,  among  other  coiintneq 
and  places,  travelled  through  Italy  atid 
EuiYipe  generally.  Ho  is  one  of  the  leadem 
of  the  Conservtttive  party  in  the  C<iunty 
of  Bonarenture,  and  is  a  Roman  catholic. 
Courteous  in  all  his  relations,  uid  energetic 
in  character,  ho  is  just  such  a  man  as  can 
hare  so  much  of  public  achievement  as  he 
desires.  It  was  much  regretted  when  be 
resiKUud  his  seat  in  the  Senate,  for  it  was 
felt  that  that  body  was  losing  a  brilliant  and 
an  able  man. 

Ric*har«laon,  Rrv.  Jna.  BaniilnK. 
London,  Ontario,  was  born  at  Halifax,  Nova 
Scotia,  on  November  23rd,  184X  He  is  a 
s'lD  of  James  and  Louisa  Sophia  Richardson. 
His  father,  who  was  born  iu  Liverpocl,  Eng- 
land, was  descended  from  an  old  Scottish 
family  belonging  to  Glasgow.  About  thu 
beginning  of  this  century,  James  Richard- 
son went  to  Nova  Scotia,  where  he  engaged 
himself  iu  mercantile  and  banking  enter- 
prises. In  18(K2,  he  married  his  cousin, 
Louisa  Sophia,  eldest  daughter  of  Matthew 
Richardson,  of  Studley  House,  Halifax;  and 
he  died  at  Liverpool,  Kiigland.  on  the  30tb 
November,  1847.  leaving  six  ohildreu,  the 
youngest  of  whom  is  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  When  James  RanninL:  was  in  his 
sixth  year,  his  mother  was  again  murried, 
oh<>aing  as  her  necond  husband,  WilliHm 
Clark,  of  Belmont  House,  Guysborough, 
and  formerly  of  H>ilifax,  Nova  Scoiia,  and 
thither  the  family  removed.  Our  sub- 
ject's early  educational  instruction  was  re- 
ceived from  a  pdvate  *ulor,  the  R«v.  W. 
G.  T.  Jarvis,  B. A.,  under  whose  careful 
training  he  was  prepared  for  the  Col- 
legiate 8cbool  at  Windsor,  N.  8.,  and  this 
institution  he  entered  in  1859,  the  Rov. 
D.W.  Pickett,  M.  A.,  being  principal.  Tak- 
ing a  course  of  two  years  at  this  institution: 
he  matriculated  iu  Jut  o,  18(51,  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  King's  Cullvge,  Nova  Scotia,  of 
which  the  Rev.  George  McOawley,  D.  D., 
was  president.  He  took  a  full  course  in 
arts  and  theology,  and  in  June,  ISlio,  after 
due  examination,  received  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  in  Arts.  At  the  Enc-jeuia  of  1874,  ho 


read  an  English  tfaeaia  on  the  Atonement, 
and  was  advanced  to  the  degree  of  M.A. 
On  leavmg  college,  at  theclote  of  1805,  Mr. 
Richardson  spent  the  year  which  intervened 
before  he  was  of  a^e  to  receive  holy  ordera, 
as  lay  assistAnt  to  the  rector  of  Dartutoni 
and  on  Sunday,  the  23rd  of  December,  11 
was  ordained  deacon   in  St.  Luke'a  Cath^ 
dral,  Halifax,  by  Bishop   Binney,  of  N( 
Scotia.       Ho   was  at  once  lioenaed 
curate  to  Rev.  W.  F.  Pry  or,  of  Darti 
and  to4>k    up  his  residence  at  the 
passage,     Halifax    harbour.       In  18G8,   he 
crossed  the   Atlantic,  and   made  a  tour 
England,    Scotland^     Ireland,    and  part 
France,  and  in  the  same  year,  soon  after  hi 
return  to  Nova  Scotia,  on  the  resignation 
Rev.  W.  F.  Pryor,  was  appointed   rtxitor 
Dartmoutli.      He  was  ordained  priest  by  the 
Biahup  of  Nova  Scotia,    at  Halifax,  on  St. 
Thomas*  day,  1HI>8,  and  by  the  same  prelate 
was  married,  iu  Chriut  Church,  Dartmouth. 
July  nth,  1809.  to  I'klary  Jane,  daughter  o£, 
I>awrence    Tremaine,  M.D.,   of    Chsriott 
town.  P.  K.  I.,  and  widow  of  the  late  Rich- 
ard Hartahorne.    Their  issue  haa  been  eight 
children,    four    sonB  and   four    daughter*. 
After  a   happy  ministry   of   more    than  six 
years  in  Dartmouth,  Rev.  Mr.  Richardson 
was  chosen  rector  of  St.  Thomas'  Church. 
Hamilton,  Ontario,  as  successor  to  Rev.  J. 
P.  Dumouliu,  which  position  he  held  until 
June.  1877,  when  he  was  appointed,  on  tha 
nomination    of    the    congregation,     by    tha 
Biahup  of  Huron,  to   the   rectorship  of  the 
Cronyn  Memuriiil  Church,  London,  Ontario. 
Here  he  fulluwed  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Tilley,  ft 
f<.irnier    cloaainate    at  college,  and    this  po* 
sitiun  he  has  cmtinued  to  hold   succesafully 
for  the  past  nine  years.     In  187U,  Itev.  Mr. 
lUchardson  made  a  second  voyage  co  Eng- 
land, rt^oeivttd  alicensu  fniiii  the  Aruhbishop 
«if  Caiiterliury,  and  was  engaged  h^t  aoiaa 
weeks  as  deputation  preacher  for  the  Colon- 
ial and  Coutinental    Church  Society.     Our 
subject  is  honorary  cl'tricnl    secretary  of  the 
Diocesan  Synod  uf  Hunui,  >iu  ottioe  to  which 
he  has  been  annually  re-elected  fur  the  (tast 
seven  years.     He  was  appointed  examining 
chaplain  to  Bishop  Uellmuth,  in  1882^  and 
upon  the  Buccesaiou  of  Biahup  Baldwin,  was 
appointed  by  him  to  the  Ba<no   oHice.     In 
18?>5  the  Bishop  uf  Siskatchewan.  with  the 
concurrence  and  reognititm  of  the  Bishop 
of  Huron,  conferred  upon  Rev.  Mr.    Rich- 
ards<m,  whom  three  years  previous  he  had 
made    his  commissary  in  Huron,  the  title 
and  dignity  of  Hi^norary  Canon  of  his  dio- 
cese, being  one  uf  the  four  extra  diocesan 
clergy,  the  others  being  Rev.  Canon  Curran, 


I 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPBY. 


Wl 


A..  }|junilton,  UnL ;  Rev.  (Janon  Hawka- 
M-  K-,  Ox  oil,  London,  England  ;  Rev. 
■  m  Ci»p«r,  of  8. P.G.,  England,  who 
with  ibe  Archde&cona  of  SaakntcKewan  and 
tbc  ProtoMon  of  Emm&nual  CoUego  form  a 
MiadcittMy  Council,  undt^r  Iho  style  and  title 
of  Detta  KoA.  Canons  of  the  Diocese  of  Sia- 
Icatelivwan.  Canon  Kicliards^jn  in  a  mem- 
bw_o{  UMMOate  of  Western  Cniveraityand 
College  Coancil,  and  a  deletpite  by 
from  the  H  tiron  Dioceae  to  the 
fnc»»l  S3rn«»d  of  Cannda. 
rnaaer,  Jolin  narlln,  London,  On- 
o,  B.A.,  M.D.,  Member  Royal  College  of 
irgeons,  HpKluid :  Member  Obstetical  Soc* 
of  l>ublia ;  ProfeaiMir  Principle*  and 
iceof  Medicine,  in  Western  University, 
Ontju-io;  Surge-on  of  "th  Faailiera, 
'n  in  the  township  of  \Vt»stminai»»r, 
of  Middlesex,  on  August  13th,  1830. 
is  a  son  of  Donald  and  Jane  Fraser,  the 
name  of  his  mother  being  Martin, 
ther  was  a  native  of  Invemeas,  8cut- 
td  his  mother  was  bom  near  Newry, 
tn  the  County  of  Down,  Ireland.  Mrs. 
M^sniQ  was  a  sister  of  the  well-known  home 
lUtr  and  patriot,  John  Martin,  who  was  a 
inlative  for  ibe  Cniinty  of  Meath,  in 
Itinh  parliament.  The  parents  settled 
itininater,  Ontario,  two  years  before 
!.li  of  the  suhjeot  of  this  sketch,  and 
huy  resolved  to  carve  out  a  fortune 
•niselvea.  After  youn^  Fraser  ha«.l 
>d  the  primary  brandies,  he  entered 
mimu*  school,  at  London  ;  and  when 
ras  Completed,  he  went  to  Queen's 
igston,  where  he  6nt«red  upon 
arts  and  medicine,  t«king  out 
the  Kingston  t'uiversity 
ided  the  Leduiuh  School 
^Dublin.  Ireland.  Since  first 
Ifi^  practice.  Dr.  Fraser  has  been 
i«rgvtic  in  his  professional  work,  and 
mtM  for  learning,  and  the  sticcess  that 
fod«d  hia  skill,  have  brought  him  a 
•tablished  and  lucrative  business. 
ftlwaya  been  intoresiod  in  militia 
at)  '  "Ut    is  the   atir^'eon    of 

7th   \  London,  Ontario,  and 

*v<»i  HI  inii  •  tpacity,  throughout  the 
Wr«t  ri*bullion  of  l8yo.      lu  educa- 
has  Likewiiie  taken  a  great 
has  been    trustee  of   the 
_       icnar   schools,  of    London. 
iiiiiok  a  Tory  active  part  in  the  estab- 
ti  nf  iba  London  GonenU  llospita), 
M«di<m]  Department  of  the  W«st«rn 
(ky.       His   ouuoectiou    with  secret 
htm  b««n  dutined  to  the  M-iionic 
OikUdttows*  unlet.      In  iKilitics,    Dr. 


Fraser  is  a  Conservative  ;  bnt  he  is  not  ag- 
gressive, and  aa  a  rule  contenta  himself  wiUi 
caatinf;  his  vote  for  the  party  that  has  his 
preference.  In  religion  he  has  always  been 
&  Z'jaloua  and  highly  respected  member  of 
the  Presbyteriikn  communion.  Ho  married 
on  February  Ut,  I80G,  Sarah  Braertim  Wil- 
son, second  daughter  of  the  late  WilUaxa 
Wilson,  of  Morpeth,  Ontario.  We  may  say 
that  Dr.  Fraser  began  his  professional  career 
in  Morpeth,  in  1861 «  continuing  here  for 
three  years,  when,  nfter  a  year's  additional 
medical  study  in  Eun>pe,  he  established 
himself  at  Ridgetowu,  where  he  remained 
till  18G8,  in  which  year  he  settled  down  per- 
manently in  London.  Dr.  Fraser  is  aaso- 
ciate<l  in  psrtnership  with  Dr.  Wilson- 
Young,  Rev.  Egertoii  R}'or»on, 
Meaford,  was  born  April  7th,  1840,  near  the 
Rideau  Canal,  in  the  Province  of  Ontario. 
He  is  a  a<m  of  ihe  Rev.  William  Vuung,  a 
venerable  minister  of  the  Methodist  charcb« 
now  residing  in  Trenton,  in  the  78th  year 
of  his  age.  His  mother  was  Amanda  Wal- 
dron,  a  sister  of  the  late  Rev.  Solomon 
Waldron.  Our  subject  oomes  of  United 
Bmpire  loyalist  stock,  and  the  family  is  one 
of  the  tirat  that,  out  of  devotion  to  the  old 
flAg,  penetrated  into  the  wilds  of  Canada. 
They  settled  in  what  ia  now  the  township 
of  Murray*  near  the  flourishing  town  of 
Trenton.  In  common  with  other  memben 
of  that  heroic  band,  Mr.  Vouiig'a  ancestors 
endured  many  privations,  and  sud'ered  m&uy 
hardships.  As  the  son  of  a  Methodist  luin- 
isier,  he  enjoyed  the  varied  school  advan- 
tages of  the  different  plncea  in  which  his 
father  was  stationed.  At  sixteen  years  of 
ai(e  he  0(.<mmenced  teaching  school  in  the 
township  td  Emily,  County  of  Victoria. 
He  afterwards  spent  two  sussioas  at  the 
Normal  School,  Toronto,  where  he  obtained 
a  second  and  a  first-class  certificate,  at  the 
same  time  Uikiui;  private  lessons  in  classics. 
After  teaching  for  UL*arly  two  years,  aa  bead 
master  of  the  school  in  Madoc.  he  entered 
the  miniatry  of  the  Methodist  church  :  and 
after  the  usual  four  yeais  of  pmbatiuu,  he 
was  ordained,  in  (he  year  IdOi,  in  the  City 
of  Humilttiu,  where  he  was  at  the  aame 
tiuie  uppoiiite<l  pastor  of  the  FlamilUju  First 
Mothixliat  church.  I'unug  liia  stay  in  this 
city  he  marri^^d  Elix^beth  Hmghatn,  tddest 
daughter  of  the  late  Joseph  Hingluun.  of 
Broaford.  Mn.  Young  haa  proved  luraelf 
morvelluualy  adapted  for  her  position,  and 
by  her  couraue  and  tact,  as  veil  as  by  her 
kindly  disposition  and  bunevulenoe,  as  also 
by  her  power  of  song,  has  l>eaM  made  a 
blessing  to  many,  not  only  on  their  slaliuus 


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in  Ontario,  but  lUso  in  those  far  otf  isolated 
regions  ftmonc;  pngnu  Indians,  where  for 
yeiirs,  with  hor  hufiband,  she  uncomplain- 
ingly toiled  an<l  snttered.  Five  childivn. 
one  boy  ami  four  gii'ls,  make  up  their  liapfy 
hotiaehold,  8uon  on  urgent  riM[tieat  cauiu 
frnm  the  niisHionnry  authorities  of  the 
church,  oAlctiig  Rev.  Mr.  Voung  and  his  wife 
to  go  out  and  engage  in  the  uuHdionary 
work  among  the  Indian  tribes  in  the  great 
North- West  territories.  Thev  went,  leaving 
Hamilton  on  the  lUth  of  May.  18(>8  ;  and 
reached  Norway  House  on  the  I'Oih  of  July, 
having  been  on  tlie  journey  two  months 
and  nineteen  days,  the  tost  fourteen  of 
which  were  spent  in  an  open  row-boat  on 
Lake  Winnipeg.  At  thia  dreary  northern 
miss  ion- field  they  resided  for  6ve  years, 
hearing  from  the  outaide  world  only  twice  a 
year,  and  living  hundreds  of  miles  from  any 
while  settlement.  Their  only  associates 
were  the  few  fur-tradera  and  the  Indian 
bands  around  them.  Great  success  attended 
their  efi'ortA  at  this  old  Indian  mission,  and 
when  they  left  it  it  was  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  dourishing  in  the  country,  Kev. 
Mr.  Young  opened  up  the  mission  at  Nelson 
River,  and  in  other  directions  so  eidarged 
his  field  of  missionary  roil  that  it  was  over 
tive  hundred  miles  long.  Over  this  wide 
parish  he  travelled  in  summer  in  a  birch 
canoe,  und  in  the  winter  with  hisdug  traiiiti. 
He  often  slept  in  the  snow  with  his  faithful 
Indian  dog>drivvi-a  and  dogs  amund  him, 
when  the  spirit  theiniumeter  indicated  fn>m 
forty  to  6fiy  bulow  ssero.  The  wintry  bliz- 
zards often  swept  over  them,  and  sometimes 
they  were  covered  with  drifting  snow.  Suf- 
ferings and  hardships  untold  were  often  eu- 
duretl  on  these  long  trips,  which  sometimes 
lasted  fur  weeks  ;  but  the  success  attendijig 
the  efff^rt  more  than  compensated  the  de- 
voted misaionary.  The  winter  of  187r>-4 
waH  spent  by  Kcv.  Mr.  Young  in  attending  a 
senes  of  missionary  aniiivoriiaries  in  Ontario 
and  Quebec,  in  company  with  the  liev.  Mr. 
Crosby,  a  successful  miasionary  from  Hrit- 
tish  (Johimbia.  bu  successful  were  these 
meetings  that  they  very  muterially  aided  in 
brin^^iiig  about  that  year  the  gratifying  in- 
creuse  of  the  income  of  the  Missionary  So- 
ciety of  over  thirty  thousand  dollars.  In 
March,  1874, Kev.  Mr.  Young  returned  to  the 
North  ^Vest.  At  Winnipeg  his  faithful  In- 
dians and  dt»gs  were  awaiting  him,  and  with 
them  he  journeyed  over  the  frozeu  surface 
of  Lake  Winnijieg  to  Beren'a  river,  travel- 
ling by  nighta  only,  on  account  of  the  bril- 
liant glare  of  the  sun,  which  when  reflected 
from  the  dazzling  snow  causes  intense  pain  in 


the  eyes.  At  Beren's  river  he  establial 
the  tirst  mission  among  the  SatiltcaiiT  \xi- 
dians.  With  his  dog-teams.  Rev.  Mr.  Young 
drew  the  timber  for  his  paraonauc  and 
BchooMiouse  through  the  enow,  a  distance 
of  twelve  or  fourteen  milfs.  Many  were 
his  discouragements  and  ditHcitlties  ;  but  a 
comfortable  house  was  at  length  erected, 
and  the  mission  was  firmly  established. 
Several  yi^ara  were  spent  at  Iteren'a  rii'er, 
and  then  Mrs.  Young's  health  failing,  they 
returned  to  Ontario.  Belonging  to  a  church 
which  has  incorporated  into  ic  the  itiner- 
ancy. K«%*.  Mr.  Young,  like  other  Methodist 
ministers,  hss  fre<juenlly  to  ninve  ;  but  he 
haa  put  in  since  his  returu  bis  full  term  uf 
three  years  at  Port  Perry,  Ct  Ibome,  and 
Bowmanville,  and  ia  now,  1885,  stationed 
in  Meaford.  At  the  great  internati*  inal 
i^athering  of  returned  missionaries,  held  at 
Wesley  Park.  Niagar.i  Falls,  August,  1885, 
where  scores  of  representative  missionaries 
from  various  parts  of  tjie  world,  mot  for  A 
ten  days*  convention,  ReW  Mr.  Young  took  a 
prominent  part,  and  Ins  addresses  and  Mrs. 
Young's  Indian  songs  will  not  soon  ho  for-^ 
gotten.  He  was  one  of  eight  selected  to 
hold  a  three  days'  misaionary  c<mvcntion  at. 
Thousand  Island  Park,  nnd  ^poke  eeverftl 
times  on  his  favourite  theme,  pleading 
for  help  and  sympathy  for  the  fast  ex- 
piring aborigines  of  this  great  continent. 
With  the  Temperance  movement  Rev.  Mr. 
Young  haa  most  actively  identi6t?d  himtielf, 
and  be  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  order 
of  the  tjons  uf  Teropt-ranco. 

Olbboiia,  Civorgc  Clirliille,  London*, 
Ontario,  was  botu  in  St.  Catharines,  Prov- 
ince of  Ontario,  on  the  *Jnd  July,  1843.  His 
education  was  obtained  at  a  private  institu- 
tion conducted  by  the  Rev.  T,  D.  Phillips, 
and  at  the  Grnmmar  School  of  his  native, 
town.  When  his  school  days  were  ended  he 
began  the  study  of  the  law,  entering  the 
office  of  the  late  >Varren  Rock,  Q  C,  at 
London  ;  aud  he  subsequently  went  into  the 
office  of  Miller  iV  Miller,  St.  Catharines. 
When  he  was  in  his  twenty-first  year  (I8»l'.l), 
he  was  called  to  the  bar,  nnd  immedifttely 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession  iu  Lon- 
don.  He  obtained  a  militnry  certificate,  and' 
during  the  excitement  of  the  Fenian  raid 
enlisted,  and  became  first  colour  sergeant  of 
No.  7  company,  7th  London  Fusiliers.  Ho 
applied  himself  diligently  to  the  practice  uf 
hia  professiou,  and  soon  aaw  his  cxertiona 
crowned  by  the  possession  of  a  well-estab- 
lished and  important  business.  Be  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Liberal  Association  of  the  City 
of  liondon  :  and  is  likewise  a  trustee  of  the 


CANAVIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


21)3 


MKlitli'Hi'it  \^MX  As50ci*tui(i.     His  retigiotu 

^  Are  those  of  M<?thiifli8Tn.     Mr. 

.iMTied,  in  1876,  Elizihtjth  Camp- 

:  a.,',    daughter   of   Hugh  Craig,    of 

'^I     .  ri  *i      There  ia  a  family  of  four  chil- 

In  >.  t«D  bo>'B  and  two  twirls,     Mr.  GibboDs 

'    •'■u%  *t»v  ©njoya  the  largest  coium«roial 

tioD  busineu  in  the  Dooiinion  of 

•.laidea  a  gyod  general  legal  con- 
iit-oti.in. 

Hajr,    Roberi,    M.P.  for  Oentro  To- 
r  -  -  V  Sc'itchman  by  birth.    Hia  parents 

rt  Hay  and  Kliz^betli  Hendenon, 
,%tt^  •••  •I'is  bora  in  the  pariah  of  Tipper- 
muir,  IVrlhihire,  on  the  I8th  of  May,  lt*08. 
Hij  fftthur  was  a  itnall  farmer  in  anything 
but  aftiiient  circumstnnces,  and  bad  a  family 
of  ntu«  children.  At  the  age  of  fourteen, 
Hi>bert  \\tu\  to  piith  for  himself,  and  he  be- 
<^»<ive  an  appruntiee  to  a  cabinetmaker  in 
Cfaa  town  of  Perth.  After  faithfully  serving 
his  sppreniiceship,  he  worked  for  some  lime 
OS  a  jutiriie)'maii,  and  then  in  1831  he  sailed 
for  Cuua<:la.  and  lai:ded  in  Montreal,  in  June, 
and  aftvr  spending  two  months  in  that  city, 
he  came  to  Toronto  on  the  11th  nf  Septem- 
ber the  same  year,  where  he  found  emploT- 
went.  In  1B35,  he  formed  a  partnership 
^..v.  I  1..,  '- -iiiM,  a  native  of  Cumberland- 
.  under  the  name  and  style 
s  iUy.  snd  commenced  business 
;i5  .  I'irti.'ti:;  ii,..r»,  Btc,  The  Capital  pos- 
Kf.*^!>L-i  !Ki  tliij  tiiuv  by  tbo  tirm  only  amouui- 
cd  t.  abnnt  eight  hundred  doUara,  but  they 
ha^l  pluck,  and  with  two  apprentices  and 
their  own  willing  hands,  they  laid  the  foun- 
dations of  a  buMncss  which  at  this  time 
is  one  o(  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  Canada. 
After  being  inbusiiiuss  abtmt  twenty  years, 
they  were  twice  burnt  out,  and  lust  about 
two    hundred    thousand    dollars  wurth    of 

lod  machinery.  But  this  did  not 
these  persevering  men.  They 
rvouiu  ineir  workshops,  and  since  then  for- 
lODe  haa  smiled  on  Iheni.  In  1870,  Mr. 
JftoqiiBi  retired  from  the  buaineas  with  a 
oonpeUncy.  and  Charles  llogera  and  George 
Craig,  two  worthy  men  whn  had  long  worked 
for  the  old  firm,  wen*  taken  into  partner* 
shtp,  and  the  wkuw  cliAuged  t<j  II.  May  & 
<-...  This  partnership  coitiinue<1  until  ItW"*, 
«hvo  Messrs.  lingers  and  Craig  retired, 
laaving  Mr.  Usy  in  entire  ]>osaaasiun  itf 
the  business,  whtrh  ta  still  carried  on  in  the 
«&tiMuive   '  n  i>n  the  Esplanade,  and 

the  ma|fTi>  ^  r<K>mi,  corner  of  King 

.        '      1  ui  niriu'U.        The  furniture  manu- 

y  the  hrm  is  of  the  tinest  desorip- 
ti  >n.  dtid  nut  only  finds  a  rua<ly  market  \\i 
Canada,  but  a  gncMl  deal  uf  it  tiuds  its  way 


to  Great  Britain.  Some  prominent  Kng- 
lish  families  havo  adorned  their  homes  with 
the  furniture  made  by  R  Hay  A  Co.  in 
Toronto,  among  others  Lord  Abinger  and 
Mr.  Bass,  M.P.,  the  great  English  brewer. 
Mr,  Uay,  though  always  a  busy  man,  yet 
he  hiids  time  to  do  auumthiug  outside  his 
workshops  and  oflice.  In  September,  1678, 
he  was  elected  to  represent  Centre  Toronto 
in  the  Dominion  Parliament,  and  again 
at  the  last  general  elt>ctLon  he  was  returned 
by  the  same  constituency.  Mr.  Hay  at 
(iiie  time  allied  himself  with  the  Keform 
party,  but,  durmg  the  depression  in  trade, 
he  Buppurted  the  Nntiunal  Policy,  and  since 
then  has  cast  in  his  lot  with  the  Liberal- 
ConservativeB.  Mr.  Hay  favours  the  tem- 
perance reform,  and  would  rejoice  to  see  a 
prohibitory  measure  passed  by  parliament. 
On  November  18th.  1847,  Mr.  Hay  married 
Mary  Dunlop,  a  native  of  Glasgow.  This 
lady  died  in  1871,  having  borne  eight  child* 
ren,  six  of  whom  at  the  time  of  her  death 
survived.  Of  these,  one  son  and  three 
daughters  still  live.  Mr.  Hay  is  in  all  re- 
spects a  self-made  man.  Relying  on  his  own 
stri'Og  arm  and  indomitable  will,  beset  out 
in  the  world,  and  has  by  frugality  and  un- 
tiring industry  raised  himself  to  a  position 
which  ought  to  merit  the  crown  of  well- 
earnnd    success. 

WHIIama,  Joacpb  Arthnr,  M.  D., 
L.RC.P.  London,  M.KC.S.  and  L.M.,  Eng., 
Ingersoll,  Ontario,  was  bom  at  Queenston, 
Canada,  in  1837-  His  father  belonged  to 
Carmarthenshire,  Wale?,  and  came  to  Can- 
ada in  1837.  with  Captain  Dixie,  in  whoee 
employ  ho  was.  Shortly  after  his  arrival, 
he  married  Rebecca  Smith,  a  native  of  the 
County  of  Cavan,  Ireland,  and  settled  upon 
a  farm  near  Queenstr)n,  where  he  remained 
for  fifteen  years.  This  farnt.  we  may  say, 
was  in  the  immediate  neighbourhood  of 
Brock's  monnmenL  He  did  nut  confine  his 
attention  soluly  to  farming ;  he  also  became 
a  breeder  of  fancy  st4H:k,  doing  in  that  way 
a  very  large  business.  In  1851,  he  left 
Queenston  and  removed  to  the  County  of 
Oxford,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  of  G^X) 
acres,  located  in  the  township  of  Dereham  ; 
and  he  then  began  to  devote  the  greater 
part  (ff  his  time  dairying.  He  remained 
upon  this  farm  till  hisdeslh.  which  occtirrod 
in  1885.  He  left  ton  children,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  being  the  second  of  the  fainily. 
Joseph  Arthur  Williams,  received  a  sound 
e<.lucational  traiuinj;,  chiefly  under  the  in- 
structitin  of  private  tutors  ;  and  between 
intervals  (if  study,  he  assisted  his  father 
upon  the  farm.      [n  1850,  he  resolved  to 


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A  CYCLOPAiDIA  OF 


sttidy  medicine,  and  tho  following  year  pro- 
ceeded to  Torunto,  where  he  entered  the 
Toronto  School  of  Medicine  ;  and  he  anbse- 
uuently  uttended  the  nmdical  departnieni  of 
Yioloria  College,  at  Cobourg,  and  grad- 
uated M.D.  in  1863.  lu  the  same 
▼ear  be  weitt  to  the  village  of  FUirence, 
I^ambttiii,  whore  he  remained  for  a  period 
of  two  yeara.  He  tbun  received  the  appoint- 
ment of  demonatrator  of  anatomy,  in  Vic- 
toria College.  Cnl>ourg«  whioh  poaition  he 
held  till  1807.  >Vtth  so  much  aatisfaclion 
did  he  till  that  position,  that  the  stiidenta 
made  him  a  present  of  a  niuubvr  of  vain- 
able  hooka,  which  areatill  to  be  found  on  his 
aheUcs.  During  hia  vacation  at  the  cuUeee, 
he  visited  New  York  city,  and  devoted  his 
attention  chiefly  to  a  atmiy  of  the  eye  and 
ear.  Id  ISCti,  he  proceeded  to  London^ 
England,  in  order  that  he  might  aee  prac- 
tice in  the  t/ireat  liuapitals  there,  and  he 
was  in  the  raetropolia  during  the  time  of 
the  cholera  in  Ix^ndon  east.  He  remained 
during  the  anmmer  and  part  of  the  follow- 
ing year,  attending  principally  St.  Thomaa' 
and  Guy's  hospitals.  While  there  ho  went 
up  for  three  pxaminations,  and  wait  success- 
ful :  lat,  Licentiate  Royal  College  Physiciaas 
uf  London,  \>*A'^\ ;  2nd,  ujeniber  Royal  Col- 
lege of  Surgeons,  in  January,  1867 ;  3rd, 
Licentiate  Midwifery,  Royal  College  of  Sur- 
geoni>,  in  February,  1867.  Immediately 
after  the  examinationa,  the  doctor  returned 
to  Canada,  and  resumed  his  duties  in  Vic- 
toria College.  In  the  same  year  he  resigned, 
and  began  practice  in  the  town  of  IngersoU, 
iu  partnership  with  Dr.  Hoyt,  and  tliia 
partnership  continued  for  aeventoen  yeara, 
when  it  was  dissolved,  and  Dr.  Williams 
began  pniclioe  alone.  By  energy,  and  pro* 
feasiouiil  skill,  and  by  virtue  of  hia  high 
repute  for  leaminii;  and  his  suooesa  in  prac- 
tice, his  buainess  is  now  large  and  steadily 
growing.  In  18(j'J  lie  was  appointed  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  uf  Education  for  the  town 
of  IngersoU,  and  that  position  he  has  held 
almost  continually  since,  doing  his  utmost, 
with  marked  resulta.  in  the  cause  of  pub- 
lic instruction.  In  ld7U  he  was  elected  to 
the  council  of  the  town  of  IngersoU,  and  was 
re-elected  in  1878.  In  1880  he  waa  elected  a 
member  of  the  Medical  Council,  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Ontario,  for  the 
Gore  and  Thames  division,  and  was  re-elected 
by  acclamation  in  1885.  He  is  an  active 
member  of  the  Oxford  Medical  Associaiion, 
and  is  also  the  medical  health  officer  for  his 
adopted  town.  Ho  is  an  Oddfellow,  and 
hat  been  medical  examiner  for  that  society 
for  aever&l  yoarH,  and  holds  the  same  ottiue 


for  a  number  of  insiirance  cumpanies.  Hft 
is  a  Liberal-Conservative,  and  an  active  itnd 
talented  member  in  the  cause  of  that  pai^y, 
and  has  been  president  of  the  local  Liberal- 
Ounservative  Association.  In  1882  he  con- 
tested the  South  Riding  of  Oxford,  agmitiai 
tho  Hon.  Adam  Oo<ika,  and  waa  defe*t««t 
by  a  narrow  majority.  Let  ua  hope  the  day 
is  coming  which  will  see  him  in  the  poaitioa 
for  wluch  his  tilents  ao  well  suit  him.  He  is 
a  Methudist,  and  has  held  the  position  **( 
recording  steward  of  the  King  street  Moth- 
odist  church  for  many  years.  He  married, 
in  1871,  the  relict  of  the  late  Mr.  Alexander, 
but  she  died  in  1878.  He  again  married  El- 
eanor FnllerUm,  daughter  of  Matthew  Ful- 
lerton,  of  South  Dorchester,  and  by  this 
union  has  one  son. 

Joss,  Jolin,  waa  bom  in  Aberdeenshire, 
Scotland,  uu  tlie  22nd  of  January,  1851. 
His  parents  weie  John  Joss  and  Jane 
Taylor.  Hia  father  followed  the  occupation 
of  gardener  and  farmer,  and  still  contuiues 
that  buaineaa  in  Aberdeenshire.  John  Jobs, 
tho  aubjcet  of  our  sketch,  received  a  com- 
mon sohool  education  in  Aberdeenshire, 
and  in  IStiT  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter 
and  joiner,  surviug  thereat  live  years.  He 
worked  as  a  journeyman  carpenter  and 
jniner  iu  his  native  country  for  about  a  year, 
after  which  he  removed  to  (tewcautle* 
on-Tyne,  Kngland.  In  187^^  he  set  sail 
for  Canada,  and  settled  in  London,  County 
of  Middlesex,  where  ho  remained  about  a 
year  and  a-half.  In  1875,  Mr.  Joss  re- 
moved to  Toronto,  and  acted  as  foreman 
with  Rtibert  Anderson,  builder.  In  1878 
he  established  a  business  for  himself  a« 
builder  and  contractor,  and  in  that  occu- 
pation he  has  remained  ever  since.  Since 
that  year  ho  has  engaged  extenaively  in 
building  properties  on  aiiecnlutioii,  as  well 
as  for  private  use.  In  religion  Mr.  Joss  is 
a  Presbyterian,  and  he  ia  on  elder  of  Old 
St.  Andrew's  church.  He  has  also  been  the 
superintendent  of  the  St.  Mark's  mtsaioa 
Sunday -a  chocd,  in  connection  with  St.  Au< 
drew's  church,  for  the  laat  eight  years.  He 
has  always  been  active  and  zealous  in  pro* 
muting  every  undertaking  that  has  hul  fur 
its  object  aoDie  moral  good.  Mr.  Joss  ii 
also  an  untiring  advocate  of  temperance, 
and  believea  it  to  be  the  duty  of  the  legis- 
lature to  put  down  by  force  of  law  the  trat&c 
in  an  article  which  has  never  brou^fht  goc^d, 
but  always  evil  to  every  home  and  to  mau- 
kind  generally.  In  politics  Mr.  Joss  is  an 
uncompromising  Refnrmer,  believint;  that 
the  principles  of  the  lil>eral  party  of  Canada 
are  best  caleulated  to  promote  the  public 


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CA  NADU  y  BIO  GHA  Fh  Y 


ll»r«,  and  that  ibry  must  ultimatety  pre- 
H<>  Kju  always  been  an  active  worker 
the  (xilitieaJ  field.  He  ia  not  a  blind 
pM^^'follower.  but  a  man  who  baa  deep- 
S|Mtd  CLUTictions.  aiul  vigorously  affirnu 
SM  «l«f«cid8  Ifaein.  With  reapctt  to  hia 
Htiinna.  it  way  be  said  that  !Vfr.  J<.«a  car- 
nea  MO  vvry  extensive  works,  and  is  regard- 
ed <•  oo«  of  the  foremott  contractors  id 
IWocito.  He  waa  marrioil,  tirst,  lu  Eliza 
Cfarke,  til  Aberdeen.  Scotland,  whu  died  in 
1874.  leaviui^  no  family.  Jn  188<J.  he  mar- 
rird  Itarbar^.  second  datij^bter  of  the  late 
RetHe,  <tf  Rothie  Norman,  Aber- 
lirv,  S<:otland,  and  of  Toronto.  In 
iiffr  Mr.  Joss  cotinta  many  friends  ; 
aad  ia  his  busineaa  relations  he  has  what 
court — the  o«mtidence  and  respect 
lbo««  with  nhoni  he  baa  dealings. 
LcM-ne,  narquiaof. — The  Kif^ht  Hon. 
tr  John  <.rt!iirge  Edward  Uenry  Douglaa 
itherLand  Caiupbell,  K.G.,  U.C.M.G., 
riffua  uf  Lame,  ex-Ouvernur-Oeneral  of 
,  was  born  at  Stntl'ord  House,  !St. 
Park,  London.  England,  on  the  6th 
ruat.  IKin.  He  is  the  eldest  son  of 
'  , !,  e  of  Argylfl  and  Lady  Kliz- 
i  Sutherland  Leviaon-Cfower; 
iui<i-iii<;i  uf  ihe  second  Duke  of  8uth- 
wiuMl.  The  yuunu  Mantuis  eeenis  to  hare 
favourite  when  a  child,  for  wc  lind 
lajesiy  the  Queen,  iu  her  *' Journal 
Life  iu  the  Highlands,"  makes  the 
lowing  very  pleasio]^'  allusion  to  the  boy, 
to  as  time  ^ped  on  was  to  become  her 
-in-law,  Speaking  of  her  reception  at 
iremry  Castle,  the  seat  of  the  Duke  of 
rgyltf.  ID  Argyleahire^  Scotland,  she  says  : 
It  waa  in  the  true  Highland  fashion. 
I*  Dtpers  walked  before  the  carriafce,  and 
HiijblaDders  on  either  side  as  we  ap- 
proAobed  the  houae.  Liutaide  stood  the  Mar- 
>|qU  of  Lome,  just  two  yeara  old,  a  dear, 
wi>it«.  (at.  fair  little  fellow,  with  reddish 
hAAT,  but  Very  delicate  features,  like  both 
hu  tft&lMT  and  nioiher  ;  he  ia  such  a  merry, 
iadvpCDdatnt  little  chdd.  He  had  a  black 
ir«|T«tdraw  and  jacket,  with  a  sporan,  scarf 
Mi4  lilgUlanil  bonnet.  '  The  mar<|uta  was 
•dnoBtiol  at  Eton,  and  afterwards  passed 
■ocoMstv*]y  Ui  th«  rniv<«isity  of  St  Ao- 
ilrans  and  Tnuity  College,  Cambridge.  In 
180ft,  b*  kscama connected  with  the  military, 
■ftpolDlment,  aa  captain  of  the  London 
iltuh  Vulunteers,  and  in  18G8  was  oom- 
lioued  li*'*ttr>tinnt(xil(iuel  of  the  Argyle 
Bute  V  Krtillory  Brigade,    tor 

piirsuita  the  uiar*(uii 
uiui_ri  iiMtural  ability  as   well    as 
OMltirat<<<l  taste,  the  result  of  study,   t>li«er- 


ration,  snd  experience.  His  first  publiabed 
work  was,  **  A  Tour  in  the  Tropica,"  there- 
suit  of  his  observations  during;  a  trip  through 
the  West  Indies  and  the  enstcm  part  of  North 
America,  in  1860.  Although  the  author 
waa  very  youn^  at  this  time,  the  appearance 
of  this  work  displayed  tu  the  public  the  keen 
sense  of  ol»ervatiou  and  discriminating 
judgment  which  he  inherits  from  his  father. 
During  this  trip  he  mude  his  tint  visit  to 
Canada,  and  conceived  a  very  favourable 
itnpresaion  of  this  country.  Hia  next  pub- 
lication waa,  "'Guido  and  LetA,  s  Tale  of 
the  Kiviera,"  a  meritorious  poem  wliich  at- 
tracted much  interest,  nut  so  much  on 
account  of  its  titled  author,  aa  becauaeof  the 
genuine  worth  and  beauty  of  its  compo- 
sition. In  1877  appeared  from  his  pen 
**  The  Book  of  Psaluis.  hterally  rendered 
in  Verse,"  which  is  doubtless  the  best  of  hit 
literary  productions.  It  called  forth  con- 
siderable praise,  and  is  really  a  work  uf 
great  merit.  In  IdCtJ,  he  beoune  a  member 
of  the  House  of  Commons,  repreaenting  the 
conatituency  of  Argyleahire,  and  was  re- 
elected by  acclamation  in  two  subsequent 
general  elections,  and  continued  in  parlia- 
ment until  his  appointment  to  Canada.  Dur- 
ing part  of  the  Duke  of  Ar(prle*fl  term  of 
otlice  m  Mr.  Gladstone's  Cabinet,  the  Mar- 
quis acted  as  his  private  aecretaxy,  ilisplay- 
iug  much  aptitude  for  affairs  of  state.  Ou 
the  2Ut  of  March,  1871.  he  waa  uuited  iu 
marriage  to  Her  Royal  Highnesa  the  Prin- 
ceas  Louise  Cnroline  Alberta,  Ducheaa  of 
Saxon^',  the  sixth  child  and  fourth  dangbter 
of  Her  Majesty  (^ueen  Victoria,  who  waa 
bom  on  the  1 8th  of  March,  1848.  Since 
her  marriage  brought  ber  prominently  be- 
fore the  pul)lic.  she  has  been  regarded  with 
much  affectionate  interest  by  the  pe'tpte, 
and  her  personal  qualities,  independently  of 
her  hii{h  rank,  are  such  as  to  have  earned 
for  her  love  and  nsspect.  She  is  very  accom- 
plished in  art  and  music,  and  gladly  took 
her  part  in  the  duties  of  hospitaTity  devolv- 
ing on  the  Govemur-Genural,  when  she  waa 
in  Canada.  Her  marriage  with  the  Marquis 
took  place  at  Windsor,  in  St.  Guorg«'a 
Chapel,  and  waa  solemuued  with  imposing 
ceremonies.  Soon  after  this  eirent.  the  Mar- 
(piisof  Lome  was  mentioned  in  connection 
with  the  governor-goueralship  of  Canada, 
and  it  was  generally  believed  that  he  would 
be  the  auooeaaor  of  Sir  John  Young,  but  the 
appoinlment  waa  finally  given  to  Lord  Duf* 
ferui.  Up«>n  the  expiration  of  the  latter'* 
term  of  office,  however,  it  was  devfue4l  ex* 
pedient  to  nffer  the  appointment  to  the 
iuari|iiiH  fnr  various  reasun?,  and  he  and  his 


2nw 


A  CrCLOPyKDU  OF 


Royal  wife  were  received  in  the  Dominion 
with  great  pitpuUr  demons trfttioni  of  wel- 
come. Oti  tho  rrccasinn  of  their  visits  to  all 
the  principal  cities  in  Ouiiada,  during  the 
snmmer  of  1871K  they  were  accorded  a  weL- 
LXiine  which  coiitd  scarcely  be  moreenthnai* 
a»tic.  and  all  claaaes  aeenied  to  vie  La  doing 
honour  to  their  Queen's  repreflentntivea.  In 
1883  hia  lordship's  very  aatiefactory  t*rm 
expired,  ami  He  waa  succeeded  in  hia  otHce 
by  tlio  Manjiiia  of  Lunsdowne. 

Walili,  Rfirlit  Bn .  John,  Bishop  of 
London.  His  L/.irdship,  Bishnp  Walali,  waa 
born  in  the  parish  of  Mimncoin,  Cnunty  of 
Kilkenny,  Ireland,  May  24th,  1834J,  and  ia 
descended  from  a  very  old  nnd  inHnential 
atock.  The  Brst  of  the  family  in  Ireland 
nccompanied  Karl  Strongbow  from  Wales  in 
1179,  and  settled  in  the  Connty  of  Kil- 
kenny ;  and  like  the  Geraldinea,  they  be- 
came **  more  Irish  than  the  Irish  them- 
aelvea."  In  the  co'jrae  of  time  they  uained 
large  possessions,  known  as  the  '*  Wttlsh 
Mountains/'  This  property  waa  afterwards 
con6acated  during  the  Commonwealth,  and 
in  the  roign  of  WilliAm  111.,  when  the  older 
branches  eniiyrated  to  France  and  Austria, 
and  took  military  service  in  those  countries. 
In  the  former  the  title  of  Count  Terrant 
was  conferred  on  the  representative  of  the 
older  branch.  For  generations  his  lord- 
ship's forefathers  lived  in  that  condition  of 
comfort  and  independence  which  the  better 
class  of  farmers  enjoy,  especially  in  the 
province  of  Leinster.  On  the  mother'aside 
he  is  of  the  Mucdonalds,  a  innst  renpectable 
family,  and  one  which,  like  that  of  Walsh,  has 
produced  a  number  of  Ksatous  and  learned 
eccleaiaatics.  Hia  Lordship's  course  of  stud- 
ies were  commenced  at  St.  .lohn'a  Colinge, 
Watorford,  and  tenuiiiated  at  the  Seminar>' 
of  the  Sulpicians,  Montreal.  After  his  or- 
dination, in  I8i>4,  Father  Walsh  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  Bnick  rnisaion,  bordering  on 
Lake  Simcoe.  In  1857  he  waa  placed  in  the 
charge  of  the  p\riah  of  St  Mary's,  Toionto. 
Full  of  the  spirit  nf  hia  holy  vucation,  he 
applied  himaelf  with  zeal  and  constancy  to 
the  discharfie  of  his  manifold  duties.  Verf 
sjon  after  the  consecration  of  Bishop  Lynch, 
in  185'J,  hia  lordship  summoned  Fnther 
Walfth  to  hia  aid  aa  rector  of  8t.  Michaers 
Cathedral.  He  tilled  this  important  and 
responsible  position  about  two  yeara  with 
marked  suooess  and  ability.  At  the  end  of 
this  timet  ^  ^he  great  joy  of  litfi  old  pariah- 
ioners,  and  the  regret  of  those  belonging  to 
the  cathedral,  he  finally  resumed  bis  a^Juiiu- 
iatratiou  of  St.  Mjiry^s,  as  parish  priest  and 
vicar-general  of  the  di»ce9e.     The  health  of 


Dr.  Pinsoneault.  Bishop  of  SitDdwich,  bar 
ing  become  impaired,  it  waa  found  necoasaxy 
to  select  a  suooeasor  for  him  in  that  see 
Accordingly  the  hicrurohy  of  the  eoclesi 
aslical  proviuiH}  of  Quebec  unanimously 
nominated  Vicar-General  WaUli  aa  the  fu 
tiirt'  bishop.  The  choice  waa  ratified  by  the 
IJoly  See.  The  consecration  of  his  lord- 
ship took  place  on  lOth  NovembeT,  1807*  in 
St.  Michael's  Cathedral,  Toronto,  with  great 
pomp  and  oercmonyf  and  amid  the  prayen 
and  rejoicings  of  the  vast  ooncoarae  aaMOi- 
bled  on  the  auapicious  occasion.  The  late 
Dr.  ISaillargeon,  Archbiahop  of  Quet)ec,  waa 
the  consecrating  bishop.  ,  The  elevution  of 
Bishop  Walsh  to  the  episcopal  rank  waa 
hailed  with  sincere  pteaanre,  not  only  by  the 
clerjiy  of  the  diocese  of  Toronto,  but  also 
of  the  dioceses  adjoining,  as  he  waa  much 
and  deservedly  loved  and  esteemed  by  Iiis 
brother  prieata.  When  assuming  the  govern- 
ment of  his  diocese,  hia  lordship  immediate- 
ly applied  himself  with  extraurdinary  reeo- 
lution  and  ability  to  the  important  dutiea  of 
his  exalted  oftice.  He  displayed  administra- 
tive talent  of  the  hii^hest  order.  He  began 
by  making  a  careful  and  thorongh  examin- 
ation into  the  affairs  of  the  dioceae.  The 
result  was  well  calculated  to  tax  hisoourage 
and  ener^rioB.  He  found  that  a  large  and 
pressing  debt  must  be  liquidated,  thai  the 
re-organization  of  the  clergy  and  misaions. 
wna  imperative :  that  a  member  of  prieata 
should  be  provided  ;  that  in  many  parishes, 
churches  and  preabj-teries  were  to  be  built 
rfc  )ioiN»,  or  improved  by  restoration  or  en- 
largement ;  that  the  interests  of  education 
everywhere  demanded  attention,  and  thai 
asyluiua  for  the  orphan  and  for  the  infi 
poor  wore  to  be  established.  In  a  word, 
vast  amount  of  arduous  and  constant  lal>our 
awaited  his  lordship.  He  grappled  earnest- 
ly with  the  difUculties,  that  presented  them- 
selves in  all  <lirections.  >ob]y  si-conded 
by  liis  generous  flock,  he  auccei^ded  wiiliin 
the  incrediblv  short  period  of  three  yeara^ 
in  paying  olf  to  the  last  dollar  the  I 
debt  which  had  encumbered  the  diooeae 
Tiie  new  cathedral  of  Loudon  may,  with 
out  exaggeration,  be  termed  the  great  work 
of  his  episcopate.  Its  lofty  and  majestic 
form  attritcta  the  eye  of  every  Btrantjer  visit- 
ing the  forest  city,  and  this  sr.jilely  pile  is 
now  on  all  sides  looked  on  a.5  the  tirst  of 
the  metroplis  of  ( ^ntario'a  fair  weatcrtt 
peniusuli,  and  the  glory  of  the  diuceae  of 
London.  In  point  of  architectual  merit,  in 
beauty  and  symmetry  «'f  proportion.  chiUte- 
nt-ss  and  refinement  of  ornnmentatiuu,  aoli- 
dity    and    strength     of     construction,    thia 


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CANADIAN  BWGRAPBY. 


297 


Mbtlttilii!  tf<}itio«  alnetarly,  it  uiay  bu  fairly 
(la  without  A  peer  in  this  pro- 
:  will,  when  completed,  be,  in 
ni*s«i  rvKmrda,  without  a  rival  in  this  country. 
Hu  Lordship  Hishop  Walsh  had  long  set 
lus  hoart  upon  raising  in  Go<ra  hoiiuur  and 
thftt  of  holy  religion  a  temple  in  some 
iDum«r  worthy  the  soleuin  and  sublime 
fit**  c-.t  th«  Church  (•!  Christ.  There  were, 
K  ^fiiouUiea  in  the  way.      Upon  his 

\  «.«suaiption  of  the  chief  paitor- 

tiiip  01  uiLs  diocese  he  had,  as  already  polnt- 
«d  dqU  ■■  eooCTDOus  debt  to  remove,  while 
Tsiioua  woriu  of  religion  and  charity  of  the 
nD*t  ponetstxiie  necessity  called  for  immediate 
attention  and  euersetic  action.  It  was  only 
after  a  priesthood  had  been  formed,  schools 
aad  preabyttfries  built,  chnrches  constructed 
or  ffvcioTated  thronghnnt  the  diocosef  a  mag- 
mfloeitl  college  placed  on  a  solid  footing, 
reli/ious  oumniuuiliea  established — in  a 
Word,  piety,  learning  and  religion  evory- 
wb«rw  made  fluuriah  —that  his  lordship  con- 
MOtod  to  entvruuu  the  purpose  dear  to  his 
]|«*ri  of  erecting  n  cathedral  for  his  diu- 
c«M  that  wmuM  fur  ages  stsnd  in  testimony 
of  ibe  depth  and  sincerity  of  the  faith  of 
Um  Catholics  of  Western  Ontorio.  The 
^ood  time  at  length  came,  and  the  Bishop 
of  Ijtmdon  ioviied  Mr.  Jufteph  Couollyf  of 
Tormto,  oa«  of  the  very  abldst  gentlemen 
of  his  prufoasion.  t^  draw  up  the  plans  for  a 
•rructnm  h«»titiing  the  times,  worthy  the 
riricwtht^KHi  ilikI  {H'i'pte  uf  the  di<M:e«e  of 
London,  and  creditable  to  the  most  beauti* 
fal  and  pictnresrjiie  city  in  the  Dominion  of 
Canada.  The  people  of  London,  always 
jualljr  proud  of  their  fair  city,  nestling  in 
th#  ^^Tj  henrf  of  the  garden  of  (Canada's 
J  ■,  tiow  feel  more  than   ever 

I  .  as  it  lays  just  claim  to  the 

titie  aziU  U4;mty  of  a  cathedral  city.  The 
plana  drawn  up,  his  lurdship  at  once  took 
■Upa,  in  new  especially  of  the  encourage- 
UIMt  from  prieats  and  people, to  have  ground 
broken  and  work  oommenoed.  The  turning 
of  the  first  S(»d  for  the  new  csthedral  took 
placw  in  July.  1H8<\  and  ita  comer  stme 
WW  Uid  on  the  '23rd  of   May.    I  AH  I.       At 


(tiie  aoir'iii[)   I  t-miii 
«l    Ui.< 
mad  pr: 
miskioo.      i  > 
cuaraeof  c-  :■ 

and  irftiifti^pu 


ny  aaaisled   tlie  bishop 

province   of   Toronto 

y  portion  of  the  Do- 

.\a\  was  four  year*  in 

t      It  ivmsinta  of  nave* 

chancAl,  chAfMfU,  ba^n 


tiatry;  towers.  vru-Tisty  and  morning  cha[>til. 
Tbfl  ieogtli  uf  the  intcrif>r  ta  1^0  (eet  ; 
breadUk,  S4  feet ;  breadth  aorosa  tran- 
Mpt  orer  10(1  feet  ;  the  height  frjm  the 
groaad  to  mof  of  main  roof  is  8S  fo«t.  and 


each  of  the  impoung  towers  will^  wlten  fully 
Completed,  stand  with  their  ftpir.'a  315  feet 
from  the  uround.  The  style  of  architecture 
is  that  of  the  early  French  period,  in  which 
many  of  the  grandest  mcdu^^al  cathedrals 
were  designed  and  built.  The  seatini;  capa- 
city of  the  cathedral  is  placed  at  1,'JCX).  The 
coat  thus  far  of  this  splendid  structure  is 
somewhat  more  than  $lO(),tKKJ,  The  cathe- 
dral of  London  was  solemnly  dedicated  and 
opened  for  religious  worahiji  on  the  28th  of 
Juno,  1885  ;  bishops  and  priaste  from  aU 
parts  of  Canada  and  th»  United  States  being 
in  attendance.  The  coremnny  was  the  most 
gorgeous  and  impressive  ever  witnessed  in 
Ontario.  More  than  ^10*000  was  subscribed 
on  the  occasion  in  aid  of  the  building  fund. 
One  of  the  most  pleating  incidents  in 
the  life  of  Bishop  Walsh,  who  has  ever 
characteristically  shunned  popular  favour 
and  demonstration,  was  the  receptions 
tendered  him  by  the  citiaena  of  London, 
on  his  return  from  Ireland,  in  18S2, 
Ilia  reception  is  set  forth  in  the  Cathnllc 
lit^tuffii  of  October  Bth,  in  that  year.  *'  The 
home-coming  of  Bishop  Walsh  on  the  2dth 
ult.  imparted  an  additional  ecUt  to  the  at- 
tractive featurea  of  the  fair  week.  The  right 
reverend  gentleman  arrived  in  New  York 
on  Monday  last,  having  aocomplished  the 
trip  across  the  Atlantic  in  the  remarkably 
rapid  period  of  eight  days,  ria  the  steamship 
Serria^  in  company  with  Van.  Dean  Wagner, 
of  Windsor,  and  Rev.  Father  Flannery,  of 
6t.  Thomas,  who  were  bis  companions  dur- 
ing hit  sojourn  in  the  ever  Oreeu  Isle.  Upon 
becoming  aware  of  the  expected  return  of 
the  right  reverend  gentleman,  the  members 
of  his  tlock,  and  other  friends  in  the  city  and 
vicinity,  determined  to  accord  him  a  cordial 
welcome,  and  preparations  were  made  for 
celebrating  his  arrival  in  the  city  in  a  tilting 
manner.  The  Bishop  was  received  st  Hamil- 
ton, Thursday  afternoon,  by  Monseigneur 
Bruy!*re,  Rev.  Dr.  Kilroy,  of  Stratford  ; 
Father  Brennan.  of  St.  ilary's,  and  the 
Bishop  of  Hamilton,  and  after  a  binxf  inter- 
val the  party  boardeil  the  H.  VV.  K.  accom- 
modation for  this  city.  The  reception  ac- 
corded to  his  lordship  was  really  umgniti-' 
cent,  and  must  have  been  peculiarly  grati- 
fying to  him.  aa  a  spontaneous  expression 
of  the  esteem  in  wluoh  he  i«  regarded  by 
his  own  ilock  and  the  oitixens  of  L<indon 
at  large.  lA>ng  before  the  arrival  of  the 
train,  citizens  began  to  congregate  at  the 
Richmond  street  depot,  which  tn  a  short 
time  presented  an  extremely  animated  ap- 
I»eanuice.  The  spacious  platform  was  tilled 
to  vxcifss  Ity  an  rager  thnjiig,  which  oudured 


A  CTCLOF.'EWA  OF 


with  p«rfect  goud  humour  uad  eijuautmity 
the  joflttiiig,  elbuwiu^,  &ud  pushing  insepa* 
rable  frum  a  Urge  iuHeinb]a£[e,  while  they 
anxiously  etrflined  their  cyea  eastward  in 
an  effiTt  to  obtain  the  first  ^litiipa*)  uf 
the  incoming  cars.  At  length  the  whistle 
waa  heard,  and  as  thu  long  train  dashed 
up  to  the  depot,  the  band  uf  the  Seventli 
Fusiiien,  which  was  stationed  upon  the 
ph&tforu),  struck  up  *  Hume,  sweet  home/ 
The  appropriate  character  of  the  selection 
gained  the  approvsl  of  the  audience,  and 
as  the  venerable  prelnte,  rejuvenalt-d  by 
his  brief  sojourn  in  (he  land  of  his  nativity, 
emerged  fn:iDi  the  car,  and  stood  for  a 
mument  with  uncovered  head,  cheer  after 
cheer  went  up  from  the  immense  con- 
course of  people,  while  at  the  same  time  a 
stream  of  rtrew4»rk8  shot  heavenward.  The 
welcome  was  ntiigiiiticent  and  well  worthy 
of  the  ('ity  of  London,  his  LonlMhip  and 
compauiona  being  escorted  to  corriagca  in 
waiting  by  an  euthusiaatic  throng  of  people. 
All  being  in  readiness,  the  band  struck  up 
'St.  Patrick's  Day,'  and  the  procession 
commenced  its  progress  up  Richntond  street* 
to  the  bishop's  palace,  the  stirring  strains 
of  *  Garryowen,  and  other  popular  Irish 
airs,  adding  an  inspiring  effect  to  the  march. 
On  arriving  at  the  palace  his  lordship  uniJ 
the  aocompanyina;  clergymen  took  up  posi- 
tiona  upon  the  balcony^  and  order  havinj; 
been  restored,  Mr.  John  Wright  advanced 
to  thu  front,  and  read  the  fotlitwijig  address  : 
•  'fu  Bis  Lordship,  IheHiijhi  lUv.  Dr.  iVuUli, 
Bishop  o/Londun — May  it  please  your  lord- 
ship— We,  the  undersigned  citizens  of  Lon- 
don, comprising  not  only  those  whoso  privi- 
lege it  is  to  follow  your  6[jiritual  guidance, 
but  oUo  mauy  who,  though  not  of  the  flock 
you  rule  with  such  paternal  solicitude  and 
success,  fail  not  to  admire  your  exalted 
qualities,  most  respectfully  tender  you  a 
very  hearty  welcome  on  your  return  tu  your 
episcopal  city.  We  hope  in  all  sincerity 
that  your  lordship's  health  haft  been  pernia- 
neuily  benetited  by  your  brief  aojouru  in 
the  old  land.  We  earnestly  trust  that  you 
may  be  long  spared  to  the  diocese  of  Lon- 
don, upon  which  your  virtues  and  talents 
shed  such  lustre,  and  l>eg  of  you  to  accept 
the  accompanying  testimonial  aa  a  feeble 
token  of  that  regard  in  which  we  and  the 
many  on  whose  behalf  we  may  on  this  occa- 
sion justly  presume  to  speak,  sincerely  hold 
your  L<^rdstiip.'  The  address  was  accom- 
panied by  a  purse  containing  91,00D,  a 
voluntar/  testimonial  of  esteem.  Hh  lord- 
ahip,  who  WHS  much  affected  by  this  hearty 
welcome  of  the  citizens  of  London,  ufter  ex- 


preasiug  his  sincere  thanks  for  the  addi 
and  its  accompanying  munitioenl  trift,  said 
he  was    glad  to  be  once  more  at  hitiiw  ii 
London,    in   this    'Canada  of  ours."     *  Wi 
here,' he  said,   '  enjoy  a  common  and    ri» 
inheritance  in  free  instil otions.  Just  Ui 
and  the  p^wtession  of  ei|UBl  rights.     We  liv^ 
under  a  form  of  goreninient  wliioh  is  the 
beat  balanced  in  the  world,  which  oombinea 
liberty  without  liceube.  and  authority  WJtl 
out  despotistii,  which  gives  tu  alt  the  Urij;< 
measure  of  rational  aud  well-regulated  ft 
dom,  whilst  it  ati'onls  ample  pn>t«ctt<iu 
security  to  life  and  property.    We  nre  ther< 
fore  a  happy  people,  and  it  is  onr  duty, 
it  is  our  highest  interests,  to  live  ti»geth( 
in  peace  and  amity,  ftiltilliug  the  duties  ol 
good  citizens,  liviiij^  in  the  profeasiou  an 
practice  of  the  ChrisliHo  religion,  which 
the  guarantee  of  individual  happineaa — th 
secure  basis  of  society,  and  the  solid  foun* 
dution  of  kingdoms.     In  this  way  shall  ws* 
help  to  build  up  hero  in  Canada  u  great  and 
nobieand  prosperous  connnonwealth,  vhiah#^ 
will  be  the  refuge  of  the  oppressed  of  otli 
countries,  and  the  happy  homes  of  milltonf 
of    freeman    and   of    prosperous    citiKena.' 
I'pon  the  conclusion  of   his  lordship's  ad- 
dress a  display  of  fireworks  was  given*  aft* 
which  the  crowd,  fully  3,0(H)  in  number,  du 
poraud.  On  Thursday  evening,  October  otl 
tiis  lordship  was    entertained  at  dinner 
the  Li'udou  Club  by  a  number  of  citi/ei 
Amongst  the  gentlemen  present  were  Uoi 
.1.  CarUng,  MP.,  Col.  Walker.  Major  Leyi 
B.    Cronyn,    C.    Goodhue,   Jaa.   Alahuii. 
Mulkeni,  M.  Maauret,  J.  Blackburn,  K.  W, 
Fitzgerald,  J.  Reid,    Dr.  Sippi,   and  aboi 
thirty  other  representative  citizens.     Aft 
the    usual   loyal   and   patriotic   toasts,    ti 
chainnan  proposed  the  health  of  the  ^ei 
of  the  evening,  which  was  very  warmly 
ceived.     Uis    lordship  made  a    very  bappj 
reply,  expressive  of  his  thanks  for  the  hoi 
our  done  him  by  so  distinguished  a  body 
his  townsmen,   and  of  the  duty  restin>{  ol 
every  citizen  to  promote,  in  every  jxissibl 
manner,  that  harmony  amongst  all  claaiea' 
without  which  the  CMintry  could  not  pros- 
per.    On  the  ftiU<»winj  Htinday  the  Biabo| 
lectured    to   an   immense   audience    in    SI 
Peter's   Cathedral,    on    "  Ireland   and    tl 
Irish."    In  the  fall  of  1884,  his  lordship  pi 
ceeded,  by  special  invitation,  to  Baltimui 
to  attend  the  Plenary  Council  hold  in  tl 
city,  —  the   moat  memorable    ecclesinstii 
gatherine  since  the  Council  of  the  Vatit 
in  1809  70.     The   Bishop  of  London  occu^ 
pies   in   the  Catholic  hierarctiy  a  forvmui 
place  as  a  profound  thinker  and  facile  writ 


CA  NADIA  N  J?  10  OB  A  PH  Y. 


299 


A*  ireU  «(>iuunteil  witli  the  classic  lore  of 
<it«e««i  »aa  Rome  as  he  is  enidite  in  the 
h<l<iii  ol  modem  timea.  Biahup  Walsh  is 
ebamungin  conversAtion*  and  fascinating  in 
Ub  Utorary  productioos.  Ab  a  pulpit  orator, 
llw  hiahup  has  achieved  a  high  reputa- 
tion. HlK  a«nnous  betoken  plan,  thought, 
alody,  and  are  ever  practical.  Uia  style  is 
onate,  eloqaent,  full  of  point,  logicaJ  and 
impfrsaire.  He  has  easy  command  of  the 
dioiOBSt  language,  illustrating  his  subject 
with  a  suitably  applied  imagery.  The  alien' 
riM  of  hia  audience  never  wearies.  The 
pHtorala  of  bis  lordshij) — always  opportune 
ad  welcome — are  models  of  compueiciun 
nd  pregnant  with  instruction.  In  their 
ralualilv  pa^es  he  dispenses  to  his  clergy 
Aod  pffvfde  the  treasures  uf  his  well-stored 
aina.  In  all  truth  it  may  be  said  of  his 
LtvdshipV  literary  prtHluctions,  "  ni/nV  teti- 
tU^piodnon  nnt-irit,'^  u'hnteror  subject  ho 
IMlidlett  be  embellishea. 
Cfenow,  llou.  FraiicU,  Ottawa. 
tu  the  St'iialo  in  }><S'),  is  a  native  i^f 
I,  having  been  Ixirit  %i  Throe  Kivei^, 
QMu.in  1621  lie  is  the  sun  of  the  late  Ci»pt. 
Jokn  Clemriw,  an  nflicer  in  the  4Ut  regi- 
nMit»  Hritiali  army,  who  received  a  fatal 
«etttl  on  Queenstoii  Heights,  while  engaged 
ia  fighting  ihe  batilea  of  the  empire.  The 
blhcr  of  C'j]  ling  wood  Schhber.  0.  E.,  nnd 
tiM  late  Major  Donaldson,  at  ooe  liuie 
paymaaten  uf  pensioners,  were  captxius  id 
tli»  same  regiment.     Senator  Clem<'W  ia  »n 


m  ««§  d»^Ti 
the  active  .i< 


'Ucue  boy,  and  there  he  re- 
*)c».\  and  ^neral  ednctttion, 
'  such  a  course  of  study 
<  lit  ttMjnalify  htm  for 
-  ..i  Ufe,  he  bef^an  a  mor- 
After  spending  a  number 
uf  7«U»  ill  Toronto,  he  entered  thu  ser- 
TiM  of  th»  then  leadint;  forwarding  tirm 
Ot  llAePhtttaoi'.  Crane  Co..  with  which  he 
WM  ooanectvd  in  Muutreal  and  Kingston. 
In  th«yvAr  1H41.  be  tuniqd  his  steps  in  the 
of  By  town,  now  Ottawa^  and  since 
t  he  has  been  a  permanent  and  a 
it  resident  of  that  city.  He  has 
tla  vrn>wth  and  development,  and 
' '  he  haa  resided  here  ho 
'U'ltmu;  Its  beat  inler- 
••t.  In  li^'ij ,  In  tiiained  Margaret  Powell, 
voaaseat  lUughter  of  the  lat«  O^tunel 
Ftovw),  whu  had  been  captain  nf  the  Mth 
aad  eolociel  of  the  lOlst  regimenta,  and  was 
for  •0M<  iUPg  comumndant  of  the  garrison 
of  Q««t««L  Id  (UtAwii  he  irarned  on  th*< 
fcfrw«rdiii|Fkii«iii>*.-  f.o^,  which  he  relired 
io  Ift&O.     li  end  of  \mj,  he 

wa*  a  Bitfinl'-  "tincil,  in  which 


dtuiBi.' 

hMb.'* 


capacity  he  gave  his  best  services  to  the 
work  of  civic  le^slation.  He  was  chairman 
of  the  board  of  water  commiaaionen  from 
the  inception  of  the  waterworks  scheme  uu- 
until  the  city  usumed  control  of  the  man* 
agenieiit.  He  has  been  manager  of  thi*  iitu 
works  since  18U0.  In  politicSi  Mr.  Clemow 
ia  a  proucmnced  Conaervatire.  He  ia  one 
of  thoae  men  who  when  attached  t'l  prin- 
ciples never  heaitate  about  proclaiming 
them  when  occasion  demands,  anri  assert- 
ing their  nature,  or  defending;  tln.>m  when 
aaaailed  by  an  opponent.  But  his  aferong 
and  UDCompromising  adherence  to  his 
political  prinoiplea  never  interferes  with 
his  social  and  personal  friendahipa.  He 
likee  a  bold  outspoken  expression  of  opin- 
ion, and  thinks  none  the  leaa  of  a  man 
because  he  is  nnable  to  agree  with  him  on 
political  or  other  qncstiona.  For  many 
years  Senator  Clemow  has  been  a  leading 
member  of  the  Oninge  order  in  eastern  On- 
tario, and  the  extent  of  the  coulideuce  hta 
brethren  in  Oarletou  have  in  him,  may  be 
eatimated  by  the  fact  that  during  the  laat 
eight  years  he  has  occnpied  the  position  of 
county  master.  Among  all  clasaea  and 
creeds  in  Ottawa,  Senator  Clemojr  ia  highly 
eBteemed.  His  active  business  habitti,  his 
keen  perceptive  faculty,  his  cApacity  for 
grasping  and  readily  comprehending  intri* 
cate  tpiestiona  of  importance,  atlmirably 
qualify  him  fur  doing  good  service  in  the 
"  I'pper  House "  of  the  Parlittiuent  of 
r'anada. 

Hay,  I'elcr.  Gait,  was  born  in  Lauder, 
Berwickshire,  Scotland,  on  the  1st  of  March, 
lti35.  His  parents  were  Uenrye  Hay,  and 
Ann  Morrison  ;  and  they  followed  the  oc- 
cupation of  weavers.  Peter  Hay  was  edu- 
cated in  the  ooutmou  schools^  and  after 
leaving  achool  at  the  age  uf  fifteen ,  learned 
the  trade  of  a  blacksmith.  Ui  1830,  he  left 
Lauder  and  went  to  Ulna.;ow,  where  he  re- 
mained for  about  two  years.  lu  1437,  he 
loft  for  Canada,  afid  remained  in  Montreal 
until  ISGl,  foUowing  hia  trade.  In  iHtil, 
he  removed  to  Gale,  and  entered  and  re- 
mained in  the  employ  of  Ooldie  iV  McC'ul' 
lr>ch  until  1809;  was  afterwards  with  •lamea 
Wamock  &  Co.,  and  in  188-  started  bnai- 
neas  for  hiniaelf  in  the  manufacture  of  ma- 
chine knives  or  edi^e  tuula,  on  Victoria 
avenue,  in  the  town  of  (Salt,  whore  he  ni»w 
carries  on  the  well-known  buainess  associa- 
ted with  his  name.  For  a  conai  Jcrable  time 
he  belonged  to  the  Amalgamated  Society  of 
Engineers.  Hia  experience  has  Iwvn  en- 
larged by  coustderHble  travel,  having  fne- 
'(iieiitly  viaitcni  tiiany   impoftaMt  centres  iu 


tho  United  Staiei.  In  roliyion  lit*  in  a  I'rei- 
bytenan.  and  in  politics  a  Kefnrriior.  He 
WM  niarrieil  in  Oiilt,  on  F*«liriiftpy  20th, 
1870,  U*  Kiskheth  WaUnce,  hy  whom  hu 
hu  had  one  girl.  His  buaincBs  extenda 
through  i\w  entire  province,  nnd  his  nnnm 
U  une  that  in  held  iu  hiuih  regard  among 
all  circles  in  the  citniuntniiy. 

Riisaell,  Andrew,  Ut«  Chief  Clerk 
«)f  the  Dep&rtment  of  the  Interior  at  Ot- 
tawa, was  bom  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  on 
the  29th  June,  1804.  Ho  ia  a  sou  of  Alex- 
ander Russell  and  Jauet  Jaraiesoa.  He 
received  his  education  at  Glasgow  in  the 
Common  and  Grammar  schools,  leaving 
Glasgow  with  his  parents,  sister  and  brother 
for  Quebec,  in  May,  1822.  The  family 
settled  in  the  township  of  Ijeeds,  County  of 
Megantic,  in  June,  1822.  Our  subject  was 
appointed  superintendent  of  oolonizttion 
nuids  and  aettletnents  in  Megantic,  by  the 
(governor-gene raU  Sir  James  Kempt,  iu 
June,  182J).  On  the  uai^ui  of  Upper  and 
Lowur  Canada,  he  was  placed  in  charge  of 
the  Surveys  Hranch  uf  the  Crown  Lands 
Departmeut  for  Canada  West ;  and  in  1867 
he  was  appointed  assistAnt  commissioner  of 
Crown  Lands  for  Canada.  On  the  Confed- 
eration of  the  provinces,  the  Department  of 
Crown  Lands  was  divided,  and  our  subject 
went  to  Toronto  aa  assistant  commissioner 
for  the  Province  of  Ontario.  In  1870  ho 
returned  to  the  capital  to  assist  in  the  Cen- 
sus service.  In  1874  he  receiwd  the 
appointment  of  chief  clerk  in  the  depart- 
ment of  the  interior  ;  and  in  1883  retired, 
after  fift-y-four  years  public  service,  t'on- 
tining  hia  attention  purely  to  oUicia]  duties. 
our  Rtibject  never  meddled  in  politics.  He 
married  in  May,  1834,  Lucy  Chandler  Lord, 
L'ldest  daughter  of  Liuutunant-Colunel  1'.  C. 
Lord,  senior  J, P.  for  the  County  of  Megan- 
tic. Uiirinf;  Mr.  Unssell's  term  of  otHce 
hefaithfuUy  devoted  his  professional  abilities 
Uj   raisins  ihe   standard    of   the  surveying 

firofeaaion,  and  what  he  accomplished  may 
>e   gtithered  somewhat  from  tho   following 
copy  of  an  address  presented  to  him  by  the 
Dominion  Land  Surveyors  : 
To  AsoKEw  Ur.Hsr-i.L,  Kny., 

1'he  Siirveyxn  tUruuKl^out  the  Uonnnion  of 
Caua<la  take  tUix  upportunu  time  of  pmentiog 
you  with  thi«  mldrew,  exprosulDg  as  it  does  in  but 
a  fvehlt*  manner,  the  est«(*m  iu  which  you  are 
held   bv   fi  -ii<D.     I>iinuK    your  tifty-foor 

Yean  iff  I  I't:   in  the  <U^partnionts  nf  the 

oldPr(>v;:  M;i>jjk,  lihd  uf  the  Dominion  of 

Cana^la,  ynu  Imvc  pn-jtnrveil  that  high  standanl  of 
imblle  morality,  iutv-i^nty  and  faultless  character 
»D  worthy  of  omalatioa.  In  the  Crown  Laoda 
De^tartmcnt,  as  wolt  as  in  the  UcpartmcDt  of  the 
Jiitrrinr,  you  have  \f(i  your  ineffatreablt;  mark  ;  ever 


into  I,.'  iiB 

thf  jjuUlJir  fiirveyi* 

and  variable  pr}iiipj».<u). 

to  the  «tan>  for  a  swr-- 

m»^o«ti(!  tM>ltr.     Till 

vurvvyiuK  ha*  attam- 

ever   aimiuij    hitjiivr,    aii'l 

tiroftfa^jon,     HiK'htly  may 

of  sf^troiKimic  survey".  •  n 

we  uf  Mj  witrthy  a  • 

wreath  yon  hav*  u-.  ; 

brighten  your  remainiii;; 

treat,   and  |>OHtenty  will  rvu<>rd 

Well  done."    Si^u*:^!  "n  Itehalf  ••( 

by 


.May  thtf   ladi 

y-  m  v«-'i^ 
••  II 
th. 


798,  and 
on.  New      I 
a  gtmnd-     J 
who  lellS 
*  revoa*^! 


Otto  J.  Ki.ot7..  Frw.  oi  Aara., 
Dom.  Land  Surveyun. 
A,  11.  CoTTOS.  Sec-Treaaurcr. 

Howard,  Allun  ni'L.ean,  Toronto, 
was  born  at  York,  now  Tcronto.  in  1826.  He 
is  a  son  of  James  S.  Howard,  who  was  txiro 
in  LUndon,  Cork,  Irtlmd,  in  1798,  and 
f^ome  McLean,  b^ini  at  Fredericton.  New 
Brunswick,  in  17^2.  Hia  father  was 
son  of  Nicolas  Ouard,  a  Huguenot, 
lower  Normandy,  France,  after  the 
tion  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  and  settled  in 
London.  In  18U>,  he  sailed  for  Canada. 
and  obtained  a  situation  with  the  Hon.  Mr. 
Allan,  who  at  that  time  held  nearly  all  the 
oHices  in  the  town  and  district.  When  they 
were  divided,  in  1838,  Mr.  Howard  was  ap- 
pointed postmaster,  and  this  position  he  held 
till  1837,  when  he  was  most  unjustly  re- 
moved by  Sir  Francis  Bond  Head.  In  li 
however,  he  waa  appointed  treasurer  of  tl 
old  Home  district,  whicli  then  oompni 
the  counties  «f  Wellington.  Simcoc*,  I'eel 
and  Ontario.  Ho  died  in  186*>.  Salome  Mi 
Lean,  our  subject's  mother,  was  a  dituxhi 
of  the  late  Captain  Archibald  McLean, 

frond-daughter  of  tho  late  Captain  Jj 
Vencb,  a  loyalist  officer  in  Delancya  ooi 
Captain  McLean  had  command  of  a  ti 
of  horse  in  the  New  York  V^dunUwrs,  sei 
ing  through  the  American  rebelltxn  uf  ]77i 
and  was  wounded  at  the  severely  ooni 
ed  engagement  of  Eutaw  Springs  in  B>)ul 
Carolina.  In  1812,  tlio  same  bravo  offic 
waa  adjutant  of  militia  in  New  Bruns- 
wick, and  represented  the  County  of  York 
iu  the  legislature  of  that  province  for  up- 
wards of  twenty  years.  He  died  at  his 
residence.  Nashwakk,  New  Dntnawick,  in 
1830.  Mr.  Howard  was  educated  at  the 
Home  District  Grammar  school,  conducted 
bv  Dr.  McAulay,  situated  on  the  comer  of 
New  and  March  streets,  now  Jarvia  and 
Lombard.  He  holds  a  captain's  oommisuon 
iu    the  7th  battalion.  Toronto,  coaiDtaad*d 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


301 


fev"^  V  iirible  G.  W.  AlUn.  During 
t  'fair,    he   joined  the  2tiii  Mer- 

ti.M,.>   I.  li.j.any.      He  has  been  derk  of  the 
Firat  Uivifliun  Cuiirt  in  tlie  C-ninty  of  Yurk 
..»,.,.  I  s.  1      la  a  director  of  Uie  Cuiitral  Uank 
A  director  nf  the  (^mfedemtion 
;.o«  Company,  and  n  director  of 

V  IndustriAl  I^oan  Com(>any.  Mr. 
I'  a  zcjtitius  chnrchniAU.  and  has 
h                    -?  t>f  churchwiirden  »nd  of  dele- 

^yuod.      Owing  to  hi»  ofticiat  po- 

\\<c  liua  never  tAkeu  an  active  part  in 

''     work  ;    yet,     notwithstanding  hia 

■n  in    that    re»i>ect,   shonld  any 

into  oflic«  wilh  the    dismemher- 

empire  throngh  such  means  an 

•j>   iif  aQiu*XAtii>n   for  a  p«>licy, 

'  *     he  d'<id»led    that   the  loy- 

y  bred  in  liim  vonld  aaaert 

ii9rii,    :<.<'-4    ii-'   v^uuld  be  found  in  the  front 

fSMtka  cociaselUnL;  allegiance  to  the    mother 

eooatrj.       In    1851^,  he  married  Miss  Mac- 

donald,    a   native  of   Kdinhnrult,  Scotlund, 

«ho«e  bmther  \Ji  treaAurvr  of  tho  Cnunly  of 

York.  an<l  mAua&,'ini;  director  of  the  Confed- 

•ratiou  Life  Ascnrnncc  Company.      He  has 

had  right  children,  two  of  whom  are  dead. 

TIm  aldoftt  is  a  cl"rk  in  the  Divisinii  Court 

anvther,  •Utnes  Scot',    is    priest  in 

<•(    lh('   parish  of  St.  Matthews,  in 

ToTouto  ;   Donald  is  practising  law,  and  Inid 

ehairswt  of  a  company  of  Grenadiers  in  thn 

N'  tditionary  force;   and  the 

t,  is  one  of  the  paying  tel- 

L-iur>il   M;ink. 

llo%t  IhimI,  S\v  IVillliiiii  Pearce, 
'.It. ,  K.  0.  M.ij . ,  r.muiLo.  This  JeadiuK 
d&bwB  of  unr  western  metroptdis,  is  of 
Bngiiih  descent,  his  Americjin  progenitor 
iMlMg  on«  Jolui  ITovrland,  a  Quaker,  who 
timgraled  wilh  the  land  of  pilgrims,  who 
landetl  on  Oie  "bleak  New  Rni^land ahnrea " 
ia  lfi20»  wtioae  desi^endanta  nre  now  rety 
ttUBwrvui,  and  inclndo  luany  prominent 
famOi**  in  '^atiada  and  the  United  States. 
8'-  :  I'carre  Howhuid  is  a  native  uf 

I'  ifity.  New  York  state,  and   was 

V  "f  rAtihngs,  'iyth  of  May, 
\-  ts,  who  were  hIso  natives 
of   »">••»•    »"tK(,i'  iiityX  were  ilona- 

UnwUnd  t    Pearce.       The 

in  etttiv  liii  .1  liirmcr,  bnt  later 

bo  «ngwBd  tu  mercantile  pursuits  in  Green- 

boah,    Kw    York.      He  died  at  Oajje  Vin- 


biab, 

ToroAto  It  f. 


.rk. 


m  IM'J,  and  his  widow  in 
.14  :•■■..  :\i  II  very  lidvancud 
mg^  it^l  at  the  Kin- 

d>rfao*»  J  ,  luve  to  Canada  in 

1830,  ■•ttium  ui  tho  township  of  Toronto^ 
ftttd   aofaging   in   marcantilo   businaaa,  in 


partuorshtp  with  his  brother.  They  soon 
opened  another  branuh  of  their  business  at 
Slaudley's  mills.  Their  busineas  brnn  'hi 
them  in  conuectiou  with  tho  early  settlers 
of  what  now  comprises  the  cotinties  of 
Peel,  York,  Card  well,  and  Simcfie.  In 
1840  he  purchased  the  Lambton  mills  pro- 
perty, and  soon  after  engaged  in  the  whole- 
aule  gnwery  trade  in  Toronto.  He  is  now 
extensively  engaged  in  the  milling  business 
at  several  points  in  tho  province,  nnd.  lu 
connection  with  his  son,  W.  H.  Uowland, 
conducts  one  of  the  largest  exporting  prt^- 
duce  establishments  in  the  country.  The 
public  wore  not  long  in  perceiving  Mr. 
Howlnnd's  adaptability'  to  render  them  eHi- 
ciout  service,  and  tho  many  important 
ptwitions  which  he  haa  been  called  u^ton  to 
fill,  and  the  able  and  acceptable  manner  in 
which  he  has  dischargeil  his  luuUifarious 
dutieii,  evidence  the  possessiou  of  eiecutive 
abilities  of  a  hi^h  order.  Sir  WiUwim  has 
l>oen  an  influential  member  (»f  the  Torontij 
Board  of  Trade,  and  was  its  prOAideat  for 
several  years.  He  is  also  president  of  the 
Ontario  Bank ;  president  of  the  Anchor 
Marine  Insurance  Company  :  president  of 
the  London  and  Canadian  Loan  and  Agency 
Company  ;  president  of  the  Untariu  .Society 
for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals, 
and  pre«ideut  of  tho  Confedenttion  Life 
Association  of  Canada.  To  do  justice  to 
Sir  W.  Rowland's  lung  and  useful  political 
career  would  rci^uire  space  far  in  excess  of 
that  at  our  disposal,  and  we  can  therefore 
but  briefly  mention  the  otficial  positions  in 
which  he  has  served.  Uu  was  n  monibor 
of  the  Kxecutive  Council,  Canada,  from  May 
24th,  1802,  until  March  29th,  18*U  ;  and 
again  from  Novumbor  *J-lth,  I8G4,  unfil  the 
union  ;  July  lat,  lSi>7,  was  sworn  in  one  uf 
the  Privy  Council,  and  bcaunu  minister  of 
Inland  Revenue,  holdin^^  that  position  until 
Jnly,  1806.  when  he  was  appointe<l  lieu- 
tenant-go  vunmr  of  Ontario.  [n  Itt54.  La 
conjunction  with  the  late  Hon.  J.  McMur- 
rich,  Mr.  OoHon  Browu,  Hon.  W.  Mc- 
Klaster.  and  a  few  others,  ho  made  the  first 
practical  movetnenl  for  the  o[>ening  up  and, 
aa  it  evunttudly  proved,  final  acquisition  of 
the  North- NVost  territory.  These  gentle* 
men  proviiled  funds  to  send  Captiitn  Ken- 
nedy to  that  territory,  with  instruetit^ns  Ut 
invest  a  certain  sum  tii  the  products  of  the 
country,  to  return  by  thy  interior  to  Fort 
William,  and  re(M>rt  upon  the  practicability 
of  the  route,  the  character  of  the  country, 
and  the  pro«{kecta  for  trade.  This  ncliou 
was  followed  by  tho  organization  of  a  com- 
paay,  the  purahaie  of  %  aieambottt,  and  th« 


A  cvclopjEDia  of 


coiBmeuoement  of  the  coQatruotion  oi  a 
road.  When  on  public  biminGaa  in  Eng- 
land, in  conjunction  with  Judge  Sicotte, 
they  or^^nizod  a  small  comoiiitee,  upon 
which  the  Darings  and  Glins  were  repre- 
sented, to  cooperate  in  such  manner  aa  vm 
neoeesary  to  carry  out  the  objecU  of  the 
company  in  tliis  country.  They  preased 
their  viewa  upon  the  Imperial  government 
and  difftirent  adniinifttmtiona  in  Canada, 
%nd  contended  that  if  the  Intercolonial 
Railway  waa  built,  that  it  would  impose  a 
burden  upon  Ontario  quit©  out  of  propor- 
tion to  any  benefita  to  be  derive<l  from  i^ 
and  in  that  cue  urged  that  a«  a  compeu- 
sation,  and  to  obtain  the  acquisitions  to 
the  people  in  Ontario,  that  the  Kovem- 
ment  should  take  steps  to  acquire  and 
open  up  the  North-Weat,  and  the  result  is 
now  before  us.  From  1807  to  1868  ho  ro- 
prcaunted  the  constituency  of  West  York, 
nrat  in  the  Canada  Assembly  until  the 
union,  and  from  that  event,  in  the  House 
of  Commons.  During  the  time  Sir  Wil- 
liam was  in  the  Executive  Council  he  was 
minister  of  finance  during  the  first  year, 
and  receiver-general  during  the  second  ; 
postmaster-general  from  November  ii4th, 
1864,  until  August  30th,  1800,  when  he  waa 
again  appointed  minister  of  linauoe,  and 
held  that  ofbce  until  he  entered  the  Privy 
Couucil.  He  was  peculiarly  fitted  for  the 
duties  of  the  last-mentioned  position,  owing 
to  his  long  and  sucoeasful  commercial  ex- 
perience, and  conducted  its  affairs  with 
signal  ability.  In  1805  the  government 
appointed  him  a  commisaionor,  with  Mr. 
(now  fc>ir}  Alexander  Gait,  Ut  visit  Washing- 
ton in  the  interests  of  reciprocal  trade 
between  the  United  Stales  and  Canada  ; 
WAS  re-appointed  to  the  same  mission  in 
connection  with  Sir  A.  T.  Gait,  the  present 
Justice  Htinry,  and  Sir  A.  J.  bmitb,  1800  ; 
and  to  the  London  conference,  l8f>ri-07,  to 
complete  terms  for  the  union  of  the  British 
American  provinces.  Again  in  1875,  his 
BorviceH  were  required  as  a  commissioner  to 
report  on  the  route  of  the  pcoposed  Baie 
V&rte  canal.  From  July,  1H08,  until  No- 
vember, 18713,  Sir  W.  Uowland  tilled  the 
position  of  lieutenant-governor  of  Ontario, 
and  upon  hia  retirement  therefrom  left  be- 
hind liim  an  enviable  record  of  official 
probity  and  administrative  ability.  His 
appointment  to  the  chief  civil  office  of  the 
province  w,\s  one  which  m*it  with  much 
favour  from  the  public  generally  as  well  as 
from  his  party,  and  the  highest  expectations 
of  his  friends  were  not  disappointed.  As  a 
partial  recognition  of  his  distinguished  pub- 


lic services,  Her  Majesty  created  him  CB. 
(civil)  in  July,  180^,  and  in  May.  li^Tf*, 
conferred  upon  him  the  order  of  knight- 
hood. Sir  William  has  l>een  twice  amrried« 
(iret  ia  1843,  to  Mrs.  Webb,  who  died  in 
lU5i)  :  attain  in  18'Ui,  to  the  widow  of  the 
late  Captain  Hunt.  He  has  three  anrvLvii^ 
children,  two  sons  and  one  daughter.  S' 
William  ia  modest  and  unassuming  in  d 
position,  courteous  in  maimer,  aelf-p 
aesaed  and  dignified  in  demeanour,  honour 
able  in  the  highest  sense;  noaseaeing  tfaft 
instincts  which  characterize  the  true  gentle- 
man, he  afTurda  a  tine  example  of  a  ■uooeaa- 
ful  and  useful  career,  and  one  worthy  of 
imitation. 

Grlfflti,    William    Henry,    Deputy 
Pnstiuaster  General  of  Canada,   was    bora 
on  August  7th,  I8I2.     When  he  had  reach- 
ed  his   seventeenth  year,    he  entered   the 
Imperial  civil  service  as  a  clerk  in  the  office 
of  the  deputy  postatoster  general,  and  four 
years   later,    the  authorities  perceiving  hia 
very  great  efficiency,  promoted  him  to  the 
p  isition  of  surveyor  of  Poat-ofhces,  eaat  of 
Kingatfm.    When  the  post-office  waa  trans- 
ferred  to    provincial  oontrol  in  1851,   Mr. 
Gritfin  was  made  secretary  ;   and  on  June 
12tb,  1857,  he  was  appointed  deputy  post- 
master general   of  old  Canada,     The  yev 
following  the  completion  of  Confederation, 
he  became  deputy  p<uitmaster  general  of  the 
Dominion,  and  has  remained  in  that  poai 
tion  ever  since.     Mr.  Griffin  has  alwa^'s  e 
hibited  a  marked  capacity  foradminislratio 
and   is,  perhaps,  one  of  the  most  thoron 
and  cfHcient  officers  in  the  entire  civil  se 
vice.     He  has,  it  might  bo  aaid,  consecra 
hia  life  Ut  hia  duties  ;  and  where  hia  duti 
are  there  lie  all  his  attention  and  his  inte; 
eet.    The  goveniment  has  always  rucogntz 
Mr.    Grittin's    fiue  abilities,    and  especial 
hia  capacity  for  organisation.     In  184(8 
was  considered  necessary  to  re-<irganize  t 
civil  aervice,  and  Mr.  Griftin  was  appoin 
one  of  the  commiasioners  to  carry  out  thi 
object.     He  waa  likewise  a  nit*mber  of  t 
Civil  Service  Commission  of  1802.     He  h 
been  a  member  of  the  Hoard  of  Audit  iiin 
the  organustion  of  that  body  in  I8o8  ;  an< 
since  1804  ha^  been  a  member  of  the  Boa 
of    Excise,   Customs   und  Ntampa.      It    w 
Mr.  Grilhin  wh«»  negotiated  tho  postal  co 
%'ention   with  the    Lnited    .States    in  187 
He  ia   vice  president   of  the  Civil    Servt 
Building  and  Savings  Society  ;  and  ia  al 
chairman   of  the  Civil  Service  Board.     Mr 
Griffin  ia  atill  halo  and  hearty,  exhibits  the 
same  excellent  cai.tncity  for  administration 
aa  he  did  in  hia  more  youthful  daya,  and  we 


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303 


iloabi  Dot  ihftt  there  ftre  yet  for  him  many 

B«tliuii«^  Rltfhl  Bev.  Alcx«iider 
Xeil,  aO..  D.C.L.— The  late  Mr  Beihune, 
wcocHi  Bishop  of  I'on^nto.  waa  born  in 
WiDiAiiiatuwn.  in  the  County  of  Glengarry,  in 
iMMt,  18110.  His  father  wu  the  Rev.  John 
Pwiniim.  the  finit  Prefthyt«rian  rainiBter  of 
GtaMd*,  and  onr  distingiiishod  suhjeot  was 
IIm  Mth  onn  of  a  family  of  siv  urmfl  and  three 
(kttghtfra.  The  Bttthune  family  vraaof  8cot- 
tMhoctgu>>'^'id  settled  in  Canada  with  the  de- 
Med  band  of  V.  E.  loyalists  in  1783.  Voung 
Bellifine  receired  liia  early  edticati^nal  train- 
ing; at  the  Cornwall  Grunimar  school,  where 
hf  <ttv]iH.l  under  Dr.  Strachau  ;  bat  the  war 
< ''  e  up  this  school,  and  the  student 

f  '  Montreal,  where  he  joined  his 

fawity.  resuming  his  studies.  it  appears 
that  br,  Strachan  had  taken  a  strong  Uking 
u>  tb»  Lad  Hethane,  and  was  resolved  not  to 
\<mm  siffhl  of  him;  so  when,  npou  the  inrita- 
boo  Of  General  BrocV,  the  doctor  removed 
to  York  U>  (aWf  chsr^e  of  the  school  there, 
be  inviU'd  Mr.  Bethune  ta  assist  him  as 
daaaical  tutor.  To  this  duty  the  yimng  man 
•|iSkiied  himself  with  diligence,  and  he  like- 
wits  began  ttie  study  of  divinity  under  his 
aforetime  master.  He  was  admitted  to 
deaojn's  order,  in  1823,  and  the  following 
year  was  t>rdaiued  priest  by  Bishop  Mountain 
of  Qnvbec.  Spending'  a  fewyenni  at  Grims- 
br,  be  waa  apjjointed  rector  of  Coboui^, 
tOM  known  as  Hamilton,  this  being  the 
ebief  town  m  the  Newcastle  district.  The 
eattieoMmi  at  this  period  waa  <inly  in  its 
dawn,  and  laborinns  and  trying  were 
I'tn  the  shoulders  of 
..;v';  hut  ^Tr.  Bethune 
wliatu  obstacles  ci^mld  not 
he  threw  his  whole  energy 
For  forty  years  did  he  labour 
tUiistrioiis  ft>r  his  ability,  his 
*  iry.  In  1847,  he  was 
of  York,  hut  still  re- 


\h 

ti,  ■ 

was    a    iii/kU 

tbvart.     and 

v.-  -e, 

ZieaJ.  »)•>  ' 
*pp«4ui«d  ii 
IWMd  his  i 'MP-MMj  thnrN'.  \fr;er  twenty 
5WSb«A«lapaed  the  A  i'  lu  1  r^eofltihhop 
ikraahaH  icade  i*  t...  .  -  ,t   he  should 

hav*  rpucupal  »■>  t  18i>7,  Ur. 

flfit^Miie  w^M  ('"  .  I  tor  bishop, 

J I  to,    by    the 

1...  iiiario,  West- 

«m  N<iw  Vtirk  and  Mirhit^an.  Upon  his 
OThnsrcrstion  it  was  prjvi4led  th&t  the  succcs 
«ioa  should  fall  to  him  up<m  the  death  of 
Pr.  Strpi'*')nn       The  pfius  and  zealous  bishop 


atat«iii 


in  Kcbrusry,  1879.  This 
1  in  a  work  at  our  hand: 
<*%vi  Bishop  Bethnne  during 
T%  can    form   tittle   concep- 


tion of  his  earlier  labours.  When  at  Co- 
bouri?,  in  addition  to  his  periodical  and 
archdiaconal  work,  he  lectured  on  theology, 
and  also  conducted  a  church  newspaper, 
without  in  the  sliKhtest  degree  neglecting 
the  duties  he  owed  to  the  t1<ick  commilteU 
to  his  charge.  Bishop  Bethune  wrote  a  num- 
ber of  works  chiefly  upon  theoh^gical  and 
devotional  subjects;  and  his  most  noteworthy 
production  was  one  of  mi>re  general  charac- 
ter entitled,  'Memoir  of  the  Right  Reverend 
.John  Strachan,  I).D.,LL.  D.,  first  Bishop  of 
Toronto."  Dr.  Bethune  married  adauijhter 
of  the  Honourable  James  Crot>ks,  by  whom 
he  ha*!  ten  children,  tive  of  whom  survive. 
Of  these  may  be  mentioned  the  B«v.  Charles 
.Tames  Stewart  Bethune,  M.  A.,  head  master 
of  the  Trinity  college  school,  Port  Hope, 
(riVi<-  biographical  sketch),  who  has  gainetl 
more  than  a  Canadian  reputation  through 
his  ability  as  an  entomologist.  We  ma]ke 
the  f uUowing  extract  from  a  sermon  preached 
in  St  Peter's  church,  Cobourg,  on  the  Dth 
February,  1879,  by  the  venerable  Juhn 
Wilson,  M. A.,  after  the  funeral  of  Bishop 
Bethune.  **The  younger  clergy,  who  now 
complain  af  privation  and  bii  tiering,  little 
know  what  was  patiently  endured  by  their 
elder  brethren,  when  most  of  this  country 
waa  a  wilderness,  and  the  dilhcullies  of  (ra- 
veiling  frum  place  to  place  almost  insuper- 
able. And  yet  all  was  patiently  borne,  if 
BO  be  they  might  be  instrumental  in  carrying 
the  glad  tidings  of  salvation  to  their  poor 
and  deatitnte  brethren.  1  have  accompan- 
ied our  dear  departe<I  friend,  while  he  was 
rector  of  tliis  parish,  in  many  a  toilsome 
journey,  and  shared  with  him  in  many  an 
act  of  self-denial,  and  I  never  heard  one  im- 
patient or  cumplauuni;  word  escape  his  lips, 
but  all  was  borne  with  the  most  exampUry 
patience  and  fortitude.  But  why  need  X 
dwell  on  these  things  /  Hisnnceasini;  labours 
are  well  known  to  you  all.  For  some  forty 
years  be  went  in  i*nd  ont  among  yim,  visit- 
ing  the  sick,  c^tmforting  the  mournurs.  and 
aduiinisteritig  the  consolations  of  rvligioo  aa 
they  were  needed.  In  a  word,  ho  was  a 
»)'^/c/  p«irw/i  prtfst  i  and  tliw  ri^vitll  of  his 
fairhful  Uboum  is  still  manifest  and  de*^pty 
cherished  by  many  a  devout  and  faithful 
christian  heart  throughout  this  commu- 
nity." 

MufCabe,  John  Ale!iaudi*r,  M  A., 
Pnuoipal  of  the  Normal  School,  Oitiiwa, 
was  born  in  the  County  of  Ctvan,  Ireland, 
•m  the  'Jth  of  January,  1H12.  Mr.  MaoCabe 
was  educated  chietly  in  the  Irish  National 
schools,  and  at  the  Normal  Schont,  tluhlin, 
Irolanu.      ffi«  car*}«r  a«  a  ma«tt*r  has  been 


301 


A  cyclofjEDia  of 


an  Mtive  anil  nn  iui[>i>rtant  otiu,  hh  the  fuU 
lowiiikf  record  will  tihuw.  Ue  was  Knf^liJih 
aud  mathematical  niaster  in  the  (UoceFftii 
seminMTies  uf  Htitfast,  Ktlnioro  ami  Killar- 
n«y,  Irelntul  ;  sraa  (IHMU*)  mathematical 
master  in  the  Provincial  Normal  School. 
Trurn,  Nova  Scotia,  and  at  his  own  rutjuesi 
was  transferred  to  the  Knglish  iua»tur- 
ship  in  the  latter  school.  lu  \^lh  ho  be- 
came Principal  o!'  the  Provincial  Normal 
8cbouI  at  Ottawa.  Mr.  MaoCatic  takea  an 
active  interest  inmanyi>r>;ani/ttionB  proper 
tft  his  [Ktflirioii.  He  is  president  of  the  8t. 
Patrick's  Literary  Association  ;  president  of 
the  Prtrticiilar  Council  of  the  Society  of 
Saint  Vincent  de  Paul  ;  president  of  Branch 
^8  C  M.  B.  A.  He  is  likewise  a  member 
uf  the  head  qiiarlcrs  boaril  of  examiners 
of  candidates  for  ndmissioD  to  the  Royal 
Military  College,  Kin^xton,  and  a  member 
of  the  board  of  examiners  for  Carleton 
county.  He  was  graduated  B.  A.  at  the 
University  of  Ottawa  in  1877.  "ur  subject 
married,  on  the  2Uth  of  Apri),  \MS>,  Kate 
Anna,  ludy  child  of  James  Kelly,  of  Ennis- 
tymon,  Couuty  Clare,  Ireland.  It  will  be 
inferrB<l  from  the  foreyoing  that  activity 
and  energy  are  qualities  in  Mr.  MacCahe's 
character  ;  two  essentials  for  every  success- 
ful educationist.  At  a  superticial  glance  it 
would  be  imiHjaaible  to  estimate  the  impor- 
tance of  the  educHtiuual  and  literary  bent 
of  a  man  whose  methods  and  opinions  be- 
OUinc  law  with  a  la^l^?  portion  of  the  teachers 
in  our  public  schools,  iiud  the  iittniuments 
of  Mr.  MaoCabo  are  said  to  bo  very  satis- 
factory to  the  Minister  of  Kducation  and 
to  the  profession.  He  is  well  grounded,  is 
master  of  the  approved  educational  mothuds, 
and  gets  the  crEidit  of  keeping  himself  iu 
line  with  the  advancing  age.  Be  is  a  Roman 
cHtholic. 

MtrColiiian,  .\cll,  M.P.P.,  was  born 
in  the  parish  of  Kilcoman,  Island  of  IsUy, 
Argyleahire,  ou  the  15th  uf  February,  1834. 
He  is  a  son  of  Peter  McCoIman  and  Ann 
McAlTer,  daughter  of  the  lato  Duncan 
Mc.-Vffer,  of  the  village  of  Kilnaro,  on  the 
west  coast  of  Isluy.  Our  subject's  father 
adopted  the  life  of  a  farmer,  and  with  the 
outtiow  of  emigration,  came  to  Canada  in 
1845.  Ho  settled  in  Calodon  West,  whore 
he  remaiued  for  four  years,  then  he  re- 
moved to  the  township  of  CoUingwood  and 
begsn  as  a  farmer.  He  is  still  living  and  in 
his  Slith  year.  Mrs.  McColman  died  in  1878. 
There  was  left  a  family  of  six,  the  subject 
of  our  sketch  being  the  second  youngest. 
Neil  McColman  received  a  common  school 
educatiou  iu  Islay,  iScotland.     After  com- 


ing tu  this  country,  Iteing  then  only  twelve 
years  of  ago,  ho  tn^gnn   farming,  and    con- 
tinued at  tliis  occupation  with  good  sucoesSj 
until   )8l^*.i,  when   he   retired,    and    rr^ul 
his  farm  of  10(>  acrefl.      He  then  removi 
to  Thornbury  to  superintend  the  constnil 
tiou  of  the  harbour  works  in  tliat  village 
whore  hu  still  resides.     In  1807.  Mr.  MoCt)| 
man  was  electe«l  to  the  township  couuciJ 
CoUingwoot),  and  in  IHOt)  was  elocted  r*©i 
for    the   sante    toKnship.    and   he    was    re-l 
elected    for   several   years   afterwardn.     In 
1S84,  upon   the  death  of  the  liiU:   A.    W. 
Lauder,  M.  P.  P.,  he  contested   the  repre- 
Beutation  for  the  East  Hiding  of  Grey  for 
the  Ontario  house  agaiust  Robert  JMyb"*.  "' 
h^aphrasia  township,  aud  he   ancueedi' 
defeating  his  opponeut  by  a  majoritj'  ui  '  ._' 
votes,  which    was   a   very  decided  victory. 
Our  subject  is   a  member  of   the   Orange 
AssiKiiatioii,  and  has  held  the  ofhoe  of  mas- 
ter for  some  years.    At  present  hu  is  distrivt 
chaplain  of  CoUingwood  District,  and  is  a 
member  of  Lodge  No.  1087.     Hu  is  a  man 
of  wide  and   ripened    e.v[>erience,  and 
travelled  through  the  greater  part  of  Cam 
and    the   United  States.       In    jKilitics 
McColman    is    a  LiborabConservative, 
wns  president  of  the  East  Grey  Conl«i^^Vl 
tive  Association  for  six  or  seven  years.     Hi 
resigned  this  ofHce  at  the  time  of  his  ele( 
tion.      He  is  a  member  of  the    Pruvinci] 
Liberal-Consorvativo  Association.     He  wi 
married,  in  1857,  to  Martha  Oreen,  daugh- 
ter of  Maymun  Greon,    of    the    County    ot^ 
York,  a  native  of  Yurkshire,  England,  an^ 
by  this  laily  has  a  family  of  six   childrei 
Mr.  McColman's  public  career,  haa,  so  farj 
been  a  credit  to  him.  and  those  who  hai 
watched  his  administrative  abilities  in  mi 
nicipal    matters,    consider  him    a   shrei 
level-headed  man,  and  hfc  to  take  a  plaob  il 
any  deliberate  asseml  \y. 

DougiiU,    John,   New  York   (l^te 
Moati-eu.1).     There  ato  few  men  now  livii 
who  havd  dt>ne  more   good  as  a  juuiiialii 
and  a  temperance  reformer  than  the  ftubju* 
of  our  sketch.     John  Dougall  was  born 
the  town  of  Paisley,  Scotland,  on  the  8th 
July,  1808,  and  wtw  de.scended  from  an  in- 
telligent and  thrifty  imocstry.     His  grand- 
father, Duncan  Dougall,  who  was  only  thirty- 
six   years  older  than    his  grandson,  Johi 
Dougall,  was  tlie  sou  of  a  well-to-do  wearei 
and  wau  engagod  as  a  manufacturer  of  mui 
lin.     This   gentleman    was   an  enthusiast! 
tory,  even  in  the  midst  of  the  most  rampant! 
radicalism,  and  a  man  of  imperious  but  af-, 
feotionate  nature,  piissionutoly  fond  of  llow^ 
crs,  a  taste  for  which  descended  to  hia  grand-j 


CANADIAN  hlOGRAPBY. 


306- 


K 


Tltii  son,  JuHu  Dougoll,  the  father 

vrikA  siii'l  to  hive  been  the 

'    in   Pfusley,  and  a  keea  re- 

i»r.      U«  gHVM  his   tvu  sons,  John   (of 

louUvekl),  «ad  James  (of  Wmdaor),  a  desul- 

^ucation,  inolndtng  alinost  unlimited 

IMtC,  and  tn  enc>>iir.:i,'e  the  lads  in  their 

for  learnins,   startfKi  a  lx>ya*  literary 

lab  tn  his  ovn  nonse.     1)111  of    this   club, 

c  jMAUtei  of  six  raemborSf  sprang  one 

ttlid  thrco  journalisUt  all  of  considur- 

nV:*  nolo.     John   Dotigall,  with  the  idu»  uf 

to  S:}Uth  Aiuenca,  )t*arned  the  f^pia- 

Mj'iv^e.      Bat  this  field  uf  enterprise 

med,  and,  at  the  age  of  eighto^jn, 

sailed  for  Canada,  takins;  vith 

lar}e«  aasortment  of  ^oods,  with  th>9 

^f  «atablishing  a  branch  house  and  a 

eommtsaion  hutineav    In  the  proseouUou  of 

his  business  he  travelled  a  good  deal,  aud 

beemme  fumihar  with  the  then  rising  towns 

Wiftt  of  Moutreril,  and  a  winter  spent  in  the 

baokv^MMls  of  Lanark  tfave  him  an  insight 

into  the  privations  suffered  by  our  pionettr 

MiUors-     Brlr.  Dou^&ll  wns  U^nipurite  frocD 

•ariy  youth,  but  n-tt  until  1828  did  he  take 

an  Aotirtf  part  in  the  tempcruoco  in'>veni>3nt. 

Temperanoe  (that  i«  abstinence  from  strouij 

ftriuk,  but  tlie  use  of  wine  and  beer  in  mod-  ' 

erationi  -•»«  timr  pnbliclyadvocjitediu  M  mt-  ' 

H'jrt.  by  the  Kov.  Mr.  ChristniM,  1 

It  of  this  soran'^  the  M  >ntr«al  Tern-  j 

S  icioty,  which  Mr.  Dju^hU  joined, 

r>noo  liecame  one  of  its  mtat  active 

r^.     \\i*  then  bfloame  odiu>r   of  the 

.  o*c*'  Adrwaie,  the  ori^&n  of 

•_.■         lire,  aud  this  poiition  h^  ably 

twidition  to  oarryin^  on  hia  other 

intil    1840,   when  ho  sUrted   Tfir 

>-ipL>r,   with    which  hi«  name 

I  mtny  yu'trs  identified.      In 

jr.    I.  >  r-ed    tlmt  th»  moderate 

of  ¥H:  r  did  not  ducreAsa  the 

minbtr  ••!  .iniiik>»rda,  the  Blontreal  Teni' 

Society   therefwro   abandoned    thn 

tompersnco  pled;;**,  and    ailopted 

■ensible  <>ne  <d  u*i>\\    Hb!«(itK*neu 

■  -n   A-^nUn    thul  intinic:ite.      In  iii'^\ 
1  Kirk,    »>f    Bv>8lon,    havimj 

ti  il,    Mr.   Don^iil  wa*  no  im- 

||ii  w\tb  the  preAehint;  of  this  sealous 
'  thu  the  piety  of  his  boyh'xjd  was  ru- 
Tiv«l,wid  in  IH40.  sh-Ttly  after  his  m«r- 
ruffv.  hr  ;  >Tn«d  tht'  C  wigrei,' vlifnial  Church. 
Aaa  "led  a  c>n«i«tont  ui\9uibef  of 

|}m  ^  1  suicv^.      Thr-  H'slncu  itarted 

il  ;  cunUiiu  'd  f»»r  twn  years  to  be  pub- 
aa  a  w«iakly  shoot  ;  and  th'Mi  it  waa 
aa  a  •^•n>  '  '      a  tri-wiwkly.  ftn  1 

WMkljr.   In  I  ~  y  odition  WM  added 

1 


at  the  low  pric«  of  one  hiilf-penny,  and, 
thDUi^'h  maintaininif  the  strict  reli^ous  and 
temperance  character  of  its  predeceesors,  it 
rapidly  reachei,  throui^h  the  interest  excited 
by  the  American  war.  what  wu  then  an  un- 
precedented and  Bt^rtlin  r  ctroilari  m.  8ucb 
was  the  early  success  of  this  venture  in 
point  of  acceptance  with  the  pcopl-t.  that  its 
founder  never  oeaaod  to  o^itrive  how  to  se- 
cure the  efltabliBhtnent  of  daily  papers  of 
similar  chirncter  in  other  places.  H  ?  visited 
several  cities,  spoke  at  au  Intern uional 
Youn^M'u's  Cbristian  Au>ioi>itio[]  Ooivea- 
tion  in  behalf  of  cheap  daily  Ohnsiiao 
newspapers  ;  addreaami,  on  the  snme  sub- 
ject several  important  relit^ioiis  giihering«, 
and  conferred  with  ths  e  litora  of  religious 
weeklies  about  be;;iuQin^  daUy  editions,  but 
found  no  oue  prepared  to  try  ttie  experi- 
ment. Oivini;  Largely,  i)*rhip4,  to  tue  fail- 
ure of  the  Now  York  IVurUl  to  carry  out  the 
similar  reli^ous  intenciuus  of  itJt  founl-sra, 
the  propasivl  w<iA  not  cvrrted  out  till  1S71, 
when  Mr  Dju^«II  was  practically  encour- 
aged by  a  cfeuileman  nf  m-^ina  to  eommeucs 
the  ent'irpriso  bimietf,  and  Che  New  Vork 
Diiihj  ll'iY/Myw  wai  begun,  andc%rricd  on  for 
seven  yeira,  when  it  wns  oblige  1  to  snoonmb 
at  last  during  the  depro^si'm  uf  1878,  after 
a  lar<e  sum  of  money  hftd  boun  HX^^duded 
in  it ;  bu^  it  left  behind  it  the  Sov  Vork 
\F'-ri:''i  IVi'ti'-ss^  which  ufiw  hiks  a  circularim 
approtic'iin-^  a  hundred  th-uisihrad  copies 
weekly,  and  it  is  believed,  exMromes  an  in* 
fluenoe  in  that  country  second  to  no  other 
publication.  Thoug^h  Mr.  D  »u  .'all  ■■  now 
iu  his  seventy-ievunth  year,  he  is  still  halo 
and  hearty,  andapp.^reutly  hi«  ag'xid  m^tiy 
years  of  uinfiilnefs  »t-iH  before  h'm.  The 
M«*ntreal  Witnf.in  tias  buHu  und-i^r  tUe  mau- 
a'^euient  of  John  ll«d.iji*h  D  niiatt  since  hia 
father  went  to  New  Vork  in  1*171,  and  we 
are  pleased  to  aay  thut  ir.  is  one  uf  the  most 
popular  papers  iu  the  province  of  Q  lobec, 
and  tikiii]^'  its  daily  aud  weekly  circuUlii>n 
into  Hccuiiit,  isj  p»rh»ji<i,  the  lut^t  largely 
reaii  newspaper  iu  Oaua  ia,  It  i^  almost  un- 
n^rcessary  t>i  any  that  John  Redpath  l>>mraU 
has  followed  in  the  f  )OHt«ps  of  his  ffither, 
and  IS  a  stauMch  advocate  of  Teiapdrauoe 
and  Prdiibiiioii,  * 

^  Htiiylliv,  Edwurd  H.  Q  C,  LUD.» 
Kioifsion,  Oatrtrio,  was  l>orn  at'  W/inond- 
h*m,  near  Mnlton  M  «wbray,  Leice«ier«liire, 

KugUnd,  in  the  yt-*&r  IHII.  He  is  a  S'm  of 
the  U-jvereuJ  ^V.  Herb  *rt  Smy  tue,  lorm  »rly 
of  the  dii>c««e  of  Huron,  au  I  subrarju  tntly 
of  Vaiuw  irth,  dioc(««o  of  llilfkri.t  Y'ouutf 
Kmythe  received  hi^  early  ebtcaUonai  in- 
struction at  the   N  jrth    Lon  Ion  t.:oiIe^tate 


312 


A  CYCLOPMVU  OF 


logy  of  Senator  Turner  U  uot  necesanry,  for 
hii  careor  is  before  the  reader.  But  let  it 
be  Mtid  that  hiii  Y\l»  ia  a  most  reraarkablu 
one  in  a  bobiness  sense.  Senator  Turner 
has  diiiplayed  industry,  commercial  iiifight, 
and  judguient  far  above  the  common  older  ; 
and  m  his  place  in  tha  Senate  his  cotiiiHel 
and  decistona  are  always  held  in  thehi:jhi;st 
possible  regard.  He  is  not  leas  worthy,  and 
ail  urnMiiieni,  a»  Senator  than  as  merchant. 
Oc'foc,  DauicI  ncCarlliy,  Alder- 
man, Toronto,  was  horn  at  Belleville,  Oi»- 
tario,  in  April,  1836  ;  and  was  a  son  of 
Joseph  and  Joanna  Defoe,  of  that  place. 
He  received  his  education  in  his  native 
town,  studying  Etigbth,  Latin  and  mathe- 
matics, at  Albert  College,  Belleville.  In 
April,  1859,  he  entered  the  office  of  O.  K. 
Henderson,  BelleviJle,  to  study  law  ;  and 
passed  his  primary  examination  at  Osi^oode 
Hall,  in  May,  l«tjl,  Ue  continued  his 
studies  for  three  years  in  the  office  of  Mr. 
Henderson,  then  entered  with  A.  R.  Dou- 
gaJl,  alsu  of  Belleville,  where  he  remained 
for  htteen  roonthfl.  At  the  end  of  tliia  penr>d 
he  reuiovtd  to  Toronto  (August,  lH*i3),  en- 
tering the  office  of  Patterson,  Harrison  & 
Hodyins,  of  that  city.  The  concluding  nine 
months  of  his  prescribed  study-period  was 
spent  in  this  tirm  ;  and  in  May,  18G4,  Mr. 
Defoe  waa  admitted  to  j>ractice  as  an  attor- 
ney and  solicitor  of  Osgoode  U«ll.  He  now 
entered  iutn  a  legal  partnership  with  Laur- 
ence Heyden,  of  Toronto,  and  this  partner- 
ship continued  till  18ti0,  when  Mr.  Ueyilcn 
retired  ;  and  from  that  time  to  the  present 
our  subject  has  contniued,  and  with  marked 
success,  to  practice  law  upon  his  own  ac- 
count. A  sound  and  practical  knowledge  cf 
hia  profession,  enerj/y  in  its  practice,  and 
very  eicellent  natural  abilities  have  told  in 
our  subject's  favour  aa  a  barrister.  He  has 
not  oonlined  himself  entirely  to  the  law,  but 
has  given  a  gnat  deal  of  attention  to  sub- 
jects of  civic  concern.  He  entered  the  city 
council  as  Hlderman  for  bt.  Andrew's  ward 
in  18S2  ;  and  has  been  re-elected  for  that 
othce  every  city  election  since.  Un  the 
reaignation  of  Colonel  F.  C.  Denison,  in  Sep- 
tember, 1884,  Mr.  Defoe  waa  elected  chair- 
man  of  the  Executive  Committee,  and  atill 
continues  to  hold  that  poaition.  Our  subject 
is  a  staunch  Conservative,  and  has  been 
vice-president  of  the  St.  Andrew's  ward 
branch  of  the  Liberal-Conservative  Associa- 
tion. He  is  a  Roman  catholic.  He  married 
on  ibe  I'Jlh  September,  1882,  Anna  Jlarion 
Jackson,  only  daughter  of  the  late  Captnin 
Charles  Jackson,  of  the  United  States  army. 
It  is  very  generally  oottcedcd  that  Mr.  Defoe 


is  one  of  the  most  useful,  able  and  zealous 
aldermen  that  the  City  of  Toronto  has  ever 
had  in  her  service,  and  we  hare  little  donbt 
that  at  no  distant  day  the  citizens  will  show 
their  appreciation  of  his  fidelity  t4>  their  in- 
terest? \>y  *»lecLini»  him  their  mayor. 

j4»hiiNfon,  John,  Belleville,  Inapector 
of  Sciioola  for  South  Hastings  and  the  City 
of  Bulieville,  was  born  twelve  miles  from  En* 
verness,  Scotland,  in  the  year  1838.    in  1^6 
he  arrived  in    Belleville   with   his    pan*uta, 
William  and  Susanna  Johnston.     When  he 
hadattuined  hia  eighth  year  he  began  to  at 
tend  the   public  schools   of  Belleville,  an 
continued  to  do  so  for  Ere  yoara.     Wh 
he  became  old  enough  to  be  of  aervice,  he 
worked    during  the   spring,    suaimer,    and 
early  autumn  upon  the  farm  with  his  father, 
and  attended  school   in   winter.     So  grea< 
were  hia  industry  and  capacity  that  he 
able  to  keep   up   his  year's    work  notwith 
standini;  his  summer  absence.  In  the  spring 
of  18o7  he  obtained  from  the  county  board  %. 
Hrat-claaa  certificate,  and  on  the  lat  Decem- 
ber of  the  same  year,  began  to  teach  a  publio 
school  in  the  second  concession  of  Sidney, 
being  thou  in  his  nineteenth  year.    He  taugh 
here  for  two    and   a   half  years,  and   the: 
proceeded  to  Toronto,  where  he  entered 
Normal   School,  under  Thomaa  J.  Ro 
son,    M.A.y    as    head  master,  and    Herbei 
Stingater,  aa  second  master,  obtaining  at  th 
close   of  the    term    a   provincial  certificate, 
second'class.  grade  A.     In  IStil  he  be^antd 
teach  the  very  echool  at  which  he  attended 
while  working  upon   the  farm.     In  May  of 
the  same  3  ear  he  married  Augusta  Rowe 
Sidney,    and  settled  down  to  teaching  ai 
education  aa  a  life  work.      In  l8t>G  the  Irua-^* 
lees  of  his  schcy^l   i>ertiutted  him   to  attend 
the  Normal  institution  ;  and  during  hia  ab- 
sence his  wife  took  charge  of  his  school.  Hi 
now  to4)k  a  lirst-clasa  provincial  certiticato,' 
grade    B  ;  and  in  June,    1871,   obtained   a 
grade   A.     He   tau;>ht   this  school  with  so 
much  Bucoess,  and  in  a  manner  so  RatLafao<^| 
U>ry  to  the  public,  that  in  April,  1871,  thofl 
county  council  unanimously  apjM^inted  him 
inspector  of  schools  for  South  HHStings.    In 
1874  he  waa  likewiso  appointed  inapector  oCH 
schools  for  Belleville.     Inspector  JohnstoiiH 
ia  a  member  of  the   St.  Andrew's  Presby- 
terian church,  under  the  ministralions  of  th« 
Iter.  M.  W.  McLean,  M.A.      He   has  like^ 
wise  been  president  of  the  S^^iuth  Haating^H 
Tftachera'  Asaociation  since  1871.      It  is  notf^ 
overstating  the  case  to  say  that  Mr.  John- 
Btou  ia  one  of  the  moat  popular,  and  at  the 
same  time  moat  efficient   sohoal  inapeetun 
in  the  province  of  Ontario. 


I.D<^I 
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A 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPBT. 


307 


UcaoM  manager.     He  resoWed,  however, 
l»  BO  to  Ciuiftda,  nod  in  September,  1857, 
luwd  in  Qu«beo.     From  Quel>«c  hi?  pro- 
Mailed    to   Dandaa.  where   h«    eiiKAged   a« 
^aMQ^tr  in  the  eniploj  of  J.  M.  Kirl>y.  of 
^'    "   ^tamboro^  who  carried  on  an  ext«n- 
>  iliAg    and  distillery    buftiuess    con- 
^.y .    He  remained  hero  for^hout  a  year, 
liken  reinmed  to  the  tonlTof  Dnndcia, 
ihe  employ  of    Billiiigtuii  A:  For- 
'9llM,nuniifacturt;r«  uf  a^^^icultiiral  iiiipU- 
Tn*j  yt-ara  later    he   eutored  into 
^tiip  with  John  Waltun.  brewur  and 
I  ,    at    Chatham,    Ontario,    the    5rm 
'  !»wn  us  Walton  &  lunea.    Although 
,■  r  in  this  concern,  he  fttill  retained 
Lu  L»v«iikon    with   Billington   A:  For«ythe. 
In  iHfWi  ItH  purchased  hia  partner's  intereet, 
:.'  to  Chatham,  be  carried  on 
t  here  for  about  two  years.   He 
u\<ta  >.  <i»i  tuc  premiaea  and  removed  to  Fer- 
ffnm,    where  he  entered  into  pnrtnerfthip  m 
"      '      r.dry  bustuesa  with  the  Ute  James 
Four  yoHrs  lat«ir  he  retiretl  from 

'  •'  -n  took  fhurj^e  of  the  buai- 

nan,  A  hir^e  manufacturer 

viit  in  DundJiB.      For  two 

1    in  thu    eatabliahnienC, 

lu  waa  the  principal  ^rain 

eueral  manager.     Before 

.!  from  this  lirtu  he   pur- 

!ie    tiuaiueaa  <>f  CAmernu  &.  Innea, 

tf  "wner«  and  forwardors,  of  Diin- 

_■   un  Uie  ontt-rpriM^  till    1873. 

iie  retired  from  buftinesa,  sell- 

uj^  ttU  iiU  iToperty.    In  1871  he  removed  to 

tlu  (own  of  Simcoe.  wher^  he  entered  into 


partnem: 
pUoo.    I 

urw)  fr 

...V       \| 


1,  of    that 
Mture  and 
.11  r.  I  linen  re- 
liia  connectiou 
'^     I'onnected 
rimc-nt  at 
.  a.u  Ameri- 
in    pound  net 
_  :.  :uid  Mr.  Innes 

<u  liahiug  intereat  iu  that 
•ju    the    buainesa    there 
>i  it-        He   likewise  pnr- 
■<    ry   < -lUblishment  of  John 
>^  '",  &ud    took    his  nephew, 
i<  r,   into  pikrtnerahip.     Thia 
nn|^M  r  >..      nrcl  Oh  until  1H81,  when, 

HJHBbe'^    t|je,  Mr.  Inni*B  band- 

■Fftg  aatJitMuhment  over  U*  biiu,  aud  ru- 
from  tbe  tirm.  While  connecteil  with 
^hm  grocery  buatnuu,  he,  in  c^muvotiun  with 
Dr.  James  Uayiv,  at  prt'sent  mayor  of  Sim- 
It.  T.  L«vinicston,  barrister,  and  now 
Jiadc#  Lirifi((Sion  ;  Joseph  Jackson,  lumber 


merchant,  now  member  of  the  Dominion 
Parliament  for  South  Norfolk,  e.<)tabliahed 
the  Simcoe  Canning  Company,  which  busi- 
ness cmtinued  until  1881,  when  Mr.  Jack- 
aoii  and  the  subject  of  thia  sketch  purchased 
the  interest  of  the  other  members  of  the 
firm.  The  newly -organized  business  was 
conducted  nnder  the  name  of  the  Simcoe 
Canning  Company.  The  buaineaj*,  which 
Btill  continues,  and  is  attended  with  abun- 
dant auceeas,  oonsisla  in  the  canning  and 
preaerviutr  of  all  kinds  of  frulta,  vegetables, 
poultry,  etc.  The  tirm  have  siso  in  connec- 
tion with  the  canning  department,  exten- 
sive evaporators  for  drying  fruits  snd  vege- 
tables. The  eRtabtiahmeni  employs  about 
one  hundred  hands,  daring  tlie  busy  season. 
Thoy  purchase  all  the  surplus  scook  of  fmita 
and  vegeta)>loB  in  the  surrounding  country, 
besides  imp'>rtinglar::e  iiuaniiti)is  from  other 
sections  of  Canada  and  the  United  States. 
The  trade  of  this  enterprising  house  now 
extends  through  all  of  Cana<l.i,  and  there 
are  occasional  shipments  to  Oreat  Britain 
and  South  America.  Mr.  Innea  was  a  mem' 
ber  of  the  Dundaa  artillery  company,  under 
Colonel  WiUiam  Notman  ;  and  has  been  a 
member  uf  the  Simcoe  school  board  fur  a 
number  of  years.  He  has  been  connected 
with  alraoat  every  great  enterprise  near  him 
in  a  prominent  way  ;  and  has  lilways  given 
his  support  to  the  Conservative  party  when 
political  (jiiestiona  arose.  He  has  been  an 
elder  of  St.  Panl*s  (Presbyterian)  church 
for  several  years.  In  18(J8,  he  married 
Marion  Livingstone,  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
M.  W'.  Livingstone,  Presbyterian  minister, 
Simcoe.  The  fruit  of  this  union  is  a  family 
of  BIX  children,  four  boys  and  two  girls. 
Altogether  our  subject's  career  has  been  one 
of  unusual  energy,  enterprise,  and  business 
pluck. 

Baker,  WUIIam  John,  Belleville, 
wa.s  born  on  the  \Kh  May,  181^5.  in  Belle- 
ville, (Canada.  His  father,  J  .>hn  Baker,  waa 
a  native  of  England,  who  came  to  Canada 
with  the  British  trmi^is  at  an  early  period. 
When  he  left  the  army  he  settled  in  BelJe- 
vilte,  where  afterwards,  as  wo  have  seen, 
waa  born  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  William 
Jtihn  Baker  received  his  early  edncatirmal 
inatnictiou  at  a  private  school,  for  at  thia 
time  public  schools  had  not  been  established 
at  BelleviUo,  or  in  its  neighbourhood.  He 
mode  the  very  most  of  his  ouportunitiet, 
and  by  and  by,  when  the  world  lay  before 
him,  through  which  he  must  win  hia  way, 
he  waa  not  unprepared,  in  an  intoUoctual 
aenae,  for  the  work.  He  was  apprenticed 
to  the  trade  of  carriage- making,  and  after 


zu 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


logy  of  Senator  Tnrner  it  wot  neceuary,  for 
bia  c&r«er  is  befure  the  reaifer.  But  let  it 
be  iwid  that  hia  life  ia  li  moBt  rcmArkHble 
one  in  a  biifiiueBa  aenBe.  Senator  Turner 
baa  diBpUved  industry,  commercial  iusigbt, 
aiul  judgmeDt  far  abuve  tbu  cuiiuiiou  oidur  ; 
and  in  his  place  in  the  Seuate  his  couusel 
and  deciaions  are  always  held  in  tbehiRhent 
pnBsihIe  regard.  Ho  is  not  less  worthy,  and 
all  nriiHjut'iir.  a»  Senat^T  than  -aa  incrchHnt. 
Uc-roe.  Oaiiicl  nrCnrlhy,  Alder- 
man, TdMHto,  was  Vtorn  al  Boileville,  On- 
tario, in  Aprd,  1835  ;  and  was  a  son  of 
J(jfl«pb  and  Ji)anna  Defoe,  of  that  place. 
He  receivtfd  his  education  in  his  nativu 
town,  studying  Eugbsh,  Latin  and  matbe- 
matioa,  at  Albert  Collejie,  Belleville.  In 
April,  1859,  ho  entered  the  office  of  G.  E. 
Hender»»u,  Bitllevitlp,  to  atuily  law  ;  and 
puMtid  bis  primary  cx&minatioD  at  Osgoode 
Halt,  in  May.  18CI.  He  continued  his 
studies  for  three  years  in  the  ofUce  of  Mr. 
Henderson,  tbeu  entered  with  A.  K.  Dou- 
gall,  also  of  Belleville,  where  he  remained 
for  tifteen  months.  At  the  end  of  this  period 
he  removed  to  Toronto  (August,  ltiC3),  en- 
tering the  ottice  uf  Patterson,  Harrison  <& 
H(»dKin8,  of  that  city.  The  concluding  nine 
mouths  of  his  prescribed  study- period  waa 
speut  in  this  tinu  ;  and  in  May,  1864,  Mr. 
Defoe  waa  admttttd  to  practice  as  an  attor- 
ney and  solicitor  of  Osgoode  Hall.  He  now 
entered  tnt<p  a  le^al  partnership  with  Laur- 
ence Heyden,  of  Toronto,  and  this  partner- 
ship  continued  till  J8G0,  when  Mr.  Heyden 
retirLd  ;  and  fr(»m  tlmt  time  to  the  present 
our  subject  has  continued,  and  with  marked 
■uccess,  to  practice  law  upon  bia  own  ac- 
count. A  sound  and  practical  knowledge  uf 
bis  profetaiou,  energy  in  its  practice,  and 
very  excellent  natural  abilitiea  havu  tuld  iu 
our  ftubject  a  f»vt>nr  as  a  barrister.  He  has 
not  coi>Hned  himself  entirely  to  the  law,  but 
has  given  a  great  deal  of  atrenlion  to  snb- 
jecla  of  civic  concern.  He  tutored  the  city 
council  aa  alderman  for  St.  Andrew's  ward 
in  18H2  ;  and  baa  been  re  elected  for  that 
otHce  every  city  election  since.  On  the 
resignatioD  of  Colonel  F.  C.  Denisou,  iu  Sep* 
tember,  1884,  Mr.  Defoe  was  elected  chair- 
man of  the  Executive  Committee,  and  still 
continues  to  hold  that  position.  Oursubject 
is  a  staunch  Conservative,  and  baa  been 
vice-president  i>f  the  St.  Andrew's  ward 
branch  of  the  Liberal-ConBervative  Associa- 
tion. He  is  a  Homan  ciiiholic.  He  married 
on  ibe  ]2tb  September,  1882,  Anna  Marion 
Jackson,  only  daughter  of  the  late  Cnptaiu 
CharieH  Jackson,  of  the  United  States  army. 
it  ia  very  generally  conceded  that  Mr.  Defoe 


is  one  of  tlr 
aldenuen  t. 
had  in  her  » 
that  at  no  ■-• 
their  appre*- 
terestp  by  v- 
JohnstM 
of  ScUiiDla  . 
of  Belleville 
vernesa,  Set" 
he  arrived 
William  anc 
liad  :ittaine<: 
tend  the  pt* 
continued  t*' 
he  became  c 
worked    dui 
early  autum- 
and  attendc 
were  bin  ind 
able  til  keei 
atandini;  bia> 
of  I8:.7  he  o 
tirst-class  ce 
ber  of  the  ss. 
school  in  th 
being  then  ii 
here  for  tw 
proceeded  tc 
Normal  Sch* 
eon,    M.A.y  • 
Bitngster,  aa  v 
close  of  the 
second-class, 
teach  the  ve 
while  workii 
the  same  jeir 
Sidney,   and 
education  as- 
tees  of  his  si'< 
the  Normal    ■ 
sence  his  wit 
now  took  A 
grade    B  ;  ni 
grade  A.      I 
much  Bucceai 
t<»ry  to  tho  I 
county  count 
inspector  of  t 
1874  he  waa  I 
schools  for  B 
ia  a  member 
terian  church 
Bev.  M.  VV 
wise  been  pt 
Teachers'  Asj 
overstating  tl 
ston  is  one  <•! 
same  time   in 
in  the  provin* 


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CANADIAN  ElOGRAPHW 


ao» 


CluM  appliutioiit  good  ability,  and 
and  profeasional  integrity  9<*on 
rvir«Lrd.  It  was  n«.t  long  be- 
iiia  found  himself  in  ii><5S««> 
Live  and  wide-mxtending  prac- 
now  head  of  the  well-kuown 
izuu.  Kidd  &  Rutherford,  tie 
''•rest  ia  military  matters, 
iJKBion  in  the  GoTemor- 
<  -<.  '  f  iiiirds.  Mr.  Hudgiiia  Lb  not 
■hnt  up  in  his  profewiion,  but 
^pu«aea«ea  a  wide  npirit  uf  pub- 
He  ia  connected  with  nearly 
tt  public  enterprise  in  the 
letC'U  and  in  hia  adr^pted  city, 
compriae  stock  oompanies 
orijauizatioiia.  Mr.  Hodginu 
iberal-Conserrative,  and  bolou:;8  to  a 
kid  Conaerrative  family.  Ue  takes 
nmble  interest  in  p«>Iitics,  having  been 
idate  for  the  leginlature  in  1883,  for 
tivo  county.  He  takes  a  deep  in- 
in  ererything  connected  with  agri- 
it,  in  which  occupation  ho  haa  been 
7T  leas  engaged  during  his  lifetime. 
kt  present  the  uwner  of  an  extenaiv<i 
a  Uie  townahip  of  Uuntley.  He  baa 
•d  extenaivolj  on  this  continent  and 
lUBurope.  In  religion,  he  is  a  mem- 
Hl  Episcopal  church,  nnd  ia  deeply 
BB  in  eTcrything  pertaining  to  its 
i. 

^Mour,  Robert,  Stratford.  On- 
Diatriot  Soperiutendeut  Grand  Trunk 
ty,  in  th*?  County  uf  Dundaa,  was 
■  r,  1841.  Hu  parents, 
L  th,  were  born  near  Bel- 
rcUutd,  iViim  which  city  they  sailed 
nada,  on  the  day  of  their  marriage, 
n  their  arrival  they  settled  in  the 
lip  nf  MatihU,  Citunty  of  Dundas. 
Mpfiur  ia  iiue  of  the  pi<tne«ra  of  that 
flnd  he  baa  now  lived  over  half  a 
^on  the  farm  wheru  he  felled  the  trees 
e  r"om  for  his  ahanty.  Uo  served  as 
iu  at  the  battle  uf  the  Windmill, 
place  was  invested  by  the  (illi- 
oni  the  hnnter*s  hKlgen.  Young 
)ur  subject,  was  eductited  at  the 
>uniy  t*rammar  School,  the  head- 
that  time  being  Mr.  Carmen,  now 
irrnm,  uf  Cobuurg.  lie  passed 
U  the  forms,  and  took  a  teacher's 
the  lat«  Hvv.  Dr.  Ryerstm  being 
imlncr.  He  joined  the  3nl  lUttal- 
[*rand  Trunk  Kjulway  Hrigade,  at 
i*rd,  as  captain  i»  18(i(i.  and  obtained 
ik  xf  major  ;  and  ho  served  under 
>'u)esley,  at  Thurutd  oamp,  in  18tJ7. 
tfnvoor  ira*  employed  as  aaaistaul  of 


the  postmaster,  Geo.  Brouse,  when  only  six- 
teen years  old.  Here  he  learned  telegraphy^ 
and 'he  afterwards  entered  the  service  of 
the  Montreal  Telegraph  Company,  and  was 
transferred  from  that  company  to  the 
Grand  Trunk  Railway  Company,  on  the 
completion  of  the  line  from  Montreal  to 
Brockville.  He  ia  a  master  mason,  and  was 
made  in  18C4,  in  Kl^in  Lmlge.  Montreal. 
In  reliifion  he  professes  Kpiscopaliiinism. 
He  married,  on  tho  25th  of  December,  1800, 
Lizzie  Gardhara,  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Gardham,  both  of  whoin  were 
burn  in  P^ngland,  but  removed  to  Canada 
early  in  life.  For  some  years  they  lived  in 
Kingston,  where  the  father  of  Mrs.  Gard- 
ham  held  the  position  of  military  store- 
keeper, under  tho  Imperial  govcrumeut. 
Shortly  after  entering  the  service  of  the 
Grand  Trunk  Railway  (with  which  com- 
pany he  has  now  been  connected  for  twenty- 
sigHt  years),  Mr.  Larroour  was  ramove<l  to 
Island  Pond,  Vermont ;  thence  to  Portland, 
and  tu  various  other  points  on  the  Atlantic 
and  St.  Lawrence  division,  until  the  com- 
pletion uf  the  Victoria  Bridge,  when  he 
was  removed  to  Montreal,  and  later  on  to 
Kingatjjn,  and  again  to  Montreal.  When 
the  Prince  of  Wales  visited  Canada,  our 
subject  was  chosen  telegrapher,  and  whose 
duty  it  was  to  accompany  the  Prince  when 
ho  was  travelling  through  the  country.  In 
1805,  on  the  rotireraont  of  O.  8.  Wood, 
he  applied  for  the  position  of  su[}erintend- 
ent  of  the  Montreal  Telegraph  Company, 
and  was  warmly  supported  in  his  applica- 
tion by  many  of  the  then  directors.  It 
will  be  remembered  by  many  that  the 
(question  of  the  appointment  of  Mr.  Wood^s 
sucoeasor  was  brouyht  before  the  Legisla- 
tive Assembly,  then  aitting  in  Quebec,  and 
was  finally  decided  that  the  ventrable 
secretary,  James  Dakers,  should  assume 
the  mansgemeut  without  appointing  a  suc- 
cessor to  Mr.  Wood.  He  was  appointed 
district  superintendent  of  the  LtutTaJu  and 
Goderich  district  of  the  Grand  Trunk  Hail- 
way,  in  the  spring  of  IHliO  and  took  u])  Itis 
residence  at  Rrantford.  In  June  of  that 
year  the  Fenian  raid  at  Fort  Erie  took 
place.  He  was  at  Fort  Erie  the  morning 
tif  the  crosfling,  and  sent  the  first  alarm  to 
the  {general  in  command  at  Toronto,  He 
retreated,  with  all  the  rolling  stock  of  the 
railway,  to  Port  Culbome,  and  took  a  prom- 
inent part  in  the  movements  of  volunteers 
until  the  affair  was  over.  For  this  he  was 
specially  thanked  bv  the  board  of  directors, 
and  he  hsa  now  in  his  poasession  a  number 
of  l«ttvrs  showing  the  high  value  set  upoahia 


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A  CyCLOPACDIA  OF 


oool-heftdedneu,  and  prompt,  wise  notion, 
ftt  a  time  when  confusiun  wiu  everywhere. 
In  18<i9,  our  aubject  was  reinov«H  to  Strat- 
ford, having  the  lino  from  Strafford  to  L<in- 
don  and  Sarnta  aJded.  Afterwards  was 
added  the  line  to  Detroit  and  Jackaun, 
Michigan,  and  finally  the  linu  from  Strat- 
ford to  Toront<>.  and  from  Port  Dover  to 
Wiorton  and  Durham.  He  was  relieved  of 
the  charge  of  lines  in  Michigan. 

Leu'ln,  John,  Hetlpvilli*,  Ontario,  the 
longest  eatahliflhcd  hardwiire  merchant  of 
that  place,  xa  a  native  of  Chatham.  England, 
where  he  wa«  born  on  March  3lBt.  1821. 
ThoU)?h  of  English  birth,  ho  in  "f  pure 
Welsh  extnvctiiui,  both  liia  parents  having 
beuu  natives  of  Wales.  Uia  father,  Lewis 
Lewis,  enlisted  in  the  British  anny  early  in 
life,  and  was  drafted  into  the  Itojal  engi- 
neers. In  1823  hiscor[>fi  was  sent  to  the 
West  Indiea,  and  during  his  service  there, 
hifl  children  resided  with  their  j^randpareuts, 
near  Aberyatwiih,  South  Wales.  The  fam- 
ily moved  to  Duvonport,  England,  in  IH27, 
and  lived  thereuntil  1831,  when  1j«  wis  Lt^wis 
came  to  Quebec  with  his  rt*^iment,  and  hia 
family  came  with  him.  The  elder  Lewis 
waa  a  sini^ularly  upright  and  God-fearing 
man,  and  was  so  noted  in  the  regiment  for 
hifl  piety  that  he  was  dubbed  by  his  com- 
rades ''  the  holy  Lowifi.'*  The  influence  of 
his  precept  and  example  waa  nnt  lost  on  his 
ohildrnn.  His  eldest  son,  Eben,  became  a 
prominent  and  useful  minister  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  in  England,  and  after- 
wards  laboured  for  many  years  and  with 
diatingtiishcd  snccoas  as  a  missionary  in 
Bindoatan.  John,  the  fourth  son,  and  the 
aubject  of  this  notice,  was,  in  1834,  appren- 
ticed to  a  liquor  merchant,  but  the  business 
was  diatasteful  to  him,  and  after  his  tive 
yeara  apprenticeship  had  expired,  he  abau- 
duoed  the  calling,  and  went  into  the  hard* 
ware  busineaa.  For  eight  years,  from  1841 
to  1849,  he  served  as  a  clerk  in  a  whole- 
sale house  in  Sltuitreal  ;  but  hia  enterprise 
and  ambition  prompted  him  at  last  to  launch 
into  business  on  his  own  account,  and 
in  September,  1849,  he  established  the  lirst 
hardware  store  iji  Belleville,  and  he  has 
continued  this  business  ever  since.  Mr. 
Lowia  has  also  done  much  towanis  encourag- 
ing the  manufacturing  interests  of  Belle- 
rille.  He  was  for  some  time  engaged  in 
Uie  lumber  business  on  an  oxt^^nsivo  scale, 
and  was  largely  interested  in  the  manu- 
facture of  skates,  carriage  springs  and 
hames  ;  but  ntme  of  those  enterprises  prov- 
ing profitable,  they  were  one  after  the  other 
abandoned.     Mr.  Lewis  is  generally  regard- 


ed as  one    of   the   soundest   and    ablest 
Belleville's  business  men.      He    h&s    sevei 
times  been  elected  by  his  fellow  citi^^ons  to 
represent  them  at  the  municipal  txtard,  and 
vthili:  ho  served  as  atuwn  councillor,  he  wai 
an  energetic  and    faithful  guarJi&n  of  fhn 
tnwn's  interests.     Mr.  Lewis  was  a  ni' 
of  the  first  Oddfellows'  lodge  establish 
Montreal,  the  Prince  of  Wales  lodge,  wlucii 
he  jfiined  in  1844.     Ue  is  also  a  memVter  of 
the  Masonic  craft ;  and  has  for  many   . 
been  on  tho  eominiasion  uf  the  peace.    1 
early  manhood  Mr.  Lewis  has  been  in    ^    ;i 
tics  a  staunch  HU])porter  of  Kefonn   prin- 
ciples, and  was  on  one  occasion  thestaT^i  ■"- ' 
btarer  of    hia  party.       When  the  pr'" 
elections  occurred  in  187o,  he  was  prcii 
of  the  West  Uaatings    Reform  Assoaat4on, 
and  was  selected  by  the   reformers  of   that 
riding  to  contest  it  in  their  interest.     There 
were  two  other  candidates  in  the  field,- — the 
reform  vote  was  split, — and  after  a  rigorous 
and  exciting  campaign,  ho  was  defeated  by  a 
narrow  majority.       In  religion    Mr.    Lewis 
has  been  a  Methodist   all    his   life,    having 
joined  the  church  of  hia  father  and    grand- 
father, whilst  yet  a  lad,  and  remained  in   it 
up  ti>  the  present  time.    For  many  yearn  he 
has  been  secretary  to  the  Hoard  of  Trust^'es 
of  the  church  to  which  ho  belongs.     He  has 
been  twice  married.   In  1851  he  was  wedded 
to  Mary  E.  Jones,  eldest  daughter  of  Rev. 
K.  Jones,  of  Cobuurg,  Ontario,  and  a  \AXtfi 
family  was  the  result  of  this  union.   In  1871 
Mrs,  Lewis  died,  and  two   years   ]at«r   Mr. 
Lewis  placed  her  sister  at   the  head    of  hia 
household. 

Rultray,  WllliHin  J.,  Toronto.— The 
late  Mr.  Rattray  was  bom  in  London,  Kn<^- 
land,  in  1835.  The  family  came  to  Canada 
iu  1848,  and  settled  in  Toronto.  Mr.  Rat- 
truy,  sr.,  carried  on  business  as  a  baker  for 
many  years  on  Yonge  street,  Toronto,  and 
was  highly  respected  as  a  citizen.  William 
entered  the  Toronto  University  in  1854.  and 
devoted  himself  earnestly  to  study,  especial- 
ly in  tlie  deuartment  of  metaphysics  and 
philoBopy,  and  soon  developed  rare  iuielleo- 
tnal  yifts  as  an  active  reosoncr.  Ho  was 
elected  prize-speaker  and  president  of  th« 
Oollego  Literary  Society,  and  his  clear  and 
thoutjhtful  ntterauces  soon  won  for  him  a 
brilliant  reputation  among  the  young  men 
of  his  time.  On  graduating,  he  carried  off 
the  gold  medal  in  mental  science.  Mr. 
Rattray  was  for  many  years  before  his  death, 
connected  with  tlio  Toronto  preas,  his  most 
noteworthy  work  being  done  on  The  Mail, 
A  series  of  articles  which  appeared  weekly 
in  this  paper,  extending  over  sovoral  y< 


CA  KADI  AN  BWORAPBT, 


»      WM 


rtth  the  contliH  between  agnostic- 
I  varioua  furius  and  revealed  relig- 
t<Ml  »  ^eat  dtiid  uf  attenliou  at  lite 
1  ««JH9  greatly  ndtnired  by  a  wide 
readera.  Thpy  presented  ilie  *irtho- 
of  the  f(U68iioa  with  j^reat  force 
\\j.  He  also  wrote  articlei  to  the 
I  Afi'rifii/y,and*wa4  aiiion^nt  its  moat 
c^ntnbutorB.  llic*  last  work  on 
tmgB4ied  waa  the  "Soott  in 
America,"  n  four  volume  book 
ver  reflect  credit  on  it*  author, 
nearly  comi-leted  the  laat  vol- 
th  came  and  nut  a  stop  to  his 
neuu  here.  Mr.  Rattray's  in- 
U  an  unusually  aotive  one,  nnd  hia 
iijktara]  facultiee  were  cnltivatHd  by 
E  steady  and  cuusiaut  rerieotiou.  Ea- 
a  many-»ided  man  intellectu.-iily.  he 
ft  vfjiial  [Miwer  and  grasp  uf  hiDsub- 
ciilini;  with  current  political  and  aoc- 
aa  iu  grappling  with  the  deeper 
of  life  and  eternity,  which  of  later 
krowed  BO  much  of  his  thoughts. 
waa  notable  for  ita  lucidity, 
and  fiiiiah,  which  made  overy- 
wrute  ruadAble,  and  ])leaaed  ovpn 
did  not  convince.  Feraonatly,  Mr. 
iraa  on»'  uf  the  must  honourable  of 
tJ  thontjh  owing  to  hia  somewhat 
dtflpoaitjiin,  his  circle  of  intimate 
^aa  not  numerous,  there  were  many 
iui;  had  only  a  parsing  acquaintance, 
at  sorrow  at  his  premature  dcKth. 
"n  Toronto,  on  the  26th  SeptemV>er, 
l«r  an  tllnoMa,  the  long  and  iusid- 
f  which  had  greatly  ini- 
h  aery  vital   force.      By    the 

Mi.  lUttmy,  Canadian    literature 
H  ^reat  lass. 
rr,  Hon.  Jatncfi,  Senator,  Ham- 
tHTlo,  was  born  in  Glaa^uw,  Scot- 
ttip  :tUt  March,  X^'ZQ.     Ho  ia  a  son 
te  Ji»hn  Turner,  of  MacLellan  & 
power   loom    manufacturers^  Glaa- 
ia  mother  wa4  iJathehjte  Mitchell. 
Turner    received    his  education  at 
choiila,  and  later  on  at  the  (tiaagow 
ool.      When  in  hia  twenty'seoond 
ted  from  Glaagow  to  Canada, 
tlarailtoQ,  where  he    took  up 
and  haa  remained  ever  since.    He 
iti  Jtme,    1860,  Cnndine  Huldah 
-'•m,  Untiirio.     In  reliiiiuua 
Turner  givea   hia    allegi- 
■in.      Hia  success   has 
,  and  he  stands  now 
rviiiK'iiL  ouaiaeas  men  in  Can- 
huad   of  the  firm   of  Jamaa 
m|iany,  importen  and  whole 


sale  grocers,  at  Hamilton  ;  and  ia  likewise 
senior  partner  of  Turner,  Koae  <*.  Co.,  wliole- 
sale  grocers  and  tea  merchants,  in  Mont- 
real;  and  of  Turner,  Mackeand  A:  Co., 
wholesale  grocers,  in  \Viimip<"g.  As  early 
AS  Uii67  our  enterprising  subject  began  to  do 
buaineas  at  Fort  Garry.  With  reference  to 
this  tirni,  we  may  be  permit»©d  to  quote  the 
following  from  a  reliable  quarter  :—**  Any 
work  professing  lo  give  an  outline  of  Hamil- 
ton induatriea  would  be  incomplete  unless  it 
gave  prDtuinence  to  thia  old  firm.  When  the 
Iftte  John  Turner  and  his  brother,  the  now 
senior  partner,  established  the  house  thirty- 
aevMi  years  ago,  Hamilton's  jiopulatiou  did 
not  exceed  eight  thousand,  and  there  were 
but  few  induatriea  of  any  magnitude  in  the 
dty.  From  the  commencement  the  firm's 
career^  like  Hamilton's,  has  been  one  of  con- 
tinued BFowth  and  success.  The  present 
parlnora  are  Hon.  James  Turner  and  Alex- 
ander Turner.  The  senior  partner — one  of 
the  chosen  few,  who  by  push  and  honourable 
enterprise  have  really  created  Hamilton  the 
great  trade  centre  that  it  now  is— has  always 
been  among  the  iirat  to  contribute  hie  name, 
influence  and  means  to  any  eftort  and  enter- 
prise that  aimed  to  build  up  the  city.  Sen- 
ator Turner  is  vice-president  of  the  Bank  of 
Hamilton,  a  director  of  the  HiimiUon  and 
North-western  liailway  Company,  a  inemlter 
of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Northern 
and  North-western,  a  director  of  the  North- 
em  and  Pacific  Junction  Railway  Company. 
He  also  takes  an  active  part  in  the  atraira  of 
the  city,  is  a  member  t»f  the  executive  com- 
mittee of  the  Board  of  Trade,  to  the  gr<>*t 
satisfaction  of  his  fellow  citizens  ;  and  haa 
the  honour  of  representing  Uamiltim  in  the 
Dominion  Senate.  The  head  partner  ia  also 
the  senior  in  the  firm  of  Turner.  Rose  & 
Co. ,  of  Montreal,  and  Turner,  M^cKeaud 
&  Co.,  of  Winnipt^g.  Jamea  Tunier  &  Co. 
oommeneed  bnsinesa  in  Manitoba,  iu  I«<'t7, 
having  built  the  tirat  brick  storo  ia  that 
growing  metropolis  of  the  North-West  in 
1872."  iSenator  Turner  was  president  of 
the  Hamilton  Hoard  of  Trade  in  18G1» ;  waa 
a  director  of  the  Wellington,  Grey  and  Brnoo 
Railway  during  its  cnntttruction,  and  waa 
president  of  the  Hamilton  and  Lnku  Erie 
Railway  from  ita  inception  until  amalgam- 
ated  with  the  Hamilton  and  North- Weatem 
Hailway.  He  Waited  the  North- West  terri- 
toriea  with  the  Houourahle  Joseph  Uowo  in 
IHGt),  and  since  then  has  travelled  thrnigh 
that  region  almost  annually,  having  been 
aa  far  an  Ihe  Columbia  river  and  at  Edmon- 
ton. In  188J,  he  sailed  down  the  f^aakat' 
chewad  from  Edmonton  to  Winnipeg.     Eu- 


312 


^A  CrCLOP^DlA  OF 


U>gy  of  Senator  Turner  is  not  neceasary^  for 
hU  cAr«er  ia  b«fure  the  reader.  But  Ivt  it 
be  ftAJd  ttiAt  his  life  is  a  must  remarkable 
one  in  a  businfui  sense.  Senator  Turner 
has  diapUyeci  indiihtry,  commercial  inpiglit, 
and  judgment  fjtr  above  the  cntnmon  older  ; 
and  in  his  place  in  the  Senate  his  counncl 
and  decisiuns  are  .ilwaya  held  in  thohii:hcnt 
pouible  regard.  He  ia  not  less  worthy,  and 
jin  nniameiit,  a*  Senator  than  as  merchant. 
Defoe,  Daniel  ncCurtlif,  Alder- 
man, T4ir<tnto,  WHS  born  at  BeUeville,  On- 
tAfio,  in  April,  1835;  and  was  a  son  of 
Joseph  and  Joanna  Defoe,  of  that  place. 
He  received  his  education  in  hia  native 
town,  etudyii'g  Ei'gbsh.  Liitin  and  niathe- 
matica,  at  Albert  C'olleye,  Belleville.  In 
Apnl,  1859,  he  entered  the  office  of  G.  E. 
Hendersitn,  Belleville,  to  study  law  ;  and 
paiiaed  his  primary  examinntion  at  OsgocKle 
Hall,  ill  May.  1861,  He  continued  his 
studies  for  three  years  in  the  oHioe  of  Mr. 
Henderson,  then  entered  with  A.  R.  D<in- 
gall,  hIso  of  Helleviilc,  where  he  remained 
for  fifteen  months.  At  the  end  of  this  period 
he  remuvtd  t<j  Toronto  (Augiiaf,  1803),  en- 
tering the  office  of  Talterson,  Harrison  &, 
Hodgina,  of  that  city.  The  concluding  nine 
montha  of  his  prescribed  study-period  was 
spent  in  this  Hrnt  ;  and  in  May.  1864,  Mr. 
Defoe  waa  admitttd  to  practice  as  an  attor- 
ney and  aolicitor  of  Oagoode  Hidl.  He  now 
entered  into  a  legal  partnership  with  Laur- 
ence UejdeUy  of  Torctnto,  and  this  partner- 
ship continued  till  1800,  when  Mr.  Heyden 
retired  ,-  and  froru  that  time  to  the  present 
our  subject  haa  continued,  and  with  ntarkeU 
success,  to  practice  law  upon  his  own  ac- 
count. \  sound  and  practical  kntmledge  of 
his  profession,  energy  in  it<i  practice,  and 
very  ejccellent  natural  abilities  have  told  in 
our  subject's  fuvnur  as  a  barrister.  He  has 
Dot  confined  himself  entirely  to  the  law,  but 
has  given  a  great  deal  of  attention  to  sub- 
jects of  civic  concern.  He  entered  the  city 
council  as  nlderman  for  St.  Andrew's  ward 
in  1882  ;  and  has  been  re-elected  fur  that 
office  every  city  election  since.  On  the 
resignaiit>n  of  Colonel  F.  C.  Deniaon,  in  .Sep- 
tember, I8tt4,  Mr.  Defoe  waa  elected  chair- 
man of  the  Executive  Committee,  and  still 
continues  to  h(»]d  that  position.  Uuraubject 
is  a  staunch  Conservative,  and  has  been 
vice-president  of  the  St.  Andrew's  ward 
branch  of  the  Liberal- Conservative  Associa- 
tion. He  IS  a  Human  catholic.  He  married 
on  the  12th  8epteniber,  1882,  Anna  Marion 
Jackson,  only  daughter  of  the  late  Captuin 
Charles  Jackson,  of  the  t'nited  States  army. 
It  is  very  generally  conceded  tliat  Hr.  Defoe 


is  one  of  the  moat  useful,  able  and 
aldermen  that  the  City  of  Toronto  luM  ev( 
had  in  her  service,  and  we  have  little  doabi 
that  at  no  distant  day  the  citizens  will  shov 
their  appreciation  of  hia  fidelity  to  their  in- 
terefttp  by  eltctini;  him  their  mayor. 

Jc^huMlon,  John,  Belleville,  rnspeotoT: 
uf  Schools  fur  South  Hastings  and  the  Cit]^] 
of  Belleville,  wiis  born  twelve  miles  fr^-m  In- 
verness, Scotland,  in  the  year  1838.    In  1H4( 
bt*  arrived  in    Belleville  with  his    pareuts,1 
William  and  Susanna  Johnston.     When 
had  attained  hia  eighth  year  he  began  to  at* 
tend  the  public  schools  of  Belleville,  an<' 
continued  to  do  so  for  Kto  years.     Whei 
he  became  old  enough  to  be  of  service,  he 
worked    during   the   spring,    summer,    and 
early  autumn  upon  the  farm  with  hia  father, 
and  attende*^!  school  in   winter.     So  great 
were  his  industry  and  capacity  that  he  was 
able  to  keep   up   his  year's    work  notwith- 
standing his  summer  absence.  In  the  spring 
of  18,^7  he  obtained  from  the  county  boarda 
tirst-clnss  certificate,  and  on  the  1st  Decem- 
ber of  the  same  year,  began  to  teach  a  publ 
school  in  the  second  concession  of  Sidney, 
beingthen  in  bis  nineteen  ih  year.   Hetaughl 
here  for  two   and   a   half  years,  and  thei 
pr4iceeded  to  Toronti),  where  he  entered  th< 
Normal  School,  under  Thomafl  J.  Itol 
a«>n,    M.A.,    as    head  master,  and   Herbert 
Songster,  oa  second  master,  obtaining  at  the 
close  of  the   term   a   provincial  certificate, 
second-class,  grade  A.     In  18til  he  l>eganto 
teach  the  very  tchool  at  which  he  attended 
while  working  npon   the  farm.      In  May  of 
the  same  )ear  he  married  Augusta  Rowe,  of 
Sidney,  and  settled  down  to  teaching  and 
education  as  a  life  work.      In  18G6  the  trna 
tees  of  his  school   peruiitlcd  him   to  at  ten 
the  Normal  institution  ;  and  during  his  al 
sence  his  wife  took  charge  of  his  sch<H>l.  Hoi 
now  took  a  tirst-class  provincial  certificate, 
grade    B  ;  and   in  June,    187 i,   obtained    a 
grade  A.     lie   taught   this  schoul  with  so 
much  success,  and  in  a  manner  so  satisfao- 
lory  to  the  public,  that  in  April,  1871,  the 
county  council  unanimously  appointed  him 
inspector  of  schools  for  South  Hastings.    In      , 
1874  he  was  likewise  appointed  inspector  oAH 
schools  for  Belleville.     Inspector  Johnstod^| 
IH  a  member  of  the   St.   Andrew's  Presby- 
terian church,  under  the  ministrations  of  the 
Kev.  M.  W.  McLean,  M.A.      He  haa  lik< 
wise  been  president  of  the  South  Hastini 
Teachers'  Association  since  1871.      It  is  n* 
overstating  the  case  to  say  that  Mr.  Johi 
stou  is  one  of  the  most  popular,  and  at  thel 
same  lime  most  efficient   school  inspectorB 
in  the  province  of  Ontario. 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPEY. 


313 


eiltln.  Earl  of— The  Right  Honour- 
Junes  Bruce.  Earl  of  EI^iu  aiul  Kin- 
ilho,  Baron  Bruce  of  Kinloss  nnd  of 
Very  in  the  peerage  of  ScotlaDfl«  and  Baron 
of  Elgin  in  that  of  the  United  King- 
waB  horn  in  1811.  Ha  completed  hiA 
rfuialion  at  Chriat  Church,  Oxford,  where 
he  was  6nt-clau  in  daauea,  in  1832.  He 
sufaarqueutly  became  a  fellow  of  Mereton. 
Id  1^1.  he  was  elected  for  Siaithampton, 
^od  the  »ame  year,  owing  to  the  death  of 
I  fathvr.  succeeded  to  the  title.  In  184U, 
•rd  Elgin  was  promoted  to  thegnveinor- 
•ncralsbip  of  Canada,  succeeding  Eorl 
thrart,  whom  ho  had  also  followed  at  Ja- 
ica.  The  admirahle  manner  in  which  ho 
mdiictod  the  allaira  nf  this  ^reat  depend- 
tcy  is  well  knuwn  and  fully  recognised, 
>Lh  in  England  and  this  cuuntr}*.  Lord 
;ui  hftviiig  obtained  the  credit  of  hav- 
C4jn»olidated  and  united  the  somewhat 
liscordant  p>.>Utical  and  social  elements 
of  the  twu  provinces,  of  which  Canada 
was  then  oompoaed,  eradic&ti-d  many  evils 
and  abuses,  and  placed  the  affairs  of  the 
^uDtry  in  a  most  perfect  and  prospcr- 
coudition.  Indeed,  his  lordship  is 
Illy  r^nunized  as  one  of  the  best  and 
klest  of  the  Hovernors  that  have  guided 
destinies  t>f  this  great  country.  Hiaser- 
lere  entitled  him  to  a  large  ahare  of 
Ltitude,  and  bis  name  to  be  enahnned 
brightest  page  of  our  history,  if  we 
rre  only  to  apeak  of  the  great  benetita  of 
te  lat«  riH.'ipn-»c!ty  treaty  with  the  United 
[aCea,  w  hich  assiir^Mlly  owod  its  existence  to 
great  genius  and  ability,  but  almost 
rrythin^  we  witness  in  Canada  of  any 
ialneav,  hears  Some  imprfsa  iif  his  foster- 
care  and  management  :  thi*  public  works, 
It  uftioe,  the  clergy  reserves,  the  na\'i- 
IftTS,  the  nurmal  and  model  schuols  of 
■try,  agriculture  and  agricnUural  su- 
les,  and  exhibitions— all  these  have  been 
svm«  way  connected  with  his  lordship's 
ivi'mment,  are  llie  pruductionsuf  his  nuble 
hi  ;or  we  are  iiitleoted  for  thvirexist^'nee 
the  powerful  party  whicli  Lord  Elgin 
Had  intoofflco  to  administer  the  atfairs  of 
tntry.  K%  to  the  rebfllitm  losaea  bill, 
unhappily  caused  such  deep  and  bit- 
Img  to  be  displayed,  wo  are  cunti- 
lat  at  lh[s  prenent  day  tl»«  very  men 
it  in  c«>iid«mnin|{  him  for 
lued,  would,  iit>w  tlial  time 

, ^r«nd  tht'y  have  been  trnablud 

truly    and   dispaasinnately    to  survey  the 

kHiiKS  of  the  caai\  bo  the  vary  timt  to  an- 

sd  ma  rtw.'lutiuu  and  determination  ui 

out  a  measure  which  had   been  m- 


Bolved  on  by  his  ministry,  and  demanded  by 
a  large  portion  of  the  people  of  the  country. 
This  was  the  only  time  and  the  only  meas- 
ure that  caused  l^rd  Elgin  to  be  at  v&rianc« 
with  any  part  of  the  community.  The  result 
has  proved  that  he  was  rifiht.  His  policy 
was  supported  by  the  Imperial  g(>vemmout 
and  the  Queen,  and  when  he  tendered  his 
resignation  in  consequence  of  the  riots  and 
scenes  which  took  place,  and  the  public  feel- 
ing exhibited  against  him,  he  was  r*  quest- 
ed to  remain  and  govern  the  country  for  a 
short  time  longer.  He  did  remain,  he  obeyed 
the  call  of  his  country,  and  conformed  to  the 
Queen's  command^  and  his  remaining  pro- 
duced the  tmppiest  reaulta  for  the  country's 
welfare  and  the  people's  good  ;  so  much  so, 
indeed,  that  on  his  departure  tha  whole 
population  of  the  pmvinco  expressed  a  gen- 
eral regret  that  he  could  not  remain  always 
with  us.  Before  he  was  long  in  Canada  it 
was  diaoovered  that  he  waa  one  of  the  ableat 
public  ftiH'^Akera  that  we  poa«eaaed,  and  it  has 
been  aaid  that  on  many  a  blustering  winter 
day  could  his  manly  form  be  seen  address- 
ing a  Canadian  gathering.  He  was — hia 
hi^h-niiuded  father-in-law,  the  Karl  of  Dur- 
ham, excepted— the  greatest  governor-gen- 
eral that  has  yet  appeared  in  the  page*  of 
Canadian  history.  He  died  in  1863,  of 
fatty  degeneration  of  the  heart,  while  mak- 
ing a  tour  through  India,  of  which  he  had 
been  ap[M»inted  viceroy  in  IRfil. 

.Ifurc-hiind,  Felix  Ciubriel,  M.P.P. 
for  St.  'Juhns,  Kroviuce  of  t^'nebec,  was  bom 
in  St.  Johiu.  on  the  Hth  of  January,  1832 ; 
and  he  is  the  youngest  son  of  Gabriel 
Marcband  and  Mary  McNider.  With  re- 
spect to  the  ancestors  of  this  distinguished 
publicist,  we  may  say  that  Jfun  Marchand, 
son  of  .lean  Marehand,  merchant  of  St. 
Sauveur,  Diocese  of  LarocheJle,  France, 
eniigratLd  to  Quebec,  about  1080,  and 
waa  nutrried  there  in  ir»d2.  Nicliis,  his 
grandaon,  waa  killed  by  a  cannon  ball  under 
the  walla  of  Quebec,  in  1759;  Louis,  aoQ 
of  Nicolas,  waa  captain  of  a  merchant  ship 
on  the  hi^h  seas  ;  and  hia  eldest  son,  Oabriei, 
the  father  of  our  subject,  was  educated  at 
the  Quebec  aeminary,  and  commenced  hia 
commercial  career  with  the  late  Honourable 
Louis  Masaue,  in  the  then  famous  whole- 
rale  and  imi>orting  establinhment  of  Julin 
McNider,  on  Fabri«|Ue  alreet,  Quebec.  He 
became  manager  of  the  establishment,  and 
moved  to  St.  Johns,  PQ.,  in  I  SO'2,  found- 
ing there  the  first  commercial  house  of  im- 
portance, and  carried  on  a  large  and 
prulitatle  buaineas  with  the  surrounding 
countr}'.     He  took  part  iu  the  defence  of 


A  CrChOPMDlA  OF 


Canada  duriiiic  the  Americiin  v/tcCt  aa  com- 
Hiaiider    of    the    *Jiid    Kent     battiUion    of 
Militia.      He  married,  in  1810,   Mary   Mc- 
Nider,  daughter  of  the  la(.«  Ji»hn  McNidor, 
abovii  mentioned.   He  retired  fr<uu  husinena 
in  IHIG,  to  a  country  wat  on  the  Kichelien 
rivtT,  Vielow  St.  Johns,  where  ho  occupied 
himself  during  the  remainder  of  hia  life  in 
ngricultural  pursuiia  on  a  larye  Rcale.     He 
repeatedly  refuaed  legislative  honours,  and 
speciKlIy   un    three  different  occasions  the 
appointment  as  legialativo  councillor.      He 
filled  for  a  number  of  years  the  positions  of  , 
mgiitrate,    eommiasioner   of  the  Chanthly 
koal,  commiaaionerptft'  didimni  poit:tiai\im, 
Qtc.^  which,  on  account  of  a  dUagroomont 
with    the  uovenior-gencral.   Lord  Alynier, 
be  vv^ij,u9Q  enhUic,  together  with  hia  lieu- 
fejnaiit-coionelcy,    on   the  Ist   July,    1831, 
During  hia  long  and  active  career  he  was 
the    friend    and  benefactor  of  most  of  the 
buaitieas  men  in  St.  Johns.     He  t<»ok  a  pro- 
minent  part    in    all  the  prog^reanive  move- 
iiiunta  in  thia  section  of  the  country  ;  and 
succeeded,  with  his  two  bnrUters  and  a  few 
other  settlers,  by  heavy  personal  donations 
and  exertions,  iu  erecting  u  church  at  St. 
Johns,  and  in  organizing  the  now   Hourish- 
ing    parish  of  that  name.      In  lti37-t^8,  he 
waa  in  favour  of  a  constitutional   agitation 
for    the   settlement    of  our  political  griev- 
ances, communicated  with  Papincau  on  the 
subject,    and,  at  his  aiiggestton,  called  the 
famous  meeting  of  St.  Aihanaae,  to  expreaa 
his  views;  but  ttie  agitAtion  had  got  to  such 
a  degree  ol  intensity,  that  hia  counsels  of 
ni'xleration  remainnd  unheeded,  and  the  in- 
surrectional movement  had  to  take  its  course. 
Be  died  on  the  lUth  March,  1^<52,  at  the  age 
^of  seventy-two  years.     During  bis  funeral, 
All  the  shops  were  closed,  and  business  sua- 
pended  in  St.  Johns,  in  token  of  respect  for 
its  oldest  and   most   respcct-Hl  inhabitant. 
Felix  (Jabriel,  our  subject,  received  a  class- 
ical  education   at   St.     iiyacinthe    college, 
subsequently  studied  law,  and,  in  1854,  was 
admitted  aa  notary.     He  has  since  practised 
his  profeasion  in  St.  Johns,  excepting  dur- 
ing an  interval  of  nineteen  mtinths  (187&- 
70),  when  he  waa  a  member  of  the  Provin- 
cial administration.     Ho  continued  on  the 
old  homestead,  following,  like  his  father, 
Affrionltural    pursuita.  and    waa    repeatedly 
elected    president  of    the    St.   Johns  Agri- 
cultural Society.       Uo    initiated,  in    18U3, 
with    the    late    Hon.    C.    J.    Laberge,    the 
volunteer     movement    at    St.    Johns    and 
vicinity.      He    was    appointed    lieutenant- 
colonel,  commanding    the    21st    battalion, 
Richelieu  Light  Infantry,  la  1866  ;  waa  on 


active  service  during  the  different  Feniao 
tronbIes~his  corps,  on  account  of  its  a<l- 
vanced  position.  Lein::  generally  sunt  to  the 
frontier  at  the  first  alarm,  and  replaced  in 
St.  Johns  by  corps  from  the  interior — com- 
manded the  briuside,  ctunpoBed  of  the  Prince 
of  Wales  regiment.  Vict-oria  Rifles,  UoyAl 
Scottfl,  Uocbelaga  battalion,  and  2l8t  Riche- 
lieu Light  Infantry,  with  a  detachment  of 
Montreal  cavalry,  which  was  sent  to  reinforce 
Lieuteiuint-C'olouel  Usbcnie  Smith,  during 
the  night  following  the  Feuian  invasion  wX 
Eccles  Hill,  in  1870  ;  and  retired  from  active 
service  iu  1880,  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant- 
colonel.  He  waa  elected  a  member  of  the 
Quebec  Legislative  Asaombly  for  the  County 
of  St.  Johns  in  September,  18(>7,  and  has 
been  constantly  re-elected  to  that  Dtksi(iuu» 
which  he  still  holds.  He  formed  part  of  Uie 
Joly  aiimiuistratini),  as  Provincial  Secretary 
in  1878,  and  as  Minister  of  Crown  Lands  in 
18T*K  He  has  takeu  part  in  the  estublish- 
ment  and  promotion  of  many  of  the  public 
enterpnsea  in  St.  Johns  and  \-icinity  ; 
nmon^ftt  others,  the  St.  Johns  Maiinfuetur- 
ing  Company,  the  St.  Johns  Woollen  Fac- 
tory, the  St.  Johns  Building  Sociuty,  and 
La  Hanque  de  St,  Jean,  lie  established, 
with  the  Hon.  C.  J.  Laberge,  iu  18<i0,  at 
St.  Johns,  the  French  Liberal  organ  of  t)ie 
district  of  Iberville,  Le  Franco  CitmuiU*^ 
which  is  still  in  existence.  He  has  coniliui«»d 
in  joumaliftni  since  then,  and  coittributdd  to 
most  of  The  French  Canadian  Liberal  or- 
gans. He  was  chief  editor  o(  the  Prenob 
Liberal  daily,  Le  Temps,  published  in  Mon- 
treal in  1883.  He  has  contributed  several 
poetical  and  dramatic  works  to  the  French 
Canadian  literature,  the  most  important 
being  :  Fdtenrifff^  comedy  in  prose  ;  ErrfXir 
nfsi  ptvt  Compttj  comedy  in  prose  i  Un  bon- 
hmr  tfi  attivf  un  autre,  comedy  in  verae ; 
l^s  Faux  BriUianfs^  comedy  in  verso  ;  Le 
Lauriat  de  I'UnivcrgU^t  comic  opera.  These 
plays  have  been  favourably  received  by 
the  French  reading  public.  Les  Fa^Lc  Bril' 
Hants  was  lately  honoured  by  a  rooat  flat- 
tering article  in  a  Parisian  re^-iew.  La  Htnie 
du  Monde  Latin,  of  last  August.  M. 
^(a^chand  was  appointed  a  member  of  the 
Royal  Society  of  Canada  (section  of  French 
literature),  and  elected  piesident  of  that 
section  in  May,  1884  ;  and  is  also  a  member 
of  L' Aciuiami^  d€4  Muses  ^St^n^•nca,  of  Royan, 
France.  He  received,  in  1879,  from  the 
French  government,  the  distinction  and  de- 
coration of  (^thcerof  Publiv  Instruction,  He 
has  been  a  Cimsiatent  Liberal  since  hia  early 
youth,  has  bt* lunged  to  all  t ho  p( >li tical 
organizations  of  that  party  for  over  thirty 


I 


CANADIAN  BI0QRAPB7, 


yem,  acid  t&kcn  lui  Active  pnrt  in  all  ita 
moTvtDenU.  Mv.  travelled  in  Europe  during 
one  Muon  mfter  Iiuving  ctfUei^e.  and  devoted 
MTtieaUr  attention  to  the  study  of  French 
litemlurp,  during  a  stay  of  two  months  in 
i^kna.  He  ib  »  Kaman  catholic,  and  mar- 
ried 12th  September,  i4M«  Marie  IJerzelie 
Turgenn,   daughter  of  the  late   Louis  Tur- 

feon,  of  Torrebonne,  a  relative  of  the  late 
ttfthop  Tur^eon,  of  the  dioooBo  of  Queh<?c, 
Mid  ;.  f.i..--.-  .,f  ttio  lute  Honourable  Ovido 
Tut  vo  Councillor  of    United 

Ca:<  ■  i^Uildren  werv  bom  of  this 

marriajee,  six  i>t  whom  are  living,  one  son, 
rvocntly  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  five 
daughters.  It  is  hardly  necos-ary  to  otfer 
oommvut  upon  any  particular  feature  of  our 
snbj«et*a  career.  Hi*  writinj^s.  both  in 
prme  and  verse,  are  characterised  by  pure 
Bpihtnality.  BensitivonosB  to  o&tcmal  beauty, 
and  by  very  mirked  culture.  As  for  his 
militarv'  career,  it  has  been  one  of  energy, 
and  alwiys  revealed  the  prompt  patriotism 
of  the  ntiku.  His  survicns  to  the  cause  of 
rrforui  huvo  been  iiuuit^nias,  and  loany  of 
thfia  harp  been  woiirhty. 

Fru«l,  John  C>curge,  Belleville,  vas 
bom  on  the  18th  of  August,  1846,  at  Birs- 
tal,  Yorlisbire,  England.  His  parents  were 
Kflaao  Frost  aud  Anne  Whitehead.  HU  fa- 
ther was  an  extensive  reader  and  a  finished 
oonrersAtivnalist,  aud  was  very  sociable  and 
entertaiuing  in  bis  n^auners  ;  aud  before 
his  emigration  to  Canada  was  an  active 
piiliUra)  worker.  He  had  been  always  a 
staunch  suppurtcr  of  lilkerHliarn,  and  was  for 
fthreo  yiiars  aecrutary  of  the  Kirstal  Liberal 
LwK"'^.  during  the  Corn  Laws  agitation. 
The  family  came  to  Canada  in  1849,  and 
•ettlmi  north  of  nelloville,  near  Canifton, 
ou  a  omsll  farm  aud  umtket  garden.  Our 
subj**^t  WM  educated  at  the  public  school 
of  c.-.^t...,  Hastings  county,  anil  at  the 
Rr..  luMtl    (»f    Hellerilie,     (^utario, 

Whv  1    h«   left  liome,  and  be^a  to 

luam  the  ;r.L'l  rf  cabinet makins  at  Belle- 
viUe,  hiii'iiin^  wi  Toronto.  He  went  to 
CiDCinuati  lu  18Uo.  thence  through  the 
6otithent  States,  visiting  Nashville,  Tennes- 
see, M'Mnpltis,  New  Orit<nns,  Charleston  and 
uthrr  prominent  places,  and  returned  to  Cin- 
cincati  in  the  spring  of  ld<fO.  In  th«  fall 
of  the  same  year  he  tixik  up  hU  abiwle  in 
BovuuuiviUe  till  the  year  1874,  when  be 
Nnoved  to  Belleville,  and  began  busiueas 
for  hinuKiH  in  that  town  as  manufacturer  of 
famituro,  and  successfully  passed  through 
Uw  s«Tvrc  commerciAl  depression  of  187^  !K 
Dunng  the  nine  yriar»  be  was  engaged  as 
a  practical  mcchsjiic  ho  waa  opposed  to  a 


resort  to  strikes  as  a  means  of  settlement 
of  disputes  between  capital  and  labour, 
holding  that  skill,  efHciency  and  experience 
should  be  the  basis  of  remuneration,  a  be- 
lief tliat  he  hss  consiatently  carried  into 
practice  since  be  himself  became  an  em* 
ployer.  During  theagitstion  of  the  nine  hour 
movement  in  western  iintario,  in  1872,  and 
whilst  yet  a  working  mechanic,  he  ably  op- 
posed the  movement  as  being  impnu;licable 
under  existing  circumstaDOtia,  and  wrote 
several  articles  to  the  press  upon  the  subject, 
whioli  were  extensively  quoted  at  thu  time. 
He  was  elected  in  1870,  and  C4mtiuut*d  to  re- 
present C<jleman  ward  of  Belleville  at  the 
council  board  until  cUo  close  of  the  aessiou  uf 
1883.  There  was  a  triangular  omtest  fur  the 
mayoralty  in  1884,  and  Mr.  Frtist,  who  waa 
one  of  the  contostants,  was  deffatud  ;  and  in 
1885  he  again  sustained  defeat  by  a  very 
narrow  maji>rity,  after  a  very  energetic  oou- 
test  He  was  appointed  chairmui,  in  lHO(i,  uf 
the  executive  committee  of  the  Mechanics' 
League  of  Ciucinnnti,  Ohio,  an  organizatioD 
for  the  promotion  of  mechanical  knowledge 
and  art  designs  in  furniture  :  was  made  a 
Mason  in  1871  :  a  Royal  Anch  Mason  in 
1872,  and  passed  successively  through  the 
oliicial  positions  connected  therewith,  fie  is 
an  active  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Oddfellows  and  Kncampment ;  is  trustee 
of  the  Oxford  Lodge,  Sous  of  Kn^dand, 
Uellevtlle  ;  and  was  president  of  the  Young 
Men's  Koform  Assi^^ciation,  Bowmanville,  id 
180^-70.  He  WW  chairman  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  Hastings  Reform  Associa- 
tion in  1881  and  1882  ;  and  chairman  of  th& 
Court  of  Revision,  Belleville,  in  1883.  lo 
connection  with  the  latter  ottice,  the  justice 
and  equity  of  his  decisions  were  commend- 
ed by  the  press,  and  not  denied  even  by 
unsuccessful  appellants.  Mr.  Fnist  trav- 
elled through  the  manufacturing  centres  of 
the  United  States,  as  commissioner  for  the 
Bowmanville  Furniture  Comi>any,  t<i  ascer- 
tain and  report  upon  the  advantages  of 
modem  machinery  facilities,  and  the  advan- 
tages and  system  poasesse^l  by  AmMrtcans 
for  the  manufacture  of  furniture.  Wuh  re- 
spect to  his  religious  cunviotions.  he  be- 
lieves in  fiersonal  responsibility  to  Ood,  and 
is  opposed  Ut  the  doj^mas  of  man  and  the 
humanly  created  fonns  of  religion.  He 
married,  in  Febrnarj*,  1871,  Maggie  Mo- 
Sorley,  second  daughter  of  the  late  Andrew 
McSorIfy,  of  fiowmanrillo,  Ontario.  He 
has  two  datighten. 

Sprlnser.  9lo»es,  Berlin,  SboriS  of 
the  County  of  Wfttvrlon,  Ontario,  was  horn 
near  the  village  of  Doun,  Waterloo   county. 


:i\Q 


A  CTCL0PACD2A  OF 


on  the  31st  of  August,  1824.  His  parents, 
Bonjamin  Springer  nnd  Mury  Springer, were 
ol  O.K.  loyalist  stock.  His  great-f^ryat- 
graiidfather  was  burn  in  Anisterdam,  Uul- 
land,aml  occtipiod  the  {>oaition  of  Episcopal 
clergyman,  and  he  afterwards  removed  to 
^tookUuliu,iJM'odenf  where  he  was  created  a 
bishop,  and  also  a  baron.  The  bishop  \\w\ 
one  sun,  named  Charles  Christopher,  the 
great-grandfather  of  Moses  Springer,  whom 
he  educated  for  the  Kpisuipal  ministry.  Tlie 
yuving  man,  however,  was  never  ordained  a 
priesr,  but  simply  actt:d  as  a  lay  reader.  He 
■came  to  America  in  1005,  and  settled  in  the 
8tate  of  Deleware,  locatioL'  hiiUBelf  where 
the  City  of  Wilmingtou  now  stands,  liere 
he  built  a  church,  the  first  t>f  its  kind  in  the 
neighbourhood,  and  which  was  known asthe 
Swedish  Episoopal  church,  and,  strange  to 
oay,  the  building  is  sti)!  used  for  purposea 
of  public  worship.  Sheriff  Springer's  grand- 
father was  also  educated  for  the  ministry, 
and  WHS  setlted  at  Poughkeepsie,  New  York 
«tate.  At  the  beginning  of  the  Revolution- 
ary war,  this  worthy  man  waa  shot  down  in 
his  own  yard,  and  died  from  the  etTects  of 
his  wounds.  His  grandmother  emigrated, 
with  the  rest  of  the  family,  to  Canada,  about 
the  cluse  of  the  war,  and  settled  in  the 
neighbourhood  of  Hamilton.  Our  subject's 
father,  Benjamin  Springer,  was  educated  by 
the  late  Culonel  Beasley,  who  likewise 
brought  him  up  to  the  general  mercantile 
business.  Three  times,  while  carrjnng  on 
business  fur  himself,  waa  this  unfortunate 
man  burnt  out  by  the  Indians,  and  his  losses 
were  so  heavy  that  he  was  obliged  to  aban- 
don altoj^ether  this  kind  of  business,  and 
taice  to  farming,  and  continued  to  farm  un- 
pti]  1H34,  when  he  fell  a  victim  to  the  cholera 
Mtrge,  then  prevalent  in  Upper  Canada. 
He  left  a  family  of  seven  sous  and  four 
daughters.  Sheriff  Hprinyer,  under  these 
circumstances,  received  very  little  schooling, 
for  at  thirteen  years  of  age  he  had  to  begin 
tf>  work  for  a  livin;;.  Being  of  a  studious 
turn  of  mind,  he,  with  the  assistanec  of 
an  old  school  teacher,  named  William  Col- 
lins, acquired  considerable  knowledge,  and 
flucceeded  in  procuring  a  third  class  oertifi- 
<s»te,  which  enabled  him  to  teach  scliool.  At 
this  occupation  he  continued  for  about  five 
years.  He  then  studied  surveying,  and  for 
about  seven  years  he  followed  the  profession 
of  provincial  land  surv»  yor.  Mr.  Springer 
then  took  to  a  mercantile  life,  which  he  en- 
joyed for  some  years,  and  afterwards  became 
a  conveyancer,  etc.  He  was  a  plnddin<;  and 
persevering  man,  and  soon  he  acquired  influ- 
ence  and  wealth,  for  we  fiud  that^  in  Vib" ^ 


he  was  elected  the  first  reeve  of  the  village 
of  Waterloo^  nnd  held  that  position  for  about 
sixteen  years,  and  when  the  village  waa  in* 
corpor&tod  as  a  town,  he  waa  elected  its  first 
mayor,  and  hold  the  office  for  two  years, 
ana  then  resigned.  In  1867.  he  was  selected 
by  the  Reformers  to  represent  them  in  par* 
liament,  and  was  elected  to  the  Laical  Legis- 
lature for  the  North  Riding  of  the  County 
of  Waterloo,  and  held  ihis  seat  continuously 
for  fourteen  years,  when  he  realigned,  and 
was  app<iinted  to  the  othce  of  sheriff  of  the 
County  of  Waterloo,  and  this  position  he 
now  worthily  tills.  During  his  legislative 
career  he  rendered  valuable  and  important 
services  to  his  constituents,  notably  in  cua- 
nection  with  the  settlement  of  the  municipal 
loan  fund  scheme,  and  with  the  settlement 
of  the  Cro'A'n  Lands  dues,  and  in  the  former 
respect  his  services  were  so  satisfactory  to 
the  tnwn  of  Berlin,  that  the  authorities  of 
that  ti»wn  presented  him  with  a  valuable 
gold  watch  and  chain.  He  aaaisted  in  or- 
yanizing  the  Waterloo  Mutual  Fire  lusur- 
auoe  Company,  and  was  its  president  for 
seven  years.  He  hss  also  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Waterloo  school  board  for  thirty 
years,  and  chairman  for  the  last  twenty-five 
years.  With  respect  to  Sheriff  Springer's 
religious  convictions,  it  may  be  said  that  he 
was  brought  up  among  the  Menuonites,  and 
lived  among  these  people  from  his  tenth 
to  his  twentieth  year,  but  he  now  attends 
the  German  Kvaugelical  church.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1845,  Barbara  Shantz,  who  died  on 
the  Kith  October,  \>*M.  The  fruit  of  the 
union  waa  twelve  children,  tea  of  whom 
survive,  and  are  scattered  over  (Canada  and 
the  Cnited  States.  Altogether  his  career  has 
been  worthy,  honourable,  and  succesafuU 

Rue,  Dr.  Francis,  Oshawa,  was  bom 
in  Frederickton,  N.B.,  on  July  8th.  183;i. 
His  parents  came  from  Sciitland  some  time 
before  that  date,  and  settled  in  New  Bruns- 
wick. When  our  subject  was  about  three 
years  old,  his  parents  went  to  ITjtbridge, 
and  began  farming,  but  only  remained  here 
a  few  years,  when  they  removed  to  Stouff- 
ville,  in  the  County  of  York,  purchased  a 
farm,  and  settled  permanently.  Hr.  Bao 
was  educated  at  the  common  achool  and 
the  provincial  Normal  school,  Toronto.  At 
nineteen  he  commenced  teaching  in  the 
public  8ch(K>U,  and  continued  in  this  oocn> 
pation  for  about  ton  ve&rs,  and  during  the 
time,  ho  studied  medicine.  He  graduatml 
in  medicine  at  Toronto  University  in  ld6o, 
and  for  a  short  period  afterwards  studied 
his  profession  in  New  York.  During  the 
same  year  he  returned  to  Oshawm,  and  ootn* 


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pTftctice,  aud  hu  continued  it  ever 
slnoe.  Mid  iiovr  he  can  Uiok  upon  a  larice 
meMaro  of  auccess  la  the  fruit  of  hia  exur- 
tioaa.  He  ia  aargeon  to  the  31th  B-ittalion 
of  Volunteers.  He  has  been  reeve  and 
mayor  of  Oahawa  for  the  laat  ten  yeara,  and 
for  the  laat  eiz  years  he  haa  been  elected  by 
acclamatiun.  He  was  examiner  in  medicine 
at  the  Toronto  Unireraity  for  1876  and  187*>. 
He  ia  a  Freemaac/n  of  Lebanon  lodge,  No. 
13!^,  and  he  ia  likewiao  an  Oddfellow,  of 
Conothian  lod^e.  No.  61,  and  of  Ontario 
eDcatn[>ment,  No,  11  ;  a  member  of  Grand 
Encainpiueiit  and  Grand  Lodge,  and  Piist 
Grand  ratriarch,  and  aince  1872  he  haa 
one  uf  the  repreaontativea  from  On- 
in  the  Sovereign  Grand  Lodge.  He 
been  cnroner  for  the  County  of  Ontario 
aino«  1KII8.  and  one  of  the  aeven  racmborB 
ti  the  Hoard  of  Health,  and  haa  likewise 
other  offioea.  Dr.  Rao  is  a  ataiinch 
highly  respected  Presby  tcrian,  and  a  very 
strong  Reformer.  He  married  in  October, 
1866.  Glistabeth  Jane,  daughter  of  Andrew 
Currie,  of  Chatham.  By  this  lady  he  has  h?id 
■ix  children,  four  of  whom  are  still  Uvin)^. 
Dr.  Hae  is  extremely  genial  in  manners, 
and  hia  frequent  re-electiun  as  mayor  ia  a 
token  of  the  high  esteem  in  which  he  ia 
held  by  his  townsmen.  Socially,  a«  well  as 
publicly,  he  is  a  very  great  favourite,  and 
can  count  many  warm  ]>ersona,l  friends. 

Allun,  AudrcMr,  Montreal,  brother  of 
the  Ute  £>ir  Hu^'h  Alluti,  was  born  at  Salt- 
coats. Ayrshire,  SivitlanJ.  Dec.  1,  1822. 
[Vxdf  Sir  Hugh  Allun]  His  father  was  a 
well-kunwti  ■hipmaatcr  and  trader  between 
the  Clyilo  and  Montreal,  and  had  command 
t$.  paaaeni^or  ahipa  for  a  period  of  over  thirty 
Andrew  was  the  fourth  son,  and  re- 
ved  hit  educaliuu  in  the  old  conntry,  and 
when  in  hi»sevent«<>nth  yearoametoCaaada. 
In  1840  he  became  a  member  of  the  import- 
ant and  rapidly  rising  tirm  of  which  bis 
brother.  Sir  Hugh,  had  been  a  partnor.  A 
biographical  aketch  of  this  brilliant  and  en- 
ers[»tic  buaiueas  man  necessarily  impliea  a 
hiatory  of  the  development  of  the  niagnili- 
oenc  buainass  in  i>cean  trattio,  with  which  the 
nazDe  of  AlUn  must  forever  remain  auoci- 
atvd  lu  <-ftnadA.  Over  thirty  years  ago  the 
Allaii  Uruth«ri«,  perceiving  the  great  untn- 
b^r  of  people  who  were  conatanily  auiling 
ff^ni  (If.-it  Pir;i;*in  and  Ireland  to  America. 
CO)  i  of  A  line  of  ocean  passen- 

ger I         .  >uld  bti  the  chief  carrying 

BiAdium  for  the  great  concourse  of  emi- 
gr»ni».  In  1R53  they  had  tifteen  sailing 
■hip*  afloat,  but  to  thoan  thoy  add»d  two 
rooaorow  steamships,  tux^ty  botwevn  Liver- 


pool, Quebec  and  Montreal.  At  a  little 
lator  peri'id.  stimulated  by  the  success  of 
the  venture,  two  similar  boats  were  added 
to  their  flaet.  Before  the  period  when  the 
enter}>rise  of  the  Allan  Brothers  began  t> 
aaaert  itself,  mails  crossed  the  ocean  t4 
slowly ;  but  in  1857  the  lirm  made  arrange-} 
ments  to  carry  fnrtnightly  mails  betwoen] 
Liverpool  and  Quebec  in  summer,  and  be-* 
tween  Liverpool  and  Portland,  M.tiue,  in 
winter.  At  a  later  date  the  Canadian  mail 
service  was  enlarged  to  a  weekly  tine,  and 
its  steamers  were  as  noble  and  as  splendidly 
e<)uipped  as  any  ship  that  crossed  the  Atlan- 
tic. The  fleet  haa  continued  to  iuoreaae  up 
to  the  present  time  (ISda),  when  it  is  com- 
posed of  the  followm:;  list  of  ma'^niHoent 
ships: — Livor|>ool  mail  ltne%  Numidian^ 
(building),  ParUuin.^  SirdinUiu,  Polyntsian^ 
Sann<Uian^  C*rC(Mwi<m,  Ptr^naa ;  New- 
foundland fortnightly  mail  line: — HiUer- 
niiiu,   NvvA    tkoiinn,    C'tJtjunn,   Xewfoumi' 

Uiwl ;  Glasgow  freight  and  piissengerline  : 

f 'ar//iit^trii/j»,  *SiAcn.ari.  B  iruos  Ayrtan,  Nor- 
wcgiittt,  Grrcitin  ;  London  freight  and  pas- 
senger line  :  C<tr»an,  ScutuiniavidH,  Nr^tor- 
iau,  LiUtriiA.  A  fortnightly  service  between 
Glasgow  and  Boston,  and  another  b«tw<wn 
Olas^jow  and  Philadelphia  is  also  maintained 
by  the  following  ships: — Pinngian^  Maui- 
^>6uH,  Canadian f  Phieni^.ian,  H'>il4fttAian, 
AitsiriaHf  and  Aeaduni.  Some  fourtoen  aaiU 
Ing  ships  belott)^  to  the  deet,  making  a  gross 
tonnage  of  over  21)(),1HX)  tons.  The  Allaifc 
Brothers  were  the  first  to  adopt  the  spA.r  or 
flush  deck  on  their  steamers  ;  and  In  making 
thia  costly  revolution  thoy  not  only  failed  to 
And  the  cooperation  of  the  Limdon  Board 
of  Trade,  but  bad  the  hostility  of  that  body, 
by  ita  refusal  to  allow  them  any  concjs^iioii 
in  the  way  of  measurement  for  h:irbour  dues, 
etc.  In  addition  to  his  very  prominent  con- 
nection with  his  own  Hrm,  Andrew  Allan 
hnlds  several  itupf>rtant  business  trusts  in 
Montreal,  am)  some  of  these  we  may  men- 
tion. He  is  president  i>f  the  Morchanta 
Bank,  the  M  uiiroat  Telegraph  CouijiAuy. 
the  Manitoba  and  N.  W.  Ituilway  Comoany^ 
the  CaiuwUan  Rubber  Company,  the  Wind- 
sor Hotel  Company,  and  the  MontrtMJ  Lum- 
ber Company  ;  and  besides  he  is  on  tho 
directorate  of  numerous  other  manufactur- 
ing, mining,  and  business  compruiioa.  He  ia 
likewise  one  of  tho  Harbour  t'ommissionurs 
of  Montreal.  Mr.  Allan  married,  in  iMIt'v 
a  daughter  of  the  late  John  Smith,  of  Mon- 
treal, and  haa  eight  children.  He  is  a  man 
of  vast  onvrgy  of  character,  olonr  and  wise 
insight,  and  a  wide  spirit  of  enterprise  temr 
pered  with  just  prxtaeuce. 


318 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


UlacplierftOD,  Lt.-Colonel  John, 

Directur  of  l>ununiou  Oovernment  Militia 
Sloroa,  anJ  Keeper  of  Militia  Properties. 
Ottawa,  was  Lorn  in  Lancaster^  Glengarry, 
Ontario,  on  the  8th  of  January.  1830.  Hav- 
ing completed  hiii  education,  he  entered  mor- 
cautil«  life  in  Montreal,  and  continued  to 
carry  on  buHlness  for  fld%*eral  years  in  that 
city.  Thia  kind  of  baBinesa  waa  not  ooa- 
genial  to  him.  and  bsving  what  seemed  an 
all-.ibfiorbing  yearning  for  military  life,  he 
abandoned  mercantile  piirauita,  and  joined 
the  Canadian  militia,  and  with  heart  and 
aoul  he  entered  on  hia  new  duty.  In  1849 
the  hret  nnhatantial  reco<>nition  of  hia  zeal 
and  etticieucy  in  a  cause  which  at  this  time 
needed  dear  heads  and  strong  hands,  came 
to  him.  namely  a  commission  in  the  3rd 
battalionfll  the  Montreal  Militia.  After  a 
little  it  came  into  his  mind  that  a  tirstrate 
compau3%  chosen  from  amon^  Highlanders, 
might  beestahliahed  in  the  Provinoo  of  Que- 
bec, and  in  ISfiG  ho  carried  out  hia  scheme 
and  waa  appointed  captain  of  the  company. 
The  militia  authorities  move  with  a  pace 
fully  aa  slow  as  those  in  any  other  depart- 
ment of  the  service,  yet  in  his  case  they  be- 
stirred tbeiuselvea.  and  promoted  Captain 
MacpUervon  to'th^rank  of  major.  In  18t»l 
he  >ibtaine*l  another  step,  being  ^aetted 
brigade  major  to  the  active  force  of  Mon- 
treal. The  following  year  he  was  appointed 
brif^ade  major  of  Military  District  No,  11  ; 
but  so  far  he  had  smelt  no  powder,  and  para- 
ded only  upon  mimic  fields.  In  1865  he  bo- 
came  a  lieutenant-colonel  of  militia,  and  the 
foUowint;:  year,  during  the  Fenian  troubles, 
served  with  tht*  staff  of  Major-OenerjU  Liiid- 
ky  at  Montreul.  lu  the  same  year  he  wa« 
ftppoint^^d  deputy-attaistunt  adjutant-general 
of  Militia,  and  given  the  command  of  one  of 
the  military  districts  in  Lower  Canada.  In 
186^*  he  acted  as  deputy  adjutant-general 
commanding  Military  District  No.  3,  in  On- 
tario ;  and  the  following  year  he  was  appoint- 
ed actinic  Bupurintondent  of  Military  Schools 
iu  the  Dominion.  This  p'liition  he  retained 
until  the  threatened  Fenian  raids  in  April, 
when  he  was  again  appointed  on  the  etafT  of 
Lieutenant-Oeneral  Lindsay,  as  assistant 
adjutant-general.  On  this  occasion  he  as- 
sumed command  of  the  active  militia  bri- 
gades concentrated  in  Montreal,  and  accom- 
lanied  the  staff  of  His  Royal  Highness 
ince  Arthur  to  the  scenes  of  action  on 
the  Missiequoi  and  Huntiugdon  frontiers. 
When  his  sorvicea  here  had  t^'rminated  he 
joined  the  staff  at  headquarters,  and 
acted  for  a  ffcriod  as  deputy  of  the  Minister 
of  Militia  and  Defence,  and  as  accountant  in 


the  department.  In  1880  be  waa  appointed 
by  Sir  John  A.  Macdonald*s  administration 
to  his  present  position  of  director  of  Militia 
stores  and  keeper  of  Milttia  jiroptrtien.  Al- 
togethur  Lieut-'Colonel  Macpherson's  career 
has  been  one  of  unusual  activity,  und  his 
furce  of  character  such  that  it  would  be 
impossible  to  he  unconscious  of  it.  In  a 
wider  military  tield.  where  graver  issues 
come  under  consideration,  we  may  be  very 
sure  that  Lieutenant-Colonel  Macpbvrs'in 
would  have  made  a  name  that  the  recorder 
of  able  exploits  iu  the  military  world  would 
have  felt  pleasure  in  putting  in  his  pa^es. 

Freclicilc,  L.oult,  LL.D.,  (Queen's 
and  McCiillJ  ofhcier  d'Academie  Laureate 
of  the  Institute  of  France,  Nicolot,  Que- 
bec, WHS  b'-m  at  Levis,  in  the  Proviuoe  of 
Quebec,  on  tlio  Hith  of  Novemlwr,  1^139. 
He  is  a  sun  of  the  late  i^nis  Kieohette, 
contracior,  and  Mnrguente  Maiiineau  de 
rOrmi^re,  His  paternal  ancestors  tHfUingwl 
tu  the  Isle  de  Kbe.  France,  and  bUiigrat«4 
at  the  early  settlement  of  the  colony.  The 
future  puet  Laure:tt»^  of  the  French  Cana- 
dian people  received  his  literary  educatiou  at 
NioolctCoUcge.  Havingcompleied  biscourve 
here,  and  at  the  Laval  Univoraily  in  Que- 
bec, he  entered  upon  the  study  of  the  law, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  iu  18t>4.  Frum 
18<i5  to  1871  he  resided  iu  Chicago,  and  waa 
foreign  correspondent  iu  the  Und  depart- 
ment  Illinois  Central  Railway.  In  1871,  he 
returned  to  Canada  and  took  up  hia  resi- 
dence in  Quebec.  Ho  now  felt  considerable 
aspiration  for  public  life,  and  in  the  last- 
named  year  ran  in  the  County  of  Levis  fur 
the  Provincial  p>arliament,  but  was  defeated 
by  Sijeaker  Blanchet.  lu  187'J,  he  ran  in 
the  same  county  for  the  Dominion  ]iarlia< 
liament,  and  Wfis  defeated  ag.iin  by  a  very 
small  majority.  In  1874,  however,  he  was 
successful  in  his  exertions,  being  returned 
for  Levis  to  the  Federal  parliament ;  and  he 
suffered  defeat  at  the  hands  of  his  former  up- 
ponont,  M.  Blanchot  for  the  succeeding  par- 
liament. Mr.  Frechiitte  is  a  member  of  the 
Hoyal  Society, and  «  as  lately  president  of  the 
French  section.  He  was  married,  in  1876,  to 
Kmma,  second  daughter  of  J.  B.  Beaudry, 
banker,  of  Montreal,  and  has  three  chil- 
dren. Fie  tof:)k  up  his  residence  in  Moot- 
real  in  187H,  and  resided  there  until  last 
summer ;  he  now  lives  in  Nicolel,  where 
he  follows  literary  pursuits  exclusively. 
M.  Frechette  edited  L«  Journal  dr  (^ht^beCy 
1801  and  18G2  ;  Le  Jouniahif  iJiin,  lSi\l  and 
1866;  L' Atueritjtu,  (ChicaKo.)  lHfi.S-1870; 
la  Patrie.  (Montreal,)  1884  and  lrtS5 ;  he 
contributed  actively  to  L'  Opinion  }*itbliqM, 


I 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


319 


<MontrMl,)  and  wrote  oooiuionally  for  aeve- 
nU  c4her  '      'v     The  list  of  M.  Fre- 

chrtt«'ft   1  -1  (u-e   aaf"UowH:   "  M« 

f        1       ■     v.M,  ...   |..-oin«,)  imnJ;  "  Li  Vmijc 
.■."  (ft  p.H)Ui.>  18GD  ;   "  iVltf  Mele," 

i. I  |i-rtjm9,)  1870;  'Lea  Fioura  Boi6- 

alcM,"  »ijd  '*  Lrtjj  Uijiyaux  *lc  Neij^t'."  Thest? 
IttAt  two  T4iliiinv>8  of  i^MifitiK  wero  cruwued  by 
llu  Kreuch  Acjft>)uiiiy  of  Vatva  in  IH84).  TIih 
aniJbur  wiu  grAiii-<*d.  the  lat  Mont>on  prize 
unHiiJnu'iisly.  Ho  h«B  publUheJ  aa  liramu 
amlcomodiw  :— *'  Felix  PoutivS"  (a draco*,) 
l*r'>.>  ;  ••  Left  NoUhlea  tin  VUlai^e,"  <a  come- 
.l-..)  liWJ;  ••Papiiioau,"  (a  drama,)  IftBO; 
♦''I'bc  Tliuiiaerl>.U.*'  (a  drama.)  1H82.  aiid 
**Vu  bimancho  Matiu  Ji  I'Hot^*!  du  Can- 
^Ift,**  (ft  c^Miiedy.)  Hi>  prose  works  include, 
•'Lettrea^  Baidr/'  UST2.)  and  *' r«tite 
Hutoiru  d«a  H<>ia  de  Fraucu."  under  the  n*tm 
dt  plume  of  CvruiKN*.  He  lia^  tmuBlated 
inU*  Frencb  *' ACbanc*  AcquninUnco,"  by 
W.  D.  HuwuUa.  and  *MUd  Creole  Duy«/' by 
r*^«>rL;e  \V.  Cable.  Two  new  voluinen  uf 
I  •<  tua,  from  the  aarno  pen.  are  nearly  com- 
^l.,'ttf,  nam<«]y  :  "  lrf»a  UubIitS«»"  and  '*  Voix 
d  uutre-mvr."  M,  Frccheliu'a  work  is 
kn»«rn  mi  wulU  and  received  with  auoh 
iu»rk«  uf  favour,  that  it  is  hanity  nuoeuary 
hur«  U)  enWr  upon  an  wtimiite  of  it.  To  be 
brief,  however,  and  to  be  just,  it  iii>iy  be 
•«id  to  bavo  a  tlavoxir  all  ita  own.  The 
ainigiu^  c<nuea  atraii^ht  from  the  heart  of  the 
xuau,  for  no  chord  ia  struck  that  ia  not  a 
:h<>rd>  Ue  haa  a  aoArin^  and  active  iiu- 
Ion :  he  has  the  seeing  eye  and  the 
insight  into  the  subject 
He  is  likewise  master 
i.uL  I'i'u-l  palteuoe  wliiuh  enables 
the  artist  to  Uii^'ef  over  his  hue  till  it  ia 
perfect ;  •  •  ''>-"  ''»•  with  alubborn  Uu'.'iiAge 
uU  the  inJa  out  like  a    ahjulow 

cast  in  I .  -  '4  po«d.     We  have  not  the 

opportunity  bore  to  pr«taeiit  ctuiniderable 
c^oaiktitioa  of  the  verae  of  M.  Frechette,  us 
wo  should  like  to  du.  Pr*jfoMi>r  Hob(«rts, 
our  Rn;:H^b  p'^ct,  has  made  a  trarislHti*jn  of 
M     '  om    *'La  Lilwrli*';  and 

HI'  s  t<i  ahow  the  method  of 

our  ^Ai*id  tuid  tr.'Wned  Frencli  brother  : 

"  A  c'Kil.t,  1  huvf  -^t  tiiii  thfr^titi^  of  rnv  m'-nlh 

I  '     '  '  '^  ', 

.-  ith; 

**  WblU  wiirWIUnK^  cltuMt  rmeii  tittic r  madly  round 
TW  c»y  track  of  Mrtiloa*  K»yt«iy, 
Lh'aftmvr.  my  ilream   i!iirth'»   utiti^H  longings 
b<«nDd,-- 
On*  iafe  alouc  Li  mine,  my  tovo  i«  Tjib«rty.*' 

W<  lik«wksa  take  the  following  tratuUtion 
by  J.  U.  Ed^ar,  M.P.,  of  verses  which  ap' 


paared  from  the  Laureate's  pea  in  **  Pdle- 
MCdo"  : 

"The  ff>n""t:  Im^  «]w11i«  t"  *noliiinl  roe, 
Th.                    ■            '  ■.tl.rol; 

Yot  ... 

Can    : ,  ...^., 1-1  *U. 

*'  O  towerinff  ate^*!!*,  that  "-r^  mtrmred 
On  Sa^ucnay  i  darl  ^i ! 

O  jtfrim,  rr>cky  height'  >\*'ning, 

The  thaaden  hare  -<  ^     -r  ereat ! 

"  0  sentinels,  niarcln?  the  dondlaod. 
Stand  forth  in    ■  '    i^i  array  ! 

My  bruw,  liy  y  rOKhrvuded, 

la  bumblcJ  1  -day. 

'*  But  peaks  thnt  arv  irilditd  by  heavea. 

Defiant  V        '    ■  *  ■     -  Me 

Fnnii  kI.h  1.', 

I  turn  t     :  ^" 

We  might  give  many  itutancos  of  the  span- 
tADeousneas,  the  freedom,  the  wealth  of 
fancy,  and  richness  of  music  which  char&oter- 
ize  this  poet,  bat  aa  we  have  said,  it  isimpos- 
■ible  to  do  so  in  these  narrtrw  limits.  Lovon 
of  the  higher  literature  in  Caniula  will  he 
glad  to  learn  that  M.  Frechette  proniisus 
us  a  pair  of  volumes  so<Jn  ;  and  that  he  has 
consecrated  .his  days  henceforth  to  literary 
work.  Let  I^wer  natures  acuffli;  in  the  dark 
and  luiry  potitic-al  places. 

Hull,  %Vllliain»  .Alderman,  Toronto,  i« 
a  native  of  England,  hiving  been  bom   ia 
Manchester,    on    the  20th  of  April.    IKIS. 
His   parents    were  William   Hail   and  Ana 
Whitehead,  and  this  couple  had  a   family 
of  nine  children,  the  subject  of  our  sketoh 
being   the   fourth  son.     Air.   Hall,    senior, 
farmed  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Manchesior, 
and  haviiiK  retired  on  a  computt?rcy,  lived 
a   retired  life  f'*r  aome  year*,  and  dieil  in 
18T*J.     Youi>K  Wdliam  was  educated  in  (he 
parish    scho«d,   and  having  ac^juired  a  fair 
education,  at   the  a^q  of  fourteen    h(t  was 
apprenticed  to  the  trade  of  carpenter  and 
joiner.     Havint^    faithfully    served    his   ap- 
prenticeship, he  be^su  businesa  fur  himself 
M  contractor   and   builder  in  Muichoster, 
and  succeeded  very  welL    At  the  time  uf  the 
Crimean  war  he  was  appointed  general  fore- 
man of  hiiilders  in  the  army  wtirka  c«>rp«, 
under  Sir  Joseph   Paxton,  and  was  Icicnted 
at  Balaclava    until    peace   was  proclaiwod. 
wheu  the  coqm  returned   to  L'mdou,   and 
were  disbanded.      Upon   leaving  ^ho  army 
he   rolurned    to  Manchester,  where  he  re- 
mained for  a  abort  time  ;  and  in  1807  came 
to  ^'aiiada,  settling  in    Haiuilton,  in    which 
oity  ho  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  works  or 
BUporvisur.  in  the  employ  of  the  Ureat  Weat- 
era  Railroad  Company.     He   reuiamed  in 


320 


A  CYCLOFMDIA  OF 


that  poaition  until  the  dato  of  the  Dc»«J4rdin9 
canal  accident,  when  be  was  appointed 
brid^  inspector  Having  seen  that  all  the 
Btructures  of  thia  clau  were  in  a  pivjper 
state  of  repair^  he  secured  the  contract  for 
building  the  Uamilton  elevator,  and  after- 
wards erected  for  the  company  an  elevator 
and  other  works  at  Sarnia.  After  being  for 
a  time  a  builder  and  contractor,  he  con* 
ceived  the  idea,  in  1872,  of  bnildini^  a  mill 
and  ctitriii-;  oak  lumber  fnr  the  Kn,^lish 
market,  and  with  this  nhject  in  riew  he  left 
Toronto  and  proceeded  to  Waubausheue. 
on  the  Ueorgian  B-iy,  and  erected  a  tiiUI. 
A  villai^e  sifua  sprang  up  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  the  mitld,  and  it  became  a  thriving 
place.  In  1882  Mr.  Hall  sold  out  his 
prope^  here  ^^^  A.  P.  Dodi^e  &  Co.,  and 
removed  to  Toronto.  Hero  he  entered  into 
an  agreement  with  Mr.  Cumberland  to  put 
on  a  line  'if  bvges  in  connection  with  their 
Northern  Railwaj,  for  the  purpose  of  carry- 
ing lumbtir  btitwuen  Tomnto  and  (->swego, 
and  Mr.  Hall  ha^  been  engaged  in  this  busi- 
ness ever  since.  Among  shipowners  and 
shippers  he  is  well  known  ai  *'  Captain 
Hall/'  owint{  to  his  connection  with  veasel 
propt'rty.  Id  1883  Mr.  Hall  was  duly  elect- 
ed alderman  for  8c.  Andrew's  ward  in  the 
City  Council  uf  Toronto,  deftiatini;  his  op- 
ponent. AlderniAU  Uefoe.  In  the  following; 
yuar,  1H84,  he  refused  to  stand  ;  but  in  the 
year  1685,  at  thu  sdicitation  of  his  many 
friends,  he  c<ms«ntud  to  Btaud  for  his  old 
ward,  and  was  elected,  defeating  Alderman 
Farley.  In  ine  present  council  he  ia  a 
moiiibor  of  the  water  works,  board  of  wiirka 
and  harbour  board  committees.  He  belongs 
to  th^  Freemasons.  Mr.  Hall  baa  cravolled 
extensively  through  Canada,  the  Uiiitod 
States,  an'l  has  about  a  du7.en  times  crossed 
the  Ailantic,  visiting  all  [^>oirita  (if  interest 
in  Great  Ut ilain  and  Ireland,  and  ctmibin- 
ing  business  with  pleasure,  in  reli^iim  he 
belongs  to  the  Church  of  England,  and  in 
pi>Litics  is  a  Conservative  ;  but  is  hostile 
to  bringing  general  politics  into  municipal 
atTairs.  He  married,  in  1807,  Elizibeth 
B^ntley,  ■*(  Manchester,  England,  who  died 
on  the  2f»th  of  May,  1881.  leaving  four  sons 
and  two  dauehtem.  In  1B83  he  again  mar- 
ried, Mary  Mitbews,  of  Toronto.  Mr.  Hall 
is  genial  in  manners,  and  has  numbers  of 
frieiidt*. 

Mutidvrs.  Edward  Howard,  Port 
Hopi!,  Mcjtii'io,  WHS  born  :ii  Bridge  House, 
.Christ  Church,  CMunty  of  Hants,  England, 
on  the  28ih  M  <rch,  1832.  Uin  father  was  the 
lateM-j->r8*tider8,  K.F.  and  K.G.S.,  of  The 
fialljThirsk,  Yorksliire,  England,  formerly 


■  six  ii 
ici»^M 
8549 

ao-      i 


in  the  Royal  Spanish  army  ;  and  al»>  Uto  r»- 
preaentative  of  the  Sandersei  of  SAndur»t4»aii 
and  EastGrinatead.in  the  counties  of  Surrey 
and  Sussex,  in  direct  descent  from  Sir  It^ger 
de    SAuderstead.     He   nurriud  hrst  Alioia. 
second    daughter    of    Ueury    GaitskelL,   of 
the  Caragon,  Southwark,  Couniy  of  Surrey  ; 
and  second,  in    I8'>4,   Jane,  sister  and  co- 
heiress  of  the    late   John    Boll,    M.l*.     fi 
Thirsk,  Yorkshire.     Our  subject    was  ed 
oated  by  private  tutors  in  Rugland,  until  h 
fourteenth  year,  then  at  sohuoU  in  Belg-ii 
and    Germany.      Uti  was  aubsetiuentty  soni 
to  a  military  school   for  cadets  in   Auslri 
and  entered  the  Imperial  Austrian  army 
1849,  having   obbamed   a   cadetahip  in  th 
6th  Regiment  of  Dragoon*  (Cjunt  Ficqtiel 
Diont),  and  served  in  thia  regiment  for  six 
years  in  HunL;ary,Tran8ylvaniu,an  j  Gallici 
He  was  promoted  tirat  lieutenant  in   1 
but  resigned   in  August,  1855.   having   ac- 
cepted a  commission  tn  Her  IVlajeaty's  ser- 
vice with  the  view  of  serving  bin  own  coun- 
try in  the  field  during  the  Crimean  war.  Ho 
was   next   appointed    adjutj%nt    of    the  'Jnd 
MuBsars,   B.G.L.,  oommunded   by  the  late 
Lord  Etphinatone,  and  served  in  thin  corps 
until  disbanded  in  1857-      He  procoed€*d 
British  Columbia  in  1859,  and  wits  appoin 
stipendi'iry   magistrate  and   gold    (ioram 
siuner  fur  the  Vale  District  in  Aprd  of  tb 
year,  and  also  a  member  of  the  Legislati 
Council.     In  18<32,  he  was  appointed  ju 
of  C->unty  Courts,  and  retired  on  a  peosio 
in   !88(J.      He  is  a  member  of  the  Obu 
of  ICngland.     He  married  6rst,  on  the  8t 
December,  18ti2,    ai  Fort  Hope,  in  Rntis 
Columbia,   Annie,  eldest   daughter  ttf    th 
late  William  Moresby,  barrist^r-at  law.  and 
brother  of  the    late  t^ir   Fairfax    M  •reeby, 
admiral  of  the  Heet ;  secondly  at  Clintjn, 
HHtish  Columbia,  on  the  27th  A'lgust.  1879, 
E«aie,  Cranstone,  second  daught«r  of  John 
Coulter,  of  Dundalk,  Ireland. 

noi^ord,   A.  T.,   the  subject  of  th 
sketch,  was  born  in  Toronto,  on  tlie  14th  ol 
April,  1848.     His  father  was  Andrew  Tay< 
lor  McCord,  and  he  was  the  first  city  t 
surer  of   Toronto,  which    position  he  hel 
with  much  acceptance  for  forty  years.     i)xx 
subject    received    his    education    at    Up 
Canada  College  and  the  Toronto  Gramm 
Sehtvil,  and  while  pursuing  his  studies  ga 
evidence  of  the  sturdy  iot^-Uectual  qrialilic^ 
which  in  later  life  distin^ishcd  him  iu 
his  undertakings.      Having  left  school,  Mr, 
McCord  proceeded  to  ^iew  Vork.  wher«  f 
a  time  he  engnged  in  the  cotumission  bust 
nesa.      After  this  he  returned  to  Tor<into 
and  established  himself  in  a  general  whole 


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Oirn. 


This,  however,  vu  not  con- 
_  to  hit  tjuteB.  and  some  time  after- 

warda  h«  l>«came  «  clork  in  the  Buik  uf 
Comuvrctf.  Hure  be  did  not.  roiuaiu  loui{, 
b«i  ig*in  ai^tuhlifllidd  a  hiisinesN  for  himself. 
Too  cl  '  -ticiou   to  dntUfH   bi^^iin   t') 

Ubder:  tiUhf  and  he  wa't  obliged  tv> 

9'      '  upcrfttion.      He  travoiled 

t>  .   whure  rust  nnd  change  of 

fc.«r.M:  MUM  m.-  .i.sirtd  otTuct,  but  Wfore  he 
r»rrjnied  to  T-'rvntu  he  vinited  the  West 
ln%lia  Islands.  Ue  ixiw  oiit«red  into  the 
ttookhroking  and  irtmirance  busineMs.  For 
boibof  tinMi  h.'  roveaJed  much  aptitude,  and 
it  sciu.  iiown  that  his  business  was 

bruod  ;  lis*  established.    At  the  pre- 

Mint  tiiuc  he  m  manager  for  the  Dominion  uf 
Canada  of  that  pupuiar  and  widely-trusted 
ioatilutluti,  the  London  Ouaranl«e  Ci>mpAny, 
Among  thi*  public  projects  in  which  Mx.  Mc- 
Qor^  haa  inlerosted  himself  the  military  may 
be  mentioned.  Some  yeara  ago  he  was  a 
neuber  of  N-t.  4  Coinpnny  of  the  Queen's 
Own.  In  f>olitics  Mr.  MoCord  is  a  atauuch 
bural'Conivrvstive.  Ho  is  a  sturdy  advo- 
of  thtf  national  potioyf  aud  when  that 
ure  was  before  the  people  for  their  ver- 
dict* he  was  one  of  those  who  npou  many 
binttii"*  n.iinted  out  the  adrantagea  which 
t'  ha<l  reaped  from  the  adoption 

o!  policy.     Sir.    McCord   is  larye- 

hearteii,  aud  has  much  public  spirit,  and  is 
Att  active  member  of  the  Iriah  Protestant 
Benevolent  S<A:iety.  In  religion  he  is  a 
highly  respected  member  of  the  Baptist  de- 
^  '       lu  business  capacity,  it  need 

'I  tt^d,  he  is  vfuick  aud  fortunate, 

*  ii  .  lit  IS  excelleut, 

*ri.  John,  M.D..  Niagara  Falls, 
^i  i,  was  bom  in  the  County 

"  Mtario,  in  the  year  I8;i9.   He 

I*  MVD<.cii<.icii  tr)[u  an  Irish  famdy  of  Sootoh 
•Xtraoiiou,   whoso    wates   lay   m    Ualway 
•■''fn;.      In  lOliO,  .lames  FerjfUSOD*  a 
■\  of  the  family,  became  possessed 
""■'v  in  the  County  of  Oavan, 
'■\  place  he  settled.     His  son 
'     i-*'.!!  Richard,  mitered  the 
y.  the  .  Mi»  part  in  tho  troubles 

I74:i,  ai  t   of  the  Kirij;'*  Ulack 

'  the^th  L>raa|oon <»uard8),  under 
t  Cumborlaiid.     Uis  itrandfather, 
^ur^lJsou,  h«ld  a  ocimmissiun  in  the 
milttitt.  a'td  took  an  active  part  in 
Ti  uf  IT'JH.   This  t;e>!itlemau 
■  u  \H'S\,  and  sottltHl  in  Lou- 
The   fathor  of  our  subjuct 
v<  .  '>n,  of  Middlesex,  who  was 

a  juatjo-'  oi  ino  peace  in  that  county.  Vuung 
FsffttiOB   reoeived    his    education    at   the 


an.l 
> 

1: 
I 


■r, 


H 
I., 

Hcary 
Caran 
iKo  Ir 
oune  1 

d< 


London  Grammar  School,  and  afterwards 
entered  the  medical  department  of  Victoria 
College,  Toronto,  aud  wai  also  a  private 
student  under  the  late  Dr.  Rolph.  \u  18C( 
he  graduated  M,D.  from  Victoria  College, 
and  then  left  for  the  city  of  Xow  York,  and 
entered  BBJlevue  Uoapitfll,  under  Austin 
Flint,  M. D.,  and  attended  the  hospital  for 
wounded  soldiers  at  BiackweU'B  Idand.  On 
his  return  to  Canada  he  bej^an  practising 
his  profession,  but  after  four  yean  practice 
he  abandoned  it  aud  be^an  contracting  ^<*t 
public  works.  He  built  a  {Kirtion  of  the 
New  York  and  Uiwes;o  Midland  liailway, 
and  the  Gait  and  Berlin  Railway.  He 
built,  Ukewiee,  (from  1873  to  1877)  six 
miles  of  the  VVell&nd  canal  enlargement, 
and,  in  company  with  Robert  Alitohell, 
constructed  the  larger  portion  of  the  T<->r- 
onto  water  works.  He  was  personally  in 
charge  of  these  operations,  and  aUo  of  the 
St.  Oatharines  water  works.  In  company 
with  H.  C.  Symms,  ho  built  and  estab- 
lished the  first  Wood  pulp  mill  at  Sher- 
brooke.  in  the  province  of  Q'leboc.  D.-.  Fer- 
guson has  taken  an  active  part  in  political 
coutests,  as  a  Conservative,  appearing  in  the 
fi^ht  in  nearlyevery  election  aince  If:i«i7.  In 
that  year  he  assisted  for  aeven  months  on  the 
public  platform  A.  P.  Maodonald,  who  wiS 
elected  in  West  Middlesex  ;  John  H.  Mtin- 
roe,  who  was  elected  in  West  Elgin  ;  also  in 
B  )thwcll  and  in  North  Middleawx.  In  1871 
he  took  an  active  pirt  in  the  South  Waterloo 
election,  in  the  interest  <>f  \brahatu  Erb, 
who  was  the  caodidateuf  the  Sandtield  Mic- 
donald  uuuistry.  During  1873,  he  went 
through  South  Waterhio,  delivering  a  num- 
ber of  vigorous,  powerful  and  brillisnt 
speeches  in  behalf  of  Mr.  Phin  and  the 
Conservative  cause  ;  and  ho  took  a  similar 
coarse  through  North  Wentw-trth,  Waterloo 
and  West  Middlesex,  Mr.  McKochnie  protit- 
ing  by  his  effective  addreues.  In  IHH'J  he 
appeared  on  his  own  behalf  before  the  elec- 
tors of  Welland,  and  received  the  reward  of 
his  ability,  his  integrity,  and  2<3a1,  in  being 
chosen  for  parliament.  He  has  since  sat  in 
the  House  uf  Commons  ;  and  he  was  very 
speedily  looked  upon  as  one  of  the  clear 
headed  and  solid  members  of  that  body.  He 
is  vigon*us,  ready  and  practical,  and  his 
judgment  upon  public  quMtions  u  o<frtain 
to  be  careful  and  to  b(»  sound.  In  187U  aud 
188U  he  travelled  with  his  family  exten- 
sively throUtfh  Ireland,  Kugland,  Scotland, 
Franoe,Geri  '  i  idandltalv.   He 

married,  in  !  son,  only  daugh- 

ter of  the  laio  >>  iiii;uii  ivobinson,  who  was 
then  mayor  of  the  Iowa  u(  Gait,  and  who 


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A  CTCLOP^VIA  OF 


oonteated  the  South  Riding  of  Waterloo  in 
the  Conserriitive  interest  sgalD&t  Ju.  Go  wen, 
ID  1863  ;  and  iu  that  reform  coDBtitueacy 
came  within  sixty-lhree  vores  of  being  elect- 
ed. The  fruit  of  ihe  union  ii  four  child  reD, 
three  danghtem  and  one  son.  The  two  vid* 
est  daughters  died  in  1874.  The  aon  ii  at- 
tending  Cp(^r  Onnada  College,  and  is  in  his 
fourteenth  year.  In  1881,  Dr.  Fergiwon 
purchased  a  large  fruit  f&nn  on  the  banks  of 
the  Niagara  river,  and  upon  this  farm  is  the 
celebrated  \\  hirlpool  KapidsFark.  We  may 
add,  in  conclusion,  that  Dr.  Ferguson  is  not 
a  parliamentary  gladiator  ;  but  whenever 
the  occasion  deruauda  he  Ib  ready,  and  gives 
his  views  with  promptness,  with  point,  and 
with  effect. 

Jon^ft,  JoliDy  Alderman,  Toronto,  was 
bom  in  Glamorganshire,  Wales,  in  the  year 
1843.    His  parents,  George  Jones  and  Jane 
Clitlbrd,  were   bom    in    England.     Ueorge 
Jones  was  a  contractor,  and  was  one  of  the 
men  who  laid  the  rails  for  the  railroad  be- 
tween Kensington  and  London,  the  Brat  rail- 
road built  in  the  world,  and  known  as  the 
Quaker's  tine.  It  may  also  be  mentioned  that 
Mr.  Jones'  father  was  foreman  of  the  coal 
mines   at  which   the    celebrated   engineer, 
George  Stephenson,  worked  as  engineer.  Mr, 
Jones  cnuie  to  this  country  in  lUoO,  and  land- 
ed in  Toronto  on  May  1st,  of  the  same  year. 
On  getting  settled  he  tckok  up  the  business  of 
contractor  and  farmer,  in  which  joint  occu- 
pations henmained  until  his  death  in  1866. 
Heleft  two  children.   In  1875hiawife  follow- 
ed him,  both  being  buried  together  in  the 
Don  Mills  cemetery.  We  might  mention  here 
that  Mr.  Jones  was  the  contractor  for  the 
removal   of    the  timber  from  the   farm   of 
old   Sam   Legge,  one   of   the  first  pioneers 
of  Vork,  and  on  which  site  Mount  PU-asant 
cemetery  now  atauds.   John  Jones,  the  sub- 
ject of  our  sketch,  was  educated  in  Toronto, 
and  received   a  common  school  education. 
Aftor  leaving  school  in  1858,  he  went  upon 
a  farm,  and  remained  there  for   about  tive 
years.     He  then  went  as  a  sailor  upon  the 
upper  and  lower  lakes  of  Canada,  and  held 
the  position  of  second  mate.   Upon  the  death 
of  his  father,  in  1806,  he  gave  up  the  life  of 
a  sailor,  and  commenced  the  business  of 
market  gardening  in  Toronto.    At  this  busi- 
ness he  remained  for  seven  years.     He  thon 
began  brickmaking  on  his  present  site,  St. 
Lawrence  ward,  Toronto,  and  has  continued 
iu  this  business  ever  since,  each  year  with 
increasing    success.       Ho    belonged  tu  the 
lOth   HuyalSj   now   the   Royal  Grenadiers, 
and    was  in  this   corps    for   three   years. 
In  1884  he  was  elected  alderman   for  St. 


Matthew's  ward,  Toronto,  out  of  nine  candj- 
didates,  with  a  majority  of  eighty-nine; 
was  re-elected  in  January,   ]885«  over  fii 
candidat«i8.  by  a  majority  of  185  votes, 
the  present  time  he  is  on  th«>  board  «jf  wnrl 
market,    health,   court   house  and  mtHlif 
health  committee  of   the    city  council 
the  tiirie  of  the  visit  of  tho  British  At 
tion  to  this  country,  Mr  Jones,  with  oth< 
aldermen,     accompanied   them   on    a    trii 
through   the   upper   lakes   aa   far   na    Poi 
Colbome.     ftlr.  Jones  belongs  to  the  Epu 
ct*pHl    church,    and    is    a    warden    in 
Leslieville  church.    In  politics  he  is  Oonsei 
vative.     He  belongs  to  the  Orange  ordei 
and   was   master  of   the  LesUeville   XoAy^ 
No.  215,  for  seven  years.   In  1878 he  joinf 
the  Froemasons,  iu  tho  (Oriental  lodge,  an< 
was   master  of  this  lodge  for  three  year&i 
He  IB  also  a  charter  member  of  CrystalJ 
lodge    of    the    A ucien t    Order    of    L'  nil 
Workmen,  and  held  the  office  of  rectirdc 
for  two  years.     He  belongs  likewise  to  tl 
Black    Knights    of    Ireland,    an   advao< 
Orange  order  ;  also  to  the  Sons  of  England 
and  has  been  a  member  of  the  OddfelKn 
and  Foresters.    Ho  was  married,  in  1866, 
Mary   Auu    Hunter,   a    daughter  of   >Vi| 
liam    Hunter,   of  Toronto,  and  one  of  tin 
earliest  pioneers.      By  tliis  nuuriage  he  has 
had   twelve   children,   of   whom   eight   ai«. 
living.     Mr.  Jones  is  geutleiuaniy  and  coi 
dial  in  his  manners,  and  one  to  whom  thi 
majority  of  people  would   be  drawn.     Mr* 
Jones  was   presented  by  the   menibera 
Orient  Lodge,  A.¥.  and  A.M.,  <J.R.C. ,  Ni^j 
39,  with  a  gold  p.ut  master's  jewel,  valued' 
at  $85.00,  a  silver  tea  set  worth  $95.00,  ant 
a  French  clock,  worth  ^5.00,  in  re&:tgnitioa| 
of  services  rendered  the  order,  he  having, 
while  master  of  the  lodge,  initiated  no  less 
than  sixty-three  nieml)era. 

Carl%«rlKlif,   lion,   ll«lr   Rlrhard 
Wllliuiii,  K.<'.M.t;.,  Lite  Finance  Minis- 
ter of  Canaila,  Kingston,  was  born  at  Kings- 
ton, Upper  CanodH,  on  the  4lh  of  December, 
1835,  and  is  consetpiently  now  in  hisUftietU 
year.     HBisason  of  the  late  Rev,  K.  D.  Oart-J 
Wright,  who  was  at  one  time  chaplain  of  the| 
forces  at  Kin^ratnn.   Voung  Richard  reoeivttd 
his  early  educaiional  training  at    Kini;ston, 
and  was  afterwards  sent  to  Trinity  Collegv, 
Dublin.     After  his  return  frum  Dublin,  ha, 
entered  for  a  time  upon  a  study  of  tho  law,, 
but  hie  inclinations  led  him  into  banking 
life.     In  due  time  we  hnd  him  occupying, 
the  position  of  director,  and  subsetpienUy 
of   president   of   the  Commorcinl   Buik   of 
Canada.     He  w.'u  Ukewiao  a  director  of  the; 
Canada   Life   Assurance   Company.     Ftota 


CANADIAN  BIOGnAPUr. 


leomed  t<i  liAvu  a  atrong 

udy  of  BnaiicJal  questious  ; 

ilvrotl  public  life  at  all  he 

ikn  authority  on  such  mat- 

himself  and  hia  party  have 

)U  i.'iMiuute.  for  the  stars  aoinetimca 

[list  the  ablest  of  men,  Mr.  Cart- 

i,  while  tiiiaitco  minister,  and  is 

led  a«  uiie  of  the  greatest  autbori- 

opbfi  monetary  and  Qommercial  queB' 

tiottt    lis    Canada,    perliaps,    indeed,   he    u 

(h«  grealAsat.     Sir  Leonard  Tilley  hiia  been 

Um  more  •uooeasful  tnan  of  the  two,  but  ia 

.t  r.ir.  »i.  r..«>,s,,r,.  ;.i,(lity  by  auocena  ]     We 

!<i)i  ttt^ttleil  in  Canada, 

■tcrosa  the  line  with  it. 

n,    Ifloy,  Mr.  Carlwright  married 

Alexander,  eldeat  dauifhter  of  (-'ul- 

e1  Al"X%fider  L"-iwe,  of  Cheltenham,  Eng- 

kd.      Hv  thin  worthy  la-ly  he  haa  a  lar^e 

i»df*  f.»mily.    All^Ir.  Carlwright'a 

■nn^M.  -:<d  aasociations  heUmi^ed  to 

the  CVik«ci  vmire   cliiaa.     Hia  relatives  bad 

taken  a  i^niniinent  place  in  the  public  life  of 

t^  o  I  III  one  nf  th**m  waa  one  of  the 

mavt  (onea  in   the  land.     With 

otci^iTv  )v(  ivo    traditiuiia    befiire    him, 

\y    enough    Richard    entered    public 

a  t«>ry.  and  aa  the  reforniera  would  put 

cio«  "dyed  in   the  wool."     In   IStJIi  he 

t*.<    3    member  of  the    Legislative 

lu  united  counties  nf  Lennox 

ITij  ftiil  aa  an  independent 

»i  atoady  support,  how- 

\.    Mtudonald.      After 

uii   Mr.    Cartwright  wiia  elected 

liiiy  of  Lennox.     In  1870  the  ru- 

disalTeotion  were  conhrmed  by 

icement  fMiu  hia  own  lips,  that 

lail  III)  iiit4intion  to  give  faotiuiu 

it»ii  V(i    the  govemmeDt,  his  support 

iiii   iiuiger    be  rnlied   upon.     At  the 

eJucuon    uf  1872   he   defeated   tlie 

.    s-   -  -'    -1    by   a  Large    majority. 

■jt  •!  Conservative  i^overn- 

'  '  :irtwnyht  accepted  the 

jpcot/i  'ind  entvTcd  the  privy 

WUXii;..  lur  into  ofhce  upon  evil 

liniTi      1  t  fortune  had  bet^un  to 

ton  the  He  found  ii  nece«aary, 

thor  '<  the  tariff  in  order  to 

lie   to  B4|unre  with  the 


ftaBaaaarir  cspcndunrv.       ilis  uppunettta, 
ifldntT  N^^nd,  aut  tip  a  howl  at  him  becai 

riif  itynu  fi(t^«»}n  t'jSerenteen 


Ifldnty  K«t^nd,  aut  tip  a  howl  at  him  because 

aad  .  c«nt,  ;    ()h>y  were  the  Hsiue 

ace  ^  tu)  subaetiuently  raiaeil 

tic  ■  A  Ut  nearly  thirty  per 

«Hkl      It  wM  [lie  cEiao,  however,  and  wua  so 
Mter]  bjr  8lr  Ruthiird  hiuiaeU  in  a  speech  at 


Montreal,  that  he  had  intended  to  put  on 
more  taxes  in  1870  :  but  that  he  was  over- 
ruled by  his  colleagues  and  their  supporters. 
In  1878,  the  Reformers  went  out  of  ottioe, 
and  Mr.  Cartwright  with  them.  «>n  the 
24th  of  May  he  was  created  a  knight  nf  the 
Order  of  St.  Michael  and  St.  Oeorge  by  the 
Mnrquia  of  Lorno.  at  an  investiture  held  in 
Moutreal.  It  may  hero  be  added  that  noth- 
ing in  Sir  Rictiard's  life  ia  more  worthy  of 
note  than  aapeech  delivered  by  hiui  during 
the  summer  of  1884,  at  the  Grand  Opera 
House,  Toronto.  It  need  not  be  said  that 
hitherto  a  disctiaaion  of  Canadian  indepeud- 
onoe  had  been  held  to  be  beyond  lei^itimate 
bounds,  and  any  one  who  raised  the  ques- 
tion waa  pretty  sure  to  be  rei^urded  aa  a 
veiled  traitor.  Unt  Sir  Richard,  in  talcing 
atock  of  the  outlook  for  the  f<iture,  declared 
that  the  question  of  independence  was  a 
legitimate  one  for  diacusaion,  without  oooi- 
mitting  himseif  to  ita  advocacy.  His  speech 
waa  applauded  rapturously.  The  Reform 
preaa,  aa  a  rule,  folJowed,  either  with  reti- 
cenoe  or  weak  approval,  and  a  few  dew  into 
a  paaaion.  Some  of  the  ConstirTative  papers 
again  cried  out  treaaou,  but  no  dead  came 
oat  of  their  graves.  It  ia  not  overateppiog 
the  bounda  to  aay  that  Sir  Richard  Cart- 
wrikjht  is  more  popular  at  this  moment  in 
his  party  than  he  has  ever  been,  but  this 
statement  doL)a  not  imply  that  he  ever 
lacked  the  well-wishes  or  the  a^lmiration  of 
hia  colleagues  or  of  the  Liberal  party.  But 
he  seems  to  be  constantly  attaining  a  greater 
intellectual  growth  ;  and  hia  speeches  in 
the  Bouae  of  Commons  from  year  to  year 
grow  more  powerful.  He  ia  g'fted  with  a 
faculty  for  very  clear  and  very  close  reason- 
ing ;  hia  apeeches  give  evidence  of  careful 
reauaroh,  and  they  are  always  pleaaing  l>e- 
cause  of  their  literary  style.  I3ut  it  is  in 
polished  invective  and  sharp  aarcaam  that 
Sir  Richard  is  must  elfective  ;  and  when  hi4 
uKK^d  ia  a  bitter  one  hia  opponents  aipitnn 
lit  their  desks  as  if  in  bodily  pain,  l^oliti- 
cians  and  their  organs  may  abuse  oppononte 
as  they  will,  but  this  much  can  justly  be 
said  of  Sir  Richard  Cartwright  by  any  one  ; 
he  is  a  man  of  th^  highest  possible  per::onal 
character  ;  is  devoted  to  hia  country;  and 
zealous  iu  hia  eti'orta  to  aerve  her.  Beaidea 
these  merita  he  is  a  gentleman  upon  whose 
othcial  or  political  escutcheon  no  shadow  o( 
evil-doing  vvAiA. 

Wright  John,  tjondon,  Ontario,  waa 
bom  at  Upwell,  Cambridgeshire,  England, 
1831.  Ho  received  hia  education  in  hia 
native  town  ;  and  when  ho  reached  man 'a 
estate,  in  1B54,  reaolwd  to  seek  bis  fortune 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  01- 


in  Canada.  Having  arrived  in  this  country, 
he  cast  hia  eyes  about  him,  and  though 
there  was  opportunity  in  many  diroctinna 
for  a  young  man  of  less  energy  and  ability 
than  himBelf,  he  resolved  to  try  hia  fortnne 
at  farming.  So  he  settleu  in  the  County  of 
Oxford,  Ontario,  where  he  fanned  for  a 
number  of  years.  He  waa  not  hjng  enjjaged 
in  this  occupation,  when  he  came  to  the 
wiae  conclusion  that  catile-raiaing,  com- 
bined with  crop  growing,  was  a  profitable 
buainesa,  and  wo  next  find  Mr.  Wright  en- 

faged  sucoeBafuUy  in  raising  thurouglibred 
Durham  cattle  and  Leiceatcr  sheep.  Tiring 
of  farm  lifi^,  Iu>  visited  England,  and  rc*- 
uiained  in  that  country  fur  about  two  yeara, 
when  he  a^ain  returned  to  Canada,  and  took 
up  hia  abode  in  London,  where  he  haa  over 
since  residt'd.  In  1874,  ho  began  buaineas 
as  a  Btock-brukcr,  and  being  a  careful,  con- 
acientious  man,  he  haa  avoided  the  rocka  on 
which  many  in  the  same  line  uf  buaiiiess 
have  been  shipwrecked,  namely,  ''specula- 
tions" and  ''marginal  operations.'*  Mr. 
Wright,  though  he  was  apjiointed,  in  1870, 
lieutenant  in  company  eleven  of  the  West 
Riding  of  Middlesex  Division  Militia,  has 
no  great  inclination  for  military  life ;  yet 
like  many  other  loyal  subjects  he  is  always 
ready  in  case  uf  need  to  defend  his  adopted 
country  against  ita  foes.  Mr.  Wright  is 
always  found  foremost  in  all  benevolent  and 
humanitarian  movements ;  and  when  the 
handsi>me  infimiary  attached  to  the  Pro. 
testant  Uqihana'  Homo,  in  London,  waa 
being  built,  ho  acted  aa  secretary- treaaurer 
for  the  builders.  He  is  now  a  member  of 
the  advisory  board  of  the  Orphans'  Home, 
and  has  also  a  place  on  the  board  of  several 
other  benevolent  institutions.  Some  yeara 
ago  hq  was  elected  a  life  member  of  the  8t. 
George's  Society,  Mr.  Wright  is  iin  ad- 
herent of  the  Episcopal  church,  and  in  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Liberal  Conservative. 

Bryee^H'llllum,  Wholesale  Bookseller 
and  Stationer,  London,  Ontario,  wua  bom 
in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  on  the  15th  February, 
1846,  and  with  the  members  of  his  family 
emigrated  to  Canada,  in  May.  1854.  Aft«r 
a  residence  in  Toronto  and  vicinity  for 
about  two  years,  the  subject  of  this  notice 
removed  to  I^ndou,  and  has  been  a  resident 
of  the  Forest  City  ever  since.  Mr.  Bryce 
received  a  public  school  education,  and  at 
the  age  of  fourteen  had  reached  the  fifth  form 
— au  uncommon  achievement  at  that  time. 
A  year  Inter  he  entered  the  emplojnient  of 
Kobert  Reid,  (now  Collector  of  Customs) 
with  whom  he  remained  eight  years.  In 
1868,  Mr.  Reid  aaaiated  him  to  branch  out 


he 

ay 

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I  for  himself,  and  from  the  then  small  begin- 
r  ning,  he  haa  at«adily  increaaed  his  bufimfss 
oppcirtunities,  until  at  the  preaent  time  the 
I  namo  of  Rryce  is  known   in  every  Tillago 
town  and  city  in  Ontario,  where  a  book 
fancy  store  is  located.     Mr.    Bryce  emplo 
a  lai^o   staff  constantly,  uses  his  capital 
his  business  only,  and  avoida  in  every  way 
speculations  of   an  ulterior  character.      He 
attends  closely  and  atrictly  to  hia  business* 
and  ia  known  aa  one  of    the  moat  diligent 
and  energetic  merchants  in  London.   In 
itica  he  is  a  Reformer,  but  avoida    mixi 
business  and  party  queations  in  any  way 
Methodist  in  religion,  he  is  as  liberal  in  this 
aa  in  politics,  and  allows  an  opponent  e<^u 
latitude  of  thought  in  both  as  he  claims  f 
himself.      Mr.    Bryce  was  married    «m  t' 
Snl  of    October,    1871,    to  Jane    Davidw>i 
Johnson,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Johnso 
Apple  Hill  Farm,  township  of  Weatmina 
In  the  stirring  times  of  1865-0,  uur  aubj 
was  an  active  volunteer — a  member  of  th 
7th  bataltion  of  London  Light  Infantry — an< 
aaw  aervice  at  the  front  with    his  company* 
Me  also  attended  several  camps  of  ex«rciaeL 
and    did    duty    at  Thorold,  Oodorich.  and 
other  places.     On  more  than  one  (occasion  ib 
commission  waa  offered  to  him,  but  he  re- 
spectfully declined  the  honour,  proffering  to 
serve  with  the  companions  of  years,  by  whom 
he  waa  ever  regarded  in  the  highest  esteom. 
Mr.  Bryce  ia  a  member  of  Forest  City   luduje, 
No.  3H,  Independent  Order  of  Oddfellows, 
and  also  of  Adelphian   encampment  of  the 
same   order.     He    haa   been  for   two  yL-irs 
paat  a  member  of  the  executive  committee 
of  the    Bookaeltera'  Union   uf  Ontario,  and 
along    with  other    leading  members  of  the 
trade,  was    instrumental  in  ita  inatitution. 
He  visits  the  leading   British  and  cotitinen* 
tal  ceutrea   of  commerce  yearly,  and  is  th 
largest    importer  in   bis    line    uf  gttods 
western  Ontario.   He  iacomparativelyyonni 
and  vigorous,  and  bids  fair  to  live  to  a 
old  atre. 

ViinliorD,  John  F.,  Pioton,  Onlari 
was  born  (m  September  IHtb,  184!^,  in  th^ 
County  of  Prince  Edward,  Ontario.  Hia 
paternal  (grandfather  emigrated  fn^m  Dutch- 
oaa  county,  New  York,  in  1786,  and  aet tied 
in  Canada.  Our  subject  received  his  educa- 
tion in  Prince  Edward  county,  and  then 
turned  hia  attention  to  iudti»trial  pursuits. 
Ue  likewiae  bad  an  inclination  for  otuuici- 
pal  politics,  and  waa  town  councillor  in  hia 
native  town  for  the  yeara  1878.  1879  an" 
188i).  In  the  last  named  year,  he oatabliall' 
cd  a  largo  soap  buniuesa  ;  ancl  as  the  reaal' 
of  careful  and  practical  experiment,  produ 


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«cl  a  self  mahing  soap,  i.  «. ,  a  compound 
thiU  woiiM  wuh  clothes  nithoiit  rubbing. 
and  not  injure  the  fincal  and  most  delicate 
bbtic.  This  soap  now  haa  a  world-wide  re- 
Dnie ;  and  it  was  the  first  soap  of  the 
kind  Biadu  ill  <_>ntaiio.  Thearticlu  iakuowu 
•A  Vauhoru's  eluotric  soap.  Mr.  Vanhorn  ia 
Apaatgrand  in  the  I.U.O.F.,  and  also  a 
tttf)re«entAtivo  to  the  Grand  lodge.  Ue  visi- 
ted the  Pacific  ooaat  in  18tU,  where  he  waa 
for  one  >  ear  manager  of  a  laixe  lumber  yard. 
He  then  vstablished  a  fruit  and  cigar  busl- 
and  he  likewise  tried  hia  fortuue  at 
vt>-niakiii]<,  but  owing  to  ill  health,  he  re- 
ed t^^"  Canada  after  a  reaideiice  nf  three 
a  half  ytfara  on  the  other  side  of  the  new 
world.  He  iikcwiae  vitited  Honduraaand  the 
West  India  Islands.  Mr.  Vanhorn  married  in 
lCli9«  Ifagtialen  Undden.  Three  years  later 
be  cetabUahed  a  grocery  busincna  in  Picton, 
and  continiitsd  in  it  for  eight  years;  andin 
1880,  aa  elaewhere  atateil^  he  embarketi  in 
thtt  manufacture  of  electric  evaaiw  self  wash - 
iof  aoap.  Through  life  progress  haaalwaya 
btoi characceristicof  hiBHntorpriaea;  hut  his 
moat  iinpfirtant  undertaking  ia  hu  late 
Mr.  Vanhorn  ia  cnurageous  and  far- 
in  hii  undertakiaga,  and  ahowa  bim- 
mU  to  be  possessed  of  very  exoellenc  buai- 
oaaa  abilttirs. 

nAcl4-tin,  Kvv,  nHtb«w  Wither- 
apoon,  MA.,  MiniHter  of  St.  Andrew's 
eborcb,  I^Ue^-ille,  wiis  boni  in  Glaagow, 
Scotland,  on  the  llth  June,  ]Hi2.  His  par- 
•nta  were  Malcolm  Maclean  and  Catherine 
Maopherson.  Mathow  Withcmpotm  Macltran 
«OaB^l^^-- *  '■'-  -hicfttion  at  the  L'nivoraily  of 
Ulai^< '  VVhilti  a  divinity  student, 

l»Vi3iU-   iJrt,  and   waa   then  prevailed 

npcm  to  make  this  country  the  field  of  hia 
futitri^  liibt>ura.  He  entered  the  Divinity 
Hall  '►f  QiiiM'n's  r-ullege,  Kingston,  where  he 
atudied  lur  two  yiartt;  and  then  took  a  sea- 
aion  at  Priiici^tiiD  Tbeot(.»giCAl  Seminary,  New 
J«wecy,  r.  S.,  where  he  ^T-idiiuted  in  18C0. 
Shortly  nftciworda  he  returned  to  Canada. 
ftlk4  vaa  tu^n«rd  by  the  preabytory  of  Nw- 
t  •  tu  with  the  Church  of  Sci)t- 

1"  't  June,   I8G6.      In  An};uit 

oi  u»!  atLtiu*  yt  ar  be  waa  ordaitied  and  in- 
rfneUdtotbepaatorateofSt.  Andrew'schurch. 
Palalry,  in  the  County  of  Bruce,  by  the 
sbyiery  »f  («ui^1ph,  in  connection  with  the 
urch  of  Scotland.  Here  he  found  abun- 
it  aoofw  for  his  xeal  and  energ)'.  **  The 
ntry,  aay«  the  *Sc«d  in  Bnliah  North 
Amirhca,*  "waa  nuwiy  aettled,  and  the  spiri- 
tiukl  vanu  of  the  i^^tple  hail  l>een  but  in- 
■AaiaBtly  and  irregularly  supplied."  We 
Jkfftbar  ieam  thai  Mr  Maclean  waa  the  only 


prvi 

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pastor  belonging  to  his  denomination  within 
forty  inilea.  His  work  extended  over  the 
large  area  of  hve  townships  i^'id  in  addition 
to  daily  pastoral  visits,  he  travelled,  every 
Sabbath  from  twenty  to  forty  miles,  preach- 
ing three  times  a  day.  Hia  church  increas- 
ed so  rapidly  that  it  became  necessary  to 
provide  additional  acoommodfttion  for  what 
had  previously  been  a  sparae  and  dwindling 
congregation.  Three  miaaion  stations  were 
origanir.ed  at  different  points  in  the  neigh- 
bourhotid.  In  1871.  he  accepted  a  call  to 
the  pastorate  of  the  Mill  Street  Presbyterian 
church  at  Port  Hope,  where  he  remained 
for  two  years.  On  November  12th,  1873,  ho 
became  pastor  of  St.  Andrew's,  BelleviUe, 
the  oldest  Presbyterian  church  in  the  city. 
Mr.  Maclean  waa  clerk  of  the  presbytery  of 
Kin^^ton,  in  connection  with  the  Church  of 
Scotland,  from  the  date  of  hia  settlement  at 
Belleville  up  to  the  time  of  the  union  of  the 
I'resbyterian  churches  of  the  Dominion.  He 
is  a  mumber  uf  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
Queen's  Cniveraity,  Kingston;  is  president 
of  the  Belleville  Mechanica'  Institute  and 
Library  Association,  of  which  hu  waa  a  pro> 
minent  orginator  and  promoter;  is  a  trustee 
of  the  Bellovilie  High  School  ;  ia  convener  of 
the  Home  Mission  Committee  uf  the  presby- 
tery of  Kingston,  having  charge  of  an  ex- 
teusivu  miaaion  tield,  and  is  chaplain  of 
several  local  organizationa.  Mr.  Maclean 
haa  been  a  somewhat  extensive  traveller:  he 
haa  viaited  the  West  Indies,  the  W^eatem 
Statee«  E(iro[>e  and  Manitoba.  On  the  29th 
of  September,  ldf>t>,  he  marnod  Isabella 
Klizabeih,  eldcat  daui:1iter  uf  George  David- 
son, of  the  hrm  uf  Davidson  &,  Dorau,  Kings- 
ton foundry,  an  ex-mayor  of  that  city,  and 
one  of  tliu  oldest  memt>ers  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  t.^ueen'a  University. 

ifforrloo,  navid,  Montreal,  wa.i  bom 
in  Pt^Tth,  ScotUnd,  and  is  descendotl  from 
Scottish  ancestors  on  his  father  and 
mother's  side  as  far  back  aa  they  can  be 
traced.  He  eujoyed  the  advantages  of  care- 
ful Christian  training  in  his  home,  and  re- 
ceived a  thorough  secular  education  in  the 
High  School  of  his  native  place,  where  he 
tirat  entvreil  bustneaa.  He  afterwards  went 
to  Ireland.  s|Htnding  some  time  in  Dublin, 
and  Cork,  and  ihonco  to  lilnsfland,  residing 
chiclly  in  London.  Liverp^nd  and  Man- 
cheater.  At  an  early  age  lie  thus  gained  a 
very  complete  knowledge  and  wide  esperi* 
enoe  of  mercantile  Hffaira,  which  he  Iiaa 
since  turned  to  such  good  ac4»unt  ui  the 
country  of  his  adoption.  >V*hen  about 
Iwetity-three  years  old  hia  mind  waa  at- 
tracted to  the  new  world,  where  so  many  of 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


hia    fellow  G(»iintryineD    bave    accumulated 
wealth  and  ncliievod  distinction.  He  selected 
Cauada  as  the  Held  of  his  enterprise,  and 
arriTed  in  Montreal  in  18d5.     Here  he  re- 
iaaiui»d    for  a  short   time,  and  afterwards 
took  up  his  residence  in  Toronto,  where, 
for   several  years^  he  act«d  as  buyer  fur  a 
Itirge  wholesale  establishment.     During  his 
stay  in  the  western  capital,  and  ever  since, 
he    has    been  pre-eminently    distinguished 
for   christian    liberality    and    activity.     In 
Toronto  be  wtis  f^r  some  time  an  eorneat 
and    successful    Sunday-sohool    teacher  in 
Knox   church.       Afterwards  he   became   a 
leadinfi^  spirit  in   a  snmll  ^n^oup  of    zealous 
christian  workers  ivho  gathered  around  the 
Into    Rev.     Dr.    John   Taylor  in  founding 
Gould  street   United   Presbyterian  Church, 
now   St.  James'  sqiiaro  Church.      In   addi- 
tion to  the  pastorate  of  this  little  flock,  Dr. 
Taylor    was   sole    Professor  of  Divinity   in 
the    United    Presbyterian    Hall,    and    per- 
formed the  duties  of  hia  chair  with  much 
learning  and  ability.    For  his  church  it  was. 
however,  t)ie  day  of  small  things,  and  the 
struggle   f">"  existence   was  hard  and  pro- 
tracted.     In   this  good    work  Mr.  Morrice 
expended  time,  thought  and  money,  with- 
out stint,  indeed,  he   ^ave  all  that  he  ac- 
quired, except  what  waa  absolutely  neces- 
sary   for    personal   support.     He    acted   aa 
Klder.  htmday-school   teacher,    member  of 
the  board  of  management  of  the  church,  and 
a  director  of  the  l  nited  Presbyterinn  Ma*^- 
ozine.     Ju  all  these  capacities  his  services 
were  abundant  and  invaluable,  and  before 
leaving  the  citj  hu  had  the  aatisfaction  of 
■eeiog    the   congregation    slowly   emerging 
from  its  weakness  and  difficulties.     In  the 
fall  of  1803,  Mr.  Morrice  removed  to  Mon- 
treal, and  it  is  here  that  his  greatest  works 
have  been   undertaken   and   accomjilished. 
The  enterprise  and  large  movements  of  this 
commercial   metroj>olis  afforded   full  scopo 
(or  hia  rare  businesa  capacity,  and  he  soon 
founded  the  firm  of  which  he  is  head.     As 
general  merchants,  maniifaeturersand  man- 
ufacturers' agents,  they  carry  on  the  largest 
buaiiiesa  in  their  hue  that  is  done  id  Cauada. 
They   have  warehouses    in    Montreal    and 
Toronto,    and    deal   eiclnaively    with    the 
wholeaale  trade.     They  cr»ntrol  about  forty 
cotton  and  wriolleo  mills,  in  different  parts 
of    the    country    from    Halifax    to   Sarnia, 
and  several  of  these  are  the  largest  in  the 
Dominion,  more  than  une  of    them    being 
capable  of  tunting  out,  per  annum,  manu- 
factured goods  to  the  value  of  over  one  mil- 
lion doUais.     On  his  arrival  in  Montreal, 
Mr.    Morrice   was    attracted  to    the    Free 


denq^l 


Church,    Cot^   street,    by  llio  preaentng  of 
the   Hev.    Dr.  MncVicar,  now  Principal  of 
the  Presbyterian  college.     Ho  was  speedily 
called   to  otHoe  as  an  Elder,  and   in  18A3 
was  appointed  Assistant  Superintendent  "f 
the  Sunday-sohnnl.     The  church   was   ii  i: 
crowded,  and  (hu  scenv  uf  much  Chn»'i  cj 
and  missionary  activity,  to  which  he  cnin 
buted  more    thim  a  little.     Oo  the  r« 
mvnt  of  the  Hon.  Justice  Torrance 
the  office  of  Sunday-school  superintend! 
he  was  called  to  that  position,  which  he  has 
held  forever  twenty  years.     In  1J57G-77.  hv 
took  a  very  active  and  generous  part  in  the 
erection  of  the  Crescent  street  Presbyterian 
Church,  an  edifice  which  waa  found  ne  >^^ 
sary  to  meet  the  wants  of  the  Cot6  strK  t 
congregation,  and  which  for  cofitlineas  nn'i 
magnificence  ia  prominent  among  the  many 
ecclesiastical  buildings  of  Blontrenl.      Mr. 
Morrice  is  Treasurer  of  this  church,  and  has 
contributed  very  largely  to  its  building  and 
other  funds.      His  great  and  most  widely 
inlbiential  work,  however,  ia  in  onnnectioa. 
with    the    Presbyterian   college,    M«tntrt; 
As  chairman  of  its  Bi^ard  of  Managemenl 
he  has  displayed  wisdom,  energy  and  liber- 
ality, which  have  earned  for  him  the  admir- 
ation and  gratitude  of  thousandv,  and  will 
hand  down  his  name  tu  posterity  as  one  of 
the  great  benefactors  of  our  country.    Fnjm 
the  very  inception  of  the  institution  he  wss 
its  warm  friend  and  supporter,  and  a  tirnk 
believer  in  ita  future  auccess  and  usefulness. 
He  contributed  freely  to  its  endowment  and 
Bch'<larship  funds,  and  witnessed  with  un- 
feigned satisfaction  its  rapid  progress.     On 
the  25th  November,   18W0,   he  oddruased  a 
letter  to  the  Kev.  Principal  Mac  Vicar,  in- 
timating his  decision  to  erect  for  the  college 
a  convocation  hall,  library,  diniuu-ball,  anf 
additional  dormitories  for  students.     Tht 
extensive  buildiogs,  all  of  stone,  and  whi< 
are  beautiful  and    admirably    adapted   U 
their  purposes,  were  proceeded  with  atOD( 
and  finished,  at  a  cost  of  over  eighty  thoi 
sand  dollars,  and  opened,  amid   unirei 
rejoicing,  on  the  28th  November,  1882. 
Morrice  received   cordial    thanks  and   coi 
gratuiations  from  Christian  people  of  vario) 
denominations  from  all  parts  of  the  coUJ 
try,  and  from    far   beyond  it.     Profeasoi 
students,  minislors,  elders,  and  the  Gem 
Afsemhly,  the  punn^me  court  of  the  chui 
all  heartily  united  in  a  similar  recognition 
his  munificence,  which  has  been  fullowed 
large  and  generous    endowments  to  the 
stilution  by  <»ther  friends.     The  press, 
and  wide,  took  occasion  to  commend  in  em- 
phatic terms  this  noble  benefaction.     Ooe 


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v  uvkI,  '*Mr.  Darid  Morrioo, 

M]^  (UsponitioTi,  hu  been  bo 

r  of  the  good   thiugB  with 

i'6n  bleased,    that  this,  his 

..'■.i&lity,  was  little  more  than 

been  exi->octt>d.     He  had  only 

Lt    the  educational  needs  of   the 

\u  which  he  belon;;ed  to  be  impelled 

'  of  hi*  bounty,  and  help  fnrward  an 

riae  aecond  to  n**  other  vork.     Not 

ltd  be  pray  that  '  the  Lord  of  the  har- 

unt  wnaM  send  forth  more  lalwurera  into 

lus   TiDeyard.'    but  be  suppIomenttHi  these 

|mjr«ri  by  contributiooa.  and  iiuplemeuted 

Umo)    with   the   educational    machinery  of 

whoma  operation  the  David  Morrice  Hall  ie 

to  be  the  scene. '^     It  would  be  a  miat&ke  to 

nppoee.   however,    that    Mr.    Morhco   has 

ooctiined  hit)  cU'orts  to  any  ono  channel.    Go 

tlic  cuntrary,  liu   b^is  shown  himself  to  be 

Iffvly  public-epirittjd,  mjLnife8tin;r  a  practical 

ivierest  in  everythiuij  that  affecta  the  weal 

<rf  his  city  and  country,  and  materially  aid- 

tnany  Chrutian  and  beuerulent  institu- 

I,  sQch  M   the   Youii^  Men'tt  Christian 

ion,    tht)     General     Hoapital,    the 

SAilors'    IntUtut^,    House  of   Refuge,   etc. 

la  Janr,  1861,  he  married  Annie  S.  Ander- 

MB,  of  Toronto,   a  lady  whoae  social  and 

b«o*rolent  qualities  hare  made  her  home 

tb«  aceue  of  true  domsstio  happiness,  and 

won  for  her  the  warm  est«em  and  love  of 

*U    who   knoir    h**r.     She    has    admirably 

••eonded  him   in   all    hia  undertakini^,    as 

hAT«  also  his  acma.  the  two  eldest  of  whom 

on  DOW  members  of  his  business  Hnn,  and 

tha  third  an  undergraduate  in  arts,  in  IV 

roolo   l-:averBily,    preparing    for   the  le^l 

profsasiftn.     Mr.    Morrice's  (amily  consists 

of  s«Ten  af>ns  and  one  daughter,     fie  is  aldl 

in  thf*  r.riuie   of  life,  aud  with  his  distiit- 

•j-  'Uraf^e,  energy  and  phiUn- 

I.;  Se  church  and  his  c-.untry 

ma^  tairiy  vx|wct  much  fiom  him  in  future 

as  tn  the  past.     Ho  is  not  the  stylo  of  man 

t  ijrcat  niitcrpriaos  before  he  soes 

t..  r  CMinpIetion.       In    combining 

:  viiy    with    truly     practical 

and  in   freely  and  wisely 

•unly  during   bis  own  life- 

t    an    r-X''^uiplf   wbicb    our 

UMT*.  aid  wuaUhy  mon  gonor- 

■    do  well  to  follow.     Whiln  his 

-.asarily  much  absorbed  in  direct- 

n ti ve     Rtitl     wide  spread    busimws 

.    -Mr      Af.it-rno   i).v. >(.■.«  «i.:»r,»   hoUHl 

.(  ■     i  ,    n  scien- 

'  •iitreal 

iitilar  iiistituiious. 

:!ire  speaker,  oiid 


4l«p<-> 


1    !•     .     ,, 


carries  much  weight  in  religious  i^ntherinm, 
and  in  the  General  Aas<^uibly  of  which  no 
has  boon  frequently  a  member. 

I>ane,  Cbarlca,  Napauee,  Ontario,  was 
bom  in  the  townsbip  of  Augusta,  Grenville 
county,  oi  the  10;h  of  August,  1814.  His 
father,  Henry  Lane,  was  a  uatire  of  New 
York  state,  and  came  to  Canada  with  hia 
father,  George  Lane,  one  of  the  t^  E.  Inyal* 
iatfl,  and  settled  with  his  family  in  tbe 
township  of  Augusta.  His  mother  was  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  Bondley.  of  the  British 
army,  and  was  bom  in  Canada.  Our  sub- 
ject received  a  common  school  education, 
that  being  all  that  lay  within  the  reach  of  a 
youth  at  this  primitive  i>oriod  of  tlic  coun- 
try's history.  He  stayed  on  the  farm  of  his 
father  until  he  was  about  twenty  years  old, 
when  he  left  to  take  a  position  as  school 
teacher,  for  which  be  had  previously  l>een 
htting  himself.  His  tirat  school  was  in  the 
township  of  Klizabelh,  in  the  County  of 
Leeds,  now  the  village  of  Addison.  In  this 
school  he  spent  three  consecutive  years,  and 
afterward  pursued  the  same  vocation,  with 
a  slight  interregnnm,  in  variona  adjoinim; 
townships.  Mr.  Lane  married  on  Miroh 
fith,  1840,  Lucinda  Taplin,  a  daughter  of 
Henry  Taplin,  of  Elizabethtown,  t.'ounty  of 
Grcnville.  Soon  after  his  marraige  he  gave 
up  teaching,  and  accepted  a  position  as 
manager  of  the  Temperance  Mills  Manu- 
facturing Company,  located  in  the  township 
of  Voung,  in  the  County  of  Leeds.  This 
enterprise  wan  under  the  control  of  temper- 
ance men,  who  wore  a  power  even  in  those 
days  ;  and  they  carried  un  the  busiuesa  of 
grist  milling,  carding,  sawing,  dyeing,  etc., 
in  thoir  establish uient  for  many  years  must 
suooessfully.  Mr.  Lane,  in  time,  relin- 
ifiii«1ii<i1  tliia  employment  to  engage  in  farm* 
i  bought  seventy-Qve  acres  in  the 

(«■  :   Augusta.     H('re  ho  lived  three 

years,  when  he  sold  his  farm  and  bought 
another  of  120  acres  in  the  same  t'>wnship. 
near  Preooott.  This  farm,  upon  wbich  he 
muded  for  thirteen  yeara,  he  added  to, 
from  time  to  time,  until  it  reached  over  300 
acres  ;  and  he  engaged  in  mercantile  pur- 
suits and  the  manufacture  of  potash,  etc., 
in  addition  to  his  ai^cnlmral  work.  In 
lSul>,  Mr.  Lane  sidd  this  pntpf^rly,  and 
bought  another  l)t  of  ThX)  acres,  which  he 
farmedf  at  the  samo  time  o<^cupyin^  hiui* 
solf  in  saw-milling  and  shingle-makm?.  Gn 
this  farm  he  livcM]  tiftevu  years,  visiting 
EuroiH',  whence  he  import*!  a  viirioiy  of 
merchaudine  wbicb  bi*  dispoiwd  of  to  ajKun- 
tage.  In  (.ktobor,  IHti'J,  be  was  promoted 
to  a  captaincy  in  the  seoimd  battalion  of  th« 


A  CrChOPMDIA  OF 


OrcnvnieMilitift,  having  hold  a  lioutenant's 
cnmmission  for  somo  time  previously.  In 
1872  he  Buld  this  farm,  and  moved  t<i  the 
town  of  NujiRiiee*  where  he  still  resides. 
Wheii  un  hia  farm  near  Presctttt,  he  was 
appointed  ptintmaster  at  Charlesville,  which 
office  toc)k  its  name  from  the  chiiBtian 
nanio  of  ovir  subject.  The  first  municipal 
office  held  by  him  was  in  185<.>,  when  ho 
waa  elected  councillor  for  the  township  of 
Aagaita  ;  and  while  in  this  lownahip  he 
was  elected  councillor  no  leas  than  twenty- 
two  times,  and  fretjuently  was  ult»ct«d  reeve 
and  deputy-reeve.  Our  subject  was  one  of 
the  orii^inal  stockholders  In  the  St.  Law- 
rence and  Ottawa  Railway  (now  a  part  of  the 
C.  P.R,  system),  and  like  others,  he  did  not 
find  it  a  paying  si>eculatiun  to  himself  per- 
sonally. althoni>h  it  proved  to  be  of  an  im- 
mense public  V>tfneHt.  Mr.  I^ne  has  always 
been  associated  with  the  Temperance  re- 
form movement,  and  is  identified  with  many 
temperance  societies  both  secret  and  public. 
He  )B  also  a  msson  of  many  years  standing. 
He  has  been  in  Europe  twice,  and  when 
there  visited  places  of  prominent  and  his- 
toric interest,  i^eing  a  gentleman  of  acute 
observation,  he  returned  with  a  mind  well 
Ht<jred  with  that  peculiar  information  and 
experience  which  is  only  to  be  had  through 
travel,  and  the  posseasion  of  the  '*  seeing 
eye."  In  1839  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  which  connec- 
tion ho  strictly  maintained  up  t.o  the  union 
of  that  church  with  the  other  Methodist 
bodies.  He  has  had  thirteen  children,  nine 
of  whom  are  living  ;  seven  are  married,  and 
two  still  dwell  witli  their  parents.  Since 
bis  residence  in  Napauee.  Mr.  Lane  has 
been  for  eight  years  a  member  of  the  town 
council  ;  and  in  1847,  while  in  Augusta,  he 
waa  appointed  a  justice  of  the  peace.  His 
career  has  been  characterized  by  energy, 
honourable  conduct,  and  by  success. 

Tult,  K«v.  Uonald,  B.A..  of  Toronto 
University,  pastor  of  St.  Andrew's  Presby- 
terian church,  Berlin,  Ontario,  was  bom  in 
Halkirk.  CHithness-shire,  Scotland,  on  the 
16th  r.f  December,  1860.  His  parents 
were  Donald  Ttiii  and  Crttherino  Campbell. 
Donald  Tait  received  hia  primary  educa- 
tional training  at  the  Free  Church  School, 
Halkirk  ;  but  after  leaving  this  institution, 
he  pursued  a  course  of  privatt:^  studies 
under  a  competent  tutor.  In  1871  he  en- 
tered the  University  of  Edinburgh,  where, 
for  one  session,  he  made  a  special  study  of 
Latin  and  Greek.  In  the  spring  of  1872  he 
sailed  for  Canada,  and  upon  his  arrival  be- 
gan to  attend  olaBses  in  University  College 


and  also  in  Knox  College,  Toronto,     in 
fall  of  1873  he  entered  the  University  Col- 
lege, receiving  the  atandins  of  a  second  yei 
student  ad  eututtm  gtatum   from  Edinbui 
University.     In  1870  he  graduiited  in  arts;' 
whereupon  he  entered  Knox  College  to  take 
a  theological  course.       In  April,   187'J,   hia 
studiea  were  completed  in  this  institution, 
and  the  young   graduate    waa   licensed    to 
preach  the  gospel  by  the  Presbytery  of  Tor- 
onto, in  July  of  the  same  year.      Wo  may 
say  that  during  the  last  two  seaaions  of  his 
attendance   at   Kuox,  he  act«d  aa  claasical 
tutor  in  the  literary  department  connected 
with  that  institution  ;  and  every  year  during 
the  three  which  his  course  included,  he  re* 
ceived  a  scholarship  at  the  D4)mpetitive  ex- 
aminations at  the  close  of  each  eea^ion.     He 
waa  ordained  past'ir  of  St  Andrew's  Church,] 
Berlin,  Ontario,  on  the  0th  ^f  ( October.  1879., 
He  married,  on  December  30ih,  187i*.  Mary^ 
Browett,  daughter  of  the  Reverend    Robert 
Wallace.  Toronto.  This  lady  died  nt  Niagar 
Falls  on  the  '27th  of  .September,  I8.m  ;  and^ 
Mr.  Tait  married  again  on  July  8th.  1885, 
Anna  B.,  only  daughter  of  M.   B.  Perine,J 
manufacturer  at  Doon,  Ontario.     With  re-) 
spect  to  the  religious  views  of  Mr.  Tait,  il 
may  be  said  that  they  are  in  accord  with 
those  embodied  in  the  standards  of  the  Pree* 
byterian  church.     Mr.  Tait  is  a  very  earnosl, 
logical  nml  etfective  preacher,  and  he  is  en* 
dued  with  the  most  active  xeal  in  his  paa- 
toral  work.     During  his  stay  at  Edinburgh* 
he  attended  the  mmistry  of  the  Kcv.   Dr. 
Horattua  Bonar,  the  celebrated  hymnist. 

Porte,  Caplnin  Joiinllian  A., 
Trftnton,  was  bom  in  the  County  of  Wex- 
ford, Ireland,  on  the  25th  of  February,  ^ 
1841.  His  father  waa  a  native  of  King's  ■ 
county,  and  occupied  the  position  of  h«Mul  S 
conBtabk' ;  and  his  mother,  whooe  maiden 
name  was  Sparrow,  waa  descended  from  an 
old  military  family.  On  bo'^h  eides,  it  will 
be  seen,  our  subject  comas  of  military  stock. 
Captain  Porte  came  toCannda,  in  1853,  and 
settled  in  Picton,  Bay  of  Quinte'.  He  was 
educated  at  P.  E.  County  High  School,  and 
at  the  Grammar  School,  Belleville,  and  left 
school  in  ISTilK  Ho  auhseqnently  spent  a 
few  yeara  in  the  United  iStaten,  as  a  clerk 
in  n  mercantile  (irm.  In  1804  he  ran  a 
small  steamer,  the  Jithn  fireemcny,  and  con- 
tinued to  do  BO  for  six  years  later,  whea^ 
nhe  was  burnt.  He  then  built  the  iVor/ofJl-, 
but  after  running  one  season,  he  sold  her. 
A  few  years  later  he  built  the  steamer  Vtiai^ 
which  he  still  owns.  In  the  years  1879-81), 
he  built,  along  with  another  gentleman,  the 
Mary  EtJul ;  and  in  the  winter  of  1880  he 


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CANADIAN  BIOQRAFHY 


339 


t  th«  I'ui     1    ,  which  veiisel  he  atill  oon- 

U.      Abnur  'ti.^.  y  Jir  188i  thu  -Van/  K^AW 

■uld  to  ihu  I'r'Hiloit  and  Day  uf  Qtuiiti 

t  ion    Cc<n» i >a n y ,    of    w hich     CapUin 

is  a  Urije  shareholder.      He  is  presi- 

^Ant    of   the  Trunton    and   Bfty  of   Quintd 

VftTteation  C»iupauy,  and  was  a  membvr  of 

th«  tirst  council  after  tlie  inofirporation  of 

Tnuitt'H  M  n  tovn.    Uu  is  also  a  member  uf 

iJiM  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  in 

which   body  he   is  a  past  master.      He  has 

1^  through    the    United    States  and 

It.      He  is  a  Methodist,  although   he 

-  of  C^ii&ker  stock  ;    and  in  politics  a 

rvative,   but  does  n<»t  bind  himself  to 

It  Ajiy  party,  altliou^h  he  is  a  firm  be- 

'  in  the  natiiinal  policy.      He  married 

^Tisa  Garrett,   whose   family    were 

in  P.  E.  county.     By  this  union 

I  hild,  M  ylrl.    The  captain  ia  very 

i  tvt4  nhijiiid  jiid^p,  hns  all  the  re- 

I:  J  mftkiu}^  his  possengera  feel  at 
tmo  whilu  under  his  care. 
Cluxioil,  Thoniat,  Toronto,  the  snb- 
Bi  of  Ibis  sketch,  w&a  tnim  at  Norfolk, 
igland,  on  March  I5ih,  181^7.  His  parents 
Iff*  Thomas  and  Martha  CUxton,  both  de- 
mdcd  f  ntm  Kiiglish  families.  Our  subject 
reoviv''  i,-  tmimn^,  wbicli  consisted 

of  a  K  ^h  education,  in  his   native 

town  ;  but  nUuu  he  reached  his  fourteenth 
y«ar,  ilHol),  he  emigrated  with  his  parents 
Co    Canatls.     Cuming  as   strangers    into  a 
country    where  bread  was  to  bo  had  only 
'ung  Claxton  was  convinced  that 
-irao  was  to  mast«r  some  trade. 
• ,    fur  fifteen  years,  we  tiud  him 
\^  the  trade  of  a  shoemaker.     While 
ixstiin,    he    became    attached  to    the 
d  T*diuit«er  corps,  as   bandsman,  and  he 
rs  taken  a  hearty  interest  in  military 
He  rumiived  to  Toronto  in  1803, 
ined  the    band  uf  thu   Queen's  Own 
Ect,  to  which  corffs  he  was  attached  until 
£>urinij  his  connection  with  the  aor|>8 
part  in  the  defence  agtiiiist  the  Ke- 
ii(>(  lt^>(i.    \\*}  WHS  uftt*r«rards  a  mem- 
th«  Tenth  ll^iyals  bsnd  (iir  four  yean. 
IHltl*,  he   opitneU  a  store  at  31   Adelaide 
)%  ctast,  where  he  carried  on  for  a  yewr  u 
less,  principally  as  repihirer  "f    musical 
lento,       r'mdini;   this  undertakini;  a 
i>u»,  he  n^inoved  to  his  present  place 
i(*M,  I'.'T  Yunift*  sirvel,  whert*  he  has 
\m    bmlt    up  a  wholesule  Hn«l  retail  tratle 
now  extouda  uVer  the  entire  area  of  the 
dniun,  from  Novs  Scotia  to  Hritish  Col- 
ibia.    Mr.  Cla&ton  was  the  tirst  who  wade 
iiaX  atleinpt  at  organtxini;  a  local 
and  ha  now  ouuLrula   th«   well- 


known  und  capable  ''  Claxton  Orchestra,^' 
composed  of  thirty  professional  musicians. 
He  u  the  only  Canadian  dealer  that  has  is- 
sued an  illustrated  catulo^e  of  musical  in- 
struments, and  has  at  present  the  lending 
music  trade  of  Canada.  In  addition  to  the 
advanoement  of  music  and  musical  culture 
being  Mr.  Claxton's  professed  trade,  it  ia 
with  him,  and  has  always  been,  a  labour  of 
love 

Swayze,  CSeorge  Albert,  Professor 
of  Commercial  Science  and  Penn)An«hip, 
and  Head  Master  of  the  Business  College 
connected  with  Albert  College,  Bolloville, 
Ontario,  was  bom  on  the  I4th  May,  1^43, 
in  the  County  of  Haidimand,  in  what  is 
known  as  the  "Scotch  Settlement."  His 
father  was  Daniel  Freeman  ^>way^e,  son  of 
the  late  Rev.  Caleb  Swayze,  a  minister  of 
the  Methodist  chnrch,  of  Thorold  town- 
ship, WtiUand,  Ontario  ;  and  his  mother, 
Sarah,  was  a  daughter  of  the  late  Georf^ 
Althuuee,  of  Grimsby,  Lincoln  county,  Uo- 
tario.  Mr.  Swayze's  paternal  grandfather 
came  from  New  Jersey,  and  his  maternal 
grandfather  from  Pennsylvania,  both  arriv- 
ing in  Canada  about  the  beginning  uf  the 
present  century.  In  1842  our  subject's 
father  took  up  a  '*  bush  "  lot  from  the  gov- 
ernment, and  for  several  yenri  the  family 
had  to  wrestle  with  thu  rough  ways  of  pio- 
neer life,  (feorge  was  set  at  work  aa  soon 
as  he  was  old  enough  to  be  of  use,  and  we 
find  that  he  soon  had  learned 

*'  To  pimiiih,  to  sow,  t<i  reap  and  to  now, 
Aud  tu  b«  a  farint^r'fl  boy." 

Although  farm  work  was  betimes  uncm- 
genial  to  the  tastes  of  young  Swnyze,  it  was 
ihe  means  through  which  he  aotuired  a 
vigorous  physical  constiiutiun.  His  ftrst 
schooling  was  obtained  at  the  little  loj; 
school-house,  about  a  mile  from  his  father's 
farm  ;  and  a-t  his  help  upon  the  f^rm  grew 
to  be  more  important  his  study-time  came 
to  be  ounfine<l  to  the  winter  months.  His 
attainments  must  have  been  very  limited 
hail  he  not,  at  the  age  uf  sixteen,  resolved 
that  he  would  ijet  an  education.  Then  com- 
menced, as  we  learn  from  **  Studies  for 
Real  Life,"  a  stniggle  for  knowledge  under 
dirticulties.  His  fclfurts  in  this  new  direc- 
tion  were  not  openly  opposed  by  his  father, 
who  wished  him  to  remain  on  the  farm,  but 
who  considered  anything  like  a  liberal  edu- 
cation unueoesaary  for  a  farmer,  but  still 
he  was  obliged  to  perform  his  full  amount 
of  work  on  the  farm.  The  time  allotted 
him  at  school  during  the  winter  months 
was  diligwnlly  impnived,  and  in  the  spring, 
when  he  waa  compelled  to  lesve  sehool,  he 


A  CrCLOP^^DlA  0> 


induced  the  toucher  to  write  headlines  fur  | 
him  to  copy  at  odd  limes  until  the  next 
winter.  He  had  heard  of  itthers  ohtaininiLr 
a  ffood  educatinn  under  even  nnore  discoiir* 
ftging  circumstances,  and  believing  that 
""  what  man  has  done  man  may  do/'  and 
also  that  **  where  there  ia  a  will  there's  a 
way/'  he  persevered,  greatly  oocouraged  at 
times  by  his  kind  teacher,  who  rendered 
him  nil  the  assistance  in  his  power.  At  the 
a^e  of  eighteen,  and  in  the  following  win- 
ter, he  left  the  farm  and  entered  the  teach- 
ing profession,  in  which  occupation  he  re- 
mained for  more  than  tfln  years  in  the 
public  schools.  In  1805  he  attended  the 
Toronto  Normal  School  and  ohtnined  a  pro- 
vtnciKl  certilicate,  and  thus  became  inde- 
pendent of  county  boards.  >\  bile  in  Tor- 
onto he  made  (freat  improvement  iu  pen- 
manship, 80  much  so  that  when  the  tinal 
examination  eiuno  he  received  next  to  the 
highest  possible  mark  in  writing.  In  the 
year  1868  ho  obtained  a  "  Spencerian  Key 
to  Practical  Penmansbip/'  and  following 
the  instructions  contained  therein,  he  was 
enabled,  by  careful  and  continuous  practice, 
to  still  further  improve  his  writing.  When 
teaching  in  the  vicinity  of  London,  he  de- 
cided to  take  a  course  in  the  London  Com- 
mercial College,  then  ably  conducted  by  the 
late  Jas.  A.  Elliott.  The  nextsnmmer,  Mr. 
Elliott's  health  failing,  he  was  obliged  to 
retire  from  the  business.  Mr.  Sway/e  pur- 
chased Mr.  Elliott's  interest  in  the  college 
in  June,  1873,  and  then  began  his  commer- 
cial college  career,  t'uring  the  three  years 
he  conducted  that  institution  he  enjoyed  a 
good  share  of  the  public  confidence  and 
patronage.  At  the  expiration  of  three 
years  Mr.  Swayze  sold  his  interest  in  the 
coUeffe  to  the  proprietor  of  the  late  Middle- 
sex Seminar}*.  Two  months  after  leaving 
London  he  acoepted  a  position  in  Beatty's 
College.  UelleviUe,  aa  teacher  of  book- 
keepinKf  arithmetic  and  assistant  in  pen- 
manship. This  situation  he  retained  until 
the  spring  of  1877,  when  the  IViard  of  Edu- 
cation for  the  City  of  Belleville  advertised 
for  a  writing  master  for  the  Hisjh  and  Pub- 
lic schools.  Mr.  Swayze  applied  and  re- 
ceived the  appointment,  although  ei^ht 
others  were  applicants  for  the  same  posi- 
tion. This  positiuu  he  held  for  more  than 
seven  years,  viz.,  until  July,  1884,  when  he 
resigned  it  to  accept  the  position  he  now 
occupies.  Mr.  Swayze  is  an  enthusiast  on 
the  subject  of  writing,  and  wo  feel  that  he 
is  now  tilling  the  position  nature  intended 
him  to  labour  in.  Had  he  not  been  en- 
dowed witli  an  indomitable  perseveranco  he 


would  have  succumbed  to  his  adverse  cir< 
cumstances  iu  early  life.     Mr,  Swiiyze's  re- 
ligious   convictions   are,    and   always    liav< 
been,  those  of   Methodistn.       He   marri^ 
on  June  28th,  1805,  Esther  A.  Jones,  foi 
daughter  of  the  late  Peter  Jonca,  formerl/ 
of  Beverley,  Wentworth  county,  but  morej 
lately  of  Malahide,  Elgin  county,  and  sisl 
of  the  Rev.    P.  W.  Jones,  Methodist   min- 
ister of  the  London  Conference,  and   FL  A.I 
Jones,  V.S.,  of   Bphngheld,   Elgin  county. 
It  is,  we  may  add,  as  a  business  educator^ 
and  teacher  of  [>enman8hip,  that  Prrjfeasor 
Swayze  is  most  widely  known.      .\b  for  hi 
art  as  a  penman,  it  may  be  said  with  accur- 
acy that  his  work  presonta  both  beauty  and' 
syminutry. 

Ciray,  Joliu,  Lieut. -Colonel,  Parkdale^t 
M.  V.  V.  for  West  Vork,  Ontario,  was  born  atj 
Yorkville,  in  th**   County  of  York,  on  tha' 
5th  of  January,  1837.       His    parenta  were 
John  and  Jane  Oray,  who  came  lo  Toronto 
from  Kossmcde,  County  of  Meath,   Ireland, 
in  the  year  183-i      Our  subject  received  his 
early  educational  training  at  private  schools, 
but  when  he  was  prepai-ed  he    proceeded  to 
the  academy  situate  at    |{ocheat«r,  in  thObH 
State  of   New    Vork.       Lieutenant  Colonel^J 
Oray  has  had  a  somewhat  onspicuous  mili- 
tary record.        Ho  enrolled  in  the   Toronto 
Field  Batlory    on   ihc  7th  Juno»  185li,  an< 
was  appointed  drdl    instructor    in  the  sam< 
corps  in  1  BOO.    In  1804J  he  was  commissiont 
first  lieutenant  in  the  Toronto  Field  UHttery^j 
and  in  1870  he  was  gazutteil  captain.        ti 
1875  lit*  became  breveuuisjor,  and    in    ld8$^ 
took    the    rank    of  major.       In  FeliruarVi^ 
1885,  he  reached  the  upper  round,    becom- 
ing UeutoDant-colonel       During  the  Feniai 
raid,  in  186G,  our  subject  was  in  active 
vice,     and    commanded    a    detachment  ui 
board  of  the  gunboat  Prince  Alfred,  iu 
tober,  IHl't'J.     He  hkewise  served  d  ring  tl 
late  rebellion  in  the  North- West  (1S85),  ht 
ing  on  duty  with  his  corps  in  command 
the  Toronto  garrison.     He  has  commandec 
the    Artillery    Brigade  in  camp  during  thi 
years    1882-3-4.        He   is    a    most   ca|»abl 
officer ;    is  fall  of  zeal  for  military  work 
and    respected   and   admired  by    the   loel 
under  his  command.     Colonel  Gray  begaj|>] 
his  political   career   in    1879,  by  receiving 
election   as   Brat   reeve    of   Parkdale,    upon 
the  incorporation  of  that  place.       Ue  *^M>^_ 
re-elected  to  the  oltioe  in  1880,  and  again  ^tt/^t 
1881.       He  always    has  taken  a  very  siu-^l 
cere    and  deep  interest    in  public  atfaira; 
hence  it  came  to  pass  that  when,  iu    Febru- 
arj',  1883,  he  presented  himself   before  the 
people    of  West  York,  they  elected  him  to 


CANADIAN  BIOQRAPBY. 


331 


)TlDcial  k^islaiiire.     Nor  hftTO  they 

reARon  t<i  repint  of  their  choice.  He 

worker  in  tJie  iniereals  of  his  rid- 

mxi\X   R  mail  who8«    views  have  much 

jjit    r...  -  'th*tftndini,'  the  fact  that  he  oc- 

itiiin  bench.     In  politics  ho 

\\\   -.  ti   »  Btt-adfflst    Conservative, 

lil  he  hiis  never  wavered  in  his  convictions 

to  the   supeiionly   of  the  line  of   policy 

mued  by  Sir  J.  A.  Macdon&ld  and  hiscol- 

hguoB.      During  the  years  1881  and  1882 

»aA  presideut  of  the  West  York  Liberal- 

irvative  A*si>ciitkon  ;  during  18H4  ard 

be  was  president  of  the  Masonic   Ilatl 

my  At  Parkdftle  ;  for  1886,  was  presi- 

of  the  Toronto  Klectoral     District  So- 

!ty  ;  has  been  vice-president  of  the  Toronto 

iullural    Society  ;  is  a  director  of  the 

,t\n\  Kxhibitiiin  Asauciation  at  Toronto, 

18  i>:ut  master  uf  Alpha  lodge,  A.F.  & 

A.M    ttf    t'arkdale.        He    was   initiated  in 

Lasoury  in  1809,  at  Stevenson  lodge,  To- 

ito.        His    religion    is  Episcopahanism. 

►l»nel    Gray   married,  on  the  211th   July, 

lU,  Catherine  Angelina  Calverly,    dauf;h- 

tr  t>f  .K«eph  Calverly    and    Mary  Stuart, 

irmerly  of  Hull.  England.     There  is  iwuo 

the  tnarnage  four  sons  and  three  dangfa. 

One   vm   died    in  infancy.     Colonel 

imlnatrtal  exertions  are  chiedy  con- 

his  extensive  nursery. 
^wm,  WIMInm,  Stratford,  County 
1,  wasbornih  Wick,  Caithness-shire, 
»tUnd,  in  1830.    His  parents  wore  George 
and  Annie  McKay.     He  was  eda- 
berv,  partly  at  the  parish  school,  and 
at  a  private   sohoul   kept    by  Peter 
kin,  whose  brother  had,  in  1840,  invented 
tver«d  a  system  of  teU^^raphing,  and 
schoolmaster   frei]uontly  held   his 
PDt'll  bound  by  his    description   of 
of  the  telegraph  as  a  means 
>'i>in   beiw&en   distant  jmints 
•oiititnoe.     Mr.  Mowat  came  to   this 
with    his   parents,    in    1845,    and, 
ruling  in  Toruiittt,  he  was  apprenticed  to 
;}  printing  business,   first    in  the    Htrnhi 
ice,  and  then  in  the  Glohv  ofiioe.      Dur- 
tiis  apprenj^ionhip,  he  attended  evenin'^ 
>ronto  Meclianics*  Institute, 
ks    iu     tiiatheniatics   under 
Efinlng,  now  of  wiirld-wide  fame 
M  a  railway  en-juiecr.       He  also  attended 
A  MMsion  at  the  Normal  School,  the  princi- 
pal bvin^f  the  lato  Professor  Jaifrny  Robert- 
while    the  assistant,  or  luathuuiutical 
it*r,  was  Profeasor  H.  V.  Hmd.     Knrly 
IliMG,    be  attonde*)    *'  a    public   exhibi- 
"  in    tba  old  City  HaII,  at  which  the 
It  ioTimtiun  of  roridcra  times,"  as 


the  hand  bills  set  forth,  '*  would  be  put  in 
operation  and  exjtluined,  whereby  messages 
would  be  transmitted  by  electricity  in  an 
instant  of  tiuie,  by  expert  operators."  Mr. 
Mowat*s  curiosity  was  arouse«l  to  see  the 
practical  working  of  the  teleiiraph,  and 
wending  his  way  to  the  hall,  found  it 
crowded  to  the  dfyors.  Two  operators,  one 
at  each  end  of  the  room,  sat  at  a  table  on 
which  was  an  instrument,  and  these  were 
connected  by  a  wire  which  stretched  across 
the  floor.  Measagea  were  handed  to  the 
operators  by  persons  in  the  audience,  and 
transmitted  word  for  word  as  announced 
by  the  receiving  operator.  When  the  ex- 
citement was  at  its  height,  a  well-known 
public  man  connected  with  the  press  an- 
nounced that  he  detecteil  the  operators, 
who  could  plainly  see  one  another,  casting 
signs  at  each  other,  and  he  strongly  de- 
nounced the  operators  as  "  Yankee  hum- 
bugs," and  the  meeting  broke  up  in  great 
confusion.  Each  operator  read  iho  mes- 
sages from  a  roll  of  paper,  sound  operators 
being  then  unheard  of.  Amongst  his  com- 
panions at  *'^  the  case,'*  were  James  Somer- 
ville.  M.P..  of  the  Dundas  Biini^r;  Patrick 
Bayle,  of  the  /t*i«/i  Canadian  Charles  Mac- 
^  ken/.ie,  (brother  of  Hon.  Alex.  Mackenzie), 
I  of  Sarnia  ;  aikd  George  Tye,  of  the  Bramp* 
I  ton  Timts.  When  Mr.  Mowat  had  com- 
I  pleted  his  apprenticeship,  he  was  placed  in 
charge  of  the  mailing  department  of  the 
I  OloU,  and  had  as  his  assistant  C.  W.  Bunt- 
I  ing,  now  manager  of  the  MtiU,  then  a  young 
lad  about  fourteen  years  of  age.  Mr.  Mowat 
afterwards  occupied  subordinate  position* 
both  on  the  editorial  staff  of  the  HUM  and 
also  on  that  of  the  Cohrnut^  the  latter 
then  published  by  ^*niuel  Thompson,  and 
the  principal  editor  was  George  Shep- 
pird,  who  was,  without  exoeption,  tho 
ablest  and  most  polished  writer  ever  con- 
nected with  the  Cauodiai  press.  In  ih^ 
spring  of  1852,  Mr.  Mowat  whs  engaged  aa 
editor  and  printer  of  the  j^-icAuKHx/muta,  » 
small  weekly  pnper  published  at  the  village 
of  Klora.  In  185:V4  ho  was  ou^agt»d  in  the 
law  oflice  of  his  friend,  the  Hon.  O.  Mowat* 
where  ho  acquired  a  knowledjio  of  matters 
l>ertaining  Ui  faw.  During  those  two  years 
ins  pen  was  n(»t  idle,  fur  he  c<intribut«d  %- 
si'rios  of  articlos  to  tho  Nnrthfm  Eixxv^n^ 
published  at  Wick,  pointing  out  the  atlvan- 
tages  and  ca(>Abilities  of  Canada  as  a  held 
for  Scottish  oinigranta.  Tliesf''  uriicl.-A  at- 
tracted thw  attention  of  tho  Omp  ■"*( 
and  tho  (Hofjt  and  othoriournai'^  '"A 
favourably  on  them.  He  also  tt>niriljut<«d 
several  articles  lo  Mackmzit'f    Wttk'jf  M*^- 


933 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  Ot 


-««^i!;,v(pnhliBhed  by  the  late  Williftm  Lyon 
Mai-kenzie  hft«r  hi«  relum  from  exile,)  oii 
various  aiibjecU  which  then  (IBoiJ)  nKitatotl 
-the  public  mind.  In  Janiiury,  lH5o,  ho  ^tsA 
engaged  aa  editor  of  the  8ti*ntfi>rd  Htaiurnt 
And  in  the  cuurse  v(  a  few  iiiontha  beoatue 
proprietor,  and  continued  the  publioatiun  uf 
the  pajier  until  near  the  close  of  IBOI),  when 
he  dispoted  of  the  buBiuesa  to  William 
Buckingham.  The  Bfucon,  from  the  first 
day  of  ita  publication,  took  a  leadin^^  part  in 
the  Btruifghi  of  the  itcforni  party  for  moa- 
BurtfB  which  ultimately  triumphod  and  bo- 
•oame  law.  IVtr.  Movat  took  a  very  active 
part  in  many  an  election  conteBt  in  Perth, 
and  it  waa  at  hia  urgent  solicitation  that  the 
late  Hon.  M.  Foley  was  induced  to  contest 
Perth  with  the  late  J.  M.  Daly,  whose  influ- 
ence until  then  was unboundvd.  Mr.  Mowat 
has  been  frequently  honoured  by  hia  ftUow 
citizens  with  niiinicipal  responsibilities,  and 
has  always  bt'en  an  active  promoter  of  every 
enterprise  tending  to  the  aidvauoement  and 
welfare  of  the  interests  of  the  infant  city  of 
which  he  is  an  extensive  property  owner. 
tie  has  been  engaged  m  business  as  a  pri- 
Tsio  banker  since  18():i.  In  JdtK)  he  was 
appointed  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  the 
<yuunty  nf  Perth,  and  has  acted  as  License 
Commissioner  under  the  Crooks  Act  for 
North  Perth  since  1880.  In  1852  he  mar- 
ricd  Jane  (his  cousin ),  daughter  of  the  late 
Audrew  Mowat»  of  Wick,  and  has  livint:  a 
family  nf  three  sons  and  one  daughter.  His 
only  sister  is  married  to  Daniel  Kuse,  of  the 
publishing  firm  of  Uuuter,  Rose  &  Co.,  of 
Toronto. 

niilr,  fiirorge,  Manager  of  the  Federal 
Bank,  London,  Ontario,  was  bom  on  the 
25th  January,  1852,  at  Darnaway,  Elgin- 
shire, t>ootland.  His  parents  were  George 
and  Ann,  the  maiden  name  of  his  mother 
being  Whyte.  The  early  studies  of  George 
Mair  were  pursued  at  Cooperhill  and  Moy- 
nces,  and  included  a  general  English  educa- 
tioti  and  Latin.  Mr.  Mair's  military  record 
ia  cnnliuid  to  a  four  years'  connection  with 
the  ElL:inshiro  Rifle  Volunteers.  On  the  2.5th 
May,  I8i>H,  he  entered  the  Caledonian  Rank 
at  Forres,   as  junior,  for  a  term  of  three 

Sears,  and  left  that  institution  on  the  1st  of 
une,  1871,  hL>ldiug  the  position  of  teller. 
Oo  the  1st  March,  1872,  he  entered  the 
Canadian  tUnk  of  Oommeroe,  receiving  a 
salary  of  $:iiK)  ;  and  he  resigned  on  the  loth 
of  September,  1874,  hia  salary  being  then 
$900,  and  joined  the  Federal  Bank  at  Lon- 
don as  auGountant.  In  June  of  the  year 
following  he  was  transferred  to  Aurora  as 
manager  ;  Iq  the  Hiu^tion  managership  in 


.'^pril,  1878;  to  the  Guelph  managership  in 
June,  1880,  and  to  that  of  London,  which 
nttice  he  now  holds,  on  the  1st  July,   1S85. 
This  Utter  branch,  it  may  be  said,    is  the 
moat  imp<:)rtant  in  the  Federal  Bank.     Dur- 
ini£  the  troubles  of  the  bank  in  1884,  Mr. 
Mair,  whose  sound  judgment  and  oxcelleot 
business  capacity  were  known  to  the  head 
othcers  of  the  institution,  was  deputed  by 
Mr.  Yarker,  now  general  manager,  to  act  for 
him  in  clearing  up  business  in  Manitoba, 
where  atTaitv  were  more  critical  than  in  auy 
other   portion   of   the   ban  k's    area.       The 
success   with   which    he   accomplished   this 
trust  is  uuw  well  known  in  banking  circles, 
and  a  tribute  is  paid  to  him  by  Mr.  Yarker 
in  his  report  to  the  shareholders.      >Ir.  IMair 
was  brought  up  in  the   Presbyterian  faith, 
btit  he  has  latterly  attended  the  Church  of 
England  with  his  wife,  and  now  prefers  the 
services   in   that   church.      Ue  married  in 
August.  1870,  Minnie  E.,  daughter  ut  David 
W.  Duan,  pf»stmaster  of  Aurora,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Charles  DoftfijJ.P.,  of  the  same 
place.     The   latter  gentleman  was  promin*  M 
ently  to  the  front,  during  The  rebellion  of  f 
William  Lyon    .Mackenzie,  on    the  loyalist 
side.     She  is  likewise  a  grand-danghter  of 
John  Babcock  of  Atalanta,  Missouri  ;  and  it 
will  be  remembered  that  this  is  the  gentle* 
man  who  has  been  so  strongly  pressed,  and 
so  often,  to  stand  for  the  goveniorsbip  of 
tlie   State.      Mrs.    Mair's    family,    on    her 
father's  side,  are  descendants  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Quakers.      Her  mother  was  bom  in 
Paris,  France,  hut  of  Knglish  yxtractinn. 

Ifloore,  n>\|or  AlcxaiiilcT  lluy* 
gins,  Hamilton,  Ontario,  manager  of  the 
Ktinson  Bnnk,  was  born  |on  the  15th  .Aug- 
ust. 1843,  at  Rathdrum,  County  Wicklow, 
Ireland.  Ue  is  a  son  of  John,  third  son 
of  the  Kev.  Alexander  Moore,  who  was  de- 
Bcended  of  an  English  fumily  that  settled 
in  the  County  of  Louth  during  the  rei-jju  of 
pueeu  Elizfibeth.  The  family,  hnwever, 
came  originally  from  Spain.  His  mother 
was  laabella,  youngest  daughter  nf  John 
Hoggins,  of  Kildallan,  County  Armag 
Alexander  lluj^'i^ins  Moore  came  to  Canad 
with  his  parents  in  1H48  ;  and  received  his 
early  educational  training  in  the  Hamiltou 
public  schools,  where  he  took  the  claasical 
and  mathematical  coiirae.  As  a  hoy,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  commenced  bnsineas 
life  as  a  clerk  in  the  dry  goods  busineaa, 
havini^  been  in  the  employ  of  Charles  Ma* 
gill,  M.  P.,  for  about  a  year  and  a  half,  when 
he  was  appointed  to  a  clerkship  in  tha 
Hamilton  water  works  othce,  which  he  loft, 
after  an  eighteen  months'  service,  to  en 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


33GL 


>lujizi«at  of  Stiiison'i  Bank,  th«n 
and  carried  od  by  the  Ute  Thomui 
9$ioA"n.  He  h&a  Keen  in  the  serrica  of  this 
khmoiit  (with  the  exception  of  a  ff'w 
lunnii  which  he  was  teller  in  the  Ex- 
Buik  uf  CanndaJ.  for  over  twenty- 
yean,  and  is  now  itA  manager,  to  which 
iiliun  he  waa  appointed  by  the  present 
>prieU>r,  James  Stinsori,  in  <lanuary, 
He  enlisted  in  13th  b&ttalion  in 
i5,  and  attended  the  military  nchool  of 
t.  ]ki.  15th  Hegiment  from  May  to  Au^^nat 
tht*  aaiiie  year,  taking  tir^t  and  aecirnd 
IS  cfrlit1catt.<a.  He  was  appointed  eusij^ 
in  June,  IHGG,  while  the  regiment  waa  lying 
»t  Tort  Oolborne  during  the  Fenian  raid. 
He  beoame  lieutenant  on  l^Stli  Pecembor, 
I84:;(i:  captain  on  the  2(»th  Jan.,  1870; 
1  r  i'>r  OD  20th  Jan.,  \>*''th^  and  waa 

junior  major  of  the  re^'imoDt 
on  mi'  .>-it,h  Sept.,  18S3.  Ho  became  act- 
tnfi  adjuuuit  on  the  5th  Feb.,  1874,  and 
p«Mrfomu>d  the  duties  of  the  adjutautcy 
while  with  the  corps  till  he  received  the  ap- 
?nt  of  adjiiUnt.  KUh  January,  1882. 
•ivetl  the  appointment  of  drill  in- 
>r,  :trd  July,  1873,  and  waa  with  the 
iment  at  Port  Colbome  and  Thnrold  in 
I,  at  Grimsby  camp  in  1870,  and  at  Nia- 
gara oamp  in  1871.  He  was  brigade  major 
»t  camp  iu  Niagara,  in  1^72  and  1874.  and 
camp  quarter  master  at  Niagara  and  Hol- 
land Landing  in  1876.  He  waa  attached  to 
A  BatU*ry,  !>ch<xd  of  Gunnery,  from  March 
lo  SvpWmb^r,  187<n  UlkiniK  Atirst-claaa  certt- 
in  gunnery  and  artillery.  t>n  several 
:aaiona,  during  thf  absence  of  the  brigade 
of  the  3rd  Hrii:n*le  Division  N'>.  2 
District,  he  p^-rformed  ihatotlicer*s 
making;  inspections,  etc.  Mnjor 
■>Mro  is  a  r.ealuUB  and  energetic  i>t^c:tir  and 
■ughly  versed  iu  militant'  law  and  in- 
ec<->nuniy.  In  1K7'>.'  ho  aut  as  a  uiem- 
the  lirst  court  of  eiM^uiry  into  the 
Tairs  of  the  old  lOth  Royals,  at  Tnruuto, 
i«  other  member*  of  the  a>nicuiAaion  being 
Colonel  Durio,  D.  A.O.,  of  Toronto, 
Unt),  and  Culoncl  K.  H.  Denifton,  at 
U.  A.  G.  In  1870  Major  Moore 
offnred  an  inapect^jrehip  iu  the  North 
West  Mounted  P<ilice  Force,  but  faniily  and 
tfthor  ctii;aicc<iuent«  preventod  his  oo^eptAnce 
offer.  Ucfore  disiaiMing  the  subject 
military  ukrcMT  we  rn\y  S'ly  that  it  ia 
<tamp  t'f  Major  .Alooro  that 
>cy  to  our  nulida.  und  earn 
kti'lencH)  of  iho  public, 
a  septraU-*  scluxd 
1,1879,  l»»Oand  IH8L 
Ha  waa  dacUd  atderman  for  No.  U  ward. 


in  the  diy  of  Hamilton,  in  1883  and  thia- 
(X)Bition  he  still  tilts  with  much  satiafactioii 
to  the  city.  In  IHH4  he  was  elfcted  cliair- 
man  of  the  Hospital  and  HiUiso  of  liefuge 
Oommittec  of  the  Coundl,  and  under  his  ad- 
ministrntion,  in  IS84,  the  entire  slalFof  the 
city  hospital  was  chiinged  and  a  new  r.-7itn< 
estabUshetL,  «rvittly  U)  the  twnetit  of  the  in- 
stitution. He  waa  re-elected  chairman  in 
1885.  Major  M*x)re  is  vice-pre»idcnl  for 
the  sixth  wan)  of  the  Liberal-Conservative 
.\aaociatiun.  He  has  ever  been  a  stron^  sup- 
porter of  conservative  principles  and  nf  th» 
natifnal  {Mdicy.  In  municipal  affnirs  h& 
haa  always  been  an  advfMMt«  of  careful  and 
economical  administration^  and  »n  opponent 
of  the  schemes  of  the  ward  politicianfl« 
counselling  ever  the  promotion  of  nii^aaurea 
for  the  social^  material  and  educational  im- 
provement of  the  community.  Ho  alwaya 
haa  been  emphatically  the  friend  and  ad- 
vocate of  the  workingman.  In  religion 
Major  Moore  ia  a  member  of  the  Hotnan 
caitiolic  church,  having'  btHiomo  a  ci»nvert 
lo  that  faith  iu  1874,  on  Easter  Sunday  of 
which  year  he  was  received  into  its  com- 
munion by  the  Very  Rev.  E.  J.  Hvenan, 
V.G.,who  with  the  late  Bishoji  Farrell  had 
for  some  eighteen  months  instructed  him.  It 
was  after  a  long  course  of  study  anJ  severe 
reading  which  uonviuoed  him  of  the  truth  of 
Catholic  doctriaes.  that  he  took  a  step  w  hich 
at  the  time  caused  his  friends  ^^reat  pain, 
and  brought  about  a  temporary  estrange- 
ment of  many  nf  them,  WliiJe  Urm  and 
consistent  in  followin(£  out  what  he  l>elieve« 
to  be  his  duly,  as  a  Koman  catholic,  h«  ia 
neither  bijjoted  nor  nsrrow  mindt<d  allow- 
iiiu:  others  the  same  right  to  judge  for  them- 
selves which  he  haa  exorcised.  He  waa 
iuarrie<l  in  January,  1879,  to  Auno  Marie 
StiiiBon,  dau'^'hter  of  the  late  Et^>eMaattr 
Stinsou,  one  of  HarailtonV  etirliest  and 
most  enterprising  settlers,  a  geiUlem^n  who 
was  universally  reapected,  and  who  has  tuft 
t>**hind  him  aa  a  niomonto  many  beautiful 
avenues,  particularly  in  the  south-east  end 
of  the  city,  which  ho  laid  out  and  planted. 
Mr.  Stinatju  also  donatad  to  the  An^dioan 
church  itf  St.  Thoraaa.  the  boantiful  site  on 
which  that  chtirvh  is ervctvd.  Mrs.  Alex.  H. 
M.Kire  beo*m«  a  convart  lo  the  l(oman 
catholic  faith  iu  the  year  1875,  nearly  fotir 
jears  prior  Ut  her  marriaga  with  .Major 
Monro, 

lllivn<?«  Ocorge,  General  Manai^or  of 

the  Mffcliants  llank.  Montreal,  waa  lN>rn  at 

Kothurhiini,  KtufUnd,  m  the  year  1825.    Ho 

is  descended  from  an  o'li    Vorknliiro  family, 

I  who  have  boen  aotUad  in  the  neighbourhood 


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A  CYChOPMDlA  OF 


of  Rotherham,  (the  RotlierwoKl  of  "  Ivan- 
hoe")  in  the  Weat  riding,  fop  iimny  genera- 
lions,  an  ancestor  having  held  a  farm  from 
Lord  Strafford,  iu  the  reign  of  t'harlea  1. 
This  farm,  it  may  be  naid,  whs  held  by  the 
ftingular  tenure  uf  a  t'^Vpeictiru  annimlly. 
When  a  lad  attendioi^  achuol,  he  nhowtHi  iin 
aptitude  for  niMhemutical  calculations,  and 
thm  quality  led  to  hiH  entering  the  ofhoe  of 
the  Sbefheld  liankins;  Company.  Here  he 
remained  for  a  period  of  eleven  years,  dur- 
ing which  time  lie  received  that  thorough 
grounding  in  banking  which  has  tiuco  been 
BO  Urge  a  factor  in  his  fluccesa.  Subse- 
quently he  engaged  himself  with  a  tirm  of 
railway  cuntrnot^ira  ;  and  in  1854  was  sent 
t^*  Cniiada  to  take  charge  of  the  company's 
finances.  The  death  of  toe  principal  [mrtiier 
brought  the  businosa  to  a  cloao ;  and  Mr. 
Htigue  returned  to  his  old  prufesaiou  in 
\f<t\(\,  receiving  tlie  position  of  accuuntant  uf 
the  newly-organized  Itauk  uf  Toronti>.  Fuur 
years  later  he  was  plactd  in  charge  of  the 
Cubourg  branch  of  the  bank  ;  and  upon  the 
death  of  the  president,  Mr.  AuguH  Cfkin- 
eron,  a  few  years  aftonvards,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  the  position  of  cashier,  which 
fttKco  ho  held  for  fourteen  years.  While 
holding  this  otlice^Mr.  Hague  took  an  active 
part  in  all  matters  renting  to  the  polity  of 
banking,  and,  in  co-operation  with  other 
bankers,  and  with  members  of  parlismentj 
o^'ered  an  unflinching  resiatance  tn  the  pro- 
posal of  the  government  to  change  the  basis 
of  the  circulution  of  the  banks.  These  ex- 
ertions were  crowned  with  success,  and  the 
government  scheme  was  nithdrawu,  after 
having  been  two  sessions  before  parlia- 
ment, to  be  succeeded  by  another  iu  tlie  na- 
ture of  a  amiprouiae.  This  proposition  was 
introduced  and  carried  through  by  the  late 
Sir  Francis  Hincks,  Retirinj^  from  the 
service  of  the  Hank  of  Toronto  at  the  close 
of  the  yearl87t>t  Mr.  Hague  wus  Induced,  a 
few  m«)nths  afterwards,  to  take  charge  of 
the  Merchants  Bank  of  Canada,  as  thure 
now  hud  come  a  time  of  crisis  and  peril, 
when  t(uick  and  true  insight,  sound  and 
sober  jtulgment,  and  thorough  experience 
were  indispensable.  All  ihoee  qualities  Mr. 
Hague  possessed — the  public  had  contidonco 
in  his  capacity — and  in  duo  time  it  became 
known  that  the  atrairs  of  the  bank  weru  once 
more  upon  a  safe  f(M>iing.  JSlr.  Hague  haii 
remained  General  Manager  ever  since  ;  and 
the  success  of  the  institution  which  he  di- 
rects is  known  to  the  public.  For  the  last 
twenty  years  he  has  teen  a  frequent  con- 
tributor to  the  tioancial  journals  ot  Cauada  ; 
and  he  has  aldo  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the 


cause  of  literature  and  education.  He 
chairman  of  the  Congregational  College  of 
Montreal  ;  and  a  governar  of  McUill  t'lii- 
versity.  He  wasftir  several  years  president 
of  the  Moutrwil  Vuung  Men's  Christiiia 
Association,  and  haa  been  a  zealous  sup- 
porter  of  various  enterprises  counectwl 
with  the  development  of  the  Congregational 
church  in  tlie  nominion. 

PIntt,  Cilllliort  Oorlund,  R  A.,  In- 
spector of  Public  Sch"ii|8.  Picton,  wax  bom 
uM  February  7th,  18^17,  m  the  township  of 
Uallowell,  Coiinly  of  I'lince  Kdward,  On- 
tario. Hts  parents  were  llniiry  I'latt  and 
Kmily  Preston,  b*^l^^  desocided  from  l'.  E. 
loyalists,  wh*»  c?u  i«  from  New  York  state 
sometime  alKiut  the  beginning  of  the  pre- 
sent century.  His  maternal  grandmother, 
Helen  Palen,  saw  the  tirst  steamboat  on  the 
Hudson  river,  just  before  leaving  with  the 
family  of  her  father  for  a  home  in  the  wilda 
of  Canada.  The  latter,  though  too  yoang  to 
take  an  active  part  in  the  Revolutionary 
war,  was  afterwards  subjected  t»  such  con- 
stant annoyance  on  account  nf  his  fidelity  to 
the  British  crown,  that  he  waa  at  last  com- 
pelled to  leave  his  ample  estate,  and  seek 
peace  amid  the  hardships  of  pi  incer  life. 
The  subject  of  this  notice  was  brought  up  on 
ft  farm,  and  up  to  his  seventeenth  year  re- 
ceived only  such  an  education  as  was  afford- 
ed by  the  public  school  of  the  neighbour- 
hood, when  his  services  were  not  required  o 
the  farm.  In  his  seventeenth  year  he  b^^aa 
teaching  a  public  school,  but,  after  a  few 
mouths*  experience,  gave  up  his  situation, 
and  became  a  student  in  the  Toronto  Nor- 
mal school,  then  in  charge  of  the  late  T.  J. 
Kobertson,  M.A.,  as  head  master,  and  Rev. 
Dr.  Ormiston  as  second  master.  At  the  end 
of  two  sessions,  Mr.  PUtt  received  a  first 
class  certificate,  and  was  appointed  to  one  of 
the  public  schotiU  in  tlie  City  of  Ottawa. 
Horo  horcmainod  during  the  year  1857,  at 
the  close  of  which  he  resigned  his  position, 
and  attended  the  Collegiate  Institute  at  Fort 
Edward,  N.  V.,  where  he  took  up  Latin, 
Greek  and  French.  In  September,  iHoP,  ho 
became  a  matriculant  in  the  University  of 
Toronto,  hut  contintied  to  pursue  his  studies 
privately  ;  and  the  next  year  a*as  appointed 
principal  of  the  l/'nited  Grammar  and  Com- 
mon schools  of  the  village  of  Oananoipie. 
.\fter  holding  this  position  for  three  yean 
and  a  half,  during  which  his  health  became 
somewhat  impaired,  he  attended  lectures  for 
a  part  of  the  year  in  University  CoUegt*^  and 
then  turned  his  atteulioti  to  oomiuercial 
affairs.  In  Septemlter,  1^(Ui,  in  company 
with    Dr.  Piatt,   M. P.,  then    a  student  of 


CANADIAN  BIOORAFWk, 


335 


tt»od*ciue.  he  ettUbltshed  the  Nnr  Nation 
Ci«wtp*(>«r,  so  named  in  Anticipatiunof  cuu- 
fsderiktion.  And  in  cuuneoiiuu  witli  which  tie 
reniMDed  until  1870.  In  Decenilver,  18(>8, 
ha  waa  appuiQt«d  to  sncoeed  tho  Uta  John 
B.  DetiUin,  as  au[}erint«ndent  of  soUooli  fur 
hta  nalire  county,  and  in  June,  1871,  was 
doly  appointed  conuty  inspector,  under  tlie 
tjchool  Act  of  that  year.  in  1873.  nftyr 
the  cti8t<>mAry  exHuiiuation,  \w  vhoa  adtiiit- 
t«d  to  lb«  descreo  of  H.A.,  in  Albert  Univec- 
•tty,  HdlltrviUe.  During  the  past  sixteen 
years  and  upwards,  his  attention  haa  been 
pretty  fully  occupied  with  the  arduous  duticd 
of  hia  ottice.  Be  haa,  huverer.  fuuud  tiiuo 
(o  take  an  active  part  in  the  various  local 
etfurta  for  the  promution  of  the  ciiuse  ot 
Tcni|>«raQce  axid  Pr>jhibition.  to  wltich  he  is 
heartily  attacliod,  and  to  which,  in  addition 
to  numerous  newspaper  articles,  he  has  con- 
tributrd  a  "  Temperance  Primer,**  for  uae 
in  thi?  schools.  In  July,  IS.V.t,  Mr.  Piatt 
niam«d  Harriet  Louisa.  eMvst,  daughter  of 
the  late  William  C.  Williumn,  clerk  of  the 
township  •'•f  Hallowell.  ii is  family  oonsista 
of  fuur  children,  one  sou  and  three  daugh- 
ter!. TUv  repute  enjoyed  by  our  siibjoot  is 
that  uf  a  /.caliiiiB  and  capable educatiunist. 

Mttcdonold,  Jolin.TorMnto.rine  of  the 
moat  vnterprising  and  nuocossful  merchants 
Caniulacan  boast  of,  was  born  in  Perthshire, 
ScotUnd.  in  Occoml>er,  1624  When  a 
m«x«>  youth  he  came  to  this  country  and  ro- 
ceirecl  his  early  education,  tint  at  Dalhousia 
Con«Kv,  Ualifax,  and  then  at  Hay  street 
•e*d«ny,  Toronto.  At  the  Rsy  stt>*«t  aca- 
d^mj.  Conducted  by  the  Uto  Mr.  Fli>yd, 
father  of  the  chancellor  of  Ontarin,  y<MUu{ 
Macdonald  had  the  honour  of  winnitu;  the 
m»d&l  for  classics.  Mr.  Macdonald,  hav- 
ing choMU  tlie  meroautilo  pri>reaaiou«  en- 
tocvd  Ui<i  euiplny  of  C.  «&  .'.  Macdonald.  at 
QailA&rMpie,  and  served  for  tWii  years.  He 
rvturucd  to  Toronto,  and  t*M>k  a  po- 
u<n  in  the  house  of  the  latu  Walter  Muo- 
f^'^"-;  street  east,  who  at  that 
|>«rhai)A  the  largest  husi- 
'  tuada.  After  living'  in  this 
'■\t  for  about  six  years,  he  was 
iirough  failing  health,  to  ^ive  up 
1.  and  seek  chauKO  uf  climate. 
'd  In  vi«MT  ht?  sailed  for.lamnics, 
r  a  short  time,  hu 
iHif  of  Nethoraull 
the  iar^cfli  uu  liiu  Lsland.  Here  Mr. 
niinained  for  somewhat  loss  than 
a  yMkr.  '!*      .nto,  and  in 

1^9  ^  Id  atUmpt 

of  •si«ini>uiiig  ivo  i-wm-iiviv  dry  goods  ea- 
imcmt  on    Vonge   street,    near  Rich- 


mond street.  Business  prospered,  and  in 
1853  he  moved  to  lander  premises  on  Well- 
ln){ton  street,  nearly  oppc>site  his  present 
mai;niticeiit  warehouse,  Tuus  we  see  laid 
the  foundation  of  the  present  large  whole- 
sale and  importmkf  house  of  John  Mac- 
doupld  i&  Co.  After  a  period  of  nine  years 
of  snccesiiful  busiueas.  Mr.  Macdonald  en- 
tered th^  baudsuruti  premises  on  the  south 
side  of  Wellington  street,  and  to  these  have 
since  been  added  another  pile  of  buildings 
which  now  occupies  the  j^round  formerly 
covered  by  the  North  American  Bot«l  and 
the  Xewbi^ging  House  on  Front  street. 
These  premises  were  boui^ht  at  a  {^reat  out- 
lay of  capital.  Tliey  liave  a  frontage  of  100 
fe«t.,  with  140  feet  in  depth,  and  are  six 
stories  high.  About  one  hundred  men  are 
employed,  iuoluding  the  buyers,  in  the  Brit- 
ish and  Amercan  markets,  and  the  establish- 
ment is,  without  doubt,  the  largest  of  its 
kind  in  Canada,  and  will  compare  6hvour- 
ably  with  any  of  the  wholesale  houses  in 
the  largest  nitiea  of  the  United  States.  Mr. 
Macdonald,  realizing  the  idea  that  the  world 
has  claims  upon  him  outside  his  warehouse, 
entered  public  life  as  member  for  West 
Tonrntii  in  the  Legislative  Assembly  of 
Clanada.      His  t>pponent  on  this  occasion  for 

fiurlismontary  honours  being  tho  present 
ic  11  tenant-governor  of  Ontario,  Hon.  John 
Beverley  Kobinaon,  whom  he  defeated  by 
a  tnajority  of  402  votes  ;  and  sat  in  parlia- 
ment until  confederation  was  accomplished. 
At  the  next  general  election  he  was  defeated 
for  the  House  of  Commons,  by  the  late  Mr, 
Harri»>n,  who  afterwards  became  Chief  Jus- 
tice of  tjiitario.  In  1875  a  vacancy  having 
occurred  in  Centre  Toronto,  a  constituency 
established  in  1872,  Mr.  Macdonald  was  in- 
vited to  become  a  candidate,  and  having  con- 
sented, he  was  returned  by  acclamation.  In 
187S  however,  when  the  national  policy  cry 
was  raised,  and  people  imagined  they  could 
be  made  riaQ  by  Act  of  i^arltameuf,  Mr. 
Macdonald  was  defeated  by  Robert  Hay, 
the  present  sitting  member,  by  a  majority 
of  VM)  votes.  In  politics,  Mr.  Macdunalil 
has  always  been  what  may  be  styloil  an  in- 
dependent Liberal,  discarding  party  views 
when  they  seemed  to  trammel  his  settled 
convictions.  He  opposed  the  coaliliuu  of 
IHUi,  and  voted  against  the  confeiteratiou 
of  the  pruvinoes.  This  attitude  towards 
party,  when  its  claims  cJutHcted  with  iluty, 
he  clearly  dutined  in  his  reply  to  a  rL*<iudst 
aiking  him  to  be  a  candulate  m  L87o.  Ho 
promised  to  give  the  government  a  cheerful 
Buppurl  hut  declined  to  promise  murf,  and 
to  toe  credit  of  the  requisitionista  they  oc^n- 


336 


A  CYCLOi'JEDlA  OF 


ceded  to  him  in  advanoe  a  perfect  freedom 
of  jnd^^ent  in  deciding  upon  all  (lueaiioiis. 
Mr.  Macdonald  hiu  been  a  director  iu  h 
nuiiiber  of  buBuiess  cump&nies.  Hu  ha« 
tiikou  a  deep  intereat  in  the  atfrurii  uf  the 
BoArd  of  Trade  and  the  General  Hoapital. 
Education,  too,  has  claimed  some  of  his  time, 
and  for  some  years  ho  has  been  a  senator  of 
the  Provincial  rniveraity,  Toronto,  visitor 
of  Victoria  Collt*ffe,  Cohonrg,  and  a  member 
of  the  High  School  Board,  in  all  relii^ious 
and  moral  movemeuta  Mr.  Macdonald  has 
lent  bia  aid,  and  ia  alwaya  ready  to  help 
evfri,'thing  calculated  to  elevate  humanity, 
by  tonuvie,  pen  and  purse.  Mr.  Macdonald 
ia  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church,  and 
had  it  not  been  that  his  health  failed  him 
when  a  young  man,  and  on  the  advice  of 
hia  physician,  he  would  have  studied  for 
the  miiiiatry,  and  to  thia  church  he  has  for 
many  years  devoted  hia  time  and  talents. 
Hu  haa  long  been  a  member  of  the  execu- 
tive committee  of  ita  general  Conference, 
and  treasurer  of  the  missionary  society. 
Outside  of  hia  own  denomination  he  has 
takoit  a  conapicuous  part  in  the  work  of  the 
Evangelical  Alliance,  the  Bible  Society,  the 
Tcmperauce  rpfonn,  and  the  Yuung  Men's 
Chriatiau  Aaaociatiuu,  and  has  been  twice 
elected  preaidcnt  at  the  united  oonventi(.u 
of  Ontario  and  Quebec.  Mr.  Macdonald 
has  written  two  very  interesting  hrochikrea, 
''Business  Succea<t,"  originally  a  lecture; 
and  a  practical  address  to  *'  The  Young  Men 
of  his  Warehouse,"  both  of  which  should 
be  in  the  hands  of  younf;  men.  Mr.  Mac- 
donald^B  career  ia  a  striking  instance  of  what 
energy  and  pei^everanoe.  combined  with 
inteKnty  and  upri^'htuess,  may  accomplish 
for  a  young  man  just  starting  upon  Ufe'a 
battle. 

Ilorc.  FraiieU  Wllllnm,  of  the  well 
known  tirm  of  F.  W.  Hore  \-  Son,  Hamil- 
ton, was  born  January  9th,  1821,  at  Huu- 
Bton  pariali,  Susaex.  England.  His  father 
was  John  Hore,  and  his  mother's  name  was 
Ann  Boxal,and  both  are  now  dead.  John 
Uore  waa  a  farmer,  but  failed  in  the  year 
1B37,  and  went  to  Canada.  Our  subject 
received  his  education  at  the  school  at 
Sidlesum  Milln,  England  ;  but  he  was  re- 
quired to  leave  Bchmtl  at  the  early  age  of 
thirteen,  and  had  no  opportunity  to  attend 
afterwards.  When  young  he  waa  very  fond 
of  sports  and  games,  especially  cricket. 
He  waa  the  lirst  to  establish  cricket  in 
Gait,  havinu  brought  out  balls,  bats, 
etc.,  frtim  England.  Amongst  those  who 
played  at  that  time  were  the  following 
gentlemen  : — Wm.   Andrews,  John  Young, 


Wm,  Barlow,  Mr.  Wilkeni,  McKay  brothars 
and  VVamock    brothers.     Young  Hore  waa 
alsii  very  fond  of  shooting  and  tishing  ;  in- 
deed, he  still  enjoys  these  recreations.     Be 
was  au  apprentice  to  a  butcher  for  thre« 
years   previous   to   leaving    Englan*!.     B*. 
arrived   in    Hamilton   in   June,    18:i7,   bal 
reinaited  only  a  few  weeks,  and  removed  to' 
Ciatt.     There    were    nine   children    in   th» 
family,  and   they  were  quite  poor,   and  all 
that  were  old  enough  went  to  work  at  what- 
ever they  could  obtain.     Our  subject,  his 
father,  and  two  younger  brothers,  helped  to 
build  the   Dundas  and   Waterloo  r(.>ad.      In 
the    faU    of    l^a   they    removed    fo    West 
Flamboro',    and    a   short    time   afterwards 
youuK  Hore  engaged  with  the  fion.  Jam 
Crooks  to  work  at  his  saw  mill  i>t  CnMik'i 
UoUow.     This  position   be  held   till  IKol^l 
when  he  took   an  interest  in  the  busine 
with    A.  &  D.  Crooks,    sous  of   the    Uou«, 
Jamea  Crooks.     In  the  year  1654  he  with 
drew  from  the  firm  and  removed  to  Lynden 
where  he  bought  a  saw  mill.     Xt  Lynde 
he  lived  over  two  years,  when  he  sold  ou 
moved    back   to    Flamboro*,   and    rented 
saw  mill  at  Greensville.     .Subsequently  h 
bought  the  mill,  with  a  small  farm  attacn 
and   did    a    very  prosperous    buatneas   fo 
several   years.     In  1873   pine   timber    ha4 
grown   very   scarce,  and  onr   subject    wa» 
obliged  to  think  of  some  other  business.  So 
with  characteristic  enterprise  he  erected  a 
large  hub  and  spoke  factor)-,  and  takias;  I 
oldest  son,  Francis  Uore,  into  partnership^ 
carried  on  an  ever-increasing  buainoas  up 
the  year  187y,  when  the  factory  was  d 
troyed  by  fire,  the  linn  losing  about  one-ha 
of  their  hard-earned  capital.       However, 
1879,  they  purchased  a  magnificent  manu 
facturing  property  in  the  City  of  Hamilton 
and  the  business  rapidly  increased.      Son 
reof)VBring  the  severe  loss  by  tire,  in  ] 
the  factory  was  doubled  in  capacity,  and  ia 
addition  a  large  wheel  factory  waa  add 
and  the   firm  ia  now  turning  out    finish 
carriage  wheela  of  the  highest  quality,  an 
in  continuously  iucreasing  quantity.     Tf 
works  are  now  the  largest  of  the  kind  in 
Canada.     Since  the  commencement  of  our 
subject's  business  career  he  has  always  bee 
honourable  and  honest,  and  made  it  a  rui 
to  pay  his  debts  in  fuU,  although  more  thai 
once  iu  doing  so  he  has  disbursed  the  last 
dulhir  in  his  possession.     We  may  say  thai 
Mr.  Hore  watched  the  Gait  bridge  at  the 
time  of  the  McKenzie  rebellion.      Be  waa 
born  a  tury,  and  he  is  now  a  sturdy  Con- 
servative.    Mr.  Hore  waa  married  on  May 
Istj  1862,  to  Sophia  Fcarman,  daughter 


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BL  FaAnu&u,  und  auiter  of  Mr.  Fearmui, 
of  HuoUton.     The  fruiU  uf  the  union  are 
•srea  children  living.     The  two  eldest  sans 
•r*  i>ow  io  btuinew  with  thoir  father.     Mr. 
fl  'r«>'s  b«itth  ui  good  ;  he  is  quite  active. 
r^    appenratice  ie  rouch  yonns;er  than 
record  nf  his  years.     Onr  subject   waa 
notDbcr  for  Weal  Flamboro'  C'Mincil  for  tif- 
toca  }re»rB,  and  wae  for  three  yeArs  deputy 
fa«v«,  but  reaii^Ded  the  office  when  ho  re- 
Aored  U)  Hamilton.     In  WUbA  ho  waa  elect- 
ed to  thu  towoahip  cjuiicil,  and  he  waa  a 
her    fA    the    cummittee    appointed    to 
a  aile  upon  which  to  erect  a  county 
inSL     Mr.   Hore   has   impresaod   bia  mark 
noD  ibe  indnatrial  communtty.  and  he  hoa 
■bovn   tboae    oonrenant  with    his   career 
what  QUI  he KGOompUshed  through  integrity 
■nd  induatry. 

I^eb,  Uonnld  MrCIreffor,  Gtin- 
pector  of  Ptiblic  Sohoola  for  North 
bom  in  the  township  of  Nepean, 
Con  crtunty,  Ontario^  on  the  20th  Sep- 
ber,    1B34.     His    parenta,  Donald    and 
lie^    nea    MaoGregor,    soon    afterwards 
oved  lo  the  township  of  Druoiuiond,  iu 
k  county,  where  the  boyhoud  of  our 
waa    B{>eut.     They   bad    emigrated 
r»,  Scotland,  in  1833.     D.  M. 
ived  hia  early  educational  in* 
the  public  schools  at  home,  but 
areceired  private  tuition  at  the 
of  the  Ut«  Mr.  MoLAren,  head  master 
Pttrih  High  School.     Sometime  aftor- 
wiffda  hi.  nrrM^m'iiHi  to  New  York,  where  he 
liten^^  iward  Collegiate  Insti- 

tute.        ,    ■  ni  he  entered  the  Nor- 

mal ■ch<3ol  at  Tnronto,  spending,  at  that 
institution,  two  seasions,  and  taking  there- 
frcrm  a  flnt  class  certificate,  with  grade  B 
and  A  in  aacoEMsian.  Mr.  Malloch  haa  also 
a  nulitarr  record  to  be  summed  up  with  his 

Soreditable  educational  record.  During 
feindpalship  of  the  public  school  in 
P,  he  was  elected  Hnsign  in  No.  V  com- 
fStroooe  Foresters.  Some  time  after- 
■tfdji  he  waa  promoted  to  the  lieutenantoy. 
Ie  1840  he  attended  the  military  school  at 
Kington*  and  obtaining  a  aooond  class  oerti- 
fioUtf,  became  the  regular  inatmctor  of  hia 
oDiBpaii^  till  the  close  of  m67.  He  resigned, 
vpoD  hia  rvnioval  to  Clinton.  During  Mr. 
HaUoch's  csTi.'er  as  a  master,  he  taught  in 
Laoark,  >Il4fin,  Perth,  Simcoe  and  Huron 
ooTintioi,  and  tho«e  who  are  competent  to 
p«M  judgment  upfm  his  work,  declare  that 
It  was  rery  excellent,  and  gave  complete 
»tlafaction.  He  spent  six  years  in  Orillia, 
iisUeo  y«ar«  as  principal  of  the  Model 
at  CUoton,  and  in  January,  18d4>  re- 
V 


oeived  the  reward  of  hia  competency  and 
long  and  efficient  service  by  receiving  the 
appointment  of  inspector  of  schoola  for 
North  Huron.  Mr.  Malloch  is  a  Freemason, 
baring  been  initiated  iu  St.  Mark's  lodge, 
No.  04,  at  Port  Stanley,  1858.  He  was  the 
first  worshipful  master  of  Orillia  lodge,  No. 
102  ;  and  he  haa  tilled  the  choir  in  Clinton 
lod^e.  No.  84,  fur  several  years.  Ho  re- 
ceived the  capitular  degrees  in  Signet  chap- 
ter No.  34,  Orillia,  in  1870 ;  the  order*  of 
Knights  Templars  and  Knights  of  Malta  in 
Mount  Calvary  encampment  in  the  same 
place,  and  in  the  same  year ;  and  likewise 
the  investment  of  Knight  of  the  Red  Cross 
of  Rome  and  Constantine.  The  council  de- 
grees were  conferred  in  1875.  Mr.  Malloch 
is  a  past  tirst  principal  of  Sunforth  chapter. 
No.  <•♦) ;  preceptor  of  St.  Elmo  preceptory, 
No.  24,  Goderich  ;  past  grand  registrar 
Grand  Lodge  of  Canada,  1B75.  ana  past 
grsnd  superintendent  of  Huron  Dirtrict  for 
1883  and  1884.  Hia  religions  oonvit^ion  is 
that  of  Prusby tcrianiam.  Mr.  M  allooh 
married  on  Dec.  31st,  1868,  Isabella  Mnr- 
doch  Wilson,  a  native  of  Glasgow,  and 
davit^hter  of  Thomas  Wilsou.  Inspector 
Malloch  is  a  Conservative  in  politics,  but 
he  has  never  taken  an  active  part  in  poli- 
tical questions,  and  he  holds  the  opinion 
that  teachers  should  stand  aloof  from  party 
strife,  and  that  education  should  remaiit 
apart  from  politics.  Our  subject  was  vice- 
prosidout,  for  a  number  of  years  of  the 
CUnton  Mechanics'  Institute,  and  has  always 
taken  a  zealous  interest  in  the  affairs  of  that 
organization.  He  aaaisted,  likewise,  in  the 
Belection  of  the  books  which  comp.ise  the 
library  of  that  body. 

Billy,  Louis  Adolphe,  MP.  for 
Rimouaki,  Quebec. -This  Rontloman'a  an- 
cestors, Jean  Francis  do  tiilly  and  Cath- 
erine de  Lamarre,  cam«  frum  Paris,  Franco, 
in  1G74,  to  the  pariah  of  Charuptain.  dia- 
trici  of  Three  Rivers,  Province  of  Quebec, 
and  removed  thence,  in  1705,  tu  Gen- 
tilly,  County  of  Nioolet.  Our  subject  is  a 
son  of  Solomon  RillVr  farmer  and  trader  in 
Gentilly,  P.Q.,  by  Theotiste  fioaufort,  dii 
Brunclle.  He  was  bom  in  Gentilly  on  the 
13th  October,  1834,  and  received  a  thorough 
classical  education  at  Nicolet  Collie.  As 
a  student  he  is  said  bo  have  been  very  bril- 
li»nt,  and  to  have  shown  great  intellectual 
grasp.  He  entered  upon  the  study  of  the  law 
in  Quebec,  and  waa  called  to  the  bar  of  Lower 
Canada,  on  the  7th  December,  1859.  He 
married,  at  Rimouaki,  on  the  4th  July, 
1864,  Adele,  daughter  of  the  late  Peter 
Gauvreau,  a  notary  of  Rimouaki,  and  sister 


of  the  Ker.  Antoine  6auvfnAtl,  Ciinte  of 
Notre  DftmedoU  Victoire.L^via, andhe  wm 
induced, in  18(51,  to  remove  to  the  district  of 
Himouski.  Hw  went  thither  and  practiced 
hia  profeMion  till  1H71,  when  ho  entered 
into  partnerahip  with  A.  P.  Ivetendre, 
attnmoy,  and  now  prothonotary  of  the  Su- 
pcffior  Court  for  the  diatrict  of  Rimoiiaki. 
He  waa  atipendiary  niagi:itrate  for  this  dis- 
.trict  from  the  20th  February,  1873,  until 
hfi  reaigned,  at  the  spocial  requoat  of  the 
Uectora  of  the  County  of  Rimouaki,  who 
wished  him  to  run  aa  their  repreaentative 
for  the  House  of  Commona  at  the  general 
election  in  1882,  when  be  waa  eloeted  by  a 
majority  of  108  over  hia  opponent.  Dr. 
Romuafd  Fiaet.  M.  Billy  is  preaident 
of  the  Rimonaki  St.  Jean  Baptiate  Society, 
which  he  organized  in  1880,  and  was  ita 
delegate  to  the  Convention  Rationale,  at 
Quebec,  in  1880;  at  Montreal,  in  1884, 
and  at  Ottawa,  in  1885.  He  has  been 
president  of  the  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
Company  of  the  counties  nf  Riraouaki. 
Ti*muoouata,  and  Kamouraska^  since  1880. 
He  ia  also  vice-preaidont  of  the  North-Woat 
Central  Railway  Company.  He  ia  a  strong 
Conservative,  and,  of  o«.»urse,  supports  the 
present  government.  M.  Billy  is  a  lovaj 
member  of  lus  party,  a  staunch  and  influ- 
ential representative  of  his  county,  and  & 
doughty  worker  for  fair  play  to  his  province. 
Ho  is  quick  and  brilliant,  and  is  a  useful 
and  abl«  member  of  Parliament. 

C*ur1s  BcT.  JamcajNewburgh,  Coun- 
ty of  Addington,  Ontario,  ei-Proaident  of 
the  Bay  of  Quint^  Conference  of  the  Meth- 
odist Church,  was  bom  in  the  vicinity  of 
Weston,  township  of  York,  July  2oth,  1829, 
and  is  the  eldest  son  of  the  late  Peter  Cnrta, 
who  moved  from  Pennsylvania,  U.  S.,  with 
his  father's  family,  in  the  year  1803,  and 
settled  near  Richmond  Hill,  and  subse- 
quently in  York  township.  His  mother, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Lever,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  James  I^ever,  senior,  who 
settled  in  Little  York,  now  the  City  of  To- 
ronto, in  1810,  and  was  the  first  olasa-leoder 
and  Sabbath- school  superintendent  in  the 
Methodist  church  in  York.  He  assisted  in 
building  the  first  Methodist  church  her©, 
and  took  a  prominent  jiart  in  the  establiah- 
ment  of  the  Methodist  book-room,  and  the 
publication  of  the  Chrxstion  0%iard\an. 
After  living  to  the  ripe  age  of  ninety-three, 
he  was  killed  by  falling  down  the  stairs  of 
Mr.  MoMaator's  wholesale  house,  Toronto, 
His  mother  became  a  widow  in  1867,  and  in 
the  year  1867  was  married  to  Mr.  Philip 
Bartholomew,  one  of  the  early  and   well-re- 


speoted  settleis  in  Markliam  tow7i8hip,York 
county.       Sho  ia  now  in  her  eightieth  yesr, 
and  exhibits  much  bodily  and  mental  vigour, 
and  she  is  highly  esteemed  by  a  large  circle 
of  friends.       Our   subject's  forefathers,  on 
his  father's  side,  came  ori^nally  from  Ger- 
many, and  wore  of   the    Lutheran    church. 
After  their  aettlemont  in  Canada,  they  took 
the    liberal  side   of  politics,  and  the  larger 
portion  of  the  family  united  with  the  31eth- 
odist  church.       Mr.  Curts  received  his  edu- 
cation   principally    under    the  tutorship  of 
John  Paul,  M.A.,  at  West«.n.       In  18i9  hs 
waa  led  to  aurrender  his  life  to  the  work  of 
preacliint;  the  gospel,  and  united    with  thi^ 
late  Methodist  Episcopal  church.       He  was 
soon  advanced  to  the  otfice  of  local  preacher, 
and  his  services  were  not  only  in  mucli  re(|ui- 
sition,  but  he  waa  earnestly  importuned  by 
the  church,  in  aooord  with  hia   own  couric- 
tioiia  of  duty,  to  enter  the    itinerant   minis- 
try,   for    which  he  commenced  at  once  to 
study   and   prepare,    and   was  cordially  re- 
ceived on  probation  in  the  Niagarn   confer- 
ence in  1852.     Since  that  timelte  haa  fiUod 
some  of  the  moat  important  and  reftpoiuible 
ofhoes    iu   the  church,   having  boon  elected 
secretary  of  the  conference  coiuecutively  for 
twenty-two  years.       He    was    elected  and 
served    in   tiie  oflfioo  of  presiding  elder  for 
eight    yean.       For  several  years  he  waa  a 
member  of   Albert  College   board,  and  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Alma  College   boards 
(the  Lodica'  college  at  St.  Thouiaa),  from  i 
organization.  He  was  appointed,  by  the  la 
general   conference  of  the  M.  E.  church, 
delegate  on  the  committee  to  formulate  th 
basis  of  union.       On  the   formation  of  the 
union  of  all  the  Methodist  churches  in  this 
country,  he  waa  elected  the    first   preaiden 
of  the  Bay  of  Quintd  Annual  Conference, 
the  close  of  his  term  of  otlioe,  the   foUo 
resolution  waa  adopted  : — **  Moved  by 
J.    B.  Clarkson,  M.A.,    and    seoondod    hf 
Oeorge  Webb,  Esq.,  and  resolved,  that  this 
conference,  at  the  expiration    of  Uie   pictti- 
dential  term  of  the   Rev.  James  Curts,  de- 
sires to  express  its  high  apprvciation    of  his 
valuable  serx'ices  in  the  discharge  of  tho  re- 
sponsible and  onerous  duties  nf  the  office, 
first  president  of  the  Bay  of  Quints  oonf«l 
enoe  of  the  Methodist  church,  and  to   pi 
on    record  its    high   estimate  of  hia  nob! 
christian  character,  and  earnestly  pray  th 
he  may  lung  bo  spared  to  share  in  the   hoi 
our  as  fellow- labourer  in  the  cause   of 
Lord  Jesus  Christ."     He   has  been  a  dele- 
gate to  every  general  conferonoe  of  the  late 
M.  E.  church,  after  he  became  eligible.  He 
was  also  a  delegate  in  the  fixBt  unit^  gen- 


ii 

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Rei?a 
I    1.—^ 


€A^jU>JAN  BWOBAPBY, 


oonlvrenoo,  where  he  was  elected  a 
Rmber  of  the  book  committee,  and  placed 
the  executive.  He  waa  married,  on 
::h  0th,  1855,  to  Elizabeth  I/ouUa 
LdMna,  eldest  danghter  of  the  late  Thomaa 
Adams,  merchant,  in  Ttica,  N.  Y.,  who 
from  England  and  aottled  in  the  City 
Utioa,  In  1622. ,  She  waa  educated  in  the 
Academy,  Utica.  £mily  Chubbuck, 
of  the  tcadien,  waa  BQbaequeutly  the 
wife  of  the  celebrated  JudauD,  Bip- 
miMionary.  Mra.  Curta,  who  baa  been 
S*hbaih  school  aui>ermtendent,  has  anex- 
eeU«nt  rooord  in  her  devotion  to  the  Sabbath 
school  cftuto,  aa  well  as  for  the  infloential 
reUticm  she  baa  snstAined  to  the  cause  of 
temperuice,  as  vice-president  of  the  Wo- 
men s  Christian  Temperance  Union.  Like- 
wise, too,  ia  she  eateemed  for  her  deep-felt 
sympathy  for  the  poor  and  afflicted,  and  with 
all  ch&ntable  institutions  desii;ned  to  lift 
fallen  hnmanity  fn>m  the  degradation  of  ain 
and  misery  to  purity  and  happiness.  They 
h«Te  eight  children  living,  namely  :  Orpey 
Oatherxncv  liilian  E. .  (married  to  G.  N.  Gold- 
12^,  droggistj  Cbesley,  Out.),  Anson  A., 
Thomas  A.,  Robert  M.,  Alice  Gertmde, 
Hsrry  £• .  *Qd  James  A.  Four  of  the  family 
are  dMid. 

Wtnan.  Eraatus,  New  York, the  Urge- 

bearted  *^  (wiadian  abroad,"  and  one  of  ^e 

Ififcdlng  boiiness  men  of  the  first  commor- 

eial  dty  of  the  United  States,  was  bom  at 

■      Qltttchtllle,   County   of  Peel,    Ontario,  iu 

■^M^    In   early   life    Toronto   became   tiis 

^^^^^■Kg  place,  and  in  the  schools  of  this  city 

^^P^^eared  the  school  training  that  fell  Ut 

^^pio  lot  of  the  average  Canadian  boy  in  those 

^^oays.     At  the  age  of  sixteen  ho  was  ready 

to  eooiBCDoe  in  earnest   the  battle  of  life. 

Htt  aeloeted  the  printing  office  as  his  starting 

point,  and  apprentioed  himaelX  to  the  Hon. 

^m.  M»c(Iim!/aU,    proprietor   of  the  North 

Ane  For  four  years  he  worked 

faith:  ■   ^  •'  ease,  and  served  sn  honour- 

abto   aopnoiiceahip.       When  he    emerged 

from   we  office  as  a  journeyman   printer, 

ha  had  not  yet  attained  his  majority.   A  few 

jaara  more  of  the  ^|uiet  routine  of  the  com- 

B-mng  room   sufficvd  for  ''Cfaaz**  Wiman. 
!is  aetir*  brain,  m   the  intervals  of  work, 
an  arenue  for   usefulness  in  the  oon- 
of  a  newspaper  publtsbed  in  the  interats 
Ca-^  '      '  '^    r)[»tfranco,  this  organiza- 
;  diiafly  to  his  efforts. 
aiivi     (i.'k»tug  the  North  Americmi 
XOVBg  Wiman   drifted   into  the  news 
it  of  the  Toronto  Olobe,  then  the 
pM>flr  of  tha  metropolis  of  Ontario. 
lata  Hon.  0«orve  Brown,  was  quick  Ui 


recognize    Mr.  Winuut'd  abilities,   and  pro- 
motion to  the  commercial  editor's  chair  soon 
followed.     In  this  post  the  yoang  journalist 
displayed  such    a   power  to  gauge  tinancial 
affairs  generally  that  he  attracted  tUe  atten* 
tion  of  R.  G.  Dun  A  Co.,  of  the  mercantile 
afi^cncy,  who  secured  his  services  and  placed 
him  in  control  of  their  Ontario  branch.     At 
this  time  Mr.   Wiman  was  only  twenty-six 
years   old;  but    upon  his   broad   shoulders 
there  was  an  old  head,  and    in  a  very  short 
time  he  mastered  the  situation    and  vastly 
improved  the  service.     Mr.  Wiman  was  sub- 
sequently placed  in  charge  of  the  Montreal 
branch,  and  here,   once  more,   he   showed 
that  uncon4uorable  energy  and  capacity  for 
detail  which  had   characterized  every  effort 
of  his  business  life.     In  1867,  he  received  a 
further  advance,  being  given  s  partnership, 
in  the  New  York   botise,  and  the  control  of 
the  city  business.     We  have  thus  sketched, 
very  briefly,  Mr.    Wiinan's  life  in  Canada, 
prior  to  his  removal  to  New  York.     At  the 
ago  of  thirty-three,  Mr.    Wiman  started  in 
the  greatest  city  of  the   Union  a  career  that 
has  been  the  pride  of  his  compatriots.     He 
baa  been — and  is  now — the  brain  power  be- 
hind the  Dun  mercantile  agency.     Although 
his  position  in  the  firm  calls  for  an  immense 
amount  of  mental  labour,  Mr.  Wiman  does 
not  confine  himself  to  this  biuineas.     A  f«iw 
years  ago  he  became  interested  In  the  tele- 
graph hues  of  the  Dominion*  and  in  the  face 
of  much  op{>ositiuu  he  moulded  and  shaped 
a  project  for  the  consolidation  of  conHicting 
interests  across  the  liDe^andtheOreat  North- 
\Vestem  Telegraph  Company  was  the  out- 
come.    He  became  Pre!>ident  of  this  system 
— one  as  complete,  considering  the  immense 
territory    oovered,  as   there    is    anywhere. 
Canada,   in  proportion  to    population,    has 
more  telegraph  offices    and    more  miles  of 
wire  than  any  other  country  iu  the  world. 
3ir.  Wiman  is  also   one  of  the  directors  of 
the  Wt^stern  Union,  and  his  voice  is  a  potent 
factor  at  the  board  in   determining  the  pol- 
icy of  the  company.     Our  readers  doubUeas 
know  that  it  takes  an  exoeptionaUy  able  and 
far   seeing  man  to  secure  a  place  in  the 
highest  commercial  circles  of  New  York — a 
city  that  counts  its    W'ellingtoua  and  Napo- 
leons  of  busiuess  enterprise   by  the  score. 
Uut  a   plucky  and    determined    Canadian 
is    not    oalked    by   ordinaiy    obstructions, 
and  the  greater  the  task   before    htm   the 
greater  the   energy  he  puts  forth  to  attain 
the  object  of  his  desires.     As  an  old  resi- 
dent of  Staten  Island,  Mr.  Wiman  aaw  that 
that  important  suburb  of  New  York  waa  be- 
ing held  back  by  tnf  aencea  of  a  depressing 


340 


A  CrCLOP^WlA  OF 


oh«noter.  At  the  head  of  tbU  enterprUe 
wu  Vanderbill,  who  regarded  StAteuIalaad 
And  all  iU  tiistituiioDS  a«  hia  property. 
It  was  Deceaaary  to  tackle  Vandorbilt,  and 
Mr.  Wiman  did  so  with  aridity.  He  out- 
generaled the  American  railway  king  at 
every  point,  and  while  the  latter  waa  rn biting 
hia  eyee,  seoured  control  of  the  Staten  Island 
Railway  Company.  Since  then  he  has,  by 
the  purchase  uf  Island  ferry  landings  and 
the  constrtietiou  of  a  railway  around  the  faoe 
of  the  island,  greatly  impi'oved  traDBp.Tta- 
tion  facilitiea  tnereabouta.  The  organization 
of  this  system,  the  Rapid  Transit,  h&a  yiven 
ErastiiB  SViman  a  comniandiii);  poaitiou  in 
the  railway  circles  of  his  adopted  city.  The 
aocial  side  of  Mr.  Wiman  is  moat  pleaaant 
to  cuutemplate.  With  all  his  bnainess  carea 
— he  in  without  doubt  the  busiest  man  in 
New  York — he  is  ever  iu  the  vanguard  of 
entertainers.  To  keep  alive  the  memories 
of  his  native  land  is  one  of  his  fp'eat  aims  in 
life.  He  usee  the  wealth  that  has  come  to 
him  to  benefit  others  and  onlargo  the  enjoT- 
meut  uf  hia  fellow  men.  The  Wiman  baths 
in  Toronto  bear  testimony  to  his  regiurd  for 
that  dty  and  the  patriotism  which  dominates 
many  of  his  acts.  The  city  of  Montreal, 
during  her  carnival  fesitivitieB,  found  in  him 
an  active  friend,  for  throuf^h  his  influence 
large  numbers  of  eminent  New  Yorkers  wore 
iniTuced  to  visit  the  Canadian  metropolis. 
The  establishment  of  a  Canadian  club  in  New 
York  this  year  (1885)  was  Erastus  Wiiuan's 
idea.  The  elegant  quoi-ters  at  No.  3  Wash- 
ington Square  are  now  the  rendezvous  of 
resident  and  visiting  Canadians,  and  in  the 
pleasant  rooms  of  the  club  some  noble  gath- 
erings have  already  taken  place.  We  have 
spoken  of  Mr.  W  iman  as  an  entertainer. 
Hundreds  will  say  with  us  that   he  is  the 

frince  of  entertainers.  When  the  Canadian 
'ress  Association  visited  New  York  in  the 
summer  of  1885,  the  members  became  Mr. 
Wiman'a  guests,  and  as  such  were  traiisport- 
ed  hither  and  thither  until  surfeited  with 
light  seeing.  In  his  boyhood  days  Mr.  Wi- 
man was  an  active  participant  in  the  sporta 
of  hia  native  land,  and  he  has  done  his  ut- 
most to  make  lacrosse  popular  in  tbo  United 
States.  He  is  always  a  spectator  at  matches 
and  sometimes  takes  the  position  of  referee. 
Every  year  has  witnessed  a  visit  from  one  or 
more  of  the  prominent  clubs  to  New  York, 
nnder  Mr.  Wiman's  management.  This 
year,  1885,  two  clnbs  from  the  Dominion 
have  visited  New  York,  viz. :  the  Niagaras 
and  Montrealers,  and  the  members  of  both 
stand  ready  to  vouch  for  their  countryman's 
unbounded  hospitality.     Mr.  Wiman  is  also 


a  hearty  supporter  of  cricket,  and  was  cliair- 
man  uf  the  reception  committee  which  met 
and  entertained  the  Gentlemen  of  England, 
who  visited  New  York  in  1885.  Mr.  Wimon 
has  the  look  of  a  solid  bnsineas  man.  There 
ta  shrewdness,  sense  and  determination  io 
every  lineament  of  his  face.  He  is  physical- 
ly strong;  is  of  medium  height;  and  is  in 
tbo  prime  of  life — being  in  his  tifty-firat 
year.  A  New  York  newspaper  recently  said : 
—  ^'Krastus  Wiman  is  tne  coming  man  nf 
the  metropolis.  He  intends  to  make  Staten 
Island  blossom  like  the  rose,  and  before 
another  decade  occurs  in  our  history,  States 
Iftland  will  be  lined  with  wharves  and  the 
B.  A  O.  R.  R.  will  have  an  outlet  to  New 
York  through  his  oombinatious.  He  it  as 
generous  as  he  is  enterprising.  If  he  con- 
tinues to  pursue  (he  c<.>tirae  he  has  traTelled, 
we  may  expect  to  find  in  Kraatus  Wiman  a 
second  George  W.  Childs,  the  well-known 
philanthropist  and  business  prince  of  Phila- 
delphia.'' This  opinion  shows  in  what  high 
esteem  the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  held  by 
New  Yorkers,  who  know  him  as  a  liberal 
and  enterprising  citizen  and  a  gentleman  of 
courteous  and  affable  manners.  Erastus 
Wiman  has  been  the  architect  of  his  own 
fortune.  He  has  shown  what  *Hhe  t^ana- 
dian  abroad"  oan  do.  His  career  forms  a 
lesson  that  every  young  Canadian,  who  has 
selected  the  United  States  as  the  country  in 
which  he  propoaes  to  battle  for  place  and 
fame,  should  take  to  heart.  And  that  part 
of  it  which  shows  Mr.  Wiman's  great  love 
for  his  native  land,  his  interest  in  her  pro- 
gress and  sims,  should  be  emulated  by  every 
Canadian- American. 

naithevt's,  Wllmol  Delouir,  of  the 
firm  of  W.  D.  Matthews  &  Co.,  Toronto* 
one  of  our  rising  business  men,  was  bom  in 
burford  township,  Brant  county,  Outario, 
on  the  22nd  June,  1350.  His  father  is 
Wheeler  Douglas  Matthews,  and  his  mother, 
Maria  Colton.  Mrs.  >Iatthews  is  descended 
from  an  old  New  England  familv,  the  first 
of  whom  came  over  in  the  Maif  //o^irer,  and 
afterward  settled  in  Pennsylvania.  Mr. 
MatthuwB,  sen.,  owned  a  grist  mill,  and  car- 
ried on  business  as  a  produce  dealer  in  Bur- 
ford,  and  removed  to  Toronto  in  1856.  Mr. 
Matthews,  juu.,  was  educated  at  the  Nor- 
mal school,  Toronto,  where  ha  distinguished 
himself  as  an  apt  scholar.  In  18ti7,  when  he 
left  school,  he  went  into  his  father's  office 
as  clerk,  and  in  1873  he  was  taken  into 
partnership  by  his  father,  and  the  business 
has  ever  since  been  suooessfully  carried  on 
under  the  name  of  W.  D.  Matthews  &  Ca 
This  firm  does   a    large  business  in  flour. 


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CANADIAN  BIOGBAPUY 


and  malt,  and  they  own  aix  malt 
t — two  in  Canada  and  fotir  in  the 
United  Stat«8.  Mr.  Matthews  is  a  gentld- 
(ii  marked  business  capacity,  and  is 
iated  with  acveral  prominent  busi- 
institntiona.  Ue  is  a  director  of  the 
mmion  Bank,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
bt»c«iiie  president  of  the  Toronto  C'orn 
igo,  which  position  he  held  for  three 
He  is  likewise  a  director  of  the  Oan- 
Lloyds,  and  is  a  member  of  the  pre- 
sent Conucil  of  Lhu  Toronto  Board  of  Trade. 
He  is  a  Freemason  of  3"^  Sl  Andrew's  lodge, 
^  id  is  likewise  an  Odd  Fellow  of  Manchester 
Xublti  Grand  Mercantiltt  lodge.  Mr. 
iwB  has  trarelled  thruugh  most  of  the 
States,  and  has  viait«d  Knglsnd,  Ire- 
Scotland  and  the  Continent.  In  re- 
kon,  h^  is  a  Methodist,  and  in  politics,  a 
ibpr*!.  hilt  prefers  to  call  himself  an  imle- 
mdent  iioformcr.  Ue  married  Annie  Jane, 
[hter  of  Neii  C.  Lotc,  of  Toronto,  on 
29th,  1872.  He  has  two  children, 
)j  and  one  girl.  It  is  not  nattering  / 
Matthews  to  say  that  in  his  baaineai 
I,  as  well  as  in  general  life,  he  has 
m  both  confidence  and  respect,  and  that 
community  is  much  the  better  of  his 
kce  in  it. 

Ikcr^l^ivDt.-ColunelJohiifLoa- 
^utario^was  born  at  Inverary,  Argyle- 
bcotland,  on  the  24th  January,  1833. 
tther  was  John  Walker,  and  his  mother, 
[a-ry  McUardy.  His  grandfather  was  an 
ioer  of  the  Breadalbane  Fenciblea,  from 
the  famous  **  Black  Watch,"  or  Forty- 
>nd  Highlanders  was  formed.  John 
^aiker  attended  school  at  his  native  place, 
loloded  his  sludies  at  Stirling  aca- 
Sootland.  He  joined  the  Qneen's  Own 
try  Cavalry,  at  (tlasgow,  Scotland,  in 
Continuing  with  that  regiment  till  the 
ition  of  the  volunteer  force  in  Great 
and  was  appointed  captain  of  the 
Irenadier  company  10th  I^Auarkshire  regi- 
kcst,  ScotUud.  HecametoGanjada  in  18ti4, 
organized  a  militia  company  at  Both- 
tunty  of  Kent,  Ontario,  on  the  bre>ak- 
uE  the  Fenian  troubles  in  18C6.  He 
[uently  transferrod  as  captain  to 
itliers,  London,  attaining  to  the 
that  re;^itnent  in  June,  1877, 
irtng  with  his  rank  in  \AM.  The 
tt  undf^r  '  -  -  -Tiand  had  become 
nttnl*  I  of  the  Dominion, 

prki...  .ao  succeaaive  gen- 

nuand  oi  tlie   forces.     Colonel 
iipauiod  Colonel  Peacf>ck's  force 
fbfl  Fort   Erie  Fenian  campaign  uf  18G41, 
)Qt  tu  Command  of  the   Wmdsor 


frontier  force  during  the  threatened  Fenian 
trouble  in  1870.  Bo  was  vice-president  of 
the  tirst  Canada  Pacific  Railway  Company, 
of  which  Sir  Hngh  Allan  was  president  ;  a 
director  in  London,  Ontario,  of  the  Ontario 
Savings  and  Loan  Co.,  and  the  E<|uitable 
Loan  Co.;  president  of  the  School  of  Art 
and  Design  ;  vice-president  of  the  London, 
Huron  and  Bruce  Railway  Co.  \  director  of 
the  Canada  Chemical  Co.;  director  of  the 
Imperi&l  Oil  Co. ;  president  of  the  Bfechanlcs' 
Institute  ;  director  of  the  Sovereign  Fire  In- 
surance Co.;  president  of  the  St.  Andrew's 
Society  ;  director  of  the  City  Gas  Co.,  and 
London  Life  Assurance  Co. ;  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Protestant  Or])1ians*  Home, 
and  is  connected  with  many  other  of  the 
charitable  institutions  of  the  city.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Scotland,  1650,  Janet,  daughter  of 
John  Maohattie,  manager  of  the  Carron  Iron 
Co.,  Lcith,  Scotland,  who  died  in  ISfi;}.  He 
married  again  in  Canada,  in  18CS,  Laura, 
daughter  of  Jacob  Hespeler,  of  Hespeler, 
Waterloo  county,  Ontario.  In  IS65,  he  pur- 
chased for  a  number  of  Scotch  capitalists 
the  large  tract  of  oil  producing  lands  owned 
by  the  late  Hon  George  Brown,  in  Both- 
well,  and  for  some  years  resided  on  the 
property,  carrying  on  operations  for  the 
Scotch  Company.  He  Btibsequently  re- 
moved to  London,  Ontario,  where  he  erected 
chemical  works  and  an  oil  refinery,  and 
where  he  has  since  rusided,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  short  periods  at  Montreal  and 
Winnipeg.  A  man  who  haa  achieved  as 
much  as  this,  and  who  can  trace  his  suc- 
cess in  every  case  to  bis  <»wii  ability  and  en- 
terprise, is  not  an  ordinary  man.  In  the  first 
inattince  Mr.Walker*s  business  qualifications 
were  held  so  high  that  he  was  selected  by  his 
friends  in  Scotland  to  come  to  Canada  and 
take  charge  of  the  Bothwell  property, 
with  the  objuct  of  cultivating  the  lands, 
and  developing  the  oil  springs  with  which 
it  abonuded.  The  region  was  at  this  period, 
owing  to  an  influx,  of  labourers  from  the 
United  Static,  in  a  very  noisy  and  rough 
condition  ;  but  the  presence  of  Colonel  Wal- 
ker, his  firmness  and  energy  of  character, 
had  a  pacifying  efl'eot,  and  he  was  appointed 
magistrate  there.  Colonel  Wnlker  nas  al- 
ways had  an  aversion  for  p4)litical  war- 
faro,  and  it  was  circuiusUuices  rather  than 
choice  that  forced  him,  in  IH74,  to  take  to  a 
field  which  had  for  him  but  little  fascina- 
tion. At  the  election  fur  the  Huuseof  Com- 
mons in  that  year,  he  contested  the  consti- 
tuency in  the  Liberal  interest  against  Juhn 
Carliug,  nuw  (D«*c«mber,  1886)  Minister  of 
Agriculture  in  the  Dominion  government. 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


And  defeated  him  by  a  majority  of  over 
soventy  votes.  The  election  waa  oonteatod 
in  the  courta,  and  Colonel  Walker  waa  un- 
seated, and  iu  thu  renewed  [contest  unfor- 
tunately loet  his  seat,  but  he  has  continued 
to  be  a  prominent  and  influential  supporter 
of  the  liiberal  party. 

Rcid,  Robert,  Collector  of  Customs, 
Londi>n,  Ontario,  was  bom  in  Paisley,  Scfit- 
land,  on  tho  lat  day  of  January,  182*i.  He 
is  a  son  of  James  Reid  and  Jessie  Watson. 
Both  his  father  and  grandfather  took  a 
prominent  part  in  the  struggle  for  civil  and 
religious  liberty  in  Scotland,  that  was  so 
fiercely  carried  on  about  the  close  of  the 
last  century,  and  during  the  first  thirty 
vears  of  the  present  one.  His  father  was  a 
loyal  subject,  though  Jui  advanced  Liberal  ; 
and  he  was  a  devout  christian  uf  the  Bap- 
tist persuasion.  There  was  a  family  of  seven 
sons  and  three  danghters,  and  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  the  youngest  sun  ;  and  the 
eldest  sister  was  married  about  the  time 
of  Robert's  birth.  During  his  boyhood, 
Robert's  educational  training  was  confined 
chiefly  to  reading  tho  Bible  snd  learning 
the  Shorter  CatecMfim.  When  only  six  years 
old,  he  was  set  at  work  in  the  weaving  bus- 
iness, which  was  then  a  tlourishing  industry 
in  Paisley.  After  he  had  reached  his 
twelfth  year,  he  attended  night  school  for  a 
couple  of  years,  notwithstanding  that  he 
worlced  from  six  o'clock  in  the  morning  till 
seven  or  eight  o'clock  at  night,  at  the  weav- 
ing trade.  But  he  was  resolved,  in  spite 
of  fortune,  to  win  on  education  for  himself  ; 
and  after  a  hard  struggle  he  became  pos- 
sessed of  the  three  R's,  and  a  fair  knowledKO 
of  English  grammar.  At  this  time  his  father 
was  a  member  of  the  Encyclopfudia  Club,  of 
Paisley.  This  club  had  purchased  the  *'  En- 
oyclopftidia  Brittanica,'  and  every  three 
months  mot  and  distributed  the  volumes 
amongst  the  members.  Thus  there  was 
alwavs  to  be  found  a  couple  of  volumes  of 
this  book  in  Mr.  Reid's  home,  and  il  was  in 
reading  the  subjects  treated  here  that  young 
Reid  acquired  the  solid,  accurate  knuwludge, 
and  the  tJiat^  for  literature,  which  hei^june 
conspicuous  in  his  after  life.  When  in  his 
twentieth  year  he  loft  Scotland  for  the 
United  States,  and,  though  the  youngest 
of  the  family,  be  was  the  first  to  go  abroad 
and  seek  his  fortune.  Uo  landed  in  New 
Vork  in  November,  1842,  and  wont  to  Buf- 
falo by  the  Erie  canal  the  following  spring  ; 
but  not  caring  for  the  United  States  ho  pro- 
ceeded to  Toronto  in  tho  autumn  of  1345. 
Shortly  after  his  arrival  he  obtained  employ- 
ment  from  the  late  John  Eastwood,  pro- 


prietor of  the  paper  miUs  on  the  Don  river, 
at  the  village  of  TodmordcD.     Although  de- 
voting himself  faithfully  co  his  duties  in  this 
establishment,  Mr.  Reid  began  to  study  po- 
litical questions,  and  iu  a  short  period  was 
thoroughly  conversant  with  leading  political 
events,  and  during  his  residence  at  Toronto 
became  personally  and  politically  attached 
to    the  late  lamented  Hon.  George  Brown. 
In  the  summer  of  1848,  Mr.    Reid   left  To- 
ronto and  went  to  London,  where  he  estab- 
lished a  branch    of  the  Toronto   Eastwuod 
publiahiug  business.  Eighteen  months  after- 
wards he  bought  out  the  stock,   and  carried 
on  the  business  with  much  success  till  1878,  in 
which  year  he  received  the  appointment  to 
his  present  office  of  Collector  of  Customs  at 
London.     The  printing  and  publishing  bus- 
Inoss  ia  still  carried  on  with   enterprise  and 
success  by  his  two  sons,  Robert  ana  GeorKe, 
under  the  name    of  Reid    Brothers  &  Co. 
Mr.  Reid  married,  in  1851,  Ann  Jane  Mc- 
Elroy,  daughter  of  the  late  William  McEl- 
toy,    fanner,    near   Bolton  village,  in  the 
township  of  Albion.     Her  parents  had  emi- 
grated to  Canada  from  Ulster,  Ireland.  The 
family  was  a  prominent  one  in  Ireland,  her 
grandfather  having  been  a  magistrate  uf  Ul- 
ster. Ann  Jane  McElroy  was  a  distinguished 
graduate  of  the  Normal  School  at    Toronto 
She  had  been  head  mistress  of  London  Ceu 
tral  school,  and  was  a  most   successful  and 
popular  teacher.     The  fruit  of  tho  marriago 
is  eight  children,  seven  sons  audouedaugn 
ter.   One  of  the  sons  is  dead.   The  sous  have 
nearly  oU  grown  to  manhood,  but  one  of 
them,  Arthur  VV.,  died  suddenly  last  year 
of  heart  disease,  in  his  twenty-fifth  year. 
He  was  a  most  promising  young  man  ;  waa 
a  distinguished  graduate  of  Toronto  I  niver-  il 
aity,    taking  all   the  scholarships  in  his  de-  f 
partment   every  year,  and  graduating  with 
the  gold  medal  in  mathematics.       Obituary 
sketches,    bearing    tribute  to   his  brilliant 
achievements,  appeared  iu  the  Toronto  Q\(A>%_^ 
and  in  The '  Varaily,  the  organ  of  the  Uni  vei 
sity.   A  third  son,  George  M.,  diiitinguiahf 
himself  in  the  North-West  rebellion,  as  ad' 
jutant  (if  the  7th  Fusiliers.    General  Laurie, 
who  had  command  of  the  brigade  while  the 
7th  was  stationed  at  Swift   Current,  so  ad- 
mired   his  conduct,    that  he  sent  a  recom- 
mendation to  the  Minister  of  Militia,  and  he 
waa  promoted,  for  ethciency,  to  a  captaincy 
while  on  the  tiold  and  in  active  service.  Mr.  M 
Reid  has  always  been  interested  in   the  St«  f 
Andrew's  and  Caledonian  societies,  and  wsa 
president  of  tho  same  for  several  jears.    He 
has  always  taken  an  active  part  id  politics, 
and  hos  given  bis  support  to  the   Liberal 


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pajty  ;  and  he  boltU  that  it  is  th«  duty  of 
erery  troe  citUen  to  intere&t  bimaelf  in  the 
gra^  queatiuna uf  the  day.  He  held  a  school 
tmsteeahip  for  over  eightoeu  youn.  both  at 
Um  CommoQ  and  High  School  boaidB.  to  the 
bUer  of  which  he  was  electeil  by  the  city 
eounct!,  and  held  the  office  till  aft«r  his  »tp- 

SiintmoDt  to  the  coUoctorehip  of  Custoina. 
e  waa  alau  appointed  by  the  High  and 
Common  School  Doards  aa  a  member  of  the 
Free  Library  board,  which,  though  carried 
by  a  rote  of  the  people,  haa  not  y«t  been 
organized.  He  waa  also  appointed  a  justice 
of  the  peace  by  the  Mowat  goverument 
•ome  years  ago,  but  haa  never  •[uolified  for 
the  puaition.  He  hoa  always  been  identified 
with  the  U.  P.  branch  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  though  his  religious  convictions  are 
•rttnewhat  in  advance  of  that  body.  He  is 
duurman  of  the  management  committee  of 
tke  Kev.  Dr.  Proudfoot's  church,  with  which 
he  has  been  connected  for  the  last  thirty>five 
yean.  Mr,  Reid'a  career  is  one  the  more 
to  be  iMpeeied  and  emulated  by  those  who 
nad  this  sketch,  when  it  is  remembered 
tiiat  all  the  creditable  achievement  which 
ha*  been  his  waa  the  work  of  his  own  un- 
aided hands.  Sincere  and  honourable  has 
tiiu  mau  b«en  iu  all  his  relatiuos  to  the 
oommunity  ;  and  he  has  been  unswervingly 
true  to  his  political  party,  who  both  respect 
aikd  honour  him.  We  may  say  that  the  first 
rvHs^^tton    tliat  he  ever   obtained    uf   his 

f public  serrioes,  waa  from  the  illustrious  and 
amented  liord  Elmn.  In  the  year  1851,  he 
waa  ifazetted,  and  received  a  oommiaaion  aa 
n.  iLTied  by  the  Earl  himself. 

^  .    the   recipient   prizes   this 

fsv<  Mir    iiioai    iii^ihJy, 

ftl^ry,  Daniel,  Barrie,  Ontario,  Post 
Office  Inspector,  waa  bom  2dth  November, 
1835*  near  Hurrilt's  Rapids,  township  of 
Marll...n.n.^h,  In  the  County  of  Carleton, 
f  Ontario.  Ue  is  the  son  of 
\ .  <r  I.owtracher,  near  the  town 
t'  y  of  Devon.   Eiii<loud, 

w  .1  Sappers  and  ftliners, 

and  (;ama  Ui  Ltkiiiuin  with  Colunel  By,  the 
founder  of  t)ie  City  of  Ottawa,  to  asatsfc 
in  the  couatructiim  of  the  Rideau  canal. 
After  the  c«*mpleiton  uf  the  canal  ho  re- 
tired from  the  annv  and  aottlet]  on  a  farm 
■■  above.  Uia  mutner,  Janet  McLean*  was 
tba  daughter  of  James  McLean,  who  uini- 
graled  from  IVrtli,  Scotland,  and  settled 
near  tli«  moutli  of  the  nvur  Humbtir,  in 
the  County  of  York.  Shortly  after  his 
fialher'a  deaths  the  family  rvmuved  tc>  Ma* 
tildai  now  the  village  of  Irofjuois,  whore 
ihej  roaided  kumo  timc^  and  in  the  month 


of  November,  1840,  removed  to  the  City  of 
Toronto.  He  waa  uducated  at  the  common 
BcUooU  iu  the  County  of  Carleton,  and  after- 
wards at  the  Model  school  iu  the  City  of 
Toronto,  where  he  acquired  an  education 
that  fitted  him  to  fill  the  vitxious  otfiues  that 
he  has  since  held  with  so  much  credit. 
After  being  a  short  time  in  a  law  and  laud 
otHce,  he  turned  his  attention  to  mercantile 
pursuits.  In  the  year  1854  he  was  appoint- 
ed to  the  Toronto  post  olHoe,  and  remained 
in  the  department  fifteen  years,  when  by  his 
strict  attention  to  his  duties,  and  hia  ^tiuial 
manner,  he  commanded  the  respect  and  es* 
toem  both  of  his  fellow  clerks  and  those  in 
authority.  He  waa  promuted  from  one  step 
to  another,  until  he  was  transferred  to  the 
Post  Office  lisavingB  Bank,  at  Ottawa,  in  the 
month  of  May,  1861*.  This  place  he  soon 
found  did  not  agree  with  his  health,  and  in 
consequence  resigned  his  situation  iu  the 
Post  Office  DeiMxtment,  October,  1869.  and 
entered  into  mercantile  life  in  the  City  of 
Toronto,  where  he  carried  on  business  until 
June,  1876,when  he  waa  appointed  poatutHco 
inspector  of  the  East  Toronto  division.  In 
November,  1879,  he  was  tranaferred  to  the 
town  of  Barrie,  and  placed  iu  charge  of  the 
Barrie  postal  division.  He  was  iuitiated  into 
Masonry  iu  King  Solomon's  lodge,  Toronto), 
on  the  11th  day  of  Ihlarch,  1858,  and  imme- 
diately took  an  active  and  lively  interest  in 
all  the  branches  of  Maaonry.  Ue  was  elect- 
ed secretary  in  18G9,  and  haa  tilled  from 
that  time  until  the  present  important  poai- 
tions  in  the  craft  until  in  July,  1882,  he 
waa  elevated  to  the  Grand  Master's  chair, 
where  hia  matured  iudgmuut,  gvuial  niau- 
ner^,  and  seal  for  the  craft  ao  commanded 
the  respect  and  lore  uf  his  brethren  that  he 
waa  again  re-elected  in  1383.  He  now  tills 
the  important  position  of  past  grand  master. 
In  Capitular  Maaonry,  Cryptic  Masonry, 
Knighta  Templars,  etc.,  he  has  tilled  the 
principal  offices,  having  been  elected  in  1871>- 
1880,  grand  drst  principal  Z  of  the  Oraud 
Chapter  of  Canada  ;  in  1872-1873.  to  the 
office  of  grand  master  of  Cryptic  Masonry, 
and  iu  1884,  honorary  deputy  grand  maa- 
ter  of  the  Templar  Bt^y  uf  Canvla.  He 
haa  also  received  the  33^  of  the  A.  &  .\.  8. 
K.  Ho  has  been  presented,  at  differont 
times,  with  very  valuable  testimonials  for 
hia  servioes  to  the  craft.  In  the  militury» 
Daniel  Spry  has  done  duty  as  ensign  in  the 
lUth  Royal  regiment,  and  lieutenant  in  the 
Queen's  Own  Rifiea,  Toronto,  aud  haa  held 
the  position  of  captain  in  the  Reserve  Mihtia 
for  the  Centre  Riding  uf  thu  City  of  Toronto, 
Btnoo  March,  1873,     He  haa  been  a  director 


A  CYChOPMmA  OF 


of  the  Toronto  House  Buildiitg  AsBocUtion, 
(now  Land  Security  Co.),  vice-president  of 
the  Toronto  Mechanics'  Institute,  and  pres- 
ident of  the  liarria  Mechanics'  Instiiuio.  He 
watt  also  president  uf  the  Uutahu  Literary 
Society,  a  society  that  was  compofted  of 
young  men  now  filling  prominent  places  in 
our  country,  and  who  gave  great  impetus 
to  literary  pursuits  in  the  City  of  Toronto 
about  twenty-fire  years  ago.  When  taking 
part  in  politics,  Mr.  Spry  wa»  a  Reformer, 
&nd  was  secretary  of  the  Ileform  Association 
of  Toronto,  from  wliich  ufiice  he  retired  in 
1876.  Ue  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
England,  of  the  low  church  school,  and  has 
been  elected  a  delef;at«  to  the  Synod  of 
Toronto  everr  year  since  1882.  He  has  been 
twice  married,  finst  to  Mary  Jane  Hurgoss, 
on  the  3rd  of  May,  1859;  and  next  to  Mary 
E.  Foriier,  daughter  of  Charles  G.  Fortier, 
collector  of  inland  revenue,  Hamilton,  on 
the  30th  of  April,  1807.  His  son.  Lieutenant 
Spry  (now  captain),  accompanied  the  York- 
Bimcoe  Regiment  to  the  Nort-West  He 
was  the  youngest  ofhoer  at  the  front,  being 
under  seventeen  yean  of  age.  Id  literary 
work,  Mr.  Spry  was  connected  aa  a  contri- 
butor with  the  Poker,  Moniwty  and  <?ntmi/tr, 
well  known  comic  journals,  formerly  pub- 
lished ill  Toronto,  and  Tftc  (juvtl,  a  Maa<jntc 
journal  published  in  Orillia. 

kniilbuoli,  lion.  Ileury  Adolphus 
Newuiun,  LL,U,,  Q.C. ,  Senator  Lunen- 
burg, N.S.  The  di8tingui."ihBd  gentleman 
who  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  bom 
at  Lunenburg,  Nova  Scotia,  in  1830.  He 
comes  of  a  ver>'  distinguished  and  honour- 
able German  family,  one  member  of  which 
was  Wjlhelm  Von  Kunlbach,  oHicer  of  the 
Legend  of  Honour,  and  director  of  the  Itoyal 
Acudemy  of  Fine  Arts  at  Munich,  who,  in 
184G,  painted  for  Louis  I,  of  Bavaria  the 
'*  Destruction  of  Jerusalem.''  Ho  is  the 
great-grandaon  of  Martin  Von  Kaulbach,  an 
ori^nal  grantee  and  settler  of  Lunenburg, 
N.S.,  in  1752, and  grandson  of  Henry  Kaul- 
bach,  who  was  appointed  High  ShurilT  uf 
Lunenburg  hy  Governor  Wentworth,  1798. 
This  oflice,  and  others  of  hii^h  distinction, 
Sheritf  Kaulbach  held  till  1828,  when  he  re- 
signed in  favour  of  his  son.  Lieut.-Col.  John 
Henry  Kaulbach.  This  latter  held  the  high 
sherifl^hip  up  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  took  place  in  1870,  and  his  eldeataon 
ia  the  aubjoct  of  this  sketch.  It  is  interest- 
ing to  state  that  our  subject's  grandmother, 
Kaulbach,  lived  to  the  age  of  104  years,  and 
had  fifteen  children.  At  the  time  of  her 
death  she  was  in  perfect  health,  aud  enjoyed 
the  fitM  possession  uf  all  her  faculties.  When 


she  had   reached   her    hundreth   year,  her 
centenar)'  birthday  was  celebrated  with  aU 
the  affectionate  enthusiasm  of  her  hosts  of 
relatives,  and  at  that  banquet  tLere  were  ti<> 
fewer  than    live  generations   uf  the  faintiy 
present.     His  mother,  who  was   Fredcnca, 
a  daughter  of  Adolphus  Newman,  is  now  in 
her  85th  year,  ana  enjoys   perfect  health. 
Every  one  of  our  subject's  lineal  ancestors. 
for  at  least  two  centuries  back,  lived  at  least 
to    see  his   fourscore    years.     Henry  Adol- 
phus Newman  Kaulbach  waa  at  an  early  s^j 
put  under  private  tutors,  then  at  the  Lunen- 
burg Grammar  School,  hnishing  his  trainini 
in  classics  under   the  tut4jr8hipof  the  YUix^ 
J.  C.  Cochrane,  D.C.L.   His  education  com- 
pleted, he  was  sent  to  Harvard  I'niversityJ 
from  which  institutiim  ho  graduated  LL.  B,j 
He  studied    law   likewise   with    his   ancU 
Hon.  John  Creightou.  ar.,  Q.C,   M.P.P., 
and  afterwards  a  member  of  the  Executive 
Council  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  president  of  the^ 
Legislative  Council.      At  a  later  date  ox 
subject  entered  the  office  of  the  Hon,  (nol 
Sir)  William  Young,  then  leafier  of  the  Novi 
Scjtia  gi>veminent.     In  1855,  after  a  dil 
gent  application  to  liis  studios,  he  waa 
to  the  bar,  aud  commenced  practice.     H«^ 
soon  proved  himself  to  be  a  lawyer  uf  wide,] 
iinn  and  ready  grasp  ;  but  notwitlistandin| 
his  eminent  litness  for  the  legal  professioit 
he  Boon  began  to  concern  himself  in  othi 
atl'airs.     In  all  his  enterprises  he  has  woi 
the  success  to  which  his  commanding  abili- 
ties have  entitled  him,  and  he  adds  to  tl 
positions  of  senator  and  prominent  b&rri 
ter,  now  that  of  being  one  of  the  most  pi 
minout   ship  owners  and   land    proprietnra 
in  the  Maritime  provinoes.     He  hud  alway* 
shown  much  inclination  for  public  life  and 
legislative  work,  and  entered  the  House  of 
Assembly  of  Nova  Sootia,  as  representativi 
for  Lunenburg,  in  1863,  defeating  the  thei 
leader  of  the  government,  Hon.  Jos.  Howt 
by  an  immense  majority.    His  ability  was  a| 
once  recognised  in  the  house,  and  he  beh' 
his   position  till    the   oonsunmiatiou  of  th( 
union.     He  waa  one  of  the  most  luwful  audi 
energetic  members  of  the   leKislature,  ami' 
persistently  aud  forcibly  advocated  a  federal  j 
union  of  the  provinces.     He  waa  a  member 
of  the  Nova  Sootia  Central  Board  of  Agri-i 
culture,  and  of  free  public  schovtla.     Iu<Ued, 
upon  every  question  of  national  importanco 
and    wide    liberality,    ho   had    pronounced 
opinions,  and  his  views  were  always  such  as 
time  has  since  emphatically  vindicated.    He, 
was  beaten  at  the  general  election  of  18(m« 
by    the   jiowers   that   opposed  free  schtxrlaij 
and  confederation.     On  tne  37th  of  March,, 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY 


*Mh 


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187S|  he  MM  CAlled  to  the  Senate,  and  atill 
■U  ooe  of  tha  moat  worthy  and  ahlo  uiom- 
of  Out  body.  Ho  married,  first,  Eunice 
,  only  child  of  the  late  John  Harris, 
id  'rKomhill,  King's  Co.«  >\S.,  who  died  in 
1979  ;  ■♦OKOd,  on  the  9th  September,  1880, 
Hophy  Anne,  daughter  of  0.  fT.  Kyland, 
TV  of  Montreal,  and  his  wife  Mary 
U  Gore,  and  grandnioce  of  Sir  John  Gore, 
Xl.h..  G.C.H.,  and  of  Genera]  Sir  Arthur 
Gore,  Jrilled  in  battle  at  Bergon-up-Zcom. 
It  na*yaltf<>  be  stated  that  the  mother  of  the 
prMfint  wife  of  our  suhject  was  a  sister  of 
the  wife  cf  Sir  Dominick  l>aly.  Mr.  Kaul- 
t«cb  was  appointed  lieut.'Culouel  of  the  1st 
Krgiment  <if  Lunenburg  County  Militia  and 
Viflubi^er  Artillery  in  I8un.  Although 
Mhcily  brought  up  in  the  ddctrinos  of  the 
Cl&unm  of  Englarid,  he  hecHmo  slow  in  per- 
formAooea  until  he  hodtho  inostimable  plea- 
aure  of  the  social  societv  uf  Professor  Long- 
fcUow.  of  Cambridge,  Massaclmsetta.  Dur- 
ing hiM  law  training  there,  his  genial  and 
lorini{  ways  drew  our  subject  to  the  con- 
templation and  enjoyment  of  the  beauttea 
and  wonders  of  creAiion  iu  the  garden,  Held 
and  forest,  and  from  nature  up  to  nature's 
Ood. 

Wfiffncr,  Jacob  Peter,  one  of  To- 
ronto** prominent  builders  and  ooutractors, 
.1'  uiu  born  at  Hischmisheim, 

i-rovince  of  Prussia,  on  the 
M«^,  i'-*^.  He  is  A  son  of  Peter 
Wa^^ner  and  Dorothea  Smith.  Thu  family, 
wluchoMiaivteduf  the  parents,  four  brothers, 
aad  two  B»ten,  emigrated  to  America  in 
183flL  Tbousandd  of  other  Gemuins  at  this 
|Mriodwwv  -irriringinNewYork, 

«i>d  amo«kg  I  .  c-Aiue  the  family  of  our 

•abject.  After  k  short  stay  at  Now  York, 
Mr.  Waiter,  itunor,  and  his  family,  pro- 
c*wWd  tn  Rr^cheater,  Now  York,  reaching 
thu  city  on  June  lat,  after  a  journey  by 
ommI — the  only  meAns  of  travel  here  at  this 
tisac — which  4>coupied  eight  days.  The  fam- 
•  d  fairly,  and  uur  subject, 
■  r  young  men  who  hare  won 
<  for  theuisetves  in  the  new 
•*  ready  to  engage  in  any 

■  •^'■'^ :■-'   ymcnt-  For 

losti^r,  after 

.    ..-^....  iiing  him  ta 

Id  1S48,  he  married  Klieabeth 
0<hiiM.,  who  is  still  alive,  of  Itcnsalaer 
FaUs,  ttl.  Lawrence  county.  New  York, 
•ad  fofBwrly  of  Havana,  Germany.  In 
laSftMr.  Wagner  i^sune  to  Ton^nto  to  build 
IIm  llnsMii  HoQse ;  and  since  his  coming  he 
ba*  p«tt  ttp  tn*ay  of  the  city's  lino  resi- 
dMioM  lad  stcnft.    He  very  aooa  aaxned  the 


li- 


lioooor 


vldAkta  a. 


repute  of  being  one  of  th«  most  capable  and 
trustworthy  builders  and  contractors  iu  To- 
ronto, and  it  is  not  to  bo  wondered  at  that 
bnsiness  with  him  rapidly  grew.  Jn  1870- 
1877  Mr.  Wagner  completwl  the  Central 
prison  for  the  Ontario  government.  Our 
subject  has  had  eight  children,  of  whom 
three  were  bom  in  Rochester  and  6ve  in 
Toronto.  Six  of  these  are  living,  viz.,  Wil- 
liam J.  Wagner,  physician  ;  George  P. 
Wagnor,  manufacturer  ;  Charles  F.  Wag- 
ner, architect :  David  G.  WI^r^er.  account- 
ant ;  8usan  C  Wagner,  now  wife  of  Kev. 
R.  von  Pirch,  Berlin,  Ont,  ;  Mary  S,  Wag- 
ner, now  wife  of  J.  A.  Valin,  barrister  and 
attorney,  Ottawa.  It  is  pretty  certain  to 
hap{>en,  when  the  public  observe  that  a  man 
is  very  capable  in  the  maiiaifenient  of  his 
own  affairs,  if  they  be  right,  tlut  tliey 
begin  to  desire  his  sorvicee  in  directing  their 
concerns  ;  and  this,  in  Mr.  Wagner's  ex- 
perience, was  the  case.  In  1870,  at  the 
request  of  a  number  of  loading  gentlemen, 
our  subject  allowed  himself  to  !«  put  iu 
nomination  for  St.  Patrick's  ward,  nnd  wiu 
elected.  He  was  a  very  capable  aldernin.n. 
his  insight  being  quick,  and  his  jud^mont 
sound.  In  religion  Mr.  Wagner  is  u  staunch 
Lutheran. 

I^eu'f«,  Kiieht  Rev.  John  Travers, 
D.  D. ,  LL.  D. ,  Lord  Ituhop  of  Ontario,  was 
bom  at  Garry  Clojme  Caatle,  the  country 
seat  of  his  uncle,  the  late  John  Travers,  in 
the  County  of  Cork,  Ireland,  on  the  20th 
June,  1825.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of 
the  Kev,  Johu  Lewis,  A.M.,  curate  of  St. 
Anne's,  Shandon,  Cork,  with  wliich  are  so 
widely  assooiatod  the  repute  of  the  "  Bella 
of  Shandon,"  Uis  mother,  still  living, 
is  the  daughter  of  the  late  John  Lawleas, 
of  Woodview,  Clnyue,  in  the  County  C-ork. 
While  yet  a  boy,  the  bishop's  father  died 
of  cholera,  contracted  in  the  hospitals  of 
Cork,  while  labouring  among  his  |>arish- 
ioners,  leaving  him  heir  to  his  uncle's 
estates,  then  of  considerable  niagnitudo, 
including  Garry  Cloyne  Custle,  the  estate 
adjoining'  the  far*famod  Blarney  Castle.  He 
was  educated,  as  a  lad,  at  Hsuiblin  and 
Porter's  school,  in  Cork,  and  later  on  at 
Trinity  College,  Dublin,  whore,  ou  entrance, 
he  obtained  the  Priumte's  first  Hebrew 
prize,  and  from  whence  he  graduated  as 
senior  moderator  and  gold  medallist  iu 
ethics  and  logic  in  July,  1H47,  haTing 
throughout  his  undergraduate  O'unn'  "b- 
tained     both     claNsU'al    au'l     ni  >l 

honours.  Turning  his  attention  i  y 

of  divinity,  he   was  in  tlie  folios  n.   \-  vt, 
on  Itith  July,  IB4S,  ordained  a   <i.  i^  >:.  tn 


A  CYCLOPJibIA  OF 


holy  ordort  in  Christ  Church  Colloi^e  Chapel, 
Cambridge,  by  the  Lurd  JJishop  of  Chest«r, 
and  prieit  in  the  Soptembor  uf  tiie  follow- 
ing year,  by  the  LorU  Uuhop  uf  Oomi, 
Connor  and  Dromore.  In  July.  1848,  h« 
wu  appointed  curate  of  NewtoAnlmtlur,  in 
the  North  of  Ireland,  where  he  remained 
till  the  year  foUowiug,  when,  desiring  to 
viBtt  his  mother  and  family,  who  had  mean* 
while  settled  in  Canada  Weet,  he  crowed  in 
a  aailing  ship,  and  viaiting  Torvnlo,  waa  aj>- 
pointod  by  the  bishop  (Rev.  Dr.  Strachan), 
miasionaiy  at  Weat  Uawkeabury,  on  the 
Ottawa  river.  On  the  22nd  July,  1H51,  ho 
oiarriud  Annie  Hunrietta  Margatet,  eldest 
daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  Henry  Sher- 
wood, attorney-general  of  Upper  Canada,  of 
United  Empire  loyalist  stocK,  and  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Conaervativo  adminis- 
tration of  that  day.  FoUuwiny  close  upon 
hia  marriaxfe  came  the  news  of  his  uncle's 
death  in  Ireland,  but  learning  that  the 
afhura  and  property  of  his  uncle  had  been 
left  much  embarrassed,  ho  resolved  to  make 
Canada  his  home,  and  settle  in  this  country 
permamently.  In  J  864  ho  was  promoted  to 
the  rectory  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Brock- 
ville,  where  he  remained  until  the  question 
of  dividing  the  then  large  diocese  of  To- 
ronto was  mooted.  In  au  election,  on  the 
13th  June,  I86I,  at  Kingston,  by  the  vote 
of  both  clergy  and  laity,  he  was  chosen  the 
first  bishop  of  Ontario,  as  the  new  Episcopal 
see,  extending  frnni  the  Ottawa  to  the  Trent 
river  was  called,  and  this  appointment  was 
snbaequently  ratified  by  Her  Majesty's 
Koy*^  letters  patent,  oouatituting  himself 
and  his  successors  lord  biahops  of  Ontario. 
This  ocouaion  was,  we  believe,  the  last  on 
which  the  Imperial  authorities  canned  letters 
patent  to  be  issued.  The  bishop,  elected  in 
his  3tith  year,  the  youngest  at  that  date  of 
the  Bench  of  Bishops  of  the  Church  of 
England,  was  consecrated  at  St.  Go-irge's 
Cathedral,  Kingston,  the  seat  of  the  see,  on 
the  25th  March,  18ti*J.  There  he  remained 
until  1871,  when  Ottawahaving  in  the  mean- 
time been  made  the  capital  of  the  Do- 
minion, and  since  become  the  most  import- 
ant city  in  the  diocese,  ho  removed  there 
with  his  family,  where  he  now  resides.  The 
bishop  is  the  author  of  many  published 
ohargea  and  sermons,  as  well  as  lecturus  and 
articles  in  the  JoHntal  vf  Sacred  Lifrrnture^ 
London,  England,  and  in  the  Armrican 
QHarUrly  ChnrcJi  Revitw.  He  was  the  orig- 
inal author  and  promoter  of  the  meeting  of 
the  Lambeth  Conferences  of  all  bishops  of 
the  Churcli  of  England,  at  home  and  abroad, 
including  those  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 


Church   of    the    United    States,    and' 
mainly  instrumental  in  inducing  the 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of 
to  meet  in  Montreal  in  1884.    In  Novel 
1885,  by  the  oider  of  Hw  Exi;eUenoy^ 
Governor-General  in   Council,    the    bru 
medal,  struck  in  commemoration  of  confeil< 
eration  in  1867,  waa  presented  to  the  btahoj^i 
aa  an  expression  of  appreoiation  of  **  his  im- 
portant services  In  the  cause  of   Uteratui 
and  science."     The  bishop   is  an  AnglicsAl 
Churchmam  of  liberal  views  that  hare  doni 
much  towards  making  the  Church  of  Euf 
and   in  eastern  Ontario  united  and  peaoe-^ 
ful.      The  Bishop  has  two  sons    and    four 
daughters  living.     His  eldest  dati^hter  mar- 
ried R.  C.  Hamilton,  third  sou  of  the  Um 
George  Hamilton,  of  Hawkeabury,  C.  W. 
and  Ilia  second  daughter  is  the  wife  of  Pj 
liiltun-Ureen,  uf  Montreal    His  eldest  son, 
Travors,  is  a  member  of  the  Ontario  biir.  ii 
partuership  with  A.  F.  Mclntyre,  and  p) 
tioes  his  profession  in  Ottawa  ;  having  mi 
ried  in  1884,  the  second  daughter  of   Cot« 
ling  wood  Schroiber,  C.  E.      Tkia  is  an 
when  religion  has  mora  to  do  than 
for  some   of  the  ablest  minds  of  th«  ila] 
have  uome  forward  disputing  its  preteusionaj 
and  douyiug  the  divinity  of  its  inapiracii^n. 
The  time  was  in  the  history  of  this  antago- 
nism when  ministers  in   the  pulpit  niii^ht 
gather  their  robes  about  them  and  scorn  to 
make  reply  to  their  assailants  ;  bu*    ' 
is  past.     This  is  an  age  of  great  ■ 
ment,    of     wide    reading',    of     pf^uiuu/.-i 
science  ;  and   the  young  man    with  a  Utile 
learning  who  comes  to  d<.'Ubt  revelation  and 
the  divine  origin  of  the  whole  rolicrious  s)-a- 
tem,  is  only  brought  hack  again  to  his  right 
mind  by  hearing  in  the  pulpit  vindication 
and  proof  of  the  religion  which  the  prioat 
is  oommiaaioned  ta  teach.     This  we  are  glad 
to  say  aeema  to  bo  Bishop  Lewis  a  view  of 
the   question    too  ;   for    he    has    on     m  wiy 
ocooaiuns  adonted  bis  pulpit  by  the  der<.'!t'.<.' 
of  religion,    as  well  as  by  its  expouniliii;^. 
He  is  a  man  of  wide  and  profound  learnin-, 
and    we  doubt  if    there  is    living  an  :«)>:  r 
defender  of  the   religious    system    a^.iii .^r 
Agnisticism  than  he.     Well  would  it  bt;,  if 
the  clergy  generally  would  seek  to  follt>w  hia 
example.     For,  as   we   have  already    said, 
auti-reli*rious    science    can    no    longer    be 
treated  with  sileuce.  HencefoKh  thu  silence 
of  the  pulpit  will  not  be  called  oontetiipt, 
but  ignorance. 

ncCurdf,  Dr.  Ar«hibal4l,  M  BRC, 
P.  &  S.O.,  Norwich,  Ontario,  was  bom  in 
the  townahip  of  South  Norwich,  Oxford,  on 
September   19th,  1^47.     His  parents  wers 


CANADIAN  BWORAPHT, 


84T 


two  j«an 


Stuart,  and  Elizabeth,  the  maiden 
of  hia  mother  being  HaKcnnau.  Miss 
Sagarnuui  was  ouo  of  thu  weU'kuuwu  U.E. 
ioTmlaat  faxEiiUoa  that  c&iae  to  Caua<ta  after 
Ika  dvclaiiktiou  of  independence.  3Ir.  Mc* 
Cordy,  wnior,  was  born  in  the  State  of  New 
Tork,  and  caune  to  thia  country  in  J617, 
beiikg  then  only  tire  years  old.  Uia  parents 
aittlad  opuu  a  farm  in  the  vicinity  of 
Ocini«)}yf  whvre  he  remained  until  1840, 
when  he  removed  to  the  townabip  uf  South 
'  ':.  Here  ho  took  a  form  in  the  bush, 
itie  one  of  the  sturdy  pioneers  of 
tnj-i.  piaco.  He  had  two  sons,  Arcliibald  be- 
tn^  the  youngestv  Mr.  McCunly  m  Btill 
alire.  resides  upon  the  old  homestead,  and 
ifl  in  the  enjoyment  of  good  health.  Young 
Archibald  received  a  thorough  education, 
fint  vnierinK  the  Woodstock  ooUege,  and 
oGuiDleting  his  course  at  Trinity,  Toronto, 
^ge  of  twenty-three  he  began  the 
iiktididne,  graduating  in  1870  with 
He  removed  to  ^e  village  of 
,  Norfolk,  where  he  practised  for 
;  after  which  ho  bot<x)k  himself 
to  the  village  of  New  Durham,  Brant,  in 
which  place  he  practised  for  four  years.  In 
1882,  he  returned  to  the  village  of  Norwich, 
where  he  piuchased  the  drug  business  of  the 
lat«  Dr.  Lfinnt.  This  business  he  has  con- 
ducted with  much  success,  conjointly  with 
a  targe  and  coDstantly-increasiug  practioe, 
erur  since.  In  1885,  Dr.  McOardy  was  ap- 
pointed surgeon  for  the  Grand  Trunk  Kail- 
vajT,  and  he  is  likewise  a  member  of  the 
BoarU  of  Health  for  the  village  of  Norwich. 
U«  bvluniiB  t<>  the  Freemasons,  and  is  a 
me  Jout  lodge.  No.  95  ;  he  is  also 

ct>\i'  '  li  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 

Worktueti,  vf  which  body  he  is  alio  medical 
examiner.     He  has  always  taken  a  deep  in- 
I  lerest  in  public  questions,  and  is  a  stead- 
fast  and   solid  aupporter  of  the  Conserva- 
I  live  party.     His  religion  is  that  of  Preaby- 
I  tcriaoism.     Dr.  McCurdy  married  in  1882, 
ABlouioit«  Blixa,  daughter  of   Isuao  Brook 
H«ar7,    oi    Winona,    Wentworth    county. 
Thm  froit  of  th  -     ■:     n   is  one  son.     He  is 
of  a  very  cncr  lorament,  and  an  ex- 

iwrting^  skili^  t^-^>..uian. 

MraiuoM, Hearir  Fraokltn, Ottawa, 
Um  on*  man,  it  has  been  said,  who  under- 
stood th«  feaaibility  of  converting  the  large 
lakM  and  fnrioai  and  foaming  f&llti  of  the 
Ottawa  river,  into  a  channel  for  the  dri?ing 
of  aaw-logs,  was  bom  in  the  town  of  Moreau, 
Sarmtoga  county,  New  York  state,  on  the 
2iih  of  February,  1817.  His  |*aronta  were 
AWab  Bmnson  and  Sarah  Tinker.  Mr. 
i«  of  mixed  Soottish  and  WoUh  de- 


scent, and  the  family,  which  is  now  icat- 
tored  through  most  of  the  Northuru  states, 
at  an  early  period  settled  in  New  England. 
Members  of  this  uuterprixiug  and  clever 
family  were  the  Hon.  Greene  C.  Bronson, 
of  the  New  York  bench,  and  the  Rev.  Asa 
Bronson,  who  was  for  many  yean  pastor 
of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  at  Fall  River, 
Maasaohusetts.  The  first  of  thu  family  to 
find  his  way  to  Oanada  was  the  subject  of 
our  sketch,  and  shortly  after  he  came  here  he 
led  off  in  the  lumber  business.  H.  F.  Bron- 
son spent  his  youthful  days  at  Queenabury, 
Warren  county,  Kew  York,  in  the  family  <if 
the  late  J.  J.  Harris,  and  he  concluded  his 
education  at  the  Ponltiiey  academy  of  Ver- 
mont. *'  Young  Bronson,"  says  a  reliable 
authority  lying  at  our  hand,  "became  an 
apt  scholar  in  agricultural  aoienoes,  but  soon 
showed  a  preference  for  woodland  foraging, 
predestined,  as  he  was  to  become  a  great 
marauder  of  pine  forests."  In  1840,  Mr. 
Harris,  already  alluded  to,  purchased  ox- 
tensive  pine  tracts,  erecting  mills  on  one  of 
the  upper  Hudson  lakes.  He  formed  a 
partnership  with  his  young  and  trusted 
friend,  Mr.  Bronson,  "  whose  assets  con- 
sisted of  a  sound  constitutioa,  a  resolute 
will,  unbending  integrity,  skill  with  the 
hand,  and  a  mind  to  work."  The  partner- 
ship continued  fur  twenty-two  years,  and 
during  the  last  ten  years  of  the  aasociation, 
the  greater  portion  of  the  business  rospon- 
sihility  fell  upon  our  subject,  owing  to  the 
failure  of  Mr.  Harris'  health.  It  soon  be- 
came plain  that  tho  pine  was  rapidly  disap- 
pearing from  the  upper  Hudson  ;  therefore, 
in  1848,  Mr.  Bronson  passed  over  to  Canada, 
proceeding  along  the  Ottawa  valley,  till  the 
thunder  of  the  Chaudiere  falls  burst  upon  his 
ears.  At  once  he  was  satisHed  that  here  was 
an  excellent  place  to  begin  lumber  opera- 
tions ;  for  the  timber  seemed  inexhaustible* 
and  the  water  power  magnificent.  He  re- 
turned hcime,  but  in  1852  he  persuaded  Mr. 
Harris  to  accompany  him  to  the  *.Ktawa  val- 
ley. Wlion  they  reached  again  the  regiun  of 
kingly  pines  and  booming  waterfalls,  they 
were  everywhere  met  with  testimony  from 
river  experts,  saying  that  the  Ottawa  waa 
not  suitable  for  the  safe  driving  of  saw  logs, 
but  Mr.  Bronson  reoommondod  to  his  part- 
ner the  purchase  of  the  hydraulic  l<»ta  at  the 
Chaudieic  falls,  then  held  by  the  On»wn.  At 
the  sale  of  the  loU,  made  by  Mr.  Uurooo 
Merrill,  general  superintendent  of  the  Otta- 
wa river  works,  a  purchase  of  the  lots  waa 
made,  and  here,  under  the  personal  super- 
vision of  Mr  Bronson,  was  orvoted  the 
milla,  a  portion  of  which  still  exists   in  the 


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splendid  works  stiU  in  operation  within 
sound  of  the  gallopini;(  thunder  of  the  falls. 
The  mills  having  been  erected,  Air.  Bronson 
reinoTod  his  family  to  Ott*ws,  and  there  they 
were  established  permanently.  The  relation 
of  Mr.  Bronson  to  (ho  sawn  lumber  trade  of 
the  DominioD  of  Canada  will  bo  better  un- 
derstood wlieii  it  is  learned  that  his  was  the 
tlrst  movemeut  in  the  Ottawa  district  for  the 
manufacture  of  sawn  tnmber  for  the  United 
States  market.  The  original  mill  embodied 
all  the  modem  improTements  of  the  times, 
including  iron  gates  of  norcl  model,  a  con- 
trivance planned  by  Mr.  Bronson  himaelf, 
and  afterwards  used  in  must  of  the  gang  saw 
mills  on  the  Ottawa  river.  Several  other 
gentleruen,  stiuiulated  by  the  enlerprtse  and 
success  of  Mr.  Bronson  and  his  pnrtnor, 
likewise  set  out  for  Ottawa  ;  and,  after  a 
time,  chiefly  owing  to  the  persistency  of  Mr. 
Bronson,  a  aerica  of  costly  river  iiuprove- 
tuents  were  effected,  which  made  the  driving 
of  logs  upon  the  Ottava  a  matter  of  greater 
convenience  than  upou  many  a  smaller 
stream,  which  has  no  large  lakes  to  act  as  a 
reservoir  for  checking  the  fury  of  the  spring 
freshets.  In  1864,  Mr.  Harris  retired 
from  the  business,  Mr.  Bronson  still  con- 
tinuing in  extensive  manufacture  of  sawn 
lumber,  and  owing  to  his  splendid  abilities 
sa  a  manager,  his  operations  not  alone 
maintained  their  ground,  but  gradually 
increased.  The  present  hmi  at  Ottawa,  of 
which  our  distinguished  subject  is  the  head, 
is  known  as  Bronsons  &,  Weston,  and  com- 
prises, besides  the  senior  partner.  Erskine 
H.  Bronson,  son  of  H.  F.  Bronson,  and  Abi- 
jtth  Weston, of  Painted  Post,  New  York.  The 
latter  gentleman  is  one  of  the  moat  extensive 
lumber  merchants  in  the  United  iStatee, 
bav  iug  business  connections  in  no  less 
than  nine  or  ten  different  points  in  the 
states  of  Michigan,  New  York  and  Ver- 
mont. Our  subject's  firm  own  two  mills  at 
Ottawa,  running  ten  gates,  and  hfk\*ing  a 
capacity  for  producing  sixty  million  feet 
of  lum>>Br  per  suaaon ;  nor  can  it  bo  believed 
that  the  day  is  near  when  theau  great  and 
busy  wheels  shall  atop,  for  the  couipiinynre 
proprietors  of  extensive  and  exoelleutly  tim- 
bered tracts  of  pine  upon  the  upper  Ottawa 
and  its  tributaries.  This  tinii  is  likewise 
connected  with  John  W.  Dunham,  of  Al- 
bany, New  York,  and  Hormou  K.  Weaver, 
of  Burlington,  Vermont,  and  through  iheae 
gentlemen  operate  at  Burlington  the  second 
largest,  and  in  luiiny  respects  the  tinest 
mills,  in  the  New  England  states,  for  the 
dressing  and  rosawiug  of  lumber.  They 
have  a  yard  at  Albany  for  the  sale   of  lum- 


ber in  the  rough,  and  this,  the  Nortkt 
LuntbemuiH  says,  gives  thein,  with  thetr< 
tswa  mills,  the  neceasary  facilities   for 
verting  the  standing  timber  into  all  tfa«' 
rietius  of  manufactured  lumber  required 
the  builder's  use,  and  placing  it  directly  b' 
the  consumer's  hands,  without  the  inteife 
euce  of  middlemen.     The  Burlington  finnj 
known  aa  Bronsons,  Weston,  Dnnham  A 
Mr.   Bronson   married,   on  November  &t 
1840,  Editha  E.  Pierce,  of    H  )lton,    N.  Yj 
an<l  has  had  four  children.       Oertrudl 
only  dauifhter,  is  the  wife  of  Levi  Ci 
confidential  clerk  for  Bronsons  &  W«3I 
The  sons  are  Erskine  Henry,  Frank  P.. 
Walter  G.     'J'he  family  are  members 
Presbyterian  church.       Mr.    Bronson^ 
another  great   prince   of  business  mi 
Hugh  Allan,  has  not  oared  for  poUtioal  Ufl 
and  held  himself  aloof  from  parties,  bvit 
has  been  connected  with  several  K-nevulont 
institutious  and  business    euterprisHs.     H« 
likewise  is  president  of  the  board  of  mana- 
gers of  the  Ottawa  Indies'  College,      ff  hit 
t>usine88  career  has  been  marked  by  .^ 
ability,   by   enterprise,    by  honour,    ui 
great  achievement,  his  private  and  social  re 
lations  have  won  for  him  everywhere   g^-od 
will  and  the  highest  regard.       To  men  like 
Henry    Franklin  Bronson,  Canada,  and  in 
particular  the  business  life  of  her   capital, 
must  ever  remain  in  debt. 

nfaoNab,  Hon,  Sir  AUan.  Baroi 
of  Diindum,  Hauiilt*»n,  was  bom    at    N: 
ara,    on   the  llHh  of  February,  1TV>8 
grandfather.  Major  U^iberl  MacNab,  of  the 
42nd  regiment,    or    **  Black   Watch,'*  held 
the  post  of  Royal  Forester  in  Scotland,  and 
resided  on  a   small  estate  called   Dundum^^ 
at  the  head  of  Loch  Uearu,  Pertlishire,  ^-"t^l 
land.       His  father,  Lieutenant   Allan  MadH 
Nab,  euWred    the   army  in    Her  Majesty's 
Tlst    regiment,   and  was  subse<iuently  pro- 
moted   to  a   Dragoon  regiment.       He  was 
attached  to    the  staff"  of  General  Simcoe  dur- 
ing the  American   revoluiionary  war,    ai 
after  the  close  of  that  war,  bu   acoompame 
General  Simooe   to   Canada,  and  settled 
the  western  part  of  the  province.     His  wi 
was  the  youngest  daughter  of  Captain  WQ* 
liam    Napier,   commissioner  of  the  port  of 
Quebec,  who  was  the  mother  of  the  subject  • 
onr  sketch.     When  Allan  was  a  lad  goii 
to  school,    Toronto    was    attacked    by    tl 
Americans ;  and  full  of  a  desire  at  this  eat\ 
time  of  Life  to  do  something  for  the  Crown^ 
he    was,  at    his   own  earnest    requost,  put 
on  board  Sir  James   Yeo*s   ship,  where   he 
was  rated    as    a    midshipman.     This    ship 


showed  herself  at  tiockett's  harbour,  G«iiMae 


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plaow,  on  the  AmerioRn  aide  of 
Ho  left  tho  navy,  where  promo- 
tlow,  axicl  joined  the  100th  regt- 
it  under  Colonel  Murray,  and  was  pre- 
when  the  Niagara  frontier  waa  re-occn- 
Th«plDck;  Ud  also  waa  to  the  front 
ith  tb*  advanced  guard  at  the  taking  of 
Iviagara  ;  and  for  hia  miuiaturo  hero- 
in the  atorming  he  waa  made  ensii^ii  121 
49th  regiment.  Aft«r  the  campaign  was 
MacNab  formed  hia  regtinent  in 
and  ahortly  aftcrwarda  marched 
attack  of  PUttaburg.  In  thia  engage- 
he  had  the  honour  of  commanding 
■dnuKMfd  guard  at  the  Saruac  bridse. 
1817,  after  the  reduction  of  the  aruiy  he 
the  atudy  of  law,  and  waa  called  to 
bar  in  1825.  He  waa  aome  time  later 
Queen's  connael,  the  tirat  appointment 
the  land  in  t'pper  Canada.  In  1829,  he 
hia  long  and  very  useful  public  career 
liikg  eleoted,  with  tho  Hoaourable  John 
)U»  to  represent  the  County  of  Wont- 
Having  served  for  the  county  in 
parli&menta,  he  waa  returned  for  Ham- 
defaatinm  Mr.  Harrison,  the  govera- 
Uis  opponents  in  aucceasive 
ifter  till  his  retirement  were 
:>.  iiu.iny.  FrAomou  and  Buchanan. 
Allan  rendered  aome  important  aervic^ 
Ae  Crown,  and  these  servioea  the  Crown 
and  thereafter  hia  zeal  for  tho 
ooontry  waa  moat  oonapicuoua. 
diaplayed  in  the  cutting  out  of 
Hfi^  ateamer,  which  his  men  set 
Ere  and  turned  loose  to  go  over  the 
Niagara  falls.  When  MacKensie  and  his 
Ulowara  roae  in  rebellion  in  1837,  Allan 
UeKah  promptly  marshalled  tho  *'Mcn  of 
Oof»,"  and  made  straightway  to  Toronto, 
irbcre  he  united  with  Sir  Francis  Bond  Head 
)a  ^''-  'i*^  unorganized  rebels  in  the 

kant  !i    Hill.      Sir    Allan  was  ap- 

^ctntO'l  si^^ker  of  the  first  Parliament 
btder  the  Union,  and  in  this  capacity  was 
[loaC  aarriooablo  as  a  politician.  He  became 
miiuater  in  Idni,  hut  hia  rule  wm  not 
U>  bo  uf  great  duration.  During 
adwiaiatnMioa  the  Clergy  Reaerree  ques- 
aet  at  rest,  the  Reciprocity  Act 
Seigniorial  Tenure  aboliabed,  and  the 
.Act  adootr^d.  Sir  Allan  waa  knight* 
retired  from  tho  othoe 
Ti^warda  the  latter  por- 
hi»  iiarUftinentary  career,  he  waa 
vith  gout,  and  hia  laat  appearance 
thn  HooBo  of  Aaaembly  waa  when  he  waa 
unitt  m  thnre  by  two  atout  serving  men, 
Rrathcd  in  ttanaela,  to  make  a  aori  of  avolo- 
(d  pn>  f%(a  «<ia — to  explain    hia    conuuot. 


and  briefly  to  refer  to  hia  oaraar  and  hia  aer- 
vicea  to  his  country — for  hia  party,  with  Mr. 
John  A.  Macdonald  at  its  head,  had  decid- 
ed to  drop  him  overboard.  In  October, 
1857,  he  retired  from  public  life  in  Canada 
and  went  to  England,  that  he  might  be  near 
the  Crown  of  which  he  had  become  so  enam- 
ored. He  believed  that  KngUshmen  had 
not  forgotten  that  he  had  destroyed  the 
Carohfu  ;  and  therefore  he  entered  the 
held  against  Admiral  Pechel,  for  the  repre- 
aentation  of  the  town  of  Brighton,  England. 
It  need  not  be  recorded  that  he  waa  beaten. 
lu  1860,  ho  returned  again  to  Canasta,  and 
wa?  appointed  to  the  Legislative  Council, 
where  he  remained  till  an  attack  of  aicknesa 
carried  him  away.  Sir  Allan  MaoNab  mar- 
rietl  in  1821,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Usuiet 
Brooke,  by  whom  he  had  a  son  and  a  daugh- 
ter. Thia  lady  died.  He  again  married, 
in  1831,  Mary,  oldeat  daughter  of  Sheriff 
Stuart,  of  the  Johnstown  district,  by  whom 
he  had  two  daughters.  One  of  those  married 
Viscouut  Bury,  M. P.,  eldest  aon  of  the  Earl 
uf  Albermarle,  and  the  other  a  son  of  Sir 
Doniinick  Daly.  He  waa  a  man  of  high  per- 
sonal character,  and  in  official  life  he  would 
scorn  to  do  that  which  might  m^ke  a  gentle- 
man in  private  lifeaahained.  He  waa  a  aincere 
lover  of  hia  country,  and  an  able  politician, 
though  sometimea  inflexible  when  it  waa  in- 
expedient to  bend  ;  but  taken  altogether  hia 
name  is  a  very  bright  one  in  the  pagea  of 
Canadian  history. 

Trow,  J  amen,  M.P.  for  South  Perth, 
Ontario,  Oppositiun  Whip  in  the  Houae  of 
Commona,  waa  bom  at  Newtown,  Mont- 
gomeryshire, North  Wales,  in  a  house  on 
the  banks  of  the  Severn  nver,  on  the  ItJth 
Decern ber,  1827.  Hia  parenta  were  Thomaa 
and  Mary  Trow,  both  of  Newtown.  Yoang 
Trow  did  not  receive  any  education  at  the 
handa  of  maaters,  aave  what  ho  received 
at  the  Welchpool  common  achool.  and  aub- 
aequently  at  Liverpool,  England.  But  a 
youth  of  his  energy  and  wholesome  ambi* 
tion  was  not  likely  to  stop  upon  the  thresh- 
old of  intellectual  pursuit,  and  after  hia 
school  days  at  Liverpool  came  to  an  end, 
we  find  him  industriously  pursuing  all  the 
English  branches  during  hia  spare  hours. 
How  far  aucceaaful  he  wua  with  his  own  am- 
bition and  industry  for  tutors,  it  ia  hardly 
neceaaary  to  tell  those  who  have  become  fa- 
miliar with  his  career  as  a  {H^litician  and  as 
a  writer.  James  Trow'a  father,  it  appeara, 
had  emigrated  to  America,  and  thither  the 
aon  followed  aome  time  afterwarda  He  does 
not  appear  to  hare  been  mucli  impresaed  by 
what  he  SAW  in  thu  United  States,  and  thus 


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it  was  that  he  cftme  to  think  about  seeking 
his  fortune  in  one  of  the  Crown  coloniee. 
He  came  to  Ontario,  and  settled  in  the 
County  of  Perth,  where  he  uhtained  a  school, 
which  he  taught  for  seven  years,  with  the 
same  success  that  has  marked  his  career 
ever  since.  During  this  time,  owing  to  fru- 
gal habits,  he  laid  by  a  considerable  sum  of 
money,  which,  by  judiciouB  invostmeotf 
soon  began  to  bring  to  him  a  libera)  return. 
Mr.  Trow  was  nut  by  any  means  shut  up 
within  himself,  or  concerned  merely  in  ad- 
vancing personal  objects  ;  but  he  began  to 
take  a  generous  and  active  interest  in  im- 
portant  public  questions  and  enterprises.  In 
1857.  he  organised  a  compauy  nf  volunteers 
in  Shakeqware,  employing  drill  instructors 
at  his  own  expense.  Of  this  company,  it 
need  hardly  be  added,  he  was  captain.  In 
the  municipal  affairs  of  North  Eaethope,  at 
a  very  early  period  he  began  to  take  an  in- 
terest. A  man  of  his  energy,  business  ca- 
pauity,  and  intelligence,  would  be  certain  to 
come  to  the  front  in  any  oommunity  ;  hence 
we  look  with  interest  upon  his  record  at 
Elasthopo.  Ho  was  assessor  of  the  township 
for  two  years,  township  clerk  for  ten  years, 
and  reeve  for  tweuty-one  oonsecu  ti  ve 
years.  For  no  leas  a  period  than  twenty 
years  has  he  been  warden  of  the  County  of 
Perth,  and  chairman  of  the  linance  commit- 
tee. He  is  likewise  a  High  Soho^M  trustee, 
and  has  taken  that  interest  in  education, 
which  is  only  to  be  expected  of  a  man  who 
is  himself  cultured,  and  able  to  appreciate 
the  l>enefits  to  be  conferred  by  our  schools. 
He  ia  now  vice-president  of  the  Perth  Mu- 
tual Insurance  Company,  vice-president  of 
the  British  Mortgage  and  Loan  Compimy  of 
Stratford,  and  a  director  of  the  Ontario  Mu- 
tual Life  Asanrance  Company  of  Berlin. 
With  respect  to  his  political  career  proper, 
we  may  say  that  Mr.  Trow  sat  for  South 
Perth  in  the  Legislative  Assembly  from  1867 
to  1871.  In  the  latter  year  he  wna  defeated  ; 
but  in  1872  he  was  elected  to  the  House  of 
Oummoits  for  the  same  riding.  He  was  re- 
elected (by  acclamation)  in  1874,  and  again 
in  1878,  and  at  the  last  genera!  election. 
He  at  once  tf»ok  an  enviahht  and  an  endur- 
ing place  in  the  House  of  Commons.  This 
was  uut  achieved  through  any  striking  ora- 
torical brilUaucy,  but  the  young  member 
was  found  to  possess  Bouud  understanding, 
ready  and  accurate  insight  into  public  (|ues- 
tiona  and  parliamentary  business,  and,  not 
least,  excellent  temper  and  moderation.  Mr. 
Trow  was  chairman,  during  five  sessions  of 
parliament,  of  the  Immigration  and  Coloni- 
zation  Gommittou,  involvmg  great  and  oner- 


ous duties,  and  he  has  been  whip  fof' 
Liberal  party  for  ton  years.  He  has  alwaj 
been  a  consistent  and  prominent  metnl 
of  the  Kefonn  party,  yet  it  is  exti 
doubtful  if  tliere  ia  a  man  iii>on  the 
terial  side  of  the  House  who  is  not 
friend.  To  be  popular,  as  Mr,  Trow*i»  \x\ 
ular,  and  at  the  same  time  be  tme  to 
party's  cause,  as  he  is  true,  ia  indeed  onei 
the  most  difficult  matters  within  the  boo[ 
of  this  writer's  imagination.  Mr.  Trow 
travelled  more  extensively  through 
toba  and  the  North-West  t^rritoriea' 
ably  than  any  other  member  of  the 
of  Commons,  having  spent  several  moni 
each  season,  for  six  summers,  in  these 
gions.  Making  careful  observations^  hs 
published  the  results,  ond  so  valuable  were 
his  contributions,  that  the  Dominion  admin- 
istration, his  political  opponents,  put  the 
matter  in  pamphlet  form  and  distributed 
eighty  thousand  copies  for  the  encoum^- 
ment  of  immigration.  Sir  Charles  Tiippef 
ind  Hon.  J.  H-  Pope,  Minister  of  Agricul- 
ture, have  both  acknowledged  in  the  House 
of  Commons  that  there  is  no  man  who  Hm 
done  as  much  by  lus  writings  as  Mr.  T: 
to  open  up  the  country  and  give  to  inl^i 
emigrants  reliable  and  accurate  infonuati<.>i 
respecting  tho  soil,  cUmate,  and  natunl  re- 
sources of  the  Dominion.  Mr.  Trow  has 
also  travelled  through  every  pro\'inoe  of  the 
Dominion,  and  written  graphic  descriptions 
of  the  places  he  visited  ;  and,  in  company 
with  his  family,  visited,  a  few  years  ago, 
England  and  Wales,  Scotland,  France,  Ger- 
many and  Belgium.  He  wrote  a  series  of 
moat  readable  and  graphic  lettera  ou  the 
Fran  CO- Prussian  war,  after  having  made 
examination  of  the  various  battle-field«. 
These  letters  were  extensively  reproduced 
in  the  Canadian  press.  In  1H47,  Mr.  Trow 
married  Mary  Moore,  -yl  Blenheim,  Oxford 
county,  and  has  issue  five  children,  four 
sons  and  one  daughter.  His  business  now 
is  that  of  banker,  broker,  conveyancer,  and 
real  estate  valuator.  He  has  striven  in  the 
right  way,  and  ho  has  achieved.  His  career 
ia  well  worthy  the  emulation  of  any  young 
Canadi»n. 

Fmser,  WllUnin  Hn^h,  Domiition 
Appraiser,  Customa  departmuut,  Ottawa,  was 
bom  on  December  17th,  1826,  at  St.  An- 
drews, Fifeshire, Scotland,  Hugh  Fraatr.  pf 
Inverness,  Scotland,  a  member  of  the  ■ 
branch  of  the  Clan  Fraser,  was  his  lim  i' 
father.  His  father  was  William  Fraser,  and 
his  mother  Anne  Anderson.  William  Hngh 
Fraser  was  educated  at  Madras  College,  St 
Andrews,  and  comiUeted  his  ooursc  under 


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ths  totocahip  of  Rer.  Jolua  Arthurs,  Holeoa- 
faonxottb,    DnmhiirtonBhire.      After  learing 
■QhooTbc  serred  an  appreoticesbip  of  Mven 
jprnrn  to  tb<e  dry  goods  buaineu,  and  aftor> 
iraxdi  hdd  the  poution  of  buyer  in  Beverid 
laigv  kuuM*  in  Great  Britain.     In  1853  he 
■mi^nUed  to  Canada,  and  shortly  nfter  hia 
antral  aAttled  in  Hamilton^  where  he  ro* 
jiided  for  a  nambor  of  years,  and  carried  on 
same  buaineaa  aa  he  had  done  while  in 
mother  oountiy.     Being  a  man  of  pab- 
spirit,  he  took  an  active  part   in   local 
and  baa  the  hononr  of  having  been 
i  fV...  ...-;.Mnal  membera  of  No.  2  com- 

.■>lunt©eni.     From  1858  to 
rilled  the  position  of  mana- 
use  in  the  United  Statea, 
r   roembor   of    the    firm   of 
Fraaer  «!k  Newoomb,  New  Haven,  Conuecti- 
cat.     He  retnmed  to  Canada  iu  1370,  and 
••Cli^iigBd  in  the  coimuiaaion  buaineaa  in  the 
Qitf  of  Toronto.     In  187 1  he  oTgani£e<i  the 
MaaataciT2r«>r9'  Association  of  OntArio,  and 
acted  aa  ita  aeorctary  from  1871  until  1879, 
«b«n  be  reoigncd  the   position.      He  alao 
ocxuiized  the  Elora  Carpet  Company,  and 
vaa  ana  of  itA  first  direotora.     In  1876,  Mr. 
Fraiet  waa  appointed  secretary  to  the  Ad- 
vi^try  Board  of  the  Centennial  Exhibition, 
bold  in  Philadelphia  that  year.     In  1879  be 
waa  i^^pointed  Dominion  Appraiser  of  Cus- 
toma,    where    hia   extensive   and    accurate 
knowledge  of  the  bnaineaa  over  which   he 
was  called  upon  to  preside  makea   him  an 
iD-vainable  officer.     Mr.  Fraaer  joined   the 
M—min  fraternity,  in  1863  ;  waa  made  a 
oMMierJmaaon,  in  Oriental  lodge,  t'tica,  N.  V.; 
rvoeivM  the  degreea  of  chapter  and  council, 
4||kd  traa  ako  created  Knight  Templar  in  New 
oommandery    No.    2,  New  Haven, 
cut.     He  i«  a  member  of  the  Grand 
of  Canada,  and  received  the  rank  of 
regiatrar    from  that  body,  in 
tion  of  hia  aervicea  during  the  liia- 
DOto  in  oonneotion  with  the  seceasiou  of  the 
Gnuiid  Lodge  of  Qii4f1>ec.     He  waa  a  repre- 
•entative  of  the  OrHnd  Ltnlge  of  Wiiiconsin, 
to  tha  Grand  Lodgu  of  Canada,  until  1884. 
H*  !•  A&   honorary  member  of  St.  John's 
comnBandery,    Philadelphia.       Mr.    Fraaer 
tnok   an  active   part  in  the  politick  cam- 
pain  ol  I87><,  in  the  CjMservative  intereat. 
iunM  trri  ugh  England,  Ireland, 

flooUandf  1  States  and   Canada. 

la  ivligton  Uu  w;w  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
jlH***"  church  till  1S71> ;  but  at  preaent  ia 
a  mOTub«r  t>(  the  Preabyterian  church.  In 
18M  h*  married  Jano,  youngi^at  daughter 
of  Um  lalA  Rev.  Jamea  Middletoa.  She 
diftd.     In  IBtt  he  married  Maggie  Sophia 


Webater,  aecond  daughter  of  the  late  Jamea 
Webster,  of  Hamilton.  laaue  by  first  mar- 
riage, two  daughtera ;  and  by  the  latter,  one 
daughter. 

WInchcatcr,  Jobn,  Toronto,  by  rea- 
son of  hia  integrity,  perseverance  and  suo- 
ocsa,  ia  taken  aa  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
He  waa  bom  in  the  town  of  Elgin,  Scotland, 
on  the  27  th  Angnat,  1849.    Hiaparonta  were 
John  Wmohester  and  Isabella  Hoasaok.  The 
couple  came  to  Canada  from  Scotland  when 
they  were  young,  and  aettled  in  Toronto. 
Mr,  Winchester,  aenr. ,  for  some  time  after 
his  arrival,  worked  aa  a  ahoemaker,  but  be- 
coming tired  of  thia  trade  he  betook  himaelf 
to  gardening,  in  which  ho  waa  fairly  suoceas- 
ful.     Mrs.  Winchester  died  about  1875,  and 
her  huab&nd  iu  1877.    A  family  of  four  sons 
wore  left.    John,  the  aubject  of  tltia  sketch, 
waa  aent  to  the  Public  ach(x>l,  where  ho  re- 
ceived a  scholarship  fn^m  the  trustees,  and 
then  entered  the  Grammar  school.     Having 
completed  hia  atudiee,   he  entecred  upon  a 
course  of  law  in  the  office  of  Geoi^  Morphy, 
who  ia  Btill  praotiaing.     In  1871  he  waa  ad- 
mitted  to  the  bar,  and  in  the  same  year 
joined  Mr.  Morphy  in  partnership,  the  firm 
becoming  known  aa  Morphy  &  Winchester. 
Mr.  Wincheater'a  buaineas  incrvaaed  to  auoh 
an  extent  that  he  waa  obliged,  in  1880,  to 
devote  himaelf  specially  to  it,  and  the  part- 
nerahip  waa  diaaolved.     He  then  opened  au 
oftice  for  himaelf  on  King  atreet.  Toronto ; 
but  in  18B2,  on  being  appointed   regiatrar 
of  the  Queen'a  Bench  diviaion  of  the  High 
Court  of  Juatice,  he  gave  it  up.     In  May, 
1883,  the   government  finding  it  neoeaaary 
to  appoint  an  Inapector  of  aheriib'  and  other 
county  otHcea    nnder  government  control, 
choae  Mr.   Winoheater  for  the  pnaition,  and 
ho  thereupon  reaigned  his  former  otHce.     In 
March  of  1864,  at  the  renneat  of  tlie  chief 
jnatiooa  of  the  three  diviaiuna  of  the  High 
Court,  the  government  appointed  hira   an 
Official  Ueferee  of  the  High  Court,  and  both 
these  ottioes  he  now  holda.    In  J8H8  our  sub- 
ject entered  the  Military  School  at  T»m»nto, 
and  received  hia  certificate  in  the  aamo  year. 
When  St,  Stephon'a  ward  waa  formed,  in 
187it,  he  waa  elected  aeuior  aohool  tniat«e 
for  the  ward.     He  waa  elected  alderman  for 
the  aaaiu  ward  in  1878,  and  rw-^leoted  by 
acclamation  thu  following  year.     In  187D  ho 
waa  chairman  of  the  water  worka  committee 
of  the  City  Council-,  and  while  in  thi«  posi- 
tion he,  together  with  the  late  Mr.  Un^ugh, 
water  worka  manager,  made  a  trip  through 
the  Cnited  Slatea,  to  atudy  the  method  to 
procure  puT«  water,  and  the  n?iault  of  thia 
trip  waa  the  extenaion  of  the  pipe  into  the 


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J  CYCLOPAEDIA   OF 


kke.  When  retihug  from  the  oounoil,  iu 
lyTi*,  ho  WM  appointed  trustee  of  the  Tor- 
onto OoUegiftt«  Institute  Board.  In  1881, 
when  the  vilhige  of  Bmckton  became  inoor- 

ftoratod,  he  was  selected  reeve  of  the  vil- 
age  ;  but  in  1882  he  was  obliged,  in  codeb- 
ijuence  of  hie  governmental  appointmonts, 
to  retire  from  tha  position.  Mr.  Wiuches- 
ter  is  an  elder  of  Ch&Imem  Presbyterian 
ohurch,  Toronto,  and  in  politics  a  Reformer. 
He  was  president  of  the  St.  Stephen's  Ward 
Association  for  several  years,  and  at  the  time 
of  hia  retiring  from  public  life,  wm  presi- 
dent of  the  West  York  Beforni  Aaaociation. 
He  married,  in  December.  1873,  Mary  But- 
ler, a  daughter  of  tlio  late  William  Butler 
and  Hannah  Butler,  7M*e  Nichols,  of  Co- 
bourg.  The  fintt  three  of  Mr.  Winchester's 
children  were  in  the  world  Trhile  their  ma- 
ternal great-great-grandmother  still  lived. 
She  waa  Mrs.  Stabler,  of  Smith  townahip, 
Peterborough.  Mr.  Winchustor  has  a  family 
of  seven  chUdren.  Hia  disposition  is  agree- 
able, and  his  bearing  gentlemanly. 

Ro»c,  Cicorice  MHclean,  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  HuuLer,  R'lse  ife  Co.,  print- 
era,  and  of  the  Uose  Publishing  Company, 
Toronto,  forms  the  subject  of  the  following 
sketch.  This  gentleman  being  a  member  of 
the  firm  concerned  in  the  publication  of  the 
*'Cvc:Lor-EDiA  or  Canadian  Biooraphy," 
for  roasoDB  of  delicacy  we  refrain  from  giv- 
ing an  original  sketch  of  his  career,  as  we 
do  in  the  case  of  all  others  finding  a  place  in 
the  -volume  ;  bat  in  order  that  the  aim  of 
the  work  may  be  carried  oat,  which  ia  to 
give  a  place  to  those  men  who  are  truly  rep- 
resentative Canadians,  we  present,  without 
further  apology,  the  following  memoir, 
taken  from  "The  Canadian  BiojTraphical 
Diotionary  and  Portrait  Gallery  of  Kminent 
and  Self-made  Men"  : — '*  In  the  interesting 
biography  of  Robert  Chambers,  the  Edin- 
burgh publisher,  from  the  loving  pen  of  his 
brother  William,  we  are  told  that  their 
father  had  strong  couTictions  as  to  the  im- 
portance of  allowing  children  to  think  and 
struggle  for  themflelvea.  To  the  parental 
determination  of  many  a  Scottish  f:\ther  on 
tliis  point,  Scotia's  sous  owe  much  in  enab- 
ling them  successfully  to  battle  with  the 
world,  and  in  mauy  lands  to  achieve  distinc- 
tion. Beginning  at  the  bottom  of  Fortune's 
ladder,  the  nigged  tntelage  of  an  early  and 
unassisted  start  in  life  has  ever  been  the 
young  aspirant's  best  incentive  to  ascend  it. 
With  no  patrimony,  save  that  which  a  self- 
reliant  nature  could  win  for  itaelf,  and  no 
heritage  but  that  of  health  and  a  fair  name, 
the   career   of  Scottish  youth  has  generally 


had  little   of  adventitious  aid  to  favour  i 
Sucoeas  most  often  has  had    to  be 
from  a  seemingly  unwilling  Divinity,  wh 
gif  ta  in  the  end  rarely  fail,  however,  of  bei 
won  by  conacientiorin  persiatency  and   ten 
cious  purpose.     In  the  career  of  the  aubj 
of    the   preaent  sketch,  what  we  have 
Ends  ample  illustration.     Bom  in  the  Boy 
Burgh  of  Wick,  Caithneas-ahire,  on  the  U 
of  March,  18'2D,  the  unpromising  sum>iiDd 
inga    of    the  early   life  of  Georjje  Made 
Rose  were  sunh  aa  have  tutored  many  of 
countrymen    to  hardy  endurance,  and    i 
spired   them    with  the  national  ambition 
rise  in  life.     Now  at  the  head  of  the  firm 
Messrs.    Huuter,    Bose   &    Co.,  one  of  ti 
largest  printing;  and  publishing  houses  iu  th 
Dominion,  the  callow  beginnings,    now  al' 
most  forty  years  ago,  of  Mr.  Rose's  appre 
ticeship,    in  the  ofKce  of  the  celebrated  Joh 
O'iJroat  Jmimal^  present  a  contrast  asstrik* 
ing  as  it  is  aigniHcant.       The  step  from  the 
one  position  to  the  other  was  att-ained  at  no 
single  bound,  but  has  been  wearily    reached 
by  toilsome   and  assiduous  labour   and  aiti 
unflagging  will.     With  no  pecuniary  subaidi 
to    start    life  upon,  and  with  bat  the  scan 
education  which  falls  to  the  lot  of  mostSco 
tish  youths,  our  young  apprentice   reach 
his  majority  after  passing  sevoa  years  in  th 
printing  office  already  referred  to.   In  1850, 
he  took  a  position  in  the  ofHce  of  the  North^ 
ern    Sfuigi^,  a   Reform    journal  just   the 
started  by  Mr.  John  Mackie,  a  leading  tern 
perance    advocate    and   political    writer  ( 
North    Britain,    who  had,   during  the  fu 
pericKi  of  Mr.  R^so^s  apprenticeahip,   ao 
as  editor  of  the  John  O^Gntat  Jourjuil.  Here 
he  only   remained  for  about  a  year,  aa  his 
father,    Mr.    Donald    Rose,  oonoeiving  th«; 
purpose  of  emigrating  to  Canada,  was  abon 
to  leave   Scotland  to  come  hither,  and  de 
sired  tlie  subject  of  our  sketcli   to  join  ths 
family  in   their    resolve   to  set  out  for  tho^ 
New  World.      Reluctantly  conaenting,  Mr, 
O.  M,    Rose    joined    the  party,  and    bade' 
farewell  to  the  companions  of  his  chHdhood 
and  especially  to  his  friend  Mr.  Mackie,  for 
whiun    he  had  the    warmest    affection,  and 
whose    teaching,    Mr.   Rose  gratefully  ac- 
knowledges,  powerfully  inUuenoed  him  in 
hi«  after-life.      Taking  ship,  the  Emyrtits  of 
Bitnffj  at  Sorabster  Roads,  Thurso,  the  fam 
ily  sot  aail  for  America,  and  after  a  paaaage 
of  over  six  weeks,  arrived  at  Quebec,  whence 
they    proceeded    to  Montreal,    where  the/ 
were    met    by  Mr.    Rose's    elder   brother, 
Henry,  who  had  oome  to  Canada   in  1848. 
In  these  early  days,  employment  waa  scaroa 
iu  the  colony,  and    after  eagerly  learctuog 


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353 


for  it  for  ibout  (wo  ireelu,  &Dd  hAving  me&n- 
vhila  ikeftriy  exhuuated  the  small  store  of 
motktj  be  hftd  when  he  Unded.  Mr.  Rose 
ttUioatclT  fuand  work  in  the  office  of  Mr. 
John  C.  Beoket,  who  wtu  tbon  publiahiug 
tht  MnotreiU  iVUfUfuty  the  CiinadUin  Tr.m- 
Adt^Katt^  and  other  nemt-religioui 
After  working  for  Mr.  Becket  for 
•omo  mntitha,  ho  was  engaged  by  Mr. 
Ooorse  Matthews,  the  engraver,  to  number 
and  prepare  for  signature  the  first  issue  in 
Oufeada  of  the  Bank  of  Montreal  notes,  just 
theo  being  printed  by  him.  After  some 
months,  Mr.  R<*se,  though  cr^nscioua  uf  the 
raeponaibility  of  the  work  entrusted  to  him, 
4id  not  Hnd  it  congenial  to  his  tutes  ;  he 
thenfore  resigned  hia  position,  and  again 
entered  the  office  of  Mr.  J.  C.  Becket, where 
be  remained  for  some  months  longer.  At 
this  time  (18u3)  his  father  died,  leaving  in 
hsB  charge  his  muther,  two  sisters,  and  two 
broUk«r»,  both  ot  whom,  with  one  of  his 
■iatwv,  being  younger  than  himself.  After 
meeting  the  expenses  of  his  father's  funer&l, 
Mr.  Roae  found  that  he  had  very  little 
money  left  uf  his  slender  savings  ;  but,  with 
dtaractoristic  doterminntion,  he  resolved  to 
mftke  the  most  of  what  remained.  With 
dui  end  in  view,  ho  formed  a  partnership 
with  His  brother  Henry,  under  the  tirm 
name  of  *  H.  and  O.  >L  Koae.'  Book  and 
Job  Printen.  Their  capital  being  small, 
their  establishment  wa«  of  corresponding 
extent.  But  they  were  iudastrious,  and  suc- 
oeeded  in  a  modest  measure  in  obtaining  bns- 
hiM«*  In  the  beginning  of  1856,  the  bro- 
then  dissolved  partnerahip.  and  George,  am- 
Iniionaof  ui  iy  making   his    way  in 

the  world,  i  iteps  to  the   western 

pirvvmcr.     -■mi-'i  '!  ■  ■"..•'        ,t) 

the   vtUatce  of    m  'r. 

John    Muir    Im    r'*i.»'^'.in  i.M..-    .n»  -  < ..  ,.■  ,.U 

■loved  '->  T 
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After  a  briuf  interval,  he  re- 
•t-<ri,  and  tvK>k  charge  there  of 
"'h  printiii]^  oHk-e,  apoaition 
iVil  he  WHS  uxiuced  by  Mr. 
r  to  juin  him  in  the  publica- 
tht'fimi  being  km>wa  as 
>'^'  The  hard  times  of 
J.  on,  it  was  deemed  ad- 
riaahlei  ;^i  duuitulaaie  Tfu- Aff<i<i  until  busi- 
aeea  revived,  awzutiiig  whiuli  he  was  uffered, 
hf  the  late  Mr.  Marcus  Talbol.  U.P.  for 
Ihat  MiddleeoXf  i)w  position  uf  city  editor 
Mul  rvporier  oik  th<>  hmdim  ^('•>^>^/;'«, which 
be  acospted,  and  hold  until  the  f'>ll<iwiiig 
jr--  -*-  T,  hff  wui  pressed  by  Messrs. 
i.  •  puard   and   Dauml  Morrison  U> 

jt>.n  ii.-.iM  til  Toronto  on  Thr  (Vcm*?  news- 
paper.    Mr.  R«i«e  now  removed  U>  the  prea- 
W 


ent  provincial  capital,  but  instead  of  coming 
to  terms  with  those  well-known  journalists, 
he  accepted  in  preference  the  position  of 
manager  of  the  printing  office  of  Mr.  8anmel 
Thompson,  for  whom  he  published,  during 
the  period  of  its  existence,  tlie  Tortmto  At' 
las.  This  journal  was  started  to  take  the 
place  of  Thf  Colonist,  which  had  begun  to 
oppose  the  government  of  the  day,  leading 
off  in  opposition  with  the  striking  and  long- 
remembered  article,  '  Whither  are  we 
Drifting  V  Mr.  Thompson  having  obtained 
the  printing  contract  for  the  LegiFlativQ  As- 
sem.bly  and  Legislative  Council  of  Canada, 
it  became  necessary,  on  the  removal  of  the 
Government  to  Quebec,  to  establish  a  par- 
liamentary  printing  office  in  that  city.  To 
take  the  practical  management  of  this  office 
filr.  Rose  waa  chosen,  and  in  the  fall  of  1 A59, 
he  removed  to  the  ancient  capital.  About 
a  year  after  this  Mr.  Thompson,  unfortun- 
ately, found  himeeU  in  financial  ditii"u1ties, 
and  was  compelled  to  make  new  amnge- 
ments  for  the  prosecution  of  his  business. 
This  necessitated  the  formation  of  a  com- 
pany, with  Mr.  Robert  Hunter,  an  experi- 
enced accountant,  and  Mr  <>.  M.  Ros^,  its 
practical  head,  as  partners.  In  the  follow- 
ing year,  &lr.  Thompson  retired,  and  the 
business  fell  int<»  tlie  hands  of  the  chief  mem- 
ber* of  the  company,  Mr.  Hunter  and  Mr. 
Rose,  who,  under  the  tirm  name  of  Hunter, 
Rose  i!fe  Co.,  completed  Mr.  Thompson's  tive 
years  contract,  and  secured  its  renewal  for 
a  further  period  in  their  own  names.  When 
the  Govemmeni,  in  184^,  removed  to  Otta- 
wa, the  parliamentary  printing  offioe  neces- 
sarily bad  to  follow.  To  that  city  th.^  plant 
and  buaiuees  were  transferred, and  with  rhem 
Mr.  Rose,  who  now  became  a  citizen  uf  the 
new  capital.  Wlule  at  Ottawa.  Confedera- 
tion was  accomplished,  and  the  business  of 
Mr.  Rose's  firm  was  largely  augmented.  A 
year  later,  and  after  the  formation  of  tht> 
provincial  legislatures,  the  late  Hon.  John 
!!>andtiold  Macdonald,  finding  himself  in  dif- 
ficulty with  the  guvenuuent  printers  he  liad 
contracted  with  in  Torunfo,  arniiige<l  with 
Mr.  Rose's  firm  to  open  a  branch  at  the  seat 
of  the  Local  Legislature,  which  they  did  in 
1808,  having  received  a  ten  years  lease  of 
the  parliamentary  printing.  To  take  char^ 
of  this  Tortuito  eatabliabment.  Mr.  Hunter 
removed  to  the  provincial  capital — Mr.  lloae 
remaining  at  Ottawa  until  the  contract  with 
the  Dominion  Parllumont,  in  1871,  waa 
completed.  .\t  its  expir>-,  Mr.  Ka«e  then 
madu  Turuutij  his  residence  ;  his  firm  c«m- 
snlidating  their  buainesa  at  that  city.  At 
this  time,  with  eomme&dftble  ambition.  Mr. 


354 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


Rom'i  firm  entered  upon  a  branch  of  com- 
mercial enterprise,  in  the  publication  of 
Canadian  reprints  of  English  copyright 
works,  which  for  many  yean  laid  the  read- 
ing puhlio  of  the  Dominion  under  great  ob- 
ligations to  the  house  of  Hunt«r,  Hose  & 
Co.  These  reprints  consisted  principally  of 
works  of  tiction  from  the  pens  of  the  not- 
able novelistA  of  the  day,  among  whom 
were  Wilkie  Collins,  Charles  Reade,  Liord 
Lytton,  and  a  number  of  writers  of  leaser 
not«.  The  republication  of  theae  popular 
works  of  the  time  was  spiritedly  and  intelli- 
gently made  for  a  number  of  years — their 
authors  receiving  handsome  recognition 
of  their  labours  by  the  enterprising  firm 
issuing  their  works.  The  underling, 
while  enabling  the  publishers  to  do  an  in- 
tellectua]  serrice  to  the  reading  community 
of  the  country,  and  to  honourably  recom- 
pODSo  the  English  authors  whose  books  were 
reproduood,  was  very  helpful  in  stimulating 
the  nascent  printing  and  publishing  indus- 
tries  of  Canada,  which,  though  without 
otherwise  bearing  much  fruity  proved  the 
practicability,  under  favourable  legislation, 
of  Canadian  publinhing  houses  supplying 
their  own  book  market.  In  these  entor- 
prisesof  the  finn,  Mr.  Rose's  practical  skill 
and  goud  taste  were  of  much  service  in  the 
mechauical  manufacture  of  the  iuues  of  the 
house,  which  to-day  easily  leads,  in  the  ar- 
tistic character  of  ita  book-making,  and  the 
faciUtiea  with  which  work  is  turned  out,  the 
trade  of  the  country.  The  connection,  for 
many  years  as  printers  and  now  as  owners 
and  publifihore,  with  our  national  mAga7.ine, 
The  Canadian  Monthlv,  testified  to  the 
publicepirited  character  of  Mr.  Kose's  tirra, 
and  to  the  liberal  encoura({ement  which  it 
has  always  given  to  Canadian  literature  and 
ita  dissemination  among  the  people.  ]n 
1877,  Mr.  Robert  Hunter,  for  sixteen  years 
Mr.  Rose's  partner  in  his  business  opera- 
tions, died,  learing  him  the  sole  member  of 
the  firm,  which,  since  1800,  had  industriously 
and  successfully  toiled  on  the  weary  road  to 
fame  and  fortune.  A  year  later,  he  took 
into  partnership  with  him  a  younger  brother, 
of  large  experience  also  as  a  printer,  and  the 
two  now  compoae  the  firm  which  has  been 
BO  long  and  favourably  known  aa  Hunter, 
Rose  &■  Co.  So  far,  we  hare  only  dealt  with 
Mr.  Rose  as  a  man  of  business.  Let  us  now, 
before  closing,  say  a  brief  word  or  two  with 
regard  to  the  distinguishing  traits  of  his 
character  which  have  marked  his  public  and 
social  life.  Although  for  many  years  in- 
dustriously occupied  ia  building  up  a  pros- 
perous and  important  busineiis,  he  has  found 


time  to  take  an  active  and  prominent  part 
schemes  tending  to  elevate  his  fellov-men, 
and  to  benefit  the  communities  araong  whoa 
hia  lot  has  been  cast.  In  this  reapeot,  he  bu 
loyally  followed  in  the  footsteps  of  hi) 
early  friend,  Mr,  Mackie,  of  Wick,  wh<M« 
devotion  to  the  interests  of  humanity  and 
brotherhood,  in  the  home  of  hia  childhood, 
made  so  powerful  and  lasting  an  impreaaioD 
on  his  youthful  mind.  The  chief  aphere  ef 
his  active  philanthropy  and  aeJf-sacriticlQg 
interest  has  been  Uiat  of  the  temperauos 
lodge-room  ;  and  many  and  varied  ar^  the 
oi^anizationa,  in  the  cities  of  which  he  has 
been  a  resident,  whicli  have  had  the  benefit 
of  his  sage  counsel,  and  fult  the  inspiriting 
effect  of  his  intelligent,  practical  ze&L  At  an 
early  age  circninfttances  led  Ivim  to  take  the 
total  abstinence  pledge,  and  when  he  came 
to  Canada,  ten  years  later,  ha  eagerly  joined 
the  working  army  of  his  warmly- espoused 
cause,  the  isuuB  uf  Temperance,  and  has  ever 
since  occupied  a  prominent  position  in  t 
brotherhood.  While  a  resident  of  the  Pro 
inoe  of  Quebec,  he  was  elected  to  the  high 
est  positir)n  in  the  gift  of  the  Order,  and 
when  leaving  the  ancient  capital,  the 
nity  presented  him  with  a  handsome 
medal  as  on  acknowledgment  of  the  wi 
hod  done  in  their  interest  Since  he  came 
to  Ontario,  he  haa  filled,  for  a  double  term, 
the  ofhce  of  the  head  of  the  Order,  and  was 
presented  on  bis  retirement  witli  an  elegant 
and  ooetly  piece  of  plate.  At  t>ttawa  he  wa* 
also  the  recipient  of  a  gold  medal  for  aer 
vices  rendered  to  the  temperance  cause 
and  from  an  Orange  lodge  in  Quebec  be  re 
ceived  another  gold  medal  for  his  champion 
ship  of  Protestantiam.  Ue voting  himself 
earnestly,  as  he  haa  done,  to  the  cause 
temperance,  he  haa  escaped  in  great 
sure  the  seductive  wiles  of  political  life  ; 
but  he  has  ever  takvn  a  lively  interest  in 
•  jueBtiona  of  political  government,  though 
subordinating  Ids  party  prcdilectiona  to 
loyal  interest  in  the  cause  he  has  had  most 
at  heart.  Wheu  questiuued  as  to  what  are  his 
political  principles,  he  baa  always  replied 
by  saying  that  he  is  a  '  Reformer  of  th 
Reformers,'  and  that,  as  a  Prohibitionist,' 
his  fealty  would  be  given  to  the  party  B*ho 
would  pasa  euocknents  in  suppression  of  the 
liquor  trathc.  In  religion,  Mr.  Roae  styles 
himself  a  Liberal-Christiac,  and  is  an  actiTB 
member  and  office-bearer  in  the  First  Uni 
turian  Church  of  Toronto.  In  early  ye 
he  WHS  oonuected  with  the  Congregation 
body,  but  feeling  restive  imder  the  doctrinal 
beliefs  of  that  church,  he  joined  the  Uni 
tarian   communion,  under  Rev.    Dr.    John 


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CAKADJAl^  BlOGRAPBl 


Coc^oer,  at  Montre*l«  and  hfta  stooe  re- 
mikixitid  ia  that  denomination.  Mr.  Rose 
«rtu  married,  in  ld<>6,  to  Margaret  C.  J.  L. 
Manaon,  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  WiUiam 
Hanaon.  farmer.  Oxford  county,  and  the 
nmon  has  been  bleased  with  a  family  of  tea 
chi]drsn,  nine  of  whom  are  aUve — six  ions 
wad  three  danghtera.  lu  personal  appear- 
aiio0,  Mr.  Rote  ia  of  medium  stature.  He 
has  a  robust  frame,  a  ruddy,  pleasing  ooun- 
tenjanoe,  and  a  manner  urbane  and  Kindly. 
Baaidas  the  distinguiahing  accent  of  hia 
Itomely  Scottish  speeoh^  he  possesses  many 
of  the  racial  characteristica  of  his  country. 
Of  mtieh  natural  ])enetration  and  sagacity, 
bta  progress  through  life  has  dowered  him 
vith  a  threwd,  practical  knowledKO  of  the 
irorld,  and  given  him  an  intimate  acquaint- 
Anc«  with  Ilia  fellow-meo.  With  aconscieu- 
tioua  aense  of  his  obligations  as  a  citizen,  ho 
is  <f«aily  influenced  by  appeals  to  his  Bvm- 
pathy  and  to  his  purae.  If  he  has  a  fault  at 
aU  it  Ilea  in  the  direction  of  b«ing  over- 
•vajred  by  bis  heart ;  but  he  can  be  stem 
to  lh<.ise  wlio  forget  the  necessity  of  '  living 
well  and  worthily.'  Usiially  of  quiet  and 
nnaannming  addreaa,  he  is  capable,  on  occa- 
aio&,  of  firms  into  vehement  outbursta  on 
behalf  of  hiafavourite  topic — abstinence.  In 
tSui  CMiae  he  haa  been  a  life-loug  and  worthy 
dxAmpion,  and  for  hia  services  in  itd  belialf, 
if  in  nothing  else,  he  deserves  well  of  his 
kind."  We  may  add  that  three  of  Mr. 
Roae'a  sons,  Dan.  A.,  William  M.,  and 
George  M.,  are  connected  with  the  tirm.  It 
may  iruly  be  said  that  the  impetus  which 
the  house  has  acquired  aa  a  purveyor  to  the 
Visws  companies  and  Railway  Unea,  aa  well 
M  in  its  general  publishing  concerns,  haa 
be^i  in  no  small  measure  due  to  the  pupu- 
Unty  and  the  active  and  excellent  business 
c.  r  Dan.  A.  Rose,  manager  of  the 

[  department.       William    M.,   a 

very  ct>mj>et«nt  young  gentleman,  is  head 
bo<uc-kMper  of  tne  firm,  and  is  assisted  by 
hia  brother,  George  M. 

Woudrofk,  Rulpb  Alexander. 
IngenoU,  Ontario,  wati  boni  at  Chushire, 
Bta^ftbd,  on  the  2tjth  April,  18U0.  Uts  par- 
CBIb  WHn<  Williaii)  ^^'ol>dcock  and  Susannah 
Pwnt  r  was  a  farmer,  and  died  in 

1820, 1'  '  children,  Ralph  Alexander, 

bexn^  tiw  yuungest.  The  latter  received  a 
oomiDon  school  education,  and  when  he 
naeubed  hia  eighteenth  year,  entered  the 
•alabUshment  u(  W.  C.  MoLeod,  of  Wood- 
•iock,  with  the  object  of  mastering  the  mer- 
diitilc  business.  After  serving  four  years 
with  this  tinn,  ho  retum«<l  to  England, 
vbere  he  renULined  for  a  year,  and   again 


came  to  Canada,  and  settled  in  the  town  of 
IngersoU,  Ontario,  where  he  engaged  him- 
self as  a  clerk  with  D.  Phelan.  In  1853. 
five  years  later,  he  moved  to  the  town  of 
Woodstock,  where  he  commenced  a  dry 
goods  business,  on  Dundas  street,  and  con- 
tinued in  the  same  for  seven  years.  In 
1860.  he  sold  out  and  returned  to  Ingenoll, 
where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  Mr.  Wood- 
cock was  one  of  the  first  lieutenants  of  the 
first  company  ever  urganized  in  the  County 
of  Oxford,  and  he  acted  aa  an  officer  in  the 
militia  till  1860,  when  he  retired.  In  1862, 
in  consideration  of  his  high  character,  vride 
popularity,  and  general  Dtnesa  he  was  ap- 
pointed town  clerk.  In  1867,  the  year  of 
the  coal  oil  excitement,  he  was  secretary  of 
the  Ingersoll  Petroleum  and  Mining  Com- 
pany, of  Bothwell,  which  afterwards  re- 
moved its  office  to  PetroHa.  He  sold  out 
his  interest  in  this  company  in  1870.  Mr. 
Woodcock  is  a  Freemason,  and  has  held 
aeveral  offices.  He  is  an  adherent  of  the 
Church  of  England.  He  married  in  1856, 
Catherine  SI.,  daughter  of  Patrick  Phelan, 
of  Abbyleii,  Queen's  county,  Ireland,  and 
haa  two  children.  One  of  these,  Elixabeth,  is 
the  wife  of  Dr.  Harcourt,  of  Chicago,  111. 

Mulr,  Tlioinaa  ncComb,  Manager  of 
the  Ontario  Car  aud  Foundry  Works,  Lon- 
don, was  born  at  Kilmarnock,  Ayrshire, 
Scotland,  on  the  8th  February,  1839.  Wlien 
Mr,  Muir  was  in  his  eleventh  year,  the 
family  removed  to  Sanquhar,  Dnmfriesahiw, 
but  his  education  wa«  continued  for  a  time 
longer  at  the  Kilmarnock  academy.  His 
brothers.  W.  K.  Muir  and  Ja.mea  B.  Muir, 
both  of  whom  now  reside  in  DetMit,  Michi- 
gan, were  then  in  Glasgow,  as  assistant  man- 
ager and  cashier  respectively  in  the  Glasgow 
and  South- Western  Railway.  Our  subject, 
likewise  removed  to  Qksguw,  and  hero  be- 
pan  a  businesa  career  by  entering  as  dork 
m  the  large  manufacturing  finu  of  J.  &  R. 
Cochrane.  In  1864  he  came  to  Canada, 
whither  his  brother,  W.  K.,  had  already 
gone  the  year  before,  to  take  the  auperin- 
teudeucy  of  the  Great  Western  Railway  at 
Hamilton.  Upon  arriving  hu  at  once  entered 
this  great  concern  as  an  otlicial  in  the  audit 
office.  Ho  remained  in  the  servioe  of  the 
Great  Western  for  fourteen  years,and  during 
thia  period  hia  oourac  was  steadily  upward, 
for  he  was  posaessed  of  reliable  and  prac- 
tical business  instincts,  and  soon  attained 
the  position  uf  aocouutant  and  auditor  ;  but 
at  the  expiration  uf  the  period  named,  a 
number  of  his  friends  pressed  upon  him  to 
accept  the  aooountautahjp  of  the  Gore  Bank, 
at    Hamilton,  which  he  did,  reaigning  hii 


366 


A  C7CL0FMD1A  Ot 


railirfty  connoction.  In  1869  the  buaineu 
of  the  Gore  Bank  was  absorbed  by  the  Uank 
of  Cojnmerce,  xtpon  which  Mr.  Mnir  re- 
moved to  Detroit,  where  he  connected  him- 
self with  several  large  manufacturing  and 
saw-mill  interests  until  1871,  when  he  again 
retnmed  to  Canada,  as  manager  of  the  On- 
tario Car  Works,  which  position  he  con- 
tinues to  hold.  Notwithstanding  his  oner- 
ous business  duties  while  at  Hamilton,  in 
Detroit,  and  now  in  London,  Mr.  Muir  has 
always  and  everywhore  l>een  actively  asso- 
ciated in  christian  work,  both  in  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.,  and  in  Sabbath- schools.  When  leav- 
ing Hamilton,  in  1869,  ho  was  made  the 
recipient  uf  addresses  and  handsome  testi- 
monials from  the  Y.  M.  0.  A.,  and  Sabbath- 
school  teachers  of  the  Central  Presbyterian 
church.  Although  a  Reformer  in  politics, 
he  ne\'er  took  any  very  active  part  in  the 
elections  or  party  altercations,  and  only  held 
one  municipal  office,  that  of  deputy  reeve, 
of  London  east,  while  that  was  an  incor- 
porated town.  Mr.  Muir  married  while  at 
Hamilttm,  in  Xovcmber,  1862,  Mary  Ool- 
oleugh,  daughter  of  Captain  William  Col- 
cleugh,  long  and  favourably  knowTi  in  con- 
nection with  the  mail  tine  service  on  Lake 
Ontario.  Ilia  wife  died  in  Loudon,  1st  of 
February,  1881,  leaving  five  children,  two 
daaghttirs  and  three  sona,  yet  surviving. 

PliilllpN«  Frederick,  Toronto,  was 
bom  in  Twillittgate,  Newfoundland^  in  184:$. 
His  father  was  born  in  Somersetshire,  Eng- 
land, and  settled  in  Twillingato.  in  the  north 
of  Newfoundland,  at  the  time  when  n  con- 
siderable part  of  the  island  was  held  by  the 
French.  This  was  about  the  year  1812,  the 
date  of  the  war  between  the  United  States 
and  Britain.  In  182*2  lie  married  Eliubeth 
Cooper,  daughter  of  ilohn  t'ooper,  one  of 
the  leading  business  men  of  Twillingate. 
Here,  like  the  rest  of  the  inhabitants,  Mr. 
Phillips  became  what  is  known  aa  a  ''planter." 
In  1872,  he  retired  from  businoss  and  went 
to  Toronto,  Ontario,  and  died  in  1882,  leav- 
ing a  family  of  nine  children.  Frederick, 
whose  career  we  are  sketching,  was  the  third 
youngest.  He  received  his  earlier  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools,  but  completed 
his  coarse  at  the  University  of  Toronto. 
When  jroung  he  had  a  passionate  yearning 
fnr  the  sea,  and  studied  navigation.  After 
spending  some  ten  3'ear8  as  a  sailor,  he  came 
to  Toronto  and,  having  abandoned  the  sea,  he 
learned  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  builder. 
In  1870,  he  began  business  on  his  own 
nooount,  and  has  carried  on,  as  a  contractor 
and  builder,  ever  since  with  very  marked 
BUecoBs.     Mr.  Phillips  has  been  since   1870 


a  member  of  the    Independent  Order 
Oddfellows,  and  is  a  post  grand  ol 
lodge,  No    49,  Toronto.     He  also   belo 
to   the    Freemasons,  and  is  a   member  of 

j  St.  Andrew's  Ifxlge.  No,  lU,  Toronto.     Mr. 

I  Philips  has  travelled  throughout  nearly  all 
Canada,  including  Labrador.  He  has  visit«l 
nearly  every  state  of  the  American  uniott, 
and  alao  England,  Scotland  and  France. 
His  religious  views  may  be  deacribed  as 
those  held  by  the  Co ngret;ationa lists,  and 
his  jKilitics  are  those  of  unHinching  and  pro- 
gressive reform.  He  married,  in  1870,  Mary, 
daughter  of  the  late  John  Knight,  formerly 
of  St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  but  latterly 
of  Toronto,  and  one  of  the  oldest  and  best 
known  Newfoundland  families.  Mrs.  Phil- 
lips^ great-grandfather  fought  under  General 
Wolfe,  at  the  taking  of  Quebec.  The  subject 
of  otir  sketch,  it  may  be  remarked,  coon 
of  a  military  family,  his  grandfather  bari 
served  under  Wellington  at  Waterloo. 

!>^lvn'n,   AllVcd  nichard    Cec 
LL.D..    F.R.S.,    F.IJ.S.,    Director   of 
Geological  and  Natural  History  Survey 
Canada,    was    bom   in    England,    in    18:^ 
Onr  diatinguished  subject  is  the  youniji 
son   of  the  Reverend  Townshend  SeU 
canon  of  Gloucester  cathedral.  His  moi 
was  the  daughter  of  Jjord  George  Murray, 
bishop  of  St.  David's,  and  grand-daughter 
of  John,  fourth  Duke  of  Athol,      He  re- 
ceived private  tuition  at  home,  after  which 
he  was  sent  to  Switzerland,  where  he  com- 
pleted his  education.     In  1845,  being  now 
aifltinguished  for  his  attainmcDta   in  geo- 
logical science,  he  was  appointed  sasiatant 
geologist  on  the  geological  survey  of  Groat 
Britain.     His  excellent  abilitiea    attracted 
attention  among  distinguished  practical  ge 
logists,  and  in  1852,   Mr.  Selwyn   was  s 
pointed    by  the  secretary  of  sute  for  the 
colonies,  on  the  recommendation  of  Sir  T. 
De  La  Bache,  the  director  of  the  survey, 
undertake  the  geological  sur%'ey  of  the  on 
ouy  of  Victoria,  Australia.   Previ  ^ 
much  interest  was  amused   resp 
coal  beds  and  goId-6elds  lU  TiLsmau 
the  government  of  that  c<:>lony  cast 
it  for  a  practical  scientist,  who  ooul 
definite    informurion     upon    the   qu 
There  was  no  difhculty  in  concluding 
Mr.  Selwyn  was  just  the  person,  could  h 
services  be  secured.  Asking  him  if  he  woul 
undertake  the  enterprise,  he  conaentod, 
he  at  once  set  at  work  to  make  eu&min 
tions  through  Tawnania.     Hio  reports  w< 
in  the  highest  degree  satisfactory.    In  1 
the  government  of  South  Australia  invited 
him  to  do  it  a  similar  servico,  and  he  con 


U 


CA^ADJAA  BWORAPHY. 


with  uinil&r  satisfactury  results.  In 
htf  w»*  mppointed  one  of  the  commis- 
vi  BniueSf  for  Victoria  ;  and  in  1858 
m*d«  %  member  of  the  Science  and 
Board.  Ho  was  likewiM,  in 
Appointed  %  coiumiuionor  for  the 
l^rtoria  International  Exhibition.  In 
Atwtff^ia,  Dr.  Solwyn  vras  held  in  the 
h%ll«ftt  ponible  regard  by  the  guvem- 
W»nX  ;  while  the  wliole  colony  was  ready 
li>  expreaa  ita  obli^ations  for  hia  aervicefl, 
H»  waa  a  member  of  the  Oorerniuent  Ten- 
der Buani,  and  a  meml>er  of  the  councils  of 
Ac  Board  of  Agriculture  of  the  Royal  So- 
diftjr,  knd  of  the  Acclimatization  Society  up 
lo  1809.  In  the  latter  year  ho  resiguod, 
tod  left  AustraltJi  for  Canada  to  succeed  the 
Wt*  Bit  Wdliam  E.  Lo^'aii.  m  the  siip«riu- 
taadcfice  of  the  ge^^logical  survey  of  the 
Dkraiinitm  of  Canada.  In  Canada,  Dr. 
Stlwyo  plaoed  the  public  under  the  same 
oitlig&tiAna  as  the  people  of  Australia  had 
been  under.  Sir  Willi&in  Logan  had  been 
a  eonatant  and  painstakini?  worker,  but 
anoQ  Dr.  Selwyu*B  oumiu;;,  the  work  of  the 
yftftV'gtcai  aurvey  haa  widened,  and  grown 
ardnoui.  Year  by  year,  through 
1  consideration,  the  director  is  reduc- 
•  •  great  and  important  work  un  ler  his 
'  to  a  system  Whoro  everything  had 
Il>  t'v  \>e^n — where  the  material  of  which 
the  staff  operating  in  the  various  provinces 
vaa  in  the  nature  of  things  raw — the  work 
nf  diacipUningand  perfecting  haa  been  very 
grcAi.  Add  t4<  this  fact  that  iu  later  years 
•gnculturo  and  settlement  are  coming  to  be 
^ooJucf— 1  •'>>!>-what  under  the  light  of  ge<3- 
logies;  and  this  has  brought  what 

•ome  4  :  r.-^^<l  peraons  have  been  in  the 

h*hit  of  regarding  as  an  abstruse  science 
into  the  region  of  practical,  every  day, 
atiljty.  This  then  has  adde<l  to  the  labours 
■Old  the  isopurtanoe  of  Dr.  Selwyn's  de- 
partment. It  is  gratifying  for  Canadians 
lo  b«  able  to  tiud  that  work  so  important, 
of  sach  importance  in  actual  achievement, 
mad  of  such  moment  in  promise,  is  in  such 
gfflllPBtPliI  and  dt8tiiiL!uishod  hiinds. 

JHutfflMr,  NtOor,  INilice  Magistrate  of 
W*--\-  n  I*  born  in  the  town  uf  Whitby, 
4  •  the  1st  of  November,  183.V    His 

Imi**^,  -■»lL4r  Hardier,  was  a  native  of  Curn- 
w»U.  and  hu  mother  a  native  of  Devonshire, 
yhF*""*  Mr.  Har{H>r,  senior,  died  in 
iBd^  iMVing  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
m^Manf  dependent  up'ui  his  own  exertions. 
Major  Harper  nnrMi^t'd  bis  education  in 
Uio  town  of  Wliuhy.  ami  the  chief  am- 
bition of  his  young  life,  was  to  beor^mo  a 
member  of  the  legal    profession  \   but  for* 


tune,  9A  we  have  seen,  had  not  been  kind, 
and  he  was  obliged  to  take  a  course  other 
than  that  dictated  by  his  iticUnations.  Ue 
therefore  began  to  work  on  &  farm,  but 
after  a  time  he  found  this  vocation  did  not 
suit  him,  and  he  gsve  it  up  and  learned  the 
trade  of  carpenter  and  builder.  In  this 
trade  he  succeeded,  and  in  a  short  time  he 
became  an  expert  machinist,  and  to-day 
may  be  reckoned  one  of  the  clevereat  in 
the  Dominion.  But  his  close,  and  we 
might  say.  loving  pursuit  of  his  chosen 
trade,  did  not  hinder  liiui  from  taking 
an  interest  in  certain  public  questions,  k 
man  of  careful  and  oompreheusive  observa- 
tiuo,  the  people  of  \Vhttby  became  desirous 
of  having  his  services  in  their  municipal 
council  ;  therefore,  in  18*58,  they  elected 
him  town  councillor,  and  re-electod  him  to 
the  aame  position  for  five  successive  years. 
He  was  then  elected  mayor,  and  held  that  of- 
fioe  for  &  period  of  two  ye&rs.  Whilst  mayor, 
he  was  appointed  police  magistrate  of  the 
town,  and  holds  that  ollice  still.  H*;  joined 
the  Masonic  order  in  18C7.  and  the  "dd- 
feUows  in  1872.  In  pttlitics  he  has  always 
given  his  support  in  the  causo  of  Reform, 
believing  that  the  principles  professed  by 
that  party,  would,  if  carried  into  effect, 
prove  best  for  the  interests  of  our  country. 
He  married  on  November  4,  1856,  "Emeline 
Pierson,  whose  father  was  one  of  the  earliest 
settlers  iu  Northumberland  county. 

Suillb,  JttDica  K.,  M.  A.,  Gslt,  Ontario, 
WAS  born  iu  Aberdmn,  Sot^itland,  on  the 
ILth  April.  1827.  His  father,  Alexander 
Smith,  was  a  successful  and  highly  respect- 
ed merchant,  and  burgess  of  Aberdeen, 
and  bis  mother  waa  Ann  Johnston .  There 
were  four  s^ms,  all  uf  whom  entered  the 
ministry  of  the  Church  of  Scotland.  John, 
after  a  brilliant  curse  at  college  and  in 
theology,  died  ere  taking  license.  Another, 
William,  after  a  distiuguLshod  course  at 
college,  was  minister  of  a  congregation  in 
the  Church  of  Scotland  for  several  years  in 
Blairgowrie,  Scotland,  where  he  was  as- 
sociattid  with  the  sainted  R.  M.  McCbeyne, 
of  Dundee,  and  Dr.  Macdonald.  of  Blair- 
gowrie. Another,  Alexander,  is  now  occu- 
pying a  mission  6eld  in  Brandon  Presbytery, 
Nortli-Weat.  The  fourth  is  the  subject  of 
this  sketch.  James  K.  Smith  spent  five 
years  ai  the  Grammar  school  in  Aberdeen, 
the  two  last  under  the  celebrated  Latinist, 
Dr.  Melvin.  Thereafter  he  took  the  four 
years'  course  at  Mariscfaal  College.  Abt^rduen, 
obtaining  a  scholarship  of  $45  (£11  •tg-)*  ^t 
the  entrance  by  comnetitiou,  and  taking  the 
degree  of  A.M.  at  tne  close.    Ue  then  pur- 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


ttued  medicAl  studies  with  the  view  of 
foUowing  that  profeuion,  but  ohRnging  his 
mind,  took  a  full  theological  course  of  three 
years  at  the  Free  Church  Divinity  Hall, 
Aberdeen*  and  one  year  at  the  New  College, 
Edinburgh,  under  the  celebrated  divines, 
Drs.  Thomas  Chalmers,  Williwn  Cunning- 
ham, and  John  Duncan.  Thereiifter  ho  was 
licensed  to  preach  the  Gospel  by  the  pres- 
bytery of  Aberdeen.  For  throe  months  he 
assisted  the  Rev.  S.  O.  Dodi,  in  Maybole, 
Ayrshire,  and  received  a  call  to  the  Fre« 
Kaat  Church  of  Forfar,  which  he  declined, 
as  he  desired  to  visit  his  friends  in  Canada. 
In  the  fall  of  1852  ho  received  a  call  to  the 
Free  Church  in  Ramsay,  Canada  West,  and 
was  ordained  to  that  charge  in  1853.  In 
1850  he  became  paster  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian church  lu  Brockville,  and  remained 
there  till  18G6,  when  he  succeede^l  Dr. 
Bayne,  the  father  of  the  Free  Church  in 
Canada,  and  Dr.  Thomson  (who  had  re- 
tiirned  to  his  former  congregation  in  New 
York  city),  in  the  charge  of  Knox  Church, 
Gait.  In  1872  ho  became  the  first  pastor  of 
the  newly- formed  congregation  of  Fort  Mas- 
sey,  in  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  one  of  the 
leading  churches,  if  not  the  leading  one,  in 
tlie  lower  provinces.  Being  re-called  to  his 
former  church  in  GaU,  he  became  for  the 
seoond  time  (a  very  unusual  circumstance  in 
pastorates)  pastor  of  that  church,  which  has 
at  present  the  largest  communion  roll,  very 
nearly  1000.  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
Canada.  In  all  his  charges,  his  ministry 
has  been  succeisful,  but  in  Ramsay,  and 
Knox  Church,  Gait,  especially,  his  labours 
have  been  crowned  with  remarkable  maiii- 
festatiims  of  divine  power  in  thi»f«)  spiritnal 
and  lasting  fruits  which  constitute  a  pas- 
tor's jury.  During  his  pastorate  in  Brock- 
ville, he  was  clerk  of  the  presbytery  there, 
and  held  the  position  of  superinteudent  of 
schools,  succeeding  the  Rev.  Dr.  Lewis,  now 
bishop  of  Kingston  and  Ottawa  In  Gait  he 
has  occupied  for  several  years  the  position 
of  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
Gait  Collegiate  Institute,  one  of  the  moat 
celebrated  cducatiunal  institutions  of  the 
province.  At  the  time  of  the  Fonian  raid 
Mr.  Smith  was  chosen  chaplain  of  the  Gait 
infantry  company,  and  accompanied  them 
to  the  camp  at  Thorold.  For  the  beneht  of 
bis  wife's  health,  the  season  of  1870-71  was 
spent  iu  San  Francisco,  California,  nn  which 
occasion  Mr.  Smith  visited  most  nf  the  re- 
markable places  of  interest  in  that  state. 
While  in  San  Francisco  he  supplied  the  pul- 
pit of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  that 
ci^,  one  of  the  largest  oongregations  in  the 


state  of  California,  and  was  invited  to  be- 
come its  pastor.  Since  his  return  to  Gait, 
he  has  received  several  invitations  from 
churches  in  the  cities  of  Canada  and  th 
rriited  States,  but  has  elected  to  remain 
with  his  people.  On  October  20th,  1857,  ho 
married  Christina,  fifth  daughter  of  Janiei 
Cumming,  Esq.,  of  Williamstown.  Glen* 
garry.  The  issue  of  this  union  is  four  chil- 
dren. The  eldest  son,  James  Camming, 
who  passed  through  University  College  koA 
Knox  College  with  honours,  is  now  tem- 
porarily supplying  the  Presbyterian  church 
at  Newmarket,  (^tario.  The  Rev.  James 
K.  Smith  is  a  man  of  singnlar  ceal  ;  he  ti 
untiring  in  his  work,  and  one  of  the  abl 
preachers  in  the  denomination.  The  recori 
given  speaks  emphatically  of  the  approval 
with  which  his  ministrations  have  been  met 
by  tl\e  important  congregations  over  which 
he  has  presided. 

Panct,  Cltarlcfi  Guffcnc.   Licutcn- 
ant-Coloncl,  Deputy  Minister  of  Militia  and 
Defence,  Ottawa,  was  bom  in   Quebec,  on 
the  17th  November,  18^.     He  is  descended 
from  an  old  and  prominent  French  Canadiaa 
family,  his   great-grandfather   having  com 
from  France  and   settled   in    Canada  mo: 
than  a  century  ago.     Col.   Panet'a   grand 
father,  Jean   Antoine  Panet,  was  the  first 
speaker  in  the  Legislature  of  Lower  Canada, 
and  he  held  this  position  for  twenty-three 
years.     The   father  of    Deputy  Panet   was 
Philip,  late  judge  of  the  couri  of  Qu6«n's 
Bench,  Lower  Canada,     lie  married  Luce, 
daughter  of  M.  Caagrain,    Seigneur  of  La 
Bonteillerie,  also  a  descendant  of  a  very  ottLj 
family.    Charles  Eugene  was  educated  in  th 
Quebec  Seminary,  and  at  the  Jesuit  Colleg 
of  Georgetown,  D.C.    Having  completed  " 
education,  he  entered  upon  the  study  of  la 
in  his  native  city,  iu  the  othce  uf  the  Honour^ 
able  J.  T.  Taschereau.     Ue  applied  himself 
diligently  at  his  studies,  receiving  appr^riba- 
tion  for    his  application  and  mentsj  alert- 
ness.    He  was  called  to  the  bar  in  1854,  and 
he  at  once  began  the  practice  of  his  j^ro* 
feasion  in   Quebec  ;    but  at   the   expiry 
three  years,  he  turned  his  attention  to  oth 
matters.     He  was  for  a  period  of  fourt*  e 
years  sole  coroner  for  the  city  and  distri 
of  Quebec,  and  this  was  one  of  the  large; 
coroner  districts  in  Lower  Canada.     In  m 
tary  matters  Colonel  Panet  has  always  tak 
a  deep  interest.      He  was  for  many  years 
command  of  the  9th   Battalion,  which    h 
was    instrumental   in   organirJng.      He 
tired  with  his  rank  of   Lieutenant-Coloni 
on  li3rd  April,  1880.     He  is  a  ^aeniber 
the  council  of  the  Dominion  Ride  A 


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CANADIAN  BIOORAPBY, 


350 


^^oe-pre»ident  of  the  Dominion 
iiatinn.  During  the  Fenian 
1K*>8,  he  held  command  of  the 
TQi  miliUry  diMrict ;  &iirl  ho  haa  a  tirat-cl&u 
OBrtificai.  fr.iiii  the  B<tard  of  Examiotira  and 
from  t^  V  School.      Colonel   Fanet 

«'te  :^  ,  vh  "  h&d  taken  a  deep  in- 

*'  .  and  aa  a  ixjcoguitiun 

ut  '.a  and  hit  character, 

Itu  S*in«te,  on  March  2nd; 
c  the  La  Salic  division.    In 
•braar^',  lii~o,  ho  roaignod  the  senatorahip, 
uiii  waa  appointed  Deputy  Miniatcrof  Mili- 
tu  aut!  '     '  itii  oltice  fr^r  which  his  mili- 

tary «t  md  his  excelluut  abilities, 

BxiKiilMriv  .  ii-rii  him.  Since  aasumini;  the 
(tepntyihip,  he  has  givou  the  most  luujuali- 
imi  aatiafjictiou  to  the  pnblic  and  to  the 
RDTenunent.  Colonel  Panet  married  a 
dAMht«r  uf  Felix  Laasier,  of  V&renneSf 
in  llfio ;  and  ahe  died  in  1859  leaving  two 
eUldreo.  In  18t}2,  he  married  a  daofrhter 
of  R.  W.  HarwiH«I,  of  thu  pariah  of  Vau- 
drauil,  Montreal  dt«trict,  and  ihe  died  in 
1£78  leading  eight  children.  In  1880  he 
CDacrM  n  dnti^^hter  of  Mr.  Jos.  Lefevre  de 
BeUtfff  I  rior  of    St.  Ku»tache,   by 

whom  '  two  children. 

Voiinjc,  K<^v.  J<»*eptl,  Belleville,  waa 
born  in  tno  cownahip  ot  Au^sta.  in  the 
CH>unty  of  tireuvUle,  Ontario,  on  the  23rd 
Deoeuibor,  \M\i.  His  parenta  were  William 
and  Sjlva  Pike,  and  they  were  both  bum  in 
Canada^  Uis  ^grandparents,  on  both  aides, 
vara  born  in  the  New  England  Statea.  At 
an  CMTfy  &^e  he  was  sent  to  the  common 
sebool  in  xhA  neij^hboiirhixid,  where  he  re- 
nntit  hia  sdventoenth  yoar.  Among 
wmrij  teochera  waa  Wm.  A.  Whitney, 
for  many  years  poat  the  principal  of 
QOia  Higli  acho«<l.  When  nearly 
he  waa  aent  (September,  180U), 
College,  then  known  aa  liellevilte 
The  next  seven  years  of  hia  life 
apent  at  this  institution,  and  in  teach- 
houl  in  the  cuuntiea  of  Uaatiiijra  and 
vflU.  In  tl»e  sprin^^  of  1807,  ho  waa  re- 
V  lute  in  the  ministry  of  the 
1'  lal  church,  and    was  sent 

I  u,iiiisi.t.-i  to  Milford  circuit.  Prince 
&iiiar>l  o<mnty,  where  he  remained  for  twu 
ytHO.  Hia  UtfJtt  Held  of  labour  waa  Aults- 
riUa  cireidt,  in  the  County  of  Storniont, 
vlwni  b«  raniained  i>.\T  two  yoai-a,  and  then 
waa  alaiioaad  in  the  vilU^^e  of  Lyn,  near 
Btoolmll*.  At  the  expiration  of  two  years 
bt  Via  appolnl«d  to  thu  City  of  Ottawa,  and 
V4li  «diarK«  of  the  Ottawa  West  M.  K. 
Aifoh.  Ill  ihia  station  he  oHiciatftd  for 
Mr  Jp«ara,  and  waa  aent  next    to  the  town 


of  Picton,  where  be  had  charge  for  two 
years,  and  then  was  appointed  to  the  Kin^- 
aton  church,  which  had  juat  been  opened  in 
the  spring  of  1870.  Hero  he  remained  for 
three  yeara,  organizing  and  building  up  a 
congregation,  and  auoceoded  iu  >fnthL-rin^  a 
large  attendanoe,  espeoially  at  the  evenmg 
aervices.  On  his  departure  from  tlie  City 
of  Kingston,  he  was  ret|ue&ted  to  take  the 
pastorate  of  the  Cobourg  M.  £1.  church,  and 
accepted  the  position,  where  he  laboured  for 
two  years,  until  the  consummation  of  Meth- 
odist union.  He  waa  then  reappointed  by 
the  atationing  oommittee  of  the  united 
church.  His  tint  work  was,  on  receiving 
hia  appointment,  to  unite  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  and  Bible  Christian  congrega- 
tions. This  waa  accomplished  to  the  aatia- 
faction  of  all  parties  concerned,  and  Mr. 
Voung  counta  this  aa  among  the  happiest 
and  moat  aucoeaaful  years  of  hia  miuistenal 
life.  At  the  conference  in  June,  1885,  he 
was  stationed  in  the  City  of  Belleville,  aa 
the  paator  of  the  Methodist  Tabernacle, 
where  he  ia  now  ministering,  to  the  full 
satisfaction  of  his  congregation.  He  act«<i 
aa  aeoretary  of  the  Bay  of  Quinto  confer* 
ence,  M.  E.  church,  for  three  successive 
years,  namely,  in  1875-6-7,  and  waa  a  mem- 
ber of  all  the  general  conferences  of  the 
Methodiat  Episcopal  church  from  the  time 
he  was  first  eligible  until  the  Methodiat 
union  was  C4:)U8ummated.  Ue  wna  urdaiued 
deacon  by  Bishop  Kichardson,  in  180St,  in 
Ottawa,  and  to  the  ofhce  of  elder  two  years 
lat«!r  by  the  aame  biahop.  He  waa  con- 
verted on  the  4th  of  July,  18(>4,  and  imme- 
diately connected  himself  with  the  M.  E. 
church,  of  which  his  parenta  had  been  life- 
long members.  His  connection  with  the 
Methodist  church  from  the  Urst  has  l>een 
unbroken,  and  he  waa  an  ardent  advocate 
of  the  unification  of  Methodism  in  the  Do- 
minion of  Canada.  His  marriage  took  place 
on  the  20th  of  September,  180'J,  His  wife 
was  Margaret  Anne,  daughter  of  Daniel  J. 
Wright,  of  Creasy,  Prince  Edward  county. 
To  estimate  briully  the  chief  characteristics 
of  Uiia  worthy  minister,  we  might  say  that 
ho  is  a  faithful  and  zealous  worker  iu  the 
cause  of  reliuion  and  of  his  church,  an  elo- 
quent and  elTective  preacher,  a  man  of  un- 
swerving pnrpoae,  and  more  than  usual 
capacity  for  organization. 

Clark,  Dr.  Daniel,  Superintendent  of 
the  Provincial  Asylum  for  the  Inaane,  To- 
ronto, waa  born  in  Oranton,  Invemeaahire, 
Hcotlaud,  on  the  29th  Aunust,  1835.  Hia 
father,  Alexander  Clark,  was  a  native  of 
Morayshire,  Scotland.     The  family  came  to 


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A  CYCLOVMDIA  Oh 


Canada  iu  1841,  and  touk  up  a  farm  near 
Fort  Dover,  Norfolk  county.  In  I860, 
Daniul  >tit  otit  f^r  Califuruia,  and  after 
ander;*oing  considerable  hardships,  suc- 
ceeded iu  waking  a  considerable  am<.'iint  of 
money  by  placar  mining.  The  follnwin^ 
year  ho  returned  to  Canada,  and  began  at 
onoe  to  obtain  an  eduoaiion.  After  attend- 
ing the  SiiDcoe  Grammar  school  for  lume 
time,  he  pursued  classical  and  medical 
studies  at  Toronto,  graduating  from  the 
Viotoha  University  medical  department,  in 
IS58.  He  then  went  to  Europe,  and  took  a 
course  of  lectures  ai  Edinburgh  Dniversity, 
and  spent  some  time  visiting  the  hoBpitaJrt 
in  London  and  Paris,  besides  visiting  Bel- 
gium, Holland  and  Germany.  Ho  returned 
ui  Canada  in  1859.  and  comuienoed  the  prac- 
tice of  his  professioD  at  Princeton,  Oxford 
county,  Ontario.  In  18G4  he  joined  the 
Federal  armies  of  the  Potomac  and  James 
rivers,  as  a  surf^eon  volunteer,  attached  to 
the  surgeon-general's  <Iepa.rthient,  and  at 
the  close  of  the  war  returneil  home.  Dr 
Clark  has  b»en  for  many  yoara  n  frequent 
contributor  to  our  periodicals,  especially  to 
the  Afriitral  Jtntniai,  tSlnwart's  QitfjtrUrly, 
the  Mantiuu  MotUhlij,  Canwifi  MHhvdist 
Maijazine,  and  the  (Uinfidian  Monthly.  He  is 
the  author  of  a  work  entitled  **  Pen  Photo- 
graphs "  (published  in  1873),  o^mprisiug  de- 
scriptive sketches  of  eminent  persons,  essays 
and  scones  of  travel  ;  and  also  of  a  novel 
dealing  with  the  Canadian  rebellion  of  1837. 
called  "  John  Garth."  In  addition  to  these 
Dr.  Clark  has  written. and  continuesto  write, 
considerably  on  professional  subjects.  In 
187^  he  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  Medi- 
cal Council  of  Ontario,  and  was  re-elected 
to  the  position  in  1875.  During;  the  two 
following  years  he  filled  the  Presidential 
chair  of  the  council.  Dr.  Clark  has  also 
held  the  positioos  for  several  years  of  ex- 
aminer in  chemistry  for  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons  of  Ontario,  and  exam- 
iner for  two  yctirs  m  obstetrics  and  medical 
jiirisprudence  for  Toronto  University.  In 
December,  1875,  on  the  retirement  of  Dr. 
Joseph  Workman,  ho  was  appointed  to  the 
responsible  position  which  he  now  holds,  by 
the  government  of  Ontario,  at  the  retpiest 
of  the  Medical  Council  and  the  Medical  So- 
cieties of  this  province,  and  results  have 
shown  the  wisdom  of  the  choice.  Dr.  Clark 
married  on  the  6th  of  November,  1859, 
and  the  fruits  of  the  marriage  were  three 
children,  all  dead.  As  a  specialist  in  the 
treatment  of  insanity  0r.  Clark  is  said  to 
have  no  rival  among  the  profeesion  in 
Canada. 


Hi-nr) ,  Hon.  William  AlexHnder^ 

Judge  of  the  .Supreme  Court  of  Canada,  Ut 
tawa,  was  bum  in  Hslifax,  Nuva  Scotia, 
December  30th,  181G.  He  is  a  sun  of  Hub**; 
N.  Beury,  merchant,  who  held  a  numb 
of  local  otHcea,  by  Margaret,  whose  maidan 
name  was  Hendricken.  W.  A.  Henry  wu 
educated  at  the  High  school  at  Halifax, 
and  when  his  oourse  expired  he  eotefwl 
upon  the  study  of  law  in  the  otticv  of  thi 
Honourable  Alexander  McDougall.  In  I 
he  was  called  to  the  bar,  and  began 
practice  his  profession  at  Antigonish;  ha' 
he  Bubsetjuently  removed  to  Halifax,  ani 
resumed  his  profession  there.  It  is  no  sx 
aggcration  to  say  that  Mr.  Henry  was  ^' 
young  man  of  groat  promise  ;  and  before  be 
was  a  month  in  practice,  he  was  cboaeo  la 
represent  the  County  <>f  Sydney,  now  An 
gonish,  in  the  Legislative  Assetubly.  Wbeo 
he  entered  the  house  his  mind  was  well  Tniwl« 
up  respecting  public  questions,  and  hia 
voice  was  heard  raised  in  many  prot^  ^ 
ajjainst  the  system  of  irr(?sponaibte  govern*' 
ment  practised  in  his  province,  and  calling 
for  a  rijform  of  the  political  system.  He 
was  soon  recoguizied  as  oue  of  the  foreniott 
Liberals  of  his  pri.tvince,  and  though  ho 
once  sutl'ered  defeat,  fae  participated  in  the 
triumph  of  his  party,  which  was  likewisi: 
the  triuntph  of  the  cause  they  had  been 
championing  in  1848.  From  this  time  ou 
to  1807  he  held  his  seat  continuously  fc*r 
Antigouish,  but  iu  the  last  numud  year  he 
was  defeated  l»ecause  he  favt>ured  the  aclieme 
of  Confederation.  In  the  meantime  he  had 
established  a  very  high  reputatii»n  at  thft 
bar  ;  was  elected  president  of  the  Bar 
oiety,  at  Halifax,  and  mayor  of  that  city, 
In  184d,  he  waa  created  a  Queen's  oo\insel, 
and  he  accepted  a  seat  in  the  Executi 
Council  in  the  same  year.  In  public  life, 
Mr.  Henry  was  never  a  truckler,  nor  can 
it  be  be  charged  agunst  him  that  be  ever 
surrendered  his  convictions  to  party  neces- 
sity. It  WAA  his  shaping  hand,  aay«  an 
authority  before  us,  that  led  to  measurw 
for  the  protection  of  the  fisheries,  at  the  Gut 
of  Canso,  and  other  Canadian  waters,  from 
the  inroads  of  American  tiahermen,  that  se- 
cured the  province  of  Nuva  Scotia  as  com 
plete  a  set  uf  telegraphy  as  that  of  any  p 
of  the  continent,  and  th&t  m  the  face 
great  and  stubborn  opposition  effected  im 
portant  legal  reforms.  One  of  these,  the 
Obanoery  reform  measure,  was  adopted  \)y 
the  mother  country  ;  and  in  1851  appeared 
the  lirst  edition  of  the  Revised  Statut4»  of 
Novo  Scotia.  Mr.  Henry  had  previously 
earned  the  resolution  of  the  house   uudw 


>iu- 

im«^H 


CANADIAN  BIOGKAPBJ, 


361 


the  work  wia  preparod,  and   thus, 

hi*  guidance,  Nova  Scotia  had   the 

honour  of  living  the  lint  oC  all  the  oolooiei 

•I  Britain  to  carry  out  the  great  legal  im- 

pPOWBivQt    The  reviaiun  uf  tlie  work  was  so 

•dmirmble  aa  to  draw  from  Lord  Campbell, 

UwfD   chanoellor  of  England,  n  hi^h  eulogy 

in  ttw  Huuae  of  Ivorda.     lu  1854,  the  gor- 

atBttMDi  was  re-orgaaised,  and  .^Tr.  Ueniy 

w«B  appointed  aolioitor- general,  which  oQioe 

behMd  till  1857,  when  he  became  prorinoial 

•cervtiLry.     At  this  period  the  cry  wu  raised 

that  Human  catholics  in  the  province  were 

not  accorded  the  same  treatment  by  govem- 

nti    the    Protest&ota  were  ;    and    Mr. 

. .  whii  woA  representing  a  Roman  ca- 

UuiUc  oijnstiinency,  desiring  to  see  justice 

done   to   all,  changed   sides,  which  was  the 

only  oDurae  open  to  him  consistently  with 

hia  duty.     lu  the  struggle  which  followed, 

tlie  opf H>ai tion  was  sucoeasful,  and  m  the  new 

Adnraistratiun  Mr.  flenry  became  solicitor- 

CMienJ.     The  yttar  t>efure  he  had  been  one 

oi  Uke-dele^tes  which  went  to  Kugl&nd  and 

pnaeed  upon  the  Xmperiid  government  the 

ndoptLon  of   a  measure  to  build  a  railway 

oonfiijctinh:  Halifax   with   the  provioces  of 

rpper  Canada,  beiug    through 

.^wiok.     This  idea  was  afterwards 

i  out,  and  the  road  ti  the  Intercolon- 

i  rom  1X57  to    1867,  Mr.  Henry  acted 

■  rvatire  party,  aud  he  was  a 

itle  champion  of  the  scheme 

aioti,  when  that  question  became 

one.      In  1804,  he   atteuded  a 

-^  ritild  in  Prince  Edward  Island,  the 

of  which  was  a  confederation  uf  the 

iMie  proviuctis  ;    and  lie   subae^ueiitly 

i'*d    tlie    c'lnferunee  held    in    i^uebec, 

'ir-iU  uf  tijf  C'jnstitutioH  was  made. 

:  %  thirl  tiiue  liv  became  stiHeiutr- 

tling  ihfti  position  uutil  the  next 

le  becauie  aitorney-tfeneral ;  and 

•  ho  ret&ined  till  18G7,  at  which 

iKtration  was    handed   over 

>  Itx'al  unveruuvut.    As  uue 

Ua*  pui  it,  Mr.  Henry  never  had  any- 

>n  otwmoii  with  the  village  statesman. 

MT  the    iiiimeiuurahle    betietita,  which 

utM^aaarily   H<>w  from  union  through 

n  '        '      .'  of  the  scattered  weak  aud 

•  I  :    and  he  treated  with  joat 

<i  LfuiiMuelBuf  narrow  minded  men 

v>  -  iiiiiou  nothing  but  the  destruc- 

'  .i..:tr  own  iiuigniUoiuit  political  oxis* 

Mr.  Henry  was  in  London, in  I8G&, 

r»  ti.-,.  L..    »)i..    \'..v;i    Sr.itia  and  New 

Uowingyear 

,  _  ^  .It  Waahing- 

OD,  in  diteusaing   ihe  oontinuanoe  of  the 


Washington  treaty.  He  likewise  was  a  mem- 
ber of  tile  London  conference,  which  formu- 
lated the  plan  of  oonfedei'stiou,  aud  was 
one  of  twu  members  who  made  the  original 
draft  of  the  Ct>ufederalion  Act.  But  the 
auooess  of  the  confederatiuu  scheme  as  we 
have  seen,  cut  oS  Mr.  Henry's  pnlitial  career, 
and  he  devoted  his  energies  anew  to  his  pro- 
fessioD.  He  was  offered  a  seat  upon  the  Su- 
premo Court  I^nch  of  Nova  Scotia,  by  both 
Conservate  aud  Liberal  admin  is  trationa,  but 
declined.  On  October  8th,  18iO.  he  waa 
summoned  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  Canada. 
That  position  he  still  adorns,  with  his  un- 
blemish&'i  character,  his  integrity,  and  hia 
great  ability.  Mr.  Justice  Henry  has  been 
m&rried  twice.  Ho  married  tirat,  at  Nova 
Scotia,  in  1841,  Sophia  Caroline,  daugliter 
of  Dr.  McDouald.  Antigouish,  she  dying  in 
1840  ;  and  secondly,  in  185(1  to  Christiana, 
daughter  of  Hugh  McDonald,  uf  EUubank, 
Antigonish.  He  has  lost  seven  ohildron, 
and  has  one  son  by  hia  first  wife  living  :  two 
sons  and  two  daughters  of  the  second  union 
survive.  This  has  been  said  of  him,  and 
said  truly,  so  we  reproduce  it :  "  Socially  the 
judge  towers  like  a  Saul.  He  shakos  handa 
hke  a  brother  all  the  year  round,  and  not  at 
certain  times  unly,  like  some  candidates  for 
otfice.  His  cordiality  knows  no  ebb,  it  is  al- 
ways flowing  at  high  tide,  and  the  Domin- 
ion has  no  truer  and  nobler  man." 

Dowlcr,  Wllllnin  .%rlhur,  B.A.. 
Tilsouburg,  UntArio,  was  boni  at  Manotick, 
near  Ottawa,  un  the  20th  uf  April,  1802. 
His  father  was  the  Hev.  John  Armstrong 
Dowler,  frtim  C«rrick-on-Shaunon,  Ireland, 
and  Mary,  dHUgUier  oi  John  Williams  of 
Ottawa.  Mr.  Dowler  arrived  in  Canada  in 
1840,  settlini/  at  Uuntingt^jn,  in  the  prov- 
ince of  Quebec,  and  during  the  first  yean 
of  his  residenoe  in  Canada,  occupied  himself 
as  a  contractor.  Leavin^f  the  province  o£ 
Quebec,  he  proceeded  to  Ontario,  and  feel- 
iiuc  a  call  for  spreading  the  guApvl,  entered 
the  ministry  uf  the  Methodist  church.  Since 
then  he  has  continued  his  niinistrations  in 
that  denomination,  and  at  the  present  time 
ta  stationed  at  Hurnin^'s  IMills,  Ontskrio.  He 
had  four  children,  and  the  goiitlemsn  who 
is  the  suhjuoi  nf  this  akulch  waa  tha  second 
eldest.  Another  nf  the  family  was  the  Rev. 
W.  J.  Dowler,  It.A.,  whu  is  in  charge  of  a 
congregation  at  Victoria.  Vancouver  Island, 
British  Columbia.  WiUiam  Arthur  Dowlor 
received  his  first  edncitional  instruction  at 
home,  started  to  attend  svhi>ol  when  seven 
years  old,  and  when  eight  years  old  took 
the  first  price  for  the  third  b^>ok  form  in 
the  town  of  Delta,  Leeds,  at  the  county  ex- 


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A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


&mination.  When  in  his  eleventh  year  ho 
entered  the  High  schnnl  nt  t*erth,  and  after- 
wards studied  for  a  tertn  at  the  Ir(i(|Uois 
High  school.   Matriculating  in  his  fourteenth 

Scar  be  entered  the  University  of  Victoria 
'oUoge  At  Cobourg,  and  compluted  his  arts 
oonne  before  his  eighteenth  birthday,  grad- 
uating B.A.  In  the  latter  part  of  18S0  he 
entered  upon  the  study  of  law  in  the  oiGce 
of  Messrs.  Frost  &.  Frost,  of  Owen  Sonnd. 
In  1883  he  took  the  position  of  ntanager  in 
in  the  office  of  Lazier  <fe  Dingwall,  barristers, 
Hamilton,  where  he  completed  his  course. 
At  his  second  intormediato  examination  he 
took  one  of  the  schoIanlupB  ;  and  two  weeks 
after  his  twenty-second  birthday,  he  suc- 
cessfully paased  his  eiaininations  for  barris- 
ter and  solicitor,  standing  well  in  both  ex- 
minations.  In  1884  he  went  to  the  town  of 
Tilaonhurg,  where  he  began  to  practice  at 
once.  Already  he  enjoys  a  high  reputation 
as  a  lawyer  in  the  tield  of  his  choice.  Short- 
ly after  hta  arrival  atTilsonbarR  he  received 
the  appointment  of  solicitor  for  the  Fe<loraJ 
Dank.  In  politics  he  takes  a  genuine  in- 
terest, but  so  far  has  not  given  his  adher- 
ence to  any  party.  He  is  likewise  known  to 
feel  deeply  interested  in  municipal  affairs 
and  ill  education  ;  and  ere  long  he  will, 
doubtless,  be  found  turning  his  talents  to 
aconnnt  in  some  public  position.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  ohurcli,  and  is  un- 
married. 

Llzars,  Dunlcl  Homo,  Stratford, 
Judji«  of  the  Comity  of  Perth,  Ontario,  was 
born  at  the  town  of  Renfrew,  Scotland,  on 
the  22nd  February,  1822.  Ho  is  a  ami  of 
Daniel  Lirjiri>,  nf  Edinbui^h,  Scotland,  who 
married  Kobina  Hntchesou.  When  our  sub- 
ject was  in  his  eleventh  year  the  family 
emigrated  to  Canada,  and  settled  at  Gode- 
rich,  ill  the  County  of  Huron,  where  Mr. 
Daniel  Li/^rs  subsequently  held  the  ottice 
of  olerk  of  the  peace  for  the  county.  He 
died  in  March,  1876.  The  family,  we  may 
state,  moved  from  Ooderich  to  a  farm  in  the 
township  of  Culborue,  and  hero  nur  subject 
resided  fur  a  period.  Daniel  Home  Lizars 
attended  school  in  Edinburgh  and  Kenfrew, 
in  Scotland,  and  completed  his  education  iu 
Goderich  (Ontario)  Grammar  school.  His 
education  completed,  he  was  not  long  in 
making  up  his  mind  as  to  the  profession  for 
which  his  tasks  and  int«llectual  qualities 
titled  him.  He  entered  upon  the  study  of 
law  in  the  ottico  of  John  (afterwards  Juiige) 
Strachan  in  Goderich,  where  he  was  remark- 
able for  his  diligonoe.  At  Hilary  term,  in 
1853,  ho  was  called  to  the  bar,  and  at  oucu 
began  his   professional  career  as  a  practi- 


tioner in  Ooderich  and  Stratford,  in  part' 
nership  with  John  Strachan.     The  ].>artiii>r* 
ship  lasted  for  five  years,  nhen  Mr.  Lir.irt 
was  appointed  county  attorney  (1H38).    His 
wide  knowledge  of  the  law,  and  his  mastery 
of  its  principles,  were  well  known,  and  whsa 
in  1804,  it  became  known  that  he  was  sua- 
moned  to  the  county  bench,  nobody   wsi 
surprised,  and  one  and  all  applauded  the  sp- 
pointment.    He  still  retains  this  oflice.   The 
Judge  waa  appointed  a  master  in  chanoety 
in  1877,  and  local  judge  of  the  High  Court 
of  Justice  in  1882.   He  has  a  military  Mn^er 
too  to  look  back  upon.     He  waa  a  member 
uf  Captain  Luar<r8  company  of  volunteers  st 
Goderich,    in    1838;  which    company    had 
styled    itself    the    "bloody    useless."     U« 
afterwards   became    lieutenant  in   the  first 
battalion  of  the  Huron  militia.  When  Strat- 
ford became  a  town  incorporate,  a  number 
of  friends  pressed  Mr.  Lizw  to  become  a 
candidate  for  the  mayoralty.   He  conaentcd' 
to  run,  but  was  defeated  by  Colonel  J.  C.  W 
Daly,    by  a  very  small  majority.     In  thi 
connection  we  may  point  out  that  he  never 
baa  been  an  othce  seeker,  and  neither  prac- 
tised nor  admired  the  methods  by  which  too 
many  seek  political  preferment.   He  became 
a  member  of  the  Oddfellows,  Manchester 
Unity,  in  1848,  and  waa  a  municipal  conn* 
cillor  for  Stratford  durinir  18>'i<>  and  1857 
He   married  in    July,   1848,  Esther  Lonif 
worth,    daughter  of    John    Longwortb,  dt 
Goderich.     The  family  surviving  cxmsists 
one   son   and    two   daughters.     The  elde 
daughter   is   the    widow    uf    the   late    Mr.. 
Justice  Smith,  of  Manitoba. 

Grny,  Henry  A I  fVed,  Stratford,  C.E. 
Engineer  in  churgti  of  the  Public  Works  d© 
partment,  Western  Ontario,  waa  bom  on  the 
2l8t    November,  1843,  at    Edgbaston,  near 
Birmingham,  England.     Hia  father  was  Ed 
mtiud  A.  (jray,  for  many  years  a  prominen 
educationalist  connected  with  the   Anglicaik' 
church.  He  was  als<j  an  artist  of  constderahl 
talent  and  repute,  and  many  of  his  paintinga 
were  exhibited  by  the  Society  of  Arts,  t  »f  which 
ho  was  a  member.       He   always  encoura'.;otl^ 
bis  sun  in  drawing  and  sketching,  and   ^'iVoH 
to    him    his   tirst    lessons  in    mathematical 
drawing.     He  died  7th  October,  1857  ;  and 
his  wife  died  24th  January,  l8o2.    The  fam- 
ily from    which   Mr.    Gray    is   descended  ii 
Scottish,  and  very  nld.  His  paternal  gran< 
father  waa  attached  to  the  British  emi 
at  Mi-mcow,  Russia,  for  a  number  of   yeai 
His  brother  waa  one  of  the  firm  of  the  oi 
inal    Bruadwoods,    piano-makers,    London, 
Mr.    Gray  jr.,    waa  educated  under  Dortoi 
Charles    Baker,  at    I>o(ica8ter,    Yorkshirt 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


363 


•t  SaIUoj  College,  near  Birmingham, 
Budar  Canon  GoTer,  M.A.  ;  and  waa  in- 
taoded  for  the  ministxT  of  the  .Anglican 
dinrch,  and  at  school  ne  waa  remark&ble 
for  bia  atudiouaneas.  He  showed  a  great 
inclination  fur  the  purauit  of  art  ;  nor 
wma  ho  content  to  catch  his  inspiration  at 
••oood  hand,  for  he  waa  fonnd  in  those  days 
abroad  in  the  tield,  with  sketch  bfKik  and 
pencU.  "  at  nature's  own  lipa  drinking 
de«9p.*'  Nr>t  tinding  in  himself  a  vocation 
for  the  ministry,  ho  entered  the  service  of 
th«  Midland  Railway  of  England,  where  he 
«irv«d  as  a  student,  engiueer,  etc.,  under 
the  general  manager.  Sir  James  Allport.  In 
1863,  he  terminated  hia  connection  here,  and 
prr>creded  to  Bombay,  India,  upon  special 
sorvice.  Ho  waa  stationed  in  the  West  In- 
dies from  184>4  to  IStiG  ;  came  to  Canada  in 
1860.  and  joined  the  staff  of  exploration  sur- 
veys of  the  Intercolonial  Railway,  andactod 
OD  Biirreys  and  locatiou  till  1871 ,  as  aaaiatant 
eogiueer.  In  1871,  he  waa  appointed  by  the 
commiaaioners  engineer  in  charKe  of  the  eon- 
atroction  of  the  Nora  Scotia  aeotic^n  of  the 
railway.  In  1873,  upon  the  completion  of 
the  road,  he  waa  appuinted  engineer  of  per- 
BEUUMnt  way,  and  held  this  charge  till  1875. 
From  1875  to  1878,  he  was  chief  engineer  of 
the  Cape  Breton  Company's  railways,  oom- 
letJDg  the  narrow  gua^fe  line  from  (Sydney 
Louiabnrg  ;  waa  also  consulting  engineer 
the  Londonderry  Iron  and  Steel  Works, 
fOTa  Scotia  ;  and  engineer  in  charge  of  the 
Tesitem  Counties'  Railway  construction  in 
Tora  Scotia.  He  was  appointed  to  the  Pub- 
lic Works  department  of  Canada  in  IS78, 
ider  Sir  Charles  Tuppor,  and  transferred 
the  department  now  under  Sir  Hector 
kngevin,  in  1870.  Mr.  Gray  designed  and 
lilt  the  large  college  at  Memramcook,  Xew 
runswick,  and  several  churches  and  con* 
vents  in  titwns  where  he  was  atationed  from 
line  to  time  ;  and  a  splendid  Cinthic  church 
Truro,  Nova  Scotia,  is  the  work  of  thia 
»me1y  capable  architect.  In  18ti(>,  Mr. 
Gray  became  a  Freemason  of  the  Scottish 
rite,  and  held  otHce  in  that  asaociatinn  till 
be  became  a  lUimau  Catholic.  He  was 
broajrht  tip  in  the  Angtioan  church,  but 
■Iter  1*  ''>ge,  associated  himself  with 

the  6*''  ■•■\ti%t  but  never  joined  that 

body.     .\iu-T  Home  years  of  study,  he  at  last 
the  Roman  Catholic   church,  (May, 
'),  and  is  now  an  anient  adherent  to  that 
lib.  although  not  at  all  bigoted.     He  mar- 
ice  Lomer,  second  <laubthter  of   Cap- 
Lumer,  late  of  tht*   Royal  Irish 
on    the  20ih  >^ptember.    \mb, 
waa  officer  in  charge  of  military 


prisons,  and  died  of  yellow  fever  in  1863. 
This  lady  died  in  Cape  Breton,  on  7th  Feb- 
ruary, 1870,  leavin;^  five  children,  one  of 
whom,  the  second  eldest,  Edmund,  waa 
drowned  in  the  aame  year.  He  married 
again,  on  the  12th  Alny,  1880,  Catherine 
McDonald,  daughter  of  John  McDonaldr 
lumber  merchant,  Ottawa,  and  niece  of 
Alex.  McDonell,  one  of  Canada's  oldest 
contractor:;.  There  are  no  children  by  the 
second  marriage.  Mr.  Gray  haa  three  aona 
and  one  daughter  living  ;  the  eldest  son,  ed* 
uoated  at  St.  Michael's  College.  Toronto,  ia 
now  an  ofhcer  in  the  Bank  of  Hamilton.  Mr. 
Gray  has  not  been  loet  in  his  profeasion  by 
any  means,  and  haa  given  much  of  hia  time 
and  a  good  deal  of  enthusiasm  towards  the 
promotion  of  education  and  other  worthy 
objects.  He  is  a  man  of  large  heart  and 
cheerful  diajposition,  and  oncouragea  manly 
sports,  yachting  and  boating,  in  which  he 
himaelf  partioipatea.  He  is  a  lovor  of  music 
and  of  art,  and  an  advocate  of  the  legitimate 
drama.  He  is  always  ready  to  aoaiat  younger 
members  of  Iiis  profession. 

Tyller,  Willlnni,  B.A..Head  Master 
Guelph  Collegiate  Institute,  Ont,  waa  bom 
on  the  5th  January,  1842,  in  the  township  of 
Nichol.  near  Elora,  Wellington  county, 
Ontario.  His  father  was  William  Tytlor, 
and  his  mother,  Jane  Inglis  Forbes,  aunt  of 
Archibald  Forbes,  the  celebrated  special  war 
correspondent.  Mr.  Tytler  pursued  his  ed- 
ucational studies  in  the  town  of  Elora,  at- 
tending the  Grammar  school  of  that  place, 
after  he  had  passed  the  primary  depart- 
ments. A  university  oourae  waa  planned, 
and  ho  matriculated  at  the  Cniversity 
of  Toronto.  His  courae  here  waa  char- 
acterized by  industry,  and  he  waa  es- 
pecially diatiugniahed  in  the  claasea  for  sci- 
ence and  claasics.  He  graduated  in  1862, 
taking  the  gold  medal  for  natural  sciences. 
Mr.  Tytler  has  likewise  ao-nething  of  a  mili- 
tary recr>rd.  He  haa  been  a  privnte  in  the 
Queen's  Own,  Toronto  Cniversity  Company, 
and  baa  been  a  member  of  volunteer  oom- 
panios  at  Cnrleton  Place  and  at  Smith's  Falls, 
Lanark  county.  The  City  of  Guelph  waa 
the  lint  to  take  advantage  of  the  free  libra- 
ries act ;  and  in  1862,  a  library  whs  estab- 
lished there,  Mr.  Tjptler  being  secretary, 
and  chief  worker  in  c>innt»ction  with  that  iu- 
aiitniion.  He  married  on  the  *2ltrd  •Inly, 
187^,  Martha  C.  Harriaon,  younger  daugh- 
ter of  Milner  Harriaon,  of  St.  Mary  a.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Fre^tby  terian  church.  We 
nii%y  say  that  Mr.  Tvtlcr  at  once  turned  hia 
attention  to  the  work  of  teaduug  upon  grad- 
uation ;    and  hia  record  haa  been  a  very 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


creditnble  one  niitoe  he  wm  head  muster  of 
the  Carleton  Place  Omnimar  achool,  during 
18r>3  &nd  18G4  ;  of  the  Smith's  FaIIs  Gram- 
mar Bchool,  from  1Bt>5  to  IHOS  ;  uf  the  St. 
Mary's  High  school,  from  1809  to  1874  ;  and 
was  appointed  head  maaier  of  tbu  Uuelph 
OolJagiate  [nstitute,  in  February,  1875, 
which  position  he  stilt  hf>lds.  Mr.  Tytlcr, 
it  cnn  he  said  without  any  exag^orAtion, 
stands  in  the  front  rank  uf  the  Canadian 
teaching  profession.  He  is  a  sound  scholar  : 
and  he  brings  both  induatry  and  enthusiasm 
inti-}  his  work.  When,  in  1875,  he  assumed 
charge  of  the  Guelpli  school,  there  were 
only  twenty  pupils  ;  now  there  are  found 
upon  the  ruU  nnt  less  than  one  hundred  and 
eighty. 

.VIcLny,  Pcicir  Walker  IVIvniir- 
rlch,  M.D..  M.O.P.S.O.,  M.  R.C.P.S., 
Edm.,  M.F.  P.S.,  Aylmor,  Province  of  On- 
bec,  was  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  on  the 
VliXx  Augiist,  1845.  His  parents  were 
Duncan  McLay  and  Jane  McMurrich.  Mrs. 
McLay  was  a  daughter  of  the  late  Duncan 
McMurrich,  of  Kilmarnock.  Scotland,  and 
lister  of  the  Revs.  Peter  and  John  McMur- 
rich, prominent  ministers  of  the  Church 
o{  Scotland.  Mr.  McLay,  senr,  occupied 
himself  as  a  merchant  in  Scotland  till  the 
year  1854^  when  he  emigrated  to  America, 
aettliuK  during  the  same  year  in  the  town- 
ship of  Southwuld,  Klgiu  county.  Here 
he  began  farming,  and  in  such  pursuit 
oooupied  himself  till  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  187ii,  leaving;  a  family  of  ei){ht 
children  behind  him,  tl^e  ^entli^man  who 
is  the  subject  of  this  sketch  being  the 
youngest  sou.  Mrs.  McLay  died  in  1878, 
being  then  at  the  ripe  age  of  eighty-six.  P. 
W.  M.  McLay  received  his  primary  educa- 
tional training  in  his  native  town,  but  on 
arriving  in  Canada  he  entered  the  Grammar 
school  at  St.  Thomas,  where  he  concluded 
his  studies.  Thereafter  we  find  him  for  a 
period  teaching  school  at  West  Elgin,  and 
again  studying  medicine  in  New  York.  In 
18G<i  he  rettirned  from  the  Slates  and  entered 
Vicloria  University,  Toronto,  and  from  this 
institution  graduated  M.D.  in  1870;  and 
dnring  the  same  year  passed  a  successful 
oxuminatiou  at  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  in  Kingston,  receiving  there- 
from the  degree  of  M.C.P.S.O.  He  imme- 
diately proceeded  to  the  village  of  Aylmer, 
Ontario,  whore  he  began  practice,  continuing 
till  1872,  when  he  resolved  to  gain  a  more 
eitensivu  knowledge  of  his  profession.  Pro- 
ceeding to  Great  Britain,  he  entered  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  at  Edin- 
burgh, where  he  continued  his  studies  for  a 


time.     He  then  went  to  Glaagnir,   and  h<^* 
tween  this  and  the  last  mentioned  city  a{H«Dl 
a  period  of  two  years,  obtaining  his  de(i;ree 
of  member  of  the  U<>yal  College  of  Ph^n- 
cians  and  Sureeoni,  Edinbargh,  and  grmdn- 
ate    of    the    Royal    College     of     SurgtMrtu 
and     Obstetricians    of    Glangow.       UariTii; 
obtained    tliese  degrees,  he   remained    (ttr 
some  time  visiting  in  the  great  hospitals  it 
London,  Edinburgh   and  Gla^ow,    and  in 
the   winter  of    1873   returned    to    Ayloiat, 
where  he  established  himself,  and  has  ooo* 
tiitued  in  practice  ever  since.      Heading  sti 
much  of  Dr.  McLay's  career,  it  will  wit^iuut 
hesitation  be  concluded  that  hu  bus  proren 
a  success  in  his  profession.     And  this  is,  in- 
deed,   the   case.      His   very   wide   medical 
learning,  and    his  ex[>erience  in  the  great 
hospitahi  of  the  world  at  onoe  gave  him  a 
standing  among  the  front  men  of  his  prr>fe 
sion  ;  and  to   this  he   added  energy  of  ihsj 
most  persistent  sort  upon  his  own  account,  j 
Very  soon  he  was  known  as  one  of  the  raosi 
successful  practitioners  in  his  province,  aD< 
as  the  master  of  a  well  establiBhed  and  lucra-j 
tive  practice.     In  18W»  Dr,  McLay  attended 
the  .Military  Cadet  School  at  Toronto,  and 
graduated  tlierefrom.     For  eiuhc  years  he 
has  been    a   member   of   the    High    Schoulj 
Uoard  at    Aylmer,  has  been  coroner  sine 
1875,   and  is  a  Grand  Trunk  Kailwoy  eur^j 
geon.     In  1877  he  was  elected  cuunoilmaa) 
of  the  town,  and  wu3  re-elected  fur  the  yetii 
1878    and   1870.     In    18H(i   he  w*a  elect 
reeve,  and  re-elected  in  1881.     He  has  beea^ 
a  member  of  the  Grand  Masonic  Lodge  of 
Scotland  since  1872,  and  is  an  Oddfellow  and 
a  Forester,  taking  a  very  active  part  in  pro- 
moting tho  interests  of  these  organization i 
In   politics   Dr.  McLay  is  and   has  alwaj 
been  a  zealous  Reformer,  and  he  has  beei 
president,    secretary   and   treasurer  of  the 
local  Liberal  Associatirtn.     He  is  a  ready  and 
exceedingly  close  debater,  and  has  spokenjA 
rousing  and  telling  words  for  his  party  uponH 
a  good  many  platforms.     He  has  been  an 
extensive   traveller,   and    is  a  atudent  and 
lover  of  hdlts  Icttrea.     In  this  comiection  it 
may  be  said  that  he  has  met  several  of  our 
modern  poets,  among  these  being  Longfellow 
and    Bryant     He    was    present,    too.  it    is 
worthy  to  note,  at  the   funeral  of   Charlea 
Dickens.     He  is  independent   in  religion, 
but  is  benevolent  in  his  views,  being  always 
ready  to  throw  the  broa<l  mantle  of  cliarity 
over  the  views  of  others,  receiving  only  for 
truth  that  which  will  stand  deinonstratiou^fl 
Ue  married,  in  1871,  Polly  Ann,  youngest^ 
daughter  of  David  F.  Davis  an<l  Mary  Bird- 
sail,  both  of  Malahide,  Elgin  county.  On- 


ro.a 

as.^! 


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CANADIAN  BWORAFHY. 


3tf5 


The  father  of  his  wife  is  &  highly 
Ntpect«d  citixeo,  and  repreaent«<l  the  town- 
ahip  ••  reeve,  and  was  likewise  a  member 
ot  the  ooanty  ootincit.  In  aildition  to  these 
offioea  he  is  a  magistrate,  and  lie  still  re- 
sides at  the  old  family  homestead.  Our 
tubjeet,  we  hare  only  to  say  in  oloelng,  is 
ipftoil  with  excellent  social  ifnalitios. 

nnrlnCI.  Cbarlen  William,  M.D., 
M.  v.,  V.  S.,  OnUjiu,  M.  K.  <-'.  S.,  KngUnd, 
Aylmer^  Chitario,  was  burn  in  Yartuouth, 
Elgin  ooimty,  Ontario,  on  the  24th  Septem- 
ber, 1H45.  He  is  a  son  of  John  Marlatt 
and  Patience  Jane  Courser.  His  paternal 
grandfather,  a  United  Empire  loyalist,  came 
to  Canada  from  New  Jersey,  when  a  boy,  and 
t€x>k  up  land  from  Colonel  Talbot,  nenr  where 
oow  is  situate  the  City  of  St.  Thomas.  He 
was  »  captain  of  militis  and  fought  at  Lundy's  j 
LlA«  and  Stony  Creek,  in  the  wilt  of  1812-  | 
Id.  He  Ulievrise  took  an  active  [jart  in  the  | 
wppwrion  of  the  rebellion  of  1837,  his  ; 
WMapftay  being  in  one  of  the  most  dissatfect- 
•d  parts  of  the  province.  His  maternal 
graadparenls  came  from  New  Brunswick, 
sad  irvire  desoended  from  United  Empire 
t^yftUsts^  who  came  from  Masaaohnsetts 
during  the  revolutionary  wsr.  John  Mar- 
latt had  n  family  of  five  children,  and  the 
*"  ^hia  sketch  was  the  eldest.      He 

»  1  in  the  common  schuols.and  in 

LaUu  ■  i  riv  .te  titt<:irs  ;  and  took  a  first- 
ciaM  01!  I  J  .'.<  front  the  county  board  in 
Elgin,  in  December.  18(34.  Ho  began  the 
study  of  medicine  in    18*IH,  attending  two 


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\\  department  of  Vic- 
the  tlnal  session  of 
■'-  luatingat  Trinity 
the  uxatiiinatiun 
.1  the  province,  in 
he  ftfkiled  for  Britain^ 
_  1  fttudiesat  St.  Thomas' 
.  ndon,  t^^ni^Ian^l.  and  passing  the 
u  of  tiic  Hoyul  College  of  Sur- 
rimxui  in  .November,  1H7U.  He  remained  in 
tiie  hxepital,  wiili«ning  his  ei[.H.*rii*nctf«  till 
February,  \i<^'^,  whcu  he  returned  home. 
Dr.  ^larUtt  baa  never  taken  any  specific 
action  m  ]>olitirAl  mattnrs,  for  he  hnds  that 
lie  neeils  muat  of  his  time  and  attention  for 
Uie  suocvasful  prosecution  of  prufeaaioiial 
liurk  ;  nf  vertheless  he  haa  acted  aa  prt*(U- 
d«ot  of  lht»  LllM•ra]-t^^Il«^'rvntlvo  A-w'Knjitton 
for  Kast  Klftui  mnre  .iBUiimry,  tKHIK  He 
becaaia  a  moiab«ir  of  St.  Thoutas  lodge. 
No.  44  A.  K.  A  A.  M..in  Soplotuhftr,  1871  ; 
flUtwl  the  otHces  of  aecretary  and  Junior 
•n  m  the  lamv  ltHli;tt,  and  was  master 
AUisUiD  Uidge,  No.  'A'^i»  for  thr«e  7>|U^ 
Mid  sMtaUry  lor  two  yvars.    In  1882  h* 


was  sent  from  the  latter  lodge  as  a  repre- 
sentative to  the  Urand  Lodge^  and  he  wont 
in  a  aimilar  capacity  in  IH85  frcin  Malahide 
lodge,  No.  140.  Be  has  likewue  beun  a 
member  rf  the  Oddfellows,  and  chief  coun- 
cillor in  the  Chosen  Friends.  The  early 
f'ears  of  our  subject's  life  were  spent  in 
abour  upon  bis  fathers  farm,  and  it  was 
only  during  tlie  winter  that  he  was  enabled 
to  attend  sohool.  Inclement  days,  when  he 
could  not  work  outside,  and  evenings  not 
in  his  school  period,  were  spent  reading  his- 
tory, biography,  works  of  travel,  and  such 
books  generally  as  were  to  be  found  in  the 
small  libraries  in  the  neighbourhood.  How 
proQt-ably  he  spent  his  tmiu,  and  how  wisely 
he  read,  will  be  inferred  from  the  fact  that 
when  he  reached  bin  nineteenth  year,  he 
obtained  a  first-class  teaching  certificate. 
He  taught  school  with  very  great  success  for 
four  years  ;  but  after  his  return  from  Eng. 
land,  in  1873,  he  began  to  practice  medicinu 
in  St  Thomas.  Here  be  remained  till  IS7(;, 
when  he  removed  to  Al  viston.  Ontario, 
where  a  wider  field  was  open  for  one  willing 
to  endure  the  hardships  of  a  new  and  rough 
country.  Ue  remained  hero  for  sii;  years, 
duringwhich  the  results  of  hisexertiona  were 
most  sati»factoT3'  ;  but  his  health  had  failed 
him,  and  he  removed  to  Aylmer.  where  he 
might  pursue  his  practice  with  less  strain 
upon  his  oonsti tu tion.  Hts  pn>f essi < mat 
leamingi  his  skill,  and  his  geniality  and 
kindness  of  heart,  have  contributed  much 
toward  our  subject's  furtunca  ;  and  lie  is  now 
master  of  a  wry  wid«  and  lucmtivt*  practice. 
He  has  been  very  f<>iid  of  manly  ^ame(i  and 
sports,  but  han  been  obliged  to  yield  his  in- 
clinations to  pri>feasional  claims,  and  he 
finds  oompenaiition  in  his  well  sidcjcted 
library.  His  religious  convictions  are  those 
of  Methodism.  He  married  on  July  16thf 
1873*  Jane,  only  dsughtor  of  L.  8.  Leo- 
nard, who  was  bum  in  New  York  state, 
the  family  having  originally  <X)me  from 
Wales.  After  onming  to  America  the  family 
engaged  in  irtm  founding.  \tr.  Ijoonard 
afterwards  moved  to  Canada,  settling  k% 
Long  Point  ;  but  after  a  time  he  went  to 
ii^t.  Thomas,  wlu^re,  in  uonnvction  with  his 
brother,  he  established  a  foundry.  Ho  after- 
wards became  very  prominent  in  the  indus- 
trial, piditicnl  and  scK-'ial  life  of  the  ooromu- 
nity. 

0*Ciura,  nnrtln.  Police  Magittrato, 
Ottawa,  was  l>i>rn  in  the  County  of  Afayo, 
Ireland,  on  the  2Hlh  of  (V.tolwr,  183ll.  Ho 
is  A  Son  of  Tatrick  O'Ctara,  a  farmer,  and  of 
Catherine  Unify.  Mr.  O'Uara  received  a 
▼ery  caraful  ednontion,  taking  a 


A  CYCLOPjRDlA  OF 


course  in  hia  nntire  oouDtry.  lu  1857  ho 
emigrated  to  Canada,  resolved  to  seek  bis 
fortune  in  the  colonies.  A  young  man  of 
hifl  natural  briiliancy,  his  ambition,  and  his 
excellent  education,  was  not  long  in  perceiv- 
ing  that  there  was  plenty  of  ro«jni  on  the 
upper  seats  in  the  legal  profession.  This  pro- 
fession, it  is  true,  ia  becoming  over-stocked; 
but  there  is  always  plenty  of  room  for  the 
hcjsi  men  ;  and  this,  no  doubt,  waa  the  way 
in  which  Mr.  O'Gara  looked  at  the  case  too. 
He  studied  Law  in  the  office  of  Mowat  & 
Maclennan  iit  Toronto,  graduatedL  L.B.  at 
the  University  of  Toronto,  in  18G1,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  same  year. 
When  he  achieved  this  the  young  barrister 
repaired  to  Ottawa,  where  he  at  once  b^an 
to  practice  his  profession.  How  sucoeaaful 
he  naa  been  as  a  barrister  it  ia  hardly  ueoes- 
aary  to  say,  for  Mr.  O'Gara  practices  in 
every  court  in  the  Dominion.  He  is  senior 
member  for  the  firm  of  0*Gara  &  Remon, 
and  the  law  business  of  this  establishment 
is  extensire  and  important.  He  ia  yet  a 
young  man,  but  his  knowledge  of  the  law 
IB  very  wide  and  extremely  sound,  and  no 
one  could  hesitate  to  place  liim  among  the 
most  prominent  practitioners  at  the  Can- 
adian bar.  His  attainments  as  a  lawyer 
are  characterised  by  soundness  of  judgment, 
by  close,  clear  reasoning,  and  a  prevailing 
jnstmaiof  logic.  In  1803  he  fvaa  appointed 
police-mngistrate  of  Ottawa,  and  still  holds 
that  position,  rendering  justice  with  em- 
inently judicial  suooess,  and  with  ')quity. 
In  1882  he  waa  appointed  a  Queen's  counsel. 
He  was  born,  it  may  be  said,  iu  the  Konian 
catholic  faith,  and  still  adheres  to  the  faith 
of  his  forefathers.  Ho  married,  in  I8G4, 
Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Bowes,  arcliitect 
of  Ottawa.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  is 
elevt^n  children,  throe  of  whom  are  dead. 

Oordon,  Willlaiu,  Mayor  of  Stratford, 
ia  a  native  of  Canada,  of  Scotch  and  English 
extraction.  He  was  born  on  the  tMh  April, 
1841,  iu  Ibe  township  of  Woolwich,  in  the 
County  of  Waterloo,  Province  of  Ontario, 
and  near  the  village  of  Winterboume.  He 
ia  the  second  son  of  John  Oordon,  who  came 
to  Canada  in  the  year  1830,  and  settled  in 
said  township,  in  the  year  1832,  being  one 
of  our  pioneer  settlers.  In  1838  be  married 
Fanny  Martin,  eldest  daughter  of  Martin 
Martin,  architect,  of  Brighton ,  England , 
then  a  school  tuaclier  in  the  town  (now  city) 
of  Guelph.  He  was  the  only  son  of  John 
Gordon,  of  the  city  of  Aberdeen,  Scotland, 
who  for  many  years  carried  on  a  large  cabi- 
net and  house- furnishing  buninebs.  William 
Gordon  ia  one  of  a  family  of  six  children,  all 


whom  are  still  living — four  sons  and  ti 
dauchtera.  Two  of  the  brothers  are  fa 
in  Woolwich  township,  one  on  the  home 
stead,  the  other  on  a  farm  near  by.  Tt 
youngest  is  a  commercial  traveller,  residii 
in  Winnipeg.  The  eldest  sister  is  the  wifs' 
of  Dr.  Douglass  of  Bruce  county,  and  tbs 
youngest  the  wife  of  Frederick  J.  French|.J 
barrister,  of  Prescott  and  M.P.P.  for  Soal 
Grenville.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  wi 
educated  at  the  common  school  in 
village  of  Winterbourne.  He  left 
at  fifteen  years  of  age,  and  becam*  appi 
ticed  to  the  mercantile  business,  with  Wi 
ter  Holmewood,  then  doing  a  Urge  gen- 
eral mercantile  business  at  the  village  of 
Winterboume,  with  whom  ho  remained  font 
years.  After  spending  a  year  and  a  half  si 
home  and  dilTerent  places,  he  took  a  aituatioia 
in  the  establishment  of  Hugh  Moore,  in  the 
town  of  Dundas,  with  whom  he  remained  four 
years;  and  he  was  subsequently  iu  the  estab- 
lishment of  Mr.  Corrie,  then  of  Duudsj, 
now  of  St.  Thomas,  for  two  or  three  years. 
During  hia  rosidenoo  in  Dundaa  he  took  a 
prominent  position  as  a  member  of  the  Pru 
Bono  Club— a  literary  and  debatiag  society 
of  considerable  imp^jrtanoe  at  that  Mmm  in 
the  town.  He  was  secretary  for  two  con- 
secutive terms,  and  at  the  dose  of  the  aec 
ond,  was  unanimously  elected  president, 
which  position  he  also  retained  for  two 
terms.  This  club,  at  that  time,  was  only 
second  in  importance  in  the  province  1 
the  Ontario  Literary  Associatjon,  of  T< 
ronto,  and  had  amongst  its  mombecB  Fc 
therstou  (now  Judge)  Osier;  his  brother  B.  I 
Osier,  now  Q.C.;  Hugh  MacMahoUf  Q.C.| 
liis  brother,  Dr.  MacMahon,  M.P.P  ,  Noi 
Wentworth,  and  James  Somerville,  M.P.,' 
North  Brant,  aa  well  as  many  other  men 
whose  names  might  be  mentioned,  now  til- 
ling high  posts  of  honor  throughout  the 
United  States  and  Canada.  He  left  Dundas 
about  Uiti  month  of  February,  1806,  and 
opened  a  dry  gixjds  busiueas  in  St.  Mary^s, 
having  bought  out  the  stock  and  busineaa  of 
James  McQuaig,  now  of  Toronto.  In  Oe- 
tober  of  the  same  year,  he  married  E. 
Jennie  Quarry,  eldeat  daughter  of  the  late 
John  Quarry,  ex-mayor  of  Dundas,  and  con- 
tinued to  do  a  very  largo  business  in  St. 
Mary's,  till  1870,  when  ho  removed  to  Strat- 
ford, where  he  continued  in  the  aaiue  lin 
of  business  for  some  years  alone,  and  in  con- 
junction with  John  J.  Clark,  now  deceased. 
In  January  1871,  his  wife,  by, whom  he  had 
three  children,  died ;  one  of  the  children 
died  prior  to  its  mother,  and  another  about 
sixteen  months  afterwards.    The  eldest,  now 


CANADIAH  BIOGRAPBT, 


W 


y  of  mjcliteeii  feua,  is  a  student  in  the 
Itutitute,  and  is  a  lad  of  oooaid- 
pronuae.  lo  \i^7'K  Mr.  Gordon  mar^ 
ribd  again  to  Mm.  Carrall,  widow  of  the 
kte  Jaa.  AUxander  C&rrall,  barnst«r.  and 
VK-tBAjor  ci  the  City  of  Stratford,  and  third 
dM^ter  of  the  late  Col.  W.  F.  ^IcCuUoch, 
vho  WM  one  of  the  &nit  settlers  of  Stratford, 
KDii  the  first  mayor  of  the  t«:>wn.  Ue  is  a 
BStttber  of  the  £uglisb  Church,  but  not  a 
my  regular  attendant.  From  early  boy. 
Ibood  tw  has  beeu  &a  ardent  supporter  of  Re- 
iocm  pnneiplas,  and  has  alwajrs  taken  an 
jKtiva  rftft  in  elections  in  all  munieipAl  raat- 
unof  unportuioe:  is  a  fearless,  forcible  and 
earnest  speaker,  having  at  all  times  the  ooar- 
■ge  of  his  oourictioDs.  Ue  was  first  elected 
to  the  Stratford  cooncU  in  1880,  after  a  hot 
contest.  In  1881,  he  ran  for  the  third  deputy 
reereahip,  bat  wat  defeated  by  fifteen  votes. 
In  IddS.he  contested  the  mayorality,  and  was 

r'n  defeated.  In  1884,  he  again  entered 
lists,  and  after  lighting  one  of  the  hotest 
oieotion  battlea  ever  seen  in  Stratford,  was 
elected  mayor  by  fourteen  of  a  majority. 
The  election  took  place  on  the  7th  January, 
ftnd  that  very  day  was  the  14th  anniversary 
oi  hij  landing  in  Stratford  as  a  permanent 
reakdenL  In  January,  1885,  he  was  re-elee- 
ted  maver  by'aocUmation.  His  administra- 
tioiu  of  the  affairs  of  the  office  have  been  so 
well  and  inpailially  diooharged  that  even 
many  of  hia  then  strongeet  opponents  would 
DOW  be aoHsuj;  his  warmest  supportera.Bhould 
be  affar  for  a  third  term.  For  the  last  ten 
years,  be  has  been  doing  a  large  real  oa- 
late,  roooay  lending,  and  insurance  busi- 
neas,  and  ia  one  of  the  largest  tax  payers  in 
4haaty, 

^^U*tnaib,  Han.  J«Mlali  Burr,  Setiator 
^^K  the  l>ominion  of  Canada,  offers  a  raro 
^^■^mple  of  a  gentleman  who  in  middle  life 
^Hitteotered  pities,  and  in  a  few  yean ai- 
^^»Ened  an  eminence  in  parliament  which  few 
reach  after  a  lifetime  of  poUtical  ■trug^le. 
*nis  Hon.  Mr.  Plumb  had.  however,  at  the 
outset  of  his  politicjil  career,  the  advant^e 
a  long  experionco  in  banking,  railways, 
other  important  business  of  a  public 
responsible  nature — so  thst  he  had  little 
when  he  entered  political  life — and 
Iv  tu  ai>i>ly  a  vast  fund  of  knowledge 
to  the  discusfiion  of  the 
and  social  problems  which 
n[p  111  jMirhsmeut.  lie  at  once  took  a 
inent  plaoti  as  a  member  of  the  Oon- 
ative  party  m  the  House  of  Commons. 
Plumb  is  an  American  by  birth  and 
training.  His  knowltHlge  of  American 
pobUc  men  is  uno^uallvd  by  any 


other  Canadian  •(ateam&ii,— while  as  a  loyal 
British  sobieot,  by  choice  and  prvfer«iicv,  he 
stands  forth  ss  a  type  of  m«ny  educated  and 
sensible  Americans,  who  feeling  that  blood 
is  thicker  than  water, — find  no  difficulty  in 
renewinu:  their  older  ties  of  natural  allegi* 
ancc,  and  making  their  home  in  the  Do- 
minion of  Canada,  among  tlicir  kinsfolk, 
the  descendants  of  the  TTnited  Ecupire 
loyalists,  who  preserve  the  purest  type  and 
the  best  characteristics  of  the  original  col- 
onists of  the  United  States.  Mr.  Plumb 
was  bom  at  East  Haven,  Connecticut,  the 
son  of  the  Rev.  Elijah  Oriawold  Plumb,  of 
FarmingtoD,  and  of  Grace  Hubbard  Burr, 
of  New  Havon,  in  the  same  state.  The 
father  of  Mr.  Plumb  was  ordained  in  1807, 
as  priest  iu  the  Episcopal  church  of  the 
I'Uited  States,  by  Bishop  Jarvis  of  Oounec- 
ticutf  and  was  the  descendant  of  an  early 
settler  of  that  state,  who  came  from  Eng- 
land, and  membors  of  whose  family  held  re- 
presentative ofiices  in  the  colony  prior  to 
the  revolution.  On  his  mother's  side  Mr. 
Plumb  descends  from  Colonel  Andrew  Burr, 
of  Fairiield,  whose  ancestor  came  from  Eng- 
land in  1030,  and  was  the  joint  purchaser 
from  the  Indians,  with  WtUiam  Pyncheon 
and  Henry  Smith,  in  1630,  of  lands  which 
now  include  the  site  of  the  City  of  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  Among  the  ancestors 
of  Colonel  Andrew  Burr,  were  John  Burr. 
senator,  who  died  1694  ;  Peter  Burr,  chief 
JQstioe  of  the  superior  court  of  Connecticut, 
speaker  of  the  lower  house,  senator  and 
member  of  the  Governor's  counciL  He 
died  in  1724.  His  son,  Aaron  Burr,  was 
president  of  Princeton  college,  and  father 
of  the  celebrated  Colonel  Aaron  Burr,  vice- 
president  of  the  United  States.  Colonel 
Andrew  Burr,  the  immediate  maternal  pro- 
genitor of  Air.  Plumb,  was  member  of  the 
lower  house  for  Fairfield,  from  1727  to  1747, 
speaker  h\>m  1741  to  1745^  member  of  the 
upper  house  from  174G  until  his  death  in 
1763.  In  1756  he  was  appointed,  with  three 
others,  to  sasist  the  govemor  and  council 
in  regard  to  raising  forces  for  the  defence 
of  the  King's  just  rights  and  dominions  in 
North  America.  He  commanded  the  forces 
of  Connecticut  in  the  famous  siege  and  con- 
quest of  Louisbourg,  in  1745,  one  of  the 
most  daring  and  sucoeisfnl  military  expedi- 
tions on  record,  which  a  handful  of  colo- 
nists carried  t*:)  completion  against  a  fortress 
which  the  French  had  hewn  out  of  the  solid 
rock,  and  strengthened  by  the  best  engi- 
neering devices  employed  for  twenty-five 
yean,  until  it  was  supposed  io  be  improg. 
nable.   But  the  hardy  and  resolute  coloni^ 


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landed  their  forces  ftnd  niege  tr&ins,  And 
toolc  up  their  position  in  the  face  of  Lhe  ene- 
my ;  Oolonel  Burr's  command  being  con- 
spicuous in  the  most  advanced  and  danger- 
ous pf>at.  A-fter  twenty-five  days  of  furious 
bombardment,  aided  by  a  smaU  British 
S(.|uadr>'<n,  under  Admiral  Warren,  Louis- 
bourg  and  the  island  of  Cape  Breton  aur- 
rendere<l  on  the  16th  Juno,  1745.  Oolonel 
Burr  and  ItnO  of  his  command  were  detailed 
fur  ganison  duty  in  the  captured  fortress. 
By  the  treaty  of  Aix  La  ChapeUe,  in  1748, 
Louisbourg  was  reatored  to  the  French.  It 
was  again  iiiially  besieged  and  taken  by 
Wolfe  and  Amheratin  1768,  a  victory  which 
cleared  the  way  to  Quebec,  and  led  immedi- 
ately to  the  conquest  of  Canada.  The  gal- 
l»nt  part  taken  in  the  first  Biege  and  capture 
uf  I>ouiflhourg  by  Mr.  Plumb's  ancestor  well 
deserves  to  be  commomurntcd  here.  Mr. 
Plumb  was  largely  engaged  in  banking,  and 
in  the  early  railroad  enturpriaes  iu  the 
United  States.  Ue  was  for  many  years 
manager  of  the  State  Bank  at  Albany,  N.Y., 
and  a  leading  director  in  several  bulks  in 
Bntralo  and  Oswego.  He  was  one  of  the 
committee  of  eight  to  whom  wan  entrusted 
the  consolidation  uf  the  several  railways  of 
the  State  of  New  Vork,  which  form  now  the 
New  York  central  line  and  which  were 
merged  into  a  single  corporation.  In  the 
winter  of  1801,  Mr.  Plumb  was  placed  by  a 
great  representative  meetin;^  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party  of  the  State  of  New  York  on  a 
committee  to  confer  with  the  slave  states  on 
the  Northern  border,  with  a  view  of  pre- 
venting, if  possible,  the  impending  conflict. 
Althougn  an  active  member  of  his  pnrty, 
Mr.  Plumb  neither  held  nor  sought  pubhc 
olHce  of  any  kind.  Mr.  Plumb  mamed,  m 
1649,  the  youngest  daughter  of  the  late 
Colonel  Samuel  Street,  of  Niagara  Falls, 
sister  of  the  late  Thomas  Clarke  Street, 
member  of  parliament  for  Welland.  She 
died  in  18t>8,  leaving  six  children.  The 
eldest,  Thomas  Street  Plumb,  took  a  high 
stand  at  Kugby,  graduated  with  honours  at 
Baliol,  Oxford,  and  was  called  to  the  bar 
from  the  Inner  Temple,  in  t87ti.  Ue  was 
a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  McCarthy, 
Hoflkln  &  Oaler,  Toronto.  He  died  early 
in  May,  1885,  having  attained  a  high  repu- 
tation in  hia  profession,  which  promised  him 
its  highest  honoura.  The  second  8<in.  Frede- 
rick, was  educated  at  Kugby,  and  Christ 
Church,  Oxford,  and  married  the  youngest 
diAfghter  of  the  late  Senator  Dickson,  of 
Niagara.  The  thinl  son,  Dnncaoi  waa  edu- 
cated at  Rugby,  and  is  the  manager  of  the 
Qlobe  Cattle  Com^Muiy  la  the  W^estem  ter- 


ritories.    Mr.    Plumb's  eldest  daughter 
married  to  Christopher  Robinson.  Esc|..Q.C. 
Toronto,   and   his  second   to  Mr.    C 
Rose,    Professor  of   Modern    I^ngu 
Hobart  College,  N.Y,    His  yonnge»»t 
ter   ia  living  at  home.     Mr.   Plumb's 
entrance  into  public  life  wsa  at  the  genenl 
election  in  January,  1874,  when,  with  groal 
reluctance,    he   accepted    the   Conservatirs 
nomination  for  Niagara,  upon  a  ret|tutitioiL 
signed  by  a  majority  of  the  voten*  of 
constituency.   He  was  elected,  but  unseated, 
and  re-elected  by  a  far  larger  majority  or- 
lus    opponent.       In    this    parliaineut    Mr. 
Plumb's  great  political  and  tinancial  abiU 
ties  were  speedily  disclosed,  and  he  was  r^ 
garded  as  a  very  able  and  rising  menilier 
the  House  of  Commons.     In  the  eleotonj'' 
campaigns  of  1B77-78   he  accompanied  tiw 
Hon.  Sir  John  A.  MacdonaJd,  at  hia  reqaflft, 
through  Ontario  and  the  Eastern  Townships 
of  Quebec,  where  he  distinguiahed  himself 
as  a  brilliant  and  powerful  advocate  of  the 
policy  of  ])Totection  for  Canadian  industries 
and   of  the  Canadian   Pacific   Railway,  the 
two  questions  to  be  submitted  to  the  new 
parliament.     The  elections  of  1878  wore  a 
great  triumph  for  the  Ctjusorvative  party 
although  it  happened  that  btith  Sir  John 
and  Mr.  Plumb  were  defeated.   Mr.  Plum' 
however,  on  petition,  obtained  his  seat  f 
Niagara,  and   his   opponent,  Mr.    Hughes 
was  unseated  and  disqualified.    In  that  par 
liament  Mr.  Plumb  took  a  prominent 
in  the  debates  and  busiuosa  of  the  hous 
He  was  chairman  of  the  special  committ 
on   the  Hon.  Mr.  Mackenzie's  railway  oo 
tmotB  between  Fort  William  and  Red  Kiv 
In  1880,  Sir  Leonard  Tilley  having  made  thi 
budget  speech,  he  was  selected  to  reply 
Sir    Richard    Cartwright,    in    place  of   Si 
Charles  Tupper,  who  was  prostrated  by  il 
ness.      In  the  bill  for  readjusting  the  oo: 
Btituencids,  in  1882,  Niagara  and  Com 
were  mer^^ed  in  their  respective  counties 
Lincoln  and  Stomiont.    Mr.  Plumb  was, 
that  measure,  deprived  of  his  old  seat  f 
Niagara.     The  local  candidate  haviug    wn- 
expectedly  resigned  in  North  Wellington 
Mr.  Plumb  was  nominated  for  that  rid 
and  defeated  by  twenty  majority.      His  u 
fulness  was  too  great  to  admit  of  bis  reti 
moiit  from  public  life,    lie  was  «lled  XA^  th 
Senate  prior  to  the  meeting  of  the  new 
liament,  in  Jauuary,  18S3,  and  tu'  ' 
as  a  member  of  that  body.     Asa 
wasdistinguikhod  by  his  urbanity  ami  ju'iicini 
rectitude  upon  all  the  questions  that 
before  the  house,  and  made  several  exhai: 
tive  speeches  which  are  not  easily  to  be  i 


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CANADIAN  BlOORAtUY. 


One  tipon  the  Canadian  Norlh-West, 
king  o^juiparative  BtatisClc*  in  ree;ard 
twlh  and  productiona  of  the  Weat- 
vith  the  dimato,  aoil,  and  other 
litiea  of  our  groat  territory.  Ho  spoke 
on  t-he  Dominion  financea  and  upon  tho 
bill  of  1884.  One  of  hie  bt«t  etTorU 
hia  speech  upon  the  Senate,  in  l^H^s 
•iMUyaia  of  the  ooDslitution  and  compo- 
t4  that  body.  Hia  apeech  upon  the 
Franchiae,  at  the  oloae  of  the  seaaion 
el  1883,  waa  moat  able  and  convincing:.  In 
thai  apeech  Mr.  Plumb  ahoved  an  amount 
of  knowledge  of  Indian  hifltory,  and  of  the 
cbaraeier  and  preaent  condition  of  that  in- 
icff eating  people  which  prufesuad  studenti 
4ftTe  rarely  attained.     Mr.   Plurab  warmly 

IconriDcingly  advocated  the  clatma  of  the 
led  Indians  to  the  electoral  franchise, 
few  will  now  dispute  the  justice  of  con- 
Uig  UfKfU  theae  people,  who  are  among 
oUlest  sabjecta  of  the  Crown  in  North 
the  civil  and  political  status  of 
of  our  Dominion.  In  poUtica  Mr. 
Phlmb  is  a  Conservative,  loyal  to  the  Km- 
ptfft  and  to  the  Dominion,  lie  is  one  of 
ibo«e  far-aeeing  stateamen  who  look  for- 
^■M^  *rith  hope  to  a  cloaer  bond  of  union 
^Bireen  the  mighty  and  ever-growing  king- 
VHna,  dominions,  provincea,  prindpalities 
ftod  power*  which  compose  the  gigantic 
Briiiah  empire.  This  brief  memoir  has  so 
far  only  touched  the  public  «nd  political 
■jtwer  of  Uie  Hon.  Mr.  Plumb.  There  is 
talbther  side  of  his  character  known  in  its 
^^i^Aa  only  to  his  intimate  friends,  who 
«^e  oft«n  to  regret  that  the  exigencies  of 
pvblio  life  have  kept  out  of  the  arena  of 
Oiaadiau  literature  a  name  which  would 
|mt«  been  one  of  its  brightest  ornaments. 
Plumb  ia  aa  ready  and  acciunptished  a 
ir  lu  he  ia  a  speaker  and  debater.  The«e 
'|ualitic«.  which  rarvly  meet  in  theaame 
m,  an*  found  united  in  Mr.  Plumb  in 
ti,u.i  li,.  r-i***.  He  hits  written  much, 
kb:  :  y  liulu,  and  that  not  the 

h  -  fomiKiaitiuns.  An  original 

and   comprehensive    mind,    much    reading, 
Cl^f  wtt.  and  power  uf  uxpreasion,  infused 
^^^^Bfeto  literary  flavour,  mitke  Mr.  Plamb^a 
^^^^^pitjc^n  the  delight  of  those  privileged 
toabare  in  it.    One  faculty  Mr.  Plumb  piw- 
at—e s    in  a  d«;{roe  which  fuw   intut   are  en* 
dowed  with,  and  which  all  might  envy.      A 
,  OlCnwry    niarrelloui   for  its   retentivt^neaa, 
■M^Hptally  facile  iu  yielding  up  everything 
^^^^Hlinttt<fd  to  ita  keeping.     It  is  never 
^HBR^  but  alwara  open  tu  him   like  the 
\*i   a    printed  book.      Words   said    by 
treota,    peivona,   namee,    poetry, 


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prose,  facts  aud  6gure8,  never  vanish  from 
his  mind  as  they  do  in  time  from  most  men. 
Things  never  get  mixed,  and  never  refuse 
to  c:>me  promptly  to  hia  call  when  needed. 
One  of  the  olementa  of  Mr.  Plumb's  power 
in  parliament  is  the  readiness  and  exactness 
of  his  quotations  and  references  to  words 
and  opinions  expressed  by  his  opponenta. 
Bis  facte  and  tigurea  are  never  at  fault,  or 
inaccurate.  His  cleverest  opponenta,  aV 
though  they  may  dispute  his  opiiiiona,  have 
learned  that  there  is  no  confuting  hia  state- 
ments, or  challenging  his  facta  His  power 
of  bringing  order  out  of  confused  ciueationa, 
and  his  method  of  simplifying  complicited 
public  accoiinta,  are  the  admiration  of  hia 
fnenda,  and  made  him  one  of  the  moafc 
trusted  and  trustworthy  members  of  either 
House  of  Parliament.  Mr,  Plumb's  ora- 
tory is  of  a  hi^h  order,  well  fitted  for  great 
public  debates,  although  equally  cogent  and 
porsuaMve,  when  used  in  the  minor  discus- 
sions and  addresses  of  social  life.  His  lan- 
guage is  refined  and  copi'^u^,  ttowinn  freely 
and  naturally,  and  nsN'er  failing  to  ^rasp  the 
very  inmost  core  of  the  cjuestion  under  ex- 
amination. He  is  fltill  in  the  vigour  of  life 
and  power  of  intellect,  a  man  whom,  if  he 
be  spared,  the  country  will  learn  to  honour 
the  more  it  comc!(  to  know  him.  Mr.  Plumb 
ia  an  enlightened  and  liberal  mem1>er  of  the 
Church  of  Knglaud,  connection  with  which 
haa  been  inherited  by  him  from  a  long  line 
of  religious  anceators.  Hia  loyal  i^raud-uucle, 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Hubbard,  rector  of  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  before  and  during  the  revolu- 
tiiin,  for  more  than  half  a  century,  was  re- 
markable for  hia  firm  adhesion  to  his  duty. 
He  refused  to  discontinue  the  customary 
use  of  the  prayer  bo«>k  in  his  parish,  and 
in  spite  of  persecution  and  personal  danger 
ceased  not  to  pray  publicly  for  the  King 
during  the  whole  war.  Mr.  Plumb  has  for 
many  years  been  a  member  of  the  diocesan 
synods  of  the  church,  and  one  of  its  most 
efhcient  and  useful  memlMrs.  He  was,  in 
I88H,  one  of  the  represeutatives  of  the  ('ana* 
dian  synod  at  the  general  triennial  o^mven- 
tion  of  the  Episcopal  church  in  the  United 
States. 

Clarke,  Charles  rilzuilllAin*  Til- 
Bonburg,  Ontario,  waa  bom  at  Hnllinaaloe, 
0  Jiiiily  (lalway,  Ireland,  on  the  'Jljt-h  Supt., 
1831*.  His  father,  William  Clarke,  waa  coa- 
necte<l  with  the  Bank  of  Ireland  it  H.\llin- 
aaloe,  and  afterwards  lived  the  life  of  a  re- 
tired  gentleman  ;  but  in  1851  he  decided  to 
try  hill  fortune  in  Canada,  and  in  that  year 
took  pasan^fu  on  an  ocean  ship,  arriviug  in 
Turunto,  where  he  remained  till  his  death. 


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which  occurred  in  ld6l.  He  wa«  a  brother 
of  John  Clarke,  Ute  of  Waterford,  Ireland, 
but  now  an  official  of  Dublin  Castle.  The 
educational  training  of  the  subject  of  thia 
sketch  wa«  very  careful  ;  he  had,  at  first  a 
private  tutor  in  the  person  uf  Mr.  Mayuard, 
o(  the  Upper  Cimada  CoUeue,  an'l  after- 
wardi  attended  the  higher  schools.  When 
he  reached  his  sixteenth  year,  he  had  made 
up  his  mind  to  devote  his  life  to  law  ;  and 
aooordingly  entered  the  office  uf  Dii^gan  i& 
Bums,  Toronto,  where  he  remained  for  a 
period  of  two  years.  He  then  entered  the 
office  of  Cayleyj  Cameron,  A:  McMichael, 
Toronto,  and  later  on  be  went  with  Mr.  Van- 
koughnet,  where  he  concluded  his  studies. 
In  1802  he  was  called  to  the  bar,  and  ho 
at  once  established  on  office  at  Toronto, 
where  he  began  practice.  Very  soon  he  was 
satisfied  of  what  he  had  surmised  before, 
namely,  that  a  city  like  Toronto,  swarming 
with  young  practitioners,  and  having  so 
m&ny  men  of  established  and  eminent  re- 
pute, was  not  the  moAt  desirable  place  for 
a  beginner  who  has  ambition  to  be  at  the 
front.  It  was  not  that  Mr.  Clarke  uliirked 
the  contest  of  forcing  his  way  ihrouyh  the 
legal  throng  ;  but  he  knew  that  Black^tone 
huDself,  under  like  circumstances,  must 
neoesaarily  remain  fnr  a  considerable  period 
in  legal  obscurity.  He  removed  to  the  town 
of  Clinton^  and  eatablished  himself  there  ; 
and  in  that  place  he  continued  to  practice 
for  a  period  of  six  years.  At  the  expiry 
of  this  time,  he  went  back  again  to  Toronto, 
whore  he  remained  for  about  two  years  ;  and 
then,  after  careful  deliberation,  resolved 
to  establish  himself  at  Tilsonburg,  Oxford 
county,  where  he  has  remained  ever  sinc«. 
Hia  success  has  been  considerable ;  lor  he  ift 
now  one  of  the  foremoat  lawyera  of  that  town 
and  the  raaater  of  an  important  and  lucrative 
practice.  Mr.  Clarke  is  an  Oddfellow,  and 
likewia«  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen.  Uis  religious  faith  is  that 
of  the  Church  of  England.  He  niHrried  in 
Febniary,  1804,  Grace  Madora  Thompson, 
dauKhter  of  the  late  Joseph  Thomi>son,  of 
Milibrook,  Victoria,  Ontario  ;  and  by  this 
lady  has  a  fftmily  of  two  children.  Mr. 
Clarke  is  a  man  of  very  great  energy,  and 
he  likewise  has  the  repute  of  being  widely 
and  soundly  versed  in  the  law. 

ClHria,  CieorKeTlioiiia*,  SU  Thomas, 
Ontario,  was  boru  al  Kutfalu,  N.V.,  on  the 
2Ut  of  January,  1B48.  His  father,  John 
Claria,  was  the  eldest  son  of  Juhn  Claris,  of 
of  London,  England,  a  prominent  member 
the  London  Stock  Exchange,  who  waa  boru 
in  Canterbury,  England  ;  and  hia  mother, 


Jane  McLachlin,  eldest  daughter  of  Captain 
MoLachlin,  waa  bom  at  in  London,  Ontario. 
Mrs.  Claris,  senr.,  died  on  the  14th  of  April. 
1853,  and  Mr.  Claris,  seur.,  on  9th  October, 
1850.     This  worthy  couple  were  married  in 
Octobvr,  184o,  and  there   wss   an  issue  of 
two  children,  Jennie    Hoaina    and  George 
Thomas.      George  waa  left  an  orphan    at 
the  age  of  eight  years,  and  went  to  Itvu  with 
hia  uncle,  George  Thoroaa  Claris,  who  was 
appointed  by  will,  his  guardian  and  trustee. 
He  resided  at  St.  Thomas.  Ontario,  and  was 
treasurer  of  the  County  of  Elgin,  up  to  his 
death,    in  1873.       During   hia   Lifetime,  he 
waa  one  uf   the   most   prominent  tinaucial 
men   of    St.    Thomas,    and    was  connecte 
with  aeveral    important  public  and  priva 
enterprises  in  the  county.     George  Tho: 
Claris    received    a  careful    education  ; 
tirst  attending  the  common   schools  of  S 
Thomiis,  and  afterwards,  in  IHOCi,  gradual 
ing   at    the    (!rainmar  school  in  that  city; 
When  in  his  fifteenth  year  he  left  school 
and    now  felt   an   inclination    to    learn  th' 
wholesale   furnishing   business ;    and    wi 
this  end  in  view  set  out  for  Ctiicago.  whei 
he  entered  tho  wholesale  house  of  the  late 
lirm  uf  George  K.  Newman  &  Co.     He  left 
this  tinu  m  i860,  and  proceeding  to  Buffal 
entered  Jewett's  wholesale   boot  and  sh 
manufacturing    house,   as    assistant    boo 
keeper.      He  remained  in  Buffalo  till  18G' 
during   which    time   he   had  become  boo 
keeper,  and  afterwards  cashier  at  Jewett' 
enjoying   the   highest  record   of    the  h 
of    the    house,  and  of  all   with  whom  hit 
position  brought  him  into  contact.   In  1861). 
he  resolved  to  try  liis  own  fortune,  and  re- 
turned to  Chicago,  where  he  entered  into 
partnership  with  B.  Rogers,  in  gents*  fur^ 
nishings,  the  tirni  being  known  as  Claris  A 
Rogers.     The  undertaking  met  with  consid 
erable  success,  but  in   1871,  came  the  great 
tire,    and    their   eatablishmont   was     swe 
away.     After   the  lire,  ho  relumed  to    Suj 
Thomas,  where  he  engaged  in  private  bank- 
ing and    brokerage  ;  and    in    such  employ 
ment  he  has  continued  ever  since.  His  buai- 
iicsa  ia  now  of  large  proportions,  and  it  is 
establishod  solidly,  and  with  the  highest  r^- 
pute.     In  1872,  in  connection  with  Messrs. 
Wuldon  aud  Pendleton,  Mr.  Claria  erected 
the  Opera  House  Block,  in  St.  Thomas  ;  and 
in   the  foUowiug  year  bought    out    the   in 
terest  of  these  gentlemen  in   the  property. 
From   political  sides,  he   has  alwaya   hel' 
aloof  ;   and   in  religion  he    is,  and   alwftya 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Eng' 
land.   Ho  married,  in  1870,  Carrie  Augusta^ 
daughter   of  A.    G.    Smythe,  of    Loudan 


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o,  gorerament  immigration  ai^ent  ; 
h«a  a  family  of  two  childreD.  The 
J  of  Mr.  Claris,  it  may  be  said,  is  a 
•Jicient  ono.  They  originally  camo 
Cram  SwitxerlAnd,  and  one  ancestor  wu  a 
gDTcmor  of  »  proviuoQ  called  Glanis,  in 
that  co^uitry.  Glartis,  it  may  also  bo  stated, 
b  tba  old  DpvUiiijr  of  the  name.  From 
S«itc<erland  the  family  went  to  France,  bat 
dsfing  th«  peraecutions  of  the  Huguenots, 
fth«|'  dad  to  Eni;land.  Mr.  Claris  is  a 
fBfitUman  of  remarkable  energy,  and  his 
«ho«8  how  industrious  ho  was. 
Bcrkrr.  l..euniHU,  VVaterford. Ontario, 
b«tru  Ml  the  Village  of  Waterford,  Nor- 
(Xiuiity,  on  the  13th  August,  1H30.  His 
er.  Barton  Becker,  was  bom  in  the  State 
el  New  York  in  the  year  18U(».  When  he 
reached  his  tweitty-tifth  year  he  remore^l  to 
OuiAda,  settlint;  in  Watorfonl.  where  he  re- 
adftd  for  aeveral  yearei,  tlicreaftcr  moving  to 
tiM  rillage  of  Rockford.  in  which  pUoe  he 
•nsv^ed  in  milling  operations.  Ue  stayed 
at  V  '  *■  -1  Mjme  years,  but  returned  a^in 
!  d  and  resumed  miUint;  there.    In 

liyit.  ..^  ^:t^t{a|;ied  in  general  mercantile  pur- 
laita,  *nd  carried  on  an  extensive  business 
for  Dearly  twenty  years.  Our  suhject's 
motber  was  Harriet,  daughter  of  Morris 
SoTereign,  of  Waterford,  and  one  of  the 
earij  pioneers  of  that  place.  In  1802  Barton 
Becker  retired  from  the  business,  and  Lea- 
mAQ,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  assumed  (he 
management,  the  hrm  being  known  as  L. 
Becker  &  Go.  Mr.  Barton  Becker  is  now 
io  his  eighty-fifth  year,  but  is  in  p'issession 
of  ftU  his  faculties  ;  and  his  wife  is  hkewise 
living.  There  was  a  family  of  five  children  ; 
Leaman  being  the  fourth  member,  and  the 
only  ion  of  the  family.       We  shall  take  a 

relroBp   -'•—    ■' •  nt  his  career.     He  r©- 

ooive'i  I  education,  concluding 

liiastuw^n.  :..i...  L  oUe^'e,  Ohm.  Me  like- 
wise Attended  Bryant  «&  Stratton's  Husinesa 
OoUege  ftt  Buffalo.  In  ISoH  he  left  schoul 
and  reiamed  to  Waterford,  where  he  cn- 
aa  a  clerk  in  the  establishment  of  his 
In  such  ORpaciiy  did  he  remain  till 
13Q3»  when  lie  bought  out  his  father's  in- 
Wrest,  and  entered  int4i  p&rtuership  with 
Mr.  tX  H.  Fi>ater.  In  1865,  however,  he 
booght  Mr.  Poster's  interest,  and  continued 
HM  BUUiagemeut  alone  until  1878,  when  he 
■nld  out,  and  reiimd  from  active  business. 
He  roeted  for  &▼•  year*,  and  then  opened 
a  banking  estAbliahmont  in  partnership 
with  L  H.  Slagbt,  with  the  lirm  name  of 
Lk  Bouker  dt  Co.  ;  and  the  partners  now 
transact  a  general  banking  btiamens,  which 
hm  grown  to  oousiderablc  importance,  and 


to  be  of  great  convenience  to  the  commu- 
nity. Mr.  Backer  is  a  Freemason,  and  has 
hold  the  highest  po-sitions  in  the  lodge.  No. 
11!),  Waterford.  Ho  also  has  been  a  member 
of  thei-irand  Lodge.  He  is  likewise  a  Work- 
man, and  is  master  of  the  Waterford  lodge ; 
is  a  Hoyal  Templar,  a  member  of  the  Canv 
dian  order  of  Home  C  rcle,  and  a  trustee  in 
the  Supreme  Lodge,  Home  circle.  He  has 
travelled  much,  having  visited  the  principal 
places  in  Canada,  the  United  Staten,  Great 
Britain  and  Europe.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  denomination.  Ho  married,  in  1864, 
Mary  F.,  daughter  of  Leonard  Sovereign. 
Mr.  Becker  has  not  given  a  great  deal  of 
attention  to  politics,  but  he  makes  choice  nf 
the  principles  of  the  Reform  party.  He  was 
a  shareholder  and  director  in  the  Waterfurd 
and  Simcoe  Road  Company  ;  and^as  one  of 
a  syndicate  of  five  which  purchased  the  road. 
He  remained  part  owner  till  the  sale  of  tlie 
same  to  the  munict  pah  ties  in  1884.  Mr. 
Becker  is  a  social  favourite ;  is  agreeable 
and  kindly  in  manners,  and  is  a  patron  and 
practiser  of  healthful  outdoor  sports.  H-s  is 
a  man  of  the  highest  integrity  of  character. 
Joy,  f^i'lranaii,  M.D.,  Tilsonburg,  Ont., 
was  bom  on  July  1th,  1.S.S3,  at  L'tica,  in  the 
State  of  New  York.  He  is  a  son  of  David 
Joy,  who  emigrated  fr<im  England  to  New 
York,  and  of  Theresa  Hodgkiss.  Dkvid  Joy 
owned  and  operated  the  Y'irk  ooltou  and 
woollen  mills  situated  uear  Utict.  After  re- 
tiring from  business,  ha  held  several  county 
offices  in  Jefferson.  He  died  in  18G1.  Mri. 
Joy  died  when  the  snbject  of  thia  sketch 
was  yet  a  child.  Srlvaniis  Joy  received  his 
preliminary  oducatmnal  iustruottoa  in  the 
common  schools  of  Jefferson  county.  When 
he  reached  hts  tenth  year,  he  went  to  La- 
fargeville  academy  where  he  remained  for  a 
period  of  two  years,  and  then  spent  a  year 
and  a  half  at  the  Black  River  Institute, 
Watertown,  New  York,  aAd  a  period  of  two 
and  a  half  yean  at  Union  College,  Schen- 
ectady. When  ho  reached  his  sixteenth 
year  he  resolved  tu  adopt  the  medical  pro- 
fession, and  in  preparation  for  that  end  at- 
tended the  tlniversity  of  New  Vork.  From 
this  institution  he  graduated  Bl.  O.  with 
honours  ;  after  which  he  officiated  at  Belle- 
vne  Hospital,  New  York,  for  two  and  a  halt 
years  as  house  sargeon.  In  1854  Dr.  Joy 
concluded  to  try  his  fortune  in  Canaila, 
and  in  that  year  ontcnvl  Queen's  College, 
Kini^ton,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1856. 
Since  tliat  time  the  suooesaes  which  he  baa 
achieved  in  his  profession  have  beon  many. 
He  has  been  for  twenty-five  years  ano- 
oiatti  coroner  of  the  County  of  Oxford ;  is 


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stair  aurgeon  of  the  Great  Western  Rail- 
way of  Cannda  ;  was  county  surgeon  for 
five  years.  In  I8S0,  he  conceived  the  idea 
that  B\igar  might  bo  manufactured  from 
anrghum,  j^n*uwu  in  thia  latitude,  feeling 
that  should  such  an  enterpcize  succeed, 
much  might  be  snved  to  the  Dorainiou, 
both  by  adding  a  new  industry  as  wvU  as 
iu  the  pnrchsse  money  paid  to  foreign  coun- 
tries. Ue  was  the  prime  mover  in  organiz- 
ing a  joint  stock  company  to  teat  the  feasi- 
bility of  the  undertaking ;  and  travelled 
over  a  considerable  portion  of  the  west  and 
Boaih  where  surghiim  and  the  su^r  cane 
is  grown,  to  gain  practical  iufuruiation  upon 
the  subject.  When  he  returned  homu  he 
completed  the  organization  of  thu  company, 
of  which  he  became  president,  and  expended 
§14,000,  in  the  purchase  of  the  latest  and 
best  approved  machinery.  The  first  year  bid 
fair  for  great  success,  but  failure  to  secure  a 
crop  the  succeeding  years,  on  account  of  cli- 
matic influences,  caused  an  entire  failure  uf 
the  m:heme.  In  18ti&  Dr.  Joy  iindert'iok  vine 
growing  and  propagating  for  wine  purposes  ; 
and  for  the  past  ten  years  has  cultivated 
about  twenty  acres  nf  grapes,  which  have 
yielded  an  annual  production  of  ten  thousand 
gallons  of  wine.  This  wine  was  awarded  a 
diploma  for  excellence  of  quality  at  the  last 
World's  fair  held  in  Paris,  France,  and 
has  become  familiar  and  favourably  known 
throughout  the  Province  of  Ontario.  Ho 
has  also  the  largest  apple  orchard  and 
general  fruit  farm  in  Ontario,  sittiated  about 
three  miles  from  Tilionburg,  where  pxton- 
sive  vaults  have  been  erected.  In  1855  Dr. 
Joy  became  a  Freemason  and  fur  several 
years  occupied  the  master's  chair  ;  and  sub- 
aequeiitly  he  associated  himself  with  the 
Koyal  Arch  Chapter  iu  Woodstock,  Ontario. 
His  travels  Imve  been  extensive,  and  include 
a  visit  to  leading  cities  in  England,  France 
and  other  portions  of  the  Continent.  From 
youth  up  he  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  England.  In  1855  he  married 
Miriam,  daughter  of  the  late  John  Mark 
CoUver,  of  the  township  of  Townscnd.  The 
issue  of  this  marriage  was  twu  daughters, 
one  born  in  April,  1857  and  the  other  in 
November,  1858,  The  eldeat  dispUycd  a 
great  talent  for  music,  wliioh  was  thorough- 
ly cuUivatt^d  under  the  best  masters  in 
America.  She  was  married  iu  Sejttember, 
1876,  to  Dr.  J.  T.  Moore,  who  is  now  one 
of  the  leading  physicians  in  Minneapolis, 
Minnesota.  He  holds  the  position  of  denn 
of  the  Minneapolis  College  of  PhysiuiaTis  and 
Surgeons,  also  of  the  Minnesota  Collage  of 
Phamuicy,  located  in  Miuueapolis ;  and  he 


occupies  the  chair  of  Theory  and  Practice  of 
Medicine  in  the  College  of  PhysiciaDs  and 
Surgeons.  He  was  likewise  one  of  the  pro- 
motera  and  orj^^aniReni  of  both  inatitutiotis. 
The  youngest  daughter,  Ida  Joy,  displayed  a 
very  marked  talent  for  pamtin!^  in  oil,  par- 
ticularly p'irtraiLs  :  and  who,  after  utiliKing 
all  the  but  instructive  talent  in  America, 
was  sent  to  Euri>[>e,  where  she  remained 
under  the  best  masters  for  nearly  eight 
years,  daring  which  time  she  distinguished 
herself  by  her  ability,  receiving  medals  for 
paintings  exhibited  at  five  of  the  groat  Salon 
exhibitiuns  in  Paris  and  at  Dragvi^nan  iu 
Southern  France,  and  at  Caen  in  Eastern 
Fraiic«j.  Fora  painting  at  the  Hoyal  Albert 
exhibition  in  London,  England,  she  alao 
received  another  medal.  Before  her  rGtiinit 
Inane  with  her  mother,  (who  remained  wil 
Miss  Joy  during  the  whole  time  of  h< 
absence,)  she  travelled  through  France,  and' 
visited  the  Belgian  Art  galleries,  and  thoM^ 
at  Venice,  Naples,  Florence  and  Kom4 
making  copies  from  several  of  the  moi 
celebrated  works  of  the  old  masters.  Sha 
has  but  recently  returned  to  Canada,  and  is 
beyond  question  one  of  the  moat  noted 
and  acomplished  artiata  in  America.  Since 
coming  to  Canada  Dr.  Joy's  life  baa  been 
spent  iu  the  County  of  Oxford  and  his  time 
chiefly  devoted  to  the  practice  of  medicine 
and  surgery.  Ue  Ims  acquired  a  provincial 
reputation,  and  one  uf  the  moat  exteusive 
practices  in  the  province,  having  patients 
constantly  in  charge  from  places  even  be- 
yond the  Dominion  of  Canada.  In  public 
Dr.  Joy  gives  his  adherence  to  the  Conserva- 
tive |)arty,  and  he  is  a  sturdy  and  eflective 
worker  fur  the  cause  iu  his  own  locality. 
He  is  the  verj*  embodiment  of  energy,  is 
learned  and  popular  in  his  profession  and 
altogether  a  man  of  broad  and  profossional 
sympathies. 

Kyati,  Peter,  Toronto,  Ontario,  waa 
born  at  Carlisle,  County  of  Cumberland, 
England,  on  the  'J3rd  August,  1843.  He  is 
a  son  of  Bernard  Ryan,  bom  on  October 
12th,  1812,  in  Ryan's  Town,  near  Newry, 
in  the  County  of  Duwn,  Ireland  ;  and  his 
ni'ither  was  Susannah  (Tait)  Ryan,  born  at 
Carlisle,  January  0th,  1619.  Mr.  Ryan's 
materual  {grandfather  was  an  o&icer  in  the 
Itifle  brigade,  and  fought  under  Wellington 
in  the  Peninsula  campaign  and  at  Waterloo. 
He  waa  Scotch,  and  a  sturdy  Wullingtonian 
tory.  Peter  Ryan  was  educated  at  the. 
Church  school  at  Carlisle,  and  at  a  privat 
school  in  Whitobam,  Cumberland.  Mi 
Ryan  has  no  military  record  ;  for  if  lie  had 
it  would  give  the  contradiction  to  his  con- 


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fib  DelieTM  in  the  abolition  of 
being   in   thia  respect  a    follower  of 
»pb  Sturge.     Ue  hu  taken  a  very  active 
part  in  mnnicipal  affairs  in  Toronto,  and  was 
alderman   for   St.  George's  ward  from   1879 
to  1833.     Id  addition   to  his  own  business 
lections,  ho  is  a  partner  in  the  Joseph 
II    Agricultural    WnrWa,    Oahawa,  and  a 
>Uen    merchant.      With    respeot  to  Mr. 
('a  political  oonvictions  wo  may  state  At 
"lat  ho  is  an    adrancod    radical  and  a 
ibrough    believer  in  the  soundness  of  free 
trade  and  din^L-t   taxation.     He  is  a  follower 
of  Edward  Uluke  in  the  Dominion   policy, 
and  a  follower  of  Oliver   Mowat  in  provin- 
cial [KiUtics,  and  a  pronounced  refoniier  uen- 
eraltj.      Mr.  Hyaa  has  travelled  extensively 
through  Orvat  Britain,  and  claims  to  know 
England  better  than  any  other  man  in  Can- 
ada,    Eie  is  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catho- 
lic church  ;    his  father  held  the  same  faith, 
.but    his    mother    was  an   adherent   of   the 
torch  of  Ga^lAnd.     He  married  at  Onus- 
fk,  L&nciMhire,  En^hind,  on  the  11th  July 
^Maruaret  McConnell.     He  left  school 
f,  and  engaged  in  the  horse  and  cattle 
listing  his  uncle,  who  was  a  Cum* 
'land  mountaineer  of  the  immense  stature 
*iA  six  feet  eight   inches.      He  subsequently 
travelled  thr"uy:h  England  as  an  auctioneer 
and  hardware  dealer  from   fair  to  fair,  and 
oxarket  to  market,  having  a  number  of  lar^e 
wagons  or   vans   lightwl  up  with  gas.     At 
the  feime  of  the  American  war,  he  made  a 
haadaome  fortune  running  the  blockade  on 
Glasgow  and  Liverpool  stesmers  ;  and  sub< 
loenily  did   business  on  the  Hull  line  of 
teamen,  owned  by   L.  C.    Kearson  A  Co., 
tt  the  (jreater  part  of  these  were  captured 
id  loat.   and  with    them  the  gains  of  our 
ibjrct's  early   yean.     He  came  out  of  the 
r>  about  £1000  worse  than  nothing, 
ti  otTered  a  settlement  by  his  cred- 
trs,  hi.-  refntwd  to  compound  and  ultimate- 
paid  all  his  debts  with  interest.     He  con- 
'tsated    West   Toronto   against  the   present 
member,   James   Beaty.  Q.C.,  who  was  at 
the  time  mayor  of  the  cily,  but  was  defttated 
by2dti  votca.    Since  that  time  he  hfis  oll'ered 
(or  no  parliamentary  position.     Mr.   Ryan 
ia  a  genileiuau  of  the  widest  and  most  pro- 
graasivu  id«uui.     Himnolf  a  R^jman  catholic, 
na   not  alone  a<;c<inls  the   riuht  r)f  private 
lent  in  rclii^ioiis  matters  to  others,  but 
raarls  the  dilTt:riirict>8  in  religions  form  as 
ilwarks  of  rtrli^ioua  and  political   liberty. 
le  has  t>ecn  a  life-long  abstainer,  and  was 
le  brst  moiiiber  of  the  city  council  to  in- 
the   bill  for  the  separation  of  the 
and  li<|Our  trade  which  became  law 


the  year  after.  He  ia  one  of  the  vioo- presi- 
dents of  the  Reform  ARSociation  of  Toronto, 
an«i  is  one  of  the  readiest  and  must  power- 
ful platform  orators  to  be  found  in  the  whole 
ranks  of  the  bibenil  party.  During  election 
time  his  services  are  in  high  demand,  and 
the  sledge-hammer  work  usually  falls  to 
his  share.  He  is  unquestionably  a  forcible 
speaker;  and  has  thnt  trick  of  gesture 
which  none  but  the  bom  orator  ever  re- 
veal?. \Vhen  delivering  a  phrase  or  au 
epithet,  Mr.  Ryan  has  the  art  of  sometimes 
seeming  to  throw  physical  weight  into  his 
oratoiicat  blow,  doing  this  by  a  sudden  sway 
of  his  body,  or  swing  of  his  arm,  Ho  ia 
highly  endowed  with  the  quality  of  being 
ble  to  think  on  his  legs,  and  when  he  ia 
sometimes  wrought  to  a  high  pitch,  dennn- 
ciation  or  contention  comes  from  him  like 
a  torrent  of  tire.  He  is  a  man  with  n  clean 
escutcheon,  with  splendid  abilities,  and  ia 
pretty  certain  to  be  heard  from  some  day  in 
high  pidttical  i^uarters. 

Innea,  James,  Editor  and  Publisher  of 
the  Guelph  Mercury,  M.P.  for  South  Wel- 
lington, was  bom  in  Huntly,  Aberdeen- 
shire, Sc<»tland,  on  the  1st  February,  1833. 
After  leaving  school,  he  a<lopted  the  profes- 
sion of  school  teacher,  and  suooessfully  de- 
voted himself  to  the  work  in  Scotland  for 
five  years.  In  1853  he  left  his  mother 
country,  and  came  to  Canadft,  and  adopted 
journalism.  He  began  his  career  in  the 
QUiht  office,  Toronto,  and  was  afterwards 
engaged  on  the  Buntu-r^  Hamilton,  now  the 
Tim«s,  and  on  the  OUouUtj  Toronto.  In 
1801  he  went  to  Guelph  to  edit  the  Adoer- 
ttMr^  and  the  folloviDg  year  took  charge 
of  the  Aferctiry,  and  has  edited  and  pub- 
lished this  paper  ever  since.  This  journal, 
it  is  almost  needless  to  say.  has  a  high 
standing  among  the  Refornt  papers  of  O 
tario.  At  the  last  general  election  Mr. 
Innes  was  returned  by  the  Reformers  of 
South  Wellineton  as  their  representative  in 
the  House  of  Commons,  and  there  is  no 
member  in  that  house  who  tries  more  to  ad- 
vanoe  the  interests  of  his  oonatituenta  than 
he  does.  Mr.  lunes  was  for  seventeen  years 
a  school  truitee.  and  was  for  some  time  chair- 
man of  the  Guelph  Board  of  Eduoatiou,  and 
also  takes  an  interest  in  many  public  en- 
terprises. Mr  Innes  married  in  London^ 
England,  September.  1873,  Helen  Gorrard, 
widow  of  Jonathan  Date,  planter,  Granada, 
West  Indies,  aUo  a  native  of  Aber<leenshire ; 
and  if  any  of  Mr.  Innes'  old  friends  should 
visit  his  comfortable  home  in  the  City  of 
Quelph  they  are  sure  to  receive  a  true  High- 
land welcome. 


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A  cyclofjSdja  of 


Hale,  llornlio,  Clinton,  Ontario,  i^  a 
native  of  the  United  St&tce,  vho  haa  been 
long  renident  in  Canada.  Ho  is  a  lawyer, 
but  IB  chiefly  known  in  buth  counlries  oa  a 
writer  on  ecieuiiGc  aubjects.  The  fultuwiug 
acoi'Dnt  of  hia  earlier  life,  before  hia  remov- 
al to  Canada,  ia  coudensed,  with  sonie  alight 
alterations,  from  the  sketch  in  Dr.  Allibone'a 
'^Critical  Dictiouaryof  English  and  Ameri- 
can Authors,"  puhliahedin  1859: — **  He  is  a 
son  of  the  distinguished  authoress,  Mrs. 
Sarah  J.  Hale,  and  of  the  late  David  Hale, 
a  leading  lawyer  of  Newport,  K.  H,  He 
graduated  at  Harvard  in  1837,  where  he 
was  BO  highly  dintinguished  for  his  nptitude 
in  the  acquisition  of  languages,  that  whilst 
still  an  undergraduate  he  was  selected  1o  till 
the  poet  of  phllologlat  to  the  United  States 
exploring  expedition,  commanded  by  Captain 
Wilkes.  The  result  of  his  learned  investi- 
gations will  be  found  iu  vol.  vii., — '  Ethnog- 
raphy and  Pjiilology/ — of  the  series  of 
works  which  compose  the  history  of  that 
noble  enterprise.  Mr.  Hale's  intelligent 
laboura  have  elieitfd  warm  commendation 
from  highly  respectable  authorities,  both  at 
home  and  abroad.*'  The  distinguished  Kng- 
lish  philologist.  Dr.  Latham,  in  bis  recent 
work  on  the  "Natural  History  and  Varieties 
of  Man,'*  remarks  that  Mr.  Haloes  work  con- 
tains '^  the  greatest  mass  of  philological  data 
ever  accumulated  by  a  single  inquirer.'  The 
following  lines  fmm  the  J  »wrican  Joun\al 
of  Science  give  perhaps  as  good  an  account 
of  thia  great  work  an  could  be  conveyed  in  a 
brief  description: — "The  first  225  pagea  are 
devoted  to  eCluiography,  or  an  account  of 
the  custonu,  religion  and  civil  polity,  and  ori- 
gin of  the  uatives  of  tlie  several  countries 
and  islands  visited  by  the  exijeditioii.  The 
remaining  440  pa^es  comprise  the  philology 
of  the  same  regions.  The  vanr^us  dialects 
of  Polynesia  are  treated  of  under  the  general 
head  of  a  comparative  grammar  of  Polynesia, 
followed  by  a  Polynesian  lexicon.  The  lan- 
guages of  the  Feejec  Islands,  the  Kingsroills. 
Kotuma,  .Australia,  and  the  northwest  coast 
of  AraericB,  and  some  dialects  of  Patiigonia 
and  tSouthern  Afiica  come  next  under  con- 
sideration. We  feel  assured  that  a  glance 
at  the  work  will  excite  aurprise  in  all  at  the 
amount  of  information  collected,  and  pleas- 
ure at  the  aysteiu  and  ]>crspicuity  with 
which  the  whole  is  presented."  After  the 
completion  of  this  work,  Mr,  Hale  visited 
Europe  and  otb  er  portions  of  the  eastern  con- 
tinent, and  on  his  return  was  admitted  to 
the  bar.  He  is  now  enf(age<l  in  the  duties 
of  his  profession,  but  occasionally  linds  time 
to  contribute  an  essay  on  hia  favourite  theme 


to  some  periodical  in  this  country,  or  m 
Great  Britain.*  To  the  foregoing  sketch 
may  be  added  some  omitted  datea  and  other 
pnrticulara.  Mr.  Hale  was  bom  on  May  3, 
1817(  iu  Newport,  N.B.,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  Cliicago  in  1355.  He  married 
iu  the  previous  year,  in  Jersey  City,  Mar- 
garet Pugh,  daughter  of  the  late  Wm.  Pugh, 
£bc].,  J. p.,  of  Goderich  township,  in  the 
county  of  Huron,  Canada  Weat.  Mr.  Pngh 
was  of  Kngliah  birth,  and  was  one  of  llie 
earliest  settlers  in  that  county,  where  he 
purchased  a  considerable  tract  of  land 
Wearying  of  the  hardships  of  an  emigrant's 
life,  he  removed,  with  hia  family,  in  1837, 
to  the  United  States,  where  he  soon  after* 
wards  died.  In  165f>,  the  land  which  ha 
had  purchased  in  Canada  had  become  vala 
able  by  the  progress  of  settlement,  and,  at 
the  rtquest  of  the  heirs  in  England  and 
the  United  States,  Mr.  Hale  oaaumed  the 
charge  of  it.  He  finally  took  up  his  resi- 
dence on  the  estate,  which  is  now  included 
within  the  limits  of  the  flounshiuf;  town  of 
Clinton.  He  haa  since  devoted  hia  tima 
partly  to  professional  pursnits,  and  partly  to 
scientific  investigations,  chiefly  in  longnogei 
and  in  that  attractive  snd  important  study 
of  recent  growth,  known  as  anthropology,  or 
the  "science  of  man."  In  the  course  of  theee 
inquiries  he  has  visited  various  Indian  tribe* 
in  Canada  and  the  United  States,  and  has 
carried  on  an  extensive  correspondence. 
The  results  of  his  researches  have  appeared 
in  the  tranaactifms  of  learned  societies  and  in 
some  separate  publications.  The  moat  im- 
portant of  these  is  an  octavo  volume,  entit- 
led "The  Iroquois  Book  of  Ritee,*'  which  ap 
peared  in  1883,  in  the  "Library  of  Abori- 
ginal American  Literature,"  edited  by  the 
distioguished  ethnologist.  Dr.  D.  G.  Brintuo 
of  Philadelphia.  The  basis  of  thia  work 
a  curious  manuscript — or  rather  two  mana- 
scripts— in  the  Mohawk  and  Onondaga  di«- 
lects,  relating  to  the  origin,  laws  and  cere- 
monial usages  of  tlie  Iro^iuois  confederacy. 
These  manuscrii>ts,  whose  composition  daCet 
from  the  last  centurv,  were  discovered  and 
translated  by  Mr.  Hide,  who  has  prefaced 
hia  version  with  a  full  account  of  the  Imquoia 
people.  The  eminent  historian,  Dr.  J.  G. 
Shea,  says  of  this  work  :  "  It  iaaphiloaoph- 
ical  and  masterly  treatise  on  the  Iroquois  lea- 
gue and  the  cg^nate  tribes,  their  relations, 
language,  mental  charucteristica  and  policy, 
such  as  we  have  never  had  of  any  nation 
this  continent"  Adescriptiun  of  the*'Tutelo 
Tribe  and  Language,"  published  originally  in 
theTransactionsof  the  American  Philosophi- 
cal Society  of  Phil:ulelphia,  in  March, 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


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ttVM  tti«  intereatiu^  and  really  romantic 
ioatory  of  *  atnall  tnbe  of  Indians,  who  for- 
merly raaided  in  Virginia  and  North  Caro- 
luus  1^^  thence  rai^p-ait^d  northward, 
through  Pennsylvania  and  New  York  to  Oa- 
nada«  where  the  lattsurrivors  were  found  by 
Mr.  HaJe,  and,  to  the  anrprise  of  ethnologista, 
were  provefl,  by  their  language,  to  be  oon- 
oootaa  with  the  D<ilcotiL«  of  the  far  west.  In 
L8S2,  Mr.  Uale,  as  aniember  of  a  committee 
of  the  American  AsaociaLion  for  the  Advance- 
meot  o(  Science,  which  met  in  that  year  at 
Mootreal,  to^ik  pan  in  or^^anizing  the  tirat 
aoaetitig  of  the  section  of  Aiithropoloj^  in 
that  aaaodation  ;  and,  somewhat  remark- 
ably, two  years  later,  in  the  same  city,  he 
vaa  one  of  the  committee  of  the  British 
Aaaociation,  which  orijanized  the  tirat  meet- 
iaji  of  the  like  section  in  that  world-renown- 
•Q  aodety, — an  eridence  both  of  the  reoent 


cue  and  progress  of   this  branch  of  science, 
Mbd  of  ihe  position  held  by  Mr.  Haleamon^ 
Ha   eultiralon.     A  report   by  him  on  the 
Blackfoot  tribes  was  read  at  the  last  meet- 
iag  of  tha  British    AMociation,  held  in  Ab- 
ovaeen,   in  September,    1885.     He  is  now, 
0^86),  one  of  the  rioe-presi dents  of  the  Am- 
erican  Association^   and    president    of    its 
Anthropotogical  section.     He  is  a  member 
of   many    learned    societies    beiidos   those 
already   named, — including  ihe    Anthropo- 
logical Institute  of  Great  Britain,  the  An- 
thropological  S<jciety   of   Washington,    the 
Pannsylvania  Hist<jrical    Society,  the  New 
Sogland  Historic- genealogical  Society,  the 
Baffislo   Historical   Society,   etc.      He   has 
boon  a  freqaent  contributor  to  periodicata 
in  tha   United   States,  Great  Britain,  and 
Canada,  on   scientific   and    literary   topics, 
and  has  taken  particular  iuterest  in  eduoa- 
matters.      Through    his   efl'orts    the 
•n  High  School  and  the  Clinton  Me- 
cbaaaas'  Institute  and   Library  Association 
wrn  mtabhahed,  and  he  was  for  many  years 
•(  the  High    School     board  and 
[  the  Institute.     While  holding 
1  'Hs  be  ifsvemuoh  time  to  corres- 
vtid    interviews  with  the  Ontario 
and  to    thu  circulation  of  peti- 
•'    legisUtiire,  which  resulted  in 
Ur^'iM    iiu^t-eased  public  gmnts  to  the  hiuh 
aohoii[s  and  mechanics*  institutes  through- 
ont  the  I'ronince,  and  in  legislation  which 
graatly  eahsnoed  their  ettioiency.     One  im- 
portant result  of  till'  !>• 'illation  thus  pro- 
motad  by  Mr.  M  ly  be  mentioned, 

was  tu  secure  th.  fi  of  female  pupils 

into  the  high  schools,  on  the  same  terms 
and  with  Urn  same  advantages  which  were 
aUoved  to  male  pupils, — a  privilege  which 


had  previously  been  denied  to  them.  Mr. 
Hale  has  also  taken  part  in  various  publio 
enterprises,  and,  in  especial,  was  chairman 
of  the  C4immittee  which  secured  the  niuans 
for  the  construction  of  the  London.  Huron 
and  Bruce  Railway — a  successful  work, 
which  has  added  largely  to  the  prosperity 
of  the  fertile  and  rapidly  improving  district 
through  which  it  passes. 

Thompson,  John,  Tilsonburg,  On- 
tario«  was  born  in  the  town  of  Wii^ton,  Cum- 
berland, Enifland,  on  the  25th  June,  1S2I. 
He  is  a  aon  of  Isaac  Thompson  and  Mary 
PapQ.  Mr.  Thompson  was  a  farmer  in  Eng- 
land, and  cultivated  the  same  farm  for 
many  years  ;  but  in  later  life  l>ecame  the 
keeper  of  an  hotel.  He  died  in  1858,  leav- 
ing a  family  of  hve  children.  The  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  the  only  son.  He  received  a 
or>mmon  school  education  at  Wigton,  Ena- 
land  ;  but  when  he  reached  his  thtrteentk 
year,  he  was  apprenticed  to  George  Stud- 
holme,  harness-maker.  In  1$40,  having 
finished  his  apprenticeship,  he  began  to 
work  as  a  journeyman  ;  but  in  1843,  being 
full  of  ambition,  opened  an  establishment 
of  his  own.  After  a  time  he  removed  to 
Brampton,  England,  but  the  road  to  fortune 
here  was  slow  ;  and  lured  by  the  fair  reporta 
that  now  and  again  reached  his  can  from 
the  colonies,  he  set  sail  for  Canada,  arriv- 
ing in  due  time  in  Hamilton.  He  worked 
for  a  short  period  as  a  journeyman,  but 
during  the  following  year  began  business  for 
himself  in  Tilaonburg  as  a  harness-maker. 
He  has  continued  ever  since  in  the  oocn* 
pation,  and  his  industry,  his  patience,  his 
coaraffo  in  the  face  of  the  most  circum- 
scribing diflicuhies.  have  won  for  him  ample 
snooesa.  He  might  well  retire  now  from 
business,  and  spend  the  remainder  of  hia 
life  upon  his  creditably  won  cains  ;  but  ha 
is  too  active  to  be  still.  He  hiu  seen  many 
nps  snd  downs  in  his  career,  and  one  in- 
stance  we  cannot  fttrbeor  relating,  vie,  that 
wheu  he  commenced  business  for  himself, 
his  entire  capital  consisted  of  tliirty-tbree 
dollars  in  cash.  an<l  three  sides  of  harness 
leather.  But  what  a  capital  of  pluck  tha 
man  must  have  had  !  He  servwi  for  four 
years  in  the  volunteer  survice  in  England. 
In  1867*  he  was  elected  a  WL-mher  of  the 
■chcHtl  board  for  the  town  of  Tilsonburg ; 
and  this  ufHcs  he  held  for  nineteen  yean. 
In  1874  he  was  elected  councilman  fur  the 
ssnio  town,  and  has  served  in  this  oapaoity 
for  elevtm  yuars,  and  wa«  four  years  in  the 
county  council.  In  1885,  he  was  elected 
reeve  of  the  town.  Being  a  man  of  a  large 
public  spirit,  he  hsa  boon  actively  oonneoted 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


vith  a  number  of  public  enterprise*.  He 
has  been  a  Fre«inasun  for  twenty  years,  and 
has  held  several  otHoes  in  King  H  iram 
lodee,  No.  78,  Tilaonburjf.  When  in  Eng- 
land he  was  ci-nnccted  with  the  ManchoBter 
Unity  Oddfellows.  In  political  qiicBtiona 
Mr.  Thorapsfjn  has  always  taken  a  det*p  in- 
terest, and  he  gives  his  siuadfast  allegiance 
to  the  principles  of  the  Liberol-ConserTatire 
party.  In  reU(;ion,  he  is  a  staunch  adhe- 
rent of  thw  Church  of  En^^land.  He  married, 
on  the  25th  March,  1848,  Mar^ret,  young- 
est daughter  of  the  late  Wtllium  Miller,  of 
Wigton,  Cumberland,  and  grand  dau^^hter 
of  the  late  Isaac  Thiriwel),  ot  Grape  Kigg, 
Gumberland,  England.  There  has  been  nine 
childrou  by  (hia  uarriage.  Joseph  Thonip- 
Bou,  the  second  eldest  son,  assists  his  father 
in  the  management  of  the  business.  The 
late  John  Thompson,  the  younj^eat  son  of 
our  subject,  who  died  in  18S'J,  was  known 
through  the  country  as  a  singer  of  much 
power  and  culture.  Himaelf  and  his  brother 
were  in  the  h»bit  of  Uikln^  part  in  most  of 
the  local  concwrts  under  the  name  uf  the 
**  Thompson  Brothers."  Throughout  the 
neighbourhood  this  young  man  was  re- 
spected and  beloved,  and  his  early  death 
was  widely  and  decpl}'  mourned.  William 
Thompson,  the  oldest,  iseni^aged  in  carrriage 
trimming  in  Tilsonburg.  Joseph  Thompson, 
the  second  eldest  son,  in  1885  visited  his 
parent's  relatives  in  Europe,  travelhng 
through  Euxland,  Ireland,  and  Scotland. 
Meanwhile,  our  subject  continues  at  the 
head  of  his  business  enjoying  respect  and 
good  will. 

Hope,  William,  M.D..  Shenff  of  Hast- 
ings, who  was  Imrn  on  the  15th  January, 
1815,  near  Belfast^  in  County  Antrim, 
Ireland,  was  tike  son  of  John  Hope,  who 
was  married  to  Ann  Forsyth  of  the  same 
county.  Both  families,  as  the  names  in- 
dicate, were  originally  from  Scotland,  but 
they  bad  been  settled  in  Ireland  for  200 
years  before  this  century  began  ;  and  for 
several  generations  they  had  been  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  dne  Irish  linen.  In 
1822  John  Hope  came  from  Ireland  to  King- 
ston, Canada,  with  hia  family.  The  fact 
that  the  trip  from  Montreal  up  the  river 
occupied  three  wef*ks,  gives  one  a  glimpse 
of  the  state  of  things  in  this  country  in 
those  <lays.  Robert  Hope,  now  of  New- 
burg,  the  eldest  son  of  the  family,  went 
into  busineas  as  a  general  merchant  in  Bath, 
then  a  place  of  some  importance.  William 
was  clerk  for  him  for  some  years,  but  having 
decided  to  study  medicine,  he  went  to 
Kingston^  and  for  aome  time  had  the  ad  vant- 


age  of  attending  a   school  taught  by  Mrr 
Jeffers,    father  of    the  liev.   Dr.  Jeffers,  a 
man   whom    Dr.    H(»pe   recollects  as  beiog 
posaeaaed  of  much  of  the  intellectual  power* 
wtiich  has  since  distini^tiished  his  gifltui  son. 
Ho  completed  his  general  studies  at  the  King-j 
aton  Lirammar  school,  then  taught  by  a  Mr.] 
Baxter,    a    famous   teacher   of  those  day». 
under   whose  rod  moat   of  the  professional 
men    of  the   time  in   the  Midland    district 
passed  in  their  youth.     Vonng  Hope  then 
went  into  the  office  of  Dr.  Samson  of  Kin;:- 
Bton.     This   gentleman    had    a    reput^i'i    ' 
throughout  the    Upper    Province  for  »<•.    i. 
such  as  could  hardly  be  aci)uirod   in  i)i'-»« 
daya  by  any  medical  man.     He  had  CLXtm 
to  this  country  befuro  or  during  the  war, 
surgeon  to  the  104th,  and  on  the  removal 
that  regiment  from  this  country,  he  was  m- 
duced  to  resign  his  commission,  and  setti 
in  Kingston,  twelve  of  the  princi^ial  familif 
there  entering  into  a  rognl&r  contract  to  pa^ 
him  £25  each  a  year  for  his  life,  thus  seeuT' 
ing  him  an   annuity   of   £3C>U,  an    income 
which  was  very  much  augmented  by  his  ex- 
tensive general  practice.     Mr.  Hope  aludied 
and  saw  practice  with  him  for  several  yt 
attenditig  lectures  meanwhile  at  the  Unii 
sity  of   the  State  of  Xew  York,  where 
graduated   M.D.    in    January,   1838.      Ha 
took   out  hia  license   under    the    Medical 
Board  of    Upper   Canada   in  the  following 
ApriL     Dr  Hope  at  once  settled  in  Belle- 
ville, where  for  forty-three  yeara  ho  devoted 
himaelf   assiduously    Uy  the  practice  of  hia 
profession.    His  extensive,  and  in  the  earl 
days  of  bad  roads,  very  laborious  praoii( 
did  not,  however,  engross  his  whole  a1 
tion  :  everything  that  made  for  the  improve- 
raent  of  the  community,  had  not  only  hi» 
sympathy,  but  his  active  support.      He  was 
for  years   a  member   of   the  old    boarxl  uf 
police,  and  when  our  municipal  system  camo 
into   operation,   be  was    fur  a  long  ti 
member  of  the  town  council  ;  he 
in  18t>0,  when  the  Prince  of  Walea 
Canada,   and   lay   off  Belleville   on 
steamer  for   some  hours,    but,  for 
which  need  not  now  be  entered  upon,  did 
not  land.      Dr.   Hope  was  for  many  years  a 
school  trustee,  and  was  largely  instrumental 
in  introducing  the  free  school  system  into 
Belleville,  the  Brst  municipality  in  which  it 
was   eatablishod   in    Upper    Canada.      The 
writer  has  often  heard   Dr.    Hope  speak  of 
the  cordiality  with  which  he  and  the  preaeni 
minister  of  customs,  the   Hon.   M.  Bowell, 
worked    together    in    this   matter,     though 
in  matters  of  general  politics  they  were  aa 
far  apart  as  men  oouLd  be  under  our  Crett 


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CANADIAN  BIOORAPEY, 


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itotioa.  Dr.  Hopo  wu  Appoinfced  stir- 
BBoa  to  the  county  jail  by  tno  Quarter 
tuaiiiiim  when  thecouuty  waBfimteaUbliAh- 
ed  ;  h«  wm  U>o  surgef  >u  U>  the  De&f  ftuii 
Domb  Institute  from  iU  begiiiniiig ;'  he 
ht^d  both  tbftM  appointments  until  be  re- 
rigtiiftit  ibom  on  becoming  aberitf.  Ho  was 
itad  surgeon  in  the  second  batUHon  of 
militia  in  1B47.  The  wnt«r  holds 
ion  in  the  same  bloodless  corps, 
id  is  pn>ud  to  know  that  if  they  have  nerer 

l»d  ti>  victory,  they  have  never  suffered 
dalaat.  He  wsa  a  member  of  the  board  of 
«Sftnua«r«  of  the  Medical  Council  for  the 
TMrs  1^71  and  1B72  ;  and  his  professional 
oreUkrefi  elected  him  for  many  years  preai- 
dant  ol  the  BelleTille  Medical  Society,  on 
hoooar  which  he  resigned  into  their  hands, 
on  retiring  from  active  practice.  Dr.  Hope 
married  in  1M3.  Augusta,  only  daughter  uf 
tbelateSheriff  Spencvr,  of  Northumbtrland. 
Her  only  brother  is  George  B.  Spencer,  of 
Winnipet;,  who  organised  the  customs  ser- 
viOB  in  Mianitoba  and  the  North- West,  and 
laaaitDed  at  its  head  until  his  retirement 
from  active  service  a  few  months  ago.  Dr. 
Hope  was  a  member  of  the  Bible  Society 
from  its  first  oivanizalion  In  Belleville,  and 
haa  been  severai  times,  and  is  now  the 
pcvaident  of  that  branch.  He  early  reoog- 
niaed  the  unwisdom  of  the  drinking  usages 
d  those  days,  and  nearly  forty  years  a^o  be* 
came,  and  has  ever  since  been  a  pronounced 
tomperanoe  man.  One  familiar  only  with 
the  public  sentiment  of  to-day,  can  get  no 
joat  idea  of  the  moral  coura^'e  of  such  a 
ooone  at  that  time.  Dr.  Hope  was  all  his 
life  a  consistent  and  active  member  of  the 
Libtral  party  ;  he  clung  lu  itaud  fought  for 
it  in  every  vicissitude  of  its  fortunes  without 
hope  of  reward  or  regard  for  defeat,  and  it 
waaoateemod  by  his  feUow  citixens  of  every 
ahade  of  politics  as  a  graceful  recognition  of 
imseltish  devotion  to  principle,  when  he  was 
app^'intwl  by  Mr.  Mowat*s  government  in 
April,  IHHI,  sheriff  of  the  county,  in  which 
he  hfcl  live^i  lo  Inng  and  so  W'^rthily. 

Ueiid.  s\r  Cdniund  Walker,  was 
a  kmdred  of  the  impulsive  and  enthusiastic 
Sir  Fnoeis  Bond  Head,  who  came  in  for 
ae  mueh  oiticism  during  the  rebellion  of 
18S7-&  8ir  Edmund  was  born  at  the  Her- 
aitaca,  near  Rochester,  Kent,  in  ld05. 
Bis  faiUier  was  the  Reverend  Sir  John 
Head,  lf.A.,  seventh  baronet  and  perpetual 
of  Koerion,  in  Kent.  He  wsa  edu- 
ai  (Mel  College,  Oxford,  taking  a 
in  elaasioa.  Ue  also  became  a  f«l- 
Imr  of  Haraton  CoUe^.  Sir  Edmund  was 
by  narars  a  aCndent,  and  through  his  indus- 


try he  became  a  man  of  varied  knowledee, 
and  possessed  considerable  culture.  Ue 
studied  politics  much  as  he  studied  Supho- 
des  or  hydrostatics,  that  is  tu  s/iy,  accur- 
ately, logically, or,  better  still,  icieniilically. 
He  even  so  far  concerned  himselfabout  two 
words.  *'  shall"  and  **  will,"  na  t-i  write  ft 
book  upon  them.  This,  of  course,  the  writer 
does  not  cite  by  way  of  admiracion  :~a  man 
who  goes  aronnd  the  world  with  a  miorusoope 
in  his  hand  must  needs,  when  uiving  up  hia 
labours,  leave  a  large  portion  of  oreatioik 
that  he  has  not  sei*n  at  all.  A  German  pro- 
fessor devoted  hia  life  to  writing  alxjut  the 
tive  Cases,  and  his  greatest  regret,  when 
upon  hia  death-bed,  was  that  he  had  not 
cuutinod  himself  to  the  Nominative  cmo. 
An  article  wntteu  by  young  Head  in  the 
Foreign  Qwiricrly  Hfriew  attracted  the  at* 
tention  of  the  Marquis  of  Lausilowne.  who- 
suggested  to  the  clever  young  writer  that  he 
ought  to  study  ecclesiastical  law.  The  ad- 
vice was  accepted.  He  was  subset^uently 
appointed  to  an  assistant  poor-law  commia- 
sionership,  at  a  salary  of  £1,000  per  annum. 
His  odmiDistration  was  so  satisfactoTy  that 
he  wiis  soi^im  appointed  commiaiioner  at  a- 
doubled  salary.  In  183d,  upon  the  death 
of  hta  father,  he  succeeded  to  the  family 
title.  In  the  same  year  he  nuirried  Ann* 
Maria,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Philip  Yorke. 
In  lt^7,  he  was  appointed  lieutenant-gov- 
ernor of  New  Brunswick,  which  position  he- 
hold  till  1854,  when  ho  boc-amo  governor- 
general  of  British  North  America,  succeed* 
ing  Lord  Elgin.  He  was  nut  very  long  iis 
Canada  before  he  found  out  that  he  was  get- 
ting iitto  hot  water.  It  was  a  bone  of  fieroe 
stnfu  between  the  Conservatives,  under 
J<.>hn  A.  Maodun&ld,  Geurge  E.  Cartier,  and 
others,  and  the  Liberals,  led  by  that  uncom- 
promising and  powerful  reformer,  George 
Brown.  It  was  during  hia  administration 
that  oooarred  what  is  known  as  the  ''double- 
ahaffle.'*  He  would  not  bend  to  the  wisbaa 
of  George  Brown,  and  strove  bard  to  demol- 
ish the  contentions  of  that  leonine  reformer 
by  a  state  paper  which  is  one  of  the  cleverest 
among  the  minor  papers  that  we  have  in 
OanHdA.  Mr.  Drown  and  his  followers  at- 
tributed certain  unworthy  motives  to  th* 
governor-general,  because  he  wonld  not 
grant  a  dissolution  ;  and  it  was  even  aaid 
that  a  judge  of  thu  Iwucli  league<l  himS4*lf 
with  the  tories,  and  gaiued  p«nsossion  of  Sir 
Edmund's  ear.  Never  has  viceroy  been 
assailed  with  such  harsh  criticism  as  was  he. 
He  dieil  at  his  town  house  in  Raton  square, 
Liiodon,  on  the  28th  of  Januarjr,  1HC8.  By 
his  death  the  barouotey  beoame  axtinot 


378 


A  CrCLOP^DIA  OF 


Farrcr»  Edward,  Chief  Editorial 
Writer  of  the  atatf  of  the  Mail  newapnper, 
Toronto,  was  bom  near  Caatlebitr,  County 
of  M&70,  Ireland,  in  the  year  1860.  The 
name  in  Connaught  ia  generally  written 
**FarrBgher.''  Mr  Farrer  received  a  moat 
•careful  educational  training,  and  after  hav- 
ing paaaed  through  primary  iuatitutiona  en- 
tered Stoneyhurat  College,  England.  Hav- 
ing terminated  the  regular  course  here,  he 
proceeded  tri  Home,  where  he  completed 
his  education.  When  he  had  attained  hia 
twentieth  ^ear  (1870)  he  oame  to  Canada  ; 
waa  for  a  time  on  the  editorial  staff  of  the 
Daily  TeU^raph,  and  upon  the  eatabUah- 
ment  of  the  Toronto  -VmV,  in  1872,  joined 
the  editorial  atalf  of  that  paper.  He  re* 
mained  with  the  Mnil  tiU  1881,  when  he 
went  to  New  York,  engaginf^  there  aa  for- 
eign editor  of  the  IForU,  This  connection 
lasted  for  a  little  better  than  a  year,  when 
Btroniz  inducements  held  out  to  Mr.  Karrer 
prevailed  ;  and  he  proceeded  to  Winnipeg, 
remaining  there  for  two  years  aa  editor  of 
the  Timfs  newapaper.  In  the  fall  of  18H4, 
he  returned  to  the  AfaiZ,  Martin  J.  Oritfin, 
librarian  of  the  Parliamentary  library  of 
Canada,  being  then  chief  writer  of  the  edi- 
torial staff.  On  Mr.  Giiffiu's  retirement, 
Mr.  Farrer  took  the  leading  plaoe,  and  at 
the  preaent  time  occupies  that  position ; 
Chriatophur  W.  Bunting  bein^  the  managing 
director  of  the  paper.  Mr.  Farrer,  who  is 
a  very  finished  scholar,  has  made  much 
oarefnl  study  of  the  language  of  our  Indian 
tribea,  and  the  kindness  of  Archbiahop 
Tache  baa  opened  many  desirable  doors  to 
him  ia  this  direction.  We  are  promised, 
that,  should  Mr.  Farrer  find  time,  he  will 
some  day  put  the  result  of  his  reaearchea  in 
Indian  philoloj^  into  permanent  ahape.  It 
would  not  be  a  sketch  of  Mr.  Farrer  wliich 
failed  to  make  mention  of  hia  ability  aa  a 
writer,  and  the  individualities  of  his  style. 
We  may  at  once  get  at  the  main  point  of 
the  matter  by  saying  that  ho  is,  beyond 
question,  the  ablest  writer  connected 
with  the  political  press  of  Canada,  There 
is  not,  so  far  as  our  observation  goes, 
another  journalist  amongst  us  whose  judg- 
ment and  tact  can  at  all  times  be  relied  upon 
witli  auch  confidence  aa  his.  Although  hia 
writing  is  by  no  means  devoid  of  pasB*on 
and  tire,  tlieae  are  so  admirably  tempered, 
and  held  within  check,  that  the  skill  of  the 
onan  never  loses  ita  away.  As  for  hia  liter- 
ary style,  there  is  no  exaggeration  in  saying 
(that  it  ia  admirable;  and  it  is  a  cftuso  for 
'flurprise  tu  those  who  are  at  all  judges  of 
literary  matters,  how,  in  the  hurry  which 


his  poaition  must  neoessarily  impoM  o; 
hira  he  can  pay  auch  attention  t4i  hia  art. 
The  chief  characteriatics  of  Mr.  Farrer's 
aent<;pces  are  their  aheer  directneaa,  thitir 
absence  of  wordy  adornment,  thefitneaa  and 
nicely  judged  sptneaa  of  the  epithets  used, 
and  with  all  these  qualities  there  is  an  ex- 
quisite lightness  of  touch,  which  brings  the 
most  overwhelming  sentences  to  you  upcm 
tip-toe.  There  ia  a  sober  cadence,  a  serious- 
ness and  a  dij^ity  through  all  hia  serious 
subjects  ;  and  the  unobtrusive,  but  potent 
rhythmical  balance  of  his  sentences  id 
please  the  ear,  that  one  likes  to  linger  over 
his  periods.  It  has  been  Mr.  Farrer's  lo 
to  occupy  the  first  chair  of  the  Mail  duri 
more  than  one  important  oocasion,  V 
we  adopted  a  national  policy,  reform 
cried  out  that  such  a  measure  would  endan- 
ger British  connection.  To  our  subject  is 
attributed  the  retort  on  the  morning  fnllnw- 
ing,  "  Then  so  much  the  worse  for  British 
connection."  In  the  late  pitiable  outburst  'Oc- 
casioned by  the  execution  of  Louis  Kiel,  Mr, 
Farrer^s  pen  haa  been  used  in  auch  a  way  ia 
the  MaU  as  to  delight  every  conaervativi 
who  has  read,  and  in  win,  as  we  believe 
time  will  show,  many  a  reformer  to  tha 
ranks  of  conservatism.  The  article  headed, 
*'  A  Grave  Crisis  "  ie,  in  our  judgment,  th 
ablest,  the  justest,  and  the  moat  convincing, 
that  we  have  ever  read  iuu  Csnadiaa  news- 
paper. 

Wrifflit,  Rer.  Joel  Tombleaon, 
Rector,  St.  Janies^  Church,  St.  Mary's,  waa 
born  at  Upwell,  Isle  of  Ely,  England,  on  the 
16th  March,  1834.  Hia  mother  was  of  Hu- 
guenot descent,  and  for  acvoral  generations, 
the  family,  on  his  father's  side,  had  resided 
on  and  managed  their  own  estate  in  the  Isl 
of  Kly.  While  an  infant,  the  subject  of  ou: 
sketch  was  left  an  orphan,  and  at  an  early' 
age  waa  placed  in  the  care  of  the  Rev.  Robert 
I^ynoldaon,  of  Wisbeach,  Cambridgeshire 
England,  receiving  a  liberal  education.  The 
lad  remained  under  this  tutorship  for  nine 
years,  afterwards  residing  successively  in 
Norfolk,  Cambridge,  and  ICssex  connties, 
until  the  year  1855.  lie  then  came  to  Can- 
ada, repairing  to  Oxford  county,  Ontario, 
where,  while  under  the  pastoral  care  of  the 
Venerable  Archdeacon  Marsh,  he  ojncUided 
to  enter  the  ministry  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land, and,  after  due  study,  waa  admitted  to 
holy  orders  by  the  Right  Kev.  Benjamin 
Cronyn,  at  the  opening  of  Chriat  Church, 
Chatham,  Ontario,  iu  1801.  The  following 
year,  he  was  admitted  to  the  order  of  priest- 
hood by  the  same  bishop,  in  St.  Paul's 
Church,  London.       He  waa    incumbent   of 


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Wtrdarine  and  pUoM  A(lJAc«Dt  in  Middlesex 
eonsij,  for  over  eight  yean  ;  then  removed 
to  St.  lluyV,  Ontario,  beooming  the  rector 
olStk  Jamw'  church.  Tbiaputorate  he  still 
hotda,  and  has  held  fur  a  period  of  tifteen 
jvara.  iMiring  the  incumbency  of  his  first 
psrt«h,  h*«  t.xtk  part  in  the  erection  of  three 
^^rick  churches  st  Newbery,  Glencoe 
.  thwcll.  At  St.  M&ry's,  the  plain  but 
•oiid  stone  chnrch  underwent  alteration  and 
ntnoTatiou  at  a  cost  of  six  thousand  dullars, 
and  ranks  among  the  finest  in  the  diocese. 
Be  waspUtrititiin  the  celebrated  Chancery 
suit  of  Wright  i-j.  the  Synod  of  Huron,  in- 
stituted nn  b(>half  of  himself  and  the  other 
^Lirgy  of  the  dii.tcese.  The  action  vaa  for 
^H^  purpose  of  determining  the  nature  of 
^4n  CUrgy  Trust,  which  had  been  created 
bj  ih«  elergy  at  the  time  of  the  secularis- 
atioa  of  the  Clergy  lieserves  ;  and  to  obtain 
a  proper  construction  thereof,  as  to  the 
power  of  a  corporation  in  the  administra- 
tioD  of  a  trast  committed  to  it.  The  main 
points  were,  whether  the  synod  was  amen- 
able to  its  coostitution,  and  the  determina- 
fiieo  of  the  tenure  upon  which  the  clergy 
bald  the  appropriation  of  an  annuity  under 
tlie  Inut — whether  as  a  vested  right,  or  sub- 
ject to  the  same  being  diverted  by  the  trus- 
teea.  The  ioiportanoe  aud  magnitude  of  the 
caae  arose  from  the  circumstance,  that  all 
iaoofpotrated  societies  were  concerned  as  to 
t2M  power  they  possessed  in  the  administra- 
tion id  trust  fuuds  committed  to  them. 
Vio^-Chanoellor  Proudfoot,  in  the  Chancery 
court,  interpreted  the  trust  in  the  plaintitTs 
favour,  which  judgment  was  reversed  by  the 
Court  of  Appeal.  The  plaintiff  carried  the 
dear  to  tbt^  Supreme  Court,  and,  whilst  two 
of  ■  '  were  in    favour  of   the   Vico- 

Ch  >  'WO  were  in  favourof  sustaining 

Um  judgiuvut  of  the  Court  of  Appeal^  a  Bftb 
besag  d«J^itofi<r,  decided  against  the  plain - 
tiff.  Notice  was  then  ^iven  to  appeal  the 
oaae  to  the  judicul  committee  of  the  Priry 
Coeval  of  Kngiand,  and  for  this  purpose  an 
— nrlitliin  was  formed.  The  syuipatby, 
not  only  of  the  uiLMubers  of  the  Ku^tikh 
oborch,  out  of  all  Chrintian  bodies,  wua  iu 
CaTOur  of  the  plaintiff  on  the  ^mund  of 
•qaity.  The  oaao  was  commenced  in  1K8I, 
■Dd  reached  thefc^upreme  Court  in  Decem- 
ber. lt<84.  The  cireumfltatice  of  one  olergy- 
Oiaa  ofjntenduig  single-handed  a^nst  a 
■ynudical  hudy  for  so  long  a  time,  is  with- 
out precedent  in  the  annals  of  synoil- 
ioal  church  gnveniment.  The  case  is 
•till  »n«Caiu  tjtio.  In  the  year  1879,  Mr. 
Wcii^i  pabltehed  a  work  on  Consiitu- 
BOfYVBOMnt  aud  iaynod  legialation. 


which  received  wide  and  careful  attention. 
He  has  filled  the  oftice  of  t^rand  chaplain  i*y 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons, having  been  elected  at  Ottawa  in  1883, 
his  mother  lodge  being  Albion,  No.  SO,  O.  R« 
of  Canada.  Ue  lectured  and  preached  upon 
the  morality  of  Freemasonry  ;  and  u  sermon 
upon  "The  Hearing  Ear"  was  publuhed 
at  the  request  of  St.  James*  lodge,  No.  73, 
and  widely  circulated.  This  address  was 
a  defence  of  the  principles  of  the  order. 
He  was  married,  on  March  15th,  18tiO,  at 
Portlaud,  Maine,  U.S.,  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Burgess,  afterwards  bishop  of  the  diocese  of 
Qtiincj*,  Illinois,  to  Annie  Ind  Wells,  of  Ful- 
bfturn,  Cambridgeshire,  En^lutd,  a  mem- 
ber  of  the  family  of  the  well-knuwn  English 
brewers,  Iml.  Cope&  Co.,  Komford,  Euez, 
and  cousin  of  the  Kev.  James  Ind  Weldon, 
D.D.,  and  Rev.  Edward  lud  Weldou,  late 
head  master  of  Tnnbridge  school,  Kent, 
England,  the  former  subsequently  being 
rector  of  a  parish  in  the  County  of  Kent, 
and  canon  of  Canterbury  Cathedral.  Her 
brother,  John  Wells,  M.A.,  was  for  some 
time  head  roaster  of  the  High  school,  Alla- 
habad, India,  instituted  for  the  higher  edu- 
cation of  the  Bona  of  native  gentlemen,  and 
under  the  direction  of  the  Calcutta  Diocesan 
Chnrch  Society.  Tlie  family  consist  of  three 
children,  two  dsughters  and  a  son.  Mr. 
Wright,  it  only  has  to  be  said  in  conclusion, 
is  a  gentleman  of  extensive  and  varied  read- 
ing ;  he  is  a  sound  scholsr,  a  close  rcaaoner, 
a  good  platform  speaker,  and  an  efftMiive 
preacher.  Ho  is  soundly  orthodox,  and  a 
faithful  adherent  of  the  Evangelical  school. 
He  is  popular  among  all  classes,  and  as  a 
gentleman  enjoys  high  esteem.  An  official 
of  the  Masonic  order,  he  receives  the  high 
regard  of  the  craft. 

Acorc,  Rlrhnrd  John,  of  the  firm 
of  Score  A  Sons,  Tailors  and  Furnishers, 
Toronto,  was  born  in  Toronto,  on  the  9lh 
of  March,  1842.  Ho  is  a  son  of  Hiohanl 
Score  and  Harriet  Curtiss.  The  subject  of 
this  sketch  pursued  the  first  portion  of  his 
educational  studies  in  the  Toronto  schools. 
After  leaving  the  (irammar  school,  he  at- 
tended the  Academy  at  the  old  town  of 
NiafTara,  conducted  by  the  Reverend  T.  D. 
Phillips.  After  completing  his  education, 
he  associated  himself  in  business  with  his 
father,  who  had  been  a  pioneer  in  trade 
during  the  days  when  Toronto  wsa  kn(»wn 
as  Muddy  York.  By  the  strictest  attention 
to  his  business,  and  by  a  very  marked  capa- 
city for  commercial  enterprise,  the  junior 
member  in  this  old-establiflhed  industry 
soceeded  in  spreading  the  business  of  the 


380 


A  CltCLOPMDlA  OF 


houae  through  all  the  provincea  uf  the  Do- 
znitiion,  tilt  At  this  moment  the  efttAbluh- 
ment  is  one  of  the  Inrj^eat  retail  importers 
of  fnmiBhingB  and  finewm>llena  in  the  coun- 
try. Mr.  Score  ia  a  gentleman  of  large 
public  apirit,  and  he  ia  a  member  of  the 
Toronto  Board  of  Trade.  Thoui{h  he  has 
never  apecially  identified  himself  with  the 
affaira  of  party,  he  ia  an  earnest,  stead- 
faat  Oonservative,  and  haa  frequently  de- 
clined nomination  for  a  place  on  the  school 
board  and  in  the  civic  cfjunciL  He  ha», 
however,  devoted  his  attention  largely  to 
Sunday-school  work,  and  he  has  for  the  last 
four  years  been  superintendent  of  the  Kim 
street  Methodist  Sunday-school,  one  of  the 
largest  achoola  in  Canada,  having  an  aver- 
age attendance  of  525  peraons.  He  is  alao 
one  of  the  board  of  managers  of  l^lm  street 
church.  Mr.  Score  married  ClarLsaa,  second 
daughter  of  Thomas  Metcalf,  one  of  our 
oldest  aud  most  worthy  citizens,  and  haa 
isaue  four  aons  and  two  daughters.  The 
two  eldest  sona  are  associated  in  buaineaa 
with  thf-ir  father. 

RoUlon,  William  II,,  Toronto,  was 
bom  in  the  i^ity  of  Toronw*,  on  Maroh  ^Tth, 
1841.  He  ia  a  son  of  William  Rolston  and 
Sarah  Jones.  His  parents  were  married 
in  1838,  at  Toronto.  William  Rolston,  sen- 
ior, learned  the  trade  of  cnrponter  and 
builder  in  L/>ngford,  Ireland,  in  which 
county  he  was  likewise  born.  In  1837,  he 
sailed  for  Canada,  landing  iu  Toronto,  and 
shortly  afterwarda  he  took  part  in  the  Mac- 
kenzie rebellion,  upon  the  loyalist  aide,  act- 
ing aa  an  ensign.  He,  with  his  brother 
John,  who  emigrated  vrith  him,  soon  found 
employment  with  the  firm  uf  John  Ritchie, 
builder,  and  at  this  business,  and  in  the 
aanie  firm,  the  two  continued  for  no  leaa 
than  nineteen  yeara.  During  the  South- 
em  rebellion,  they  crossed  over  to  the 
American  side  and  entered  into  the  employ 
of  the  War  department  in  building  pontoon 
bridges  for  the  Northern  army.  Immedi- 
ately upon  peace  being  proclaimed,  they  re- 
turned to  Toronto.  Our  subject's  father 
then  entered  into  partnership  with  bis 
brother,  John  Rolston,  in  a  small  carpenter 
and  jobbing  business,  and  remained  ao  until 
hia  death,  which  occurred  in  1870.  Mrs. 
Rolston  died  in  1858.  Young  i^lston,  our 
subject,  was  educated  in  the  City  of  Toronto, 
attending  che  Model  school  for  a  period. 
When  iu  hia  hfteenth  year,  he  was  set  to 
learn  the  trade  of  mason  and  bricklayer,  in 
the  employ  of  VVorthington  Bros.,  and  he 
was  employed  in  the  building  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Toronto.        In  1863,    master    of  his 


trade,  he  left  Toronto  aud  went   to  Barrie^j 
as  contractor    for  the  building   of  the  resi^ 
donee  of  Dalton  McCarthy,  M.P.  When  Mr. 
Rolston  was  in  Barrio,  being  an   expert 
sotting    boilers,  he    waa  engaged    by     W, 
£.    Dodge    &    Co.,    WiUiamsport,    Penn. 
D.  S.,  to  set  the  boilers  in  their  mills  on  the 
Ma^anetawan  river,  north  shore  of  Georgian 
Bay.       After  his  arrival  at  the  bead  of  tb« 
Maganetawan,    it   took  him  seven  days 
snowahoea   to  reach  his  destination.     Fi 
this  we  loam  something  of  the  di&iouliiea 
bo  surmounted  by  contractors  in  thoaadayi 
and   the   energy   and    perseverance   neces- 
sary to    make    a    successful  life.       He  re- 
mained in  Darrie,  engaged  as  a  builder,  un- 
til   1878,    when    he  went  to  Butialo,  t.  S. 
While  in  this  city,  he  waa  in  the  employ  of 
the  municipality,  aa  inapector  of    Hird  av* 
enue  sewer.       In  1882,    he  left  Batialo  and 
returned  to  Canada.       He   then  accepted  a 
contract  from  John  Livingston,  forthe  erec- 
tion of   the  Holt  works  at   the  Uumber,  a 
suburb  of  Toronto,  and  heconcludud  the  con- 
tract in  1883.     He  was  employed  dunng 
foUowing   year   by  the  city  council  of  T( 
ronti>,  as  inspector  of  sewerv  ;  and  while 
held  this  position,  the  well-known  Gi 
creek    sewer    came  under  hia   supervisioo. 
Some  time  afterwards,  be  severed    his  cou~ 
nection  with  the  city,  aud  begun  for  himself 
aa  builder  and  contractor.      Mr.  Rolston  be- 
louga  to  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Work- 
men, to  the  Oddfellowa,  and  to  the  Sona  of 
Canada.     He  is  aecretary  of  Toronto    lodge, 
S.  O.  C,  Ku.  3.      In  hia  youth  he  att«nde<l 
the  Episcopal  church,  but  in  later  yoara  hia 
religious  sympathies  hare  led  him  into  Meth- 
odism.    Ho  ia  a  sturdy  Conservative  iu  p<d- 
itios,  and    haa   held   office  several  times  in 
local  associations.     He  married,  on  the  Ititb 
December,    18i>3,   Harriot    RosetUi    Holds- 
worth,    daughter  of    John    Holdsworth,  a 
resident  of  Barrie,  and  tme  of  the  oldest  and 
most  respected  residents  of  that  town. 

Calrnrd,  narc  Aniubie,  St.  Boniface. 
Manitoba,  was  bom  at  Varennes,  a  villago  fif- 
teen miles  distant  from  Montreal,  on  the  -0th 
of  April,  1822.  Ho  is  French  by  desc«ut, 
and  his  ancestors  were  farmers.  The  home* 
stead  whereon  he  was  br»m  still  exists,  and 
has  lasted  for  300  yeara.  His  grandfather 
lived  there  for  sixty-two  years,  and  hia  father 
for  aizty  years  a  married  life.  M.  A.  tiirard 
at  first  attended  the  pariah  acbi.K>l,  but  sut>- 
se4piently  entered  college  at  St,  Hyacinthe.- 
Wlxen  he  loft  Yareuuos,  in  1870,  he  was  cj 
tain  of  the  reserve  in  hi^  military  distrii 
Onoe  through  college  he  chose  as  a 
fession  the  law.     In  the  beginning  of  11 


CANADIAN  BIOORAPHY. 


3dl 


lae  dgned  uiiclof  of  clerkihip  with  the  lat« 
Honour«ble  M.  IacobIo,  a  notary,  practising 
«t  BouchervUIo,  aod  aiftarwards  a  senator 
of  th«  D.>minion.  In  Febrnary,  1844,  he 
waa  called  to  be  a  notary  of  Lowur  Canada, 
And  returning  to  Varennoa,  began  to  prao- 
lic«  hii  profearion,  continuing  to  dn  so  till 
Attguat,  1870.  During  these  twenty-six  years, 
be  filled  the  position  of  county  councillor, 
mayor  uf  Voreunes  village,  and  secretary- 
treasurer  nf  the  soh<x>l  board,  and  he  was 
in  poasession  of  all  these  offices  when  he 
left  hiB  native  place  for  Manitoba.  Ho  in- 
tiaocKl  $ir  George  Oartier  to  accept  the  re- 
finaentation  of  the  Coanty  of  Verchires,  in 
IM7,  and  accepting  this  advice,  the  great 
Canadian  statesman  was  elected  by  a  guod 
majuritv.  To  write  at  full  length  the 
biogmpliy  "f  M.  Girard  would  be  to  de- 
•eribe  the  condition  of  the  country  before, 
dimikK,  and  after  the  tirst  rebellion  un- 
dttr  Louis  Riel.  Aft«r  General  Wolosley^s 
croopB  had  frightened  the  rebels  out  of 
their  Btrr>Mghold.  the  Honourable  Adam  G. 
ArobibaM  was  invested  with  the  governor- 
ahip  uf  the  newly -acquired  province,  sup- 
plantinx  the  Hinourable  William  MacDou- 
gall,  whose  otlicial  connection  with  the  t«rn- 
tory  waa  ao  disastrous.  Mr.  Archibald,  of 
oovrae,  found  it  necesa&ry  to  establish  a 
goremmrnt  and  arrange  ohaos  int'i  order. 
Be  at  Brat  sec  about  putting  the  Mauiiuba 
law  into  operation  ;  aod  to  do  this  called 
to  his  aid  two  gentlemen  of  experience, 
ability  and  prudence.  Goe  of  the  gentle- 
men called,  was  Alfrod  Boyd,  a  man  of 
large  meana,  and  now  resident  io  England; 
ana  he  was  chosen  because  he  was  an  Kag- 
liahman  and  to  represent  the  English  sec- 
tion. Amongst  the  French  people  towered 
one  man,  and  he  was  ftL  Girard,  the  sub- 
j«ot  of  this  Hketch.  He  was  summoned  on 
behalf  nf  Iha  French  people,  and  his  ap- 
y  •    iras    received    with  unmeasured 

V  •     of     satisfaction.       These    two 

^<  were  sworn  in   members  of  the 

I .  >     Council,  on  the    17th    of  Sep- 

tember, Ii!s70,  and  immediately  afterwarda, 
ml  a  lunch  m  the  Hudson  Day  Company's 
c}aarivrs»  the  toast  of  the  new  tcovernmcnt 
vaa  propoaad  by  the  Uonourablu  Donald  A. 
8cnith.  The  Uoutenant-governor  with  his 
ministors  had  now  \A^  detvrmine  tht*  baais 
upon  which  the  new  province  would  begin 
under  the  law.  The  first  general  election 
toolc  place  in  Ddoember ;  and  M.  Girard 
was  elected  by  acclamation  for  St.  Boniface, 
the  |>ot>p]e  having  otjuio  Uj  ft*el  unlround- 
•d  oonfidenoii  l»  his  wlb<1  >m,  illf*•^^ty  and 
capaoity.     lu  IbTl.    ho  was    cxllod  to    the 


Senate,  and  nominated  senior  member  of 
the  North-West  Council  ;  and  hurvnpon  he 
resigned  his  place  in  the  local  government, 
the  Honourable  M.  Royal  taking  the  vacat- 
ed place.  In  1873, — the  Honourable  Mr. 
Morris  being  now  lieutenant  governor  of 
the  province — after  a  vote  of  want  of  con- 
Hdence  iu  the  administration  bad  been 
passed,  M.  Girard  wascalle*!  upon  to  form 
a  government  and  did  so.  **  The  drst  con- 
stitutional government,"  says  ao  extract 
from  an  ably  written  and  publiahed  letter 
before  us,  "  was  formed  under  thu  leader- 
ship of  M.  Girard.  Aa  I  remarked  in  a 
previous  letter  that  gentleman  is  such  per- 
wona  ffrata  to  all  pirties.  that  on  this  and 
subsequent  occasions,  his  high  character  and 
personal  popularity  sifordud  the  meaus  of 
forming  a  government  to  pass  the  important 
meaaurea  then  before  the  hou»e,  and  carry 
on  the  public  business  until  matters  had  ao 
shaped  themselves  aa  to  enable  the  forma- 
tion of  a  permanent  cabinet."  At  on^  time, 
when  he  had  withdrawn  from  the  iooal 
legislature,  the  Honourable  M.  Caucliou. 
lieutenant-governor  of  Manitoba,  with  M 
Norquay,  ai  premier,  telegraphed  to  M. 
Girard  at  Varennea,  offering  htm  a  place  in 
his  government,  and  this  gentleman  accept- 
ed the  Provincial  secretaryship,  subsonueat- 
ly  becoming  Minister  of  Agriculture.  It  waa 
in  the  Utter  capacity  that  he  presided  upon 
the  organization  of  the  first  provincial 
B^ard  of  Agriculture.  As  above  stated, 
M.  Girard  was  senior  member  of  the  North 
West  Council,  as  long  as  that  body  existed, 
and  it  was  his  brain  that  devised  much  of 
the  most  important  early  legial  aion  for 
that  new  and  important  portion  of  our 
Dominion.  His  advice  aa  an  administrator 
boa  always  been  characterised  by  breadth  of 
view,  by  extensive  acquaintance  with  the 
subject  m  hand,  and  by  a  broadly  patnotic 
spirit.  In  the  Senate  his  career  has  been 
an  activoone.  An  amendment  nf  his  to  a 
bill  before  the  chamber,  was  carried  provid- 
ing that  the  French  language  as  well  as  the 
Euglisli,  s!wjulil  be  usud  in  the  pubhc  aod 
official  documents.  The  chan^  of  the 
Pitcitic  Kail  way  from  the  narrows  of  Lake 
M4uit4.»SA  to  the  south  of  the  said  lake,  ia 
in  great  part  duo  to  the  cflorta  m\de  by  a 
special  committee  of  the  S«nat*^,  which  waa 
formed  at  hts  ruqueai.  and  over  which  he 
presidod  during  two  cons«oatiT«  aasnont. 
M.  Girard  waa  appointed  to  the  bar  of 
Manitoba  in  1870,  and  he  waa  the  fir«t 
president  of  the  ^t.  Joan  Bsptiste  Society, 
and  president  of  the  S<H;it?ty  of  Culouias- 
tion  and  Selkirk  Agnouttural  Hooioty.     H« 


382 


A  C7CL0PJEDJA  OF 


WM  married  in  1878*  in  the  Cathedral  of 
Montreal,  \>y  Bishop  Fabre,  to  Marie 
Loniao  AuroUu  La  Motlie,  widuw  of  tho 
late  Alfred  Versailles  ;  and  he  has  hitd  two 
children  by  this  marriage,  ouo  daughter  and 
one  son  ;  the  girl  ia  living  yet,  but  the  boy 
died  in  Yarennes,  in  Aprils  1SJS3. 

Dobion,  Jainea,  one  of  Toronto's  old- 
eat  and  m<^>&^  esteemed  citizens,  was  bom  in 
Mohili,  Cuunty  i^f  Leitrim,  Ireland,  in  IBIO. 
His  father  was  Matthew  Dobson,  and  his 
mother  Ann  Park.  This  worthy  couple 
came  to  Canada  at  the  close  of  the  French 
wars,  the  father  of  Mr.  Dobson  having  been 
a  soldier,  and  served  for  nearly  twenty-one 
years  in  the  British  army,  retirini^r  with  a 
quarter-master's  pension  at  the  end  of  that 
period.  When  James  Dobson  was  seven- 
teen years  of  age,  he  was  bound  as  an  ap- 
prentice t*j  Francis  IrwLii,  arcliit«ct  and 
builder,  Carrick-on-Shaunou,  Ireland,  and 
faithfully  served  a  period  of  seven  years. 
On  the  completion  of  his  apprenticeship, 
about  1834*  he  sailed  for  Canada,  and  after 
his  arrival,  spent  some  time  in  the  eastern 
part  of  the  country,  and  the  following  year 
came  west,  and  found  ewployuieut  with  the 
late  George  II.  White,  in  Yorkville.  now 
part  of  the  City  of  Toronto.  After  spend- 
ing  some  time  in  Canada,  he  removed  to 
New  York,  where  he  remained  for  a  short 
period,  and  again  took  up  his  abode  in 
Yorkvillc,  purchasing  a  house  and  li>t  a 
little  south  of  whore  the  old  town  hall  now 
stands,  and  began  to  work  at  his  trade. 
Ho  hud  not  been  long  settled  here  when 
the  rebellion  of  1837  broke  out,  and  Mr. 
Dobson  took  up  arms  on  the  ao-called  loyal 
side,  joining  a  company  of  volunteers  under 
the  captaincy  of  Walter  McKenzie,  with 
John  Killyard  Cameron  as  lieutenant. 
Peace  having  been  restored,  Mr.  Dobaon 
returned  to  his  business.  At  this  time 
tilings  were  very  ditrerent  from  what  they 
are  now  iu  Yorkville.  The  population  of 
the  village  did  not  number  a  great  many, 
yet  the  moral  and  religious  welfare  of  the 
rising  generation  was  sadly  neglected,  there 
being  no  schools,  and  only  one  small  frame 
church,  erected  by  the  Primitive  Metho- 
dists. Mr.  Dobson  generously  gave  up  his 
house—  while  a  new  church  was  being  built 
— for  religious  purposes,  and  for  a  Sunday- 
school.  Ue  also  assisted  greatly  to  have  a 
school  and  temperance  hall  erected,  and 
succeedtid  in  Ilia  laudable  work.  Mr.  Dob- 
son, having  succeeded  in  amassing  a  conaid- 
erable  amount  of  property,  retired  from  the 
building  business  in  1851,  and  opened  a 
■tore  for  the  sale  of  merchandise,  being  also 


made  postmastor  for  the  village.  In  1803, 
Mr.  Dobson  was  made  a  justice  of  the  peace 
for  the  County  of  York  ;  in  1868  he  was 
made  a  comuiissionur  for  taking  affidavits  io 
B.  B.,  and  in  1870  he  was  appointed  isBUsr 
of  marriages,  all  of  which  pntitiona  he  %i  " 
holds.  I  n  1 852,  Mr.  Dobson  took 
active  part  iu  having  Yorkville  incorporated 
and  when  the  hrst  election  for  the  conno) 
was  held,  he  was  chosen  one  of  tho  five,  and 
was  made  reeve  of  the  new  municipaility. 
He  remained  a  member  of  the  council  for 
seven  years,  and  was  twice  elected  chair- 
man. During  the  whole  public  career  of 
this  worthy  man,  he  has  taken  a  deep  inter- 
est in  all  that  pertains  to  the  well-being  of 
his  fellowciti?>on8.  Ho  has  been  foremost 
in  all  ohiirch  work,  and  in  the  temi>eraDoe 
reform  movement  no  one  has  sh^jwn  mora 
enthusiasm,  or  spent  more  time  and  money 
in  advancing  the  principles  he  has  du 
his  long  lifetime  loved.  In  religion  Mrl 
Dobson  is  a  Methodist,  and  in  politics  a  R^ 
former.  In  1 840,  Mr.  Dobson  married 
Sarah  Ann,  daughter  of  the  late  Captain 
Moore,  of  York  township,  a  veteran  wlia 
fought  under  General  Brook,  and  was  wound 
ed  at  the  battle  of  Queenstou  Uuights, 
issue  of  this  marriage  was  eight  child 
two  of  whom  died  In  infancy.  Three 
and  three  daughters  are  now  grown  up  to  do 
credit  to  the  good  trainint^  they  received  in 
their  youth.  Taken  all  in  all,  Mr.  Dobaon 
has  had  a  suoocasful  career,  and  one  that 
can  with  safety  be  taken  aa  an  example  of 
wiiat  may  bu  achieved  by  perseverance  and 
upright  dealing  in  this  fair  Canada  nf  ours. 

nerrlll,  Wlllinm,  Norwich,  Ontarto, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Batavio,  State  of 
New  York,  in  1817.  His  parenta  were  Bald^H 
win  Merrill  and  Mary  Heath.  In  1818  thd| 
family  left  the  United  States  and  came  to  Can- 
ada, settling  near  Fort  Erie.  This  wiu  after 
the  war  of  1812-15,  in  wliich  Mr.  Merrill 
sen.,  took  part.  Ue  atonce  betook  himself 
farming,  and  so  continued  until  1833,  whe 
he  removed  to  the  village  of  Norwich,  Ox 
ford  county.  He  purchased  a  farm  in  t 
township,  and  settled  down  again  to  the  lifi 
of  a  former.  He  roniaincd  here  until 
death  in  1864.  Mn.  Merrill  died  in  1872 
A  family  ot  ten  children  remained,  and  u. 
these  William,  the  subject  of  this  sketc 
was  the  fourth.  Williwn  Merrill  receive 
his  education  at  the  common  schools,  an 
when  he  was  in  his  eighteenth  year,  begalfe 
to  learn  the  trade  of  cooper.  When  thia 
trade  was  mastered,  he  commenced  busiuesa 
for  himself  in  Norwich,  continuing  in  the 
same  for  ten  years.     In  184:6  he  gave  up  the 


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38S 


flooper  bnaiiMM,  ftnd  resolred  to  try  hia  luok 
ftt  lumber  :  lo  he  began  by  porohuiDg  tim- 
bv  laodB  in  tbe  tovrnahip  of  Barford,  Brant, 
Kod  b«r«iipoD  erecfced  large  Mw-miUa.  Siuce 
that  time,  aovr  abuut  luteen  yean  ago,  he 
haa  coatinaed  io  this  buiine^f.  He  added 
a  iar){e  plaiainff  miUiand  oooapied  himsell 
paitiAllj  in  btiiMing  and  contracting.  He 
bkewLse  manufactured  cheese  boxes,  being 
tba  tint  in  the  l<x:ility  to  m&ko  that  class 
of  g<v:>dB.  To  facilitate  hia  now  estab- 
lished and  thrivin'^  baainesa,  in  1885  he 
mnoTed  hia  planing  uperalions  to  Nor- 
wich. In  ISSl,  he  took  into  partnership 
hia  •>D.  William  S.,  and  the  tirm  is  nov 
kaown  as  Merrill,  Son  &  Oo.  Mr.  Mer* 
idl,  ««  may  say,  has  built  some  of  the  largest 
tiiififaa  in  this  part  of  the  country,  amon/ 
vlubh  may  be  numbered  schools  and 
ahMohee.  The  firm  employs  during  the 
year  rotmd  about  thirty-hve  men.  In  1845 
Mr.  Merrill  was  elected  conncillor  for  the 
towiuhip  of  Norwich,  and  in  1870  he  wsa 
^pointed  a  justice  of  the  peace.  He  was 
eooDeded  in  the  buildin.;  of  the  Huron  and 
Pofft  DoTer  Railway.  He  built  all  the  sta- 
tioot  on  the  line,  and  was  interested  in  the 
tMuitothe  extent  of  $50,000,  but  uufortuu- 
aifily  he  came  out  of  the  undertaking  a  very 
heavy  loser.  He  always  haa  taken  au  inter- 
ask  in  poUtieat  affairs,  and  is  a  prominent 
Xibvral  in  his  locality.  He  ia  a  class  leader 
ia  the  Norwich  Methodist  church  ;  and  has 
been  a  member  of  the  official  board  for  forty 
jeers.  He  married,  in  1874,  Eliza  Jane, 
dsuighter  of  the  lato  Joseph  Woodrow,  one 
ol  the  old  pioneers  of  the  township  of  Nor- 
«M^.  The  issue  of  the  marriage  is  eight 
^ildr^n.  We  hare  only  to  add  in  lumming 
Up  thl*  snocdssful  and  praiseworthy  career, 
uat  Mr.  Mernll  is  eniiuently  a  self-made 
man,  who  has  acbieveil  ererythin;j[  tbrout;h 
hia  own  wise,  enert^etic  and  honourable 
«xerliona. 

fiylToctctr,  i'apt.  §uloniun,  Toronto, 
WM  btjfD  in  the  towushii)  of  Scarboru', 
York,  Ontario,  on  thoIOtli  June,  1837-  His 
(iathor  waB  S  .  '  ".  Wester,  and  his  moth- 
er was  Jai;  This  worthy  couple 
were  uiarra-'i  m  < otibda,  and  settled  upon 
a  fftnn  in  th«  township  of  Scarboro'.  Tney 
wer*  among  the  v^ry  tint  pioneers  of  this 
trftet  ol  the  prtjviuco,  and  took  up  their 
abode  about  nine  miles  fn^m  Tonjuto.  Mr. 
SjlToater,  acnr.,  died  about  1845.  leaving 
fiTS  obildnn,  two  girts  and  three  boys,  and 
BolomoQ  was  the  third  in  the  family.  They 
aU  reoeiTed  such  an  educatirn  as  the 
period  and  th«i  place  afforded,  nnd  Solomon 
with  the  rest  attended  regularly  tho  public 


•chools.  But  he  had  always  expressed  a 
strong  desire  to  go  to  sea,  and  when  he  was 
in  his  thirteenth  year,  he  proceeded  to  carry 
hia  wish  into  execution.  He  did  not  go  aa 
far  as  the  briny  ocesn,  but  resolved  to  seek 
his  fortune  upon  the  inland  seas.  He  first 
went  on  board  the  ^/iaH<u:,  in  1857,  he  being 
then  in  hia  twentieth  year,  and  beoame  mas- 
ter, and  held  that  position  in  several  reisela 
until  1869,  when  he  g»ve  np  thia  business. 
In  this  year  he  joineti  in  partnership  with 
hia  brfither  Daniel,  and  James  U.  HioKuian^ 
the  tirm  bamg  styled  Sylvester  Brothers  it 
Hickman,  aud  chey  began  as  whartingera 
and  general  atora^^emen,  in  premises  on 
the  KBplana.ie.  The  business  prospered. 
In  187*J  Mr.  Hickman  died,  and  the  name 
was  changed  to  Sylvester  Brothors,  Salomon 
being  the  senior  partner.  In  addiiion  to 
Mr.  Sylvester's  interest  in  this  bu»uess,  he 
is  owner  and  part  owner  of  svvenil  steam- 
biiats  and  vesseli  sailing  on  the  lakes.  Dur- 
ing the  Trt.fit  excitement  Mr.  Sylvester 
jLiiued  the  Nsval  Bri^iuie,  nnder  O^ptain 
W.  F.  McMaater,  and  was  stationed  io 
Toronto,  and  he  held  the  ottioe  of  mister 
mate,  the  hii^hest  position  that  could  bo  at- 
att&ined.  Mr.  Sylvester  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Odd-Fellows'  association,  and  held 
office  in  that  order.  He  also  belonged  to 
the  Sons  of  Temperance,  aud  in  that  society 
occupied  for  years  the  position  of  reoording 
scribe.  Most  successful  business  mon  feel 
it  incumbent  to  travel,  and  our  subjticc  has 
visited  the  chief  cities  in  Canada  and  tho 
United  Statos.  U  is  religious  views  are  those 
of  Presbytenanism,  and  he  is  manager  and 
elder  of  the  West  Preabyterisn  church,  Tor- 
onto. In  politics  he  binds  himself  to  the 
creed  of  the  Eleform  party,  and  is  an  advocate 
of  liberal  measures  in  the  full  and  best  sense 
nf  the  word.  Ue  married  in  1867,  Janet 
Patcrson,  widow  of  tho  late  Robert  Pater- 
son,  of  Kingston,  Ontario.  The  issue  of  the 
marriage  it  five  children,  two  boys  and  three 
girls. 

Yarkcr,  Georffo  Whcnlle}'.'— The 
succvaa  of  George  W.  Yarker  is  the  success 
of  a  man  uf  reaource.  This  ia  the  clue  t^ 
his  good  fortune  ;  and,  as  is  often  the  case 
with  successful  mt*n,  ho  owes  his  advance- 
ment in  life  to  jiifts,  partly  natural  aud 
partly  acquired.  In  Mr.  Yarkor*s  case, 
while  he  baa  great  natural  abilities,  these 
have  been  improved  by  training  and  di»> 
cipline,  so  that  when  theflooii-tiduof  oppor* 
tunity  came,  it  found  htm  eijuipped  and 
ready  for  his  work.  This  is  the  Lesson  so 
many  of  us  need  ;  to  regard  success  as  tlie 
outcome  uf  proparatiou,  rather  than  as  the- 


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384 


A  CrCLOPMVU  OF 


result  of  luck  or  opportunity.  As  a  rule, 
we  for^fet  to  get  roftdy  to  do  things  b«fore 
we  be|{in,  and  alM  !  so  often  fail,  to  do  tliem. 
In  Mr.  Yarker's  remarkablo  career,  the  re- 
verse of  this  truth  has  had  a  remarkable 
«xemplifioation.  The  subjectof  otiraketch, 
thoujjh  a  Canadian,  is  n  descendant  of  ui  old 
£DgliBh  family,  wliioh,  for  over  four  hundred 
yearn,  has  held  lands  in  Yorkihire.  Sir  Bem- 
Ard  Burke,  in  his  "I>anded  Gentry,'' says  that 
the  family  of  Yarker.  in  ita  existing  branches, 
xierivesfrom  I^'vburn  Hall,  Lcyburn,  parish 
of  Wenaley,  Yorkshire,  where  for  many 
eenerations  its  ropreaeutatives  peaceably  en- 
joyed their  feudal  holdings,  meddling 
neither  in  politics  nor  in  commerce.  The 
family  motto,  la  Jin  coxironnf  U$  ci'iirrca  (the 
end  crowns  the  work)  would  indicate  that  its 
fouuders  lived  in  no  ignoble  eaae,  and  were 
cunaciona  of  the  rectitude  of  their  acts,  and 
contident  that  they  would  meet  with  dnnJ 
approval.  Fmm  the  Qnthec  Almavnc  of 
1815,  we  learn  that  Mr.  Yarker's  grandfather, 
Robert  Yarker,  came  to  Canada  during  the 
War  of  J8I2-14,  aa  deputy  paymaster  gen- 
eral of  the  forces,  and  was  stationed  at  Mon- 
treal, where  he  died  in  1835.  The  son  of 
this  officer,  and  father  of  the  subject  of  our 
present  sketch,  became  a  resident  of  King- 
ston, where  he  was  a  well-known  leader  in 
•nciety  and  patron  of  the  turf.  He  died  tn 
1847,  at  Kingftton,  where  Geo.  W.  Yarker, 
cur  present  atibject,  was  bom,  on  the  2dth 
of  ^fart:h,  1836,  Mr.  Yarker  received  his 
education  at  the  old  Grammar  School,  at 
Queen's  College  Preparatory  School,  and  at 
Queen's  College,  Kingston.  In  1854  he  began 
his  banking  career  in  the  office  of  the  Trust 
A  Loan  Co.,  Kingston  ;  but  two  years  after- 
wards he  left  its  employment  to  enter  the 
Bank  of  Montreal  aa  a  junior,  in  whose 
service  he  uninterniptedly  remained  for 
nearly  thirty  years,  rising  by  auccesaive 
eteps  to  the  position  of  teller,  accountant, 
agent,  manager,  and  inspector.  In  1873  ho 
was  sent  to  London.  England,  in  charge  of 
the  bank's  buainess,  and  remained  at  the 
head  of  that  agency  for  over  a  year-  But 
he  is  best  known,  however,  as  manager  of 
the  Bank  of  Montreal  at  Toronto,  a  poaitiou 
he  was  chosen  to  fill  in  1868,  on  the  import- 
ant cjccaaion  of  the  withdrawal  of  the  late 
Archibald  Orcer  aa  manager,  and  the  Hon. 
Wm.  MacMaater  as  local  director,  to  estab- 
lish the  rival  Bank  of  Commerce.  In  this 
broach,  though  very  young,  Mr.  Yarker 
proved  himself  the  right  inan.andthroughout 
enjoyed  the  confidence  uf  the  c<-mmercial, 
governmental,  stock*broking  and  banking 
claasea  of  the  community,  whose  relations 


with  the  bank  were  always  made  pie 
by  the  uniform  courtesy  and  aoeessibility  of 
the  manager,  as  well  aa  by  the  t&laut  and 
nice  sense  of  honour  he  displayed  in  all  hil 
tranaaotions.  But  Mr.  Yarker's  methoda 
were  not  only  able  and  honourable,  th 
were  broad  and  elastia  In  the  mauagem 
of  his  great  trust,  while  he  was  eminentlj 
conservative  in  his  dealings,  he  never  tied 
himnelf  hand  and  foot  to  the  old  sclv 
traditiona  of  banking.  In  many  large  ti 
sactiona  he  was  a  fearless  though  safe 
ator,  poBsesaing  experience,  nerve,  and  I 
oalm  judgment.  While  holding  personally 
aloof  frutu  schemes  and  speculations,  in 
which  he  bad  many  opportunitieacif  joinini;. 
he  gave  the  bank's  legitimate  aid  in  turn.,  i 
ingnotafew  enterprises,  which  proveJ  oi 
advantage  to  the  city  and  province.  As  the 
linker  and  trusted  adviser  of  several  rail- 
ways, while  under  construction,  he  was  of 
great  service,  alike  to  the  projecta  them- 
selves  and  to  the  institution  he  so  effi- 
ciently  managed.  Such  schemes  aa  the 
following  had  the  benefit  of  his  aid  and 
counsel :  the  Credit  Valley  K.  R.,  the  Toron- 
to, Grey  &  Bruce,  the  Grand  Junction, 
the  Georgian  Bay  and  Lake  Erie,  Central 
Ontario  and  the  Prince  Edward  railwaya 
During  his  long  incumbenoy  Mr.  Yarker 
served  the  Bank  of  Montreal  with  signal 
eeal  and  devotion,  under  the  general  man- 
agements of  Mr.  Davidson,  Mr.  King, 
Mr.  Angus,  Mr.  Smythers,  and  Mr.  Bu- 
chanan. But  the  time  came  when  Mr.  Yarker 
was  induced,  from  a  aense  of  public  duty, 
as  hu  Htated  to  his  old  friends,  to  sever  hia 
relations  with  tlio  Bank  of  Montreal,  and  to 
give  a  Western  bank,  at  a  grave  junctnre  of 
its  afTairs,  the  benefit  of  nis  abilities  and 
exi>erience.  Tliis  step  he  was  loth  to  take, 
not  only  because  he  was  naturally  attached 
to  the  traditiona  and  methods  of  the  Bank 
of  Montreal,  but  because  by  virtue  of  long 
service,  he  had  acknowledged  cUims  on 
the  pension  fund  of  that  institution,  and 
in  a  few  years  was  entitled  to  retire  with 
a  large  annuity.  In  June,  1884,  howevori 
at  a  grave  crisis  in  the  history  of  C 
adiau  banking,  and  at  a  moat  critical  m 
mcnt  in  the  affairs  of  the  Federal  Bank 
Canada,  Mr.  Yarker  wss  urged  to  take  th» 
general  management  uf  that  bank,  which  he 
reluctantly  did,  and  only  at  the  earnest 
solicitation  of  its  directorate  and  the  man- 
agers of  other  bauking  institutions.  The 
acceptance  of  this  position  had  on  inatan- 
taneous  effect  in  quieting  public  alarm, 
and  was  the  means  of  saving  the  institu- 
tion from  rain.    Mr.  Yarker's  famous  R«- 


iin 


CANADIAN  BWORAFHT. 


(Nor.   20,   1884),    upon  the  atfain  of 

^bank,  woA  nniinimniijily  Hcoeptod  by  the 

ibulderft,  us  well  m  by  the  r&rliameht 

U,   Mid    wftd  LMitngizcd  and    idvo- 

by  tiio  wh<^»le  pivss  of  the  country.    It 

ii««d  ftut  only  «kitful  and  vigorous  tnmt- 

^t,  but  a  ready  puwer  of  dealing  with 

figures    iuhI    iiilriciite   banking  qiit-s- 

In  re»dji:»ting  the  stock  of  the  hunk, 

Vark«<i'   wtts  the  anthur  of  an  entirely 

fottturo    in  bank   Icffielation.    which  at 

time  woa  oonaidered   unlikely   to  meet 

the  approTui  of  Parliament,  but  which, 

ter    oriticiaiu    in    cointuiit««a,     promptly 

rvccired    th«  asftent  of   both  Houses.      Mr, 

L^hriivr    WHB  H  lit>ut«nant  iu   the  CanAdian 

^^HliA   in   1800-01  ;    has  been    a    ct)nAider- 

^Pte    trai'eller    for    pleasitre     in     Europe  ; 

KOd  u    an    ardent    upholder    of  all    manly 

qiorta^     He   hiui    often    captained     a    vie- 

iorioQ*  cricket  eleven  in  tirst-closs  matches  ; 

ia   »  iprxKi  t«nnis  player;  a  post  vice  preai- 

d«iit  of    Ihu  Argonaut  Knwing    Club,    and 

firat  president    of     the     Bankers*     Athletic 

Aaaociation,  at  the  annual  ^mes  of  which 

rli*  has    presided    for    the    last   ten   years. 

decision,    etpianiiuity  of  temper,  and 

>rm   cutirttisy,  have  lielped  hiiu  in  the 

ting'tield  as  well  as  tn  the  hnsy  theatre 

tit  tife'a  occupatiun,  and  given   him  an 

khle  jKisitioit  in  the  community.  AfT.ible 

lanners,  of  geutluiiiaiily  instincts,  and 

a   chivalrous   aeu"e  of     honour,    Mr. 

L«r  has  attached  (ohiuiwt^U  »  lar^'e  circle 

'iendn.    and   ia   gratefully  rt^gardvd    by 

ly  who  have  rt!Ceivi>d  genuine  kindness 

kin  hands,  and  who  ea^eeui  him  fur  his 

heart  and  considerntc  acta.     In  18(>] 

Varkcr  m^irnod  M4rgaret  Fraser,  eldest 

^ugbtvr  of   Hugh  Kraser,  Esif.,  uf  Inver- 

ly  Sc4'llanil,  by  whom  hn  has  two  dani/h- 

k!dtth  lionise,  and  M>iud  Eleanor.    Mr. 

ter    ia   an  a^lherent    of    the    Church  of 

land,  in  what  may  he  called  ita  brood, 

and  nioderaudy  high  st^nse. 

^Itt}*,  Frnncl*.  Milton,  the subjf*ct 

letch,  wrui  burn  in  Scutlund«  un  the 

\j^j,    18'J2,        His    parents'  names 

bthvw  UiTclay  and  Mr^ry  Flviuiu'.*. 

-r,  at  the  aue  of  eighteen, 

'  army,  joining  Uie    arlil- 

I'l'l  WH*    wry  sunn  afu>r 

■      1    .         II  i.tok  pftit  in  iwv- 

r^.ii^'-iiiLnf .  Ill  Tded  in  the  his- 

of  ihe  times.       He   was  with  8ir  tlohn 

iQ  Spam,  serving  through  the  whole 

that   mi  moraUe  and    unfortunate  cam 

He  waa  also  at  the  homlmrdnient  of 

tha4{*n,  when  the  liritiah  to^ik  forcible 

of  the  Djknish  tleet.       In   oonoe- 


quftnce  of  ill  health,  hr  gave  up  his  military 
life,  and  returned  to  his  nativo  town,  and 
couinicncod  budineas  as  a  manufacturer  of 
Paisley  shawls,  hiawarehonse  Inking  in  what 
is  known  as  Camberland  Court.  In  183*2, 
Mr.  Barchiy^  senior,  emigrated  with  his 
young  family  to  Canadn,  antl  c<fminenced 
farming  in  the  township  of  Msrkfaaui,  and  in 
18^7,  ihe  3*rar  of  M-wkenzie's  rebollion,  he 
removed  to  the  township  of  Trafalijar,  in  the 
C.inntyof  Ualton  ;  but  some  years  before 
his  death  he  resided  in  the  town  of  Oakville. 
He  was  known  and  res[jected  as  a  conscien- 
tious and  honest  man  and  humble  Christian. 
Francis  lived  upon  the  farm  with  his  father, 
till  he  was  about  seventeen  years  of  age. 
This  m<M]e  of  life  not  suiting  him,  and  bar- 
ing somewhat  of  a  rt^tleas  disposition,  he 
left  the  faim  and  tried  several  occupations, 
amongst  others  that  of  Bchi>ol  teacher,  but 
finally  turned  bis  attention  to  a  biiaLneBi 
life,  and  in  the  spring  uf  1848,  in  partner- 
ship with  the  late  Peter  McDoug-ild,  of 
Oakville.  commenced  a  business  in  the  vil- 
lage of  Georgetown,  County  of  Halton.  In 
1849,  Mr.  McDougald  retired,  leaving  the 
business  with  Mr.  Barclay,  which  he  car- 
ried on  with  BucceoA,  extending  it  year  by 
je&r,  and  by  his  spirit  of  enterprise  and 
oharmoter  for  fair  dealing,  secured  a  strong 
hold  upon  the  confidence  of  the  public.  In 
the  autumn  of  18ti3,  he  found  it  adviaable 
to  make  a  change  in  his  business,  and  took 
into  partnership  two  younu  own  who  were 
clerks  with  him — .lames  McLean  and  Wit. 
Ham  MoLe«Hi— the  style  of  th**  firm  being, 
McLean,  McLeod  &.  Co.,  Mr.  Hircl&yboing 
a  Bilent  partner,  but  manager  uf  the  bnsi- 
nesa.  Mr.  McLean  dyin</  in  I8tl5,  the  bus- 
iness was  continued  by  Mr.  B^krclay,  with 
Mr.  McLeud  as  junior  partner,  under  the 
style  of  Baralay.  McLeod  Jt  Co.  This  finn 
built  up  the  largest  retail  business  m  the 
county.  Tn  1871.  Mr.  Harclny  B<dd  out  hia 
business  inOeorL-et/jirn  and  removed  to  To- 
ronto, and  engaged  in  a  wholesale  lx>t>t  and 
shoe  business  in  the  old  Iron  Block,  Front 
street,  which  was  burned  di^wn  ui  187-.  and, 
along  with  many  other*  in  that  unfortunate 
fire,  he  suffered  a  heavy  luaa.  After  wind- 
ing up  his  business  in  Toronto,  he  returned 
to  Hwltun,  and  uarned  on  business  in  Milton 
and  G»ior[jelown.  In  (hv  uprtng  of  1881, 
the  death  of  the  late  Thomas  Kacey  created 
a  vacancy  in  the  registrtknhip  for  the « 'ounty 
of  Halton,  to  which  Mr.  Barclay  waa  ap- 
pointed, and  still  h'dds  the  position.  Mr. 
Barclay  is  one  of  the  old  justices  uf  the 
peaoe  for  the  county  ;  waa  the  aeonid  reeve 
to    repreaent    Georgetown    in    the  county 


StiG 


A  CTCLOl'MDU  OF 


council ;  bo  aIbu  represented  Milton  at  the 
county  conacil  bonrd  a«  ruove  ;  and,  Imd 
hie  aiubiti(!ii  ruu  in  that  direotion.  would 
have  btKn  aukcd  to  contest  the  county  for  a 
■eiit  in  parliament  Mr.  Barclay  in  religion 
IB  a  PreabyteriAD,  and  in  politics  a  decided 
liiberal.  He  ta  of  a  genial  and  kindly  dia- 
poflitinn,  but  uncompromising  witn  all 
ehnma  and  false  pretencea, 

Robt^rtMon,  Alexander,  Belleville^ 
OnUirio,  M.I*.  fur  West  Hastinya,  was  born 
at  Trenton,  County  of  Haalinga,  Province  of 
Ontario,  on  the  5th  of  Decemoer,  1838.  He 
ia  a  son  of  William  Robertson,  lumber  mer- 
chant, who  came  to  Canada  from  Glenelffi 
InverneaBshii*i%  Scotland,  in  18*27.  Our  auo- 
joci'a  father  married  on  the  2nd  November, 
1837,  Jane  Simmona.  a  native  of  Canada, 
and  daughter  uf  a  l'nit«d  Empire  loyalist. 
At  the  wedding  Sir  John  A.  Macdonald  acted 
aa  groomsraan.  Wm.  Itobertson,  who  died 
in  lBtil,WHfl  a  descendanbof  the  Hobertaona, 
of  Strofvan,  a  nice  who  were  noted  for  their 
bravery  and  fine  phyaique.  When  Jamea  I. 
waa  murdered  in  Black  Priar'a  monastery, 
in  presence  of  the  Queen  and  her  attendants, 
by  Sir  Robert  Orahaui,  the  murderer  made 
Ilia  escape  to  the  Highlands,  hiding  in  the 
Braofl-o'-Mar,  where  he  waa  captured  by 
Robert,  grandson  of  Robert  of  Athol , 
founder  of  the  Clan  Robertson.  For  this 
brave  deed,  and  the  taking  of  Graham  to  the 
Queen,  he  waa  rewarded  with  a  Crown 
ehart-ur,  dated  in  1452.  erecting  a  large  quan- 
tity of  lands  into  a  free  barony,  and  also 
with  a  coat  of  anns, — A  naked  man  mana- 
cled, under  the  achievement,  with  the  motto, 
*•  VUtntU  gloria  mtrccs.  The  family  moved 
from  Trenton  to  Belleville  when  Alexander 
was  seven  years  old,  and  he  was  educated 
in  the  Grammar  school.  He  afterwards 
fltudied  law  with  George  E.  Henderson,  Q.C. 
He  was  called  to  the  bar  in  18H4,  and  has 
practiced  his  professiou  in  Belleville  ever 
since.  He  is  now  a  member  uf  the  firm  of 
Robertson  &  Thomas.  Mr.  Robertson  waa 
a  member  of  the  town  council  from  1864 
until  1870,  when  he  waa  elected  mayor.  He 
waa  also  elected  mayor  at  the  inauguration 
of  the  city  in  1878,  and  again  by  acclamation 
in  1879.  He  baa  done  much  to  beautify  and 
build  up  the  city,  and  advance  its  material 
and  other  interests,  having  erected  in  1876 
the  elegant  bnck  block,  known  aa  the 
'^Robertaun  Block,''  on  the  east  side  of 
Front  street,  and  a  similar  one,  in  1879,  nn 
the  west  side.  He  served  aa  captain  in  the 
Argyle  Light  Infantry  at  Proscott  during 
the  Fenian  excitement  of  18041.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Conservative.  In  1873i  be  was  olTered 


by  acclamation  the  membership  in  the  Hoote 

of  Comnioijs  for  East  Hastings,  but  de- 
clined. In  ]87t^at  the  urgeni  r.unf^l  r-f  !)ii 
many  frienda,  fae  became  a  ■'  <  t 

Liical  Legislature  in  We*t  11:^  ^: 
elected  over  Thomas  Holden,  by  a  li 
majority  ;  but  in  18^2  he  resigned  his 
to  become  a  candidate  for  the  House  of  Coj 
mons  at  the  general  election,  and  defeat 
James  Brown,  bis  opi>oneut,  and  he  is 
the  representative  for  this  riding.  He  is 
member  and  trustee  of  ^t.  Andrew 
byterian  church  ;  a  prominent  member 
the  Maaonio  order,  and  a  Foreater,  and 
takes  a  lively  interest  in  promoting  and  el 
couraging  public  games  and  manly  aporta. 
Ho  waa  married  in  June.  1870,  to  Mary 
Georgina,  eldest  danghter  of  Dr.  Kobert 
Stewart,  of  Belleville.  She  died  in  1874, 
leaving  one  chUd,  Ethel  Jane,  bom  in  July, 
1871.  Mrs.  Robertson  waa  a  woman  <>f  l.ir  i 
and  genial  disposition,  having  a  special  tulriit 
for  music,  and  being  much  beloved  by  a 
large  circle  of  friends.  Her  death  waa  a 
serious  loss  to  society  in  Belleville. 

Jlloas,  Cliarles.'Q.C,  Barrister,  Toron- 
to, was  bom  at  Cobonrg,  Ontario,  on  the 
8th  March,  184a  His  father,  John  Mosa, 
was  born  near  Maryborough,  Queen's 
county,  Ireland,  and  his  mother  first  saw 
the  light  in  Belfast,  IreUnd.  They  were 
married  in  1835,  at  Cobourg,  but  in  1846 
removed  to  Toronto,  where  they  continued 
to  reside  for  the  remainder  of  their  livos. 
[I'i'Vc  sketch  of  the  late  Chief  Justice  MosaJ 
the  father  dying  in  1808,  and  the  mother  in 
1870.  Of  the  children  who  survived  them 
the  first  bom  was  Tlioman.  afterwards  chief 
justioe  of  Ontario.  Charles,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  the  third  son.  The  fourth 
acm  was  William,  who  died  at  Winnipeg  o&_ 
23rd  June,  1882.  Respecting  him  wo  til  " 
the  following  notice  in  the  Winnipeg  Tinu 
June  24th,  1882:— "Mr.  Mosa  came 
Wimiipeg  in  the  fall  of  187*J.  He  waa  tl 
brother  of  the  late  Chief  Justice  M(»a>, 
Toronto,  and  of  Mr.  Charles  Moss,  Q.C,  of 
that  city.  He  took  to  journalism  early 
life,  and  for  some  time  held  a  position 
the  Cleveland  press.  On  his  arrival  h< 
he  joined  the  staff  of  the  Frtt  Pr^sx^  and 
soon  afterwards  became  its  chief  editorial 
writer.  That  position  ho  filled  with  sioKular 
ability.  He  was  a  powerful  and  scholarly 
writer;  but  while  he  held  stnmg  p«ditioal 
views,  he  always  agreed  to  differ  kindly  wilh_ 
those  opposed  to  him,  and  never  wilting] 
struck  below  the  belt.  The  death  of  a  yoi 
man  of  his  great  promise  is  a  loss,  not  aloi 
to  the  Free  FretSj  but  to  Canadian  jounii 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


387 


rivAt«  liic,  Mr.  M(»a  wns  beloved 
ho  knew  him  ;  a  more  honourable 
ier  soul  never  lived.  The  people  nf 
log,  who  knew  him  »o  well  and  ad- 
imeo  much,  sympathiBe  deeply  with 
itives  in  Onu,riu,  and,  above  all,  with 
low  and  the  fatherless  he  has  left  be- 
lli.'* Thefollowingreeolution  waapass- 
th«  Garry  Lacrosse  Club,  at  a  largely 
id  lueeting :— *' That  as  Almighty 
m  in  His  infinite  wisdom  called  away 
ir  midst  William  Moss,  an  officer  of 
try  LHcrosse  Chib,  we,  the  members 
organimtifia.  in  meeting  assembled. 
place  on  record  the  feelings  of  pain 
TOW  which  are  c&used  by  his  demise, 
re  desire  to  further  express  our  high 
»tion  of  the  many  sterling  qualities 
rtonal  worth  of  tlie  deceased,  which 
for  him  our  esteem  and  respect  and 
\  spot  in  our  hearts  ;  and  to  utfer  our 
^^^olence  to  his  bereaved  family  in 
^^^V  have  sustained  in  his  death. 
HB^Mie  from  among  us,  his  memory 
er  remain  green  in  our  affections, 
I  name  shall — associated  with  his 
kindly  actions  on  behalf  of  the  club 
ih  he  WAS  BO  honoured  a  member — 
be  held  tint  in  our  kindliest  thoughts. 
Uo  resolved  thst  a  copy  of  these  reso- 
be  forwarded  to  liis  bl'reaved  family/' 
Mom  was  educated  in  the  com- 
thoi>Is,  and  likewise  enjoyed  the  ad* 
of  private  tutors.  He  was  engaged 
me  in  his  father's  business  ;  but  in 
E^mmcnced  the  study  of  the  law,  sign- 
icles  to  his  brother  Thomas,  then  a 
tr  of  the  tirui  of  C»iut'ron  &,  Moss. 
luiittod  (■*  the  Law  Society  in 
|l>er,  19*>4,  and  his  close  application 
|||>acity  for  the  graip  of  principles 
arrant  the  observer  in  making  for 
%ery  brilliant  prvdiotion.  How  he 
Ilia  time  aiid  lAlonts  to  account  will 
when  it  ic  stated  (hat  during 
his  four  years'  studentship  he  carried 
scfaolamhip.  In  IHtiO,  he  was  called 
mr.  Upon  his  aduiiasinn  to  practice, 
nte  a  nieintxT  of  the  linn  of  (Jsler  &. 
til  which  iht*  prHsont  Mr  Justice 
ras  the  tftriii'r  nioutber.  The  tirm  was 
ntly  joined  by  the  late  Chief  Jus- 
irrison,  and  became  Harrison.  Osier 
V[>*m  the  elevation  of  Mi'ssm. 
and  Thomas  M'.iss  to  the  bench, 
1-7".  ill*.  Hrtu  was  joinvd  by  the 
',1,0.,  and  hecanie  He- 
\  anil  Bt>  Continued  till 
nt  of  Mr.  Osier  to  the  bench, 
baouna  BsthuiM,  Mom,  Fal- 


conbridge  A*  Hoyles.  Cpon  the  retirement  of 
Mr.  Hcthune  from  the  firm,  Mr.  M>.«s  be- 
came head  of  the  aas(»ctations  now  knnwn  as 
Moss,  Falconbridge  &  Warwick,  and  Muss, 
Uuyles  &.  Aylesworth.  Mr.  Moss  was  sp< 
pointed  lecturer  and  examiner  of  ilie  Law 
Society  in  1872,  a  position  which  he  retain- 
ed till  1870,  when  he  resigned.  He  was 
elected  a  bencher  of  the  Law  Society  in 
November,  1880,  and  again  at  the  general 
election  in  May,  1881.  He  was  appointed 
Queen's  counsel  by  the  Dominion  govom- 
ment,  in  July,  18B1  ;  representative  of 
the  Law  Society  in  the  senate  of  the  rni- 
versity  of  Toronto,  in  May,  188A  ;  president 
of  the  Northern  &  Pacific  Junction  Itailway 
Company  (then  and  now  engaged  in  the  con- 
struction of  a  line  of  railway  from  Oraveu- 
hurst  to  cjnnect  with  the  Canadian  Pacific 
iC'iilway  ftt  Callendar  station),  in  June,  1884 
He  held  this  position  dunug  the  absence  in 
England  of  the  former  president,  Dalton 
McCarthy^  QC. ,  M.P.,  and  resigned  on  the 
retnm  of  the  latter  from  England,  in  Sep- 
tember, 1884.  Mr.  Moss  hsa  always  been 
Connected  with  the  Reform  party,  and  upi>ii 
the  elevation  of  the  present  Chief  Justice 
Cameron  to  the  benoli,  he  was  offered,  but 
declined,  the  nomination  for  East  To- 
ronto, in  the  L<>cal  Legislature,  Ho  is  an 
adherent  of  the  Church  of  England.  Mr. 
Moss  married,  on  the  2Gth  September, 
1871,  Emily,  second  daughter  of  the  late 
Mr.  Justice  Sullivan.  There  is  issue  of 
marriage  now  surviving,  three  sons  and  two 
daughters.  During  his  professional  practica 
he  has  been  engaged  (amon^^t  other  oases) 
in  Attorney- General  v.  Mercer  (the  coutost- 
ed  will  case  tried  before  V.  C.  Hlake,  In 
1876);  McL»ren  r.  OaMwell  (the  streams 
case),  and  Langtry  r.  Duuioulin  (the  St. 
James'  rectory  case).  There  is  considerable 
resemblaoee  between  the  intellectual  altain* 
monts  of  Charles  Moss  and  his  lat«  la- 
mented brother.  The  '*  capacity  fur  tak- 
ing trouble,"  that  insight  which  oecomos  a 
quick  solvent  of  difficulties,  the  clear,  logical 
method  of  pursuing  a  sophistry  to  its  last 
ditch,  and  the  power  to  gather  up  f raiment* 
of  argnraent  and  present  them  as  a  telling 
unit,  are  all  conspicuous  in  the  professional 
career  of   Ch-irles  Moss. 

Hunter,  R(*«.  Wllhtttn  John,  D.D., 
Pastor  of  Wiialoy  church,  ilauiiltui),  and 
Superintendent  of  the  Hamilton  dtBtrict, 
wan  born  un  the  liOlh  February,  1835,  at 
PhtlUpuburg,  in  the  Province  of  Qiu<bec. 
He  is  a  s«^m  of  John  and  Nancy  Hunter, 
who  were  desoandMl  from  the  Scottish  Cove- 
nantttTB,  but  bom  in  tha  otiunty  Tyrone,  in 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


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the  north  of  Irelaud.  Tliey  came  to  Canada 
in  1821,  and  settled  in  the  Provinca  uf  Qut*- 
bee,  but  in  1843  removed  to  Ontario.  John 
Hunicr  ntilt  nurvivcs, and  is  hale  and  hearty 
At  tJie  advanced  age  of  eighty-two.  Hia  wife 
died  four  yean  ago,  and  ihe  three  aurviving 
•una  are  all  cni^agod  in  the  wurk  of  the 
Christian  miniatry,  namely  :  the  aubject  of 
this  sketch  ;  the  K«v.  8.  J.  Hunter,  pastor 
of  the  Centenary  Methodist  church,  Hamil- 
ton, and  the  Rev.  H.  D.  Hunter.  SI  A.,  pas- 
tor of  the  First  Congregational  ohnrch,  I>»n- 
don,  Ont.  William  Ji.-hn  Hunter  received 
a  good  public  achool  education,  and  after- 
warda  attended  Victoria  Univeraity,  Co- 
bourg,  purauing  a  cmrae  in  clasaics  and 
metaphysics,  and  he  obtained  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Divinity  from  the  Chicago  Uni- 
veraity  in  June,  1878,  Our  aubject  liaa  not 
confined  hia  attention  entirely  tti  church 
work,  but  haa  boon  kouIous  in  the  imimntion 
of  tomperauce,  wbicli  may  be  regarded  aa  a 
lister  employment.  Whenever  the  oppor- 
tunity haa  arisen  to  use  his  voice  in  forward- 
ing this  sreat  cause,  he  haa  not  remained 
silent.  He  is  at  present  a  member  of  the 
Royal  Templora  of  Temperance.  With  re- 
spect to  his  religious  oonvictiona,  it  need 
hardly  be  said  that  he  haa  always  been 
thoruu.'hly  satisfied  with  the  doctrines  of 
Methodism,  and  is  a  most  aMo,  broad-mind- 
ed advocate  of  thosame.  He  married  on  the 
0th  July,  IdGO,  Mary  Jane,  second  daughter 
of  Isaac  Robinson,  of  Toronto.  Dr.  Huiit«r 
en t ered  the  m iniatry  of  the  Method ist 
church  in  June,  1856,  and  during  the  post 
tweiity-ono  years  ho  has  been  in  charge  of 
some  of  the  most  important  churches  in 
London,  Hamillun,  Toronto  and  Ottawa. 
The  Dominion  chnrch  at  Ottawa  was  built 
under  his  direction,  and  is  one  of  the  finest 
ecole«iaa Ileal  edifiuos  in  Canada.  He  was 
chairman  of  the  Ottawa  district  for  three 
yearsj  and  secretary  of  the  Montreal  confer- 
ence. He  is  At  present  pastor  of  the  Wesley 
church,  Hamilton,  and  superintendent  of 
the  Hamilt<m  District.  It  is  only  justice  tn* 
aay  that  Dr.  Hunt«r  is  one  of  the  ablest  and 
most  zealous  and  popular  ministers  in  the 
Methodist  communion  of  this  province. 

ElllotI,  John,  London,  Ontario,  was 
boru  at  6iiaw  Head,  parish  of  B^aautcoatle, 
Cuiuberland,  England,  in  182t).  He  came 
to  Canada  with  his  parents  in  1827,  and 
settled  in  Trafalgar,  Dundas  Street,  known 
u  **  the  sixt4jtu."  Ho  btioudud  the  com- 
mon school  untd  fifteen  years  of  age,  when 
he  was  sent  to  York  (now  Toronto),  as  an 
upprenricu  in  the  mercantile  house  of 
George  Stegmau,  where  he  learned  the  dry 


coods  and  grocery  businu«s.  Daring 
relMfUiou  of  1837-38,  he  joined  the  c* 
and  was  in  active  service  under  com 
Cidonel  Chishnlm  and  Captain 
From  1840  tu  1850,  he  was  engaged 
dry  goods  and  clothing  business,  spvndi 
part  of  the  time  with  his  father,  and  fo 
years  in  Ualt.  In  185(>  he  went  to  U^nJ 
Ontario,  and  entered  ijito  partnership  wi 
tttforge  Jackson  in  a  foundry  business. 
1851  the  premises  were  destroyed  by 
which  necessitated  a  diaenhitton  of  pa 
ship.  In  18r>2  Mr.  Elliott  purchased, 
CO  Qpany  with  Captain  Burgrsa,  a  foum 
business,  on  the  corner  of  Wellington  n 
liathurst  streets,  (known  as  the  PI 
Foundry)  where  lie  carried  oji  the 
for  nineteen  years.  Ho  was  in  pn: 
ship  with  Captain  Burgess  for  eight  ye&rB 
five  of  which  the  latter  spent  in  Australia. 
Captain  Burgess  and  himself  cast  lota  to  de* 
cidc  which  sliuuld  go  to  AustraliiL  The  lot 
fell  to  Captain  Burgess,  and  they  agreed  to 
continue  the  partnership  in  both  countriM, 
which  compact  was  carritid  out  f&ithfuUy, 
Mr.  KUiott  having  charge  of  the  foundry. 
and  Captain  Burgess  of  the  gold-hrlds 
Three  years  after  the  return  of  CaptAia 
Burgess,  they  mutually  dissolved; 
thence,  until  1879  the  business  was  cam 
on  by  himself.  In  1870  ho  took  nis  eld 
son  into  partnership,  tbv  firm  being  ih 
known  as  John  Elliott  &  Son.  In  1871  Mr. 
EUiutt  built  a  very  extensive  foundry,  and 
agricultural  works,  which  was  unfortunately 
burned  down  on  the  29th  of  May  >\i  the 
present  year  (1885).  The  l«».s8  waa  upwarda 
of  $150.0(X).  Mr.  Elliott  is  a  man  uf  wide 
views  and  much  observation.  Be  is  famil- 
iar with  Canada,  having  tmvcUed  throu 
the  older  provinces,  and  through  Maiiito' 
He  was  brought  up  In  the  Presbyter 
faith,  and  still  remains  in  that  denomination. 
He  married,  in  1853,  Priscilla,  third  daugh 
ter  of  John  Corson,  of  Westminster,  near 
Lambeth.  Members  of  this  family  were 
some  of  the  earliest  pioneers  of  Caoiada, 
and  tlioy  held  a  prominent  place  in  the  soc- 
ial and  iudustrial  life  of  thu  community. 
The  marriage  referred  U*,  has  been  tdest 
with  nine  cluMren,  six  of  wh<im  are  living. 
Mr.  Elliott  is  now  re-building  the  fouudr>- 
upon  an  extensive  scale,  besides  which,  he 
has  extensive  plough  works.  He  is  like* 
wise  the  owner  of  a  large  businesfl  in  Mani- 
toba  and  the  North-west,  and  hiu  achiev 
marked  success  in  business.  He  is  a  1 
employer,  his  working  force  iu  the  foundry, 
when  fully  employed,  being  about  Vio  me 
including  othcers  and  agents.     In  Manito 


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«od  Ontario  the  number  is  about  200  ;  and 
Oie  rxpcnaoa,  wfaen  the  work*  run  ou  full 
ttm-r,  art-  ibout  $300  i>er  tUy.  After  a  very 
ft- '  .  ithout  cesaation  since  l83o,  Mr. 

r  tU  ero  loHR,  to  rolire,  and  give 

ih  into  the  hauda  of  his  four  suus, 

v!.  ;' resent  engaged   in    the    olGct^s, 

aad  .ttherUepartmenUof  the  business.  The 
V*ovrd  uf  the  iubject  of  this  sketch  is  one 
«lt4jgHher  uf  which  any  Canotlisn  might  bo 
jprond.  Throughout  his  career  there  haveul- 
vmyabeeo  manifcat,  industry,  tutegrity,  and 
th«  fiaitvflt  of  doaling. 

vi«^niln«,  Sondrord.  C.  K.,  CM  O., 
Halifax,  the  most  prominent  and 
..«....U  of  Cana(Jian  engineers,  was  bom  at 
Kirkcaldy,  Kifeahire,  Scotland,  on  the  7th 
.Jariu.ir\ .  1827.  He  was  a  son  of  Andrew 
i!!)]^,  who  possessed  much  mo- 
il, and  Elizabeth  Arnold.  Young 
i^r  attended  school  in  his  native 
and  he  excelled  always  in  mathe- 
iaatica.  For  this  branch  be  is  said  when 
•  lad  to  have  had  an  inclination  amount- 
tag  almost  to  a  passion.  He  left  school  at 
theaaeuf  fourteen,  and  was  immediately  ar- 
ticled as  a  student  of  surveying  and  engineer- 
tsff.  He  appbud  himself  to  his  irork  with 
%  oiligence  and  a  zeal  that  might  be  taken 
■A  BO  earnest  of  the  achievements  that  the 
fature  reserved  for  him.  At  the  a^e  of 
eighteen,  fairly  versed  in  the  theoretical 
pnnciplrsof  engineering  and  survey,  beset 
out  (or  Canada,  where  he  was  resolved  t^i 
•eek  his  fortune.  He  was  obliged,  how- 
ever, U^  wait  a  lon^  and  weary  peri(Ki  before 
any  recognition  was  ipren  to  his  ability. 
During  this  period  he  buoyed  himself  with 
"pr"!tt*  ptiience."  and  did  whatever  his 
I  to  do.  He  had  taken  up  his 
1  Tor^mto,  and  dunng  the  "dark 
jLU'>ciated  hinuelf  with  the  Mechanics* 
Institute,  and  in  1840  initiated  and  took  a 
prominent  i>art  in  originating  and  setting 
Afloat  the  Canadian  Institute,  a  bixly  which 
baa  always,  more  or  less  unaided  by  the 
tmbtic,  striven  for  the  promotion  of  scientific 
Lnoa  ledge  and  interests.  However,  some 
vyes  that  could  see  had  obaen*ed  young 
Fleming;  ainl  in  1Rri2  he  was  api>uinted 
one  *»(  the  •  ,•  stai^of  the  Northern 

RailwAj,  tl<  II  as  the  Ontario,  .Sim- 

«(K)  and  Huron  Koiid.  Ho  had  no  sooner 
obtained  the  opiH>rtunity,  than  his  dosged 
pttr»eranuic«  ana  engineering  abilities  heg&n 
to  roTDftl  themselves  ;  and  old  heads  \*er- 
oeived  in  the  young  man  an  *  "original,"  a 
**B«nius  if  «v«*r  thrre  was  one,"  in  his  pro- 
H  V  one*  knotrn,  hia  pro- 

wsK  '  this  was  the  pioneer- 


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ing  period  of  engineering  in  Canada,  and 
thoae  needed  were  men  who  could  UytiL 
Very  soon,  therefore,  the  young  engineer 
found  otfeni  for  his  service,  and  a  greater 
number  than  he  could  accept.  In  lAfili  the 
inhabitant«  of  Red  River  wen*  deninms  of 
having  railroad  communication  with  Can- 
ada, and  to  this  end  sought  the  intervention 
of  the  Imperial  government.  The  man 
chosen  to  CArry  their  case  to  England  was 
Sandford  Fleming.  The  Duke  of  New- 
castle was  then  colonial  secretary,  and  with 
him  Mr.  Fleming  had  several  interviews  ; 
but,  in  spite  of  the  strength  of  his  argu- 
ments, the  project  was  allowed  to  stand  for 
the  time.  Upon  his  return  from  Kn^taud. 
pC'Utical  events  pointed  to  the  need  for  an 
Intercolonial  railway.  It  was  decided  that 
a  aurvey  should  be  made  by  a  commis- 
sion of  three  engineers,  to  be  appointed  by 
old  Canada,  the  Maritime  provinces,  and  the 
imperial  government  respectively.  Canada 
nominated  Mr.  Fleming;,  and  Nova  Scotia 
and  New  Brunswick  accepted  him  as  their 
representative.  Tho  Imperial  government  did 
the  same,  and  Fleming  was  appointed  sole 
engineer.  Upon  the  compleliiui  of  the  poli- 
tical union,  the  provinces  tied  by  legislative 
bonds  demanded  to  be  united  with  links 
of  eletrl.  Tlie  enterprise  was  put  in  the 
hands  of  Fleming,  as  his  opinions  upon  all 
subjects  bearing  upon  railroads,  as  well  aa 
his  engineering  skill,  were  held  now  in  the 
highest  regard.  The  result  was  a  (rinmph 
of  engineering.  When,  under  the  bond  with 
British  Columbia,  Canada  bound  herself  to 
construct  wiihin  ton  years  an  iron  road  from 
ocean  to  ocean,  through  the  dismal  and  dif- 
licnlt  region  north  of  X^ke  Superior,  across 
the  plains,  over  tho  stupendous  Rocky 
Mountains,  every  eye  was  turned  upon 
Sandford  Fleming  as  the  man  to  under- 
take so  gigantic  a  projt>ct.  Consequently, 
in  1871,  in  the  height  of  construction  of  the 
Intercolonial,  and  with  the  whole  super> 
vision  of  it  pressing  ui>on  him,  he  was  called 
ou  by  the  government  to  undertake  an  ex- 
amination of  the  proposed  route  to  the 
Pacific.  When  e^tliaustive  surveys  over 
half  a  continent  hsd  been  made,  and  the 
construction  of  the  C.  P.  K.  was  well  ad- 
vanced along  six  or  flight  hundred  miles  of 
some  of  the  heaviest  sections,  political  ex- 
igencies arose,  and  in  IH80  he  ri^igned. 
News  of  bis  resignation  startled  tho  coun- 
try, and  though  ho  waa  not  thereafter  con- 
oeme<l  in  the  construction  of  the  work,  no 
one  has  ever  denied  him  supremacy  in  his 
profession  ;  no  one  has  sought  to  take  away 
from   him   the  reputation   of   the   pioneer 


B^lfa, 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


engineer  of  Cuiada,  imd  theoonntry*t  bene- 
factor. On  his  retirement  in  1  HrtO  he  was 
elected  Chancellor  of  Queen's  Univeraity, 
and  in  1883  he  waa  unanimoiiBly  re-elected. 
In  1882,  he  waa  pieaented  with  the  freedom 
of  the  Kirkcaldy  Burgha,  and  in  1884  re- 
ceived the  honorary  degree  uf  LL.D.  from 
St.  Andrew's  Univeraity.  In  1881,  he  went 
aa  delegate  from  the  Canadian  Institute  and 
American  Meteorological  Society  to  the  Inter- 
national Geographical  Con^esa  at  Venice, 
and  in  ld44  he  vas  app4iinted  delegate  <if 
Great  Britain  to  represent  the  Dominion  at 
the  International  Prime  Meridian  Confer- 
ence at  Washington,  whore  ho  had  the 
pleasure  of  finding  the  views,  which  hu  had 
buen  pressini;  on  the  public  for  years  with 
regard  to  cosmic  time  and  a  prime  meridian 
for  all  nations,  accepted  by  the  representa- 
tives of  the  civilized  world.  Mr.  Fleming  haa 
been  a  contributor  to  the  periodical  and  per- 
manent literature  of  the  country,  and  his 
writings  have  been  charaoterized  by  the  orig- 
inality, the  information  and  the  breadth  of 
view  that  might  be  expected  from  such  a 
man.  He  has  published  reports  of  his  en> 
gineering  euterprises,  and  written  on  variuua 
matters,euch  as  ousmio  or  universal  time  nnd 
a  prime  meridian  for  all  nations,  as  well  as 
upon  Bubjecta  kindred  to  railroads.  His 
latest  literary  production  ia  his  book  "Kng- 
l&nd  and  Canada,'*  a  work  that  will  live  in 
our  literature.  Mr.  Fleming  married,  in 
1855,  Anne  Jean  Hall,  a  daughter  of  the 
late  Sheriff  HalJ,  of  Peterboru',  and  haa 
issue,  six  children.  He  haa  taken  up  his 
abode  in  Halifax  and  Ottawa.  We  hope 
and  believe  that  the  country  ia  to  profit 
still  more  by  bis  great  abilities. 

nordeii,  AiUKi  Le\rla,  lUrrisier-at- 
law,  Solicitor  of  the  Supreme  Court  uf  Judi- 
cature in  Ontario,  Ct>uuty  Crown  Attorney 
and  Olerk  of  the  Peace,  Napanee,  Ontario, 
Wiis  born  on  the  lUth  July,  1831,  in  the 
tfjwnshipof  Cramaho,  in  the  County  itf  Nor- 
thumberland. His  father,  Joseph  Wilkin- 
Bon  Morden,  was  descended  on  both  aides 
of  U.  G.  loyalist  stock,  the  ancestors  being 
the  Mordens  uf  the  Btiy  of  Quintt^  and  the 
Bowuians  of  the  Niaeara  district.  His 
mother,  Charlotte  Benedict,  came  from  the 
well-known  Puritan  familit«  Bunudicts  aitd 
Stewarts.  Our  subject  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  common  echools  in  Tyendinaga, 
Normal  School,  Toronto,  Belleville  Semi- 
nary, Belleville,  and  private  tuition  at  the 
hands  of  the  Rev.  Andrew  Hudson  Melrose. 
Uis  studies,  in  addition  to  those  required 
to  qualify  as  a  lirst  class  teacher,  were  Eng- 
lish literature,  natural  science,  mathematics. 


classics,  and  French.   He  enlisted  in  the  vc 
teer  mUitia  aa  private  in  1803,    in  a  c^n 
pany  of  Hght  infantry,  under  Captain  (noi 
CiJonel)  Buell,  nnd  remaine<i  in  this  coi 
pany  until  after  the  Fenian  invasion  in  ll 
Ue  was  gazetted  as  Ueutenant,  in  18ti7, 
company  No.  7,  in  the  48th  battalion*  an^ 
Bi5rved  in  that  capacity    until  1873,  wbeni^ 
owiug  to  the  preasure  of  prufeuional  bui 
ness,  he  tendered  tiis  resignation.     Taking 
an  active  interest  in  municipal  affairs,  and 
being  a  gentleman  of  attractire  addre«u.  !.•.' 
waa  elected  mayor  of  Napanee  in  1872,  1^7   , 
and  1874.     He  was  chairman  of  t'-     ' 
of  Education  in  1869, 1877, 1880,  i 
and  1885;  and  chairman  of  the  i- 
Health  in  1873,  1879, 1881, 1882.  1»^,  li 
and  1885.     Lie  is  a  member  of  the  senate 
Victoria  University  ;  of  the  Board  of  TVul 
tees   of   Albert   College  ;  of   the  Board 
MisHions  of  the  Methodist  church,   and 
the  oommittao  of  consultation  and  tin&nc< 
In  secret  societies  of  a  benevolent  or  oU 
wise  worthy  nature,  he  has  always  taken 
wide  interest.     He  was  admitted  to  Nat 
nee  lodge.  No.  8fi,    1,  O.  O.  F.,  in  Sepi 
ber,  1872  ;  was  representatire  to  the  Urand' 
Loilgtf  in  1877,  1880,  and  1881  ;  was  elected 
Grand    Warden    in    1882  ;    deputy    Gram 
Master  in  ]8t^3.  and  Grand  Master  in  V> 
He  is  now  (1885),  secretAry  of  Mount  Sii 
lodge.  No.  280,  A.  F.   &  A.  M.     With 
spect  to  his  politics  it  may  be  said  that  h*' 
has  always  been  a  Liberal.     He  was  aecv^- 
tary  of   the  lieform  Association  of  IjenaoaiL 
from    1872   to   1871),  and  president  of    thd 
association  from  1879  to  April,  1882,  whed 
he  resigned  his  position  upon  his  appoint- 
ment to  the  othces  of  county  onjwn  attor- 
ney and  clerk  of  the  peace.     Mr.    Mordeo 
was    thts  child  of    Methodist    parents,  and 
from  youth  up  has  always  held  the  religiot 
views  of  that  body.     For  many  years  he  lu 
been  an  active  otticial  layman  in  the  Methc 
dist  church.     He  haa  never  married.      Mr. 
Mordun,  we  may  add,  is  easentially  a  i.«\U 
made  man.   Ho  removed  from  Cramache  tc 
Tyendinaga  in  1841 ,  when  ten  years  of  agi 
worked   upon  a  form   with  his   father 
brothers  until  he  was  twenty,  then  taugld 
schuul  and  served  as  book-keeper  and  clerl 
until  he  acquired  the  means  to  pnx^ure 
fair  education  to  equip  him  for  the  study  of] 
law.      Ue    began    his    legal    studies    witl 
Dean  I&.  Diamond,  of  BeUeviUe,  and   after 
une  year  had    hia    articles    transferred    to 
llioharda  Si,  Senkler,  of  Brockvtile,  whei 
he    completed    his   term    of    service.       Hi 
was    admitted    as    an     attornwy    in  May, 
18UG,  and  called  to  the  bar  In  the  following 


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November.  In  September,  1806,  he  b«gftn 
tha  pructice  of  hia  profesBion  in  Nnpanee, 
where  he  has  ever  since  that  time  resided. 
«t^  ie  DOW  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of 
M«iHen  A  Wilson,  barristers,  8<}licitore,  etc., 
iT  town.  As  a  student.  Mr.  Morden 
(uarkable  for  his  industry  and  for  his 
TCftdmoes  iti  mftsteriug  problems  of  lair.  His 
Bbotto  hae  ever  been  onward,  and  the  posi- 
lioae  which  bo  holds  are  only  a  just  recog- 
ohioo  of  tliose  qualities  of  ability  and  iu- 
tapitj  which  have  always  beuu  exemplified 
in  has  oonduct. 

Hovelon,  Wllliani,  M.A,.  Librarian 
ol  the  t^utano  Provincial  Library,  Toronto* 
wxA  \>i*ru  on  September  VHh,  1844,  in  the 
V  of  Lanark.  Ontario.  At  the  age  of 
o  he  migrated  with  his  father's  family 
to  tiie  newly-settled  County  of  Bruce,  which 
at  that  time  was  almost  a  solid  forest. 
■n  Houston  is  a  son  of  James  Hou- 
vho  was  a  native  of  the  Orkney  Is- 
Uhfli,  and  a  member  of  a  family  which, 
nSMlcirtbe  name  of  Uourston,  runs  far  back 
Ib  the  local  records.  Like  moat  Orcadians, 
the  Bountozts  are  undoubtedly  of  Norse  ex- 
tnMlM,  and  in  the  case  of  the  subject  of 
this  aketoh,  the  ei^mplexion  peculiar  to  the 
Morve  raoe  is  somewhat  pronounced.  His 
£al2i«r  oame  to  Canada  as  a  sailor,  and 
tngAged  early  in  life  in  the  lumber  business, 
oMtating  chietiy  in  the  valley  of  the  Ottawa. 
lliia  river  and  its  great  sister,  the  St.  Law- 
TMioe,  be  traversed  to  Quebec  for  twenty* 
time  years  in  suocestion,  prior  to  1854. 
His  mother,  Jaoet  Donaldson,  wee  Toung, 
waa  a  uatire  of  Olasguw,  her  father  Iteinj; 
uf  Lowland  and  her  mother  of  Highland 
extraction.  .\  near  ancestor,  by  her  mo- 
llur^i  side,  named  Macdon&ld.  for  his  own 
Mfoty,  aft«r  the  battle  of  GiiUoden,  mi- 
grM«d  to  Glasgow,  and  lived  there  under 
tJle  Anglicised  name,  Donaldnfm,  which 
atall  niDi  in  the  family.  William  Hou- 
ston received  his  early  ^ucational  instnic- 
tion  in  the  oommon  schools,  and  in  1867 
•Otorvd  the  University  of  Toronto.  He 
panned  there  a  varied  course,  takiuj[  sev- 
•rial  aeholarship»,  but,  on  accuunt  of  a 
Kreak  down  in  his  health  in  his  last  year, 
fradnatod  with  few  honoura.  This  waa  a 
keen  blow  to  his  aspirations ;  for  his  career 
bl    the    c<»l'-  his  health  remained 

good*  had))' i  by  great  industry  and 

unusual  brilliancy.  During  his  course  he 
i;avc!  m'lftt  attt^ntion,  aa  ho  has  done  ever 
ainoG,  to  Knifliiih  IArl^lltufo  and  literature, 
a&d  Uihiatorical  and  pulitical  science.  This 
OOOne  waa  peculiarly  adapted  aa  a  training 
for  the  calling  of  ji>uriialtsm,upon  which  Mr. 


Houston  entered,  immediately  on  graduation 
( 1 B72).      The    protracted    general    election 
of  that  year  enabled  him  to  pass  at  a  bound 
from  the  position  of  city  reporter  upon  the 
Toronto  dhht  to  that  of  a  political  writer. 
A  natural  fondness  for  political  study  and 
action,    and     close     atteution     to     public 
aifairs  from  boyhood,  peculiarly  fitted  him 
for    this    position.     He    remained    a    few 
months  then  on    the   Oloba^  a  period  of  a 
similar  length  on  the  stntf  of  the  St.  John, 
N.R.,  Teffijnipht  and  a  longer  period  teach- 
ing high  school.     He  was  one  of   the  edi- 
torial stall'  of  the  Toronto  Lihrml  from  ita 
establishment  in  January,  187&,  till  it  be- 
came   defunct  in  June   of   the  same   year. 
He  then  re-joined  the  Ol4>bc,  as  news  editor 
and  political  writer  ;    left   it  in  ldd2  for  • 
few  months  to  go  into  business,  ro-joined  it 
in  1883,  and  left  it  again  in  the  aame  year 
to   take   the    librarianship   of    parliament, 
it  may  be  said  that  Mr.  Houston  found  his 
previous  training  and  experience  useful  in  his 
present   charge,    though   a  nuistery  of  the 
technicalities  of  library  work  is  not  an  easy 
task.     He  has  introduced  the  most  modem 
and  generally  approved  methods  of  classifi- 
cation and  indexing,  after  visiting  many  of 
the   leading  libraries  of  the  United  iStates, 
and  making  a  study  of  the  Kngliah  systems. 
Mr.  Houston's  heart  being  in  literary  work, 
the  duties  of  librarian,  though  onerous,  are 
a  labour  of  lore  ;  and  we  cannot  neglect  to 
point  out  the  advantage  there  is  to  persons 
engatred  in  research,  in  having  at  the  head 
of    a    department  of  literary   reference    a 
gentleman   of  such  wide  iuformatiuu   and 
good    taste.       Before     entering     the    civil 
service,  our  subject  took  an  active  part  in 
political  contests,  and  among  the  measures 
which    he  has    publicly   advt^icated  may  be 
mentioned  municipAl  reform  on   lines  tliat 
have  proved  useful  in  some  great  American 
cities,  and  chicdy  the   introduction  of  the 
principle  of    representatiou    of    mmorities, 
the  abolition  of  local  electoral  districts,  Uie 
separatiiui  of  the  legislative  from  the  exec- 
utive functions,  and    the  investiture  of  the 
mayor  with  a  veto  on  all  the  acta  and  appro- 
priations of  the  municipal  council.     He  hoa 
advocated  a  revision  of  the  Federal  constitu- 
tion for    the  purpose  of    extending;  rather 
than  curtailing  the  jurisdiction  of  the  pro- 
vincial legislatures,  and  makijig  the  judges 
uf    prtjvincial    courts    the    subjects  uf  pro- 
vincial appointment,  holding  that  tho  cliief 
danger   to    confederation  is  on  the  side  of 
centralis  it  ion   rather  than  on  that  of  diffu- 
sion of  power.     He  married,  in  1H83,  Jane 
Hood  Ewing,  youugeat  daughter  uf  the  late 


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A  CYCLOFACDJA  OF 


Junes  EvrioKf  of  Galaton,  AyrBliire,  Scot- 
Iftnd.  forester  un  the  estates  there  of  the 
Duke  of  PortUn<il.  8he  is  a  natire  of  Scot* 
land,  but  caniu  to  Canada  in  early  life. 
There  is  probably  no  other  penKin  in 
Ontario  that  has  t:iken  a  more  hearty  and 
active  interest  in  the  oatise  of  higher  educa- 
tion, and  of  the  education  of  women  than 
Mr.  Houst4>n.  lie  was  elected  in  May, 
1883,  by  his  fellow-i^aduates  to  the  Senate 
of  Toronto  V'niverflity,  and  in  his  official 
capacity  hos  f>dvrjcaied  extensive  refornihin 
the  courses  of  study  and  the  federation  of 
colleges.  He  has  made  special  efforts  to 
secure  for  political  Hcience  its  just  promi- 
nence in  the  arts  curriculum  of  the  univer- 
sity and  in  the  lt>cture-halls  of  the  college, 
holding^  this,  amung  other  f^roundi,  that  it 
would  form  the  best  preparatory  course  for 
publicists  and  staieamen.  Mr.  Houston, 
who  is  extremely  popular  among  what  may 
be  termed  the  younger  party  of  the  college, 
has  beeo  twice  president  of  the  Literary 
and  Scientific  Society  of  his  alma  mater,  and 
is  a  frequent  contributor  to  the  pages  of  the 
*Varsitif,  which  is,  perhaps,  one  of  the  ablest 
college  papers  upon  the  c<intinent.  It  is 
fitting  hero  to  ret er  briefly  to  Mr.  Houston's 
qualities  as  a  writer.  During  his  connection 
with  jnumulism  he  was,  by  general  aonseut, 
accorded  k^uh  of  the  foremost  positions  in 
the  country  as  a  puliticsl  controversialist, 
Ue  has  always  been  a  Liberal,  but  there 
never  has  been  a  trace  of  [laity  narrowness 
or  rancour  in  his  writings.  His  style  is 
remarkable  for  its  terse  vigour,  its  clenrneBS, 
aptness  of  phrase,  and  its  rhythmical 
balance.  As  a  writer  for  a  daily  noHspaper, 
upon  which  qutstionsof  great  imp<prt&noe 
are  sometimes  sprung  for  immediate  de- 
cision, Mr.  Huiihtou  was  an  eminently  safe 
nmn  ;  for  he  was  deliberate  and  cool,  and 
his  judgment  invariably  sound.  But,  as 
we  have  said,  Mr.  Houston's  fine  abilities 
have  not  been  confined  to  the  field  of  party  ; 
and  wo  may  very  safely  predict  work  of  a 
permanent  nature  from  his  pen,  and  expect 
to  hear  his  voice  raised  in  the  furtherance  of 
all  good  projects,  and  in  the  denunciation 
of  mischievous  ones.  Mr.  Houston  is  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Fallc,  Plilll|l,  Tilsonburg,  Ontario, 
W8A  born  in  the  Island  of  .lersey,  Europe, 
on  the  15th  May,  1HL5.  He  is  a  son  of 
Edward  Falle,  and  Rachel,  daughter  of  the 
late  Peter  Uegruchy,  of  the  Island  of  Jersey, 
one  of  the  landed  gentry  of  the  island,  and 
one  of  its  most  prominent  men.  He  pur* 
sued  the  life  of  a  landed  i^entleman,  and  had 
a    family  of  nine  children,   the  subject  of 


this  skvtoh  being  the  third  yonngest,  Mr. 
Falle  died  in  1827.  Philip  Falle  received  a 
common  Bch'Mi]  edu  ation,  Hmshing  his 
studies  in  the  High  school  at  Brigsou,  Dor 
onshire,  England,  where  he  remained  nntif 
the  age  i>f  eighteen  years.  He  then  returned 
home,  and  studied  modern  lauguaues  uad«r 
a  private  tutor.  At  the  tn^  of  ninetevn 
he  entered  the  law  ottice  of  his  brothcr-in- 
l&w,  Charles  Ahier,  where  he  remained  (or 
one  year.  He  then  came  to  America,  wiih 
the  belief  that  there  he  would  belter  his 
position.  Quebec  was  the  point  of  his  dtM- 
tination,  but  as  the  ship  neared  the  land 
there  came  a  Btorm  with  thick  weather,  and 
the  vessel  was  thrown  upon  the  cr>iut  of 
Newfoundland,  near  St.  John's.  Some  tim 
was  lost  in  making  n*pair«  to  the  wreck 
ship,  and  when  Mr.  Falle  reached  Quet 
the  position  which,  before  his  eailing  fn 
England  had  been  open  to  him,  was  d 
closed.  He  however,  had  aome  letten  to 
gentlemen  in  Oxford  county,  and  at  oooe 
proceeded  thither.  During  his  sojourn  and 
travels  among  the  French  people»  l»is  know 
ledge  of  the  French  language  (which 
understoiid  well,  having,  while  a  boy,  tra! 
lared  into  French  the  whole  of  the  sch 
history  of  England)  stood  him  in  good  ateadL 
Afterexceediu^ly  great  hardships  he  rvached 
his  destination,  but  found  no  hopeful  pros- 
pect. Hia  heart  was  full  of  courage,  how- 
ever, and,  together  with  a  gentleman,  wh 
afterwards  turned  out  to  have  been  u 
worthy  of  confidence,  he  engaged  in  th 
cutting  and  clearing  of  timber  lands.  Th 
project,  of  course,  was  not  sucoossfnl.  M 
thing  daunted,  but  in  the  possession  of  a 
determined  will  and  twenty-five  cents  in 
cash,  he  started  over  again.  The  rebellion 
of  1837  38,  at  this  time  broke  out,  and  he 
joined  the  loyoliBts,  and  served  fur  eijfht 
months  as  a  sergesnt.  After  getting  his  dis* 
charge,  which  wss  a  most  creditable  one.  he 
again  returned  to  the  townefaip  of  DurehsiD, 
where  he  was  again  requested  to  serve  aa 
captain  in  the  militia,  but  he  refused.  Ue 
then  bought  a  hundred  acres  of  Innd.  on^— 
which  he  settled,  and  here  remained  for  tivd^| 
years,  when  he  sold  out  and  bought  ano-^H 
ther  hundred  acres,  which  he  cleared  and 
settled  npon.  Upon  this  property  he  re- 
mained for  twenty>five  years,  and  the  farm 
is  now  one  of  tbe  finest  in  the  township 
in  1866  he  retired  from  farming,  renti 
his  property,  and  removed  to  the  town 
Tilsonburg,  where  he  purchashed  the  first 
built  hotel  in  the  town  ;  and  here  he  has 
remained  ever  since.  It  still  stands,  though 
stained    with    time,    and    beaten    with   the 


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r,  |MpuUr  and  respected  u  ever  ;  and 
■ffmliim  M  mach  coiufrirt  to  ita  gaests  nm 
wmmj  ft  {w  mure  preteiitiooB  rivaJ.  Mr. 
Falle  coqM,  without  itniia.  erect  ai  gorgeou* 
»  babgttttion  as  his  neigfaboun.  but  he  is 
loitll  lA  l«*Te  the  DOW  historic- grown  "North 
AaMrioui/'  around   which   clings  so  manj 

old  momoriea.  In  1855  he  was  tileoted 
for  iho  Uiwnship  of  Derebani.  school 

Nu.  10,  and  re-elected  tlie  following 

Ho  has  spent  a  Umte  period  in  the 

»wn  Oi^nncil  of  TiUonburg,  and  in  1884 
elected  reeve  and  member  of  the 
council.  He  is  a  shareholder  and 
r  of  thft  Tilsonburg  Agricultural 
»ii>ii<iiacturing  Comp&nv,  and  was  a  stock- 
^ld«*r  in  the  first  plank  road  (now  gravel 
ffVN'i  >  t.ciit  in  The  connty.  In  politics  he  is 
UT  lusing  in  his  adherence  to  Oon- 

•r  nnd  m  religion  is  an  adherent  of 

\'  I   of  England.      His  travels  have 

t"  •  oMJre,  he  having   visited  Europe 

4hnd  the  United  States,  a)  well  as  the  out- 
lying  provinces  of  Canada.  He  married  in 
183S>,  OrphA,  daughter  of  the  Inte  Kbenezpir 
Wardenr  of  the  t<iwn  of  Trenton,  New  York 
•tAte,  by  whom  he  hsA  had  one  child,  a 
daughter,  who  is  niarriod  t4>  William  Kergu- 
sijiu.  i>f  Nora  Scotin.  Although  in  his  sttveu' 
ty-tirst  year,  our  subject  is  still  hearty  and 
full  of  spirit  ;  and  well  miurht  pass  for  »  man 
of  tifty.  His  circle  nf  friends  is  &  Urge  tme^ 
And  there  is  no  citizen  in  the  community 
h«tt«r  beloved  or  more  highly  rrspeoted 
ihAD  he  is* 

_  l^vcrr,  Wllllnni  Jnmes,  Hamilton, 
r-at-law,  rresidunlnf  the  Hamilton 
ip  company,  etc.,  was  bom  at  Uamiltou, 
tario,  oQ  the  l'2th  of  April,  1B57.  His 
hrr  w*s  Henry  Lavory,  who  was  horn  at 
wry,  County  Armagh,  [roland,  and  came 
Canada  in  1848.  On  his  arrival  in  Ca* 
h«  ottnnccted  himself  with  mercantile 
{rartnits,  and  al  the  present  time  holds  the 
poMition  of  accountant  iu  HamiUi>n.  Our 
hjvcl's  mother  was  Klixtb^th  Metcalf-, 
d  sh«  ass  a  •Uughler  '>f  Uobinson  Met- 
-"*'  Mrs.    Lavury    was  born   nt    Porta* 

I  *<*unty  Armagh,  Ireland,  and  came  t^i 
--^..oJa  in  1850.     Uur  subject  received  his 
ftnt  education   from   a   private  t<itor,  and 
Mft**rwardB.  when  he  had  reached  his  thir- 
'I  year,  he  ent«rvd  the  th«n  Grammar 
:,    now    the   Collegiate   institute,   at 
iltoD.     In  this  institution  he  remained] 
til  h«  was  sixteen  years  of  age.     Aft«r 
ving   soh'wl,  young  Lavcry    enten^d  the 
oe   of    John    H«rTVt    ^^^*-*n   a    practising 
HaiitiUon,  sim^e    retired  frim 
oe,  but  Btdl  residing  at  Hamil- 


ton. Oar  subject  entered  the  Law  Society 
aa  a  student  in  1S73.  and  ac  the  agv  of  six- 
teen, he  was  duly  quaiitiifd  as  a  solicitor. 
This  was  in  the  year  187t^.  He  then  com* 
meiiced  the  prHCtice  of  his  profession  at 
Hamilton,  and  here  he  has  since  continued 
in  the  dual  r61e  of  lawyer  and  prominent 
business  man.  But  Mr.  Lavery.  though 
ambitious  to  shine  in  his  profession,  waa 
reeolved  to  make  his  mark  in  commeroe  aa 
well ;  therefore,  in  the  year  1883  he  formed 
the  company  now  carrying  on  business  at 
Hamilton,  under  the  name  of  the  Hamilton 
Whip  Company,  manufacturers  of  whips, 
etc,  and  he  was  electetl  ami  still  continuea 
to  be  ita  president.  This  company,  it  may 
be  said,  waa  formed  for  the  purpose  of  ox- 
tending  and  enlarging  the  business  formerly 
carried  on  under  the  name  of  tht<  Canada 
Whip  Company.  It  is  not  at  all  claiming  too 
much  for  this  venture  to  say  that,  under  the 
able  management  of  its  executive  ofHoers,  it 
has  become  what  its  promot«rs  desired,  a 
really  magnificent  business.  Its  trade  haa 
now  spread  itself  from  one  end  to  the  other 
of  the  Dominion,  and  impartial  authoritiee 
declare  that  it  is  every  day  spreading.  Our 
subject  is  also  a  shareholder  in  the  Opera 
House  Company  of  Hamilton.  Eminently 
a  man  of  enterprise  and  daring,  venturesome 
public  spirit,  he  is  also  very  conspicuous 
among  benevolent  aut^l  other  societies.  He 
is  a  Freemason,  an  Oddfellow,  a  member  of 
the  Royal  Arcanum,  and  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Foresters.  His  tastes  have  led  htm 
to  travel  somewhat,  and  he  has  visi  ted 
nearly  alt  the  important  cities  of  the  United 
States.  He  is  a  Cousnrvative.  a  lirni  sub> 
Bcriberto  the  merita  of  the  national  policy, 
and  a  member  of  the  central  commitlve  of 
the  Conservative  Assiiciattou  of  Hsmitton. 
In  religion  he  ia  a  devoted  adherent  of  the 
doctrines  of  .Xnglicanism.  Ho  married  on 
January  8th,  188(,  at  Hrantford,  Annie 
Clarke,  only  diu.'htor  of  Joseph  Clarke, 
an  old  Mild  Vi»rv  worthy  resident  of  Hamilton. 
Ilolthy,  Tliomna,  llramptMii,  OutariOi 
son  of  the  Uuv.  M4ihias  lloliiiy  and  Eliz- 
abeth Viekerman,  was  bt^rn  on  the  IJOth 
March,  18V:t,  in  Yorkshire,  Ktigtand.  Ma- 
thias  H'dtbjr  was  a  carriage  matuifscturor  in 
E(i-^Innil,  but  in  1830  embarked  for  Canada, 
settling  ui  Litdo  York,  now  Toronto.  A 
short  time  after  his  arrival  in  Otnada,  b« 
entereii  the  ministry  of  the  M<«thodist 
church,  and  xealonsly  devoted  hiuistilf  for 
thirteen  years  in  spreading  the  gospel.  Ho 
then  retired  to  a  farm  in  the  township  of 
WaUingliam,  where  he  c-ontinued  till  hie 
death  in  1880.    Ho  left  a  family  of  six  child- 


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A  CTCLOVMDtA  OF 


ren,  the  nilijeot  of  this  ftketoh  being  the 
third.  Mra.  Holtby  died  in  1833.  Thomas 
attended  school  till  his  eighteenth  year, 
aft«r  which  he  devoted  hitnaelf  tu  faritiiftic 
ID  the  township  of  Chin^uucotisy,  Peel,  at 
which  i»c<;i]pHtion  he  remained  for  thirty-tive 
Tears.  In  1880  he  removed  to  the  town  af 
Brampton,  where  he  has  resided  since.  Be- 
ing a  man  of  wide  and  advaneod  views,  he 
WOB  proasod  by  friends  to  4>irur  himself  for 
oounty  services,  and  accepted.  He  wan 
deputy-reeve  of  his  townahip  during  the 
vears  1875  and  1870,  when  he  retired  ;  but 
in  1881,  U]K)n  l>ein;j;  a^aiu  pressed  he  came 
before  the  public,  and  was  elected  to  the 
Brampton  council  ;  »nd  lias  been  re-elected 
every  year  since.  Mr.  Holiby  is  president 
of  the  Peel  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company; 
is  a  director  of  the  Fedural  Life  Insurance 
Company,  whoso  head  olhce  is  at  Hamilton, 
and  the  tinanoial  manager  of  the  Haggert 
Manufacturing  Company,  Brampton.  In 
politics  he  is  independent,  refuting  to  be 
bound  to  the  wheel  of  any  political  party. 
In  religion  he  has  his  adherence  to  Metho- 
diam,  being  a  local  minister  of  that  deuoini- 
nation,  and  having  held  all  the  ofhces  in  the 
church.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  gen- 
eral conference  since  187'J>  and  is  a  member 
of  the  annual  conference.  He  married  on 
the  4th  February,  1846,  Susanna  Louiae, 
daughter  of  the  late  John  Bagwell,  one  of 
the  lirst  magistrates  in  the  County  of  Yi-^rk, 
and  a  gentleman  prominently  identified 
with  its  early  history.  There  was  a  family 
of  thirteen  children,  nine  of  whom  are  liv- 
ing. Mr,  Hultby  has  been  prominent  in  the 
sphere  of  his  choice,  and  he  enjuya  the  re- 
spect and  the  good-will  of  his  fellow  men. 
To  say  this  is  tr>  say  mueli  of  any  man. 

Ec<-lca.  Friend  Richard,  Liondnn^ 
Ontario,  M.I).,  F.R,C..S.,  E.iinbiir«h;  M.R. 
C.S.,  England;  F.O.S. ,  LonJon;  Professor 
of  Physiology  in  the  Modiwil  Department 
of  the  Western  University,  wm  bom  on 
January  25lli,  1843,  in  the  township  of  War- 
wick, toiiiily  of  Laiubton,  Ontario.  The 
Eccles  family  is  a  very  ancient  one,  and  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  traces  his  descent  from 
John  de  £ocles,  a  person  of  rank,  who  lived 
in  the  reign  of  Alexander  III.  of  Scotland, 
in  the  thirteenth  century.  The  surname  of 
Eccles  was  assumed  by  the  proprietors  of  the 
lands  aud  banmy  of  Eccles,  in  Dumfriesshire, 
as  early  as  the  |>eriod  when  surnames  liecame 
hereditary  in  Scotland.  The  arms  of  the 
family  are  Arg.^  two  halberts  crossing  each 
other  saltierwise,  az.  The  crest  ia  a  broken 
halbert  and  the  motto  Le  iMfcndemU  or 
JVk  dtficit  tiuiinm.      The  pedigree  of  the 


family  at  length   is  to  be  found    in  JitirWt 

I^iuied  Gentry,     The  father  of  our  subject 
was  John  Dickson  Eccles,  the  ninth  in  a  <ii- 
rect  line  from  the  tirst  member  uf  the  family 
alluded  to,  aud  his  mother  was  Mary  Bis- 
sell.     The  family  estate,  it  may  b*^  said,  is 
Koclesville,    situate  in    the   county   of  Ty- 
rone, Ireland.     In  1835  Mr.  Jolin  Dicksi>n 
Kcoles  left  Tyrone,   and  came  to  Canada^ 
settling  in  the  County  of  Ijambton,  Canada 
Wt'st,  now   Ontario.     Here  he  had  to  waue 
the  usual  strife  with  the  dithculties  of  baek- 
wouds  life,  but  he  had  abundant  persever* 
ance  and    succeeded.      When   the    rebeltiuo 
of  1837  broke  out,  he  promptly  took  the  held 
u^Ktn    the    loysl  aide.      He  was  a  man  who 
engaged  a  large  measure  of  public  and  social 
respect   and    confidence.       He   held    many 
ullicea  of  trust  and  hononr,  was  warden  (rf 
the  county  in  1873,   and  one  of  the  candi- 
dates before  the  convention  for  the  repre- 
sentation   of    East    Lnmbton,     when    that 
county  was   divided.     Ue  visited  the  home 
of  his  childhood  in  1800,  and  a^ain  in  1873. 
He  died  in  1882.     Friend    Richard  Eccles 
had  considerable  advantages  in  educations! 
training,  his  father  having  obtained  for  him 
a  private  tutor,  at  whose  hands  he  reopived 
instruction,  in  addition  to  that  which  hede* 
rived  from   the  ordinary  schoola      In  l8o9 
he  was  sent  to  the  county  Grammar  school 
at  Sarnia,  where  before  the  age  of  aeventeen 
he  obtained  u  Brst-closs  certificate  under  the 
reguKtions  for  the  examination  of  teachers. 
He  then  engaged  himself  in  teaching  for  a 
short  while,  and  in  this   avocation  he  was 
remarkably  successful  and  popular.     Teach- 
ing, however,  was  not   the  end  of  his  ambi- 
tion, or  congenial  to  his  tastes,  so  after  eigh 
teen  mouths  private  tuition  he  entered  upoa 
the  usual  medical  course,  which  was  rei^nired 
for  a  degree  in  medicine  at  the  University 
of  Toronto.      He  attended  fur  two  sesaio: 
at  the  old  Toronto  School  of  Medicine,  the 
buildinii;  then  being  situated  in  University 
Park,  and  two  other  sessions  at  New  York, 
in  comieution   wi'h    the    Bellevuo    Unspital 
Medical    College,    where  the   opportunities 
for  study  of  special  surgical  oases  was  large- 
ly increased  by  reason  of  the  then  existing 
civil  war.     In  1867  ho   finished  his  course^ 
and  obt»iaed  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi 
cine,  of  the  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  Col-: 
lege,   aud    Bachelor  of    Medicine,   and  th 
silver    medul   of    the    University,  Toronto. 
He  now  settled  in  Arkona,  County  Lambton 
and  rapidly  acquired  a  lar^e  and    lucrativ^j 
practice.       In    1871     Dr.    Eccles     married! 
Martha   Lillian,    only   daughter  of    Am 
.Wood,  of  Fingal,  now  of  St.  Thomaa,  Ooo 


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395 


ty  of  El^u.  Hia  wife's  father  wu  one  of 
•neem  of  the  Talbot  Street  Kttlomont, 
u  a  gentleman  of  much  oommerciai 

.lud  bu«ineM  geaius.  Ue  suon 
those  enrly  days  thu  nucleus  of 

aid  to  this  he  added  from  year  to 
;  lie  DOW  stands  firmncially  one  of 
T!;i'  [j...:it  jironimeut  men  of  Western  On- 
tari>?.  In  hU  biisinesa  relatiuns  he  is  re- 
UMhrkable  for  integrity  and  candour,  and  he 
«aJ07>  tfav  hi{{hast  possible  place  in  the  re- 
gard of  his  fellow  townsmen.  The  poor  have 
always  been  objects  of  his  care,  notably  the 
pi>:ir  and  aid  Indiaiis  on  the  Miinoey  and 
C^eida  reaerres.  Many  a  heart  has  been 
m^'to  L'lad  by  his  bounty  at  Christmas  time  ; 

i  struggling  church  has  found  in 
t  ,-r.     Dr.    Ecclee  left  the  field  of 

hi*  «*rly  professional  Uboars  in  1870,  and 
with  his  wife  went  to  Europe,  where  he  re- 
mained for  over  two  years.  Part  of  the  time 
wwi  spent  on  the  continent,  but  the  greater 
portioD  in  the  British  Isles.  A  number  of 
ie<l«n  appeared  in  the  East  Lambton  Adoo- 
eotCf  wherein  hii  impressions  were  recorde<l 
after  bis  retam.  Combining  profit  with 
ptoawuv,  he  visited  the  various  hospitals, 
ami  look  advantage  of  the  opportunities  pre- 
>»t<d  fur  profesnionai  and  scientific  work. 
lo  1{C7  he  was  admitted  a  member  of  the 
College  of  Sur>{eon8  of  England,  aud 

Iow  of  the  Royal  College  nf  Surgeons, 
iburgh.  In  1878  Dp.  Eccles  and  his 
retiimfed  to  Can&ila.  and  in  1879  the 
ir  aetUed  in  London^  to  resume  the 
practsoe  of  hti  profession.  He  took  an  active 
part  ill  eetabiiahing  a  school  of  medicine  in 
that  oity»  and  has  tilled  the  chair  of  physi- 
oltigy  in  ttixt  school  since  its  organization. 
Thu  is  the  medical  department  nf  the 
Weatem  University,  now  in  the  fourth  year 
ol  It*  existence,  and  in  a  tlouriahing  oondi- 
tLoa.  The  failing  health  of  hia  wifi^  induced 
the  couple  to  go  lo  Europe  in  I8S*2,  to  con- 
•uitaomeof  the  leading  phyBicians  there, and 
after  au  absence  uf  six  rnunths  they  return- 
ed. Hut  tho  benetit  was  only  temporary, 
(1  tliiv  rrossed  the  Atlantic  afiain  in  1883, 
time  at  the  health  resorts  in  the 
H  and  at  the  Qemmn  Spfias,  re- 
turning tit  the  end  of  tho  year  with  her 
health  fully  recovered.  It  was  during  this 
b  it  he  was  made  a  Fellow  of  tho 

O.  Society   of     London,    England, 

icu  liiuii  he    has   coiiliuuuualy  and  unin- 
iptedly   d«Toted    himself  to  the  practice 
y  ■     ■,    aud  nuw  has  obtained  a 

ir  >'  public  cimfidence,  aa  well 

o^nndence  of  his  cof^fnra  in  the  city 
LoodiNi  mtd  aurroandiDg  towns.    He  has 


El; 


taken  an  active  part  in  religious  work,  and 
was  president  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Aaaociation,  of  London,  from  IbtiO  tu  1883. 
He  has  been  connected  with,  and  has  been 
president  of  the  Empire  Loan  Company,  of 
Canada,  since  its  organization.  In  polities 
Dr.  Eccles  has  always  been  a  Liberal, 
although  never  tiiking  a  very  active  part  in 
public  questions.  He  was  a  Congregation- 
alist  for  many  years,  but  lately  has  connect- 
ed himself  with  the  Methudial  Church  of 
Canada.  In  188l»  our  subject  was  appointed 
one  of  the  examiners  for  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons  of  Ontario,  and  still 
acts  in  that  capacity.  He  whs  examiner  in 
medicine  for  his  (tlv^a  maters  Toronto  Uni- 
versity, from  1881  to  1884  inclusive.  Dr. 
Eccles  is  a  man  of  refined  tastes,  and  of 
kindly  manners.  He  enjoys  high  repute  in 
his  profession  for  leammsf  and  skill,  and 
Jias  established  fur  himself  a  very  enviable 
practice. 

B«ll,  Willfain  Cnrrick,  Ingersoll, 
Ontario,  was  born  at  Cape  Tmvorse,  Prince 
Edward  Island,  on  the  5th  January,  1832. 
His  fiither,  John  Bell,  was  born  near  Annan, 
Scotland,  in  1781,  and  emigrated  to  Prince 
Edward  Island,  about  the  year  1825,  in 
which  province  he  lived  until  his  death  in 
1870.  His  mother,  who  wa«  born  at  Car- 
lyle,  Euglftiid,  in  1783,  went  to  Prince  Ed- 
ward Island  with  her  husband,  ami  di«>d 
there  in  1847.  Young  Bell  alt^ittded  the 
Island  educational  institution,  and  his  course 
embraced  what  is  known  aa  a  sound  English 
education.  Btifore  the  locomotive's  shriek 
(1851)  was  yet  heard,  W.  C.  Bell,  travelW 
from  Prince  Edward  Island,  crossed  the 
Straits  of  Northumberlaud,  from  Bedique  to 
Shediac,  thence  proceeded  by  stage  to  the 
Bend  uf  the  Petitoodiac,  and  from  that  p<.iint 
to  bt.  John,  New  Brunswick;  from  St.  John 
he  went  hy  boat  to  Portland,  Maiae,  and  from 
the  lost  named  city,  to  Brantford,  (Jutario, 
via  the  Suspension  Bridge.  As  this  state- 
ment touches  the  matter  of  travel,  we  umy  add 
that  Mr.  Bell  afterwards  travelled  through 
seventeen  states  iu  tlio  Unii>n,  and  has  like- 
wise visited  Dakota,  and  the  North-West 
territories.  Since  settling  in  Upper  Can- 
ada, he  h4A  twice  visited  his  home  in  the 
Island.  Mr.  Bell  settled  in  Brantford,  for 
twu  years;  butin  J une,  1853,  he  went  tu  Sault 
Ste.  Marie,  where  he  remaioed  till  October, 
when  he  set  out  for  Outauagon,  Michigan, 
on  Lake  Superior.  Here  he  remained  till 
1854,  when  he  proceeded  to  Lafayette,  Indi- 
ana, where  he  remained  for  two  years,  thence 
back  again  to  Canada  in  1856,  settling  ia 
Ingersoll,   Oxford  county.     Here  heoocupi- 


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A  CTCLOPjEDIA  of 


ed  hiraself  in  the  business  of  builder  &nd 
contractor,  and  aiiccesa  very  soon  began  to 
attend  tho  vork  of  his  hands.  He  still  ro- 
flidea  at  Ingereoll,  where  he  continues  in  u 
prosperous  busiueast  and  holds  u  conspic- 
uous place  iu  municipal  and  town  politics. 
He  was  elected  councillor  in  1 870, and  m  1H8^ 
was  elected  deputy  reeve,  lie  was  ro-electerl, 
by  acclamation,  to  the  sante  nrisitiun  in  18B5;  1 
&nd  he  has  boon  a  trustooof  Hchrtola  for  the 
past  ten  or  twelve  years.  In  1850  he  became 
an  Oddfellow,  and  has  tilled  tho  ottice  of  noble 
grand  for  three  terms  iu  that  (»rder;  like- 
vise  having  held  the  treasuremhip  and  other 
othces.  He  is  likewiHo  a  Mmton,  itud  is  a 
member  of  rit.  John's  lodge.  \i\  which  ho  has 
likewise  been  treasurer.  In  politics.  Mr. 
Bell  is  an  active  supporter  of  the  Reform 
party,  ajid  his  religious  viewslead  him  to  f^ive 
a  stronjr  ftdhertnte  to  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church.  He  married  on  April  2!^,  1857, 
Agoes  Klliott,  who  died  on  June  llih,  1803. 
Ue  again  married,  on  November  I'Jth,  14(33, 
Maruaret  Elliott,  who  still  survives. 

Caron,  Hon.  Mr  Adolpho,  K.  C. 
M.«  ,  B.C.L.,  Q.C;.,  P.O,,  M.P.  forQue- 
bee  county,  and  Minister  of  Militia  and 
Defence,  was  born  in  the  City  of  Qaebeo 
in  1843.  Our  subject  is  the  eldest  sur- 
viving son  of  the  late  Hon.  K.  E.  Oaron, 
lieutenant-governor  of  the  province  of  Que- 
bec. The  Caron  family  is  ancient,  and 
many  members  of  it  from  time  to  time 
held  distinguished  places  in  the  state.  Sir 
Adoiphe  was  educated  at  the  Seminary  of 
<^UBbec,  at  Laval  University,  and  i.t  the 
University  of  McGill.  In  1865.  ho  grad- 
uated from  the  last  mentioned  institution 
taking  with  him  the  degree  of  B.O.L.  M. 
Carou  had  as  preceptors  in  the  ollices 
wherein  he  studied  his  profession,  very  dis- 
tinguished lawyers.  At  first  he  studied 
with  L.  G.  BaUlair^^,  Q.C,  andsubseqently 
with  the  Hon.  (now  Sir)  John  Rose,  bart 
In  1805  ho  was  callud  to  the  bar  of  L<^wer 
Canada,  and  in  May,  1879,  was  appfiinted  a 
<3ueeh'8  counsellor.  He  is  the  only  remain- 
ing member  of  tho  widely  known  finn  of 
Andrews,  Caron  tt  Andrews,  Mr.  Andrews, 
sr.,  having  died  a  few  years  a^o,  and  Mr. 
Andrews,  jr.,  having  l>een  appointed  to  a 
justiceship.  Tho  tirm  is  now  re-ori^anized 
And  known  as  Caron,  Pentland  and  Stuart. 
In  18(i7,  he  married  Alice,  only  daughter 
of  the  Isle  Hon.  Frangois  Baby,  M.L.C.. 
and  has  issue  Alice,  and  Adoiphe  DeBlois. 
Besides  his  attention  to  law,  he  has  fonmed 
(prominent  connections  in  other  directions. 
He  has  been  a  director  of  the  Stadacona 
Bank,  and  was  vice-president  of  the  Liter- 


ary and  Historical  Society  of  Quebec  in 
18(t7.  Hut  above  all  other  interesla,  he 
found  himself  attracted  to  public  lifd,  and 
was  first  returned  to  parliament  in  M*rclL,| 
1873.  He  haa  sat  m  the  House  ever  sinoe, 
and  has  been  twice  elected  by  acclamatitjoi. 
He  always  ehowcd  himself  to  be  an  indus- 
rious  and  practical  member  of  the  Uoiis»' 
of  Commons ;  and  those  who  observed 
him  closely  had  no  dithculty  in  predicting 
that  sooner  or  lat«r  he  must  obtain  a  snb- 
stantial  recognition  of  his  abilities.  Sir] 
John  A.  Macdonald  always  keeps  his  ej 
about  him  fur  talent,  and  8ir  Adoiphe  wat' 
long  tinder  his  scrutiny.  A  very  great  friond 
and  warm  admirer  of  t^^ir  John  A.  Mac- 
donald  declares,  however,  that  the  premier 
does  not  want  to  have  near  him  any  ability, 
or  brilliancy  that  could  ever  be  likely  to 
cast  his  own  in  the  shsde,  Neveithelesa, 
we  are  pretty  oertaiu  that  he  is  shrewd 
enough  to  seek  to  gather  about  him  the  beat 
brains  that  he  can  lay  hold  of,  and,  as  a  rule, 
be  has  always  succeeded  iu  doing  thia.  He 
perceived  that  Sir  Adoiphe  would  not  alone 
make  a  good  minister,  but  that  he  would 
likewise  make  a  popular  one.  To  some 
men,  indeed  to  most  men,  come  that  one 
opportunity,  at  some  period  or  another  in 
their  lives  ;    to  put  it  in  poetic   parli 


"  Thera  ill  a  tiile  in  tlie  affairs  of  men. 
W*  bich,  t&keo  at  thv  Hood,  lendi)  on  t^i  fortune. " 

That  tide  came  last  wiut«>r  ;  that  one  op- 
portunity arose  for  8ir  Adoiphe,  Minister  of 
Militia.  We  need  not,  so  close  to  tho  event 
which  furnished  thu  opportunity,  dwell  a( 
length  upon  it  here.  Like  a  thunderbolt 
upon  our  ears  came  the  tidings  that  several 
policemen  and  civilians  had  fallen  before  a 
body  of  armed  rebels  iu  the  North-West. 
It  was  the  winter  of  the  year,  the  theatre 
of  revf.lt  was  far  away;  it  could  not  h© 
reached  by  railroad,  but  almost  interminable 
stretches  of  wildemeas  lay  before  whomso- 
ever should  gn  there  to  re-assert  the  majesty 
of  the  law.  A  weak  or  incapable  minister 
of  militia  would  have  been  at  his  wit's  end 
in  the  face  of  u  problem,  grave  as  this,  thrust 
upon  him  fur  immediate  settlement.  Bu 
Sir  Adoiphe  was  not  dismayed  ;  he  did  no' 
hesitate  at  all,  bnt  promptly  and  firmly 
grappled  with  the  difhcnity.  Looking  hack 
upon  it  now,  it  naturally  gives  us  ground 
for  the  heartiest  approbation  to  think  d  the 
celerity  with  which  troops  were  placed  at 
different  points  in  the  territories,  in  the 
face  of  long  and  difficult  marching,  and  at 
an  inclement  season.  It  is  perhaps  doubt- 
ful if  there  is  to  be  found  in  the   history 


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397 


■«l  ovtUnary  wan  ft  record  shoving  more 
pffQmptaeu  of  dtraigu  and  aotion  thnn  tliia 
aprinhii''  iMit  in  the  way  of  our  Militia  de- 
p«it;i  plAy-      It  ii  a  f»cl  lUat   the 

d«cia.  I'oed  uf  our  movements  elicit- 

ed the  highest  Ap|irob&tion  from  disinter- 
ttiWd  militjftry  spectfttora.  His  Excellency 
the  Goremar-GentTikl,  who  U  a  gentleman 
Orrery  sap«rior  jndijrmont,  rooognised  the 
lucy  of  the  minister  in  this  timo  of 
and  had  no  hesitation  iu  commnnieat- 
L'.t  to  the  Imperial  ^uverumeni,  and 
iiiing  thftt  he  should  obtain  recog- 
nKj.i/  irtTii  the  Crown.  That  recognition 
came,  and  there  was  no  room  tu  doubt  that 
the  Minister  of  Militia  well  deserved  to  be- 
oofue  Sir  Adolphe  Caron.  Of  late  it  has 
oome  to  be  ihc)  onstom  in  certain  quarters 
to  nieer  at  distinctions  like  the  knighthood, 
^Aod  to  declare  that  they  have  been  con- 
rrred  at  random  ;  but  in  the  selection  of 
lir  Adolphe  for  such  an  honour,  no  reason- 
tble  iiiAn  can  make  this  criticism. 

[cDonoiiifli,  Thomaa,  London,  Od- 
>urn  in  the  City  of  Limerick,  Ire- 
imber  12th,  IH24.  His  parenU, 
[.  and  Mtf^aret  McDonough,  were 
bt>ru  in  Ireland,  and  married  there  in  the 
>u|jfliah  cliurch,  of  which  they  were  mem- 
Tra.  Patrick  McDonnui^h  was  an  only  son 
bd  came  to  Uiia  ci>uulry  with  his  family  in 
I),  svttliD^  on  a  large  tract  of  l&nd  nuar 
iiebec,  where  he  remained  for  some  years. 
Thenco  he  removed  tu  Ontario  and  settled 
a  farm  in  Omdun  township,  where  he  re- 
ided  but  a  short  time  when  the  rebellion 
18^17  broke  out.  Immediately  he  t'jok  a 
gry  active  part,  beinij  a  staunch  Conserva- 
tV0,  and  inspired  with  a  spirit  of  loyalty 
and  patriotism.  At  the  tirst  call  to  arms  he 
voliinlrerod.and  letl  a  company  to  the  front, 
rhere  he  reimtined  until  {>eace  wasrestoreil. 
then  rutunied  to  London,  which  was  then 
■mall  town,  and  emhiu*kod  in  busi- 
tere  ;  but,  through  hardship  and  ex- 
oudured  while  at  the  front  during 
ibellun,  he  had  lost  his  health,  and 
>uud  it  nec«9ft«ary  to  give  up  business, 
^lired  tu  a  farm  Convenient  to  tjwn, 
Jarni  nowbol<>nus  to  thusubject  of  this 
Rahck  MoDonongh  died  in  1844, 
a  widow  and  ten  children,  ftnir  sous 
and  SIX  daughter!,  seven  of  which  family  still 
irviTo.  He  had  unoles  who  preceded  him  to 
ci^nlinHrit,  bat  tliey  nettled  in  the  United 
ttstf««.  where  th*.*y  became  distingnixhmt 
itiMtia.  One  of  them  entered  the  Auieri- 
Aavjr,  and  afterwards  became  a  prouiin* 
>uro  in  the  aCl'airs  i>f  the  nation.  His 
Uvoa  in  lt«r   history  as  Commodore 


McDonough.  Thomas  McDonoogh  r«- 
oei  ved  a  bueineat  education,  attending 
the  Grammar  school  of  London,  Ontario. 
Though  always  having  the  interest  of  th& 
militia  service  deeply  in  his  heart,  he  baa 
never  identified  htroself  with  the  organisa- 
tion. Large  business  responsibilities  hare 
prevented  him  from  takmg  part  in  public- 
life,  though  bis  interest  in  public  (|ucatinnB 
and  his  6ne  abilities  would  lit  him  well  for 
such  a  sphere.  Gut  to  take  a  l>rief  retro- 
spective glance.  After  leaving  school  he  re* 
mained  on  the  family  homestead  until  1S48. 
when  feeling  a  strong  desire  to  enter  busi- 
neaa,  he  launched  <mt  for  himself  in  ambiti- 
ous mercantile  pursuits.  Ue  has  since  con- 
tinued iu  this  oocupation,  and  with  uBuocesa 
that   witoesiea  from  year  to  ye&r  a  8te.a<1y 

Srowth  of  buaineaa  and  profit,  in  1855  Mr. 
fcDonough  took  his  brother-in-law  into 
partnership,  and  a  very  extensive  busineaa 
was  carried  on  ;  but  the  association  dissolv- 
ed in  lA<i5,  and  our  subject  continued  oper- 
ations upiin  his  own  responsibility.  Mr. 
McDonough'a  business  consists  of  a  whole- 
aale  and  retail  grt>cery  trade,  in  1B55  he 
became  a  Freemwon,  and  stdl  adheres  to 
the  association.  Thn)U!<h  life  he  has  been 
a  Conservative,  and  is  still  true  to  his  poli- 
tical faith.  Daring  many  campaigns  he  has 
taken  an  active  part,  and  fou;cht  sturdily  for 
his  candidate,  and,  upon  the  whole,  with  a 
l&rge  measure  of  success.  Wttli  respect  to 
his  religious  oonncotiona  he  was  born  and 
bred,  and  still  remains,  in  (he  En4:lish 
church.  He  has  nover  married.  In  social 
life,  as  well  as  in  his  buiiness  reUtioiis,  Mr. 
McD  int.Mijh  IS  very  popular. 

Smllh,  n^|or  Alberl  M.,  7th  Fusi- 
liers. London,  Ont.,  was  bom  at  Farguii,Ofit.  ^ 
on  the  (ith  January,  1Bo3.  Thrt  father  of  tho 
subject  of  this  memoir  was  William  Simpson 
Siuiih,  who  waa  bom  near  M  »ate,  Ireland, 
where  the  fiuiiily  held  au  estate  f-ir  many 
generations.  William  Simpson  Smith  waa 
educated  in  Dublin,  but  was  prepared  f>ir  no 
business  or  profession.  He  emiiO'ated  to 
this  ci>untry  ut  an  early  a'.{e  with  the 
intention  of  farming  ;  but  shortly  after  his 
arrival  he  enteretl  into  commerce.  He 
married  a  daughter  of  Mitj  tr  Brown,  of 
Londonderry,  Ireland.  We  may  add  that 
he  was  engaged  in  business  in  Haydville 
and  Fergus,  and  (inally  (1^5)  went  to 
l«4indon,  where  be  carried  on  suooessful 
■  ■^>vrations  until  his  death  iu  I  $70.  Ho  was 
mayor  of  the  tJity  of  London  f«ir  the  year 
18G8  ;  and  was  a  Freemuhm  of  high  st«nd- 
tng  in  the  order.  Albert  M.  Smith  rotntived 
a  careful  educatioa,   attending    UcUmuth 


396 


A  CYChOPMDJA  OF 


College  and  other  schooU.  He  alwRya 
hftd  a  fttrong  iticliiislictu  fur  miliLary  life  ; 
iind  pawed  througli  the  military  schnol  at 
Torouto  in  1873.  Immediately  afterwards 
ho  obtained  his  commlssioD  aa  ensign  in  Uio 
7th  Battalion,  keeping  ap  active  con- 
nection with  the  bfhttalion  ever  lince.  He 
went  through  the  North- West  campaign  of 
18H5,  and  was  for  aome  time  in  command  of 
a  detachment  at  Telein^ph  Creek,  on  the 
Jforth  Sn»k*lchewaD.  Before  leaving  school 
he  pn>ceeded  to  Europe,  visiting  before  his 
return  anme  of  the  moat  important  places 
there.  Majnr  Smith  is  a  member  of  the 
Church  nf  Engltknd,  and  his  family  always 
havn  breu  members  of  that  communion.  As 
an  ofhcer  he  enjoya  the  reputu  of  eUioieaoy 
and  of  Keal ;  and  be  has  well  earned  these 
Attributes. 

Burns,  Bcv.  Alex.,  D.D.,  LUD.. 
Preaideut  of  the  Wesleyan  lAdiea'  College, 
Uamilton,  was  bom  in  the  Village  of  Cas- 
tlewellan,  County  of  Down,  Ireland,  on  the 
]2ih  of  August,  1834.  His  father  was 
James  BuniB,  a  carpenter  and  joiner  to 
trade,  who  left  the  old  land  and  settled  in 
Quebec  in  1847.  .After  remaining  there  for 
three  years,  hia  parents  removed  to  Tr>ronto, 
where  they  continued  to  reside  during  the 
remainder  of  th*?ir  lives.  At  an  early  age 
Alexander  began  to  attend  school,  and  had 
Acquired  a  gocKl  rudimentary  education  be- 
fore his  family  emigrated.  After  his  arrival 
in  Quebec,  he  was  employed  for  some  time 
AS  an  aasiatant  in  an  a[>uthecary'a  shop,  but, 
not  finding  that  pursuit  tu  hi.<t  Ukiii)^,  he 
eooD  abandoned  it,  and  uft^rwards  learned 
the  trade  of  wood -turning.  When  seventeen 
years  of  age  the  famous  Methodist  revival 
preacher,  the  Rev.  .lames  Caughey,  visited 
Toronto,  and  held  a  series  of  religious  meet- 
ings in  the  old  Richmond  street  Methodist 
ohnrch.  Young  Alexander  Burns  attended 
the  meetings,  and  waa  drawn  under  the 
powerful  spell  of  the  preacher.  He  hnd 
been  reared  by  his  parents  to  the  Preaby- 
terian  faith,  and  taught  the  Calviniatio  doo- 
trinea  in  all  their  ngour,  although  it  cannot 
be  said  that  ho  hold  any  distinct  theological 
yiews  at  the  time.  He  awoke  to  new  pur- 
posea.  waa  "converted,"  embraced  the  doc- 
trines of  the  Wesleyan  body,  and  was 
enrolled  as  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
church.  Thia  was  the  turning  point  in  bia 
life,  as  his  desires  to  understand  the  Scrip- 
ture*, and  to  prepare  himself  for  an  earnest 
life,  gave  him  an  insatiable  and  perm;inunt 
longing  for  an  education.  Impelled  by  that 
desire,  ho  studied  during  hia  spare  hours  ; 
and  when  he  had  saved  enough  tu  enable  him 


to  enter  ooltoge,  he  left  his  businesa  and  en- 
tered Victoria  College,  Coboui^.  He  gnutu- 
aled  there,  in  1801,  B.A.,  as  Prince  of 
Wales'  gold  medalist.  He  remained  iu  tlu> 
college  one  year  as  classical  tea<;-her,  and 
then  entered  the  ministry.  His  first  yvu 
waa  spent  in  Htratford,  the  second  and  third 
in  Drayton.  In  18<>5  he  waa  offered  tho 
vice-preBidency  of  the  Monnl  AUiaon  l^ni- 
versity.  New  Brunswick;  also  the  chair  of 
mathematics  in  the  Iowa  Wesleyan  (.'niver* 
sity.  He  accepted  the  latter,  and  acooia- 
panied  the  venerable  Dr.  Charles  Elliott  to 
Mount  Fleaaant,  Iowa,  where  he  remained 
three  years  as  vicepreaident  of  that  tniti- 
tution.  In  ISfis  he  accepted  tho  presidency 
of  the  Simpson  Centenary  College,  and  held 
that  position  for  ten  years ;  waa  elected  tu 
the  presidency  of  the  Jowa  Wesleyan  Tni- 
versity  in  Ititill,  but  declined  to  accept 
While  in  the  United  States  he  did  a  great 
deal  of  lecturing,  preaching,  etc.,  before 
colleges,  literary  societies,  and  state  asso- 
ciations ;  was  one  of  the  three  delegate! 
from  the  DesMoinos  conference  to  the  g«n-  H 
era!  conference  iu  Baltimore  in  the  oenten-  V 
nial  year  1876.  In  1878,  just  as  he  waa 
thinking  of  returning  east,  he  got  a  call 
from  Hamilton  to  take  the  presidency  of  thtti 
Wesleyan  I^diea'  College,  in  place  of  ih 
Rev.  S.  D.  Rice,  D.  D. ,  late  senior  superio* 
tendentof  the  Methodist  Church  of  Caua<Ja« 
and  accepted.  At  the  same  time  he  g«H 
call  to  Chicfl^.  He  has  been  in  Hamil 
ever  since.  His  special  work  is  mental  and 
moral  science,  evidences  of  Christianity, 
logic,  and  English  literature.  But  the  sub* 
ject  to  which  he  has  given  moat  aitentioii 
for  the  last  twvnty-tive  years  is  bibli 
criticism  and  biblical  literature.  He  has 
his  library  some  of  the  rarest  works  to 
found  on  the  continent.  In  1870  ho 
coived  the  degree  of  S.T.D.  {Sttnctix  TKeo- 
I'igitt:  Doctor)  from  the  State  Univeraity  of 
Indiana,  una  of  the  riohfst  univerftitit-a  ia 
the  oountry,  and  in  1878  his  almn  nuiUr 
gave  him  the  LL.D.  He  has  been  twice 
elected  by  the  alumni  of  the  university  as 
one  of  their  reproaentatives  in  the  stnmta, 
and  ia  asaociato  examiner  in  the  university 
in  tho  president's  department.  He  has 
delivered  the  annual  lecture  before  the 
Theoloi;ical  union  twice,  and  preached  the 
bawalauruate  sermon  once.  He  uikes  a 
^'reat  interest  in  Victoria  C'dlej^e,  and  has 
studied  her  history  and  her  wants  perhapa 
as  fully  as  any  other  of  her  s^ms.  He  has  al- 
ways been  radical  in  his  religious  views  and 
theology  ;  that  is,  he  profoundly  believea 
that  all  true  religion  harmoniztw  with  reaaon. 


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A 


CAKAD2AN  BIOGRAPHY. 


3H(I 


It 


ice,  &nd  common   Ben<ie.     He  also  be-  | 
tbftt   the   BcripturtB,    whea   properly 
iret«Kl  in  the  light  of  their  own  olaiius, 
iv«r  m&ii^taiu  their  place  above  all 
human  prcKluclions.     He  claims  that 
iptioD  to  cree'ls  ia  not  merely  uaeteaa, 
litively  iDJurious  when  it  oovera  more 
le  esaentiala   of    ChriBtianity.     The 
ity  of  the  epiric  is  not  uniformity  of  be- 
.Dor  ft  aimilarity  of   explanation.      In 
I*  WM  tried  by  the  Loudon  conference 
Iding  viewa  contrary  to  the  teaching 
the  Meth'<di8t  Church  on  (I)  tho  acrip- 
i?#.  (?>  the  atonement,  and  (3)  the  future. 
wd  heresy  waa  found  in  a  letter 
Uy  written  by  Rev.  Dr.   Burns  to 
.-Id  tiicnd,  Rev.  Dr.  Thomas,  of  Chicago, 
id  published  in  the  Chicago  papera.     He 
^fended  hia  poaition,  and  ahowed  that  his 
iws   were  not    merely  biblical,   but   alao 
'In  fult  harmony  with  the  leaders  of  thought 
and  public    teachera  in  Methodist   univer- 
itiea.      He   waa    alrotjat    unanimoualy   ac- 
uicted  on  all  the  chargea,  aop&ratoly  and 
tnjoined.     Touching  the  trial  and  ita  re- 
sult, the  Chi-iitian  Ouardian,  edited  by  the 
Kev.   Dr.   Dewart,  a  bom   oontroveraialiat, 
MUd  :  ""The  aoqmttal  of  Vr.  Buma  waa  not 
m  reault  of  any  apecial  pleading  or  explain- 
ing away  of    hia  words  on  his  part.       He 
atAted  his  viewa,  and  defended  them  in  a 
Toanly  and  candid  manner.     There  was  no 
attempt  to  shirk  the    reaponsibility  of  hia 
written  nr  spiiken  words.     We  are  glad  the 
matter  haa  ended  as  it  haadone.     We  never 
had  any  doubt  that  Dr.  Burns  waa  in  every- 
thing esseatial  soundly  Methodisti^,  though 
ho  is  an  independent  thinker,  and  expreaaea 
himself  with  more  than  ordinary  freedom  of 
latiguagr."     Since  then  he    haa  heen  very 
boay  Conducting  the  college,  delivering  nd- 
,4rMKS,    lecturing    (upon    faith    and    free 
lougbt),   prvaching   at  annivenMuiea,   and 
rriting  articles  for  matfazinea,  papers,  etc., 
tfie  is  a  rvf(.'rm«.<r  in  yolitica,  opposed  to  an 
k|M>riaible    houae    of    lorda,    or    senate, 
jla  a  free  trader,  and  believe*  that  govern- 
'tttont  should  legislate  for  a  more  et^uitable 
diviaiou  of  the  fruits  of  labour  among  the 

I  working  cUasea — that  nothing  elae  can  aave 
«s  f^>m  cummuniam.  He  takea  a  deep 
iittercat  in  miaaionary  work,  and  haa  writ- 
tftu  several  radical  articles  on  the  aubject. 
fie  haa  endeavoured  to  make  the  college 
t*-  •  n'-«-"ly  ft  school  for  tho  fto-called  accom- 
[  '-^,    but    a   place    where    the  aolid 

£i I  a  university  course  could  [to  ob- 
tionvd  ;  and  ho  is  gratified  to  tind  that  a 
Wge  percwntago  of  his  atudenta  are  in  the 
ngtUar  onlloge  oourae  preparing  for  gradu- 


ation. Both  oa  a  man  and  a  theologian  Dr. 
Burns  ia  highly  esteemed  by  hia  brother 
iniuiaters,  aud  his  liberal  and  enlightened 
policy  has  won  for  him  many  warm  friends, 
both  within  the  pale  of  the  church  and 
outside  of  it.  He  was  married  on  the 
I5t)i  of  June.  IBdSt  to  ^arah  Andrews,  of 
Devonshire,  EugUnd.  Tho  union  haa  been 
a  moat  happy  one.  Mra.  Bunia  la  pre- 
eminently aditpted  to  aid  in  hia  present 
work ;  indeed  she  doea  more  in  college 
management  nnw  than  he  doea  himself. 
He  hfls  four  children— two  sons  and  two 
daiightera. 

Cowan,  Jnmea,  Hardware  Merchant, 
London,  Ont. ,  was  born  at  Dairy,  County  of 
Kirkcudbright,  Scotland,  on  the  Ulh  Janu- 
ary', 1S32.  He  ia  a  aon  of  John  Cowan  and 
Margaret,  whoae  maiden  name  waa  Carson. 
John  Cowan  waa  a  merchant  in  Dairy, 
and  died  at  the  age  of  forty-eight  ;  and 
the  mother  died  when  in  her  forty-first 
year.  Eleven  children  were  left,  nine  sons 
and  two  dau2hterB,  the  subject  of  thia 
sketch  being  the  seventh  son  in  auuceaaion. 
He  had  only  reached  his  seventh  yeu*  when 
his  parents  died  ;  and  before  fifteen  sum- 
mers passed  over  him  he  left  home  to  learn 
the  business  of  an  ironmonger.  Hia  educa- 
tion oonaiated  in  what  be  obtained  at  the 
aohoola  of  hia  native  place  before  he  set  forth 
to  learn  hia  profession.  He  served  five 
years  aa  an  apprentice  and  two  yeara  as 
foreman,  with  A.  Dobie,  ironmonger  and 
jeweller,  Castle  Douglaa,  Scotland.  Leav- 
ing there  in  May,  1853.  he  went  to  Durham, 
England,  where  he  tarried  for  three  months 
with  Mr.  MarshftU,  inmmonirer  and  co^^tper. 
In  August,  18o3,  he  proceeded  to  Dews- 
bury,  Yorkshire,  remaining  thrre  for  six 
months  as  clerk  with  John  Smith,  iroD- 
mongcr  and  nail   manufacturer.       In  May, 

1854,  he  started  off  for  Liverpool,  to  manage 
a  hardware  buaineaa  for  Mra.  Lightfoot, 
whoae  huaband  had  died,  her  budnesa 
beinic  ai^mewhatembarraaaed.  He  left  for 
home  in  August  of  the  same  year,  marri«d 
Elapeth  Wells  on  September  lat,  and  sailed 
from  Liverpool  on  the  ahip  West  Pointy  on 
September  22nd,  arriving  at  Now  York  on 
2'2nd  October,  1854.  The  ahip  had  cholera 
on  board,  and  twenty  paaaetigers  and  four 
aeamen  died  of  the  terrible  diaesstf.  Mr. 
Cowan  obtained  employment  with  Messrs. 
Windle  «fe  Co.,  on  Maiden  Lane,  for  about 
two  months,  and  afterwards  for  a  short  time 
in  acar[H4t  store  in    Brooklyn.       In    May, 

1855,  ho  departed  for  Canada,  and  was 
ihreo  months  with  John  Bain,  hardware 
merchant  in  Hamilton,  Csnsda    W««t,     Oa 


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the  8th  August,  185f>,  he  ohtained  a  ailu- 
atioD    with    Adnm    Hope   S:  Co.,    London, 
and    wiu    employed    with    this   firm    up  to 
Septcrabcr^  IBB-l,  leaving  them   uf  his  own 
accord.     He  then  begau  buaineu  in  partner- 
ship with  James  Wright,  ((.kttiber  21, 18tM). 
under  the  iiKUie  uf  Cuwaii  &  Wright.     This 
Qrui.    huwever,    dissolved    partnership   on 
September  30th,  187u,  and  since  then,  np  to 
the  present  time,  the  nHine  of  the    Hrm  has 
been  Jauea  Cowan  l^  Co.     His  partiiorB  aru 
hia   eldest  son,   Pavid   James  Cowan,  and 
his  nephew,  and  A.   K.  Melbourne.      Mr. 
Cowan  commenced  huaiuesi  on  a  very  auiall 
oipit&l,  and  has  ftucceeded  in  all  his  under- 
takings.     Adam  Hope  &  Co.,   whose  retail 
department  he  had  managed  for  years,    and 
in  whose  employ  he  was  for  over  nine  years, 
declined  to  sell  liim  goods  when   he  started 
in  business  ;  but  in  less  than  two  years  that 
firm  left  London  for  Hamilton.     This  cir- 
cumstance   is    mentiont^d  to  show  that  Mr. 
Cuwan    owes    his  success  in  life  to  his  own 
individual  effort,  combined  with  a  thorough 
knowledge    of    the    buaineaa,    and    not   to 
aiuistance  from  others.       His  late  partner, 
Mr.  Wright,  being  a  school-teacher,  had  no 
knowledge  uf  the  hardware  business.     Mr. 
Cowan  hns  always  taken  a  hearty  interest  in 
the  allairs  of  his  follow-citizens,  and  there  is 
at  the  present  t  me  (close  of  1885)  a  strong 
desire  that  he  should  become  mayor  of  the 
city  for  1886.       He  is  a  member  of  the  St. 
Andrew's  and  Caledonian    societies,  and  an 
ex-president  of  the  former;  likewise  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Reform  Aasodntion  of    London  ; 
and  a  master  Mnaou  in   Kilwinning    lodge. 
The    date    of  hia  connection  with  the  first, 
November,  186U  ;  with  the  Reform  Associa- 
tion, 1874  ;  with  the  latter,  January,  ]885. 
Our  subject  was  brought  up  in  the    Presby- 
terian faith,  sntl  adheres  to  that  denomina- 
tion.      His  first  marriage  has  already  been 
mentioned,    but    this  lady  died   in   June, 
1858.       He  married    again,  the    following 
year,  Annie,  daughter  of  Mr.  Waddell,  vet- 
erinary   surgeon    in    the    Royiil    Artillery, 
then  stationed   at   NiiigHra.     One  son,  his 
partner,  borne  by  the  tirst  wife,  is  atill  liv- 
ing ;  and  there  are  six  sons  and  four  daugh- 
ters  by    the  second,  all  of  whom  survive, 
except  one  of  each  sex,  who  died  in  infancy. 
John,  his   fourth  son,  took  up   arms  as  a 
volunteer  in  defence  of  his  country  in  1885. 
Mr.  Cowan  is  a  man  of  much  personal  and 
mental  activity,  and  his  temperament  is  de- 
cidedly sanguine  and  nervous.  Nevertheless 
he  is  cantioua,  has  a  broad  understanding, 
and  weighs  a  matter  with  deliberation  be- 
fore reaching  hia  conclusion. 


Rnin,  Thomaa   Boitll,   Tilsonbniy, 
Ontario,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Lerwicx, 
Shetland    Islands,    Scotland,    on    the    \7ik 
September,  1820.       Ue  ia  a  son  uf  Malonlm 
and    Helen   Bain,   the  family  name  ui  his 
mother  bfiiig  Jacobs.     His  grandfather  wai 
a  pilot,  and  during  the  war  1776,  waa   iak»a 
prisoner  and  confined  under  the  hatches  <tf 
the  privateer  schooner,  Bou  Httmrru  liich' 
»n/j,    then   commanded    by    Paul    Jones,  I 
during  an  engagement    with    the    Bnti»h 
frigate  Serophus,     Some  years  later  ho  died 
in  Scotland.     Malcolm  Rain  wits  a  builder 
and  contractor  in  the  ShetlniKl  IsUnds.     lu 
1843  he  resolved  to  see  what  fortune  might 
have  in  store  for  him  in  the  new  world,  and 
taking  ship  acroas  the  ocean,   he  settled  m 
Rochester,  in  the  State  of  New  York.    Inthia 
city  he  continued  hia  profession  of  contrairt'jr 
and  builder  for  a  time,  aud  then  moved  to 
Huifalo,  thence  into  Canada,  taking   up  hii 
abode  in  Tilaonburg.  Some  time  afterward  be 
retired  from  business  life. aud  he  died  iu  1877. 
leaving  behind  him  three  anna   and  three 
daughters;  the  subject  of  this  memoir  was 
the  third  eldest  of  the  family.     Mrs.  Bain 
died  also  in   1877,  and   both  ahe  and  her 
worthy   husband    vere    deeply    lamented. 
They  were  extremely  pioaa,  and  exemplary 
Christiana,   having  been    nienitiem    of    the 
Baptist  denomination.     Thonuis  Uoult  Bam 
received  a  careful  educational   traiiiin*^  ia 
primary  studies  in  Scotland,  aud  completed 
his  course  in  l^locheater,  and   at  the  City 
BiitTaio.     Before  leaving  Scotland,   he 
commenced  the  study  of  Latin  and  Oreek, 
and    in    Buffalo    with  six  others  formed 
Hebrew  class  under  the  tutorship  of    th 
late  Dr.  Conger,  uf  that  city.   He  continued' 
this  study    fur    three  years,  at  tlie  end  u 
which  period  he  was  able   to  translate  th 
langnage  wath  great  ease.      He  was  Hlwaya 
devoted  student,   his   choice  studies  beino" 
aoience  and  metaphysics.     At   the    ag«   or 
eighteen  ho  left  school  and  began  to  leara 
the  business  of  builder  and  contactor  with 
his  father.     In  1850  he  entered  the  firm  of 
OaiTett,  House  «&  Co.,  to  leant  organ  and 
piano  bniJding  ;  and  iu  ttnte  becime  f<>reniaa 
of  the   works.       In    1857,    ho   removetl    t 
Canada,  where  he  reannied  hia  uld  prnfea- 
aion  of  building  and  ctmtruoting,  iu  {lartiier-' 
ship  with  one  Angus  Brown.  After  a  perntd 
of  fifteen   months    the   firm  removed   their 
operations  to  the  town  of  Tilaonburg,  nnd 
here  established   a   sash  and  door  facti^try, 
but   the   co-partnership  dissolved  in   i8o9, 
selling  its  interest  in   the  busmi'ss.      Afte 
terminating  business  Mr.  Bain  concluded 
seek  a  new  home  in  Western  Kansas,  but  h 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPBY. 


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not  a&tUfied  with  the  country,  and  re- 
turned to  Tils^mburg  at  thocU»eof  thojear. 
I  i>ui  hi&  return  he  t;nten;d  into  partnenhip 
U.  Wilcdx,  in  a  general  store 
hnder  the  firm  stylo  uf  Bala  «& 
"')  thifi  aiTaiii(ement  waa  continaed 
-vheii  Mr.  B  lin  bought  uut  the  in- 
--<  I'Artner,  Rn<l  he  carried  on  the 
'  ii^iri.  1  .1  I  uooeasfully  for  twenty-three 
'•'•''V  It  AtMi;  then  accuTDiilatod  a  hand- 
•  '  .>  competency,  beretired  from  active  life 
III  ivi'i.  L'pun  tht<  incorpuration  of  the 
tuvu  \*l  TiUonbiirk',  in  1871i  he  wax  elected 
llie  Erat  reere  of  the  placu,  and  represented 
Uie  town  in  the  county  council  for  the  yean 
ld7l,  1H72.  IdTo  and  187(>.  In  1877  he 
was  elooted  mayor  of  the  towD.  and  was  re- 
alaot«d  by  acclamation  for  the  years  1878, 
1879.  1880  and  1881.  In  18ti2  he  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  Her  Majesty's  Justices  of  the 
pwftoe.  and  performed,  we  might  say,  all 
Um  magiatonal  dnties  for  eighteen  years. 
In  1864  he  was  elected  one  of  the  school 
tnuteea  for  the  town,  and  held  that  office 
fur  aeTenU  years.  Ho  belongs  to  the  Masonic 
ovdar,  and  is  a  member  of  King  Hiram 
lodg«,  G.K.O..  No.  78,  and  was  W.M  in 
Um  aaid  Iinige  for  six  yean,  and  iias  been 
■Uctod  district  depnty  grand  master  of  Wil- 
son  district  twice  (1878  and  1879).  In  poLi- 
Has  Mr.  Bain  is  a  Reformer,  and  he  has 
b«»en  (>rc»idont  of  the  south  riding  of  Oxfurd 
R«fonn  Association.  In  religion  he  is 
A  highly  roq>eeted  member  of  the  Baptist 
dMiOnii nation.  He  was  married,  in  1852, 
by  the  ReT.  Dr.  Boyd,  of  Loudon,  Ootario, 
to  Laura  L.,  eldest  daughter  of  the  late 
Abraham  Vanorman,  of  the  City  of  Lon- 
don. Mrs.  Biiu  died  in  1885,  leaving  a 
family  of  four  children.  Mr.  Bain  is  a  gen- 
tf#Oiaii  I'f  a  kindly  disposition,  and  is  greatly 
iiwutiid  by  all  who  know  him.  He  haa 
led  a  moat  aotive  business  life,  and  is  now 
•ojoying  a  well  deserved  rest.  He  is  liberal, 
both  in  nsligion  and  politics,  wialnng  every 
citisen  to  cxHmise  the  ulntust  freedom  of 
thouKht,  word  and  action  compatible  with 
Law  and  order. 

Iluore,  Jiitnea  Douglaa^St.  Mary's, 
Ontario.  wa4  ttoni  on  the  18th  of  August, 
1838.  in  Dumfries,  upon  a  farm  nut  far  dis- 
tant from  Gall,  Ontario.  His  faiher,  George 
Moore,  was  iKrrn  in  1801,  in  Northum- 
berland, Knifland,  and  hts  mother.  Agnes 
DouvIm.  was  born  in  1812,  in  Roxboruugh, 
Scotland,  she  being  the  d  ini^htur  of  a 
Hrm^r.  The  mamjtg»  of  this  cample  took 
a  few  yeara  after  Georae  Moorv  had 
uptju  his  farm.  Under  rather 
drannutanoet,  the  aobjeot  of 
Z 


this  sketch  6 rat  saw  the  light.  His  parents, 
like  other  pioneen,  was  stru:7gUMg  with  the 
dithculties  of  the  bush  ;  and  when  he  grew 
old  enuuifh  to  be  of  any  use,  instead  of  be- 
ing able  to  attend  school,  he  was  obliged  to 
give  his  assistance  to  the  numerous  odds 
and  ends  of  farm  work.  After  he  hsd 
passed  his  twelfth  ye^r,  however,  ho  at- 
tended school  during  the  winter  mouths, 
having  resolved  not  to  go  out  and  try  to 
win  his  fortune  from  the  world  without  an 
education.  So  strong  was  his  desire  to 
excel,  that  he  very  soon  outstripped  larger 
boys  at  school.  But  his  ambition  was  to  be 
first  in  the  everyday  aasooiations  outside  of 
school,  as  well  as  within  ics  walls  ;  and  at 
ploughing  matches,  which  were  conducted 
with  a  high  degree  of  skUl,  he  carried  otf  the 
silver  cup  amongst  other  important  prizes. 
Before  the  introduction  of  rt?:iping  nrichmus 
in  his  native  section,  he  cut  with  \ua  own 
cradle,  in  a  apace  of  twelve  houn,  no  less 
than  eight  acres  of  heavy  grain.  Another 
instance  of  doftneas  of  6ngering  niiy  be 
given  :  after  he  had  engaged  in  the  egg  busi- 
ess,  he  packed  a  barrel  of  seventy  dozen 
eggs  in  the  space  of  seven  minutes.  On 
the 24th  May,  1860,  he  married  Mary  Black, 
the  daughter  of  a  worthy  farmer  in  the  sec- 
tion. Although  Mr.  Moore^s  father  was  the 
proprietor  of  a  farm  of  300  acres,  highly 
and  thoroughly  cultivated,  yet  aa  he  reflected 
that  he  had  been  so  long  a  slave  of  toil,  in 
wet  and  dry  weather,  through  winter  and 
summer,  he  decided  that  he  would  try  some 
line  of  commerce  for  which  he  deemml  ho 
poaseased  the  proper  aptitude.  <-)u  the  i't^th 
Alarch.  18G7,  be  moved  to  SL  Mary's,  where 
he  beti^an  to  purchase  and  piy  caslk  for  eirgs 
and  butter, — a  methtvl  of  payini^  considered 
an  amazing  phenomenon  in  those  days.  Not 
being  satistied  with  the  ordinary  methods 
of  ibis  trade,  he  was  the  tint  t'>  pioklo  eggs 
to  any  considerable  extent,  and  began  to 
keep  them  over  from  a  period  of  low  prices 
till  their  value  arose  in  the  market.  He 
was  likewise  the  tint  dealer  west  of  Mon- 
treal to  erect  a  refrigerator  to  hold  0|('^s 
over  in  their  fresh  state.  His  operation  in 
eggs,  as  well  as  in  cheese  and  butter,  have 
been  conspicuously  successful.  His  wife 
died  on  the  13th  January,  18>>0,  and  a  year 
later,  December,  18<>!),  he  marned  KliZ'ibeth 
Shand.  He  has  one  dau}^hter  living  by  oach 
wife,  and  the  eldest  of  these  graduititiJ  at  the 
Yi'ung  Lvlieii'  College,  Braniford,  in  June. 
1883.  Mr.  Moore  was  for  suvoral  yt'sn  a 
member  of  St.  Mary's  town  ooimcit,  and 
could  have  easily  had  every  offio.«  within  the 
gift  of  hia  towDamen,  bat  his  busiueas  im* 


A  CrCLOPjSCVIA  OF 


ptirfttivoI>>  demanded  hia  Attention,  so  thftt 
he  wu  obliged  to  be  content  with  holding 
the  prciidency  of  th«  South  Perth  Reform 
Association,  Mid  Hume  other  aoiall  but-  hon- 
ourable (lositiuna.  Ho  is  a  Prvsbj'terian, 
being  descended  frijiii  the  old,  strict  Kstab- 
linheH  church.  This  enterprising  gentleman 
employs  seventeen  men  and  seven  teams  ; 
and  besides  iho  produce  business  spoken  of, 
he  owns  and  operates  an  oatmeal  mill,  and 
exports  meal,  butter,  cheese  and  apples  to 
Glasgow,  Liverpool  and  London,  and  egijs 
to  New  York.  Mr.  Moore's  father  died  in 
1876,  but  his  mother  is  still  alive.  A  man  of 
remarkable  individuslity,  energy,  and  busi- 
ness capacity  h  the  subject  uf  this  sketch, 
as  the  more  roadiug  of  his  career  alone  will 
show. 

Wlilte,  Hon.  Thomas,  Minister  of 
the  Interior,  M.P.  for  Cardwell,  and  Iste 
Managing  Editor  of  the  Montreal  OittdtCy 
was  bi.>ru  at  Montreal,  on  the  7th  of  AuKUst. 
1830.  His  father  was  Irish,  a  County  West- 
meath  man,  and  his  mother  Scotch,  having 
been  born  in  Edinburgh.  Mr.  White, 
senior,  carried  on  business  as  a  leather  mer- 
chant in  Montreal  for  many  years.  He 
sent  Th'-ttias,  the  aiibject  this  sketch,  to  the 
High  Sclioifl  at  Montreal,  where  be  received 
the  education  which  in  later  years  he  was 
destined  to  turn  to  such  excellent  accMint. 
Having  l«rft  schrol,  Mr.  White  engaf;(ed  for 
some  years  in  ntercantile  pursuits,  but  this 
was  not  according  to  his  taste,  and  ho  soon 
made  up  his  mind  to  abandon  the  calling. 
and  accepted  d  position  on  the  editorial  atalT 
of  the  Quebec  (Vori^r  — which  position  was 
offered  him  in  consequence  of  an  address 
which  he  delivered  ou  temperance  in  the  city 
of  Quebec,  and  which  attracted,  much  atten- 
tion. In  1853  he  started,  in  company  with 
his  brother-in-law,  Robert  Homain,  the 
Peterbora'  /^cnVif,  which  ho  waa  connected 
with  until  1800.  Then  he  entered  upon  the 
study  of  law  in  the  otlice  of  the  Honour- 
able Sidney  .Smith,  Q.t.-,,  of  Peterboro*,  con- 
tinuing hia  studies  during  the  full  Uttn\  of 
four  years.  He  then,  with  his  brother, 
Richard  White,  became  the  proprietor  of  the 
Sptctatorf  Hamilton,  where  he  resided  from 
li!64  to  1870.  Mr.  White,  from  an  early  age, 
evinced  a  marked  interest  in  public  atfaim  ; 
and  when  he  was  yet  a  very  young  man  was 
chosen  reeve  of  the  town  of  Peterboro'.  He 
likewise  always  took  a  great  interest  in  edu- 
cational affairs,  and  served  upon  the  Ciram- 
mar  School  boards  in  Peterboro'  and  Ham- 
ilton. In  Montreal,  where  in  later  years 
his  chief  personal  interests  wore  centered, 
he  took  an  important  part  in  civic  and  gen- 


eral business.      He    was  for  a  number  ei 

years  representative  of  the  Montreal  Boanll 
of  Trade  in  the  Dominion  Board  ;  fori 
three  yesrs  a  member  of  the  executive  eoin^j 
mittee  of  the  Dominion  Board,  and  repr9>j 
sentative  for  &ve  yeais  uf  that  body  at  tl 
National  Board  of  Trade  of  the  Onit 
States.  But  important  and  ever  conapicuout 
connection  with  civic  matters,  and  with  as- 
sociations, did  not  satisfy  the  ambition  c(J 
Mr.  Wliite.  He  had  been  for  vears  a  don 
and  careful  observer  of  political  events,  and 
a  conscientious  student  of  public  questions. 
So  he  resolved  to  seek  admi»sion  to  pailia- 
ment  ;  and  when  besought  that  admisiJOD 
he  did  not  ^o  as  a  raw  reciuit  who  has  to 
study  the  ijuestions  upon  whicli  he  has  to 
legislate  after  he  has  entered  the  legisla- 
ture. His  mind  waa  well  stored  with  prac- 
tical information,  and  his  judgment  ripened 
by  a  wide  experience.  In  1678,  he  wa>  hiy 
returned  to  parliament  for  OardwulJ,  )i  > 
presetit  seat.  But  this  success  was  not 
achieved  without  much  perseverance  and 
strong  efforts.  In  1807,  ho  was  anuusuc- 
ceasful  candidate  for  South  Wentworth  in 
the  Ontario  legislature  ;  in  1874,  for  the 
County  of  Prescutt,  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons, and  in  1875  and  1870,  rvB(>ectivet 
for  Montreal  W'est,  in  the  H<iUBe  of  Coi 
mons.  It  may  be  [>otnted  out  that  the  agJ 
gregate  niajority  sgninst  him  in  the  throej 
first  elections  amounted  to  only  ai 
votes.  Mr.  White  has  rttuined  his 
Cardwell  since  1878.  With  respect 
opinions,  the  writer  may  ()uote  an  nuthoi 
itative  stateuieut  :— '*  Ue  thinks  that  thi 
tariff  should  be  so  fmmed  as  to  promote  foi 
eign  trade  by  Halifax  m  the  winter  and  tl 
St.  Lawrence  in  the  summer,  as  agai 
trade  by  .American  sea  porta  ;  and  as  to  ft 
ter  the  dwelupment  of  the  agricultural, 
mining  and  manufacturing  interests  of  th( 
country.  He  favours  an  Imperial  Kollverein, 
which  would  stren}{theu  the  bond  of  unionl 
between  the  mother  country  and  the  coh 
oniea,  by  fostering  and  protecting  the! 
trade  relations."  Mr.  White  hns  alwaj 
been  an  able  abd  very  conscientious  sui 
porter  of  the  Conservative  party's  nationi 
policy  ;  and  he  is  always  prepared  with  an 
invincible  array  of  arguments  to  defend  thf 
position  which  he  takes  upon  this  questioi 
He  is  one  of  the  most  industrious  membei 
of  the  House  of  Commons,  devoting  his  timftj 
and  his  attention  to  the  duties  of  his  po* 
sition.  8ir  Leonard  Tilley  and  himself 
were  the  two  authorities  upon  questions  of 
finance  and  trade  upon  the  government 
aide  ot  the  House  during  these  late  yean. 


CANADIAN  HIOQBAPBY 


403 


's  a  HtieDt,  &{r«ceful,  polished  and 

\\\  ver.     He  always  conveys  thu  iin- 

"prea^iL'ti  <jt  bving  inastvr  uf  hiasubject ;  aiid 

or    ufver    tiecoinea  confused    when  he  gets 

'  t.        lie  has  always  amen   after 

.   Cartwrij^ht,  and  some    of    the 

itioniaU  have  for  s.^nie  days  bo- 

■  LeiinardTilley'aliUiigel  speech. 
..  ^.  ...,  i.^/ticcablo  that  Mr.  White's  state- 
mtftita  upon  finnncinl  quustious  have  beea 
i'ouerallv  i'ii.«e<l  over  by  the    snapping  fry. 

ctnstruclion  of  the   Cabinet  in 

■  •>{  I8H0,  Mr.  White  was  invited 
a  in  it  by  Sir  John  A.  Macdonald.  The 

'  inat«  outbreak  in  the  North- West  had 
ikiniu  that  portion  of  the  country  in 
I'le  plight  ;  for  ehortly  after  the  doss 
tumult,  and  while  the  territory  yet 
oiractt'd  after  the  war,  Sir  David  Mac- 
'D,  who  had  been  Minister  of  the  In 
.  was  ('bilged,  owing  to  ill   health,  to 
rmi^.  and  ft««k  amelioration  at   the  baths 
tn    Omoany.        Meanwhile  every    eye  was 
-^-»^.iiintc  f»»r  a  man  with  the  ability  and  the 
ly  to  take  charge  of  the  vacated  head- 
wind when  It  was  announced   that  the 
-.r  fur  CiirdweU  was  tht>  j^outlunian  for 
'it,  the  most  couipltfte  satisfaction  was 
-*ed.     Kven  organs  most bittorly  np. 
lu  the  government  admitted  that  the 
i>>u  was  a  most  admirable  one  ;  for  the 
itry,  the  ability  for  organisation,  and 
ihu    capacity   of    the    minister  elect,    were 
known  to  every  one.     Almost  immediately 
fti  ■   mg  the  appointment,  Mr.  White 

1  to    the  North-West,    and     made 

^'  invttstigation  into  the  host  of 
iiiriirs  in  that  region  ;  and  it  is 
rn'i  nfL>s'!i;iry  to  seek  to  show  hnw  nntfroun, 
how  ti*d;oU9,  and  how  inunenB**  this  tuk 
was,  and  thi-  work  which  afterwards  fell  to 
him  at  his  place  lu  the  cJipital.  Even  now 
irri  hoard  ilireata  from  the  intractable  In- 
t  ribvs  *,  and  raidti  anddisturtiances  are 
I' Lud  ftir  the  spring.  We  mention  this 
•tiling  matter  to  show  the  grave  responsi- 
lily  resting  upon  the  shojlders  of  the  Mili- 
ar of  the  Intorior.  There  is,  let  us  p"int 
It.  miirh  »tiiif»ction  in  knowing  that  there 
-  iiinn  i»f  whom  we  havo  koow- 
.r  tittud  to  cone  with  so  moroent- 
lUi  achAf^e  than  Mr.  White.  There  was 
ip«ot»tion  that  he  would  sucvevd  i^ir 
lUfcrd  Tilley  as  Mminttfr  of  Finanoe. 
'ell,  it  is  not  iinllkoly  th;kt,  whon  ori;anixa- 
jj^j  ,  -  — .  '..fMU-inient  la  perfected, 
lacv  t  ho  torn  and  distracted 

»ry,  M ;-!   may  be  found  at  the 

tho  tinauoe  depArlment.  a  position 
ich  bis  abiUties  B(HM;laliy  andempliAt- 


ic:illy  fib  him.  Bvfore  closing  the  sketclii 
we  think  it  is  only  fair  to  mention  th'it  the 
Hon.  Mr.  Whit«,  like  many  of  the  leading 
men  who  now  hold  public  positions,  re- 
ceived his  early  training  as  a  speaker  in  the 
division  rooms  of  the  Sons  of  Tomperancu, 
and  that,  when  a  yonng  man  and  a  resident 
of  Ijower  Canada,  he  occupied  one  of  the 
highest  positions  in  the  Grand  Division  of 
the  Sons  of  Temperance  uf  the  Province  of 
Quebec,  and  was  the  6rstiu  Canada  to  write 
a  pamphlet  explaining  the  aims  and  objects 
of  an  order  of  temperance  workers,  that  are 
as  active  today  in  extending  the  cause  of 
temperance  and  prohibition  as  it  was  over 
thirty  years  ago,  when  it  was  first  intro- 
duced into  our  country. 

Karell,  nicbacl,  M.D.,  Kingston, 
Ontario,  was  born  on  Djcember  29Lh,  1825, 
in  the  City  of  Quebec.  He  comes  of  united 
Irish  and  French  ancestry,  and  at  an  early 
age  was  left  an  orphan  with  his  two  elder 
brothers,  both  of  whom  are  miniatera  of 
the  Gospel.  Michael  Lavell,  after  careful 
preparation,  commenced  the  study  of  medi- 
cine at  Toronto.  After  his  course  had 
expired  here,  he  proceeded  to  Philo'lel- 
phia,  U.S.,  where  he  completed  his  atudies. 
Dr.  liavell  enjoys  the  repute  of  being  re- 
markably skilful  in  his  profession,  and  we 
may  be  permitted  to  point  out  some  of  Ids 
professional  acqniaitions.  Hh  was  a  sur- 
geon in  the  militia  force,  (1856);  was  a 
member  of  the  Ontario  Medical  Council  • 
from  ISO*)  to  IS80 ;  president  uf  the  Med- 
ical (Vuncil,  1874  ;  examiner  in  niediciue 
for  the  Medical  t^mncil  in  1873  and  1m74  ; 
was  professor  of  t.^bat«tncs,  etc.,  in  Qiieeira 
University,  and  the  Roval  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons,  from  1800  t<>  1H85  ; 
and  is  prosidrnt  of  the  Wnuian'a  Modioal 
College^  and  lionourury  physician  to  Kings- 
ton (jeueral  Hospital.  He  was  likewise 
surgtton  to  the  Kingston  Penitentiary,  fnun 
lt^7l^  to  1885  ;  and  wsa  appointed  Wiirden  of 
Ktugstun  Penitentiary  m  Kobruory,  1H8.V 
lu  politico  he  has  always  b«eii  »taunoh  upon 
tho  ConsorvalivH  side;  anJ  in  religion  he 
pn>fesses  the  doctrines  of  tho  Meihodial 
church.  Dr.  IavcU  mArricd,  in  1853,  the 
eldest  daughter  of  the  lato  W.  lleeve,  of 
Toronto.  Ha  has  ha«l  twelve  children,  two 
of  whout  are  d**ail  ;  the  fldest  ion,  the  late 
0.  H.  Lavcll.  M  D.,died  in  I8H4  and  tho 
fourth  son.  lUchard,  dieil  in  147'i.  whde 
a  student  at  college.  t)ne  son,  <Iohn  K. 
L«a%-ell.  is  practising  law  at  Smith's  Falls, 
another.  W.  A.  Lavell,  ia  practising  m«di- 
oiue  at  Suitth's  FaIIb,  the  others  arc  pursuing 
ihetr  studies  at  Kiiurston.     Dr.  Lavell  com- 


A  CrCLOPMDlA  OF 


iced  the  prActioe  of  medicine,  in  Peter- 
Ktro',  Ontario,  in  1853  ;  and  rcinoTed  to 
Kingston  in  1858,  coDtinuing  in  the  prac- 
tice of  his  professiun  there,  until  appointed 
warden  of  Kingston  Penitentiar)-.  Ue  en- 
joyed an  extensive  and  }ucrative  practicu. 
He  never  entered  munici^ial  or  political  life, 
being  too  much  occupied  with  professionuj 
and  octllegiate  dniica.  Ho  alwa^'a  haa  been 
aotire  in  church  work,  holding  official  posi- 
tioDB  therein  for  forty  years.  He  hug  been 
identified  with  all  moral  uioveiUL-nta  during 
bia  life.  He  has  been  an  active  member  of 
the  L'uiveraity  of  Victoria  College  board  and 
senate  for  some  twentr-tiro  years.  He  is 
likewise  a  member  of  the  (■enernl  confer- 
enoe  of  the  Methodist  chnrch,  and  has  been 
since  ita  organizatian.  Not  alone  as  a  phy- 
sician, but  Bociolly,  is  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  eminent  and  worthy. 

C:irdwn<Ml.  Gilbert  Prout,  Mont- 
real, M.K.C.8  ,  England,  licentiate  of  the 
Province  uf  Upper  Canada  ;  nf  the  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surneous,  Quebec  ;  M.D. 
CM.,  Mctiill  ;  member  of  ihe  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Quebec  ;  member 
of  the  Natural  Historj*  St>ciety  of  Montreial, 
F.H.C.S.  Cnnada,  one  of  the  original  Fel- 
lows in  the  Mathematical  and  Physical  seo- 
Uon  ;  member  of  ihe  British  and  Ameri- 
can Association  for  the  advancement  of  sci- 
ence, and  mentlwr  of  the  Society  of  Public 
Analysts,  England,  waa  bom  at  London, 
England,  on  the  22nd  October,  1832.  His 
father  was  Gilbert  Finlay  Girdwood,  M.D., 
Edinburgh,  who  practised  medicine  in  Lon- 
don, England,  fur  ^  years.  Tliis  gentle- 
man was  the  author  of  numerous  papers  on 
professional  subjects.  The  family  has  been, 
for  3<.iO  years,  at  Costorphine,  near  Edin> 
burgh,  and  are  well  knnwn.  His  mother 
was  Susan  Sophia,  daughter  of  the  Her. 
Thomas  Bflzeley,  rectomf  Lavenhan,  Suffolk, 
England,  and  chaplain  to  the  lato  Duke 
of  Kent,  father  of  Queen  Victoria.  Gilbert 
Prout  Girdwood  obtained  his  early  educa- 
tional instruction  at  a  private  school  in  Lun* 
doQ,  England,  and  when  he  had  attained  a 

f)roper  age  he  entered  the  University  Col- 
eg«  and  St.  George's  School  of  Medicine. 
This  latter  is  the  last  of  the  private  medical 
schools  of  England,  and  was  originally 
known  as  the  Juhn  and  William  Hunter 
school.  On  November  8lh,  1854,  he  entered 
the  army  and  was  gazetted  assistant  surgeon 
to  H.  M<  Grenadier  Guards,  Ist  battalion. 
He  served  here  till  December  17th,  18G1, 
when  he  was  ordered  to  Canada,  the  7mW 
affair  at  that  time  having  disturbed  the 
peace.     On  the  return  of  the  battalion  to 


England,    in   September,    1804,  he  Tetird 
from    the  servico.     Ho  wu  appointed  lur- 
geun  to  the  Military  prison  in  Montreal,  ami 
surgeon  to  the  Victoria  Rifles,  in  the  baiuo 
city.     In  ISOC  he  went  to  the  front  with  tho 
last   named    regiment,    and  waa   a]jpr>int«d 
medical  staff  ufbcer  of  the  militia  of  tJannda 
in  the  same  year.     He  was  attending  phyn- 
cian    of  the    Montreal  dispensary    in  ltf(S4, 
and  hAB  since  been  oouaiilting  physician  kt> 
the   UDie   institution.      He  wf4A  attending 
surgeon  of  the  Montreal  General  Hospital 
from  the  year  1H70  to  the  present  time  ;  and 
waa  a  health  olhcer  of  the  city  in  the  year 
1867.     With  respect  to  his  Mtisnnic  record, 
it  may  bo  stated  that  he  was  initiated   in 
1862,  in  St.  Paul's  lod)7e,   English   register, 
374  ;  held  office  of  L  G.,  18C4  ;  past  W.M. 
St.  Paul's,  374,  E.  R.,  S.  D.,  1805  ;   seer., 
18r>*i;  past   Z.,  St,   Pauls  chapter,  J.  W., 
18«7;  S.  W.,  IWiH;  KniuhU  Templars  and 
32^  \V.  M.,  1871-72.     He  has  held  other 
higher  offices  in  hiuherde^jrees  of  the  order,) 
and  has  been  a  member  of  the  Royal  ScKnetyl 
of  Canada    since  ita   commenc«-inent.     Hftl 
I  has  likewise  been  pnifeasor  of  chemistry  in 
the  medical  faculty  of  McGill  Colleik^e  ^m 
1879   to  the   present ;  and  is  pn^fessor  of 
practical  ohemiatry  in  the  same  college.  Dr. 
Girdwood  has  always  been  a  Conservative, 
but  he  his  no  taste  for  political  affairs,  and 
has  not  concerned  himself  in  the  strife  of  our 
parties.     In  religi<in,  he  ia  an  adherent  uf 
the  Church  of  England.   On  the  I'lh  of  April, 
ho  married  Fanny  Merriman,  daughter  of^ 
the   late  Thomas    Evans  Black  well.  C.  E.^i 
member  of  the  Institute  of  Civil  Engineers, 
England,  and  a  ^rand  niece  of  the  late  Dr. 
Bucklaiid,  dean  «•(  Westminster.      It  ia  not 
necessary,    with   such  a  record    before    the 
reader,  to  bestow  any  eulogy  upon  the  talent 
and  the  industry  of.  a  man  whoonnid  achieve 
BO  much  aa  Dr.  Girdwood  has  aooomplished. 
Wo  aimply  leave  the  record  aa  a  stimulant 
to  some  ambitious  young  men  before  whose 
eyes  this  »ketcli  may  come.  | 

KadvlifTe,  Richard,  Goderich,  On- 
tario, waa  bom  at  Amherstburj^.  County 
of  Essex,  on  the  9th  April,  1838.  He  is 
the  youngest  son  of  Colonel,  Hon.  Thomaa 
Badcliffe,  and  hia  wife  Sarah  Ann  Arm- 
stroncf.  [For  particulars  respecting  the 
ancestry  nf  Mr.  Radcliffe,  ritie  sketch  ol 
Colonel,  Hon.  Thomaa  Kadcliffe.  ]  Our  sub- 
ject was  educated  at  home  by  bis  mother 
till  ten  years  of  age,  after  which  he  attendiMi 
the  old  Model  school  at  Toronto,  which 
stood  on  King  street,  where  the  presi*nt 
lieutanantgdvenuir'a  residence  now  ia.  Fur 
ft  abort  period  he  also  attended  the  Uppee- 


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406 


C*n>H»  College,  then  a  very  superior  seat  of 
IcMtiiUff.  Mr.  KadclUTe  was  appointed  clerk 
in  Her  M*je«ty's  custoau  &t  Fort  Erie,  in 
September,  1855  ;  and  in  April,  1860,  he  re- 
mored  to  Goderich,  where  he  remained  tiU 
June  30th,  1885,  when  he  retired,  after 
Ukiity  years'  service,  during  which  time  ho 
wa^  fTV4|Uently  asaiji^od  the  duty  of  rehov- 
iHcer  at  various  ports,  vis.  :  Kingston, 
'HE,  Guelph,  and  other  places.  He  was 
it::u:ktcd  intu  the  Hasontc  order  in  Maitland 
l--Ji:«.  No.  33,  March,  1875  ;  exalted  to  the 
R^yal  Arch  deicree  in  Haron  chapter,  No. 
30,  in  May,  1877  ;  was  elected  worshipful 
master  of  Maitland  lodge,  on  24lh  December, 
1879  :  was  W.M.  far  four  years  in  succession; 
waa  elected  district  deputy  grand  master  for 
Uur<jndistnct,  which  ooniprises  tlie  couuttea 
of  Huron,  P.^rth  and  Bruce  in  1882,  and 
a^n  in  1883.  He  was  elected  urand  prin- 
cipal soj  iQrner  of  the  Grand  Chapter  of 
Canada  of  R lyal  Arch  masons  in  1884,  and 
gimnd  constable  of  the  Grand  Priory  of 
Knights  Templars  of  Cauaiia  in  1885,  and 
waa  appointed  on  the  board  of  senerat  pnr- 
poaea  of  the  firmnd  Lodge  of  Canada  in  the 
aameyear.  He  is  also  a  14  iu  the  A.  and 
A.  Soottish  rite,  in  politics  Mr.  Itadchlfe 
ia  a  aincere  Conservative.  He  has  always 
been  a  staunch  member  of  the  English 
church,  and  invariably  took  an  active  part 
in  church  matters,  liaving  been  church  war* 
den  for  many  years.  He  married  at  Fort 
^  '  :  daughter  of  Col.  John 

< -barlutte  Stanton,  eld- 
U.I  i^riicr  ••]  «« liliam  Stantun,  assistant 
missary-i^enerai,  by  whom    he    has  had 

f*  i1»ui(lit«r. 

nilUr,  U'llllnin,  Gait,  Judge  of  the 

ty  i.'ourt,  Cniintyof  Walerli>o,  Ontario, 

^om  in  the  townahip  of  Niagara,  Upper 

'a,  on  the  20th  (.>ctober.  1810.     Ho  is 

of    William    Dutr    Miller  and  Anne 

aosickle.  Mr.  Miller  rvceived  a  careful 
•ducational  training  in  the  town  of  Niagara, 
and  when  his  studios  wore  completed,  hebe< 
wan  the  study  of  Uw  in  the  oDice  of  the  Hon. 
TtriKrrt  UieVs'jn,  Applying  himself  with  much 
ii'  He  was  (.-ailed  to  the  bar  in  1835, 

ft-  ho  bi*(;i«u  the  practice  of  his  pro- 

f«asi'iii,  in  WundjiA,  where  hu  renisinoil, 
in  practic*',  for  eighteen  years.  In  lH.i3 
he  was  appoint«il  judue  uf  the  county 
court  of  the  County  <«f  Waterloo  ;  and  this 

ition  hu  hss  sine-  hUe<t  with  satuftfaoii'm, 
ith  the  di^ni'y  and  impartiality  so  in- 

pensable  to  the  littal  jnd^fe.  Me  ntarritKl, 
in  1837,  at  CHinuidaigna,  N.  Y. ,  t'ornMlia 
CkMMibro\  ths  eUtt*st  daughter  of  NiohuUi 
Oodard  Ohesabro'. 


Sibbald,  Rer.  E.  W.,  Rector  of  Chnai 
Church,  iJulluviUe,    Ontario,    was   bom  at 
WriHttlit,    Cardiganshire,  South    W&les,    on 
the  20th  of  June,    1858.       The  old  family 
residence    is    beautifully   situated    on    the 
banki  of  the  river   Vstwith,  in   one  of  the 
picturesque    valleys    of    the   country,    and 
Burrouuded  by  high  mountains.      Our  aab- 
ject  is  the  son  of  John  Sibbnld,  of  Edin- 
burgh,   Scotland,    a   descendant   of  an  old 
and  well-known  family  of  that  place.    Some 
members  of  the  family  have  occupied  im- 
portant positions  in  the  military  and   liter- 
ary   world.      The   lirat   president  of    Edin- 
burgh   University  was  Sir  Robert  Sibbald  ; 
Colonel  Sibbald,  of  the  Sikh  campaign,  and 
MAJor  Sibbald,  of  the  Coldstream   guards, 
were  of  the  same   family.       John  Sibbald, 
when  a  youn;;  man,  removed  to  Wales  with 
his  uncle,    Robert  Sibbald,   who   had  pur- 
chased  the  tithes  iu  Cardiganshire.     Here 
he  became  insrried  to  C'larlotto  Williams, 
of   Pengetly,   whose  family  is   one  of  the 
oldest  aud  most  reapocted  in  old  Cumry  ; 
and    said    to   be   descended   from  Oaradoo, 
Prince  of  South   Wales.       Many  traditiona 
of  Caradoc  still  ex-ist  about  Pengelly  House. 
Here  are  shown  the  Falls  of  Caradoc,  Pwll 
Otvradoc,  the  cave  of  Caradoc,  etc.      Mra. 
John  Sibbald,  the   mother  of    the  subject 
of  our  sketch,  is  the   sister  of    Rev.  John 
Wdliams,     for    forty-two     years    vicar    of 
Aberdovey ;  of  Rev.  Thomaa  Williams,  rec- 
tor of  St.  George,  St,  Asaph,  the  compiler 
uf  the  Welsh   hymnal,  which    is  in  general 
ustf   throughout   the    principality  ;  uf  Rev. 
£dward   Williams,  of  Douglas,  Isle  of  Man; 
of  Rev.    Eleaxer   WlUiains.  rector  of   PuU- 
hely  ;  and  of  ElH>n»'7.pr  Williams,  the  pre- 
sent proprietor  of  Pengelly.     In  tiie  family 
are  cherished    the  names   of   many  of   the 
old    notabli    preachers    of    Wales  ;     as    for 
many   generations   it    has   l>een    peculiarly 
clerical.      The  late  Canon  Jones  of  Tryde- 
gar,  a  clergyman  of  great  worth,  and  one  of 
the  most  able  and  ekxiuent  of    preachers, 
wsd  a  cousin  of  Mrs.  Sibb«fcld.    Mr.  Sibbald, 
with    his  family,  cume  to  Canada  in    1861, 
where  he  has  smoo  remained.      For  some 
years  the  family  have  resided   in  Toronto. 
Hero  the  F^ev.   Mr.  Sibbald  prt«ecuttHl  hia 
studies  in   Cniverstty    Cidtegu,    uud    ii^radu- 
ated  in  theology  tn   WycliUe  CuUuge.      He 
was  ordained  deacon  on  the  L'5tli  of  Sept., 
and  presbyter  on  the  8lh  of  April,  1883,  by 
the  Right    Rev.  Arthur   Swealman.    I>.  D.. 
bishop  of  Toronto.     He  was  ap[>t>inted   to 
the  parish  of    Roseniont,  where  his    work 
was  remarkably  blessed,  and  will  always  be 
a  laating  monument  to   his  energotio   Ufa 


406 


A  ctclopjEvja  or 


and  iiuiiriTig  zeal.  Saveral  ohurohea  were 
erected  in  [places  where  eerrioet  b»d  not  pre- 
viously been  held.  St.  David,  Everett,  a 
be*iitiful  and  costly  church,  was  erected, 
and  a  lanie  number  of  familieti  became 
members  of  it;  and  at  the  present  time  it 
baa  a  most  pronpcrous  oongregakion.  The 
parish  rocoived  the  marked  recf)gnition  of 
the  mission  board  iu  gratefi.lly  declin- 
ing the  grant  offered  to  aaeist  them  ;  and 
the  bishop  in  his  charge  referred  to  their 
action  and  work  in  commendatory  terms. 
Through  the  R*v.  Mr.  8ibbald*s  efforts 
services  were  opened  in  several  places  to 
the  north  of  his  parish,  which  now  forms  an 
independent  mission  and  is  prospcriuff  in 
charge  of  student*  from  Wycliffo  College. 
In  the  beginning  of  1883^  cf>ntrary  to  his 
personal  preferences,  but  iu  obedience  to  an 
evident  indication  uf  (iod's  will,  Mr.  Sib- 
bald  became  assistant  minister  of  Christ 
Church,  Belleville.  After  the  decease  of 
the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Clarke,  he  succeeded  him 
as  rector.  The  rev.  gentleman  takes  an  ac- 
tive interest  in  all  questions  of  public  im- 
portance, and  keeps  himself  abreast  of  the 
times,  Ue  was  ducted  in  lSH!t,  a  member 
of  the  American  Association  for  the  advanc- 
ment  of  Science  ;  and  soon  nfiorward  he 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  British  Scienti- 
fic Association.  In  1884  ho  waa  elected  the 
Right  Worthy  Grand  Chaplain  of  the  so- 
ciety of  the  Sons  of  England,  a  society  of 
recent  origin,  but  one  that  has  mot  with 
great  BUcceBs  and  favour  in  our  country;  and 
which  is  destined,  at  no  distant  day  to 
largely  inlliieuce  our  national  life.  Its 
character,  we  have  no  doubt,  will  be  largely 
intiuenoed  and  moulded  by  ita  able  grand 
chaplain.  Our  subject,  however,  is  best 
known  outside  of  his  ministerial  work  as  an 
indefatigable  worker  in  the  cause  of  temper- 
ance. In  connection  with  his  church  there 
is  a  temperance  society  numbering  about 
7U0.  and  about  200  children  iti  the  Band  of 
Hope.  As  he  afbrms,  he  is  compelled  to 
pro«ecute  the  temperance  work,  *'  because 
intemperance  is  the  great  obstacle  to  all  re- 
ligious influence,  iho  great  barrier  between 
man  and  God,  between  earth  and  heavoiL" 
He  has  ably  assisted  in  the  Scott  Act  cam- 
paign in  Halton,  and  many  of  the  counties 
and  cities  of  the  Dominion,  by  delivering 
powerful  and  eloquent  lectures  in  behalf  of 
that  Uw.  In  recoffnition  of  his  valuable 
services,  he  was  elected  vice-president  of 
the  Dominion  Alliance.  Hi)  sympathies  in 
occlesiuatiual  affairs  are  decidedly  in  support 
of  the  Kv.ingercal  part  of  the  church;  and 
hia  teaching  manifests  strong  conviction  of 


the  truth  of  their  doctrines  and  the  ngU 
of  their  position.  He  is  an  ardent  supp^fi 
er  of  Wycliffe  C^dlege  and  ita  teaching;  !«• 
lieving  it  to  be  moat  necessary  to  check  the 
inroads  made  by  certain  tendencies  of  ttut 
times,  viz.,  tustheticiRm,  nentimentality,  rit- 
ualism and  Bacredntnlism.  His  strong  ad- 
vocacy of  Evangelical  truth,  has  gained  him 
many  warm  sympathizers.  He  ia  still  but  s 
youug  man,  and  everything  bespeaks  for 
him  a  long,  useful,  and  intluential  oareer. 

Lloyd,  Tliomaf)  Daniel,  Barrie.Out, 
wiia  bom  atClonegal,  Wexfnrd,  Ireland,  IBlh 
October.  1803,  and  is,  therefore,  now  in  liis 
eighty  third  year.     Hia  father,  John  Llo)d, 
was  an  excise  officer,  the  son  of  Allen  Lloyd, 
of  St.  Johns,  whose  name  ia  still  remember- 
ed as  an  active  loyalist  in  the  Irish  rebellion 
of  1798.     He  waa  one  of  those    iiupnBonv<I 
by   the  rebels  iu  the   famous   wiudmtll  i>Q 
Vinegar  Hill,  near  Enniscorthy,  butspMwi, 
because  beloved  by  the  people,  while  all  his 
comrades  were  butchered  with  the  merciless 
pike.     His  grandson,    the    aubject  of   tliia 
sketch,  received  hia  education  at  Enntscor-^ 
thy  and  Dublin,  pursuing  a  course  of  study  ■ 
at  the  Fine  Arta  S'chool  of  the  Royal  Dublin  " 
Society,   it   being    hia    wish    to   become   an 
artist.     But  family  misfortune  extinguished 
this  hope,  and  in  the  year  1S32  ho  sailed  for 
Canada  with  hia  brothers,  and  chopped  out 
a  home  in  the   backwood.i  of  the  County  of 
Haatings,   where  hia    mother  resided  until 
her  death  in  1860.    She  was  the  dftuehter 
of   Thomaa  Hunt,  of   Roxbor*>ugh,    Water- 
fonl,  and  a  cousin  uf  the  late  Sir  Hugh  Pal- 
liaer.     Ou  the  outbreak  of  the  rebellion  in 
1837,  Mr.  Lloyd  joined  the  Co\mty  of  Has- 
tings   iMittalion,    a  hastily  formed    band  of 
loyalists,  whose  only  uniform  at  that  time 
consisted  of  red  woollen  night-capa.    Ho  waa 
made  a  sergeant  on  the  expedition  to  King- 
ton t-o  meet  the  rebels,  a  journey  aocum- 
plLahed  in  sleighs,    in  the  depth  of  winter. 
In  the  year  1843   he  went  to  Toronto,  driv- 
ing oa  far  as  Cobourg,  and  walking  the  reat 
of  the  diatanoe.     At  this   time  the  District 
of  Simcoe   waa   aet   apart,    and    on   Judge 
Gowan's  appointment,  Mr.  Lloyd  proceeded 
to  Barrie  to  fulfil  the  duties  of  deputy-clerk 
of  the  Crown,  riding  on  horseback  from  To- 
ronto,   and    thus,    first  coming  in  sight   of 
Kempenfoldt  bay  and  the  two  or  three  log 
houses  comprising    tiarrie,    nestling  in  tb 
dense  primeval   forest.     On   the  establish- 
ment of  the   division  courts  shortly  after- 
wards,  he  was  appointed    clerk  at   Barrie, 
which  othoe  he  held    until  his  retirement  in 
ISSil      He    waa   adjutant,    and    afterwarda 
major,  in  the  sedentary   militia,  and  was 


i 


CANADIAN  BIO Q RAPE Y 


407 


ly  gasetted  Ueutanuit-oolonel  of  the 
battalion,  oa  8th  S«pterob«r,  185ti, 
ing  the  comiuand  until  the  old  system 
•uperteded  by  the  active  voliiuteera. 
Uoyd  hiu  alvrays  been  cimaervativd  in 
Ktica  from  sympathT  and  early  education; 
»at  he  has  taken  no  active  part  in  political 
or  municipal  affairs^  and  is  perhaps  d&serv- 
iOff  uf  reo/jrd,  as  a  aiiin  who  has  lived  a  long 
life  without  the  slightest  oonnection  with 
any  sijci«ty,  secret  or  of  any  other  descrip* 
lion.  He  has  always  been  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  England,  but  his  religions  views 
are  perha[i9  best  expressed  in  his  own  words  : 
*'  ill  youth,  theological ;  in  middle  ago, 
metaphysical,  or  abstract ;  and  in  later  lift», 
poeitivist  or  reaL**  Possessed  of  aretleutive 
and  philosophical  ratlier  than  an  active 
mind,  he  has  ever  loved  a  quiet  life,  delight- 
ing In  books,  music,  painting  and  hortictd- 
tare — grape-growmgbeinijone  nf  his  favour- 
ite employments.  He  was  the  first  to  prove 
by  sctual  experiment  that  grape  culture  was 
poeaible  as  far  north  as  Rarrie.  In  1840  he 
nuarried  Matilda,  second  dauubter  of  the 
late  Lieuteuat-Colouet  W,  B.  McYity,  clerk 
of  the  peace  for  the  County  of  Simcoe,  who 
only  survived  six  years,  leaving  him  two 
sons.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  of  a  re- 
tiring disposition,  and  would  h^^sitate  tocall 
himself  a  representative  Canadian,  but  the 
writer  feuls  that  be  is  well  worthy  of  beini; 
fri  recorded,  sa  one  whrj  was  identified  with 
the  early  strugt^les  of  Canada,  and  the  Hrst 
seitlement  of  the  C>iUDty  of  Simooe  ;  and  as 
a  maa  who  after  holding  a  rather  uncongen- 
ial public  othce  for  the  lonij  period  of  thirty 
seven  years,  ha*i  retained  the  g'md-wilt  niid 
nsspect  of  all  by  his  steuiy  industry,  sterling 
honour  and  kind  heart ;  qualities  most  de- 
sirable in  every  true  representative  Can- 
adian. 

CSIbaon,  Sloplien,  B&rriater-at-law, 
Xai>-i,iieo,  Ontario,  was  born  March  23rd, 
'^  St.  Martins,  Scilly  Ir,laudB,  Coru- 
. upland.  His  parents  were  Stephen 
and  Kiifribeth  Gibson,  and  his  father  was 
bom  July  15th,  1801,  being  the  youngest  son 
of  John  (vibson,  who  wont  to  the  islaads 
from  Scotland.  He  was  descended  from 
the  Scottish  family  of  that  name,  and  was 
a  man  of  st^rliug  clLsraoter  an>l  marked 
ability.  He  was  in  his  day,  owing  to  tbe 
isoUied  position  of  the  islands,  looko«l  up 
to  by  the  inhabitants  as  thn  chief  man  of 
the  place,  and  iu  their  cjramuuioations  with 
the  outside  world  he  was  the  hO'id  business 
man  of  the  isUnd,  nnd  transacted  all  tbe 
people's  ad'aira.  After  his  ileatb  his  position 
WS0  flUed  by  bis  s«>a.      The  island  in  those 


early  days,  wu,  owing  to  its  position,  a  con- 
siderable port  for  shippinff*  beiniz  situated 
at  the  mouth  of  the  English  and  Irish  chan- 
nels, and  vessels  on  the  homeward  trips 
genez«]ly  called  at  the  port  of  Scilly  for  or- 
ders. One  of  the  principal  occupations  of 
the  place  was  pilotry.  and  in  this  calling  a 
number  of  tbe  inhabitants  engaged.  There 
wss  also  at  the  principal  port  several  ship 
yards,  where  ship-building  was  carried  oa« 
and  facilities  existed  for  repairing  ships 
that  ha«l  sustained  damage  during  the  long 
homeward  voyage  ;  bene}  a  lai^e  number  of 
workmen  were  employed,  and  the  wharves 
and  sfiipyards  presented  a  busy  scene.  But 
since  steamships  have  taken  the  plsoe  of 
sailiutE  vessels  all  this  is  changed.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  early  acquired  a  taste  for 
reading.  Having  obtained  a  t  borough 
knowledge  of  the  common  Ruglish  branches 
of  study,  he  endeavoured  to  extend  his 
knowledge  by  personal  effort,  after  he  had 
gone  through  the  common  school  course. 
There  being  no  advanced  schools  at  the 
island  he  determined  to  educate  himself, 
and  procured  the  necessary  works.  He 
soon  acquired  a  knowledge  of  the  French 
language,  which  he  put  in  practice  ss  much 
as  possible  whenever  the  opportunity  otf^jred, 
with  the  French  sailors  who  came  idti  port, 
and  was  soon  able  to  interpret  for  the  pilots, 
Fnjm  general  reading  he  acquired  a  desire 
to  see  and  know  something  of  the  great 
world  outside.  Owing  to  the  limited  means 
afforded  by  the  occupations  on  the  islands* 
be  had  a  desire  to  try  his  fortune  in  Amer- 
ica  ;  and  in  the  spring  of  1858  left  home, 
arriving  in  Canada  on  May  5th,  1858.  He 
went  as  far  as  Cobour/,  anJ  made  that  place 
his  home  for  a  few  yesrs,  while  looking 
around  to  determiuc  his  future  course.  At 
this  time  the  u]>eiiing8  fur  youn'^  men  were 
nut  very  g'*od,  owing  to  the  duprcssiun  over 
the  country  ;  but  he  detenuuiud  to  per- 
severe,  and  while  using  every  spare  mouicut 
in  a  study  of  classics  and  mathematics,  he 
engaged  in  the  forwarding  business  duriug 
the  summer  season.  In  this  way  he  made  a 
tarje  oommercial  ocquaintanoe,  und  visited 
all  the  principal  towns  and  cities  fronting 
the  great  lakes  from  Kingston  to  Chicago. 
Duriug  the  winter  monthi  he  prosecuted 
his  studies,  and  ss  soon  as  he  was  iiualifiodf 
entered  Victoria  University,  attendiutf  thdTt 
during  the  winter  soasions.  H^^e  he  was 
enabled  bv  forced  work  to  keep  up  the 
year's  work  in  the  winter  session  as  well  as 
take  other  general  studtea  U'd  in  the  regu- 
lar course.  In  the  year  I8G^(,  he  fi»rmedaa 
aciuaintaio*  with  ^Villiam  Kerr,  Q.C.,  then 


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A  CYCLOPMDIA  OF 


practising  in  Oobourg,  and  determined  to 
study  law.  Ue  paued  the  matriciilnttng 
oxarainAtioD,  and  was  entered  on  the  booka 
of  the  Law  Socielj  at  Oajfoode  Hall,  in  May, 
1863,  and  remained  in  Mr.  Kerr's  olHce  at 
Cobourjc  until  Aug.,  1804.  At  this  period 
W.  H.  R.  AUison,  a  practising  borriater  at 
Pictoti,  offered  him  a  position  in  his  office, 
and  he  removed  thither,  wiiere  he  remained 
until  admitted  to  practice  m  May,  IHCH, 
after  pnaaint;  the  aeveral  examinationa  re- 
quired by  the  Law  Society.  Having  severely 
taxed  hJB  health  by  chiae  application  to 
study,  he  paid  a  viait  to  his  native  home, 
after  an  absence  of  eleven  yearv.  Although 
hia  time  was  very  short,  being  limited  to 
six  weeks,  the  bracing  sea  voyage  completely 
restored  hia  naturally  strong  constitution, 
and  he  returned  to  work  with  renewed 
rigour.  He  was  called  to  the  bar  in  Feb- 
ruary, 18ti0,  and  remained  in  Picton,  hav- 
ing entered  into  partnership  with  Mr. 
AJIisou,  till  the  fall,  when  he  removed  to 
Napaneo,  and  opened  an  uflicu  there.  Dur- 
ing his  course  of  study  he  luid  to  work  hard 
to  obtain  the  necessary  funds  to  carry  him 
through  without  any  assistance,  refusing  to 
ask  help  from  hia  friends  at  home,  and  de- 
termined to  make  hia  own  way  independ- 
ently, Whatever  position  he  has  attained  ia 
owing  entirely  to  steady,  persevering  appli- 
cation. Duritic  this  period  family  ditHcalties 
at  hiime  rtquired  pecuniary  assistance  from 
him,  and  this  severely  taxed  his  energies. 
Oomiog  Ui  Napanee,  in  September,  1869, 
although  a  complete  stranger,  having  no 
friends  ur  acquaintance, yet  he  soon  acquired 
a  steady  practice  by  close  attention  to  busi- 
ness, and  in  the  spring  of  1M72  he  entered 
into  partnership  with  Jaa.  S.  Oartwright. 
the  present  rei^istrar  of  Queen's  Bench 
Division  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature  ;  and 
Uiis  business  connection  continued  until 
the  fall  of  1877,  when  Mr.  Cartwright  re- 
moved to  Toronto.  During  vacation  in 
18G4  he  attended  Kingston  military  school, 
ftud passed  the  regular  examination  aa  cadet, 
and  obtained  the  usual  certilicate  entitling 
him  to  a  commisaiou.  In  ISOO,  during  the 
Fenian  raid,  he  joined  the  UUh  battalion 
volunteers,  under  Lientenant-Oolonel  Ko««, 
and  was  appointe<l  lieutenant  of  No.  4 
oompanv,  starving  with  the  battalion  while 
they  wfre  at  the  front.  lie  continues!  hia 
connection  with  the  battalion  for  a  few 
years,  attending  the  annual  <lrill  for  some 
time  after  leaving  Pioton,  but  pressure  of 
business  would  not  allow  him  to  retain  the 
position  and  he  resigned,  although  very  much 
devoted  to  military  drill  and  life.      While  at 


g 


Cobourg  he  becanio  a  member  of  St.Jobii'i 
lodge,  A.F.  and  A.M.  ;  was  elected 
tary,  and  continued  in  that  ottice  while  hei 
remained  at  Cobourg  ;  was  admitted  ai  al 
member  of  the  Royal  Arch  Masons,  sl| 
Napanee,  having  joined  the  chapter  there, i 
and  Blled  all  the  othcea  up  to  tirat  principslj 
in  that  chapter.  He  alao  joined  lodge  86, 
Napanee,  of  (!)ddfellows,  and  ia  a  memk 
of  Napanee  Li:>dge.  Being  a  member 
Uie  Liberal  Association  for  Lennox  in  1AA3J 
he  was  elected  president  of  the  Lennox 
Reform  Association,  which  position  he  still 
holds ;  and  be  has  always  taken  an  acliw 
part  in  politics,  acting  with  the  lleforraud«k 
In  the  ttummer  of  1875  he  spent  four 
mouths  in  travelling  in  England.  Scotland 
and  Wales,  and  visited  several  of  the  scenes 
of  earlier  days.  He  waa  in  London  during 
the  May  seas«in,  and  had  the  honour  of  oocu- 

ing  a  seat  on  the  platform  when  the  l&to 
i^rl  Shaftesbury  presided  over  the  British 
and  Foreign  Bible  Society  meeting,  and  sev- 
eral uf  the  moat  noted  men  of  the  Empire 
were  prcaent,  vix.  :  the  Archbishop  of  Caa*i 
terbury,  Bishop  Melbourne,  Reva.  Morle/l 
Punshou,  Spurgeon,  and  many  uther  distin- 
guished men  were  there.  Mr.  Giljaon  was 
baptised  in  the  Rstabliahed  Church,  and  at- 
tended the  service  of  that  church  during 
youth  at  home.  In  1864  ho  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  church,  at 
Cobourg,  and  has  continued  his  oonneoticm 
with  that  church  to  the  preaent.  In  Sep- 
tember, 1870,  ho  married  Mary  £■  Auuuata 
Clute,  daughter  of  R.  K  Oluto,  of  Sterling, 
and  sister  of  R.  C.  Clute,  of  Belleville, 
barriater-atdaw.  There  are  four  children, 
boys,  all  too  young  to  have  any  very  inter- 
estiuK  history,  except  for  their  ovm  family. 

Smitb,  AlCEsndt^r,  Manager  of  the 
Merchants  Bank  of  Canada,  Napanee,  On- 
tario, was  born  in  the  City  of  Aberdeen, 
Scotland,  on  the  12th  January,  1825.  His 
father  was  Alexander  Smith,  advcicatei  of 
Aberdeen,  and  hia  mother  waa  Eliaabeth 
Lamond,  of  Strathmore,  Aberdeenahire. 
Alexander  Smith  received  a  careful  edaca- 
ttonal  training,  at  first  passing  under  the 
hands  of  private  tutors,  and  subsequentlv 
by  entering  the  University  of  Aberdeen. 
On  completing  his  education  he  was  en^ged 
for  a  time  in  hanking,  and  then  joined  the 
army,  and  wad  ensign  and  lieutenant  in  the 
72nd  Highlanders  from  1846  to  1>460.  Ria 
travels  bad  been  confined  to  Ireland  und  tho 
West  Indiea,  whether  he  went  with  his  regi- 
ment. It  was  while  in  tliu  West  Indies  that^ 
being  about  to  marry,  he  sold  tiut,  and  sot 
sail  for  Canada.     I'pon  his  arrival  in  Can* 


.^fei. 


CA  KADI  AN  BIO  GRA  PB  r. 


400 


he  adopted  fanning^  but  had  do  suocess, 
id  ab&ndoDed  it  in  1859,  taking  a  p(j«t  in 
Commercial  Bank  of  Canada,  at  Strat- 
1,  iu  that  year.   He  wah  tnuiaferred  from 
to  Clint^m,  the  year  followin)?,  at 
}r  of   the   branch  there.       In    18G4 
ha  waa  iraniferred  to  Napanoe  aA  head  of 
the  branch,  likewiae,  and  he  haa  since  re- 
iiiii:iiod   in    that    town    withr>iit   desire    of 
•  Satige.      We  may  state,  that  before  making 
apphoAtion  for  his  commission  in  the  srmj, 
our  subject  waa  tetjuired  by  his  father  to 
•arre  a  fire  years  apprenticeship  in  a  bank 
in  Scotland  ;  and  at  the  end  of  this  period 
he  had  risen  to  the  position  of  accountant 
io  the  institution.  This  precaution,  as  events 
unforeseen   afterwards  shaped    themselves, 
proved  to  hare  been  a  very  wise  one.     For 
many  years  Mr.  Smith  was  an  active  mem- 
ber of  the  Church  of  England,  but  in  1872 
ih»  was    brought  to  see  that   "  there  is  but 
tlie    church,  and   this  is   Christ's  body,  in 
hii'h    iiiere  can  be  no   divisions,"    Since 
he  bM  been  with  those  who  are  known 
■  ■-  t  -rtjthreo,  a  very  pious  and  exemplary  re- 
i:.n'>ui  b<>dy  ;  an<i  in  which  communion  Mr. 
>^'Ti  th  has  declared  he  shall  continue  Rladly 
i-*  end.     Mr.    Smith    wns   married  to 
■  -*rel    Crichton,    dnu^thter    of     Henry 
ChchUm,   mHrchanl.    I'^irhttHoes,    WeM  In- 
ciiaa,  at  Christ  Church  0»tihedral,    Bridge- 
town, Barbadoes,  on  the  30th  day  of  AprQ, 
1850. 

Allan,  John  Henr)>  Picton,  Ontario, 
was  burn  in  thti  township  of  Fredertckaburgh, 
C'^ntity  %j(  Lenn'>x,  OutHfio,  October  7th, 
IS'J'.*,  Flis  fjithpr,  Peter  Allan,  was  a  native 
of  Cfr«wm'»ck,  Scotland,  who  civme  to  Canada 
in  1820,  ani  married  Mor^iret  McDonald, 
of  (fiengarry.  aunt  to  the  Hon.  John  Sand< 
held  McDonald,  and  Hon.  D.  A.  McDonald, 
lat«  iieutenant-g'>Temor  of  Ontario.  J.  H, 
Allan  was  the  second  9ou  hy  this  msrriage. 
Ho  went  to  Pictoii,  County  of  Prince 
Edward,  in  1837,  where  he  received  his 
oducati<»n  ;  and  after  a  sojourn  of  three 
yean  in  the  town  of  Whitby,  returned  to 
Picton  and  settled  iteruianently.  During 
his  stay  in  Whitby  ho  was  eu^Uj^ed  in  the 
livery  bufiiness,  mail  and  expruaa  carriaf^o. 
In  IHoti  ho  ihunmonecd  the  buaiiK'Ss  of  a 
seedsman  and  geneiul  ^rain  dealer. and  after 
a  few  years  devott'd  himself  exclusively  to 
the  bu»ine«s  of  seedsman,  in  which  capacity 
be  attaiued  a  widespread  not'>riety  and  se- 
«ar#d  a  h«ul«ome  coni|)et*«nce.  His  enter- 
priae  aad  aaooMa  in  the  propM^'ation  of  pure 
varietiea  of  peas  and  beans  is  shown  by  the 
imA  that  aereral  fine  varieties  are  now  sold 
imd«r  hia  name.     For  many  years  he  haa 


had   from  100   to   150  farmers  iu   Prince 
Edward  and  adj^tiniiu  counties  eni,'a^ed  in 
growinc  seeds,  especially  for  himself,  which 
he  markets  in  Europe  and  the  United  Slates. 
He  was  for  many  years  a  prominent  mem- 
ber, and  earnest  promoter,  of  a>(noulLural 
■ocietiea,  having  been  president  of  theoonn- 
ty  society ;  and  he  is  frequently  called  to 
aasist  in  other  localities.    In  this  connection 
he  also   has  imported    some  of   the   fineet 
stock  of  horses,  and  haa  dune  much  to  im- 
prove the  class  of  roadsters  in  his  county. 
The  Picton  driving  park  owes  its  existence 
largely  to  his  efforts.     In  municipal  matters 
he  haa   always   taken  a  leading  part;  was 
elected  to  the  council  in  18G4.  and  retained 
a  seat  at  the  board,  excepting  for  an  inter- 
val of  one  or  two  years,  until  1880  when  he 
retired,  after  havuig  occupied  the  position 
of  mayor  for  seven  consecutive  years.      He 
was  a  strong  promoter  of  the  Prince  Edward 
County  Railway  (now  Central  Ontario),  act- 
ing as  director  on  the  first  board,  and  waa 
also  appt^inted  as  a  government  trustee  of 
the  Grand  Junction  E^ilway  during  its  con- 
struction. He  joined  the  volunteer  infantry 
militia  in    1800,  and  was   promoted    to  the 
captaincy  of  No.  7  company,  10th  battaUon  ; 
and   in    1863    he    retired,  in  order  to  com- 
mand a  troop  of  cavalry  of  his   own  rais- 
ing,   but    which,  through    some  change   of 
policy,  was  not  accepted  by  the  dopartmont 
of  militia.     In  almost  every  lfK:al  enterprise 
bis  name,  his  patronage,  and  his  earnest  as- 
sistance have  been  ^iven,  and  his  judgment 
is  sought  by  many  on  VFirious  eiibjocts  and 
■occasions.    In  general  politics  he  is  a  Liberal 
of   the  liberals,     ilu  always  takes  mi  ai*tive 
part  in   elections,  and  is  ever  ready  tt>  ex- 
press his  convictions  upon  all  political  ques- 
tions, publicly  or  privately.    He  is  now  i»re8i- 
dent  of  the  Reform  .Association  for  the  coun- 
ty.     He    married    in  l>^o3,   Jane    Almeda, 
daughter  of  W.  8.    Fraliuk,  of  Eniestown, 
Lennox.      He  has  no  children. 

Ctaafltwick,  L.leul.-Col.  Cliaa.  Ell, 
Police  Ms4(iatrate,  Inger^ull,  Ont.,  was  bom 
in  Preston ,  Lancashire,  England, on  the  13lh 
August,  1818.  He  IS  a  son  of  the  Hevereud 
Eli  Chadwick,  his  mother  boimt  Margaret, 
daughter  of  the  late  James  Weal,  of  Annan, 
Scotland,  who  resided  in  Dumfriesshire. 
Rev.  Eti  Chadwick  miirried  in  England,  and 
was  a  Congregational  minister,  stationed  at 
the  towu  of  Prt'ston,  In  iHliO  ho  Uft  Eng- 
land and  lauded  in  CJuelwc,  but  the  climate 
WHS  not  Congenial  to  his  health,  and  after 
a  short  itay  he  returnwl  to  Eui^land.  He 
remained  at  home  till  18241,  when  he  again 
oroaaed  the  ooaan,  taking  up  his  abode  near 


410 


A  CTCLOP.^DU  OF 


Vittoris,  Norfdlk  county,  OntAi-io.  He 
commenced  teaching  in  18^8  in  what  is  knowu 
u  the  olU  district  Huhoola,  and  there  re- 
mained till  1H44,  wht^nhe  w.-is  taken  ill  Aud 
died,  leaving  behind  him  hia  wife  ant)  neven 
diildren.  Mrs.  Chadwiok  died  in  1872. 
Charles  Eli  spent  hin  early  years  u(>oa  hia 
father's  farm  in  the  County  of  Norfolk,  and 
enjoyed  the  advant^eof  a  very  careful  pri- 
nury  and  classical  educational  training.  At 
the  age  of  sixttenhe  left  school,  nnd  continu- 
ed farming  until  his  22n(l  year,  when  ho 
went  to  the  vilI«igo  of  Drnmmondville,  VVel- 
land  county,  and  entered  thu  eiiipiuy  of  hia 
uncle,  Benjamin  Chadwick,  merchant.  After 
remaining  here  for  two  years,  in  conse- 
qaenoe  of  his  father's  failing  health,  he  re- 
lumed again  to  the  farm  (1840)  where  he 
remained  until  1K43,  wheu  he  married.  He 
then  moved  to  the  County  of  Oxford  and 
settled  on  a  farm  of  BOO  acres,  in  the  town- 
ship of  Dereliam .  Her©  he  remained  for  ten 
yean,  and  then  removed  to  Inu'ersoU,  where 
he  received  the  appointment  of  postmaster. 
In  1864  he  acc»»pted  the  management  of  the 
NiAMpft  District  Bank,  in  IngersoU.continu- 
ing  oia  ooniiectiun  with  this  institution  for  a 
period  uf  nineteen  years.  Then  this  bank 
became  amalgamated  with  the  Imperial,  and 
Mr.  Chadwick  assumed  the  managership  for 
two  years  of  the  conjoined  institutions.  In 
1877  he  resigned  and  established  a  general 
agency,  which  he  conducted  till  1880,  when 
he  was  appointed  police  magistrate  for  the 
town  of  IngersoU.  This  position  he  still 
holds,  revealiug  in  his  judicial  capacity 
always  sound  and  just  judgment,  and  the 
sort  of  dignity  that  becomes  the  bench.  In 
1837  he  took  an  active  p-irt  in  the  rebellion 
on  the  loyalist  side.  In  1850  he  waaappoint- 
ed  major  in  the  fith  battaUon,  Oxford  militia, 
and  continued  in  such  rank  until  the  death 
of  the  late  Lieutenant-Colonel  Van  Nor- 
man in  1800,  when  he  succeeded  him  as 
lieutenant  -  colonel  of  the  regiment.  He 
has  ever  since  continued  to  hold  this 
rank.  In  1840  he  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  old  district  council  of  the  County 
of  Oxford,  retaining  the  same  for  three 
years,  \j\m\i  the  formation  of  the  township 
oouDcils  he  wan  appointed  clerk  and 
treasurer  of  the  township  of  Dereham,  and 
also  superintendent  of  education,  member 
of  the  school  board,  and  member  of  the 
grammar  school  board  t.f  IngersoU.  He 
continued  to  dll  these  offices  with  marked 
ability  until  his  removal  in  1853  to  the 
town  of  IngersoU.  On  arriving  liere  he  took 
aa  active  an  interest  in  educational  mutters, 
M  he  had  done  before,  and  in  1877  he  retired 


from  the  school  board,  after  having  Berr«di 
such  capacity  for  twenty  years.  He  waa  el4 
ted  mayor  of  IngersoU  by  acclamation,  ai 
waa  re-elected  for  1879.  He  has  been  a  di 
tor  of  the  IngersoU  and  Port  Burwell  Oral 
Itoad  Company  for  the  last  twenty  years 
secretary  of  tlie  Dairymen's  Association 
Western  Ontario  ;  secretary  of  tlie  lugei 
Rural  Cemetery  Company,  and  one  of 
county  auditors.  Mr.  Chadwick  hj 
chairman  of  the  Reforui  Aas^jciation  of 
south  riding  of  Oxford  fora  number  of 
For  forty  years  past  he  has  l»een  a 
worker  in  his  party's  cause,  has  frvi^i 
been  solicited  to  otTur  himself  for 
lative  honors,  which  it  has  always  been  fol 
his  line  abilities  and  his  high  charat 
wonid  adorn.  He  was  a  warm  admirer. 
friend  of  the  late  Sir  Francis  Hmcks. 
Chadwick  has  been  an  extensive  tral 
having  paid  a  visit  to  the  World's  fair 
Vienna  in  1873,  and  to  Paris  and  otb4 
parts  of  France  during  the  exposition 
1878.  He  attended  the  Centennial  at  Phil 
delphia  in  1876,  as  well  as  many  pnrta  of  ol 
Canada.  Mr.  Chadwick  is  a  Baptist, 
married,  in  1843.  .)ani>,  daughter  of  the  lai 
William  McCartney,  of  Oxford  county.  By 
this  union  there  were  nine  children,  tiro  '>f 
whom  are  livim:.  Mrs.  Chadwick  du-  i> 
188*J.  In  1849  Mr.  Chadwick  waa  appoiuA-i 
one  of  Har  Majesty's  justices  of  the  pt*iMX\ 
and  about  the  same  time  was  cr^Ht*>ii  ^  .-■■m-:- 
missioner  for  taking  affidavits  in  >  > 
Bench,  i^ince  he  became  a  resi<i' 
gersoU,  Mr.  Chadwick  haa  written  much  for 
the  local  press  on  political,  educational  and_ 

f^ensr^  subjecta,  and  his  pen  ia  still  more 
ess  engaged  in  the  same  pursuit.  H-*  hi 
on  many  occasions  delivered  addi 
fore  dttierent  organizilions,  and  reoeivi 
flattering  C"mmendatioiis  for  the  able  mi 
ner  in  which  he  haa  preaented  his  views 
the  public.  On  several  occasions  ha 
been  the  speaker  of  the  day  at  Ingei 
on  the  celebration  of  the  natal  day 
Dominion,  and  his  orations  were  pul 
in  the  local  papers,  and  highly 
mented  for  their  high-toned  patriotism 
well  as  their  literary  oompoaition. 
Chadwick,  although  an  Euglishman 
birth,  and  stilt  retaining  an  attachment 
wards  the  old  land,  is  thoroughly  Canadian 
in  sentiment,  conlident  in  hor  great  future, 
and  loyal  to  her  institutions,  in  Mio  tirm 
belief  that  we  have  an  heritage  out  of  wluoh 
will  eventually  grow  one  of  the  greatest 
and  most  enlightened  nations  of  the  earUl 
if  Canadians  are  onlyluyal  and  true  to  thei 
selves.     It  wmtld  be  a  gruvu   omission 


CANADIAN  BIO  GR  A  PET. 


411 


Mj^Wct   montioning  hero  a  Mries   of  tiae 

pM«n,     entiUed,    "  RemiDtoences      of      a 

Fi'me'or."  contributed  to  the  lociil  press  by 

iclnrick,  and,  aa   the  title   itnpLies, 

with  the  joint    experience   of  the 

>f  thifl  sketch  and  his  father  in  the 

wildoruefta.      These    papers    are 

Uuu  with  much  vividneas  And  ^&cc,  and 

think   tliat  the  authur  should  put  ihom 

ooTen "    that     they     might    become 

mt. 

in T 1  n ::  v.  Cliarlea  Oak*,  M. P  P. 
i<l  h«md  of  the  brni  of  Er- 
tr  ,>  liur.iiisnii,  Bi4,rri9l'«r8,  Sulioitors, 
St.  Thotnu.  Oat.  was  born  un  the  6th 
Iftol,  at  St.  ThoinaA,  where  he 
ides.  His  father,  ErJward  Erina- 
formt'rly  M.P.  for  Middlesex,  Upper 
waa  born  on  the  Island  uf  Kllm, 
a  8*)n  of  Liwrence  Ennatiiiger, 
in  Montreal,  and  assistant  ootnniis- 
»«rr-2enenil  in  the  British  army.  Our 
1  mother  was  Achsah,  daughter  of 
"  Hrtnunrable  Zacoheus  Burnhatn« 
luujuuor  of  the  Lo'^islitive  Council  of  old 
Catiftila,  Edward  Ermatinger,  the  father 
uf  Cliarlea  Oaks,  left  England  in  the  year 
Idl8,  m  the  employ  of  the  Hudson  Hay 
"  and  was  stationed  at  York  Fac- 

d  on  the  Columbia  and  at  other 
Aiier  a  stay  of  ten  years  ia  the  ser- 
ba  went  to  Montreal,  and  thence,  in 
I8B0,  to  tho  ihoD  small  place  now  known  as 
8L  'Htoauu.  Here  he  estHhtishod  himself  in 
itilf  life-  and  in  this  occupation  con- 
-i  of  furty  yoiins.  During 
>oen  successively  appointed 
»r  ol  the  r^nk  of  Upper  Ciinada,  tho 
tmercial  Bank,  and  the  D^iuk  of  Mont- 
and  tho  Utter  position  hn  retained  for 
teun  years.  At  this  juncture  the  Bank 
waa  establiahed,  and  Mr.  Erma- 
rH«i;rDed  his  position  iu  the  Montreal 
iihelr  of  the  new 
>ted  fitr  a  period 
'UTH  111  i-i.j.i  Mr.  Errnatinger 
postmaiter  of  St.  Thomas, 
led  in  1871,  when  his  son  Frank 
Lnifer  wcu  appointed  to  tho  vacant 
Kedied  in  187H.  leaving  a  family  of 
lbre«  children  behind  him,  the  subject  of 
iKi*  iktitch  In  i ill/  the  youngest.  Mrs.  Erma- 
1.  OharlesOakiErmatHiger 
Si  'uoational  studies  i«  th"  St. 

iroqji  and  Onlt  (irammar  schools.      When 
hwt  attained  his  aeveiitvt'nth    yent*    he 
school  and  went  into  the  otBue  of  U.  K. 
DOW  city  clerk  of  St.  Thomas,  where 
runaiiutd  for  a  year  studying  law«  then 
to    Tor«jnlo.    nnd   entered    the 


Elgin 


'Krmatii 


oftioeof  D.  B.  Head,  Q.O.  He  oootinued 
his  studies  here  until  his  call  to  the  bar  in 
1873.  He  at  once  began  the  practice  of  his- 
profesaioQ  at  St.  Thomas,  and  success  very 
speedily  bejtan  to  wait  upon  his  great 
activity  and  hsppy  legal  address.  For 
politics  he  had  a  marked  penchi^tntj  and  in 
time  became  councillor  and  alderman  (four 
years)  at  St.  Thomoa ;  and  iu  February, 
1883,  entered  the  Provincial  Legislature  aa 
repreaentative  for  East  Eli^itu  In  the  legis- 
lature he  is  an  active  member,  and  he  readily 
won  the  attention  and  respect  of  the  House, 
He  has  taken  a  very  7.ealoUB  part  in  the 
affairs  of  his  own  locality,  and  especiaUy  in 
the  settlement  of  financial  and  sectional 
questions  which  divid 'd  St.  Thomaa  ;  and 
he  was  prominent  in  obtaining  the  incorpo- 
ration of  the  city  in  1881.  In  1881  he 
becsme  an  Ancient  Forester,  and  he  ia  an 
honorary  member  of  the  Sons  of  England. 
In  religion  he  is  a  staunch  adherent  of  lh& 
Church  of  England.  He  has  been  church- 
warden for  two  years,  and  has  been  a  dele- 
gate to  the  Synod  of  Huron  for  Trinity 
church  for  several  years  past.  He  married 
on  the  14th  October,  lti70j  Uttarlotte,  widow 
of  the  late  Arthur  Dickson  of  Niagara,  and 
eldest  daughter  of  Colonel  Hugh  Richard- 
son,  stipendary  magistrate,  North-West  ter- 
ritories (the  same  gentlunuui  who  tried  Riel). 
There  are  two  children  by  this  union.  Mr. 
Ermatinger  was  appointed  Q.C.  in  1885.  It 
is  understood  that  he  has  in  curse  of  pre- 
paration a  work  on  the  Canadian  franchise 
and  election  laws,  which,  being  timely,  and 
treated  by  such  a  competent  hand,  will  be 
cortnin  t<>  receive  a  wide  welcome. 

!^lrathy,  Henry  llaitoii,  Q.C,  Bar- 
rie. — Amongst  the  representative  Canadiana 
that  the  picturesque  town  of  Burie,  in  tho 
County  of  simcoo,  can  claim  aa  her  own, 
we  name  Henry  Hatton  Strabhy,  the  sub- 
ject of  our  present  sketch,  who  was  born  ia 
that  town  on  the  8th  of  DucemUer,  1847. 
His  father,  th*a  late  John  Slrathy,  who  waa 
a  native  of  Scotland,  practised  for  many 
jears  as  a  barrister  in  the  same  town.  His 
mother,  the  youngest  daughter  of  the  lato 
Henry  Hatton  Oowaa,  is  a  sister  to  our  sen- 
ator, the  Honourable  Judga  Gowan.  Mr. 
StrHthy  completed  his  classical  education  at 
the  Barrie  Grammar  school,  and  after  pasHtng 
h*B  preliminary  examination  at  Osg<i(»de 
Hall,  aa  a  studont-at-law,  entered  his  futhor's 
office,  in  Birrie,  being  then  sixteen,  and 
continued  his  studies  till  his  father  retired 
from  practice  nnd  the  fjtmily  removed  to  To- 
ronto, which  was  in  the  fall  of  J8til.  He 
then  entered  the  office  of   the  Honourable 


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A  CrCLOFJSDIA  OF 


M.  0.  Ouaeron,  with  whom  ho  atiidied  up 
to  the  tiiue  of  pusliig  hia  Qnal  uxaiiuiiatiuns, 
in  Fobraary,  1809.  During  his  Bludeiitship, 
and  during  the  troubled  times  of  18Gti,  he 
prepared  himself  in  the  Toronto  Military 
eohool  to  take  command  of  a  company  ;  and 
obtained  the  usual  certificate  of  (itnesn.  Af- 
ter Mr.  Strathy  was  called  to  the  bar^  he 
returned  to  his  nativu  town,  and  entered  on 
the  practice  of  hia  profession  there.  When 
only  a  fuw  months  over  age,  and  nob  many 
weeks  a  full-fledged  lawyer,  he  was  duputud, 
in  consequence  of  the  sudden  illiieas  of  the 
oouiity  court  judge,  to  hold  the  division 
«ourt  in  one  of  the  most  important  towns  in 
the  county.  A  similar  reaponaibility,  very 
probably,  has  not  fallen  to  any  other  prac- 
titioner in  the  Domini<m.  at  an  age  so 
young.  The  lucsl  press  commenting  upon 
the  "youn^  judge,'*  spoke  highly  of  his 
alertness  and  legal  acumen.  As  a  politician 
he  has  taken  a  somewhat  prominent  posi- 
tion in  his  own  county.  He  ia  president 
of  the  Young  Men's  Liberal-Conservative 
Association  of  West  Simcoe,  and  of  the  Lib- 
eml-Consen'ative  Association  of  the  town 
of  Barrie.  At  the  conservative  convention  in 
1882,  he  was  nominated  to  contest  the  west 
riding  of  Simcoe,  but  wtis  unable  to  accept 
the  proffered  honour.  In  church  matters, 
he  tiJces  an  active  and  never  flagging  inter- 
«aL  He  is  an  Episcopalian  with  strong 
evangelical  views.  He  was  married  early  in 
the  year  1878,  to  Marian  Isabella,  the  young- 
««t  daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  S.  B.  Ardagh, 
first  rector  of  Uarrie.  Mr,  Strathy  haa  an 
excellent  practice,  and  being  well  known  in 
his  county,  he  is  held  in  high  esteem,  both  as 
a  lawyer  and  as  a  man.  In  October,  1885, 
the  Dominion  government  appointed  him 
one  of  Ucr  Majesty's  counsel  learned  in  the 
law,  an  appointment  which  elicited  commen- 
datory remarks,  not  only  from  the  conserva- 
tive press,  but  from  the  reform  newspapers 
as  well.  We  close  this  sketch  with  the  fol- 
lowing extract  taken  from  an  editorial  which 
appeared  in  the  £xfimi>i«r,  a  leading  oi^n 
in  the  County  of  Simcoe  of  the  Reform  par- 
tv.— ••  That  Mr.  Henry  H.  Strathy  should  be 
the  one  selected  from  this  county  bar  caused 
no  surprise,  and,  su  far  as  we  can  learii,  no 
pangs  of  disappointment  to  the  other  barris- 
•ters  of  this  county.  On  the  contrary,  we 
are  assured,  and  have  every  reascn  to  believe, 
that  the  appointment  ia  one  which  not  only 
meets  with  the  general  endorsement  of  the 
public,  but  is  in  every  way  acceptable  to  the 
.legal  profession  in  Simcoe.  Wo  remember 
Mr.  Strathy  when  he  came  to  Barrio  to  en- 
gage in  the  practice  of  law — perhaps  about 


fifteen   yearB  ago.     Ha  was  very 

looking  ui  be  a  fnll-fledged  lawyer 
and  we  think  few  would  have  surm 
in  him  lay  so  many  of  the  elem«nits  of  li 
sess  as  time  and  circumstances  have  def< 
oped  and  portrayed.  Hia  first  partneriUi 
was  in  thatirni  of  Ardagh,  Ardagh  &  St 
thy.  Judge  Ardagh's  retiretnent  redaced 
the  hrm  to  two  partners,  and  tlieaueforwtrd, 
for  some  time,  the  firm  was  known  as  Arda^b 
&  Strathy.  Mr.  W.  D.  Ardagh,  now  Judgs 
Ardagh,  of  Winnipeg,  then  retired,  auJ  ihi 
tirni  of  Strathy  &  Ault  wtL*  formed,  and 
a^ntinued  until  the  formation  of  the  pr 
firm,  Lount,  Strathy  A,  Lount.  Througho 
all  the  time  Mr.  Strathy  has  practiced 
Barrio  he  has  boon  known  as  an  hon 
ininstaking,  and  well  read  lawyer,  and 
been  oonstautly  winning  a  higher  posiuon 
as  a  counsel  of  the  courts.  Ue  hnj*  nlio 
taken  a  considerable  interest  in  i  t 

never  to  such  an  extent  as  to  int' 
his  prof osaionid  success. " 

OattTord    John,    Aylmer,    Onl 
was  born  in  the  township  of  Trafalgar,  Hal 
ton  county,    on  the     IHth   January,    1834 
Hia    parents    were    Patrick    and  Eli^  li-    ' 
Crawford,  the    maiden    name  of  his  m 
being    Mfidden.       Patrick     Crawford,     Ut? 
grandfather  of  our  subject,  was   bom    nsar 
Sligo,  Ireland,    his  wife   beini;  a  native  of 
Ireland,    and    his  children    wi^re   all    bora 
there.      When   he  and  his   family  came 
this  country,  they  settled  in  the   towosl: 
of  Trafalgar,  near  the  village   of    Qorub 
where  he  began  farming,   being  one  of  t 
first  settlers  in  that  locality.     Ho  waa  lu 
cesaful  in  his  atiopted  occupation,  which  he 
continued  in  till  his  death  ;  and  the  home- 
stead remained  in  the  hands  of  the  fa 
until  Patrick  removed  to  Hamilton,  in  I 
He  had  a  family  of  ten  children,  the  eld 
being    the    late   Honourable  (reorge  Cra 
ford.     I'atrick,  the  father  of  John    Cm 
ford,  remained  at  the  hitmestoad  till  I 
when  he  removed  to  the  City  of  Hamil 
where  he  led   a   life  retired  from   bnsiu 
until   his   death,  which   occurred    in    1878. 
He  had  eight  children,  John  beiuj^  the  eld- 
est.    Mrs.  Crawford  is  still  living  in  Hamil- 
ton, and,  although  in   her  seventieth  ycftr, 
in    vigorous   health.       Jolirt    Crawford   rti^ 
ceived  a  careful  educational  training,  coi 
pleling  his  studies  at  Victoria  College, 
boarg.     He  at  first  felt  an    inclination 
adopt   medicine    as   a    profession,   but 
changed   his   mind,   and  resolved  to  Btu< 
the  law   instead  ;  and  in  1857    he  entei 
the  ofKce    of    R.  &  £.   Martin,  of    Uami 
ton,    where    he    concluded    his   studies 


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CA^iADlAN  BIO  GH  A  PHY, 


4ia 


l>n  being  called  to  the  bar,  he  nro- 
to    the    TillftfEe    of    Vienna,     Elgin 
iff    where     he    oonimenced    practice. 
be  ren.uinod  fur  thirteen  year*,  and 
removed  t*  Aylmer,  whcro  ho  has  bIdcq 
Euaed    to  pmctice   hia  profession.       In 
ler  be  fonued  a  partoenthip  with  A.  E. 
to.   and    the   firm,  which    is   dow    one 
|de  repute  and  in  excellent  practice,  ta 
Crawford  &  Hainea.     Mr.  Craw- 
a  Tohinteer  during  the  excitement 
M   Tr^nt    difficulty,  and    remained  in 
>r{Mi   fnr  four  years.      Ho  is  a  member 
le  Ancient  t-)rder  of  United  Workmen, 
)•    an  officer  uf  the  home   circle.      In 
lea    ht*    ia   a  pronounced  Cuuservatire, 
in  religions  matters  he  ^ivea  hia  allei^i- 
U-i  the  Clnirch  of  Kn^Iand.     He  mar- 
in  lft57,  Oeorgina,  youngeat  dahehter 
•    1*'"    T>r.    Macartney,   of   Hamilton, 
tiii^'  phyiticiana  in  thiit  city. 
I  iifta  two  children,  one  of  these, 
Lyndon,  beini;  now  in  attendance  nt 
frniveniity  of  Toronto.     Mr.  Crawford 
ivh  devoted    to  manly  aporta  and  out- 
exorciie.     He  haa  likewise  a  tp-ent  taate 
inaic     Aa  a  lawyer  he  ia  iniUiRtriona, 
ktaVing  and  enur>>etic  ;  and  by  common 
mt  ia  hold  to  be  able  and  **  well  leam- 
the  law.'' 

iW«4>ii,    Gcorue    Ulerrer,    D.S., 
iS..   F.It.S.C,  Associate  Royal  School 
.  Aaaistant  Director  Geological 
iftdft,  (JttAwa,  was  horn  at  l*ic- 
.iia,  Ani^nst  1,  184'J,  and  ia  the 
ki  Ron  of  Sir  William  Duwaon,  principal 
T^niveraity.   Montreal.      He  waa 
kt  McGill  Collcj^e  and  Royal  School 
London  ;  admitted  to  the  assooi- 
fp  of  Royal  Sch--.'.!  .-f  Mines.  1872  ;  held 
hike  of  OornwalTfl  ncholarabip,  ijiven  by 
^hnoe  of  Walea  ;  and  t<iok  the  Edward 
medal     in     paltenntology     and    the 
!biar)n  medal  in  geology.      He  was  ap- 
^d    geojoppst    and    natnraliitt   to   Her 
ity's  North   American  boundary  com- 
Um  in  1873,  and  investigated  the  conn- 
thu    vicinity  of   the    boundary  line 
Canada    and     the    United    States 
the  Lake  of  the  Wooda  to  the  R^jcky 
itaina.      At  the  oloao  of  the  commia- 
tn  l87o,  he  publiahed  a  report 
of  ''Geology  and  Reaonrces 
:  mth  Parallel."  In  July,  1875, 
reooiTed  an  appotniment  on  iho  Geolo- 
Snrvoy   of    Canada.       From  1875  to 
[879  be  waa  occupied  in  the  geoloi<ical  aur- 
and    rTpf'^^rnti'^n   of  llrittBh    Columbia, 
id  ed  in  aimiUr  work 

:  territory  and   Url- 


tiah  Columbia.  In  1882,  he  trarelled  ex- 
tensively in  Europe,  inspecting  minea^ 
metallurgical  works,  muaeums,  etc.  He  ia 
a  member  of  numerous  acientitic  societiea. 
Hia  travels  throughout  the  Province  of 
Britiah  Columbia,  and  in  the  North- West 
territory  have  been  extensive,  detaila  re- 
pecting  which  are  to  be  fonnd  in  the  re- 
port* of  the  GeologicAl  Survey.  Dr.  Daw> 
son  is  the  author  of  numerous  papera  on 
geology,  natural  history,  and  ethnology^ 
puMishea  in  the  Canailian  Naiuraliai^  Qaar- 
ierl^J  Jourmtl  of  ihr,Ovolit*fira!  i>onety,  Irans- 
ttc^iww  of  the  lii'tfitl  Sorlvty  of  Cttntidaf 
etc.  It  is  making  a  very  high  prediction 
for  the  snbject  of  this  sketch  to  say  that  he 
bida  fair  to  follow  in  the  footsteps  of  hia 
illuntrJons  father.  Already  he  ia  one  of  th^ 
ablest  geologists  in  Canada,  and  what  he 
has  achieved  in  the  way  of  original  research 
and  of  discovery  are  altogether  unusual. 
His  whole  heart  seems  to  be  in  scientida 
work,  especially  in  geological  pursuits  ;  and, 
as  we  have  said,  if  he  continue  "  still  achiev- 
ing,  still  pursuing,'*  science  shall  aome  day 
look  upon  him  aa  a  great  benefactor,  and 
hia  name  will  be  iUoatrioufl  before  the 
world . 

Clutlon,  Samuel  Sfmrkes,  Alymer, 
Ontario,  waa  born  in  the  township  of  Weal 
Flamboro',  Wentworth  county,  on  the  28th 
August,  1839.  He  ia  aaonof  JosephCluttoD 
and  Sophia  Sparkea.  Joseph  CIntton  waa  for 
many  years  a  farmer,  but  later  in  life  adopted 
teaching  an  a  profeaaion.  In  183'^  he  came 
to  Canada,  settling  in  West  Flambtirongh, 
where,  for  a  period,  he  engaged  again  in 
the  work  of  teaching,  he  being  a  man  of 
culture  and  wide  learning.  Hut  alxjve  alU 
he  vras  a  man  of  strong  religious  fervour  ; 
and  about  two  years  after  his  arrival  in 
Flamborough  he  entered  the  ministry  of  the 
Baptist  church.  He  became  the  organizer 
and  pastor  of  the  church  at  Dundas,  and 
remaiucil  in  charge  of  the  congregation 
there  for  a  period  of  eighteen  yeara.  He 
WAS  then  removed  to  the  township  of  Mola- 
hide,  where  he  assumed  charge  of  what  ia 
known  as  the  Aylmer  church.  From  185^ 
to  18S2,  he  ministered  here  ;  but  for  five 
years  previous  to  hia  death,  which  occurred 
m  his  eighty-timt  year,  he  had  not  any  par- 
tionlar  charge.  The  family  is  an  old  one, 
and  may  be  trooed  back  to  1678,  where  we 
find  prominent,  William  Clutton  of  Lud- 
dington,  Cheshire,  England.  Mrs.  Clutton 
died  in  1855,  at  the  ripe  age  of  eighty-eight 
years.  In  tb7t»,  the  parents  of  the  aub- 
ject  of  this  aketoh  celebrated  their  gold- 
en   wedding.     The  celebration  took   plaoe- 


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A  CYCL0PMI}1A  OF 


in  tlie  Biptiftt  obvirch,  Aylmcr,  where  & 
liirge  number  of  reUtiros  and  frieiidi  cun- 
gipgated,  and  Mr.  CIulloii  waa  preaented 
with  a  hondsoinv  y:old  medal  to  oommemnr- 
ate  the  atl'air,  bc»ides  namerous  other 
gifts  Samuel  Sparkes  Glutton  received  a 
Orammar  school  edncation,  condudinfi;  hia 
fttiidieB  at  the  Dundaa  Grammar  school. 
He  lefr  aoh(H)I  at  tifteon,  and  accompanied 
hifl  parentB  to  Malahido,  wbert;  his  father 
purchased  aaav  and  a  woollen  mill,  in  con* 
ueotion  with  his  son,  Joseph  J.  Cluttou. 
now  of  Watertowi),  Dakota.  He  worked 
in  tbeae  milU  till  he  was  twenty-onn  years 
old,  and  bo  high  waa  his  repute  in  the 
neighbourhood,  that  when  he  came  of  age, 
the  people  aaaemViIed  and  made  the  moat 
marked  congralulutory  demoiistrationa.  On 
atiniiiiiig  hifl  majority,  he  entered  into  part- 
nership with  his  brother  Joaepb,  and  the 
6rm  wiia  known  aa  J.  J.  Olutton  &  Com- 
pany. The  partDorship  lasted  for  eight 
years,  after  which  our  aubject  took  the 
woollen  portion  of  the  business,  which  he 
conducted  for  four  years,  when  the  mills 
were  burned.  This  was  a  severe  blow,  for 
there  was  very  little  insurance  upon  the 
property  ;  but  nothing  daunted  by  the 
calamily,  Mr.  Clutton  gathered  his  energies 
toi^ether  and  repaired  to  Aylmer,  where  he 
«mharked  hi!*  little  capital  in  the  establish- 
ment uf  n  woollen  manufactory.  Here  he 
has  remained  ewr  sincp,  and  by  integrity, 
induBtry,  perseverance  and  thorough  busi- 
reas  habits  and  ability,  now  finds  himself 
in  possession  ttf  a  valuable  establishment. 
Be  was  one  of  the  lirat  High  school  trustees 
of  A)  hner,  and  liiks  continued  a  tmstee  ever 
since,  lie  fasa  been  a  director  of  the  Aylmer 
Mechanics'  Institute,  and  baa  been  secre- 
tary, president  and  treasurer  of  that  body. 
In  1883  he  was  elected  roc-vo  by  acclamation, 
and  waa  re-elected  for  1681  and  1885.  lu 
the  latter  year  he  was  also  elected  war- 
den of  tJie  county.  He  is  a  Freemason, 
and  haa  held  the  orbce  of  S.W.  and  W.M.. 
in  Lodge  No.  140.  In  1872  he  received  a 
handsfune  poat  master's  jewel  from  brothers 
of  the  onit^r.  He  is  now  W.M.  of  the 
lodge.  He  united  with  the  Uoyal  Arch 
masons,  chapter  No.  5,  of  London,  in  1871, 
and  was  first  principal  of  Aylmer  chapter, 
organized  in  1877.  He  waa  alao  united 
with  the  Burleigh  Preceptory,  registered, 
No.  21,  of  St.  Thomas,  in  September,  1884. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Od'l  fellows 
since  1879,  and  has  held  several  fttbcea  in 
the  same  society.  He  is  a  memltor  of 
Aylmer  encampment,  No,  81  ;  is  a  chartered 
member   of  Lodge   No.  0,  A.O.  U.W.,  and 


haa  been  the  tiral  master  work  mar.  -•■■* 
holds  the  office.  In  politics  Mr. 
a  Liberal,  and  in  religion  a  Ba^i:.... 
married,  in  1861^,  Oatharine  U.,  el 
daughter  of  the  late  George  Killmaster, 
WaUingbam,  Norfolk  county,  farmer  soil 
school  teacher.  By  this  lady  he  haa  bs/lSvi 
children^  the  eldest,  George,  being  with 
father  in  the  mills.  The  second  ia  in 
Traders  Bank,  in  the  town  of  Alymer  ;  aoil 
the  two  yuunger  wjns,  John  and  William. 
are  at  present  attending  the  Hij^b  -^ 
Aylmor.  Miss  Annie,  uowinber  • 
year,  is  at  Woodstock  college,  auj  ei 
in  painting  in  oils  and  water  coluura. 

MouutPHiitle,  Clara    II.,  lu  li 
turo*'CARi3  8iMA,"  was  born  in  Clinton.  On 
tario,  her  present  place  of  residence.     B 
father  and   mother  were  English   by  biith, 
and  were  among   the   early  settlers  of  tb* 
County  of  Huron.     They  came  to  thiscoun 
try  with  a  amall  capital,  with   which   thej 
purchased    land,    and   erected    a   hewn-log 
house,  which,  though  small,  waa  more  pre- 
tentious than  any  in  the  immediate  m-i,-!; 
borho'id,  being  two  stories  hiyh,  with 
jirojecting  eaves,  and  having    French 
dows,  a  i;lass   door,    and  a  hall.      Famil 
portraits  and  choice  scraps  of  English  laQ< 
scape  decttrated  the  walls,  while  dainty  bits 
of  furniture  and  haugmgs  made  the  interior 
unlike  any  other  dwelling.       These  fumily 
portriiits  were  viewed  with    delight  by  th« 
Indians  who  frequently  came  in  small  sou 
to  trade  baskets  fi:>r  bacon  and  flour.      Wh 
ing  of  this  sweet  and  artistic  cottage,  Mi 
Moiintcastle  says,  ^'  There  1  sat  on  my  fat 
ur's  knee,    1  on  one   knee,    and   my   siat 
Lizxie  on  the  other,  while  be  played  rarf*  oli 
iScotch  melodies  on  the  Hute  ;  and  there  t 
little  feet  tripped  to  the  strains  of  the  violi 
Those  evening  amusements  wore  varied 
games   of    whist,    bagatelle,    backgummo 
cribbage,  and  lenpfn^g.     This  last  game  m; 
mother  objected  til,  but  was  over-ruled 
my  father,   who  considered  it  a  healthy  e 
ercise.     There  my  mother  read  aloud  fro 
\Valt*?r  Scott's  novels,  and  there  1  satbcr 
the  Wood  tire  and  amused  myself  by  watch' 
ing  the  dames  creep  in  and  out  amoui;  t 
I'iga.     My   father,  who  played    both  viuli 
and  liute,  and  wa*t  at  hoitrta  jtoet  an.l  arti 
taught  me  to  love  all  the  sights  and  soun 
of  nature.     VVith  him  I  listened  to  the  voi 
of  the  song  bird  ;    with  him  1  watched  t 
changing  glory  of  the  setting  sun  ;  with  him 
I  revelled  in    the  grandeur  and   botiuty  of 
the  wildest  storms.     My  mother,  as  she  sat 
at  her  sewing,  would  repeat  old  ballads  for 
hours  at  a  time  to  amuse  her   little  ones ; 


ad-      1 


A 


CANADIAN  BlOORAtET. 


415 


ii  WM  thiu,  frum  tHU-IiMt  InfADcy,  I  wu 
>ht  U*  rhyme."     The  nearoat  sohooU  a 
»0(i  «  half  distant ;  wu,  what  was  then 
'*  diatrict  achtJoI"  ;   and  her  father 
\V  from  the  thotij>ht  of  sending  hU  lit- 
rU  lU»rti,  ao  her  ftutcra  and  heraolf  wore 
(tit  at  home  by  her  mother.     She  after- 
«(t4tnded  the  district  echool  for  a  year 
three  quarters  ;  then,  after  studying  for 
Time  time  at  home,  went  to  a  hidies'  acuool 
in    Toronto    for    one    term.     Sbo  disliked 
»cieocy>,  and  wAnted  to  Atiidy  French^  Oar- 
cnui.  ludiiui,  niiiaie,  anddrnwliig;  hut  these 
•ocomiilifthmenta   were   not  for  her.     After 
i««viQg  thift  sahool  she  resided  for  over  two 
.-,  -.-»  ,(  tiiat   quaint  little  dwelling,  called 
Tie   Ltidue,    then,  as  now.  the  rusid- 
,.  .,      I    John  O.   Howard,    of  High  Park, 
where  she   r>ccupi*>d    nearly    all    her   time 
reading   aloud   to    Mr.    Howard    while 
drew  plans  of  bnildingB,  etc.     She  then 
tnnied  to  her  homo,  and  for  a  short  time 
all   went  sm^xithly  with  her      Uer  mother 
>^  n  giH>d  amateur  artiat ;  hor  father  had 
1  a  little  in  lioyhood.  had   truvelled 
\nA  seen  much,  and  was  an  excellent 
I  lie.      With    their  assistance 
>l   her  tirst  studies  in  art, 
it    itucoesa,  as  she  did  not  like 
■t  old  fashioned  stylo  :   and  was 
)r,...piiod  to  the  Ensclish   scenery  por- 
r,«yed  in  hor  pictures.     To  a  young  English 
mswai  I'f  the  name  of  Cbattorton  she  owed 
h.A  r  tirst  Uuuu  in  sketching  from    nature ; 
buL  at  thai  time  she  was  not  eiithcienlly  ad- 
VtUiced  to  protit   much  by  it.      .\fter  a  timo 
writes  :  ''  1  lufl  the    home  of  my  child- 
«itJi  all  Its  wenllh  of  flowers,  and  ita 
mlth  of  love,  to  tight  the  battle  of  life  sin- 
t-handed.     After  a  little  I  fmind   myself 
a  ladies'  school,   in  St.  Catharines,    as 
luior  teacher  of  English,  with  a  liberal  aat- 
ond  the  use  of  the  piano."     Here  she 
mutic.     bi   June,  ld<i8,  she  again 
ColtM^me  Lodge,  whero  she  studied  so 
when  she  exhibited  at 
tion,  ftt  TuronUi,  1870, 
;a4ii<ru  oti   M%>-  (fri/.eB  for  pumtings  in 
water  colour*.     In  tht  vi^ar  1877  her  father 
diad,  and  her  atfectiMnnto   nature  wm  over- 
whelmed by  the  blow.     Hero  is  the  just  and 
iii:it  nIii*   pays  to  his  mem- 
hither,  and  friend,  ou 
— y  H/inuan  Mountcae- 
Ho  was    the  very   soul  of 
nnd    honour,"      We   have 
^<is9  MoiiutcMtlo's  sno- 
•  \y.    tiud  may  now  say 
IMS  of  her  art,  that 
.     .      .ud  the  trutf  poetic 


interpretation.   Delicooy  **f  touch,  and   soft 
yet  tirm  decision  of  uutline,  arv  evident  to 
all  her  pictures,   while  her  work  is  always 
true    to    the    great    model,  Nature.     Art. 
especially  the  work  of  such  of  our  itrlista  as 
have  not  the  assistance  of  the  titled  patrons 
of  academies  in  this  country,  has  but  a  poor 
chance  for  its  life,  and  under  brighter  and 
just«r  stars    we  may  be  well  assured  that 
the  work  of  Miss  Mountcastle  would  not  bo 
ignored.     But  it  is  not    alone  in  the  paint- 
ing of  pictures  that  this  gifted  lady  calls  for 
our   admiratitm:  it  is  as  a  poet    that   she 
must  receive  the  greatest  consideration.    In 
thii  ocoupKtion  of  her  heart  of   hearts  she 
has    been    obliged    to    navigate    her    way 
through  unknown  seas;  being  deprived  of 
that  liglit  which  comes  from  the  experience 
of  others.     Therefore,  if  we  lind  some  dis- 
crepencies  in  her  earlier  work,   wh  must  lay 
the   blame  to  her  stars,   not  to  her.     But 
Mios  Mountcutle  is  a  genuine  poet,  for  her 
song  is  true  to  nature  and  the  human  heart. 
Thti  sorro'cvs  of  others  as  well  oa  the  woes  of 
her  own  ;  a  love  for  all  nature,  for  the  blade 
of  grass  in  ihe  meadow,  the  blossom  on  the 
bou^h,  the  joyous  sou;^  bird,  ore  in  all  her 
work,  kindUni;  it  into  a  living   tlAme.      We 
take  the  following  poem    from  a  division  of 
her  late    work,  entitled  "  Leaves    from    a 
Life": 

He  came,  he  n1aap«fl  my  liand  In  bhi ; 

I  loukeil  '.         ^:    ■  .  ■:•  more  ; 

While  sur-  ■  inv  )u*art, 

Aa  twAt  II  _  ■     ■■  'K-  fihore. 

t  looked  into  his  9y««  odcv  morv : 
'l*hoite  cyfs,  mj  dvuply,  darkly  hluu  . 

Mv  Mxd  nii't  hit ;  liri'l,  in  Uml  e^Iaiich. 
KiitfW  in  A  Qinnieut  lie  wiw  triir. 

Ue  fpuke  to  mt :  1  heard  him  not , 

I),.  ,   .1..     ,^    ....    I  -.._  ,„  slpfp. 

Ho  1  1  hy  hi*  Klatit'". 

S"  -»,  ^f  deep. 

L  know  not  hnw  th«  momentM  pomed  : 
So  few  ;  **'  tlctftiuij  :  kud  m»  (ie»r. 

I  know  not  if  I  th»uteht  at  all ;  ' 

I  utily  kuew  tlist  he  woii  near. 


eluquent  ini'ii* 
ory.     **Ah 
ler  mait  ' 
ever  hvcd. 
purity, 
ly  m- 

_  At     tl. 

With  reeiHN.1  u> 
it  reveals  the  «t 


ihi« 


MHlilnkR  I  felt  a  kindrr<l  thrill 

That  tnOVOil  Kh    imUr  ■    I    l.ii,ui 

My  Boul  WW  f.i 
That  morgixl  i. 

W«  wjkikdrriM)  while  tbfl  oDont  sve 
Crept  iljkrkliiii;  f  vr  th«  western  iky. 

1  know  lint  wlnTf  my  fontttf'p*  l«d  ; 
I  imly  knew  ttiut  ho  wai  Ql|(h. 

Mv  Wy*  framed  wunU,  I  know  not  what; 

I  lUMMUKt)  a«  it|»<ttl.iu^  lu  K  trance  : 
I  had  nu  will  but  his  ;  and  I 

Obeyetl  his  deep  meaui«ric  glauoc. 


416 


A  CYChOPJEDIA  OF 


I  heard  my  rnice  %»  thocg'h  ^as ; 

As  tiiuiigh  my  noiil,  afuirt  frotn  me. 
Gave  tittvraiice  tu  it^*  hidiWii  thought  t 

Its  btiljtfn  [idUe  ui  tnUery. 

He  aokwer^d  And  I  caddoI  t«>ll 
Of  whut  \iv  M)x)kt;  tti  lue  ;  itnd  y«t, 

UU  lips  bionxhed  heattfd  wnr<l»  of  pain  ; 
In  tones  I  never  c*u  ior^vK. 

^  Btrnn^  the  bond  t4  mrmpathy  ; 

So  thin  the  veil  oor-  buhU  divide  ; 
Agtiit  1  f>-U  the  unset-n  power 

That  drv«v  ittr  clcMivr  Vt  hu  nide. 

That  liuputae  knew  nn  thnti^ht  of  ill ; 

For  pti  er  lovr  wwt  never  ^iven  ; 
Pure  a*  the  heart  ran  (tlfur  up 

In  hoiuttK*^  tu  u  (laiut  m  heaven. 

But  ah«  the  mute  careM.  thnt  looked 
From  eyrt>  of  hlur  ;  Imd  ntiurtled  pride 

That  rat"«»l  tin-  hitn^^'htv  beftd, 
As  1  the  longing  \u  uiy  rouI  defied. 

Oh  love,  the  Itoom  my  heart  hiu*  craved 

Since  chihlhiHxl  left  riiit  mkI  and  tone* 
I  stretch  uty  tiriiift  u^  th**t)  ,  and  yet 
I  dare  not  win  thee  ior  adin."  own. 


My  niiirita  love,  who  upeaka  to  me ; 

And  giiideH  my  wtiMvt  thrntu^h  w»y8  utueen ; 
He  only,  and  my  God,  otuld  know 

How  near  the  tempter  mufbt  huve  been. 

The  momentu  |)a«»ed,  and  unk  my  aool 
lu  tiodnetM,  dec'p,  and  druar.  and  fell. 

Oh  pain,  thou  ha«t  no  balm  ;  twaa  but 
A  band-alaitp  Bpoke  our  Ijiat  farewell. 

It  is  not  tieceuary  to  proceed  to  an  atial< 
ysia  of  thcBo  exqiHRite  Vf-rsos,  bo  truu  to  the 
heart's  feeling.  We  uudenitand  that  this 
gifted  authuress  has  done  much  verse  since 
the  publivation  of  *'  The  Misaiun  of  Luve,'' 
and  such  of  it  as  wti  have  seen  displays  a 
high  decree  of  excellence,  and  proves  that 
the  author  is  now  approachiug  the  mastery  of 
her  art.  We  learn,  too,  that  ahe  is  engai^ed 
on  some  prose  work  ;  and  have  seen  an  ably- 
wrought  noTeletto  (which  is  not  yet  printed) 
from  her  hand,  entitled,  **  The  Mystery  of 
Hallowe'en."  We  expect  yet  tu  see  the 
work  of  this  writer  get  tliat  recoj^nitiuu 
which  is  so  richly  its  due.  Miss  Mwoutcas- 
tle  lives  with  her  mother  and  two  immar- 
Hed  sifttors. 

Brown,  (Ion.  George.— The  late 
Hon.  George  Brown  was  bom  at  Edinburgh, 
^icotland,  tm  the  29th  of  November,  1818. 
He  was  ibe  oldest  son  of  Peter  Brown,  by 
Miss  Mackenzie,  only  daughter  of  George 
Mtckenzie,  of  '*The  Oottaye,"  Stonioway,  in 
the  Island  of  Lewes.  Young  George,  who  was 
an  ambitious,  energetic,  and  out  sp  -ken  lad, 
attended  the  High  School  of  bis  native  city ; 


but  he  was  not  satistied  with  that  institi 
tion,  and,  at  his  own  request,  was   pi 
in  the   Southern    Academy   of    IC<lin 
After  he  had  left  i\\\s  institution,  heantstsi 
Itis    fatlier  in  business,   and   showed   mikd^ 
proliciency   in    his  calling.       Through    li 
uiisc«jnduck    of   au   agent,    h>>wever,    P< 
Brown  became  involved  in     i  -a, 

after  a  futile  attempt  t^  ev  imaalF 

he  emigrated,  in  18!^,   to  Amen 
acconipanyiug    him.      In    New 
Bmwn,    senior,    became    a  contmx., 
Th*    Aih'wH^    and    in     1842,  haviu;*   i 
literary     equipment,     and     a     sir' mi.-      > 
ciination    for    letters,    he   establis l-  j    .'/.. 
British  ChronicU.     Mr.  Brown,  bvuut.    -   * 
editor,     and     his     son    George     wan 
puHliaher  and   general   manager.      In    i    • 
Oeoi^e  made  a  visit    to  Canada,  with  irir 
view  of   extending   the  circulation    of    .nt 
father's  paper.       Reaching  Upper  Canaia, 
he  was  not   slow  to  grasp  the  aitnatioti  •>( 
political  afi'airs,  and  tn  see  that  there  was  a 
capital  opening  for  brain,  courasie,  and  en- 
ergy.     Aa  a  result  of  all  these  ut>^ 
and  of  inducements  held  out  by  I. 
the  Glubti  was  established  as  a  w««k^> 
paper,  and  made  its  appearance  on  the  ^i 
of    March,    1844.       I'he    pa]>er    ha4     tw> 
quabtiea     which    compelled    attention 
assured  success  from   the    beginning 
and  earnestness.    The  blows  were  givei 
the  force  of  sledge-hammers,  and  whal 
articles  lacked  in  tact  or  fintue  titvy  supplied 
in    truth    and    honest    utterance,     nud 
manly  vigour.     Of  course  the  Tories  v 
disgusted  with  Mr.  Brown^  and  some 
formers  at  the  6rat  gave  him  only  a  tard 
support.     The  memory  of  another  forciblo^ 
impulsive  Scotchman,  had  not  passed  from 
their  minds,  and  they  thought  they  oaw  % 
second  Mackenzie  in  George  Brown  ;    bat 
of    ditferent    metal    and    abler  calibre    was 
this  powerful  young  Sc^it,  now  managing  tho 
Qlobe.     He    first    entered     Parliament    for 
the    County    of    Haldimand,    in  1852,  de- 
feating William  LyoD  Miickeneie,  whu  had 
returned  from  exile  two  years  befure.     Aa 
soon  as  he  took  his  place  in  the  House  he 
made  his  great  force  as  a  speaker  at  once 
felt ;  and   thereafter,  till    the  olo«e  uf    his 
able  career,  he  did  not  cease  to  be  formid 
able.     He  favoured  all  the  great  reforms 
the  time  ;  the  abolition  of   the  Clergy  Re- 
serves,   State    Churchism,  and  Seignioh 
Tenure.    He  likewise  advocated  Hepres«;n 
tion  by  Population  with  persistent  energy 
and  was  unce  culled  upon  to  form  a  govern- 
ment by  Sir  Edmund  W.  Head.      He  con- 
sented, and  the  Brown-Doriou  odmixustro- 


m 


bi» 


CANADIAN  BIOQHAPBY, 


417 


into  oxittenoe  ;  but  it  lasted  unty 
f%j  when  the  Consorvnlivea,  with- 
rouble  of  an  election,  liy  the  expo- 
twn  an  the  <loul>)e-ahuH1e,  r»Btiineit 
pctis.  He  eni«rf}tl  the  <  'oiiJiUon 
Bnt,  furmed  for  the  purpose  of 
Confederation,  but  after  a  time  re- 
kHo  was  called  to  the  i:$enate  un  the 
Dvoembttr,  1873.  During  his  ab- 
I  Ediiiburt^It.  in  IBti'i*  be  married 
liiifhter  (if  Thoiuas  NeUoii,  th«  well 
bbiijiher,  i)it  tht*  25ih  itf  March, 
irai  ahi^t  in  the  le^'  by  a  dijtcharged 
kiamed  Hennet.  No  on«  Hupposod 
Ut  the  wound  was  dangertuis  ;  but, 
daye,  aUrminfi;  ayinptoind  set  in, 
jiMureer  f>f  this  nK>st  brilliaut  and 
iteainan  wiui  bruii;Ljrht  tu  a  cloee 
of  May  followinjf,  in  the  aixiy- 
\t  of  his  age.  lie  Itift  a  wife  and 
itera ;  both  of  the  latter,  by  their 
i  the  higher  inatitations  of  learning 
uof  that  they  inherit  much  of  thu 
I  their  iliustriuus  father.  During 
^'9  day  he  was  the  moat  active 
|rful  tijfure  in  our  politics  ;  but  hia 
jduty  was  too  straight,  and  hia 
I  were  too  just  and  too  inflexible  to 
i  lo  Hchiere  those  ''triumphs  of 
vhioh  fall  rather  to  the  share  of 
^liticiana,"  and  men  of  expediency. 
I  ^eat  reform  movement  in  this 
■inoe  the  days  of  Mackenzie  tilt 
Ideratif^n.  he  was  the  leading  spirit 
I'  privileges  "  which  bad  been  en- 
[in  our  new  country,  he  fought 
leffitless  and  able  hand  ;  and  he 
^^■>»d  satisfaction  of  seeing  each 
im  ffivo  way  before  his  prosistent 
For  years  he  boro  the  banner 
ty  who  demanded  representation 
ktirin.  but  the  interest  of  Sir  John 
^nald  Jay  m  the  French  household, 
|freat  principle  was  denied,  till  it 
ftettlml  under  the  scheme  of  a 
ie«infederfttiou  of  tlie  provinces. 
iitd»*  and  p.iorly  infovmwd  writers 
kared  that  Mr.  Itrown's  luadin<^star 
ption  and  not  Duty  :  but  had  this 
b  D^Ter  would  have  consented  to  the 
put  w(f*?wit  through  which  C'<n- 
I  wan  ac<-oiiH>Ii^«iitid.  He  sunk 
»oaal  prct  !  claim  that  this 

I  might  W  :  but  once  the 

I  the  new  order  bugan  to  turn,  he 
hia  thunder  upon  men  whom  he 
|cr  be  cornipt  and  iuoapahle.  Ttioro 
Kin,  of  any  sort,  iititm  the  political 
tivato  name  of  tne  Uonuurable 
Irowu.      U   wu   fitting   that   the 


memory  of  a  man  so  illustrious  in  his  coun- 
try's history  should  not  bo  liyhtly  held  by 
the  people.  Therefore  a  snbscriptiun  was 
opened  up  by  admirers  of  the  deceased 
statesman,  for  the  erection  in  some  public 
place  of  a  monument  and  statue  to  his  mem- 
ory.  The  work  was  awarded  to  C.  B.  Kurcb, 
A.R.A.,  L.4jndou,  England,  and  on  the  25th 
of  November,  18H4,  the  statue  was  unveiled 
in  Queen's  Park,  Toronto,  where  it  now 
stands.  A  large  concourse  of  pers'UiB,  of 
both  political  parties,  was  present  at  the  un- 
voilim;  ceremony,  and  an  addresi,  reviiiwing 
the  life  work  of  the  departed  statesman,  was 
delivered  by  th«  Hon.  Oliver  MowjU. 

Flock,  Christopher  U'iillani«  St. 
Thomas,  Ontario,  licentiate  of  the  Mvdieal 
Board,  Toronto,  and  M.D.  of  the  University 
of  Victoria  College,  M.C.P.S.O.,  was  born 
in  Toronto,  then  Little  York,  on  the  12th 
March,  1K31.  HU  father,  William  Flock, 
was  bom  in  the  City  of  Kingston,  and 
removed  to  Toronto  with  its  first  settlers. 
At  Toronto  he  conducted  a  general  h.iginess 
(on  Yonge  street)  for  many  years  before  and 
after  the  rebellion.  U is  f atlicr  was  a 
German,  but  his  mother  was  of  1  rish 
clescenL  The  maiden  name  of  onr  subject's 
mother  was  McAritt,  and  she  (Mary)  Irish 
by  birth,  but  of  Scotch  ancestors.  Mr. 
Flock  died  at  London  in  1875,  and  Mrs. 
Flock  died  there  in  1879.  C.  W.  Fh.ck  was 
educated  in  Toronto,  at  James  Uodijai'ii's 
Commercial  and  Classical  academy,  in  the 
old  market  lane,  now  Colbome  street,  and 
received  there  a  classical  and  mathematical 
education.  In  1845  he  began  U-*  study  medi- 
cine in  the  Toronto  School  of  Medicine,  tJien 
called  ''Holph's'^  scho^d ;  the  late  Hon. 
Dr.  Rolph  aud  Joseph  Workman,  M.D  ,  of 
Toronto,  were  associated  together  in  this 
enterprise.  He  passed  the  Me<iical  Board  in 
18.>0,  aud  commenced  pracUoe,  having  been 
the  greater  jiart  of  two  years  a  private  pupil 
of  Dr.  J.  Workman's,  late  superintendent  uf 
the  Asylum.  He  was  for  many  yean 
coroner  for  the  County  "f  Halton,  and  made 
jh)»t  im>H«ni  ex.-iminailoUM  on  the  boilieA  of 
the  Dunelly  family,  who  were  murdered  in 
Biddulph  township,  a  few  years  ago,  and  waa 
Queen's  witness  (medical)  in  the  two  triala 
of  the  notorious  Jim  Carroll  ft>r  murder, 
held  at  the  a«sijce«  in  London,  Ontario.  Dr 
Flock  has  two  brothers  in  London,  and  one 
sist«r :  Mrs,  Dr.  Mnrdon :  J.  H.  Flix:k, 
barrister;  and  J.  H,  FU»ck,  M,  D. ,  conmer 
for  London  city.  Our  subject  is  a  member 
of  the  Kuiuhts  of  Pythias,  of  the  Ancient 
Order  of  Foresters,  and  of  the  ('anadiau 
Order   of  Foresters ;  aud   some  year?  a^ 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


WM  An  active  member  of  the  Loyal  Orange 
order,  of  the  Sodb  of  Temperanoe,  and  of 
the  Independent  Order  of  Good  Templar», 
holding  Bume  of  the  priuoi|Hil  otlicea  iu 
thefiti  associations.  At  the  present  time  he 
is  phyaician  and  surgeon  to  all  the  friendly 
and  benevolent  societies  in  the  city  of  8t. 
Thomas.  Dr.  Flock  engaged  in  politics 
during  the  first  few  years  of  his  practice, 
but  he  became  difiguated  after  a  time,  and 
abandoned  them  fur  over.  Ue  always  vutes, 
belongs  to  no  party,  beiug  perfectly  ijide- 
pendent.  Ue  sat  for  two  years  on  the 
council  board  in  the  town  of  Oakville,  and 
his  career  here  was  a  zealous  and  useful  one. 
He  was  brought  up  a  Wesleyan  Methodist, 
but  many  years  aeo  joined  the  Episcopal 
church.  Ue  married  on  November  17th, 
1852,  Helen  Elis»  Nelles,  grand-daughter  of 
Colonel  Robert  Nelies,  J. P.,  Grimsby,  one 
of  the  oldest  families  iu  Canada.  She  is 
also  a  niece  of  Judge  O'Reilly,  Queeu's 
counsel,  and  master  in  chancery,  Hamilton, 
Ontario.  Her  family  is  of  Cxerman  and 
Irish  birth,  with  Scotch  ancestry  (Campbell) 
on  one  aide.  The  O'Reilly  family  is  also 
one  of  the  oldest  in  the  country.  The 
issue  of  the  marriage  is  eleven  children, 
of  whom  six  survive — two  sous  and  four 
daughters.  Dr.  Flock  has  never  engaged 
in  any  pursuit  or  enterprise  unconnected 
with  his  profession,  but  has  led  a  truly 
professional  and  domestic  life.  He  is  not 
ambitious  for  political  or  other  public  dis- 
tinctions, and  has  therefore  stood  aloof 
from  partv  turmoil,  with  the  exception  no- 
ticed in  hia  career.  He  lias  Lived  in  Canada 
during  his  life,  and  here  are  his  interests  and 
bia  aU'ections.  He  at  one  time  engaged  in 
the  drug  business  in  connection  with  his 
profession,  but  in  1B06  the  demands  of  his 
practice  upon  his  time  were  so  great  that  he 
was  obliged  to  aurroudor  the  work  of  dis- 
pensing. He  ia  a  gentleman  of  very  agree- 
able and  courteous  manners  ;  he  enjoys  the 
repute  of  great  professional  skill,  and  his 
practice  is  a  wide  and  profitable  one.  In 
social  life  he  iaa  favourite,  and  his  domestic 
life  IS  an  enviable  one. 

neriicr,  f^umucl,  Now  Hamburg,  Wa- 
terloo county,  Ontario,  was  born  on  the 
2S)th  jHnuary,  1823,  in  lleichenbaoh  canton, 
Berne,  Switzerland.  Ue  is  a  son  of  Jaoob 
Merner  and  Susan  Sctduchter.  Samuel 
Merner  reoeivod  his  education  in  Keicheu* 
bach,  and  when  in  his  fifteenth  year  emi- 
grated with  his  parents  to  Canada,  taking 
up  hia  abode  in  Preston,  County  of  Water- 
loo. Here  he  waa  apprenticed  to  learu  the 
blacksmith   trade,  and    worked   in   various 


places  afterwards  as  a  journeyman 
smith.     He  comroenoed  buaineaa  for 
in  New  Hamburg,  and  here  he  haa  rei 
ever  since,  now  being  one  of  the  QK>«t  pi 
inent  and  r«e[)ect«d  residents  ul  that  pi 
New  Hamburg  was  then  a  solitude  in 
centre  of   the  bush,  and  Mr.   Merner 
obliged  to  draw  his  iron  and  oo&l  by 
from  Dundas  upon  a  heavy  road.      He 
tinned   in  the  blacksmith  trade  for  ivc 
years,  and  then  established  a  foundry,  wl 
he  conducted    till    1873  with    marked  i( 
cess.      He  then  handed  the  establitbi 
over   to   hia  eldest  son,  Simpson,  and 
gentleman  atill  carries  on  the  buaiueos  w 
H  large  and  ever  increasing  measure 
oesfi.      Mr.   Merner  likewise    estabi 
foundry  in  Waterloo,  and  this  he  p 
to  his  second  son,  Absalom  ;  and  tliis 
liahment  like  the  other  brings  in  ban 
proKta.     Mr.  Merueris  connected  wi 
these  firms,  and  is  likewise  aasocta 
Simpeun  iu   the  manufacture  of  fum 
at  Berlin.     The  operations  here  are  like 
succosaful,  and  the  constituency  very 
Mr.  Merner  waa  a   captain    of    militia  f^ 
many  years,  in  the  County  of  Waterloo.   In 
1862,  he   was   appointed   a   justice   of   the 
peace;  and  in  1866,  he  was  elected  c  •""•! 
lor.    Ue  was  reeve  from  1873  to  187s, 
he  resigned,  and  was  elected  warden 
County  of  Waterloo.   For  n  number  »ij 
he  was  chairman  of  the  school  board  »- 
Hambut^,  and  took  a  great  interest  h 
cational  progreas.     In  1878,  he  ran  t. 
House  of  Commons,  for  the  south  riding  oi 
Waterloo,  and  was  elected,  beating  bia  op- 
ponent, the  Honourable   James   \oung;,  of 
Gait,  by  a  majority  of  forty-four  votes.     He 
was  an  independent,  but  favoured  the  pol 
of  protection.     Our   subject   has    built 
largest  blocks  in  the  village,  and  extend 
his  operations  through  the  country  as  w< 
In  this  respect,  as  well  as  by  reason  of 
extensive    busiuess  comivctions,  Ue    is  the 
most   pronuueut    commercial    man    in 
county.     He   became  a  Freemason    on 
lljth  of  August,  18r>l,  and  ia  in  good  s 
m^  in  the  order.     He  haa  been  an  ext«nsi' 
traveller,  and  has  visited  his  native  coun 
and  the  principal  places  in  France,  Germany 
and   England  ;  he  also   visited  the  World's 
Exposition,  at  Vienna,  in  1873.   Mr.  Mtruer 
was  brought  up  to  the  Presbyt«nan  faith, 
but  he  believes  there  is  leas  virtue  iu  the 
name  uf  the  church  to  which  a  man  belongs, 
than  there  is  in  how  a  man  himself  lives  his 
Life,  and  acta  hia   part  towards  his  ffllow- 
man.      He   marrit^d,   in    1845,   Marv  Ann 
Graaser,  of  the  township  of  Wilmot,  Coimtj 


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CANADIAN  B10QRAPB7. 


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At«rloo.     Her  parents  came  from  Al- 
theo  a  prorince  of  France  ;   and  ahe 
to  him  fourteen  children^  ten  of  whom 
living.       Mr.    Meruer,  it  can  be  said, 
vitbout  hoiiitatioD,  is  a  credit  to  his  race 
(t  t/1  his  country. 

Voncnnna,  nlra.,  or,  to  use  her  maiden 
oame,  Lecitia  Creighton,  Picton,  Ont.,  is 
Cb«  daughter  of  the  late  John  Creightou,  a 
vcU  known  and  intelligent  farmer,  who 
tMirHu-'d  his  vocation  for  many  years  in  the 
of  Cobourg,  where  her  birth  took 
li  1827.  A  sop  of  the  Emerald  Isle. 
&•  poaaesaad  in  a  large  degree  the  intellectual 
Tlp>ar,  ahrewdneas^  and  wit  of  his  native 
land.  An  insatiate  love  of  reading  caused 
Um  to  furnish  his  home  with  books  and 
p«riodicals  of  a  character  to  impart  know- 
bd^  of  the  mnst  important  kind.  Mr. 
Oreighton^s  presents  to  his  children  were  al- 
most invariably  books  ;  and  to  this  circum- 
Btanoe  his  daughter  attributes  her  thirst  for 
knoirledge.  **  At  the  a^e  of  sixteen,''  aays 
Mn.  Toumans,  "  my  heart  waa  gladdened 
by  the  information  that  I  was  to  enjoy  the 

Hvactagesof  the  Cobourg  Ladies  Academy, 
hductad  by  Kev,  D.  0.  Vannorman, 
■MO  Canadian  reputation  as  au  educator 
llaa  been  enhanced  by  the  success  of  the 
TOUDg  ladies'  institute  under  his  control  in 
New  York."  After  a  year's  attendance  at 
schitol,  she  removed  with  her  preceptor  to 
Hamilton,  where  he  established  the  Burling- 
ton academy,  of  which  she  continued  a 
•tudeut  for  three  years,  at  which  time  she 
ifraduate^l,  and  remained  for  two  years  aa 
tkrst  English  teacher.  Wbile  at  the  academy 
■fa«  was  not  more  distingviished  auiuii^^st 
tun  achoolmates  for  hard  work  and  rapid 
ptograss  than  for  iceal  in  enlarging  the 
•^ool  library,  in  projecting  and  sustaining 
a  literary  periodical  for  the  improvement  of 
^^«elf  and  fellow  atudento,  and  in  aetting 
^^B  ffXit  and  maintaining  schemes  of  active 
^Hh&evulence.  From  Hamilton  she  passed 
to  Pioton,  Prince  Edward  county,  whore 
she  was  fur  a  short  time  preceptress  of  a 
ladies'  aca<temy.  Here  she  was  married  in 
1^50  Ui  Arihur  Yuumans,  who  died  in  1B82. 
Tbara  waa  an  attempt  to  induce  the  town 
council  to  abolish  shf>p  license  within  its 
juriadiction.  A  largely  signed  petition  of 
raiepayen  wss  presented  by  the  ladies  to 
the  council.  Quite  unexpectedly  the  demand 
was  made  that  someone  should  advocate  the 
patitiun.  **  In  this  extremity,"  say*  Mrs. 
Voumans,  "  my  eye  met  the  imploring  look 
of  my  sisters,  and  before  rcaliicing  that  I 
bad  nsen  from  my  seat,  I  was  pouring  out 
Ihe  fullness  of  a  burdened  heart  to  the  men 


who  had  the  power  to  protect  our  homes 
and  save  our  loved  ones.  It  was  the  pent-up 
agony  of  years  gushing  forth  from  a 
burdened  heart  The  destroyer  had  not 
entered  my  own  home,  but  his  work  was  all 
around  me,  and,  had  I  held  my  peace  at 
such  a  time,  it  seemed  that  the  atones  would 
have  cried  out  against  me  ! "  Those  who 
listened  to  that  appeal  were  prepared  for 
the  position  she  has  since  attained  as  a 
platform  speaker.  The  only  resort  now 
was  tie  Duukin  act,  and  Mrs.  Voumans 
and  her  friends,  instead  of  yielding  to  dis- 
couragement at  their  want  of  success,  ro- 
solved  to  carry  the  county.  Petitions  were 
circulated,  meetings  held,  and  addresses  de- 
livered in  every  municipality,  aud  s  mon* 
ster  petition  was  gotten  up  and  presented 
to  the  county  council  in  favour  of  wniper- 
ance  reform.  Mrs.  Voumnns  was  re-elected 
as  one  of  the  deIegat«B  to  repreaent  Prince 
Edward  c  'unty  in  the  Montreal  conference, 
and  her  remarks  in  that  convention  were 
listened  to  with  deep  interest.  She  waa 
induced  to  address  a  mass  meeting  in  the 
Victoria  Skating'  Rink,  where  she  met  with 
a  no  less  cordial  and  tinthusiastic  recep- 
tion. ShL>rtly  after  she  was  invited  to  Co- 
bourg, her  native  town,  to  deliver  an  ad- 
drasa.  The  occasion  was  the  union  of  the 
British  and  British- American  order  of  Tem- 
plara.  Her  reception  in  Cohourg  was  m  warm 
one.  At  the  next  meeting  uf  the  Grand 
lo<lge  of  the  order  she  waa  appointed  super- 
intendent of  the  juvenile  work  of  the  saso- 
ciation  ;  she  was  also  chosen  a  member  of 
the  editorial  staff  of  the  Temperance  Unions 
the  organ  of  the  aBS'>ciation.  At  the  request 
of  the  Toronto  lleformation  Society,  she 
went  to  Toronto  soon  after  the  Mcmtreal 
convention  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a 
Women's  Chnatian  Temperance  rnion,  and 
arousing  public  sentiment.  She  hold  a  scries 
of  public  meetings  in  ditTerent  parts  of  the 
city,  yiait«d  the  prisons  and  hospitals,  and 
set  on  foot  the  presentation  of  petitions  to 
the  Ontario  Legislature  for  the  curtailment 
of  the  liquor  traffic.  Since  that  time  she  has 
been  employed  in  forming  Women's  unions 
in  various  parts  nf  the  province.  Mrs.  Vou- 
mans held  for  five  years  the  position  of 
president  of  the  Ontario  Provincial  W.C. 
T.U.  In  October,  l)ii83,  she  declined  fur- 
ther nomination  to  that  office,  that  others 
might  share  ita  responsibtliliea  as  well  as 
honours.  In  November  of  the  same  year 
the  Dominion  union  was  formed,  and  she 
waa  appointed  president  In  January',  1885, 
the  first  regular  meeting  of  this  union  was 
held  at  Ottawa  ;  the  organization  was  com- 


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pleted,  and  she  waa  nnanimously  elected 
president.  At  the  World's  Temperance 
Conf^ess  in  PhUadelphia  during  thu  cen- 
tennial year,  Mrs.  Youmans,  in  cunnection 
with  Sir  Leonard  Tilley,  Hon.  G.  W.  Ross, 
G.  M.  Rose  and  others,  represented  Canada. 
Since  then  she  has  had  many  invitations  to 
risit  the  Deigbbouriua;  republio  and  a&aist  in 
thoir  temperance  work.  In  response  to  their 
requests  she  has  travelled  frc^m  Maine  to 
Kansas.  In  the  latter  state  hur  services 
were  solicited  to  assist  in  the  passage  of  ci^n- 
■titutional  amendment  and  the  election  of 
GoTemor  St.  John,  the  prohibitory  candi- 
date. She  spent  tivo  weeks  in  Ohio  ^'isiting 
towns  and  cities,  from  Toledo  to  Cincinnfiti. 
In  Pennsylvania,  from  Pitlsburj;  to  Phila- 
delphia. New  Yurk  has  shared  largely  in 
her  labours.  The  Women's  Temperance 
onions  of  Vermont,  New  Ilainpahire  and 
Massachn setts,  solicited  her  help,  and  it  waa 

Sladly  given.  Maryland  sent  the  Mace- 
onian  cry  to  our  Canadian  sister,  and  the 
doors  of  some  of  the  mtwt  aristocratic 
ohurchcs  of  Baltimore  and  Washington  cities 
were  thrown  open  to  her  night  after  night. 
In  Febniary,  18H0,  .Mrs.  Yuum&ns,  aocom- 
panied  by  a  deputation  of  ladies,  represent- 
ing the  State  union  of  Maryland,  addressed 
the  Senate  and  a  select  committee  of  the 
L^islatnre  at  Annapolis,  the  capital,  asking 
for  local  option.  The  ladies  were  treated 
with  the  greatest  respect.  The  Senate 
chamber  waa  crowded  to  its  utmost  to  hear 
a  foreigner  plead  for  protection  for  Ameri- 
can homes.  When  the  i^cutt  Act  became 
the  raltyiug  cry  in  Canada,  Mrs.  Youmans 
took  it  up  with  earnestness  and  enthusiasm. 
Fredrickton,  N.B.  first  took  it  np,  and  she 
pleaded  there  night  after  night.  After 
visiting  many  places  in  that  province,  she 
went  to  Chariot tctown,  P.E.I,  in  the  same 
interest.  In  nearly  every  oonnty  in  Ontario 
that  has  voted  on  the  Scott  act,  Mrs.  Vou- 
maus  has  taken  part  in  the  campaign.  In 
November,  1882,  her  huf)baud  was  removed 
by  death.  Thia  waa  to  her  a  bereavement 
beyond  the  power  of  language  to  express. 
At  first  it  seemed  that  her  public  work  must 
cease  when  deprived  of  hia  counaul  and  com- 
panionship, for  although  Mr.  Voumana 
waa  not  a  public  speaker,  he  took  the 
deepeet  interest  in  her  work,  and  to  him 
■he  attributes  much  of  her  success  in  the 
work .  His  kindly  criticism  and  tender  care 
lightened  many  a  toilsome  duty.  In  Janu- 
ary,  I&B3,  the  Quebec  branch  of  the  Do- 
minion Alliance  invited  Mrs.  Youmana  to 
that  province  to  inaugurate  the  work  of  the 
Women'a    Ohriatian     Temperance     Cnion. 


Her  work  began  in  the  City  of  Mont 
where  a  union  waa  formed  that  hus 
done  noble    work.     She  went   ihn>ugh 
province,  and  waa  instrumental  in  U 
eighteen  unions,  to  which  many  more 
aince  been   added,  and  a  provincial  nnj^ 
formed.     In    May.    1882,    Mrs.    Yoni 
went  aa  fraterual  delegate,  in  company 
Mrs.    Faucet,    to    England,    to    riait 
British  VVomen's  Temiwranco  Ai 
of    which   Mra.   Lucas,  sister  of   tl 
John  Bright,  is  president.      They 
u  hearty  welcome  at  Liverpool,  and  in 
don  a  reception  waa  ^ven  in  Exeter 
Nft  paina  were  apared  to  make  thia  a 
enjoyable  affair.     While  in  Englaw 
Y'oumanahad  numerous  requests  toi 
audiences,  but  her  time  was  limited. 
pool,    London,   Newcaatle-upon-T^iie, 
BlackiKKtl  sharetl  her  labours.     Then  on  to 
bonnie  Scotland  to  see  the  sights  imd  talk 
a  little  to  the  people  there.     SIim  >i.l.lr.  ««si 
several  mcetingn  in  Glasgow  and  1 
Ireland,  the  birthplace  of  her  fat;. 
Mra,    Youmana   of   apecial  intereat.     ikw< 
brooke,  the  little  prohibitory  town  on  th»_ 
main  line  from  Belfast  to  Dublin,  could  04 
be  passed,     'lohn  Orubb  Richardson, 
prietor  of  the  manor,  had  invited  her  to 
princely  home  and  arrani;cd  a  meeting  in  i 
evening.     Bessbrook  has  allowed  no  ti4U< 
to  be  sold  for  thirty  years,  has  4, OCR)  inl 
itanta,  no  jail,  no  lockup,  no  constable, 
only  one  policeman.    Mrs.  Youmans,  in 
dition  to  Temperance,  <levote»  a  g<x>d  dy«l 
of  her  time  to  Sunday-scboiil  work. 

Wilkle,  Rev.  Danlc*!,  LL.D.— Tl 
late  Dr.  Wilkie,of  Quebec,  waaagenilei 
who  will  be  long  romemlkered  with  gratitai 
by  thecitlKena  of  the  ancibnt  capital  as  ol 
of  those  who  aasiated  in  moulding  themiud 
of  many  of  the  men  who  are  now  playing 
important  part  in  trade  and  commerce 
Canada.  He  waa  bom  at  TuUcrtna, 
land,  in  the  year  1777.  In  early  youth 
prospects  in  life  did  not  appear  over  bright 
for  he  was  the  youngest  of  a  family  of  tweb 
children,  and  waa  early  left  an  orphan.  Uia 
elder  brothers,  however,  wore  faithful  to 
him,  and  out  of  thoir  scanty  means  helfied 
to  educate  him.  In  1787  he  was  sent  to  the 
parish  school  ;  in  171*4  he  entered  the  Uni- 
veraity,  and  in  179G  the  Divinity  HalL  He 
waa  an  apt  student,  and  in  17'13  he  gained 
the  University  medal  for  a  theoU»gie&l  ••• 
say,  and  shortly  after  this  he  aailetl  for 
Cttnada.  In  ]8(H  he  waa  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Montreal,  but  Dr. 
Wilkie  waa  destined  to  make  hia  mark  ai  a 
teacher  rather  than  as  a  preacher  ;  and  for 


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CANADIAN  BIOQRAPHT, 


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lifty  yoAra  afterirards  he  taught 
I  in  the  City  of  Quehec.  Hin  pupila 
lo  be  fnund  in  every  walk  of  life,  and 
Bvideooe  of  Dr.  Wilkiu's  aki)l  and 
&re  to  bo  found  in  the  men  he  sent 
«<]uiv>p«d  for  their  work  in  the  world. 
HeT.  Dr.  Cook,  who  delivered  a  fine 
oratiou  on  the  occasion  of  hi?  friend's 
iftys,  his  r.eal  in  the  work  of  teaching, 
the  pious  and  devotional  temper  of  his 
there  could  V>e  no  doubt;  although  some- 
be  was  prone  to  indulge  in  specula- 
and,  perhaps,  reached  conchisions  in 
•ome  might  be  little  inolined  to  agree. 
Dr.  C<x>k  remarked,  be  could  express 
igber  wish  for  bimseU  and  his  auditors 
that  thej  might  have  as  profound  a  love 
Tererence  for  their  Lord  as  Dr.  Wilkie 
After  being  ftbout  twenty-five  yean 
Qaebec,  Dr.  Wiikio  engaged  for  some 
in  editorial  work,  and  in  the  month  of 
December,  1827,  the  St^r  appeared,  and 
vms  conducted,  so  far  as  the  lesding  articles 
were  concerned,  hy  him  during  the  three 
years  of  its  existence.  This  journal,  it  may 
be  said,  was  started  by  Andrew  Stewart-,  in 
order  U>  mediate  between  the  party  which 
Iheaped  indiscriminate  abuse  upon  Lord 
JDalAoiisie*s  administration,  and  the  other 
iWbo  lavished  unmeasured  eulogy  upon  it. 
when  the  Quebec  High  school  was 
Dr.  W  ilkie  was  ap[K>inted  its 
Kjvd'i-ijiAi»ter,  but  before  the  end  of  the  first 
Syeara  of  its  existence,  he  was  compelled, 
ibroogh  failing  health,  to  retire  from  active 
•errioe  ;  and  he  spent  the  remaining  years 
of  his  life  in  retirement.  He  died  in  May, 
1851,  at  the  age  of  seventy-four,  greatly  re- 
gretted ;  and  any  one  visiting  Mount  Her- 
BDOD  cemetery,  (Quebec,  can  see  a  handsome 
moDument  over  his  grave,  erected  by  his 
old  pupils,  recording  his  ability  as  an  in- 
jatmctor  of  youth,  his  genuine  uprigblness, 
■^guileless  simplicity,  and  a  devout,  bene- 
^^KiC  and  ptiblic-spirited  man. 
^^ndcrson,  William,  J. P.,  Oommis- 
aioQrr  m  thn  Quefii's  Kenoh  and  High 
'Court  of  Justiou,  I\ToiMitjiinview,  Amelias- 
bui^.  i*nnce  Kdward,  <htt:iriu,  was  born  at 
the  townatiip  of  Ameliashurg,  Prince  Edward 
co^ty,  oa  the  7th  April,  1822.  Ue  waa 
liM  •MC'iiiui  sijn  of  William  An'lerson,  who 
•flAme  to  Canada  Irorn  the  County  of  Mona- 

than,  Ireland,  in  ]71^ti.  and  settled  in  Prince 
Jdwmrd  ouanty.       tJis   mother    was   Mary 
ounle     were    married    in 
i\\  come  with  her  parents 
Hty.  8Ute  of    New  York, 
William  Anderson  waa 
>   private  tutioui  but  be 


Wav.   and    th« 


also  attended  the  public  schools.  He 
married  on  the  7th  December,  1847,  Eliza- 
beth, daui^hter  of  William  T.  Giles,  a  pro- 
minent a^iculturiat  of  the  County  of 
Priiico  Edward,  who  died  in  1859.  Mr. 
Anderson  married  o^in  in  1861,  Mary 
Ann,  daughter  of  Alexander  Potts,  of 
the  County  of  Cavau,  Ireland.  Mr.  An- 
derson is  a  prominent  agriculturist  and 
land-holder  in  the  township  of  Amelias- 
burg  find  elsewhere.  He  is  a  conveyancer, 
likewise,  a  calling  which  he  has  pursued  for 
thirty-live  years.  He  is  a  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  a  commissioner  in  the  ijueen'a 
Bench  and  High  Court  of  .histice.  With 
respect  to  Mr.  Anderson's  niditia  service, 
it  may  be  said  that  he  r«ovi(^ed  his  commis- 
aion  as  captain  in  1855.  Ue  was  also  cap- 
tain in  the  volunteer  force,  and  commanded 
a  company  of  volunteers  at  Kingston  in 
186(i,  during  the  Fenian  troubles.  He  waa 
for  seven  years  reeve  of  the  township  of 
Ameliasburg,  and  the  last  year  <1884)  of  his 
service  was  unanimously  elected  warden  of 
the  County  of  Prince  Edward.  He  joined 
the  Orange  association  in  1840,  served  aa 
master  of  his  lodge  for  several  years,  ftnd 
in  iMoO  he  was  elected  county  master  of  the 
County  lodge  of  Prince  Edward,  which  ofboe 
he  continued  to  hold  for  ten  yeare  conaeou- 
tively.  In  1800,  at  the  Grand  lodge  meet- 
ing at  the  City  of  Ottawa,  he  waa  elected 
grand  treasurer  of  the  Supreme  Grand  lodge 
of  British  America  ;  and  to  this  oflice  he 
has  been  unanimously  reelected  each  sue- 
oeeding  year  to  the  present  time  (1885). 
Our  aubject  waa  elected  in  the  County  of 
Phnoe  Edward  to  a  seat  in  the  old  parlia- 
ment of  Canada  in  Jane,  1861,  and  occu- 
pied his  seat  in  the  house  in  the  City  of 
Quebec,  as  a  supporter  uf  the  Macdonald- 
Oartier  government,  until  its  resignation,  in 
1863,  upon  the  defeat  of  the  militia  bill. 
After  this  time  he  followed  the  fortunes  of 
Sir  John  A.  Macdonald  in  opimsition  to  the 
J.  Sandtield  MacdonaldSicottc  government, 
up  to  the  close  of  that  parliament.  After 
confederation  Mr.  Anderson  was  elected  to 
a  s(i*at  in  the  Ontario  Assembly,  and  sup- 
portetl  the  government  of  J.  Sandtield  Mao- 
donald  in  thnt  house.  He  always  gave  hia 
supprjrt  U\  wise  measures  intended  for  the 
promotion  of  the  public  welfare  ;  and  in  no 
case  waa  he  known  to  olTtfr  factious  oppi^ition 
to  proposeil  go<xi  legislation.  It  can  truly 
be  said  that  he  did  his  duty  honourably  and 
well  in  the  public  sphere,  and  that  is  a  great 
compliment  to  be  able  to  pay  a  pnlitici^in  as 
atf'iirs  now  go  between  our  striving  partiea. 
Mr.  Anderson  ia  a  Methodist,  and  baa  boeit 


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A  CTCLOPjEDIA  of 


a  member  of  that  oliuroh  for  over  forty-four 
year*.  For  twenty-two  years  he  was  a  lay 
preachert  and  this  office,  now  at  the  age  of 
flixty-three,  he  itUl  continues  to  fill.  Dur- 
ing his  conneotton  with  reli;cio"s  work  he 
has  been  tho  witness  of  the  unfolding  and 
the  growth  of  charitable  views  in  the  doc- 
trines of  religion,  inside  and  outside  of 
Muthodism.  Ue  also  remembeni  vividly 
the  early  history  of  our  public  schools 
taught  in  miserable  log-houses  by  men, 
very  many  of  whoui,  were  possessed  of 
merely  tho  rudiments  of  an  education,  and 
some  of  whom  had  objectionable  habits, 
and  morals  tho  reverse  of  good.  This  was 
he  case  up  to  the  time  when  tho  Rev,  Dr. 
E.  RyersoD  became  chief  superiDtoudeut  of 
Education,  but  after  this  period  the  teachers 
were  of  a  better  class,  and  the  schools  grew 
in  superiority,  till  they  became  a  credit  to 
the  neighbourhoods  and  ornaments  to  the 
country.  The  teschers  likewise  took  high 
rank  nmonj^  our  profo«ai*mal  mon. 

CartulcliHcl.WilUtiiii  Robert.  Btflle- 
Tille,  Ontario,  was  bom  at  Tarouto,  un  the 
24th  January,  1852.  Bis  father,  Robert 
Oarmichael,  bom  in  the  County  of  Fermo- 
Dagh,  Ireland,  in  1805,  emigrated  to  Canada 
in  1840,  settling  in  Toronto,  where  he  still 
reaides,  having  by  industry  and  ability 
acquired  a  handsome  cumpetency  for  his  re- 
tirement. The  mcithur  of  Mr.  Carmichael 
was  Abigail  Mather,  of  the  County  Down, 
Ireland  ;  and  she  came  to  Canada  in  1837, 
where  she  is  stiU  living.  This  worthy  couple 
were  married  in  1848  ;  and  the  fruit  uf  the 
union  was  three  children,  two  sons  and  a 
daughter,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  being 
the  youngest  of  the  family.  William  Robert 
received  his  education  in  tho  Model  school 
of  Upper  Canada  up  to  the  age  of  fourteen 
years,  after  which  he  spent  three  years  at 
Upper  Canada  College.  Choosing  the  drug 
business  as  more  congenial  than  a  profession, 
he  became  apprenticed  to  the  same  in  1870, 
obtaining  his  fliploma  and  second  prize  at 
the  Ontario  (.ollege  of  Pharmacy  in  August, 
1873.  In  1874  he  proceeded  to  BcUevillo 
as  an  assistant,  returned  a  year  after  to  his 
former  employer  in  Torunto,  and  in  187(i 
went,  by  urgent  solicitation  tu  Belleville, 
and  settled  there,  opening  up  a  business 
in  1880.  He  is  now  the  proprietor  of  a 
prosperous  and  most  promising  trade.  He 
was  elected  hy  acclamation  in  1882,  to  re- 
present Murney  ward  on  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation, and  this  position  he  still  retains  to 
the  marked  satisfaction  uf  all  oonceme>]. 
Between  the  ages  of  fourteen  and  twenty- 
four  he  was  a  member  uf  the  British  Order 


of  Good  Templars,  and  looks  back  oa 
many    evenings  spent    in    Jesse    Ket«h 
lodge  as  the  most  enjoyable  of  hia  life 
the  friendship  there  formed  can  nevtf 
effaced  from  his  memory.     He  ia  a  meml 
of  Belleville  lodge,  No.  123,  O.R.C., 
initiated  in  1881,  and  likewise  in  1883, 
member  of  Mizpah   lodge,     I.O.O.F.      ( 
October  Gth,   1878,   he  married  £tca 
liua  Itow  (bom  1858),  youngest  daughter 
John  and  Angelina  Row,  of  the  township 
Sidney,    County  of  Hastings.     The  f 
is  extensively  related,  being  deaoenda&U 
the  veteran  U.K.  loyaliat,  Captain  Mey 
By  this  union  are  three  children,  two 
and   a   daughter.     From    early   yi 
Carmichael  indulged  himself  for 
the  study  of  the  poets  ;  and  ou  the  pi 
he   is  always   in  demand    to    add    to    thi 
evening's  entertainment  by  his  recitati  n» 
When,  in  1881,  the  Belleville  Amatep 
tone  Association  produced  the  trajii 
Othello,  he  was  chosen  for  the  roI«  of  lU    ^ 
iUoor,  and  Mrs.  Carmichael  that  of  DaiU- 
nionn.     The   event   met    with  such  succeis 
that  they  regard  it  as  a  compliment  so  da- 
tinctive  as  not  soon  to  be  forgotten.     Mr. 
Carmichael  ia  a  man  of  pleasing  presenee, 
of  attractive  manners,  and  scholarly  attsio* 
monis.  He  has  histrionic  talent  in  a  markoi) 
degree,  and  is  the  author  of  verse,  some  of 
which  might  reflect  no  discredit  upon  a  ood* 
spicuouB  pen.     His  religious  views  are  thoss 
of  the  English  Evangelical  Church  ;  andh« 
has  been  fur  a  long  period  an  earnest  church 
worker,  and  an  advocate  of  lemperanoe.  B^ 
may,  without  exaggeration,  be  classed  ai  s 
representative  of  the  best  type  of  oar  yomig 
Canadians. 

Smith,  Oeorge  IH.,  Aylmor,  Ontario, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Doncaater.  Eng- 
land,  on  the  22ud  of  March,  1849.  He  ii  a 
son  of  John  Smith,  who  was  employed  oa  the 
police  force  in  England,  and  ftlartha,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Mowbray.  Mrs.  Smith 
died  when  Geort^e  was  yet  a  child,  and  his 
father  omit^rated  in  1849,  settling  at  Lynn, 
MoMiachnsetts.  After  his  arrival  ha  engag- 
ed himself  as  a  carpenter  and  builder.  InldOI 
he  juinod  the  Northern  army,  remaining 
in  active  service  in  the  commissariat  depart- 
ment and  in  the  sharpshooters  till  the  dose 
of  the  war.  Some  of  the  stories,  which  he 
still  relates,  recounting  exploits  and  esd^>es, 
were  most  thrilling  to  listeu  to.  When  the 
war  was  over  he  removed  to  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  remained  ontU 
1880,  in  which  year  he  removed  to  Canada. 
He  is  still  living  and  though  in  his  70th  year, 
presents  the  menu  sane  in  corport  miw.     He 


1 


CANADIAN  BJOQRAPBT, 


^3 


of  dree  ehildrec,  and  the  sub- 
sketch  iraa  the  oldest.  George 
pririloge  of  hAvin^  a  good  educa- 
DolndiDg  his  stadies  at  Cambridge* 
lUMitts.  At  the  Bge  of  sixteen  he 
•ol  snd  began  to  team  the  trade  of 
r  sad  builder,  in  the  town  of  Foz- 
MaBsaohusetta*  in  the  employ  of 
Leonard.  After  he  vas  master  of 
B  he  removed  to  the  City  of  8t.  Paul, 
Dta,  where  he  remained,  engaged  at 
e,  till  IdOO.  In  ISOl  he  resolved  to 
luck  in  Canada,  and  crossing  the 
»oe«ded  to  Aylmer,  in  the  Proyiiice 
krio,  and  settled  there.  Here  he  at 
nged  in  the  occupation  of  contrac- 
builder,  entering  into  co-partnership 
I  uncle,  Samuel  Smith.  This  part- 
obntiuueti  until  1870,  when  the  sub- 
Uiia  sketch  retired,  and  entered  on 
ploy  of  his  uncle  as  foreman.  In 
»wever,  he  bought  his  unole's  inter- 
le  business,  and  since  that  time  has 
d  at  the  head  of  the  establishment, 
erationa  of  this  firm  are  now  very 
ad  are  stated  to  be  continually  grow- 
t  oonneotion  with  the  establishment, 
>  an  extensive  sash  and  door  fsciory. 
lilh  was  at  one  time  a  lieutenant  in 
ftdian  militia,  but  retired.  In  1879 
elected  to  the  town  council,  and  re- 
!  for  1880  and  1881.  In  the  last- 
rear  he  retired  from  municipal  poii- 
■r.  Smith  is  chief  of  the  tire  depart- 
■  a  shareholder  in  the  Aylmer  Can- 
ictory.  and  also  in  the  Traders  B:ink 
da.  He  ii  a  member  of  Lodite  No.  f» 
1.  W.  (  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
ts,  Court  No.  29.  being  a  Past  Chief 
I  Id  polilios,  he  gives  his  allegiance 
Blake  s  party  ;  and  his  religion  is 
d  by  the  Baptist  denomination.  He 
on  May  24th,  IBlio,  Chwlotle 
daughter  of  the  late  Hiram  Powers, 
t^wnskip  of  Malahide,  Elgin  conitty, 
khat  lad^  has  a  fauuty  of  three  chil- 
Mr-  Smith  is  a  man  of  Uie  highest 
of  character,  is  attentive  U*  his  bu«i- 
d  obliging  and  courteous  in  his  com- 
as well  a«  in  his  social  relations. 
«ll,  Colonel  Walkei%  Adjn- 
leralof  MiUtia  nt  heail(|a&rters,  for 
unioo  of  CanatU,  was  t>om  in  the 
of  Norfolk,  CsMwla,  on  the  20ch 
138.  He  is  of  Welsh  descent  on  his 
side,  and  English  un  his  mother's. 
arnal  grandfathar  was  a  L'tiitud  Em- 
ftlist,  and  wwt  burn  in  the  theu  pro- 
New  York,  in  1703.  During  the 
»a  b«  adhared  to  the  cause  of  Oreat 


Britiun,  and  in  1783  was  landed  in  New 
Brunawick,  where  he  married  Ruth  Wood, 
on'Long  IslauiJ,  River  St  John.  After  a 
residence  of  thirteen  years  in  New  Bruns- 
wick, he  took  up  his  permanent  residence 
in  the  County  of  Norfolk,  Upper  Canada, 
where  he  died  in  184U.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  is  the  eldest  son  of  Israel  Wood  and 
Melinda  (Boas)  PowelL  His  father  was  the 
seventh  son  of  Abraham  Powell,  bom  in  the 
same  county  in  1801.  This  gentleman  has 
been  described  as  a  representative  public 
man  ;  liberal  in  sentiment,  energetic  in 
action,  loyal  to  the  empire,  and  devoted  to 
Canada.  In  his  day  he  served  as  justice  of 
the  peace,  member  of  council^  warden,  and 
as  lieu  tenant -colonel  of  militia.  From  1840 
to  1847  he  represented  his  county  in  the 
Legialati  ve  Assembly  of  Canada ;  and  he  died 
in  Port  Dover  in  1852.  Walker  Powell  waa 
educated  at  Victoria  College,  Cubourg,  and 
when  his  studies  were  completed  he  engaged 
himself  for  a  (>enod  in  oommerciat  pursuits. 
When  a  very  young  man  he  gave  evidence 
of  the  same  activity,  enterprise  and  lai^e 
public  spirit  which  had  characterized  his 
father.  He  procured  the  construction  of 
vessels  which  ho  employed  upon  the  IskeSi 
and  took  a  stirring  and  leading  part  in  the 
development  of  numerous  ioduitrial  pro- 
jects. He  was  likewise  the  friend  of  edu- 
cation ;  was  a  trustee  of  the  County  Gram- 
mar school,  member  and  chairman  of  the 
Board  of  United  Grammar  and  Public 
schools,  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  for 
seven  years  a  member  of  the  county  council 
of  Norfolk.  In  185C  he  was  warden  of  that 
county,  and  its  representative  iu  the  Legis- 
lative Assembly  from  the  year  1857  to  1861. 
In  1847  began  his  connection  with  the  Can- 
adian militia  ;  and  it  was  in  that  year  he  re- 
ceived a  commission  in  the  First  Norfolk 
Militia.  Until  the  I9th  of  August,  1862,  he 
continued  in  this  corps  as  company  otHcer  and 
adjutant ;  but  at  that  [>eriod.  in  consequence 
of  the  civil  war  in  the  United  States,  and  the 
decision  to  increase  the  active  force  in 
Canada,  hu  was  solicited  to  become  deputy- 
adjutant-general  for  Upper  Canada.  This 
was  a  trying  and  importAUt  period,  and  the 
responsibilities  devolving  upon  the  militia 
oflioor  wore  of  the  gravest  kind.  But  he 
was  equal  to  the  occasion,  aud  his  genius 
for  organisatioo  soon  manifested  itself  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  public  and  the  gov- 
ernment. On  October  1st,  1SC8,  be  waa 
promoted  deputy -adjutant-general  of  the 
Dominion  ;  iu  1873  acting  adjutant-gvneral; 
and  on  April  21,  1876,  adjutant-goueral, 
which  appointment  he  now  holds.    Through- 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


ont  hii  long  oonneotioD  with  our  inilitiii, 
Oolonel  Powell'i  xeal  and  enthiisUfim  in 
endeavouring  lo  promote  the  etticii-ncy  of  the 
force  hnve  bean  tinreniitting.  He  ad^'ocat* 
ed  energetically  ntid  aided  in  stKiirins  the 
eatAhliBhmeut  of  the  Koyal  Military  College 
at  Kingaton,  by  means  uf  which  young  Can- 
adiana  can  Bccure  a  ci'inplete  military  edu- 
cation ;  aU'^k  the  fonnation  of  schools  of 
military  instruction  Fur  the  ditferent  arms 
of  the  service  at  which  nDicers,  nun  cummis- 
sioned  otKcern  and  m*^n  of  llie  active  militia 
may,  by  attending  shurt  eoura«a,  obtain  a 
practical  knowledge  of  their  diitioA  and  be- 
come the  Lnstruct^^trB  of  others  when  they 
return  to  their  corps.  These  institutiona 
have  ftsiiiated  nmterially  in  developing  a 
military  organisation  suited  to  the  circum- 
stances of  the  population.  As  we  have  late- 
Iv  had  an  opportunity  of  seeinff^  our  militia 
force  has  aome  vaison  d'etre.  Among  a  good 
many  Canulians  there  had  not  been  anffi- 
cient  couaoiotiaueaa  of  the  aeriouBneaa  of  the 
aim  of  the  militia  force  ;  and  wo  have  called 
attention  to  these  facts  that  we  may  point 
to  the  reverse  attitude  by  Colonel  Powell. 
He  has  been  heart  iind  soul  in  his  work, 
and  has  ever  aought  to  instil  into  his 
brother  officers  and  into  subordinates  as 
well,  the  same  spirit  that  animates  him< 
self.  Uia  pen  has  not  been  idle  either, 
and  hia  many  clearly  written  brochures 
on  the  subject  of  militia,  have  brought 
atrungexpressionsof  commendation.  Colonel 
Powell  married  in  1853,  Catherine  Kmma, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Joseph  Cul- 
ver. She  died  in  1855,  leaving  one  child, 
Linnie  Emma,  now  the  wife  of  McLeod 
Stewart,  barrister,  of  Ottawa.  He  married 
again  in  1857,  Mary  Crsule,  daughter  of 
Adam  Bowlby,  Earjuiro,  of  Norfolk.  She  is 
the  mother  uf  five  children,  four  of  whom 
survive,  namely,  Charles  Berkely,  bom 
1858;  Fred.  Hamilton,  born  1862;  Edith 
Elizabeth,  bom  1807  ;  and  Laura  Christina, 
born  18«9. 

I*lilllip«,  Rev.  AlfVcd  noore,  B.D., 
MethndJat  Pastor  at  Gait,  Ontario,  was 
born  in  the  township  of  Uillier,  County  of 
Prince  Edward,  near  the  village  of  Wellinj:- 
ton,  on  January  24,  1840.  When  Alfred 
Moure  waa  only  three  yeara  old,  the  family 
muved  into  the  Um-nahip  of  Murray,  near 
Stockdale,  in  the  County  of  Northumber- 
land. His  father  was  John  Smith  Phillips, 
who  upon  hia  mother'a  aide  waa  deacended 
from  a  r.  E.  loyalist  family  named  Smith, 
which  at  the  time  uf  the  revolution  came 
from  Dutchess  county,  New  York,  where 
they  left  large  estates.      They  were  among 


the  pioneers  of  Prinoo  Ed«ard  county, 
tling  in  the  wilderness  near  Pict*jn. 
father  of  the  Smiths  was  one  of  the  aarr 
intc  P^^'y    ^hnt   opened   np  the    mad 
Kmgston    t<j   Toronto.     Upon    bis    faUie 
aide,   Jtthn    S.     Phillips    waa    of    Engl 
deacent.     His  father  having  served    an 
Wellington  in  Spain,  waa  sent  with  his  r»^ 
iment  tu  Canada  during  the  war  of   ]dl2-ir> 
but  the  regiment  being   diabandeU    a 
close  of  the  war,  he  remained  vn  lli«  ook 
settling  in  Prince  Edwnnl  county.       .\ 
Mi»nre's  mother  came  with  her  faiaily    < 
Norfolk,    England ;     her     father,    Saiuuct 
Baoon,   settling  in  North   l^tadtin^,  vhers 
he    died,  one  of  the  weaJthieat  fanner-  in 
the  district.        Up  to  sijiteen  years  i>f 
Mr  Phillipa  waa  educated    in    the    jxr  n: 
(county)  achool,   section  No.    22,    Mori,«- 
which  not  only  waa  the  first  school  in  tht- 
county,    but   for   many  yeara  equalled  ihA 
grammar    schools    of    the    day.      When    a 
little  over  sixteen,  ho  began  teachinj^  s^-h 
in  the  third  concession  of  the  township  -a 
Murray,  near  Wooler.      He  remained  the 
for  two  and  a  half  yuars  ;   then  in  the  nin 
concession  for  one  year,  in  the  fourth  con- 
cession   for  one   year,   and    at   Smithtield, 
near  Brighton,  for  three  years.       He  w«i 
converted    in    connection    with    a    revival 
meeting  in  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  church, 
Trenton,  Rer.  Amos  E.  Rubs,  pastor,  du^ 
ing  the  winter  of  1866,  mainly  through  ths 
instrumentality  of  Father  Brundage.  with 
whom  he  was   boardmg.     He  immedtat^lf 
connected  himself   with  the  church  at   hia 
family   home,    joining   the    class   with    his 
father  and  mother.     Soon  after  conversion, 
he    began   to   feet   that   he    was   called    to 
preach   the  gospel.     He  was  made  an  ex- 
horter  upon   the    Brighton   circait    by  the 
Rev.  A.  A.  Smith,  in  18ti8.    He  held  his  tirsi 
service  in    the  Victoria  chapel  on  that  c 
cuit.     As  a  means  of  evading  the  Chriati. 
ministry  and  compromising  duty  with  God^ 
he  gave  up  school-teaching  December.  1669^ 
and    accepted    an    otl'er    to    wi>rk    in    th« 
intercata  of  temperance,  under   the  agency 
of  the  British  Templars.      In  thia  work  be 
Bpent  six  unhappy  montha,  feeling  all  th< 
time  that  he  was  Hieing  from  C^od  iuid  duty 
At  a  prayer-ratietin^  on  the  Lon'lou  Nor 
circuit,  conducted  by  Rev.  Wm.  J.  Hewitt 
he  decided  to  enter  the  minialry  if  the  way 
opened,  and  after  spending  a  slee^desa  nig 
in  an  hotel  at  Hespeler,  resolved  to  leave  tbi 
lecture  tield,   and  go    homo  to  prepare  f 
the  ministry  of   the  W'ealeyan   Mttbudis 
by  going  to  college.     There  being  a  scarci 
of  young  men  for  the  vouferenoe   than  i 


d.      1 


m 


CAN  A  DIAN  BIO  OR  A  PB  F. 


in    Toronto,    1870,    he    was    per- 

tn  go  at  once  into  the   wi*rk,  and 

hin>ielf   in  the  bands  of  the  chair- 

of    th?  Kamia   district,  I(«7.   Geortce 

ion,   who   called  him  to  lal)oiir  on  the 

Itown  cirotiit,  under  the   auperintend- 

a  Rev.   Gefirge  Clarlc.       In    August, 

be  preached    fata  first  sermon  in  tho 

shurch  at  Sombni  vilUi^e.   The  follow- 

he  wu  on  the  •Sumia  circuit,  under 

[HsrinUsndence  of  Rev.  J.   W.    McCal- 

uvinjj;   b.»en    received  on  trial  by  the 

»noe  at  Uelteville.   1871.        He    next 

>  Oil  Springs,  as  minister  in   charite, 

ollowed  hvo   years   at  Victoria  Col- 

}obourg.  from  1873  to  1878.     Ho  wm 

1^  into  full  connection  with  the   Lon- 

Bifereiice«  at  Brantford,  in    1875,  and 

led  at  St.  Thomas  in  1»78.       Uis  first 

after  graduation   said  ordination  was 

Km,   vh^re    he   remained  three  years. 

U  he    was    stationed  at   St.    Thomas, 

n>:   there   three   years,  and  in  1884 

Id  Gait,  where  he  ministers  with  great 

■  and  satisfaction.     While  teaching, 

Mr.    Phillips    pursneii    English    and 

atical    studies,    and    thuu    went    i»> 

.  CoUeae,  Coboarg,  where  he  took 

iplete  theological  course,  and  gradu 


listed  in  instituting  the   Jrck- 

In  1874,  for  students  for  the  min- 

the  Theological  Union,  in  1877, 

)h   he  haft   been  secretary -treaauror 

organixatiou.   Rev.  Mr.  Phillips  has 

aotii-e   part  in  tenipemnce  work, 

kinpioned  the   cause  uf  temperance 

•Qoh    liquor  adTocatea  as  E.  King 

Ira  C.     Lee,    Judge    Armour   and 

to    the    advantage  of   prohibition. 

whon  about  eighteen  years  of  ago, 

an  enthnsiastic    Orangemen.       Be 

lev  ill  all  the  grade*  of  lodges  from 

imary  up    to   the    most     wurshipful 

iving  attendefl  sessions  of  all  these 

He  was   also   connected    with  tliv 

'Black  Knigbta  of   Ireland,  but   bo- 

oonvinoed    that    the    order   was    a 

Ldittoal   maohin*,  conducted    in    the 

i«    Tory  pwiy.  he    withdrew, 

kat   the    institution    ia   no   way 

int«rost«  of  Protestantism  or 

loyalty,   to  prtmiote  which    he  hani 

iU  ranks.       In    February,    18<U,  he 

in  orgauiititig  a  division  of 

'•mnr-n  nt  \Vf>n|or.  which  he 

'\  in  turning 

:    lor  of  tJlKnl 

iuau   the  latter  was  a 
Americau  iuatitutioa. 


He  was  initiated  into  the  British  Templ&n 
by  Nassau  C.  Ciowau,  July  8th,  18r»4  ;  wsa 
a  delegate  to  the  Supreme  lodge  of  the  or- 
der in  Montreal,  January,  1865,  and  at  the 
emergency  meeting  of  tho  Orand  lodge  of 
Ontario,  at  Toronto,  in  May,  18(i5  ;  and  has 
attended  every  sosaion  of  these  bodies,  with 
a  single  exception  in  each,  ever  since.  lu 
1808,  Mr.  Phillips  was  elected  Grand  Wor- 
thy C'hief  Templar  for  Ontario,  and  iu  1873 
grand  worthy  secretary,  holding  the  latter 
othoe  five  years.  In  1872  he  was  elected,  at 
Montreal,  moet  worthy  chief  templar  of 
tho  whole  order,  and  during  his  othoial  yew 
was  instrumental  in  introducing  the  order 
into  Australia.  In  1874,  at  Frcdoricton, 
N.B.,  he  was  elected  most  worthy  secretary, 
holding  the  office  for  four  years.  He  worked 
zealously  fur  the  promotion  of  nnion  among 
the  temperance  orders,  and  succeeded  in 
drawing  ti^^gether  the  British  and  British 
American  Templars  in  Canada,  the  United 
Templars  of  Britain,  and  the  Australian 
Templars,  into  one  society,  known  as  the 
**  United  Temperance  Assficiation,"  the  0ft- 
nadtau  National  lodge  of  which  was  formed 
in  London,  Out,  August  3,  1870.  In  1882, 
he  opened  up  negotiations  with  the  Supreme 
Council  of  the  Roysl  Templars  of   Temper- 


divinity  in  1878.     While  at  oollege  "ance,  for  an  amal^^amation  of  the   Canadian 


branch  of  the  V.  T.  A.  with  the  latter  order, 
which  was  finally  consummated  on  February 
12th,  1S81.  Mr.  Phillips  was  present  at  the 
formation  of  the  Grand  Council  of  R.T.  ol  T. 
for  Ontario,  as  delegate  from  St.  Thomas 
council.  No.  35,  and  was  made  the  first  past 
grand  councillor,  on  April  2lith,  18S2,  At 
the  first  annnat  seasion  of  the  Grand  ('oun- 
cil,  February,  1883,  he  was  elected  ropro- 
sentative  to  the  Supreme  Council  at  Buffalo, 
N.V.,of  which  body  ho  was  elected  chaplain. 
He  was  among  tho  first  advocates  of  inde- 
pendent jurisdiction  for  the  Royal  Templars 
uf  Canaila,  and  principally  conducted  thene- 
tfotiationa  that  led  to  the  stflf-governmuut  of 
the  order  in  Canada,  with  a  separate  benefi- 
ciary fund.  At  the  formati>m  of  the  Domi- 
nion Council  at  Hamilton,  F<«bruary  14th, 
1884,  he  was  elated  past  dominion  council- 
lor, and  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors, 
and  still  hidds  these  positions.  He  is  likewise 
a  member  i>f  the  Grand  and  Supreme  coun- 
cils. As  a  private  member,  Mr.  Phillips 
has  been  connected  with  the  Independent 
Order  of  Good  Templars,  Templars  of  Hon- 
our and  Temperance,  Council  of  Friends, 
Independent  Order  of  Oddiellows,  and  the 
Onler  of  United  Friends  of  Temperance. 
His  religious  views  from  youth  have  boon 
Methtxlist,  with  no   leaning  to  Csiviiiism, 


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A  CTCLOPjEDU  of 


believing  not  only  in  tho  pOHible  it&lratiun 
of  all  men  from  etam&l  puniBhrnent,  but 
from  sin  in  this  life,  and  restoration  tu  the 
image  and  likeneaa  of  God.  Rev.  Mr.  Phil- 
lipif  while  in  St.  Thomas,  accepted  a  chal- 
lenge from  Charles  Watts,  the  Booularist. 
to  a  two-nighU'  debate  on  SecnUriaiu  V9. 
Chriatianity,  in  which  Iho  secnlariitt,  by  pop- 
ular verdict,  waa  worsted.  He  Tnarn«»a,  on 
Jnne  2lBt,  ldB2,  Margaret  Jane,  daughter 
of  William  Co}me,  of  St^  Thomas.  She  died 
in  Oalt  on  the2ad  of  December,  1884,  leav- 
ing one  child,  Alfred  Coyne,  aged  one  and  a 
half  years. 

Evan»,  George  H.,  M.4.,  Toronto, 
was  born  at  Three  Rivers,  Quebec,  on  the 
1st  February,  1828.  His  parents  were  the 
Rev.  Francis  Evans  and  Maria  Sophia 
Lewis,  daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  T.  F. 
Lewis,  vicar  of  Curry-Mallet,  Someraetshire, 
England.  This  cou  pie  were  married  in 
France,  but  shiirtly  after  they  were  wed, 
they  set  sail  for  Canada,  arriving  in  Quebec, 
where  Mr.  Evans  received  ordination  from 
the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Stewart,  of  Quebec. 
In  1828  the  Rev.  Mr.  Evans  went  to  the 
Talbot  district  (now  Norfolk  county)  of 
Upper  Canada,  as  incumbent  of  St.  John's 
church,  Woodhouse.  When  roctoriea  wore 
provided  for,  he  became  rector  of  Wood* 
house  ;  and  continued  such  till  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1858.  He  was  a  worthy 
man,  and  a  zealous  priest,  and  died  beloved 
by  every  member  of  his  t1<ick.  We  may 
say  t  at  the  Rev.  Mr.  Evans  waa  the  se- 
cond son  of  Francis  Evans,  of  Robinstown, 
County  of  Westmeath,  Ireland.  He  left 
a  family  of  six  sons  and  six  daushtera,  the 
subject  of  our  sketch  being  the  eldest.  Mr. 
Evans'  mother  died  in  188L  His  father  died 
while  on  a  visit  at  the  residence  of  his  bro- 
ther, in  Ireland,  Nicholas  Evans,  of  Lrmgh- 
park,  Caatle  Pollard,  Westmeath.  (ieorge 
M.  Evans  received  a  very  thorough  educa- 
tion. At  hrat  he  attended  Upper  Canada 
College,  subsequently  finishing  his  edu- 
cation and  taking  degrees  at  King's  CoIIefce. 
and  Toronto  University.  He  graduated 
B.A.,  in  1860.  Bis  degree  obtained,  he 
left  Canada  and  visited  Enf^land,  Ireland 
and  France.  In  1862  he  relumed  to  Canada, 
and  was  appointed  head  master  of  the 
Grammar  school  at  Simooe,  County  of  Nor- 
folk, Ontario.  This  position  he  hold  till 
1857.  In  this  year  he  received  the  api.>oint- 
ment  of  third  clHssical  master  for  (ipper 
Canada  College.  In  1860  the  mastership 
was  abulishe<l,  and  Mr.  Evans  decided  to 
study  law,  articling  himself  to  the  Hon. 
Adam  Crooks,  Q.C.     In  thia  office  he  com- 


pleted his  studies,  and  in  18C4  he 
called  to  the  bar  for  Upper  Canada.  Fi 
that  time  he  has  practised  his  profession 
the  City  of  Toronto,  and  has  eatabliahed 
for  himself  a  solid  repute  in  the  profeanon. 
In  1872  he  was  elected  to  the  Fublic  School 
Board  for  St.  Patrick's  ward,  Toronto.  Li 
1879  he  was  elected  alderman  for  the  same 
ward  ;  and  was  re-elected  fur  the  years  1880, 
1881,1882,  and  1883.  In  the  laat-naxaed  y«tf 
he  retired,  though  we  may  say  against  the 
wishes  of  the  electors  of  his  ward.  While 
in  the  council  he  accepted  for  a  period  the 
ohairinanahip  of  the  water  worka  com- 
mittee. Mr.  Evans  is  a  member  of  the 
Collegiate  Institute  Board,  and  he  is  one  of 
the  vice-presidents  of  the  Iriah  Protestant 
Benevolent  Society,  in  which  latter  body  be 
has  been  an  oHioer  since  its  institution.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  England,  and 
has  taken  a  loading  part  in  church  work, 
tie  is  church  warden  at  St.  Philip*s,  To- 
ronto, superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school, 
and  one  of  the  lay  delegates  to  the  Diooesan 
synod.  He  has  travelled  much,  as  we 
have  already  seen.  Ho  has  visitod  the 
United  States  and  Europe  several  times. 
He  is  most  courteous  and  kindly  in  his  mao- 
nera. 

Htnllh,  Narrate  William^  D.C.L..  of 
Summerhill,  Yonge  street,  Toronto,  Bar- 
rister-at-law  of  Osyoode  Hall,  was  bom  at 
Plymouth,  in  the  C-mnty  of  Devon,  Eng- 
land, on  the  '29th  November,  1820.  He  is 
the  eldest  son  of  Larratt  Smith,  who  origin- 
ally entered  the  Riiyal  artillery,  but  subae- 
quently  left  it  for  the  Field  Train  department, 
in  which  h?  received  his  tirvt  commission 
in  1805,  and  during  the  late  war  with  the 
United  States ,  was  in  charge  of  the  entire  de- 
partment in  Canada,  as  chief  commisaary  and 
paymaster  to  the  Iloyal  artillery,  having  been 
stationed  at  Quebec.  In  1810  he  returned  to 
England  fro  n  Canada,  and  ahortly  afterward 
was  placed  upon  half-pay.  In  1819  he  was 
married  at  Bordeau.\,  France,  and  in  1833 re- 
turned with  his  family  of  four  childreu  to 
Upper  Caiiad.i,  where  he  settled  in  Oro, 
in  the  Counl^  of  Simcoe.  He  aflerwarda 
removed  to  Richmond  Hill,  and  in  1834  fin- 
ally left  for  England,  where  he  died  at  his 
roaidence,  Cumberland  Place,  Southampton, 
on  tho  30th  January,  18G0.  When  Larratt 
William  Smith  arrived  in  Toronto  in  1833 
he  entered  tpper  Canada  College,  and  here 
remained  for  a  period  of  five  years.  He  won 
the  prize  poem  for  18;57,  the  subject  for  that 
year  very  approprintely  being — "  The  ac- 
cession of  Queen  Victoria."  In  Michaol- 
maa  term,  1838,  he  entered  tlu  Law  Society 


A 


CANADIAN  BWORAPRT. 


427 


a  •tndeot  of  the  senior  ctau.  and  wm  ar- 

for  fire  yean  to  the  late  Chief  J  ustice 

In    Biichaelmju  term,    1843,    he 

waa    uLmitted    an    attorney  ;   and  in    the 

following  term  waa  called  t^  the  bar.     In 

1843,  at    the  opening   of    King'a   College, 

be  vnUrioulatod  in   arte,    and,    paaaing    on 

to    Uw,    took    bis  def(Teea   of    B.C.L.  and 

P,C.L.,   the  latter  in  1852.     Shortly  after 

ng    called   to   the  bar   he   purchased    a 

ior     partnership    in    the   legal    firot    of 

mith«  Crooks  &  Smith,  of  Toronto.     Since 

that  [»ertod  he  has   practised  hia  profession 

in   partnership  at  did'erent  times  with  the 

Honourable  Chief  Justice    WiUon,  James 

IL  Morris,  Q.C. ,  and  Samuel  George  Wood, 

LU.B.     At    the  present  time   he  is  senior 

rner  in  the  firm  of  Smith,  Smith  &  llae. 
Smith  has    not  allowed  the  practice  of 
his  profession    to  absorb  tho    whole    of  his 
attentiun,  but   in  several  important  enter- 
prises of  a  public  as  well   OS  a   private   na- 
ture, has  taken  a  prominent  part.     He  has, 
says  an  authority  lyiug  at  our  hand — and 
we  are  able  to  vouch  for  tho   stati^'mtint — 
acquired  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  good 
I       financier,    an   able    manager,    an   excellent 
\      office     lawyer,    and    a    ^rewd,     sttaight- 
■Mn-ward   business   man ;    and    his    vanotis 
^^Boaitions   in    the   management  of  different 
^^nnancial    institutions    indicate    that   these 

Sualities  are  appreciated.  Ho  has  been 
erk  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  for  Upper 
Canada  ;  pro-vice  and,  subsequently,  vice- 
chanoelior  of  the  Cmver«ity  of  Toronto  ; 
has  been  president  of  the  Building  &.  Loan 
Association  since  its  incorporation  in  1870  ; 
is  vice- president  of  the  Toronto  Consumers* 
Gas  Company  ;  was  vice-president  of  the 
Canada  bolt  Company  ;  a  director  of  the 
Bank  of  Upper  Canada  ;  and  a  director  of  tho 
Canada  Landed  Credit  Company;  is  a  director 
uf  the  Lundoo  &,  Canadian  Loan  &  Agency 
j  Company;  of  the  HandinHand  ;  and  of 
!  tba  Anchor  Marine  Insurance  Company ; 
waa  a  director  of  the  Merchants  Building  So- 
ciety ;  of  the  Grand  Trunk  Telegraph  Com- 
I  P^ny  ;  of  the  i^ntario  Peat  Company  ;  hss 
OMB  a  local  director  of  the  Life  Association 
of  Scotland  ;  is  a  life  senator  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Toronto  ;  a  bencher  of  the  Upj»er  Cau- 
j^.i..  I  -..,.  ^  _.,..fy  .  i,  president  of  the  Lake 
Mining  iV  Land  Company  ; 
A  the  Sovereign  Fire  Insur- 
y  ;  direotor  of  the  Glas^w  & 
Insurance  Company ;  director 
of  tfa»  North  American  Life  Insurance  Oom- 
y  ;  and  has  been  s<jlicitor  of  the  Bank  of 
rituh  North  America  since  1845.  Mr.  Smith 
v«d  as  bouteuant  during  the  rebellion  of 


1837,  and  afterwards  became  senior  major 
of  the  6th  battalion  of  Toronto  Sedentary 
militia,  having  paased  through  the  Military 
School  at  Toront«>,  1864.  He  waschairmao, 
in  187t>,  of  the  Royal  commiaaion  to  inveeti- 
guie  certain  charges  in  connection  with  tho 
Northern  Railway  ;  is  a  Senator  of  Toronto 
University,  and  also  a  life  member  of  many 
permanent  institutions  in  Toronto.  Mr. 
Smith  is  a  Reformer,  but  has  never  cared 
for  political  life.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  England,  and  a  churchwarden  of 
Christ  Church.  Yonge  street.  Ho  married, 
in  December,  1845,  Eliza  Caroline,  daughter 
of  Staff  Surgeon  Thom.  of  Perth,  and  half- 
sister  of  the  late  Mrs.  Chief  Justice  Spragge, 
She  died  in  1851,  leaving  two  children,  the 
eldest  of  whom  died  from  the  eflects  of  ex- 
posure during  the  Fenian  raid  of  1806,  the 
youngest  having  pre-deceased  him  whilsl 
attending  the  Barrie  Grammar  school.  Mr. 
Smith  married  a  aeoond  time  in  1858.  Mair 
Klizaboth,  eldeat  daughter  of  James  Fred- 
erick Smith,  for  many  years  a  prominent 
merchant  of  Toronto.  By  this  union  there 
have  been  eleven  children,  ten  of  whom  are 
DOW  living. 

Tliorburn,  John,  M.  A..  LL.  D., 
Ottawa,  was  bom  at  Quothquan,  a  village 
near  Biggar,  Lanarkshire,  Scotland,  on  the 
10th  OcUiber,  1630  His  father  was  John 
Thorbum,  a  man  in  many  ways  remarkable, 
whose  salient  points  of  character  have  been 
admirably  touted  off  by  one  who  knew  him 
well  (see  ''  Songs  and  BaUads  of  the  Upper 
Ward  of  Lanarkshire,"  by  A.  Niuimo.)  His 
mother's  name  was  Mary  Wilaon.  He  was 
the  aecond  youngeat  of  a  family  oonsistiug 
of  six  sons  and  two  danghtert.  He  first 
attended  aohuol  at  Quouquan,  but  sub- 
sequently, when  preparing  for  a  college,  he 
spent  some  yesrs  at  the  parish  school  of 
West  Liberton,  then  under  the  charge  of 
Wm,  Black,  who  had  acquired  a  deservedly- 
high  reputation  as  a  suooessful  teacher, 
many  of  his  pupils  having  tlistinguished 
themselves  at  one  or  other  of  the  Scottish 
universities.  He  matriculated  at  Edin- 
burgh university,  and  afterwards  took  a  full 
course  in  arts.  During  the  tirst  years  of  hia 
college  life,  he  devoted  considerable  atten- 
tion to  classics,  and  was  awarded  one  of  the 
highest  prises  for  protioiency  in  his  work. 
On  leaving  college,  he  taught  school  for  a 
short  time  in  his  native  viUs^e.  In  18.>:t  ho 
was  appointed  6r«t  assistant  in  Musselburgh 
Grammar  school,  where  he  remsined  for  up* 
wards  of  two  years.  In  1855  he  received 
the  appointment  of  classical  master  in  tho 
Western  lustitution,  E^dinburgh,  but  the  fol- 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA   OF 


lowing  yoAr  bia  heftlth  gave  way,  and  he  waa 
laid  aside  from  duty  by  illncBa.  Acting  ^^n 
tbe  advice  of  his  medical  adviser,  in  ]8'5(i, 
he  let  sail  for  Canada,  iiitt-udiiig  U>  speud  a 
few  montha  Ihere  recuperating,  aud  then  to 
return  to  Scotland  again  and  resume  his 
work.  After  a  short  experience  of  Canadian 
life  he  gave  up  the  idea  of  returning  to  the 
old  land,  deciding  tu  make  this  country  his 
future  homo.  After  spending  about  eigh- 
teen months  in  Montreal,  in  1808,  he  was 
induced,  through  Principal  Dawson  of  Mc- 
Gill  university,  to  take  charge  of  a  school 
at  Yarmouth.  N.S.  He  removed,  in  1860, 
to  St.  Francis  college,  Hicliinond,  Quebec, 
of  which  iusdtution  he  was  appointed  prin- 
cipal and  professor  of  classics.  In  the  sum- 
mer of  18(>2,  he  went  to  Ottawa,  having 
been  appointed  head  master  of  thoCirammar 
school  (now  the  Collegiate  Institute),  and  for 
nearly  twenty  years  he  held  that  position 
with  marked  ability  and  success.  Many  of 
his  pupils  are  now  occupying  important  fK>> 
sitions  in  every  walk  of  life.  Two  of  them 
carried  off  the  Gilchrist  scholarship,  open  to 
the  whole  Dominion,  during  two  years  in 
succession,  and  a  considerable  number  of 
them  are  tilling  professors'  chairs  in  several 
of  the  leading  Canadian  universities.  At 
Christmas,  1881,  finding  the  7>re88ure  of 
work  was  beginning  to  tell  seriously  upon 
hia  health,  he  withdrew  from  the  Collegiate 
Institute.  ()n  this  occaaiivn,  a  public  testi- 
inoaial  was  presented  to  him,  accompanied 
by  an  address,  of  which  the  following  is  an 
extract  : — '*  During  your  unusually  long 
tenure  of  the  othce  of  head  master,  great 
changes  have  uoceasarily  taken  place  iu  the 
educational  Hy4t»m  of  Ontario,  and,  in  the 
inception  and  execution  of  these  beneficial 
changes,  you  have  played  a  very  important 
part.  At  the  conclusion  of  your  labours 
within  these  walls,  it  must  give  you  groat 
■atisfafrtiuu  to  remember,  as  it  gives  us  tin- 
alioyed  pleasure  to  declare,  that  the  school, 
whether  known  as  the  Grammar  school,  or 
as  the  Collegiate  Institute,  has  constantly 
maintained  its  position  in  the  very  van 
among  the  beat  schools  of  the  province." 
When  the  royal  military  college  at  Kingston 
vaa  organized,  Dr.  Thorbum  waa  asked,  on 
behalf  of  the  militia  department,  to  draft  a 
scheme  for  the  entrance  examinations  to 
that  institution,  and  this  was  adopted  by 
the  government,  and  has,  with  but  slight 
modifications,  been  used  ever  since.  When 
the  Uead<|uartera  Httard  of  Kxaniiners  was 
appointed,  he  was  made  its  chairman,  a 
position  which  he  still  holds.  On  retiring 
from  the  Collegiate   lustituto,  ho    shortly 


afterwards  received  the  appointment  of 
librarian  to  the  Geological  aud  Natural  His- 
tory stirvey  of  Canada,  and,  in  the  saoM 
year,  the  govei'nment  recognizing  his  valu- 
able public  serrices  as  a  practical  education' 
iskj  appointed  him  a  member  of  the  board 
of  civil  service  examiners.  During  his  resi- 
dence in  Ottawa,  ho  has  always  takan  s 
warm  and  active  interest  in  the  social,  beiks- 
vulent  and  literary  movements  of  the  day, 
and  among  other  positions  which  be  hu 
i>coupied  may  be  mentioned  the  presidency 
of  the  St.  Andrew's  society,  and  of  the  Ot- 
tawa literary  and  scientific  society.  Tim 
last  he  held  from  1873  t*>  1877.  In  IStiObe 
reoeivcd  from  McGill  university  the  degree 
of  M.A.,  and  from  Queoo's  university, 
Kingston,  that  of  LL.D.,  in  1880.  In  1869 
he  was  married  to  Maria  J.  1.,  youngest 
daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  Henry  Oreggs 
Farish,  of  Yarmouth,  N.!S. 

Dixon,  Rev.  Alexander,  Archdeacoo 
of  Gnelph,  and  Hector,  wa.s  bt-im  at  Long- 
ford, Ireland.  When  a  very  young  lad 
he  came  with  his  father,  the  late  Alexaa* 
der  Dixon,  and  family  from  Dublin  to  To- 
rontu,  tlion  Little  Vork.  At  that  time 
the  paasiug  of  the  Emancipation  Act  for 
Ireland  caused  much  despondency  among 
Protestants,  leading  to  a  large  emii^rauon 
of  that  class  to  Canada  and  the  Sta,te8, 
and  among  the  number  was  the  family 
in  question.  On  their  way  out  to  Quebec 
their  ship  waa  wrecked  in  the  St.  Iaw- 
rence,  but  tlio  passengers  were  rescued  by  a 
French  schooner.  In  coming  to  America 
it  was  Mr.  Dixon's  int-eutiou  to  take  up  a 
tract  of  land  close  to  Keuyon  College,  in 
Ohio.  He  found,  however,  that  he  had 
been  deceived  in  the  inducements  held  uut 
to  liim,  aud  on  the  representations  of  the 
Hon.  J.  H.  Dunn,  then  reocivorgencral,  ho 
determined  to  establish  himself  in  Toronto 
Be  soon,  by  his  euterprise,  made  his  mar 
in  the  young  city.  Samuel  Thompson,  wh 
knew  him  iuliiaately,  thus  speaks  of  liim 
in  his  *'  Ueminiscencns  of  a  Canadian 
Pioneer"  : — '*  Though  living  a  busy  life,  he 
had  laid  in  a  solid  foundation  of  standard 
literature,  and  even  of  theological  lore, 
which  qualified  him  to  take  a  high  position 
in  intellectual  society.  He  also  posseaaod 
great  readiness  of  speech,  a  ^rental  coun- 
tenance and  manner,  and  a  fund  of  drollery 
and  wit  which  made  him  a  special  favourite 
in  the  city  council,  as  well  as  at  public  din- 
ners and  on  festive  occasions.  In  the  *s\if 
conncil  no  man  was  more  useful  in  all  go 
works,  and  none  exercised  greater  inHueni 
over  ita  deliberations.     Few  men  did  mo: 


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notifying  ot  the  city  in  its  ■trvet 
0.    .     .     .    Trinity  Church  east 
•iiilt   through  his  exertions,  aec- 
hy  Mr.  Enoch  Turner  and  Mr.  Wil- 
loo^lcrhun.     Ue   was   also  ikn  active 
ir  of  the  building  c«>minitteo  of   St. 
Cathedral,   which  church  he  repre- 
as    a   d«legute    at  the    tirst  synod." 
in    DuMin,    where,    with  the  father  of 
Hon.    Uarcourt  Bull,    he  was   an 
kgent  in  or^^aniKin^r  loyal  aaaocialionfl, 
'*  Brunflwick    lodgea/'    ao   throufi^h 
life  in  Canada  he  was  an  eothuaiaitlio 
mavrvative.      His  rare  aod  exteDsire  lib- 
iry  la  now  in  posseusion  of  the  archdeacon. 
to  family  came  oriiriDaUy  frotn   Douglas, 
Lanarkihire,    Scotlan  d ,    in    the   reign 
runii-'^  I.,  when  ho  eatabUahed  the  Ulater 
-.,  and   they   received  a  (n'ant  of 
II*'  County  Tyrone.     In  lfi8H  the 
d  ui  the  family  raised  a  troop  of  cavalry 
■id  King  WUliiLm,  and   loat  an  arm  at 
lioyne.      Fur  his  services  ho  received  h 
iLoin'a  commiaatun,  signed  by  the  king  at 
placv   called  Duleek.     During  the  rebel- 
HI  of   I7tl8  the  father  of  Alexander  Dixon 
in  the   Black  H<'rse,  a  diAtinifuiahed 
tnnteor  cavalry  rogiriionl.    Mr.  Dixon,  jr. , 
loatcd  at    King's   CuUego,  Toronto,   at 
the  time  when  Adam  Crooks,  Judjfc  Boyd, 
Ut'"-*""'t'r    Robinson,    Judge    KingamiU, 
tuett.  Dr.  McMichael  and  othera 
■  ■  u   in   public  life,  were  coiniected 
lat   univwraity.     He   was  nnisernity 
m  in  hia  third  year  in  general  history 
and    h^Ues  Uttrts.     He  also  took   the   prixe 
for  the  "  Engliah  oration/'  and  wrote  the 
pr]£o    poom  two  years  in  anccebsion.     The 
latUir  one,  **  Calpe,"  waa    deemed  by  Dr. 
McCanI  worthy  of  insertion  in  the  "Maple 
Laaf/'   an    annual   to   which   much  of   thu 
highest  lit«rary  talent  of  the  time  waa  <le- 
rotecL     After  passing  through  the  Divinity 
oonnu*  under  thu  able  guidance  of  Dr.  Bea* 
TntL,  profeaaor  of  Divinity,  he  was  ordained 
to  the  diaoonate  in  Hamilton,  and  appointed 
curmle   to   the    Rev.  Dr.  Atkinson,  in   St. 
tbarines,    whore    he     remained    a     few 
iDtha.     While   there    he    served   aa    ex- 
liiK^r   ,f  the  public  achoola.     In  lUoO  he 
tod   rector  of    Louth  and   Port 
.   where  he  lived  until  appointed 
Tvcuv  <>»  Viiielph,  in  1875.      While   rector 
thpre,  ho  waa,  for  a  time,  joint  editor  with 
Iho  Htiv.  J.  it.  D.  MoKenxie  of  Thf.  Clmrch, 
and  waa  for  several  years  special  correspon- 
tieot  tU  the  great  church  organ  The  London 
Qwartiian^  and  likvwiau  of  a  New  York  paper, 
Itiug  bc»ok  reviews,  etc.,  for  a  To- 
dy.     F^r  many  years  he  tilled  the 


position  of  chairman  of  the  Oranimar  school 
board  at  St.  Catharines,  when  the  examina- 
tion of  teachora  for  several  counties  chiefly 
devolved  on  him.     Ho,  in  addition,  gained 
a  reputation  as  a  horticulturiat   and   vine- 
grower,  having  a  very  6ne  garden.     During 
the  civil  war  in  the  States  he  gave  all  his. 
aym[iathiea  to  th«  South,  and  waa  on  inti- 
mate termu  of  friendship  with  many  of  the 
leading   confederates — a   friendahip    which 
continues  to  the  present  day.     He  huld  that 
the  secession  of  the  South  waa  merely  the 
dissolution     of    an     irksome    partnership^ 
wholly  juatilied  by  the  V.  S.  Constitution. 
For  bis  aervices  to  the  'Most  cause"  he  waa 
publicly  thanked  by  ex-preaident  Davia,  at 
a  /ewe  held  by  him  when  at  Niagara,      lu 
181(6  he  waa  appninied  c.inon  of  St.  Jamea' 
Cnthe<inil,  by  the  late  Bishop  Strachan.    On 
hia  a{>pointment  to  the  rectory  of  Ouelph, 
he  waa  comniiseioned  as  t^xaiuining  chaplain 
to  the  new  dioceae  of  Niagara,  which  office 
ho  has  tilled  ever  since,  retaining  it  on  the 
death  of  the  late  bishop  by  request  of  his 
aucoesaor.     In  1883  he  wns  nppointed  arch- 
deacon of  Gu*^lph,    with   jurisdiction   over 
the  northern  half  of  the  dimx'ae.      He  wa« 
married  to  Laura  E.  Guldamith,  of  Toronto, 
after  his  appointment   to    Louth,    and    haa 
a  son   aud    three  daughters.     The   former 
has  a  good   pusition    in    the    Hudson  Bay 
Company's  »t»rvico.     The  archdeacon's  bro- 
ther. William  Dixon,  was  for  several  years 
chief  emi(?ration  agent   for  the    Dumiuiou, 
and  died  in  1873.     The  Hon.  J.   H.  Pope 
declared   of  him    that   **  lie   wa<9  the    moat 
correct  and  conacientioua  administrator  he 
over  met."  Hia  brother-in-law,  Frank  Itow- 
aell.    C.B.,  C.M.G.,  British  Comiuissioner 
for  Egyptian  State  Domains,  and  descri1>ed 
in  thti  Gtiipiiie  as  "  one  of  the  most  capable 
and  bnlhaiit  othciala  in  the  public  service  of 
England,"  died    in    iJctober,    J 885.     After 
the  death  of  William  Dixon  this  gentleman 
took   charge  of   the  Dominion  Emigration 
office  in  London  until  the  appointment  of 
Mr.  Jenkins.     Another  brother,  Major  F. 
E.  Dixon,  is  well  known  in  connection  with 
the  Queen's  Own,    Aa  captain,  his  company 
(No.  2)  was  badly  cut  up  at  Ridgeway.   "The 
Internal  Economy  of  a  Regiment,'*  written 
bj  him,  haa  a  high  reputatinn  aa  a  text-book 
for  students  in  military  matters. 

FIvU'lier,  Hew,  Donald  Hugh, 
Pastor  of  the  McNab  Street  Presbyterian 
Church,  Uamiltonf  was  born  in  Islay,  Scot- 
land, iu  18^.  Uo  is  the  third  sun  of  Hugh 
Fletcher,  of  Keppola,  whose  Hogeunot  an> 
oeatora  emigi-ated  from  France  to  Great  Bri- 
tain about  the  time  of  the  revocation  of  th& 


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A  CYCLOr^DlA  OF 


vdict  of  Nftiiteft.  Hia  mother*!  n&md  wm 
Mftrion  McIunU,  dauj^htor  of  tho  ruling  ol- 
der M  the  pariah.  Hia  early  education  was 
received  at  the  Pariah  soboul  of  Kilmeny. 
He  aftorwarda  pufBued  his  studieB  at  a  pri- 
vate academy  and  at  the  Ui^^h  acboul  in 
Glasgow.  While  yet  a  mere  youth  he  taught 
for  autne  time  with  ardor  and  aucceu  in  the 
Parliamentary  achool  at  Mulindry  in  his  na- 
tive island  ;  and  came  to  this  country  in  hiB 
eighteenth  year.  After  teaching  for  some 
time  m  the  County  of  York,  he  pn^aecuted 
hia  Btudiea  at  the  Toronto  t-niveraity,  and 
took  hm  theoligical  courve  at  Knox  College, 
graduating  in  April,  1800.  He  waa  lioeniied 
to  preach  the  gospel  hy  the  Hamilton  Pres- 
bytery,  in  the  following  September.  Imme- 
ediately  after  he  received  caX\A  from  several 
vacant  pastoral  charges,  and  accepted  a 
nnanimouB  call  from  tho  congregation  of 
Knox  church,  Scarboro',  which  became  va- 
cant by  the  remuval  of  its  former  pastor 
(Hev.  Dr.  Laing,  now  of  Dundas,)  to  Co 
bourg ;  and  was  ordained  and  inducted 
into  that  charge  by  the  Presbytery  of  To- 
ronto, on  the  8th  of  November,  1860.  To 
hia  miniaterial  and  pastoral  duties,  in  Soar- 
boro',  were  added  those  of  local  superinten- 
dent of  education.  He  took  a  lively  inter- 
est in  school  matters,  and  in  his  annual  pub- 
lic addresses  in  the  difl'erent  school  sections, 
he  strongly  and  persistently  urged  on  the 
people  the  importance  of  providing  first- 
class  Bobool  accuraodation  for  their  children. 
His  labours  in  this  direction  wore  productive 
of  much  good  ;  and  before  leaving  Scarboro' 
he  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  in  almost 
every  section  in  the  municipality  a  first- 
oloaa  school-bouse.  In  february,  1872,  he 
received  a  unanimous  call  from  tlie  Mc- 
Nab  Street  Presbyterian  church,  Hamilton, 
which  became  vacant  by  the  appointment 
of  the  Rev.  Dr.  David  Inglin,  by  the  Gene- 
ral Asstimbly  to  tho  chair  of  Systematic  Theo- 
logy in  Knox  College.  He  accepted  the  call 
in  the  following  April.  The  Toronto  presby- 
tery in  granting  his  translation  put  on  re- 
cord a  resolution  expressive  of  the  presby- 
tery's high  estimate  of  his  character,  ability, 
and  services.  Mr.  Fletcher  was  inducted 
into  his  present  charge  by  the  Hamilton 
presbytery,  on  the  tirst  day  of  May,  1872, 
and  was  kindly  received  by  this  Urge  and 
influential  congregation,  to  which  belonged 
the  Hon.  Isaac  Buchanan,  Hon.  3enat«ir 
Turner,  Hon.  Archibald  McKellar,  Dr.  Mac- 
donald,  Dr.  McQuesten,  and  many  other 
leading  citizens  of  Hamilton.  During  his 
present  pastorate  he  has  laboured  with  fidel- 
ity and  success  in  discharging  his  numerous 


duties,  and  is  highly  esteemed,  not  only  b^ 
his  own,  but  also  by  neighbouring  congregs- 
tiona,  some  of  whom  have  publicly  expressed 
their  high  estimate  of  his  worth  aad  serrioM 
by  presenting  valuable  testimonials  to  hi» 
He  has  been  for  several  years  senior  chsplsin 
to  the  St.  Andrew's  Benevolent  S»>ciety,  of 
Hamilton,    and     repeatedly    received    the  ; 
thanks  of  the  society  for  his  services  render*  ' 
ed  to  it.     He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of 
management  of  Knox  College,  and  acted  for 
several  years   as   an  examiner  in  the  same 
institution.       In     1881,    his     congregatioa 
granted  him    a   prolonged  vacation,  during 
which  he  travelled   extensively  in  Western 
and    Southern    Eun^pe,    Egypt,  Palestine, 
Syria,  Asia  Minor,  Turkey  and  Greece.   On 
his  return  home  he  delivered  to  his  congre- 
gation a  series  of  interesting  lectures  on  bis 
travels.    His  friends  cherish  the  hope  that  he 
may  give  his  obflervations  and  reilections  dur 
ing  his  eastern  travels  to  che  public  some  day 
in  a  permanent  form.   Aft«r  his  return  from 
the  £ast,  he  was  married,  in  May,  1882,  to 
Phyllis  Eleanor,  youn^eftt  daughter  of  the 
late  Peter  Murray,  of  Athol  Bank.    In  1884, 
the  Synod  of  Hamilton  and  London  c^.-nfer- 
red  on  him  the  highest  honour  in  its  gift  by 
electing   him  to  the  moderator's  chair,  the 
duties  of  which  be  discharged  to  the  entire 
satisfaction  of  his  brethren.  On  retiring  from 
the  chair,  he  preached  an  able  and  eloquent 
discourse  on  the  "  Supreme  excellency  of  the^ 
knowledge  of  Jesus  Christ,"  which  has  been 
publifihed.       He    received   the   unanimons 
thanks  of  tho  synod  for  the  efficient  manner 
in  which  he  discharged  his  duties  as  moder- 
ator. 

Cochrane,  Hon.  natlheir  Ilcury^ 
Senator,  Hillhurst,  Compton,  was  bom  at 
Compton,  Province  of  Quebec,  on  the 
llth  of  November,  1824.  He  is  a  son  of 
James  Cochrane,  who  came  from  the  north 
of  Ireland,  and  who  waa  for  many  yean  a 
merchant-farmer  and  oat  tie -breeder  in  the 
Province  of  Quebec.  Our  subject  lived 
upon  his  father's  farm  till  he  was  eighteen 
years  old,  nnd  then  be  went  to  Boston. 
Here,  for  a  time,  he  engaged  himself  in  the 
shoH  business  ;  but  he  returned  to  Canada 
in  1854,  and  resumed  the  same  business. 
Here  he  associated  himself  with  Samuel 
O.  Smith,  and  the  firm  was  known  as  Smith 
&  Cochrane.  In  1868  Mr.  Smith  died,  and 
Charles  Cassils,  a  native  of  Duiuti&rtonshire, 
Scotland,  became  a  partner  in  the  business 
with  Mr.  Cochrane  ;  and  the  firm  thereafter 
was  known  as  Cochrane,  Cassils  cV  Co. 
now  gives  employment  to  upwards  of 
men  and  women,  and  does  business  to  th( 


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extent  of  half  &  million  dolUn  %.  year.     In 

Mr.  Cochrftne  hut  made  up  hia  mind 

.        ..l.ark  in  cattle  railing,  tipon  an  exton- 

a^   so  he  purchased  the  lar^e  farm 

hifl  owa  at  Coinpton.     This  tan,)^- 

i  plaoe  is  knuwn  hs  '*  Hillhurst,"  and 

laiiu    l»*iOO  acres,  largely  rollini^   land, 

d  alntiist  m   one  blcKsk,  with  brooks  and 

apritiid  fumiahiDg  abundance  of  good  vater. 

A  deep  f^raTelly  loam  it  the  prerailing  soil, 

admirably  adapted  to  the  growth  of  eprinfj 

wheat,  turiiipa,  graas,  oats,  barley,  oto.,  the 

firat  three  being  the  leading  crops  ;  corn  is 

iaed.       At   the    period     when    Mr. 

e  began  this  splendid  enterprise  at 

n,  rery  little  had  been  accomplished 

stock -raising  in  the  province.     He  was, 

erefore,    a  pioneer,   and   was  obliged  to 

create  the  system  to  be  adopted.      Ho  set 

out  determined  to  liava  the  best  specimens 

of  ahort-boms  that  money  could  purchase 

from   leading    cattle-bree<len9    in    the   old 

country.     In  1807  he  made  his  hrsl  great 

purchiue,    when   he   imported  the   famous 

oow  "  Roaedale."     Thia  superb  animal  had 

no  peer  in  the  principal  prize  rings  of  Great 

Klritain.     He   likewise,  imported  a  choice 
>rp«   of   Southdown,  Cotswold,    Leicester 
Du    Lincoln  sheep.     He   also  imported    a 
umbvr  of  SuiTolk  horses,   and  Berkshire 
iga.   \Ve  take  the  fidlowing  from  the  "  Caa- 
alian    Bit^raphical    Dictionary  "  :   "  Rose- 
dale  was  a  daughter  of  Booth's  Valaco  and 
itosr,  by  Master  Belleville,   and  was  bred 
hj  uwly  Pigot.     Our  auhject  had  no  Booth 
bull|  and  he  had  Roaedale  creased  with  the 
«l«v*nth  Duktf   of   Thorndalo,    a    Duchess 
which  had  juit   been  purchased  for 
'  '.      Her  tint  calf,   after  coming   into 
'  NkQe's  hands,  a  heifer,   was  sold, 
r  old,  to  an  UliuoisBtock-breeder 
>      .     .     The  next  year  Mr.  Coch- 
1,000  guineas  for  Duchess  UTlh, 
,..K  ...*i  Duke  of  Whsrfdale,  of  the  noted 
ethcrly  herd.     .     .     The  price  which  ho 
d  for  her,  ia  said  to  be  the  highest  at 
t  ume  ever  paid  for  a  feiuale  short-horn. 
same  time,  among  other  cattle,  Mr. 
rie  also  bought  fur   250  guineas,    a 
B'toth  animal  of  striking  beauty,  she 
Q((  by  Baron  Booth,  a  prize  winner,  and 
of  priao- winners.*'     In  1870  otir  aub- 
t.did  every  cattle-breeder  in  America, 
ging  into  Canada,  no  leas  than  forty 
i   short-horns,  which  together  with 
more,  a  tluck  of  Cotswold  sheep,  and 
lierkshire  pigs,  cost  in  the  a^gre- 
gatr,  9<M,0(X>.     Theresfter,    from    time    to 
b,  this  unterprisiiig  gentleman  adde  1  to 
maguitioent  stitck,   by  additions  which 


the 


still  would  make  many  stare  with  wonder. 
Gattle-raifling  ia  luss  to  him  a  purely  mer- 
cantile busiuesB,  than  a  calling  which  he 
loves.  In  keeping  with  his  paat  spirit  of 
enterprise,  Hon.  Mr.  Cochrane,  two  or 
three  years  ago,  when  the  (lublic  taste  ia 
pure  bred  cattle  had  aomewhat  abated  on 
ahorthorus,  imported  from  England  and 
Scotland  various  large  herds  of  Hereford 
and  Polled  Angus  cattle,  and  has,  by  his 
careful  selection  and  judicious  breeding, 
done  much  to  improve  the  stock  of  the 
country  through  those  atraina,  aa  he  did  in 
ahorthorus.  On  the  I7th  of  October,  1873, 
Mr.  Coiihrane  was  called  to  the  Senate,  by 
Sir  John  A.  Macdonald'a  administration,  ae 
has  through  Life  been  a  consistent  Conserva- 
tive, aad  has  always  been  an  honour  to  the 
Senate.  He  has  been  connected  with 
various  public  enterprises,  among  others  he 
is  a  member  of  the  council  of  agriculture,  of 
Quebec  ;  a  director  of  the  Eastern  Town- 
ships' Bank  ;  the  Faton  Manufacturing 
Company,  etc.,  etc.  He  is  also  president  of 
the  Cochrane  Ranch  Company  ;  the  British 
American  Ranch  Company  ;  the  Bigelow- 
Heel  Company,  and  various  other  com- 
panies in  the  Eastern  Townships  and  Mont- 
real. 

Ottult,  .Vatthow  IlatuiUon,  J.  P., 
M.  P.  for  Montreal  West,  and  son  of  the  late 
Leslie  Gault,  merchant  and  ship-owner,  of 
Strabane,  County  of  Tyrone,  Ireland,  ttab 
born  at  Strabane  in  July,  1822.  Hia  mother 
was  Mary  Hamilton,  of  Trenta  House,  Coun- 
ty Donegal,  Ireland.  Young  Gault  received 
a  careful  educational  training  at  his  native 
place,  under  the  tutorship  of  the  liev.  Dr. 
Allan.  When  he  reached  his  twenty- Hrat 
year  he  came  to  Causda,  aettlini{  in  Mont' 
real,  where  he  engaged  himself  m  insurance 
buainesa.  What  he  has,  through  hia  com- 
manding business  abilities,  hia  honourable 
cond  net,  and  untiring  industry,  since 
achieved,  is  truly  remarkable.  Ho  was  for 
some  years  resident  manager  of  the  British 
American  Aasurauoe  Company  for  Quebec 
province  ;  chief  agent  of  the  Royal  Insur- 
ance Company  of  England  ;  and  agent  of 
the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York.  He  is  president  of  the  Montreal 
Loan  and  Mortgage  Co.  ;  vice- president  of 
the  Sun  Life  Insurance  Co.  ;  vice*president 
of  the  Montreal  Mining  Co.  ;  director  of 
the  Richelieu  and  Ontario  Navigation  Co., 
and  Windsor  Hotel  Co. ;  director  of  the 
Hochelaga  and  Montreal  Cotton  Company  ; 
vice  president  of  the  Stormont  Company  at 
Cornwall,  and  has  the  honour  and  credit  of 
being  the  founder  of  the   Irish  Protestant 


432 


A  CTCLOi'MDlA  OF 


Benevolent   Society,   the  parent  society  of 
the  Domininn.      He  took  a  very  Active  part 
in  rohint«er  alTairs  for  a  number  of  ycais, 
but  retired  in  1866,  retaining  hia  rank  u 
captain.     Ue  had  fur  many  years  given  a 
gooit  deal    of   auriuus    thoug^ht  tu    political 
queationa,    and  at  laat   the   deaire  lo  have 
hia  voice  in  the  direction  of  public  affuira 
had  grown  so  strong  within  him,  that  he 
ofTered    hiniaclf    aa    a    candidate    for    the 
House  of  Coiumona  to  the  people  of  Mont- 
re»U   Weat.  iu  1878,  and  waa  the  choice  of 
that   cunatituency.      He  waa  re-elected    at 
the  hut   general  election,  and  ia  one  of  the 
ableat  and    moat   practical  morabera  of  the 
Houae    of    Commons.        Upon  queationa  of 
finance  and  commerce,  hia  opinion  ia  enter- 
tained with  the  hiifheat  i>os«ible   respect  by 
gentlemen  on  both  sides  of  thti  House.      He 
ia  a  true  blue  Conservative,    and  an  ardent 
friend  of  the  national  policy.       Mr.  Gault 
has  always  taken  a  deep  interest  in  all  pro- 
jecta  fnr  the  advancement,  uf  his   city.      He 
was    elected  at    the  times   named  by  large 
majorities,  and  his  constituency  is  tho  nnut 
important  one  in  Canada.     He  ia  not  in  fa- 
vour of  cither   Imperial    federation,    inde- 
pendence, or  annexation,  believing  that  we 
poanesa  all  the  elements  of  growth,  prosper- 
ity and  permanency,  eujuyiu^  as  we  d-i    tho 
hnest    c«>nstitution    upon  tlie    ^lube.     Air. 
QauU  is   one  of  those  who  hopea,  with  the 
completion  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway, 
that  the  Dominion  shall  not  re<]uire    to  be- 
come   a  borrower   in  the  future  ;  and  that 
every  effort  bo  put  forth  to  Hll  up  our  mag- 
nificent   North-Weat    with    an    industrious 
farming  oonkmunity.     Mr.  Gault  ie  a  mem- 
ber of  tlie  Church  uf  England,  and    is  very 
prominent   in   that   body.      It   waa   owing 
greatly  to  hia  energy  that  the  large  debt  of 
about  910,000  was  collected  for  paying  off 
the  debt  of  Christ  Church  CHthedral,  and 
he  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  the  cathe- 
dral   consecrated    during  his    wardenship. 
He  has  been  an  extensive  traveller,  having 
visited  the  chief  citiea  in  Europe  and  upon 
the  American  conliuent.      He   married,  in 
1854,  Glix&beth  J. ,  only  daughter  of  the  late 
George  Browne,    Montreal.       Mr.     (iault'a 
residences  are  Braehead,  Montreal  ;   Rock* 
clyfle,  Caoouna  ;  and  8t.  James'  Club,  Mont- 
real. 

CuiiipbeH,  John,  M.D.,  CM.,  Mo- 
Gill  University,  L.R.C.P.,  Kdinburgh,  and 
Coroner  for  H  urou,  Seaforth,  Ontario, 
was  born  in  the  township  of  North  Sher- 
brtx'ke,  County  of  Lanark,  on  the  10th 
February,  1839.  His  father,  Duncan  Camp- 
bell, was  a  native  of  Inverary^  Argyleshire,  i 


Scotland^  and  hia  mother,  Mary  MnnM,  a 
born  in  Glasgow,  but  of   Aniyleshire  »t*»cli, 
Duncan  Campbell  and  his  wife  eame  to  Os&*^ 
ada  in  the  spring  of  1821,  and  aettleil  tn 
North  Sherbrooke,  whei^^  four  auua  lunl  ai 
many  daughters  were  born  to  them,  only  t 
of  all  being  now  alive, — the  subject  of  t 
sketch,  and  a  brother,  who  is  now  praclii 
medicine   in   Missouri,    U.S.      Hia    moth 
was  a  pious  woman,  and  a  consistent  vatm* 
ber  of  the  Presbyterian  chureh.     She  loved 
her  children,  and   sought  to   procure,   -r ' 
did   procure,  for  theiu    all  the    eduoti 
advantages   that   the    lime    and    the  pi^^.^ 
afforded.      John    Campbell    attended    th« 
common  school  in  his  native  place,  bat  wu 
obliged  to  work  upon  the  farm  at  the  aame 
time  that  he  pursueil  hia  studies.      He  It^ft 
the  farm  when  twelve  years  old  and  en 
a  dry  goods  store,  kept  by  James  Logie, 
St.  Mary's,  and  afterwards  was  engaged  i: 
similar  establishments    elsewhere,    and  b 
waa  popular  aa  a  aaleamau  on  account  of  h 
courtesy  and  obliging  Diannera.     About  Ui 
time  of  the  close  of  tho  Ruaaian  war  your 
Campbell  became  weary  of  the  life  of  a  clerk 
and  taking  a  seoond-claaa  certiticate,  lieg; 
to  teach  schooL    In  June,  1862,  he  obtaioi 
a  secoDd-olaas  grade    A   certidcate   at   th 
Normal  school,  Toronto,  and  proceeded 
Usbome,   where  he  took  charge  of  an  ini' 
portant  schouL     He   afterwards  taught  i 
Blenheim,  receiving  a  salary  of  £l(K>.    In 
the  work  of  temperance  reform  the  younj 
teacher  throw  himself  with  heart  and  aoui 
and  he  aoon  revealed  that  he  waa 
of  unusual  ability  for  platform  discuaaion 
For  a  long  time  Mr.  Campbell  had  a  stro: 
desire  to  enter  the  ministry  of  the  Preab 
terian  church,  but  was  diverted  from  h 
purpose  by  the  harsh,  unsympathetic  atti 
tude  of  a  Highland  minister  whom  he  m 
one  evening   ivt  the   house   of   one   of  hi 
school  trustees.     This  worthy  divine  apok 
of   prophets,    and   of    groat   saints    in    th 
Scnptures,    and    completely    disheartened 
the  young  man.     A   short  time  after  this 
oocurreuce  he  began  tu  read  medicine  in  the 
ottice  of  Dr.   Philip,  of  PUttsvilie,  now  of 
Brantford.     After   teaching    two    years   at 
Blenheim,  during  which  period  he  devoted 
all  his  spare  hours  to  reading  medicine,  he 
entered  McGill  Medical  college  in  1866,  and 
graduated  therefrom  in  the  spring  of  1869^ 
He  had  to  leave  college  towards  (he  end  of 
tlie  second  term,  owing  to  a  break-down  of* 
hia  health,  never  over*ragged,  brought  on  b 
over-Btudy.     8o  ill  waa  he  with  weakneaao 
the  lungs  and  general  proatration,   that  th& 
professors  did  not   believe  that  he  woul(k' 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPBi 


r«Uira.   Plenty  of  outing,  reUxAtion  of 

dy»  ASi'J  A  nse  of  luilk  and  col-liver  oil, 

hotreTer.  soon  brought  hiiu  to  g'xid  heAlth 

»o---        Hf    wai,  iipiiri  graduation,  olecled 

T.i  I  by  rh*!  ouii-oini;  class,  and  was 

Oi>i..j ;^.*:«!d  all  &rouad  for  ttie  uxoeUuuot! 

of  the  ttddren  deUvered.  At  ttio  reqae^it 
<»f  tntiHT  friends,  this  ftddresft  hu  been  re- 
!•  ,  .  our  8uhJ0ct'B  little  vol«mB"The 

t.  i:mfl/'   NN  Ueii  he  had  obtained  his 

Ui|>iunim  tit*  went  to  Seaforth,  where  he  be^n 
pr»ctio«,  *nd  has  continued  there  ever  alnco. 
The  »wy  imperaonation  of  energy,  posses- 
aing  great  Rolidity  of  character  and  strength 
of  will,  difKculttea  soon  gave  way,  and  be- 
fore   \oti^    be    found    himself   Qi*ister  of   a 
handsfitue  and  profitable  practice.      He  was 
•  ni«Uiber  of  the  comrnon  ftchool  board  in 
1i¥«9.  and  a  member  of  the  eomm-m  coun- 
eil    ilk    It^l.     He   reaigiied    the    first   and 
Tacmted  the  last  V>y  going  to  the  old  country 
for  the  ^leiiefit  of  hii  hualth.      In  all  efforts 
lor  ih«  iinurovumentof  the  town  Dr.  Camp- 
b«l]  has  taken  a  leading  and  an  intelligent 
Mrt.      Hti  is  a  member  of  the  High  School 
B'lard  of  Seaforth  ;  a  vicepreiident  of  the 
M>x;hantcB*   InMitute,  and  has  been  invited 
-i'>ii»  t«»  d^^liver  lectures  ou 
-u  before    the  institute ;   a 
nuui*ber  ot  the  Maaonic  fratemitr,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Independent  Order  of  Oddfellows, 
Cud   a  memh««r  of  the  Canadian  Order  uf 
Voresten.      He    has    travelled  thrjugh  the 
United  Statosand  Kurope,  visiting  the  great 
hoflpitaU  in  bi^th    conntnea  ;    and    in    1882 
Ipuk  from  the  Edinburgh  Medical  Univer- 
pty  the  degree  of  the  lioyal  C.*llege  of  Phy* 
ifciana.     It  was   while    in    Kuropo  for  the 
purpoM   of  obtaining    the   diploma  of  the 
F  :!fi>.  ir.'Ii  University  that  he  madea  loving 
:  ^14  the  laud  of  Buru^ ;   and  the 

7-  :ii«  travelt   thr>Ui(h  Scitl&nd  wo 

liave  given  to  us  in  the  delightful  Tolumc 
already  mftrrcd  to.  Wo  c\nnot  do  more 
than  r  -  charmin^f  production.  The 

•tyl*-  I  .(itiiral  and  vivid  ;  e\'idenUy 

uiic  i»  A.  labour  nf  lovo  ;  for  the  heart 
writer   is    in   every  sentence.     The 
t"«iLit  IS  light,  and  the  conBtructi<in  grace- 
ful  and    unstrained.      Wo  underitand  that 
.  '  •         '        '  '-    I'lv  sold,  and  that 

.ivin^  another  Ui 
til'-  ]  w'Mv^  ;;.  >_.«..>)•>.  .1  ilia  ntannch  It^- 
f«.rin*vr,  but  h»>  is  not  a  narrow  purti/in. 
Hw  ia  a  mi*mlMf  of  Vith  the  (Ontario  and 
I>(tmiQi<>n  Medical  Aaft^jciatioui,  and  takes 
tb'  \'jr\  hiu;host  place  in  bis  profession, 
II  ion  the  Hth   May,   IK"-,;,  J*ne, 

It  ')  John  baird,  A  iariaor  of  H^ys* 

vUl«i   VViii«rloo  county. 


DulTerln.  Earl  oC— The  Right  Hon. 
Earl  of  Uutrerin,  K.P.,  K.C.B  .  K.O-M.O,, 
was  born  at  Klonuico,  in  Italy,  on  the!?4ih  of 
Jnne,  18*6.    His  father  was  Price,  the  fourth 
B&ron   of    DutlVrin    and    Cinndebfi^'o.    and 
hi*  mother  the  author  of  '*  The  Irish  Emi- 
grant's Liment,"  beginning  **  I'msirtingon 
the  stile,  Mary,"  and  sdvaral  oTh'*r  delight- 
ful Irish  ballads,  and  a  jru  fVcufnit^  c  )usist 
Ing    of    pen  and    ink   sketches,    illu<»trative 
of  the  supposed  adventures  of  an  old  inaid 
on  h"r  travels  in  Egypt.     Thv  illustrations, 
executed  by  herself,  were  er^w^lingly  good, 
and    the   humour   of    the    kttcr-press  was 
very  gentlo  and   delicate.     The  ricS  blood 
of  the  Sheridaus  flows  in  Lord  Dtiffehn's 
veins,  and  the   Honourable   Mrs.  Caroline 
Norton  was  his  aunt.       Mrs.    Norton    was 
the  lady  who  sat  at  the  head  of  that  distin- 
guished circle  of  sweet  singers  forty  years 
agn^  and  whose  poetry  the  ipiaint  M'lginn 
onoe  said  waa  **  as  tluent,  as  clear,  as  tuc^id, 
and  as  warm  a**  the  liquid  distilling  from, 
the  urn.**      Our  snbjeot    was  educated   at 
Eton  and  Christ  Church,  but  left  the  uni- 
versity without  taking  a  degree.     In  his  fif- 
teenth year  he  suoceeded  to  the  title  owing 
to  the  death  of  his  father.     '^  Irish  Emigra- 
tion and    the    Tenure  of    Land  in  Ireland " 
was  a  work  by  the  young  peer  which  cum- 
mauded  wide  attention.       In  IB50  ho  was 
created  an  Englis^i  biron  with  the  title  of 
Clandeboyu.      In    l85o  L^rd  John  Russell 
went  to    Vienna  as  a  British  plenipotenti- 
ary, and  L^rd  Dutforin  accoiupaniud  hnu  as 
special  dttttchi.     This  invitation  the  young 
nibleman  reailily  accepted.     On  his  return 
he  prepared  himself  for  an  extensive  yacht- 
ing  tour   in  northern  seas,  starting  on  his 
voyage  in  18513.      He  kept  a  circumitantia! 
chnjnicle    of    this   expedition,    giving    the 
greater   number  of    his  observations   v\   % 
series  of  p&pers  entitled  '*  Letters  from  Htgh 
Latitudes.*'       These    letters    were    graphic, 
forcible  and  brilliant,  and  the  author  proved 
that  he  had  the  seeing  eye.     In  1800  Lord 
DuSerin  was  appointed  by  Lord  Falmerston 
aa  a   cnmmissi.mer   to    Syria   on    behalf  of 
Knu'land.     His    path    here    was    beset  with 
diffi  lulties,  but  so  well,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
governiii'^nt,  did  he  actpiit   himself,  that  on 
his    return  he  waa    created  a  knight   com- 
mander of  the  bath.     He  moved  the  address 
in  the  House  of  I>irdson  the  ociiasion  of  tlie 
death  of  the  Prince  Consort,  and  his  spiiech 
on    that   occasion   was   romsrksblo  for    its 
happv   eto(|uenoe.       In    18l>'i    his    lords  liip 
marned  Harriet  Oeorgina,  eldest  daughter 
of  the  late  Archibald   Ri>wan  Hamilton,  of 
Ktllyleagh   Ooatie,  io   Doim.     In  1803   h* 


i34 


A  CYChOVMDlA  OF 


wfts  appointed  under- seer et&ry  of  sUte  for 
India,  and  this  position  he  held  till  lMt(i, 
when  he  wu  otTered  the  goremorbhip  of 
Bombay.  Uia  mother's  health  not  being 
j^ood  enough  to  permit  her  accompanying 
him  he  refused  this  offer,  and  accepted  in- 
stead the  under-secretaryahip  of  the  Wnr 
department.  In  181)8  be  became  chancellor 
of  the  Duchy  of  Imiicaster,  which  poaition 
he  retained  till  hia  appointment  to  the 
govemor-generaUhip  nf  Canada,  on  the  22nd 
of  May,  1S72.  Ho  came  to  Canada  with  a 
name  noraewhat  prominent  in  literature,  fur 
all  well-r«ad  pereuna  were  BC<|uainted  with 
hia  '*  Letters  from  Ui(;h  Latitudes,"  and  he 
enjtiyed  a  considerable  reputAtion  iia  an 
orator.  "It  was  remembered  by  some,"  says 
Mr,  Stewart,  *'  that  ho  had  delivered  in  the 
House  of  Lords  one  eloquent  speech, — a 
s^ieech  full  of  scholarly  grace  and  beauty — 
on  the  occasion  of  his  moving  the  address 
to  Her  Majesty  in  answer  to  the  i^poech 
from  the  Throne.  All  England  rang  with 
praises  of  this  masterly  utterance,  and  the 
touching  allusions  to  the  loss  which  the  na- 
tion  hkd  snatained  in  t)ie  death  of  the 
Prince  ('onuirt.  awakened  many  a  rL^spon- 
aive  thrub  in  the  hearta  of  the  people. 
SotjtsmeD^  too,  rucoUtcted  that  Lord  Duf- 
ferin  had  delivered  a  stirring  address  at  the 
Centenary  celebrKtion  of  Sir  Walter  Scott's 
birthday,  in  Belfast,  and  his  eloquent  words 
in  praise  of  the  *  Arioato  of  theXorth,'  won 
for  lum  a  fresh  host  of  admirers.  But 
beyond  what  was  known  of  the  new  gov* 
emor-general  iu  a  literary  w^y,  he  was  look- 
ed upon  by  the  mass  of  Canadians  as  an  un- 
tried man.  and  information  about  him  was 
eagerly  sought  after.  Information,  however, 
was  scant,  fur  though  Lord  Dufierin  had 
filled,  with  a  large  measure  of  success,  many 
important  trusts  in  his  native  laud,  and  had 
served  his  sovereign  in  ftireign  countries, 
his  labours  were  of  bo  unostentatious  a  char- 
actor  that  they  gained  for  him  little  public- 
ity." Ue  was  uu  sooner  settled  at  Rideau 
Hall  than  he  sbt  out  to  make  himself  fami- 
liar with  the  atl'airs  of  the  couutry  ;  and  in 
a  short  while  he  nas  able  to  enter  with  full 
knowledge  and  sympathy  into  all  our  aS'airs. 
In  education,  and  all  other  matters  of  nub- 
lio  concern,  ho  t^tok  a  deep  interest ;  and  he 
visited  every  |K>rtion  of  the  country  with 
his  estimable  Countess,  who  was  hardly  loss 
popular  tlian  himself.  He  had  the  gift  of 
eloipience  of  his  countrymen,  and  was  the 
ablest  orator  in  Canada.  Shortly  after  his 
return  to  EnL;Land  he  was  sent  to  St.  Peters- 
burg on  a  mission  of  much  diplomatic  im- 
portance.    Here  his  suavity  and  tact  stood 


him  in  excelleoit  it«ad.  He  was  m\a»> 
cjueiitly  appointed  ambassador  to  Canstaa- 
tinoplo,  acting  through  all  the  Eg^rptiia 
oomplicationa  with  adroitness  and  su 
Ue  is  now  viceroy  of  India,  and  be  baft 
ruled  there  through  u  trj'ing  crisis  of  tho 
empire's  history,  revealing  in  all  his  acta 
that  suavity  and  tact  whiclt  have  made  tua 
administration  everywhere  a  phenonmial 
success. 

fflcJIoiignll,  Colin,  Q.C..  St,  Thomu, 
ex-M.r,  f(ir  Esst   Klj^in,  was  bom  in 
township  of  Aldl»jr<mgh,  Elgin   county,  Oa 
tuiio,  on  the  l)rd  March,  1834.   His  parents 
were   Laclilan  McDriugall  and  Sarah  (Kuth* 
veu)   MclJouiiall.     Mrs.    McDougaU  was  a 
daughter  of  Hugh  Ruthven,  who  came  xa 
America  in  1810,  and  settled  in  the  township 
of   Aldboruugh.      Laehhiu   McDougall  lint 
came  to  the  United  States  with  his  parents, 
^eil  and    Margaret  Mcl>ougall,  a1>oul  th« 
year  17!*3,  when  still  an  infant.     Noil  Mc- 
D'>tigall  became  a  merchant  in  New  York, 
and  continued  in  business  until  the  time  uf 
the  epidemic  of  cholera,  early  in  the  present 
century.        His    last   resting-place  is  in  the 
old    Dutch  burying-ground,  which  was  aito* 
ated   on    the  comer  of  Brundway  and  WsU' 
streets,   New  York.      Afl^r  his  death,  his 
son,  Laohlan  McDougall  removed  to  the  nssi* 
ideuce  uf  lui  uncle,  Neil  McKinnon,  a  win? 
merchant  of  New  York,  where  he  r«maiue<l 
until  he  was  about  sixteen  years  of  age,  aud 
under  whom  he  obtained  an  excellent  odu' 
cation.     He  then  left  hia  uncle  and  resol 
to  begin  life  for  himaolf,  and  accordinglv 
moved    to  the   centre  of  the  State  oi  si 
York,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Mohawk  valley, 
where  he  remained  for  a  time,  engaging  in 
various  kinds  of  business,  principally,  h>iw- 
ever,  school- teaching  aud  the  lumber  trade. 
In    1810,    he    settled    in    the    neighbour- 
hood of  Chippawa,  (^anada,  but   be  shortly 
afterwards  moved  to  the  ti>wiialup  of  Aldb<>> 
rough.  Elgin  county,  in  the  section  knowuas 
the  Scotch  settlement ;  and  taking  up  laud, 
turned    his    attention  to    farming.      Here 
tho  subject  of  this  sketch  was  bom.     Mr. 
McDuugall  romaine<l  on  the  farm  until  his 
death,  in   1B72.      Mrs.    McDougall  died  in 
187&.  Colin  MeDougall  reooived  first  a  com- 
mon school  education,  under  the  lato  Donald 
Currie,  a  gentleman  of  much  loaniing  and  a 
very  kindly  heart,  and  Mr.  McLachlin,  now 
registrar   of    Elgin    county.      Ho  remain    ' 
under  dttUereut  tutors  till  the  age  of  tw-- 
three,  when  he  entered  mercantile  life,  uml 
in  this  he  continued  untd  he  had  reaolted 
his  twenty-sixth  year.       Repairing  then  t 
Michigan,  he  entered  tho  Cniveraity  of  Ai 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRATHT. 


435 


_  where  he  took  a  oourrc  of  two  years, 

▼li«n  h«  roturaed  to  Cnnada  mad  b«^gan  the 
ttudj  uf  law    iu    the  oftico  cf    C.    D.    Paul, 

'  1      iifui.     He  remained  in 
vvn,  and  then  removed 
i.ir  •.  entering  the  office  of 

IkeUt.  i/.ic,  and  studied  under 

that  eiMiM..^.  i.«..i.^i  for  two  years.  He 
(ben  entered  the  otlice  of  Thoituui  Hod- 
gin*  «'►  C:  now  mxster-iu-ordinary  at  U«- 
o  I.  Toronto,  and  from  here  Krud- 

[,  I  i'J,     Oo  buing  called  to  the  bar, 

went  to  St.  Thomas,  whore  he 
•    a    legal   partnerehip  with  thti 
Mr.  Hclltwell,  which  aftsociatitin  contiii- 
for  two  yeans.     Mr.  McDou^all  ni>w  re- 
Tod   to    practice  alone  ;  but  in  1874  he 
ttd  with   J.    B.    Coynu   in  partneraUip, 
Iv  '   JiiendoingaverysatiBfactory 

baifaic  r  for  six  years,    when    they 

''..     'i.L      m    i684,   he   joined  .1.  S.  R*jb- 
.  and    this    partnertihip    still  contin* 
'       the    firm    name    of    MoDongall 
ti.       In  1853,  he    was  nppuiiiled 
'^'^i^or     of    Aldborongh,     Klgin 
r  be  was  elected  rtf^eve  of  the 
^'.liu   in  iyr»rt,   but  rwsi^iied 
Af.     In  1800,  he  was  a^ain 
locted  in  I8iil,  resigning  in 
the  saiuo  y«ar.     From  tliia  timo  forward  he 
held  DO  public  office  until  1874,  when  he  woa 
flkoevu  to  represent  the  Riding  of  £aBt  El* 
IIb  io  Uxe  Houae  of  Commons.       He'  was  a 
nalouj,  autive  and  efficient  member  in  that 
ohambor,  but  being  an  <jppouent  of  the  na- 
timial  policy*  he  was  defeated  with  his  party 
in  1678.       Since   that  time  he  hue  dev.ted 
Uii  vtitire  attention  to  his  profession,  though 
tliare   ii    some    exiiectatiun  and  much  hope 
that    h«    may   at  «r>me   dity   take  the  field 
»^*un.       Mr.  Mcl)-»iigall  is  president  of  the 
C.Khranc     M  >""•  ■■  nipiuy  Company  ;  is  an 
iMilicUow  So.    7*J,    St.  Thomas  ; 

iin:  (i:l-  Ii  r   uf   the  Presbyterian 

'  since  1877-     Ho  mar- 
I  •  line,  daughter  of    the 

late  Aiejumder  Hose,  of  St.  Thomas,  and 
Kilter  of  I>r.  Roae,  of  Pitubiirg,  Pennsyl- 
vaolft^  V.S.  He  has  had  three  oh ildren,  the 
4U«et  dyiitfn  when  an  infant. 

Hacircrt,  Jobn,  Krampton,  Ontario, 
was  h^ini  at  Eldemley.  near  Paisley,  in  the 
™r  ii*S2.      l\'  were  Robert  and 

Barian   (Cou«l  ,'ert.      Mr.    Hag- 

gnl,  ticioo    .111,  for  a    number  of 

«Mr>  ile  and  manufacttiriu)^  buH- 

Umm  "^"'I'nd,       The  family 

OHi*  lultling  in   Haia- 

SbatL,    .  ..    ......^   ..ii.  Ujiggort,  shortly 

«fier  Ilia  amral,  died,  lie  having  caught  a 


aerere  cold  on  board  ship  on  his  way  oot. 
Mrs.  Haggert  died  iu  1873,  loaving  behind 
a  family  of  ten,  the  subject  of   this  sketch 
being  the  third  eldest.     John   Hayigert  re- 
ceived a  sound  English  education  iu  !5cot- 
land.      At  the  age  of  eighteen  hu  left  hia 
native  land  f-r  America,  in  company  with 
his  brother,  Rjjbert,  who  aome  time  aft«r- 
wardfl  died  at   K.ing8toii.      Arriving  in  New 
York,  he  apprenticed  hiru&elf  to    Dunham 
«k  Co.,  of  thiitcity,  with  the  object  of  learu- 
ing  the  engineering  businesB.    Ha  remained 
in  New  York  until  1842,  when  he  came  to 
Canada,    settling    in    Hamilton,     whore   he 
practised    his    profession    for    about    thmu 
years.    He  then  removed  to  Btfamsvillo,  and 
engaged    iu    the    manufacture    of    agricul* 
tural  implements.      In  184'J,  he  removed  to 
Brampton,  and   there  carried    on  the  same 
busioeM.   He  was  soon  afterwards  joined  by 
hia  twobrolhors.  Jamea   and   Williaai   Hag- 
gert,   the   jwirtnership  btiariiv^  the   name  of 
llaggert  Bros.,  untU  l8Gt>,  when  it  was  dia- 
soIvckI.     Mr.   Haggert  continued  the  busi- 
neas  alone  untd  1870,  when  he  admitted  aa 
partner,    R.    Cochrane,    of    Fingal,    Hlgiu, 
the  hrm  still  retaining  the  old  designation  uf 
Haggert  Bros.     This  partnership  la«tud  for 
about  ten  years ;    when,    iu    1830.    it    was 
converted  into  a  joint  stock  company,  un- 
der the  name  of  ihe  Hag>;ert  Bros.   Man- 
ufacturing   Co.,    of    which  the   subject  of 
thia  sketch   was  elected  preeident,  and  he 
retains  that    positiou  to  the  present   timo. 
The  establishment  does  one  of  the  moat  ex- 
tensive   trades  in   Canada,  ita  business  ex- 
tending   throughout  the   entire   Dominion. 
They  employ  on  an  average  from  100  to  160 
hands,  manufacturing  idl  kinds  of  agricul- 
tural    implements,  conHiating   of  thrashing 
machines,  portable   engines,  and  stoves   in 
great    variety.      Mr.    Hag^«rb    has   been   a 
member  of  the  school  board  uf  Bramptun  for 
many  years  ;  and  was  a  mcmbtirof  the  vil- 
lage council  for  n  considerable  period.   Upon 
the  incorporation  of   the  place  as  a   town 
he  waa  elected  the  first  mayor  0'^74).  and 
was  re-elected  for   1875,   187l>,    and    1877, 
when  lie  retired  owing  to  the  ileniands  of 
business  upon  hia  attention.     Mr.   Haggert 
is  president  of  the  Haggert  Manufacturing 
Company,  and  was  president  of  the  Mechan- 
ics' institute  f'>r  a  number  of  years.       He 
haa  been  preBident  of  the  Rjform   Associa- 
tion of  the  County  of    Peel  for  years  ;  and 
notwithstandiuiE  the  fact  that  he  is  a  sonnd 
Lil»eral,  ho  is  a  firm  advocate  of  a  national 
policy.      D.iring    1873,    in    company    with 
Mra.  Haggert,  he  paid  a  visit  to  Great  Bri- 
tain and  the    Continent,  vtaitLug    all    the 


434) 


A  CfCLOPJCDJA  OF 


<utie»  and  plaoeA  of  iutereat  He  inarriod, 
ou  the  8th  uf  July,  1851,  OatharlDeT  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Margaret  Cochrane,  of  liar 
Head ,  Scotland ,  who  came  to  Canada 
in  1842,  Kettlinj^  in  the  Coonty  of  Orey, 
near  Durham.  ThiR  wnrthy  couple  aro  Btill 
living  in  the  tild  h'iine«teail  at  an  advanced 
h^e,  Mr.  Cochrane  boin^  ninety  and  Mrs. 
Cftchrane  about  uighty-eight.  They  are  atill 
active,  and  Ix'th  inuy  yet  see  several  yearn. 
Mr.  Haggert  has  a  family  of  four,  three  boys 
and  one  girl.  H<jbert  Hnyixert,  tht*  uidMt 
son,  is  iiianagtir  uf  the  works  ;  the  olliur 
two  are  still  at  school.  If  industry,  huai- 
DBSS  insight,  and  the  strictest  honuur,  be 
important  factors  in  Htiocess,  then  it  is  no 
vondcr  Mr.  Haggert  has  been  successful 
in  urriving  al  the  position  he  now  holds. 

Webb,  WlllllllU,  Streetsvitle,  Ontario, 
was  born  in  the  tf»wn  of  Someraham,  Hunt- 
ingdonshire, England,  in  183^1  His  father, 
William  Webb,  was  a  well-known  tenant 
farmer  of  that  Dlace,  and  hia  mother  was 
Elisabeth,  daui;ntor  of  WilUaiu  Baliiiger, 
a  guntleiuau  of  prominent  family  in  Cam- 
bridgeshire. There  was  a  family  of  seven 
children  by  this  marria^ie,  and  the  subjeot 
of  this  sketch  was  the  third  eldest.  Mrs. 
Webb  died  in  1882,  but  Mr.  Webb  still 
survives,  being  now  in  his  eighty-second 
year.  William  Webb  received  a  Uniitcd 
Enurlish  education  at  t)ie  schools  of  his 
native  plnct)  ;  and  when  be  attained  his  six- 
teenth year  entered  the  employ  of  Robert 
Fletcher  (l^uaker),  of  Dewsbury,  Yorkshire, 
s  dealer  in  groceries.  He  remained  in  the 
employ  of  this  man  for  a  period  of  five  years, 
when  he  entered  the  tirm  of  Daniel  Lee, 
inorohant  grocer.  His  ambition,  however, 
was  not  satistied  with  these  pursuits,  and  as 
there  came  every  now  and  again  across  the 
water  stories  of  the  vast  and  attractive 
opportunity  open  \a\  ambition  in  the  Cana- 
dian colonies,  Mr.  Webb  resolved  to  try 
his  fortune  in  that  distant  land.  In  1857 
he  set  sail,  and  in  due  time  landed  in  Tor- 
onto, where  he  remained  for  only  a  short 
period.  He  then  proceeded  to  Brampton, 
•nd  entered  the  employ  of  W.  P.  Licoy.  of 
that  place  ;  and  there  remained  till  1859, 
when  he  joined  T.  G.  Jackson,  of  Stanley's 
Mills,  now  of  Manitoba.  He  maintained 
his  connection  with  him  till  1862,  and  in 
the  following  year  he  went  to  Streetsville, 
there  taking  charge  of  the  general  store 
belonging  to  Goodcrham  &  Worts.  Bo  ro- 
tnained  in  the  employ  of  this  tirm  for  a 
period  of  sixteen  years,  when  he  bouglit 
out  the  establishment,  and  took  in  G.  U. 
Falconer,  bookkeeper  of  the  6rm,  as  part- 


ner; and  this  valuable  bn»i»""*'*  «-•»"  l^niti 
in  1883  OS  that  of  Webb  m-  r 

the    last-named    year   the    1  p 

dissnlvetd,  and  the  business  has   tinco 
carried  on    by   the    subjet:t  of   this  skelo) 
Mr.  Webb  liiis  found  some  timo   to  dsi 
to  the  affairs  of  etiueation  and  of  the  mi 
oipality.    During  the  years  1881.  IH82, 
and   1885,  he  has  been  a  cotiucillor 
villaize ;   and  has    been  for  the  past 
years  chairman  of   the  High  School  ho 
I  having  served  altogether  for  nine  yt 
that  iKidy.     Mr.  Webb  is  a  shareh^ 
the  York  Fanners'  Colonization   Coi 
of    the    North-West  ;     and    of    the    Kai 
Island  Fruit-growing  Asauciatiou,  and  it  d 
member  of  the   syndicatti  which  purchssi4 
the  Gooderham  &.  Worts  milling  pro{iei 
at  Streetsville.     Mr.  Webb  ia  secretary  si 
treasurer  of  lodge  No.  356,  River  Park, 
Freemisons,    and   is  also   a  member  of  St 
John's    lod}^,    Toronto.     In    politics 
subject  has  always  baen  a  Consorvativi',  anij 
has    never  found  reason    fur  chauu'in;; 
faith  that   is  within  him.     Ue  waa  bMUtfl 
up  iu  the  Congregational  church,  but  sft 
wards  became  a  Moth  >dist,  wliich  faith 
still  professes.  He  is  a  tnutec  of  the  Str««t 
ville  church  ;  is  a  member  of  the  qu&rt«rl] 
board,  and  has  been  superintendent  of  th«^ 
Sabbath -school  for  fourteen  years.     Ho  hst 
been  likewise  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
church  for  an  equal  period,  and  holds  thst 
office   now.     Ue    married,   on    the   4lh  -oi 
October,  18U5,  Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  tlt« 
late  James  Anderson,  of   OrangeviJle,  (On- 
tario.    Mr.   Anderson  died   in    1879.     The 
business  of  ft!r.  Webb  is  a  proaperous  one, 
for  which  conditi<m  it  is  not  a  little  indebted 
to  the  integrity,  the  ability,  aiid  tiie  indus- 
try (if  its  pmprietor. 

Kadclliro,  lion.  Tli<»inMs,  CobnK 
was  burn  at  (J&ailu  (Joote,  iri  the  County 
Roscommon,  Ireland,  on  the  17th  Api 
17fU.  Ue  was  the  eldest  son  of  the  UeTl 
Thomas  I^jidcliffo,  recti>r  of  8t.  Paul' 
Dublin,  and  Cloumothon,  County  Dnblih 
also  prebend  of  St.  Patrick's  Cathedral  ani 
sub-dean;  and  nf  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  daujcl 
ter  of  Thomas  Mitchell,  of  Castle  Strang^ 
in  the  County  llusoommoii.  The  family 
of  the  splendid  lineage  of  the  UAdclitfes 
Waldstein  Wati^rs,  (the  Angln-8axon  nar 
for  Derwent  Waters,  now  called  Wall 
CrAt().  The  family  is  traced  back  to  li)l 
The  tirat  of  the  family  in  the  8ti»ck  table 
Francis  Radolyffe,  tirst  earl  of  the  elder  li 
eaije  of  Derwentwater,  who  was  bom 
1024.  lie  married  Catherine  of  Meldom 
The  Canadian  family  of  Radoliffss,  we  mi 


CANADIAN  BiOGRAPBr. 


43T 


Wky,  before  dismiMing  the  qQeation   t>f  &n- 
OBstiy,  is  directly  deecended   from  WiUiam, 
■oQ  of  the  nccuiid  pari.       The    family  is  of 
8«xt>ti     urtKin.    and  the    estates   are  worth 
r:rf)(>,«)«M.»  per  annum.      The  siihject  of  this 
'.  WHS  educated  at  Trinity  C<.llege,  Unb- 
tnrr]  the  army  in  ISll,  and  aorved  as 
in    the   27th  Regiment  nf  Foot 
■■'  the  P(?uint!iilar  war.    He  was  en- 
.  liiiderWellingt'ti,  in  several  general 
-,  ainong  which  ni«y  be  meniinned  Sal- 
.1,  Vittoria,  the  Pyrenees,  Nivelle,  and 
use.      He  »!»<•  served  in  America,  and 
wii«  present  »t  the  buttle  uf  PUttsbur^  ;  and 
VM  with  the  army  of  r»ccn|)ation  in  France. 
He  w&a  ]>Ut.'ed  npon  the  half-pay  list  mi  the> 
redaction  of  the  army  in  ]8lt>.     He  was  eri- 
oTif/i.H  in  twelve  pitched  battles,  beside  many 
ihes.     and     received     three     severe 
U.     In  18'^,  he  sold  his  half-pay  and 
itfd    to    ITpper    Canada,    where    he 
■     U>    bo   the  better  able  to  provide  for 
his    numerous    family.      He  settled  in  the 
l^nrnship    of  Adelaide,   in  the  Ltmdon  dis- 
vtas  ap[>ointed,  by  Sir  John  I'olbiirre. 
•H  of  the  po&ce,  tind  to   the  command 
MMut  of  militia  raised  in  the  town 
<i  the  breftkiuy  uut  of  the  revolt 
■I  i'^,J,  ,  ii-^  was  called  upon,  and    there   wss 
rtu  more  iotreptd,  valuable,  itnd  hiyal  othcer 
■  *'-\'  perinil  than  (Colonel   UadcbfTe.      We 
I   dij   belt*'r  than  pnbli*h  here  certain 
'•^"11  heailrjuartent,  fur  they  show  the 
«i  I    npon  the  services  of  this  gttl- 

Ul     .  ,  — 

TolJwt^iNKL  KAtHTLirrE,  (■ommamling  Wentrtn 
Fruatier,  Ambaflbuyg  : 

OilVRBNusNT  HoUhB,  25th  Jan.,  l9iXA. 

r  ■  •■     -r    '■     '■ 

'■t. 

■•'■  .■  .    ■   ■      .     ■  i  1^ 

•nwo  111  >utu  L-<iii'luct,  mill  llt»i    i>(   the    ^uL- 
U)t«  utirlxr  vi'iir  (ritiirimiii),   in   cftpturlnt:^  the 


-l.tU    till:'     i"\A^i"U,    HUd 

r.hf  wvtttTn   district  re- 

■'■         •  ^  ■      •!..'  BlUUt! 

',  and 

r*f^.  •  ..f  law 

i'iUtl   by  thr 
0'  I  hnvr  tlie 

b-i- .,    ,.,,.....,.   .,.....!..  ,,,.....  ,,tiit, 

Jas.  M.  Stkalhan, 

Military  Secretary. 
IW  CeOi.  BAitcum,  Amhciratburv- 


fl«t,-T  -.. 


GUVIIHNHK.VT  HolSK.  TnilONTO, 

Kcbruary  3ril,  18;i8. 
,...,... I... I  I..   t|.     >>,-elIency  the 
the   receipt 
I  y,  iind  Id  any 


thst  he  id  mnch  n**'- '  *>  -'.ii  fortbeinfoririAtioD 

it  rimtninp.       Y<-  -tit*  wiUi  re-ptct  to 

th<'  •■Minpiir-y   -f  t  .:  d  the  cavalry  which 

'^  I'uiut  Au  Pelt-e   Iiiland, 

lo  Hill  ExcelltMicy  ;  luid  I 

>■■- ■  «ay,  that  in  allowiuk' the 

■teauilKiat  ^>^  winter  at  Aiuhervthttrc,  and  the 
powint?  np  of  Aoierii-an  tr(«<i>«,  ynnhave  Atted 
txKctly  aa  he  wnild  huvu  tvi^he<t.  Hi^  Kxeellcncy 
dMtircn  me.  kk'^d.  to  th.-iitk  ynu  fur  the  zpatuiiMex- 
ertioiiR  which  ytm  have  uiaile  fur  the  public  ser- 
vice, during  the  period  of  your  comnmad.  1  have 
the  hcmaor  to  ho,  eir,  vour  (tlH*dient  Hervant, 
J-  M.  Sthachah,  Lt.-Col.. 

Military  Secretary. 
To    Colonel  RADCLfprx,  Commanding  at  Am. 
ber*tbur^'. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  a  report  made 
by  Colonel  Radcliffe,  in  his  cupaoity  as  oth- 
cer  commandin{f  the  Western  Rangers  : — 

To     Hjs     Kxcbllbxo     MajohGsnehal     Sra 
GEBORGEAnTUUR,K.C.  B.,  etc.,  etc.,  I^eutua- 
ant-Governor  of  Upper  Canada. 
ytati  it  fflcfju  Your  JCzef/lenry  : 

On  the  Itth  day  uf  Jonu&rv  lant,  themiUtinand 
yuluntcer  trufipfl  und«r  my  command  at  Maldta, 
iu  the  western  district,  captured  the  fnllowing 
pri»e,  which  was  part  of  au  exfieditinn  that  at* 
tai-kwi  Arnhersthuru,  under  the  command  of  the 
prtMiiueni  Sutherlautl  and  the  men  now  iu  or»n(ine- 
nient  ut  Torout'i  :— A  scIirMiner  called  The  Attm^ 
of  Detroit  ;  ;198  cartridge'  buxen  ;  '£m  bayonet 
belt*  ;  IdH  cartridi^e  Ihix  luslta  ;  247  bayonet  scab- 
bardH  ;  2*J[)  bayonets;  .tOO  umnkeU  ;  lOO  knap- 
nackft  ;  10  kegs  gunpowder  ;  2  ba^*-*  of  nhnt,  weigh- 
imr  fifty  ponndi  ;  1  nint_-.i.t.nnder  and  'J  nix- 
i^ounder-i  (iron  Kun^]  ;  12  bullet  mniitdfl  ;  half  n 
Kt^  of  buUeUi ;  audOU  pounds  uf  lead  ;  a  return 
»f  which  i  dnlv  mtuJe  t"  Sir  Franciw  Uond  Ueail 
(your  V.  .     "  '  at  the  iim-^.     \Vv 

ahioc;*]'  .aier  a  rebel  ttoiu 

the  L I  I-rsim,  for  whom  a 

reward  i>i  tlW  wt^.  .nurt-«l  by  Sir  Francis  immedi- 
ately after  the  rebc-lli>fn  broke  out.  Auderr^un  waa 
aeverely  w«nindevl  ;.'  *'  '  '  _■  of  the  nchnoiier, 
and  he  ilieil  iiu   tli>  .v.      I    tK.>g  leave  to 

iiibuiit  to  Your  K.y  ■  it.  we  are  entitled  u> 

the  reward  otfert'd  for  Au.lcr*on,  and  to  the  prir^ 
money  at  which  the  nchnoner  and   urlieleK  alxivu 

'ni'd  nifty  Iw  vahied  ;  and  I  re-r-    ■'''■'  ir.. 

It  Y.mr  Kxcellwu'Y  willbepl  r 

'  ion  <.>f  the  whole  to  lie  mojlr-,   i  .  >  >• 

i.ct:J.-.  til  lie  dividt-il  aiuiing  tlf  cnptorft.  I'lic  voa* 
ael,  etc..  Arc  in  t,he  haudti  of  the  nuthoritiett  at  lhi« 
iK>rt.  I  have  the  honour  to  be  Your  K.\cetIeDcy'a 
faithftd  Btirvant, 

Thomas  KAntLirrf, 

(_!»].  Wet«tern  itamren*. 
Late  Col.  coinmandin,;  W.  i>.  frontier. 
Amherstbuiv.  17th  April,  1838. 

After  the  suppression  of  the  rul>ellion  of 
IB37}S,  Colonel  Kadclitfe  wan  appointed  a 
member  of  the  Le^inlative  Council,  'vud  this 
position  he  retained  until  his  death  at  Am- 
herst Island  in  1H4I.  He  left  a  vidow  and 
seven  children.  Une  nf  this  family  is  Rich- 
ard Kadclitle,  of  Goderieh,  aaketch  of  whose 
career    appears    in  this    volume ;    and  an* 


438 


A  CYChOPMBlA  OF 


other  wa>  the  late  Stephen  Radcliffe,  who 
for  A  number  of  years  ably  IJlled  the  poBitiiiu 
of  City  Clerk  of  Toronto.  It  luay  ju»tly  bo 
taid  that  in  the  whole  of  Cnnad.-i  there  wm 
not  another  officer  whone  promptitude  and 
niilitaryakiU  had  done  more  t-owardu  break- 
ing tJje  back  of  the  rohL^llion  than  Colonel 
Radoliife, 

Burtter,    nf^or   John    Ronf,  woa 
bom  in  the  villji^'e  of  fJeorgetown,  on    the 
Gth  July,  1841.       Uis  parents  were  Janitis 
Barber    and    Hannah    Patrick,    who  were 
niarribd    in    the    township    of    Flainboro*, 
County  Wentwortli.      Mra.  Barbt-r  died  in 
1854,  and    Janita    Barber    married  again, 
Jeeaio  Hope,  of  Jedburgh,  Scotland,  daugh- 
ter   of    Captain   Hope,    an    otlicer    of  the 
Britiih  army.     Thi^  lady  died  in  18ii3.     By 
the  first  marriago  there  were  four  children. 
(the  subject  of  this  sketch  bein]f  the  second 
eldest) ;  and  by  the  second,  two.     Mr.  Bar- 
ber died  in  May,  1880,  and  was  one   of  the 
moat  prfiniinent,  dcaervinjf,  and    highly  re- 
Bpected  inhabitants  of  western  Ontario.     Of 
him  Mr.  Davin  wrote  in  "The  IriRhman  in 
Canada"  ; — *'  Ho  has  always  been  uf  a  re- 
tiring; disposition,  taking  little  or  uo  part  in 
political  ounventious  or  nieetinua    of  a  like 
oharacter,  and  conae<|uently  is  less    known 
to  the  public  than  the  other  members  of  the 
family.     There  is  no  name,  however,  which 
■tands  so  high  for  commercial   integrity  or 
tooial    and   moral    worth,  in  the  County  of 
Ballon,  as  that  of  James    Barber."     John 
Roftf  barber  received  a  careful  e&rly  educa- 
tional training,  continuinK  ^ib  studies  at  the 
Streetsvilie  (iraumiar  school,  at  the  (ieorit©- 
town    Collegiate    Institute,  and  c<jncluduig 
hifl  course  under  the  bite  Charles  Dade.  M.  A. 
It  had  been  the  intention  of  Mr.   Barber  to 
enter  the  University  of  Toronto,  but  thede- 
Btructiou    by  fire   of  the  Woollen  Mills  at 
Streetsvilie,  in  which  his   father  was  inter- 
ested, changeil    the  course  of  his  life   from 
professional  to  mercantile  pursuits.     He  en- 
tered the  office  of  his  father,  intending  only 
to  remain  there  until  the  wills  were  rebuilt, 
.but  he  never  returned  to  college.  He  shewed 
great  aptitude  for  business,  and   was  soon 
«ble  to  take  charge  of  the  financial  affairs 
of   the  concern,  and  this  he  did  uniil  the 
death   of  his  father.       Shortly    after    this 
event,  he  came  into  possession  of  the  Paper 
Mills  and  other  property  at  Georgetown  ; 
and    under    his    management    these    mills 
luive    >>een    remodelled    and    enlarged    to 
double   their    former   capacity,    and    have 
now  an  output  of  four  tons  of  paper  a  day. 
In  addition   to    the  (ieorgetown  projierty, 
Mr.  barber  owns  considerable  in  Toronto. 


Mr.  Bar1>er  was  f;a£etted,   in  1fW3,  ensi^ 

of   the   Georgetown    Light    Infantry,    now 
No.  3.  20th  liorne  KiUes;   and  in  \m\  was 
appointed    captain.       During    th«    Fenian 
raid    he    wtu   stationed    at  the  Susficnsirn 
Bridge,  which  was  considered  a  very  imp-  r 
tant  post.      In    187t{  bo  was  ga7.ctted  muj^r 
Mr.  Barber  has  alsf»  tried  his  hand  at  I-ctii 
politics,  and  it  is  scarcely  necessary    t<>    *:>y 
that  here,    as    in    the  other  spheres,  h'    i.  ^-^ 
been  successful.  In  1805  he  waft  eluctod  rt-cvn 
of  the  village  of   Georgetown ,  and  retai 
the  position  for  ten  years.     In  1875  he 
tir«d,   and  accepted  a  scat  in  the   counci! 
from  which  board  he  has  only  been    sbseol 
one  or  two  yean.      In   J882  he   wai  ftuftin 
reeve   of  Georgetown,  and  thia  Tear   (1^8^^) 
is  warden  for  the  County  of   Hajton.      Mr. 
Barber  has  been  president  of  the  Mechanics' 
Institute    since    IStiO  ;  is  the  largest  rit<><l:- 
holder  in  the  Toronto  Paper  Mills  of  l.  •  rn 
wall,  Ontario,  and  has  been  preaident  of  ttie 
same  since  its  commoncfment    iti    1&8(I,    ho 
having    been     the    chief  organizer   of   this 
enterprise.     He  is   also    president    of   the 
Barber    tV     Ellis  Company,  wholesale   sta- 
tioners   and    envelope  manufacturers,    To- 
ronto, and  one  of  the  largest  roanufacLnr<>rs 
of  this  class  of  goiMls  in  the  Dominion.   He 
is  a  director  of  the   Empreia  Sewing  Ma- 
chine   Company,    of   Toronto  ;  of  the  Em- 
presB  Sewing   Machine  Company,    of  Chi- 
cago ;  and  a  director  of  the   Star  Hosiery 
Manufacturing   Company,    of  Ge*jrgetowii. 
He   is  a  Freemason,  and  belongs  to  Credit 
lodge,    No.  219,  and  is  past  master  in  that 
body.  Mr.  Barber  has   alwaj's  voted   with 
the  Reform  party,  though  at  the  same  time 
a    thorough    protectionist.       His    reliL-i'n'^ 
Tiews  are  those  of  the   Congregationnl 
nomination.     Mr.  Barber  married,  in  J  n.  i 
ary,  1808,  Mary,  dau-^hter  (»f  Fr-iiN.-oi  iUr- 
clay,  registrar  of  Halton,  and  by  ttiia  lady 
has   live    children    living,    the   sons    beiug 
Francis  James,  Charles  Herbert,  and  I'.t  iie 
Raoul.      Though    comparatively    »    -. 
man,  Mr.  Barber  is  now  amongat  the  ■ 
members  of  the  magifltracy  in  the  Cuuuty 
of  Halton. 

llelnlyrc,  John,  Q.C,  was  born  in 
Kingston,   Ontario,  on  the  2ist  of  March, 
1843.       He  was  educated  in  the  Kh' 
preparatorj'  school,  undor  the  Rev.  ! : 
Campbell,  M-A.,  now  of  Montreal  ; 
lated    in  Queen's  University,   Kiui^i 
t^ctober,    1858  ;    and    graduated    in 
I8tjt,  taking  his  B.A.  deu-ree.     Ho  was  si 
sequently  advanced  to  the  degree  of  M. 
in    the   same    university.       Mr.    Mclnti 
cuuimenoed  the  study  of  law  in  1>^01,  in 


CAKAVJAN  BIOORAPBY. 


439 


8lr  John  A.  MAcdonaldat  Kingston, 
o  h«  remftioed  for  about  two  years, 
■  r- i!-ted  his  courao  m  the  office  of  Sir 
'wupbell.      He  WM  called  t<>  the 
..    .    <  .-,  aud  WAS  otoated  Q.C.  in  1881, 
Mcliilyru    was    prusidont   of   St,     Au- 
iBf's  S*»ci«ty,  Kingston,  ia  1874  ;  and  for 
rvral  joAn  waa  elected   to  the  ttfTici^  of 
IdeiiC     lif     the    Alma    Mater   SrH*ioty, 
ioen*«  University,  to  which   jwsition  ho 
chosen  aft^r  »oni<?  severe  oontoste.     He 
au   alderman  of    Ktnu;Bton  for    alxnii 
WD  yeun*.    iind  waa  elecUnl  mayor  of  that 
\y  in  1878,  defeating  C.  F.  fiildersleese, 
a   rery   exciting    fight,  an  unusually 
^toto  haviniz  been  polled.   Ho  mnrried, 
f6,    Mrs.    Mjicpheraon,  widow  of    the 
invn   Macphorson  of  Kiti^'ston.       In 
life»  Mr.  Mclntyrtj  was  a  Mntliodist, 
ia  now  in  coiinectiuu  with  the  Pres* 
byt«riati  church,  and  a  member  of  St  An- 
!w'b.  Kingstuu.      Ab  a  lawyer,  his  stand* 
ia    the    highest,    aud  as  a  citizen   and 
politician,  he  is  held  in  exalted  os- 
)hy  the  pt'ople  of  his  native  city.  • 

11,  Juhn,  Toronto,  M.P.  fur   Bast 

>nto,  wna  born  in  the  township  of  Vorlc« 

the  8th  of  October,  1831.       He  is  the 

L«st  »un  of  the  late  Charles  Coxwell  SulhII, 

trk   of  the   Crown   and   Pleas  for  Upper 

and  grandson   of    the    Ute    Major 

II,  who  came  to  Canada  as  cterk  of  the 

iwn  and  Plesa.  and  clerk  of  the  Executive 

tncU,    from  Cirencester,    England,    with 

lur  Simoioe,  in  1707.     Charles  Ooxwell 

II  wsA  bom  in  the  town  of  York,  now 

tto,    on    the   31st  of  December,   1801, 

married  Frances  Elisabeth  Innes,  of 

Xn^Und,   who  became  the  mother  of 

rbjcct.     John  Small  was  educated  at 

ime  District  Grammar  school,  and  at 

Canada  Oiille^e.       He  was  appointed 

officer  of  the  Conrt  of  Queen's  Bench 

,  and  held  this  position  till  the  pass- 

the  Ontario  Judioatare  Act  in  1881, 

he  was   relieved  of  his  duties  by  Mr. 

wat.     The  c^use  of  the  reuioval,  it  has 

lejud  by  some  people,  was  nothing 

•erioHs  than  the  fact  that  Mr.  Small 

]>ected   of    having   strong   leanings 

the  oonsorvativu  party,   though  no 

ppoaod.  or  would  suppose,  that  this 

ou  in  any  way  int'irfered    with  the 

.1    ri...r,,iiyh  discharue   of  his  duty, 

1  :t(e  runioval  as  [>er8ecntion, 

Mr.  Small,  wwX  their  number 

iiod  around   him,  and  offered 

inatiou  for  East  Toronto  in  the 

Comwrvative  ititeroBt>      Mr.   Small 

to  lit«  wiahM  uf  hu  friendfi,  resign- 


ed his  clerkship  at  Os^oodo  Hall  (June,  1882) 
entered  the  tietd,  and  ilefoatt^d  his  opponent, 
Thomas  Thompson,  a  prominent  merchant, 
by  407  votes.  Upon  the  whole,  hia  removal 
from  ofhce  was  a  favour  in  disguise,  else 
Mr.  Small  niii^ht  have  been  content  to  re- 
main all  his  life  in  his  official  position,  and 
his  coiifltitnency  would  hare  missed  the  sor* 
vice  of  a  man  of  high  social  character,  and 
much  induenco  and  industry  in  the  Hntise 
of  Commons.  Mr.  Small  is  a  member  of 
the  Kpiscopal  church,  and  is  a  prominent 
member  uf  one  of  the  city  cuinrregati'vns. 
Ue  married,  on  the  15th  of  Miy,  185G, 
SuAan  Maraiaret,  eldest  dan^ht^r  of  Jamea 
Honlton,  barrister,  Toronto.  liefore  enter- 
ing the  larger  public  wphore,  Mr.  Small  re- 
presented 8t.  Laworeuce  ward  as  aldormaa 
in  the  city  council  for  the  yeiirs  1877,  1878 
and  1870.  Personally  and  pulfticly,  the 
character  of  Mr.  ^^inall  i%  the  hiijhest,  and 
he  is  extremely  popular  am<inv{  lx\h  support- 
ers. We  wish  him  much  prosperity  in  his 
parliamentary  career. 

McGuIn,  John  Bell,  Napaneo,  Clerk 
of  the  County  Court,  Deputy-clerk  of  tha 
Crown  and  Pleas,  and  Registrar  of  the  Sur- 
rogate Court  for  the  Counties  of  Lennox 
aud  Addin^ton,  was  bom  in  the  town- 
ship of  Ernestown,  in  the  County  of  Len- 
nox, on  the  1st  March,  1825.  He  ia  a 
son  of  John  McOiiin,  who  held  an  ensign's 
commission  in  the  1st  regiment  Addington 
militia,  under  Colonel  Willinm  Johnson,  his 
appointment  bearing  date  October  3rd,  1816, 
and  who,  on  Ist  July,  1822,  was  promoted  to 
a  captaincy  in  the  same  regiment,  under 
Colonel  Matthew  Clark.  Capta-in  McGuin 
was  a  son  of  Henry  McGuin,  a  U.  E.  U»yal- 
ist,  and  his  mother  Eliziboth  Ht<li,  who 
emigrated  to  Canada  after  tho  close  of  tho 
war,  belonged  to  similar  stt>ck.  The  worthy 
subject  of  this  sketch  attended  tho  common 
scbifols,  and  aftorwarda  tho  Kormal  school, 
leaving  the  latter  institution  in  October. 
1848.  In  December  of  tho  same  year,  he 
joined  the  teaching  staff  of  the  Newburgh 
Academy,  having  charge,  in  the  initilel  de- 
partment, of  English  and  mathemfltics,  and 
continued  to  toach  in  this  institution  for  a 
period  of  eleven  years  and  nine  months.  He 
held  a  Hrst-clasa  grade  A  certificate  from  the 
County  Educational  Board,  as  the  Normal 
school  did  not  at  this  time  iB<iue  curtiticat«s. 
From  1802  to  1805  Mr.  McOuin  was  chftir* 
man  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for 
the  united  Counties  of  Fronteuac,  I.<ennox 
and  Addington  ;  waa  appointed  olerk  of  the 
Firdt  Division  Court  in  Rath,  in  August, 
1800,  and  clerk  of  the  County  Court,  and 


440 


A  cycloPj^dja  of 


deputy-clerk  of  Ihe  Crown  and  Pleaa  etc. . 
in  .September,  IKtU.  These  ofHces  he  still 
holds,  with  credit  to  himself,  and  to  the 
entire  sal isf action  of  the  cunmuinity.  There 
ia  likewise  to  be  udded  to  our  Riibject's 
connection  with  scbuols  the  tmstbeahip 
for  two  years  on  the  Napanee  board.  He 
was  prrsident  and  teacher  in  the  Mechan- 
ics* Institnto  for  two  year*,  giving  during 
that  time  instruction  in  writing,  correspond- 
ence, in  book-kti«piuK,  and  in  other  branches 
proper  to  a  mercantile  or  biisinoss  career. 
He  is  a  Freemiuion  vl  eAcelleut  standing, 
hayinK  been  a  member  of  Maple  Loaf  lodge^ 
JJo.  119,  since  1864.  From  political  strife, 
whether  municipal,  provincial  or  federal,  be 
has  always  held  liloof.  lie  whs  bred  in  the 
Presbyterian  faith,  but  in  1852  joined  the 
Church  of  England,  and  is  now  a  low 
churchman  in  thai  ct^mmunion.  lioiiiarried 
in  1852,  Margaret  Hope,  but  she  died  in 
]8(il,  leaving  a  son  and  a  dauKhter.  Ue 
married  again  on  May  1st,  1867.  Mririon, 
daughter  of  the  Kev.  Canon  Bleasdell, 
rector  of  Trenton,  and  there  is  issue  one  son. 
Mr.  Mc<!Jnin  obtained,  on  the  28th  June, 
1858,  a  civil  service  certiticato  under  the 
Act  of  20th  Victoria,  chapter  24.  In  social 
life  Mr.  McGuiu  is  highly  esteemed,  and 
modesty  is  nol  one  of  the  least  virtues  that 
adorn  his  character. 

noftft,  Tliomaa,  late  Chief  Justice  of 
Ontario,  was  born  at  Cobonrg,  on  the  20th 
of  August,  1836.  He  was  a  son  of  the  late 
John  Moss,  who  at  the  time  of  his  sun's 
birth,  carried  on  the  business  of  a  brewer  at 
Cobourg,  and  who  subsequently  removed  to 
Toronto  and  resided  there  till  his  death.  The 
boy  destined  to  become  so  distinguished  re* 
ceived  his  early  educational  training  in  the 
town  of  Cobourg  ;  but  he  apparently  owed 
the  largest  intellectual  debt  to  his  paternal 
grandffither,  a  gentleman  of  much  cultitre. 
It  was  the  delight  of  his  old  age  to  in- 
struct his  grandson,  (whose  mental  alertness 
when  a  mere  child  caused  the  admirii>g  sur- 
prise of  friends),  in  Knglish  and  Latin  grsm- 
max,  bisti)ry,  aritlnnetic,  and  the  oidinary 
branches  of  education.  In  due  dme  the 
subject  of  our  sketch  entered  Upfwr  Canada 
College,  and  here  distinguiahed  himftolf  by 
untiring  industry,  by  unusual  swiftneaa  of 
comprehension,  and  by  the  soundness  of 
his  understanding ;  and  when  he  left  this 
iiiatitution,  it  was  as  a  disLiuguiahed  prize- 
man. "Upper  Canada  College,"  says  a  late 
lamented  writer,  "had  a  reputation  fur 
seventy  in  those  days,  and  more  than  one 
of  the  masters  had  a  reputation  for  not 
spoiling  the  child  by  sparing  the  rod.     At 


any  rate  the  future  jndge  ao]uired   in 
balls  of  the  college,  a  sound  l>asia  <4  1< 
ing,  and  what  ia  bttier,  systematic  habitsi 
studious  industry.     When  he  left  tho  insti- 
tution, bearing  ofi*  with  him  the  <yDTi 
General's  prixe,  he  was  tho  most  popi 
well  as   the  best    mentally  e(.piip|>eil 
who  ever  left  the  highest  iorm.  *      In  M 
ho  (-ntered  the  l-'niveniity  of   Toronto. 
ceiving  the  tirst  scholarship  in  thcj  de] 
menta   of   classics   and    mnthemAttcs.     tiili! 
career  hero  was  one  splendid  triumph.  siH 
when  graduating  he  toi'k  no  less  thnn  thf 
gold  medftla,  for   ctasntca,  mathematics  and 
modern  languages,  rurtpectively.     Those  who 
were  classmates  of  this  gifteil  under  gradusts 
yet  dwtfll  with  emotion  on  the  generous  and 
manly  qualities   of   their   departed    friend., 
I'pon    concluding    Ma    course    the    youiii ' 
giaduate  entered   tho  office   of   Cr^M*ks  ^1 
Cameron.     The  same   conscientious  stutiy, 
the  same  tireless   industry,  the  same  grvst 
intellectual    grasp,    that    had    characterised 
him  in  his  collegiate  and  university  carter, 
were    munifested    again.     A   di^acdutioTi  of 
the  firm  of  Crooks  A  Cameron  tf»ok  place 
some   time   afterwards,  but   Mr.   Mots  re- 
mained   with    Hector   Cameron,    becoming 
a  partner  with  that  gentleman  upon  his  ad- 
mission tu  the  bar,  in  1861.      He  afterwards 
entered  into  partnership  with  the  Honour- 
able  James    Fatton,  and    Mr.  (now  Juilpft) 
Osier  ;  and  subsequently  with  the  Iste  Chief 
Justice  Harrison,  the  firm    being  known  as 
Harrison,  Osier  ^  M(3sa.     In   IHTl.  he  wsaj 
appointed  E(|Uity  lecturer  for  the  Law  S 
ciety  :  in  1872,  he  waa  created,  by  8ir  Jol 
Mficdoiiald,  a  Q.C  ;    and  in  the  same 
declined  the  o^er  of  a  Tice-chancellorshii 
While   his    greatest  triumphs  were  won 
the   equity  bar,  yet  he  was    a  well'knoi 
and  successftil  counsel  in  the  c^jurta  cjf  ooi 
mon  law.      After  repeated  anlioitations  \m 
in  1873,  determined  to  enter  on   a    pabU 
career,  and  in  that  year  he  was  elected 
the  House  of  Commons  for  West  Toronti 
and  waa  re  elected  in  1874.     Hume  time  afti 
he  had  achieved  this  victory,  he  waa  appoitil 
ed  a  judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeal,  undbat 
adieu  to  parliamentary  life  for««ver,      Heb9* 
came  preaident  of  the  court  on  the  death  ol 
Chief  Justice  Draper,  and  chief   justice  of 
Ontario  on  the  domiau  of  Chief  Juatic«  Har- 
rison.    The    whole   promise  of  liia  life, 
atutleni  and  as  practitioner,  burst  iut(3 
itioii  when  he  attained,  though  only  in 
forty-tirat   year    the  most  exalted  positii 
attainable  by  a  member  of  the  legal  prof€ 
ston.     The  wonderful  activity  of  his  min< 
and    the    vastnesa  of  the   work    which 


CANADIAN  BWORAPHT. 


441 


implUbed   began  to  tell  upon  hu  con- 
lUon,  and  in  November,  IBdO,    he  waa 
adriaed  to  Mi«k  the  sooibini;  oliinate  of  the 
•oath  u(  France.      Hut  climate   oduUI    nut 
•Tftdicale  the  fatal  aoecU  sown  in  his  health  ; 
■ad  •  fbr  away  from  moat  of  liia  frienda  &nd 
froai    the  ooontry  so  proud  of  hU  talonta, 
bti  died  at  Nioe.  on  the  4th  January,  18S1. 
British  jud^a,"  aays  the  writer  al- 
iillnded  to,  •*can    boiiat  within    the 
it«  (if   six  ytfAfs,  a  range  of  jndi- 
ionce  ao  varied  in  character,  or  of 
*  4li4«:h.u-,(«i  of  public  Hnty,  moru  thoroughly 
naiuataking   and    cotiscientiona.     The  chief 
Jnstioe  at  once  struck    the   key-note  of  the 
oase  before  him  ;  yet  he  did  not  improvise 
law  for  the   occafii4)u.     Having   got   at    the 
heart   of   the  mystery,  he  at  uuce  fortified 
hi"  -   "   '  V  authorities  which    he   examined 
tt  '<*d  in  the  most  delicately  adjust- 

to^  .;......  Liual  balance."     At  the  opening  uf 

th«  January  sittings  uf  the  Court  of  Appeal, 
Mr.  Justice  Burton,  one  of  hia  most  intimate 
Crieoda,  in  a<ijouming  the  court,  out  of  re- 
varsDoe  fur  the  memory  of  the  dead,  de- 
livered the  following  addreas  :  **  My  col- 
iM^uea  agree  with  me  that  it  is  not  titling 
to  pr-Kwd  with  the  onlinary  dntiea  of  the 
day  without  some  allusion  to  the  loss  the 
profeaaion,  the  public,  and  especially  the 
membeni  <'f  this  court,  have  sustained  by  the 
death  of  the  eminent  judge  who  but  a  few 
days  since  dlled  the  p  sitiun  of  president  of 
Uw  court  and  Chief  Justice  of  Ontario.  It 
ia  perhaps  a  sintiuUr  coincidence  that  within 
a  few  Weeks  death  has  nibbed  this  and  the 
mother  ei>untry  uf  two  uf  the  nuist  distin- 
guiahed  jiid|,>ea,  bnth  of  them  men  in  the 
prime  r>f  llfe^  d>  whom  there  apptMired  to  be 
opeQLug  a  brilliant  future,  and  aa  tu  each  of 
wnoiu  I  may  say,  1  think  without  cxagj^era- 
tion,  a  natiimnl  loss  hoa  been  sustained. 
Each  of  them,  however,  has  left  an  imper- 
tshahlu  monument  of  hi»  learning  and  ability 
tti  the  reports  of  their  published  judgments, 
which  msy  well  be  referred  lo  as  models  of 
)"  V 1'*.      Many  of  those  who  now  hear 

r  -tened  with  pleaaure  and  admira- 

0"U  lu  11(0  oral  jt]d|;ments  delivered  from 
where  I  am  now  sitting  by  the  distingnish- 
»d  jud»;«>  whose  death  we  are  now  deploring, 
and  must  luvu  bt.*en  struck  with  the  simplic- 

!'■     — '    —    '    -'f    manner,  combined 

''  '   and  eU"^anoe  of  dic- 

tj 1 'to  utlenwices  were  de- 
li <;  <.  .  Not  IhW  tM*yoinl  his  intnutlo  nc- 
tjriAtM.iiiC'-s  were  aware  of  the  untiring  eu- 
ersy  with  which  he  investigated  those  cases 
requiring  more  careful  preparation,  or  that 
the  ria^R  aun   hna   oocosionally  found  him 


fttill  engage<l  in  examining  and  verifying*  the 
authorities  upon  which  he  proposed  to  base 
his  decisions.  His  luss  is  too  recent,  and 
my  appreciation  of  it  too  keen,  to  permit  me 
to  make  more  than  a  paa«ing  reference  to 
hifl  personal  and  social  [)iialitii:a.  '  To  know 
him  was  to  love  him.*  My  heart  is  too  fuU 
for  me  to  venture  to  say  more.  We  may, 
one  and  all  of  ua,  whether  on  the  bench,  at 
the  bar,  or  the  youngest  student  entering  for 
the  first  time  the  portals  of  the  profesaioUy 
safely  adopt  him  as  our  model,  combining 
as  he  did  in  his  own  person  the  kind  ana 
courteous  gentleman,  the  brilliant  and  able 
advocate,  the  upright  and  impartial  judge. 
1  wish  that  I  had  the  command  of  language 
to  do  justice  to  his  many  virtues  and  bta 
great  intellectual  utfts  ;  but  I  yield  to  none 
of  his  numerous  friends  in  admiration  of  hia 
character  and  in  t'fuder  and  alVectionaCe  re- 
gard for  his  memory.**  Amidat  the  cease- 
less labotir  of  Mr.  Moaa'a  professional  and 
judicial  career,  he  was  never  insenaible  to 
the  claims  of  the  oauae  of  higher  education  ; 
and  fur  the  lost  seven  years  of  his  hfe.  aa 
vice-chancellor  of  his  alma  mater,  the  Uni- 
versity of  Toronto,  he  rendered  eminent 
services  in  this  direction — service*  recog* 
nised  and  kept  in  remembranoe  by  the 
establishment,  since  hia  demise,  by  the 
friends  and  ahuntii  of  that  institution,  of  a 
scholarship  which  liears  hia  name.  In  July, 
18G3,  Mr.  Moss  married  Amy,  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  ihe  late  Honourable  Kobert  Baldwin 
Sullivan. 

Stanton,  <iIcorffe,  M.D.,  CM.,  M.C., 
P.ti.O.,  Sinicoe,  Ontario,  waa  bom  in  the 
town  of  Simotw,  April  0th,  1847.  Hia  pa- 
rents wui'e  Kruncis  (1iore  and  Mary  Kobert- 
soD,  the  maiden  name  of  his  mother  bemg 
Ueddea.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Andrew 
Oeddes,  who  came  to  Canada  from  Scotland 
iu  1810,  and  settled  in  Etora,  WolHiigtou 
couttty,  of  which  ho  was  appointed  registrar. 
This  position  he  retained  until  his  death,  in 
18fi3.  Mrs.  Stanton  died  in  1883.  Oursub- 
jtH:t'a  grandfather,  William  Henry  Stanton, 
OMUie  to  Oanotla,  as  midshipman  in  one  of 
King  (leorge'a  shiiis,  alK>ut  171K>.  He  was 
stationed  at  AmhtTstburg,  and  at  the  lime 
of  his  death  was  deputy  ajtsistanl  nommis- 
aary  general.  The  father  of  U.-urge  Stantou 
04'muKMieed  the  study  of  law  in  IH^M.  After 
admisaion  to  the  bar.  he  removed  to  tlamil* 
ton,  where  he  commenced  the  prsctico  of  hia 
pntfeasion.  He  remaine<l  in  that  oily  till 
184t),  when  he  removed  to  Simcoe,  where 
ho  o«inCinued  to  practice.  He  soon  entered 
into  partnonhtp  with  David  Tisdalo,  and 
this   oMOoiatioa  ooutinned  till    1864,  when. 


442 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


Mr.  SUnloQ  received  the  appointment  of 
deputy  jmi'^'o  fur   the   County  of  J^orfolk. 
Six  years  later  Itu  rutired.    He  had  a  fttiuily 
of  five  children,  the  only  survivinfj  one   Imj- 
ing  the  subject  <if  this  memoir.     Thr****  died 
in    infiuicy,   nnd    another,    Fraiiciit    Anna, 
married  0.   W.  Kent,  by  whom  she  had  a 
sou    and    daughter.       She    is    also    dead. 
Ooorge    Stanton  waa  inatructed  by  private 
tuition,  and  afterwards  entered  the  Oram- 
naar  school  of  Simooe,  whore  be  remained 
till    he  reached  his  serenteenth  year.     Ue 
then  repaired  to  Montreal,  and  entered  the 
medical  department  of  McOtli  University, 
In  1808  he  graduated  with  bis   M.U.C.M. 
de(free,  takinf;  honours.     He  then  returned 
to  Simcoe,  where  he  began  the  practice  of 
his   profession  ;    and    in   this   U^vrn   he    has 
practiced  since.      Dr.  Stanton    was   i»ne   of 
the  members  of  the  old  Keuwick  riHes,  oom- 
aunded  by  Captain,  now  Colonel,  Tisdale, 
and  afterwards  a  lieutenant  in  No.  0  Com- 
pany, 3{Hh  battalion.       In  1877  he  was  ap- 
pointed coroner  for  the  County  of  Norfolk. 
He  is  a  Freemason,  and  an  adherent  of  the 
Church  of  England.    Whenever  he  interests 
himself   in  politics,  his  exertions  are  upon 
tlie  side  of  the  Reform  party.     He  married, 
on    the    19th    August,    1474,    Sarah    Jane, 
daughter  of  the  Ute  Oeorge  Culver,  of  the 
township  of  Woi>d}iouse,  yeoman,  and  one 
of  the  oldest  residents  of  the  county.     Geo. 
Culver  was  the  first  white  oliild  boru  in  the 
town  of  Siraooe.     The  fruit  of  our  subject's 
union  is  two  children,  one  having  died  in 
infancy.     We  may  add  that,    after  uradu- 
ing,  he  practised  for  a  time  with  Dr.  Clarke, 
•now  shorifi',  at  Prince  .Arthur's  Landing.     He 
alao  went  lo  New  ISninswick,  where  he  act- 
ed for  eighteen  moniba  njiim  the  en^neer- 
ing  staff  of  the  Intercolonial  Railway.     Dr. 
Stanton  is  energetic  in   action,  and  said  to 
be  very  learned  snd  skilful  in  hia  profession, 
I'aint,  Henry  ^frliolaEi.  J. P.,  M.P. 
for  Uicliniund,  Purt  Uawkusbiiry,  N.l^i.,  was 
bom  on  the  HHh  of  April,  1830,  at  Belle 
Vue,  Strait   of  Canso,  Cape  Breton.     The 
family  from  which  Mr.  Paint  has  sprung  is  of 
Nonnan  origin,  having  settled  in  the  Island 
of  Guernsey  abotit  the  year  1212,  and  were 
prominent  in  the  time  of   Edward  1 1 1.,  in 
1331.     His  father  was  Nicholtia  Paint,  J. P. 
for  the  whole  island  of  Cape  Breton,  and  his 
mother  was  Mary  LejMeasurier,  also  of  the 
Island  of  (iuornsfy.      The  father  of  Henry 
Nicholas  Paint  came  to  the  colonies  in  ISlii, 
•ettling  at  Arichat,  Nova  Scotia,  represent- 
ing  the  house  of  Janvnn  &  Co..  of  London 
and  Jersey.     Our  subject  received  private 
iuitioo  in  his  early  years,  was  then  sent  to 


iheOramm&r  school  at  *^- ■-  ■■   -- 

home  and  completing  ■ 
ville  Academy,  Nova  .-^....->.  .i.^ 
were  of  the  usual  order  belnii^ini;f  ^>  tb«' 
college  ouurso,  but  lie  dovnted  him»elf 
peoially  to  English,  French,  luid  l^ttik' 
From  1853  to  DSOl*  be  was  a  lie\ittinaiit-c»p>| 
tain  of  militia,  but  was  obliged,  owin^ 
the  pressure  of  his  other  atToirs,  to  sever  b 
connection.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  a  «i 
public  spirit,  and  remarkable  for  his  fw*^ 
prise.     He  has  been  promm* '  i 

with  two  marine  railways  fnr  : 
at  the  Strait  of  Canso  and  rsuiUi  s^uu-ij. 
still  in  operation,  and  has  been  aecreUry 
and  treasurer  in  both  for  twenty-six  yean; 
is  engi^ed  in  a  oummiasion  and  iusuranc? 
A|;ency,  and  from  early  years  has  giv« 
much  fierioUB  and  oareful  attention  to  ]>ol 
tical  t^iieAtions.  He  married,  on  the  17 
March,  IrtiVi,  at  Halifax,  Christina  Sc  CU 
youngest  daughter  of  the  late  Donald  M 
Vean,  of  Oban,  and  afterwards  of  Ulsyg 
Scotland.  There  has  been  issue  two  dau 
ters  and  one  sou,  deceased.  Both  daugh 
are  married  and  residing  in  Kngland. 
Paint,  we  may  add,  has  been  engaged  is 
large  ship- building  en terprises,  and  has 
owned  and  sailed  ships  in  many  portions 
of  the  globe.  Ho  has  been  largely  intervet- 
ed  in  coal  mines,  and  opened  up  the  oele- 
bratod  Victoria  mines  at  Sydney,  C.B.  Ho 
is  likewise  connected  with  seroral  railroads. 
He  was  tirst  returned  to  parliament  at  the 
last  general  election  ;  and  he  gives  a  steady 
support  lo  Sir  John  A.  Mai^ooatd.  We 
can  say  with  justice  that  Mr.  Paint  bidi 
fair  to  be  one  of  the  most  useful  member* 
in  ttte  House  of  Commons. 

iVIi'Fudden,  Williiim  flrnr)**  B.A., 
LL.  B.,  Brauipt>:>n,  was  born  in  the  town 
of  Picton,  Prince  Edward  county,  Ontario, 
in  1801.  He  is  a  son  of  the  Reverend 
WiLlism  McFadden,  by  Susan,  daughter  of 
the  late  Edward  Wilson,  Armagh,  Ireland, 
whn  came  to  the  Britiah  ooloniea  in  1817, 
and  settled  in  the  City  of  Kington.  The 
liev.  William  McFadden,  was  l>om  in  the 
County  of  Armagh^  Ireland,  and  came  to 
this  country  with  hia  father  about  1815, 
settling  in  the  County  of  Leeds,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming.  Our  subject's  grand- 
father bad  a  famdy  of  thirteen  cliildrt^ri, 
and  one  of  thom.  William,  already  allude^l 
to,  entered  the  ministry'  of  the  WesiuvAn 
church  in  1832,  wherein  he  laboured  uu 
1873,  when  he  was  suptrannuated. 
died  in  the  town  of  Brampton,  on  the 
of  December,  188o  ;  and  Mrs,  McFadden 
died  in  1872.     William    Heury    McFaddini 


VaU 


f 


CA  NAD  I A  N  BIO  GRA  i'H  Y. 


an  only  Bon  of   this  nniop.     He  re- 
ft  very  thorongh   early  educatioxud 
niog,    entering    Victoria     College,   Co- 
at  the  age  of  ftlxteeu.     At  nineteon 
gmdoatcd    H.A.,    and    at    twenty-one 
ived   hia   LL.B.     Harinit  a  Btnmg  in- 
atiofi  for  the  study  of   the  law,  he  wad 
:tX\''i\  111  ilio  Law  Society  at  Toronto,  and 
entured    the    n^ce  of  the  late 
'-.  M. P. P.,  BrAnipton,  wh^re  he 
aJuu<l  for  two  and  a  half  joara,  when  he 
^  ded  to  Toronto,  and  ontered  the  office 

ctf    Mowat,    McLennan  &  Downey,  of  that 
city.        Here    he  remained    about    sixttMjn 
'■■•■%,  when,  in   MtchfkvlmaB  terra,  IST-I, 
•a    catletl  to  thu  I^mr,  and  .i<i  nutted  aa 
ft'  After  hia  cjiU  to  tho  bar  he  went 

^<  I.    and  entcr«'d   into  jiartu^raliip 

"Wilt.  .1  ■  Caniertm,  M.P.,  of  that  place, 
»nd  the  new  tirin  hnr«  the  atyle  of  Cameron 
«^  MtiFadduu,  wliioh  partnorahip  lasted 
for  three  years .  Afiur  tho  disaoliition  took 
e,  Mr.  McKadden  entiTed  ihtn  panner- 
p  with  8.  Mnlcoinann,  of  <i"»derich,  the 
r  Orm  being  known  «ta  Malconison  & 
Fadden.  and  which  association  lasted  for 
years.  Our  subject  then  removed  to 
town  of  Urampton,  where  he  hascnntin- 
ever  since  in  a  prscticc  which  is  firmly 
««tabliB)ied  and  evory  day  increasing.  Mr. 
McKaddt^n  was  iipp<anted  lieutennut  of  No. 
c^'oiip.iriy,  Peel  battalion,  but  ruBiKned  his 
niiiiiiwion  in  1884.  In  July,  1882.  ho  was 
Mjinted  oonuty  crrtwn  attorney  for  the 
nnty  of  Peel,  and  likewise  clerk  of  the 
He  is  secretary  of  the  Ha((gart  Bros. 
facturini;  Comj}any  ;  is  a  a)tareholder 
Ud  tho  solicitor  of,  the  Central  Hank  of 
OtiMda ;  is  a  member  of  the  Freeniuons, 
No.  2^,  and  ia  also  a  member  of  the 
ows. Golden  StarIo<ige.  No.  10).  Of 
go  be  is  past  noble  grand  master  ; 
la  re^ntof  the  RoyaJ  Arcanum  Coun- 
H75.  Hia  rclijEnons  views  are  those 
r>di^m.  Mr.  McFadden  married,  in 
•nnie,  eldest  daiij<ht«^r  of  K.  Chia- 
M.P.P.,  Brampton,  and  haa  by  thia 
Uuiy  thn.li  chihlrvn.  Prof o«aiiin ally,  tho 
atibjnct  of  this  sketch  stands  very  high  in 
his  own  ttiwn.  as  well  as  ui  the  country  sur- 
rounding. He  has  the  repute  of  being  well 
rtiA^l    in    law,    he  hiu  oub<junded  industry. 

and  hii  tact  Knd  giH)f!  i---^ ;•  in  the  luan- 

af{cmcnt  of  his  cusi  ^<  :>-uoua.      8o- 

oailjr.  likewise,  be  u  ..  ..v -.c. 

Bemln,  l>arby,  M.U,  Cornwall,  wak 
b"'ni  in  Toronto,  on  tho  7th  September, 
\^\y  H«  ts  the  aim  of  the  late  WilUani 
Bcnrin,  C.K,,  who  waa  a  native  o(  Uosorea, 
Ireland,  and  who,  In  1620,  left  hia  hom« 


I  for  Canada,  and  settled  in  Toronto,  where 
for  some  time  he  carriod  on  a  mercautiie 
business.  Dr.  ULt-pin's  mother  was  Mary. 
danjjhter  of  the  Into  .lohu  FlansKan.  of 
Charlottenburg,  County  of  Clt?iii;Hrry,  On- 
tario. William  Berlin  died  in  l8o<l,  leav- 
ing Burvix'inu  hira  his  wife,  a  daughter,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  and  another  son, 
Ji'hn,  who  is  practising  law  in  Cornwall. 
Mrs.  Bergin  died  in  1881.  After  attaining 
tho  necessary  knowledge  to  permit  of  his 
onlerin^^  l^pper  Canada  College,  young  Ber- 
gin became  a  student  in  that  institution, 
wlierv  he  had  for  bis  cUssmates  young  men 
who  afterwanlft  rtjse  to  |K>Bitiana  of  distinc- 
tion in  varitius  walks  of  life.  Deciding  to 
adopt  the  medical  profession,  Mr.  lU-rgin 
niatricnluted  at  McOill  college.  Montreal, 
and  immediately  entered  upon  hia  Bindiea, 
which  were  proaecuted  with  nnrcniitting 
Keal  and  marked  suoceea.  in  A"ril  istti, 
he  passed  his  examination  befor'  r 

Canada  medical  board,  and  obtnn  ne 

to  practice  when  little  more  than  nineteen 
vears  old.  The  following  spring,  in  1847, 
he  completed  the  curriculum  of  McGill 
college,  but  not  having  attftined  his  major- 
ity, he  was  conai  quently  unable  to  graduate 
until  he  became  of  age.  He  received  hia 
degree  of  M.D.C.M.,  in  Septemlwr,  1847, 
a  special  oonvooation  being  lieUl  for  that 
pu  rpose.  The  yC>ung  doctor  settled  in 
Cornwall,  where  he  soon  secured  an  ex- 
tensive practice,  and  attained  to  a  dis- 
tinguished poeition.  In  1848,  in  oonjunc- 
tiuu  with  the  late  Dr.  lloderick  McDonald, 
he  had  charge  of  the  emigrant  typhus  fever 
hospital  at  Coniwall,  and  a  few  years  lator, 
when  smallpox  broke  out  in  the  Indiaa 
Tillage  of  8t.  Uogis,  ho  waa  sent  by  Lord 
Bury,  auporintendent'general  of  Indian 
Affairs,  to  look  after  them.  For  this  service 
he  received  the  thanks  of  the  deiakrtmcnt. 
Dr.  I^rgiu's  career  aa  a  meilical  practitioner 
haa  been  eminently  succeaaful,  and  hia 
standing  among  hia  professional  brethren 
high,  as  the  fallowing  facta  will  prtivw  ;— 
He  was  first  president  of  the  Eastern  Dia- 
triot  Medical  Association,  and  is  prvsident  of 
the  St,  Lawrence  and  Kiistern  District  Mod- 
cal  Association.  He  has  been  examiner  in 
midwifery  and  eaneral  surgical  anatomy,  for 
the  Ontario  Oonei<e  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
gec>ns.  ij\Mi\  his  clcotion  ilb  the  represen* 
tativo  of  the  St.  Lawrence  ami  Kastem 
Medical  Aaaooiation,  he  was  e'ected  vice* 
preBidonl  of  the  Cnuncil  of  the  CoUego  of 
I  lunl  Snrucvuis,  and  the  fidlowin^ 

\.  I  lent,  to  which  position  he  waa  »- 

elected   thia  year  (1A85).     Dr.  BergUi  WM 


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A  CYCLOPMDIA  OF 


fur  many  year*  phyucian  to  the  Cornwall 
ffKol.  When  the  recent  rebellion  in  the 
North-Weal  broke  out,  it  became  necesiiiry 
to  organize  a  medical  departtnont  conneoted 
with  the  militia  servioo.  That  work  waa  en- 
trusted to  Dr.  Bergln,  who  received  the 
rank  of  aiirgeou-^^eneral.  Tlie  succeea  <if 
hia  labours  was  reiuarkablt*,  Oftnsidering  the 
abort  time  at  hia  diaposal  tu  ault'ct  hia  staff 
and  to  arrange  all  the  minute  details.  Dr. 
Boyd,  of  Ltindon,  England,  who  waa  sent  to 
Canada  with  medical  aiitrea,  by  H.R.H.  the 
Princeea  Louise,  declared  that  the  arrange- 
menta,  as  made  by  Dr.  Bergiu,  wore  oom 
plete  and  in  every  respect  witiefactory.  and 
that  he  had  never  known  of  b  more  tlior- 
ou|(hIy  equippe<J  medical  field  Mrvice  than 
that  aent  out  under  the  direction  of  Surgenn- 
Gentral  Bergin.  For  many  years  Dr.  Her- 
gin  ha.s  been  kctively  identified  with  the 
volunteer  force.  At  the  time  of  the  7'ivni 
difficulty,  when  war  between  Britain  and  the 
United  States  seemed  Lmmineut,  Dr.  Bergin 
took  cummand  of  a  company  raised  for 
active  service.  Uia  connection  with  the 
force  since  that  time  haa  been  continuous. 
He  served  in  the  3rd  t^rovisioual  battaliun 
at  Laprairie,  from  December,  18G3,  to  May, 
1864,  as  captain,  and  during  the  Fenian 
raid  of  1800  aa  major,  having  been  pro- 
moted to  tlmt  rauk.  In  18ti9  ho  organized 
the  oULh  Stormont  and  Glengurry  battalion, 
of  which  he  became  lieutenan[-c<>lonel.  In 
the  town  where  he  reaidee  Dr.  Bergin  takes 
an  active  interest  in  every  ra>>venient  tend- 
ing ti>  promote  ita  advancement.  Wi(h 
most  of  the  local  mainifActiiring  and  other 
outcrpriBea  hia  name  is  prominently  identi- 
fied, and  through  his  intliieiioc  the  town  haa 
been  put  in  posaesaiou  of  oommodioua  pub- 
lic buildings.  Ue  has  occupied  several 
positions  uf  honuur,  conferred  up<m  him 
by  hia  feliow-townauien.  lie  haa  been  a 
menitwr  of  the  (Jornwall  Town  Council  ; 
trustee  of  the  Grammar  school  ;  president 
of  the  local  Kifle  Aasooiatiun,  etc.  Dr. 
Bergin  waa  first  returned  to  the  House  of 
Commona  for  Cornwall  in  1872,  by  acclama- 
tiou.  At  the  general  election  tif  1874,  Dr. 
Bergin  was  defeated  by  A.  F.  MacJunald, 
by  a  majority  of  twenty-three  votes.  Mr. 
MaodonaJd  hftvmg  been  unseated,  a  new 
election  took  place  in  September,  with  the 
aarao  result, — Mr.  Macdonald'a  majority 
being  forty.  A  t  the  general  election  of 
1878,  Dr.  Bergin  defeated  D.B.  McLennan. 
Having  been  unseated,  a  non  election  took 
place,  in  January,  188(),  when  Dr.  Bergin 
again  defeated  Mr.  AIcLennan,  by  au  in- 
oreaaed  majority.     He  waa  re-elected  at  the 


general  election  of  1882,  for  the  now  am« 
atittiency  of  Cornwnll  and  Stonnont,  defeat 
ing  the  late  James  Belhune,  Q. 0.     Dr. 
gin    has  proved  a  most    naefnl    member  of 
parliameitt      As  a  sfwAker  he  ia  Buent 
makes  hia  points  with  marked  pRrspicQity.] 
and  he  ia  the  poasesaor  of  a  iifood  voioe.    U« 
haa  taken  great  interest  in  the  question  oT 
factory  legislation,  and  on  two  ocoaaioua  in- 
troduced  bills  on  the  subject     He  u  tfia 
principnl  prom(»t«r  of  the  t)ntArio  and  Pa- 
cific  railway.      In  politics  Dr.   Bercin  ia  a 
supporter  of  the  Conservative  adwinistn- 
tiou.     In  religion  he  is  a  Roman  Cat^r'- 
He  is  a  bachelor.      Hia   numerons   - 
((ualiiies  have  secured    for  hita  a  hoai    .i 
friends. 

iI«n<lcrBon,  Rev.  W.  C,  M.A.,  St. 
Mary'a,  Ontario,  a   minister   of  the  Meth- 
odist chnrch,    was  born  in    the  Count v  *'f 
Huntington,    in    the  Province  of  Quebec,- 
on  the  11th  of  February,  1834.     Hia  parent 
were    Archibald  and    Adeline,  tlie    mattJeaj 
name  of  his  mother  being  Stearns.      V\liea4 
a  lad,  our  subject  attended  for  ai<me  tiuu 
the  seminary  at  Cazeuuvia,  NeM' York  atat^^l 
tftkiug  a  general  course  i<f  study.   At  th«  ag«  i 
of  seventoen,  through  the   ministry  of  th* 
Rev.    James  Hrnck,   he  waa    led  to   a  aav 
ing  knowledge  of    the    truth    as    it    is  in 
Josuu,  and  a  few  months  after  waa  l«d  by 
the  Spirit  of  God  into    the  work  uf  preset^ 
ing  to  others.      Wliile  yet  in  hia  teens,  h«^ 
had    the   happiness    of    seeing    many     ti 
through  hia  labours  to  seek  salvation.     Ii 
1854  he   went  to  Victoria  University,   C 
bourg,  where  he  remained  for  three  yeaTaj| 
In  1857  he  left  the  college  and  was  reoeivct 
up4m  probation,  as  a  mitnster  l>y  the  Ooii-< 
ferenoe  of  the  NVesleyan  Mulhodist  Church, 
and  appointed  junior  ininiatt^r  ou  the  Pi»rj 
Hojte  circuit.      In  1858  he  was   appointed 
til  Belleville,   and  in  1859  returned  to  col« 
legp  at  Cobourg,  and  completed  the  coiirac 
of  study,  graduating  in  18(>0,  and  receivini 
the  degree  of  B.A.     In    1808  he  obtaim 
the  degree  of  M./V.  from  the  same  Univei 
sity.      He  was  ordained  in  1?SG0,  in  the  Cif 
uf   Kingaton,    the    late    Rev.   Dr.    Stiiiaou, 
being  president  of  the  conference.      By  t^ 
conference,  likewise,   he  was  appointed  U 
London  city,  with  the  Bov.  f».  R    Snndei 
son,  aa  enperintendent,      At  that  time  tl 
whole    of  the  city  conatttured   one    circiii) 
with  two  raininters.     In  IHOI,  on  the  lat 
July,     Mr.      Henderson      manned     Emmi 
Overend,  of  the  City  of  Kingston,  and 
tiinied  to  Loudon  for  the  year.     Since  tlu 
time    he    haa    had    the    following   appoini 
ments  : — Kingston,    Hemmingford,    Odelh 


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towii«  CornwfcU,  Stratford,  Godorich,  8ar* 
01%,  :>lr4throy,  and  St.  MaryV  During 
tb«>  three  years  that  he  was  «tAttoned  in 
Onmwall,  he  held  tlie  p>«8itinn  of  local 
superintendent  n£  the  public  hcIicniIb  of  the 
Inwii,  and  ut  such  was  nno  of  tho  examinera 
ol  ptiVjtic  Aohnnl  teachers.  When  ho  woa 
«pl>oiDitid  toSitmia,  in  1S77,  he  was  elected 
by  the  ojiifereiice  to  the  nfhoo  of  chairman 
of  the  district,  which  position  he  held,  beinji; 
elected  a'lniially,  for  the  six  years  he  was 
•'.  4  '      II  that  district.       He  has    also 

k»  uitin    of  the   district  since   that 

I.I  ;    honiMired  by  his  brethren  in 

t  a  mt-mbor  of  the  General 

oi>».v>v>.v.v  •.  ihe  Methodist  church  of 
Canula,  of  1878,  held  in  the  City  of  Mon- 
treal, and  of  that  of  1H82,  held  in  dauiil- 
Ion.  He  waa  also  a  member  of  the  Special 
6«>n«ral  conference  of  IHti3,  held  in  Bello- 
viU«,  to  consider  the  baaja  '>f  union.  He 
wwm  also  a  member  of  the  United  General 
conference  of  the  Methodist  church,  held 
ftUu  in  the  City  of  Bollovillu.  Ho  has  seen 
iwtj  unions  ia  ihe  MeUuHlism  of  <*anttda. 
First,  the  union  between  the  Wesleyan 
•nd  New  C-unnexion  branches,  formijii; 
the  Methodiat  church  of  Canada  ;  and 
•pcondly  the  union  between  the  Metho- 
dist church  of  Canada,  the  Primitive 
Methodist  church,  tho  Bible  Christian 
charch  and  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  forming  the  Methodist  church. 
The  London  conference  of  the  Methodise 
church  of  Canada,  held  its  last  session, 
prior  to  union,  in  the  City  of  Ouelph,  com- 
mencing on  the  4th  of  June,  1884.  At  this 
conference  •  »ur  subject  was  elected  presiden t, 
and  fto,  was  tho  last  president  of  the  Lon- 
don confercnoo  of  tho  Muthotlist  church  of 
Catiada.  The  Guelph  conference  of  the 
MethoJist  church  held  its  iirst  session  in 
Clinton,  commeuciug  on  the  18th  of  June, 
of  tho  same  year^  and  at  this  conference  he 
waa  elected  pruaiilunt.  and  so  was  the  di*st 
preaident  of  the  Gtielph  ounferenoe  of  the 
Methodist  church,  Iwing  elected  president 
t«i(M  in  the  aame  year.  Mr.  Henderson 
has  always  l>een  dovoted  to  hin  work,  and 
in  it  lua  been  successful ,  His  religious 
Tivws  aro  in  rntire  liarmony  with  the  doo- 
irinus  of  the  Mrtliii«list  church. 

l-arpmael,  Cliarlea.M.A.,  F.R.S.C.. 
F.  U.A  8.,  Ute  Fellow  of  St.  John's  College, 
Camhrid(;e,  Director  of  tho  Maf^netic  Ob- 
•arratory,  Toronto,  and  bu|»erintendent  of 
the  MM«orological  Service  of  the  D.miinion  | 
of  l^ansda.  was  bom  on  Se[itembtir  lUlh,  j 
^^  -eatham  Hill,    Surrey, 'Kntjland, 

1-  .:hth  sou  and  tenth   child  of  a 


family  of  eleven,  nine  bt^s  and  two  girls, 
all  of  whom  nro  living.  His  psrenu  were 
William  Carjimael  nnd  Sarah,  whose  maiden 
nnme  wils  F^itt  ;  Wdliam  Carpraael  being 
well  known  ns  a  patent  a^^ent.  author  of 
Carpmaers  Patent  Cases,  »tc.  Our  subject 
waa  educated  at  Clapham  Grammar  school, 
under  Charles  Pritchard,  M..\.,  now  Ssvilian 
profisfior  of  Astronomy  at  Oxford,  and  Al- 
fred Wrigley,  .\I.A.,  formerly  professor  of 
Mathematics  at  Adiscombe.  The  studies  to 
which  his  attention  was  more  p;»rticnlarly 
turned  were  mathemtitica  and  nKtiintl  and 
experimental  scipnees.  In  the  spriiii!  of  18f»o 
he  obtained  n  minor  acholarship  at  St.  John's 
College,  Cambridge,  and  went  into  residence 
in  tiiut  institution  iu  ^>ctober  of  that  year. 
His  studies  during  the  next  throe  years  and 
a  quarter  were  almost  entirely  mathematical. 
In  June,  18(>8,  he  obtained  a  foundation 
scholarship  ;  and  in  J&uuary,  1869,  he  enter- 
ed for  the  mathematical  tri{>os,  and  was 
classed  sixth  in  tho  list  of  wranglers.  The 
next  year  Mr.  Cirpmael  devoted  himself  to 
the  study  uf  chemistry  and  physics.  In  the 
following  year,  1870,  and  durini;  the  first 
six  months  ut  1871*  he  studied  law,  hnving 
some  time  previously  entered  at  the  Middle 
Temple.  In  November,  1870.  he  was  elect- 
ed Fellow  of  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge. 
It  ia  worthy  of  note  that  two  other  Fellows 
of  this  college,  who  were  also  sixth  wrang- 
lers, have  resided  in  Toronto,  viz. ,  Mr.  J. 
B.  Cherriman.,  late  professor  of  Mathema- 
tics in  the  I  niversity  of  Toronto,  and  the 
Itev.  C.  W.  E.  Body,  the  present  pmvogt  of 
Trinity  College.  Id  Ddcember,  1870.  he 
waa  a  member  of  tho  British  Eclipse  Expe- 
dition to  Spain.  Tho  station  from  which 
the  party  to  which  he  l^elouged  made  their 
observations  was  Eateponia,  on  the  Modi- 
terraneHu  coast,  about  thirty-6ve  miles  from 
Gibraltar,  and  Mr.  Carpiuaul  took  n  spectro- 
scopic observation  **{  the  corona.  Gwuig  it^ 
unfavorable  weather,  the  observation  was 
not  very  sslisfsctory.  Our  subject  hai  felt 
much  interest  in  volunteer  mov(«menla,  and 
has  been  a  member  of  two  oorps,  though  he 
has  seen  no  active  service.  He  was  appoint* 
ed  deputy  superintendent  of  the  Meteoro- 
logical Seivice  uf  Ciinada,  in  Ocuiber,  1872  ; 
and  director  of  tho  Magnetic  ' 'bser^'atory 
and  suijerintendeut  of  the  Metoomloj^tcil 
iServioe,  iu  February,  1H80,  which  ottices  he 
still  holds,  Mr.  Carpmael  has  travt<lleil  at 
vsrious  times  in  France,  Holhaid,  North 
Germany,  Switzerland,  the  north  of  Italy, 
and  in  Spain.  Hj  first  visited  tho  Cuitod 
Slates  and  Canada  in  thr*  autumn  of  1871. 
and  romaiuvd  until  May,  1872.     During  this 


ua 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


tour  he  viHttid  Toronto,  which  vUit  ulti- 
tnately  led  to  his  settling  in  O&nadA,  u  upon 
his  rtjtiirn  to  Gn^Und  he  waa  offered  the 
pi.>sition  of  deputy  au peri n tend ent  of  the 
then  newly  established  Meteorological  Ser- 
vice. His  religious  views  nro  thoec  tif  the 
Church  of  England.  He  married  in  June, 
187*j.  Julia,  younu'ost  daughter  uf  Walter 
McKun^iu^  uf  Castle  Frank,  Toronto,  clerk 
of  the  Cuiuity  court.  This  lady  died  at  AiktJn, 
8.  C.»  in  February,  1882,  leaving  two  child- 
ren, one  boy  and  one  girl.  In  1882,  whoa 
His  Excelleiioy  the  Marquia  of  Lome,  ea- 
tablished  thu  Ilr^yal  Society  of  Canada,  he 
appointed  Mr.  Carpmael  one  of  the  prosi- 
deuts  of  aecciun  ill  uf  tlut  society.  He 
waa  elected  by  the  section  vice-president  fur 
the  fuUowini;  year  ;  again  vice-president  for 
the  year  18So,  and  president  for  the  year 
1880.  Tho,Meteorologicftl  department,  at  the 
head  of  vrhich  Mr.  Crirpmael  has  been  plac- 
ed, is  one  of  the  moat  important  branches  of 
the  public  service,  and  government,  it  is  gen- 
erally admitted,  was  wise  iii  ita  choice  of  a 
chief.  The  only  other  comment  we  feel 
callmi  upon  to  offer,  in  this  connection,  iato 
say  that  this  service  has  become  one  of  such 
important  utility  that  it  is  every  day  re- 
vealed to  us  that  it  does  not  extend  far 
enough.  We  tmat  that  governmont  will 
find  itself  soon  in  a  positiuu  to  b«  ablo  to 
deal  more  liberally  with  an  organizatioa  uf 
■uoh  very  great  iuiportance. 

llliall,Edwarcl,  Deputy-Mintster.Oom- 
miasioner  of  Inland  U^venue  and  Commis- 
aioner  of  Standards,  Ottawa,  was  born  at 
Leicester.  England,  in  IS38.  He  ia  aeon  of 
the  late  Edward  Miall,  M.P.for  Bradford  in 
the  English  House  of  Commons.  He  received 
his  education  in  England,  and  in  1809  came 
to  Canada,  taking  up  hia  abode  in  Oshawa. 
In  18G0  he  married  Mias  A.  Arkl&nd,  of 
Oshawa,  by  whom  he  has  bad  five  children. 
In  1870  Mr.  Miall  entered  the  civil  service 
of  Canada,  and  two  yaara  later  was  ap- 
pointed aasiatani  oommiBBioDor  of  Inland 
Revenue.  It  will  not  be  overstepping  the 
bounds  to  say  that  Mr.  Miall  was  a  very 
different  stamp  of  man  from  some  of  thoae 
who  outer  the  service,  and  revolve  upward 
OB  the  wheels  in  their  ap])oiuted  seasons 
turn,  lie  was  a  gentleman  of  wide  experi- 
ence and  close  observation,  and  his  depart- 
ment and  the  government  soon  came  to 
recogniKe  in  him  those  very  desirable  quali- 
ties. His  abilities  were  utilized  on  behalf 
of  the  goverumeut  during  the  session  of  the 
histiirical  Fishery  coromLasiou  which  met 
at  Halifia,  ui  1877 ;  and  the  manner  in 
which  he  performed  the  duties  assigned  him 


tliere  waa  in  the  highest  degree  Mtiafaetncy. 
During   188081  the   well-known  Cansdi 
Paci6c    Railway  commi>»sion    sat  and 
ducted  investigation 8,  nnd  i>  '     itit 

of  his  experience  and  jiid^i.  \\\ 

was  chosen  as  a  member  of  Ic 

1 883  he  received  tlie  fullest  i  ■  i  g<iT« 

emmeut  could  make  of  his  uu   .......  ..*.», 

receiving  the  appoiutm^mt.  wluoh  he  no»| 
holdii.  of  deputy-minister  nud  ctMnmia&ian< 
of  Inland  Revenue  and  of  Standards.  Thi 
duties  pertaining  to  this  office  are  vMierou*. 
numerous  and  perplexing,  but  Mr.  MtoU't 
administration  has  bt^on  extremely  satisfac- 
tory, and  there  is  an  end  of  the  numerout 
and  loud  complaints,  which,  wht<thur  jnitly 
or  unjustly,  were  made  respecting  tlu*  de- 
partment before  he  assumed  its  ninnar;>.«nicTit 

Gnakln.l'aplfitnJoliu,  ex  " 
the  Oitj*  of  KiiigHlAMi,  was  bom  in 
on    the    third    day    of    April,    J  rt4> '.       ni5 
parents,    Robert     Ga^kin     and     Margaret 
Burton,  were  bom  in  the  County  Tynme, 
in    tlie    north    of    Ireland,    and    came    to 
Canatla   in    the    year   18Lt5.     One  of   th< 
family  come  to  this  country  with  them.  Thi 
family   consisted  of  eight — four  beys   ani 
four  girls — of  whom  six  are  now  living,  mu 
five  married  an<}  having  lar^e  familiea. 
father  was  a  soldier  in   the    rebellion 
'37-38,  and  turned  ovit  with  other  loyal 
zens  to  defend  their  homes  and   firesides^ 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  reoeived  his  edi 
cation  chiefly  at  the  preparatory  school,  ooi 
ducted  by  the  Reverend  Mr.  Borthwick.bul 
when  young  went  to  work  witb  ex-dlayi 
John  Flanigan,  and  remained  with  him  am 
years.     While  with  him  he  received  his  first' 
lessons  in  business.     On  leaving  Mr.  Flani- 
gan's  employ  he  went  on  board  the  steomei 
ScoUaiid^  then  commanded  by  Capt&iu  FJ 
Patterson,  who  gave  him  his  hrst  eduostir 
in  steamboat  matters.     After  that  he  hell 
positions  of  responsibility  on  the  stearoi 
ITuroHj    Gtorgt     Mo^att,    Bmutford,    aui 
Haiig^j  all  owned  by  the  late  firm  of  Hea< 
dorson  and  Holscomb,  forwarders    On  tl 
last-named  boat  ho  held  the  position  of  ea[ 
tain  for  two  yean.     A  period  of  five  yoaxi^ 
elapsed  between  the   time    when  be   com- 
menced sailing  and  the  time  when  he  be- 
came  captain  of   the   Jiau^nr,   and  he  was 
captain  of  the  Haiu^er  at  twenty-four  years 
of  age.     The   second   year    thnt    he    oont 
maudcd    tlio  finngrr   was   the   year  of  th< 
Fenian  raid,     Ho  was  bonnd  down  the 
Lawrence    with   hia    steamer,    but,     whili 
passing   Prescott,    the   authorities    at    thj 
place  iired  across  hia  bows  and  wanted  liii 
to  stop,  as  it  was  considered  unsafe  to 


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P*^ 


down  the   HrM'.     He*ring,  howuvor,  thmt 

Ihara  h  .  At  Coruwal],  at  at  Malnne, 

Beftr     '  and    tliKt    the    voluntoera 

trMD  KuigALiiu  witirv  Uture,  and  l>eing  one  of 

their  number^  ha  wan  iwnrioiis  to  bo  among 

ha  GomxAdttB.  and  eo  ooDtinucd  hid  oourae 

VBiaX   he  nwihiKi   Oomvrallf    and    stopped 

Ibsio.  '  iiig  '-*oruwRll  hu  found  timt 

Uw  vi^  -id  juat  arrivvd,  and  that 

iLiM  «•»»  u<<:>i>  excUeuieut.     The  ordera  of 

ti*  oommonding  ofticar  were    to   allow  no 

tt  oC  mxxy  description  io  pass  without  ro- 

img.     TUia    waa    dune,    and    tlie    com- 

olticor  asked  him  what  his  cargo 

of,  aud  h6  rephod  :  '*  Pork^  puiis^ 

iaky/'      The  otlio^r  ropliwl  tliat  the 

WAS  JMst  what  waA    rt^iuired,  aa  the 

rk  wciuld   feed  thu  men,  the   petks  would 

if    tb«y    were   abort    of   shot,   and  th** 

would  put  lif^  in   the  boys.      The 

Jti^   boAt  in    c&aa  she  w&a 

isnldicys  to  any  placo.    The 

:  n  *  tile  Tolonteen  found  that 

'jK  not  a«  good  as  some  of 

gu:  Ai   it'wntif  and  he  had    No.  1,  his 

4f«Ti  company  duwn  iu  the  eteamer,  where 

''--    '---f~-   iMUvrtAinml    with   the    be«t  the 

.tford.     The  boat?wa«  kept  there 

l^  .....  ~i,j£,  and  then  released.     Before  he 

tb«rB   waa   a  hirge   nunxhhr   of    boats 

led.  aud  a  gun-boat   was  sent  with 

far  as  Montreal.     After  getting  ten 

down  Coteau  Lake  the  gun-boat  ran 

•ihore  ou  an  island,  nud  dred  a  signal-gun 

■aklni:  t)t^<  ntoamorsttj  come  toher  asftistnnce. 

T  wont  and  pulled  her  off.     Very 

(.  ^  rwards  the  gun^boat  got  ashore 

and    another   gun    waa  Hred.     I'his 

the  iCitiujtr  did  not  go  to  h&r  aasist* 

amet^  aa  thay   wautod  to  prooeed  on  their 

Toy«^,  aad  it  was  a  dangerous  place  for  a 

kuMftd  bt>at  to  approach.     As  shu  waa  paaa* 

iagf    however,    the   gun-bont   Hrod   a   ahoi 

-"- —  *r-'  bows  and  made  her  stop.     The 

1 1  came  to  Jind  got  the  }?un-boat 

I   time.     \V)iile  working  at  her 

<    of  the  HiiH'jti  went  aboard  with 

.it,  and   in  conversation  with  the 

■■    ol    thp   gunboat,    Captain  Gaakin 

..  od  that  ttiu  pilot  must  be  a  Fenian. 

/ird  no  more  i^'f  this  remark  for  two 

■'It    wiiilf   rf-I"'»'liiiy    the  BatujKr  in 

iied  him  and  said 

..bout    was    bein^ 

LnvU  hj  ouurL-mortiiJ  tor  being  a  Fenian. 

H«   accompanied    the    soldier   bo   the    8t. 

LaWTvDOO  nail,    where  the  miva  was  being 

triad,  and  ex[)ianied  (hat  what   ho  hod  aiud 

was  simply  a    uke — tltat  ho  did  not  know 

uiyihiag  abual   the  man,     That  same  faU 


the  Ranger  waa  lost  on  Lake  Krie  on  a  trip 
from  Toledo  to  Montreal  in  a  very  severe 
galij  near  Port  Stanley,  but  all  hands  wore 
AAVod,  though  with  mnt^h  diflfioulty.  Next 
year  he  WL>nt  on  board  the  stearnt^r  Gei/rgian, 
bulon^ng  to  the  same  line,  but  three  yeara 
afterwards  became  ci>unectod  with  tlie 
Montreal  Transportation  Company,  of  Mon- 
treal, au<l  commanded  the  steamer  Zfruno. 
Ue  remained  in  that  capacity  for  twoyeniB, 
beini;  part  owner.  At  the  end  of  the  two 
years  she  waa  sold,  and  he  then  bt>c:ane 
outside  manager  of  the  company  in  Kings- 
ton.  This  is  the  lursiest  transportation 
lirm  iu  Ctiuoda,  haviog  some  fifty-live 
vtiasels,  consisting  of  tugs,  barges,  sailing 
veastils,  and  elevators,  and  for  some  years 
they  have  dune  all  their  buildiiit^  and  re- 
pairini*  in  Kingston,  and  have  built  there 
some  of  the  largest  voraols  ever  built  in 
Canada.  Captain  Gaskin  was  an  alderman 
of  the  city  for  several  years,  and  waa  mayor 
in  188L^  and  polled  the  largest  vote  ever 
polled  in  Kingston,  dufeatmg  hia  opponent, 
Wm.  McKoBRie,  by  51:^.  He  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  Orange  order  since  he  was 
eighteen  years  of  age,  and  passed  through 
the  ilitferont  grades  and  became  county 
master  for  •South  Frontenac.  He  has  always 
been  considered  a  leading  spirit  in  the  order 
since  he  joined  it,  although  almost  a  boy  at 
the  time.  Ue  is  fearless  and  outs[>okon  in 
defending  the  order,  and,  as  the  <.>rangcmcn 
of  Kingston  own  considerable  property,  and 
have  one  of  the  finest  halls  in  the  Dominion, 
but  cannot  hold  estate  in  their  own  name 
on  account  of  not  having  Orange  incorpora- 
tion, he  holds  all  their  papers.  Fie  has  also 
been  president  i^f  the  Irish  Protestant 
BenovoIooL  Society,  and  also  the  first 
president  of  the  Protestant  Protective  So- 
ciety. Wo  Ims  always  been  a  CouservativOt 
as  his  father  before  him,  and  he  is  now  vice- 
president  of  the  Liberal  Conservative  Asso- 
ciation  f>f  Kingston.  He  has  alio  always 
been  connectod  with  the  Knglish  church. 
He  married,  on  the  1-Uh  April,  I8(i7,  Mnry 
McAlister,  of  Kingston,  and  has  two  boys 
and  two  girls.  His  wife  died  in  1875  ;  ho 
has  not  married  since.  There  is  no  man  in 
Kingston  who  has  been  abused  more  by  the 
opposition  press,  but  he  always  succeeds  in 
keeping  '■  hia  end  up." 

Wliltiug,  John  Lauyon,  Alderman, 
Kingston,  Ontario,  was  bom  at  Amherst- 
burg,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  in  the  afore- 
mentioned provijice,  on  the  23rd  Febniary, 
1851.  Ue  is  a  son  of  the  Reverend  Richard 
Whiting,  a  distinguished  minister  of  the 
Methodist  church,  by  his  wife,  Mary  l^hilp. 


44« 


A  CYChOPMDlA  OF 


both  paronU  being  of  KngliBh  birth.  John 
L.  Whiting  received  bin  e&rly  educational 
training  at  the  Pruvincial  Higli  Schools, 
where  bin  father  waa  stationod,  but  he 
fliiVwequeutly  attended  Victoria  University, 
frt)in  which  institution  hci^aduatodio  187«i, 
B.  A.»  being  tirflt  in  his  year,  and  the  winner 
«f  the  F'rinco  uf  Wales  gold  medal.  Having 
completed  his  college  career,  hi-i-ntered  upon 
the  study  of  law  in  the  nrticeofT.  Dencntt, 
QC,  at  Pernhrnke ;  and  frnin  her**  paaatid 
to  the  otHoo  of  Hricton  &  Prioe,  Kini^Mtou, 
where  ho  completed  his  studieB.  He  was 
called  to  the  bar  in  MichaMbnaa  term,  1877| 
«nd  entered  the  firm  of  Uhttun  A:  Whiting 
in  1878,  continuing  in  such  co-partnership 
■ince.  Having  taken  much  interest  in  muni- 
cipal matters,  and  being  a  in&n  of  marked 
ability,  and  still  further  promise,  he  waa  in- 
ducod  to  ofler  himself  for  a  seat  in  the  city 
counoil  ;  and  for  the  years  1883.  1884  and 
1885,  has  sat  for  St.  Lawrence  ward.  He  is 
extremely  popular,  and  its  looked  upon  as 
cne  of  the  ablest  members  in  theciWc  board. 
In  religii>n.  be  adheres  to  the  faith  <.f  his 
father  ;  and  in  politics  he  is  a  Liberal,  being 
vice-president  of  the  lieform  Aasociation  of 
the  City  of  KingBton. 

Pcnte,  Edward  J.  Barker,  Editi>r 
and  Proprietor  of  X\iQ  liriixfth  HVu'i;  news- 
tjaper,  K  ingiit4)n,  (Jntario,  was  txirn  at 
Kingaton,  ou  the  3rd  June,  1848.  He  is 
a  son  of  Michael  Lorenzo  Pense,  who  was 
at  one  time  proprietor  of  the  Kingston 
Anjtu,  and  for  a  long  perirxl  connected  with 
the  Bi-itUh  WUut,  and  grandson  of  a  well- 
known  U.K.  loyalist  Captain  Michael  Gross, 
whoso  sacriticos  fur  the  crown  in  Now  York 
<luring  the  revolutionary  war  were  rewarded 
at  that  period  by  grants  of  land  upon  the 
site  of  the  present  City  of  Kingston.  His 
mother,  Harriet  Orace.  was  a  danvrhter  of 
Dr.  Barker,  who  was  for  thirty-eight  years 
publisher  of  the  ICAij/,  and  long  the  Nestor 
of  the  Canadian  press.  The  mtbjdct  of  this 
aketch  was,  from  the  age  of  fourteen,  (180:2) 
attached  to  tbe  Whig  stair,  tn  (he  proprie- 
torship of  which  he  succeeded  in  1872,  in- 
creasing the  value  and  circulation  of  that 
paper  nearly  Kcven-fold  in  twelve  years. 
A.fter  sitting  for  Ave  years  as  alderman  for 
Frontenoc  ward,  he  was  elected  mayor  in 
1881,  beiae  the  youngr>Bt  person  who  hB« 
filled  that  chair  in  Kingsfon.  He  sat  for 
six  years  at  the  Public  School  Board,  nnd 
was  chainnati  during  the  years  1878  and 
1879.  Ho  waa  president  of  the  Young 
Men's  Liberal  Club  of  Kingston,  from  1877 
to  1884  ;  of  St.  CJeorne's  Society  in  1878 
•od  1882;  of  the  Kingston  Lacrosse  Club 


for  a  number  of  years  ;  4nd  of  other  athl 
AssociationH  at  dltrorunt  pttriods.  Mr.  Pell 
was    master    of  MimWn  Masonic  lod^ 
1878  and  1879  ;  was  warden  and   luy   dn) 
gate  to  the  Synod  for  St.  Jaraos'  (  K\ 
I  church  for  many  yean,  and  waa    proi 
'  in  the  creation  of  seyenil  important! 
\  chial  improvements.       Ho    is   »  tn 
I  Kingston  Collegiate  Institute  \  a  life 
nor    of     K  ingaton    General    H  ospital' 
president  of  the  Canadian  Press  Ai 
in   I881'18H2,  the  year  of    tbt^    raem« 
trip  of  the   press   men    to    Manitoba. 
!  when  Peusti  station  was  nameil  in    If^kea 
the  visit.     He  married,    in  1870,    Conn 
'  daughter  of  Ray  G.  Vau^han,  of  Kiugst 
,  The  improvement  in  the  W'Vti^,    already 
I  luded  tj-1.  under  Mr.    Penae's   maQogemei 
I  has  been,  we  may  rt^jHsat,  very  conspicuoui 
The    paper  is  conducted  with  ability,  wil 
marked  breadth  of  view,  and   wiih  dignii] 
The  building  from  which  it  isiasucd  is  vei 
handsome    and    commodious,    and   rvflet 
'  great  credit  upon  lU  taaty  and    enterpnain 
proprietor      Mr,   Pense   is  a  staunch 
former,  and  it  goes  without  saying  tlutt  his 
journal    advocates   the   same  cause.      At  s 
writer,   Lhe  suBject   of  this  sketch  is  dear, 
tenw  and  vigorous. 

*«liHiiiioii,    LewU    Wllllum.   B.4., 
Publisher  of  the  Kingston  Daily  Aftrj.  and 
C^ronic^e  and  J^ews,  waa   born  in   Kin^'-  ••' 
on  the  3rd   of  February,  1859.      Hh  it.    .m 
second  son  of  Jamei  Shaouoo,  postm:uii'^r 
of  Kingston,    who  came   to   Canada    ir  >iii 
Moghero,  County  Londonderry,  Ireland,  in 
the  latter  part  of  the  year  1H57.      He  rv- 
ceived   bia   early   education   in    the   publi 
schools  of  his   native   city,    paaaing    froi 
thence  to   the  Grammar  school,    where 
continued  his  studies  under  Samuel  Woo< 
M,  A.,    the    well-known     classical    achol 
and    editor.     In    1873,  at  the  Jig©  of    foi 
teen,    he  matriculated  iu  Queen's    Cni%N 
sity,    taking    second    place    in    a    ch 
twenty  one,  of  which  he  woa  the  y 
member,    and  carrying   olT     the    Ci 
scholarship  of  :$Ri  and  a  fre«  course 
turea.     In  1877  he  graduated  as  bachelor 
orta,    and  in   the   same  year  onloreti    l1 
Royal  college  of  physicians  and  surgeons 
a   student.      But    rapid    growth  during  hi 
arts  course  had  weakened  his  constitntioi 
and   foeUng  unable    to   continue  the    hr 
study  required  in  a  medical  course,  he  lei 
at  Christmas  and  became  assiatAUt  tesob< 
in  tbe   Hawkesbnry  High  school,  where  hi 
remained  during  tbe  year  1K78.    At  Chrial 
mas,  1878,   he  secured  the  appointment 
mathematical  master  in  the  Almoule  Hi 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


449 


— -*    n  he  tilled  with  much 

1,  187l».     HiB  Iie»lth 

%   ..- r.,,.ro<l,  lie  «avt'  up  ttucli- 

tt$  %*iA  rc-ent«r«(l  the  R'jyul  Collt^Ke,  with 

tW   lulention    of     CMnCirtiiinfj    his    luutlical 

W^rm*      Kai  hU  attidiea  were  of  shurl  ilu- 

for  in  February,  lr*80,  ho  succeeded 

»r  in  the  lirin  of  ShAiinuu  &  Meek, 

\n  i}{  the  Dailtt  Ncwn  and  ChronieU 

the  i*Ulor  Mr.   Shannon  having 

titit4Ml    postmaster   of    Kin\;stoD, 

[nuc<J  to  attend  the  medical  college, 

until  the  end  of  the  session,  when 

the  gold  meilal  for  honour  work  in 

listry.  which    is  open   for  competition 

\V'  '    ita  of  all  the  faculties 

irf  Qqli  In  October  of  the 

•  '■♦  out  the  iatert-^'st 

k,  and  tf^ik  full 

J  and  publishing 

•  thwprt-.sent  the 

--.^■-  ..,, ._  ,.;.i;^rejui,  the  oircu- 

IKe  two  papers,  daily  and  weekly, 

icTBMsed  nearly  a  hundred  peroeut., 

;[is{:>t*n»  thtniistilTM  IwLionie  the  moat 

and  eiiteri-trising  between  T<jrunto 

■al.       While  in   Almonte,    Mr. 

[lied    the  local   vohmteera  n»  n 

ate.  xa\\  wore  n  red  coat  aa  right  hand 

of  the  company  (No.  G  company,  42nd 

ion).     Un  his  return  to  Kingston  he 

Itttiuod  his  connection   with  the  volun- 

iitered  the  ranks  aa  full  private 

::i  ii^wny  u(  the  14tli  l):itta1iun,  or, 

TrMii-iL-.r    .  <     Wales'    Own    Ritles.     He   re- 

tuamed  in  the  ranks  two  years,  and  iu  i>iii*Z 

cu  appointed  beutenant,  fur  which  position 

h««|ualiHed  himself  by  tukiiig  a  coarae  of 

losiriji^'fi.h  in  15.  battery,  R.C,A.,  receiving 

h  lin  on  the  lot  ox  August.     On 

U.  :  June.  18tU,  he  was  promoted 

to  the  oipuincy  of  No  D  company,  which, 

vinnff  14.1  the  preas  of  business  duties,  be  re- 

n^owi   in    December,    1885.      Id    1880   lie 

jotoad   Mtnden    lodge,  No.   253,  A.F.  and 

A.M.t  and  has  aince  occupied  several  minor 

nflotts  thcroin.      He  was  junior  warden  in 

1686,  ac.  '  f  1880)  senior  warden.    He 

is  al*o  -  of  tlie  A.  and  A.  Scottish 

i.ry,  and  has  received  the 

Id  politics  he  supports 

-orvative    party,    but    has 

.irt  in  political  movemenu 

._..   ;tie  modinm  of  the  NfK». 

r»er  of  the  Church  of  Knyland, 

i.TTiirrittd.    Mr.  Shannon  is  one 

■  ufi  joumalistt  in  On- 
'  r  he  possesses  much 

'Jccasiona  anse  when 

■  '  strike  with  an  irrm 


hand,  but,  as  a  rule,  the  tone  and  temper  of 
his  work  are  characterized  by  moderateness, 
by  di^Tiity  niid  by  n  senae  nf  respmiaihility. 
RobiiiHoti,  Hon.  John  Bcverlryt 
Lieutenant  -  Uovuruur  of  the  Province  of 
Ontario,  was  born  at  the  patemnl  home- 
slend,  Beverley  House.  Toronto,  on  the  L'lst 
of  Kebrua27, 1H20.  He  is  the  namesnke  and 
second  son  of  the  late  Sir  John  Beverley 
Robmson,  baronet,  chief  justice  of  Upper 
Canada.  Mr.  Uohinson  was  instructed  in 
the  primary  branches  by  private  tuition, 
and  afterwards  oomplettid  his  course  of 
studies  at  Upper  Canada  College.  He  was 
one  of  the  earliest  students  that  attended 
tliis  institution,  and  had  as  a  preceptor 
the  diutinguiahud  soholar  and  master,  the 
Rev.  J.  Q.  Harris.  \  tove  of  manly  spm-tSr 
and  a  splendid  physique.  characterist*d  the 
popular  and  iHvel-headed  Upper  Canada^ 
student ;  and,  as  another  writer  hiin  remark- 
ed, these  qualities  have  accompanied  him 
thntugh  life.  Mr.  Ri^binsou,  at  the  ago 
of  seventeen,  was  one  of  the  aides-de-camp  to 
Sir  Krancis  bond  Head,  and  in  this  way 
was  brought  actively  in  contact  wiiU  the 
civil  troubles  of  1837.  He  accompanied 
his  excellency  from  Government  Mouse  tf> 
Montgomery  3  hotel,  Yonge  street,  on  the 
Tth  of  the  month,  where  the  battle  took 
place  and  the  hotel  and  Gibson's  dwelling 
house  wore  bunie*!  ;  and  he  was  thus  an  eye 
witneisa  of  the  spectacle  which  Sir  Francis- 
Bond  Head  lias  described  with  so  much  fer- 
vour and  picturesqueness  in  "The  Kmi- 
grant.'  It  was  cousidered  expedient  to 
send  despatches  to  the  liritish  representa- 
tive at  Washington,  but  the  office  of  bearer 
in  a  time  of  such  turmoil  was  not  one 
that  titaid  natures  coveted.  The  frontier 
was  in  a  state  of  considerable  tumult, 
owing  to  the  presence  there  of  bands  of 
patriot  sympathizers,  who  would  treat  aa 
agent  rr  envoy  of  government  with  scant 
consideration.  This  dancer  was  known  u> 
the  available  attaches  of  the  governor  ;  but 
the  young  aide-de-camp,  Mr.  Robinson,  no 
sooner  learnt  that  his  chief  needed  a  volun- 
teer, than  he  otfered  himself.  The  danger 
was  pointed  out  to  him,  but  we  can  imag- 
ine hia  refusal  to  discuss  such  a  contingency. 
He  was  then  charged  with  the  despatches, 
and  in  the  face  of  the  wintry  season,  set 
out  for  Washington.  This  was  not  the  day 
of  steam  envinee,  and  cosy  palace  cars,  but 
evorv  mile  ot  the  distanoe  had  to  be  passed 
by  the  trundling  stage  coach.  From  Lewis- 
ton  to  Washington  occupied  a  period  of 
eight  days,  with  only  short  intermission  for 
rest.     How  the  volume  of  Ufe  has  increas* 


430 


A  CTCLOrjEDIA  Of 


G<1  in  the  great  arteries  of  trade  since  that 
day,  will  bo  protty  plainly  »b«u  when  we 
state  that  on  tiie  Diurning  of  lite  yound; 
aide-de-caai[t*s  arrival  in  the  city  tA  New 
Yurk,  there  was  nut  another  paflst^n^or  but 
himself  in  llie  coach,  though  it  was  the  reg- 
ubir  means  uf  travel.  He  remaint^d  for 
several  weeks  at  the  American  capital,  and 
ou  hi»  return  to  Upper  Canada  joined,  at 
Sandwich,  Col.  Hill's  regimont,  in  which  he 
WftB  a  lieutenant,  and  in  which  he  served 
fur  about  a  year.  Shortly  after  the  liirbu- 
lent  spirit  of  this  i>eric>d  bad  been  calmed, 
Mr.  Kobinson  turned  to  the  stuily  of  the 
more  jxiacoful  pursuit  of  law,  entering  the 
office  of  Chrietophor  Alexander  Hagerman. 
a  gontlemnn  eminent  in  his  profession  and 
in  politics,  and  who  Biibse<jiiontly  ^ave  lue- 
tre  to  the  bunch.  After  spending  two  years 
with  Mr.  llageroian,  Mr.  Kobinson  had  his 
articles  transferred  to  James  M.  Strachan, 
of  Strachan  &.  Cameron,  whicli  firm  waA,  in 
those  days,  a  very  prominent  one.  Tilt  the 
expiration  of  his  term,  he  remained  in  their 
ofBce,  and  at  the  Easter  term  of  1844  was 
called  to  the  bar  of  Upper  Canada.  Not 
long  after  t>elng  admitted  to  the  bar,  Mr. 
Rohinson  began  practice  at  Toronto,  and 
continued  in  the  sime,  forming  several  pro- 
feasional  partnerships  in  the  meantime,  till 
his  appointment  to  the  lieutenant-govemor- 
ahip  of  Ontario,  on  the  30tb  of  June,  1880, 
SQCceeding  the  Hon.  Donald  A.  Macdonald. 
But  the  bio^apher  wouhl  be  very  unworth- 
ily performing  his  task  if  he  failed  to  call 
attention  to  the  great  energy  and  succeas  of 
Mr.  Kubins<m  in  several  important  enter- 
prises  lying  beyond  his  professional  sphere. 
Indifference  or  op[)osition  on  the  part  uf  the 
people  toward  an  undertaking  in  which  he 
had  faith,  otdy  kindled  his  enthusiasm,  and 
drew  forth  his  great  activities.  As  a  case 
in  point,  we  may  mention  bis  connection 
with  the  project  of  building  what  was  called 
the  Brat  ^' city  railroad."  This  was  the 
Northern  railroad,  a  schema  to  which  some 
of  the  cittKens  ofTered  the  most  violent  op- 
position, and  which  the  greal  bulk  of  the 
people  regarded  as  an  imposaible  undertak- 
ing. There  are  many  citizens  of  Toronto 
who  will  remember  the  ringing  appeals 
made  to  the  public  by  Mr.  Kobinson,  and 
the  many  meetings  that  he  called  to  discuss 
the  great  enterprine.  In  18M  he  had  been 
elected  for  St.  Ritrick's  ward,  which  at  that 
time  iucludod  the  present  wards  of  St.  Pat- 
rick and  St.  John,  holding  his  seat  for  six 
consecutive  years.  It  was  in  his  character 
as  civic  representative  that  he  took  the 
part  which  we  have  described  in  the  Nor- 


thern railway  nroject ;  and,  but  for  the 
spect  and  cunbdencv  with   which  he  had  m* 

spired  the  citiXMos,  the  ncbi-- '  miJ 

have  come  in  a  far  more  ta^  i      I 

was  his  hftud  that  framed  t!  ■^■' 

lutims  pri'ividing  f^r  lari^e  n 
the  Northern  and  the  Gueli  i 
roads,  and  it  waa  his  persiatent  energy  thai 
carried  them  through  the  Ci>unoiK  who 
afterwards  nominated  him  ai  their  rrpi 
sentative  on  the  Board  uf  I^irvctors.  Q 
exertions  on  behalf  of  the  company  w 
held  in  such  high  regard  that,  in  1K02, 
was  chosen  president,  which  otlice  he  hel 
to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  all  concern' 
for  a  period  of  thirteen  years,  with  amiiK 
well  known  direct'^r,  when  he  was  diapl 
fur  tlie  ^ood  and  lu^ical  reas/jn  that  he  dii 
fered  from  the  management  in  poll 
Hnt  it  was  not  alone  in  this  respect  th 
Mr.  Robinson  displayed  his  energy  si 
his  interest  in  the  welfart^  of  the  provmcv. 
For  the  year  1801,  numermiA  ariicles  iiisy 
be  seen  in  the  newspapers  bearing  tribnlfl 
to  the  yeoman  service  which  the  vtnrdjr 
young  barrister  had  done  in  the  commu- 
nity. There  was  really  uo  worthy  enter- 
prise which  needed  a  UniUr  that  did  not 
tind  in  him  a  champion,  with  his  sleeves 
rolled  up,  in  the  fore  fn-nt  ;  and  it  wa»  s 
characteristic  of  his  to  strike  out  more  U>  I 
ly  when  timid  ones  husi rated.  It  is  di.r!  .- 
timt'B  of  experiment  and  tentative  action, 
that  a  man  with  clear  understanding  and 
self-reliince  stands  out  superior  ;  and  it 
is  only  the  amplest  justice  to  say  that  sucl) 
was  tlie  tigure  of  Mr.  Kobinson  durin*^*  the 
periods  which  we  try  i*>  describe.  Al*out 
the  year  18CI,  Mr.  Robinson  prt>Ge«ded  to 
England  with  the  object  of  putting  a  targe 
traci  of  land  in  Ontario  upon  the  marke' 
for  sale.  Many  persons  ojnsitlered 
enterprise  a  hopeless  one«  but  their  aaioa 
ishment,  and  that  of  the  public  generally, 
may  bo  surmised,  when  they  learned  that 
he  had  sold  a  million  acrw  — now  forming 
part  of  the  County  of  Haliburton.  and 
subject  to  the  conditions  of  settlement 
published  by  the  <^vo  wn  Lands  De 
ment.  A  circumstance  in  connection  wi 
this,  and  worthy  of  note  is,  that  he  wafr| 
successful  in  obtaining  as  (he  first  presi 
dent  uf  the  company,  a  former  lieutenant- 
governor  of  Upper  Canada,  Sir  Francis  Bond 
Head,  and  as  vice-president,  the  preseut 
Earl  of  Salisbury,  Premier  of  Englaiid, 
that  time,  Lord  Robert  Cucil.  It  was  co! 
sidered  hardly  possible  that  such  an  euoi 
mous  sale  hnd  been  made,  and  the  Hon 
Mr.  Crawford,  as  we  find  by  the  Legialatita 


CAJ^ADi 


UJ'lil. 


45L 


6«r!iftt^«  enqnireil  of  tho  Hon.  Mr. 
itiiuit    in  hi^    {tUce   in  the   Senate, 
it    were   truM   tliiit   tliis   sfile   Itiul 
lUoe,    to   which    Mr.   Viiukouij'inet 
*  Th»t  the  iwle  of  the  townnliii* 
English    oiiipttuy.   nn  iiivtitKHtJd    in 
'   r»r|iort  of    tlie   coniuiiiiaiunt'r  of 
•-1,  wuiild  ^^e  suciteitsfnily  earned 
.MR.,-,    chiefly    Ui    the    exlrnorclinary 
ximl  and  energy  shown  by  Mr.  J.  U.  Uohin- 
....t.    t\ir-   iui,,,,.-  nK-inher  for  Toronto. "      We 
by   Iho  buiJyet   speech  <>f 
U  •'ter,  thttt  the  sal^  added  to 

treaKtiry   revenue  th^  sum   of  1'00,1X)0 
It  waa  Mr.  R<:)binson'B  unterpriftv,  too, 
It  originated  and  ostabliahc*}  th*>  Wisteni 
U     building    and    Lcmo    Auociatinn, 
DontmeuciDg  from    Bmall  things  Km 
Ickpito.!  of  millions.  &nd  is  one  of  thti 
'•uccv^-Aftful  6nanoiul  institutions  in  the 
tmry.     There  was  &  time  in  thv  hiiiory 
Toe'tnto.  wht«n  the  hotel  accuuiinodatiun 
Of't  c<.-iumeiuuratv  with  the  nt'eds  of  the 
'    whilf  the  peijpde  stumbled  that 
li  B'f,  Mr.  K'jbinson  wont  among 
TM*"- -'"4.    And    [>eraonidly  coUocted  the 
Mu  of  ^1^,6<X),  which  WES  paid  over 
Me«Brs.  HoBsin  for  the  purchaao  of 
itid    ttie  cfiustruciion  and  furnishiutj 
ft  hotel  upim  it.     Mt'sars.  Kossin  ackuow- 
*d  their  (sratilude  by  a  handsome  t«s- 
lOtitAl    which    uow    ftdurna    Uuvernment 
».    Mr.  Kobinsou  was  for  a  time  presi- 
it    of   the    city    cttuncil,    and    in     1857 
waa    eliN3ted   mayor  itC   the  city.     At    tbc 
a#xi  ^ent?m1  niecijon  he  waa   a  candidate 
!        .)  >  rupreaentation  iu  the  old 
,  *meni,     and   waa    returned 
Wi'ij    vsiih  the  Hon.  George    Brown. 
rorthy  of  note  that  Mr.  Kobinaon  was 
I'T  of    the   reuoiution,  moved  by 
vin.  winch  defeated  the  *' Short 
^tion'    Iwl  by  (it;or;^e  Brown,  and 
.'  what  wa4  afterwards  known  as 
.^abie  shufHe.*'     Mr,    Robin»<m,  like 
nd  a!l  the  members  of  his  f  ibmily , 
rvative,  and  ho  uavo  aairong  and 
Itoaviy   support  to  the   Ciirtier- Macdonald 
adminiatrattou.       While    in   jjarliameut    he 
waa  uiatrn menial  iu  pritcuriug  the  passage 
of  sen  *f ri^l  »cla  in  reference  m  the  Turonto 
the  re-efttiLbtishment  of  the  Nor- 
Aji.aod  minyothurlucalLmprovti- 
rtfince.     <>Q  the  27th  Miroh, 
II.'   president  of   the  Counoil 
ID  me  1  arut.r- MacdouaJd   admiiiistralion, 
lh»1ding  that  otlioe  till  the  montfi  of  May 
loU^JWing.        Ill    1^72    ho    was    returned    to 
mrluumcnt    for   .Algoma,    hav.iig   used   hia 
AnecyMa  in  Ui«  development  of  the  mining 


and  other  intereata  of  that  county,  and  re- 
prefiODting  this  distriot  till  the  di^isulution. 
On  the  17th  of  September,  1878,  he  was  re- 
lunu'd  f.^r  West  Toronto  by  the  ver^'  large 
umjoMty  of  l>!i7  volets  overThodJiia  lludgius, 
the  Reform  candidate,  this  being  the  seventh 
election  he  had  run  in  the  interests  of  bis 
party  in  tho  city  of  Toronto.     Uh  contiiiUHd 
to  represent  West  Toronto  until  hi<tHppoint- 
Mient  to  the  lieulenant-goveniorahip.      The 
Hon,  Mr.    Uobiuaon  was  for  n  number  of 
years  solicitor  to  the  oorjKtrnUon  of  the  City 
of  Toronto  ;  liaa  held  several  tillicos  in  con- 
nection  with  hnauctal   and   public  inatitu- 
tions,  and  has  l<een  president  of  Ht.  (ieort^c'a 
Society  of  Tor>>nto.    Un  the  Hoth  .Iuhh,  1874, 
lie  imirried  Mary  Jane  f^agerman,  dau^jhter 
of  his  former  principal  in  hi«  legal  stiidies. 
Mr.  KobiuBon  haa  never  made  any  display 
of  sleight-of  hand  in  politics.     He  has  not 
sought  to  bv  prominent  or  popular,  or  much 
in  men's  mouths,  by  the  small  trickis  with 
which  aoQio  smaller  men  make  tlieniselvea 
in  their  day  illustrious.    But  the  Hon  John 
B:^verley    Robinson's    career    has    been    a 
strong  and  manly  one  ;  and  this  term  m«nly 
applies  aa  much  to  his  public  career  as  it 
does  to  his  private  life.      He  haa  a  sound 
and  enlightened  understanding,  has  a  cool 
head,   and,  while    a   staunch  partyist,  has 
never  been  party  blind.      In  tunnrli,  or  in 
liriies  of  politicid  hurry,  he  has  alw^tys  been 
an    emmently   safe    man,    for   he    ttaa    the 
quality  of  beiuf^  able  to  keep  cool,  and  so 
remain  maater  of  the   situation.      In  social 
life,   whether  aa  lieutenant-governor  or  aa 
a  citizen,  Mr.  Robinson,  is  a  favourite,  and 
chieHy  because  of  all  those  hue  and  capable 
qualities,  which  we  cannot  do  bet'er  than 
describe  once  again  as  "manly."    Hia  Hon- 
our IS  yet  in  the  pnme  of  his  physical  and 
intidlei'tual  strength,  and  we  do  not  thmbt 
that  there  are  many  years  of  distinguished 
service  yet  in  store  for  him  ;  and  as  a  proof 
that  the  peupto  are  of  our  opinion,  we  may 
atatu  that  petitiona  from  many  municipali- 
ties in  all  parts  of  the  province,  and  repre- 
si.;utiug   every   shade   of   political   opinion, 
have  been  ferwarded  to  the  government  at 
Ottawa,    praying   that   his  appointment  as 
lieutenant-govern  ir  may  be  continued   for 
another  t^rin.      To  till  satisfactorily  the  po- 
aitioa  now  held  by  His  Honour,  aa  the  he«d 
of  provincial   society,  is  a  task  of  c  insider- 
able  diffiouUy  ;  but  the  duty  has  b<*eiL  made 
easy  by  the  aaaistance  of  Mrs    Robiuartn, 
who  carried  into  (jovumment  House  all  the 
skill  and  graces  which  hod  marked  her  as 
a   hostess  iu   the   sphere  of  private  aocial 
life. 


463 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


Tabarcl,   Very   Rev.  Joseph  ll„ 

D.D.,  of  the  Societ}'  of  Obliito*  of  MAty 
Immaculate,  and  President  of  the  College 
of  Ottawa,  was  born  in  the  Dopartinent  tif 
L'laere,  in  Franco,  on  the  lOlh  April,  1828. 
Feeling  himself  called  to  itii  eccleeiiutica] 
and  missionar}''  life,  be  otfured  hiiuKeU  tcj  the 
Sijciety  of  Oblates,  and  waa  received  into 
the  Novitiate  of  Our  Lady  of  L'Osier,  a  pil- 
grimage in  his  native  department.  Hia  vo- 
cation to  the  state  of  his  choice  having  been 
well  tested  in  that  house  of  probation,  he 
was  transferred  to  the  scholastic  house  of 
the  same  society  at  MarAeiUes.  There  com- 
pleting bia  education,  and  diatingalshiug 
himaelf  in  philosophy  and  theology,  he  waa 
enrolled  a  member  of  the  society,  and  or- 
dained prieat.  It  was  about  that  time  that 
the  society  turned  its  attention  to  forei)rn 
misaionB.  The  pioty,  learning:  and  energy 
of  Father  Tabaret  won  him  a  place  among 
the  first  missionary  Ublatea.  Uis  deatina- 
tion  was  Canada.  There  he  was  received  by 
the  Xiight  Kcv.  Joseph  E.  Guiges,  bishop  of 
Ottawa.  The  zeal  and  talents  of  the  young 
father  found  scope  in  parochial  and  miasion* 
ary  duties  in  several  parta  of  the  diocese  of 
Ottawa,  duties  which  in  those  days  and  those 

§  laces  were  attended  with  hardships  and 
angers  little  s\ispected  in  our  days  of  com- 
parative c  mifort  and  security.  Keligion 
was  yet  in  its  infaucy  in  Ottawa  ;  a  parish 
had  been  formed  ;  a  school  had  next  to  be 
undertaken.  It  was  in  the  year  1853  that 
Father  Tabaret  entered  with  spirit  into  the 
work  of  education,  established  that  auhoul, 
and  conducted  it  with  such  skill  and  perse- 
verance that  he  saw  it  gradually  rise  into 
the  present  University  of  Ottawa,  He  has 
been  at  the  head  of  the  establishment  dur- 
ing the  last  thirty-two  years,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  the  years  i8GG  and  ItiGT,  during 
which  he  wa«  provincial  of  the  province  of 
the  Oblatea  in  North  America,  and  made 
ofiicial  visits  in  the  various  Oblate  missions 
in  Canada  and  the  United  States.  In  Feb- 
ruary, 1854,  Uis  Excellency  the  Governor- 
General  nominated  him  a  member  of  the 
Senate  of  the  Toronto  University.  In  June, 
1862,  he  was  made  vicar-geueral  of  the  di- 
ocese of  Ottawa,  The  year  180G  forms  an 
era  in  the  history  of  the  College  of  ( >ttawa. 
Having  been  inoorporated  by  Act  of  Par- 
liament in  1849,  it  now  received  its  univer- 
sity charter,  conferred  by  the  unanimous 
voice  uf  the  legislature.  In  virtue  of  this 
charter,  the  University  College  possesses  a 
right  to  elect  a  meiuber  of  the  Council  of 
Public  Instruction  for  Ontario,  and  a  ri^fht 
to  confer  university  degrees.       tn  1874  the 


reverend  president  introduced  a  progranUM 
of  sttidies  on  a  more  compreihenaive  tcali 
than  that  previously  followed,  ao  astocoms 
up  to  the  requirements  of  education  in  its 
highest  branches,  and  to  give  the*^  "  -  ' 
Ottawa  a  high  place  among  the  n: 
uf  the  Dominion.  In  1879.  Tope  Lv  ..*.. 
in  recognition  of  his  services  in  religion  aud 
education,  conferred  on  him  the  hoiiuui  uf 
Doctor  of  Divinity.  By  his  ini'- 
care,  the  laboratory  and  pbysic^iJ 
which  ho  originated,  he  haa  lately  greatly 
enlarged  ;  nor  has  be  left  any  bnuich  of  ab- 
stract science  without  facilities  of  exempliti- 
cation.  It  only  reiuaius  to  add  that  this 
college,  ander  the  management  of  a  distm- 
gnished  scholar  and  clergyman,  lias  won  a 
name  far  beyond  the  limita  of  Canada,  and 
is  mainly  atipp^irted  by  young  gentlemen 
from  various  parta  of  the  neighbouring 
republic. 

Feiiwlck,  Kenneth  !Vm  M.D.,>LA., 
M.K.C.S.,  b-ugland,  F.O.S..  EdLubunfb. 
Kingston,  Ontario,  was  bora  on  the  '2\tX 
April,  I8u2,  at  Kingston.  His  father  wa* 
the  Rev.  Kenneth  Fenwick,  who  was  for  a 
period  of  tlurty  years  pastor  of  the  tin*' 
Congregational  church  at  Kingston,  and  it! 
DOW  profeasor  of  apologetics  in  the  Congt^ 
gational  college  adilisted  to  ^IcGili  Uni' 
versity,  Montreal.  Hia  mother  was  A 
daughter  of  the  late  George  Hardy,  fo 
ly  of  Aberdeenshire,  Scotland.  His  father^ 
family  came  from  Dundee,  Scotland,  about' 
the  year  1845,  settling  at  Montreal^  and  thaiL 
Kingston.  Dr.  Fenwick  was  educates i  ak 
Queen's  University,  Kingston,  taking  the 
degree  of  B.A.  in  1871,  and  of  M.A.  in 
1874.  He  then  studied  medicine  at  the 
Koyal  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons 
afhUated  with  Queen's  University,  Caking 
the  M.D.  degree  in  1674.  Ue  was  elected 
house  surgeon  of  Kingston  General  hospital 
in  1873,  by  competitive  examination,  Hs 
wont  to  England  in  1874,  and  attended  St. 
Thomas'  Hospital.  London,  serving  as  aor* 
gical  dresser  under  Simon  &  Mason,  and 
in  1870  took  the  M.R.C.S.,  England.  Dr. 
Fenwick  spent  two  years  in  London,  and 
some  time  in  Paris,  France,  attending  hoa- 
pital  practice  under  P6&n,  German  Seo^ 
Hardy  and  others.  He  returned  to  Caitodi 
in  the  fall  of  lS7o,  and  became  partner  witl 
the  late  Dr.  Horatio  Yates,  who  at  that  timi 
had  a  very  large  and  intUiential  practice 
Kingston.  This  partnersldp  continued  fc 
three  years,  at  which  period  Dr.  Fenwii 
began  practice  on  his  own  aocount.  In  1871 
he  became  demimittrator  of  Anatrimy  in  thi 
R.C.P.tfeS.,    Kingston,  holding   this  ofltt 


i 


i 


CANADIAN  BlOGJiAFHV, 


453 


year  ;  he  lifkerwnrds  held  the  chair 
lor  of  Medical  .rwriftprudeitce  and 
lence  for  fouryeam  ;  was  [imfea- 
loloi^y  for  four  years  ;  and  in 
td  prttfesaor  of  Midwifery  and 
trf  Women  and  Children,  which 
^hmir  he  now  hold«.  He  wna  elected  fcillow 
the  f>b«tetrtcaJ  Society.  Kdinburgh,  iu 
Our  ftubject  was  brought  up  a  Oon- 
''Mt,  but  he  aaw  reaeoa  for  change 
im  viewn,  and  ia  now  a  nmniber 
iiiL*  »_unrch  of  Knglaml.  He  nuirried 
1878,  Tins  Laura,  daughter  of  Robert 
rliug,  late  of  Peeblea,  Scotland  ;  and 
Cbere  »re  \*y  this  marriage  two  childrea.  a 
•on  and  a  daughter.  His  wift*  dietl  on  the 
lOtb  June,  1885.  Or.  Kenwick  has  one  of 
lorgeat  practices  in  the  City  of  Kinifs- 
anu  i»  one  of  the  anrt^eoni  to  the  Kmint- 
ileneral  hospital.  He  is  an  eager  stu- 
d«Dt  of  ntedical  acienoo.  and  marked  success 
attended  him  in  practice. 
Clarke,  Franela,  Belleville.  Ontario, 
was  born  in  the  Cotiuty  of  Norfolk,  Kiiv!- 
on  Aujfust  10,  1817,  and  is  tlic  sec- 
Bon  of  James  Clarke,  yeoman,  and  Mary 
Clarke.  He  L^Ame  to  Canada  with 
lly  in  1S36,  wiiUiig  from  On^t  Y:tr- 
on  May  22,  and  iirriving  in  Helle- 
on  the  IGth  July.  The  journey  from 
at  that  time  was  neoessarily  mule 
boats,  and  the  paasagu  occupied 
ime  thnn  the  entire  journey  froni 
"Ki^land  would  at  the  present  day.  After 
arriTing  in  Belleville,  our  subject  wns  en- 
gaged for  a  number  of  years  in  the  carriole 
•od  wai^goo  business,  makiuf;  (for  the  late 
R«T.  Father  Brennan)  the  first  uhaeton 
^bat  WM  put  on  wheels  in  Belleville.  In 
litta  niaitern  he  has  taken  much  interest 
his  day,  and  served  ai  a  voluiitv»r 
lu^h  the  rebellion  of  1837-H.  In  religion 
alwny*  has  Vien  a  staunch  and  rcHp^cted 
of  tlie  Church  of  Kiif^land.  Mr. 
marrit>d,  on  tlie  27th  January, 
Mary»  oldiMt  (Uiiyht4«r  of  the  late 
Joseph  Ti>dd  ui  St.  Thomas  Church,  Belle- 
le,  by  the  late  Uev.  John  Grier,  rector  of 
levtlle.  His  family  cousints  of  three 
iliiii  "hti'iK.  Our  Niibject  is  a 
•19^  and  has 
Min  matters 
>1  to  the  ninnioi* 
rcprcwcntativo  of 
m  ward,  for  tmu  yciara,  and  acted  as  a 
m«rab«r  of  dtlfereiit  committoos  in  that 
capttcity.  He  wai  made  a  justice  of  the 
pe««*in  I8K'J,  and  is  at  the  prvsent  lime  a 
inilwr  of  the  boar*!  of  health  of  the  city. 
r.  Clarke  is  one  of  Belleville's  oldest  and 


vraa 


ilh 


IS  and  tivi>  ilni 
much   C 
an  a«  I 
1(1.      H, 

icil  of  n^ 


most  prominent  oitijseus,  and  he  has  wit- 
nessed its  pro(fresa  and  growth  from  a  vil- 
lage of  ),5tK>  people  t»»  ita  i'r<.*»ton*  position 
as  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  p[t)mtHing 
of  tho  young  cities  of  the  Dominion.  He 
can  feel,  too,  with  just  pride,  that  he  has  by 
his  industry,  by  his  ability,  snd  through  hu 
integrity,  been  one  uf  the  arbiters  of  his 
ado))ted  city's  fortunes.  In  social  lifoi  as 
well  as  in  public  and  business  capacity,  the 
subject  (»f  this  sketch  ia  lield  in  the  highest 
possible  esteem. 

Hnce«,  Charlefiy  Milton,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  bom  in  Flensburg, 
Denmark,  on  the  Ot.h  of  August.  HiJi  father 
was  Henry  Paulsen  Knees,  and  his  mother 
Anna  Knees.  Our  subject  wms  educated  in 
Flensburg,  Denmark,  and  received  a  com- 
mon school  education.  He  then  entered 
into  an  apprenticeship,  and  served  his  time 
in  learning  the  trade  of  a  tanner  in  Flena- 
burg.  At  the  age  of  liftuen,  after  serving 
his  time,  Mr.  Knees  started  out  to  see  the 
world  and  improve  biinaeU  in  the  trade  he 
had  learned.  Iieaving  Flensburg,  liis 
native  place,  he  visited  Germany,  Austria, 
Switzerland,  France,  Holland.  Belgium, 
Norway  and  Sweden.  During  his  travels, 
which  lasted  for  years,  hu  visited  all  the 
principal  cities  and  towns  in  these  coun- 
tries. Findniu  everything  he  wanted  with 
regard  to  his  tr:ide,  he  returned  to  Copen- 
hagen (Denmark),  and  nnirrked  on  the  14th 
of  *.»cto'>er,  I8"*i,  Anna  Christina  P^-ler- 
sen.  of  Ddense,  Denmark,  and  commenced 
business  for  liimself  in  Copenhagen.  In 
lKAii\  Mr.  Knees  left  Denmark  and  landed 
in  New  York,  and  here  be  remained  until 
187U,  and  carried  on  the  tanJiin;^  bvisinesa 
for  himself  on  Ferry  street.  While  thus 
engaged,  he  visited  thirteen  different  states 
uf  the  union,  and  remained  for  a  time  in 
each  uf  tho  principal  citi*.^  examining  ita 
trade.  But  upon  hearing  of  the  advanla^^ 
to  be  gained  in  Cnnada.  undur  (he  national 
policy,  he  removed  in  1ATS»  from  New  York 
and  settled  in  Acton,  where  he  remained 
for  three  years.  Thenoe  in  18S'.*  he  removed 
to  his  present  home,  Milton,  buying  out  tho 
large  tannery,  owned  at  that  time  by  Taylor 
iV  Sou.  The  bnsineas,  in  which  Mr,  Knees 
is  engaged,  is  the  only  one  iu  C^auHda  mak- 
ing a  spi^cialty  of  cordovan  leather  mnd« 
out  of  South  American  horse  hides,  and 
which  is  used  solely  in  the  manufactura 
of  fine  boots  and  shoes.  At  the  present 
time  he  employs  from  3*1  to  40  men.  But 
as  the  business  has  increased,  he  has  Inten 
compelled  to  move  his  waror<Minti  to  No. 
44  Colbonio  Stroet,  Toronto,  and  thus  have 


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454 


A  CrCLOP^VIA  OF 


ft  more  central  miirkei.  Mr.  Knees  re- 
oeived  at  the  World's  Fair,  in  Vienna,  in 
lb7i»  ;  at  the  l*hilad*?)phia  Exposition  in 
1870  ;  at  Montreal  in  1881  ;  and  at  T<tronto 
in  1881-181^2,  and  1883,  the  highc-at  and 
only  awards  pivcn  fur  cordovan  leather. 
Mr.  Knecii.  in  1885,  wua  elected  to  the  pf  m- 
tion  of  councilman  for  Milton  by  HccUiua- 
tion,  no  oppoiiilion  Kein;;  even  hiotid  at. 
In  politics  h«  is  a  Conservative,  nnd  in  re- 
ligion he  is  a  Lutlu'mn.  In  svicial  life,  Mr. 
Knees  is  most  hii^hly  esteemed  forhiit  gei.liil 
manners  and  hia  kindly  heart ;  while  his  in- 
tegrity of  character  has  won  for  hioi  the  ro- 
Bp«ct  of  all  those  in  the  oonnnnnity  who 
have  the  pleasure  of  knowing  him  person* 
aJJy  or  through  liiit  business  rtLttions. 

Mglit.  Alexiindcr  Ludt-r^^  Ku^int'or 
of  the  Quebt-'C,  Muntresl,  Ultuwa  and  Ucci- 
denta]  Railway,  Quebec,  was  born  at  Dur- 
ham, Kuglanti,  on  I7th  April,  1822.  Ho  is 
a  Bon  of  Colonel  Alexander  Whalley  I-ight, 
who  was  descended  of  an  old  and  distin- 
Kuifthed  SomorsetabLre  fumily.  Oohmel 
Light  fur  muny  years  commanded  Her 
Majestj's  25th  Regiment,  the  King's  Own 
Borderers,  and  in  the  early  part  of  the  cen- 
tury served  with  marked  distinction  nndtr 
Sir  Ralph  Abercrombie,  Sir  Eyre  Coote,  the 
Duke  of  York,  and  the  Diike  of  WelIin<i!ton. 
He  twioe,  we  learn,  led  '*  forlorn  hopes/'  was 
each  time  severely  wounded,  and  received  a 
handsome  peueion  for  his  i^allant  services. 
He  married  Jane,  the  eldest  daughter  of 
John  Smart,  of  Trewhitt  Hsll,  Northum- 
berland, and  sister  of  the  late  Admiral  Sir 
Robert  Smart,  at  one  lime  oommander-in- 
ohief  of  the  Channel  n^uadron  and  subsc- 
(juently  the  Mediterranean  fleet.  In  1834, 
the  distinguished  subject  of  this  sketch  came 
to  Canadii  with  his  family,  and  shortly  after 
hia  arrival  he  became  a  pupil  at  the  Royal 
Grammar  school,  Kingston. — where  he  waa 
a  schoolmate  of  Sir  John  A.  Macdonald, — 
from  which  institution  so  many  of  our 
ablest  sons  have  come.  Ho  showed  a 
very  decided  talent  for  mathematics  and 
mechanics  while  at  school ;  and  when  hia 
oourae  waa  ended  he  became  articled  to 
a  civil  engineer  of  much  ability.  In  1842. 
he  became  assistsnt  engineer  on  the  Board 
of  Works  of  Canada,  under  the  late  Hon- 
ourable H.  H.  Killaly  and  Samuel  Keefer, 
0-K.,  with  whom  he  served  until  1846.  Hia 
abilitiea  aa  an  engineer  had  become  known, 
and  hia  services  now  were  ciiuing  into 
marked  reiiuiaition,  Jn  1840  he  joined  the 
staff  of  the  Ureat  Western  Itailway,  the 
construction  of  which  was  just  begun.  Five 
years   later    his   superiority  received  recog- 


nition by  being  appointed  chief  entcineer  of 

the  St.  Andrew's  snd  Quebec  (now  ktiowns* 
the  New  Brunswick  and  CHnit«l«>  H.iilwsy 
ant]  for  ten  ynars  nfter  this  Im  p^ncb 

important  p'  aitiona  as  chief  r:  .'Of* 

ernment  railways  in  the  Provuicca  -A  Non 
Scotia  and  Now  Brunswick.       He  built  tb« 
Eurojwan  and    North    American    Railwsy, 
between  St.    John  and  !?hediric.   N.  B.,  ac- 
knowledged to  be  one  of  the  best  omstruct- 
ed  roads  on  thia  continent,  and  which  ku 
been    incorporated  with   the  Interci*1onisl. 
During'  the  altair   of  the   TreiU,  Mr.  Light 
waa    chosen    by    the    Hurso    Ouards    ami 
War    Otbce    aa     engineer    to     ac^ompsn;  i 
the    ] material   troops  ;  and    in  the  event  iA.\ 
war  he  was  designated  for  othi^r   service  iaj 
North  America.     This    fact    speaks  loa< 
than  words  of  the  estimate  put  in  these  high! 
({Uaflers    upon   the    professional  ability  ofj 
Mr.  Light.     Our  subject,  returning  to  Eng- 
land in  18f>3,  was  elected  a  member  of  tl 
Institute  of  Civil  Engineers  ;  and  waa  sp* 
pfiinted    a   short   time   afterwards  by  Mr. 
James    Bruuleea,  io   the  Santos    nnd    Sav 
I'aulo  Railway,  in  Brazil,  a  road    which  as- 
cends 3,000  feet  in  live    milra.      This    work 
presented   engineering  difHcultiea  of  a  wids 
nature,  but   his   skill    was  supreme  here  aa, 
elsewhere  before,  and    since,  when    put    t( 
the  trial.      On  hia  return  again  to  Kngla&( 
he   became   iissociated  with    Mr.  BruuU 
Mea^lows   Hendel,  and  Berkeley  I'*n'oe,  em* 
inent  English  engineers,  and  ui^rated  with" 
them   in    some  very  important  and  difficult] 
undertakings.    In  1809,  Mr.  Light  accept* 
charge  of  the  construction   of   a  district 
one    hundred  and  fifty  miles  of  the  Intel 
lonial   Railway,   uudur  ^^andfurd   Flerninf 
and  his  jurisdiction  included  the  Mtramict 
bridge^*,  which  inagniticent    dtructnres  wei 
built  under  his  direct  supervision.   In  187 
be  waa  appointed  Oovernment  engineer 
railways  fur  th«  Province  of   Qnebec,  wbi< 
p^isition  he  still  holds,  and  aa  such    had  el 
I  tire  control  of  the  construction    of    cho  Q. 
M.,0.  and  O.  Railway  between  Quebec 
Montreal.     Amonj^st  other  worka,  he  is  tl 
consulting'  engineer  to  the  Quebec  and  Lake 
St.  John  Railway, — a  peculiar   road,  diller- 
ing    essentially    fn>m  lines  running  parallel 
to  the  8t.  Lawrence.       It  pierces  the  Law- 
rentideSj  necessarily,  with  very  heavy  grades 
and    sharp  curves,  worked    by    unnaually 
heavy    engines.     In   1884.    Mr.  Liteht  was 
chosen  by  the  Dominion  gorernment  as  en- 
gineer in  charge  of  the  surveys  of  one  of  the 
divisions   of  the  proposed  Short  Line  Rail- 
way, from  Montreal  to  bt.  John    and   Hali- 
fax.    His  bold,  able  and  vigorous  advocacy 


CANADIAN  BWGRAPEY. 


4fi5 


iho  Uoe  ffu  Qoebsoy  the  Etohemin  valUj, 
Ghauooook,  by  whioh  he  claimed  he 
gal  gndet  not  exoeeding  forty  feet  per 
IV,  g»ve  rise  to  a  warto  discuMiito  in  the 
ruHf  of  Ciiiuiu&iM.  Mr.  Light  U  now  en- 
[ed  with  James  Brunlee^f  C  E.,  of  Ltm- 
I,  Ku>;lAnd,  in  forming  a  company  fur  the 
itriiction  of  a  CantiUver  bttdge  over  the 
lAnrrt'iR^  at  QueJiec.  for  which  he  haa 
|Mhred  the  pUnsandspecihcatiims.  Thia 
;e  will  have  a  dear  span  uf  1,550  feet, 
length  of  steel  superstructure  of  2,800 
feet,  a  total  len(j;th  of  brid^  and  arched  ap- 
)t)cs  of  3,40<^  feet,  and  a  clear  heii^ht 
»Te  tide  tif  164>  fovt.  When  accomplished 
'ill  be  «<ne  of  ihe  graiidtuflt  en^irii^eriiig 
ttehi^remeDts  of  the  world,  and  Mr.  Light's 
profettioQai  skill  amply  (^uaUheB  him  to 
oarT7  out  the  same  to  a  sucoesaful  conolu- 
aiou.  This  disiioguished  gentleman  haa 
BUMie  for  himself  au  enduring  name  in  his 
pr>f««aiun,  itrnj  several  great  public  enter- 
pnaea  in  this  c<iuntry  are  under  no  little  r.b* 
ligatitm  t^i  his  skill.  He  is  yet  in  the  zenith 
o^  hifl  physical  aud  professioual  powers  ;  and 
«e  d<>iibt  not  that  brilliant  achievements 
Bltll   nwait  him. 

U'llaon.  John  Henry,  M.D..  M.R. 
C.P.,  S.O..  M.i\  for  Eaat  Kl^an,  St.  Thom- 
as, WIS  born  near  tiiUwa.  Curletun  county, 
on  the  Uih  February.  1834.  Uis  father  was 
Jeremiah  Wilson,  and  th«  uinideu  name  of  his 
mother  Bailciy,  thi^  lady  b«ing  descended  of 
AU  old  Virginiik  fanul}*.  Jeremiah  W'il- 
•on  was  born  in  ihe  State  of  Vermont,  but 
eamu  to  Canada  in  1810,  settling  near  Mont- 
jreal.  Hare  he  remained  only  a  short  per- 
d  nil  t<J  a  point  near  Ottawa,  where 

HI  the  lunit>er  trade.     In  18:^7, 
ri'tif'^ •.'■.!  hence  (o  Middlesex,  where  he 
look  a  farm.      Mr.  Wilson  was  descended  nf 
Cnited  Empire  loyalists;    and  he  left 
imily  of  seven  children,  the  subject  of 
aketoli    being    the    second    youngest 
the    sons.      J.    E.  atid    J.    C.  Wilscm 
prominent     medical     prHctrtioners    in 
:hest«r,  Michigan.     John  Uenry  Wilsun 
hrst  attended  the  common  sch<M^U,  and 
•rwards    the    Grammur     school     at    8t. 

Hf»    next    repairott    to   Ti>ront»», 

where  i  the  NorniHl  school,  tnking 

»t  the  J  torui,  th«)ugh  'inly  in  his 

•igfat«eiiih  ,si:.ii.  a  grade    A  diploma.      He 
lAUght  school  withmuch  success  fitr  five  years, 
then  (18'>7)  eutvred  tliu  Schrxd  uf  Medi- 
.  at  Tiiiout<j.     Htt  siudieid  here  for  iwn 

' '      h   he  went  to  Now    York, 

I  .»l  uiiivvniityof  that  uity, 

-^  ••■  ;-'..>^la  again  alMtiit  six  munthn 

Twarda.     Ur.  WiWi  still  c«.>ntiiiued  fur 


a  neriod  to  attend  lecturea  at  the  Toronio 
^cliool  of  Medicine,  and  in  1858  he  waa  ap- 
pointed demonstrator  of  Anatomv  in  tlie 
Medical  depftrtmeut  of  Victoria  College.  In 
the  spnng  of  18o9,  he  t:raduated  M.  D.,  and 
was  iuimediately  appointed  prufc4sor  of 
Anatomy  in  thu  above  college,  holding  the 
poaition  fur  two  year-t,  when  "  ''■  '*h  com- 
iHiUed  him  to  yield  up  the  ;  :  work. 

He  then  removed  to  St.  Tii^.,,,.  ,  ..  .n.re  he 
began  practice,  his  health  impn>ving  with 
the  change  in  arocation.  Ur.  Wilwm  had 
been  in  the  habit  of  watching  ulostly  cur- 
rent political  history,  and  it  was  uot  un- 
known that  he  possessed  6ne  abilities,  aa 
well  as  ambition,  ar  d  his  friends  iu  due  time 
came  to  him  and  declared  he  must  offer  him- 
self for  election  to  parliamout.  Hecuuaent- 
ed,  and  was  elected  to  the  prorinoial  legis- 
lature for  East  Elgin  in  1671.  He  waa  r^ 
elected  in  1875.  but  was  not  a^'ain  a  candi- 
date until  1882,  when  hu  waa  elected  by 
a  goi»d  majority  to  the  House  of  Commons 
for  his  iild  constituency.  It  is  only  simple 
justice  to  Dr.  Wilson  to  say,  that  ho 
la  one  of  the  most  usvful  nieuibon  in  tho 
House  of  Commons.  During  his  career  ia 
the  lesaer  parliament,  lie  was  connected  with 
the  paaaage  of  sererul  important  bills, aatong 
which  may  be  mentioned,  imptjrtant  railway 
measures,  and  various  private  bills.  In 
the  House  of  Commons,  he  displayed  his 
chief  energy  in  opposing  Sir  John  Mac^lou- 
ald's  FrancliLBe  Bd),  raised  his  vuice  in  tell- 
ing  vigurous  protest,  but  the  ministry  and 
its  friends  haa  made  up  their  minds,  and 
argument  from  ti  e  other  side  of  the  House 
came  us  futile  as  the  blt/Wing  of  the  wander- 
ing winds.  Dr.  Wilson  is  a  shareholder  in 
several  public  enterprises,  and  is  a  dirt'ct<»r 
iu  the  Star  Loan  Company,  of  SL  Thomaj', 
He  is  an  Episcopalian.  In  18tV.(,  hu  married 
Amelia  A.,  eldest  daughter  uf  the  late  ti. 
R.  Williams,  of  Toledo,  i>hio.  a  gentleman 
of  high  uianding  in  hisday 

FiiiK'kcn,  Very  Ret.  L*ouls,  D.D., 
Priest  of  the  oongregation  uf  the  Itosur- 
rection  of  our  Lord,  rect'fr  of  St.  Jerome's 
college  at  lierlni,  and  jiarish  prii^st  <*i  tho 
same  town,  was  born  on  <lct4il>er  5lh,  1833, 
in  Ueldreland,  Prussia.  After  he  ha<l 
|kiiaaed  throii;^h  primary  soho'ds  in  his  natiru 
place,  he  was  sent  to  Holland,  when!  been- 
terod  upon  a  course  of  study  at  the  Hoyal 
gymnasium  at  Uourm^md.  He  siitMini|U(.mlly 
entered  the  Kpiscopjil  seminary  at  thti  same 
uity.  where  after  pjinsing  through  the  uitual 
ctiiirse  he  waa  ordaiiieil  priest  in  IHO'J.  In 
the  same  year  ho  went  to  i^mle,  and  while 
in  the  eternal  city  joined  the  cohi;rugatton 


456 


A  CYChOVMDlA  OF 


of  the  Roauirection  ;  and  graduated  in  1A04 
9A  the  Uomau  iiiiivGrBitj.  Ht*  uow  reaohed 
to  pruoeed  to  Canada,  uiid  in  the  aanit'  year 
put  his  resolution  into  effect.  A  numbtr 
of  his  fellow-cuuntryuieD,  which  invtudud 
many  of  his  co-reliKioniats,  hat]  aotttud  in 
the  County  of  Waterloo,  and  here  thu  young 
priest  resolved  to  make  the  theatre  of  his 
future  lahours.  The  founding  of  an  eocle- 
aiasttual  insittution  of  learning  had  taken 
hold  i^f  his  mind,  and  the  fruit  of  this  idt^a 
is  St,  .Teroiiiv's  ^^ollege.  Although  this  ex- 
cellent Huat  )if  learnini^  comes  under  eccle- 
siastical discipline  its  primary  aim  is  to  edu- 
cate young  men,  of  every  race,  in  the  spirit 
of  ChriBtianity,  and  to  prepare  them  for 
higher  professional  studies  ut  aeiuinaries 
and  uiu verities.  We  are  glad  to  sny  that 
it  is  each  year  growing  in  popularity  &nd 
in  usefidness. 

DiKiicy,RiKlilRev.  Richard  Rnu- 
dolph,  CliathfUii,  one  of  the  nine  hishups 
of  the  African  Methodist  Kpisco|>al  Church, 
waa  bom  in  Northeaat  Cecil,  County  Mary- 
land, I'.ij,.  in  the  year  1835.  His  parents, 
Henry  and  Kebeocai  DtHne3',  were  free, 
though  in  earlier  years  both  had  knowu 
what  it  was  to  recognize  masterhoiMi  in  a 
flluidow.  Bishop  Disney's  diocese  is  very 
extensive,  embracing  North  America,  the 
West  fndiea.  and  a  portion  of  .South  Amer- 
ica. His  father  died  when  our  subject 
was  only  in  his  eighth  year.  The  lad  and 
liis  in(.»ther  then  removed  to  Fort  De- 
posit, and  when  he  was  old  enough  he  re- 
paired tif  rtallimore,  and  there  learned  the 
trade  of  biu'ber  wuh  Solomon  McCabe.  At 
the  Age  uf  thirteen  he  felt  the  "  call  of 
grace/'  an.i  resolved  to  devote  liis  life,  when 
the  opportunity  occurred,  to  the  cause  of 
his  Alnker.  He  attached  hinuiolf  to  the 
Africau  Methoilist  Episcopal  Church  in 
Marylniid,  aiul  began  lo  have  n  strong 
yearning  to  preacli  the  gospel  to  his 
brethren.  He  felt  diD^ldent  at  tirgt  about 
uudertakini;  a  mission  so  high,  and  of  such 
importance  to  himself  and  his  fellowmen, 
bnt  he  was  satistied  that  he  had  received 
the  ''caH'Mu  be  •*  a  fiaher  of  men."  But 
Maryland  ha<l  no  open  ecclesiastical  college- 
doors  fur  the  African,  and,  pn>ceeding  north- 
ward, he  entered  the  Osgoode  Seminary  nt 
Springtiuld — one  uf  the  few  institutions  of 
learning  that  would  admit  a  coloured  youth 
to  their  classes.  His  career  here  was  bril- 
liant and  exemplary,  and  he  gradunted  with 
honours  in  IH57,  and  at  onoe  began  his 
ministerial  work  in  the  African  Methodist 
£piaoopal  Church.  After  a  little  while  he 
crossed   the   boundary,  and    proceeded    to  I 


Chatham,  Canada  Wost^  uow  th«  l*rovhiM| 
of  Ontario.     His  pnttfered  services  werr 
once  accepted  by  UiihiiT)  Na*r«y,  who 
episcf)pal  charge  here,  and  who  sent  him 
otirt?  to   Peel,   where  he  remained  for  twiil 
years.     The  conference  of  1851>  sent  him 
Buxton  ;  that  «if  1801  to   Windsor  ;  that 
XHM    to    Hamilton;    that   of    1.-' 
Catharines  ;  that  of  I8rti)  Ut  Tor. 
of  IK73  to  Chatham,  where,  upon  m^  uimin 
of    Bishop    Na/rey.    his    talents,    /.eal,  ani) 

success  wyrf  v -■'■■'-'  '   '  ■■  '-  ■  ^  '  — 

the    Tticant 

British  Methvj- , ^ .  .  ^ 

with  a  membership  of  less  than  two  ih<  i- 
sanJ.  by  a  re-union  of  that  church  in  i^\ 
with  the  African  Methodist  Kpiacopal 
Church,  onr  distinguished  subject  becaaiB 
one  of  its  bishops,  with  a  nietntwrship  of  s 
full  hulf-million  of  suula.  Our  subject's  cs- 
reer  certainly  has  been  s  most  active,  bril- 
liant, and  distinguished  one.  He  is  a  mas 
uf  high  character  and  very  Kne  abilitiM : 
and  he  is  held  in  marked  oateem  by  all  the 
white  people  with  whom  ho  coniea  in  con- 
tact. His  splendid  achievomenta  will  en- 
title him  to  be  ranked  umunt;  "Fepreasi 
tative  Canadians." 

Van  Allen,  DunicI  Roas,  Preaidi 
and  manager  of  thu  Chaihaui  Manutacturir 
Company,  in  Chatham,  Ouiurio,  was 
on  the  27th  Decomhor,  182lt,  in  the  U^mtxi 
ship  of  Burford,  Cuunly  of  Oxford.  He 
as  his  name  implies,  of  Dutch  dcwcent, 
his  father's  side,  and  is  of  U.  E.  loyali 
stiwk  on  both  his  father  and  mfither's  aide. 
His  father,  the  late  William  Van  Allen,  was 
born  2nd  August,  17^8  ;  married  to  Rebecca 
S.  Bowen  on  the  30th  Auizust,  1HL\I;  and 
died  on  the  30th  iSentomber.  187t!.  He  was 
the  son  of  Captain  Henry  Van  Allen,  of  Poft 
Dover,  who  was  born  on  the  lOth  June, 
17(iU  ;  married  to  Wiufred  li:ipl..*ge  on  the 
'2oth  December,  1785 ;  and  died  the  3Ut 
October.  1S20.  Winfrt-d  Knplege  wxn  bom 
on  24th  September,  17U8  :  was  marrit^d  m 
almve  stated  :  and  dieil  oti  Ist  September, 
1854.  llebecci  S.,  the  mother  of  our  sub- 
jeut,  was  bom  on  25th  July,  tMOo;  was  mar- 
ried as  alroady  shown,  and  died  Juno  9lh, 
1^5.  She  was  the  daugliter  of  Col.  Woi, 
D.  Bowen,  of  Burford,  who  married  Alias 
Daniels,  sister  nf  the  late  Lawrence  Daniel 
of  Bnrford.  At  the  plaoo  and  tinit*  uf  th< 
birth  nf  our  subject,  his  father  wim  Krgeb 
engaged  in  the  milling,  distilling  and  mer*] 
cantilo  business,  but  removed  to  the  hom< 
atead  of  his  late  father  in  Port  Dover,  wheal 
uur  subject  was  about  five  years  old.  In  the 
winter  of  1883-4,  Captain  H^nry  Van  AlJea, 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPBY, 


46^ 


uncle  of  oor  subject,  who  waa  then  in  buat* 
or«i  ill  Cbathant,  and  who,  by  the  wnj.  at 
Chatlmm  in  18^U,  built  and  ran  the  tint 
>4t  currytui;  the  British  Uag  on  thu 
...  .^koo,    bulug  OD  a  visit  to  his  bnither 

:'urt  Dover,  and  takinic  a  fancy  to  our 
iect,  prevailed  upon  his  parunta  to  let 
totne  with  him  lo  Chatham,  to  learn 
:antile  buainuiui.  Daniel  Koas  re- 
ith  him  til)  1838  when  he  corn- 
iced **  paddling  Ilia  own  oanoe.'*  From 
period  till  )9f5  lie  was  engagud  as  a 
clerk  in  varioui  countrj-  stores.  In  1H45  he 
raa  loKuaging  a  small  st^^re  for  a  Chatham 
fimi  4t  the  ]M>int  where  Dresden  is  now  situ- 
Thinking  this  locality  very  eligible 
thfi  site  of  a  town,  he  pnrchasHd  that 
of  lot  four,  in  the  fourth  concession  of 
then  township  of  Dawn,  County  of  Kent, 
ie(i  by  .lared  Lindsloy,  and  upon  it  found- 
wliat  is  now  the  tiourishinu;  town  of  Dres- 
In  1840  he  married  Susan,  daughter 
the  late  John  Williams,  of  Howard,  who 
waa  b(»rn  12tb  Aut^ust,  1824,  and  who  died 
on  October  5th,  1S65,  leaving  four  children 
livinif.  TheM  are  Dr.  J .  R.  Van  Allen,  of 
KvMU  city  ;  Mildred,  now  deceased,  who 
became  Mr«.  William  Hall,  of  Chatham  ;  E. 
W.  H.  Van  Allen,  now  of  Winnipeg;  and 
Battie,  married  to  IV»bert  H.  Agur,  now  of 
Lni[x^.  To  get  Dresden  established,  our 
built  there  an  hotel,  n  grain  ware- 
tuid  a  merchant's  shop,  and  carried  on 
ineas  in  the  place  till  1H49.  when,  owing 
heavy  lusa  auataincd  in  Die  stave  trade, 
and  shortly  afterwards  returned 
lou,  engaging  there  in  the  mercon- 
iBinuss.  He  waa  again  overtaken  by 
kt<ir  in  the  unparalleled  oriais  and  revul- 
•  that  ocourred  in  1857-8,  and 
i>)re  t»i  the  mercantile  business 
■vi^r,  ntui  embarkiK)  Jn  thi<  manufacture 
ol  hudvood  luiubor,  in  whidi  he  Iihh  <>on- 
tiotted  ever  ainco  with  marked  succt'M.  In 
2800  h«  married  Mary  A.,  duughter  of  the 
W-n.  -  ,,f  New  Yftrk  city,  a  linciil 
[Hivt  VVi%llvr.  All  his  edu- 
«  thtt  puldic  schools  in  Hii- 
I  ween  his  ei)j[hth  and  his 
Hh  is  not  a  uitlitHry  man 
iciae  of  the  word,  though  beholds 
iisoion  of  captain  in  the  Svdcntary 
Ho  served  iho  people  of  Chatham 
many  yean  as  a  school  trustee,  aacoun- 
}r,  as  d**pnty  ruuveand  reeve  :  and  liiml- 
[•r  one  ytfar  as  mayor  of  the  tuwn,  when 
tJi«  honor  of  rvceivinc;  Uird  DutTeriu, 
governnr-ijrfncral.  In  1K8'J,  after  the 
too  ul  the  natif>nal  ptlioy,  he  ooncetv- 
of  getting   up  a  joint  stock  oum- 


pany  for  the  purpose  of  nmUint;  farm  wuj^- 

gons,  &c.,  by  machinery,  soraelhing  after 
the  model  of  the  great  wagi^on  voncnis  in 
the  United  States,  in  which  enturprise  he 
waa  aucctisaftil ;  and  to-day,  the  Chatham 
Manufacturing  Coinijany,  of  which  he  is  pre- 
sident and  niana^r,  after  posaing  through  a 
severe  struggle  for  existence,  con  say  *' it 
has  come  t4>  stay."  During  his  life  he  has 
been  ouunected  with  three  different  secret 
societies,  but  has  oeaoed  his  connection  with 
all  of  them,  iie  has  been  a  life-long  con- 
sistent Conservative,  and  is  now  the  prcai* 
dent  of  the  L.  C.  A.,  of  West  Kent.  He 
has  never  been  much  of  a  traveller.  He  was 
brought  up  in  the  Church  of  England,  and 
adheres  to  it.  During  Uis  thirty  years  reai- 
donco  in  Chatham,  since  his  last  return  to  it 
in  1852,  he  has  been  a  lante  employer  of 
labor,  and  from  enquiries  on  the  spot  we  ore 
led  to  believe  there  are  but  few  men  in  (he 
town  of  Chatham  who  have  ciiutrihuted 
more  largely  to  the  growth  and  material 
prosperity  of  that  place  than  D.  K.  Van 
Allen  haa  done  ;  and  Judging  from  his  pre- 
sent appoar^nce,  and  the  fact  that  he  sayi 
he  baa  not  taken  a  shadow  of  any  kind  of 
drug  medicines  in  forty  years,  we  think,  and 
may  be  permitted  to  exprew  the  wish,  that 
there  ore  stUl  many  years  of  his  useful  life 
in  store  for  himself  and  the  place  he 
inhabits. 

KIrby,  U'llllani,  P.ns.C— This  well- 
known  Canadian  author,  like  many  other 
literary  men,  had  a  long  preliminary  train- 
ing on  the  public  press.  He  was  fur  twenty 
years  the  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Niagara 
Jf  aif,  the  le/iding,  and  fur  a  long  time  the  only 
newspaper,  except  the  Niaiiara  ChromcU^ 
which  WM«  puhlished  in  the  Niitgrvra  district, 
which  comprised  the  thrtie  counties  of  Lin- 
coln, Wc^lland  and  Haldiiuand  Mr.  Kirby, 
on  ct:*-asing  U*  write  for  the  prcAs,  cuntinued 
his  hterary  work,  and  wrote  several  valu- 
able books,  which  stand  high  among  the 
boat  iti>eciuienB  of  Canadian  litertture.  in 
rec'ignitimi  of  which  he  was  selected  by  the 
Marquis  of  Lome  an  one  of  the  orij,Mii»«I 
twenty  inciul>ers  of  the  Knglish  liter.ii  >ii<< 
section  of  the  Royal  Si>oioty.  Mr  Kirl.y  t» 
moat  known,  perhaps,  as  the  author  of  the 
splendid  Canadian  historical  romance  of  the 
"  Chieii  D'Or" — a  book  which  Ip'S  obtained 
a  wide  circulation,  both  in  Enj^hsh  and 
Kntnch.  It  has  Iwen  tioniplimnnted  hy  sev- 
eral American  piracies,  Mhich  have  extended 
the  reputation  of  the  author,  but  of  course 
protited  him  notbiug.  But  it  is  in  the  re- 
gion of  pixtrv  that  many  Hnd  thtir  greateat 
pleaaure  in  51r  Ktrby's  works.      His  *'  Ca- 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


nadian  Idylla"  are  nnique  in  our  literature. 
They    form  a  wriea,  not  yet  completed,  of 

S'lenis  nfii  ll)^h  order,  iUustralive  of  Caiia- 
ian  scenen,  Canadian  hUtory,  life  and  sen- 
tiinent.  These  idylU,  so  far,  are  iiina  in 
DUinher,  each  of  them  a  separate  poein^ 
which  haa  been  published  separately,  yet 
with  a  stii^bt  threiid  of  connection  runninit 
thrt-'ugh  them  all.  The  idylls,  as  puli- 
Ushwd.  comprise  "The  Sparrows,"  "  L)end 
Sea  U«i»»>9,"  "  The  Hungry  Year."'  '*Stnny 
Creek."  "  The  Queen's  Birthday/'  "  Spina 
Christi,"  '•  The  Bells  of  Kirby  Wiske,  " 
"  The  Lnrd's  Supper  in  the  WiMerneas," 
and  •'  The  Harvest  Moon."  Mr.  Kirby  ia 
also  the  ttuthnr  of  several  dramatic  works, 
"  lieHiimanoir,"  "  Joseph  in  Egypt," 
"The  Queen's  Own,"  and  others,  with 
much  writing  on  hutortcal  and  arcluuoK  g- 
ical  subjects.  He  also  wrote  and  publinhed 
'*  The  U.  E..  a  Story  of  l>per  Canada." an 
epic  in  twelve  cantos,  and  a  great  many 
minor  poems.  It  may  be  aaid  that  for  a 
man  of  much  and  varied  business,  and  not 
an  author  by  profession,  although  an  un- 
wearied student,  Mr,  Kirby  has  tried  to  do 
his  full  share  towards  the  cultivation  of  lit- 
erature in  Canada,  and  has  succeeded.  Mr. 
Kirby  is  the  retiresentativu  nf  an  old  York- 
shire familv  *if  Kirhy  r.f  Kirby  Wisko,  a 
branch  of  whom  were  Vir^'inia  loyaliatfi,  who 
returned  to  Kngland  during  the  American 
revolution.  Maternally  he  deacenda  from 
the  old  family  <•{  Watsons  of  Kingston-upon- 
Hull,  his  birthplace.  The  Watsons  were, 
in  the  sixteenth  iind  seventeenth  centuries. 
of  considerable  local  importance  in  Hull. 
One  of  them,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Watson, 
D.D.,  was  master  of  St.  John's  College,  Ox- 
ford, in  the  reiifn  of  Henry  VIXI  ;  and  in 
the  reign  of  Queen  Mary  was  the  last  Cath- 
olic Bishop  K.l  Lincoln.  He  was  a  ^'reat 
scholar  and  writer,  and  of  much  repute 
among  the  literary  mi:n  of  the  period.  He 
was  a  patron  and  friend  of  the  famous  IU>ger 
Ascham,  who  most  affection  a  ttrly  refers  to 
him  in  his  qunint  book  of  *'  The  School- 
master." Bishop  Wataim,  to  his  honour  be 
it  said,  resolutely  opposeil  the  religious  por- 
aecutions  that  filled  England  with  horror  in 
the  reign  of  Queen  Mary,  ar»d  never  permit- 
ted a  single  trial  for  heresy  to  tnke  place  to 
his  vast  diocese.  This  good  and  learned 
man  died  in  the  Tower  of  Lc^ndou,  a  state 
prisonrr,  under  Queen  EliEnbeth,  fitr  refus- 
ing to  the  cud  of  his  life  to  aoknowledgu  her 
title  to  the  crown.  Anoth&r  of  the  same 
name  and  family  was  Thomas  Watson,  of 
London^  who  in  1582  published  his  '*  Heca- 
tompathia,  or  Passionate  Century  of  Ixtve,'* 


in  a  hundred  sonnets  of  great    poetic  m 
and  many  other  poems  in  I^tin,  English  sji^ 
Italian,  highly  prized  by  readers    of 
belhan  literature.       One  of  the  pr 
of  Mr.  Kirby  was  still  ttnoth*>rThf)infia 
son,  of  the  same  family,  a  f*' 
of    Andrew  Marvel,  the    Pii'  \ 

member  for  Hull  in  the  Long    rjii.i:im< 
and  during  theCromwtU  usurpation.     T 
large  estates  of  the  family  vt'  r       -  -  '  .-i-j 
by  the  pxrliameiitary  comtin-  <<> 

ti-i  punish  the  g^^^'ernor,  Sir  J ;;• 

Thomas    Watfon,    and  others,  for  ad! 
t<i  King  Charles.     Sir    John    Hoth 
hiahtad,  and  Thomas  Watson    all  his  p 
erty,  in  consequence  of  tbeir  loyally   l4)  ih 
Crown.     8ouie  of  the   ancient    public  C' 
ities  of  Hull  owe  their  foiiiidntion  to  end 
ments  from  the  Watson  fAmil/.      Mr.  Kirb^ 
came  to  America  •^uite  )oung,  and  receiwii 
part   of   his  educjition  in  Cihcinnati,  undur 
the  famous Scotchtnsn,  Alexander  KinmohU 
whoso  Classical  and  PhdosophicjU  ocadt-uiy* 
between    the  years  1827   and  1858.  was  of 
great  reputation  throughout   the  weat,  and 
frequented  by  a  number  of  the  most    studi* 
ous    and    ambitious  youths  of  the  cily  :i.n<1 
state,  and  even  now,  nearly  half   a  cent  iry 
after    the   death   of  Kinuiont,    hia    faitiuu*. 
scai-ti'my  is  proudly  and  often  referred  to  in 
the  Kducational  history  of  Cincinnati,  For  t' 
escellcncQ  of  its  teaching  and  the  number 
eminent  men  who  received  their   edncatio 
there.  There  were  no  colleges  in  those  days 
in  the  western  states,  but  a  thorough  uround* 
ing   in    Latin,  under   his  abl«  teacher,  en- 
abled  Mr.  Kirby  to  prosecute    his   tUaaical 
studies,  and  to  acquire   a  great   knowledge 
of  the  modern  languages,  the  spirit  of  which 
has    permeated  his   writings  lH>th  of  pro 
and  poetry,  although  hislanguai^e  and  sty 
are  of  the  purest  and  most  idiomatic  Kiiifll 
imauinable.  The  '*Cliien  I>'Or  "  is  s^f  thoi 
oughly  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  the  Kren 
society  of  the  period,  that  the   descendanl 
of  the  seigneurs  can  scarcely  believe  that  t 
autlior^a    name^is  not  a  }unn  <Ic  p/ttmr.  am 
that  he  ia  not  one  of  their  race  and  lin 
Mr.  Kirby,  after  a  brief  residence  in  Mon 
real,  came  to  Upper  Canada  in  1H39  and  se* 
tied  in  Niagara,  where  ho  has  ever  since 
aided.     He    married  the   only  daughter 
John    Whitmnre,    of    Niagarn,  and 
daughter  of  Captain    Daniel  Servos,  of 
Northern  Confederate  Indians,  and  of  Bu 
ler'a  rangers,  a   U.  E.  loyalist  and  pklla 
oftioer  throughout  the  war  of  the  Amen< 
revolution.       Mr.    Kirby   has   been  iu  I 
commission  of  ihe  peace  for  the  County 
Lincoln  for  many  years,  and  ia  at  p 


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CANADIAN  BIOORAFHY. 


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1K-. 


tho  oollector  of  Her  Majesty's  Cui- 
for  the  [>ort  of  Ningara.     He  has  two 
Eugene  Guildford,  liviTig  ftt  Calgary, 
berta,    lUid  John  Cdlborae  liTing  to  To- 
to.        Mr.  Kirhy   ii  an  adherent  of  the 
uroh  of  England,  a  aiucereboUover  in  tho 
vinity  of    Chriat,  and  in    the  aanotity  of 
Word.      Uis  writinga  are  imbued  with 
nrerenoe  for  religion,  oa  the  true  end  of  all 
Iwaraing,  and  without  which  mere  literary 
gentua    and    power   of    language  are   more 
hurtful  than  helpful  to  the  canse  of   truth 
and  morality.     The«e  princinlea  have  been 
preaent   in    intention   in    all    Mr.    Kirby's 
^ntinga,  which,  without  being  either  dog- 
matic or    Ulitudiiiarian,    are    very  far    re- 
moved   from    thai    laxity  of    prinoiple  and 
Mitnt  i>f  deep  conviction  which  aro  »o  prev* 
in    literature  in  the»e    later  daya  of 
.L  negations  and  philosophic  peaaimiam. 
I'uniou,    Kdward    Ocorge.    Bar- 
n»ur.    8olicit*tr,    etc.,   Belleville,   Ontario, 
w  ju  bom  at  Bolleville,  on  tho  2nd  March, 
H«  is  a  son  of  Lieutenant-Colonel 
i-     Couton,    of    the  same  place,  from 
■  1,  as  well  as  from  his  paternal  grand* 
:T,    he    iaherila   strong  military  tastes. 
father  was  bom  at  Inverness,  Scotland 
r«re  all  his  family),  on   the  24th  Rep- 
wuber,  1806.      While  connected  with  the 
force   he  was  an  enthusiastic  officer  and  a 
spl«ndid  '*  drill"  ;  and  his  commiaeions  are 
as  follows  : — Ensign  in  Whitby  Index>endent 
oocBpuiv  (Captain  Alexander   Macdonald's) 
.rf  Hillt'in.  23  October,  l»a8  ;  enaign  fourth 
''  Incorporated  Militia,  1st  May, 
hich  he  served  until  it  waa  dis- 
■■'i   in    1H43,  after  the  rebellion  ;  lien- 
'-    in  1M2  ;  captain  and  adhitant  1st 
l*aitifcJi<>n  of  Kelleville  Militia,  27th  Septem- 
ber,   1856;  adjutant  Ist  Volunteer  Militia 
RiAe  company  of  Belleville,  now  No.  1  com- 
pany of  the  4dth  battalion,  the  oldest  cum- 
y  on  the  hjU  of  the  active  militia,  4th 
in»ary,    1»?^9 ;     major    in    the     Militia 
of    Canada,    27th  December,  1861  ; 
UcQt«oant- colonel    loth  battalion  of  Belle- 
vUhi  (which  he  raised),  16th  January,  1863. 
Our  BubJL'ct's  ancestors,  we  may  say,  have 
hwm  jiiuac<sn  of  this  part  of  the  country. 
Dr.  Moago  Ponton,  his  grandfather,  left  bi- 
Soiitland,    in  1831,  to  settle  near 
pbellford,  iu  the  County  of  Norlhura- 
land,  whither  his    father,  who  had  left 
and  when  a  boy  uf  thirteen,  but  who 
tt  the  meantime  boon  living  in  North 
arid  tho  West  Indies,  proceeded  to 
the  family.     The  land  settled  upon 
ookon  was  a  free  grant  of  800  acres, 
Mm  for  military  services,  which  he 


rendered  as  far  back  aa  the  Irish  rebellion 
of  1798.  He  held  the  rank  of  captain 
under  Colonel  Cameron.  M  Lochtel.  Dr. 
Ponton  died  near  Belleville  in  the  year  1849, 
at  tho  age  nf  ninety-two,  his  widow  follow- 
ing  in  the  year  I8^,at  tho  age  of  eighty-one. 
The  three  surviving  sons  are  Arch.  Ponton 
(our  subject's  father),  William  Hamilton 
Ponton,  registrar,  and  James  Wemyss 
Ponton,  deputy-registrar,  of  the  County  of 
Hastings,  all  of  whom  have  lived  in  Belle- 
ville since  it  was  a  little  village.  Mr. 
Ponton's  father  is  a  staunch  Cormervative, 
and  he  himself  profeases  the  same  jiolitical 
faith,  but  his  uncles  are  reformers.  The 
father  and  tlie  uncles  resemble  their  lather 
in  being  splendid  specimens  of  Highlauders 
— all  over  six  feet  high,  with  everj"  appear- 
ance of  attaining  the  age  of  their  parents. 
Edward  Ponton  reveals  his  ancestir  in 
his  physique,  being  not  inferior  at  all  in 
height,  while  military  and  athletic  exer- 
cises have  made  his  uniforms  fit  well.  Our 
subject  was  educated  at  tho  old  Gram- 
mar School  and  Albert  college,  Belleville, 
and  graduated  with  honours  in  modem 
languages  at  Toronto  University  iu  1874,  at 
the  early  age  of  eighteen.  He  passed  the  final 
examinations  in  law  in  1877  at  Osgoode 
Hall,  Toronto.  He  enlisted  in  tlie  Hni- 
versiiy  company  Queen's  Own  RiHea  in 
187!*.  and  served  therein  as  private  until  the 
5th  May,  1877,  when  he  was  gazetted  en- 
sign. He  accompanied  his  regiment  to 
Montreal  on  the  24th  May,  1878,  and  on  the 
24th  May,  1879,  when  it  took  part  in  the 
grand  reviews  there.  He  waa  promoted 
lieutenant  on  the  5th  November,  1878. 
Having  returned  to  his  home  in  Belleville 
to  practice  law,  ho  waa  made  captain  in 
the  49th  Hastings  Rifles,  on  the  28th  No- 
vember, 1879.  He  was  appuinted  adjutant 
on  the  12th  January,  1883,  and  honoured 
with  tho  appointment  of  brigade  major  at 
brigade  camp,  Kingston,  in  September,  1885, 
under  Lieutenant-Colonel  Villiers,  D.A.G. 
At  the  outbreak  of  the  rebellion  of  1885  he 
was  appointed  adjutant  of  the  Midland  bat- 
talion, a  provisional  regiment  400  strong, 
under  the  late  Lieutenant-Colonel  Williams, 
M.P.  He  shared  in  the  miseries  of  the 
marches  on  the  ice  of  Lake  Superior,  and 
went  from  Swift  Current  to  Fish  Creek  on 
tho  historic  steamer  NorificoU.  This  was 
the  fir9t  trip  made  by  any  steamer  down 
that  200  mile  part  of  the  South  Saskatche- 
wan. Adjutant  Ponton  was  present  with  a 
detachment  of  the  regiment  during  the  four 
days'  fighting'  at  Batoche,  including  the 
charge,  and  afterwards  went   with  the  regi- 


4(H) 


A  CTOhOPyEDTA  OF 


ment  to  Prince  Albert,  Bnttleford,  Pitt 
Landing,  Fort  Pitt,  Frog  Lake,  returning 
homo  via  Grand  Rapids,  lakes  Winnipeg, 
Superior  and  Huron,  to  Port  Hope,  where 
the  retciineut  disbanded.  Our  subject  is  a 
splendid  drill,  and  a  more  than  usually 
good  representative  of  the  Canadian  militia 
offioer,  and  he  has  the  gift  of  being  able  to 
hflJidle  his  men  successfully,  and  at  the 
same  time  to  be  popular  with  all  ranks. 
He  La  a  member  of  the  T.  0.  O.  K.,  and  is 
prominent  and  entliiiaiiuitio  in  that  order, 
being  a  member  of  Hellevillo  lodge,  No.  81^ 
nnd  Moira  enoampmout.  No.  50.  Ue  has 
been  tliroiigh  all  the  ch&irs  of  the  subordi- 
nate lodge,  and  was  the  tirat  chief  patriarch 
of  the  oDcampment  referred  to,  and  wa«  its 
delegate  at  the  Grand  Encampment, 
Hamilton.  1885.  He  has  noror  taken  an 
active  part  in  politics,  but  was  born,  and 
hopes  always  to  remain,  a  Conservative. 
He  married,  on  10th  March.  1881,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  E.  P.  Hannoford,  chief  engineer 
of  the  Grand  Trunk  railway,  Montreal. 

Street,  IfllilHin  PurvlM  Rot^hfort, 
B&rrister-at-lftw.  Loiulon,  Ontario,  was  bom 
on  the  13th  November,  IS-ll.  at  the  above 
place.  He  is  a  sou  of  William  Warren 
Street,  who  came  from  Devonshire,  Kog- 
land,  in  18,32.  and  Frances  Mary,  daughter 
of  Major  Leonard,  of  H.M.  104th  regiment, 
and  formerly  sheriff  of  the  Niagara  district. 
W.  P.  R.  Street  was  educated  at  the  Gram- 
mar School,  London.  He  afterwards  went 
to  Toronto  and  took  the  degree  of  LL.B., 
at  the  University  of  Toronto,  and  the  gold 
medal  in  law  at  the  some  university.  He 
was  examiner  in  the  faculty  of  Law  there 
for  four  years.  He  entered  the  Law  Society 
of  Upper  Canada  as  a  student  iu  Hilary 
term  1859  ;  studied  law  in  the  oHiee  of  the 
late  H.  C.  R,  Bocher,  QC,  was  called  to 
the  bar  in  Easter  term,  1B&4,  and  has  prac- 
tised in  London  ever  since.  He  was  created 
Queen's  Oounoil  in  1883.  In  politioa  Mr. 
Htreet  is  a  strong  Conservative,  though,  so 
far,  ho  has  not  sought  political  honours.  He 
was  appointed  Chairman  of  the  North-Wost 
half-breed  commission  in  March,  1885,  and 
in  that  capacity  visited  nearly  every  settle- 
ment in  the  North-West  during  the  spring 
and  summer  of  1885,  traversing  the  entire 
length  of  the  North  ^Saskatchewan  from  Ed- 
monton to  Grand  Rapids,  proceeding  moHt 
of  the  distance  in  an  open  boat.  In  religion 
he  has  always  been  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  England.  Mr.  Street  married  on  the  9th 
July,  1867,  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Slieppard  Smyth,  of  HazelwAod,  London, 
Ontario. 


UolincSfTecuniiicb  KlticsIe>,M.D.^ 

Chatham,  is  the  son  of    Abraham  aud  Ji 
Louisa  (n£«  Gibson)  Holmes,  and  v 
near  Florence,  in  the  County  of  Lamht'ii 
on  the  17th  January,  1839.   His  father, 
is  still  living,  was  bom  ten  miles  east 
Chatham,    on  the    river  Thames,    in  17! 
and  lived  there  Uie  greater  part  of  his 
He  has    witnessed    the  progress  of 
ment    in   western    Ontario    through  aU  tl 
phases,    aud    distinctly    reraemb<?rs   seeii 
the  Indian  chief  Tecumseh  ou  the  momii 
of  the  battlu  in  which  he  was  killed.     Th* 
groat-grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  no- 
tice came  from  Ireland  to  this  country  wbea 
the  father  of  Abraham  Holmes  wa*  a  .-luM, 
and  settled  at  Mnntrea!.     On  re.t 
hood,  the    grantlfather  of    Dr.    I : 
moved  to  Sandwich,  where  he  was  prii 
of  an  academy  for  many  years.     Tht^^ 
son's  were  United  Empire  loyalists,  and  Um 
maternal  grandfather  of  our  subject,  bsifif 
attached  as  guide  to  Uurgoyne's  army,  wsi 
surrendered  with  others  as  a  prisoner  of  vse, 
having   been  for    some    time    confined   is 
Albany.       Du  ring    this    time    he    became 
acquainted  with  his  future  wife,  who  was  s 
daughter  of   General  Gates,  and   who  vu 
instrumental    in    his    escape  from  oon&u«- 
ment.        The  romantic  episode  of  this  »c- 
qaaintanoe,    escape   and    perilous     iouraej 
northward  along  lake  Chruuplaiu  to  CanstU, 
hod  its  se<piel  in  their  subiKijuent  marrtsge 
and  settlement  in  Canads.     Dr.  Holmes  rr 
ceived  his  education  in  the  public  schooU  ot 
his  native  county,    and  pursued  the  prnfes- 
sion  of  teacher  near  Chatham  for  five  yoan. 
He  then  began  the  study  of  medicine  under 
the   late  Dr.   Wallen,  attended    lectures  dX 
the  medical  department  of  the  University 
Michigan,  and  aubseijuent-ly  went  to  Lo: 
Island  College  Hospital,  where  he  gradua 
in  1865.     In  1866  he  received  the  degrve 
M.D.  from  the   College  of   Physicioiu  and 
Surgeons,  New  York,  and  in  1857  passed  the 
examination  of  the  University  of  Victo 
tiud  received  the  Canadian  degree  of  M 
from  that  college.    He  then  settled  in  Chai 
bom,  where  he  has  lived  ever  since.     F 
many  years   he    was    surgeon    of  the   2A 
battalion,  and  for  several  years  was  a  mem 
her  of  the  Public  School  board  of  Chatham, 
always  taking  an  active  interest  in  educa- 
tional   matters,  and    occasionally   lecturing 
before  teachers'    conventions.       Whon  tl 
Western  and  St.  Clair  Medical  Aasociatio 
was  formed  he  became  one  of  its  moat  acti 
members,  and  was  a  delegate  from  it  to  t 
International  Medical  Congress  at  Phitadel 
phia  in  1876,  on  which  oocasion  he  prepared 


I  At         , 

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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHr. 


46} 


a  paper  021  the  management  of 
Uiaa    iti  children   dependinj^    un    a 

'•-tture  of  the  body,  whidi  paper 

in  tlie  tranaaotiona  of  that 
....l1  the  plan  of  treatment  haa 
Keen  quoted  in  text-booka  as  oa 
nnl  i\\\'\  moat  saooeasfiil  mode  of  man- 
vSQi.  He  ia  a  member  of  the 
ical  Aaeociation,  and  of  the 
itui  Medical  Asaociation,  to  both  of 
he  hiu  contributed  nimierona  acienti* 
papers.  At  the  annual  meeting  ^f  the 
Canarlian  Medical  Aaaociation  in  1885,  Dr. 
Holmes  was  chosen  president.  A  paper  on 
uerpural  mania,  read  by  invitation  before 
j3i?tr>>it  Medical  and  Library  Asaooiation 
~  ,  containing  original  vionii  aa  to  the 
and  treatment  of  ihia  form  of  insanity, 
which  Dr.  Munaon,  superintendent  of  the 
\,.»-tl..  rn  Asylum  of  Michigan,  and  others* 
nt   to  judge,    belittre    will   be    the 

-f  reatoriug    many  lunatics   of  this 

cUaa  to  healtli.  In  pobtica  Dr.  Holmes  is  a 
Ileformer  He  belongs  to  the  Church  of 
England,  is  an  ardent  advocate  of  the  tem- 
|>er»tice  cause,  and  was  the  firat  worthy 
eluef  of  the  tint  lodge  of  Good  Templars  in 
•he  Cotinty  of  Kent  On  January  23rd, 
•  marrie*^  Mary  Klixaboth,  daughter 
.:tii  H.  Taylor,  .me  of  the  tea<Ung 
ta^i  "•   of    Chatham.      They    have 

■Vt*  net,  aged  eleven,  and  Kiuga- 

Vtft  Hk;< >•!  •.'i;;iit,  andf  one  daughter,  £ditii, 
two  vean  old.  Since  1880  he  haa  been 
ssAocmted  with  Dr.  O.  T.  McKoough,  un- 
der thL*  ttnu  uame  of  Holmea  A'  McKeuu^h. 
nar|»by«  Ucnry  Joseph,  M.D., 
Chalham,  County  of  Kent,  Ontario,  was 
bom  December  31st,  1842,  at  the  family 
homestead — a  beautiful  country  seat  known 
aa  "The  Shelters" — about  twelve  miles 
from  the  City  of  Hamilton,  in  the  County 
ol  Haldimand.  Having  received  his  educa- 
Uoo  at  home,  he  was  sent  to  the  high  school 
a4  Caledonia,  and  afterwards  to  Hamilton, 
where  ha  received  a  finished  classical  and 
mathematical    e«lucation.      At  the   age    of 

E* '  son  some  of  his  clsss-mates  who  wore 
uu  for  examination  for  teachers  in- 
I  bim  U*  join  them,  and  out  of  eighty 
^plicants  the  subject  of  thia  sketch  and 
olM  other — Mr.  Vounghusband — aJone  sue- 
Mtdod  in  obtuintng  a  tirst'ClaBa  certiticate. 
llu  achocd  at  hu  birlh-plaoo  was  about  to 
hvoome  va4»nt,  and  tM  trustees  at  once 
VDatiimoDsly  tendered  young  Murphy  the 
situation,  which  he  accepted,  and  taught 
most  aoooptably  for  one  year.  The  esteem 
and  good-wtU  of  his  olass-mates  and  noigh- 
Wmn  thtu  nmtiifested  is,  perhaps,  one  of 


the  happiest  circumstances  of  his  youth, 
and  was  duly  appreciated.  He  entered 
upon  the  study  of  modictue  in  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Butfalo. 
where  he  graduated  M.  D.  in  the  spring  of 
of  1865 ;  and  at  the  close  of  the  previoua 
seasioa  the  American  war  offering  aa  at- 
tractive field  for  the  student  of  medicioo 
and  surgery,  he  at  once  apjdied  for  and 
secured  the  appointment,  first  as  medical 
cadet  in  the  army,  and  wiu  astigoed  to 
hospital  duty  at  Wnahington,  D.C..  and, 
subse<|uently,  having  obtained  his  degree, 
took  the  rank  of  aaaistant-aurgeou.  He 
served  in  several  of  the  largest  army  hospi- 
tals in  Washington  city  uutil  the  close  of 
the  rebelhou.  Keturnijig  to  Canada,  witli 
the  vast  ex(>erience  the  young  imrseon  de- 
rives from  active  service,  be  began  practice 
at  Staffa,  County  of  Perth,  where  he  con- 
tinued with  marked  auct^ess  nniil  the 
autumn  of  18(>6,  when  ho  entered  Queen's 
University,  Kingston,  and  graduated  there 
in  1867.  obt-aiaing  the  additii^nal  degree  of 
L.R.C.1*.S.K.  Acting  on  the  advice  of  a 
friend — Judge  Doyle,  of  Goderlch— Dr. 
Murphy  nettled  permanently  to  the  practice 
of  hia  profession  at  Chatham,  where  be  soon 
established  a  y^ry  large  and  well-merited 
general  practiw,  and  haa  distinguished  him- 
self especially  nsa  surgeon,  having  performed 
successfully  many  of  the  most  dithcult 
operutiuua  He  is  fre<]uently  called  thirty, 
forty,  and  fifty  miles  for  consultation.  Be- 
sides being  one  of  the  oldest  cnroners  fur 
the  County  of  Kent,  and  a  umuiber  of 
several  medical  associations,  ho  has  been 
three  times  selected  as  a  delegate  to  attend 
the  meeting  of  the  American  Medical  As- 
sociation, and  was  chosen  one  of  the  dele- 
gates from  the  Western  an  d  St  Clair 
Mvdical  Association  to  attend  the  inter- 
national medical  congress  held  at  the  city 
of  Philadelphia  in  1876,  where  was  as- 
sembled representative  physicians  and  dele- 
gates from  nearly  every  country  in  Europe 
and  America.  The  subject  of  tliis  sketch 
was  the  hrst  to  broach  the  subject  of  orga- 
nizing a  branch  of  the  Irish  National  League 
in  Chatham — which  was  the  second  of  the 
kind  in  Canada — and  was  unanimously 
elected  president.  A  meeting  of  the  Irish 
citizens  of  Chatham  and  vicinity,  including 
those  of  Irish  descent,  was  called,  at  which 
nearly  two  hundred  dollars  was  raised  for  the 
parliamentary  fund,  and  which  went  to 
assist  Mr.  PamcU  in  carrying  out  his  scheme 
of  paying  a  sfsaional  allowanoe  Ut  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Irish  parliamentary  party.  Uia 
father,  J  as.  W.  Murphy,  was  one  of  the  old 


A  CYCL02*AiDU  OF 


pioneim  of  thia  country  who  erai^;rated  here 
from  Ihd  City  of  Cork,  IreUnd,  in  the  year 
1829,  where  ftvveral  of  his  immediftte  rela- 
tives—  whofle  gui(lihf(  principle  wiis  well 
exprewed  in  the  family  motto  :  Virtue  vera, 
nihiiitxtn  have  riaen  to  eininenco  in  the 
army  and  the  learned  profes^ioDB.  Alunt; 
with  Culonel  Mfirtiu,  who  was  also  BhoritF 
of  the  County  of  Haldimand  and  a  distin- 
guished Curkfmiau,  he  took  an  active  part 
iu  quelling  the  rebellion  of  1837,  and  did 
n  loldior'a  duty  on  the  Niagara  frontier  till 
<}uiet  wan  restored.  Kotwilbstiinding  his 
loyalty  and  lore  for  his  adopted  country,  he 
was  one  of  the  tirst  to  wulcume  the  return 
of  Lyon  Mackenzie  from  eiile,  who  now 
came  to  be  regarded  as  a  redeemer  of  our 
liberty,  having  rid  iis  of  tbe  evils  uf  family 
compaotiBui  and  given  us  more  consti- 
tutional freedom.  Th»»  fearless  old  County 
of  Iliildimantl  e1<-cted  him  five  times  to  tlie 
legislature,  from  which  ho  was  five  times 
expelled,  and  thereby  was  taunted  by  a 
certain  clitpie  n«  "  the  rebel  county."  The 
author  of  "The  Life  and  Times  of  the 
Right  Hon.  Sir  John  A.  Macdouald ''  says  : 
"We  persecuted  him  in  every  conceivable 
way.  Finally  we  drove  him  into  the  rehelli'm 
and  set  a  price  of  £1,000  upon  his  head. 
Now  we  are  about  erecting  a  column  to  hla 
memory."*  The  father  of  our  subject  was 
married  in  1831,  at  Cobourg,  by  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Bitham,  to  Msry  Johnson,  a  native  of 
theCity  of  York.  England,  who  brought  with 
her  u  considerable  pntrimony,  and  proved  a 
long  and  munt  happy  union.  8he  is  still 
hale  and  comely  at  the  age  of  seventy-three 
years,  a  model  of  christian  virtue  and  devo- 
tion, endowed  with  a  high  m<»ral  nature  and 
«iceptionally  su  with  regard  to  the  divine 
faculties  — faith  and  lovu.  Bting  of  a  retiring 
disposition,  and  not  canng  for  poUticiU  life, 
Mr.  Murphy's  chief  employment  for  many 
years  was  thai  of  agriculture  and  etock-rais- 
jug.  but  for  twenty-threi.'  years  previous  to 
his  death  he  lived  upon  his  income.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  early  promoters  and  stock- 
holders of  the  Hamilton  and  Port  Dover 
Railway.  Leaving  a  wife  and  eight  children 
(four  of  each  sux)  to  survive  him,  he  died  at 
the  resideuctj  uf  his  youngest  son,  who  in 
also  tlie  subject  of  this  sketch,  in  Chatham, 
aged  seventy-tive  years — the  silver  cord  of 
domestic  aflVctions  which  unites  parents 
with  their  children  and  brothers  with  their 
■isters  heiim  never  strahied  or  broken. 

Biirtlctt,  Sumiiol  Barlon,  LL.D, 
Beltevdle,  Ontario,  wa4  born  on  the  shores 
of  the  Mxy  of  Q.iiute,  in  the  township  of 
Tyendinaga,  Hastings   County,    September 


30th,  1843.     He  comes  of  pure 
enta^je,    his    parents,  M%tthew     s 
dett  and  Sarah  Dinj^maii,   br-n 
the  loyalist  pioneers  of  thi^C 
Edward.     I^ka  many  other   punn.:  i 
to-day.    Dr.     Burdott    entered    puhl 
through  the  teacher's  profosaion,  havini 
gun  to  teach  at  the  early  s^e   of  at>veDt«e 
years.     He   was  entered  at  Albert  C 
whore  he  completed  his   clasaiosl  ai 
liminary    law   studies,  and    wa«  arti 
Michaelmas   Term,    1862.       Ue    bo^*A^  t^  ' 
practice  of  law  at   BjlJeville,   in    184:7,  and 
fur  ei;^hteen  j'oara  has  enjoyed  almost  unut* 
terruptcd    professional   auoccas,    brin^-  ii^w 
one  of  the  first  in  his  profession  i^i 
He  hns  had  a  guod,share  of  civic  p! 
was  in  the  c<inncil  for  three   years,  h  Uiuy 
the  chairmanship  of  important  committees, 
the  last  being  that  of  finance  in  1874.     He 
waji  one  of  the  promoters    and   directors  of 
the  Bollcvillo  and  North    Hastings  Ratlvay 
Company.       In    educational  atfaira   he  liu 
always    taken    a  deep   interest,  and  Alt«rl 
C'llfge  owes  much  of  her  prosperity  to  hi* 
untiring  supjiort.     He  took  the  full  oi^aras 
in  the  Faculty  of  Law  at  that  college,  {jsis- 
ing    the   tins!  examination    for    LUB.    m 
1872,    and   completing    the    exercises  and 
thesis   for  LL.D.  in  1879.     He  afterwstiJi 
became  dean  of  the    Faculty  of    Law,  lUtd 
examiner  and  Lecturer  in  Commercial  Ia*. 
He  has  long  been  a  member  of  the  board  of 
management,  giving  the  institution  his  pn>< 
festional  services  gratuitously  in  m'iny  of  her 
difhcultiea    He  was  appointed  to  the  in^eastr 
of  Albert  University  in  1870,  and  one  of  the 
regents  of    Victoria    University     in     IfiHA 
He  has  represented  Albert   College  in  the 
Senate  of  the  University  of  Toronto  since 
1874,  betnti  thus  a   member  of  the  senates 
of  three  diflurent  Universities.     Among  the 
students  and  graduates  uf  Albert  College  hi 
genial   disposition    and    excellent    busin 
talents  have  mtde  him  a  favourite.    Hehel 
the  presidencies  of    several  of   the  bte 
scienti6c  and  alumni  S4tcietie8,   and  is  eh 
man  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  boan 
of   mana^^ement    of    Albert    College.     T 
students  uf  Albert  College  desired  his  se 
vices  as    cuptaiu   nf   a   volunteer  oompan;^ 
formed  iu  1877,  and   this  Dr.  Burdeti  was 
compelttid    by    profetsional  engagements  U\ 
decline,    thouuh    holding  a  military  ncfx 
certiticate.      Our  subject    was    bred  in  t 
Methodist  Episcopal   church  and  aft<rr  t 
formation  of  the  United   Methodist  t;avo 
his  adherence  to  the  union,  and  the  chur 
still  finds  in  him  a  generous  supporter.     He 
was  married  on  April  13Lb,  1870.  to  Try-% 


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463 


^-'.-hter  of  U  D.   Wright  anfl  So- 
varci,  who  were  of  pure  V.   E. 

.<iit.     Of   thiA  miirn*ije  there  U 

a   tiAii]|(hU«r.    Mabel,  who.  on  niny   bi) 
m  by  thia   akt't^ih*  c*it   boast  of    being  a 
gvnuint*  CAiiaJinn.  her  paroiiti*,    unin'l  (ur- 
<'nt'i    .And   great  ^rnnd    pun'uta  having  Iwuii 
''aiiatlii.  uud    hKviii|{    lieen  clixtily 
'■d   with  the   early  hiatory  aiid  j»ro- 
uf  the  c<»rntrv.     lu  puUtics  Dr.  Bur- 
is  a  steadfiuit  Libertl. 
Suilirrlnnd,  Rev.  IIoiihM  Ocor|ir, 
^La..  is.  l>..  LL,li. ,   Luiiditii.  Ontario,  wai 
Turoiitu,  on  April  iL'th,  1S3*.'.      Hia 
<  >u  Ciiptuin  Janiea  Sutherland,  who 
>     iMiru    III    Hoy,    Orkney  laUndii ;    and 
nn'i'her  MAT^Hrrft  Robin^^on  S'ltherlniid, 
'D  in  Liuctjlnfthire,  KnifUnd.    At  an  early 
ag«  the  father  of  our  anbject  went  to  sea, 
engaging  hiinself  in  the  nervioe  of  the  Hud- 
ton  Bay  (Vtmpany.  and  at  one  time  spent 
(Wirt    if  hia  time  in  tho  same  ahip  with  the 
'luhfi  Fmnklui.      He  was  a  metDber 
a  mny  justly  be  termed  a  aea-farint; 
_',»onio  of  whom  obt  uned  high  honours 
imit  combatA  with  the  French.      After 
•«rvltTi;  in  the   Baltic  and  South  American 
trader.    0«pta.in    Sutherland,     while   yet   a 
ui«o.  i»me  ^>  Caniida,  and  here,  upon 
'atario,  at  once  engaged  in  the  steam- 
pout  t>iiaiueaa,  in  which  aH  captain  anil  steam- 
boat owner  he  became  widely  and  fuvoiirably 
■._    __ .      l>nriny  tho  rebellion  of  1837-8,  im- 
1  coinuiiaaiuna  were  put  in  his  hands 
v.;  ."ioriHuuut,  Hnd  the  manner  in  which  he 
fiilrilled  his  trust  brought  hi^h  ci:tmmenda- 
In  Uie  latter  years  of  hia  lift:*,  the  great- 
portion  of  the  tnitfic  from  Hamilton   to 
trval  fell  into  his  hands.      He  was  killed 
in  the  I'eajiirdins  canal    accident  on  Murcli 
l'i«  1857,  Olid  Mrs.  Sutherland  aurvived  him 
till     1S7H.       Our  aubject,    Donald    George 
Snthorland,  reo>*ived   hia  early  educational 
mint;  ftt  the  Hamilton  Public  and  (Ttam- 
ach<K>ls.       He  afterwards  entered   Vic- 
College,  ^raduatni!;;  therefrom  in  1859. 
His  course  cijmph'-ttHl,  he  Ik*  .'an  the  study  of 
the    law    m  the  ntlke  of  .Tud^e  tyKeilty.  at 
Hamilton,  and  pasaed  as  h  siilicilor  in  iHG2. 
Ue    practiced    for  about  u  year  ;  but  at  the 
end    of   that  period    he   felt  himself  drawn 
•trontflf  towards  the  ministerial  caDiiiif.    He 
ihereiore  entered  the  NV^tnloyun    M<>(h'>dist 
church  a«  probaiion>T.  and  received   his  or- 
dinaiinn  in  ]S<>X,  at  the  hands  of  tho   Rev. 
Btorley    runshon,     D.D.        Thereafter    he 
waa   atationed   at    Milton,   at   OakviUe,  at 
0uudas.    at    Hrainpton,  Kiugstun,   Oanan* 
oque.   OsU.    Simc<>e.  Clinton,  Si,   Thomas, 
acid  Luudou.     lu  1807,  he  n»ceived  hia  M.  A. 


degree,  and  in  1H73  hia  LL,B,,  from  the 
University  of  T»irunto.  He  receivfd  hia 
U.D.  fr-tm  Victoria  University  in  1S7S.  la 
1HG2,  Mr  Sutl.erland  wa^  appointed  ensign 
in  th.5  8th  b(irra)i«ni.  Wfiitworth.  With 
respect  to  oHices  held  by  him.  it  may  beaaid 
that  be  was  (iaiaicinl  secretary  of  diatiictsio 
1S74-5,  1H81''J;  was  secretary' of  the  London 
Conference  in  1883-4  ;  chairman  of  the  8t. 
Thomas  district  in  1883  ;  and  n  member  of 
the  ganertd  conferences  in  1878-82-3.  He 
has  travoUed  conaiderablv.  In  I8(>0,  he 
made  a  trip  to  Rome  ;  and  in  18:^J  visited 
E'^ypt.  Paleatine,  Uatnaacus,  C-tnatantinople 
and  Athena.  An  account  of  theao  travels 
WHS  published  lu  the  Mvtho'ii^f  Miu/nxine^ 
in  1881-  The  desciipti'iiis  arw  vivid,  grace- 
ful, and  extreni>«Iy  intereatinu.  Kev.  Mr. 
Sutherland  married,  in  137'<2,  Helena,  etdeat 
dauy;hter  of  the  Hon.  J.  C.  Aikina,  then 
senaT^jr,  and  now  iieiitouanl-^ovemor  of 
Manitoba.  The  fruit  of  this  union  is  four 
children. 

Riopcl,  I^uis  Joaepli,  LL.B.,M.P. 
for  Ekmaventure,  Quebec,  was  born  at  St. 
Jacques,  L'Achigan,  County  of  Montcatm, 
P.Q..  on  the  Uth  «>f  N<ivenil>er,  1H43.  His 
family  waa  one  of  the  tirst  to  settle  in  Ija 
Nuiivelle  France,  Louis  Joseph  received 
a  careful  training  in  the  petit  sch  *ola,  and 
afterwarda  entered  at  L'Aasomption  College, 
where  hia  career  waa  marked  with  much 
success.  Concluding  his  studies  here,  he 
read  law  in  the  oMce  of  Honourable  L<juia 
Archambault.  N.P.,  at  L'Asaomption.  In 
October,  IHtin.  he  was  admitted  as  notary  ; 
and  in  ISiiH  ho  settled  at  New  Car]i«le, 
Ciiunty  of  Bonaventure,  whore  he  practiaed 
as  notary  with  much  ability  and  success 
till  1880,  when  he  was  called  to  the  bar  of 
hia  native  province, having  graduateil  LL.  B. 
at  Laval  University,  in  July  of  the  same 
year.  He  has  all  the  qualities  of  a  aucoeaa- 
ful  advocate,  and  if  he  were  to  devote  all 
hia  time  to  his  profession,  his  aohievomenta 
would  unouostionably  be  many  and  im- 
portant, But  he  is  a  man  of  KTVat  nctivily, 
and  ha^  concerned  himself  with  a  numl>er 
i.'f  enterpriaea,  public  aa  well  aa  private. 
He  waa  auf>crintendent  of  Colonixation 
works  f  'r  thi^C-mnty  of  Uonaventurc,  from 
18(19  to  187<^ :  and  from  the  l«at  nanie<|  year 
to  ISHl,  waa  Crown  landa  and  timlK*r  a^»«iit. 
He  now  decided  up  m  entering  public  life, 
and  hia  personal  qualities  and  pxoeltent 
busincas  and  pnifesfional  altainmonts  made 
him  popular.  He  waa  elected,  in  1881,  to 
the  tjuebec  legislature,  (or  Bon»vt*nirire, 
but  ill  the  following  year  reaigued  his  seat 
to  become  a  candidate  for  tho  House  of 


4&( 


A  CYChOPMmA  OF 


GommunB.  Ho  waa  elected  by  accUmatioTi, 
mod  IB  now  one  of  the  prominent  nienibers 
in  that  parliament.  Mr.  Uiopol  has  du- 
voted  a  great  deal  uf  hia  time  and  viiuruy 
U/wards  promoting  the  scheme  of  the  Bate 
des  Oialeitra  Railway,  which  is  now  ander 
construction,  and  he  is  the  managing  direc- 
tor of  that  important  midertaking.  He  ia 
alao  a  director  of  the  North- West  Central 
Railway  Conif>any.  lie  married  on  the  24tli 
of  November,  1875,  Marie  Louise  J tistine, 
a  daughter  of  the  late  L.  A.  Kubitaille, 
N.P. »  of  Vareniiea.  Mr.  Riopel  i«  an  ad- 
herent  of  the  Cntholic  faith. 

nicniMter,  lion.  Tl'^llllnm,  Toronto, 
SenaUfr,  waa  bum  in  1811  in  the  County 
of  Tyrone,  Ireland,  emigrating  to  Canada 
in  hia  twenty-second  y^ar.  He  ia  a  son  of 
the  late  William  McMuter,  a  linen  mer- 
ohant,  and  a  man  of  the  bigheBt  character, 
who  did  business  for  many  years  in  the  na- 
tive county  of  the  subject  of  thia  memoir. 
William's  early  education  was  a  very  careful 
one.  he  having  attendt^l  u  private  school, 
the  beat  in  the  neighborhood,  presided  over 
by  Mr.  Halcro,  one  of  the  most  eminent 
teachers  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  He  had, 
we  learn,  int«ndtKl  tu  settle  in  the  States, 
but  was  induced,  by  the  Uritish  consul  at 
New  York,  to  come  to  Canada,  where,  as 
We  have  seen,  he  reached  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two.  He  entered  the  wholesale  and 
retail  establishment  of  Robert  Cathcart, 
whose  atore  was  on  the  south  aide  of  Kinir 
street  facing  Toront(^i  street.  There  could 
bo  no  higher  proof  of  his  business  ability 
than  that  after  a  year  ho  became  a  partner. 
Ultimately  he  aaw  his  way  to  do  better  atill, 
and  set  up  for  himself  as  a  wholesale  mer- 
chant on  Yonge  street,  just  below  King 
street.  At  that  time  the  principal  distribut- 
ing centre,  even  for  Upper  Canada,  waa 
Montreal.  But  Mr.  McMastcr  saw  that 
this  waa  not  destined  to  be  perpetual  ;  that 
a  change  had  already  set  in,  and  that  by 
energy  and  buBineas  talent,  Toronto  could 
be  made  a  formidable  rival  to  Montreal.  He 
can  hardly  be  described  as  a  pioneer  in  the 
attempt  to  divert  the  trade  from  ita  old  and 
well-w<irn  channel,  hut  hardly  any  one  has 
done  more  than  he  haa  to  make  the  attempt 
Buocessful.  Ho  extended  hia  busineaa  until 
all  Western  Ontario  waa  his  market.  He 
built  large  premiaea  and  took  his  nephews 
into  partnership  with  hira.  Extended  busi- 
neaa again  compelled  him  to  build.  When 
enteqirise,  sound  judj^ent,  and  business 
ability  are  tempered  with  prudence  and 
caution,  the  admixture  becomes  a  powerful 
lover  to  aaooefls,  and  thoBS  qualities  have 


been  strooffly  ezompliflod  in   the  cau^»er  vS 
William    McMaater.     He  haa  known  hxiv 
to    make   money,  and  he  bos   known  hhi 
to   do   good.       To  give   a  list  of   Senator 
MoMaster's  busineaa  couuectinna.    and    of 
the   numerous   positions  that    he  holdi  in 
prominent  societies  in  the  Cimmunity  cut 
present  no   idea   of  how  great    the  ti^.i  > 
achiovements    have  been.     We  gire  ti.  u 
however  :     He  was  f(»r  many  years  hea<?    / 
the    firm   of    W.    McMaater    tV    Nfph^Ti. 
wholesale  dry  uooda  inerchiiuta,   T 
a  member  of  the  Stiuate  of  the   ' 
of    Toront*!  ;    president  of    the    t-Aii.vii.!i 
Bank    of  Coininerce,    and  of  the    Freoh"].i 
Permanent  Building  and  Saving  Society  : 
vice-president  of  the  Confederate  Life  An^o- 
ci&tion  ;  a  director  of  the  Toronto  ij 
Trusta  Company,  and  of   the    Wellii 
Grey  &  Bruce  Railway.    He  held  f.T 
years  the  office  of  chairman  of  the  Can 
Board  of  the  (ireat  Western  liailway  C 
pany  ;  is  chairman  of  the  board  of  trusi 
of  the   Baptist  College,   which  waa  eret? 
and  furnishod  by  him  at  an  expense  of  over 
$n)0,0<X).      He  represented  the  Midland  di 
Tision  in  the  Legislative  Council  of  Cantda 
from  1802  until  the  union.     He  waa  calleO 
to  the  Honate  by  Royal  proclamation,  May, 
1867.    In  all  beaevoleuT,  religious,  moral  ur 
worthy  movements  he  haa  buen  one  of  tho 
foreniust   spirits   in   the  commtuiity.     Tho 
Baptist  Church,  on   the  ooruer  of  Gerrard 
and  Jarria  streets,  Toronto,  and  one  of  the 
handsomest   structures  in   the   city,  never 
would  have  been  erected  bat  for  th  is  princv  of 
philanthropists.     The  Joint  contribution  of 
himself  and  hia  wife  to  this  ediUce  was  over 
$60,00<).     He  has  been  a  liberal  aupportef' 
of  the  Canadian  Literary  Institute,  Wood 
stock,  his  contribution  tn  the  building  fnnd 
alone  being  $12,000.      He  ia  treaaurer,  and 
has  been  in  that  office  for  many  years,  of 
the  Upper  Canada  Bible  Soeiety,  to  which, 
with   his  wonted   liberality  he  haa  been  a 
conaistent  aubacriber.     Senator  McMaater 
haa  been   twice   married,   tirst  in  1851,  to 
Mary  Henderson,  of  New  York  city,  who 
died  in    1^68,  and   in   1871   to  hia  present 
wife,  Susan  Molten,  widow  of  the  lat«  Jamefi 
Fraaor,  of  Newburgh,  New  York  state.    H 
waa   maiuly    instrumental  in  founding  th< 
Superannuated    Ministers'  Society    of   thi 
Baptist  Church  of  Ontario,  and  the  su 
to  the  institution  is,  in  a  large  measure,  du 
to  his  liberality  and  excellent  management. 
He  haa  always  given  careful  and  conscien 
tioUB  attention  to  political  (^juoations,  an< 
though   he   has   been   a   steadfast    Lib 
through  his  life,  he  haa  never  exhibited 


i 


CANADJAN  BlOQHArBY. 


445 


f'Ul. 


CornnraTl,  Stmifnrtl,    Ouderich,  8ftr- 

Jiiid   St.    Mary's.      Durini; 

itiHt    ht»  wiui   autionod  in 

■  it*    held    the    |h laititm    of    local 

it^nt  of  tlie  public  Bchools  of  the 

.«uU  iui  such  waa  ono  uf  the  exnmitiPi'A 

>!ic    pph'H>I  tonchurs,      When    ho    vriXB 

'  nia,  tu  1877,  he  wiuelectvd 

•'  iu  th*i  oftice  of  chairmnii 

>ich  {.".isition  he  held,  being 

,  for  the  ftix  years  he  ru 

I  Lt  dUtrict.       Uo  has    &Uu 

I  '}f  the   diBtriut  since   that 

~<  «n  Uunuured  by  his  brethren  in 

>\  K4  11  in»-riih(«r  of  the  General 

(►f    the   Methodist    church    of 

I,  of  1878,  held  in  the  City  of  Mon- 

»nd  of  that  of  1882,   held  in  Hamil- 

Ho  WAS  aUo  a  member  of  tho  Special 

Oaueral  conference  of  IK83,  held  in  liello- 

vtlle,  to  corirtidor  the  biusis  of  union.     He 

wftji  aUo  a  niuuher  uf  the  United  General 

'   ivnce   of  the  Metliodiat  church,    held 

.'1  tho  City  uf  Uelleville.      lie  htia  seen 

t«u   uuiuns  in  the  Methodism   of   (.'auada. 

Fint.     the    union    between    the    Westeyan 

aiid    Nvw    Connoxitin    branches,    forming 

thft    MethrKlist    clitirch    of    Canada  ;    and 

•I'ooudly    the    union    between  the   Mftho- 

dist     church     of    Canada,    the    Primitive 

thodiat     church,     the    I^iblo    Christian 

roh      and     the     Moth  od  ist     Kpisc  >pal 

Urcb,    fonuing     the    Methodist    church. 

e  London    ci>nfer*.*n<;v   ol   the  Melh'*disc 

rch    of   Canada,    held  its    last   acsai'm, 

«ir  t^j  union,  in  the  City  of  Guelph,  com- 

oing  on  the  4th  of  June,  18H4.     At  this 

ferenco  our  subject  was  elected  president, 

i  A<.i,  was  the  t:LMt    president  of  the  hm- 

<^infervDCe  of  the  Methodist  church  of 

ada.     The    Guetph    conference   of    the 

(b'xiiat   church  held  its  hnit   session  in 

nton,  commencing  on  the  i8th  of  June, 

lh»  same  y^ar,  and  at  this  conference  he 

lil*ct«d   presulent,  and  so  was  the  first 

dont  of  the  Giielph  conference  of  tho 

tbmlist   church,  being  elected  president 

oc  in    the  same  year.     Mr.   Henderson 

always  b««a  devoted  U>  his  work,  and 

it    has  been  successful.     His  religious 

w»  »r*  in  entire  harmony  with  tho  doc- 

of  the  Muthixiint  church, 

Cttrpin»ft^^  CliarlCM,M.A.,  F.H.i^.C, 

F.  H  A.  ^  ,  late  Follow  of  St.  John's  College, 

Director  of  the  Magnetic  Ob- 

I'orouto,  and  Superintendent  of 

iU>gical  Service  of  the  Dominion 

was  burn  on    September  19th, 

■.au  Hill,  Surrey,^England, 

son  and  tenth   child  of  a 


family  of  ele^'en,  nine  boys  and  two  girls, 
all  of  whom  nre  liviuf^.  Bis  parent*  were 
William  Carprtmel  j»nd  H»rah»  whose  maiden 
name  waa  Titt  ;  Wdliam  Carptuael  l>eing 
well  kno\™  as  a  patent  agent,  author  of 
Carpniael's  Patent  CaseB,  ^z.  Our  subject 
was  educated  at  Clapham  <!rammar  school. 
Milder  <'h;irles  Prilchard,  M.  A.,  nowHaviiian 
pn,'ft»s'ir  of  Astronomy  at  Oxford,  and  Al- 
fred Wriyley,  M.A.,  formerly  professor  of 
Mathematics  at  Adiscombe.  Tho  studies  to 
which  hia  attention  was  more  particularly 
turned  were  mathemaiicd  and  namral  and 
experimental  sciences.  Lnthe  spriuL'of  1865 
he  obtained  a  minor  scholarship  at  St.  John's 
College,  Cambridge,  and  went  into  residence 
in  that  in.ititutioii  in  October  of  that  year. 
His  studies  during  the  next  throe  years  and 
a  quarter  were  almost  entirely  mathematical. 
In  June,  IHliH.  he  obtained  a  foundation 
scholarship  ;  and  in  Jiinuary,  18t>9,  he  enter- 
ed for  the  mathematical  tripos,  and  waa 
classed  sixth  in  the  list  of  wranglers.  The 
next  year  Mr.  C^rpmael  devoted  himself  to 
the  study  of  chemistry  and  physics.  In  the 
following  year,  I87<J,  and  durinj;;  the  first 
six  months  nf  1871,  he  studied  law,  having 
some  time  previously  entered  at  tho  Middle 
Temple.  In  November,  1870,  he  was  elect- 
ed Fellow  of  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge. 
It  is  worthy  of  note  thai  two  other  Follows 
of  thin  college,  who  were  also  sixth  wrang- 
lers, have  resided  in  Toronto,  viz..  Mr.  J. 
B.  Chorriman,  lato  professor  of  Maths;ina- 
tics  in  the  Cniveraity  of  Toronto,  and  the 
R«v.  0.  VV.  E.  Body,  the  present  prov..atof 
Trinity  College.  In  December,  i87(»,  he 
was  a  member  of  the  British  Eclipse  Gxpe- 
diti<m  to  Spain.  The  station  from  which 
the  i>arty  to  which  he  belonged  made  their 
observations  was  Eateponia,  ou  the  Medi- 
terranean coast,  about  thirty-five  utiles  from 
Gibraltar,  and  Mr.  Carpmaeltook  a  spcclro- 
scfipic  observation  of  the  corona.  Owing  to 
unfavorable  weather,  the  observation  waa 
not  very  satisfactory.  Our  subject  haa  felt 
much  interest  in  volunteer  movements,  and 
has  been  a  mtMnber  of  two  corps,  though  he 
has  seen  no  active  service.  He  wks  appoint- 
ed deputy  superintendent  of  the  Meteoro- 
logical Service  of  Canada,  in  October,  1872  ; 
and  director  of  the  Magnetic  Observat-ory 
and  8ui>erintendent  of  the  Meteoroloi^ic'il 
Service,  in  February,  1880,  which  oftices  ho 
still  holds.  Mr.  Carpmaol  has  travelled  at 
various  times  in  France,  Holland,  North 
Germany,  Switzerland,  the  north  i>f  Italy, 
and  in  Spain.  Hj  lirat  visited  the  Cnited 
States  and  Canada  in  the  autumn  of  1871, 
and  remained  until  May,  1872.     During  this 


4U0 


A  crcLOP^DTA  or 


1875  he  was  appointed  clerk  of  Cmmden 
towTiship,  and  Btill  holds  that  position.  He 
waa  admitted  a  member  of  the  Oran^ie  osao- 
ciatioD  Lu  18C4  ;  served  as  county  master  of 
Lennox  and  Addington  in  1878  and  1879 ; 
joined  the  Masonic  fraternity  in  18ti'.) ;  act- 
ed aa  master  of  Victoria  h>d«e,  No.  2tt9, 
in  1870-71  ;  assisted  in  organizing  Lome 
lodge,  A.F.  and  A.M..  Tamworth,  acting  as 
first  master,  and  still  holds  that  potiition. 
Mr.  Miller  was  bnniyht  up  under  the  in- 
atructiotifi  of  the  Methodist  deuominntion, 
his  mother  having  joined  that  church  in 
1838.  She  is  still  living,  and  continues 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  body.  Our 
aubject  married,  in  1871,  Carrie,  second 
daughter  of  James  Flawley,  of  CentroviUo  ; 
but  she  died  February  24th,  187i.  He 
married  the  second  time,  in  1877,  Annie, 
eldest  daughter  of  Kob«rt  l^bortson,  of 
Kingston.  Mr.  Miller  occupied  himself 
with  farming  on  the  homestead,  lot  30,  7th 
concession  of  Camden  ;  but  in  1883  he  pur- 
chased a  half  inten^st  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
neaa  of  A.  N.  Lapum,  and  at  the  time  of 
writing  is  engaged  in  the  abovo  pura\iita. 
He  was  appointed  secretary  of  thu  Liberal- 
Ootuervative  Association  of  Addinuton  in 
1880,  and  still  holds  that  othce.  He  is  a 
consistent  Oonservattve,  but  he  hsK  nothing 
in  his  char)»cter  of  the  narrow  party  bigot. 
In  all  his  relations  he  \»  popular  and  highly 
esteemed. 

Blurkburn,  Josiub,  Managing  Edi- 
tor of  the  London  Ftec  f^rr.Mf  was  bom  at 
Loudon,  England,  in  1821^.  He  received 
his  education  at  tlie  City  of  London  School, 
and  came  to  Canada  in  1850.  Having  a 
tAste  for  literary  work  and  politica.1  writ- 
ing, naturally  he  soon  drifted  into  news- 
paper work.  In  1851  we  tind  him  assooi- 
aCed  with  the  Paris  Star^  but  an  opening 
occumog  during  the  following  year  he  pur- 
chased the  interest  of  the  L<)ndon  Free  l're»s, 
assuming  charge  at  the  close  of  18512.  He 
aided  s(Mjn  afterwards  in  the  establishment 
of  the  Ingeraoll  ChmnirU^  and  for  some  time 
conducted  both  ]>nper8.  In  1855  the  daily 
Free  Prrw  was  issucfd.  At  that  timi^  he  was 
in  aco<ird  with  the  Reform  party  of  the  day, 
and  wiis  a  candidate  at  the  general  election 
in  1858,  Imt  was  defeated  by  the  late  Marcus 
Talbot,  lu  1859  a  diiference  arose  with  liis 
political  friends,  growing  out  of  the  attitude 
of  the  Olobv^  with  respect  to  an  attack  made 
in  its  coluniDs  on  the  motives  of  the  judges 
in  the  decisions  which  they  gave  in  the  epi- 
sode known  aa  the  "double  shufHe."  Hii 
course  was  hotly  denounced,  and  an  attempt 
WM  made  to  dragoon  him,  after  the  manner 


of  those  times.     Shortly  afterwards  he 
dnced  reasons   why   the   reformers   si 
look  to  the  late  Hon.  John   Sandlield  Msl 
donuld  as  their  leader.     In  1802  tbal  Ui«b1 
honoured  man  was  called  to  office  at  Qofi 
and  Mr.  Blackburn  was  asked  by  his  g<w«i 
ment  to  conduct  the  Mercunj  in  the  inl 
of  the  ministry,  to  vhicb  our  subject  agrse^ 
availing   himself   of   the    excellent  st-rriois 
of   George    Sheppard.     After    the     f.i''     * 
the  Sandticld  Macdonald  adininistrstt 
1H04,  a  coalition  of  parties  tiiok  place,  on      ' 
basiaof  the  con  federation  of  the  whole  •' 
H.  N.  A.  provinces  ;  the  Hon.  (je'-T-  >■  i'- 
tinding  himself    in  the    same  cn^  • 
his  ancient  opponents,  Sir  John  >i 
and  Sir  Oeorgo  E.  Cartior.   SupptTlink'  '■■  •■'- 
movement  and  thosit  who  brought  it  alx-u;. 
Mr.  Ulackbum  remained  a  ttacht-d  to  the  tutfzi 
and   the  cause  which  they  represented,  and 
thus   dt>clined,   with    others,   tn    foll^v   the 
Hon.   Mr.  Brown  iiito  opposition  wht-'fi  lie 
retired  from  the  ranks  of  the  Coalition  gov* 
omment.     The  pro\'incial  ndministrati<^m  of 
John    Sandfield    Maodon^d    baving   beea 
formed,  it  found  in  the  Frn  Prtm  a  wvm 
supporter.     In  1872  Mr.  Blaokburn  was  r^ 
quested  to  aid  in  the  establishment  of  th< 
Toronto  Mail,  remaining  in  the  dtscharve  of 
that  duty  for  aboiu  hfteeu  months.      In  IHSI 
he  wasappointed  as  one  of  the  chief  oHicen  iti 
connection  with  the  t>aking  of  the  ce-mius.  Ifl 
1884  he  wiis  named  on  a  c<iramisainn  t^  ytrt- 
ceed    to    Washington    to    investigate    t^ 
methods  of  public  printing  adopted  there, 
reporting  on  the  same,     Mr.  Blackburn  hu 
been    rec4>i;nised  in    many  ways  as  a  useful 
member  of  the  Canadian  press,  and  he  hai 
been  an  extremely  active  journalist.      CpuQ 
political    i|Uestions  Mr.    HlackbumV   judg*. 
menL  is  admitted  to  be  very  sound,  and  h( 
never,  by  haste  or  immature  consideration' 
as  a  journalist,  prejudioes  the  inturests  of 
his  party. 

Worltiliiffton,  AddlAon,  Liceutiatt] 
of  the  College  of  Pliysicians  and  Surgeont 
of  Lower  Canada,  and  Provincial  Licentiate, 
and  Coroner  for  the  County  of  Huron,  was 
bom  in  the  township  of  Longucuilf  Connty 
of  Preseott,  Upper  Canada,  on  June  3,  1818. 
His  father,  Stephen  Hall  Worthingt<tn.  was 
a  native  of  Wallingford.  Connecticut  ;  and 
his  mother,  Elizabetli  (Ford)  Worthiugton, 
was  bom  in  Plainlield,  Miisaachuselta,  both 
being  of  good  New  England  descent.  His 
father*!  ancestor,  Nicholas  Wi.rihington, 
emigrated  to  Connecticut  in  lOnO  front  Tjan- 
cashire,  England.  As  the  name  of  Worth- 
iugton  is  uretty  widely  disused  in  Canada 
and  the   United   States,  those  who    bear  it 


CANADIAN  BIOGJiAPSr. 


467 


mtamCed  ih   leaniiiur  that    it  ia 
fmm  the  township  of  Worthington, 
is  aitnAt£d  in  the  "  hun<1red  "  of  Ley- 
d  and  parish  of  Standish,  in  Lanciushiro, 
ut  twenty  niilea  north-eaat  of  Liverpool. 
ere,     according   to    Burke,  tho  family  of 
tl..t...ti,n     "have    bvuu    established  in 
I  ■  from  the  time    of  the    Planla- 

tephtn  Uall  Worthin)j[ton,  at  the 
fegr  nt  iwenty-fivc,  enHsted  in  th»  American 
army  during;  the  war  of  1812.  He  was  in 
Ibe  ftctiiih  of  Fort  Erie,  and  was  taken  pris- 
oner dnrini;  a  sortie.  He  wu  sent  with  a 
purty  of  pnsoners  destined  for  Halifix,  but 
escaped  on  the  way,  and  reuiaiiied  in  the 
County  of  Prescott.  Here  he  not  only  fonnd 
pr(it«ctii*n  atid  friends  among  the  settlers, 
but,  having  a  good  Connecticut  education, 
waA  induced  by  them  to  open  a  school  in 
that  (vmnty.  He  continued  in  this  occupa- 
tion the  greater  part  of  the  tirnt>  until  the 
ytAT  ]H34.  when  he  removed  with  bis  family 
to  Oeauj^i  county,  in  the  i^tiite  of  Ohio, 
wheT«  some  profterty  had  descended  to  his 
»if«  from  ber  father.  Young  Addis*jn  re- 
ceived here  a  good  c<mimon  school  educa- 
tion, and  attendoft  for  a  time  the  Paines- 
Wile  aoadouiy.  His  father  wiahud  him  to 
•mdy  niedtoiuo.  but  he  was  then  too  young 
to  ftpprecifttv  the  advice.  He  had,  like  many 
iou;«>ntr»us  lads,  a  turn  for  mechanical  work, 
and  was  at  his  own  desire  apprenticed  at  the 
sge  <'f  tift«en  to  a  joiuer.  When  he  had 
matftvrcd  this  trade,  be  turned  his  attention 
'  f  nf  a  millwright,  which  offered  better 
^•r  his  talents.  He  erected  several 
*h  what  were  then  the  latest  scien- 
i  vemcnts,    in  Ohio,  in   northern 

N.  -  ....  and  finally  in  Canada.  During 
the  winter  be  followed  occasionally  the 
i  •■■•i-upation  of  school 'keeping.  An 
nean,  rvsiiltiug  from  malaria, gave 
^.,"irtunity  for  study,  and  led  him 
finsiij  to  the  resolution  of  fullowtui;  bis 
{sth«r*s  advice,  and  adopting  the  pnifcsaion 
tt  medicin*.  He  began  his  studies  in  1842, 
when  be  was  twenty  four  year«  of  age.  To 
fna  Uie  iiMCQSsary  means,  he  c<intinued  to 
vork  st  his  calling  in  the  summer  and  to 
tsa<ch  school  in  the  winter,  all  the  time  pur- 
suing his  niMlical  course.  Tlus  he  tinally 
«omplr'  '  '  r  Dr.  Alexander  Wylie,  who 
VMft  .  "f  Olasgow  nniversity.  and 

iktB  nil  tiiiM.tMit  physician  in  Dundoa 
eonatj.  In  May,  1851,  he  received  both 
hti  et*)f"'-**  ""^  provincial  licenses,  and  at 
CBioe  c<  :  priu:tice  in  what  was  then 

tb*  nil -     I  itdda,  now  the  town  of  Irt*» 

uoia.      Her«  ho  so<m  attained  a  g(X>d  prac- 
ik  fawyears  was  largely  in- 


orenaed.  During  the  summer  of  1953,  an 
e[Mdemic  of  scarlet  fever  prevailed  among 
ohildron  in  that  vicinity,  and  was  very  fatab 
Dr.  Worthington,  not  satisliod  with  the  re- 
sults of  tho  ordinary  treatment,  catofnlly 
searched  medical  btHiks  U>  tiiid,  if  possible, 
some  more  successful  moth<Mi,  Hv  was 
struck  with  the  gf«od  etl'ecta  recorded  of  the 
treatment  of  malignant  scarlatina  by  Dr. 
Hiram  Cor»m,  of  Oonstihockrn.  Penn.,  who 
hud  greiit  success  with  the  applicatiim  of  ice 
and  cold  watt^r,  and  decided  tu  adopt  it 
when  occasion  should  arise.  In  the  autumn 
nf  1855.  a  very  extensive  epidemic  of  the 
fever  in  a  malignant  f(.inn  broke  out  in  his 
section,  and  lasted  several  months.  On  tliis 
occasion  Dr.  Worthington  treated  about 
three  hundred  coses  on  this  system,  with 
the  best  results.  Ho  hss  since  continued 
this  method  with  equally  good  flfoots,  and 
it  is  becoming  more  and  more  general,  flo 
made  it  the  subject  of  a  paper  which  ho  read 
at  the  meeting  of  the  Canada  MtHli(;al  Asso- 
ciation, held  ut  Halifax,  in  Septeinl>tir,  1881. 
His  paper  was  well  received,  and  was  pub- 
lished in  the  Ginujda  Lanctt  of  the  following 
month.  Thirty  years  ago  tho  best  country 
practice  gave  but  moderate  returns,  and  in 
the  hope  of  increosiiiL'  his  income,  Dr. 
Worthington  was  induced  to  enter  a  mer- 
cantile uurLnership,  This  enterprise  had 
the  usual  result  of  such  uudertn kings,  when 
attempted  by  pmfessioual  men  whose  duties 
prevent  them  from  giving  their  personal  at- 
tention to  the  business.  It  proved  a  failure, 
and  Dr.  Worthington  lost  all  his  savings. 
Not  daunt«d  by  this  reverse,  ho  determined 
to  begin  anew  in  what  was  them  deemed  the 
most  promising  section  of  the  Canadian 
west.  He  removed  m  1862  to  the  County 
of  Huron,  and  commenced  practice  at  hrst 
in  the  new  township  of  Howick,  whence  in 
187'.?  he  removed  to  the  more  central  town 
of  Clinton,  where  his  children  could  hsve 
the  benefit  of  the  superior  schooU  for  which 
that  town  is  noted.  He  has  unoe  residod 
in  Clinton,  and  has  acrpiired  a  large  proo- 
tice  in  that  town  and  the  neighbouring 
townships.  Hero  he  became  a  member  of 
the  Huron  County  Medical  Association,  of 
which  he  has  been  secretary  and  president. 
Ho  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Canada 
Medical  Association  at  the  meeting  hold  at 
Ottawa  in  1880  ;  and  in  June,  1881, bo  took 
part  in  the  organization  of  the  Ontario  Med- 
ical Association  at  Toronto.  At  successive 
meetings  of  this  association  he  contributed 
papers  on  thesubjecta  of  diphtheria  and  epi- 
demic cerebro-spinal  meningitis,  Finally, 
at  the   meeting  held  at  Hamilton,  in  it 


468 


A  CrCLOPACViA  OF 


he  received  the  higlioat  compliment  hia  med- 
ic&l  brethren  of  the  province  coulJ  pay  hini^ 
in  bein^  elected  preaideut  uf  tliiti  now  largv 
and  Hourisbiii;;  asRociation,  itn  the  foJlowiog 
year.  The  meeting  held  at  London  iu  Jane, 
1685.  under  hiM  presidency,  was  in  point  of 
.numbem  und  interest  a  most  aucceosful  oiie^ 
and  waa  attended  by  several  medica]  pro- 
feaaora  of  distinction  from  the  collegee  of  the 
Tmitod  States  and  Canada.  Dr.  Worthing- 
ton  contributed  tu  the  Canada  Mudicul  As- 
sociation, at  the  Montreal  meeting,  held  in 
Septeml>er,  18^,  a  paper  on  polyuria, which 
waa  published  iu  the  Coiwu/«  Mtfdical  aud 
S\irgtcal  Journal  in  the  following  October ; 
and  at  the  Chatham  meeting,  in  September, 
1885,  a  paper  on  intormittent  cerebrospinal 
meningitiSf  which  is  not  yet  published.  In 
later  years  his  attention  has  been  specially 
directed  to  ttje  8ul>ject  of  gyna-coloKy,  (*liB- 
eaaes  of  women)  in  connection  with  hia  gen- 
eral  practice,  He  is  often  called  in  consul- 
tatitm,  partioulavly  in  diflicult surgical  caaea, 
where  hia  stead  ineaa  of  hand  and  readiness 
of  resource,  derived  from  his  early  mechan- 
ical experience,  have  proveilof  much  advan- 
tage. Ur.  WortbingLun  hau  been  called  to 
many  positions  of  public  trust,  lie  held 
the  office  of  coroner  fur  the  unite<l  counties 
of  Stormont,  Dundaa  and  filenyarry  for 
about  ten  years  ;  was  for  Hevend  yoartt  local 
superintendent  of  schools  in  the  towuship  of 
Matilda,  and  held  the  same  otHce  for  three 
years  in  the  towDship  of  Uowick  ;  was  for  a 
term  English  master  iu  the  J>undaa  comity 
Onuumar  school ;  and  waa  for  about  uight 
yeara  a  trustee  of  the  Clinton  High  school. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Clinton  town  coun- 
cil for  the  year  1880  ;  and  license  commis- 
sioner during  the  life  of  the  Crooks  Act, 
with  the  exception  of  that  year.  Uo  was 
one  of  the  cummittee  for  tlfe  township  of 
HowioU,  appointed  to  secure  the  cunstruc- 
tiun  of  the  Toronto,  Urey  and  Bruce  liail- 
way  ;  and  as  secretary  of  the  county  com- 
mittee, took  an  active  port  in  aecuring  the 
meana  for  the  completion  of  the  London, 
Huron  and  Bruc«  Railway.  He  has  taken  a 
warm  interest  in  theten)peranee  movement 
from  the  beginning,  and  has  hold  rarious 
otlloea  in  connection  with  it  He  has  be«n 
H  memlwr  of  the  Maauiiic  order  since  1857i 
and  has  been  tirst  master  of  three  diH'enmt 
lodges,  whose  numbers  are  143,  162,  225. 
He  is  now  a  member  of  Huron  and  Seaforth 
Koyal  Arch  chapters,  Ni>a.  .'t(»  and  r»0  ;  also 
a  member  of  the  St  Elmo  Preccptory.  Dr. 
Worthtugton  has  been  three  times  married — 
first,  on  October  24,  1843,  U>  Harriet  Kli^a- 
b:*th,  eldest  daughter  of  Peter  Carman,  of 


Iro4iuois,  County  of  Dunrioa,  Ontario.    H 
death  occurred  on  Apiil  12th,  18l>8  ;  and 
again  married,  on  June  9th,    18tj9,  Sanh, 
ehlvat  danghtur   uf  John   Carroll,  of 
Zorra,   Ctuinty   of   Oxford.  Ontario.      H 
death    took  place   on    December  23,    1872 
He  married,  on  May  26th,  1874,  hia  pr««eD 
wife,  Louisa,  aecond  daughter  of   Consla 
Louis  Vui  Kgmond^  of  Egmond  ville,  Coun 
uf  Hurou,  Ontario,  and  grand -daughter  of 
Colunel    Anthony    Van  Egniond.      Coloael 
Van  Egmond,  aa  many  persona  will  be  inter 
estcd  iu  leurnin;;,  had  served  with   diauiic- 
tion  under  We-Uingt-in,  and  waa  a   ''        ' 
Boendant  of  the  cdlflbrat«d  and  ui 
patriot.  Count  Van  Egraond.  f\nii>u»  m  .i:l 
Thirty  Years'  war.  and  m  the  pnges  of  Goethe 
and   Schiller.       Dr.   Worth] ii^..n    has  had 
children  by  hia  lirBt  nud  thir  1  marria^s. 

CuniDiiiig,  llufili  rriiiirla,  Chatham, 
Ontarn*,  a  typical  Scotchman  in  persever- 
ance and  other  recognized  virtues  of  th« 
land  of  the  heather,  was  born  on  Sept. 
2r)th,  182G,  in  Hothiemnrchus,  Invemen- 
ahire,  and  received  hia  early  educational  in- 
fttructiun  at  the  parish  achool.  Like  many 
of  hia  countrymen,  he  decided  on  makiQ^ 
Canada  hia  home,  and  accortlingly  emignt<^i 
in  1844,  arriving  in  the  fall  of  the  year.  He 
engaged  in  general  huaiueaniu  Delewareaud 
Saruia,  and  took  up  his  reaidenci*  tn  Kent 
in  the  winter  of  IH.'iO,  this  being  the  period 
when  the  Grt'at  Western  Railway  was  in 
the  proooas  of  ci.tn8truction,  and  when  the 
large  sums  su  spent  gave  an  impetiu 
to  buBineas.  He  engaged  in  general  com- 
merce iu  Chatham,  and  being  an  excel- 
lent buyer,  and  a  diBcorniug  judge  of  g»iKia, 
he  gave  general  satisfaction,  while  the  np- 
rightnesa  of  his  tHnHactions  establuhcd 
his  mercantile  character  on  an  enduring 
basis.  Having  tinally  sold  out  in  1874, 
during  the  following  year  he  waa  appointed 
by  the  Goveruur-in-Cuuucil,  ofiicial  aaaignee 
for  the  County  of  Kent,  under  the  Insolvent 
Act  of  1875,  and  continue*)  to  discharge  thi 
duties  appertaining  thereto  with  much  ac 
ceptauce  until  the  Act  wna  repealed.  Sin 
then  he  haa  devoted  his  eneri^ies  chiedf 
to  the  work  of  moral  reform.  In  pohlicaha 
was  always  a  consistent  R*-*formttr,  and  uu- 
auccessfully,  though  energetical ty,  contested 
the  seat  iu  tlie  U>cal  House  against  the  pre- 
sent meml>er  for  Kent,  Mr.  Clancey,  and; 
tired  from  the  field  with  honour  and  wi 
the  respect  of  his  oppononta.  He  waa  larg 
ly  instrumental  in  having  the  neparatio: 
by-lawa  passed  in  Chatham,  and  procu 
ing  the  submission  of  the  Scott  Act 
the  people  of  Kent.     Ue  bad  a  hard  atnig' 


CANADIAN  BWQRAPHY 


46(1 


^  being  president  of  the 
mnly  of  Kent  Tomperanoe  Association^ 
le  buotlquarters  of  vrhich  was  in  Chat- 
liam.  Ill  the  battle  which  ensued.  Mr. 
lamming  used  hia  utmost  power,  spariiii^ 
Either  tune  nor  money,  and  lie  bad  the 
ktisfaction  of  seeing  the  Act  passed  by  a 
majority  only  aeoond  to  that  of  Middlesex. 
~lr.  Cnmming  is  hale  and  hearty,  is  of 
lium  height,  of  genial  manners  and  active 
(Tements.  He  is  averse  to  personal 
notoriety,  nnd  his  character  is  safe  without 
the  need  of  eulogy.  He  lias  travelled  ex- 
tensively over  the  continent  of  North  Am- 
erica^  and  being  of  an  observing  nature,  he 
haa  retained  a  vast  amount  of  useful  infer- 
mation,  which  he  is  always  willing  to  impart 
f'-if  the  bene^t  of  his  friends.  Ue  married 
t)Ii7.H,  daughter  of  Mr.  King,  one  of  the 
leading  residents  of  Kingussie.  Scotland. 
In  religion  he  is  a  strict  and  consistent 
Prtsbyterinn. 

Mnclalr,  Lachlln  C'urray,  M.D., 
Tilsonburg,  ^lutario,  was  bom  in  the  town- 
ship of  Oaledon,  then  in  York  county,  t>n- 
tATiu.on  the  14th  of  February,  1839.  He  is 
a  son  of  John  and  Jane  Sinclair,  the  maiden 
njune  of  his  mother  being  Currie.  She  was 
A  daughter  of  the  late  Lachlin  Currie,  of 
Islay,  Argyleihire,  Scotland.  The  parents 
were  wedded  in  Scotland,  and  shortly  after- 
wards departed  for  Canada,  settling  in  what 
is  now  the  County  of  Peel,  Ontario,  The 
family,  except  the  nuhject  of  this  sketch}  re- 
1  hero  till  lHt>5,  and  then  removed  to 
111,  where  they  resided  until  the  death 
ikii  Sinclair,  which  occurred  in  1872. 
family  of  seven  remained,  the  subject 
this  sketch  being  the  second  youngest. 
:hlin  C.  Sinclair  received  a  common  school 
lucation  and  when  he  attained  his  seven- 
fnth  year,  in  1866,  went  to  Toronto,  and 
iterod  the  Normal  school  there.  From 
this  institution  ho  took  a  first-closs  grade 
A  teachor'fl  wrlilioiite  in  1857,  and  he  re- 
turned toCalL'dcn,  wht-'rehe  taught  school 
fur  a  year.  The  year  following  ho  taught  at 
Ifhurohvdle,  Toronto  township  ;  and  when 
agreement  «xpire<l.  returneil  toToront^t 
•nt«re<l  the  arts  departnient  '-f  Toronto 
_VBlmsity.  whoro  ho  rpinainod  for  one 
Ho  then  hot; an  the  study  uf  mediiMuu 
the  Toronto  Sihool  of  Mudicine,  but 
•tal  reverses  huving  fallen  upon  the 
he  waa  compelled,  like  many  other 
,n.«!if  in»>i..tn.i-»  uf  liiB  profession,  t*Mle- 
vn  exertions  for  the  com- 
Ml  iiicnlirm.       With  this  object 

view,    ha  removed  to  TiliMuiburg,  Oxford 
whoftt  he  taught  schtMil  again  fur  a 


period  ;  going  back  once  more  to  Toronto, 
and  r^uming  his  study  of  medicine.  In 
1864,  he  graduated  M.D..  and  retunied  to 
Tilsonburg,  where  he  at  once  entered  upon 
the  practice  of  his  profession,  joining  in 
partnership  with  Dr,  S.  Joy.  Tliia  associa- 
tion lasted  only  a  year,  and  Dr.  Sinclair 
carried  on  his  practice  alone.  He  waa  the  \erf 
embodiment  of  energy,  and  after  a  few 
months  Mg  found  himself  established  in  a 
fair  practice  \  whi<^  has  since  continued 
ate«dily  to  grow,  till  now  it  is  both  exten- 
sive and  protitable.  At  the  time  of  the  Fe- 
nian raid,  Dr.  Sinclair  patriotically  assisted 
in  raising  a  company  for  active  service,  and 
was  tirst  lieutenant  of  the  same.  After  a 
connection  of  three  years  with  the  service,  he 
resigned.  In  1868,  he  was  elected  school 
trustee,  and  sat  upon  the  board  and  was  sec- 
retary-treasurer for  six  years.  Upon  the  in- 
cnrporaiion  of  the  town,  in  1872,  he  was 
elected  a  councillor,  and  held  that  oftice  for 
two  years.  In  1875  he  was  elected  mayor  by 
acclamation,  and  re-elected  in  1876.  For  the 
four  succeeding  yesrshe  took  no  active  part 
in  municipal  affairs,  but  in  1^81,  hia  friends 
prevailed  with  him,  and  ho  was  elected 
councillor.  In  1882,  he  was  re-elected  ; 
and  in  1883,  he  was  again  sent  to  the 
mayor's  chair,  and  reinstated  there  in  1884 
and  1885.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Tilson- 
bui^  Agricultural  Manufacturing  Company  ; 
is  a  member  of  King  Hiram  lodge  of  Free- 
masons, No.  78,  Tilsonbui^,  and  held  the 
office  of  master  of  that  lodge  for  several 
years.  He  ia  president  of  the  North  Norfolk 
Conservative  .'Vssociation,  and  has  likewise 
been  president  of  the  South  Oxford  Asso* 
ciation  ;  also  honorary  president  ^-'f  the  Til- 
sonburg Young  Men's  Conservative  Club. 
In  18A*J,  he  contested  the  Hiding  of  North 
Norfolk  in  the  interest  of  his  fuirty,  for  the 
House  of  Commons,  but  was  defeated,  but 
no  doubt  will  be  again  the  standard-bearer 
of  his  party.  Dr.  Sinclair  is  a  Methodist,  and 
is  a  trustee  and  steward  of  the  Tilsonburg 
Methodist  church.  In  esrly  life  he  was  a 
Presbyterian,  but  for  conscientious  roasoiu, 
afterwards,  n\  1875,  changed  his  views. 
He  married  in  18G7,  Hoxilmia,  daughter  of 
Joneph  Van  Norman,  t»ne  nf  the  pione«trs 
of  Umg  Point,  Norfolk  wmnty,  who  waa 
one  of  the  first  iron  founders,  in  that  place. 
She  died  in  1875,  leaving  two  sons.  He 
marriel,  two  years  aft(.>rwanls,  Lillio,  daugh- 
ter of  E.  D.  Tilsou,  of  Tilsonburg,  by  whoiu 
he  has  tw.i  dnughlers.  Ur.  Sinclair  is  a 
man  tf  brond  public  spirit,  a  sucoesafiil 
practitioner,  luid  a  man  held  in  very  high 
esteem    by    the  c»>inmunityj  and  has  done 


470 


J  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


much  to  promote  the  prosperity  of  liU  t<.>wn 
by  hui  example  in  huildinj^  very  extansively, 
ftnd  in  evory  wny  ahowitig  his  cunHd»nce  in 
its  future  posni bill t tea. 

nuclaren,  John  Jameii.  Q.C.,  To- 
ronto, was  born  uoarLachute,  Quebec,  July 
Ut,  1842.  His  faiher,  John  Maclaren,  a  far- 
mer, who  came  from  Callander,  Sootland, 
died  when  J.  J.  Maclaren  was  four  years  old. 
His  mother,  Janet  Mackintosh,  who  came 
from  Perthshire,  Scotland,  is  still  living. 
She  removed  to  lluntinfzdon,  Quebec,  on 
the  death  of  her  husband.  Mr.  Maclaren 
was  educated  at  Huntingdon  academy,  and 
Vtcloria  coUeffe,  Cobouru,  the  calendar  of 
which  shows  that  he  took  the  5.  A.  decree 
in  1862,  and  the  I^rinco  of  WaUs  gold 
medal.  Betook  his  M.A.  in  1800,  and  be- 
came LL.R.  in  18(>8.  Leavini;  college  he 
studied  law  at  McGill,  Montreal,  taking  his 
B.C.L.  in  1868.  In  1868  ho  wns  called  to 
the  bar  of  Lower  Canada,  and  in  1878  was 
appointed  Q.(\  He  has  been  a  member 
of  the  board  of  governors  and  au  examiner 
in  law  at  Victoria  University  for  a  number 
of  years  past.  For  msny  years  he  was  the 
reprusentativo  fellow-in-law  in  the  corpur- 
Btion of  McGill  UniToraity.  He  practiced 
his  profeaaioD  in  partnership  with  N.  W. 
Trenbulme  for  a  number  of  years  ;  and 
was  for  a  couaiderable  period  senior  partner 
in  the  tirni  of  Maclaren,  Leet  tV'  Smith,  of 
Montreal.  He  lias  steadily  and  by  increas- 
ing industry,  and  professiuua]  brdliancy, 
risen  till  he  now  occupies  one  of  the  fore- 
most places  in  tbe  bar  of  Canada.  Among 
some  of  the  principal  cases  in  which  he  has 
been  engaged  were  the  long  Oka  Indian 
trials,  which  he  brought  to  a  successful 
issue ;  the  winding  up  of  the  lifcchanica* 
Bank  ;  tlie  defence  of  the  Canada  Temper- 
ance Act,  and  the  Commercial  Travellers' 
Association's  cases  in  the  Supreme  Court, 
the  former  of  which  he  finally  won  in  the 
Privy  Council  in  England,  although  pitted 
against  him  was  the  late  Mr.  Benjamin,  then 
the  leading  counsel  at  the  English  bar ;  the 
kxhibit  Tax  case,  which  he  won  in  the  Su- 
preme Court,  and  which  has  been  atlirmed 
by  the  Privy  Council.  Mr.  Maclaren,  we  are 
also  reminded  by  nn  authoritative  state- 
ment before  us,  lias  been  retained  in  nearly 
©very  Knglish  contested  election  case  in 
the  Province  of  Quebec,  and  has  successfully 
defended  the  Witness  newspaper  in  several 
libel  suits.  He  has  been  president  of  the 
Reform  Club,  and  his  name  has  been  as- 
sociated with  very  many  educational,  tem- 
perance and  other  philanthropic  societies 
in  Montreal,    and  throughout  the    Domin- 


ion. Mr.  Maclaren  ia  noted  for  his 
selfish  pnblic  spirit,  and  for  his 
and  unweturying  sympathy  with  evety  b«i 
ficial  movement.  It  is  a  gin  id  thing  fur 
community  when  such  men  take  a  le 
placo  in  their  profession.  Our  subject  is 
Methodist,  and  has  been  on  active 
in  the  church  for  many  years,  and 
ttfscher  and  superintendent  of  Sab 
schools  ;  and  has  filled  all  the  poaitiou 
the  church  for  which  laymen  ore  eligi 
He  has  taken  an  active  part  in  all  sorts 
religious,  educational,  tempeFaaoe  and  ben- 
evolent work  ;  in  the  Y.  M.C.A,  of  Mont* 
real  and  ToronUj ;  in  the  Dominioa  Alliaiioe 
as  counsel  for  the  central  council,  and  th« 
provincial  bodies  in  Montreal  and  Tun>Dto; 
and  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  Victoria 
Tniversity,  McUill  University,  and  the 
Montreal  Wesleyan  college.  In  1884  he  wu 
called  to  the  bar  of  r>ntario,  and  removed  ui 
Toronto,  where  he  is  now  in  practice,  luo- 
ceedingMr.  Justice  Hose  as  head  of  the  pres- 
ent hrm  uf  Maclaren,  Macdonald,  Mei^ 
ritt  4I'  Shepley.  Mr.  Maclaren  niam^, 
first,  Margaret  G.,  daughter  of  the  Ut« 
James  L.  Matheson,  of  Montreal.  Shs 
died  in  1875  ;  and  he  marrioii  at^ikin,  Mary, 
youngest  daut^hter  of  J.  L.  Matbewson. 

Ritchie,  Georirc,  Belleville,  Ontario, 
wua  bom  on  tbe  24th  August,  1S31,  si 
Wo<dwich,  England^  and  died  at  Bellevillo, 
Ontario,  on  the  lOth  May,  1877.  His  fallier, 
Robert  Ritchie,  late  of  the  Ordnance  de* 
partment,  came  to  this  country  in  1837. 
He  had  previously  servud  in  the  Royal 
artillery  in  the  Peninsular  war,  and  waa 
present  at  the  memorable  retreat  of  Cor- 
unua,  and  was  near  that  brave  and  gallant 
general.  Sir  John  Moore,  when  he  fell.  On 
his  return  home  he  was  made  command- 
ant of  Tilbury  Fort,  and  sab8e<)ueutly  was 
appointed  librariau  to  the  military  library 
at  Woolwich,  but  on  account  of  faiUng 
health  he  waa  recommended  to  g»  abroad. 
and  received  an  appointment  in  Canada  as 
borraok  master  and  Urdnnace  store-keeper 
nt  Ottawa,  then  B^'town.  On  the  transfer 
by  the  Impenal  authorities  of  the  Ordnan 
lands  to  the  Colonial  government,  and  thft 
withdrawal  of  troops  and  stores,  he  retired 
from  the  service  in  1857  and  came  to  Belle 
ville,  where  the  aubject  of  this  memoir  had 
preceded  him,  and  died  there  on  the  22nd 
April,  1872,  at  the  age  of  eishty-sii.  hou- 
oured  and  respected  by  all  who  knew  hiui. 
George  Ritcliie,  our  subject,  had  engaged 
in  commercial  enterprise,  and  by  his  energy 
and  business  ability  succeeded  in  eAtablish^ 
ing   an  extensive  trade  on   a   solid   basis. 


i 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


471 


which,  ftince  his  death  has,  under  the 
nsA^^ment  of  his  bruther,  Thomas,  cou- 
iitinea  to  SMUine  stili  greater  proportions, 
*nd  ia  probably  now  the  largest  of  the 
kind  between  Montreal  and  Toronto.  In* 
luriting  the  sterling  qualities  of  his  parents, 
1m  beoame  an  influence  which  was  felt 
■ifKh  beyond  the  sphere  of  bis  imme- 
diate aurmuiidingv.  Ho  waa  one  of  the 
-  movers  in  the  i  Un  to  reliera  the 
y  of  the  silver  nuisance  which  embar- 
raaifted  trade  at  the  time  of,  and  subsequent 
to,  the  American  war,  which  plan  waa 
aft«nrarria  taken  up,  and  fnlly  carried  oat 
bj  the  late  Sir  Francis  Uiucks.  Being 
somewhat  of  a  retiring  disposition,  he  never 
oould  be  prevailed  upon  to  be  put  in  nomi- 
OAtion  for  parliamentary  or  municipal  re* 
pxeaentation  ;  but  he  always  took  a  Hvely 
Jnterest  in  all  matters  pertaining;  to  the 
khiie   weal.       Bis    opinion     was    eagerly 

ight,  and  he  ungrudgingly  gave  his  time 
and  wise  counsel  for  the  common  good.  He 
waa  singularly  upright  and  honourable  in 
all  his  dealings,  and  generous  to  a  fault. 
He  never  was  married,  and  his  only  surviv- 
ing relativea  in  Canada  are  Thomas  Ritchie, 
presidexit  of  the  Belleville  Board  of  Trade, 
mild  his  sister  Agnes. 

Woodi,  Robert  Htuart,  QQ.,  Ohat- 
ha.m,  Onuirio,  Revising  OOicer  of  the  elec- 
toral district  of  Kent,  Junior  Judge  of 
Kent,  and  Local  Judge  of  the  High  Court  of 
Justice,  was  bom  at  Sandwich.  Easox,  Ont, 
in  1819.  He  is  the  fourth  son  of  the  late 
Jamea  Woods,  barrister-at-law,  and  Kliz«- 
beth,  seventh  daughter  of  the  late  Hun. 
Alexander  Or&nt.  Mr.  Woods'  father  was 
•  lawyer  from  the  Montreal  bar,  and  came 
to  Uie  weateru  district  in  IKCiO,  where  he 
l)e«am«i  a  prominent  and  successful  man, 
If  "lid  him    a  large  lamled  estate. 

1^  'ilier  waa  a  Scotchman,  engaged 

in  iiifit.tiitile  pursuits  in  St.  Johns,  Lower 
Canada.  Mr.  Wi»ds'  maternal  grandfather, 
Comnuxlore  Orant,  was  of  the  ancient 
family  of  Olenmoriston,  Inverness,  Scot* 
land,  and  came  to  Canada  as  a  midshipman 
under  I^>rd  Amherst,  and  in  1 751),  was 
ftppoint«4i  by  General  Amherst  to  the  cotn- 
Buuut  of  a  sloop  of  war,  and  took  an 
Aotiva  part  in  the  stiniiig  events  of  that 
pcriiHl.  He  became  ti  st  c<pmmander  or 
oomnuMlore  of  our  western  lakes.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  he  had  tweu  upwards  of 
fifty-seven  year*  an  ntKi^r  in  the  King*s 
service.  He  was  one  of  the  seven  gentle* 
men  oaUvd  by  Govenuir  Simcoe  to  the  hrst 
LospBlAti^'e  Council  of  t'pi>er  Canada;  and 
in  IWH),  was  prvauleut  or  lieutenant-gover- 


nor of  that  province.  It  is  a  somewhat  re- 
markable circumstance,  that  both  these 
.Scotch  Presbyterian  grandfathers  should 
have  married,  at  opposite  ends  of  Canada, 
French-Canadian  lioman  Catholic  wives. 
ISfr.  Woods  waa  educated  at  the  district 
Ora.nmar  schoul  for  the  western  district, 
Sandwich,  under  the  Rev.  David  Robertson 
and  the  Raiv.  William  Juhuson,  up  to  the  a^e 
uf  seventeen,  and  subsecjuently  under  the 
Rev.  Alexander  Gale  at  Hamilton.  The  old 
curriouluui  of  that  day  was  the  **  three  R's," 
with  a  b*fok  or  two  of  Euclid,  Cmsar,  Virgil 
and  Cicero,  and  later  on  French.  At 
eighteen,  Mr.  Woods  took  an  active  part 
in  the  rebellion  of  1837,  going  to  the  relief 
of  Toronto,  under  Col.  MacNab,  in  the 
steamer  Oorr,  as  one  of  the  celebrated 
fifty-six  men  of  Gore,  on  the  tirst  day  of  the 
rebellion,  by  which  means  the  city  was 
aaved  from  Mackenzie's  forces.  He  follow- 
ed Sir  Allan  MacNab  throughout  the  oam- 
pai|pi,  and  waa  engaged  in  the  cutting  out 
of  the  Citroli}itf  of  which,  and  the  im- 
portant consecpienoes  attendant  upon  this 
international  embroglio,  Mr.  Woods  haa 
written  an  interesting  brochttrt!.  He  stud- 
ied  his  prof esaion  under  Judge  O'Reilly,  of 
Hamilton,  and  was  called  to  the  bar  in 
1842,  became  Q.C.  in  1872,  and  continued 
the  practice  of  his  profession  up  to  the 
time  of  his  appointment  of  junior  judge,  in 
1882.  He  waa  solicitor  of  the  county  coun- 
cil of  the  wofltem  district  from  the  year 
1B46  to  IS40,  and  is  the  oldest  municipal 
officer  in  the  County  of  Kent,  except  George 
Voung,  J.  P.,  of  Harwich.  Mr.  Woods  re- 
members acting  as  judge  of  the  division 
c<>urt  throu^fh  the  western  diftirict,  when  the 
circuit  was  150  miles  in  length,  and  requir- 
ed three  weeks  for  the  work.  In  1850  he 
came  to  reside  in  Kent,  and  has  Iwvn  an 
active  advocite  of  railways,  plank  and 
gravel  roa<Is,  canals  and  other  public  enter- 
prises, and  to  this  eud  Ikos  freely  contributed 
ilia  means  and  energies.  To  him  is  awarde<l 
the  credit  r.f  having  forced  the  Hnmihnu 
people  into  the  ounstructirm  f>f  the  Great 
Western  Railway  by  his  vigorous  efforts  in 
the  country  and  before  parliament  to  dis- 
place that  charter  by  the  Niagara  and  Ue- 
troii  Rivers  Railway,  which,  ou  the  opening 
ui  the  .Michigan  Central  to  Chicago,  in 
1849,  became  an  indispensable  link  between 
the  rAil^nys  of  New  York  ami  the  West. 
In  this  Mr.  Wo<k1s  had  the  sup[}ort  of  the 
management  of  thn  Michigan  Central.  He 
has  never  lm4  any  connection  with  a 
brotherhood  or  any  secret  si>ciety,  and  has 
always  preferred  his  personal  indopondouco 


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A  CYCLOPMDIA  OF 


to  any  kdv&aUge  to  be  gained  by  connec- 
tion with  uiy  frntenuty.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Church  of  England,  witli  a  strung 
sympathy  for  all  clunominations  of  Christ- 
ians, arising,  no  doubt,  from  his  Nomian 
and  8cottiah  deecent,  and  Presbyterian  tra- 
ditiona.  Ho  is  a  member  of  tlie  Church 
of  England  synodf  and  is  a  warm  advocate 
of  temperauuo  snd  all  legislation  in  aid  of 
it ;  and  he  has  been  prvsidvnt  of  the  Kent 
branch  of  the  Doiuitiion  Alliance,  and  other 
associations  in  connectiou  with  the  cause. 
He  has  always  been  an  active  member  rtf  the 
Liberal-Conservative  party,  and  Inys  claim  to 
the  merit  of  never  knowing  chsngti,  or  even 
the  shadow  of  change,  in  bis  political  sym- 
pathies and  relations,  while  enjoying'  the 
most  cordial  relations  with  the  leading  men 
of  opposite  views,  both  in  his  county  and 
the  province  at  large.  In  1854  he  con- 
tested Kent  against  Larwill,  McKellar, 
and  Waddell,  when  Mr.  Larwill  was  re- 
turned, and  Mr.  Woods  defeated  on  the 
secularization  of  the  Clei^  Kesorvee,  on 
which  question  he  was  in  advance  of  his 
party.  In  IB49  he  married  Kmma  Eliza- 
beth, the  eldest  daughter  of  the  Hon.  John 
E.  SchwarZj  adjutant-general  of  the  State 
of  Michigan. 

Tye,  Cacor^e  Archer,  M.D.,  Chat- 
ham,  Ontario,  was  born  on  12th  July,  1836, 
at  Swindon,  Wiltshire,  England.  He  is 
a  son  of  William  Archer  Tye,  and  Sarah 
HawkiuSf  who  came  to  Canada  in  1845. 
George  Archer  attended  the  couimon  schools 
of  Canada  in  his  earlier  years,  aud  subse- 
quently the  Provincial  Model  school  from 
which  ho  holds  a  first-class  grade  A  certifi- 
cate, dated  1858.  With  respect  to  his 
medical  education,  he  pursued  one  term  in 
the  college  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  at 
New  York,  and  one  term  in  Long  Island 
College  Hospital,  where  he  graduated  in 
1800.  He  likewise  attended  one  term  in 
Rolph  School  of  Medicine,  Toronto,  and  se- 
cured the  degree  of  M.D.  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  Victoria  in  ISUT.  Dr.  Tye  has  been 
aaaistant  surgeon  of  the  24th  Kent  battalion 
for  eleven  years,  having  received  his  com- 
mission in  1874.  He  was  one  of  the  coun- 
cillors of  the  village  of  Thamesville  for 
three  years  from  its  incorporation ;  was 
chairman  of  the  Board  of  School  Trustees 
for  four  years,  and  examiner  in  Histology 
and  Physiology  for  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  of  Ontario,  for  six  years,  from 
1881  to  1885.  He  was  likewise  appointed 
by  the  senate  of  the  University  of  Toronto 
as  examiner  in  phystoloxy  and  pathology 
for  1880.     Dr.  Tye  was  one  of  the  first  vice- 


presidents  of  the  Ontario  Medical  AsMOi- 
tion  in  Toronto,  and  was   elected  president 
of  the  Ontario  Medical  Associatiou  in  Lon- 
don, in  June,  1885.     He  is  post  master  d 
Tecumseh   lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M..  Thamss- 
ville,  which  be  joined  in  iHtiD.      He  issWj 
a  member  of    United  Workmen,    Amehoui^ 
Legion  of  Honour.    Our  subject  has  alirsji 
been  identiGed  with  the   Iteforu  party  ia 
electoral  division  of  Hothwell,  oDd  was  sec- 
retary of  the  Buthwell  Reform  Association 
for  many  years.     He  took  au  actir«  interest 
in   the  return  of    the   Hon.    A.  McKellar, 
the  Hon  David  Mills,  and  the  late  D.  He- 
Craney.      tie    was   a  member  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church  from  childhood  mitil  he  reached 
his  twentieth  year,  when  he  thought  well  to 
unite  with  the  reguljir  Haptists.   to  whidi 
body  he  now  iidberes.     He  married  on  1st 
December,  1858,  Hannah,  second  dauj^hter 
of  William  Decow,  of  Howard.     This  Isdy 
died  in  Ma}*,  \V>~7,  leaving  three  dauyhten 
and  tTO  suns,  and  ho  u^arried  again  in  July, 
1878.  Louisa  Mclntyre,  of  Chatham.     Pr»- 
fesaionally  Dr.  Tye's  standing  is  very  high, 
and  his  career  hss  been  marked  by  industry  i 
aud  rich  achicveoient. 

Woods,  Juni«s  P.,  Q.C.,  Stratford. 
Ontario,  was  bom  on  the  2iid  April,  1(40, 
in  Devonshire,  England.  He  is  a  son  uf 
James  Woods,  of  Devonshire,  defceoded 
from  a  Hampshire  faiuily  of  that  name,  by 
his  wife  Ann  Vanstune,  of  r\  wcU-knowu 
Devonshire  famUy.  James  P.  Woods  emi- 
grated with  his  parents  to  Canada  in  1841*. 
settling  in  Stratford,  then  a  small  hamlet, 
where  he  received  his  education,  at  tirsl  at- 
tending the  junior  grades,  aud  afterwi 
passing  through  the  Stratford  and  Goderid 
Orommar  schools.  Having  com;>teted  his' 
educational  studies,  he  felt  an  inclination  f'^r 
the  law,  and  when  he  bad  attained  his  six- 
teenth year,  entered  upon  the  study  <if| 
the  legal  profession  in  the  ottioe  of  D. 
Lizara,  now  County  judge  at  StratfonLI 
In  1803  he  was  called  to  the  i^t 
at  once  began  to  practice  his  \'- 
having  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  h  i  i^. 

practice  grow  as  the  result  of  his  ability  an< 
industry.  Though  a  diligent  lawyer.  ^Irj 
Woods  has  given  his  attention  to  enterpnt 
of  a  more  or  loss  public  naturv.  To  his  ei 
terprise  of  public  spirit  Stratford  msanl 
owes  its  gas  and  water  works.  Hi*  hss  belt 
the  position  of  president  of  the  (ios  Ooth 
pany  ever  since  its  formation,  about  tifl 
yean  ago,  and  was  president  of  the  Wat 
Supply  Company  sinca  its  orgauiKatioo,] 
but  retired  last  year;  he  is  still  on 
directorate,     llailway  extension  had  in  hii 


CANADIAN  BIOQRAPBY. 


473 


an  active  ami  intluentiai  promoter.  He  has 
taken  adtnip  inttfrvst  in  educAtioual  tnatten 
a,n<l  is  line  of  the  irnsloes  of  the  Slralfoni 
:\tiX)*^  Inatitiite.  Ue  has  abiding  faith 
ability  of  the  Ounaervative  party,  and 
lipvea  that  the  policy  of  Sir  John  A.  Moc- 
lald's  govoniinerit  has  been,  and  mnst 
U>  be,  advantageuUB  to  the  pablic  in- 
geiierally.  His  connection  with  secret 
fUeft  htti  been  orinKned  to  the  Masonic 
ler,  of  which  he  haa  bueu  a  member  since 
.having  been  worthy  maaU'r  of  Tecum- 
l^e  in  18^18.  Hia  religious  views,  in 
h«  in  steadfast,  are  thostj  of  the  Church 
EngUud.  Mr.  Woods  marnetl,  in  1870, 
[ax ia  C.  daughter  of  Thoni&a  Hodge,  for- 
icrly  of  St.  Thomas.  Dntario. 
<'|]trk<\  Jamca,  Chemist  and  Druflgist, 
I  '  )utario.  waa  bom  in  Holleville, 

-y  17.  IdoO,  and  died  there  on  Ucl- 
(r  V4,  18H4,  in  the  ?5th  year  of  his  age, 
»nK  the  eldest  son  of  Francis  and  Mary  I 
Clarke.  The  late  lamented  anbject  of  this 
«kot«h  received  his  education  at  the  Belle- 
riUe  Oraniraar  school,  under  the  late  Alex- 
ander Btinlon,  and  was  alwaya  regarded  as 
apt  and  brilliant  in  hia  clasaes,  Through 
life  he  H'oa  a  faithful  member  of  Uie  Church 
Kngland,  and  an  upright  Christian  man. 
In  served  hia  apprentic4>ahip  a«  chemist  and 
uggtst  under  the  late  C.  ti.  Levisconte. 
id  on  the  formation  of  the  Ontario  College 
Pliarmacy  obtained  a  diploma  of  quali- 
1  ohemial  luid  druuuiat,  which  businosa 
(aa  aoninr  partner  of  the  late  firm  of  Jamca 
Clarke  &,  Ou.)  he  conducted  suooeaafuUy 
his  death.  He  took  conaiderable  in- 
it  in  niilitary  matters,  and  was  lieuten- 
It  iti  the  Sedentary  militia,  and  a  member 
th«'  4fHh  battalion  Hastings  RiSea.  He 
aa  a  member  of  Belleville  lodge,  No.  123, 
.K.  and  A.M.,  and  Moira  chapter,  No.  7, 
i/yal  Arch  Maiuns.  He  woa  alwaya  intor- 
itod  in  out-door  aporta,  being  uu  active 
!Uibvrof  the  Belleville  Curling  Club,  and 
irer  of  the  B:iy  of  Quints  ^portaman'a 
'rum  iu  formation.  He  was  alao  one 
IB!  hrat  and  moat  active  members  of  the 
fcv  of  t,>iiintr  Vaoht  Club,  and  waa  its  com- 
rjdore  for  llie  year  188iJ.  Mr.  Clarke  waa 
oaa  (^  Belle  villus  moat  auccoaeful  and 
tl.  TMi  '!i  busiueas  men,  and  was  well  known 
ud  for  his  liberality  and  genial 
1.  He  waa,  aa  wo  havi^  said,  an 
ifuit  lover  of  manly  aports,  and  was  al- 
eady  to  take  a  leadinj<  part  in  the 
ion  of  Bocietiea  for  their  promotion 
oviragement.  His  loss  created  a 
rhe  community,  where  hia  memory 
Xuu^  xouuiia  Ireah. 


H&narly,   lion.  Joliu  Uuwklni, 

Chief  Justice  of  (Jntano,  waa  bfjrn  on  the 
17th  of  Sep'.eml»er,  181G,  in  Dublin,  and 
waa  a  son  of  Mathew  Uagarty,  Examiner 
of  Her  Majesty's  Court  of  Prerogative  for 
Ireland.  The  lad  was  carefully  trained  in 
the  private  achool  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Huddart ; 
and  when  hia  course  here  waa  ended— being 
then  in  his  sixteenth  year— he  entered 
Trinity  College,  Dublin,  where  he  com- 
pleted hia  education.  He  emigrated  tu  the 
colonies  in  18154,  taking  up  }ila  abode  at  To- 
ronto. Here,  in  1835,  he  entered  upon  th© 
atudy  of  law  in  the  othce  of  the  late  George 
Duggan,  beinij  called  to  the  liar  in  I84(t. 
Ho  at  once  began  practice  in  Toronto,  enter- 
ing iuto  partnerahip  in  ld4(>  with  the  lato 
John  Crawford.  From  hia  very  first  ap- 
pearance at  the  bar  it  was  manifest  that 
the  youug  advocate  waa  endowed  with 
far  above  the  ordinary  talent,  and  his  re- 
pute for  ability  soon  made  him  master  of 
a  lucrative  and  important  practice.  Ten 
yeara  after  he  had  been  called  to  the  bar  he 
waa  invested  with  the  silken  gown  of 
ooanaellor  by  the  Baldwin  administration ; 
and  he  still  continued,  aa  he  bad  already 
been,  to  be  one  of  the  most  brilliant  meu- 
bera  of  the  Canadian  bar.  In  1 850  a 
vacancy  occurred  on  the  bench,  and  at  once 
the  eyea  of  the  executive  were  turned 
towards  the  diatinguiahed  Queen^a  Counsel 
at  Toronto  ;  and  ho  was  ottered  the  appoint- 
taont,  which  he  accepted.  Ho  waa  not 
leas  eminent  ami.mg  hia  broDier  judges  than 
he  had  been  in  the  midat  of  hia  aeaociatea 
at  the  bar,  and  wIku,  iu  1SG8,  a  vacancy 
occurred  in  the  chief  jtiaticeahip  of  Com- 
mon Pleaa,  he  waa  appointed  to  that  exalted 
office.  It  aufiicea  here  to  aay  that  the  Chief 
Juatice  Hagarty  has  alwaya  shown  a  wide 
knowledge  of  the  law,  a  thorough  graap  of 
principles,  and  a  foarloasnoaa  in  diaoharging 
hia  duty.  Hia  judgments  ahow  careful 
thought  and  elaborate  research,  and  in  all 
that  the  judge  liaa  penned  or  uttered  there 
is  a  hteiary  warmth  and  flavour,  not  usual 
in  the  parlance  of  courts.  But  the  disjin- 
guishud  subject  of  this  sketch  calls  fur  other 
treatment  than  aa  a  judtife  when  stock 
uoruea  to  be  taken  of  his  career.  In  letters 
hia  place  is  a  high  otie,  and  if  hia  name  ia 
not  fam  iliar  to  a  large  number  of  the  lovers  of 
\ielleA  U'itrts  it  ia  bocauae  he  has  fallen  under 
the  curae  which  so  long  rested  upon  native 
Uterat\ire.  Iu  1847  Dr.  McCaul  established 
a  Canadian  annual  known  aa  the  Maple 
Lfof;  and  to  this  periodical  the  subject  of 
this  aketch  contributed  verae,  much  of  which 
would  have  been  croditablo  to  any  pen.    SVe 


♦74 


J  CyCLOPACDlA  OF 


mftke  no  Apology  for  presenting  the  follow- 
ing poem,  wliich  (ippenred  in  thu  annual 
named  on  the  I5th  Uecomber,  1840  : — 

THE  FITNEUAL  OF  NAPOX-EON  I. 

Cold  and   brilliant  Mtre&infe  tU«  minlight  on  th« 

wintry  bankn  of  Scmt>, 
GIorioiiMly  Uin  ituperUl  oity  re*v«  her  pridfi  of 

U»wer  aud  f»n« — 
Solemnly  with  deep  vcrfw  peftl»tb>  Xotre  lUme, 

thine  niaient  chime, 
Miuut«--giiu.<)  thi'  ilt'atfa-bell  Answer  in  the  tune 

deep  iDeiuiurit«l  tuue. 

On  the  nnwoDte^l  itillneui  gather  aound«  of  an 

lulvanciDK  hiwt. 
As  the  riain>;  tompest  cbafeth  on  St.  Helen's  far 

off  coaAl  , 
Xearer  rulbi  a  mijjLty  pageant— clearer  swelU  ihr 

fnneral  strain, 
Frtiin  ihf  twrrier  arch  iif  NeoJUy  poors  the  (^smt 

biiriAl  train. 

Dark  with  eagles  is  the  sunlight — darkly  on  the 

tfolden  air 
Fhtp  tlie  folds  of  fadeil  standards,   ulmiueiiUy 

muumJnt;  there  - 
O'er   the   pomp  of  irlittering  thousandfl,    like  a 

battle- pbantoui  flit* 
l^atter'd  flag  of  .Teoa,   Friedland,  Arcols,    and 

Austerlitx. 

Eagle-crowuM  »n<1  uarlntid-clrded,  slowly  moves 

the  stalely  car, 
*Mid  A  sea  of  plumes  and  hurMUieii— all   the 

burial  fKitiip  <if  war- 
Riderless,  a   wur-wum  oliarger  follows  his  dead 

madt^r'n  blur 
Long  ffince  battle -trumpet  roused  him  -  he  but 

lived  tu  billow  here. 

From  his  grave  "mid  oomu's  dimes,  moaning  snrge 

and  aparkliDe  fi>am, 
Lo,  tho  ImiM-iial  1  'ead  rvtnmeth  I  lo,  the  Hero- 

iluit  C'.'nif"  tinnie  ! 
He  hath  left  tJie  Atlantic  island,  lonely  vale  and 

willi'H'  tret-, 
*Keath  thv  Invalides  to  iduniber,  'uiiJ  the  Gallic 

ohivalrj-- 

Olnrinufl  tfjmh  o'er    glnrinns    Floepers  !    gallant 

fellowship  to  !>hari' - 
PaUdin   and   Peer  and    Marehal  —  Fnuioe*   thy 

Dublett  dust  is  there  I 
NaUiCK  th&t  light  thy  IjattlH  annals— names  tltat 

shook  the  oeart  uf  earth  ! 
Stars  in  crimson  War's  horizon—synonymes  fur 

martial  worth  I 

Room  within  that  shrine  of  heroes!  place,  p«Ie 

Bpectn-i  nf  the  piwt  ! 
Homage  .vit-ld,  ye  battle  phantoms  *    Li>,  your 

mightieat  coiurs  at  last ! 
Wa#  hi*  _t^un«e  the  Woe  out'thuudvr'd  fnmi  prti- 

phetic  tnimpet'M  lijts? 
Was  hit  tyi>e  the  ghoetly  honeman  ahadow'd  in 

the  Apocftlyijse » 

Orayhaired  Holdieni  ijather  round  him,  relics  of 
an  age  of  war. 


Followers  of  the  Victor  Kagln,  when  hi*  ttigfat^ 

wild  and  fnr ; 
Mon  who  panted  in  the  death-strife  on  Redri|s'^| 

bloody  ridgf , 
Heart*  that  sicken'd  at  the  de&th-shrirk  fniD  i 

KoBsian's  shatter'd  bridge  : 

Men  whu  heard  the  immortal  war-cry  of  the  vfld 
"F-  riciok    oe  from  yoo  F 

Thev  ultu    hojud  thu  moans  of  Jaffa,  and  Ittf 

lircftch  of  A'^re  knew — 
Thry  who  ruibe^l  their  foamlog  wai^etevdeoalU 

m^iiaree  uf  Waterloo  — 

They  who  loved  him— they  who  fear'd  Mm— Unr 

wli'i  in  hi«  dark  h<nii  fled — 
Round  the  mighty  burial  gather*  spell-botmd  hf 

tlm  awful  Dead  ! 
Churchmnn—  Prinw-s — Stateamen  — Warrion--sO 

a  kio^domV  chief  array. 
And  the  Fox  fitanda—prtjwnM  Mourner— by  th» 

Eagle's  hero-clay  I 


But  thf*  laMt  high  nte  b  {laid  htm,  and  Che  Isit 

An'J 


II*  rung- 

:  1  iron  voice*  have  their  thankr'] 


And,  mid  l-<aiiners  idly  drooping,  silent  glootB s«d 

raoiUderini;  state. 
Shall  the  Trampler  of  the  world  upon  the  Ju4>' 

meitt-trumpet  wait. 

Yet  his  ani'ient  foef  had  given  him  nobler  moon 

mental  pile. 
Where  the  everlactinf;  dirges  moan'd  around  ths 

biirisl  Nit*— 
Pyramid  upheaved  by  Ocean  in  bis  loneliaat  wthU 

afar. 
For  the  War-Kim;  thunder-stridcen  frum  his  fleiy 

battle-car ! 

A  poem  like  thii  needs  no  approvicg  words, 
for  ita  merit  la  seen  in  every  trumpet  line. 
Aa  Mr.  Darin  says,  in  the  "  Iriahman  in 
Canada"  : — "The  dramatic  iire  and  enthu- 
siaani  of  battle  will  aurpriao  those  whoee 
knowledf^u  of  the  chief  justice  doea  not  go 
deeper  than  hia  demeanour  in  court  or  in  a 
drawini^-rfx)m.  A  good  poet  woa  aacrtfieed 
to  the  lawyer  and  the  judgf*.'*  With  general 
literature  he  ia  thoroughly  familiar,  and 
there  ia  a  wanuth  and  a  thrill  of  literary 
fervour  in  his  cunversation,  whuii  he  ia  (."ait 
with  congenial  spirits.  He  has  tho  gifl^  u*i>, 
of  his  mother  land,  of  "  mother  wit,"  and 
when  upon  hin  foot,  or  sitting  at  his  dosk, 
ho  is  master  nf  a  jtervading  but  unobtrusive 
humour. 

in (Tccr,  John,  Chatham,  Sheriff  of  the 
County  of  Kent,  is  a  descendant  of  aa  old 
English  faiuily  whose  progenitors  came  over 
from  Normandy  with  William  theOonqueror, 
and  settled  near  Baltle,  in  the  County  of 
Sussex,  membera  of  the  family  still  hold- 
ing the  pfttent  from  Williain  the  Conqueror. 


CANADIAN  HWGHAPHY, 


4.1h 


subject  waa  born  in  the  City  of  London, 
[Und,  May  \^,  1816.       Hia   father  was 
!rt  Mercer,  thon  a  timber  merohant  in 
city,   and  bis  mother  waa  Sarah   Hath- 
ly    Treacher.       He    was   educated    at   a 
rate    icho<.d    at    Blackheath,    in     K**nt, 
re  Benjamin  DUr^ieh  was  uuce  a  pupiL 
1833   Robert  Mercer  and    family  came 
ts  country,  aiid  settled  near  Amherst.- 
then   coniidered  very  far  west.     In 
j  ihoae  days  emigration  waa  much  more  of  a 
I  taak  than  it  is  now.    The  family  wore  thir- 
I  tern  weeks  on  the  Atlantic  ocean,  and  near- 
ly two  days  coming  tip  the  Hudson  river; 
nx  days  on  the  £rti}  canal,  and  two  days  on 
Lake  Erio.     Twenty-seven  yuiirs  afterwards 
the  mother  of  our  atibject  viaited  Knjijland, 
and  w&B  only  hh  many  days  in    making  the 
whole  tripaa  she  waa  weeks  in  1833  in  cross- 
ing the  ocean.     In  183;'^  tlie  family  moved 
to  what  ifl  now  Windsor,  then  a  suburb  of 
Sandwich,  ctmtaining  but  one  store  kept  by 
Mh  Duugalla,  a  tavern  and  a  blackamith's 
|^>.     Our  subject,  now  nineteen  years  of 
•g»»  vis;tt?d  the  United  States,  spending  two 
ye*rs  tn   Philadelphia,   until    the   breaking 
AUt  of  the  rebellion  in  1837,   when  he  re- 
tnmod  home  to  defend  his  adopted  country. 
Tr*vellijig    from    Albany  to   Lowiston,    he 
•topped  at  the  Kagle  Hotel,  liochester,  and 
whilat  partaking  of  a  late  supper  Dr.  Holph 
walked    rn  and  sat    opposit«   him,    having 
only  that  day  eir«?cted  his  escape  across  the 
Unos.    From  Rochester,  Mr.  Mt*rcur  travelled 
by  staf^  in  c«*mpany  with  a  party  of  Ameri- 
cmn.  syrapathtxers,  on  their  way  to  join  the 
rebels  on  Navy  Island,  who  u{>on  arrival  at 
LewUton  caused  him    to   be   arrested    and 
pIjMed  in  the  custody  of  a  rebel  guard  ;  but 
tMefiected  his  escape  during  the  night,  found 
sfluiooaud  paddled  himself  across  toQueens- 
too.  the  rebels  tiring  a  few  volleys  at  him  as 
ha  crossed  the    Niagara  river.      The  cum- 
nnt  of   the    winter  of    1837  was   a 
w    one,    there    being    very    little 
■tiiii^iiiiij^,     making    stage     travelling    very 
U#di<>u8      rpon    hia   arrival  at   London  he 
learntui    tliat    Dr.    Thcller,    of    *  *  achooner 
A*%t^"   notoriety,  had  only  the  day  before 
arrived   under  uscurt    from    Windaor,   and 
luiviiUf  known  him  in  Detroit  he  obtained 
IMrmusiuu    ("    uuv   him  a  visit  in  London 
i5a«il.     Tl.  vprcaaed  much  aiirprise 

U  hia  iiH  .1  .  a4]initting  that  ho  had 

bMD  greatly  deceived,  aa  he  expected  to 
&Dd  the  whole  country  in  revolt  ;  but  that 
irhen  he  diapUyed  a  star  ho  wore  on  his 
>reai»t.  instead  of  joinimc  his  standard  they 
>al>  I  u  him.  Mr.  Mercer  reached  the 

SV(fA  i.-i  in  time  to  be  present  at  the 


battles  of  Fighting  Island  and  IVlee  Island. 
In  1838  he  visited  FiUgland,  and  on  the  loth 
June,  1831),  at  Alt  Sainia*  Chapel,  Ni»rwood, 
married  Bathia  Sarah  Mornaon,  a  playmate 
of  hia  early  yeara  ^  whose  irreparable  Insa  and 
death  occurred  on  the  17th  March,  1879,  at 
Chatham,  Ontario).     Our  subject  returned 
to  Canada  with  hia  wife  in    1840,  and  soon 
afterwarda  waa  appointed  the  first  post-mas- 
ter at  Windsor,  being  also  deputy-collector 
of  Customs.  At  the  same  time  he  was  deputy- 
sheriff  of  the  Western  District,  which  com- 
prised  the  counties  of   Essex,    Kent,    mod 
Lambton  ;  and  in  1853,  after  the  separation 
of   the    three  counties,  he   waa  appointed, 
under   Sir  Froncia  Ilincks'  administration, 
shenff  of  the  County  of  Kent,    a  position 
he  has  now  held  for  over  thirty-two  years. 
There  are    four  children   by  his  marriage, 
two  daughters  and  two  sons.     Bathia  Sarah 
(the   oldest),    is   widow   of   the   late  F.  Ct. 
Elliott,     pastor  of    the   Episcopal    diuroh, 
Sandwich.     Ellen  Morrison  i^  wife  of  A.  O. 
McWhmnev,  of  the  Fust-Office  department, 
London ;  Robert  is  governor  of  the  oouiity 
gaol,  Chatham,  and  Uarry  is  general  Cana- 
dian and  Michigan  emigrant  agent  of  the 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railway 
Company.    Sheriff  Mercer  resides  at  Chat- 
ham, spending  the  summer   mouths  at    his 
place,  Raleigh  Beach,  on  Lake  Erie,  thir- 
teen   miles  from  Chatham,  driving   in  and 
out  every  day  to  his  oftice.     iJhentf  Mercer 
haa  never  belonged  to  any   society,  either 
secret   or    otherwise.       He    is    an    ardent 
supporter    of    field    aporta,    a    member    of 
Big  Foint  and  St.  Anne's  Shooting  clubs, 
and    vice-president  of  the  Ontario   Jockey 
Club. 

Noore,  John  T.,  Toronto,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  waa  boru  in  the  townahip  of 
Markham,  York  county,  Ontario,  on  the 
llrd  of  July,  1844.  Ue  is  the  second  son  of 
Willmm  iC.  and  Isabella  Moore,  both  of 
whom  were  natives  of  the  County  of  Ty- 
rone, Ireland,  whence,  in  early  childhood, 
they  had  removed  with  their  reapective 
parents  to  Canada.  The  ancestral  home  of 
the  Mooros,  in  Tyrone,  adjoined  that  of  Sir 
WdUam  McArthur,  ex-lord  mayor  of  Lon- 
don, the  dividing  line  beingabrouk  that  was 
a  delight  to  boyish  hearts.  On  a  rec-ent  viaii 
to  London,  England,  Mr.  Mtwro  received, 
among  many  other  marka  of  distinction,  the 
princely  hospitality  of  this  playmate  of  his 
father.  On  the  maternal  side  be  bears  kin- 
ship to  the  family  of  McClintock,  that  gave 
to  the  I'nitedStates  that  distiuguiahed  divine 
and  scholar,  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  McChntock. 
of  New  York,  and  his  almost  cqually-giftea 


A  CYChOPJEDlA  OF 


brother,  of  Philadelphia.  While  Mr.  Moure 
was  jet  nn  infaut  his  parenU  reiuoved  from 
the  farm,  and  hi«  boyhood  was  passed  in 
the  town  of  Berlin,  Chitario,  where  his 
father  was  the  leadiii);^  merchant  during  a 
long  series  of  y(*arB,  winning  universal  esti- 
inalion  for  his  unsworving  rectitude.  Mr. 
Moore  receiTod  his  education  at  the  Central 
and  Grammar  schools  at  Berlin,  where  he 
distin^ifuiBhed  hiiitself  by  great  aptitude  for 
learning,  aud  without  much  exerliou  was 
always  at  the  head  of  his  classes.  In  se- 
tecting  his  life-work  he  entered  upon  the 
study  of  law,  wherein  ambition  led  the  way 
rather  than  conviction,  which  tatter  indi- 
cated to  the  earnest  and  thoughtful  lad  the 
Eulpit  as  his  fitting  sphere.  However,  a 
ttle  later,  consideration  for  others  made 
income  a  matter  <.if  moment,  and  tlie  boy 
who,  by  stiidiiius  habits  and  exemplary 
conduct,  had  attracted  notice  at  school,  was 
ofllered  the  most  responsible  situation  in 
his  own  county,  showing  the  confidence 
he  had  won.  Thus  it  came  that  when 
emerging  from  his  teens,  Mr.  Moore  be- 
came deputy-registrar  of  the  County  of 
Waterloo.  For  six  years  he  discharged  the 
duties  of  this  important  position  with 
courtesy,  assiduity,  and  efficiency.  When 
leaving  this  ofiice  in  1870  to  engage  in  other 
pursniu,  he  was  made  the  recipient  of  a 
banquet  and  valuable  presentation  by  the 
members  uf  the  bar  of  the  county  aud  his 
foUow-ciiizeus  generally,  as  uvidencos  of 
the  hi>:h  esteem  lu  which  they  held  him 
whom  they  had  known  for  twenty  years  as 
man  and  b^y.  Since  that  period  various 
manufacturing  andoummercial  pursuits  have 
engaged  his  attention,  and  by  ability  and 
fidelity  he  has  achieved  prominence.  As 
secretary  of  the  Ontario  Advisory  Board  of 
the  Centennial  Exhibition  he  performed  dif- 
tioult  public  duties  in  a  manner  that  elicited 
from  the  goveninient  a  high  enconiituu  upon 
his  energy,  etliuinncy  and  economy.  During 
the  contest  in  1H7T  for  the  ailoption  of  the 
Dunkin  Act  in  the  County  uf  York  and  the 
City  of  Toronto,  he  did  yeoman  service  ; 
and  he  ted  and  sustained  a  powerful  total 
abstinence  movement  in  north  Toronto — 
then  Yorkville — for  some  years  thereafter. 
In  him  the  temperance  cause  has  an  able 
and  ardent  advocate.  As  a  platform  speaker 
he  is   possessed  of  great   hro  and  Huency. 

His  vivid  descriptive  powers  win  for  him 
wtrle  popularity  as  a  lecturer;  and  that  he 

wields  a  gifted  and  graphic  pen  is  welt  at- 
tested by  his  recent  serial^'*  Wonderland 
and  Beyond."  In  politics  Mr.  Moore  is 
what  may   be  styled   an    independent  Lib- 


thJ^ 


eral.  He  has  taken  a  liand  in  munici 
affairs  by  solioitati'in  and  not  by  juclin 
tion.  Ue  was  elected  by  acclamation  to 
council  of  Yorkville,  and  was  afterwards  by 
acclamation  elevated  to  the  posttinn  of 
reeve.  He  became  alderman  for  St.  Paul 
ward,  when  Yorkvdle  was  annexed  to  T 
ronto,  and  in  1884  he  was  re-elected  to  I 
Toronto  city  council  over  two  other  con 
dates.  At  the  end  of  his  term,  he  reti 
from  the  city  council  on  account  of  press 
business.  While  in  the  council  he  did  gi 
service  for  municipal  reform,  improvemei 
of  the  water  supply,  and  the  temperan 
cause  ;  and  w&s  the  temperance  partyH 
standard-bearer  in  that  body  during  thv 
fight  for  the  separation  of  the  groggeries 
from  the  grocer  sho|>s.  Mr.  Moore  is  a  lead- 
iug  member  of  the  Methodist  church,  and  »a 
Sabbath -school  superintendent,  class-leaiier, 
and  local  preacher,  he  renders  ethcient 
service.  Indeed,  as  a  pulpit  supply  he  is 
much  sought  after  for  anniversary  and  other 
occasions,  indicating  that  he  occupies  a 
foremost  position  as  a  preacher.  He  was  a 
delegate  to  the  closing  General  Conforencet 
of  the  Canada  Methodist  body,  aud  also 
to  the  tirst  General  Conferenoe  of  the 
Methodist  church,  after  union.  His  incisive 
speech  in  favour  of  union  showed  hi* 
strong  powers  as  a  debater  ;  and  it  was 
regarded  as  one  of  the  ablest  oontributions 
during  that  memorable  church  parlia- 
ment. In  1871,  Mr.  Moore  waa  married 
in  Galt»  to  Annie,  tlie  fourth  daughter  d 
the  late  Alexander  Addison,  and  tlie  fruit 
of  this  maiTiage  is  three  children,  a  daughter 
and  two  sons.  In  commercial  and  tinanctal 
circles  he  is  known  and  esteemed  aa  an 
expert  accountant,  having  conducted  laree 
and  important  transactions  with  the  skill 
of  a  thorough  mathematician.  He  is  a  firta 
believer  tliat  Cana<la  has  a  great  deatiuy  in 
store.  In  Great  Britain  he  delivered  a 
number  of  speeches  upon  Canada  and  her 
resources,  which  atti-acted  unusual  ;>tt^Ti 
tion,  so  much  so  that,  when  in  Ex.rr 
hull,  many  hundreds  were  turned  away 
unable  to  gain  admission.  His  lectures  in 
this  c^iuntry  upon  Canadian  subjects  havo 
been  fine  delineations  of  the  beauties  and 
attractions  of  his  native  land,  When  sup- 
plemented, as  they  sometimes  are,  by  bril- 
liantly illuminated  illustrations,  they  bt*- 
come  intensely  enjoyable  as  both  eye  ft»id 
ear  participate  in  the  pleasure.  At  thi» 
time  he  is  th«  managing  director  of  the  Sas- 
katchewan Homestead  Company,  and  ia 
doing  grsnd  service  in  the  development  of 
the  North- ^^'est. 


CANADIAN  BIOORAf-HT, 


47 


Ic,  Rev.  William   H.,  LL.D.. 

Iftt-o  of  Toronto,  Ontario,  was  bom 
\  3. 1820,  in  tho  County  of  Kilkenny, 
In  1B31  bU  fuller  Knd  family  emi- 
Canula,  and  Buttled  in  thv  village 
:on  Place,  Lanark.  lu  that  village 
r,  William  Poole,  taught  school  for 
yeora,  until  1844,  vhen  be  waa  re- 
by  death,  loved  and  esteemed  by  all 
whitn.  Ottr  subject  iR  descended  I  if  a 
iient  and  prominent  En;^liab  family, 
u' originally  from  the  Conn- 
iand  ;  and  fur  many  genera* 
tho  family  have  been  prom- 
(Ujitc  the  *'  Annotations" 
nea,  and  as  military  oHicers. 
ftxt^en  years  of  age,  William  Henry 
d  a  sitnatioD  as  sohool  teacher,  and 
nrged  to  accept  it.  After  passing  a 
ble  examination  befora  the  county 
i  examiners,  and  receivinij  the  hitfh- 
■  certiticAte,  he  yielded  to  the  soUoi- 
>f  friends  and  accept^^d  the  situatirio. 
the  board  of  ezaminera  said  that  the 
too  yuung  ti)  rocuivo  the  appoint- 
bui  the  chairnian  of  the  board  of  ex- 
B  replied,  "He  will  be  older  to-mor- 
^lat  school-house  was  four  utiles  from 
er's  residence,  and  yet,  for  three 
be  r«tumf*d  ever}'  eveuin||{  tu  his 
.  Nev^r,  even  fur  one  night,  did  he 
i.>rm  <'r  bad  ro&ds  to  keep   him  from 

K    After  several  years  of  study  and 
ha    worked    hi^    way  to  Victoria 
kfire,  aXter  tho  first  term  of  eleven 
nud  hia   way   by    teaching  two 
^.      On  hia  father's  death  he  left 
and  took    the    tatter's  place,    and 
until  ISACt,  when  he  was  called  to  en- 
the  work  of  tho  Chrtstmn  ministry, 
ection  with  the  Wesleyan  Methodist 
That    love  of  leaminj^  which  dis- 
ihed  his  ancestors  for  several  geuera- 
ospecially  the   Hev.   Mstthew  Poole, 
otator,  found  in  our   Canadian  miu- 
heatthy  body  and  a  vi^'orousmind, 
led  him  to  pursue  his  studies  in  vari- 
(la  of  knowW^''^.       Early    and   Ute, 
andsumiiter,    he  »-VHitivl   himself  of 
[opnblic  libraries  in    the  f.\tw%  and 
whore    he  laboured  as  a  Methoilist 
tr.     Ue  also  frequently  attended  the 
I  of  ititt  learned  profesBora  of  the  uni- 
•  in  tho««  citiei.  carrying  on  at  the 
;me   a  pastorate,   nlwayn  nmoni^  the 
uooeasful.      A  residence  in  the  City  of 
throe  terms,  during  a  periocl  of 
aifordod  him  facilities  which  he 
to  embrace.      His  studios 
ihu  usual  course  uf  olassioa, 


mathematics,  philosophy  and  divinity.  In 
later  years,  philology  and  ethnology,  with 
the  history  of  races  aud  nations,  engrossed 
his  attention.  On  tho  17th  of  June.  IBoO. 
he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mary  Ann. 
second  daughter  of  Simon  Djlong,  of  Amel- 
iasbnrg,  County  of  Prince  Edward.  Her 
mother's  name  was  Catharine  Dempsey. 
The  Dempsey  family  were  descendants  of  n 
ignited  Empire  loyalist  of  that  name.  They 
were  oriiatifdly  of  the  Irish  Palatinate 
stock.  In  tho  year  ItiT^,  after  thirty -three 
years  of  close  reading  and  faithful  service  as 
a  minister,  our  subject  received  the  title  of 
LL.D.  Of  the  thirty-three  years  of  minis- 
terial labonr,  twenty-seven  were  spent  in  the 
I  large  towns  and  cities  of  Ontario.  In  th« 
fall  of  1870.  Mr.  Poole  received  an  invita- 
tion to  the  Simpson  MethodiU  Episcopal 
church  in  Detroit,  Michigan,  and  soon  after 
b«came  a  member  of  the  Detroit  conference. 
Few  men  have  been  more  successful  in  the 
pastoral  work  than  he  He  has  written  a 
great  deal  in  the  religions  preM  of  Canada 
and  in  the  United  States.  The  snbjocta  of 
our  edncationsl  institutions,  of  temperanoe 
and  of  prohibition,  of  the  different  pLaaes  of 
religiuua  life  and  work,  have  often  interest- 
ed his  }>en.  Several  sermons  of  his  hare 
been  published,  and  he  lias  sent  out  a  num- ' 
ber  of  tractates,  pamphlets  and  lectures.  He 
hai  published  a  volume  on  "Tho  Fruits  of 
the  Spirit,"  which  was  highly  commended 
by  the  press  ;  and  others  are  in  the  hands  of 
tlie  publishers.  Ur  Poole  had  an  interest- 
ing family  of  eight  children,  five  dansbters 
and  three  sons.  The  daughters  have  all  de- 
parted this  life.  The  three  son^  are  making 
a  name  for  Chemselvea.  The  eldest,  Egerton 
UyersoD,  is  a  highly  esteemed  commercial 
traveller  in  Ontario.  The  second  son.  Wil- 
liam Hdnry,  is  a  successful  physician  and 
snrgeon  in  Detroit.  The  third,  Charles  Al- 
bert, is  on  the  road  to  honour  and  wealUi 
as  a  druggist  in  the  same  city.  Few  men 
have  a  warmer  heart,  ur  a  lighter  stej),  than 
our  Cansdiau  frieud.  Dr.   Poole. 

illacnalioii.  Iliigh,  C^.  C,  Toroutu. 
This  wollku'twii  iiiMinticr  of  the  Ontario 
bar,  though  ni  Iriah  di'scent.  was  biirn  in 
Ouolph,  Ouurio,  im  the  lith  of  March,  1A3(S. 
Tho  prii^onitors  of  the  family  wore  origin- 
ally from  Monaghtin,  in  IreUnd,  and  in  the 
trouMous  times  of  the  last  of  the  reigmnK 
Stuarts,  a  number  of  MaoM4h<Mia  helu 
imiH>rtant  |Hisitiims  in  their  native  ciunty. 
Colonel  Art  O^e  MtcMihon,  bt'sidea  hold- 
ing a  military  comm&nd,  was  King  James 
II.'s  lorddioutenant  for  the  County  &funa- 
ghau  ;  whUe  Hugh  MacMihun,  gnsat-grand 


A  CYCLOP  JED  1 A  OF 


tinole  of  the  subject  of  thU  preaeiit  sketch, 
wu  lieutenaiitotlnnel   of  Grtrdon  O'Neil'a 
Ctuurlemont  risgimout  uf  fuot.     Thia  crnok 
oorpt,    upon    it4    raorganiKKtiun,  nfter   the 
Treaty  o{  Limerick  (1 01*1).  took   Bcnice  in 
France  wifh   the  faniotia   ^*  Irish   Brigade." 
Revertee  of    fortime    hnvini;    impoveriahed 
the  fAinily,  Mr.    MftcMahon*»  father  came 
to  Canada  in   1819,  from  CootehiU,  Comity 
Oavan ,    Ireland ,    and    aett led    in    the    Ni- 
agara district.      Wa    brought    with    him   an 
excellent   library   of   cloaaical   and    Tnithe- 
luatical  works  ;  and,   aa   he  possessed   high 
attainments  as  a  classical  scholar,  h«  opened 
ftchuol    at    Grimsby,    whera    many   of    the 
youth  of  the  western  section  of  L'pper  Can- 
ada   w»?rn    prepared    for    the    prufessions. 
Mr.     MaoMahon,    senior,    wus  imu    of    the 
uarliesr.  appointed    provincial   land  survey* 
on,   ami   made  the  preliminary  surveys  rrf 
many  of  the  townships  in  the  lately  formed 
province.     Itia  wife,  who  still  survives  him, 
and    is   now    in   ht*r   titHh  year,   was    Atme 
Mactiuvem.  a  r'ilutive   of   the  Into   Lliahop 
Macfiovern^  of  the  County  of  C^van.      In 
1853,    Hugh    MacMahon,   onr  present  sub- 
ject, then  in  his  screntoenth  year,  entered 
the  UiMird  of  Works  department  of  Canada, 
of  which  thti  Hon.  H.  H.  Killaly  wasatthu 
time  uommi«tiii>ner,  and  was  placed  on  tlte 
stutfof  Oulonul  W.  b.  Gallaway,  C.K.,  as  sec- 
ond assistant  engineer.     In  this  capacity  Mr. 
McMahon  took  part  in  making  siirrtsys  and 
in  preparing  estimates  for  the  projected  Ot- 
tawa ship-canal  between  Ottawa  and  Ayl- 
mor.      He  was  also  engaged  in  the  surveys 
and  plans  for  the  Gbata  oanal  and  woa  one  of 
the    resident   engineers    during    the    time 
these  works  were    under  construction.     In 
1857*  when  the  monetary  crisis  of  that  year 
compelled  the  grtrernment  to  relinr^uish  the 
Utter  undertaking,  and  when  civil  eni^ineer- 
ing  was  mnch  depressed  by  the  stoppage  of 
public  workSf  Mr.  MacMahnn  left  the  aor- 
vice   of  the   department,    though    strongly 
urged  tf>  remain  at  Ottawa  by  the  chief  of 
the  aU*ir.     The  next  year,  having  become  a 
matriculant  of  the  Ltiw  Society,  we  tind  him 
in  the  law  uttioe  of  Thomas  Robertson,  Q.C., 
then    practising  in   Diindas.     Pursuing  the 
lei^al  profession,  he  waa  called  to  the  bar  in 
1SG4,  when  he  entered  into  partnership  with 
hia   brother,    Thomas   B.    MacMahon,  late 
judge  of  the  County  of    Norfolk,  then  prac- 
using  in  Brantford.     Five  years  aftorvvards, 
on  the  elevation  of  the  late  John  WtUon  to 
a  judgeship  of  the  court  of  Queen's  Bench, 
Hugh  MacMahon  removed  to  Loudon,  On- 
tario, where,  in  a   few   years,  he  built  up 
the  largest  and  most  lucrative  legal  business 


in  the  west.     Hia  universailj  acknowli 
ocijuirementA  as  a  commercial  lawyer,  soil 
judument.  and  scrupulous  honour,  brooglit^ 
him  the  conhdence  of  the   morcanble  cctm- 
muuity  throughout  the  country,  And  he  be- 
came the   vdicitor  and   tnisted    adviaur  u( 
many  lar^e  firms.      In  187*>,  ha  was  crcalt-I 
Queen's  counsel  by  the  Ontariofgovert: 
and   in   1.S85,    the  Dominion  tuiniatrx 
him  a  like  high  honour.      Mr.  5lAcMaU>u'* 
talents  as  an  advocate  won  for  him  a  Aiic^f^* 
ful  career  at  the  bar,  and  he  has  been  r>< 
as  counsel  in  some  of  the  most  imp 
civil  and  criminal  caaea  before  the 
In  1877  he  was  retained   bj'    the  Dom 
Got'emment  as  leading  counsel  in  (he  :\ta 
(.ration  between    the    Federal    Governmei 
and   the   Prfivince   of  Ontario,    in  the  | 
trooted  dispute  over  the  west«m  and  n* 
ern  boundaries  of  the  prcivince  ;  and  in  t 
folluwin^  year  he  arknie<l  the  caais  befon.- 
KdwardThorntun.  British  minister  at  W 
ington,  and  the  Hon.   Sir   Francis  Hinci 
arbitrators  for   the   Dominion,    and    Clui 
Justice  R.    A.  Harrison,   who   repreaao 
Ontario.      Their  award,  aa  our  readers  art 
aware,  settled  the  western  bfiundary  «jf  thin 
province.     In    18^,    Mr.    MacM%bon   wu 
aaaociated     with     Christopher      Robinson. 
Q.C.,  and  went  to  England   aa  one  of  tJia 
cninael  for  the  Dominion,  when  the  Bonud- 
ary  tiuestion  waa  submitted  to  the  judicud 
committee  of  Her  Majesty's  Privy  Council. 
The  deciaion  of  thia  body,  it  is  a  matter  of 
history,  virtually  conHnned   tho  award  of 
the  previous  arbitratora.     We  now  come  to 
a  notable  incident  in  Mr.  MacMahonV  prr>- 
fessional  career — hia  retention    aa  ci:iunsel 
for  the  prisoners  in  the  celebrated  Biddulpb 
tragedy  case.     This  cait5«  r.thhit^    it  will  be 
rememberod,    arose    out   of    the    revolting 
murder  of  five  members   of  the    Duniiel, 
family,    residing    in    the    township  of  Bi 
dulph,  when  no  teas  than  Hfteon  poraona  we 
arrested  for  alleged  complicity  in  the  a&i 
though  but  five  of  them  wero  subseriuentl 
prosecuted.     Mr.    MacMahou  waa  retain 
as  counsel  on  boh&lf  of  the  prisonera,  wh 
in  IH80,   were  indicted  by   the   grand  ju 
for  murder.  Subsequently  the  Crown,  deeu 
tug   the   evidence    against    James    CjutoU 
stroni^er  than   againat  tho  other  prisoner^, 
he  w&B  first  brought  to  trial.     The  first  ja 
disagreeing  on  their    verdict,    applicaiioi 
was  made  for  a  change  of  venue,  owing 
the  intense  excitemeut  over  the  tragedy 
London ;    but   this    was    refused.     Carroll 
was  again  placed  on  his  trial  before  a  special 
cnmmiasioR,  composed  of  two  judges,  and 
the  proooedinga  extended  over  a  week.  The 


i 


CANADIAN  BIOORAPHY, 


47t> 


nraitement  wjui  itill  inienae;  the  oourt-ronm 
v&s  thronged  daily  by  ip-nat  crowdi  of  peo- 
ple ;  while  repre«oiil»Uvt«8  of  the  leadini^ 
joumalft  c&ine  from  (he  chief  citiea  t«t  report 
lhfr>  T  ntrpp.liitjja.  The  chief  inoideiita  of 
I  th>  .1  of  the  trUl   wm  the  skilful 

,  CT"  >  ition  of  the  Crown   witneBscA 

by  ^Ir.  M.u;Mahun,  which  reaultvd  in  break- 
lag  down  much  of  the  cose  a^amst  the  pria- 
•mer.      The     interest    culmLtiated    in     Mr. 
MtoMHhoii'ii  nin^Milarly  fthle  speech  for  the 
defenoe,  which  created   intense  excitement 
ill  the  court-roam,  and  was  favourably  com- 
mented on  by  the  legal  profeasioa  and  the 
proM   of  th*>   country.     The  Ton»nto  Mail 
thua  referred  to   the  speech: — "Mr.  Mac- 
Mah<iu    r«mo   to   address  the  jury   at    1.40 
p.m.,  And  fti  he  took  his  stand  in  front  of 
the  jury-box,  tho  silence  of  death  fell  upon 
I  the   immense    concourse    aaseniMed  in  the 
'  o.Hirt-rttom.     The  address,  which  Itiett'd  for 
HT^f  two  boors,  waa  a  liue  effort.      It  was 
;ACterised  by  any  remarkable  Hi^hta 
.t-^ncf,  ut»r  did   the  learned  counsel 
,  try  tu  play  upon  the  feelings  of  the  jurors. 
I  it  waa.  however,   a  clear,   concise  and  able 
mc,    which  left  A  deep  impression." 
'vr,     ]h:>rtrayini;    the    scttnt;  in  the 
ri    nuuae    prior    to    the  addresa   of  the 
for  the  defence,   aaid  ;  *'  Long  ba- 
the half-huur*s  intermission  had  been 
broQght  to  a  close  the  corridors  of  the  court 
honiH  wnro  r>;v;ked  With  au  exciled  throng, 
•a^L;  nu;  forward  lo  guin  admission 

to  t  nH>m,    which    wai*  already  so 

dccnaeiy  crowded  that  not  another  could  be 
Admitted.     The  scene  inside  the  court-room 
Waa  one   long  to    be    remembered.     It  was 
,  ixot  the  seats  alone  that  were  crowded.      The 
I  At^ps  leading  to  the  bench,  and  every  vacant 
chair  within    the   bar   was  «>ccapied,  while 
ixiore  than  half  of  the  standing  room  in  the 
%i*iea  WAS  occupied  by  bwlies."     The  same 
joamal  in  the  course  of  u  lengthy  report  of 
th«  ap«ech,    observes  :  **  When  the  judges 
took  their  pUoes   on   the  bench,  after  the 
«djouniment«  Mr.    MAcMahon  rose  to  ad- 
i?r..*.   tv.g  j,,ry  on  behalf  of  the  prisonerg. 
■'.  absolute  (jiiiut  reigned  thrnughout 
room,  and  after  the  learnetl  coun- 
I"  defence  had  uttered  his  first  few 
^    the   crowde<l  courl-room   was  sn 
liiit  one   might  almost  have  heard 
I  A  pin.   For  two  hours  the  learned 
iiint  uentleman  enchained  not  only 
.Uonof  their  lordships  and  thejur>', 
tm  tiio  vast  throng  in  the  on>witod  court- 
tuuQ.     The  address  was  not  what  would  be 
allvH  a  tlowcry  one,  but  it  was  earnest,  elo-  | 
•jiunt  and  exhAustive.     Not   a  point  that  \ 


oould  be  made  to  tell  in  favour  of  the  pria- 
oner  was  overlooked,  while  the  most  fav<mr- 
able  and  plausible  c^instruction  was  put  upon 
thtjae  points  that  bore  hardest  ai^iiinsi  him. 
During  a  port  of  the  address  the  prisoner 
sat  up  in  the  dock  and  listened  attentively, 
while  his  sister  seemed  to  devour  every 
word  that  fell  from  the  speaker's  lips.     . 

The  learned  counsel  for  the  defence 
closed  his  very  able  and  el<M|uent  addresa 
with  a   solemn  and  pathetic  appeal  to  the 
jury  on  behalf  of  the  prisoner.     . 
The  efforta  of  the  defence  had  been  a  seriea 
of  masterpieces,  throui^hout  the  long  trial  ; 
but  it  wtte  felt  that  with  the  eIo<)uont  and 
exhaustive  res^tmi  of  the  evidence  by  Mr, 
MftcMahon,    these   etforts    had    oome  to   A 
close,  and  that  nothing  remained  as  au  off- 
set to  what  the  Crown  hwi  to  present. "    The 
prisoner  waa  act^uitted,  and  the  scene  in  the 
court-room  and  in  the  vicinity  of  the  court- 
house  waa  indescribable.      •!9|>etikin^  of  the 
memorable   trial,  another  Toronto  juMmol 
ftubsecjueutly    remarked  :     that    Mr.     Mac- 
Mahon's  address   to  the  jury  "  is  still  re- 
membered AS  one  of  the  moat  brdliant  ef- 
forts of  oratory  ever  heard  within  the  walls 
of  l.uudon  court-hoiiftf."     While  a  re»sident 
of    London,    Mr.    MacMahou    was  mainly 
instrumental,   in  connection    with  Colonel 
James  Shanty,   in  founding  the  Irish  Bene- 
volent Society  in  that  oity.  of  which  both 
gentleman,  at  various  times,  was  president. 
This  successful  national  society   has  been 
conducted   irrespective   of  creed,   and    boa 
been    of    the    greatest    possible    good,    ia 
Allaying  religious  prejudices  and  in  aoftea- 
ing  religious  rancour  among  the  Irish  resi- 
dents of  the  Forest  City.     At  the  general 
elections  of  1872,  Mr.  MacMahon  unsuouoss- 
fuUy  contested   the  City  t)f  London,  for  a 
seat  in    the    House   of    Commonti,    a^^ainst 
the  Hon.  John  Oarling  .  and  ai;ain  in  l^V,. 
he    was    a    candidate    for    the    County    of 
Kent,  Against  Kufus  Stephenson,  the  then 
sitting    member,    but  was  defeated.      Mr. 
MacMahon  removed  to  Toronto  at  the  close 
of  the  year  1883,  whore  ho  has  since  suc- 
cessfully practised  bin  profession.    His  wide 
legal  experience,  forceful  and  pleasing  man- 
ner in  addressing  juries,  and  great  natural 
and  acquired  abilities  moke  him  one  of  the 
leading  nut  uritu  lawyers  on  the  western  cir- 
cuit.   Outftiuo  of  his  profession,  Mr.   Mac- 
Mahon is  a  man  of  very  considerable  culMir«>» 
and   much  fondness  for  art,  his  judgment 
as  accnmxsseMr  of  paintings  being  fretjuent- 
ly  appealed  to.      His  cuUection  of  paintin^iB 
has  been  muohadtnired,  and  indicates  a  high 
educated  taste.     In   1804  Mr.    MacMahon 


A  CTCLOPJUDU  OF 


married  IsilI)^!  Janut,  eldest  daughter  of 
the  late  Simon  Mackenm,  of  Belleville, 
by  whftni  he  h&s  two  snns. 

Drennail  H.  T..  (the  late)  of  Kingston, 
Ontario,  was  born  in  the  Moravian  ftettle- 
inentf  Comity  of  Tyrone,  Irelmid,  on  No- 
vember 2<),  1810,  making  him  03  yeani  of 
age  when  he  died.  When  a  boy  he  left  Ire- 
l&ud  and  went  to  Scotland  with  his  father, 
where  he  was  educated.  There  he  remained 
till  1811,  when  he  emigrated  to  Kingston. 
He  was  an  active  young  man  and  found  no 
difficulty  in  obtainuig  employment.  His 
first  situation  waft  a  clerkship  in  the  dry 
goods  store  of  U.  Waddell  &  Co.,  Princess 
street.  After  remaining  in  this  business  for 
a  few  years,  lie  decided  io  follow  n  nautical 
life  and  secured  the  position  of  pnner  on 
the  psaaenuer  steamer  ^Vm«f,  afterwards 
the  Mo\fiio%ffr^  which  was  Hnally  blown  up. 
This  life  did  not  suit  him  aa  well  a«  he  an- 
ticipiitedj  ao  he  onoe  more  cntcrud  the  dry 
goods  business,  as  a  partner  in  the  tirm  of 
Kennedy  A-  Drennan,  Shortly  afterwards 
a  dissolution  tr>ok  place,  and  the  business 
was  carried  on  by  the  deceased,  in  the  store 
now  occupied  by  Mr.  Dtuibar,  tailor,  corner 
of  WellingVm  and  Priuceas  streets.  Not 
long  before  he  married  Annie,  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  the  lato  Dr.  Boyd  of  the  Royal  navy, 
His  next  change  in  busiacea  was  the  mann- 
factnro  of  furniture  in  the  ponitontinry  ; 
bnt  in  oonaequence  of  the  dostruction  r>f 
hia  shop  by  tire  some  time  aftenvarda  he 
carried  on  his  bxisiness  outside  of  the  Peni- 
tentiary. In  1873  ho  was  elected  alder- 
man to  represent  St.  Lawrence  ward,  and 
ooiitinned  to  hold  this  position  till  1877, 
when  he  ran  for  mayoi*  and  was  elected. 
In  1878  he  attain  entered  the  council  jind 
remained  in  it  till  the  end  of  1879,  when 
he  retired  from  public  life.  He  was  one 
of  the  directors  of  the  House  of  Industry 
when  that  institution  sadly  needed  assist- 
ance, and  he  was  instrumental  in  putting 
it  in  a  ^ood  condition.  Wlien  his  term  of 
office  in  this  connection  expired,  the  di- 
rectors presented  him  with  his  portrait  in 
oil.  When  the  fire  encine-honso  was  built 
on  Ontario  street  he  laid  the  comer  stone, 
and  was  preseuteil  with  a  silver  trowel ;  in 
fact,  oil  several  occasiona  he  was  made  the 
object  of  presentations  at  the  hands  of  the 
pnblio,  his  last  being  on  his  retiretnent  from 
the  presidency  of  the  Liberal-Consorvatire 
Association,  when  he  received  a  beautiful 
illniciinated  address.  Ho  turned  the  first 
sod  on  the  Kiuj^ston  and  Pembroke  Railway. 
During  his  younger  days  he  tcrak  a  great  in- 
terest in  the  tire  department,  and  waa  an 


active  member  of  the  hook  and  ladder 
pany,  and  when  he  severed  bis  connectk 
he  received  a  tangible  mark  of  the  eat 
in   which    ho    waa    held  by  hia    colleagnc 
When  ro3ralty  visited  Kingaton,   he  wat  ix 
variably  chosen    '*  maater  of    ceremoniei, 
for  which  position  he  waa  admirably  s'lspfM 
by  reason  of  his  good    humour   m  ^t 

and  oourteouB  manner.     Mr   l>i  t 

five  children,   four  dnughtera  and  une  i.:a. 
One  daughter  is  murried    to  G.   M.  BjViI. 
of    New   York,  and  another  to  W.   M'-^J^^ 
Kingston.     ThuMe  whd  hnve  lived  iuKinjiv 
ton  know  the  untiring  energy    of   t)ie   il 
ceased  gentleman,    hia    wide  public   tiptri 
his  talent  for   the    administration  of   pn' 
lie  business,  his  geniality,  and  his  largen 
of  heart,     He  was  a  sincere  friend,  and 
frank,  honourable  <ippr.inenL.    He  was  ngc* 
ous  in  the   prosecution  of    all  good    wur 
about     the   city,    whose   welfare    waa  ever 
uppermost  in  his  mind.     Hi^  loaa  was  re- 
gretted, not  only  by  personal  friend)i  and 
relatives,  but  by  the  people  at  large,  nnl 
was  considered  4:ine  of  tho  saddest  inoi 
in   that  upidemic   of   sudden  death  v: 
Kiu^ston.    He  was  elected  lieuteuftnt  (*f  iii'- 
Hook  and  Ladder  company  in  ]84'>,  and  on 
the  death  of  Captain  Boyle  was  chosei. 
tain.       When   he   became    pnraer    <'f 
Corncf,   we  may  add,  he  reaicneil  th* 
taincy  of  the  Hook  and  Ladder  com 
He  was  a  very  active  member  of  thi^i  <  -i. 
fellows,  and  passed  through  all  the  chain. 
He  waa  likewise  a  member  of  the  Anci«bl 
St.  John  lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  being  &LC. 
in  1872. 

Wilfion,  Squire  Frnnk,  Proprietor 
Truth,  and   ht'ad   of  the  Auxiliary  Printin 
Company,  Toronto,  was  bom  at  Markli 
on  the  7th    Novomber,  1852.       His    fath 
waa  (.Jeorije  Wilauu,  now   proprietor  of 
Port  Hope  Daily  and  Weekly  Onuif,  and 
mother  Sarah   Hnwell,  bf>ih  of   whom  w 
English.     Both,  Ukowiae,  came  from  To 
shire,   and  a  few   years  after   their  arri 
in  Canada  wore  married,  settling  for  a  y 
at   Ttironto.     At    the   expiry   of    the  year 
they  removed  to   Markham,  where,  aa  we 
have  seen,  the   subject  uf   this  aket 
l>'>rn.     8(juiru   Frauk  Wilson    receive 
early    educational    training    at    Mai 
and  he  concluded  his  education  in  Toron 
Having   finished    his   studies,    be    drop 
into   journalism,  and  for  a  while,  publis 
a  weekly  paper  at    namiltim.  and   also 
tablished   there   the    Auxiliary    Publiahi 
Company.     From  Hamilton  he  removed 
Toronto,  where,  after  a  brief  period,  we  ti 
hiro  at   the  head  of  the  Auxiliary  Print: 


\ 


CANADIAN  BJOORAPBT. 


d  proprietor  of  Tmth,     The  Aux- 
intiiig  Compiny,  it  may  be  said,  wa« 
ed  «i  Hamilton  originally,  but  that 
not  (otjud  to  be  a  thoroughly  satis- 
itrihutini?  centra,  and  the  prefer- 
given  to  Toronto.       Need  of  anch 
tioD  hftd  for  a  long  time  buen  felt 
bliahori  of  provincial  newspapers, 
nciion  of  the  company  waa  to  fur- 
ted  outaides  to  pnblishera  ha^ nng  u 
tf  I'f  compoaitorsand  limited  meana. 
r.  Wilaon  tirst  aaauraed  theiuanago- 
if   ihia  company,    he    supplied  only 
t  t«n  publiahera  ;  now  the  number  of 
Inted  nevspapera  that  leaves  hia  es- 
Deut  ia  one  hundred  and  sixty.    But 
Vieaaure  uf  succesa  was  achieved  only 
i  persistent   industry,  and  the  very 
ktuaiDess  ability.       At   the  outset  of 
idertaking,  only   half  a  dozon  hands 
pployed.  and  5Ir.  Wilson  aasist«d  at 
eticat  operations  during  the  day,  at- 
to  the  oorrcapondonco  at  nighL  But 
kblishment  has  since  had  as  many  as 
bands   employed  ;  and   the  bueineas 
0ns    of  the   company    and  of    TrJtih 
i  Ladies  Journal^  a  monthly  fashion 
Be,   vhich   he  also   publiahea.    corn- 
last    year,    reached   over  ^150,000. 
Rrprise  has  been  spared,  and  the  extent 
0h    Mr.  Wilson  has  put  hia  energiea 
B    spoading  the  circulation  of  Tmih 
9  guessed  when  it  ia  learned  that  dur- 
Mr  bis  advertising  account  with  one 
|6  newspaper  was  over  $6,000.     But 
llerprise  has  borne  its  fruit,  and  Truth 

£a  splendid  circulation,  being  found 
L  everywhere  over  the  Dominion, 
iitity  of  costly  prises,  including 
\  organs,  sewing  machines,  gold 
JL  silver  tea  services,  silver  spoons, 
jbat  Mr.  Wilson  has  given  away  to 
IV  of  bis  journal,  ia  simply  surprising. 
per  is  certainly  the  beat-stocked 
t  readable  family  weekly  in  the 
In  addition  to  contributions  from 
t  pens,  ita  stock  of  selected  mat- 
TOry  large,  and  it  is  choice.  Mr. 
married,  in  Idrn,  Minnie,  daughter 
late  George  Kerr,  at  one  time 
of  Hamilton.  Alderman  Murray 
of  the  same  city,  is  n  brother  of 

fdy.       There    has  been    isaue    of  the 
(c  three   chUdren,    one  i^irl  and  two 
The  Birl  is  dead,     Mr.  Wilson,  it  is 
iMOMsary  to  re[k«at,  is  a   man  of  re- 
eiMTgy,  and  his   aehinvementa  do 
highest  credit.     In  politics  ho  is 
bat   views  public  questions 
nnbiaasod  stwidpomt.     As  ho  is,  so 
DO 


has  TfuVi  been,  an  earnest  and  fearless  ex- 
ponent of  right-doing  in  public  life,  and  an 
uncompromising  opponent  of  all  that  ia 
wrong.  In  dealing  with  moral  and  other 
questions  alfeoting  society,  Mr.  Wilson 
keeps  hia  paper  in  "the  foremost  fyles  of 
time."  Himself  and  his  family  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  church. 

Johnnon,  William   licnry.   M.D., 
KeruuB,    Ontario,    M.O.RS.C,    M.R.C.S.. 
of  England,  and  L,  K.C.P.,  of  Edinburgh, 
waa  bom  in  the  township  of  Eramosa,  Wel- 
lington   county,    on   the    18th    September, 
18r>0.      He  ia   a  aon  of  John  Johnson,  by 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Archibald  Smith,  one 
of  the  earliest  and  most  prominent  settlers 
in  the  township  of  Eramosa.     John  John- 
s<^n  was  a  native  of  Lancashire,  England, 
and  came  to  this  country  with  his  parents 
in  1820,  settling  in  the  above-named  town- 
ship.    Mr.  Johnson  took  up  land,  and  en- 
gaged himself  at  farming  ;  and  ia  still  liv- 
ing, and    in    the   enjoyment  of  health  and 
faculties.  He  has  a  family  of  nine  children, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  being  the  young- 
est ;     and    he  was   a    brother    uf   Edward 
JohJosoD,  reeve  for  some  time  of  the  town- 
ship of  Erin  :  also  of  Dr.  James  Johnson, 
of    Millbank,    Perth.      William   Henry  re- 
ceived the  rudiments  of  an  education  in  a 
common  school,  finishing  his  studies  at  the 
Gait  grammar  school,  and  leaving  that  in- 
stitution at  the  age  of  eightoon.     He  then 
resolved  to  study  medicine,  and  to  this  end, 
in  1800,  entered  the  Victoria  ooUege,  now 
afhliated  with  the  Toronto  School  of  Medi- 
cine,   graduating   £rom    that    institution  in 
1873  with  honours  ;  taking  the  gold  medal 
for  the  linal  year,  and  the  scholarship  for 
the  second  year.    After  ^duating  in  1673, 
he  went  to  Great  Britain,  entering  the  St. 
Thomas  Hospital,  at  London  ;  and  from  this 
institution  received  a  certi6cate  of  honour  in 
medicine,  surgery  and  obstetrics,  taking  the 
diploma  likewise  of  M.U.C.S..  Eng.     He  re- 
mained in  London  for  a  year,  and  then  went 
to  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  where  he  remained 
for  some  time,  also  taking  from  that  college 
the  diploma  L.R.C.P.     In  the  faU  of  18?4 
he  returned  to  Canada,  and  in  February  of 
the  following  year  began  practice  fur  himself 
in  the  town  of  Fergus^  where  hu  has  con- 
tinued ever  since,  with  such  success  that  hii 
practice  is  now    one   of  the  very  best  and 
most  profitable  in  that  town.     t>r.  Johnson 
is  assistant  surgeon  of  the  30th  battalion  of 
Wellington  Uifles,   having  joined  the  laroe 
during  the  lato  Kiel  rebtillion.     In  1H85  he 
was  elected  councillor  of  the  village  of  For- 
goiy  and  in  that  capacity  served  with  marked 


482 


A  CTCLOIjEDIA   of 


Ability  and  satitfaoticu  to  the  people,  and 
waa  elected  hy  acclnination  fur  1880.  He 
baa  been  A  member  of  the  A.O.  U.W.,  and 
financier  of  lodge  No.  63,  Fergus,  for  four 
yearVf  and  a  maater  wnrkman  fur  two  years. 
He  lias  been  presideitt,  vice-president  and 
secretary  of  the  Mechanics'  Institute  at  dif- 
ferent periods  ;  is  president  of  several  de- 
bating societies  and  dramatic  clubs,  and  ia 
a  member  of  the  Reform  Asscjoiutiou  uf 
centre  Wellington,  besides  being  convener 
of  committees  for  Fergus.  Ue  professes 
the  Presbyterian  faith,  and  is  a  highly  re- 
spected member  of  that  cominiinion.  He 
haa  travelled  much,  risitiuK  the  chief  placea 
in  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  France.  Dr. 
Johnson  has  been  an  active  playing  member 
of  the  Fergus  Lacrosse  and  Football  clubs, 
and  president  of  both  ;  ia  alao  captain  vi  thv 
village  Baseball  club,  and  of  all  manly 
sporta  he  ia  a  patron,  and  in  this  war,  aa 
well  aa  because  of  hia  heartiness  and  pleas- 
ing address,  he  ia  a  general  favourite.  He 
enjoya  the  repute  of  being  very  skilfnl  and 
learned  in  hia  profession. 

Wifirelna,  E.  Stouc,  B.  A.,  LL.D., 
t*inaiice  Department,  Ottawa,  waa  bom  in 
Queens  County,  New  Brunswick,  Canada, 
December  4th,  1839.  Hia  family  ia  United 
Empire  loyalist.  Daniel  Slocum  Wiggins, 
his  father,  waa  for  many  yeara  one  of  the 
leading  merchants  of  the  province.  Hia 
mother,  EHsubeth  Titua,  whose  maiden 
name  waa  8tone,  also  belonged  to  a  United 
Empire  loyalist  family  of  ^reat  roapocta- 
bility,  well  known  both  in  Canada  and  in 
the  United  States.  Profestior  Wiggins,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  ia  a  direct  descendant 
of  Captain  Thomaa  Wig^na  of  Devon,  Eng- 
land, who  in  the  year  16^  waa  sent  out  by 
Lords  Sayo  and  Brook  as  governor  of  one  of 
the  Maasachusetta  colonies.  William  CuUcn 
Bryant  in  liis  "'  Popular  History  of  the 
United  States. "  credits  this  family  with 
being  the  tirat  to  resist  the  encroachments 
and  arroffanoe  of  succesaive  colonial  gover- 
nors and  entering  the  wedge  which  nlti- 
mately  led  to  American  independence. 
During  the  revolution  uf  177G,  ibe  sons  of 
Stephen  Wiaigins  of  Newbury,  N.  Y.,  a  de- 
scendant of  Thomas  Wii^guis  just  men- 
tioned, adhered  to  the  royal  cause,  and  on 
the  conclusion  of  peace  in  1783  left  the 
country  aa  United  Empire  loyalists  and 
settled  in  New  Brunswick.  £.  Sttme 
Wiggins,  the  s\kbject  of  this  aketch,  waa  in 
1856  a  pupil  at  the  Oakwood  Grammar 
sohool,  tnen  in  charge  of  W.  A.  Whitney, 
B.  A.,  beginning  lile  aa  a  teacher  in  the 
Ontaiio    public   schools.    In  IdCC  he   was 


appointed  local  superintenJenl 
for  the  County  of  Prince  Edward.    lu  WS\ 
*t>*J   he    waa  a  studrnt  at  the  Phiii 
University  of  Medicine  and  i>urg«jr3', 
he    gmduattrd    taking  ihe    de>;r«ts    of 
Ho  look  the  dtigreo  of  B.  A.  in  H^70,  at  Al- 
bert  University,    OntJtrio.       It  waa  at  the 
convocation  of  the  university  thia  year  that 
the   future  of  hia  career  was  shaped,  as  ft 
waa    here    he  formed    the    acquaintance  *d 
Hon.    John    Sandtivld    Maedoiiaid,    whidi 
ripened    into    a  sti'ong  personal  frieudabti* 
that  continued  till  the   latter'a  death.     Ua 
waa  then  head  muter  of  the  High  act 
Ingenoll.   In  the  following  year  he 
priaed,  on  visiting  the  premier  at  his  n 
in  Toronto,  when  asked  by  that  astute  poU* 
tician  if  he  would  accept  the  principalahip 
uf  the    new    institution     for  the    educaUnQ. 
of  the  blind    at    Brantford  —  a    posit 
afterwarda   ably  tilled  for  four  years, 
agreeing    with     the     Mowat     gov( 
which  meanwhile  had  risen  t*.*  power,  ha  le- 
sixned    in    1874,  and    established   a   boyr' 
college  in  St.  John,  N.  B.     In  the  general 
electii>n    of  1878  he  was  ch<:isen  a  candic 
by  the  Conservative  convention  of  Queen' 
hia   native  county,   and  was  defeated,  but 
waa  immediately  afterwards  appfiinied  to  a' 
permanent   position  in  the  Finance   de{iart- 
ment,  Ottawa,  by  Sir  Jtihn  Macdouald,  who 
now  rose  to  power.     Professor  Wiggina  has 
publiahed   several  worlu,   aoientific  and  r«- 
ligioua.     In  1801,    when    only  twenty-fi^wr 
yeara  of  age.    he  published    his  **Ari^lM- 
lure  of  the  Heavens,"   in  which  he  dt": 
slrated    that    comets    travel    tlu 
agency  of  the  positive  and    negin 
of  electricity,    for   which   he   reccivLu    i in- 
honorary  degree  of  LL.D.,  and  it  ia  aatts* 
factory  to  add  that  after  twenty  years  hai 
passed  this  electric  theory  has  betinad<>[>i4 
by  Professor    Huggins,  the  noted  Kngli 
astronomer,    and  other  diatittguislied  sciet 
tiats.     In    thia  work   he  expresses  hia  belifl 
in  the  existence  of  invisible  or  dark  planet 
which  he  argues  emit   no  light,  by  not  hai 
ing  an   atmosphere   similar   to  that  on  tl 
earth,   and  other  viaible  planets.     He  wi 
the    6rat  to  aaaert   that  ul   space  between 
the  Bun  and  the  remotest  planet  is  dark, 
and   that  to   use  hia   words  in  his  *'  Arcl 
tecture    of   the   Heavens,'^  '^worlds    mtgl 
travel   iu  orbits   not  more  distant  than   tl 
nearest  planet  and  yet  never  be  open  to  tl 
viewnf  the  astronomer.     If  our  earth  itsc 
had  no  atmosphere  it  would  enjoy  no  lighl 
The   golden  orb   of  day  would  never 
the    tiowery  robe  of   nature  with  his 
and  the  luuar  orb  and  twinkling  atars  «ot 


CANADlAtf  BIOQBAPBT. 


r  waloonie  our  gaie  m  they  would  kIbo 
rrr  be  locked  up  in  the  duDi^eons  of 
iifcl  night."  (p  44).  This  he  iUustratea 
Hows  :  *'  Suppose  a  light  to  be  placed 
le  middle  of  a  large  ro<jm  and  n^tx  it  a 
■trial  globe.  A  djr  Ughting  on  the 
>,  ao  it  can  i«e  tho  light,  will  of  oourse 
hat  the  walla  and  wiling  of  the  rovm 
Uutnioated,  and  if  it  light  on  the  oppo- 
■id*  uf  the  Klobe,  will  it  not  see  that 
room  in  atill  illuminated  though  it  con- 
Dow  see  the  lamp  \  So  if  space  were 
linated  by  the  solar  rays  it  would  be 
right  ftt  midnight  as  at  mid-day.  It  is 
i  therefore  that  all  apace  is  dark  and 
A  cold  substance  from  the  sun  strikes 
aimoephere  which  by  friction  creates 
;wid  beat  and  that  all  bodies  above  our 
Mphere  not  provided  with  atmoapheres 
invisible.  There  are  conditions  neces- 
for  even  some  of  those  btidies  which  are 
ided  with  atmospheres  to  be  rendered 
>Le.  Sometimes  the  moon  though  in  her 
ter  and  above  the  horizon  is  mvisible. 
I  when  near  her  at  her  full  are  obscured 
r  glare,  while  during  &  tutal  solar 
'  many  of  them  are  visible  at  mid-day. 
i  discovered  Saturn's  second  satellite 
>ber,  1071,  revolving  2,200,000  miles 
that  luminary  in  71*  days.  In  this 
he  aoon  witiieased  a  strange  pbe- 
Through  nearly  one  half  of  its 
lit  regularly  disap{>eais  even  when 
with  the  same  telescope  in  which 
^  the  r««t  of  its  revolution  it  is  a  con- 
I  object."  (Letter  in  Yarmouth 
June,  1885).  Enckes' comet  is  soon 
%  visible  planet,  either  priiuary  or 
lary,  probably  a  Largo  moon  to  the 
To  this  chuw  of  dark  worlds,  he  now 
kylua  *'dark  moon"  beluiiga,  tlmt  is 
~  '■  MOOod  satellite,  which  he  Jis- 
his  study  of  storms  in  1880. 
Is  to  prove  its  existence  are 
ranu«  of  our  moon's  f»engee,  for 
Isaac  Newton  could  nut  account  ; 
her  aeoolar  acceleration ;  and 
th«  occurrence  of  unnatural  or 
od  total  solar  eclipses  like  those 
1780.  July  I82V».  and  May  1884, 
uccunrd  when  the  moon  was  at  her 
in  July  I8iK>)  or  m  one  <'f  her  4uar- 
Thp  noitrnr  a  planet  ia  to  the  sun  thv 
it  is  and  tho  nearer  the  moon  is  to 
h,  that  IB  diiriui;  hvr  perigee,  tho 
the  t«uuperaturu  tKtih  ou  the  lunar 
o  larrvetrlal  surface,  fur  as  iron  is 
WU04I  Oh  scounnc  of  tlio  greater 
of  its  i>Articles  ao  tho  nearor 
of  tho  tt*j\ikt   system,  t.  f.  the 


planets,  are  to  each  other,  tho  lower  the^ 
temperature  and  the  in'oater  the  density 
of  the  atmosphere.  Hence,  knowing  that 
the  great  planeU  Jupiter,  ^3atunl,  Ura' 
nus  and  Neptune  woidd  be  near  their 
perihelion  in  1863  and  1884,  he  pre«hcted, 
(see  his  letter  in  the  January  numbor  of 
the  New  York  Inmnance  Tiuifs)  that  llie 
winters  and  summers  of  these  years  would 
be  rvm&rkable  for  their  coldness  and  hu- 
midity, and  that  the  earth's  atmosphere 
would  exhibit  a  fiery  redness,  a  prediction 
that  has  been  fnlhtled.  Ue  has  also  paid 
much  attention  to  ^tdogy  which  he  has 
ably  dealt  with  in  his  '*  Days  of  the  Crea* 
tion.*'  lu  187tt  a  marine  monster,  swim- 
ming with  its  head  twelve  feet  above  the 
water,  was  seen  near  Boston  by  the  offioera 
and  passeusers  of  tho  steamer  i(tw  York. 
This  Dr.  Wiggins  at  ouce  recognized  as  the 
fur  famed  geol<»gic  animal  the  /j/r^ioMittnts 
UolirhiHiciriis  of  the  t>olitic  era,  heretofore 
aaid  by  geologists  to  have  been  miiUons  of 
years  extinct.  Ho  at  onco  published  the 
discovery  in  the  St.  John  (N.  B.)  (^/ri/**, 
July,  187t>.  Strange  to  add.  Hrofesstir  R. 
A.  Proctor,  the  astronomer,  published  a  let- 
ter in  1884,  (copied  in  the  report  of  the 
I'nited  States  Commissioner  of  Fisheries  for 
that  year),  to  the  effect  that  be  had  diacov- 
ered  the  pUsUmaurua  in  an  animal  seen  off 
Panama,  though  Professor  Wiggins  had 
made  the  discovery  nine  years  before. 
In  1866-67  he  became  involved  in  a  vio- 
lent contest  with  the  Uni versa! ists.  and 
in  the  latter  year  published  his  ""  I'uiver- 
salism  Unfounded,"  a  very  learned  and 
canstic  work  of  ^ioO  pages.  This  was  loudly 
applauded  by  the  orthodox  press.  This  he 
dedicated  to  his  wife,  ifo  lb  an  acknow- 
ledged authority  on  English,  his  ''  English 
Urammar  for  Doiuiuiun  Hi^h  Scho<jla,'* 
which  deals  mainly  with  the  dillicult  senten- 
ces in  the  language,  being  a  standanl  work. 
Professur  Wiggins,  huwever,  owes  his  great 
name  mainly  to  his  predictions  of  st«jinnr, 
which  for  years  have  been  faithfully  pa'o- 
lished  by  newspapen  in  all  countriee  «.<! 
climes.  He  belie%'es  that  all  storms,  ei- 
cepting  those  usually  called  ''thunder 
storms  "-— cvclones  and  great  tempests — are 
alt  caused  b^  planetary  attraction,  whioli 
he  alleges  ahifta  theearth'acentrtMd  gravity 
and  gives  a  variable  wci)^hi  t^^  btxltes  on  the 
earth's  stirfaoe.  Earth<iaakos  he  concoivrs 
to  bo  from  the  same  causu,  and  during  tie 
three  months  aft»<r  one  uf  his  hoaviost 
stijrms  he  always  predicts  oarthquakes.  He 
iKiints  tu  the  great  earthijuake  in  Java  as 
naviug  vtccnrrM  immediately  after  his  great 


484 


A  CYCLOPJEDIA  OF 


iitonn  of  March  1863,  and  to  the  dtsutrotia 
CMhnidre  earthquake,  and  the  earthiiuakes 
in  Spain,  which  succeeded  hiB  8t«>rm  of 
March.  I8H5.  He  certainly  predicted  the 
earth<|uake  that  occurred  iu  England  in 
April,  1HH4.  and  pointed  out  that  in  ex- 
iicUy  a  munth  from  that  date,  vix.,  on 
May  19,  it  would  re-appear  in  Asia,  where 
ii  was  accompanied  by  a  terrible  cyclone  in 
Burmab,  and  two  hundred  viUagea  werede- 
Rtroyed  on  the  Arabian  coaat.  Hia  theory 
of  tidal  waves  ia  also  extremely  interosting 
and  appean  strongly  probable  ;  and  a  num- 
ber of  the  predictiiius  whidi  be  has  made 
respecting  storms  and  tidal  waves  have  been 
literally  ful611ed.  The  moon  he  believea  to 
be  a  habitable  world,  being  posseeaed,  as 
already  said,  of  a  dense  atmosphere.  This 
he  sees  in  the  fact  that  vastly  more  than 
half  of  her  sphere  is  illuminated,  for  when 
she  has  passed  her  conjunction  or  "new 
moon,"  even  to  60 \  a  ring  of  light  **  the  old 
moon  in  the  lap  of  the  new,"  can  be  dis- 
tinctly seen  surrounding  her  orb.  In  J  862 
Professor  WiffKins  married  his  cousin, 
Susie  Anna  Wiggins,  daughter  of  Vin- 
cent W.  Wiggins,  captain  of  No.  2  com- 
pany, second  battalion  of  the  Queen's 
County.  (N.  B.)  militia.  They  have  no 
cbildreo.  Mrs.  Wiggins  is  one  of  the  best 
read  women  in  America,  and  as  a  polemical 
writer  has  few  eipiats.  Her  letters  on 
marriage  with  a  deceased  wife's  Bist«r,  pub- 
lished in  Itrorhurt  form  and  addressed  to  — 
and  are  an  attack  upon — the  Lord  Bishop 
of  Ontario,  who  oppoBod  the  passage  of  the 
bill  through  the  Senate,  display  great  ability 
and  research,  and  are  by  some  thought  to 
rank  with  the  ''Letters  of  Junius."  It  is 
to  her  zeal  and  untiring  industry  we  owe 
the  passage  of  this  measure  (now  known  as 
the  *'Gunhilda  Bill"  from  her  nom  dr 
plnme)  through  the  Canadian  Senate.  F. 
A.  T.  Dunbar,  the  sculptor,  has  made  a 
bust  of  this  lady,  which  has  been  placed  in 
t^e  parliamentary  library  at  Ottawa. 

TuNne,  Joseph,  M.P.  for  the  City  of 
Ottawa,  F.R.S.C.,  was  bom  at  Montreal,  on 
the  23rd  October,  1848,  and  was  educated 
at  B  >urget's  College,  Rigaml,  County  of 
Vsudrenil.  When  hia  educational  course 
was  concluded,  he  connected  himself  with 
literature.  The  press  is  the  natural  outlet 
of  literary  feeling  in  a  community  not  yet 
possessing  magsziues  and  other  vehicles 
of  pure  literary  work,  and  thither  went 
the  subject  of  this  sketch.  When  he  was 
only  nineteen  he  assumed  the  editorship 
of  a  tri -weekly  newspaper  at  Ottawa,  called 
Le  CanoKla.     Two  years    later  (1800),    he 


joined  the  staff,  as  associate  editor, 
Minrrrf,  at    Montreal,  the  leading  Fretxli 
Conservative  organ  of  the  Province  of  Qut-j 
bee,  acting  in   that  capacity  till   1872.     Hsj 
was  during  this  period  likewise  a  director  of  I 
Le  7^<rpi«  Casiadienue ,   a   monthly  review  all 
good  literary  character,  tu  which  he 
buted    many  essays   on    literature, 
and  poliiical  economy.     Thereafter  w 
him  for  a  time  assistant  French  trar 
of  the    H.>use    of  Commons.       In    1873 
visited  England,  Balgiwm,  Franca.  Swtltsf"' 
land,  and   Italy,   publishing  a  detailed  Sft-' 
count  of  his  tour.     The  narratire  was  si- 
tremely  vivid,  and  showed  its  author  tabs 
a  man    of  the   closest   and    moat 
kind  of  observation.     For    the   yi__ 
and  1873  Mr.  Taa&6  was   president 
French  Canadian  Institute,  at  Ottawa  :  U 
the  years  1876  and   1870  ho  was  president 
of  the   St.   Jean    Baptiste  Society,   of  tb» 
same  city  ;  lie  is  one  of  the   founders  and 
directors  of  the   Ottawa   French    Canadian 
Building  Society  ;  and  was  president  of  the 
Qnebec  Press  Association  for  1883.  AmoojC 
his   other  literary   labours    M.    Taase    bsi 
been    a   fret^uent  lecturer   before    nationslj 
and   literary   societies   in  Canada   and  ths 
United  States,  being  extremely  popular  in 
this  branch  of  literary  enterprise.     But  it 
is   as   the  suthor  of  permumcnt  work  that 
M.  Tossc  calls  for  our  greatest  admiratioo. 
Some  of  the  best  known  of  his  works  sn 
Philemon   Wright^  on  Cohnitation  et  Com- 
mercf  eU   Boig  (1871).    the   work  being  sq 
essay  on  the  settlement  established  opposite 
the    Chaiidioro    Falls    by    that    prince    of 
pioneers  Philemon  Wright,  and  the  subse- 
quent development  of  this  region  of  bu^ 
Le  Cliemin  dr  fer  Canadien  Fttciju^ue  (1872)3 
this  being  the  first  comprehonaive  histoi^ 
of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  written  in' 
the    French    language ;  Le  ValU    d€   VQm 
taouaiif  (1872),  a  pamphlet  showing  the  agri^ 
oiiltaral,  mineral    and    timber  resources 
the  Ottawa  Valley,  and  likewise  the  histoi 
of  its   railways  and    canals.     The   subji 
matter  of  this  pamphlet  was  reproduced  ti 
1876  in  Paris,  in  Zrf  Tour  dn  Mojuie,      Bui 
hia  greatest  work  is  Le*  Vanndieru  de  Vow 
(1878),  which  work  is,  as  its  title  shows,  s 
history   of  those    French  Canadians  in  ll 
western  portion  of  Canada,  who  have  mi 
themselves  conspicuous  in  every  de[ 
of  life  ; — in  commerce,  in  the  teamt 
fessions  and  in  politics.    The  cbaracl 
of   M.    Tttosi's   literary   style   are   a 
strength,    and   a   fervour    which    vibrsl 
through  page  after  page  of  hia  work,     Bi 
he  never  indulges  in  extravaganoee  of 


CAI^ADIAN  BtOGBAFBY, 


483 


ling  or  ttyle^  hii  work  being  inTarisbly 
within  the  bounds  of  artistic  restraint. 
WAS  first  returneil  to  parliament  at  the 
lera)  election  of  1878,  and  was  r&-eIeGt«d 
'the  last  general  election.    He  is  a  staunch 
'rative,  and  one  of  the  moat  promia- 
1119  members  of  the  House  of  Commons. 

Wood,  Sumuel  CHsey,  Toronto,  was 
bum  in  the  village  of  Uath,  in  the  County 
iiiiox.  Ontario,  on  the  27th  December, 
His  fAther,  Thomas  Smith  Wood, 
jM  uorn  near  S&ratoj^a  Sprinfrs,  in  the  State 
New  York,  in  171U,  and  dii^d  in  Madoc, 
County  of  Hastings,  in  IHK4,  aged  ninety- 
thrv<e  years.  His  mother.  Mrs.  Wood,  wna 
twelve  miles  east  of  Burlington,  Ver- 
>nt,  in  1790.  and  died  in  Pictou,  Ontario, 
1883,  aged  eighty -seTon  years.  Mr. 
Wood,  tenr. ,  aervt»l  in  the  war  of  1812,  and 
drew  a  pension  for  his  services  for  some 
▼ears  prior  to  his  death.  Samuel  Coaey 
Wood  was  educated  in  the  common  rchools ; 
and  when  his  stodiea  were  ended,  taught 
school  for  three  years,  with  a  view  to  earn 
money  with  which  to  study  a  profession. 
He  was  likewise  clerk  in  a  store  at  Prince 
Albert  for  a  period  uf  two  years,  and  at 
Pt»rt  HcMiver,  in  a  similar  capacity,  for  one 
year.  H^  carried  on  the  business  of  ^n- 
erat  storekeeper  in  Mariposa  township. 
County  of  Victoria,  for  several  years,  and 
WHS  electe«l  clerk  of  the  township  council 
■  '..  lKtU>.  From  that  date  until  the  summer 
'>,  he  was  county  clerk  and  county 
ircr  of  the  County  of  Victoria.  He 
was  chairman  of  the  Hi^h  School  board 
for  some  time  in  Lindsay  ;  and  was  the 
wpreacnt alive  of  the  public  school  inspec- 
ton  in  the  Council  of  Public  Instruction. 
Mr.  Wood  waa  elected  member  of  the  Pro- 
nitcial  parliament  on  the  '25th  February, 
1871  ;  was  appointed  secretary  and  reikis- 
tear  of  the  prtpvince  in  the  Muwat  govern- 
ment on  the  23rd  July.  1875 ;  and  held  tht* 
oAoo  of  comniisaioner  of  Agriculture  from 
that  date  until  1883.  On  the  19th  March. 
1877,  be  waa  appointed  provincial  treos* 
ir ;  and  retired  from  pubhc  life  in  March. 
Ho  wus  chairman  of  the  Ontario  Ag* 
Iturat  Cuiiimisiiun  of  1881  ;  and  on  re- 
frtMii  the  government  in  1883,  was 
the  iKisition  of  manager  of  the  Free- 
boUl  txMUi  and  S«vin-.;s  Company,  which  ho 
■Accepted  and  still  holds.  Mr.  Wood  has 
tewise  a  military  rtsconi,  having  been  ap- 
itfnl  siuign  and  adjutant  of  the  third 
alion,  Victoria  militis,  in  IHo'J.  On  the 
17th  June.  1854.  he  married  Charlotte 
Maria  Parkinson,  of  llie  township  of  Mari- 
K^iaa,  by  whom  he  luid  a  family  often  child- 


ren^  eight  of  whom  are  living.  His  wife  and 
children  are  nembers  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land.  In  politics  Mr.  Wood  is,  snd  has  all 
his  life  been,  a  Reformer  ;  and  his  retire- 
ment from  public  and  ministerial  life,  boili 
of  which  he  adorned,  was  felt  to  be  a  grave 
loss  to  his  party.  In  political  as  well  as  in 
private  life,  Mr.  Wood's  charact**r  is  the  very 
highest  ;  and  anyone  who  has  ever  had  busi* 
neoa  relations  with  him  as  a  member  of  the 
administration,  or  in  any  other  capacity, 
likes  to  dwell  on  the  courtesy  of  his  man- 
ners, and  the  kindness  of  his  heart  He  oc- 
cupied, as  we  have  said,  a  very  high  place 
in  the  esteem  of  his  party  ;  and  it  is  doubt- 
ful if  he  had  a  solitary  political  opponent 
who  cherished  for  him  any  ill-will.  As  a 
gentleman  remarked  to  the  writer,  **  It 
would  be  impossible  to  know  S.  C.  Wood 
and  not  be  Iiis  friend.  He  has  a  large, 
manly  heart," 

0*'lluru,  nujor  %Valtvr  — The  late 
Major  Walter  O'Hara,  second  sou  of  Robert 
O'Hiirauf  Ibiheeu,  in  the  County  uf  Ualway, 
Ireland,  and  Fanny,  daughter  of  Walter 
Taylor,  of  Castle  Taylor^  in  that  county,  was 
bom  in  Publin.  1787,  and  died  in  Toronto 
in  1874.  At  the  age  of  fourteen,  he  entered 
Trinity  College,  Dublin,  as  a  fellow  com- 
moner, where  he  ^>raduaCed  with  honors  iu 
181)0.  Having  intentions  of  being  called  to 
the  bar^  he  studied  at  the  Middle  Temple, 
but  abandoned  his  resolution  on  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  war  iji  the  Spauiih  peninsula. 
He  thereupon  was  icsxetled  ensign,  in  H.M. 
9l8t  regiment  of  Highlanders,  and  on  his 
promotion  to  a  lieutenancy  in  H.  M.  47ih 
Regiment,  he  immediately  proceeded  to  join 
that  regiment,  then  on  active  service  in 
Spain,  where  he  arrived  iu  time  to  take 
part  in  the  murderous  contliot  between 
Soult  and  Beresfurd.  at  Albuera.  His  sub- 
sequent career  in  Spain  included  all  the 
great  actions  which  make  Wellington's  Pen- 
insular campaigns  the  most  gluhuus  in  our 
history.  At  the  assault  and  capture  of  Bad- 
ajofl  be  commanded  a  regiment,  and  waa 
severely  wounded,  and  he  was  again  seri- 
ously wounded  at  the  battle  of  the  Nive. 
where  he  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  French. 
At  the  close  of  tlio  war  he  held  a  stall'  posi- 
tion as  brigade  major,  and  subieqtiently 
emigrated  to  Canada.  He  was  a  knight  of 
the  U^wer  and  sword  of  Portugal,  and  in 
addition  to  other  decorations  received  the 
British  medal  with  eight  clasps,  for  the 
actiuns  of  .\lhucra,  Salamanca,  Vittoria, 
Badsjos,  Cuidad  ICodrigu,  Pyrenees,  Nive 
and  Nivelle,  The  oaruer  of  Colonel  O'Hara 
during  the  Peninsula  war  iraa  one  of  atirring 


486 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


And  ev«n  romantic  tDcident.  One  of  these 
it  may  be  intere»ting  to  record.  When 
cjuartorod  with  hi«  regiment  at  Oant«r- 
uurji  before  he  w&a  ordered  to  Spaia,  he 
wu  placed  in  command  of  an  escort,  in 
charge  of  French  prisoners  of  war,  from 
Ci&Dterbury  to  a  town  iu  the  interior  of  Kng- 
land  ;  his  orders  being  to  deliver  them  to 
the  proper  authuriti^s  of  that  town,  for 
safekeeping.  Among  these  prisoners  were 
offloen  of  hit;h  rank  in  the  French  army, 
and  BO  gratified  were  thoy  at  the  manner  in 
which  they  were  treated  on  the  route  by  the 
young  ensi^i,  that  on  parting,  they  pre- 
sented him  vrith  a  manifesto,  which  is  still 
in  the  pouession  of  the  family,  addressed  to 
their  brother  otKoers,  requesting  ihat  if  the 
fortune  of  war  ever  placed  Knuigu  O'Uara 
in  their  hands,  he  might  be  treated  by  them 
with  the  same  consideration  which  he  had 
extended  to  them.  Three  years  afterwards 
the  subject  uf  this  niomoir,  being  then  a 
captain  in  the  •ITth,  and  major  of  the  0th 
Portuguese  Caoadorea,  was  at  the  battle  of 
the  Pyrenees,  where  he  had  a  hnrae  killed 
under  him,  aud  was  sn  desperately  wounded 
in  addition,  that  he  could  not  escape,  and 
fell  into  the  hands  of  the  French.  He  for- 
tunately h\d  the  manifesto  with  him,  which 
he  immediately  sent  to  General  Foy,  whose 
prifiouer  he  was.  That  ganeral  immediately 
seuthisowu  surgeon  to  attend  him,  pro- 
Tided  for  him  comfortable  quarters  ;  and 
these  gallant  and  magnanimous  enemies  of 
England  vied  with  one  another  in  their  kind- 
ness ami  attention  tn  thoir  prisoner.  The 
incident  wait  reported  to  M  irshal  Soult,  and 
he  ordered  that  Major  O'Hara  should  be 
the  guftBt  of  the  French  otlicers  until  hia 
wound  admitted  of  his  removal,  and  that 
he  was  then  to  be  sent  back  to  his  own  peo- 
ple. Ho  was  8ubne<iucutly  sent  back,  when 
a  French  major  of  engineers  was  released  in 
exchange.  Colonel  O'Harti  aud  Mr.  Spragge, 
father  of  the  late  Chancellor  Spragge,  were 
the  tirst  settlers  in  that  part  of  the  town- 
ship of  York  now  known  as  the  town  of 
Parkdale,  and  there  he  erected  a  residence, 
and  farmed  what  was  for  many  years  an 
oasis  in  a  grand  forest.  Few  men  deserve 
m')re  of  Canada  than  Colonel  Walter 
O'Hara.  He  was  one  of  the  phalanx  of  those 
advanced  thinkers  to  whom  we  owe  our 
present  constitutional  government.  l^is 
fortitude  in  resisting  oppression  and  arbit- 
rary power,  his  high  sense  of  honor,  and 
the  fearless  steadiness  in  which  he  a<Ihered 
to  right  resolutions,  in  many  trials  and 
through  many  bitter  persecutions,  made  his 
name  a  household  word  in    Upper  Canada. 


To  quote  the  words  uf  the  author  of 
ronto  of  Old,"  *'  the  contemporarit*  of 
Colonel  O'Hara  will  always  think  of  him  u 
a  chivalriMia,  high  spirited,  warm  hMirted 
gentleman  ;  and  in  our  annals  hereafter  Kd 
will  be  named  among  the  friends  of  Cani 
dian  process,  at  a  period  when  enlightened 
ideas  in  regard  to  goverumuut  aud  %qk  ~ 
life,  derived  from  a  wide  intercourse  *t 
men  in  large  and  emiuent  committees.  w( 
amongst  us,  cniisidorubly  misunderstood. 
Strong,  lloii.^ianiuel  llenrj',  Ju<' 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Canada,  <)ttsi 
was  born  in  Doraeulure,  En^Uuid,  in 
year  182&.  He  was  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Ssiv- 
uel  T.  Strong,  who  was  at  one  time  rvcUCj 
of  Bytowu,  now  the  City  of  Ottawa.  S. 
Strong  came  to  Canada  in  his  boyhood, 
for  a  short  time  after  his  arrival  took  up 
residence  in  Kingston.  When  the  Rev.  MrJ 
Strong  removed  to  the  rectorship  of  Bytoi 
his  family  aocumpanied  him,  and  our  sul 
ject  among  the  rest.  The  lad  had  the  ben- 
elit  of  careful  training  at  tlie  hands  of  vsri-l 
ous  private  tutors,  and  when  seventeen  yean 
old,  entered  upou  the  study  of  the  lav  in 
the  uftice  of  Au'^ustus  Keefer,  at  that  time 
one  of  the  leading  lawynrs  in  that  portion 
of  the  province.  Tn  the  office  of  Benry 
Ecoles,  at  Toronto,  he  completed  his  studies 
and  in  lft4rt,  at  Hilary  term,  was  called  u< 
the  bar.  Full  of  ambition,  and  having  a 
natural  inclination  for  legal  work,  Mr 
Strong  commenced  his  practice  ;  aud  he  si 
once  attracted  the  attention  of  the  bar.  H« 
prepared  his  oases  with  the  utmost  diligence 
and  exactness,  and  when  he  arose  to  plead, 
every  contention  which  he  laid  down  was 
found  fortified  with  precedent,  and  with 
skilful  argument  Bat  from  the  first  he 
seems  to  have  been  most  strongly  drawn 
toward  the  et|uity  branch  of  his  professiou, 
and  no  lengthy  period  had  elapsed  before 
Samuel  Henry  Strong,  by  common  consent, 
was  given  a  place  among  the  Roafs  and  the 
Muwats.  It  has  been  pointed  out,  and  with 
accuracy,  that  in  the  capacity  for  grasping 
the  vital  and  substantial  points  of  a  case»  h« 
has  had,  and  ])robably  has  now,  no  peer, 
either  at  the  bar  or  on  the  bench  of  Canada. 
He  formed  a  partnership  after  a  time  with 
William  Marshall  Mathesou,  afterwardi 
master  and  deputy-registrar  in  Chancery 
Ottawa,  under  the  finu  name  of  Strong 
Matheson.  Thomas  Wardlaw  Taylor 
afterwards  admitted  to  partnership. 
1856,  Mr.  Strong  was  appointed  a  moral 
of  the  cnnimission  for  the  Consolidation 
the  Statutes  of  Canada  and  of  Upper  Con* 
ada,  and  laboured  at  that  onerous  and 


CAN  A  DUN  BIOORAPHY. 


487 


it  taAk   till  iU  completion  in    1859. 
DOW  attained  the  very  hi^hBst  posi- 
in    hia  profeasion  ;  and   in   1800  waa 
a  bencher  of  the  Law  Suoioty  of  Up- 
Cabada.     Throo  years  later,  government 
irward  amoni;  uthers  i»  rec<j:j;ui£u  his 
iui'osiinij;  him  with  the  conoaellor's 
[own.      On  the27l.h  December,  1869, 
rWppninted  to  the  bench  of  the  Court 
leery,  aa  one  of  the  vice-chanc:«)lor8. 
ro  years  Iat«r,  he  became  a  member  i>f  the 
imuaioii  to  in<tiiirti  into  the   conatitiition 
Jiinadiction    nf  the  courta,  with   a  view 
the  effecting  of  important  lettal  reforms, 
«nd  a  poaaible  union  of  the  law  and  equity 
courta.      Thrfjugbout  the  performance  of  the 
dutiea  uientiuned,    like   in  his  course  aa  an 
adrocAt^,  Mr.  Strony;  revealed  an  amonntof 
.  I  Ineas  of  judgment,    and  an 
r  beyond  the   ordinary  at- 
taiii{!uiii-a.      .Mid  when,  r>n  the  8th  of  (Icto- 
ber.  lH7r>,  it  became  known  that  he  had  been 
appointed  to  the  supreme  bench  of  Canadaj 
there  waa  iio  one,  competent  to   judge,  who 
did  not  feel  that  a  must  admimblu  selection 
had  been  made.       An   anthority,  eminently 
rttiable,  declares,  that  though  the  judge  is 
by  no  means  a  reoluse  or  a   book-worm,   his 
legal  erudition  is  very  gfroat,  and   his  mem- 
ory for  judicial  decisions  almost  miraculous. 
Then*  ia  nu  keoner  intellect  on  the  Canadian 
bench,  and  the  greatest  deferoaoe  is  paid  to 
htn  jDiljLinients,  not  alone  by  the  bar,  but  by 
>iher  judges.       He  is  specially  distin- 
i  for  his  knowledge  of  law  ns  n  source 
•  the  principles  of  jurisprudence    gen- 
His  faculty  for  legal  expression  and 
phnuK^oloii^y   is  conspicuous,   and  by 
..".L  with    the  huise  and  popuhu*  modes 
I'ling,  younger  practitioners   can  find 
.it  models  in  the  style  and  methods  of 
1  •M[>'n  juldress.       Mr.  Justice  strung 
iid  two  children. 
!•  Is  •tiny,     TlioiMOB,     Thombury, 
tvjrn   in   the  City  of   Dublin,  Ireland, 
^0.     He   was  a  sou   of  .Tames  McKenny 
Harriet    Donovan.       Mrs.   McKonny 
nieoe  of  the    late    Sir  William  CoUes, 
It    is  interesting  to  note  that   this 
lady  waa,  on  the  mother's  side,  descended 
Sir    Humphrey    D^vy.      Jumes    Mc- 
iny,    onr    subject's  father,  adopted  the 
I   nf  chemical  manufacturer,  in  the 
Dublin,  and  was  nephew  of  the  late 
inaaa   McKenny.    hart.,    of    Beres- 
110,  County  Dublin.  Ireland.  After 
naa   it   is    that  the  subject  of  our 
■ketch    waa  named.     Mr.   McKenny   prac- 
ticed  his  business  for  some  time  in  Dublin, 
jnd  had  on«  of  the  largest  establishments 


of  ita  kind  in  Ireland.  Thia  firm  was  well 
known  throujhout  the  whole  of  Europe, 
and  was  called  the  Dublin  Chemical  Manu- 
factory. Mr.  McKenny  died  in  1856,  leav- 
ing nine  children,  the  subject  of  our  sketch 
being  the  second-eldest  son,  and  brother  of 
the  late  John  McKenny,  government  ^as- 
sayiat  and  professor  of  Chemistry  of  Val- 
paraiso, Chili,  Siuth  America.  Thomas 
McKenny,  the  subject  of  our  sketch,  re- 
ceived a  thorough  education.  He  first 
studied  under  private  tutors  at  home  :  and 
at  the  age  of  twelve  entered  the  private 
school  of  Dr.  Ryder,  of  Carriokmacroas, 
County  CAvan,  Irelind.  Thence  he  passed 
in  turn  to  several  other  institutions,  finally 
concluding  his  studies  at  King  William's 
College,  Coatletown,  Isle  of  Man.  It  was 
decided  that  McKenny  should  enter  the 
ministry,  and  in  accordance  with  such  viowa 
he  waa  placed  under  the  care  and  tuition  of 
the  Right  Rev.  Dean  Allcock^of  Waterford, 
Ireland,  who  was  his  uncle.  He.  however, 
changed  bia  miml,  and  began  the  study  of 
medicine  in  the  St.  Peter's  Street  school  of 
Medicine,  Dublin,  at  the  age  of  eighteen. 
Owing  to  too  close  application  to  study,  he 
waa  obliged  to  leave  it  for  two  years  ;  but, 
at  the  end  of  this  |)enod  his  health  was 
quite  restored.  In  1860  he  sailed  to  Can- 
ada, aud  settled  wiih  his  uncle,  C^^lonel 
Watfton,  at  Mountain  Lake,  township  of 
St.  Vincent,  County  of  Grey.  Hero  he  began 
farming,  and  continued  so  employed  for 
two  years ;  after  which  he  took  a  position 
aa  book-keeper  with  the  late  William  Mickle, 
of  Meaford,  County  of  Grey.  Two  years 
later  he  apprenticed  himself  to  the  late  Robt. 
Foster,  druggist,  in  Meaford,  with  whom  ho 
remained  for  three  years.  Then  ho  removed 
to  the  village  of  Thombury,  township  of 
Collingwood,  and  established  a  business  for 
himself  as  dniggiat.  At  this  business  he  has 
continued  ever  since,  having  the  post  and 
telegraph  offices  in  connection  with  the 
same.  Mr.  McKenny's  tastes  in  early  life 
were  for  going  to  sea  ;  but,  owing  to  his 
mother  s  dislike  to  that  profession ,  he 
changed  his  mind.  In  1875  ho  was  elected  to 
the  municipal  cnuncil  for  the  township  of 
Collingwood,  and  was  re-elected  for  the 
years  1870.  1877  and  1878.  In  1879  he  ran 
for  the  reeveship,  but  was  defeated.  In 
1884  he  again  contested  the  election  for 
reeve,  against  J  Rorko  and  N.  MoCoIman, 
and  defeated  both  opponents.  He  was 
again  reelected  in  1885.  In  the  same  year 
ho  waa  elected  chairman  of  finance  in  the 
county  council  for  the  County  of  Grey.  He 
waa  a  member  of  the  Orange  society  for 


488 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


■ome  yean,  and  occupied  the  position  of 
difltnd  master  for  Collingwood.  He  be- 
longs to  the  Masonic  order,  lodge  No. 
137  ;  to  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Work- 
men, and  has  held  the  othce  of  recording 
secretory  for  some  time  in  the  latter  body. 
For  the  last  sixteen  years  he  has  been  per- 
manently  connected  vith  the  temperance 
movements  in  Canada,  and  ha&  been  presi* 
dent  of  the  Blue  Ribon  order,  in  the  town 
of  Thombury,  for  some  time.  He  has  tra- 
velled considerably,  liaving  visited  moat  of 
Canada  and  the  United  States.  Our  sub- 
ject was  brought  up  in  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land, but  he  is  now  a  member  of  the  Metho- 
dist churcli,  and  for  the  last  fifteen  years 
has  been  a  local  preacher.  In  politics, 
Mr.  McKenny  is  a  Conservative,  and  be- 
longs to  the  Conservative  Association  of  the 
County  of  Oruy.  He  has  been  brutight 
before  the  convention  on  three  ditrerout 
oocaaiuns,  and  takes  a  most  active  interest 
in  the  party.  He  was  married  in  1869 
to  Hannsh  Hurlburt,  daughter  of  Ueman 
Uurlburt,  a  well-known  V.  £.  loyalist. 
She  died  in  1870.  In  1872  he  was  again 
married  to  Jane  Edith  Hurlbnrt,  half- 
sister  of  his  tirat  wife.  He  luu  a  family  of 
four  children.  At  the  time  of  enlarging 
the  Thornbury  harbour  he  was  one  of  the 
deputation  sent  to  wait  upon  the  minister 
of  Public  Works,  at  Ottawa,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  obtaining  a  grant  for  such  enlarging 
and  improving.  The  delegation  succeeded 
in  obtaining  the  grant,  and  a  promise  of  a 
completion  of  the  work  in  the  foUuwing 
year,  IBtiU.  Mr.  MeKcTmyis  a  gentleman 
who  always  retains  a  friendi  once  made. 
He  is  courteous  and  kindly,  and  is  exceed- 
ingly popular. 

ncDoiicll,  Auirustlne,  Provincial 
Land  Surveyor  and  Civil  Engineer,  Ohat- 
hsm,  Ontario,  was  bom  in  the  township  of 
Dundee,  County  of  Huntingdon,  P.Q.,  on 
the  22nd  day  of  June,  182S.  He  is  a  son 
of  Austin  McDjnell,  who  emigrated  to 
Canada  ia  ISIU  from  Invemesa-shire,  Scot- 
land, a  strong  adherent  of  the  Stewart 
dynasty.  His  mother  was  Isabella  Mc- 
Rae,  who  emigrated  to  Canada  with  her 
parents  from  Ross-shire,  Scotland.  Augus- 
tine was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of 
Lower  Canada,  in  the  High  schcMil  of 
Williamst*)wn,  County  of  Glengarry,  and 
in  the  Normal  school  of  Toronto.  His 
studies  were  couiiued  to  English  braiioties 
and  mathematics.  He  left  Lower  Canada 
in  1850  and  went  to  Toronto,  where  he  at- 
tended the  Normal  school  till  October,  1853. 
He  then  proceeded  to  the  County  of  Kent, 


and  [taught    in    the   public  aohools  of 
phuse    up  to  July,  18tiU.     He  then  becaoM] 
articled    to  a  provincial    land    sunreyor 
Chatham,  and   was  admitted   aa  a  lie 
surveyor  in  1863,  following  hia  prof« 
together  with   that  of  civil  engineering,  m: 
the  town  of  Chatham  with  gr««t  sucoen  np 
to  this  date.     Mr.    McDonell    married    lo 
Chatham,    in    August,   IfSOl,    Mjirgaret 
Flynn,  who  was  bom  in  BrookviUe,  on 
16th  Febniary,  1836,  and  caroe  to  CI 
with  her  parents,  who  are  atiU  living,  wi 
a  child.     The  fruit  of  the  union  oonaistatd 
live  children.     Alexander  Patrick  Mel 
ell,  the  oldest,  a  graduate  uf  St.  Mit 
college,  Toronto,  is  now  in  hia   fourth] 
studying  law  in  the  office  of  Donglas, 
las  <'i.  Walker,  Chatham,  and  pAaaed  brillii 
examinations  up  to  thin  time.     The  aeo< 
child,  Mary  Kllon  McDonr*!!,  is  a  gmdnalt 
of  the  Ursuline  academy.  Chatham,  and 
now  attending  the  Now  England  Conservs- 
tory  of   Mtisic,  Boston,   Maaa.     The  third, 
laabella  Angelii  McDonell,  is  now  attending 
the    Sacred    Heart     convent    at    LoDduD. 
Ontario;  the  fourth.  Flora  McDonell,  isst 
the    rrsuline  noademv,  Chatham  ;  and  the 
fifth,  John  Frances  McDonell,  Aged  eleven 
years,    is   in   attendance    at    the    Catholic 
school    of    Chatham.     Mr.    McDonell    hsi 
been  very  auooessf ul  in  all  his  undertaking, 
and  has  attained  to  a  conajncuous  place  io 
bis  profession.     He  was  one  of  the  proou.>' 
t«rs  of  the  Erie  &  Huron  Railway,  and  wsb 
one  of  the  engineers   of  its   construction. 
He  has   alao    been  prominently  connected 
with  the  drainage  of  wet  lands  in  the  pen- 
insula, snd  introduced  a  number  of  impor- 
tant changes  in  the  Drainage  Act  of  On- 
tario.    These  changes  were  essential  for  the 
successful  practical  working  of  the  drainage 
system.     Mr.  McDonell  is  a  gentleman  of  a 
large  public  spirit,  and  his  character  stant 
high   for  integrity.       He  is  a  R'>man  cathc 
lie,  and  a  Liberal  Conservative  in  politics. 
Rykcrt,  John  Chfirlea,  Q.C.,  M.f 
for   Lincoln  and    Niagara,   St.   Catharine 
Ontario,  was  born  on  the  10th  March,  183^ 
in   St.  Catharines.    He  is   a  son  of  Geoi 
Rykert,  one  of  the  pioneers  uf  the  Niagi 
district,  who  died  in  1857.     George  Rykel 
was  a  man  of  much  ability,  was  a  survey* 
by  profesaicm,  was  manager  of  the  Coiumel 
cial  Uank  at  St.  Cathannea    for  a  lengtl 
period,  and  represented  the  County  of  Li 
cola  in  the  parliament   of  Upper    Caua^' 
from     1822    till    the    union   of    Upper 
Lower  Canada    in    1H44.     His  mother    wai 
Ann   Maria  Nittleberger,  and  waa  born  in 
Montreal.     She  waa  of  German  extractic 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


AAd    belonged    to  a   well-known    Oonodi&n 

nilv.     J.  C.  Rykert  reckdred   his   cduca- 

au  ixutruction  m  the  High  and  Grammar 

Lb  of  his  native  plnce,  :ind  when  he  had 

th«  rvirularcDiiraeB  here  proceeded  to 

iUi,  entering  I'p^wr  Canada  College  in 

ty.  and  concluding   hiR  education  at 

iversity  of  Toronto.    When  hii  terra, 

tiie  lattetr  inatitation,  came  to  a  close,  he 

u  Llie  Btiidf  of  law  Ln  the  olbce  of  the 

Ut«  Jod^e  Barns, at  Toronto,  but  completed 

hii  atudiea  under  Adam  ^^'ilflo^»  afterwards 

chief  justice,    in    the   same   city.      At    the 

UiUry  t«nn  of  l^^'i,   he  waa  called  to  the 

h&r,    and   lias,    nutwitlkstandiug  the  promi- 

Uf'nt    part  he  has  taken  in  public  life,  con- 

•<1     to    practice    his     profession.       At 

'  •  .  upon  commencing  practice,  he  took  an 

vfUviAble    place  in    his    profession  ;    for   he 

showed  a  wide  knowledge  uf  the  law,  and  he 

•■^ed  of  a  very  ^aont  touKue.  With 

quick,  clear,  appealing  and  ira- 

'^'•1  iitleranoes  were  always  effective. 

.->  not  hard  to  predict  what  the  career 

.  h  a  man  would  be  in  public  life.    Mr. 

rt    for   ntany    yenre    roeided  upon  his 

-.   tf-n  t-.wi.uhip  of  Grantham,  half  a 

ties  ;  and  from  1857  to 

!   tlto  township.      From 

lh«  Utter  date  till  1870  ho  was  reeve  of  the 
town  of  Ht  Catharines,  and  for  tive  years 
during  this  perii>d  was  warden  of  the 
cnnnty .  He  has  aiiice  been  chairman  of  the 
*  ltutitut«,  of  the  Ui^h  and  (iram- 

H,  and  b(.>ard  of  trustees  ;  was  for 
'fl   presidoiit  of  the  County  Agri- 
ciety  ;  was  elected  president,  in 
!-<«>.-',    'A  the  Agricultural  and  Arts  Associa- 
tion of  the  Province  of  Ontario  by  a  popu- 
lar vote;  has  been  since  a  member  of  the 
council  and  its  x'ice-president.     Mr.  Rykert 
tntered    the   old    Canadian    parliament    in 
IMO,    for   the  County  of  Lincoln,  holdiuj? 
his  a«at  till   ISU3.     From  1867   to  1878  he 
witM  a   member  of  the  Ontario   legislature, 
t'ut    iti   ilie  Iset-named  year  he  was  elected 
I  couetitueucy  to  the  Dominion 
In    politics   he    was,    as    his 
r   had   been,  an  unswerving  Conserva- 
Tbe  province  which  he  revealed  when 
i ,    I  young  man  at  the  bar,  was  well  veri- 
'     I  Ml  hia  i>olitioal  career.      He  was  one  of 
[. />  !iint,  most  el0()uent,  and  most  cap- 
>*>        ^'oakers  in  the  ilouso  of  Commons; 
'   i  sMit-n  be  arose  he  always  got,  and  held, 
'  \r  of  the  house.     HiiW  ditlicult  a  task 
Una  II  to  occouiplisb  We  need  nut  say.     Mr. 
Rykert  is  a  leadiu^  Freemason,  and  his  father 
OS  a  mvraber  of  such  high  standing  in  that 
y,  that  his  funeral  waa  attended  by  no 


E 


fewer  than  3,000  repr«Bentatives  of  the  order 
from  Canada  and  the  United  States.  Mr. 
Rykert  is  a  strict  Kpiscopalian.  Ho  married 
on  the  19th  October,  1854,  Annie  Maria, 
daughter  of  Colonel  i^heldon  liawley,  of 
Trenton,  Ontario.  There  are  issue  nino 
children,  eight  of  whom  are  living.  Mr. 
Itykert  atiU  continues  to  represent  Lincoln,, 
although  the  last  contest  was  a  pretty  close 
one,  and  he  still  continues  one  of  the  ablest 
and  most  iuHuontial  members  of  the  House 
of  Commons. 

ncOrcpvy,  Thomas,  M.P.  for  Que- 
bec West,  was  boru  in  the  City  of  Quebec, 
where  he  has  since  resided,  on  the  37th 
July,  1827,  and  is  of  Irish  descent.  U» 
was  educated  at  the  school  of  his  native  city, 
and  early  in  life  showed  an  inclination  for 
commercial  and  public  enterprises.  Hebe* 
came  very  conspicuous  from  hia  connection 
with  important  companies  and  undertakings 
uf  a  large  character,  and  iu  18G7  waji  cnll^ 
to  the  Legislative  Couucil  for  the  Province 
of  Quebec.  Here  he  sat  till  the  general 
elections  of  1874,  when  he  resigned  in  con- 
se<]uence  of  the  measure  which  passed  the 
hriusB  ab<jlishing  dual  representation.  He 
was  returned  to  the  House  of  Commons  for 
Quebec  West,  by  acclamation  in  1867  ;  he 
was  again  returned  in  1872,  and  in  1874  ; 
and  as  proof  of  bis  popularity  we  may  state 
that  in  1878  he  was  again  elected  by  accla- 
mation. Be  still  represents  Quebec  West 
in  the  House  of  Commons.  Throughout 
his  creditable  political  career  Mr.  Mcl.ireevy 
hsa  been  a  consistent  and  truste<l  Liberal- 
Conservative,  and  he  has  the  repute  of  be- 
ing one  of  the  most  practical  and  *' level 
headed"  members  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons, where  his  opinion  is  received  on  both 
sides  always  with  respect.  He  has  been  en* 
gaged  in  some  of  the  most  important  enter- 
prises iu  his  native  province.  He  had  the 
building  of  the  North  Shore  Railway  from^ 
Quebec  to  Montreal  ;  and  the  manner  in 
which  the  rood  was  built  is  the  tiest  evidence 
of  the  thoroughness  with  which  anything 
fnlliug  to  his  charge  is  accomplished.  "  As  a 
city  father,"  sajs  an  authoritative  work  at 
our  hand,  "hewasnoue  the  less  popular 
than  in  every  enterprise  with  which  he  was- 
connected,  and  in  the  city  council — where 
ho  sat  from  1858  to  1804 — his  recommenda- 
tions were  unauininusly  regarded  as  sago 
and  sound."  He  is  still  extensively  engaged 
as  a  contractor ;  is  a  director  of  the  St. 
Lawrence  Steam  Navigation  Conipuny  ;  o£ 
the  Union  B;ink  of  Lower  Canada  ;  is  % 
commissioner  of  the  Quebec  Turnpike  Trust;, 
a  member  of  the  Quebec  Harbour  Commia- 


49i 


A  crCLOPjfCVIA  OF 


aion ;  vioe-prMilent  of  the  Ix>comotire 
AVorkg  of  Kingston,  Bnd  has  beeo  a  director 
of  iJie  North  Shore  Railway  Cotopaiiy-  Mr 
Mr.  McGreery,  while  a  lotind  and  respocted 
raeinber  of  his  party,  is  uot  narrow  and 
intolsrent,  and  hence  enjoys  the  reapectand 
good  will  of  those  from  whom  he  differs 
upon  public  tjneatinnfl. 

nitUllflon,  .Hiijor  -  Goncrnl  !4lr 
Frederick  D.,  K.C.M.G.,C.K  ,  General 
officer  commanding  the  Militia  of  Canada, 
was  bom  at  Belfast,  Ireland.  He  is  the 
third  son  of  the  late  Major-General  Charles 
MiddletoD,  a  Highlander,  and  a  brave  offi- 
cer, who  saw  much  service  in  India.  This 
gentleman  was  one  of  six  hrothera,  five  of 
whom  entered  the  army,  and  one  the  Royal 
navy — one  of  the  former  being  killed  in  the 
Peninsular  war,  and  the  sailor,  in  the  engnge- 
ment  in  Trafalgar  Bay.  Frederick  I),  Mid- 
dleton  was  educated  at  the  Hoyal  military 
<3ollege,  Sandhurst,  England,  from  which 
he  obtained  his  conuniaaion,  without  pur- 
-chaae,  on  the  itOth  December,  1842.  He 
served  aa  ensign  in  the  58th  regiment  in 
New  South  Wales,  Norfolk  Island,  and 
New  Zealand,  and  was  present  at  moat 
of  the  fi'^hting  in  the  operations  in  the 
latter  country  against  the  Matfris  in  1845- 
40.  He  was  mentioned  twice  in  despatches  ; 
And  p^.)moted  to  a  lieutenancy  in  the  90th 
regiment,  Aujifust,  1848,  serving  in  that 
regiment  in  India  until  October,  1864, 
during  which  time  he  passed  the  rcf|inred 
examination  in  surveying,  and  was  pro- 
moted captain,  July,  185'J.  He  served  as 
a  volunteer  in  the  suppression  of  the  San- 
that  rebellion  in  1800,  in  uoinniaiid  of  a 
troop  of  tiie  Nawaub  of  M  oorshodabad^s 
•cavalry,  and  received  the  thanks  of  the 
Indian  government  He  exchanged  into 
the  29th  regiment,  June,  1855,  and  served 
with  it  in  Burniah  :  served  during  the  Indian 
mutiny,  1867-58,  in  General  Frank's  column 
on  the  march  to  the  siege  of  Lucknow,  and 
was  present  as  A.D.C.  at  all  the  engage- 
ments and  afl'airs  which  took  place  on  that 
march  ;  also  sa  A.D.C.  to  General  Sir  E. 
Lagard,  K.C.B.,  at  the  siege  and  capture  of 
Lucknow,  in  the  pursuit  of  Roor  Singh,  and 
the  subaenuent engagements  ;  was  tive  times 
mentioned  in  despatches,  and  recommended 
for  the  Victoria  Cross  for  two  acts  of 
braver}',  but  being  on  the  personal  stalT  was 
«ot  considered  eligible  by  Lord  Clyde  ;  re- 
•ceived  the  brevet  of  major  ;  served  as 
brigade*major  to  the  tield  force  in  Oude, 
entplnyed  in  atta'^king  the  forts  of  the  rebel 
•chiefs  ;  served  with  the  29th  regiment  in 
England   from   1859   to   1861  ;    A.D.C.    to 


General    Franklyn    in   Gibraltar  ; 

major  and  temporary  police  magistrafc* 
that  fortress,  and  as  A.D.C.  to  General  Sir' 
Henry   Bates,   at    Malta,  until    N 
1862.     He  pa«Md  througli  Hyth 
Musketry  and  the  StalT  College,  r.nu-\iiir  ,;» 
firat-class  certificate  at  the  former.    R^jriin 
ing    the    20th     regiment     in     Canada,    ia 
August,    1868,  he  held   various   Impo 
appointments  in  the  scrvit^e    until  th 
moval  of  the  Imperial  troops  from  Cansd 
In  July,   1870,  he  became  suji^nutendioi 
officer  of  garrison   instruction  to  the  forcvs, 
and  inaugurated  that  system.     He  wasoao- 
mandant  of  the  Royal  M  ilitary  College  fi 
September,  1874,  until  his  appointment 
the  command  of  the  Militia  of  Canada,  Jaly 
1884.    He  was  promoted  lieuteDant-cohmsl, 
March,  1800.  and  oolonel,  .Inly.  1875.    Sir 
Frederick  has  the  New  Zealand  medal,  the 
Indian  mutiny   medal  and    clasp,    and  the 
omsH  of  commander  of  the  bath.      In  1886, 
after  the  close  of  the  rebellion  in  the  N.  -'' 
West  territiirios,  he  wsa  appointed  a  kr 
commander  df  the  order  of  St.  Michaol  -j-  . 
St.  George,    Ha  married,  in  Montreal,  Fcb- 
ruary    17,    1870,  Miss  Doucet,  of  that  city. 
The  Imperial  government,  though  exerLiu^ 
its    best   judgment,    has    uot    been    alws;> 
fortunate    in    the    selection    o(    govemon 
and  military  commanders  to  send    to  Can- 
ada,  but  in  the   choice  of    Major-General 
Middleton,    it     certainly    exhibited    much 
wisdom,  and   from   its    happy   selection 
has    fallen    to    Canada    to    be    richly 
gainer.     The   late    deplorable  outbreak  ifi 
our   North-West  territories  is    not   distant 
enough  yet  to  rwiuiro  description  from  our 
hands  ;  it  only  remains   to  us  to  say  th 
the  affair  tennina1«d  in  a  way  highly  cred 
table  to  our  militia    and   patriotiBm.      B 
the   man    who    most   justly    received 
widest  recognition   was  the  commander 
the    expeditionary    force — the    subject 
this  sketch.     In  a   degree,   larger   perhaps 
than  most  people   were  avrare,   the  success- 
ful termination  of  that  revolt  was  due  to 
the  skill,  the  trood  judgment,  and  the  tem- 
per and  the   firmness   of  General  Middle- 
ton  ;  and  the  grant  of  $20,000  with  which 
parliament  recognized  his  aervioea,  and  the 
knighthood  which  it  pleased  Her  Majesty 
to  bestow  upon  hira,  were  never  within  our 
knowledge  of  history  more  justly  earned  and 
more  appropriately  bestowed. 

§lrntliy,  Henry   Scion,  Cashier 
the  Traders  Hank,  Toronto, was  born  on 
29th   January,    1832,  in    Edinburgh,  Soot- 
land.     He  is  the  youngest  smi.  in  a  family 
of  twelve,  of  the  late  Alexander  Strathyi 


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CANADIAN  BIOORAPBf, 


401 


twoodf  neu*  London,   Ootuio.     At 
iwood  the  subjoct  of  this  akotch  receiv- 
hU    eilncatioii.     INIr.   Strathy  began  his 
ineu  career  in  the    wholesale   house  of 
Birrell  &  Co.,  of    London,  Ontario, 
hfl  remained  for  three  years.    In  IfioO 
itcred  the  Gore  Bank,  at  London,  and 
remained  for  threo  years  ;  after  which 
romoved  to  Hamilton,  and  appointed 
teller  of  thehesdollice  in  that  city.    Jn  1802 
he   w&s  appointed  inapector,  his  judgment 
hftving  been  held  in  ht^h  regard  by  the  roan- 
«gement.  He  then  became  mana^r  of  the 
^juidon   branch,  but  retired  in  18(>4.     He 
^^h  not  content  with  the  proj^reaa  that  came 
^K  the    regulation    turning    of    tho    bank 
^BBels  ;  and  thi^  was  why  be  turned  his  en- 
m^s  into  another  sphere.   He  was  appoint- 
ed secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Huron  and 
Erie  Society^  of  London  ;  and  was  elected  a 
director  of  that  society  on  retiring  from  its 
auknasement  in  1867,  to  take  the   maiiage- 
it  of  the  Ixindon  branch  of  the  CAnadian 
tk  of  Commerce,  then  just  organized.    In 
he  vu  app<iinted  cashier  of  (bat  bank. 
'ntiTBd  OD    the   31st    December,    1872, 
he  removed  to  Montreal,  to  join  the 
Exchange  in   that  city.      In    1874  lie 
appointed  cashier  of  the  Federal  Bank, 
ing  from  that  piisitionin  1S84.    Shortly 
rards  he  organized  the  Traders   Bank, 
^hioh  institution  he  is  now  the  jfeiieral 
koger.     A  son  of  Presbyterian  parenta, 
he  was   brought  up  as  a    Presbyterian,   but 
when   sixteen    years  of    age  he  joined  the 
Church  of    England,    and    has    remained  a 
member  of  that  communion  since.     He  mar- 
ried at  Hamilton,  on  the  t^Hh  January,  1857, 
,^imDoe«  Emilia,    eldest  and  onlv  surviving 
[hter  of  the  late  Hon.  John  Wetenha!l,of 
rkelow,  County  of  Wentworth,  and  grand 
of   the  Ute  General  Htle,  govcr- 
mdonderry.     He  was  adjutant  with 
A  of  coronet  in  thi  Wentworth  cav- 
alry   troop,  when   commanded    by    the  late 
H')n.  Haroi^urt  Bull  ;  but  retired,  retaining 
his  rank.     Tie  subsequently  joined  the  13th 
A^^^^i  Hamilton    Infantry,  as  a  private, 
^^^^blhy  has  1>oen  a  director  of  various 
iPB^Bftties  and  insurance  companies  ;  and 
Kai  b^en  a  prominent  figure  in  various  im- 
portant public   enterftrises.     In  p<jIitio8  he 
has   always   l>eon  a  Keformer.     Some  men 
havo  missed  great   achievement  because  the 
■tara  havo  fought   against    Uiom,    and    not 
through    any  fault    t*f  th<jir  own.     In   one 
epoch  in  the  life  of    Mr.  Strsthy,  this  has 
been  oota^ily  the  caae.     Me  was  at  the  head 
of  the  Federal  Bnnk  during  the  period  when 
oar  great  North  W-st  wilderness  sprang  in- 


to commercial  importance.      Towards    the 
new  region  with  its  illimitable  stretches  of 
grain  land,  its  fertility  of  attil  and  mildness 
of  climate,  every  enterprisinfr  eye  waa  turn- 
ed.    Men    came    from  all  parts  to  buy  the 
lands,  and  some  of   the  most   capable  and 
level-headed  men  iu  Canada,  indeed  in  the 
world,  went  to  our  North-West,  and  staked 
their  fortunes  there.     It  was  by  no  meozii 
the  wild  and  the  visionary  ones  who  went ; 
but  there  was  a  general  march  of  capital,  en- 
terprifld  and  experience  thither.     The  Can- 
adian Pacific  Railroad  WAS  inoperation, hund- 
reds of  thousands  of  persons  had  crossed  the 
ocean  to  settle  upon  the  treeless  lands,  and 
Winnipeg  waa  like  an  enormous  hive.     Mr. 
Strathy  knew  all  this,  and  with  other  men 
uf  experience,  made  important  stakes  in  the 
new  region  ;   then  the  rush  camo  to  a  stand 
still  ;  next  followed  panic,  and  the  morrow's 
sua    beheld   the  country    strewn   with    the 
wreck  of  a  "  boom."     All  men  ther*  suffer- 
ed, and  m%ny  a  wise  head  waa  covered  with 
disiater.     Mr.  Strathy's  branch  institution 
suffered  with  the  rest ;  but  it  shared  only  in 
the  general  fite.     As  part  of  the  commerce 
of  the    North- West,  it  was  shaken,   and  it 
was  not  in  the  power  of  any  man  alive  to  be 
able  to  avert  such  a  result.     The   raverses 
of  the  branch  reacted  on  the  F«d  tral  gener- 
ally, and   for  a   time   its   condiuon   waa  a 
strained  one.      But   had  the  ^' boom  "  not 
exploded,  inatead  of  chronicling  a  reverse,  it 
would  have  f&lkn  to  us  to  record  a  splendid 
achievement.     Mr.  Strathy  may  have  been 
over  enthusiastic,  but  he  erred  with  all  the 
enterprisiue  men  of  the  country  ;  and  to  the 
CDurse    which    he    adopted    there,    he    was 
strongly  urged  by  men  of  eminent  judgment, 
and  of  high  commercial  and  financial  stand- 
ing.    Mr.  Strathy  is  emphatically  a  man  of 
energy,  and  in  banking   circles  his  figure  is 
a  towering  one.     He  has  had  his  lesson  :  but 
wo  are  not  (joing  too  far  when  we    predict 
that  he  will  speedily  retrieve  the  past,  and 
be  soon  a^ain  foremost  among  bankers  who 
are  snoceasful,  as  he  is  now  one  of  the  very 
first  among  those  who  are  able. 

j^wlft,  Juines,  Kingston,  Ontario,  was 
born  at  Toronto,  on  tho  20th  February,  1A44, 
being  a  son  of  Michael  Swift  and  Catherine 
Uaughey  His  father  was  foreman  in 
charge  of  the  military  stores  of  the  war  de- 
partuient  until  the  same  was  closed  at  To- 
ronto. He  received  his  early  educational 
training  at  tho  public  schools,  andc<uio1uded 
his  studies  at  Kegio[)olis  college,  Kingston, 
Ontario.  In  mercantile  and  general  bnsiness 
life  he  has  been  active  and  enterprising,  and 
hia  ventures  have  been  cnjwnea  by  a  hand- 


493 


A  ctclopjsdu  of 


some  meuure  of  suooesB.  He  is  preaident  of 
the  KingstoD  and  Kideau  NBvii/mtion  Com- 
pany, and  a  director  in  the  Kinj^ton  and 
Femorwke  Railway  Company.  He  ii  lart^ely 
mtereited  in  itearoboata  and  iron  ore  zninea, 
and  in  the  shipping  trade  generally.  He  u» 
likewise  a  wharfinger,  is  prominently  con- 
nected with  insurance,  and  is  the  numt  exten- 
sive importer  of  cual  in  Kingston.  Itia  hardly 
necessary  to  add  that  the  business  abilities  of 
Mr.  Swift  are  regarded  to  be  of  a  very  high 
order,  nod  that  his  repute  fur  inte^ty  in  all 
his  dealings  is  the  very  highest.  He  is  a 
Roman  catholic,  and  a  staunch  Conservative 
in  politics. 

Dickson,  Rev.  Jumcs  A.  R.,  6.D., 
Gait,  Ontario,  was  born  in  Tranent,  Scotland, 
on  October  22,  1839.  His  father  was  David 
Dickson,  a  pioua  man,  who  was  careful  uf  the 
godly  \ipbriugu)g  of  his  children,  and  being  a 
xealous  Free  Churchman,  instructed  thero  in 
the  standards  of  the  church.  Mr.  Dickson 
came  to  Canada  in  the  summer  of  1857  to  an 
uncle  in  Bnintford,  who  was  engaged  in  busi- 
ness there,  where  he  resided  fur  some  time. 
Bis  uncle  attending  the  ministry  uf  the  Hev. 
John  Wood,  of  the  Congregational  church, 
he  went  with  him,  and  under  the  faithful 
preaching  of  Mr.  Wood  experienced  the  great 
change  which  altered  the  entire  current  of 
his  life.  Ho  was  active  in  Christian  work 
in  the  Sabbath  school  and  Y.  M.  C.  As- 
sociation, but  an  irrepressible  longing  for 
wider  usefulness  led  him  to  prepare  for 
the  Christian  ministry.  Ue  touk  private 
lessons  in  Latiu  and  Oreek,  attended  the 
Brantford  Grammar  achoul  for  several  ses- 
sions, and  in  J8<^>  entered  the  Congre- 
gati*.nal  college  of  B.  N.  A.  in  Toronto, 
which  was  then  under  the  principHlship  of 
Adam  LiLlie,  D.  D.  While  pursuing  theo- 
logical studies  here,  he  attended  classes  in 
iridic,  Hebrew,  Latin  and  Greek  in  Vuiver- 
■ity  college  ;  mathematics,  metaphysics  and 
other  subjects  being  tiiken  up  by  special 
masters  appointed  by  the  bou-d  of  the  Con- 
gregational college.  In  ld&4  the  college 
being  removed  to  Montreal,  he  attended  tlie 
McGill  college,  studying  zoology,  botany 
and  geology  under  Sir  William  Dawson, 
LL.D.  ;  Hebrew  under  Dr.  De  Sols,  and 
logic.  English  literature  and  moral  philos- 
ophy under  Canon  Leach.  He  graduated  in 
18G5,  and  was  called  to  the  Congregational 
church  in  London,  Ontario,  where  he  re- 
mained for  8ix  years.  While  here  he  edi- 
ted for  three  years  The  Gospel  Afeasagc,  a 
monthly,  published  in  Montreal.  He  pub- 
blishod  '*  Working  for  Jesus,"  which  isnow, 
and  has  been  for  the   post  thirteen  years, 


issued  by  the  American  Tract  Society  nf  Nr*' 

Turk,  and   the  Religious  Tract 

London.      Also  a  32  page  tract, 

Not  (  "  and  *'  Counsels  for  V- 

In  June,  16G7,  he  married  Im 

daughter  of   Walter   F^    ' 

Ontario.    In  1871  he  wa^ 

em  church,  Toronto,      lit-  .» 

but  after  three  months  he  was  called 
and  accepted.   Here  he  remained  aboi 
years,  till  he  changed  his  ecclesiaatic 
lions,  returning  to  the  church  of  his  fi 
While  in  Toronto  he  was  honoured  wi 
highest  position  in  the  gift  of  the 
tional  churches,   beine  elected   Chairman 
the   Congregational   Union    of  Ontario 
Quebec  in  1877.     Here  he  began  to  write  fi 
the  Sunda}^  S'hfot    Tintrs,    i^undait   .Sc** 
IVorld,  and  CaiotUa  Frf*UyUrxaH,  to  which 
has  been  a  fre<pient  contributor      Ue  pab*^ 
lished     "  Immediately.''      '*  The     K««t 
Faith,"  ••Christian  Culture,"  *'  A  Good  Mit 
istcrof  JesuB  Christ,"  tracts  which  have 
an  extensive  circulation.    He  was  chosen  s«e>^ 
rotary  of  the  t'pper  Canada  Tract  Society  ifl 
1874.  which  he  held  until  1871}.     On  resigti- 
iug  his  charge  in  Toronto,  he  visited  for  fiv* 
monlha  the  branch  societies   of  the  l^p(^ 
Canada  Tract  Society.     He  tilled  Dr.  Coch* 
rane's  pulpit  in  Brantford  fur  three  moothi, 
while  the  doctor  was  in   Bntain   in    IfCP. 
While  here  he  was  called  to  Oalt,  and  sc::  ^ 
there  on    October   13th,   1879.      SiiUL    ' 
settlnientin  Gait  he  has  published"  £i]''-i 
tory   Bible  Hwadinys,"  "  Working   for   thr 
Children,"  and  a  tract  entitled  '*  A  Wurd 
in  Season. '*    On  the   regulations   being  is- 
sued   for  the   conferring   of  the  degree 
Bachelor  of  Divinity,  Mr.  Dickson  went 
Montreal  Prosbyterian  College,  and 
the  examination  pro|>er  tn  the  de^ 
it  in  March,  1883.     Mr.  Dickson's 
been  very  successful.     Wheu    he    went 
London  the  church  there  numbered  50mef 
bers ;    when    he    left    there    iOO    in    good 
standing  were  on  the  roll.     In  Toronto  k» 
begun   with  75  members  and  left  230  ;   tn 
Gait    the  church   numbered   217   merabera 
when  he  entered  on  his  work  ;  and  now,  in 
1^85,  it  numbers  over  500.     The  conjrrega- 
tion  budt  for  hlui  in  1881  oue  of  the  hand- 
somest ecclesiastical  structures   in  Canada. 
It  is  mentioned  in   "  Picturesque  Canada,^ 

Thomson,    Robert,    of   the  6nn 
McDonald  *.t  Thomsoii,  millers,  Wo(KU^-l 
Ontario,  was  born  in  Roxborou^hshire. 
land,  in  1833.     fie  is  a  son  of  Andrew 
Agnes  (Biss)  Thomson,  his  maternal  grarni 
father  being  supervisor  of  Customs  at  llunW- 
ley,    Aberdeenshire.      Our  subject's  father 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


403 


ft  mniwright  in  bis  native  (KeUo)  town, 
w&A  II  miui  of  much  thrift  and  force  of 
rfcor.     After  his  marriage,  in  February 
t,  1m  began   to  think  of  emigrating  to 
kfti)»,  l)ut  it  waa  not  until   1842  that  he 
ttfd   upon    teavint;  hia  native  country, 
^ith  a  faiiuty  of  four  children,   Robert 
then  in  his   ninlli    year,  he   went  on 
■hip,    arnvin((f  in  due    time,  at  To- 
ito.       He    set  led    at   the    H  imber,    in 
County  of'Yurk,   where  he  engaged  in 
the   millwright   buainessi   erecting    leTeral 
milla  through  Ont&rio,   and  among  others 
tliAt  one  now  standing  at  the  H  umber,  which 
he  built  for  the   Houourable    Sir   William 
HowUnd.     He  likewiie  built  a  woollen  mill 
for  William  Oamble.     In  1846  he  removed 
t4*  the  village  of  Ingeraoll,  and  in  the  same 
jrear  built  a  Lai^  structure,   now  known  as 
Carrs  fl)ur  mills.     In  1847  he  removed  to 
Beechvijl6|  and  began  buaiueas  for  himself  as 
Aill  Wright  and  engineer,  continuing  in  the 
«Ame  until  1856,  when  he,  together  with  the 
Miihi.M'i  of  this  sketch,   and  the  late  Jamei 
■:id,  of  London,  eAtabliahed  a  foundry 
-  ihe  firm  name  of  Thi>mHin,  Muirliead 
ik  Thomson,  and  afterwards  known  sa  the 
"Oxford  Foundry."    In  1869  Mr.  Thomson 
«oId  his  interest  to  Robert  WhiteUnd,  then 
foreman  of  machinista  i»  the  shop,  and  now 
of  Woodstock.     Ho  then  removea  to  the  vil- 
la^ of  Innerkip,  Oxford,  where  he  purchas- 
ed a  farm  and   mill  privilege  on  tne  river 
Thames,   and   erected   a   Urge   flour,    oat- 
meal and  aaw  mills,  where  he  conducted  a 
large  buainoas.     In  1870,  having  amassed  a 
comfortable  fortune,  he  retired  from  active 
bnsineaa  and  removed  to  Miteholl,  where  ho 
•till  resides.   He  is  now  above  seventy-eight 
years  of  age,  and  Mrs.  Thomson  seventy-two, 
yet  both  are  active,  and  in  1882  celebrated 
tJieir  golden  wedding,  gurrounded  by  their 
children  ami  grand  children^  numbering  in 
aU  about  forty.     Robert  Thomson  received 
ion  school  education^  concluding  his 
at  the  Woodstock   Grammar  school 
■ge  of  seventeen.     He  then  entered 
lopd  «*f  his  father  in  IJeechville  to  learn 
millwright   and  engineer  business,  and 
tttiiued  as  journeyman  there  until  185(>, 
ten  he  l»eoanie  a  moinlwr  of  the  finn  of 
tomson,  Muirheatl  &  Co.,  in  the  Oxford 
indry.     In  1360  he  rented  the  interests 
the  other  partners,  and  carried   on  the 
isinoBB  himself.     In   1663  he  removed  to 
t^iwn  of  Mitchell,    where  he  purchased 
foundry  of  the  late  William  Smith,  r<*g- 
o(    the  County  of    Perth,    where  he 
commcnoad  the  manufiicture  of  a;j;ricultural 
lUmeoU  in  oonneotton  with  his  mill  work. 


In    1868   he   took    into   partnership  A.    R. 
Williams,  now  of   Toronto,  when  the  finu 
became  Thomson  i<C:  Williams,  and  was  one 
of  the  beat  known  manufacturing  houses  in 
Ontario.    In  1874  thetirm  arranged  to  divide 
their   business,    removing    the    engine  and 
boiler  department  to  the  town  of  Stratford, 
under  the  name  of  the  Thomson  &.  Williams 
Manufiicturing   Company,    Limited.     They 
erected  large  shops,  but  owing  to  slack  busi- 
ness and  oppression  in  trade  did  not  r>ccupy 
the  proroises   until   1875,    when  the   \aw\\ 
offered  a  bonus  if  they  would  bring  all  their 
works  to  Stratford.    Accordingly,  in  the  fall 
of  the  same  year,  they  removed  their  shops 
thither,  and  commenced  business  with  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  as  president.     They 
carried  on  a  most  extensive  business,  turning 
out  some  of  the  largest  engines  in  Canada, 
among  which  might  be  mentioned  that  for 
Park    &   Sons,    woollen     mills,     St.    John, 
N.  1$..  and  also  for  the  new  Cotton  Com- 
pany in  the  same  city  ;   for  the  Merchants' 
Cotton  Company,  Montreal ;  besides  numer- 
ous other  immense   engines  in  all  parts  of 
Canada,  they  have  sent  mills  and  machinery 
from  Halifax  to  Vancouver  lal&nd.      In  the 
fall  of  1883  the  company  dissolved,  and  the 
property  was  sold  to  George  T.  Smith,  of 
the  Puritier  Company,  Michi^o.     Immedi- 
ately after,the  sale,  our  subject  purchased, 
together  with    his   brother-in-iaw,  Thomas 
McDonald,  merchant,  of  Mitchell,  the  large 
flouring  and  milling  establishment  in  Wood- 
stock, known  88  the  "  Great  Western  Mills," 
which  is  one  of  the  largest  establishments  of 
this  kind  in  the  Dominion.     At  the  head  of 
this  businuss  Mr.  Thomson  still  continues, 
the  firm  being  known  as  McDonald  &  Thorn- 
sou.     It  is  a  remarkable  circumstance  that 
in  1860  Mr.  Thomson  drew  the  plans,  and 
built,  and  put  in  the  machinery  of  the  very 
establishment  which  he  was  in  after  years 
to  own.  Since  that  time  Urge  additions  have 
been  erected  and  immense  i]uantitiesof  new 
machinery   put   in,   among    which   are  the 
new   proceas  of  roller    H'>uring    milli^  and 
now  this  gigantic  establishment  turns  out 
175  barrela  of  flour  daily.     In  the   oatmeal 
department  the  subject  of  our  sketch  has 
invented,  and  almost  completed,  a  system 
of  oatmeal    manufacture  which  will  revolu- 
tionir.*}  the  trade.     The  machines  are  now 
running  in  the  mills,  and   pateuta  for  the 
same  are  being  issued.     Among  Mr.  Thorn 
sons  different  inventions  are  a  new  oombined 
oat  cleaner  and  gra«ler,  a  new  machine  fitr 
feeding  the  "groats  "  on  rollers  so  that  they 
go  endwise  through  the  rolls.     A  great  many 
other  useful    mechanioal  atraQgemouts  are 


404 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


due  to  bis  originatity  and  skill.  ThecapAC- 
ity  of  the  oatmeal  department  U  about  150 
barrels  per  day.  In  the  split  pea  divi- 
sion there  is  a  vast  iinproTemcnt,  it  being 
refitted  and  fnmished  with  new  and  com- 
plete mschiner}',  to  that  it  ihall  have  a 
capacity  of  1^5  barrels  per  day.  This  great 
eAtAbltshnient  is  one  well  worth  visiting, 
and  fthows  the  dttsh  and  enterprise  of  the 
firm.  The  mills  go  night  and  day,  and  the 
tirm  oxi>ort  tlour,  etc.,  to  the  United  States, 
Oreat  Britain,  and  the  Canadian  markets. 
Mr.  Thomson  was  for  three  yeara  a  c<>uuciU 
man  in  Mitchell.  He  is  a  Liberal  in  poU- 
tics,  and  is  a  Freemason.  liis  reli;j;iun  is 
Presbyteriiinism.  On  the  10th  of  Septem- 
ber. 1859,  he  married  Isabella,  youngest 
daughter  of  the  late  John  MoDonald,  of 
Bbewarttield,  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  and  has 
six  SODS  and  two  daughters  living.  John 
Thomsuu,  the  eldest  sun,  is  financial  mana- 
ger of  the  hmi,  and  the  others,  Andrew  and 
Robert,  are  connected  with  the  mill  in  their 
father's  employ. 

Ro»e,  Dunlcl^  Toronto,  was  bom  at 
Wick,  CaithnesH-shLre,  Scotland,  on  the  1 1th 
March,  1835.  Uis  father  was  Donald 
Ruse,  and  his  mother  Christian  Maclean. 
The  family  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  old 
Royal  Bourgh  of  Wick,  his  paternal  grand- 
father being  one  of  the  volunteers  who 
sprang  to  arms  to  defend  the  country  when 
it  was  threatened  with  invasion  by  Napoleon. 
His  maternal  grandfather,  George  Maclean. 
fought  at  Bunker  Hill,  during  the  American 
revolutionary  war,  and  afterwards  in  the 
campaign  between  Britain  and  the  leagued 
armies  of  France,  Spain  and  Holland. 
Daniel  was  educated  at  the  fulteney- 
town  academy  (Wick),  the  largest  and  best 
educational  institution  in  the  cciunty,  where 
he  remained  until  the  family  left  Scot- 
land  for  America,  in  1861.  They  arrived  in 
Montreal,  on  the  last  day  of  May,  and  on  the 
first  of  June  our  subject:  commenced  hia  ap- 
prenticeship to  the  printing  business,  in  the 
establisliinent  of  J.  C.  Becket.  Montreal 
was  at  that  period  only  a  city  of  57,000 
inhabitants,  and  Mr.  Hose  remembers 
the  arrival  of  the  first  lOW-ton  ship,  of 
the  tirst  flteuinship,  and  the  commence- 
ment of  the  Victoria  bridge,  with  the  pro- 
pheiies  that  the  bridge  would  cause  the  ice 
to  dam  the  river  in  the  spring,  and  would 
be  the  meaas  of  sweepiz&g  away  Grinintown. 
After  serving  about  three  years  with  Mr. 
Becket,  be  left  that  establishment,  served  a 
short  time  in  the  Montreal  HeraUl  olhce — 
until  it  became  a  daily  paper — and  then 
finished  his  apprenticeship  with  his  brothers 


Henry  and  George  Maclean,  who  carried 
a  job  printing  business  in   Montnesl. 
afterwards    entered    iht«    e»t  .s.  v-M.r,..nt  %^\ 
John  Lovell,  and  in  thu  fall  .\tu{ 

Old  Cambridge,  near  Busti^ii,       ; 

some  time   in    the  Univt;rsity  orticc    WhtJl 
working  iu  this  establishment  be  set  the  Dl 
edition    of    the  eeocmd  volume  of  Preacntt'i 
"  History  of  Philip  11.  of  .S[jain  "  ;  (andsti 
later   period  in  the  City  wf  Toronto,  alt 
with   another  employ  £,  the    drst   Ci 
geography.)     This   was  a  stirring 
the    Ignited    States  ;  fur    it  was 
the    different    paities,    wbigs,    free- 
know-nothings     and      abolitionists,      viov 
blending  intu  what  is  now    the   gi 
publican  party  of  the  United  States, 
ical    feeling  'ran    high.     General    Fi 
was  running  for  prettident,  and  on  the 
sion  of  the   celel>rated  meeting  in  Fanec 
hal),  Boston,  to  protest  against  the  strlkii 
of  Senator  Sumner  by  Brooks  iu  Washing 
Mr.  Rose  was  one  of  a  deputation   thst  re- 
presented Old  Cambridge  at  the  assemblage. 
In  October,  1850,  he  left  Cambridge  for  Lot 
don,  Canada  West,  remained  there  for  tin 
months,  and  then  came  to  Toronto,  arnvinj 
on  the  first  of   March,   1857.     In    1858  h« 
joined  the   Highland  Gt>mp&ny  of  what 
then  known  as  the  12nd   battalion  of  volun- 
teer militia,  and  now  known  as  the  Queen'l 
Own   Rifles.      He    was  out    with   his  com* 
pany  on  the  night  of  the  celebrated  riot  o<^ 
the  carters  in  Toronto,    defending  the  pre- 
misfts  of  the  Shedden  company.     The  com- 
pany's arms  were  loaded  ready  for  any  em* 
ergency,    but    fortunately   the  rioters  wei 
suppressed  without  any  lives  being  lost    Ii 
1859  he  left  Toronto  for  Montreal,  and  join- 
ed the  Highland  company  attached  to 
Prince  of  Wales  regiment ;  and  was  one 
the  guard  of  honour  on  the   occasion  of  thi 
visit  of  the  Prince  of  Vv'ales  to  Montreal, 
1860.     He  left  the  Prince  of  Wales  regimonl 
with  the  company    when  it  was  attached  t^^ 
the    Royals ;    but  afterwards   rejoined  that 
regiment,  and  when  it  was  called  out  for 
service   to  repel  the  tirst  Fenian  invasion, 
he  accompanied  the  regiment  and  was  ap- 
pointed  its    sergeant-major   at    the    fnmt. 
Shurily  after  the  return  of   the  troopt,  bt 
tendered  his  resignation,  after  having  served 
about   eight  years  in  the    volunteers.      In 
18G!  he  entered   into  partnership   with  hia, 
eldest  brother,   Henry,    and  carried  on  th«] 
printing   business  fur  two  years,  when  hi 
partner  retired  from  the  tirm,  and  he  coi 
tinned  to  carry  on  the  same  alone  until  1877|i 
when  he  removed  to  Toronto,  on  the  deslls] 
of    Mr.   Hunter,    to  enter  into  partuorsl 


CANADIAN  BIOORAPBY 


«i& 


iflorge  Maoteitn,  of  the 
II  oF  Hunter,   Uoa«  t^*.  Co.     Mr.   Koae  has 
rays  Ukoii  ad  active  and  energetic  part  in 
different    mural    and  philanthropic  Bt>- 
ti«B.       Hti  took    the    teinperanc)^    pledge 
m  a  child,  and  haa  since  remained  atead- 
il  ^1  hin  vow.      Ho  haa  Iteen  a  nienib«r  of 
I  iiperaiioti  nrd^iH,    hut  waa  moat 

C(kunccted  with  the  I.O.  of  Ci-ood 
He  joined  that  body  in  Febru- 
t6l!  ;  waa  by  his  ?:cal  and  activity  the 
principal  moans  vf  forming  the  Unuid  Lodge 
*tf    Vebec,    and    had   the  honor  of    being 
■\  iU   tirst  grand  accretary,  and  tilled 
■Jit  fur  two  yeara  and  three  muntha. 
^^  hen  he  rcaigned  he  was  presented  by  the 
Grand  Lod^e  with  on  addreaainacknowledg- 
msDt  of  Ilia   sernces.     It  ia  a  matter  of  re- 
cord tliat  the  <^!rand  Lodge,  during;  hia  term 
of  ofHoe,  attained  the  largeat  numberof  mem- 
bem  aud  amount  of  linancea  exhibited  at  tiny 
other  time  in  its  exiatence.      Ue  repreaent- 
ed  the  Grand  Lod^e  in    the  R.W.G.    Lodge 
at  the  aeasirina  held  at  Bloomington.  Louia- 
ville,  and  Portland,  and  took  an  active  part 
A^nat  the  aect^aaion  that  occurred  at  the 
aeMiim  at    Louiaville.      Un  hia   return    hia 
irtion  waa    unaniaioualy  lustained  by    the 
'  I»dge.  Mr.  lioae  has  alnce  repreaent- 
Urand  Lodge  of  Ontario  at  the  Woeh- 
iu^t^n  aoaaii^n,  and  he  ia  regarded  aa  one  of 
the    fi'renioet    temperance   men  in  the  Do- 
loiuton.     In  1855  he  joined  the  Caledonian 
S<Kiety  Ht  ita  tirat  meeting^  and  after  his  re- 
turn to  Montreal  became  an  active  member, 
being  cnntinuoualy  un  the  executive.     He 
X'rr  •    .:ii  .1   the  office  of   president,  and  on 
*.\.  1  of  his  leaving  the  city,  waa  en- 

\'  '•■  the  aociety  at  a  public  bnnquet, 

4:1  >>d  with  a  handsome  tuatimouial  as 

.  It  ir  regard.   He  reproaeuted  tho 

:  Illation  of  the  International 
i^.'ty  in  New  York.    When  an 
itice  he   joLoed  the  Mechanica*  luati- 
titurwards  became  a  life  uember^,  and 
Uicc  hrtd  tilt'  olHce  uf  Moretaiyof  that  im- 
P'-rT.-tnr  iriNhtution.     He  was  also  one  of  the 
'   ihu  Niimiamatic    and  Antiqua- 
\  -y   of  Montreal,  waa  printer  and 

^^^■ftMthe  oditora  of  the  Nurnijfmaiic  and 
^^^^^Hkiria n  Jtmmal ;  tilled  for  aeveral 
^^^HPttie  ciRice  of  vico-preaident  of  the  soci- 
^B^7*A4l  waa  elected  preaident  in  l^Tti.  He 
^Ks  prcaeoted  with  an  addresa  by  the  soci- 
ety OQ  leaving  for  Toronto,  expressive  of  its 
SAprtoiatii^n  of  his  aer vices  iu  the  inatitu- 
ttoB  itaelf  as  well  as  by  his  activity  and  abil- 
i|w  01)  t^i''  iodiiial.  He  waa  alao  a  mem- 
ber of  d  Hiatory  Society  uf  Mont- 
n  Its  library  committee.   In 


I  1865,  Mr.  Roae  waa  initialed  into  Maaonry, 
in  Elgin  lodge.  S.  H. ,  Montreal,  where  he 
tilled  aeveral  olhuea.  On  the  foriiifitton  of 
the  Orand  Lodge  of  Quebec,  a  number  of  the 
brothers  of  that  lodge,  sympattiieing  with 
the  new  Grand  Lodge,in8tituted  St.  Andrew** 
lodge  under  their  regi&ter.  Mr.  Hose  was 
elected  tirat  senior  warden,  and  aabae- 
queutly  Master.  On  hia  leaving  the  city  be 
was  elected  the  first  hononrary  moniber  of 
the  lodge,  and  presented  with  an  addresa. 
He  was  initiated  into  Capitular  Masonry  in 
St.  Oharlea  chapter,  in  1875,  and  tilled  the 
otlice  of  third  principal  when  he  left  the  city. 
Or  hia  arrival  in  Toronto  he  affiliated  with 
St  Androw'a  lodge,  No.  Iti8,  G.K.C.,  where 
he  now  takes  an  active  intereat.  He  ia  one 
of  the  charter  members  of  Oairis  Rose  Croix 
Chapter  of  Royal  and  Oriental  Free  Mason- 
ry; has  tilled  the  ottice  uf  deputy  grandmaster 
in  the  Sovereign  Sanctuary  for  several  terma^ 
and  on  the  death  of  M.  111.  Uro,  Longley, 
who  held  the  office  of  grand  maatortiW  r»V<i»» 
was  elected  to  till  that  important  otiice.  He 
iaalao  a  member  of  the  Scottish  rite,  being 
a  33^  grand  inspector  genera),  as  well  ss 
aeveral  other  of  the  Uaiit  Graiie  Masonic 
rite.  He  married  in  18t^|],  Jane,  daught«r 
of  George  Mowat,  of  Toronto,  a  native  of 
Wick,  Scotland  ;  and  has  issue  two  sons  and 
one  daughter  Uving,  In  religion  he  ia  a 
Unitarian,  and  attends  the  Jarvis  atreet 
Unitarian  church.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
former, and  a  prohibitioniat.  In  private 
and  social  life  Mr.  Hoac  is  cxtrem«ly  genial. 
One  of  hia  recreations  iu  the  domestic  hour 
is  with  bric-a-brac  aud  old  coijin,  a  compre- 
hensive collection  of  which  may  be  aeen  at 
his  residence,  252  Victoria  atrevt.  He  is 
admitted  to  have  excellent  buainesa  capacity, 
for  he  hss  known  how  to  turn  to  protit  all 
the  lessons  which  he  has  learned  in  his  wide 
experience.  Although,  as  wc  have  said,  he  is 
a  Reformer,  he  is  not  one  of  those  men  who 
wear  a  bandage  over  their  eyes,  reserving  to 
himself  the  right  to  difier  from  the  leaders  of 
his  party  when  their  views  or  their  acts  do 
not  commend  themselves  to  his  judgment  on 
public  questions.  Mr.  Hose  holds  very  en- 
lightened and  progreaaive  opiniona.  One 
of  his  sons,  Daniel  Albert,  is  taking  a 
course  of  medicine  at  Trinity  Medical 
School. 

Aroliibald,  Hon.  .%(lan»  €i  ,  Hali- 
fax,  ia  a  deEoendaut  of  one  of  the  oldest  fami- 
lies iu  Nova  Scotia.  He  is  the  son  of  Samuel 
Archibald  and  grandson  of  J amea  Archibald, 
who  was  judge  of  the  court  of  Common 
Pleas,  Nova  Scotia.  The  subject  of  Ihia 
sketch  waa  educated  at  the  Pictou  academy. 


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A  CYCLOPMDIA  OF 


lieAving  school  he  waa  articled  in  a  taw  office, 
a.nd  in  1838  wraa  called  to  the  bar  of  Prince 
Edward  Island.  A  year  later  he  became  a 
borrifttcr  of  Nova  Scotia.  He  married  in 
1843,  Elizabeth  A.,  the  only  daughter  of 
the  latu  Kev.  Juhu  Burnyeat.  In  1851  Mr. 
Archibtild  began  his  political  career,  being 
in  that  year  elected  for  Colchoater  county  ; 
but  it  was  not  till  1 8o4  that  he  took  any  oon- 
•picuoim  part,  when  be  seoonded  and  advo- 
cated a  motion  which  bad  arisen  out  of  the 
v(neatioD  of  reciprocity.  This  woa  an  occasion 
that  brought  forth  ttie  an^ry  pruteata  of  all 
maritime  province  public  men  who  had  the 
apirit  of  independence  and  fair  play.  The 
Reciprocity  treaty,  in  which  the  seaboard  pro- 
vinces were  deeply  interested,  had  been 
aettled  by  Downing  street,  without  careful 
consideration  of  what  was  the  interest  of  the 
province  or  of  its  inhabitants.  It  would 
have  been  but  little  short  of  a  miracle  if  the 
dull-witted  but  exceedingly  self-opinionated 
officials  about  the  Colonial  ofiice  could  have 
understood  what  the  colonies  merited  ;  the 
people  of  the  maritime  provinces  knew  this, 
but  they  contended  that  proper  consideration 
should  have  been  given  to  their  interests  ; 
that  the  sense  of  the  province  should  have 
been  obtained,  instead  of  hastily  binding 
them  to  a  treaty  dictated  by  Americans  who 
thoroughly  unaerBt(K)d  where  lay  their  own 
interests.  In  drawing  up  the  treaty  of 
Washington,  Sir  John  Macdonald,  as  a  citi- 
sen  of  the  Dominion  which  had  vital  inter- 
ests involvodf  was,  by  a  very  great  compli- 
ment, created  one  of  the  Canadian  comniis- 
sionera  ;  but  it  was  soon  found  that  so  far 
as  his  colonial  potentiality  went  he  waa  a 
merepuppet.  He  was  given  plainly  to  under- 
stand that  he  was  there  representing  the 
Empire,  not  Canada,  and  that  he  must  con- 
sider that  the  only  claim  which  the  Domi- 
nion made  upon  him  was  to  act  as  the  in- 
terpreter of  hor  interests.  But  Oanadton 
interests,  when  pitted  against  "  oonsidera- 
tiona'*  which  the  United  States  had  imposed 
upon  the  Empire,  were  of  small  concern  in- 
deed. Edward  Blake  is  seeking  now  to 
obtain  for  Canada  the  rii;ht  to  negotiate  her 
own  oomuiercial  treaties  ;  but  the  conserva- 
tives, with  Sir  John  Maodonald  at  their 
head,  oppose  liis  exertions.  However,  to 
return  to  ^Ir.  Archibald.  With  Mr.  Howe 
ho  joined  in  afiirming  that  the  province 
should  have  been  consulted  in  the  mak- 
ing of  a  treaty  which  so  seriously  con- 
cerned its  interests.  From  1854  to  1857 
Nova  Scotia  discussed  the  project  of  union 
with  the  other  British  North  American  pro- 
vinces, and    in  the  year  last   named    Mr. 


Archibald,  who  was  now  in  oppontion,  tntl 
J.  W.  Johnston,  attomey-gMieral,  were  senl 
to  England  to  confer  with  Mr.  Labouchisr*. 
secretary  of  state  for  the  colonies.     lu  IftOO 
a  change  of   ministry  took  place,  and 
Archibald  became  attorney -general, 
office  he  retained  till  1803.     In  1864 
tended  the  Quebec  conference  on  the  mV 
joct  of  the  Intercolonial  Railway  ;  and  in 
1864  be  seconded  Dr.  Tupper*s  motion  i 
the  appointment  of  five  delemteB  to  confer 
witli  the  other  provincial  delegates  on  Utf 
subject  of  a  maritime  union.     What  gT«« 
out  of  this  conference  is  known.     The  C 
nadian  delegation  m%de  a  descent  upon  ti 
maritime  province  delegates  who  were  hoId< 
ing  their  conference  in    Prinoe  Edward  I 
land  ;  the  larger  scheme  of  a  general  oofr 
federation  was  proposed  and  was  discuswi 
later  at  the  Quebec  conference,  finally  result- 
ing in  the  creation  of  the  Dominion  of  Ca* 
nada.     Mr.    Archibald    attended   all   thcs« 
I  conferences  ;  and  in  England  took  a  promi- 
nent place   in  the  pamphlet  discussion  car 
ried   on  between  the  confederates  and 
antis,  under  the  brilliant,  powerful,  but  n 
over -consistent  Bowe.     For  the  oonfed 
tion  scheme   Mr.  Archibald  always  fo 
with  great  zeaL     In  1807  ba  wu  called  to 
the  privy  council  as  secretary  of  state    for 
the  provinces,  an  office  which  has  since 
abolished.     Three  years  later  he  wsj 
pointed    lieutenant-governor    of   Mani 
and    the  North- West  territories.     The  act 
of  his  public  life  which  has  been  most  oen- 
snred,  waa  his  having  recourse  to  the  aid 
of  the  murderer  Kiel,  and  his  baleful  li 
tenant,    Lepiue,    when   the    Fenian    ruH'i 
O'Donoghue  threatened   an  invaaion 
province ;  but   as  he   himself  says, 
this  to  save  the  province  from  being 
run.      Perhaps  his  course  waa  the 
The  lieutenant-governor's  defence  w 
by  his  action  the  Dominion  had   been 
a  province  to  defend  instood  of  to  conq 
Notwithstanding  the  state   paper   of    Lo 
Dufferin,  and  all  that  has  been  written 
the   lieutenant-governor's    ai>ologists,   so 
yet  censure  Mr.  Archibald  for  joining  han 
with    these    two    men.     In  May,   1873, 
resigned,  and  the  following  month    beoa 
Judge  of    Equity    in    Nova    Scotia 
position    he    filled    only   for  a  few    wee 
receiving  an  appointment  to  the  lieutenant 
goveniorahip   made  vacant  by  the  death  of 
(Tovemor    Howe.       In   li<72    he   had    been 
created   a  companion  of  the  Order   of  St 
Michael   and   St.    George.     Mr.    Archibald 
had  good  judgmenr,  a  broAd  mind,  and  a 
sturdy  perseverance. 


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CAiiAi>UN  RtOGRAPHf. 


497 


'^Varmiuier^    Donald,  Q.C.,   M.P. 

'for  Glengnrry^  Ont&rio.  wu  born  in  Glen- 

g)»rr7,   on  the   3rd    September,    1846.     He 

««•   «tlucat«<j    at    Williatnatoirn    Grammar 

^^iwol,  aiid  at  McGill  Univeraity,  Monlreal. 

H||gnydu&tiHl,  and  tu«:>k  the  de^rt>e  oE  B.C.L. 

PKn   McGitl  college,  in  March,   1871  ;  and 

»»■  ftenior  hnnotirman,  gtild  medalist,  prize 

0«Mi)rut  and  valedictori&n  of  the  yeiir.   Har- 

ling  secured   hid  degree  he  entered   upon 

L4h«  ttudf  uf  Uw  and  wu  called  to  the  bar 

■n^netiec  in  July,  1B71.  and  to  the  bar  of 

PHlarto  in  .fannary,  1882.    He  was  appoint- 

f^a  Queen '■  counsel  in  January,  1882  ;  waa 

firat  el-N^ted  to  represent  Glengarry  in  the 

lire   of  Ontario  on  June  5ih,  1879. 

r  fteuted  the  county  fur  three  years. 

ri«    lucn  reai^Mird   hia  seat,  to   accept   the 

[ll^Biination  fur  the  U.usu  of  OommonSf  in 

V-;-     1^82.     He   wna   elected   t«»  tupreseut 

ry  on  the  UOth  June,  188-',  defeating 

■  ■  U.  A.  Macdouald,  ex-governor  t'f 

.  who  had  formerly  reprvaented  the 

.  ,  liy    a    majority  of  224  votes.      Mr. 

Macmattor  hat  resided  in  Montreal  since 

1868,  but  practice!  at  the  bars  of  Ontario 

and    (Quebec.     He    baa    been    retained    in 

ifDportant  orimiuai  caaea.  and  with  W.  A. 

K<.tet«r,  of  Toronto,  aucceasfuUy  defended 

C.   W.   BunUng   in  the  celebrated  Ontario 

bribery  caae.      He  is  senior  partner  in  the 

law  fif'm  tif  Mtcmaater,  Hut4;hiu8on  &  Dion, 

Montreal,  and  ia  much  engaged  in  import* 

ant  law  cases   in  Quebec  courts,    and  has 

oonduoted    some   important    conatittitional 

caaea  before  the  Privy  Council  in  En^fland. 

He  married  in  Septeuibur.  1880.  Janet  Sand- 

6«Icl,  Mc^xid  daughter  of  Konald  Saudtield 

MaedonaUl,  of  Lancaster,    Olvugarry,  who 

died    in    September.  1883.       He  is  Cunser- 

Tabve  in  {Militica,  and    supports   Sir   John 

A.   Manlonald.     As    will    be  inferred  from 

trerord,  Mr.  Macmaater  ranks  aa  one 
9  vi<ry  foremost  advocates  at  the  bar 
itario  or  of  Quebec.  As  a  lawyer  he 
•  remarkable  nkill  in  the  marahalling 
of  his  facts,  and  his  general  mode  of  pre- 
aacting  bis  case.  When  he  has  taken  his 
grvund,  and  bo  ia  seldom  found  standing 
apOD  a  b<UMl•^as  fabric,  it  is  impossible  to 
dwlotiKe  him.  He  is  very  earnest  in  his 
bMBiirr,  and  there  is  a  weii^ht  and  disfnity 
^Hbt  his  utterances  that  dn  not  fail  to  uiako 
^H^  impression.  Aa  a  member  of  the  House 
^B)i><nmo(ia,  Mr.  Macmaster's  rank  is  aa 
^^B  as  it  u  at  the  bar ;  and  there  ia  not 
^^Ka|Mi  to  Iw  found  in  parliament  a  more 
PlH'o  or  mora  useful  rvpreaentative,  or  a 
gaiUiniuui  « hoso  dvcUrAtion  ia  reoeired 
iwiAit  more  attention  and  respect. 
YV 


Temple,  Thomfu*,  M.K  for  York. 
New  Brunawiok.  and  ex-Sheritf  of  the  same 
county,  was  bom  at  Bampton,  Oxfordshire, 
England,  on  the  4th  Nuvuiuber,  1818.  He' 
is  a  son  of  Charles  Temple,  of  the  same 
place,  who  came  to  this  country  in  ]832,  set- 
tling in  the  County  of  York,  New  Bruns- 
wick. Young  Temple  had  barely  passed  hia 
thirteenth  year  when  he  reached  New 
Brunswick,  and  aa  this  was  not  a  time  when 
a  olasaical  education  could  be  easily  attained, 
he  was  obliged,  as  most  people  were  in 
those  days,  to  be  content  with  what  he  bad 
leant  at  home,  and  at  the  leaser  schools. 
His  father  adopted  the  nana!  occupation  of 
the  time,  farming,  and  the  son  helped  him  in 
all  the  duties  incidental  to  such  an  employ- 
ment. At  the  age  of  twenty  he  obtained  a 
gift  horsn  from  hia  father,  and  joined  a  com- 
pany of  York  Light  Dragoons,  under  Major 
Wiliuot,  afterwards  judge  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  and  lieutenant-governor  of  New 
Brunswick,  this  corps  ha^ini;  been  raised 
*'  t4i  protect  the  interests  of  the  province 
during  the  troubles  which  existed  between 
the  Colonies  and  the  United  Statea  in  regard 
to  the  bonndary  line  between  the  Province 
of  New  Bmnswiok  and  the  bordorinif  State 
of  Maine."  His  connection  with  the  Light 
Dragoons  lasted  for  three  months,  at  the  end 
of  which  period  the  epixxle  known  as  the 
Aroostook  war  was  closed  by  the  treaty  of 
Ashburton.  It  waa  aft«r  this  that  Mr.  Tern* 
pie  was  to  make  hia  way  to  the  very  front 
amongst  those  princes  of  commerce  to  whom 
the  trade  of  the  provinces  is  largely  indebt- 
ed for  its  success.  Having  good  foresight, 
he  at  unce  perceived  that  the  luml»«ring 
Lusiness  offered  an  excellent  6eld  for  enter- 
prise, and  embarktntt  in  this  business,  he 
soon  had  achieved  so  much  success  that  he 
was  enabled  to  parchas«  the  splendid  Po- 
quiook  mills,  owned  by  Morrison,  Shires 
&  Mcpherson.  He  conducted  these  for 
two  years,  after  which  be  sold  them  to 
an  American  company,  and  removed  U%  the 
City  of  Fredericton,  where  he  hiw  resided 
since.     He  no\r  engaged  in  tli  bus* 

iness  on  an  extensive  scale,  b>  tt«d 

with  Mr.  John  Pickard.  late  M  t  i..r  Vi.rk, 
and  other  gentlemen.  The  firm  purchaswl 
a  large  aaw-mill  to  cut  lumber  for  tho  Kn^- 
liah  market,  but  it  was  burnt,  and  this 
blanch  of  the  business  caniv  to  an  end.  There 
is  no  other  mau  to  whom  the  central  por- 
tion of  New  nrunswick  is  as  much  indebted 
as  Mr.  Temple.  In  18611,  in  conjunction 
with  Mr.  Uurbee,  he  began  the  construction 
of  what  is  known  as  the  Frederioton  Bnuioh 
lUilway^  a  road  whioh  gave  the  oapital  and 


408 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


the  country  aurrounding  it  oonnecliMO  with 
the  great  American  tystcDi  of  raitnMyH,  and 
with  the  Intercolonial.  In  1871  it  waa  com- 
pleted and  ready  fnr  trathc,  and  Mr.  Temple 
haa  remained  its  preaidt^nt  since.  Mr.  Tem- 
ple is  proprietor  of  th«  larb,'Gst  farm  in  New 
Brunswick,  aitunted  in  GlouceBter  county, 
it  having  an  area  of  five  hnndred  and  thirty' 
aoreef  nearly  fuur  hundred  of  wliich  are 
cleared.  There  is  a  mill  upon  the  property 
preparing  timber  for  foreii^n  tnaikft.  Fur 
about  twenty  years  Mr  Temnln  held  the 
position  of  sheriff  of  Vurk,  hnt  m  the  mean- 
time Ito  kept  up  hti  cxtcnHive  business 
counections.  The  Peoples  Bunk  uf  Fred- 
ericton,  of  whioh  he  is  a  director,  owes 
its  existeDoe  in  a  great  measure  to  Mr. 
Temple.  Upon  the  death  of  John  Pickard. 
in  1884.  he  contested  York  in  the  intereaU 
«f  the  Conservative  party,  bein^  opposed  by 
Mr.  George  F.  Gregory,  a  partner  of  Mr. 
Bliur,  lender  of  the  government  of  New 
Brunswick,  and  was  succesflful,  defeating 
hid  opponent  by  178  votes.  The  county 
had  for  many  years  before  been  considered 
strongly  reform,  having  elected  Mr.  Pick- 
ard over  the  best  men  whom  the  c  'nserv'a- 
tivos  found  willing  to  take  the  field,  and  the 
result  in  the  last  election  speaks  strongly  for 
the  personal  popularity  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  especially,  Uio,  when  we  consider 
that  Mr  *iregory  is  probably  one  of  the 
ablest  men  in  New  Brunswick  Mr.  Temple 
has  made  a  most  valnable  representitive, 
for  almost  entirely  through  hin  exertions 
haa  the  splendid  achievement  of  bridging 
the  St.  John  between  Fredericton  and  St. 
Mary's  been  accomplished.  Mr.  Temple 
married,  in  (^tobor,  1840,  Susanna,  only 
daughter  ef  Sihmion  flnwe,  of  Maine,  and 
haa  by  this  Udy  tive  children.  lu  social 
life  Mr.  Temple  and  his  family  are  exceed- 
ingly popular,  and  their  Imndsottie  resi- 
dence overlooks  the  waters  'jf  the  St  John 
river. 

Enisl<?y,  Rev.  WilliHlii  II.,  Napanec, 
waa  born  on  9th  March.  1850,  in  the  town  of 
Bamsley,  in  the  west  riding  of  the  County 
of  York,  England.  His  father,  Joseph  Ems- 
ley,  proprietor  of  the  Flt>ckton  Main  colliery, 
and  linen  manufacturer,  was  likewise  a 
native  of  Yorkshire,  and  son  of  William 
Emsley  of  Cudtrorth,  long  noted  in  the 
county  as  a  front  rank  educationist  Juseph 
Kmsley  married  Elizabeth  Wiles,  who  was 
bor  1  in  the  West  Indies,  and  who  with  her 
brothers  had  been  sent  to  England  to  obtain 
the  advantage  of  hi<jher  education.  Mr. 
Emsley  was  educated  in  the  Grammar  school 
of  hu    native    town   and   in    I^ondon.     His 


studies  were  principally  guided  with  i 

to  the  practice  of  law,  fur  which  prof 
he  was  designed.  This  purpose,  howetw, 
was  overruled,  and  accordingly,  lu  the  wu* 
ter  of  1870,  in  company  with  two  coai> 
pniuDs,  the  Reverends  James  8trgthard  kA 
Caleb  P.irker,  Mr.  Emdey  cnosed  iJm 
Atlantic  and  joined  the  Elaatem  Britiak' 
American  conference  of  the  M?th 
church,  beini{  sent  to  Truro  aa  aaaistaat 
Uev.  John  Read,  who  was  then  in  d 
healiii.  After  a  short  residence,  howewr, 
his  heahh  became  unsettled  and  be  reta 
ed  to  England,  obtaining  an  api^ointmeiit 
in  the  civil  service,  which  be  relinquished  lO 
order  to  enter  the  East  I^ndon  T 
stitutefor  Christian  workers,  and  to 
the  secretary's  office  of  the  Children's 
with  which  institution  he  was 
He  did  mission  wurk  in  the  e«at  end  of 
don  until  the  summer  of  1874.  when  \m  t»- 
tumed  to  Canada,  and  waa  at  once  enga^ 
to  supply  a  vacancy  cauaed  by  death  on  ths 
Mayuooth  mission  of  the  Toronto  conferenor 
uf  the  Methodial  Church  of  Canada.  WiUi 
this  conference  lie  remained  identified  until 
the  consummation  of  the  union  of  the  lan- 
ous  Methodist  churches  in  1884,  whoa  thr 
arrangement  brought  him  inio  the  Bay  of 
Quinte  c  nference  limits.  Ordained  in  the 
year  1878,  in  Toronto,  Mr.  Etnsley  has  Usil 
the  somewhat  unusual  roiMrd  of  havmi 
never  lefc  the  platform  of  the  oonfereaov, 
but  as  assistant  secretary  or  journal  seors- 
tary  has  regularly  served  his  church.  He 
haa  also  represented  hia  district  on  tks 
stationing  committee  four  times  in  the  pait 
seven  years.  His  appointmenta  have  been 
respectively :  Trenton,  Newcastle,  Miirkham, 
Newcastle  (a  second  time),  Mitgiietawao, 
Minden,  H  boaygeon,  Lindsay,  and  Naps- 
nee.  t)u  the  I'Oth  of  August,  1878,  Mr. 
Emsiie  married  SuHie,  youngeat  daughter 
of  the  kite  Henry  Major,  of  Pickering.  Mr 
Major  was  one  of  the  leading  m«.n  of  lii* 
coiinry,  and  was  a  successful  agriculturist. 
It  may  be  interesting  as  indicative  of  lbs 
rapid  development  of  our  country  to  kno« 
that  Mr.  Major  once  owned  what  is  nuv 
valjable  j*roperty  in  T-*runto.  then  Little 
York,  and  that  he  traded  it  for  a  share  in  a 
Hat  boat  on  Lake  Ontario,  and  waa  wuU 
satisB.'d  with  his  bargain.  His  sons,  tba 
M'ijor  brothers,  of  Whitevale,  are  wo: 
following  in  their  father's  steps.  Mr.  Eum 
ley  is  a  young  man  not  yet  in  the  prime 
life.  He  is  however  occupying  the  leading 
pulpits  in  his  conference,  and  with  reutm 
able  anticipation  of  many  years  of  servi 
before  him. 


i 


CAS  AVIAN  BWGBAPny, 


490. 


1m  11 


-  Tupper,  Hon.  §lr  Cbarlet,  one  of 

Uio  iiblt*«t  and  nioit  succeufal  public  men 
in  Cmnada,  wat  boni  at  Amherst^  Nora  Sco- 
tU,  on  Ihe'Jndof  July,  1821.  Hid  father 
was  the  Rev.  CharW»Tupper,  a  BApttBt  min- 
iatcr  of  Aome  ability,  who  raiaed  himself 
into  local  prominence  from  among  the  lover 
nliMBi  of  the  people.  Yoaug  Tapper,  the 
■abject  of  thisaketch,  was  a  clever  lad,  and 
hia  fftthvr  waa  resolved  that  he  shonld  go  to 
•cbool.  Tfaare  is  a  stury  told  that  after 
Charles  Tupper  ha  1  obtained  such  education 
as  was  within  his  range,  that  he  then  took 
op  the  calling  of  shoemaker  ;  and  that  he 
waa  indebtod  to  the  bounty  of  a  friend  for 
Biea&a  by  which  to  attend  a  Modical  college 
aft^nrards.  He  was  sent  to  Edinburgh, 
where  he  studied  modicine  with  the  same 
enersy  and  suoct'ss  that  characterized  him 
ku  ma  pulitical  career  afterwarda.  Three 
veara  after  his  letum  with  the  degree  of 
M.D. ,  he  married  Frances  Mors^,  of  Am- 
hersi.  From  1*43  to  18&5,  Dr.  Topper 
**  »'"rkod  like  a  horse  "  at  his  profoasion, 
(  r  himself  an  oxtonsivo  and  lucra- 

!i  '1.       A  man  of  Dr.  Tapper's  am- 

m  turn  was  likely,  sooner  or   later,  to 

that  road  which  leads  so  many  men  to 
high  public  distinctioD.  Probably  few  mon 
in  t)M«(  cwnintry  were  ever  so  well  e<|uipped 
for  such  a  cnrcor.  He  had  a  good  presence, 
a  hearty,  genial^  manly  address  ;  he  hod 
read  widely,  observed  keenly,  and  could  dia- 
cMirse  volubly  and  captivatingly  upon  any 
,.;.!. ..  T^roso.  His  extensive  professional 
uie  him  known  tu  nearly  every- 
L-  i.inberland  ;  and  ho  had  the    tsict 

- 1      1 1 1  lie  was  near  that  he   had  chosen 
I         nt.sikatiou  on  public   life — to  be  leas 

;>t  in  sending  in  hisaccountit,  and  to  bo 
[  ikfid  in  enforcing  payment  tlian  hereto- 
fore,  indeed,  the  robust  and  correct  busi- 
ness man  suon  attained  the  name  of  being 
Keoerous.  Mr.  Tupper  was  always  a  Con- 
•ervative,  and  for  the  Conservative  party  he 
always  expressed  his  preferences.  But  he 
oonld  Dot  be  called  a  tory.  There  waa  no- 
tl  '  '')greaBive   or  narrow  about  him, 

'  not  care  three  straws  for  custom 
ur  tniJiii  M'n.if  itst-ood  in  the  way  uf  any  con- 
dition I'f  alfairsthat  ho  considered  desirable. 
I..  1  .i'-s  .  ""ucraluitictioh  took  place  in  Nova 
i  in  respon««  to  a  call  from  a  nuin- 
iMii.iif  r.iTiaervatives,   lie  offered 
I  >rtd,   and   waa   success* 

^i  1.  too,  over  an  opponent 

no  less  redoubtable  than  the  great  lion  of 
the  Reform  party,  "  Joe  Howe."  Howe 
WIS  ft  most  generous  opponent.  In  that 
<00t»t  he  did  not  supp^jse  that  he  would  be 


defeatedt  but  he  Tdoognixed  the  strength  of 
bis  young  opponent.  From  hustings  to  hus- 
tings he  went,  at  eacli  one  saying  that  he 
had  no  fear  fur  the  result,  but  bearing  testi- 
mony to  the  power  of  his  opponent,  and 
predicting  that  the  time  waa  near  when  he 
would  be  heard  from,  and  render  a  credit- 
able account  of  himself.  In  the  house  the 
young  member  for  Cumberland  at  once  at- 
tracted notice  by  his  exceeding  volubility, 
and  the  sledge-hammer  force  of  his  spew- 
ing. Compared  with  Howe  he  was  "rough,** 
and  rather  verbose,  but  he  was  astute, 
ready,  sarcastic,  and  often  overwhelming. 
He  was  probably  then,  and  unquestionably 
had  been  afterwards  to  the  date  of  his  re- 
tirement from  public  life  in  Canada,  by  all 
odds  Ihu  most  powerful  and  sucoeasful 
"stump"  orator  iu  the  country.  Fordown- 
right  thunderous  strength  of  style,  no  one 
could  come  near  him.  In  185G  he  became 
provincial  secretary,  in  the  Hon.  James  W. 
Johnston's  administration  ;  in  1858  ho  went 
to  England  on  a  mission  connected  with  the 
Intercolonial  Railway  ;  and  in  1864  he  be- 
came premier,  on  the  retirement  of  Mr. 
Johnston  to  the  iJjnch.  In  ldti9.  he  moved 
the  reiolutions  providing  for  a  conference  in 
Prince  Edward  Island,  to  consider  the  pro- 
ject of  a  maritime  union.  That  project  was 
mergod  into  the  larger  one,  which  aimed  at 
a  confederation  of  the  whole  of  the  British 
North  America  provinces.  In  the  confeder- 
ation movement  Dr.  Tupper  took  a  leading 
place,  attending  the  Quebec  conference,  and 
afterwards  goiuj^  to  Eni^Iand  when  the  ques- 
tion was  diacuased  before  the  members  of 
the  Imperial  government.  In  1807  he  was 
crested  a  O.B.;  and  in  the  same  year  was 
invited  to  take  a  seat  in  the  Privy  council. 
This  he  refused,  remaining  a  private  mem- 
ber till  1870,  when  he  consented  to  become 
president  of  the  council.  In  1872  he  became 
minister  of  Inland  Kevenue  ;  and  in  1873 
minister  of  Customs,  which  ottice  he  was 
soon  obliged  to  surrender  by  reason  of  the 
defeat  of  the  ministry.  Uiirini;  the  cam- 
paign of  1878  he  was  like  a  lion  in  the  tight, 
and  his  great  battle- cry  infused  courage  into 
the  hearts  of  thousands  of  men  who  wavered 
between  the  two  parties.  That  year  the 
Liberals  were  defeated,  and  Dr.  Tupper  be- 
came minister  of  Public  Works  till  that  de* 
partment  was  divided,  when  he*  took  the 
portfolio  of  Railways  and  Canals.  In  1879 
he  was  created  a  knight  of  the  onler  of  St. 
Michael  and  8L  George.  His  connection 
with  the  Canadian  Pacilic  Railway  is  in 
everybody's  mind.  To  him  more  than  to 
any  other  man  in  Canada  is  due  the  sucoeM 


A  ctclopjEDja  of 


of  that  enterpriie.  In  1883  he  wu  appoint- 
ed high  ouinmiuiutier  of  CHuada  tu  thtj 
oourt  cf  8t.  JaiiitMi,  rctiiining  his  poaitioD  as 
minister  of  Itailways  and  Canals.  This  an- 
omalous, double-barrelled  position  was  felt 
to  be  untenable,  and  li^ir  Juhn  Alacdnnald 
passed  an  act  relieving  the  honourable  k*^'1' 
tleman  from  penalties  under  the  lnde[>end- 
ence  of  Parliament  Act  ;  bnt  after  the  clow 
of  the  Beaaiou  of  1884,  Sir  Charles  reei^tied 
hia  seat  in  the  cabinet,  and  retained  the 
hifvh  comiDissiouurship.  Some  say  that  we 
have  nut  seen  the  laat  of  him  yet,  and  that 
when  Sir  John  pays  the  tribute  of  all  hu- 
manity, that  Sir  Charles  will  rise  up  nniorig 
the  ConservatiTo  party,  and  dcmnnd  the 
mantle.  Probably  he  will  ;  and  many  think 
that  tSir  Hector  Langevin  will  say  :  —"Nay; 
the  mantle  bus  been  uvurluuK  with  Engliali- 
men — it  now  belongs  to  me.'' 

McColl,  Rev.  A.,  Chatham,  Ontario^ 
was  b<trn  in  Argylcahire,  Scotland,  in  1818. 
Hia  parents  were  John  and  Catherine 
MoCoIl,  who  emiffratod  in  1818,  and  hnally, 
after  a  short  residence  in  the  State  uf  Xew 
York,  settled  in  the  township  of  Esquesin^, 
where  they  lived  on  a  farm,  durinu  the  re- 
mainder of  their  days.  Our  subject  was 
tent  to  a  «chool  there  to  learn  those  sub- 
jects which  were  taught  in  such  places  in 
thoae  days.  He  waa  set  by  his  teacher  to 
stndy  Latin^  of  which  he  then  acquired  a 
considerable  knowledge,  and  alao,  tliough  in 
a  less  degree,  of  Greek.  He  whs  employed 
then  for  a  few  yeara  on  the  farm,  but  he 
subaequently  attended  the  Grammar  school 
in  Toronto,  where  the  gnvernnr's  prize  was 
awarded  him  for  hia  olaaeical  attunments. 
Ho  went  then  to  a  similar  school  at  Hamil- 
ton, which  was  then,  and  for  sometime  after, 
conducted  by  Dr.  John  Rae,  well  known  for 
hia  varied  attaiunientsi  and  specially  for  his 
knowledge  of  political  economy.  His  time, 
while  under  Dr.  Jlae's  instructions,  was  de- 
voted to  the  classics,  to  mathpmatic^s,  and  to 
the  French  language  ;  here  alan.  he  began 
to  study  Hebrew,  hut  without  a  master.  He 
acted  fi>r  a  abort  while  as  assistant  to  Dr. 
Rae  in  his  school.  He  then  went  to  reside 
at  Queenston,  in  the  family  of  the  Hon. 
John  Hamilton,  in  the  ctii>acity  of  tutor 
to  bis  children.  He  continued  to  reside  iu 
the  fttinily  after  they  removed  to  Kingston. 
When  Queen's  College  was  opened,  he 
entered  aa  a  student,  where  ho  enjoyed  the 
lectures  of  Principal  Liddcll  and  ProfcsBora 
CampbvU  and  Williamson.  It  is  unneces- 
sary to  dwell  on  these  men,  who  were  dis- 
tinguished each  in  his  own  way.  Our  sub- 
ject has  met  but  once  since  a  man  who  read 


Greek  with  so  keen  an  appredation  ud 
rapturous  enjoyment  aa  Professor  Campbell 
Professor  Williamson  is  the  onlv  i>iw'  ihv 
survives,  and  hia  students  did 
which  to  admire  the  more,  his  kii<  > 
the  subjects  which  he  taught,  or  hia 
city  of  character.  When  the  Preah 
church  was  rent  in  twain,  he  removed 
Toronto,  to  what  haa  grown  up  to  be  Kmix 
Colleee,  and  where  ho  &mtinued  till  he  bad 
completed  his  studies.  He  was  subsequvully 
licensed  to  preach.  Hia  first  chaive  was 
Chalham,  where  he  was  ordained  to  tha 
pastorate  of  a  congregation  in  1848,  an 
where  he  haa  been  since  that  time.  He  w 
appointed  to  the  inspectorate  of  the  pabl 
schools,  Chathiim,  about  twenty-five  yctan 
ago.  arLd  he  still  dischargeB  its  dutiea.  Our 
subject's  religii  us  views  have  never  changed. 
He  was  brought  up  and  educated  aa  a  iFna- 
byterian,  and  his  opinions  are  what  iaoom* 
monly  known  as  the  orthrdoz  faith.  H« 
married,  in  1849,  Alice,  the  second  daa(i;hter 
of  John  Ross,  Toronto,  yiv.  Rof  s  was  bora 
in  Canada,  and  served  hia  country  in  th^ 
year  1812.  He  has  published  lectuf^a  on 
Macaulay,  Holland  House,  Montalambert, 
and  other  subjects.  He  haa  never  takes 
part  in  public  discussions,  except  when  hia 
office  requires  it. 

Ileffgle,  Darld,  M.D.,  Hnimp*on,  On- 
tario, was  born  in  Edinburgh.  Scotland,  in 
the  year  1837.  His  father,  Ddvid  Heggie, 
was  a  native  of  Colleasie,  Kifeshire,  ^oot-| 
land,  where  he  owned  considerable  pro]:«T^, 
and  was  known  as  the  "Laird."  His  mother, 
Isabella,  is  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Walker,  of  the 
late  firm  of  Walker  &  Steele,  well  known 
building  eontractora  in  Edinburgh.  The 
doctor  received  hia  education  in  the  Parisj) 
school  of  CoUesaie,  and  was  fur  four  yeara  s 
pupil  teacher  in  that  achtH>l,  reducing  by 
one  year  the  usual  period  of  five,  obtainiof 
examination  by  special  permiuiou  of  H«r 
Majesty's  committee  of  council  on  educa- 
tion. Successful  in  obtnining  a  first  class 
Queen's  scholarship,  he  returned  in  Edin- 
burgh, and  after  a  two  years'  course  in  the 
General  Assembly's  Training  College,  suc- 
ceeded in  obtaining  a  superior  *'  CM."  He 
then  attended  for  n  year  in  Arts  at  Edin- 
burgh University,  at  the  end  of  which  time 
be  came  to  Canada,  settling  in  the  neigh- 
bourhowi  of  Brampton.  After  teaching  f<»r 
three  years  he  took  a  medical  course  in  the 
Toronto  School  of  Medicine  and  QueeD''« 
College,  Kingston,  graduating  from  the  (al- 
ter university  in  1805.  He  haa  been  prac- 
tising in  Brampton  ever  aiuce.  Dr.  He^rgit 
is  surgeon  to  the  County  gaol,  and  ia  coroner 


I 


CANADIAN  BIOQRAPBY, 


501 


Pei'I       He  is  likewiso  a  mdtnher  of  the 
tl  B^Ard,  and  chftirman    of   the 
I  H^l  noird.     Tho  doctor  is  a  man 
ootisiderAblQ  commercial  utiterpriae,  and 
18  others  ia  a  sharehtflder  iu  the  proGt- 
»Id  Uaggett  Bro«.  iuauufaciuriuj:r company. 
[•  Km  n<>t  shown  much  uf  aa  incliiiatiim  fur 
"tvi  S4>ciutiea  ;  but  ho  allied  himaetf  vith 
Ancient   Order  of   United    Workmen. 
!d  has  never  aspired  to  political  honours  ; 
thuQgh    the  future   may   have   sooid    saoh 
oareor  in  stnre  for  hiin,     fit*  was  at  one  time 
aa    ardent  Reformer,  hut   he  has    latterly 
leat  for  political  wurk,     'Htn  years 
paid  a  visit   to  his  native  land,  and 
for  the  '*  old  sod  "  ia  still  undimin- 
\tA.      Dr.  He^^tj  has  PreabyteriAn  procli- 
tiea,  bat  is  sit  liberal  in  liis  religious  vievs 
lat  he  has  attended  the  MBthodiat  cliurch 
years,  and  is  credited  with  beinj;'  more 
md  of  biulu(;ical  than   thcolo^cal  s'Lidies. 
te   married   iu  18((5   M»iry   Carter,  grand- 
tu^hter   of  John   KUi<ttC,  the  founder  of 
Iratupton,     He  hiis  a  family  of  four  boys 
d  one  ^irl,  who  are  all  faithfully  kept  at 
lui/t,  the  doctor  being  a  devoted  believer 
eduoaiional  excollencc.     His  eldest  son 
11  nearly  completed  his  medical  studies. 
has    a   son    who    took   a  second   class 
^hfif's  certi6cate  at  tt.e  age  of  fourteen. 
Bell,   Rev.  <deorffc,   B.  A.,   LL.D., 
listrar  and  LibrMnnn  Queen's  University, 
pton.  was   borit  at   Perth,  Ontann,  on 
iber  dth.  1819.     His  father  was  Rev. 
Bell.  M.A.,  who  was   horn  in  Air- 
otland.  in  17H0,  and  tau<rht  a  gram- 
tLNil  in  Rothfta>,  about  1812-15,     Ue 
vu  ordained  iu    Ediuburt;h  in  1817,    aud 
oanie  to  Canada  in  the  summer  of  that  year, 
at  minister  for  the  Scotch   immigrants  who 
had  foruKMl    the  Perth  settlement  the  year 
[ore.      For   many   years   ho  did   a   large 
otint  of  home  miaaitm  worlc  over  what  is 
le  County  uf    Lanark,    and  i^art  of 
&o.      Increasing   intjrmity  compelled 
oeast*  his  uiiniHtrations  in  the  bej^in- 
1857.  and  h»  dit^d  in  August  of  that 
nis  wife  WHS   iMary    BUck,  a  native 
Shotts,  Scotland,  and  n  lineal  dtfsoendnnt 
of  the   HugU'*nnta  who  eacftped  from 
ksaore  of  St.  Bi^rtholoinew  in  France, 
Stie  diud  iu  IHlH.     Of  their  suuiJ, 
ust  known  were  :  Andrew,  the  el  iest, 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  a 
ll^nt  iuvastlgator  of   the  geology  of  Can- 
la.  whose  sou,  R>jbt!>rt  B»tl,  M.U.,  LL  D., 
G.8.,  id  at  present  assistant  dinn^tor  of  the 
hological    survey  of  Canada ;   Kobert,  for 
\y  years  in  parliament,  and  afterwards 
:tor  of  oanal  revenue  ;  and  the  subject 


of  this  sketch,  who  is  the  youngest  of  the 
family,  (ieorge  Boll  wsa  educated  at  Perth, 
by  private  tuition,  at  tho  Hamilton  Orani- 
mar  school  under  Dr.  Hae,  and  at  Quoen'a 
College  for  two  sessions,  in  arts  and  theology. 
Our  subject  married  Mary  VVhiteford,  of 
Montreal,  in  November,  1840.  She  died  in 
1851.  Utt  married  again  in  188D,  Helen 
Chad  wick,  of  Simcoe,  Ontario.  The  fruits 
of  ench  marriage  are  a  son  and  daughter 
living  ;  the  eldest  son  is  a  captain  in  the 
Royal  Engineers  servins  in  India  ;  and 
the  eldest  daughter  is  the  wife  of  R.  S. 
D.>bbs,  (who  is  n  son  of  M«jor-General 
Dobbs,  of  Dublin),  conservator  of  forests 
for  the  government  of  H.  H.  the  Nizam  of 
Hyderabad  ;  the  youngest  sou  is  a  barrister 
in  Toronto  ;  and  the  youngest  dauj^liter  is 
the  wife  of  Charles  N.  Bell,  of  Winniiwg,  a 
diligent  explorer  in  the  arohicolot^y,  geo- 
i;raphy,  »fcc.,  of  the  North-West.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  the  tirst  student  whose 
name  was  entered  on  the  roll  of  Queen's 
Oolleffe  at  its  opening,  March  7th,  1842.  He 
was  ordained  a  minister  of  the  Presbytarian 
church,  iu  Cumberland,  o  \  May  3rtth.  1844; 
removed  to  Simcoe  in  1848  ;  to  Clifton, 
(Niagara  Falls),  1857  ;  and  to  WAlkerton, 
1874.  Owing  to  his  studiemn  geology,  arch- 
ie dogy.  i&c.,  and  particularly  in  the  relations 
between  science  and  revelation,  his  (il}i\.a  ma- 
t«r  conferred  on  him  the  degree  uf  LL,D., 
in  1872.  He  was  connected  with  the  ad- 
ministration of  the  school  taws  from  1851  to 
1881,  as  loc.%1  BUporintcndant  or  inspector, 
fie  was  for  many  years  a  trustee  of  Queen's 
Ciiiversity  ;  and  he  was  employed  on  sev- 
eral occasions  to  give  courses  of  Itictures  on 
science  and  theology,  in  September,  1882, 
he  was  appointed  roeistrar  and  librarian  of 
that  university,  which  position  he  now  dlls. 
He  ia.  of  coura(\  a  Presbyterian. 

Miurpo,  JuniPH  William,  Managwr 
of  the  Bank  of  London,  Dresden.  Ontario, 
was  born  at  BurlingUm.  then  Wellington 
Sfpiare,  Haltiui  county,  Ontario,  on  the 
15th  of  August,  1847.  His  father  was 
James  Sharpe  of  Scotland,  and  his  mother 
Eliza  Middtet4in,  who  was  Irish.  James 
William  Sharpe  received  private  tuition 
under  the  Rev.  Dr.  Greene,  then  rector  of 
Wellington  S<[aara.  He  studied  law  at 
Grst  with  Alexander  Shaw,  M.  P.,  aud 
afterwards  iu  iXm  office  of  Gait  &.  Hender- 
son at  Toroiilo.  Hu  was  admitted  «a  an 
attorney  at  Michaelmas  term,  1809,  and 
was  ca1le<l  to  the  bar  at  Easter  turm,  1870. 
Hiving  now  obtained  his  professional  etUri^ 
Mr.  Sharps  settled  in  DrMden  and  began  to 
practice  law  iu  1872.     Ho  afterwards  aotedu 


502 


A  CYCLOPJBDU  OF 


managing  partner  in  a  piivate  banking  oom- 
pany  from  1881  till  1885,  anil  ii  now  mana- 
gtir  of  the  Bank  of  London.  He  attended 
the  Toronto  Military  bcIjooI,  and  obtained  a 
certificate  in  November,  1867.  Ho  waa  a 
member  of  the  Dresden  council  for  the  years 
1878  and  187!>,  and  mayor  for  1884  and 
1886.  Mr.  Sbarpe  waa  initiated  in  Froo- 
maaoory  at  Sydneham  lodge,  Dresden,  in 
March,  1373  ;  he  became  aecretary  in  1873  ; 
junior  warden  in  1H74  ;  and  worthy  niastur 
in  1875-76,  and  in  l)!k70-77.  He  ia  aUo  a 
member  of  MacNab  chapter,  Royal  Arch, 
being  3rd  principal  in  1W83,  and  2nd  prin- 
cipal in  1884  and  1885,  and  let  principal 
in  1886.  Otir  subject  baa  always  been  an 
Kpiacopalian,  and  served  as  warden  of  the 
church  for  eight  years.  Be  married  in 
Aprilf  1873,  Frances  Kan&ldson,  second 
daughter  of  Charles  R  Dickson,  of  Toronto. 
It  is  generally  admitted  that  Mr.  Sharpe  is 
an  acute  and  level-headed  man  of  bnsinesa, 
having  enough  of  caution  ko  keep  him  with- 
in safe  bounds,  and  enough  of  enteqiriso  to 
take  him  out  of  the  nita  in  which  pome 
men  remain  all  their  lives. 

Ctaaaveau,  Pierre  Joseph  Olivier, 
was  bum  at  Quebec,  on  the  30th  May,  1821). 
The  father  of  our  subject  waa  Pierre  Charles 
Chauveau,  and  his  mother,  Marie  Louise 
Roy,  The  anoester,  who  came  from  France, 
(diocese  of  BordeauxX  Pierre  Cbauveau,  set- 
tled at  Charlcsbourg.  Young  Chauvcau  was 
educated  at  the  Seminary  of  Quebec ;  and 
he  was  a  schoultnate  of  Archbishop  Tasche- 
reau,  Hon.  David  A.  Roes,  and  Hon.  LeteU 
lier  de  Saint  Just.  He  studied  law  first 
under  his  uncles,  MM.  Hamel  and  ^oy^ 
next  under  Okili  Stuart,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1841.  He  practised 
lirst  as  junior  partner  with  Mr.  Roy — Mr. 
H&mel  had  been  called  to  the  bench  in 
the  mean  time — and  after  Mr.  Ko>*s  ap- 
pointment to  the  bench,  he  practised  as 
senior  partner  with  P.  B.  Gasgrain,  now 
member  of  parliament.  He  was  returned 
for  the  County  <if  Quebec  in  1844,  against 
the  Hon.  John  Neilson  by  a  very  Urge  n)a- 
jority.  He  sat  on  the  opposition  benches 
under  M.M.  LaKontaine  and  Baldwin,  and 
shortly  after  their  coming  to  power  was  con- 
sidered as  an  independent  supporter  uf  their 
government,  voting  ocoaaion&lly  with  Mr. 
Papinean,  who  had  then  returned  from 
Europe  and  obtained  a  seat  in  parliament. 
In  1849  he  called  attention  to  the  emigra- 
tion of  French  Canadians  to  the  Cnited 
States,  and  obtained  the  appointment  of  a 
committee,  the  report  of  which  wns  prepar- 
ed   by  him   and    by   Charles    Taclic,    and 


oonta.ined    many    suggestions    which    Ha*« 
been  since  carried  out.      In   1851  wheo  tte 
Hincks-Morin  administratiou  waa  formiHi bs 
accepted    othce  as   solicitor-general,  and  ia 
18K(,  on    the  retirement  of    Mr.  Caron,  bt 
accepted  the  aituation  of  prrtvincial   seerc^ 
tary,  which  Mr.  Morin  ha*!  realigned  t-^aoorpi 
another  portfolio.     The   HincksM 
ernmeut  having  been   defeated.    .' 
veau  remained  for  Komo  time  in  the  >im.  :^iio 
Morin    government,  but   whcti  in  January. 
1865,  Mr.  Morin    accepted  a    .-i  ■->-••     v- 
was  left  out  «if  the  new  ctiin 
theMacNftb-Tache  govemnii 
several    offices    which  were    ' 
until  in  July  of   the  same   }••■■  , 

ed  that  of  superintendent  of  Public  Jnstruo- 
tion  for  Lower  Cunada,  which  was  vacated 
by  the  ap^H'intinent  of  Dr.  Meilleur  to  the 
office  of  postmaster  of  tlie  City  of  Montreal. 
He  framed  new  educational  laws  which  were 
carried  in  parliament  by  M.  Cartier.  and 
established    nornml  schooU,    founded    tw& 

iouroala  of  education,  an  Eneliah  and  s 
•"renoh  one,  contributing  largely  himself  to 
both  of  them.  At  the  time  of  the  Trtffi 
difficulty,  M.  Chauveau,  then  superintend- 
ent of  Public  Instruction,  formed  a  company 
of  the  Ouisfeiifx  Canaditns,  of  whi 
was  captain,  and  which  was  composed 
ty  of  the  ofticers  of  the  department  of 
Instruction,  and  of  the  pupils  of  the  Jacqnei 
Cartier  Normal  aohooL  During  the  tint 
Fenian  invasion  three  battalions  of  home 
guards  were  formed  in  Montreal,  corret- 
ponding  to  the  three  electoral  divisiout. 
Hon.  James  Ferrier,  Hon.  Henry  Stames 
and  Hon.  P.  J.  O.  Chauveau  were  appoint- 
ed lieutenant-colonels  of  the  three  battalioDJi 
The  Normal  School  Company  of  the  Choh 
9€ttrii  became  the  nucleus  of  the  Esstorm 
division  battalion.  When  the  Fenian  tcoa- 
blei  were  over,  the  bnttalions  were  thaaksd 
for  their  services,  and  the  lieuteuHnt-colonels 
were  allowed  to  retain  their  rank  in  the  miU- 
tia.  In  November,  1806,  M.  Chauveau  was 
sent  I  in  a  niissinn  to  visit  the  educational  in* 
atitutions  of  Europe.  He  started  with  Messn, 
Cartier  and  Macdonald,  who  were  going 
Ixmdon  to  obtain  the  iwasing  of  the  BtiU 
North  America  .\ct.  He  visited  Ireland, Soot*' 
land,  England,  France,  Belgium,  Germany 
and  Italy.  He  returned  to  Canada  iu  Ju 
18t>7,  and  a  few  weeks  after  his  return,  M. 
Canchon,  having  failed  to  fom\  the  first 
ministration  of  the  Province  of  Quebec,  M. 
Chauveau  was  sent  for  and  succeeded.  He 
was  returned  by  acclamation  for  his  old 
Cuunty  of  Quebec,  both  for  the  Local  and 
f       he  Federal  parliaments.     He  rcoiained 


Li(U^ 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


r»03 


m  Drorinciol  accretarjr  »nd  as  uiiniatur  of 

tblio  iaBtnictiun,   %t    the  head  of  the  ^'ov- 

iment   uf    the    provinuti     until    JHnuaryt 

M,  when  he  ncxiepted  the  office  of  prosi- 

int  i»f  the  SotiJit**,  vaciited  hy  tlie  r^ignn* 

in  of  M.  Cftiichoii.        Uu  waa  nucceeded  hy 

Ouimet.     In   J&ntiary,    1H74,  the  Moc- 

tnzio  uoTcmment  appointed   Mr.  Ohhstie 

lidtfut    of    the     iseiJFite,     revoking     M. 

i»uvv«u's  cvinuiipsion.      M.  Chaurenu  re- 

lod  liis  seat  in  the  Senate  to  contest  the 

if    Chnrleroix   with  M.     Tremblny, 

defeated.      In  April,    1870.  he  was 

ktcd  a  member  of  the  Quebec  harbour 

lion,  and    was  elected    president  of 

commUaiun.      In  September,  1877. 

wa«  appointed  sheritl'    of   the  district  of 

[ootreiU,  the  ottice  having  been  vacated  by 

the   death    of   M.    Leblauc.       In    1878  the 

L«val  I'liiversity,  having  established  facul- 

of  theidngy.of  law.  and  of  medicine,  in 

[onireji),  appointed  M.  rhaureau  profenur 

"  Roman  law,  on  which  he  delivers  a  lecture 

day  during  the    three    terms  of  the 

On  the  demise  of  the    late  M.  Cher- 

ir,    M.  Chanvi'au   has   been  elected  deuii 

the   faculty.       M.    ('haaveau  is  a  doctor 

laws  and  a  doctor  uf  letters  of  Laval,  and 

)tor  of  laws  uf    Met j ill    and  of    Bishops' 

vllegtis.       He    is  a   member  of   the    Royal 

nety  in  the  section  of  French  literaturo. 

_  .  }ha»  been  vioo-presidcnt  and  subHciiuent- 

\f  ^fesiiieot  of  ttie  society,  and  the  tran- 

MCtions  include  several  speeches  and  essays 

Uiin.      He  has  been  president  andhouer- 

lident  of  tlie  (Quebec  Literary  and 

loal  Society,  uf  the  Institut  Canailien 

lehec  :  of  the  Institut  Canadian  Fran- 

cais.  id  Montreal ;  of  the   Sooiet^  St.  Joan 

bptiste,  of  Quebec  ;  of  the  Sooie(6  St.  Jean 

iptiste,  of  Montreal ;  of   the  Societc^  His- 

ique,  of  Montreal  ;  and  of  the  Numismatic 

nety  of  Montreal.     He  is  a  titular  mum- 

the  Academie  des   Muses  Santones. 

loe  ;  and  a  correppondinK  member  of 

kth^fK^   fx>nisinnni8,  of  New  Orleans. 

le  is  commander  of  the  Order  of  Pius  the 

.;  kniij;ht  of  the  Order  of  St.  Gr^or^*,  and 

Boier  de  I'liistniolion  Publique  of  France. 

was  a  contributor  to  the  Canadient  in 

and  in  verse,  at  a  very  early  age,  and 

in  18-iO,  regular  curreepondent  of 

*  fnirruT  iUn  EUit*  Unis,  uf  New  York, 

mad  wrote  monthly  lutters  to  that  paper  up 

Id   IBol.      Bis  pieces  of  poetry  which  have 

been  mure  frequently  reprinted  are  **  Joies 

Ifaivea/'    **  Donnaconna,"   and    "  Epitre  a 

M.  de  Piiibus<)ue."    He  cimtributed  urttoles 

rvview  to  the  Oinnion  PfUtlupiCy  and  t<i  the 

lU  Montrtal,  loul  wrvite  a  lievm  Enru- 


p^eiiiie  for  each  of  those  publications.  His 
Bpeeclies  at  the  laying  of  the  cttrner  stone  uf 
the  monument  of  the  battle  of  Ste.  Foye,  on 
the  inauguiation  of  the  monument  to  H. 
Garneau,  at  the  translation  of  the  remains 
of  Mgr.  de  Laval,  and  other  orations,  and 
some  of  his  parliamentary  speeches,  would 
form  several  volumes.  He  has  published 
the  folloftinp  volumes  :—*  Charles  Guerin. 
rouian  de  Mteurs  Canadiennes,  1852.'' 
"  L' Instruction  Publiqueau  Canada,  1876." 
**Snuvonir»  et  Legendes,  1877,"  (partly  in 
prose  and  partly  in  verse)  '*  Francois 
XavierGameau,  sa  vie  et  bob  (i^uvree,  1B83." 
"  Voyage  de  S.  A.  le  Prince  de  Galles  en 
Ameriqne,  1861."  The  same  in  English. 
M.  Chauveau  wrote  also  for  the  English 
JonrntU  vf  Educitium,  a  history  of  the  Uni- 
versities of  Luval,  Toronto  and  MeOill.  He 
married,  on  the  *J2nd  Sept.,  1840,  Marie 
Louise  Fluru  Masse,  daughter  of  the  late 
Pierre  Masse,  and  of  Mario  Anne  Boucher, 
who  died  on  the  24th  May,  1875.  He  baa 
had  by  her  eight  children,  six  daughters  and 
twit  SODS.  The  eider  son,  Pierre  Chau- 
veau, was  for  some  time  an  othcer  of  the 
departmentof  Public  Instruction. and  assist- 
ant editor  of  the  JounyU  dr.  Vhisimciion 
PMhlique.  He  has  resided  sometime  at 
Carleton,  Baie  des  Chaleurs,  and  is  now  a 
resident  of  Montreal.  The  younger  son, 
the  Hon.  Alexandre  Chauveau,  has  been 
member  of  parliament  for  the  County  of 
Kimouski,  was  admitt«<l  to  the  bar  in  180*J, 
is  a  graduate  of  McGill  College,  and  has 
held  at  the  same  early  age  as  did  his  father, 
the  positions  of  S4}Iicitor  general  and  of  sec- 
retary of  the  Province.  He  is  new  judge  of 
the  Sessions  at  Quebec.  Of  the  six  girls, 
one  died  in  infancy  ;  another,  Marie  Caro- 
line Olympe.  died  of  consumption  in  1855, 
at  the  age  of  eleven  ;  another,  Henriette, 
married,  in  October,  1870,  Lieutenant  Wm. 
Scott  Glendonwin,  of  Parton,  Scotland,  of 
the  (ilHh  Reyiment,  now  major,  and  left  for 
Ik-rmudas,  where  she  died  of  typhoid  fever 
on  the  I7th  Dec-ecber,  The  elder  sister, 
Flore,  died  on  the  14th  March  filloviug. 
And  un  the  30th  of  December,  1873  a  few 
mi>nth8  after  her  mother,  Elizn,  who  was  a 
nun  of  the  Congregation  of  Notre  Dame, 
under  the  name  of  Sister  Ste.  Florine,  died 
at  Montreal.  The  youngest  daughter,  Hon- 
orine,  is  married  to  Dr.  Vallfce,  oi  Quebec, 
a  well-known  scientist  and  professor  ut  Lava] 
UniTersity.  M.  Chauveau  has  caused 
two  monuments  to  be  erected  in  the  chapel 
of  the  Ursulines,  where  his  wife  and  three 
of  his  daughters  are  buried.  One  by  Mar- 
shall Wood  represents  the  three  daughtera 


bOi 


A  CfCLOPJSDIA  OF 


u  Pftitli,  Hope  and  Charity,  in  alto  relievo, 
an«l  the  other  opposite,  by  Van  huoper, 
has  a  bauo  relievo  of  the  Mattt  hotarima 
of  Carlo  Doloe,  with  the  apprupriateinscrip- 
tiou  **  Quilt  eat  homo  qui  noti  Ht*r«t  f"  Our 
Bubjtict  id  of  cotirisu  a  iU)man  catliolic, 

Olanffotv,  ]9|iyor  John,  Hamilton, 
whom  we  have  selected  an  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  horn  at  Ijeitholm,  Herwick- 
shtre,  Scotland,  on  Feb.  l.'tth,  1821.  He  is  a 
son  of  James  f>la9g>iw,  a  worthy  man,  who 
ill  tho  old  cnnntry  cmploynl  himself  as  a 
contractor.  The  family  came  to  Canada  in 
1832,  the  year  uf  the  terrible  obolera,  and 
settled  in  Hamilton.  It  will  be  intvreatiiig 
t«i  state  that  the  tirst  night  tho  family  spent 
in  Canada  they  were  oblij^ed  to  sleep  upon 
the  wharf,  so  t^rvat  waa  the  dread  "of 
league''  by  the  inhabitants.  Mr.  Glasgow 
did  not  take  kindly  to  HamtUtm,  and  in  a 
few  months  removed  to  Bnai  Flnmboro'. 
where  he  took  a  buah  farm.  Tbia  farm  he 
worked  succ-essfully  for  many  years,  and  died 
upon  it  in  It^T^j,  at  the  age  of  U8  years  and 
two  months.  .Mrs  tJlas^ow,  onr  nubject'a 
mother,  died  in  the  year  of  the  Mackenzie 
robeUiou.  John  Ulasgow  was  thu  youngest 
of  the  family,  and  he  received  a  common 
school  education.  He  remained  upon  tho 
farm,  after  leaving'  school,  till  1840,  when 
he  repaired  to  Hamilton.  He  was  always 
full  of  the  military  spirit,  and  served  in  the 
lat  batt.  of  Incorporated  Militia.  This  re- 
giment was  compo&ed  almost  entirely  of 
legalars.  Leaving  this  regiment,  he  re- 
turned  again  to  the  farm,  where  be  remtiiued 
till  1870.  In  that  year  he  removed,  onoe 
again,  to  Hamilton,  in  which  city  he  has 
sinoe  resided.  In  1837  he  was  called  out  in 
the  militia,  and  served  at  Toronto  and  Navy 
Xdand.  After  leaving  Hamilton  in  1842  he 
was  appoitiled  lieutenant  and  adjutant  of 
the  Kaat  Flamhoro'  militia.  Three  years 
later  ho  wiui  appointed  captain,  remaining 
adjutant.  In  1805  he  went  to  Toronto  and 
entered  the  Military  School,  then  under  the 
direction  of  Captain  Carter.  He  received  a 
diploms,  and  iii  18tiG,  the  year  of  the  Fenian 
raid,  organised  a  c*  mpiiuy  of  volunteers  in 
Kast  Flamboro*.  This  company  he  had  the 
pleasure  of  commanding.  In  the  same  year 
ho  wss  goxetted,  and  in  18G8  was  joined  in 
the  present  llith  batt.  of  Hamiliou.  He 
likewise  nssiated  in  oigani&ing  the  present 
77th  batt.  of  Wentworth  Volunteers,  and 
has  been  called  the  **  Father  of  the  Bat- 
talion.' He  was  at  this  time  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  m^jor  and  pay-maater  of  the 
77th,  and  remained  in  the  regiment  until 
1B83,  when  he  retired,  retaining  rank.      In 


1861  oiir  snbject  was  elected  to  the  tovmbi^ 
council  of  Kast  Flamht>ro',  and  remamcd 
for  seven  years  councilman.  In  18'j!tht*wu 
elected  alderman  for  No.  n  wi^rd,  HnmuI- 
ton ;  and  was  chairman  of  Uie  Boiud  •>• 
Works  for  four  years.  Ho  is,  at  time  of  unt 
iiig  nSSS)  alderman  of  No.  f»  ward.  Mij'tr 
Glasgow  is  &  Freemason  ;  be  is  likawiac 
chairman  of  the  charitable  board  iif  ihe  St 
Andrew's  Fkmevolent  Society.  He  hsa  tr«t- 
I  oiled  through  the  great-er  portitm  of  ihe 
United  Statea.  and  in  1875  vinitcd  Kngland, 
Ireland  and  Scotland.  After  an  absence  uf 
forty-thtee  years  he  visited  his  native  vil- 
lage, and  only  found  four  persons  ihrrv 
whom  lie  knew  at  the  time  uf  leaving.  Id 
1842  he  married  Robina  Mackenzie,  whoa* 
father  came  Imm  Sutherlandahire,  Scottaod. 
This  worthy  sire  is  a  member  of  the  uldmt 
Clan  Mackenzie  in  ^ic<Jtland.  Germane  tv 
this  it  may  be  mentioned  that  Mr.  Glasgow 'i 
sncestors  were  one  of  the  oldest  and  most 
pruniineot  border  funiilies  in  Scotland,  trac- 
ing their  deeds  back  ^I'M)  years.  The  familv 
crest  is  a  crown  held  m  the  hand,  «ilh  tb» 
motto  Quo  /fid  ft  (//wftii  — where  Honour  anil 
Right.  Our  worthy  Major  is  somewhat  aft 
poet,  as  witneas  this  quatrain  on  his  fumiij 
motto  : 

Qut>  fan  et  glnrla,— thU  I  boaat 
Of  ijI'TV  whwe  nn  riBht  ia  lost. 
Twin  links  in  ono  they  surely  *rv, 
Wht*n  honour  tx^un  ii<>  MJilhfiil  nomr. 
Aud  nuhlc  nuuilHMxl  iKiints  the  way. 
Which  leiwlii  ttj  Virtue's  loyal  Mway. 

Major  Glasgow  is  a  Conservative^   and 
Preabytenan. 

IVU'lioUon,  Henry  Albert.,  Mana- 
ger (jf  the  Bank  of  Commerce,  London, 
Ont-urio,  was  born  at  CikU,  in  the  above 
province,  in  January,  1651,  being  a  son  of 
Ralph  Charles  Nicholson  and  Elixtbeth 
Koy.  Mr.  Nioholaon  was  ed uoated  fni 
a  commercial  life  at  the  (ialt  Colle?iate  In 
stitate,  at  Upper  Canada  College,  and  m 
England.  He  entered  the  Banl&of  British 
North  America  at  Toronto  in  1808,  and 
served  in  thia  institution  fur  live  years,  ak 
Toront«>,  Ifnmtford,  Halifax,  St.  John,  St. 
Stephen,  New  York  and  Ottawa.  He  joined 
the  statT  of  the  Canadian  Bank  of  Cum- 
meroe  at  Toronttj  in  1873  ;  in  1874  was  ap* 
pointed  chief  clerk  at  thoir  New  York 
agency  ;  in  1881  took  tlie  position  of  aasis- 
tant  inspector;  and  in  1884  became  roaoa- 
ger  of  the  I^ondon  branch.  Mr.  Nicholson 
married  on  the  ItSth  October,  1871'.  Eunice 
C.  Tr(»op  of  Halifax.  He  is,  and  always 
has  been,  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land. 


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CANADIAN  BJOGRAPEY. 


ItiuiMrh,  Dunald,    wu    boru    at 

Badeuuch,  SootJand,  in  ITIK*,  aiiiI 

ite<i  to  (JlengAiry,    Cana<ln,  in   1820. 

'  d  lit  the  partsli  tch'io],  timt 

V'  of  education  t<>  which  tfau 

"inn  are  born,  one  of  the  many 

lU  uf  Knox  to  hia  conntry.      He  whs 

id  alao  on  the  nigged  munntAina  and 

ilad  moors    of    his  native    land  info 

strength  and  physical  trndurancc.  He 

Ip.  we  are  informed  by  a  graphic  and 

tg  writer,  h&ndsouie  and  siroiig.  keen 

skilful   of  hand  ;  he  kuBW  wull  the 

o£  the   red    deer,    where    the  iniiir 

-;ptarmigan  lovetl  to  fttay,  and  all 

:retB  of  succeasful  angling.     In 

bya,  ft»  DOW,  many  a  Highland  lad 

away  from  hii  Patire  hilU  into  the 

fighters,  f>r  the  ranka  of  thinkers^ 

[Iti  in  the  stir  and  Birug^le  of  life,  to  | 

loir  mark  on  every  field  of  manly  en- 

ir.    W'ltli  the  ad  venttiroiift  spirit  of  the 

Punng  Diiialil  C^ttanach  lt*ft  his  na- 

jomo  fur  htintiurable   eiupl>*ytiient  in 

Uv  was  notiocahio  there  aa  tiding 

fally  a  clansman,  proud  of  the  Utgh- 

ills,  and  keen  to  uphold  tiie  honour  of 

Lu,    He  freijuently  tried  bin  proweaa 

tiintini;  tield  and  on  the  moors  sgulnst 

lifl  ■piirtftinen,   Ottltiilduntiiii  and 

Qomlericke,    whoiit^   names    are 

M  Wurds  akhiiugh  two  genera- 

ttaed  since  then  ;  and  Sir  Hftrry 

ieke  shewed    so   much   appreciation 

•porting  <|unIitieB  that  he  presented 

|ih  a  "  Joe  Manton."  which  is  now  a 

»d    heirloom    in    the   family.       Mr. 

:h  brought  some  sporting  dogs  with 

this   oounlrr.     Two  of  these,   fox- 

I.  were  preaontod  by  him  to  the  M-mt- 

[uut    CluH,  and    contributed    largely 

a  success  which  it  has  maintained 

preMDt  day.   Dining  his  residence 

(land   his  father's   family    left   Loch 

side  fur  Canada  and  settled  in  the 

_wooda   of    Ulengsrry.       Uis    eldest 

late  Colonel    Cattanuch,   who 

implny«d  by  tim  government  as 

Ift]  land  surveyor,  enoouraged  him  iu 

ig  busin<'si  ms  a  nierchout  at  Prie«t*i 

sailed    afterwards     Alexandria.     Mr. 

in  ommon  with   many  others, 

lur  hopehn  sbout  the  condition  uf 

iniry,    whtch    waa   pretty    primitive 

ind  h^d  almost  docldt^d  t/i  re 

id.     Hi-*  »itnn  becAMto  occlima- 

and  lilso  keenly  interested  in 

and  iinprovrment  of  the  new 

Kts  needs  were  apparent  enough. 

rcre  lung  stretches  of  primeval  foroal^ 


traversed  by  deer  paths,  dotted  with  lakes, 
iuterseoted  by  rivers,  waiting  to  be  bpjken 
into  clearings  and  developed  into  farms,  and 
re<iuiring   passable   roada  above  all  things 
instead    of  paths.       Rivers  required  to  be 
spanned  by  bridges  and  utilized  for  saw  and 
grist    mills.      There  is  something    in    the 
fresh  life  of  a  now  country  so  ho{»efuI  and 
progreosive,  so  full  of  siir  and  Btrug;^'Ie,  trial 
and    endeavour,    that   all   now    comers  are 
■oon  drawn  into  the  stream  of  efforts.      It 
wiis   so    with    Donald    Cattanach  :    he    was 
not   the  less    Highland    and  clannish  that 
he     becamA   an    earnest-hearted,     patriotic 
Canadian,  aeekinj;  the  welfare  of  the  land 
he  lived  in  and  the  benefit  of  the  people 
among  whom  he  dwelt,  as  well  oa  his  own. 
One  of   Mr.  Cattanach*s  first  effbrta  for  Lhe 
benefit  of  the  new  land  wss  in  this  matter 
of  roads,  and   he   was  appointed  a  commis- 
sioner.   Some  of  the  youni<  men  who  earned 
their  first    wages   at  that    work  under  him 
are    now   in    their    old    n^e    mdependently 
wealthy.     In  \^'M)  he  was  apptiint*^il  magis- 
trate.     Law  and  lawyers  were  de1i)fht<ully 
scarce  iu  the  newly  settled  parts  of  Canada 
Ht  thu  time.     A  Celtic  opinion  that  it  was 
mean  to  appeal  to  the  law  to  lettle  a  dispute 
with    a  neighbour    was  very  perceptible  in 
Glengarry  many  years  later     Strenuth  of 
arm  had  often  the  advantage  of  strength  of 
intellect,  the  kn<>ck  down  argument  being 
counted  very  convincing.  Magisterial  duties 
in  these  early  times  were  exceeding  various. 
They  solemni/.ed  matrimony,  iu  oonsofiuenoe 
of   the   dearth  of   ministers  ;   they    settled 
cases  arising  out  of  the  bewitchment  of  cows 
and  of  people — the  belief  in  witchcraft  emi- 
grated with  the  early  settlers^  and  it  linger- 
ed long  iu  some  parta, — they   had  perplex- 
ing ca^os    to    settle   arisin-^  out  of  quarrels 
about   lino  fences,    individual  hi^hts  being 
pertinaciously  defended  ;  they  had  various 
other  causes  to  try  arising  from  original  sin 
or  backwoods  pugitaciiiusneas,     In  1832  he 
nisrried  Cnthariue  McDonell,  widow  of  Mr. 
Duncan  McMdlan.      In  thu  same  year  ha 
rentoved  to  lands  ho  had  purchased  in  Ken* 
yon.  on  the  Lochiel  border.     He  called  hia 
place  Laggan,  in  loving  romembrauc*  of  his 
far-away   early    home    in    Inremeas-ahire. 
Here  he  lived    hia  life,   a   notioeable  figure 
in    the  liial  >ry    of   ^llengarry  for  the    next 
fifty  years.      At  LsgHWi  he  foUoweil  store- 
keeping  ;  he  lumbered  :  he  ftvrmed  ;  he  kept 
the  p<4t   ofiice  ;    he  dispenited    justice  ;    ho 
encouraged  fariuers  and  mechanics  to  settle 
around    him.   giving  vinploytneiit    to    very 
many  in  his  variutaS  enterjirisea,  and  among 
(hem  many   Krvnch-Coiiadlan  families  who 


506 


A  CYCLOPyJSVJA  OF 


looked  ap  to  bim  a*  &  putriarcb.  Hit  wif^, 
dying  ynung,  left  hirn  with  two  children, 
Alexander  J.  (.'att&nAch,  now  barriflter-at- 
law,  of  Toronto  ;  and  Catharine,  who  inar- 
riod  the  Rev.  Hugh  Campbell,  of  Corn- 
wall ;  and  a  Btepson,  John  Cattanaoh  Mc- 
Millan, uow  of  Toronto,  lu  \S'^9  be  mar- 
ried Flora,  dAii|iht<!r  of  Juhn  McKenzie,  of 
Kenyon.  Our  subject  t*>ok  a  deep  interest 
in  Sabbath-schools,  and  organized  such  in 
■eventl  localities.  Hb  was  a  ztaloiia  and 
able  advocatb  of  the  temperance  cause,  and 
by  precept  and  example  in  that  line  he  waa 
the  means  of  doing  mnch  good.  He  filled 
the  ofiice  of  elder  iu  the  FrcBbyterian 
ehnrob  for  a  lung  periud  of  time,  and  often 
sat  aa  a  conimluiioner  in  the  hij(hest  court 
of  the  chnrch.  He  was  for  a  length  of  time 
employed  as  a  lay  preocher  and  catechist, 
which  office  he  filled  with  ability  and  acoep- 
tanoe.  His  hospitality  was  unbounded,  hia 
bouse  being  always  open  to  the  wayfarine 
man  and  the  stmn^er — to  which  high  and 
low,  rich  and  poor,  often  resorted,  and  were 
hospitably  received  and  entertained.  He 
was  of  a  kind  and  genial  disposition,  a  true 
and  faithful  friend,  and  a  highly  eeteemed 
and  divoted  Christian.  He  was  hUo  an 
anient  lover  of  music,  and  had  fewsu]wriors 
in  the  rendering  of  the  pibrtichs  of  hia  na- 
tive land,  which  he  studied  under  famous 
maaters.  He  was  a  Libeml  in  politics,  and 
assisted  materially  in  breaking  np  the  family 
compact  in  Glengarry,  which  after  that  never 
had  a  representative  from  (Glengarry.  He 
was  an  excellent  public  speaker,  and  could 
■peak  with  ^qual  Huency  in  English  and 
Gaelic,  and  almost  ihe  same  facility  in 
French.  He  died  at  Winnipeg,  on  the  25>th 
May,  IHH'A,  in  the  eighty-fourth  year  of  bis 
age.  His  father  lived  to  the  age  of  ninety  six. 
Dero<*lie,  llnniinel  Madden.  N'apa- 
nee,  was  born  at  ihe  village  of  Newburgh, 
in  the  County  of  Lennox  and  Addington,  in 
the  Province  of  Ontario,  on  the  27th  of 
August,  1840.  He  is  the  kon  of  Paacal 
Deroche,  a  French  Canadian,  who  waa  bom 
in  Lower  Canada,  but  settled  at  Newburgh, 
about  the  year  1835,  His  mother,  Elizabeth 
Jane  Madden,  is  uf  Irish  extraction,  but 
waa  descended  from  a  family  of  United 
Empire  loyalists,  who  left  the  Uniteil  Statea 
at  the  close  of  the  revolution  and  settled  in 
the  township  of  Emeatown.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  the  Newburg  Grammar  school,  and 
at  the  arts  department  of  the  Tfironto  Uni- 
versity, where  ho  graduated  with  tirst-class 
htmoura  in  IBtVB,  havinif  alao  taken  the  firat 
prize  as  speaker  for  that  year.  <.)ur  subject 
taught  as  second  master  in  the  Newburgh 


High  school   for   four   y«&ra,  and  aa 
master  of  the  Napanee  Hiti^h  achiM*l  furli 
years.     He  began  the  study  of  law  iu 
office  of  D.  H.  l^reston,  uf  Napanee,  in  1871^ 
and  afterwards  studied   in  the  ctfice  oi 
late  James  Hethune.  Q.C. ,  in  Toront 
was  called  to  the  bar  at  Ka»t«r  term  ii 
and   since    then    has    been    m     pra< 
Napanee.     He  belcnged  to  the  Queeri'i'J 
Ritiea  in  Toronto  during  the  time  he 
student  at  University  college,  Toront 
took  part  in  the  short  campaiitn  agaii 
Fenians   in  18ti0,  and    waa  preaent  at 
battle  of  Kidgeway,  on  the  2nd   of  Juns 
that  year.     Mr.   DfrLK:he  waa  ducted  to 
Legislature    of    i>ntario    in     1871    for    ti 
riding  of  Addington,  having  defeated  E. 
Hooper,    the   silting    member,    by   a  » 
majority.     He    moved    the     reply    to 
Speech  from  the  Throne  in  1^71.    He  i 
member  at  the  time  of  the    d^  f 
Hon.    John    Macdunald's    adn. i 
He  was  re*el<»cted    iu    lK7o,  ari<i  .-i'.- 
1870.  but  waa  defeated  at  the  gener»l 
tion  in  1883.     Mr.  Deroche  is  a  LibvKM  <i> 
politico,  and  a  supporter  of  Mr.    Hlake  aud 
Mr.    Mowat.      He   waa   a    member    of   tb* 
Council  of   Public    Instruction   of  Ontario 
from  1B73  until  the  otlice  was    abolished ; 
waa  inspector  of  schools  for  the    t-iwu  **( 
Napanee  from  1870  to  IH72,  and  has  been 
a    member   of   the    county    board   for   the 
examination  of  teachers  from  1871  untxltbe 
present  time.    Mr.  Deroche  is  a  Freemasodk 
and  belongs  to  the  Chnrch  of  Engbuid.   Hit 
wife  was  Sarah  Ann  Christian  Pile,  a  natii 
of  the  island  of  Barbadoes,  and  a  daui^t 
of  Tbomaa  G.  Pile,  many  yean  a  planter 
that  ialand,  but  now  the  collector  of  cnytoma 
at  the  village  of  Deseronto,  in  the  <' 
of   HastingR.      Mr.  Pile's  family  waa  > 
the  oldest  in  the  island  of  BarbaJoeA.     M. 
Denwhe  waa  married  on  the  !>bh  of  Decem- 
ber, 1872.  and  has  four  children. 

Feririiaon,  William;,  Kingston.  Sher- 
iff of  Frontenao.  Ontario,  waa  bom  iu  the 
City  of  Armagh,  Ireland.  ItiOi.  He  is  a 
son  of  Jameaaud  Jane  Ferguaon,  reudents 
of  that  city  ;  and  his  father  was  engaged  in 
the  iron,  timber,  and  coal  trade,  and  wai 
possessed  of  strong  Protest&nt  procliviiiai. 
Our  subject  waa  educated  at  theGr^mnur 
school  of  his  native  city,  and  came  to 
Canada  with  his  father  in  1820,  the  famdy 
settling  in  Kingston,  where  Mr.  Fentuson, 
senior,  purchased  a  farra  in  the  adjotntng 
townahip  of  Pit*a'  urjr,  William  reniuned 
upon  the  farm  uniii  hia  father'a  draih. 
which  occurred  in  1833,  when  he  left  the 
hoinestead    and    commenced    busineaa    la 


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CANADIAN  BIOORAPBY. 


sor 


ifi«ld  ft*  *  general  nierchfint.     In  &ddi- 
to   hit  regular  huainoss,  ho  became  & 
tor  under  the  luiperml  government, 
■lying  fonge  and  fuel  for  t.he  Kingston 
•n    for  a4>me    yeixn.     \{^   also    cun- 
Xo  draw  the  cut  stuuu  re^iuired  to 
Fori  Runry  in  1H34  34i.     In  the  year 
Mr.  Kei^iRon  gave  up  hia  store  and 
■k  of  contracting,  on  his  appointment 
■inuror  for  the  united  counties 
y  Lennox,  and  Addin^ton,  be 

iiiL-  iirvud  previously  as  district  council- 
lor for  the  township  of  Pittsburjf,  Krontenac 
oouaty.  This  pusition  he  occupied  for 
Iwentr-tvo  yeani,  and  surrendered  it  only 
lo  accept  the  office  of  sheriff  in  1867,  which 
position  he  has  filled  to  the  present  time. 
Sheriff  Pei^Ufton  is  a  fine  specimen  of  an 
old  Canadian  gentleman,  iie  is  in  vigorous 
health,  and  performs  his  duties  with  all  his 
mental  and  physical  faculties  unimpaired, 
and  bids  fair  to  do  so  for  many  yvars  to 
come.  At  the  time  of  the  rebellion  of 
1837-8  Mr.  Ferguson  was  lieutenant  of  the 
3rd  infantry  corps  of  Frontenac,  which 
lAW  active  service  —  our  subject  being 
laaigned  the  duty  of  guarding  the  resi- 
dence of  the  president  of  the  court  martial 
which  tried  the  rebels  taken  at  the  Wind- 
mill. Ue  has  continued  a  member  of 
that  oorpa  to  this  date,  now  occupying  the 
position  of  lieutenant-colonel,  and  having 
been  promoted  step  by  step  to  that  rank. 
He  was  returned  to  the  legislature  of  the 
Prorinoe  of  Canada  in  18B3,  and  repre- 
•mted  the  County  of  Frontenac  durin»( 
one  parliament  He  was  a  staunch  sup- 
porter of  Sir  John  A.  Macdouald,  and  still 
retains  bis  former  political  prtM^livities.  Ue 
ia  A  member  of  !?t.  John's  lodge,  A.F.  & 
A.M.,  and  Catanufui  chapter  of  Kingston, 
of  which  he  is  one  of  the  oldest  members. 
He  is  likewise  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
England,  with  low  church  procUvitiee.  Sher- 
iff Fei^guson.  we  may  say,  was  the  tint  per- 
•on  in  the  County  of  Frontenac  who  intro- 
dvovd  thorough-bred  Dnrhams  ;  and  the 
firvt  penon  in  the  Uominiuu  to  cause  to  be 
«r«Otod  permanent  structures  for  the  use 
of  the  Provincial  Agricultural  Exhibition, 
being  a  member  of  the  AKricullural  Asao- 
oifttion  for  many  years,  and  twice  preaident ; 
and  had  the  htmour  to  act  as  such  in  open- 
\t^^  the  ttnt  Provincial  Agricultural  show  at 
the  new  buildings  eructed  in  'roronti>  for 
that  purpose.  Mr.  Ki*rgus«fn,  in  183n,  mar- 
ried Mary  Jane,  a  daughter  of  William 
Walker,  of  the  township  of  Storrington,  a 
farmer  uf  that  lr»calitr,  doooaaed.  Hy  this 
union  he  has  had  twelve  children,  of  wlioin 


ten  are  living — seven  boys  and  three  girls. 
James  Ferguson,  the  eldest  son,  has  been 
mail  otHcer  on  the  AlUn  steamship  line,  in 
the  employment  of  the  Canadian  govern- 
ment, for  the  past  twenty- five  years.  Ed- 
ward G.  Ferguson,  M.  D. ,  the  third  son,  is 
president  uf  the  Medical  council  of  Oeorgi^, 
U.S.,  and  has  been  re-elected  to  fill  this  p  - 
sition  for  three  successive  yeara.  \V*hen  the 
call  for  doctors  to  check  the  progress  of  the 
yellow  fever  came,  he  was  the  first  to  re- 
spond, and  after  three  months  of  unwoary- 
in*j  labour,  had  the  satisfaction  <'f  seeing  its 
deadly  footsteps  arrested.  He  is  a  gnuluatc 
of  Queen's  Cnivenity.  T.  Brooks  Ferguson, 
B.A. ,  fourth  son,  also  a  graduate  of  Queen'? 
University,  is  Dominion  Lands  agent  m 
Qu'Appelle.  North- West  territory.  V.  Marks 
Ferguson,  fifth  son,  is  agent  of  the  St.  Pan] 
and  Milwaukee  Railroad  at  Windsor,  On- 
tario. Horace  A.  Ferguson  spent  the  earlier 
portion  of  his  life  in  the  Post  Oflice  depart- 
ment, Ottawa,  and  is  now  in  Lfoa  Ajigeles, 
California,  U.S.,  for  the  benefit  of  his  health. 
Fred.  W.  Ferguson  is  in  the  employment  of 
the  Merchants  Bank  of  Canada,  Winnipeg, 
Manitoba,  and  has  done  great  and  impor- 
tant aerrioe  for  many  years  in  settling  up  the 
outside  affairs  of  the  bank.  A.  J.  Fergusor^ 
the  youngest  sun,  ia  assistant  manager  of 
the  Merchants    Bank  in    London. 

Coiirtne3',  John  9l4»rtiiiier,  Ottawa^ 
was  b<jrn  at  Penzance,  Cornwall,  England, 
on  the  22nd  July,  1838,  and  received  his 
education  by  private  tuition.  He  was  for 
some  years  in  India  and  Australia,  where 
he  was  in  the  service  of  the  Agra  Bank  ; 
and  entered  the  public  service  of  Canada 
aa  chief  clerk  on  the  2nd  of  June,  18(}9. 
He  was  appointed  deputy-minister  of  Fi- 
nance on  the  1st  of  August,  1878,  and  la 
also  deputy- Keceiver-General  and  secretary 
of  the  Treasury  H  lard.  Mr.  Courtney 
married  on  the  5th  of  October,  1870.  Mary 
EliKiboth  Sophia,  second  daughter  of  the 
late  Fennings  Taylor,  clerk  Msistant  of  the 
Senate  of  Canada.  Our  subject  is  a  younger 
brother  of  Leonanl  Ci)urtu«y,  M.  P  fiir 
the  Bodmin-Likkeard  division,  ('ounty  "( 
Cornwall,  England,  who  during  the  Olad- 
stone  administration  held  the  ottices  uf 
UDder-aecretary  nf  state  of  the  homo  de- 
partment, under- secretary  uf  state  for  the 
colonies,  and  financial  secretary  to  the 
treasury.  He  is  likewise  adii*«cU'r  of  the 
Civil  Service  Building  and  Savings  Siiciety, 
He  has  the  widely-vstabliahed  repute  of 
being  a  very  capable  deputyniinist«r,  anJ 
he  enjiiys  a  large  share  of  popularity  outsridc' 
of,  and  Within,  the  SMrvioe. 


jm 


A  CTCLOFjKDIA  of 


Fennell  Jobn,    Borlin,  Outiuio,  wu 

born  at  Cobuurg,  Northuaiberland  county, 
OnUrio,  on  the  8tli  t>f  Augutt,  1837.  He 
u  &  ftnti  of  Sitnoo  and  Murthii,  the  maiden 
nunc  of  his  mother  being  iSIcCauiue.  Simon 
Fenncll  wiut  bi>rn  in  tho  County  of  Kildare, 
IrtiUnd.  in  1793.  and  came  to  America  when 
ho  was  twenty-one  yoara  old.  He  travoUcd 
through  the  I'nited  t^tatea  and  the  Maritime 
provinces,  and  afterwards,  turning  his  etepa 
westward, settled  at  the  luj^ubriouBly  named 
place,  HardBcrabble,  now  Cobourg,  m  1821, 
And  the  house  that  he  erected  w&a  among 
the  tirat  built  in  that  village.  He  married 
iu  ltt24»  Ilia  wife's  parenta  having,  with  a 
large  family,  arrived  some  time  Iwfore  fmm 
County  Cavan,  Ireland.  Port  Hope  at  this 
peri(^d  was  known  by  the  s<:>mewhat  vajjiie 
and  general  title  of  Smith's  Creek.  After 
aome  years  residence  in  Cobourg,  he  settled 
on  a  farm  situate  on  th«  front  road  be* 
tween  Coboarg  and  Port  Hope.  Our  sub- 
ject was  bom  in  ihac  stormy  .year  that  aaw 
William  Lyon  M-ickenzie  unfold  hin  banner 
ofrebi'llion;  and  Mr.  Fennell,  who  was  a 
de%'oted  adherent  of  the  authority  of  the 
Crown,  was  found  active  in  the  cavalry 
forces  in  stampiiij^  out  the  insurrection. 
The  family  conaistcd  of  three  br>ya  and  three 
girls.  When  young  John  had  completed 
hiB  primary  studies  ut  the  public  schools, 
he  waa  sentf  lis  his  brother,  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Fennell,  an  Kplscopul  clergyman  now  at  St 
Oathariues,  also  was,  to  Victoria  CoUege, 
Cobourg.  In  18C3  our  subject,  who  had  be- 
wytnti  thoroughly  convuraant  witli  the  hard- 
ware bufiineas,  ofltablished  himself  in  that 
enterprise  at  Herlin.  Before  he  launch- 
ed into  the  undertaking  he  had  r.ade  up 
his  mind  that  success  in  business  is  only 
achieved  by  pursuing  sound  business  princi- 
ples, bv  industry  and  by  unvarying  atten- 
tion. These  ruvilu'ions  Mr.  FennuU  carried 
out  fully,  and  the  fruit  now  iaau  important, 
reputable,  .^t  d  proHtable  business.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  lowu  council  and  a  sturdy 
advocate  of  municipal  improvement ;  and 
for  the  last  sixteen  years  he  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  school  board  as  member  and 
as  chairman.  Since  1B78  he  has  at  inter- 
vals been  very  active  iu  the  political  sphere, 
exerting  himself  in  favour  of  the  cause  of 
Liberal-Conservatism.  He  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the  Liberal-Conservative  Aasocia- 
tinn  of  the  North  Itidiug  of  Waterloo  for  a 
number  of  yeara.  As  we  have  faid,  he  has 
always  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  wel- 
fare of  tlio  town,  and  ha«  done  a  great  desl 
«D  pr(->mot>ng  ita  material  interests.  He  is 
A  prominent  member  of  St.  John's  (Gpisoo- 


pal)  Church,  and  baa  been  for  a  nnmber  of 
years  churchwarden  and  lay  delegate  to  the 
Synod  of  Huron  diocese  ;  and  it  may  be 
stated  that  Mr.  Fennell  staunchly  holds  the 
views  of  the  Evangelical  fmrty  of  the  Church 
of  England,  He  married  in  1864,  Ali< 
Jackson,  of  Stratford,  Ont,  whoae  fami] 
were  amongst  the  earliest  and  most  respec 
od  aettlers  in  that  now  young  city,  and  tfai 
is  a  family  of  four  girls  au'i  ^     -      Tl 

latter  is  attending  Uuiver^  .  T< 

onto.  In  the  summer  of  lo  -  .-.^ .  1  onni 
and  hia  wife  travelled  through  Great  Bi 
tain,  Ireland,  (lermany,  and  France,  viail 
ing  the  principal  placea  of  interest  iu  th< 
countriee.  He  haa  been  a  Freemason  si 
1H03  Hia  mother  still  lives,  and  re«i( 
with  her  dau'.'hter,  Mra.  George  O.  Stanl 
of  Montreal.  She  is  in  her  eighty-brat  ye«r. 
Uawaon,  *».  J.,  M.P.  for  Algoma,  On- 
tario, waa  bom  in  Scotland,  and  came 
Canaida  when  a  boy.  He  is  connected 
both  his  father's  and  mother's  side^  withol 
historic  families,  his  maternal  grandfathi 
having  been  for  a  long  period  heir  presum] 
tive  t  ■  the  estiitea  and  honours  of  the  ad' 
cient  bouse  of  Glengarry,  He  is  unmarried, 
and  by  profession  a  civil  engineer.  H«  waa 
appointed  by  the  government,  in  1H5I,  tu 
plan  and  superintend  the  ecmstntetion  of 
oxtousive  works  then  oontomplatod  mi 
the  St.  Mauricd.  to  open  up  the  vast  pine 
regions  of  that  river  and  ita  tributaries  Uf 
commercial  enterprise,  which  works  he  oar* 
ried  out  aucceaafully.  Iu  1857  he  waa  ap- 
pointed to  explore  the  country  from  Lake 
Superior  westward  to  the  Saskatchewan, 
and  report  upon  its  adaptability  for  settle- 
ment and  the  praoticability  of  opening  up 
communication  therewith.  The  re(»orts  m 
his  explorations  while  on  this  service  drew 
general  attention  to  the  North-Wemt  tern- 
tories,  at  that  time  but  little  known,  ami 
did  much  tu  dispel  the  then  prevalent  ides 
that  they  were  in  great  part  sterile,  and  t^s 
lanre  extent  within  the  regiona  of  perpetual 
frost.  AS  had  been  asserted  by  dilTi-'rout  writ- 
ers who,  in  the  interests  of  the  fur  traders, 
wished  to  exclude  settlumenU  He  resigned 
this  oQice  after  completing  his  reports,  anil 
returned  to  Three  Rivers,  the  people  of  that 
city  having  in  the  meantime  shown  their 
appreciation  of  his  former  services  in  ojvu- 
ing  up  their  great  river,  by  sending  hisbm* 
ther,  who  was  until  then  personally  ud* 
known  to  them,  to  represent  them  in  par 
liament.  In  180T,  he  again  visited  Lake 
Superior,  at  the  request  of  the  government, 
to  indicate  the  proper  starting  place  of  a 
then  contemplated  road  to  the  interior,  ami 


CANADIAN  BlOGRAPBr. 


ttent  At  a  paint  then  coverod  with 
without  any  inhabitants,  hut  at 
ri  time  well  known  as  Port  Arthur. 
I  «p|W  <lir«ct«(l  by  tbo  government 
nee  the  opening  of  the  ronte  1o 
',  now  called  the  '*  D.^wson  route." 
ler  of  that  year  was  chiefly  occu- 
•xploT&tinna  and  surveya,  but  in 
work  was  vigorously  prosecuted. 
i  of  the  year  laai  mentioned  (1809). 
to  was  received  nf  an  outbreak 
le  halMudian  population  o{  the 
m  settlement,  and  Mr.  Diiwson  was 
Uent  for  by  the  government  and 
Enrniflh  tnfitrnialton,  both  as  to  the 
f  dealing  with  anch  of  the  people 
n  up  arms,  and  reaching  theter- 
an  armed  force.  At  bis  augges- 
at-Colonet  de  Salaberry,  a  sou 
ro  of  Chateauj;uay,  and  Judge 
of  the  Superior  Court  of  Quebec, 
out.  The  former  was  on  his  (Mr. 
staff  when  he  ftrst  explored  the 
t  territories  ;  and  Judge  Johnson 
i.»l  the  same  time,  governor  of  Aa- 
f  Both  were  very  popular  with  the 
la^  and  their  success  in  conciliating 
mtents  showed  the  wisdom  of  the 
j  At  the  same  time,  Mr.  Dawson, 
ptructions  from  the  government, 
»  agents  among  the  powerful  bauds 
i  on  the  linfl  nf  n}Ute,  in  order  to 
JMiy  attempts  that  might  be  made 
Vi  of  the  insurgents,  to  tamper  with 
^ake  their  loyalty.  He  was  direct- 
p  provide  the  moans  of  tninsporta- 
nnliit&ry  furce,  intended  to  be  sent 
fti  theopening  of  navigation.  The 
b  b^  passed  through,  between  L&ke 
^nd  Fort  Frances,  had  never  before 
iraed  with  vesaela  Urger  or  strong- 
lie  birchen  canoes  of  the  Indians 
huivra,  and  the  ct&ss  of  boats  to  be 
ft  matter  requirini;  consideration, 
M  to  be  built  of  authcient  capacity 

tth  to  carry  twelve  men  each,  with 
quipmont  and  stores,  and  at  the 
k  m.-LiIti  no  lii^ht  as  to  be  easily 
IT  kce.       Mr.    Dawson 

»  imitioQ  the   servioea 

li  "  from  the  island  of  Or- 

k:  .to  Samia,  on  Lake  Hu- 

!by  thtt  ofNtniug  uf  navigation, 
t870)  had  tine  hundred  and  6fty 
a  aupvrior  class,  t^ijbfether  with  a 
If  flat  scowa  for  carry  mg  storos  ia 
liallow  places,  in  raadinesa  to  be 
^%tA  ;  and  these,  together  with 
ntd  akilled  foynyewi  to  man 
■uon  transported  to  Lake  Sup** 


rior.  Some  delay  was  experienced  in  get- 
ting over  the  road  leading  from  Thunder 
Bay  to  Sbebandowan,  the  first  of  the  inland 
lakes,  but  the  work  remaining  to  be  doue  on 
that  section  was  so  vij^orously  pushed  fur- 
ward  by  the  irtyoj/eurji  and  aoldiers  that,  by 
the  end  of  June,  Lieutenant-tleneral  Sir 
James  Lindsay,  then  commandur- in-chief  of 
the  forces  in  Canada,  after  peratinally  inves- 
tigating the  arrangements  and  iuspeating 
the  work,  gave  the  orders  to  march,  and  the 
Imperial  troops  and  Canadian  vulunteem. 
under  Colonel  (now  Lfird)  Wolaele}*,  the 
commandant  of  the  field  force,  were  carried 
through,  without  ao  much  as  a  single  aoci- 
dent  occurring.  On  this  expedition,  Mr. 
Dawson,  in  a  civilian  capacity,  represented 
the  different  department  of  the  government 
having  to  deal  with  the  service,  and  so  well 
had  every  precaution  been  taken,  and  ao  ef- 
ficiently had  he  been  aided  by  his  staff*, 
among  whom  the  late  Hon.  James  McKay, 
of  Manitoba,  deserves  particular  mention, 
that  on  reaching  Fort  Garry,  (now  Winni- 
peg^ there  was  not  a  single  foe  to  encounter. 
The  insurgents  luid  returned  to  their  alle- 
giance, and  Hiura  disbanded  suldicrs,  in- 
atead  of  showing  liiibt,  were  nt  work  by 
hundreds  on  the  Lake  of  the  Woods  section 
of  the  Dawson  route.  The  march  through, 
or  rather  voyage  of,  the  military'  force,  after 
Shebandow&n  lake  had  been  reached,  was 
like  a  summer  picnic  on  an  extensive  aoale. 
The  boats,  being  well  manned,  wore  easily 
taken  over  the  pi>rtages.  and  the  skill  of  the 
rfiyuyetirx  bad  proved  equal  to  the  whirl- 
pools of  the  Winnipeg.  The  success  of  this 
memorable  boat  voyage,  through  500  miles 
of  wilderness,  led  Lord  Wolseley,  in  after 
years,  to  try  the  same  system  of  trans- 
portation on  the  Nile*  and  it  ia  pleasing 
to  know  that  Canadian  w^jagmn,  many  of 
them  trained  on  the  Dawsou  route,  did  no 
discredit  to  their  country  lu  the  old  land  of 
the  pyramida.  On  returnini;  to  OttawH  at 
the  close  of  the  season.  Mr.  Dawson  was  the 
recipient  of  wann  acknowledgmenta,  both 
from  the  Imperial  and  Dominion  authori- 
ties, and  of  something  suhstantlal  beaidea. 
For  some  years  afterwards,  Mr.  Dawson 
continued  in  charge  of  the  route,  improving 
it  greatly,  and  uaiug  the  boats  of  the  mili- 
tary expedition  for  sending  throu^-h  emi- 
grants from  the  older  sections  of  the  coun- 
try, many  of  whom  are  now  sinong  the  lead- 
ing people  of  Iklanitoba  and  the  Norlh-Weat 
terrilones.  In  this  service  he  employed 
many  of  the  native  Indiana  and  haU-breeda, 
more  especially  as  tvyo^rrun,  and  was  very 
popular  with  them.     In  1B71*».  he  acted  as 


MO 


A  CYChOPMDlA  OF 


honorary  Indian  comminaiiiner  with  Mr. 
Weymisft  W.  StrnpsoD^  chief  Indiiuicomiui«- 
«ioner,  m  hia  negotUtiona  with  the  diffdrent 
banda  uf  Indiana  at  llainy  Kivor  and  the 
Lake  of  the  Wouda  ;  and  in  1B73  was  ap- 
pointed joint  comtniaaioDHr  with  the  Li«u- 
tvnaut*G>)vuruur  of  Manitoba  and  the  In- 
dian couiiuiaaioner  of  the  North-Wuat,  in 
concluding  h  treaty  with  the  Sanlteux  tribe 
of  the  Ojibbeway  Indiana.  In  1874, he  was 
aoticited  by  ajme  of  the  leading  people  of 
Algoma  to  become  a  candidate  fur  the  rop- 
reaentation  of  that  district  in  the  Lesialative 
Aaeembly  of  Ontario,  and  waa  elected  the 
following  auinrner,  liavui};  Hrat  reaigned  the 
charge  of  the  Uawaon  route.  In  1878,  he 
reaigned  hia  aeat  in  the  Legialative  Aaaem- 
blyt  and  waa  elected  for  the  (3omraona,  de- 
feating hia  very  popular  opponent,  Colonel 
Arthur  Rankin,  by  a  majority  of  over  four 
hundred.  At  the  general  election  of  1882,  he 
waa  re-elected  by  a  largely  increaaed  major- 
ity over  the  Hon.  William  McDouyall,  C.Ii., 
who  on  that  occavion  took  the  held  againat 
him.  Mr.  Dawaon.  ever  aince  he  entered 
parliament,  haa  been  the  active  promoter  or 
aupporLer  of  every  mcoanre  in  any  way  con- 
nected with  the  development  of  hia  exten- 
«ive  diatriot  ;  and  when  in  the  Auembly 
of  Ontario  waa  mainly  inatriiinental  in  in- 
augurating a  ayateui  of  colouizition  roada, 
which  has  aince  been  followed  up  with  the 
luoat  aatiafactory  reaulta  in  drawing  in  pop- 
ulation, and  developing  the  agricultural, 
mineral,  and  other  reaourcea  of  Algonia. 
i}ince  he  entered  the  Commona,  new  light- 
honaea.  improved  harboura,  increaaed  poa- 
tal  facllitiua,  railway  and  tclegrauh  lines, 
conatructed  or  projected,  aubatantiol  encour- 
agement to  linea  of  ateamera,  and,  though 
laat,  not  leaat,  the  hydrographic  survey  of 
the  great  lakea,  now  going  on  from  year  to 
year,  bear  evidence  to  the  care  with  which 
the  iutereata  of  the  vaat  territory  he  ropre- 
aenta  have  been  watched  over.  But,  while 
attending  to  the  intenwta  of  his  own  dia- 
triot, Mr.  Dawson  haa  been  far  from  ne- 
glecting the  general  legialaliun  of  the  coun- 
try. In  parliament  be  ia  conaUntly  at  hia 
poat,  whether  \  i  the  committee  raoma  or  in 
the  chamber  of  the  Commona.  He  waa 
chairman  of  the  aelcct  committee  appointed 
in  the  aeaaion  of  1880,  to  inquire  into  all 
mattera  connected  with  the  diaputed  terri- 
torj',  and  the  report  of  that  committee,  with 
ita  appendices,  will  be  found  to  contain  a 
vaat  amount  of  information,  which  will  al* 
waya  be  of  intereat  to  the  atudent  of  the 
early  hiatory  of  the  country.  The  projeot 
of  a  transcontinental  railway  in  Britiah  ter- 


ritory haa  had  from  the  firat  hia 
support,  and  ho  haa  now  the  aatiafactiun 
aeeing  the  Canadian  Pacitic  in  openOic 
from  one  end  to  the  other  of  the  diatricl  b 
repreaenta— from  Sudbury  Junction  on  t^ 
eaat,  to  the  Lake  of  the  Woods  on  the  veil 
— a  dtatauce  but  little  abort  of  nine  handrad 
milea.  Algoma  ia  now  thrown  open  by  tha 
great  work,  and  the  development  of  tb«ed»- 
per  and  iron  minea  of  Lake  Huron,  th«  oi* 
ver  bearing  mountaina  of  Thunder  Biy,  and 
the  gold  producing  region  of  the  Lakt  4 
the  Woods,  ia  but  a  queation  of  time.  Ti^ 
Algoma  branch  of  the  Canadian  Pacuu 
Railway  ia  entirely  within  the  Diatriet  d 
Algoma,  and  when  carried  to  Sault  St. 
Marie,  aa  it  eventually  rouat,  will  be  the 
means  of  developing  and  aettling  a  very  im- 
portant section  of  the  country.  The  Indiia 
population  of  Algoma  ia  conaiderable,  aaii 
much  of  Mr.  Dawaon *a  time  hfts  boea  4»> 
voted  to  the  amelioration  of  the  oonfitioa 
of  theae  people,  more  eapecially  in  the  mat- 
tera of  education  and  bringing  about  aocli 
meaaurea  as  have  had  the  effect  of  exdoding 
intoiioanta,  to  a  large  extent,  from  amoQ| 
them.  Through  hia  exertions,  in  oonjune- 
tton  with  thoae  of  the  sealoua  miaaiotianei 
of  the  various  denominations,  many  new  In- 
dian achoole  have  been  eatabliahed,  and  ha 
haa  urged  that  the  large  amount  due  thp  La 
diaua  of  Algoma  for  arrears  under  the  Ra 
inaon  treaty,  (over  *300,(XX))  ahould.  wb 
adjusted,  be  applied,  at  leaat  in  part,  to 
maintenance  of  Indian  induatrial  ach 
throughout  the  district.  Mr.  Dawenn 
seen  hia  district,  which  contained  only  au; 
eight  or  ten  thousand  inhabitanta  when 
first  entered  parLiament,  grow  to  a  ptfpuli 
tiou  estimated  at  not  leas  than  hfty  then 
sand  at  the  preaent  time.  Port  Artb 
which  wo  have  referred  to  aa  a  locality  cof- 
ered  with  foreat  when  he  pitched  his  teat 
there  in  18G7,  haa  now  a  population,  ac- 
oording  to  the  last  municipal  census,  ot 
about  aix  thonsi^nd,  and  so  on  with  other 
parts  (if  A  Igomn. 

Corboit,  Fatrick.— The  following  u 
taken  from  the  columns  of  the  Kiugstoti 
Chronicle  newspaper,  of  the 28th  of  January, 
1832,  the  notice  bearing  the  heading  "T 
late  Town  Major,  Patrick  Corbett  ":  "O 
obituary  of  thia  day  records  the  audden 
unexpected  demise,  on  Tuesday  last,  of 
above  named  gentleman,  after  an  almoat 
uninterrupted  residence  in  tliia  town  of 
about  twenty-three  yeara,  and  in  the  sixty- 
second  year  of  hia  age.  An  Irishman  by 
birth,  the  only  son  of  Patrick  Corbett,  £i- 
quire  of  Limerick  Castle,  in  <he  County  of 


I  ton 
iry^ 

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CAS  AD!  AN  HluQHAPBY. 


oil 


idc ,  4nd  fall  of  the  national  ambition  of 
fauconatryoieTi  fi^r  a  military  life,  he  entered 
the  •ervioo  ia  thu  twen-ietb  year  of  hia  a^i\ 
«0(1  wrTe<.l  Htici.i^'Mively  tii  the  20th.  25th, 
42nfi  and  '.Hat  rvuimehta  of  the  Uue.  The 
ftrat  Actiiin  of  whtcli  we  paaseaa  any  record 
<4  him  being  engiigcd  in.  wna  the  talcing  of 
MioorcA,  ill  the  year  17UH,  when  be  waadia 
ttuj^uuhed  by  hnistidg  the  British  colors 
Qp4m  iho  citailt^L  Ituvtti^'  wrapped  them 
AfMUiid  his  budy  t<i  Accaiiiptish  bis  gaUaiit 
4u.  Hi«  conduct  upon  this  and  sub- 
.t  event«  attrsoted  the  notice  of  tho 
•ewral  eoujrniinders,  whti  ajipreciated  his 
•errioes  by  th>'  rewards,  tirsl  of  the  (piarter- 
IDMterthip  of  the  '.Mat  ri»^ment,  iu  1804, 
frvm  which  he  was  promoted  to  a  lieuten- 
matey  in  the  Soth  regime-it,  in  1807,  and  ob- 
taiD»d  All  exohsn;{e  \*i  the  lOth  Hoyal  vet- 
eran hatiAli  in,  in  ItSO!*  ;  he  also  served  in 
'  5  h  ^arnBon  bnttnlion,  previous 
<in^  the  15th  veterans,  which  he 
liut  111  tht>  conutry,  in  August,  I8(Kf  On 
ih«  opening  of  the  wiir  in  1812,  he  was 
•elected  to  fill  the  situation  of  aasistant  ad- 
jui«at-^n»nunil  of  the  militia,  and  he  drilled 
uul  orintiiist*d  the  militia  of  the  conntry  to 
t^v  eutiro  aiUuftictiou  of  the  government. 
In  1814  his  services  were  rewarded  by  the 
appointment  of  town  major  of  Kingston, 
a.nd  n«siatant  adjutant-general.  The  latter 
iLitiMtioii  biiing  dispensed  with,  he  retained 
the  furmt^r,  with  thu  add.tion  of  superin- 
MBiUjit  of  the  i^nartormostor  goaerAl'a  de- 
piu-iin»*n(  in  1825*.  both  of  which  ho  retain- 
<■  ^  Oemise,    meritiu};  the  appptba- 

vy  succeftstve  C'>uimandiui{  olhoer 
vm.     Tu  the  last  moment  of  his 
Mved    from    Sir   H.    Vivian,  Sir 
iipt,  and  other  distincntHhod  ;{en- 
:::>   the   stront^est    tcBMui'iaials  of 
thui;    C'iutmuod    interest  in  hie  proapority. 
As  a  soldier,   husband,  father,    friend  and 
MsJKHi,  he  wiis  equally  fortunate  in  securing 
the  e«t««m   and  utrxctioii  of  all  after  Eorty- 
tvo  years   of   aciive   mililnry  a4Tvice.      He 
«AA  %  niAmber  of  tho  Cliuivh  of  England." 

Corivrll,  f«eor||«  Frederick,  the 
elitttt  sfm  of  Miijor  ]*dtrick  Carbett,  waa  a 
prominent  merclittnt  in  Kingston.  He  was 
bom  in  Ijuiorick  (!astle,  Ireland,  in  1799, 
lhI  in  KiugHlon  about  1840.  He 
a  daughter  of  Lieut,-Uen.  Glasgow, 
Xki  ont-  time  acting  tient  •governor  at 
kb«o.  By  this  lady  he  had  throe  dnngh- 
and  two  anus,  Frederick  and  Oeorge 
The  former  resides  iu  Australia,  and 
thu  Uttc>r  ia  a  Ic'iding  physician  in  Uriltia, 
OuUrio.  He  ia  a  graduate  ot  Queen's  Col- 
iog*,  Kingston,  a  Freemason,  and  a  member 


of  the  Ohurch  of  Engli&nd.  He  has  beeu 
twice  mirried.  His  drat  wife  was  a  Mioa 
Sinclair,  of  Kingston,  by  whom  ho  bad  four 
daughters.  His  second  wife  is  n  dauirhter 
of  the  Rev.  John  Uawsou,  of  North  Wales, 
3y  this  wife  he  has  three  dautjbters.  Uf  his 
daughters  one  ia  widow  of  the  late  D*Arcy 
Buutton.  barnster,  of  Toronto.  Thomas  A., 
the  second  son,  was  high  aherill'  of  the  unit- 
ed cuuDtiofi  of  Frontenac.  Lennox  and  Ad- 
dington,  t>efore  the  division  uf  the  counties, 
and  afterwards  of  Fi*outeuac.  He  held  the 
office  f'>r  twenty-tivo  years,  resigning  in  16(>7, 
to  acce[>t  the  position  of  military  store-keep- 
er at  Kingston.  He  waa  lieutenant-colonel 
of  the  tirat  Frontenac  regiment,  (the  Bloody 
Fint.)  He  waa  a  Freemason,  and  died  in 
1878,  being  buried  with  military  honours. 
He  left  four  sons  and  one  daughter.  Of  his 
sons,  the  two  eldest,  Augustus  and  William, 
entered  the  British  army  as  surgeons,  at  the 
breaking  out  of  the  Ciimean  war,  in  1851. 
After  the  close  of  the  war  they  both  went 
with  their  regiments  to  IndiA,  and  served 
through  the  mutiny.  The  eldest  died  in 
England  in  1882,  after  a  service  of  thirty 
years  ;  William  is  still  in  India  as  a  chief 
of  medical  stati'.  The  third  son,  Henry, 
was  also  a  doctor,  and  practised  for  many 
years  in  Ottawa.  On  the  breaking  out  of 
the  late  Canadian  rebellion,  uf  18S5,  he 
volunt(M)red  hia  sorvicea  to  tho  government, 
and  was  sent  to  the  North- West,  but 
was  taken  ill  at  Qu'Appelle,  and  waa  re- 
moved t4i  Winnipei;.  where  he  died  on  tho 
latof*Iu1y,  ISSi").  Theyoungeat  8"U, Thomas 
.\..  wiui  a  civil  service  employe,  aud  died 
in  1H80. 

Corbelt,  Klchurd,  born  in  Dublin, 
1M<>8,  waa  the  third  son  of  Town  M  ijor 
Patrick  Corbett,  who  came  to  Kingston  when 
our  subject  waa  only  two  years  old.  The 
lad  was  educated  at  the  Kuyal  Grammar 
school,  under  George  B<kxier.  I"  bis  youth 
he  visited  his  twin  brother,  Wdliam  H., 
who  waa  a  pUiiier  Ln  Dem«rara,  West  lu- 
diea,  aud  remained  there  for  a  number  of 
years.  He  returned  to  i^>aiiadain  18ru,  and 
was  appointed  head  master  of  tho  Oramm:ir 
school,  Napanee.  Ht*  tilled  this  poaition 
for  some  years.  In  May,  1852.  he  received 
ihe  appointment  of  g'lvomor  of  the  gaol  at 
Kuigsion,wbicbothcehe  tilled  until  hia  death, 
which  ooGurred  20th  December,  18tJ5.  He 
married  in  June,  1844,  Hirriet,  youngeei 
daughter  of  B»nj«min  Lake,  a  weidthy  far- 
mer of  the  township  of  Portland,  and  by  this 
lady  had  one  son  and  three  daughters — the 
former  succeeding  to  his  father's  position. 
The  eldest  daughter  di-.*d    in  infancy,  aud 


612 


A  CYCLOF.'KDiA  OF 


Um  Moood  married  H.  E.  MAnhall,  of  B&It- 
imoro,  »nd  the  youngest  Prcife«»or  <  Graves, 
of  EvansloD,  lllinota.  He  was  a  niemt>«r  of 
the  Church  of  England,  and  belonged  to  the 
Maaonic  craft,  bein^^  initiated  into  it«  nxy%- 
lerieB  while  residing  in  the  West  Indici. 
Mr.  Corbett  was  lieutenant  of  the  Ist  Frun- 
tenao  regiuit>at,  his  cominiBsion  dating  1836, 
and  took  an  activts  interest  in  military 
matters.  He  was  a  large  spirited  gentle- 
man, courteous,  kindly  and  honourable 
iu  all  bis  deolinga,  and  left  no  feeling  but 
one  of  nniretMl  regret  when  he  passed 
away.  William  Henry  Corbeit,  twin  bro- 
ther of  Kichard,  vent  to  the  West  Indies  in 
his  youth,  became  a  prominent  planter  and 
merchant,  and  died  in  Georgetown,  Dema- 
rara,  on  the  Ist  March,  1H66.  Ellen  laa- 
bella.  only  daitf^hter  of  Patrick  Corbett, 
married  Lieut.  Huchon,  Royal  navy.  She 
died  in  Isle  of  White,  England,  in  March, 
1853. 

Corbetl,  Cliarlen  Ilenrj,  the  only 
son  of  Kichard  Corbett,  was  bom  in 
N^HUiee.  Ontario,  on  the  11th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1S46.  Ha  was  edncated  at  the 
Grammar  school,  Kingston,  and  attended 
the  Medical  College  at  Kingston  for 
three  years,  but  was  unable  to  finish  his 
c<-iurBe  uwiug  tu  his  father's  death.  Uu 
graduated  from  the  Military  scho<.il  iu  the 
same  city,  in  18G5.  At  the  age  of  nineteen 
he  succeeded  his  father  as  yoremor  of  the 
^ol,  and  has  conducted  the  institution  un- 
der his  charge  with  marked  ability.  He  takfw 
great  interest  in  temperance  work,  succeed- 
ing the  late  Rev.  F.  W.  Kirkpatnck  as  pres- 
ident of  the  Church  of  England  Temperance 
Society.  He  is  a  member  uf  the  Church  of 
England.  Is  a  past  mnster  of  Ancient  St. 
JohJi's  Masonic  lodge.  No.  3,  and  a  past  offi- 
cer of  the  Grand  Iodk;e  of  Canada.  He  has 
been  president  of  the  Kini^ston  Cricket  Club^ 
and  of  the  Curling  Chib,  and  has  always 
been  a  patron  of  manly  sports.  Iu  January, 
1806.  ho  married  flannah  Mary,  second 
daughter  of  the  late  F.  W.  }?mith,  collector 
of  CustoiiiB  at  Napanee,  auid  bn.>tber  of  the 
late  Sir  Ui;nry  Smith;  and  has  by  this 
marriage  ten  children,  six  sons  and  four 
daughters.  Two  of  the  sons  died  in  in- 
fancy. Mr.  Corbett,  we  may  add,  is  also  a 
contributor  to  various  publications  of  the 
day,  and  possesses  literary  attainments  for 
higher  than  those  of  the  common  order.  His 
eldest  son,  C  Fred.  Corbett,  seeded  as  a 
private  in  the  Winnipeg  Field  Battery  dur- 
ing the  late  rebellion  in  the  North- West,  and 
was  in  the  engagements  at  Fiah  Creek. 
Batoche,  etc. 


ncKcougll,     M  llliuin.     C^nLLhaiB 

Ontario,   bom    on   the  1st  i. 

Thurles,   County    Tip|«erHry.  :i 

descendant  of  the  Ma'j  i:  ::  -  .:^  :  \\ 
keoghs,  who  were  clan*u.L(i  .-i  M./i  .u.,4 
uf  Lome,  and  assisted  the  latter  in  li^r 
wars  against  the  Brncns — three  of  whom,  in 
their  attempt  to  slay  King  Hubert  Bncc. 
succeeded  in  securing  the  famous  brc>och  of 
Lome,  which  was  a  personal  ornament  of 
Bruce,  and  which  Sir  Walter  Scolt,  in  hit 
**■  Lord  of  the  Isles/'  describes.  But  they 
lost  their  lives  for  their  audaoity.  HM 
grandfather,  James  McKeogh,  of  Kahealty. 
(Jounty  uf  Tippemry,  was  ao  uude  of  tht 
late  Hon.  Mr.  Justice  Keogh,  and  bis  graod- 
mother  woa  a  sister  of  the  Hev.  Franci*  Bla- 
hony,  the  celebrated  "  Father  Prout,"  author 
of  the  "  Bells  of  Shai.don,**  etc.  His  fath«r, 
Thomas  McKeogh,  came  to  this  countrj 
whiie  William  was  a  child  and  settlcsl  id 
Paris,  Ontario.  S<>me  few  years  after wardt, 
Kising  his  entire  fortune,  WiUiam 
obliged  to  leave  home  at  an  early  age.  Us 
became  apprenticed  to  Edward  Jscksoa 
Hamilton,  where  he  learned  his  trade,  an 
with  whom  he  lemained  until  he  attain 
his  majority.  He  settled  in  Chatham 
1847,  and,  in  coD)p&ny  with  his  brother, 
John  MoKeough,  carried  on  a  large  and  ox 
tensive  bustuesa.  He  wsa  mayor  of  the 
town  iu  1B70 :  was  one  of  tlie  chief  pro- 
moters and  tirst  president  of  the  Erie  and 
Huron  Railroad  ;  haa  been  a  member  of  the 
school  board  for  the  past  twenty-tive  years, 
and  chairman  thereof  for  the  past  eight 
years  ;  and  Ui  his  zeal  and  energy  in  achool 
matt«rd  are  due  to  a  great  extent  the  p 
sent  very  efficient  condition  of  the  oomro 
schools  of  Chatham.  &fr.  McKeough  is  s 
Reformer  in  politics,  and  was  the  unanimous 
nominee  of  the  Reform  party  in  Kent 
represent  them  in  the  Federal  parliament  o 
several  occasions,  but  declinea  the  hoootir. 
He  is  a  member  and  a  trustee  of  the  Metho- 
dist church.  Onr  subject  has  always  taken 
au  active  interwt  in  all  matten  for  the  pro- 
mntiou  nf  the  welfarv  of  ttie  tf>wn  and 
county.  In  18.>t  he  married  Elizabeth, 
aeoond  daughter  of  the  late  John  ^lone, 
of  Oxford,  by  which  union  there  are  thme 
SODS  and  one  daughter.  The  S''«ns  arc 
George  T.  McKeough,  M.D.,  M.R.C.S. 
Eng.,  who  was  gold  medalist  at  Trini 
Medical  Scht«ol  in  1(^7,  and  for  some  tim 
resident  physician  to  the  Royal  Free  Hci 
pital,  London,  England  ;  J.  Frank  Mc-I 
Keough,  proprietor  of  the  Chatham  Iro 
Works  ;  and  W.  B.  McKeough,  barrister-at 
law  of  Osgoode  Hall,  Toronto.     They  have 


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flU  aBUl^d  in  ChAtham,  the  toim  Ln  which 
ihcT  w«c«  bum. 

Rnllan,  Allen,  M.D.,  NapAnee,   On- 
tario. WAfl  born  un  the  26th  Jannnry.  1820, 
U   Adolphiistofm.  County  of    Loiinox,  Ou- 
Uriu.      He  is  a  son  of  Peter  William  Kuttan 
atid   Faouy  Hoblin.     liis  fatlier  carried  on 
«xi«uiire    farming   operations   at    Sifphias- 
burji;,    County  of   Prince    Edwird  ;    woa   a 
justice  of  the  peaoe ;  and    for  many  years 
hefnro    his   decease  a  lieutenant-ci-ilouel    nf 
i  i  in  that  county.       Ue  was  the  ttldest 
r  of  the  late  Slmriff  HuttHii,  of  Cu- 
Ho  had  bnt  one  sister,  Klizab&th, 
•I   the   Rev.   Dr.   Townley,    of  Paris, 
ii^tiu.       Allen    Rutt&n    wax  educated   at 
Piotou  Grammar  schnol.  in  the  County 
Prince    Edward,  Mr.  Cockrell,  an    Eton 
and   A  retired  officer  in  the    English 
being  head  master  of  the  school.     Af- 
tn  matriculating  at  McOill   College,  Moat- 
riNfcl.  otir  subject  entered  upon  the  study  of 
me  at  that  institution,  and    obtained 
jn.     i.-j^ree  of  doctor  of  medicine   and  sur- 
-y  in  1852.       Ho  began  practice  in  Now- 
trf<h,  a  village  in  Addin}^>n  county,  situ- 
on  the  Napanee  river,  and  about  six 
tc»    frum  Napanee,     Newburgh    at    that 
I  red  a  more   promising  vil- 
•  e  ;  but  at  the  separation  of 
.MiiUutfton  from  the  County  of 
Napanee    was  made  the  county 
t>*«M  <>i  i^iiu  new  county.     He  then  removed 
to   the   premiaea  which  he  now  occupies  on 
John  street.      Uurioj;  the  post  thirty -throe 
yaum  I>r.  Ruttan  has  had  an  uxtuiuiiTo  and 
luowtive    practice   over  a  district  thirty  or 
forty  miltn  stjuare.       Thirty   years  ago  the 
in    thu  country   were  in  a  horribly 
condition,  and  the  people,  eapecial- 
of  the    back  townahiiw,  were  leas 
than  they  are  at  present.     Very 
he  found  it  necessary  to  ride  all 
m^jht,  pluaug  a  saddle  in  the  gi^,  and  after 
trmvvUinu  as   far  as  he  could  go  on  wheels, 
take   to   hiTsebiick,  and    when    the 
«OU)d  no  longer  tind  a  road,  he  would 
[  on  foot,  following;  u  trail  thri>ugh  the 
wiUemesa   with  a  birch-bark  torchlight,  in 
ankrr  to  roUeve  from  sutTering  the  wife  of 
MHBa  kvaely  settler,  or  to  amputate  a  timh 
fursom*  woodman,  with  no  other  assistance 
ttiaa  the  hand    of  some  kindly    neiKhlwur. 
Tbofftt  was   no   Grand  Trunk  then,  and  no 
Nap*ae«  and  Quebec  Railway,  as  now.  The 
fonost     YkMM    disappeared,    and     flourishing 
fanns  and  farm  houses  are  to  be  seen  every- 
where,   whde  the  roads  are  better  in    these 
hack  townships  than  they  are  at  the   front. 
I>r.    Ruttan    has   always  been  passioiuLtely 

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fond  of  his  profession,  and  took  g^reAt  de- 
light in  the  study  of  anatomy,  physiology, 
sorgory  and  chemistry.  Indeed,  he  has  re- 
gretted all  his  life  that  he  did  not  remain  in 
Montreal,  as  it  would  have  afforded  him  a 
better  opportunity  for  the  prosecution  of 
these  studies  and  the  practice  of  surgery, 
which  he  has  almost  made  a  specialty.  He 
was  appointed  examiner  in  anatomy  and 
surgery  at  the  Cniver«ity  of  Toronto  in 
18i><f  ;  and  was  elected  unanimously  by  the 
medical  practitioners  in  the  Newcastle  and 
Trent  eltoU«rid  division  to  the  council  of  the 
College  of  Phvxicians  and  Surgeons,  Onta- 
rio, 1885.  He  has  always  taken  an  active 
part  in  municipal  matters,  school  boards, 
and  boards  of  health  ;  is  medical  health  ofh- 
cer  at  Napanee,  and  held  the  appointment 
of  gaol  surgeon  since  1876.  Himself,  his 
wife  and  family  are  regular  oonmumicanta 
of  the  Church  of  England,  and  Libend-Con- 
servative  in  politics.  I>r.  Kuttan  was  mar- 
ried, at  St.  George's  church.  Montreal,  in 
1854,  by  the  Uev.  Dr.  Bethune,  brother  of 
the  late  bishop,  the  register  being  the 
cathedral  register  where  Dr.  BethnuL*  odici- 
ated.  Hia  wife  is  Caroline,  daughter  of  the 
late  William  Smith.  Montreal,  whose  father 
and  grandfather  were  interested  in,  or  in 
some  way  connected  with,  the  Hudson  Bay 
Company.  There  are  threw  sons  and  two 
daughters  by  the  marriage.  The  eldest, 
Robert  FuUord,  was  fiducatud  at  Cnivenity 
College,  and  graduated  in  arts  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Toronto  in  1881,  and  obtained 
the  gold  medal  in  natural  sciences  at  his 
tinal  exammation.  He  entered  upon  the 
study  of  medicine  at  McCiill  College  the 
same  year,  obtained  the  Sutherland  gold 
medal  and  the  Morrice  scholarship  in  1883, 
and  his  degree  of  M.  D.  &  C.  in  1884.  Ho 
was  appointed  aaaistant  lecturer  upon  prin- 
ciple and  practical  chemistry  in  that  college 
in  1685.  During  the  past  interim  be  has 
been  engaged  iu  original  work  in  Professor 
Hofmaun's  laboratory,  Berlin,  (rerinany. 
The  second  son.  AUen  Montgomery,  was 
educated  at  the  Napanee  High  school,  and 
entered  upon  the  study  of  medicine  at  ^(c- 
Gill  College  in  1876,  where  he  obtained  his 
degree  of  M.D.  &  C,  1880.  Ue  is  practis- 
ing his  profession  in  New  York  city.  The 
third  son  was  also  educated  at  Napanee 
High  school  ;  entered  upon  the  study  of 
law  with  Reeve  &  Morden,  Na])anee,  and 
McCarthy  &  Co.,  Toronto  ;  and  paased  his 
examination  at  <.>sgoode  Hall  for  attorney 
and  barrister  in  1883.  He  is  now  practising 
his  profession  with  John  Leys,  barrister, 
Toronto. 


514 


A  C?CLOPMDlA  OF 


Brcck,  Im  Alien,  Kingsloti,  Ontario, 
iraa  bom  in  Burlin^'ton,  Vermont,  II.  S.,  on 
the  lit  Septembur.  1825.  His  ftitlior,  Uuiuy 
Breek,  wu  bom  at  Boitoi) .  Mam.  ,  U.  H. ,  and 
hlB  uiceston  were  of  the  old  WeUh  family 
Bmck.  Henry  Breck  served  in  the  United 
State*  army  under  (ienernl  HnrriBon,  at  the 
battle  of  Tippecanoe  when  tho  V.  8.  forcee 
defeated  the  celebrated  Tccuui&eh  army  of 
Indians,  in  IBll,  and  was  afterwards  with 
General  Hull  when  the  American  army 
nnder  that  general  was  captured  by  the 
British  forces  at  Detroit.  Mr.  Breck  with 
a  comrade  escaped,  and  made  his  way  afoot 
through  the  wilderness  fn)m  Windsor,  Ca- 
nada, to  Borlington,  Vermont,  which  finish- 
ed his  career  as  a  soldior.  Ho  romored  then 
to  JetTerBon  county,  ]S.  Y.,  and  tinally  set- 
tled at  Cape  Vincent,  where  ho  commenced 
hnnnesB  as  grocer,  aud  oontiuuod  in  the 
same  until  his  death  in  1837.  Our  subject's 
mother,  Miranda,  was  a  sister  of  the  Hon. 
Jacob  Oollamer,  chief  justice  of  Vermont, 
and  afterwards  member  of  tlio  United  States 
OonKtess,  and  then  senator  from  Vermont, 
representing  that  State  in  the  United  States 
Senate  until  his  death  some  ten  years  ago. 
Ho  was  at  one  time  postmaster-general  of 
the  United  States,  while  General  Taylor  was 
president  Ira  Allen  Breck  received  only 
such  education  as  the  common  and  select 
schools  of  tho  village  could  allnrd  ;  but  re- 
ceived a  good  commercial  ed\ication,  first 
with  his  father,  and  afterwards  with  O.  P. 
Starky,  a  prominent  merchant  at  Cape  Vin- 
cent. Upon  the  marriage  of  his  sister 
Marion,  to  D,  D.  Calvin,  Mr.  Breck  came 
to  Canada  in  lS4d,  as  clerk  in  the  ulhce  nf 
Calvin  &  Cook,  doin^  business  at  Garden 
Island,  Canada,  as  lumbermen,  ship-build- 
ers and  forwarders.  After  serving  about 
six  years  as  book-keeper  in  tho  oHico,  an<i 
upon  Mr.  Cook  retiring  from  the  Kingston 
business,  Mr.  Breck  became  partner  with 
Mr.  Calvin,  the  firm's  name  being  then  Cal- 
vin &  Breck,  and  so  continuing  until  It^BO, 
when  Mr.  Breck  retired.  Mr.  Calvin's  son, 
Hiram,  in  the  meantime  having  attained 
mature  business  capacity,  took  the  plnce  in 
the  firm  previously  occupied  by  Mr.  Brock. 
Mr.  Breck  never  took  any  leading  part  in 
politics,  but  has  always  been  active  in  the 
interest  of  the  Conservative  party,  his  atten- 
tion being  given  almost  wholly  to  the  busi- 
nesa  of  the  tirra,  which  from  wjmporatively 
■mall  beginnings,  increased  to  a  large  extent, 
aud  became  widely  known  as  producers  of 
timber  and  staves,  and  also  as  forwarders  of 
tiie  same  goods  for  other  produoon  from 
lakes  Superior,  Huron,  Erie  and  Ontario  to 


Garden  Island  per  veas«bi,  thence  Co 
per  raft.  Calvin  &  Breck  were 
of  the  Government  tag  line  from  its 
mencement  in  about  lS4\i  until  ita  doic 
in  1870,  with  the  exception  of  the  years  l^ 
and  3854,  furnishing  steamers  for  towa|c»»  <^ 
barges  and  schooners  on  a  government  tariti 
between  Kingston  and  Montreal.  Calvin  A' 
Breck  wore  also  extensively  engaged,  daring 
the  existenco  of  tht-  tinn,  in  the  building  oi 
lake  vessels,  steamers  and  barges.  The  IimmI 
of  the  business  being  at  Garden  IsUn 
incorporated  village  owned  by  tlie  tiru 
inhabited  by  their  employees,  no  place  ror 
the  selling  of  intoxicating  lii|Uor  was  erer 
allowed  in  the  village  ;  in  fact  it  always  wai, 
and  is  yet,  a  strictly  temperance  \'il]ago  mtii 
no  licenses  and  no  drinking  shops.  If  iheir 
employees  ever  get  any  intoxicating  dnnk. 
they  were  under  the  necessity  of  going  swij 
from  their  village  to  purchase  it.  and 
bringing  it  in  without  toe  knowledge  of  tli# 
firm.  Mr.  Breck  is  a  member  of  the  Coo - 
gregational  church,  which  he  joined  tweotj- 
tive  years  ago.  His  first  wife  was  Bdni  C. 
Potter,  a  meoo  of  D.  D.  Calvin  ;  she  died 
young,  after  givin&f  birth  to  two  children 
The  daughter  is  now  the  wife  of  WiUUui 
Lesslie,  manager  of  Collins  Bay  Kafting  and 
Forwarding  Company.  The  son,  L.  W 
Breck,  is  in  business  at  ICingston.  Our 
subject^  second  wife  was  Jessie,  sister  nl 
the  Bev.  K.  M.  Fenwiok.  By  this  ladv  h» 
has  one  son,  bom  on  the  2Qd  September, 
1872. 

IHItlar,  Alexander,  Barhsterat-lav, 
Berlin,  Ontario,  was  bom  at  Berlin,  Conoty 
of  Waterloo,  on  the  4th  of  November,  1835. 
He  is  a  son  of  Frederick  Gourlav  Millar, 
and  Isabella  Henderson,  his  wife,  the  former 
having  been  bom  in  New  York  state, 
Scottish  parents  and  tho  latter  in  Kcotlaix) 
Alexander  Millar  was  educated  at  the  Ber 
liu  and  Gait  Grammar  sohools.  He  was  ad 
mitted  to  the  Law  Society  in  18r»0  ;  became 
an  attorney  and  solicitor  in  lUr>I,  and  was 
called  to  the  bar  in  18ti3.  He  has  been  in 
the  practice  of  the  law  at  Berlin  continu- 
ously ever  since  18C1.  He  was  apfioint 
ensign  in  the  Berlin  company  of  volunte 
infantry  on  its  formation  in  1805,  aud  after- 
wards  was  in  command  of  that  company.  In 
municipal  politics  he  has  taken  much  inter- 
est and  was  elected  mayor  of  Berlin  in  1894 
and  1885,  by  acclamation  in  both  oaaes.  H 
became  a  member  of  Grand  Hirer  lodj 
No.  151,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  1880,  and  a  me 
ber  of  Grand  Rivor  chapter.  No.  70,  in  I 
He  was  senior  wnnlen  of  the  G.  R.  lodge  i 
Jddl.     Mr.  Millar  waa  a  candidate  for  tb 


lU-^H 


CANADIAN  BWOHA  i'H  Y 


515 


legUUture  in  1875,  for  North  Water- 

loo«  iu  the  Ooimerrative  interest,  but  was 

;..(l  by  Moses   Spnnger,  late  M.P.P., 

driffof  the  County  of  \Vaterli>o.     In 

I  he  is  a  member  of  thft  Church  of 

id.     Ho  marrioil,  in   18<>5,    Margaret 

laughter  of  the  late  H.  N.  Warren,  of 

^wa,  by  whom  be  has  two  sons  and  a 

'iv.     Hr.  Miliar  enjoys  a  wide  share 

tilarity,  and  it  is  not  going  too  far  tu 

-c  that  we   shall  some   day    find   him 

doing  credit  to  his  talents  iu   one  of  our 

houses  of  parliament. 

Uarrf^y,  Arthur,  Toronto,  was  bom 
in  the  town  of  Hales  worth,  Suffolk,  Eng- 
land, in  the  year  1854,  one  of  a  family  of 
twelre.  His  fnther's  family  came  from 
the  parish  of  Melton  and  Hoo,  in  the  same 
county.  Hia  mottiur  was  Harriet  Rogers, 
and  her  family  are  from  the  neighbourhood 
of  Portsmouth,  Hampnhire,  to  which  they 
had  originally  moved  from  the  New  Forest, 
LjnniDgton  way.  Our  subject's  father  was 
very  muscular  ;  he  could  bend  a  horse  shoe 
double  in  his  grip,  but  tione  uf  hia  children 
hare  any  noticeable  strength  save  one,  who 
is  the  strongest  man  in  South  Australia. 
The  family  came  of  good  old  English  yeo- 
men, the  men  who  ara  able  to  carre  their 
own  fortuaoB  in  the  world.  Our  subject  was 
•ent  for  two  years  to  I^ondon  to  learn  gram- 
mar and  masio  ;  afterwards  to  France,  where 
he  lived  with  a  Roman  Catholic  prie.-tt,  who 
tanght  him  Latin.  It  was  the  belief  of  his 
father  that  no  education  was  complete  un- 
leaa  tinishod  abroad  at  foreign  institutions. 
Ty~  -  '  ,  t  of  this  sketch  was  sent  to  Hol- 
1  -  he   remained  for   three  years, 

TbL -  .^rosa  tho  North  Sea,  and  enter- 
ing Trinity  College,  Dublin,  (n  1866  Mr. 
rvcy  emigrated  to  America^  crossed 
r  into  Canadian  territory  by  the  Niag- 
bridge,  and  halted  at  the  City  of 
namilton.  He  expected  to  see  wigwams, 
but  lo  !  there  were  commodious  housm  ! 
Sonw  time  afterwards  he  wont  to  firantford, 
where  he  was  local  editor  of  a  newspaper  ; 
but  he  did  not  care  for  this  ])oaitioo 
and  roored  Uy  Hamilton,  where  ho  became 
connected  with  the  t^ufctntor.  Shortly  af- 
terwards he  married  Jaiie^  daughter  of 
John  (iriat,  clerk  of  works  Ut  the  Imperial 
ordnanct*  authorities,  then  stationed  at  CJue- 
bee.  Hu  wife  woahorn  at  St.  John's,  New- 
feOBdJand*  in  the  ofKcer'si^uarteraat  Signal 
Hill.  In  the  days  of  Mr.  Harvey's  oonneo- 
ti^m  with  the  press,  he  was  an  active  and 
ardent  politician.  Ho  had  been  an  admirer 
of  D'tsraeli's  politics  in  his  boyhood,  and 
urally  fell  into  the  Liberal-Conservative 


groove  here.  Hia  pen  and  his  reporter's 
pencil  wure  always  at  the  service  of  the  pub- 
lic men  of  thi:*  party,  and  in  no  meroenary 
spirit  either.  He  loved  the  excitement,  and 
the  sense  of  influence  ;  and  he  became  the 
triMtod  eoMtidant  of  many  statesmen  on  the 
Conaorvativo  side.  Those  were  anxious  days 
in  political  circles.  One  miij;ht  almost  de- 
spair of  seeing  this  a  united  and  peacefu 
c'Mintry.  Wo  had  Upper  and  Lower  Can- 
ada at  dagger's  point  ;  we  were  shut  ofi 
from  the  sea  for  many  months  each  year  . 
we  hod  only  just  emerged  from  a  state  in 
which  many  of  our  people  wore  looking  to 
Waahington,  and  when  Washington  wus,  at 
least  nnoflicially,  looking  for  us<  When  the 
Reciprocity  Treatj'  with  the  United  States 
was  neariug  its  end,  and  all  Canadians  were 
anxious  to  know  what  the  effect  of  this  radi- 
cal change  would  be.  Erastus  Wiman,  a 
friend  of  our  subject's,  now  of  continental 
reputation,  was  owner  of  the  Trade  Re- 
fteic,  of  Montreal,  and  offered  a  prize  for 
the  best  essay  on  the  treaty.  \Vith  his 
UBual  thorouchnesB,  he  secured  the  aid  of 
Sir  Francis  Hincks,  Hon.  Mr.  Boltcm,  and 
a  third  e^jually  eminent  man,  aa  judges, and 
the  prize  therefore  assumed  a  value  greater 
than  it«  money  reward.  The  Brst  prize  felt 
to  Mr.  Harvey,  Mr.  James  Young,  of  Gait, 
being  second.  The  esaay  waa  reprinted  by 
the  press,  and  issued  in  pampldet  form,  at- 
tracting wide  attention.  Shortly  after- 
wards, the  government  appointe<l  c<Muuiia- 
siouers  to  visit  the  West  Indies  and  Uraxil, 
to  ascertain  what  outlets  they  might  offer 
for  our  products,  and  the  tinauce  ministers 
of  the  various  British  American  provinces 
met  at  Washington,  commissioned  to  nego- 
tiate for  a  new  treaty,  if  one  could  be  had. 
Of  this  commission — Messrs.  (iall  (Quebec), 
Rowland  (Ontario),  Smith  (New  Uruus 
wick),  and  Henry  (Nova  Scotia),  Mr.  Har 
vey  was  called  to  be  seoretary  ;  and  observ- 
ing, when  attending  the  sessions  of  the  com- 
mittee on  wavs  and  means,  how  great  weight 
woa  put  on  the  flsheriea  branch  uf  the  sub- 
ject, he  handed  his  studies  and  manuacrint 
on  this  subject  to  his  friend,  W.  K.  Whitob^ 
er,  telling  him  that  iu  this  line  lay  fortune 
and  fame.  Mr.  Whitcher,  with  a  little  aid 
from  Sir  Alexander  Oalt  and  Sir  John  A. 
Maodonold,  suooeedod  in  doing  enough  to 
compel  the  foundation  of  a  lishenes  branch, 
when  confederation  waa  brought  al>out, 
and,  under  Hon.  Peter  Mitchell,  made  it  an 
important  branch  of  the  public  service,  and 
paved  the  way  for  the  due  reoi^aitioo  of 
the  value  of  our  tiaheries  by  the  treaty  of 
WashiugtOD,  the  Halifax  award  of  $5,000,- 


516 


A  cyclopjSDIa  of 


,pOO,  and  the  treaty  o(  comiuerce  soon  to  be 
made  between  the  United  States  and  Can- 
ada, The  other  branches  of  oconotnic&l  and 
political  study  fliiggestvd  by  Ihiscumni'iiBion 
were  dealt  with  hy  Mr,  Harvey  himself,  nod 
he  was  activel3'  employed  by  seversl  minis- 
ters in  preparing  the  franit  work  of  confeder- 
ation. Mr.  Harvey's  energy  was  as  hound- 
less  as  his  capacity  for  expedient^  and  for 
the  origination  of  projects  whs  fertile. 
Amongst  his  many  otlier  TaUiahle  services 
to  the  government  and  to  the  country  was, 
"The  Year  Book  of  Canada,"  a  work  of  his 
capable  [len.  For  two  years  he  devoted 
himself  with  patriotic  i^al  to  a  continuation 
of  this  enterprise,  and  then  surrendered  it 
to  more  mercenary  and  less  capable  hands. 
Mr.  Harvey's  book  ia  a  standard  statistical 
work  to  this  day.  Mr.  Harvey,  while  in  the 
service  of  the  f(overnment,  suggested  and 
carried  into  effect  the  insurance  legislation 
of  the  Dominion^  and  in  1870  took  the  man- 
agement of  the  Provincial  Insurance  Com- 
pany at  Toronto.  The  affairs  of  this  institu- 
tion were  not  in  a  promising  condition.  Heavy 
maturing  liabilities  had  to  be  met,  and  this 
Mr.  Harvey  accomplished  with  his  usual  suc- 
cess, But  the  stars  were  hghting  against  his 
c  >iupany.  Droughts  prevailed  in  his  territory, 
and  city  after  city  was  scourged  by  ftre  in 
the  Maritime  provinces.  The  company  was 
obliged  to  ftUBpeud ;  and  Mr.  Harvey  was  long 
engaged  winding  up  its  affairs.  Mr  Har- 
vey was  secretary  of  the  St.  George's  Society 
in  QiiebeCf  and  was  called  the  '*  model  sec- 
retary/' too.  He  has  not  since  then  joined 
the  Si.  George's  Society^  nor  ^iveu  them  a 
subscription.  In  Ottawa  he  was  active  in 
mutters  ecclesiastical,  and  delighted  in  being 
able  to  say  that  he  was  largely  instrumental 
in  building  St.  Alban's  church  there,  which 
indeed  ho  financed  and  sometimes  carried 
on  paper,  principally  his  own.  He  has  not 
been  able  to  revive  interest  in  church  mat- 
ters since.  He  was  the  widust-kuuwn  statist 
in  Canada  ;  but  he  now  rarely  thinks  of  the 
subject,  nnd  never  makes  a  talk  of  figures. 
He  was  one  of  the  swiftest  shorthand 
writers,  but  ho  never  makes  a  phonetic 
curve  now.  He  has  been  engaged  of  late 
years  in  real  estate  transactions,  principally 
in  Parkdale,  which  owes  much  of  its  devel- 
opment to  him,  he  having  laid  out  three 
miles  of  new  streets  there.  He  has  not  al- 
together laid  aside  his  pen,  and  is  a  frequent 
contributor  to  magazines  and  the  daily 
proas. 

Bo^vell,  Hon.  Maekenzic,  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel, J. P.,  M,P.  for  North  Has- 
tings, and  Minister  of  CustomSi  was  bom 


at   Rickinghall,    Suffolk,    Kngland.  on  the 
37th  Deoember,  1823.    Wlsen  yonng  Bowel) 
was  nine  years  old  his  parents  sailed  for  Csd- 
ada.    Mr.  Bowell,  in  early  youth,  exliihitasd 
much  courage  and  enterprise,    and  one 
not  surprised  to  see  what  ho  has  achurri 
in  looking  back  at  his  career.      He  aJwsi 
had  aquick  eyefor  buBinesa,  and  waasel 
astray  in    judging  what  sort  of    enl 
was  profitable,  and  what  had  better  h^  aroii 
ed.      He  had  always  a  military  cntht 
and  assisted  in  1857,  in  raising  and  orgami 
ing   a  rifle  cumpany  of  sixty-Sve  men. 
what  was  known  at  that  time  as    ' 
which  no  assistance  was  given  1 
emment,    except  in    furnishing    tn.-    iuili. 
He  served  on  the  frontier  in  the  xnutatri 
ld4)4-5,  during  the  American  robellioDiaod 
a^ain  during  the  Feuian  tr(>ubl<»  of  XSfik. 
He  entered  a  printing  oflice  aa  ao  appnsn* 
tice  in  1834^  and  during  his  whole  Ufe  up 
to  the  time  when  heavy  political  reflj>oiui« 
bilities  fell  upon  his  shoulders,  he  was  ojn> 
nectcd  with  the  news^iaper  press  of  Caiiacla.i 
He  waa  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  BelU 
ville    !)'i\iy  and  li'eekitj  luttUujtvirrr  ni 
paper  for  a  number  of  years,  and  at  one' 
time  president  of  the  Ontario  Press  Associa- 
tion.    In  uducatitm  he  has  taken  cons' 
able  interest,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  fat 
he  held  for  eleven  years  the  chnirmansl 
the  Board  of  School  Trustees,  of  Bell^ 
He  has  always  been  a  prominent  Orangi 
and  was  for  eight  years  grand  master  at  the 
Provincial  Qranee  Grand  Lodgo  of  Uutari" 
east,  which  position   ho  resigned   when  ut 
1870  he  was  elected  most  worahipfid  giauil 
master  and  sovereign  of  the  Orange  Anw- 
ciation  of  British  America.     This  office  he 
c<:kntinued  to  hold  unlit  he  resigned  in  Jun«. 
IK78.   He  was  likewise  president  of  the  Tn- 
annual  Council  of  Orangeism  of  the  worM. 
having  been  elected  to  that  position  at  the 
council  held    in  Deny,    Ireland,    in    IKTrt. 
From  Mr.  Bowell's  connection  with  impor- 
tant public  enterpriaes  is  bui  gathered  ku 
important    connection    with  induBtrial  auii 
commercial  movements.     He  was  for  m  '■-' 
years  president  of  the  AVeat  Hastings  *._: 
cultural  Society,  and  vice-president  df  ..a 
Agricultural  and   Arts  Assi.tciation  of   ■  'n- 
tario  ;    president  of   the   HsBtings   Mutu^^J 
Fire  Insurance  Company,  the  Farreu  >l»nn 
facturing  Company,  and  the  Dominion  ^S»I>:' 
Gas  Company,  and  president  of  the  BelJv- 
villo  and  North  Hastings  Railway  ;  and  wis 
captain  of  No.  I    company  of  the  16th  bst- 
talion  wliile  on  service  during  the   Fenum 
troubles,  and  subsequently  major  in  the  4!«th 
battalion  of  Volunteer  rifles.     In  ltMi3  Mr. 


CAl^ADUN  BlOURAFUy. 


51' 


rell  oonteated  the  north  riding  of  the 
tuuty  of  Hutinj;!!  for  p&rlinmeatary  hon- 
in,  fta  the  nominee  of  the  Coiuervfttive 
Lvontion,  but  refusing  to  join  iu  the 
}fl  Agoinat  the  incorporatiuii  of  Roinui 
CAtholic  tiuttitiitioiia  and  wliat  vraa  then 
termed  French  douiiuatiun,  wliich  were 
made  test  questions  at  the  time,  he  was 
defeated.  In  1867,  Mr.  Bowell  again  pre- 
ited  himself  to  the  electors  of  North 
itinga,  stated  his  views  with  that  calm 
»nablene8B  which  has  always  oharactor- 
hia  utteraocee,  and  ho  was  elected, 
entered  parliament  therefore  at  Con- 
federation, but  took  no  vory  promineut 
part  in  the  debates  of  rhe  House  for  the 
tirst  two  or  three  years.  His  first  success 
in  parliament  was  in  his  criticism  of  a  niea- 
ariro  intnKluoed  by  the  lai«  Sir  George  E. 
t-:trtivr,  then  minister  of  Militia,  for  the 
(iur]H;se  of  reort^aaiziii^  the  mditia  force  of 
<\'U].k'ia.  t'pon  tins  occaaiou  his  practical 
:ence  and  knowk>dge  of  the  retpiire- 
'f  the  volunteer  force  had  ita  effect 
'  ^tU8e,  he  having  succeeded  in  de* 
government  upon  the  details  of 
the:  bi.i  three  times  during  one  sitting  of 
the  Quuoo.  Being  an  independent  thinker, 
be  was  not  alnays  in  accord  with  the  leaders 
cf  bu  party ,  liaving  voted  against  them  upon 
•  trtaut  measures,  notably,  the 
i  better  terms  resolutions,  and 
!•-•  motion  fur  the  ratilication  of  the 
igton  treaty.  He  was  re-elected  in 
td  consequently  in  parliament,  when 
^aodonald  government  fell,  and  Mr. 
Eenxia  laco&eded  to  power.  It  was  in 
ipoiition  that  Mr.  Bowell  took  a  leading 
;,  not  only  m  the  business  of  the  House, 
mi  upon  the  moat  important  committees. 
_He  inangnrated  and  conducted  the  proceed- 
in  Uie  House  of  Commons  which  re- 
ite<l  in  his  moving  the  motion  for  the  ex- 
iUi«tn  of  Louis  David  Ricl,  member  elect 
pTovencher,  Manitoba,  for  the  part  he, 
iel,  had  taken  in  ordering  the  shooting  of 
;tt,  a  prisoner  of  his  during  the  revdlt  in 
nitoba  in  1879.  He  also  took  an  active 
•t  iu  brining  before  the  House  the  ques* 
in  of  the  violation  of  the  provisions  of  the 
Lependonce  of  Parliament  Act,  by  its 
ter,  and  by  a  number  of  its  members, 
ttion  which  he  made  upon  this  quea- 
Ihough  defeated,  led  aubseipiently  to 
the  rvsignation  of  Mr.  Speaker  Anglin,  one 
member  of  the  cabinet,  and  four  members 
of  ih«  House.  He  iLid  not  make  many 
ipeeohes,  but  whenever  he  arose  the  House 
always  listened,  for  Mr.  BftwcU  had  gained 
the  repuiatiou  of  being    a  man  who   had, 


first,  something  tn  say,  and  second,  a  reason- 
able and  a  satisfactory  way  of  sayini^  it« 
Ho  has  "been  successful  at  every  election 
since.  On  the  19th  of  October,  1878,  upon 
the  resumption  of  power  of  the  Conserva- 
tive party,  Mr.  Bowell  was  called  to  the 
Privy  Council,  and  sworn  in  minister  of 
Customs.  Sir  John  Macdonald  had  learned 
to  appreciate  the  levelheadedness,  and  prac- 
tical qualities,  and  tho  sound  judgment  of  the 
member  for  North  Hastings.  It  is  pleasing 
to  one  to  sit  in  the  galleries  and  watch  Mr. 
Bowell  answer  (luestions  or  reply  tu  objec- 
tions. Under  no  circumstances,  nor  by  any 
pressure  or  irritation,  can  he  be  moved  to 
haste  or  ill-temper ;  but  he  aits  there,  disre- 
garding feeling,  and  doing  what  he  considers 
to  be  his  duty  as  a  minister  of  the  crown. 
Mr,  Bowt'll  married  in  1847,  Harriet  Louisa 
Moore,  eldest  daughter  of  Jacob  G.  Mooro, 
Belleville,  by  whom  he  has  nine  children. 
five  of  whom  are  living. 

Jctrery,  Josrph,  London,  Ontario, 
was  born  on  the  28th  September,  1829,  at 
Ipswich,  Suffolk,  England.  He  was  a  son 
of  Joseph  Jeffery,  by  his  wife  Mary  Ann, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Godbold.  Joseph 
Je^'ery,  junior,  received  a  careful  eduoa- 
tional  training  at  private  schools  in  his  na* 
tive  Ipswich,  and  when  he  had  attained  his 
sixteenth  year  (1845).  emigrated  to  Canada, 
taking  up  his  abode  a  few  years  afterwards 
in  London.  Here  he  engaged  in  business 
pursuits,  and  hisundertakings  were  reward- 
ed with  a  very  fair  measure  of  success.  In 
THG.5  he  opened  an  exchange  ottioe,  dealing 
principally  in  American  money,  bonds,  etc., 
but  retired  after  a  successful  business  i>f  a 
few  years.  In  the  fall  of  1870,  Mr.  Jeffery 
was  offered  by  F.  Wolferstan  Thomas,  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Mulsons  Bank,  the  po- 
sition of  manager  of  the  branch  to  be  opened 
in  London.  Tliis  offer  he  accepted,  and  still 
holds  the  position.  On  October  13,  1870. 
Mr.  .Toffery,  with  Edward  Harris  and  some 
other  gentlemen,  established  the  Ontario 
Loan  and  Dibonture  Company,  and  Mr. 
Jeffery  was  made  president,  in  1874,  Ed- 
ward Harris  and  Mr.  Jeffery  established 
the  London  Life  Insurance  Company,  and 
Mr.  Jeffery  was  also  made  president  of  this 
company.  Mr.  Jeffery  married,  on  the  28th 
December,  1853,  Augusta  Ann.  daughter  of 
James  Haley.  In  religion  Mr.  Jeffery  is 
an  adherent  of  the  Baptist  church.  In  bus- 
iness and  linancial  circles  his  judgment  is 
considered  to  be  very  superior,  and  in  times 
of  rush  and  excitement  he  is  a  very  safe  man, 
possessing  the  (|uality  of  being  able  In  re- 
cool. 


618 


A  C7CL0r/El)U   OF 


Coyne,  James  Henry.  Barrister-at- 

)ftw,  St.  TbomftB,  was  horn  at  St.  Thomas, 
<->nt.,  October  3rd,  1849.  He  i«  a  grandson 
of  HoBTV  Coyne,  who,  emigrating  from  Bel- 
fast, Ireland,  in  1810.  sottlod  for  a  few  yeara 
on  the  banks  of  the  Hudson  river,  and  then, 
attracted  by  the  gluwini;  rupurtm  uf  the  Tal- 
bot settlement  in  rTp|>er  Canada,  removed 
thither  in  1817,  and  took  up  a  grant  of  land 
in  the  township  of  Dunwich,  where  he  re- 
sided until  hia  death  in  1852.  He  brought 
up  a  large  family,  and  his  numerous  desccnd- 
anta  are  now  to  be  found  in  many  places  in 
the  western  peninsula  of  Ontario^  and  in 
Manitoba.  Uia  fourtli  son,  William,  was 
bom  in  Duchess  county.  New  York,  in  1816, 
and  was  but  a  few  months  old  when  the 
family  removed  to  Dunwich.  He  married, 
in  1846,  Christina,  daughter  of  Daniel  Pat- 
terson, a  native  of  Argyleshire,  who  had 
como  to  the  Talbot  settlement  about  the 
year  1819,  taken  np  land  in  Aldborough, 
but  after  a  few  years  succumbed  to  fever. 
Daniel  Patterson's  descendants  are  numer- 
nuB  in  Aldborough  and  the  adjoining  town- 
ships of  Orford  and  Dunwich,  and  include 
many  of  the  prosperous  farmers  of  the  old 
Talbot  district.  Wm  Coyne  resides  at  St. 
Thomas,  where  he  has  been  a  prominent 
merchant  for  nearly  fifty  years.  Amongst 
his  early  recollections  is  one  of  a  visit  to  the 
site  of  the  City  of  London  (then  known  as 
the  Forks  of  the  Thames)  at  the  time  when 
there  wsa  not  a  single  house  erected,  and  it 
was  necessary  to  follow  a  blaze  in  order  to 
find  one^s  way  through  the  woods,  where  is 
now  a  city  of  30,000  inhabitants.  James 
H.  Coyne  is  the  second  son  of  William  and 
Christina  C<iyne,  and  was  educated  at  the 
common  schoid  in  his  native  town,  until  he 
was  eleven  years  old,  when  he  passed  into 
the  Grammar  school,  then  under  the  charue 
of  Mr.  (now  Rev.)  Nelson  Bums,  M. A. 
At  fourteen  years  of  age,  he  matriculated  in 
the  University  of  Toronto,  carrying'  off  the 
first  general  proficiency  scholarship,  and  first 
class  honours  in  classics,  mathomatics, 
French,  etc  Owing  to  his  extreme  youth, 
he  did  not  enter  University  College  until 
1807*  He  devoted  himself  chieHy  to  classics 
and  modern  languages,  and  after  gaining 
numerous  scholarships  and  prizes  at  the 
university  and  college  during  hia  under- 
^duate  course,  graduated  in  1870,  carry- 
mg  off  the  Prince  of  Wales'  prize  for  gener- 
al proficiency,  the  gold  medal  in  modems,  a 
silver  medal  in  classics,  the  Krench  essay 
prize,  and  first-class  honours  in  history  and 
ethnology.  In  1884  he  was  elected  by  liis 
fellow -graduates  a  member  f>f  the  Senate  of 


the  university.  After  graduating,  the  tu 
ject  of  this  sketch  entered  the  law  office  cA 
Colin  Msodougall,  Q.C.,  at  St.  Thomas:  in- 
termpted  his  law  studies  for  a  year  to  take 
charge  of  the  Cornwall  High  school,  where 
he  was  headmaster  during  the  ii.-v 
1871  ;  returned  then  to  Mr.  MjmxIoul'^^'  i 
office  for  a  year ;  and  then  removed  t<i  'X^ 
ronto,  where  he  served  for  two  yean  m 
the  office  of  Bethune  &  Hoylea.  Be  wsi 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Michaelmaa  teru, 
1874,  pouiug  first  without  an  oral,  both 
as  barrister  and  as  attorney  ;  and  at  ones 
entered  into  partnership  with  his  fonov 
principal,  Mr.  Macdougall,  at  St.  Thotnsa 
The  law  firm  of  Macdougall  A:  Coyne  exist«>l 
imtil  1880,  when  it  was  dissolved.  Shortlj^ 
afterwards,  Mr.  Coyne  entered  into  tut 
present  partnership  with  J.  Mann,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Coyne  «fr  fiianu.  Duho; 
the  Fenian  excitement  of  18t»0,  Mr.  Coyn« 
joined  the  8t.  Thomas  KiHes,  and  served 
during  three  campaigns  in  that  y«ar : 
first  at  London,  during  March,  when  sotne 
thousands  of  regulars  and  rolunteers  were 
brigaded  there;  then  at  Port  Stanley  aud 
Samia  in  June ;  and  finally  in  eamp  it 
Thorold  in  August,  where  he  acted  as  quar- 
tennaster-scrgeant  to  the  Provisional  batta- 
lion of  volunteers,  who  wtire  then  briguled 
with  regulars  and  other  vulunteers  under 
Wulseley.  The  following  3'ear,  he  joined  the 
famous  University  company  of  the  Queen's 
(.)wn  KiHes,  of  which  he  reaiained  a  member 
until  his  graduation.  Mr.  Coyne  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  St.  Andrew's  Society  of  St. 
Thomaa,  and  after  holding  the  positiuas 
successively  of  second  and  first  vice-presi- 
dent, became  president  of  it  during  the  year 
1883and  1884.  He  has  a)  ways  taken  a  great 
interest  in  theiK>liticsuf  hiscouutry,  and  has 
filled  various  otlicea  in  the  Reform  party,  to 
which  he  belongs.  In  the  year  I88*i,  he  waii^ 
president  of  the  East  Elgin  Keform 
atton.  He  was  a  member  of  the  great 
form  convention,  at  Toronto,  in  1883, 
was  selected  to  speak  to  one  of  the  roaolu- 
tions  passed  by  the  convention.  He  al 
tended  the  Young  Liberal  convention  of 
as  a  delegate.  Mr.  Coyne iaamember 
St.  Thomas  Free  Public  Library  B4»ard. 
was  also  a  member  of  its  prodooeasor, 
Mechanics'  Institute  board.  In  187(>,  owin, 
to  a  serious  illness,  he  was  nbtiged  to  giv 
up  work  for  a  year  and  a  half.  Kiev 
months  of  this  vacation  were  devoted  to  a 
visit  to  E  uropti.  Visiting  in  succession, 
England,  Scotland,  Ireland,  Belgium, 
Rhine,  Switzerland,  France  and  Italy,  h 
not  only  recovered  hia  health,  but  was  abl 


tha 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


519 


'   vett 


MMjuirn  thuae  advanUgea  which  travel  of- 

a  to  those  who  have  rightly  profited  by 

studies   of  earlier  years.     Xuarly   *\x 

tha  of  the  winter  and  spring  were  spent 

MentonCi  and  in  the  cities  of   northern 

taly.     Mr.  Coyne  mikrriod,  Nov.  21,  Ib77, 

MjitiMiL,  third    daughter  of  the  late  J,  O. 

Howea,  of  Toronto.    Their  family  conaiata  of 

four  children. 

Chfaholm,  Kennefb,  M.P.P.  for  the 
County  of  l\-ol,  i'utario,  Brampton,  was 
bom  in  the  tovrnahip  of  Toronto,  County 
of  Poel,  rm  the  17th  Slarch.  183<I.  His 
grand  parents  on  both  sides  were  United 
Empire  loy&lists,  and  crnased  the  St.  Law- 
oewith  the  MacDonAlds  from  the  Ameri- 
oolonica  in  1776,  a  few  daya  previous  to 
breaking  out  of  the  revolution,  and 
settled  in  tlie  County  of  Olengarry.  Canada. 
Alexander  Chiflholu  served  in  the  Olengarry 
regiment  during  the  war  of  1812,  and  took 
part  in  the  battles  at  Chrysler'a  Farm,  Oa* 
wego  and  Ogdenaburg,  and  others  of  leaa 
note.  His  i^rand  uncle  was  the  celebrated 
Sir  AleiAoder  Mackenzie,  the  di804:)verer 
aod  explorer  of  the  Mnokeneie  river  in  the 
far  north.  His  father,  Alexander  Chisholiu, 
was  a  prominent  fanner  and  lumber  opem- 
tor  in  the  County  of  Peel.  <>ur  subject's 
mother  was  Mary  MacDonell.  datiKhter  of 
D.  MacDonell,  of  Glen^jiiirry,  and  she  died 
in  1849.  This  lady  received  a  grant  of  laud 
from  the  government  in  the  neighbourhood 
of  the  Eldorado  mills.  A  family  of  six 
were  left,  of  which  Kenneth  was  the  second 
joungeat.  The  lad  obtained  a  very  fair 
education,  but  at  a  somewhat  early  age 
be  entered,  aa  clerk,  in  a  store  at  Chnrcn- 
▼ille,  where  he  remained  for  tarn  yeara. 
Proceeding  to  Brampt^m,  he  entered  into 
the  employ  of  the  late  Peleg  Howland  aa 
aaleeman,  remaining  with  this  tirm  until 
18fi3,  when  he  oommenoed  a  business  for 
hinuwU  in  the  town  of  Milton,  dealing  in 
OMieral  merchandise,  including  grain,  pro* 
aoce,  etc  After  a  time  he  returned  to 
Brampton,  and  purchaand  the  buainesa  of 
!0log  Howland  ;  and  baa  continued  at 
head  of  the  patahliahment  ever  since, 
in  partnership  with  the  late  John 
Elliott,  and  afterwards  with  his  son, 
Matthew  Elliott.  The  latter  genlKMimn  re- 
tired in  IA85,  and  tlio  buainess  is  now  under 
(he  aulo  contrut  of  Mr.  Chisholm.  He  Uko- 
retaina  the  Eldorado  wills  on  the 
C.  P.  R, .    ami    the    pink-brown    at^me 

J~  uarry  at  the  Forks  of  the  Credit  river, 
hiring  the  nartnerahin  the  firm  had  a 
braoeh  of  the  Brampton  ntuiness  at  Orange- 
liilii.       Mr.   Ohiaholm   waa  poatmaaU)^   at 


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Brampton  for  nearly  twenty  years,  but  re- 
signed on  entering  parliamentary  life.  He 
waa  councilman  for  Brampton,  and  wns 
reeve  for  twelve  years  almost  in  succes- 
sion, and  was  elected  eleven  out  of  thu 
twelve  by  ac€lamati'>u.  For  three  year.*, 
in  auocesaion  he  waa  warden  of  the  county. 
In  1873,  he  became  a  candidate  for  the 
County  of  Peel  in  the  Provincial  parlia* 
ment.  and  wna  elected  ;  and  haa  Iweu  elec- 
ted since  four  times  in  succession.  Mr. 
Chisholm  ia  a  shareholder  and  direct^ir,  and 
vice-president  of  the  Haggart  Kfanufactur- 
inc;  Company,  and  ia  a  director  of  the 
Central  Hank  of  Canada.  In  politics  he  ia 
an  adherent  of  Mr  Blake  in  general  policy, 
and  a  follower  of  Mr.  Mowat  in  Ontario. 
Hia  religious  convictions  are  those  of 
Methodism.  He  haa  been  twice  married  : 
first  to  Margaret,  daughter  of  the  late  John 
Elliott  at  one  time  his  partner  in  buaineaa. 
This  lady  died  in  1863,  leaving  one 
daughter.  H  e  married  again  in  1 805, 
Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  the  late  Joseph 
MoMaater,  of  Beanuvillo.  by  whom  he  haj 
four  children — three  sons  and  one  daughter. 
K.  Alexander  aud  Douglas  H,  are  em- 
ployed in  their  father's  establishment. 
Mr.  Chisholm  waa  one  of  the  promoters  of 
the  Credit  Valley  Railway,  now  part  of  the 
C.P.R.  aystem,  and  was  appointed  by  the 
Ontario  Houae  one  of  the  tniateea  for  the 
payment  of  the  debt  of  the  Credit  Valley 
ruad  when  it  amalgamated  with  the  C.P.R. 
de  was  also  appointed  one  of  the  directora 
<if  the  Ontario  and  Sault  8te.  Marie  Railway. 
It  ia  only  necessary  to  read  the  record  of 
Mr.  Chiaholm'a  career  to  conclude  that  he 
ia  a  man  of  for  more  than  ordinary  enter- 
priae  and  ability,  for  the  people  have  tried 
him  in  almost  every  public  capacity,  and 
found  him  capable  aud  faithful  Ui  his  trust. 
He  is  a  useful  member  of  the  legislature. 

Miilork,  William,  M.A.  MP  for 
North  York,  Toronto,  Ont,,  aud  Vice-Chan- 
cvUor  of  the  University  of  Ti>ronto,  waa 
bom  at  Bond  Head,  in  the  township  of 
West  (.(Willimbnry,  County  of  Simooe,  on 
the  l(»th  of  January,  1843.  He  ia  the  sec* 
ond  son  of  the  Ute  Thomas  H.  Mulock, 
M.U,,  T.C.D.,  who  waa  a  native  of  Dublin, 
Ireland.  Thomas  H.  Mulock  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  Cawtlira,  formerly 
of  Yorkahire^  England,  who  aeltle<l  m 
Newmarket,  aod  waa  elected  a  reform 
member  in  thA  Legialative  Aasembly  uf 
Upper  Canada,  for  the  County  of  Sinicoe 
in  1839.  He  waa  first  sent  to  school  at  the 
Newmarket  Grammar  achool,  and  having 
completed   hia  studios    there,    ho    entered 


A  VYCLOPjEVIA  of 


the  UDivennty  of  Tnronto.  In  luodem 
l&nguages  he  vrna  ({old  rotxlaliBt ;  and  in 
18G3  he  t4X>k  Iub  Art«  degree.  Out  of  col- 
lege A  profeftfticm  hnd  to  be  diosen,  &nd 
the  Uw  held  out  the  atrongefit  hire  to  hini. 
As  A  law  atndcnt,  Mr.  Miilock  displAycd  the 
ttiinie  induiitry  and  cloArheadcdnou  that  he 
did  in  cuUei^c.  In  18<S8  ho  waa  ciiUed  to  the 
btf,  lifter  having  pused  a  very  creditable 
exAfuinatinn,  bem^  st  the  head  of  the  class. 
Hia  legiil  talents  were  rejfnrded  of  auch 
high  order  that  he  wa4  for  fi)ur  years  an 
examiner  in,  and  one  of  the  lecturers  iipon, 
E<(uity,  for  the  Law  Society  at  Toronto, 
lu  1873  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
Senate  of  the  University  of  Toronto,  con- 
tinuing senator  from  1873  to  1871J.  He  was, 
in  1881,  1882.  and  1884  elected  vice-chan- 
cellor of  the  University.  Ht»  has  been  con- 
nected prominently  nith  several  public  etiter- 
prises,  and  it  may  bo  mentioned  tliat  he  is 

Sreflidentof  tho  FArmera'  Loan  and  Savinj^a 
bmpAuy,  and  the  YiotoriA  Rolling  Stock 
Company.  He  is  likewise  a  director  of  the 
Toronto  General  Trusts  Company.  Up  till 
these  late  years  he  had  shown  very  little  de- 
sire to  be  connected  with  pf>)iticallife  ;  but 
he  had  always  taken  a  deep  int*^reAt  in 
public  events.  A  numlwr  of  intltiontial 
friends  pressed  him  t/i  allow  himself  to  be  put 
in  nomination  in  the  Reform  interest  for 
an  Ontario  oonstituenoy,  and  after  some 
deliberation,  he  consented.  North  York 
was  chosen,  a  riding  that  had  been  repre- 
sented by  a  eonsurvative.  The  contest 
was  very  sharp,  but  Mr.  Mulock  created 
an  excellent  impreaaion  wherever  he  aj^v- 
peared.  He  did  not  g<i  about  foaming  at 
the  mouth,  in  the  abominable  way  that  is 
the  fashion,  upon  the  majority  of  meetings 
in  Canada  at  genural  elections  ;  but  he 
nude  his  statements  in  the  manner  of  a 
dignified  gentleman  who  has  facts  to  sub> 
stantiate  all  he  attirma.  and  convictions  to 
justify  it.  He  was  successful,  and  his  pres* 
enco  in  the  House  of  Comntcms  has  heen 
an  impurtant  gain.  He  is  a  clear,  logical, 
and  convincing  roosoner,  and  while  he  de- 
lights those  of  his  own  political  views,  he 
always  compels  the  attention,  and  wins  the 
a«lmiratiou  uf  hia  npponbtits. 

Voung,  Jamcn,  Clerk  of  Stationery,  to 
the  Dominion  Government,  Ottawa,  was 
bom  at  Locheo,  now  part  of  Dundee,  Scot- 
land, on  tho  12th  February,  1829.  He  is  a 
son  of  John  Young,  flaxdreaser,  who  was 
foreman  or  manager  of  one  of  the  large  fac- 
tones  of  that  town.  He  wasaninu  remark- 
able for  his  endeavours  to  ameliorate  the 
condition    of   the  women  and  children  em> 


ployed  in  factories,  and  wma  one  of  the 
wlio  led  the  agitation  in  favour  of  the  &ni 
Factories  Act,  which  put  a  limit  to  the  buart 
of  labour  and  ^ve  operatives,  for  the  6 
time,  a  legal  right  to  curtaiu  hours  of  leisuns. 
Hift  mother  was  Margaret  timith.  who  nu 
descended  from  the  Smarts  of  Logier&it,  ut 
Perthshire,  and  a  near  relation  *A  ih» 
founder  of  Stuart's  Hospital,  in  Edinbursb. 

James  was  educated  al     Dundee,    " 

an  ordinary  Scotch  education,    n 
study  of  Latin  and  French.  At  the  u. 
teen    he  was   entered  as    apprenti'      ' 
bookbinding  trade  in    Dundee,  aiiJ  .i^rvi 
his    time    there   and    in    Edinburgh.      U 
1851  he  commenced  work-a-day  life  in  Poo- 
dee  as  a  boukbinder,  which  businos^^  was  >iic- 
oessfully  carried  on   under    the  lirm  iiAin« 
of  Young  tV:  brectiin  until  1857,  when,  being 
in  precarious  health,  he  relinquiabed  tus  ui- 
terest  to  Mr.  Brechin  and  sailed    for  Amet' 
ica,  chietly  in  search  of  health  ;  but,  anii- 
in;  at  Toronto,  on  the  2Ut    October,  l^'t 
htt    was  I'U'ereil  employment   as    a  hoisfae* 
in  the  oflice   of  the   Queen's  Printer,  sod 
reo)ained    for  a    time  in    several  capocitiet 
in    Toronto,     Quebec,    and     *  Htawo,    until 
the    destruction  of   Mr.    DosbHrnt's   entab- 
luhment  by  tire  in  January,  l.sH'.t.     The  ex- 
cellence of  the  higher  grades  of  work  tumoi 
out,  and  the  improvements  nmde  in  the  gen* 
eral  working  of  the  establishment,  for  soni« 
years  hail  attracted  much  attentirm  in  influ- 
ential quarters,  and  the  government,  havuig 
determined  on  the  eatabliahineiit  of  thi*  Su- 
tionery    otllce   under  the  act  t>f    iS'id,  ap* 
pointed  Mr.  Young  to  the  position    he  iii>w 
holds,  in  March,  1809.       He  organized  the 
bnaincas,  first  under  the  Miuiaterof  Finanot; 
and  Accountant  of  Contingencies,  and  froto 
1871  underthe  Secretary  of  State.     The  ol 
tice  has  been  a  success  from   its    inceplio. 
and  has,  as  the  public  acctjunts  wilt  show 
been  the  mesns    of    aAving   great  sums 
money  to  the  public  of   Can»da.      His    ap- 
pointment was  not  alone  ixipnlar,  but  it  vsa 
an    extremely    important    one  ;     and  Mr« 
Young  has  the  satufaction  of  redecting 
choice    was   made  of  him.  not  thruu^ 
pulling  of  iK>litical  wires,  but  by    reason 
his  thurough  (itness  for  the    position.     W 
regret    to  say  that    too  close  application 
duty  has  been  telling  severely  of  late  (1883' 
against  Mr.   Voung'a    health  ;  and    he 
obliged  towards  the  close  of  the  year  to 
amelioration  in  tho  bracing  air  of  the  mouu' 
tainoua  districts  uf  Colorado.     He  has  been 
much  impressed  by  the  rapid  growth  and  the 
civiliEatiunof  the  cities  in  Colorado, and  writ- 
ing to  his  friend,  Oeorge  Maclean  Rose,  fn:*cn 


i 


A 


CANADIAN  BWQRAPliY. 


691 


,  ho  Bay* :— '*  Tho  docVtrlkinka  I  wn 

ng  along  very  weU,  as  everyone  cjiniug 
belnw  muatneeda  get    acctistomed  U> 

altitude,  5,203  f«et  above  sea  level,  and 
mretied  air.  NolTvithstandiiig  thia 
height,  Denver  liea  in  a  haain.  or  alight  de- 
preaaion  of  the  nnrrounding^  prairie.  The 
Rocky  mountains  aro  around  two  aidea  of 
U8,  the   west  and  auuth-weat  ;  and  we  can 

a  range  of  one  hundred  and  6fty  niilea, 
Bay,  ou  a  clear  day.  A  most  niagniti- 
lit  scents  it  IB.  .  .  .  Thia  is  a  marvel- 
loiia  ciiy  for  iU  age.  They  say  that  the 
moat  ancient  native  ia  only  fourteen  yenra 
old,  and  the  population  is  claimed  to  be 
seventy  thousand  at  least.  The  foundation 
of  the  city's  wealth  ia  the  surrounding  mines. 
The  great  siueltiug  works  are  here,  and  the 
Mtea  c«nninji  in.  and  the  metals  going  out, 
fonn  its  trade,  and  the  results  are  seen  in 
all  directions.  Thousands  of  splendid  resi- 
dences, grand  public  buildings,  fine  shops  of 
every  sort,  spacious  churches,  are  to  be  seen 
iivre  ;  and  there  are  doctors  past  enumera- 

.  t/i  attend  to  invalids  from  everywhere. 

ink  I  have  met  several  dozens  of  invalids 
Ontario    already,   (a  great  many    are 

dents.)      About     hiilf  of    th«  [K>pulation 

e  here,  it  is  said,  for  health's  sake,  aud 
ding  they  could  live,   remained,  got  into 

e  business,  and  are  now  doing  weU.  My 
doctor,  an  Ontarian,  t/>ld  me  that  about 
hftlf  the  people  are  living  on  one  lung,  and 
Ihat  not  very  good  ;  yet  they  live,  and  en- 
joy life,  too." 

Sutherland,  IIubIi  ncKay.  Winni- 
peg, M.r.  for  ^^elkirk,  Manit<tha,  was  bum 
in  New  Ix)ndon,  Prince  Edward  Island,  on 
Ihe  2itnd  February.  1843.  His  family  had 
migrated  to  the  island  in  18I(>  from  8uther> 
Undshiro,  Scotland,  his  father  engaginj;  in 
farming  at  New  London.  In  1849,  how- 
ewr.  Mr.  Sutherland  resolved  to  try  his 
•«'  ill  Upper  Canada,  a  province  which 
'  time  was  in  high  repute  and  making 
niij^iia  strides  in  settlement.  By  boat  aud 
WMgon  ho  rande  his  way  to  the  C^ounty  nf 
Oxmd,  and  there  took  up  school  teaching, 
wluob  he  followed  for  many  years.  The 
mibjtfct  of  this  sketch  resided  likewise  in 
OzK»rd.and  married,  on  the  10th  February, 
2864,  Mary,  daughter  of  Alexander  Dickie, 
of  Ilrant,  Ontario;  but  this  lady  died  on 
the  11th  of   October,    1875.      Ue   married 

in,  on  tho  lUrh  December,  1878,  May, 
hter  of  the  Hon.  K.  T.  Hanks,  of  Balti- 
nont,  U.S.  In  isr^  he  removed  to  (Jrillia, 
Co.  KimoiH*.  and  curried  on  exteuMve  lum 
baring  operations  until  1873.  in  which  year 
h*  mni  tij   the   North  WeaC,  and  beuame 


snperititendent  of  Dominion  Uovemment 
Public  Works  until  1873.  In  this  year  the 
great  Canadian  Norlh-West  was  bidding  out 
strong  inducement  to  capital  aud  enterprise, 
and  our  subject  resolved  to  remain  in  the 
country,  taking  up  liis  abode  in  Winnipo?. 
Here  he  engaged  in  a  number  of  enter- 
prises ,  having  accumulated  considerable 
capital  in  the  cast,  but  he  obietly  con- 
cerned himself  in  lumber  operations,  into 
which  he  entered  upon  an  extensive  scale. 
Mr.  Sutherland  luu  all  the  wise  caution 
of  his  countrymen,  but  he  has  also  a  spirit 
of  the  most  active  eutorprise  ;  and  added 
to  these  two  excellent  qualities,  he  has 
splendid  buainess  ability.  It  ia  not  to  be 
wondered  at  that  a  generoua  measure  of 
success  waited  upon  his  undertakings.  Ue 
next  began  to  give  considerable  ntteutiou  to 
politics,  and  the  people  in  the  pctirie  prov- 
ince saw  in  him  all  the  retfuisites  of  an 
excellent  representative.  What  he  has 
achieved  in  commerce  will  be  understootl 
when  we  state  that  he  is  president  of  tho 
Winnipeg  A'  Hudson's  Bay  Railway  Com- 
pany, and  is  one  of  its  chief  promoters,  and 
has  already  apent  much  time  aud  CApital 
in  developing  it.  He  was  one  of  the  ^^rig- 
inal  promoters,  and  became  vice-president 
of  the  Manitoba  South  Western  Hallway, 
the  first  local  railway  in  Manitoba;  he 
was  tho  first  to  bring  the  extensive  ooal 
fields  of  the  North-Wust  into  prominonoei 
by  developing  the  Souris  coal  mine  in  1879, 
and  floating  coal  down  in  barges  900  miles 
by  water  to  Winnipeg  ;  he  is  president  of 
the  British  and  North-Weat  Colonisation 
Company  ;  president  of  the  Prince  Albert 
Colonization  Company  ;  and  he  is  president 
of  the  Rainy  I^ke  Lumber  Company.  He 
was  an  unsuccessful  cuididate  for  East 
Simcoo  in  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  On- 
tario in  1875,  but  was  returned  to  the 
Dominion  parliament  for  Selkirk  at  the 
last  general  election.  He  is  an  extremely 
useful  member  of  the  House,  and  his  judg- 
ment ia  held  in  liigh  respect.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  English  church. 

BIrrell,  dieoriie  §-.  London.— The 
subject  uf  this  sketch  was  bom  in  the  City 
of  London,  Ontario,  in  164'2.  and  is  the  eldest 
son  of  the  late  John  Birrell,  founder  of  the 
well-known  wholesale  dry  gtKids  houae  of 
John  Birrell  &  Co.,  in  that  city.  On  the 
death  of  his  father,  in  18To.  Ceorge  became 
the  head  of  the  firm,  and  has  by  his  etcel- 
lent  management  and  business  thrift,  main- 
ta-ined  and  enlarged  its  connections,  until 
it  is  now  one  of  the  largest  and  most  suc- 
oeaafuUy  oonduoted  and  pushing   bouses  in 


rt*22 


X  CTCLQPMDIA  OF 


the  dry  gooda  trade  in  Western  Ontario. 
Alihoagh  almoat  a  devotee  to  buainoASf 
Mr.  BirreU  gives  a  good  deal  of  time  to 
municipal  alTaira.  Sutue  years  agi>,  when 
urged  by  many  of  his  fellow-cttizena  co  joiu 
thorn  in  an  attempt  to  put  to  riKhta  many 
grievances  which  sfHicted  the  body  politic 
in  the  city  council,  he  readily  gave  his  oon- 
sent,  and  was  elected  aa  alderman  for  Ward 
No.  1,  and  has  been  elected  by  the  same 
ward  several  times  since.  In  the  city  coun* 
oil  he  has  served  as  cliainnan  on  various  im- 
portant committees  ;  and  this  year  (1885) 
he  is  water  commissioner,  having  declined 
ih©  proffered  honour  of  the  mayoralty. 
Hr.  BirroU  was  married,  in  1808,  to  Alice 
Perry,  of  Utica,  in  the  Statt  of  Now 
Vorky  and  has  two  chddron,  a  daughter  and 
son.  He  ia  a  Mason,  and  has  attained  the 
33  degrees  ;  he  ia  president  of  the  Masonic 
Temple  Company  in  London,  and  is  like- 
wise president  of  the  North  American  St. 
George  I'nion.  In  every  respect,  toeing 
thrift,  ability,  push  and  integrity  into  ac- 
count, he  may  be  regarded  us  an  honoured 
citizen  and  a  representative  Oftnadian. 

Ca»{(raiii,  Charles  Eiitfene^  CM., 
M.D.,  Windsor,  Out.,  was  bom  at  Quebec, 
on  the  3rd  August,  18*25.  He  is  a  son  of 
the  Honourable  Oharles  E.  Casgraiu  and  of 
Eliza  Ann  Baby.  The  former  waa  a 
member  nf  the  Legislative  Assembly  before 
the  union,  and  a  member  of  the  special 
council  created  after  the  rebellion.  He  was 
made  a  lieut-oulonel,  unattached,  in  1839  for 
his  loyalty  during  the  rebellion,  and  assist- 
anoe  given  by  him  to  the  troops  during 
their  passage  from  Fredericton  tu  Quebec. 
Dr.  Casgrain  is  a  brother  of  the  Abbe  H.  R. 
Caagrain,  a  French*Canadian  writer  of  great 
repute,  and  of  P.  B.  Caagrain,  MP.,  for 
Vlalet.  By  his  mother  he  is  descended 
from  a  family  whose  members  were  among 
the  first  to  emigrate  to  Detroit  in  the  begin- 
ing  of  the  eighteenth  century.  The  Hon. 
James  Baby,  maternal  grandfather,  who 
was  speaker  of  the  Legislative  Council  of 
Canada,  in  still  well  remembered  in  Toronto. 
Charles  Eugene  Casgrain  receivo<l  a  com- 
plete classicttl  education  at  the  Oollego  of 
bt.  Anne's,  Quebec,  and  hi?  medical  educa- 
tion at  McGill  College,  Montreal,  where  he 
graduated  in  1851  as  master  of  surgery  and 
doctor  of  medicine.  He  was  a  studunt  of 
the  lat«  Doctor  Wolfred  Nelson  of  Montreal. 
He  began  prsctising  his  prtifession  in  De- 
troit, Mich.,  in  1851,  but  removetl  to  Sand- 
wich in  1856«  at  the  earnest  request  of 
prominent  citizens  of  that  place.  He  was 
then  appointed  coroner  for  the  County  of 


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Easox  and  jail  surgeon  ;  and  both  appoi 
menta  are  still  held  by  him.  When  d» 
Essex  battalion  was  formed  in  1860,  he  vis 
gazetted  captain  of  the  Sandwich  oompaa^; 
and  h^  was  afterwards  surgeon  to  the 
troops  stationed  in  Windsor  and  iSsQtiwwb 
during  the  Fenian  raids  in  18ti]  to  lKfi4  ht 
Casgrain  was  elected  a  municipal  ■■ 
by  acclamation,  for  the  town  uf  ^ 
1874,  and  served  two  terms.  Ho  uxm  r>««n 
a  member  uf  the  Board  of  School  TruslcM 
for  the  last  eighteen  yuors.  Hu  bt>came  tbti 
president  of  the  St.  John  the  Baptist  So 
ciety  of  Essex  at  it«  inception  in  1804,  and 
is  still  an  active  member  of  the  aamo.  He 
waa  re-elected  general  president  of  all 
French-Canadian  societies  of  Eaaex  in  18S 
aud  OS  such  presided  at  the  groat  Fren 
Canadian  convention  held  in  AVindsc-r  oa 
the  24th  June  of  the  same  year.  He  i>s 
strong  Liberal-Conservative  aud  auppoiter 
of  Sir  John  A.  MacdfUald  ;  and  is  chair- 
man of  the  Liberal -Conservative  Associaliaa 
of  North  Essex.  He  is  a  devoted  Roman 
Catholic  ;  and  in  1884,  in  oonatderadon  of 
ser\'iccs  rendered  to  the  church,  was  crMtcd 
by  His  Holiness,  Pope  Loo  XIIL,  a  knight 
of  tlie  order  of  the  Holy  i^epulchre.  B« 
married  iu  1851,  Charh'tte  Mary,  daughter 
of  Thomas  ("base  and  Catherine  Adelaide 
Caroline  Bailly  de  Messein,  of  Detroit 
Michigan,  formerly  of  Quebec.  His  eidett 
son,  Thomas  Chaae  Caagrain,  is  professor  of 
criminal  law  at  Laval  University,  Quebec, 
and  was  one  of  the  council  for  the  Crowit  in 
the  Queen  tv.  Louis  Kiel  and  other  rebel 
leaders  at  Hegina,  in  July  aud  August, 
1885.  Dr.  Ca^rain  praotioea  medicine  tu 
Windsor,  Ontario,  with  another  of  his  sous« 
Henry  Raymond  Caagrain,  M.D.,  whu  wss 
sux^geou-major  in  charge  of  Field  Hospital 
No.  2,  at  Moose-Jaw,  during  the  late  rebel- 
lion. He  has  always  enjoyed  to  the  fullest 
extent  the  contidence  of  his  fcllow-citizoni 
of  all  deuomiiiatiotis.  Ho  was  on  sererat 
occasions  urged  to  otler  himself  fur  p 
Hamentary  honoura,  but  declined,  owing 
his  extensive  pn)fessiona1  engagements 

Jac'kaon,  Rev.  Mamiiel  "S.^  M.D. 
Congregational  minister,  Kiri^atnn,  Ontari 
was  Doru  in  1838,  in  the  township  uf  Brom 
Lower  Canada,  where  his  grandfather,  tl 
Rev.  John  Jackson,  M.A.,  settled  in  1813. 
His  father,  U.  N.  Jacksou,  J. P.,  was  a 
farmer,  and  proposed  bringing  up  his  th 
sons  in  the  same  pursuit,  but  as  th 
reached  the  estate  of  manhood,  they  ch 
professions,  and  the  oldest,  Joseph  A., 
now  a  leadintf  medical  practitioner  in  M 
Chester,    N.H.,    white    the     youngest, 


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CANADIAN  BIOORAPBY, 


r,  u  A  medical  profeeeor  in  the  Uni- 
d^  of  Vermont.  The  second  sun,  the 
>ject  of  this  iketch,  when  eighteen  years 
1^,  went  Ui  Nehriuikii,  then  a  new  terri- 
tory in  the  far  west,  where  he  S[i6nt  some 
tune  at  the  piibliahiug  profession — being  for 
a  time  joint  editor  and  proprietor  uf  a 
iiewBpaper  there.  Pt^ssessing  from  his  youth 
n^  incliuation  for  the  ininiatty,  he  re- 
■  1  home,  and,  ufterfurlbur  prtiliminary 
tmiparation,  entered  college  to  qualify  for 
that  calling.  He  pursued  his  studies  in 
McOill  University  in  the  faculties  of  arts 
and  medicinOf  and  in  the  CongregatiMnal 
CtiUege,  afliliated  wirh  that  nniveraity, 
wImttb  he  completed  his  oourso  in  divinity 
in  1866.  In  tlie  same  year  he  married  Mary 
A. ,  eldest  daughter  of  William  Parkyn,  of 
Mootreal.  While  a  student  ho  siipptied  St. 
Paula  L'ni.m  CKurch,  Cote  St.  Paul,  Mon- 
treal, and,  after  Hnishing  his  college  career, 
ba  was  ordained  as  its  fint  pastor  Hecon- 
t>BU«d  in  this  charge  until  1871,  when  he 
rMigned  to  woept  a  call  to  the  pastorate  of 
Um  Zion  Confcregational  Church,  Toronto. 
In  1877  he  received  an  invitation  to  the 
M»toraI  charge  of  the  First  Congregational 
Churi'^h  in  Kingston,  whereupon  he  resigned 
his  Toronto  past«»rate.  and  took  the  over- 
sight  of  the  church  with  which  he  has  stuoe 
laboured.  At  one  time  Dr.  Jackson  was 
editor  of  the  Caiiaduxn  IiuUpenJent,  and  for 
6ve  years  he  compiled  and  edited  the  Con- 
/r((7fi'io*ta/  Yaar  Book,  He  is  a  lecturer  and 
member  of  the  faculty  of  the  Congregational 
College,  and  the  secretary  of  the  Canada 
Ooagntfrational  Missionary  Society. 

BxffraTe*  Hllarjr,  Rev.,  Pastor  of 
the  CnitariAn  Church,  Toronto,  was  bom  at 
Wallin^n,  Hertfonlshire,  Knglaiid,  on  the 
23rd  or  January,  1848.  Vory  early  in  life 
he  entertained  thoughts  of  entering  the 
ministry,  and  was  strengthened  in  bos  re- 
Uipous  views  by  Rev.  John  Mudway,  of 
Herts,  where  Mr  Bygrave^s  family  removed 
before  he  wnn  fifteen  years  of  age.  Afker 
dued*  ■  -  the  subject  of  this  sketch 

eat«r<  ham  College,  in  the  beauti- 

fol  Cuy  ol  >ottiD^luim,  an  institution 
which  trains  youn^  men  for  the  Congrega- 
tional ministry.  Huro,  in  company  with 
four  fellow  studHUts,  Mr.  Bygrave  gave 
early  evidence  of  how  thoroughly  in  earn- 
est  he  WAS  by  organizing  a  inissiou  in  one 
i»f  the  vilest  parts  nf  the  city,  which  was 
th«i  iu«ans  of  rtwUiniing  many  frnm  vice, 
and  ihrough  which  its  promoters  acquired 
the  fAcnliy  of  apeakiag  the  mother  tuu^^ue 
in  a  t«rse  and  a  floent  way.  4.*a  leavinif 
Nottingham  ho  prooocNled  to  London,  and 


completed  his  studies  at  Uaokney  College, 
one  of  the  oldest,  if  not  the  oldest,  seats  of 
learning  amongst  the  Noucunformists.  Ue 
was  ordained  by  the  Kentish  Congregational 
Association  of  MiDiatera  at  Belvedere,  Kent, 
a   beautiful   suburb   of    Ixmdon,    in    Mny, 

1871.  Hare  the  young  minister's  future 
seomod  hupeful  and  promising  in  the  ex- 
treme, surrounded  as  he  was  by  a  cnnunaga- 
tiou  of  wealthy  and  ouUivate<l  people.  Uut 
he  bad  left  college  in  broken  health,  and  in 
less  than  two  years  his  strength  failed  com- 
pletely, and  he  felt  it  his  duty  t>  resign  his 
charge.  In  a  letter  to  Mr.  Bygrave,  from 
the  secretary  of  the  church,  dated  October, 
27th,  1872,  the  following  paasage  occurs,  re- 
ferring t<i  the  meeting  called  to  consider  the 
resiguuiion  of  the  pastor  :  — '*  1  may  say 
thai  great  emotion  was  felt  by  all  present, 
in  many  the  deep  feeling  t*f  the  heart  pre- 
vented the  expression  of  the  lips,  but 
showed  itself  even  in  strong  men  by  the 
bumting  sob  and  the  overflowing  eye. 
Think  of  the  noble  work  you  are  leaving, 
and  come  back  to  us  again  when  you  have 
rested  a  while,  with  a  heart  more  than  ever 
given  to  the  work  of  your  Lord."  Mr  Uy- 
grave  was  ordered  by  his  physicians  to 
cease  studying  and  take  a  long  rest  or  a  sea 
voyage,  and  as  he  had  often  wished  t<i  visit 
America,  he  determined  to  go  there.  Uis 
good  people  at  Belvedere  gave  him  a  well- 
filled  purse,  which  made  his  proposed  trip 
possible,  but  upon  the  distinct  understand- 
ing that  this  in  no  way  bound  him  to  return 
to  them  unless  he  was  so  minded.  He 
landed  at  Boston,  after  a  long  and  stormy 
paasage   of    nineteen    days,    in    December, 

1872,  and  soon  fell  in  love  with  his  new 
surroundings.  It  was  not  long  before  re- 
turning heuth  made  it  possible  for  him  to 
undertake  occasional  preaching,  and  in 
April,  1873,  he  was  unanimously  cidled  to  the 
pastorate  of  the  Congregational  Church  at 
Boxford,  Mass.,  which,  however,  he  de- 
clined. This  circumstance  did  not,  however, 
diminish  his  popularity  in  Boxford,  and 
never  a  summer  has  paased  since  then  that 
he  has  not  spent  many  happy  days  there 
am'>ng  his  numen>us  friends  and  admirers. 
In  May,  1873,  he  was  called  to  the  Contcre- 
gational  Church,  £ast  Milton,  a  pleasant 
suburb  of  Boston,  where  he  remained  for 
two  years.  It  was  hero  tliat  he  be^au  light- 
ing d(»n)its  tibitut  the  Trinity,  thw  BihU*  and 
Everlasting  rnulshment.  Finding  himself 
wandcrnig  further  away  from  the  orthodox 
standards,  he  relinijuishod  his  work  and  fel- 
lowship in  the  Orthodox  church,  and  sought 
and  found   a  more  oougenial  home  among 


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the  CnitarUns.  lu  Jutie,  187*%  he  was 
called  to  the  Unitarian  Church,  at  Hudson, 
Maes.,  vhere  he  laboured  with  great  suc- 
ceM  for  four  years.  The  impression  that 
Mr.  Bygrave  made  in  Hudson  may  be 
judged  of  by  the  following  from  the 
Fiaiuer  of  that  p]ace  : — ''The  Rev.  Hilary 
Bygrave's  departure  from  our  midst  will  be 
A  great  loss  to  this  community,  especially 
to  those  of  an  age  most  nusceptiblo  to 
moulding  inHuences,  because  of  his  interest 
in  religious  and  secular  efhicatiim,  his  re- 
fined and  literary  taste,  and  thu  purity  and 
inspiration  of  the  letter  and  spirit  of  his 
life."  Mr.  Byirrnve  was  twice  called  to 
Dover,  N.H.,  after  leaving  Hudson,  but 
declined  on  both  occasiouH.  About  this  time 
the  I'nitftrian  Church  in  Toronto  was  seek* 
ing  a  pnstor,  and  at  the  earnest  solicitation 
of  his  friend,  G  W.  Fox,  assistant  secre- 
tary of  the  American  Unitarian  Association, 
who  felt  that  an  Englishman  might  best 
serve  the  cause  here.  Mr.  By^mve  accepted 
the  charge,  and  preached  his  first  sermon  on 
the  hrat  Sunday  iu  DecemtHsr,  1830.  Since 
his  arrival  in  Toronto,  Mr.  By^rave  has 
done  much  to  build  up  his  church,  aud  has 
endeared  himaelf  to  every  member  of  his 
oongre<;ation.  Naturally  he  has  had  a  hard 
road  to  travel,  being  opposed  so  strongly  by 
orthodoxy.  The  other  churches  took  with 
disfavour  upon  Unitarianism,  and  they  are 
as  loath  to  grant  a  hearing  to  its  ministers, 
as  Rome  was  to  give  ear  to  Martin  Luther. 
But  Uome  was  obliged  to  liiten  to  him,  and 
the  world  also  heard,  and  the  work  that 
Monk  did  ia  felt  to-dsy.  Mr.  Bygrave's 
preaching  ia  characten/.ed  by  great  fervour, 
exceedingly  correct  Km;lish,  and  word  paint- 
ing which  oftentimes  rises  to  grandeur.  In 
clearly  and  lucidly  plucking  out  the  heart 
of  a  mystery  and  stri  king  right  home  when  he 
wants  to,  he  is  by  long  odds  without  a  peer  iu 
the  city.  He  is  a  speaker  to  whom  it  is  a  plea- 
sure to  listen,  and  it  seems  sad  and  strange 
that  owing  to  prej  udice.  or  bigotry,  or 
ignorance,  his  learning,  ^ifts  and  eloquence 
should  be  confined  within  his  own  church 
walls.  Mr.  Bygrave  is  well  versed  in  gen- 
eral literature,  has  a  fine  classic  taste,  and 
is  a  frequent  contributor  of  poems  and 
prose  articles  to  leading  journals  in  New 
York,  Boston  and  Lotidon,  England.  Mr. 
Bygrave  ia  thoroughly  familiar  with  the 
results  of  modern  science,  as  taught  by 
Huxley,  Darwin,  Tyndnll  and  Hn^cket,  and 
ia  in  full  sympathy  with  the  evolutionary 
philosophy  of  Herbert  Spencer.  The  fol- 
lowing are  some  of  the  leading  principles 
of  Unitarianism,  or  the  Liberal  Faith,  as  set 


forth  by  Mr.  Bygrave,  in  a  printed  leotiuv 
which    a   thousand   copies    hare   been 
tributed  within  a  short  time  : — •'   F' 
of  thought  is  the  first  thing  the  Uni 
Church   stands    for.     Wo  see  no  Tirtoe 
blind  belief.     We  claim  for  ouraelves,  sni 
accord  to  others,  full  liberty  of  th*>n-ht,  in- 
quiry and  speech.      Unitarians  a* 
call  themselves  the  I'roteat&nts 
testanta.     We  believe  in  the  Um 
We  find  no  warrant  for  the  Trii 
in  reaaon  or  in  Scripture.     In  tn^^  *- 
of  this  intellectual  freedom  we  came  i 
a  rational  view  of  the  Bible.     Study  i' 
Scriptures   without  a  bias,    with   frt 
tnitnmelJed  minds,  we  see  thst  the  Hi--.. 
not  all  of  oue  piuce,  not  all  of  e^^iial  vxj 
not  all  pitched  in  the  same  high  key.   Mu 
of  the  Bible  is  clay,  but  the  pure  gnld 
truth,  the  vital  and  vitalizing  word  of  (* 
is  there,  only   we   must  search  for  it  as  I 
all  else  that  is  precious,  beautiful  and  i;^ 
The  Bible  is  like  a  great  river  of  G<>A  i 
has  come  down  to  us,  coloured  somewhat 
all  the  clsys,  loaded  with  some 
all  the  soils  and  ssnds  through  whtc 
passed.     So,  too,  we  assert   the  Fat 
of  God.     Uur  church  stands  fur  Ood 
universal,    free    and    unconditioned, 
know  not  of,  and  believe  not  in  God's  ha 
God's  wrath,  God's  vengeance.     The  U 
terian  Church  stands  for  the  real  humaoi^ 
of  Jesus.       We  do  not  believe  that  he  wm 
God,  or  a  third    of  God,   but    human  liks 
ourselves,    moved    aud    inspired   by  God's 
spirit  dwelling  in  him,  as  we  are  when  wi* 
follow  the  lead  of  God.     From  this  is  bnl 
a  step  to  the  next  idea  the  UniterianChir  ' 
atands  for,  namely,  faith  in  man,  fai:  i  in 
man's  essential  nobleness  and  capacity  tVr 
good.      We   do   not  believe  that  man  is  » 
helpless  worm,   or  that  the  human  !>••>-'- 
totally  depraved.     We  discard  the  the 
and  accept  the  scientific  thertry  of  the  origin 
and  history  of  man.     Lastly,  the  Unitarian 
Church  stands   for  the  hope  of  eternal  life 
and  blesftedneas  for  all  human  aoula.     We 
look  for  no  special  and   pnvat«  salvatioo. 
We  hope  for  the  universal  blevsedness  of 
every  creature  throughout   all    the  worl 
We    believe  the    love    of     God    is    etr<> 
enough,  and  patient  enough   to    bring 
souls  home  at  last  ;  that  there  will  be  no 
failures  in  the  long-run,  that  all  souls  will 
some  day  come  to  be  and  do  what  Go<l  de- 
sires.   In  short,  our  fundamental  priuoiplee 
may  be  staled  thus:-   (I)  The  Fatherhood 
of  God.      (2)  The  brotherhood  of  men.  (3) 
The  widest  liberty  of  thought  in  matters  of 
doctrine  and  belief.      Ita  aims — To  live  a 


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b«iier  life  ;  to  do  good  to  otliere ;  and  to 
reach  after  all  that  is  better  and  luKher 
than  ourB«lv«>8.''  There  u  no  doubt  of  it, 
Uiia  ia  a  sraod  platfurin  for  any  church  to 
atand  apon,  and  it  embodiea  the  very 
etaenoe  of  the  ffreatmt  of  all  command- 
ments, iu  love  Ood  and  one's  neisbbitur. 
The  doctrine  of  Everlasting  Punishment 
has  been  repudiated  by  so  many  promiueiit 
dirinea  tif  all  churches  that  a  refusal  tu  ac- 
o«pt  it  no  longer  attracts  attention.  And 
iifr  changes  uisy  be  even  at  the  door. 
|irt?s*rnt  the  L'nitArian  Church  stands 
111  Liif  advance  guard  of  Christian  thought. 
Kev.  Mr.  Bygrave.  in  his  uiaaterly  address 
on  the  *'  Uell  of  the  Psst."  some  time  ago, 
deDVUDoed  the  idei  of  eternal  torment,  and 
qaot«d  Tennyson's  lines  ; — 

'*  That  not  ODC  soul  shall  be  dMtroyed, 
Nur  oa»t  ■«  rubbish  to  the  voul. 
When  God  Las  mad«  tli*?  pilif  complpte." 
He  further  said  tliat  if  he  were  making  a 
prayer  he  would  pray  for  unbelief,  and 
would  say,  **  Oh  Lord,  let  my  divine  faculty 
of  reason,  that  lifts  uie  above  all  creatures 
in  nearness  to  Thyself,  help  me  to  disbelieve 
whatever  is  untrue  to  Thee.  Incline  my 
heart  to  deny  all  hate  and  vengeance  as 
aUegod  of  Thee.  From  the  dctctrine  of  the 
atomal  damnation  of  sinners,  from  the  be- 
lief that  since  I  began  to  speak  to  these 
children  of  Thine  a  million  of  souls  have 
dropped  into  the  outer  darkness  forever, 
good  Lr^d  deliver  me."  And  as  to  **  The 
Hell  of  the  Future,"  he  considered  It  would 
ci>nsist  in  the  main  of  a  remorseful  con- 
science, although  he  believed  that  after 
daaih  there  would  be  a  purifying  proceas  for 
•rary  soul,  the  stripes  for  some  being  few 
and  fur  others  many. 

Owen,    Joacpli    Gardner,   J.  P., 
S' '  Oniario,  was  bt»rn  in  the  town* 

*  irhittetilie,  JSorfolk  county,  on 

llu'  litii  >iay,  1848.  His  parents  were  Ab- 
ner  and  Molvina.  daughter  of  Nichlos  Holt, 
who  came  U*  Canatla  from  the  United 
GUtva  in  1H25,  sotihni;  in  Toronto  town- 
ship. County  uf  PtH)l,  where  they  remained 
till  their  death.  Mr.  Owen  was  the  son  of 
oor  >'Won,  who  was  the  sou  of  Captain 
ner  Owen,  su  old  U.K.  loyalist,  who  came 
file  ci'tintry  after  the  war  of  1812,  and 
n-  r    the  t«»wn  of  Sinicoe,  Norfolk, 

Ml'  rnor  Simc<io  passed  through  that 

pMH.  oi  thii  country.  He  obtained  a  mill 
aito  whore  now  the  town  of  Sirocoe  stands 
for  a  small  consideration.  Mr.  Owen's 
father  followed  the  life  of  a  farmer  and 
Inmber  mvrvhant,  and  had  a  family  of  seven, 
tb«  iQbject  of  this  sketch  being  the  third 


youngest.  He  resided  until  his  death  in 
the  township  of  Charlotteville,  Norfolk, 
and  Mrs.  Owen  is  still  living  in  the  old 
homeatead.  Joseph  Gardner  Owen  was 
educated  at  the  common  schools,  and  at  the 
ago  of  sixteen  entered  the  employ  cf  Messrs. 
GiM^derhani  «.V  Worts,  of  Aleadowvale,  as 
clerk,  where  he  remained  for  &ve  years, 
when  he  proceeded  to  StreetsviUe.  where  he 
entered  the  employ  of  Messrs.  Uarber  Bros., 
as  mauagar.  In  this  establishment  he  re- 
mained till  187l>,  when  he  concluded  to  be- 
gin business  for  himself.  Accordingly  in 
the  same  year  he  built  a  store  and  C4)n)- 
menced  his  general  mercantile  operiitiona  in 
partnership  with  J.  H.  Patervon,  continuing 
until  1H81,wheu  the  association  dissolved.  In 
m82  Mr.  Owen  again  entered  into  partuer- 
shipwith  Mr.  William  Andrews,  with  whom 
he  remained  until  18B3,  when  Mr.  Owen  re* 
tired  from  mercantile  life.  He  now  entered 
tho  business  of  general  broker  and  real 
estate  agent,  which  business  he  still  con- 
•  tinues.  We  may  say  that  in  his  latest  occu- 
pation he  has  been  more  than  successful, 
llesides  the  general  oflice  business,  he  is  an 
auctioneer  for  the  counties  of  Peel,  York 
and  Halton.  In  1882  he  was  elected  reeve 
of  Streetsville,  was  re-elected  in  1883,  re- 
tiring  in  the  present  year  (1886).  In  1881 
he  was  appointed  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and 
in  1883  was  given  the  oommiasionership  of 
the  Queen's  Bench.  He  has  been  chairman 
of  the  Streetsvilto  Mechanics*  Institute,  and 
haa  been  a  member  of  the  board  for  a  num- 
ber of  years ;  and  in  1883  was  elected  a 
director  of  the  Credit  Valley  iiaitway.  He 
is  also  a  ahareholder  of  the  Central  Bank  of 
Canada  ;  haa  been  a  director  of  the  Agricul- 
tural Association  of  the  County  of  Peel  for 
Bome  years  ;  is  a  memberof  the  Freemasons' 
order,  and  a  chartered  member  of  lodge 
River  Park,  No.  35^,  Streetsville,  having 
been  hrst  junior  wsrden  of  the  same.  He 
is  likewise  a  chartered  nieml>or  of  Streets- 
ville lodge,  Mo.  122.  Oddfellows:  and  be- 
longs to  the  A.O.C.W.  Ho  has  been  active 
in  political  work,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Liberal  Association  of  the  County  of  Peel, 
and  a  member  of  the  executive  committee. 
Uia  religious  oouvtctions  are  those  of  Meth- 
odism. He  married  on  the  t3th  of  August, 
18>(4,  Mary  Amelia,  youneest  daughter  of 
the  late  George  Kingsuiill,  tint  Chief  of 
Police,  of  Toronto,  and  one  of  the  beat 
known  citizens  of  that  place.  He  was  cap- 
tain in  the  Queen's  Rangers  daring  the  rebel- 
lion of  1837.  and  died  in  1853.  She  is  also 
a  aister  of  the  late  George  H-  Kingsmill. 
who   at   one  time  was  oounected    with  the 


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520. 


A  CTChOJ JBDIA  Of 


Toronto  Telegraph,  the  Toronto  Sfai\  and 
the  Ottawa  »Sun,  and  was  afterwarda  emi- 
gration commiuioner  to  England.  Mr. 
Owen  IB  a  man  of  much  broad  public  spirit, 
and  he  enjoya  a  generouB  meaBure  of  popn- 
iarity  in  busineu  life,  as  well  ae  in  aocial 
circles, 

Divon,  It.  Ilomcr,  K.N.L.,  eldest 
8uii  «'f  Thuinos  Dixun,  K.N.L.,  K.L.,  was 
b«>ni  in  Amsterdsm,  March  10,  1819.  He 
wa«  created  Kuivht  of  the  Order  of  the 
Xetherland's  Lion,  by  King  William  the 
Third  ;  and  in  1802,  be  was  appointed  Con- 
BUl-Oeneral  of  the  Netherlands  in  Canada. 
He  ifl  of  Scotch  descent,  the  family  name 
being  Dickfiou  ;  btit  hia  grandfather,  Thomas 
Dickson,  altered  the  spelling  to  Dixon,  l)e- 
foro  ho  removed  to  the  Netherlands,  in 
1788.  There  ho  invested  in  real  estate, 
which,  when  the  Frouoh  revolution  broke 
uat,  became  unsaleable,  and  he  was  afraid 
to  return  home,  apprehending  that  it  would 
be  confiscated  as  the  property  of  an  emi- 
grant. When  the  French  invaded  the 
cotintry,  ho  was  impriaonedj  and  only  re- 
leased upon  the  intercessitm  of  intlnential 
friends,  who  gave  bonds  that  ho  would  not 
leave  the  country.  He  died  in  Amsterdam 
in  1824.  a^ed  B5  years.  His  nnly  son, 
Thomas  Dixun,  Kjiight  of  the  Order  of  the 
Netherland'a  Lion,  and  of  the  Order  of  the 
Lily,  in  France,  waa  born  in  1781.  During 
the  tirat  French  revolution  and  empire  he 
was  once  condemned  to  the  guillotine,  and 
thrice  imprisoned.  In  181B,  he  visiteid  the 
United  SUtes,  where  he  remained  two  years  ; 
and  in  1818,  married  in  Boston,  Mass., 
Mary  B.,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Perrott 
Homer,  of  No.  37  Beacon  street,  and  re- 
turned to  Holland,  where  he  had  three 
sons,  one  of  whom  died  a  bachelor.  .A.fter 
a  few  years  they  returned  to  Boston,  where 
he  died  in  1849,  leaving  two  sons,  the 
younger  of  whom,  Fitz  Eugene,  married 
Catherine  C,  daughter  of  the  Hon.  George 
M.  Dallas,  vice-president  of  the  U.S.A.,  and 
removed  to  Philadelphia  ;  and  one  daugh- 
ter, Harriette  £.  M.,  who  married  the  late 
William  H.  Boult<:in,  M.P.,  of  the  Orange, 
Toronto  ;  and,  aecondly.  Professor  Goldwin 
Smith,  D.C.L.,  of  Oxford  and  Toronto. 
The  subject  of  this  memoir  removed  to  Tor- 
onto, in  lSi)Sj  and  married  Kiito  McOill, 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  Chief  Justice  Sir 
James  B.  Macaulay,  C.B.,  who  died  with- 
out issue  ;  and,  secondly,  in  1800,  Frances 
Caroline,  daughter  of  William  B.  Howard, 
•on  of  Lieut-Colonel  Stephen  Heward, 
who  commanded  the  Quoan'a  Hangera  dur- 
ing  the  war  of  1812. 


Mclntyre,  Alexander  ffYaaer, 

rister,  Ottawa,  was  bom  at  W'illiamsi 
in  the  County  of  Oleogarry,  on  the 
December,  1847.  Our  subject  is  a  son  of 
Daniel  Eugene  Mclntjrv,  M.  D..  sheriff  <rf 
the  uuited  Counties  of  Stormoat.  Dundaa  sad 
Glengarry,  and  grandatn  of  Captain  Jsoifi 
ftfoliityrp.  of  the  English  merchant  attd 
marine.  His  mother  Anne,  was  a  daughts 
of  Colonel  the  Hon.  .Alexander  Fraser,  wl» 
came  to  Canada  as  nn  officer  in  the  Gla* 
garry  Fencibles,  and  who,  upon  the 
ment  of  the  regiment,  settled  in  the 
of  Glengarry,  which  he  represented 
legislature  of  Upper  Canada  from  IKIU)  to 
1839.  He  was  then  called  to  the  L«i 
Council  of  the  province,  and  upon  thai 
of  the  provinces  in  1 8-11,  ho  beoame  a 
ber  of  the  Legislative  Council  of  Unil 
Canadfi.  He  died  in  1853.  Alexaoc 
Fraser  Mclntyre  was  educated  at  the  Cor 
wall  Grammar  school,  and  at  the  Uni< 
of  McOill  College,  Montreal.  Havii 
plefed  his  educational  course,  he  be^ 
study  of  law  at  Cornwall  with  the  late  Ji 
Bethuno,  Q.C.,  and  afterwards  removed  taj 
Toronto,  where  he  became  a  student  irit 
James  McLennan,  Q.C.,  and  the  Hon.  Ed' 
ward  Blake,  Q.C.  He  was  admitted  to 
bar  in  1872,  and  began  the  practice  of 
profession  at  Cornwall,  and  his  busineai' 
arrowing  rapidly,  ho  formed  a  partnenhip 
with  the  present  Judge  Carman,  of  Con* 
wall,  who  became  his  junior  partner,  la 
the  fall  of  1875,  looking  for  a  wider  prv- 
fessional  lield,  h&  joined  the  law  firm  of 
Walker,  Mclntyre  and  Ferguson,  at  Otuwa 
From  1875  until  1878  he  was  entrusted  by 
the  Ministers  of  Justice  of  the  Mackenzie 
adminiatmtion.  Blake  &  Lsflamme  with 
the  conduct  of  many  important  suits  en- 
tered against  the  government  in  the  Ki 
chequer  court  ;  notably  the  cases  bmu^lit 
by  the  Interctdonial  ot>ntraotorft  against  the 
crown.  In  1881  he  became  a  partner  in  the 
law  firm  of  Cookbum  tV  Mclutyre- 
senior  member  being  the  Hon.  Jamea  Coci 
bum,  Q.C,  the  partnership  continuing  un^ 
til  the  death  of  that  gentleman  in  11 
when  our  subject  formed  the  present  1ai 
firm  of  Mclntyre  &  Lewis.  Mr.  Mclntyre 
has  been  engaged  probably  more  than  any 
other  lawyer  in  prosecuting  the  claims  of 
goveniment  contractors,  railway  and  other? 
before  the  Exchequet^and  Supreme  C" 
and  before  arbitrators.  He  is  solicitor  a  '  ■ 
Bank  of  Montreal,  at  Ottawa  ;  of  the  Civil 
Service  Building  Society  and  other  pro- 
minent institutions.  Mr.  Mclntyre  joined  a 
volunteer    company  at    Cornwall   whilst  a 


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CANADIAN  BIOQRAPBY, 


boy,  in  1862  ;  wu  el<»eted  etui^  and 
Ueateniint,  Borved  on  the  front  fur  six 
tnonthB  in  I8(^r>,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year 
was  gaz<.'tted  captain.  Uq  retired  from  the 
forc«  in  iHti'.i.  At  Lh«  general  election  for  the 
legislature  of  Ontario  in  1875,  Mr.  Mclntyre 
oont«st«d  the  borough  of  Cornwall  with  J.O. 
HnetstDger,  who  had  represented  the  con* 
stituency  in  the  preceding  pparliament.  Mr. 
Mclntyre  represented  the  more  advanced 
wiiiu  of  the  Litieral  party  of  the  riding  (the 
Blakeittfs),  wlLilst  Mr.  Snetainger  was  tlie 
nominee  of  the  personal  and  political  friends 
of  the  late  Hon.  John  Sandfield  Maodonald. 
Althouj^h  Mr.  Snotsinger  was  a  powerful 
A&tAgooist,  ^fr.  Mclntyre  snoceeded  in  de- 
fMUing  him  by  a  majority  of  five,  hut  at  an 
•lection  ensuing  upon  petition,  Mr.  Snet- 
WI0V  seoored  his  seat  by  a  majority  of 
■wen.  Oar  subject  conteated  the  City  of 
Ottawa  for  the  Federal  parliament*  in  con* 
jacction  with  Dr.  St.  Jean,  in  the  Liberal 
interest  iu  1882.  Mr.  Mcintosh  and  Mr. 
Taai^  being  the  CuuservatiTe  candidates. 
Although  unsuoceasfnl,  Mr.  Mclntyre  re- 
ceived the  larirest  liberal  vote  ever  {tolled 
in  that  city.  He  was  elected  president  of 
the  Liberal  Association  of  Ottawa  for  several 
oomsecutive  terms  ;  and  at  the  Provincial 
oonrention  of  youn^  liberals  held  at  Toronto 
in  September,  1885,  he  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  tJntario  Yonng  Liberal  Asaooia* 
tion.  He  has  been  twice  elected  president 
of  the  St.  Andrew's  Society  of  Ottawa. 
Mr.  Molntyre  is  a  Presbyterian,  but  he  is 
tolerant  of  all  creeds,  and  aa  ardent  an  ad- 
Tocate  of  religious  aa  of  political  liberty. 
He  married  in  1877,  Helen,  daughter  of 
Uanald  Sandtield  Macdonald,  of  Lancaster, 
Glengarry.  He  is  a  Liberal  in  the  fullest 
aenae  of  the  term,  in  English  as  in  Canadian 
politics.  Not  n<vw  taking  into  account  the 
intellectual  qn^tties  of  Mr.  Mclntyre,  we 
may  speak  a  moment  of  his  personal  merits. 
To  know  the  man  is  to  admire  and  respect 
him,  and  to  be  at  onoe,  and  for  all,  his 
friend.  He  has  a  Urge  heart,  and  has  not 
one  of  the  little  meannesses  that  belong  to 
men  of  small  character.  In  the  words  of 
one  who  has  hewn  thrown  in  contact  with 
him,  **he  is  generous,  whole-aoulod,  a  warm 
friend  who  never  forgets  a  favour ;  one 
whose  oharaoter  is  formed  on  too  larse 
Unea,  to  see  with  other  feeling  than  pain, 
revene  come  even  to  an  enemy,  and  such 
ho  will  have.  Further,  he  is  a  man  who 
\m  always  averse  to  judging  others  or  oon- 
detuning  their  fsults  and  failings,  and  as  a 
matter  of  judgment,  bo  has,  perhaps,  too 
high  an  idea  of  honuui  nature.     Again,  ho 


ifl  A  liberal-minded  man,  a  liberal  in  its  best 
and  broadest  sense,  policically,  socially,  or 
any  way  you  take  him.  Both  in  his  profes- 
sion and  in  politics  he  is  entirely  free  from 
that  jealousy  of  excellence  in  others  which 
we  t^*  often  see  in  public  or  professional 
life,  and  is  capable  of  thoroughly  appre- 
ciating merit  of  any  sort,  even  in  a  hostile* 
quarter.  There  is  no  doubt  that,  person- 
ally^ he  is  by  far  the  most  popular  man  in 
Ottawa.  That  city,  of  course,  is  a  great 
conservative  stronghold,  one  of  the  standard 
constituouces.  But  if  it  be  reserved  U^ 
any  one  to  pluck  the  plum  out  of  the  tire. 
that  man  will  surely  be  Mr.  Mclntyre.  He 
has  a  very  wide  a«iu<iintance»  nqjt  only 
through  OntArio,  but  throughout  the  whole 
of  Canada.  Without  seeking  in  disparsge 
the  political  opponents  of  our  subject,  we 
may  say  ihat  Mr.  Mclntyre's  rejection  at 
the  polls  was  a  great  pity  ;  and  should  the 
capital  continue  to  remain  true  to  its  very 
wtirthy  conservative  representative,  Mr. 
Mcintosh,  we  consider  it  to  be  a  duty  of 
juitriotism  and  fif  party  to  provide  a  con- 
stituency for  Mr.  Mclntyre.  In  every  way 
his  character  is  the  very  highest,  having 
upon  it  not  a  single  blot,  and  we  say  only 
what  every  man  who  knows  him  believes, 
that  he  would  confer  the  same  adornment 
upon  the  enlarged  public  sphere  as  he  has 
brought  already  to  his  professional  and  so- 
cial life. 

IHcKae,  Wllllnm  Ross,  Kingston, 
Ontario,  was  bom  in  Strathpeffer,  Ross- 
shire,  Scotland,  on  the  14th  August,  1820. 
His  father  was  Thomas  McKae,  and  his 
mother  was  Jessie  Rosa.  Tlie  McKaes  are 
an  old  Highland  family,  having  lived  in 
the  same  dwelling  for  270  years.  The  snb- 
ject  of  this  sketch  was  educated  at  the 
schools  of  Dingwall  and  Tain,  his  studies 
embracing  the  ordinary  English  branches. 
He  emierated  to  Canada  iu  1851,  and  set* 
tied  in  Kingston.  In  May,  1852,  he  mar- 
ried Maivaret  Isabella,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Kiddle,  Edinburgh,  Scotlaud.  In  the  same 
year  he  entered  the  grocery  business  at 
Kingston,  and  has  resided  in  that  city 
ever  since.  From  the  very  tirst,  success 
seemed  to  wait  upon  his  undertakings,  and 
year  by  year  his  business  grew  till  it  has 
now  assumed  very  large  dimensions.  But 
Mr.  McRae  has  not  conhued  his  energies 
entirely  to  his  mercantile  concerns,  but  has 
taken  a  foremost  place  in  the  promotion  of 
important  public  entcrprisea.  He  was  at 
the  head  in  establishing  the  Cotton  mills  in 
the  City  of  Kingston,  the  Street  Rulway  and 
the   Car  Worlu.    He  always  has  b»en  % 


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A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


prominent  Reformer*  but  he  hu  Derer 
Boaght  office  of  any  kind.  Mr.  MoHoo  h&s 
lent  every  aMiatanoe  in  hii  power  to  his 
|Hirty»  and  ia  the  person&l  friend  of  m&ny 
of  the  Keform  leaders,  and  especially  of 
the  Hon.  £.  Blake  and  Hon.  Alexander 
Mackenxie.  He  is  a  gentleman  whi«e 
opinion^  re};arding  voliticfl  is  held  iu  high 
respect.  This  year  he  was  elected  pres- 
ident of  Uie  Reform  ABsociation.  Mr.  Mo- 
Rae  has  visited  his  native  place  sevoml 
times  since  settlinff  in  Canada,  and  while  in 
England  purchased  eifnipraent  for  the  ICing- 
ston  Cotton  mill.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  faith,  and  a  man  whoae  char- 
acter stands  the  very  highest  for  integrity. 
Residence  in  Canada  has  not  dampened  his 
enthnsiaBm  fur  his  native  land,  for  ho  is, 
above  all  other  things,  a  Scotchman.  Ue 
haa  a  family  of  five  boys  and  two  girls 
living. 

Barker,  Captain  Peter  neOfll, 
Barrister,  (Jrungeville,  was  burn  at  Mark- 
ham.  Ontario,  in  September,  1843.  Ho  is  a 
■on  of  Archd.  Barker  and  Elizabeth  Mailer. 
\rchd.  Barker  was  a  native  of  Dunifries- 
shire,  Scotland,  and  came  to  this  country  iu 
1829,  settling  in  Markbam,  where  he  mar- 
ried. The  Muller  family  was  Gorman,  and 
came  from  Maryland  to  Canada.  Archibald 
Bftrker  was  an  uncompromising  party  man  ; 
waa  engaged  during  the  rebellion  in  de- 
fending Toronto,  being  intinAitoIy  known 
lo  the  older  residents  of  that  city.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  York  Pioneers,  and  con- 
tested Kast  York  iu  1854.  He  was  a  staunch 
Presbyterian,  and  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  Queen's  College.  Peter  McGill 
Barker  waa  educated  at  the  Markham  com- 
mon and  high  schooii  ;  subsetiuoutly  enter- 
ing Toronto  University,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated in  1860.  He  then  entered  upon  the 
study  of  law  with  Mr.  Koaf,  at  Toronto,  and 
waa  admitted  in  186!),  commencing  the 
practice  of  his  profession  shortly  afterwards 
at  Orangeville,  where  he  has  since  continued. 
In  1870  he  received  his  commisfiion  as  captain 
in  the  36th  battalion,  and  he  has  always 
taken  a  hearty  interest  in  military  matters. 
In  education,  too,  he  haa  interested  himself 
vrith  his  charncteristic  energy,  and  has  ser- 
ved as  chairman  uf  the  High  School  Board 
at  Orangeville  for  two  years.  He  is  clurk 
uf  the  town  ;  solicitor  for  the  County  of 
Dufferin,  the  township  of  Blast  Garafraxa,  and 
for  several  vaUiMhle  estates  in  the  aforemen- 
tioned county.  He  is  a  pastmastor  Maaon, 
and  ifl  prominently  connected  with  the  order 
of  United  Workmen.  His  religious  views  are 
those  of  Presbyteriauisni.     He  married   in 


1875^  Miss  Stewart,  daughter  of  R.  Cltti^ 
ofOro.  Captain  Barker  is  described  as  a  «<f7 
capable  and  auperiur  military  otticer,  andb* 
has  that  commanding  daah  which  couatsfgr 
so  much  in  military  circles.  He  is  very  aotm 
in  his  profession,  and  enjoys  thereputatioa 
of  6ne  abilitit^,  and  a  wide  knowledge  of  tke 
law, 

Le  9Ioloe,  Jainea    nttcI*lierM>a« 
sixth  si>n  of  Benjamin  Le  Moino  anJ   ' 
Ann  MacPheratm,  was  bum  in    the  ^S 
Quebec     His  father,  a  genial  and  puiuu 
gentleman  of  the  old  French  school,  was 
partner  in  the  exporting  house  <<f  ^Stuart 
LeMoine  ;  Mr.  Stuart  residing  in  BelCaai.I 
land,  and  his  Canadian  partner,  Benj 
Lo  Moine,    in    Quebec.    Reverses  id  I 
caused  the  (inu  to  suspend  about  1820, 
Benjamin  Le  Moine,  previously  living  to 
tluence,    was  unable  to  retrieve  his  I 
He  continued,   however,    to  rvtain  hia 
homestead ,    and    thankfully    accepted 
helping  hand  of   his  wealthy  fatber-in-Uv, 
Daniel     MacPherson,     Kig^^eMr    of    C 
Island.     Mr    MaoPhecson   adopted  two 
the     eleven     ohildron     then     bom — Lo 
Duuiere   and  James  ;  the   latter  of  whom, 
the  subject   of    this    notice,    assumed    hii 
name    and    waa    known    as    James    3iao- 
Pherson  Le  Moine.      Daniel   MacPbetiun, 
bom  near  Inverness,  Scotland,  had  settled 
at   an   early  ajze  in   Philadelphia,  which  be 
left  with  several  other  United  Empire  loy»! 
ists   about   1783   to   reaidc   in  Sorel,  !. 
known   ae  Fort    William    Henry,   a   iv  < 
U.E.L.   settlement.     After  marrying  the 
a  Muis  M,  KelJy,  he  removed  tc>  Doug" 
town,    Gaape,    also    a    U.E.L.    aettlvmen 
where  his   thrift,  intelligence,   and  su 
in  the  deep  aea  tisheries,  brought  turn 
to  the  front  and   indepemlence    in  fortun 
In    1803   he    purchased   from  the  heirs  de 
Beaujeu  the  rich  and  picturesque  seignioty 
of  lie  aux   Grues   and  lie  aux    Oles.  etc.M 
where  he  spent  twenty-six  yeara  of  his  lifelfl 
This  early  home  of  the  historian,  with  i»^ 
Scotch  teaohinga  of  industry  and   self-reli- 
ance, together  with  the  healthy  example 
the  venerable  Mr.  MacPhersoo,  who  olosv 
his  career  at  St.  Thomas,  at  the  age  of  eight 
seven  years,  seems  to  have  over  remaiu 
uppermost  in  the  mind  and  remembrance 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  and  to  have  tin 
tured  his  views  in  after  life.     The  pate 
ancestor   of  Mr.   Le  Moiue  hails    from  o 
France  ;  the  Le  Moine  or  Le  Moyne  fam 
— for  the  name  is   spelled  among  the  d 
Bcendanta  both  ways — is  one  of  the  old 
and  most  distinguished  in  the  colony  from 
its  dawn.     Jean  LeMoyne,  tho  progenitor, 


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629 


ft  aon  of  Lonu  Le  Moyne,  and  waa  born 
Piircs,  near  Rouen,  iu  Koruinndy^  in 
Jean  Le  Moyno,  a  nev  relative  of 
lea  Le  Mojue,  ur  Le  Moine,  of  St. 
close  to'  Rouen,  waa  a  man  of  im- 
oe  in  his  day ;  he  fif;ureB  in  old 
■a  the  aeignenr  of  three  Hefs  or 
loi^uiiries — La  Nor&ie,  Ste.  Mario,  and 
Qatinoau.  Ho  held  land  near  Three  Riven, 
and  owned  an  isUnd — *' I'Jlo  dea  Pins"  — 
the  islMid  of  pinea,  which  furnished  him 
the  addition  to  hia  name.  He  was  called 
X^  Maine  dva  Pine  to  distinguiah  him  prob- 
ably fn>in  liifl  illustrious  and  warlike  rel»- 
tivtf,  i'harlea  Lo  Moine  de  Longueuil.who  be- 
camuBaroude  Longueuil,  and  who  on  two 
oceaaions  acted  as  guvemor  of  Canada.  The 
Abbe  Verreau,  in  his  work  "  L'Xnvasion 
du  Cantida,"  in  177o,  exhibits  a  deacendant 
of  Jean  Le  Muyne,  styled  Jean  Baptiite  Le 
Moine  des  Piiitit  as  a  sturdy  volunteer  of 
Montreal,  rei>elling  manfully  the  invader 
of  the  soil  in  November,  1776.  He  vaa, 
however,  taken  prisoner  by  Montgom* 
«ry*s  continentals,  at  Longnenil,  carried 
across  the  iKtrder,  and  underwent  a 
protracted  captivity,  Congress  refusing  to 
exchange  him.  "  as  he  \raB  of  too  much  im- 
portance," it  waaalle^ed,  "  in  hiaowncoun- 
try."  His  health  was  ruined  by  his  captivity; 
wealth  di&stpatwl  by  tlte  uphcavin}(s  of 
invtt4ion.  The  warlike  old  ijiutiUwmme^ 
■-  ■  '  '■>  aiie  fur  indemnity  from  the 
'  iiment  for  the  losses  incurred 

I ^  the  standard  of  Britain,  closed 

his  longcarekir,  near  Quebec  iu  1807.  Young 
James  Le  M'>iiie  remained  under  the 
protective  roof  of  hia  ^ndfather  at  St. 
ihomas  until  August,  1)^38,  when  he  waa 
sent  to  the  Petit  Seminaire  de  Quebec  for 
his  collegiate  oonne.  This  seat  i>f  learning 
he  left  in  1H45,  after  stuilyin^  BtUts  Ijtttre* 
tinder  an  accomplished  French  occleaiastique 
fn>m  the  cotlegi?  of  Saint  Stanislas,  at  Paris 
— the  A  hl>e  Bouchy  :  whilst  the  preaent 
Arctibiahop  Taschereau,  then  a  profesaor, 
tau;^ht  him  mural  philosophy,  and  Biahops 
Lontfovtu  and  Haciue,  also  then  pn>fess<trs 
at  tho  suminarj,  taught  Mr.  Le  Moin«  the 
elements  of  French  literature  and  thehii;her 
braoohMi  of  Riathomatica.  Youn>;  I^  Muinu 
l*ft  college  in  lH4o  ;  was  indentured  fur 
four  yean  aa  a  law  student  to  the  Hon.  Judge 
J.  N.  Booaft,  at  that  time  one  of  the  leading 
barriatera  at  the  Quebec  bar.  In  1850  our 
lubJvGt's  name  was  wlded  to  the  roll  of 
practising  l»arri«i«ni  ;  and  he  continued  to 
pra<ticti  at  the  bar  for  four  years,  when,  in 
1H&4,  he  became  a  partner  of  the  law  6rtn  of 
Kerr  A  Le  Maine,  and  continued  so  for  aev- 
HH 


wy. 


eral  yeara.  BIr.  Korr,  an  English  barrister 
of  marked  ability,  who  stands  in  the  front 
rank  of  tiis  profession  in  Montreal,  and  was 
recently  elected  baiowiitr  (president)  of  the 
Montreal  bar.  Mr.  Le  Moine  has  also  occu- 
pied for  yean  the  hi^^heat  position  for  the 
Province  of  Quebec,  in  the  Inland  Revenue. 
In  ISoti  he  married  Harriet  Mary  Atkinson, 
a  niece  of  the  late  Henry  Atkinson,  of 
Spencer  Wood,  and  later  of  Spencer  Orange 
(the  snialler  half  of  Spencer  Wood),  sold 
to  Mr.  L«Moiue  in  1860.  Mr.  Le  MuLnehas 
no  sons  ;  but  two  dnughters  were  bom  to 
him  —the  youngest,  Sophia  A.  LcMoine,  is 
the  wife  of  F.  B.  F.  Rhodes,  a  son  of  Lt.- 
Colonel  W.  Rhodes,  of  Benmore,  Sillery. 
It  is  with  Spencer  Grange,  a  charming 
old  oountry-seat,  under  whose  hospitable 
roof  nearly  every  literary  lion  of  Cnuada 
baa  sat,  that  the  career  of  this  writer  ii 
identified.  When  the  Ute  Dean  Stanley 
visited  Quebec,  the  guest  of  the  governor* 
general,  the  Earl  of  Dutferin,  at  the  cit- 
adel ,  his  excellency  intrusted  the  dean 
to  the  historian  of  Quebec  for  guidance  and 
information  during  his  ramhle.  H.R  H. 
the  Princess  Louise  and  her  hnaband,  the 
Marquis  of  Lome,  were  pleased  also  to 
enlist  the  services  of  Mr.  Le  Moine  for  a 
similar  duty.  One  of  the  first  additions  on 
assuming  possession  of  Spencer  Orange  waa 
the  erection  of  an  aviary  for  live  birds  and  a 
museum  for  specimens  immortalixtid  by  the 
taxidermist's  art.  Here  also  iire  gathered 
together  a  valuable  collection  of  books,  cu- 
rios, etc.,  relating  to  Canadian  history,  MSS, 
pUns,  insoriptiuni.  views  of  ancient  build- 
ings, antitjuarian  relics,  etc.  The  library, 
without  being  very  extensive,  contains  many 
rare  and  standard  works,  and  innumerable 
presentation  copies  from  Canadian  authors. 
One  of  the  attractions  in  Septomber  is  the 
show  of  grapes  in  the  eitensire  vinertea. 
Our  author  has  made  the  culture  of  the  vino 
a  specialty.  This  has  been  the  means  for 
him  of  preparing  each  year,  amidst  Ha wers, 
birds,  books,  etc.,  in  September,  for  his 
literary  and  other  friends,  what  they  style 
the  annual  gr^pe  festival,  in  a  delightful 
symposium  under  the  shadow  of  theluscioua 
fruit,  at  which  many  of  the  choice  spirits  of 
the  old  capital  and  neighbourhood  congra- 
gare,  and  in  which  the  writer  of  theae  linea, 
in  I860,  reooUects  to  have  met  George 
Augustus  Sala;  the  historians  Garneau  and 
Ferlaud  ;  Professor  H.  LaRue,  of  Laval 
Tniversity  ;  the  late  lieutenant-governor  of 
Manitoba — the  Hon.  Jos,  Cauchon,  then  a 
leading  journalist ;  J.  C.  Taachft.  and  othera. 
Mr,  Le  Moine  waa  five  tixnea  re-oleoted  by 


.ilK, 


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A  CYChOPMBlA  OF 


AOcUm&tion  preBideni  r>f  tho  Liternry  and 
Historical  Society  of  Quebec  :  eolected  by 
Qia  Excelleacy  the  Marquii  of  Lome  tu  pre- 
aide  over  the  tirst  section  of  the  Royal  So- 
ciety of  Canada,  and  unanimously  elected  by 
the  section  as  its  tirst  president.  He  is 
the  bearer  of  nnroerous  diplomas  from 
Americaii  Uistorioal  societies,  and  deUffMc 
regional  of  the  EtbnoKraphioal  Society  of 
FraDOOf  mernOre  librt  de  la  societe  iTAmeri- 
canUme^  Fratice,  Mr.  LeMoine  has»  for 
several  years  past  been  a  lientenant-colonel 
in  the  sedentary  militia,  having  met  with 
rapid  promotion  on  aocount  nf  the  earnest 
interest  he  took  in  preparing,  like  his  fore- 
fathers, to  repel  the  invader,  when  the  Trent 
affair  thre&teued  to  summon  Canada's 
sons  to  arms.  lu  1881  he  was  permitted  to 
enjoy  a  mnob  needed  rest  from  long  official 
routine^  and  devoCed  a  few  months  to  travel 
abroad,  visiting  the  cities  and  rural  districts 
of  old  England,  Ireland,  Scotland,  France, 
and  Belgium.  He  brought  back  to  his  be- 
loved Canada  an  ample  store  of  knowledge, 
anecdote  and  reminiscences  of  every  kind, 
which  for  some  years,  afTurded  him  material 
for  most  delightful  and  instructive  lectures 
before  the  Literary  and  Historical  Society, 
over  which  he  then  presided.  True  to  his 
double  origin,  it  seemed  hard  to  decide  at 
times  which  was  with  him  the  more  power- 
ful  charmer,  "Old  Embro,"  or  La  BdU 
France.  Two  subjects  appear  to  have  en- 
aroaaed  his  leisure  hours^ — ^for  his  has  ever 
been  a  busy  professional  or  otticial  life, — 
namely  :  Canadian  history  and  popular  orni- 
thology. He  baa  had  the  good  fortune  to 
handle  Canadian  history  and  its  burning 
questions  of  creed,  race,  etc.,  with  so  much 
impartiality  that  rarely  have  hia  views  been 
challenged,  tiis  style  is  clear-cut,  direct,  and 
«asy,  but  sometimes  it  is  brusque.  Not 
unfrequently  impassioned,  now  and  then 
it  is  marked  with  traces  of  his  double  ori- 
gin ;  this  frequently  adds  to  the  piquancy 
of  the  narrative.  One  wonders  how  and 
when  he  can  have  found  time  to  treat  of  so 
many  subjects  ;  one  also  occasionally  regrets 
the  absence  of  that  indispensable  auxiliary 
to  the  scholar — a  good  proof-reader.  Hos- 
pitable, genial,  and  courteous,  he  is  repected 
for  his  talents,  and  beloved  for  his  large 
heart     We  subjoin  a  list  of  his  writinga  : — 

KXOLISU. 

Legendary  Lore  of  the  Lower  St.  Lswmnce 

(I  vol  in  .^t2mn) 1862 

Mapie  Leaves (lat  Series)  (1  vol.  in  8vo). ...  1063 

"     (2nil  3eriee)  (1  vol.  in  «vo). . . .  1864 

*•        "      (3rd  Series)  (1  vol.  in  8vo) ....  1885 

The  Tourist'ii  Note  Book  {I  vol  in  64mo),  by 
Cosmopolite 1870 


The  Rword  of  Brigsdier  Gotland  R.  Moet- 

^>mery  (A  Memoir)  (1  voL  in  QAmal,.. 

.TottingB  from  Canadian  History  (Stewsrt't 
Quarterly)    , 

TriflM  from  my  liortfoUo  (New  Dandsioa 
Monthly) 

Maple  Leavei  (New  Series) 

Quebec:  Past  and  Present 

I'hv  Tourist's  Note  Book  (second  editicui) 

C'iuvuiclee  of  the  SL  Lswrenoe  (1  vol.  ia  i 

The  Soot  in  New  France,  a  lecture  be<« 
Lit.  A  Hist.  Society 

PictiircAque  Quebec  (I  voL  m  8vo),  Ml  p•ga^ 
rsKirrH. 

L'Omithologie  dn  Canada  (2  vol.  in  8vo)..  . 

Etude  lur  les  Navitjatcun  Aretiqiia^ 
Franklin,  McClnre,  Kan«,  McChotoek,  M 

Ktudt»«ur  Sir  Walter  Stott ,  II 

Lc«  Puchcrie*  du  Canada  (1  vol  in  8vo)^,.     W 

M^moirc  ile  Montcalm  Vengt^  (I  vol.  fCSmul 

L'Albani  1'ana.hen  (1  vol.  in  Hvn) !( 

L' Album  du  Touriste  (1  vvl.  in  8vo) 

Notes  Hiatoriqnea  aur  1m  Fortificatioiis  H 
\e  Rues  de  Quebec,  etc  U 

Conft^renc«  «ur  rOmitholt^e,  lutf  dt-vabt 
I'lnstitut  Cnnadien  ile  Qui'bec(.^nnwiirc 
de  VFnstitfit) 1( 

Couu-rlfKU  ticnt^ral  sur  rOnitholocie  da 
rAni^nque  du  Nord,  «tude  lue  deraat 
rXnstitut  Canadien  de  Quebec  (iiiun- 
aire  de  fltutUvl) 

Etude  aur  le  Chant  dee  Oiaeanx— lean  mt- 
mtion*,  etc  Nob  Grirea,  notra  Itferle ; 
le  Cardinal.  TOiseau  Bleu,  etc  (Opimim 
PuUutut,  Montreal] 

Grand  Tableau  Sx'uoptiqoe  den  Oiseaoz  da 
Canadik  [>i)iir  rufui^edesColt^ifefl,  Sod^ 
t^  d'Hif>t4iire  NalurwUe,  etc. J' 

Notes  Bur  1'  Arcli  r^oloaie,  1'  Historie.  dn 
Canada,  etc.,  dans  la  Rffue  Canadu:nne 
do  Montreal,  et  les  Sotr-(*  Cfin<ui*cm*e» 
de  Quebec,  dans  la  pr<»«e  fraucatw  df 
Qu<^beo  (le  Journal  dc  Qwi&er,  l'S*rnc- 
nmt,  etc)    lw;P-l«! 

MoDOgraphies  and  EtquisseR  (500pp)    ...       1 "  *- 

Ross,  Hon.  Alex.  91.,  Lieutvu.u  . 
Colonel,  M.P.P.,  for  West  Huron,  and  Tr-.:! 
furer  in  the  Government  of  Ontario,  Godc 
rich,  was  bom  at  Dundee,  Scotland,  on  the 
2nd  of  April,  1820.  He  is  a  son  of  Colin 
and  Elizabeth  (McLogan)  Rush,  butli  .f 
whom  were  relatives  of  Dundee.  <'■■.:■. 
Robs  came  to  Canadn.  settling  in  Goderioii. 
in  1833  ;  and  his  wife  and  family  followed 
the  ensuing  year.  Here  Mx.  Boss,  senior. 
who  had  been  in  a  Linen  Company's  Hank, 
in  Scotland,  began  mercantile  pursnits,  and 
continued  in  the  same  for  several  years.  He 
died  in  1850,  and  hia  wife  followed  in  I87d. 
Alexander  was  sent  to  the  common  schools 
at  Goderich.  His  parents  held  the  view 
that  this  was  above  all  things  a**  working 
country,"  and  that  therefore  every  youn^ 
man  should  have  a  skilled  equipment  f< 
labour.  In  deference  to  the  theory,  thi 
set  their  son,  Alexander,  when  in  his  foui 
teenth  year,  to  lenm  the  trade  of 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


531 


At  thii  occupation  he  remained  till  hia 
twentieth  year,  when  he  entered  the  Rank  of 
Upper  Canada  aa  clerk,  in  which  iustitution 
he  romainpd  until  185C.  Ho  then  rocoived 
the  appointment  of  payuuiater  on  the  Buffalo 
&  Lake  Huron  Railway,  under  cunytmction, 
remaining  in  thii  office  till  the  completion 
of  the  road  two  jeara  later.  In  June,  1358, 
he  waa  appointed  treasurer  of  the  county  ; 
aad  white  in  thia  position  gare  evidence  of 
poHeaaiug  accurate  fiDaucial  knowledge  and 
rery  capable  business  qualities.  He  held 
this  position  for  twenty-tjve  years,  resitting 
in  1883,  on  his  appointment  as  Provincial 
Treaaiirer.  An  agency  of  the  Royal  Cana- 
dian Bank  was  opened  at  Qnderich  in  1866  ; 
and  to  ita  management  Colonel  Ross  waa 
appointed,  huldiu);  that  position  until  1869, 
trhen  the  hunk  wound  up  its  ajfairs.  In 
1870  the  Bank  of  Commerce  took  up  the 
vacancy  created  by  the  closing  of  the  Royal 
Canadian,  and  re<|ueBted  Col,  Roia  to  take 
its  management,  which  he  did.  tillintt  that 
[^'Daition  with  marked  ability  till  1883.  At 
the  time  r.f  the  Trent  affiair,  1801-2.  when 
var  looked  imminent  between  the  United 
Sutes  and  Great  Britain,  Colonel  Itoss 
organized  an  artillery  company  at  Goder- 
ich,  and  was  appointed  captain  of  the  same. 
Fur  aeveral  months,  durinu  18'>0,  the  year  of 
the  Fenian  Katd,  he  was  with  his  company 
on  frontier  service.  In  the  autumn  of  the 
last  mentioned  year,  the  various  volunteer 
liea  in  the  county  were  organized  in- 
Utalion,  of  which  Captain  Ross  waa 
ktdd  Uentenaut-colonol,  This  rank 
holds.  In  1869  he  commanded  the 
inhuat  i^rbxci  Al/rtd  on  frontier  service 
'Ob  thaDutroit  River.  In  1875  he  was  first 
far  West  Huron,  to  the  Ontario  leg- 
ilUtnra-  tn  June.  1870,  he  was  elected  by 
a  largely  incrt-iwed  majority.  In  the  general 
election  of  iKrtii,  he  was  once  again  rctwrned 
.19  old  seat  ;  and  on  November  1st,  was 
I  iited  to  the  government,  as  Provincial 
treasurer,  in  the  administration  of  the  Hon. 
Oliwr  Mowat,  being  re-elected  by  acolama- 
rioa.  Colonel  Ross  belongs  to  the  Church 
of  Kngland,  and  St.  Geor;go's  church,  at 
''rich,  is  a  frequent  recipient  of  his 
ry,  hut  to  all  benevolent  organisations 
la'j  worthy  movements  he  lends  his  aid, 
whore  the  opportunity  exists  for  him  to  do 
M..  tiiiLrried  in  November,  1852,  Ag- 
iter  of  Thomas  Kydd,  formerly 
.,...„  .1  at  Ooderich  ;  and  by  this  lady 
liaa  had  seven  ehildrun,  all  of  whom  are 
'ing.  The  eldest,  Helen,  married  H.  W. 
Mever,  barrister,  of  Wiogham.  In  pri- 
liie  Litiuteuant-Colonel  Rosa  is  an  ideal 


gentleman.  He  is  warm  and  sincere  in  his 
friendships,  courteons  in  his  manners,  and 
kindly  in  all  hia  relations.  This  is  much  to 
be  able  to  say  of  the  private  character  of  a 
man  ;  and  we  can  speak  in  the  same  appre- 
ciative strain  respecting  his  public  career. 
His  appointment  to  the  Executive  met  with 
hearty  approval  ;  and  the  tongue  of  opposi- 
tion had  little  censure  to  bestow.  Hon.  Mr. 
Rom  is  a  strong  man,  because  he  is  prudent, 
far-seeing,  practical  and  well  informed  ;  and 
in  times  of  confusion  or  hurry,  he  may  be 
relied  upon  to  be  cool,  and  ready  to  deliver 
wise,  calm  counsels.  Above  all  things,  the 
Hon.  Mr.  Ross  is  a  man  of  the  highest  per- 
sonal honour. 

Tulllon,  Hon.  Loult  Olivier,  Bar- 
ristor-at-law,  M.P.P.  and  Attomey-Oon- 
eral  in  the  Roes  administration,  Quebec, 
was  bom  at  Terrebonne,  on  the  26th  Sep- 
tember, 1840,  and  is  a  sod  of  Aime  Tail- 
lon  and  Marie  Joseplite  Uaunais.  The 
Taillon  family  were  early  settlers  at  Terre- 
bonne. Louia  Olivier  was  educated  at  Mas- 
son  College,  studied  law  in  Montreal  with 
the  firm  of  Fabre,  Lesa^e  and  .Tett6,  and 
with  Desire  Girouard,  M.P.  In  1865  he  was 
called  to  the  bar  of  Montreal,  and  estab- 
lished himself  in  practice  at  that  city  in  the 
following  year.  He  still  resides  there,  and 
has  been  in  ptrtnemhip  with  S.  Rivard  and 
with  the  Hon.  F.  X.  A.  Trudel,  but  he  is 
now  associatod  with  S.  Pagnuelo.  He  was 
nominated  Q.O.  by  the  Federal  government 
on  the  23rd  January,  1882;  was  elected 
deputy  of  the  electoral  district  of  Montreal 
East  to  the  Legislative  .-Vascmbly  of  Quebec 
on  the  7th  of  July,  1875. at  the  general  elec- 
tion, and  re-elected  at  the  general  elections 
of  1878  and  1881.  He  was  chosen  speaker 
of  the  Legislative  Aasembly  the  8th  of 
March,  1882,  at  the  opening  of  Parliament. 
He  occupied  this  position  up  to  the  2:ird  of 
January,  1884,  when  he  was  made  attorney- 
general  in  the  Ross  administration,  af'er 
which  he  was  elected  by  acclamation.  He 
married,  on  the  14th  uf  July,  1875,  Marie 
Louise  Georgma  Archambault,  widow  of 
Candide  Brnneau,  and  second  daughter  of 
the  Hon.  P.  C.  Archambault,  of  L'Assomp- 
tioD.  Madame  Taillon  died  24th  of  Janu- 
ary, 1876.  M.  Taillon  was  one  of  the 
promoters  of  the  great  French-Canadian 
national  demonstration,  which  took  place 
at  Montreal  in  .lune,  1874,  the  occasion  be- 
ing the  festivftl  of  St.  Jean  Baptiste,  when 
more  than  fifty  thousand  people  were  pre- 
sent, comprising  persons  from  all  parts  of 
the  United  States,  as  well  as  the  Britisli 
North  American   provinces.      M.   Taillon 


532 


A  CrCLOPJEDIA  OF 


&nd  bit  co-workers  received  widesprcAd  pro- 
rinciiJ  applause  for  the  eucceea  with  which 
they  ortrnnized  tht?  fi^ttj.  It  g'X-s  wilhuut 
Sftyiiit;  that  thiB  distint^uished  gciitlemau  is 
A  Conservative  and  a  Itoman  cathnlic.  As 
A  politician  he  is  hrilliant,  far-seeing  and 
able,  and  as  attorney -general  has  distin- 
guished himself  by  peculiar  titnoas  for  the 
office. 

Kingsniill,  Tliomai  Frazer,  Belle- 
TUe  l*urk,  London,  Canada,  was  bum  at 
Templemorc,  Couuty  Tipperary,  Ireland, 
on  April  6,  1840.  He  is  the  eldest  son  of 
Thomas  Kingsiuill.  merchant,  uf  that  town, 
by  Mary,  third  dauj^hter  of  Robert  Frazer, 
geotlumAD,  of  Donaologiui,  Dciiiaghuiuro, 
of  Queen's  county.  The  ancestors  uf  Mr. 
Frazer  left  Scotland  with  the  Stuarts,  whose 
cause  they  warmly  espoused.  Uur  subject's 
father  dying  when  he  was  a  mere  child,  he 
iras  early  removed  from  school  and  appren- 
ticed to  the  dry  K^ods  business  with  his 
aunt,  Mrs.  AVitliam  Roe,  Mountheath. 
Here  he  obtained  a  general  and  thorough 
knowledge  of  commercial  life,  for  which  he 
displayed  a  pecuUar  aptitude.  He  married, 
in  185H,  Anne,  youngest  daughter  of  An- 
drew Ardagb,  one  of  the  Watorford  Ar- 
daghs,  a  family  largely  represented  in 
OoJoada.  Shortly  after  this  he  aooepted  a 
position  in  a  shipping  house  of  Savanah, 
Oeorffia,  hut  not  considering  the  climate  a 
healthy  ono  for  his  family,  ho  decided  on 
removing  to  Canada,  and  came  to  Toronto 
in  'Tuly,  1858,  getting  employment  in  the 
estabhshmout  uf  W.  A.  Murray  «&.  Co,  with 
whom  he  remained  for  several  years,  leav- 
ing to  take  charge  of  the  woollen  depart- 
ment  for  John  Macdonald  Sc  Co.  Here  he 
remained  only  a  short  time,  being  induced 
to  re-enter  the  employment  of  W.  A,  Mur- 
ray &  Co.  as  manager  of  the  Loudon  branch. 
He  remained  with  the  firm  until  the  with- 
drawal of  their  business.  Shortly  after- 
wards he  opened  an  establishment  in  his 
own  name,  on  a  small  scale,  but  gradually 
added  branch  after  branch,  as  his  success 
warranted,    until  it  has  reached  its  present 

f proportions,  having  become  one  of  the 
argest  carpet  warehouses  in  the  Dominion 
in  connection  with  the  general  dry  goods 
and  manufaeturing  business.  To  supply 
the  dumands  of  his  trade,  Mr.  Kiiigsmill 
visits  the  British  and  contiuental  markets 
twice  yearly,  At  the  time  of  the  Trtnt 
affair  he  joined  the  home  guards,  which 
was  afterwards  amalgamated  with  the 
Queen's  Own,  belonging  to  No.  2  Merchants, 
or  Captain  Murray's  company,  continuing 
until  oia  removal  to  London.     In  1872  he 


WAS  elected  to  the  office  of  alderman  of  lbs 
City  uf  London,  but  iindiug  that  devotion 
to  municipal  affairs  led  to  neglect  of  busi- 
ness, htt  dvtenninod  after  a  year*s  trul  u> 
confine  himself  t^ntirely  to  private  life.  Tas 
same  reason  has  kept  him  from  juinuif 
secret  societies  of  any  kind  and  from  taking 
any  prominent  part  in  politica,  though  \\4 
has  always  been  a  consistent  Conservstir? 
and  a  member  of  the  Liberal  Censer- 
association.  While  a  member  of  th 
council  he  strongly  advocatod  the  buiioiu^ 
of  irtm  bridges  with  stone  abutments,  ui- 
stead  of  the  wooden  structures  then  unifAr 
sally  in  use.  It  was  resolved  tu  try  the 
new  style  of  bridge  at  Blackfriara,  and  ths 
result  has  been  that  th*^  improvements  fasvs 
been  adopted  on  all  the  approaches  to  tbs 
city  except  one.  The  water- works  scbenie, 
boulevards,  and  other  improvements,  wen 
also  agitated  that  year,  and  received  his 
hearty  support  at  the  councd,  as  they  Jisvs 
since  done  in  his  private  capacity.  H«  is 
member  of  the  Church  of  England  by  ^u 
cation  and  conviction. 

I^ewcry,  Henry,  Barrie,  Ontario, 
born  in  1836,  at  Stamford,  County  of  Wel- 
land.  He  came  tu  Barrio  about  18o3,  and 
after  a  short  time  engaged  in  the  maiiufsc- 
ture  of  wooden  ]iumps.  He  had  not  snj 
friends  or  acquaintances,  and  what  was 
worao,  any  capital  ;  but  he  had  great  cowr- 
agu,  untiring  industry,  and  above  oU  an  am- 
bition to  succeed.  Ht^  remained  fur  two  yean 
engaged  in  the  mauufacturo  of  pumps,  after 
which  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  maiitt- 
facture  of  stoves,  etc.,  in  a  wooden  buiiiimc 
on  the  aame  site  as  his  present  Urge  ana 
commodious  brick  structure  now  stands 
About  thirteen  years  ago  bis  store  wur 
wore  destroyed  by  tire  with  all  the  plant,  pat- 
terns, etc.,  he  thereby  sust^nin^'  a  lArgA 
loss.  Nothing  daunted,  however,  he  started 
and  built  up  the  present  buildmg  of  brick, 
with  a  frontage  of  300  feet,  three  stories 
high,  and  has  with  great  energy  and  many 
tn&ls,  succcded  in  establishing  a  businctt 
second  to  none  in  the  County  «.)f  Simooe. 
His  business  is  the  manufacture  of  mUl 
machinery,  lath  machines,  etc. ;  and  the  rep* 
uiation  of  his  buBineas  house  is  second  to 
none.  When  in  full  running  order,  hia 
establishment  employs  over  oae  hundred 
hands.  He  has  represented  the  town  uf 
barrie,  as  mayor,  for  the  last  five  yesoY. 
and  has  acted  as  chief  magistrate  with 
marked  ability  and  good  common  senee. 
In  religion  ho  has  been  a  consistont  mem- 
ber of  the  Canada  Methodist  Church,  and 
in  politics  he  is  a  labcrah     In  his  buaiueoA 


ana 

ads.       I 
L^rkA^ 

pAt^ 


CANADIAN  BWGSAPHT. 


533 


4«aliDgs  and  id  privste  life,  hii  character 
ia  above  reproach.  He,  U«t  jenr,  sus- 
tained a  blow  in  the  loss  of  his  wife,  who 
was  a  Tery  worthy  womaji.  She  died,  after 
a  lingering  illness,  leaving  a  familly  of  three 
boys,  all  of  whnm  are  industrious  and  of 
oorreet  habita.  Wo  may  add  that  Mr. 
Sewery  received  his  (4uaU6cAtions  for  the 
mayor's  chair  by  an  e.\(>eriencti  in  municipal 
work.  Over  twenty  years  ^o  he  held  a  seat 
in  the  county  c*juncil  ;  and  haa  repreaented 
Barrie  as  councillor  and  as  deputy  reeve 
and  reeve.  His  career  in  civic  and  muni- 
cipal politics  haabeen  one  marked  by  sound 
biuineu  qualities  ;  and  liia  character  is  above 
tha  lUghteflt  taint  of  reproach.  In  the  best 
■eose  of  the  word,  m»y  this  gentleman  be 
OAlled  a  reprvsentatire  Canadian. 

B»in«!|.  Very  Rcr.  Tlio«.  Ellenne. 
]lftst«r  of  Arts.  Member  uf  the  Huyal  So- 
etetj  of  Canada;  Vicar-Oeneral  of  the  Arch- 
dtooeae  of  Quebec  and  Toronto,  and  of  the 
diooesee  of  Rimouski,  Sherbrooke  and  Chi- 
contimi,  Titulary  Professor  of  the  Univer- 
aity  of  Laval.  Rector  of  the  latter  institu- 
tion, and  Superior  of  the  Sumiuary  of  Que- 
bec, was  bom  at  Quebec,  on  the  'iHth  De- 
cember, 1830.  His  father  was  Victor  H&niel, 
merehant,  and  his  mother  was  Tbvr&se  De 
Foy.  Our  distinguiahed  subject  received 
lua  early  educational  instruction  at  the 
eWnantary  achools  in  Quebec,  attending 
there  from  his  sixth  to  his  tenth  year. 
At  a  lad,  he  is  said  to  have  evinced  an 
nnusnal  capacity  for  aoquinng  tasks  set, 
and  gave  his  friends  grouuds  to  hope  much 
for  his  future.  In  !840,  beini;  then  in 
his  tenth  year,  he  entered  the  Petit  Sem- 
inary of  Quebec,  where  his  coursOj  besides 
the  ordinary  branches,  consiatod  of  the 
study  of  literature  and  science.  The  in- 
tellectual qualities  revealed  by  the  lad  in 
the  elementary  scho<d  were  now  strongly 
manifested,  and  his  career  at  the  seminary 
was  a  vary  successful  one.  His  mind  had 
always  been  of  a  serious  bent,  and  at  c^il* 
lege  subjects  of  seriousness  or  utility  chi(>tly 
attracted  his  enthusiasm.  Fnr  the  study  uf 
agrioult\iro  scientifically,  he  had  much  ap- 
titude, and  ^eat  inclinntion.  At  the  close 
of  his  studies,  feeling  that  he  bad  a  vocation 
for  the  mtniatry,  he  entervd  the  Theoh)|{icAl 
seminary  at  Quebec,  beginning  hia  course 
in  September.  While  pursuing  his  studies 
in  this  saminary,  he  was  employed  in  Le 
Petit  Saminaire,  having  charge  of  a  literary 
daas  during  one  year,  and  over  classes  in 
physics  and  mathematics  he  presided  for 
thno  yoani.  His  theological  studioa  were 
oondactvd  with  close  application  and  with 


zeal,  and  the  work  of  the  studout  here  still 
further  ratified  the  fair  promise  of  his  early 
youth.  On  the  8th  of  January,  1864,  he 
was  ordained  priest  ;  and  in  the  month  of 
Au^9t  of  the  same  year,  lie  took  a  pusage 
for  Kurope,  whore  he  had  decided  upon  a 
still  further  course  of  scientific  study.  The 
institiititm  chosen  for  the  young  priest  was 
the  Scale  des  Carmes  at  Paris,  aud  here 
Fathfc>r  Hamel  remained  for  a  period  of  four 
years.  In  the  scientific  course  of  Sorboune 
he  obtained  the  grade  of  LicencU  of  mathe- 
matical science.  Upon  his  return  from  Eu- 
rope, in  1858,  he  was  uiven  char^io  of  the 
chair  of  physics  in  the  Univoniity  of  Laval ; 
and  he  likewise  took  charge  of  the  claascs  in 
astronomy,  mineralogy  and  geology  in  Le 
Petit  St'miuaine  ol  Quebec*  In  185'.)  he  was 
nominated  tibulary  professor  of  the  Arts 
faculty  in  Lnval,  and  he  likewise  became 
secretary  of  that  university.  In  1871,  on 
the  r»ccaaion  of  Mgr.  Toschereau's  elevation 
to  the  archbishopric  of  Quebec,  M.  Hamel 
was  designated  his  successor,  with  the  posi- 
tion of  superior  of  the  seminary  of  Quebec, 
and  ex  officio  r»ct«ir  of  the  University  of 
Laval.  The  ofiice  of  superior  of  the  Quebec 
seminary  he  retained  for  nine  years  ;  and 
he  was  again  re-elected  to  his  old  position 
in  1883.  We  may  say  also  that  this  distin- 
guished divine  had  been  appointed  vicar- 
general  of  the  Arch-diooeso  of  Quebec  in 
1871.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
American  Aasocistion  for  the  Advancemont 
of  Science  in  1870 ;  a  member  of  the  Royal 
Society  of  Canada,  section  III.,  and  is  (1886) 
rice-president  of  that  societj'.  He  went 
to  Europe  in  1852  to  accompany  the  very 
Rev.  Mon.  L.  J.  Caaault,  on  the  occaaion 
of  his  visit  to  London  and  to  Homo  solicit- 
ing aid  towards  the  establishment  of  the 
University  of  Laval.  The  vorage  lasted 
five  mouths.  From  1851  to  1858  our  dis- 
tinguished and  pious  subject  resided  in 
Paris,  where  he  pursued  scieutilic  studies. 
In  1872,  and  again  in  1881,  he  proceeded  to 
Rome  to  defend  the  intoroAts  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Lava).  The  very  Rev.  Mon.  Hamel 
was  boni  and  bred  in  the  Catholic  faith,  of 
which  he  is  a  distinguished  ornament. 

Jones, Charles  Jerome.  B.A.. Chief 
Clerk  in  the  office  of  the  OoTemor-Oeneral, 
Ottawa,  was  born  at  Port  Hope  in  1848.  He 
received  his  early  educational  instruction  at 
private  schools,  and  then  entered  the  Badge- 
ly  school,  before  that  institution  waa  re- 
moved to  Port  Hope,  and  became  Trinity 
CoUoce  school.  In  due  time  he  matriculateil 
at  the  University  of  Trinity  College,  gradu- 
ating therefrom  in  October,   1868,     Having 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


Attained  lu8  degree,  hia  father  waa  deairoua 
that  be  ahould  atiidy  law,  bat  for  the  legal 
prufesaion  he  bad  a  atrong  diataate,  aiid 
went  iuatead  to  Texaa,  where  he  en|;a>i«d  in 
eattle  rancbinf^  fi.>r  five  yean.  While  riding 
acroaa  the  i>laina  hia  borae  fell,  and  a  piatul 
which  he  carried  in  hta  belt  waa  discbarged, 
the  bullet  entering'  hia  ankle.  Thia  accident 
baa  oatiaed  a  alicht  lamenesa  in  hia  atep.  f>n 
the  let  July.  1875,  he  entered  the  Governor- 
General'a  oHice,  and  on  July  Ut,  1883^  buo- 
ceeded  tbe  late  Colonel  Stewart  aa  chief 
clerk  in  the  ottioe  of  the  GoTernor-Oeneral, 
Hia  father,  the  lata  Ralph  Jonea,  died  of 
paralyaia  at  OtUwa,  in  March,  1884..  Tbe 
deceaaed  waa  the  eldeat  sou  of  Mr.  Alpheua 
Jonea,  of  Preacott,  and  belonged  to  a  family 
who  have  borne  a  prominent  part  in  tbe 
development  of  thia  province.  He  waa  a 
nephew  of  Mr.  Juatice  Jonea,  who  occupied 
a  loremoat  place  in  the  firat  judiciarv  of 
Upper  Canada,  and  wboae  aon,  Mr.  Ford 
Jonea,  of  Uananoi^uo,  waa  for  many  yeura 
a  member  of  pnrliamcnt. 

narlfD,  John  Piper,  Banker  and 
Broker,  6t.  Thomaa,  Ontario,  waa  bom  in 
tbe  town  of  JJeuud,  Cornwall,  Ku^laiid,  on 
the  17tb  June,  1831.  He  la  a  son  of  John 
Martyn,  who  devoted  himaelf  to  farming  in 
Cornwall,  and  emigrated  with  hia  family  in 
1849,  to  Canada,  settling  in  the  township  of 
Yanuonth,  Kb^in  county,  Ontario.  Hia 
mother  waa  Marr,  daughter  of  Edward 
Piper,  of  DoTonahire.  Shortly  aftur  the 
arrival  of  John  Martyn,  he  waa  taken  ill 
and  died,  leaving  hia  wife  and  two  auua. 
John  Piper  waa  the  youngest,  and  hia 
brother  James  is  now  a  prominent  architect 
in  London,  England.  After  her  hnaband's 
death.  Mra.  Martyn  reaided  with  her  aon, 
the  aubject  of  ihia  aketch,  who  had  a«ttled 
on  a  farm  in  tbe  same  townahip,  and  with 
him  abe  remained  till  her  death,  which  oc- 
curred in  1870,  ahe  then  having  reached  the 
well-rounded  age  of  87  yeara.  But  to  glunce 
retroapectively  ai  the  career  of  our  aubject. 
He  received  »  careful  and  oomprehenaive 
educational  training  in  achoola  at  Exeter, 
England  (  and  obtaining  a  diploma,  engaged 
in  the  work  of  teaching  in  the  national 
achoola  of  hia  native  town.  In  1840  be  re- 
atgned  hia  appointment,  and  sailed  for 
Canada,  entering  the  Normal  achuol  at  To- 
ronto. He  waa  now  in  hia  twenty-hrat  year, 
and  took  away  from  tbe  Normal  acbool  a 
firat-clasa  profesaional  certificate.  Imme- 
diately he  began  to  teach  acbool  in  the  town- 
ahip  of  Yarmouth,  and  continued  ao  em- 
ployed till  1860,  when  he  gave  up  the 
profeaaion  and  went  upon  the  farm,   giving 


hia  entire  attention  to  th«  oultivatioa 
the  aame.  However,  in  1868,  he  went 
the  town  of  Stratbroy,  where  he  openid 
bankera  and  broker'a  ofboe,  and  condac 
the  ftame  buainesa  until  1870*  when  he 
moved  to  St.  Thomaa,  in  which  oity  bi' 
began  a  aimilar  buaineaa.  Ho  haa  ihi 
built  np  a  large  and  i)ro6table  bnainaa, 
dealing  in  all  kinda  of  negotiable  papir. 
landa,  etc.,  also  having,  in  connection  mtl 
theae  operationa,  inaurance  and  other  pnr 
jecla.  In  18C0,  Mr.  Martyn  waa  apptnol 
II  juatice  of  the  peace,  and  waa  a  kIik 
truatee  during  aeveral  ternia  fur  the 
abip  of  Yarmouth.  In  1877  he  wi 
to  the  town  oouncil  of  8t.  Thomaa,  and 
tbe  position  during  the  yeara  of  1878-79 aad 
1880  ;  and  upon  tbe  town  being  incfjrporated 
in  1881  aa  a  city,  he  waa  one  of  tha  fii 
a'dermen  elected.  He  waa  re-elected  for 
yeara  1882, 1883, 1884  and  1885, and  thia; 
(1885)  ia  chairman  of  the  finance  committ 
We  mi^ht  aay  that  Mr.  Martyn  waa  one 
tbe  first  promotera  of  the  rocasure  of  tha 
town'a  inctjrporation,  and  has  alwaja  tak«iia 
warmiiitereat  in  its  welfare.  He  was  ihefini 
officer  appointed  for  the  St.  Thouiaa  and 
Ayimer  Gravel  Road  Company  ;  he  alao  or 
ganized  and  waa  the  firat  manager  of  tha 
South-Weatern  Farmers  and  Mechanics' 
Loan  Company,  of  St.  Thomaa,  and  tliii 
poaition  ho  held  for  two  years,  when  be  re- 
tired. He  is  likewise  a  abarcholder  and 
director  of  the  Star  Loan  Conipaiiy,  of  St. 
Thomaa  ;  and  ia  one  of  tbe  largest  atockhoM- 
era  in,  and  alao  a  director  of,  the  St.  Thomu 
Street  Railway  Company.  He  ia  connected 
with  various  other  important  enterpriaea, 
and  waa  one  of  tbe  chief  organizera  of  the 
Bronse  Monument  Company,  and  likeviae 
t'f  the  Elgin  Silver  Mining  Company,  at 
Lake  iSuporior,  which  promiaea,  in  time,  to 
be  one  of  the  moat  valuable  mineral  pro* 
pertiea  in  the  Dominion.  Mr.  Martyn  is 
manager  and  secretary  of  the  Ontario 
Mutual  Provident  Society,  incorporated  m 
1884  ;  and  be  ia  a  member  of  Uie  order  of 
Oddfellows.  He  baa  been  i>resident  of  the 
East  El^ciu  Couaervative  Association  for  ten 
yeara,  and  ia  one  of  tbe  most  promioeat 
party  men  in  St.  Thomaa,  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Church  of  Euj^Und,  and  a  warden  of 
St.  John's  church.  He  mtrried  in  1663, 
Hannah  Maun,  daughter  of  the  late  Koah 
Mann,  of  the  township  of  Yarmouth,  Elgin, 
one  of  tbe  moat  prominent  farmera  of  hia 
time,  who  died  in  1881.  Mr.  Martyn  haa 
eight  children,  Richard  and  Edmund  hold- 
ing reaponaible  poaitiuna  in  the  United 
Statea.       Besides    Mr.   Martyn'a   extenuva 


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mil 


aui«n    AMociAtioiu    in   Ontario,    he   hum 

e   interests   in    the  North-West,    hold- 

thouBunds  of  acres  of  land  in  that  terri- 

Althongli  exACttngly  just  in  hisbusi- 

tions,  Mr.  M&rtyn  is  known  to 

A  moti  kindly  he&rt,  and  to  be  ready 

generouB  aid  for  worthy  purposes.    He 

a  beautiful  fann  of  400  aores,  situate 

utteu  miles  from  St.  Thomas,  and  atten* 

to  this   property  takes  a  considerable 

rtion  nf  his  time. 

Hcndcraon,  Jame*  AlOKandcr, 
C,  D.C.L.,  Master  of  the  Supreme  Court 
Judicature,  at  the  City  of  Kingston,  and 
'eat  and  only  surviviug  son  of  the  late 
ptain  Jantes  Henderson,  Royal  navy,  who 
on  service  at  Rio  Jauiero,  South 
erica,  wa»  born  in  February,  1821,  at 
toke,  near  Plymouth,  Devoushire,  Eng- 
lan<l.  lie  was  educated  st  a  private  school, 
d  camt!  to  Oanada  in  1835.  He  completed 
education  at  I'pper  Canada  College, 
oroDlo.  He  comes  of  a  family  which  was 
to  Asaert  that  for  several  generations  it 
oontinuousiy  sent  forth  men  who  be- 
e  distinguished  ofhcen  in  the  Royal 
ttary.  James  Alexander  Henderson  em- 
braced a  learned  profession,  and  studied  law 
at  Kingston,  with  the  late  Honourable  John 
S.  Cartwright,  and  at  Toronto,  with  the  late 
Hono'jrable  Robert  Baldwin,  Chief  Justice 
Adam  Wilson,  beim;  then  Mr.  Baldwin's 
partner.  Ho  was  called  to  the  bar  in  1843, 
and  has  auccesafuHy  practised  his  profession 
iu  Kiiiu'9t<^>n  since  that  date.  Entering  into 
partnership  with  llie  late  Sir  Henry  Smith, 
be  con'inaed  in  the  same  until  the  duath  of 
the  Utter  in  1868.  He  baa,  we  may  state, 
been  muster  in  Chancery  since  1861.  Mr. 
Henderson  was  elected  a  bencher  of  the  I.aw 
8ociety  in  1858.  He  is  a  staunch  Couserva- 
live,  but  he  has  never  entered  on  active 
litical  life,  for  lie  has  chosen  to  uive  his 
tire  time  and  sttention  to  the  prnctiue  of 
his  profession.  In  December,  1802,  he  was 
appointed  chancellor  of  the  di  <cese  of  On- 
beine  a  prominent  member  of  the 
of  Kngland),  and  hiia  ever  been  an 
re  and  £eatoua  member  of  the  synod  of 
i  dioceso.  The  University  of  Trinity 
Toront4r,  in  18(i'l  cooferrvd  im  him 
of  doctijr  of  civil  law,  and  he  is  a 
r  of  the  council  of  that  university. 
»  is  a  Queen's  counsel  appointed  by  the 
imtnion  govorument,  uid  subsequently 
ihe  Ontimo  goveniment  As  an  ensign 
the  third  r»giment  of  Prontonac  militia, 
was  present  with  a  detachment  of  that 
iment  at  the  battle  of  the  Wmdmill, 
near  Prasoott,  in  1838,  and  ia  now  the  lieu- 


lurm 


tenant-colonel  of  the  zeeerve  militia,  the 
City  of  Kingston  regiment.  In  1879  he  waa 
elected  most  worshipful  grand  master  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Ancient,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons  of  Canada,  and  by  an  almoat 
nnanimous  vote,  waa  re-elected  in  1880. 
In  July  1882  His  Royal  Highnesa  the 
Prince  of  Wales,  conferred  on  him  the  dia- 
tiuguished  order  of  knight  grand  cross  of 
the  temple,  and  he  now  holds  the  position 
of  deputy  grand  master  of  the  Sovereign 
Grand  Priory,  Knights  Templars  of  Canada. 
He  has  been  instrumental  in  the  formation 
and  succeasfnl  carrying  out  of  several  com- 
panies of  pnblicand  general  benefit,  and  for 
many  yean  past  has  Deen  and  still  is,  presi- 
dent uf  the  Frontenac  L*ian  and  Investment 
Society  ;  of  the  City  of  Kingston  Gaslight 
Company,  and  is  the  chairman  of  the  Catara- 
qui  Cemetery  Company.  In  1846  he  married 
Mary  Ann,  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Wil- 
liam Wilson,  of  NewcouTt.  near  Kingston, 
by  whom  he  has  living  seven  daughters  and 
one  scm .  Five  of  the  daughters  are  married  : 
the  eldest,Emily  Anne,  ia  the  wife  of  Richard 
T.  WaIkem,Q.C.,  of  Kingston  ;  Helen  Maud, 
the  wife  of  S.  W.  Farrell,  of  Winnipeg  ; 
Annie  Howton  is  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  E.  P. 
Crawford,  M.A.,  rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Brockville ;  Harriett  Edith  is  the  wife  of 
Albert  £.  Richards,  biurister,  Winnipeg  ;  and 
Mary  Louise  is  the  wife  of  Captain  Urory, 
A  battery,  regiment  of  Canadian  artillery, 
Kingston.  The  residence  of  Mr.  Henderson 
is  the  Cheatnuta,  Kingston. 

Hlowat,  R<$v.  John  B,  M.A.,  D.D., 
Profeasor  of  Hebrew,  Chaldee  and  Old  Tea- 
taroent  Exegttsis,  t^neen's  University,  Kinga- 
ton,  was  bt>rn  in  the  latter  city  in  the  year 
IS25.  He  is  a  son  of  the  late  John  Howat, 
Canisbay.  Caithness-shire,  Scotland,  who, 
when  a  youug  man,  joined  the  army  and 
served  throuijb  the  Peninsular  war.  In  181G 
he  came  to  Canada  and  settled  in  Kingston. 
He  married  shortly  afterwarda,  Helen  Le- 
vack,  also  of  Caithness,  this  lady  having 
cro*wed  the  ocean  to  link  her  fortunes  with 
the  soldier  of  the  Peninsula.  The  fruit  of 
this  happy  union  was  five  children,  three 
boys  and  two  girls,  one  of  the  brothers  be- 
inv  the  Hon.  Oliver  Mowat,  premier  and 
attoriioy-u:eneral  of  the  Province  of  Ontario. 
[For  further  delaila  a«e  sketch  of  the  Hon, 
Oliver  Mnwat,  elsewhere  in  these  pages.] 
John  B.  Mowat  graduated  in  arts  in  IMfi, 
and  took  two  sessiMUs  in  theology  at  Queen's 
University,  Kingston.  After  taking  two 
sessions  of  his  theoloincal  course  at  Queen's 
he  proceeded  to  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  where 
he  attended  two  sessions  iu  arts  and  theology 


A  ctcloPjSdia  of 


at  the  UnlTenuty  of  that  city,  and  reoeired 
the  dt'groo  of  D.  D.  frum  the  Univeraity  of 
Glftii|y;ow,  in  1883.  Be  becaaiti  auiituit  to 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Machar,  in  St  A  ndr© w '»  Chu  rch, 
Kingston,  in  1^8 ;  was  called  to  the  pastor- 
ate of  St.  Andrew's  Church  at  Niagara,  in 
1850  ;  and  was  appointed  in  1857  prufesaur 
of  Hebrew,  Chftldce  and  Old  Testaiuont  Ex- 
egesia  at  Queen's  University,  Kingston.  In 
1855  he  married  the  eldest  daughter  of  the 
Late  Rev.  Dr.  Mcdill,  minister  of  St.  Paul's 
Charch,  Montreal,  but  this  lady  died  in 
185C.  He  married  again  in  18C0,  the  second 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  John  McDonald,  of 
Ganano<}ue. 

norria,  Hon.  Alexander,  D.C.L., 
Q.C.,  P.C,  Toronto,  was  bom  at  Perth, 
Upper  Canada  (Ontario),  on  tlie  17th  March, 
X82C.  Hu  is  the  eldest  sou  uf  the  late  Hon. 
William  Morris,  whoso  tigure  stands  conspic- 
uous among  those  who  agitated  the  country 
on  the  clergy  reserves  and  scliool  Jand  ques- 
tions. Ho  is  a  nophew  of  the  late  Hon. 
Jamea  Morris,  who  was  postmaatcr-genoral 
in  the  Baldwin- Laf on taine  administration, 
and  receiver-guueral  in  the  Sandlield  Mac- 
donald-Sicotte  ministry.  Alexander^  when 
a  boy,  attended  the  Perth  Grammar  school  ; 
and  when  his  oourse  here  was  ended  his 
father  sent  him  to  Scotland,  where  he  en- 
tered Madras  College  of  St.  Andrews. 
Thence  be  was  transferred  to  the  University 
of  Qlosgow,  where  ho  spent  a  year,  when  ho 
returned  to  Canada.  He  began  commercial 
pursuits,  entering  the  estabUshmeut  of 
Thome  &  Heward,  commlasum  merchants, 
of  Montreal.  He  had  not  mnch  taate  for 
commercial  life,  however,  and  three  years 
after  was  articled  as  a  atudent-at-law  in  the 
oflioe  of  Mr.  (now  Sir)  John  Mucdonald,  at 
Kingston.  Ho  studied  here  with  marked 
diligence,  indeed,  so  dose  was  his  applica- 
tion that  his  health  gave  way,  and  he  was 
obliged  to  reluKjuish  work  for  afuw  months. 
Prooeediugto  Moutreal,  he  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  &IcGill  College,  and  from  that  in- 
stitution took  successively  the  degrees  of 
B.A..  M.A.,B-C.L.,  and  D.C.L.  He  was 
the  first  graduate  in  the  arts  coursu  of  that 
institution,  and  was  subsequently  elected  by 
the  graduates  one  of  the  Hrst  fellows  in  art*, 
and  thence  waa  promoted  to  be  one  of  the 
governors  of  the  university.  He  entered 
the  law  office  of  Attorney  General  Badgely, 
and  was  called  to  the  bar  of  Upper  Canada 
in  Hilary  Term,  1851.  The  late  Hon.  John 
Rosa,  then  attorney-general,  offered  to  ad- 
mit Mr.  Morris  to  partnership,  but  family 
reasons  made  it  necessary  that  he  should 
go  to  Montreal.     Presenting  his  diploma  as 


an  Upper  Canadian  barrister,  be  was  upoo 
examination  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Lowsc 
Canada.  In  November  uf  the  same  year  he 
married  Margaret,  daughter  of  the  late  Wil* 
liam  Ctine.  of  Cornwall,  and  niece  of  the 
late  Htm.  Philip  Van  Koii^hnet,  of  thesams 
place.  He  at  once  entered  up4»ii  the  piao> 
tice  of  his  profeasion  at  Montreal,  where 
his  resolute  industry,  the  BonndDen  and  the 
extent  of  his  legal  attainmetits,  and  aborcr 
all,  his  natural  brilliancy,  soon  gave  hxxa  « 
conspicuous  place  in  hi»  ■  •- ■»-'^'->-"  »  -k  r* 
time  afterwards  he  entt  t 

with  the  present  Mr.  Ju 

had  been  a  foremost  authority  on  commer- 
cial law.  In  politics  Mr.  Morris  was  a  Con- 
servative, and  when  he  entered  Uie  public 
tield  it  was  to  champion  the  cause  and  altiriD 
the  principles  maintained  by  lua  father.  In 
1801  he  was  elected  to  the  LegislatiTe 
Assembly  for  South  Lanark,  which  constit- 
uency his  father  had  represented  for  twenty 
years.  When  he  appeared  upon  the  f>oliucsJ  | 
scene,  the  question  of  representation  by  I 
population  agitated  the  country,  George 
Brown  and  others  being  loud  in  their  advu- 
cacy  of  the  same,  the  Conservatives  holdiog 
back,  declaring  the  time  was  not  yet  ripe  for 
the  adoption  of  such  apian.  .Alexander 
Morris  opposed  the  scheme,  athrming  that 
its  adoption  would  not  solve  the  difticultiei 
sought  to  be  removed  ;  but  moat  enthusias- 
tically did  ho  enter  into  the  scheme  for  con- 
federation, claiming  that  this  was  the  only 
ex]>edieut  in  which  all  disturbing  questions 
might  be  merged  and  extmguished.  He  was 
one  of  the  chief  promoters  of  the  fx>alition 
between  Attorney-General  Macdonald  and 
George  Brown  ;  and  in  1860  was  chosen,  by 
virtue  of  his  special  acquirement,  and  hu 
wide  political  equipment,  to  the  portfolio 
of  Inland  Itevenue.  But  his  health  soon  be 
gan  to  fail  him,  and  in  July,  1872,  he  waa 
appointed  chief  justice  of  the  Court  of 
Queen's  Bench  for  Manitoba.  The  new 
judgo  had  to  make  a  complete  judicial  or- 
gnniKAtion  of  the  judiciaryi  establishing  tha 
English  practice  :  for  hitherto  the  high#st 
tribunal  of  justice  had  been  a  quarterly 
court,  established  under  the  Hudson  Bay 
Company's  charter  ;  and  this  court  had  a 
somewhat  primitive  way  of  doing  business. 
But  on  the  2nd  of  December  of  the  same 
year  that  he  went  upon  the  bench  he  waa 
appointed  lieutenant-governor  of  Mani- 
toba and  the  North-West  Territ4>rieR.  When 
Keewatin  became  a  district,  he  was  appoint^^H 
ed  lieutenant-governor  &:  o^io.  Ht>  lika^J 
wise  became  chief  superintendent  of  Indian 
affau^    in  the   Manitoba   superintendeucy, 


A 


CANADIAN  BIOGBAPBY. 


«oU  uuo  uf  tho  Bpocial  commissioneni  for 
iDAking  treaties  three,  four,  five  and  aix  ; 
«nd  the  revision  of  trvatiea  one  and  two, 
in  t}ie  making  of  which  he  acted  aa  preai- 
deut  and  chief  speaker.  Hia  tact,  good 
judgment,  Aiul  winning  ways  produced  ninst 
important  reaulta  in  dealing  with  the  tribes; 
and  aa  lieuteiiant-goveruor  of  Manitoba 
he  did  a  vast  deal  towarda  the  pruiuution 
ol  aetUement  in  the  province  and  the  iui- 
raoTement  of  its  legialative  condition. 
When  hia  live  yeara  term  in  the  guberna- 
torial chair  waa  ended,  he  returned  to  hia 
reaidetue  at  Perth,  Ontario.  In  1878  he  waa 
defeated  by  nine  votes  for  tho  repreBon- 
iatioD  uf  Selkirk,  Manitoba  ;  but  about  two 
montba  afterwards  he  was  elected  for  East 
Torontn  to  the  Ontario  legislature.  On  the 
5th  of  Juno  following  he  was  elected  for  the 
same  coustituency,  defeating  Xlon.  Oliver 
Mowat  by  a  majority  of  Hfty-seren  votes  ; 
and  he  has  coutuiued  to  represent  that  con* 
aiituency  since.  Iho  Uon.  Alexander  Mor- 
ria  was  called  to  the  Manitoba  bar  in  Octo- 
ber, 1872  ;  appointed  a  Q.C.  by  the  govern- 
ment of  Ontatio,  March  lath,  1870  ;  and  by 
the  Dominion  government,  August  13th, 
1881.  Ho  has  been  president  of  the  St.  An- 
drewa  S<iciety,  Montreal  ;  a  governor  of  the 
CoiverBity  of  MoOill  College  ;  and  is  chair- 
man of  the  Board  of  Tnisteea  of  the  Uni- 
▼anity  of  Queen's  College,  Kingston.  Ho  is 
rioe-presideui  of  the  North  America  Life 
Insurance  Company  ;  a  director  of  the  Tor- 
onto General  Trusts  Company,  and  of  the 
Imperial  Bauk.  He  was  recently  appointed 
by  the  Government  of  Ontario  one  of  the 
commiaaioners  for  codifying  the  Statutes  of 
Ontario.  He  is  autlior  of  '*  Canada  and 
her  Reaouroes,"  an  essay,  to  which  was 
awardeil,  in  |}i^85.  by  Sir  E.  W.  Head,  then 

fovemur-gwnt'ral.  mu  a  reference  from  the 
'aris  Eihibitton  Committee  of  Canada,  in 
consequence  *>i  a  divistuu  of  opinion  in  the 
commit  tee.  the  si>cond  prixe  ;  "  Nova  Bri- 
tannia." a  lecture  on  the  extent,  resources 
and  future  itf  British  North  America,  pub- 
liahed  in  1H58,  at  the  re^^uest  of  the  Mer- 
cantile Library  Association  of  Montreal,  in 
wbicli  ^ic  ii^ilv.tcated  the  incorporation  of 
the  IV  ii  American  provinoes  under 

one    •  Ii  .    "  Tie    Hudson's  Bay 

d  r  ■^."  a  lecture,  in  which 

aU'  rporationof  the  North- 

Weat  and  UtiUati  v;4>l()mbia  under  one  cm- 
faderatiun  with  the  older  provinces  of  Can- 
ada and  Acadia,  and  the  construction  of  the 
IntoTDolonuil  and  Paoitic  railwaya  ;  **  The 
Treaties  of  Canada  with  the  Indians  of  the 
Uorth-West,"  1880;    and    "Nova    Britau- 


nia/'  a  collection  of  lectures  and  speeches 
connected  with  con fede rati i>n,  1884.  Hon. 
Alexander  Mi>rria  is  a  Incid,  forcible,  and 
very  convincing  writer ;  and  hia  speeches 
have  the  same  qualities  aa  his  literary  work. 
Ho  is  still  vigorous,  and  the  country  may  ex- 
pect to  hear  much  from  him  yet  before  he 
quits  the  political  scenes. 

Pbelan,  Dunicl,  M.A..  M.D..  King- 
ston, waa  born  in  North  Gower,  County 
of  Carletou,  on  September  8th,  1854.  His 
parents  were  John  Phelan  and  Margaret 
McCarthy.  His  mother  was  a  Canadian  of 
Irish  descent,  and  hia  father  was  bom  in 
Kilkonrvy,  Ireland,  and  waa  an  industrious 
and  honest  farmt^r  who  achieved  much 
wealth,  and  died  in  1883,  leaving  as  a  monu- 
ment of  his  industry  one  of  the  most  mag- 
nihcent  county  residences  in  Canada,  Dun- 
more  hall.  The  Phelans  come  of  good  old 
Irish  stock  of  the  Heremonian  division  of 
the  Milesians,  and  arc  descended  from  Conn 
of  the  Hundred  Battles,  the  llOLh  monarch 
uf  Ireland.  They  were  formerly  princes  of 
Deeies,  a  territory  comprising  the  greater 
part  of  Waterford  and  part  of  Tipperary. 
Their  estates  were  at  an  early  period  trans- 
ferred to  the  Le  Poers  and  other  English 
invaders.  The  name  PheUn  is  derived  from 
the  Irish  /riZtf,  hospitality,  and  oon,  excel- 
lent. The  subject  of  this  sketch  having  all 
the  advantages  which  one  conld  desire,  wsa 
educated  by  a  private  tutor  at  home,  then 
at  the  county  school  near  hia  father's  resi- 
dence, and  subaet^uently  at  La  Salle  Insti- 
tute, Toronto,  under  Bro.  Arnold  ;  then  he 
entered  the  University  of  Ottawa,  where  he 
carried  otf  the  best  priees  each  year.  He 
waa  considered  the  most  thorough  Latin  and 
Greek  scholar  of  his  claas,  and  received  the 
degree  of  M.A.  from  that  institution,  He 
also  distinuuiahed  himself  as  an  athlete, 
having  in  his  possession  a  number  of  silver 
cups  and  other  trophies  won  by  him.  He 
studied  medicine  at  Queen's  College,  whera 
he  obtained  the  degree  uf  M.  D.  in  1877, 
coming  out  at  the  head  of  the  list  of  gradu- 
ates of  that  >ear.  He  subsequently  spent 
some  time  in  Dellevue  Hospital,  and  the 
Manhattan  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  New 
York.  He  then  opened  an  oftioe  in  King- 
ston,  Ont.,  where  he  was  at  onoe  rewarded 
by  an  excellent  business,  and  he  to  day  en- 
joys one  of  the  largest  practices  in  the  city. 
Desiring  further  to  [*erfect  himself  for  the 
discharge  of  hia  professional  duties,  ho  re- 
solved in  1882  to  viait  Eurofio  and  "  walk  " 
some  of  the  famous  hospitala  tliere.  He 
accordingly  spent  B^imetimt^  in  the  hotpitala 
of  London,  Paris,  Brussels  and  Dublin,  dur- 


A  ctclopjEDja  of 


iog  which  tinae  he  diligently  applied  hiniBelf 
to  the  atndy  of  the  cilms  which  there  came 
under  hia  ohBcrvation.  On  his  return  to 
Kingston  he  reeumed  the  practice  of  hia  pro- 
(easion*  and  is  to-day  one  of  its  moat  trusted 
members.  He  is  an  examiner  for  several 
insurance  companies  ;  was  supervising  medi- 
cal examiner  for  Canada  for  the  Catholic 
Mutual  Benefit  Aaaodatioo ;  waa  preaident 
of  the  St.  Vincent  de  Paul  Society,  and  for 
several  years  htis  been  president  of  the  8l. 
Patrick  Society.  He  has  been  physician  to 
the  House  of  Providence  st  Kingston  for 
many  yearn,  a  position  in  which  he  has  ox- 
liibited  that  care  and  skill  which  are  char- 
acteristic of  him.  He  has  for  some  years 
tilled  the  chair  of  lecturer  on  physiology 
and  histology  in  the  Women's  Medical  Col- 
lege, Kingston,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Quebec. 
In  religion  Ur.  Pbelan  is  a  Unman  catholic  ; 
in  politics  a  pronounced  Reformer.  He  is 
a  young  man  who  is  destined  to  occupy  a 
distinguished  position  in  the  history  of  his 
conntry,  as  in  addition  to  his  professional 
distinction,  he  is  of  splendid  physique,  a 
graceful  speaker,  and  a  favourite  in  social 
ciroles. 

Collins,  JoNepti  Edmund,  Toronto, 
waa  bom  at  Placentia,  the  capital  during  the 
French  occupation,  and  in  the  early  portion 
of  the  English  regime^  of  Newfoundland,  on 
the  22nd  day  of  October,  1855.  He  is,  upon 
his  father's  side,  of  English  descent,  and  the 
eldest  son  of  William  Joseph  Collins,  who 
was  at  one  time  a  leading  planter  in  Placen- 
tia, by  his  wife  Eleanor,  daught«)r  of  John 
O'Reilly,  surveyor  and  planter  of  Placentia. 
The  family  settled  in  the  itland  at  an  early 
date  in  its  colonization.  The  lirst  member 
of  the  family  here  was  EdwanI  Collins,  an 
officer  of  the  staff  (Kritish  army),  and  he 
married  Ruth,  only  daughter  of  Governor 
(Joodall.  This  governor,  it  may  be  men- 
tioned, succeeded  to  the  governorship  of  the 
island  shortly  after  the  expiration  of  the 
term  of  Admiral  Byron,  grandfather  of  the 
poet.  Seeing  the  excellent  prospect  to  con- 
duet  a  profitable  mercantile  and  fishery  bnsi- 
ness,  the  governor  advist-d  his  snnin-law  to 
retire  from  the  army  and  enter  commerce. 
He  did  so,  and  obtained  grants  of  all  the 
grazing  and  meadow  lands  along  the  Brul^ 
and  surrounding  the  town  ;  which  granting 
very  naturally  and  juslljf  led  to  loud  com- 
plaints some  years  afterwards  among  others 
who  sought  to  obtain  a  few  acres  here  or 
there,  but  found  that  it  had  been  all  dis- 
poaed  of  to  "the  privileged  family.'*  Years 
later,  when  William   IV.   visited  the  *' an- 


cient colony  "  he  made  a  long  i^f  in  pft»> 

turesnuo  old  Placentia,  heooming  the  guest 
of  "  Planter  Collins/'  aa  ho  was  now  cailed- 
On  leaving  the  ialand  his  Royal  Hi];hne» 
took  with  him  to  England  Edmund  Collins, 
an  uncle  of  the  father  of  the  subject  of  thi« 
sketoh,  for  whom  he  formed  a  strong  attach- 
ment,aikd  appointed  him  apartmen is  during 
hia  educational  course  in  the  palace,  when 
he  remained  fur  a  considorshle  perio<l.  Ed- 
mund acquired  a  technicil  education,  and 
entered  the  navy,  where  he  whs  rapidly  pro- 
moted, till  he  became  first  liuut^nant  in  the 
navy.  Then  he  returned  home  for  a  time, 
and  as  further  marks  of  the  r^yal  favour,  a 
captaincy,  and  a  promise  nt  appi.*Lntmcnt  U> 
the  nextgovernomhip  of  the  colwny,  re»chM 
hlni,  but  he  fell  ill  of  hasty  cousnmption  and 
died.  Joseph  Edmund  CoUina  waa  educated 
by  private  tuition  at  Placentia,  and  subse- 
quently at  St.  John's.  He  waa  for  two 
years  a  member  of  the  mounted  police  (ores 
in  St.  John's,  and  in  1874  carou  to  Canada. 
Shortly  afterward  be  arrived  in  Fredericton, 
and  entered  as  a  student-of-law  in  the  ofiioB 
of  Allen  iV:  Wilson.  A  little  later,  he  eiUb- 
liahed  the  Fredericton  Star  newspaper,  of 
which  he  was  the  editor  for  a  time.  Subae- 
quentlyhc  established  the  Chatham,  N.B.. 
Utttr.  In  the  summer  of  1)<81  he  removed 
to  Toronto  and  accepted  a  position  on  the 
staff  of  the  Qiofff  newspaper,  in  which  em- 
ployment he  remained  for  a  year.  He  tb«n 
wrr>to  the  **  Life  and  Times  of  Sir  Johi 
Macdonald  f  '*  Canada  under  the  Amii 
tration  of  l^rd  Lorno  ;'*  "  A  Sketch  of  thft' 
Life*of  Lord  Lansdowue,^'  and  other  wotka, 
which  were  published  by  the  Rose  Pub- 
lishing Cu.,  Toronto.  He  likewine  bec&ms 
a  contributor  to  the  leading  Canadian  lit«r«^ 
ary  periodicals;  to  the  Cmtury^  h'i<U:  Ah\ 
St.  Nichidnn,  Frank  Leslie's  publicatioi 
Outing^  Foifxt  and  Strtamy  and  several  otht 
American  and  English  perioJicals.  Ha' 
marned,  in  1880,  Gertrude  Anna,  sixth 
daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  Jasper  Nugent 
Murphy,  <if  Fredericton,  N.B.  There  have 
been  issue  by  this  marriag**  a  son  and  a 
daughter,  both  of  whom  are  dead.  Edmund 
Collins,  aa  he  is  now  known,  is  devoted 
OTclnsivGly  to  literary  work. 

neCafttiy,nnltland,  Count r  Judge, 
Orangevilte.  waa  bom  at  Oakley  P^rk.  neaoH 
Dublin,  Ireland,  on  the  6th  May,  1^33.  H^^ 
is  a  son  of  DWlton  and  Charleaicina  Hope 
(Manners)  McCarthy.  The  family  is  very 
old  in  Irish  annals.  His  mother  was  bom 
in  Edinburgh,  Scotland  ;  his  grandfather 
was  a  member  of  the  Irish  bar  ;  and  hia 
father,   who  came  to  Canada  in  1S47,  had 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


639 


been  %  solicitor  at  Dablin.  The  famUy 
settled  on  a  f&rm  six  miles  from  Barrie,  but 
two  years  lat*>r  removed  to  town.  Here 
the  father  of  Maitland  5IcCarthj  resumed 
his  practice,  oonunuing  in  the  same  till  his 
death,  which  occurred  in  1873.  Mrs.  Mc- 
Cart>iy  is  still  living.  There  was  a  family 
of  eleven  children,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
being  the  liflh  oldesi.  3iaitUnd  attended 
the  Barrie  Grammar  school,  concluding  his 
studies  in  tliai  institution  at  the  early  age 
of  seventeen.  Ue  then  entered  the  office  of 
his  father,  who  was  st  thnt  time  in  partner- 
ship with  U'Arcy  Boulton,  and  here  he  re- 
mained until  ]rt(U«  when  he  was  admitted 
aj  an  attorney.  Ho  immediately  opened  an 
office  in  OrangeviUe,  where  he  continued  to 
practice  until  1881,  in  which  year  he  waa 
appointed  County  court  judge  of  the  County 
of  DutTeriiu  which  pi^siti'm  be  still  holds. 
Mr  McCarthy  held  the  p(«ition  uf  reeve  of 
Orangeville  for  fuur  years,  and  that  of  the 

It  mayor  of  the  town  for  the  year  1874. 

]ge  McCarthy  is  a  director,  and  bus  been 

lent,  of  the  OrangeviUe  Building  8o- 

His   only    connection    with   secret 

sieties  was  that  with  Frcomnsonry.  Like 
his  family,  he  is  a  staunch  member  of  the 
Oburcfa  of  £ngland .  and  has  been  warden  of 
St.  Mark's  for  several  years.  He  married, 
on  the  26th  of  November,  1806,  Jennie 
Frances,  youngeat  daughter  of  the  late 
Robert  Cornwall  Stewart,  of  Bond  Head,  in 
the  County  of  Simooe,  and  sister  of  Falkner 
O.  Stewart,  ez-warden  of  the  County  of 
Dufferin.  There  is  issue  by  the  marriage 
three  children.  Judge  McCarthy  is  a 
brother  of  D' Alton  McCarthy,  V.C,  and 
M-P.  for  North  Simcoe.  In  private  life 
Jadge  McCarthy  is  kindly  and  cjurteous, 
and  one  who  knows  him  well  describes  him 
as  the  "  true  type  of  Irish  gentleman."  His 
elevation  to  the  judgeship  gave  a  lustre  to 
the  local  bench. 

Irwin,  Clianiberlln  Arthur,  M.D.. 
Kingston^  was  bom  uu  the  Island  of  Ouer- 
neaey,  English  Channel,  tin  the  'J3rd  April, 
1843.  He  is  a  son  of  William  James  Irwin, 
M. A.,  Cantab,  late  head-master  of  the  <  Iram- 
HMTsohool  at  Kingston,  Canada,  and  grand- 
«m  of  William  .Arthur  Irwin  of  the  95th 
nfproAnt.  Otir  subject's  mother  was  3e- 
Una  Maru,  eldest  dautjhter  of  Chainberlen 
William  Walker,  LL.D.,  of  Trinity  Colleijo, 
Dublin.  The  Irwius  were  a  very  old  Irish 
family,  which  lived  U*t  many  generations, 
till  1838,  on  their  estate  known  as  Rux- 
borough,  m  the  County  of  R<«ixmimon. 
bat  in  the  year  named,  the  estate  wai  sold 
into  other  hands.     Capt  Wm.  I 


A^  Irwin  had  three  suns,  Wm.  Jaa.,  A.M., 
Cantab,  Queen's  College  ;  Arthur  Leighton. 
a  wrangler  and  fellow  of  Cain's  College, 
Cambriduo,  died  principal  of  the  Diocesan 
College,  Madras,  East  Indies  -,  and  Henry 
Ottley,  who  took  honours  in  mathematici^ 
tripos,  Pembroke  (>ollege.  Cambridge,  lata 
rector  of  Hagley,  Tasmania.  CapL  Wm. 
Arthur  Irwin,  married  Elizabeth  Smythe, 
whose  grandfather  resided  on  his  estate 
ToiKiroft,  County  Norfolk,  on  the  border* 
of  SuQblk,  Kn^land.  Our  subject  was  ed- 
ucated at  the  Kingston  Grammar  school 
and  at  Queen's  University,  taking  his  medi- 
cal course  in  the  latter  institution.  He  ia 
professor  of  medical  j  o  risprodenee  and 
sanitary  science  in  the  Royal  Collie  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Rintcston  :  waa 
vice-president  of  the  Ontario  Medical  As* 
sociaiiim  for  1883  ;  and  alderman  for  the 
City  of  Kuiijston  fiir  the  years  1885  and 
1886.  Dr.  Irwin  is  a  Freemuon,  having 
joined  that  order  tn  1874  In  politics  he  is 
a  LiheriJ,  and  in  religion  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  England.  We  may  add  that  he 
graduated  from  Queen's  Univorsi^,  King- 
ston, in  18G8,  and  settled  down  in  Wolfe 
Island,  as  a  practitioner  in  medicine.  There 
he  remained  until  1880,  when  he  removed 
to  the  C^ty  of  Kingston,  where  he  has  re- 
sided practising  his  profession.  Dr.  Irwin 
if)  popular  professionally  no  less  than  a 
citizen. 

Luurent,  Trry  Rev.  Joseph  IH.^ 
VicarUenural  of  the  Arch-diocese  of  Tor- 
onto, was  bom  in  I'Angou,  Main  et  Loire^ 
France.  His  parents  belong  to  some  of  the 
old  famslies  uf  La  Vt>nd^e  Militaire,  and 
took  prominent  p«rts  \t\  the  war  of  La 
VendA^.  He  came  bi  Toronto  with  Hishop 
de  Charbannel,  in  I8'i8 ,  and  sinoe  that 
time  V.  G.  Laurent  has  resided  in  Toronto, 
taking  the  greatest  interest  in  the  improve- 
ments of  the  city,  especially  in  music  Hav- 
ing spent  many  years  in  the  best  conserva- 
toires of  ui'iric  iu  Kurope,  he  aoiuired  th» 
knowledge  which  has  iiisiJe  him  one  of  the 
most  successful  leaders  of  church  choirs  in 
Canada.  Father  Laurent  spent  fourteen  yeara 
in  St.  Patrick's  parish,  Toronto,  ^nd,  by  hia 
great  energy,  buitt  up  a  very  tine  church, 
a  beautiful  presbytery  and  oomm<>dinua 
8ch(Hjl8.  Hia  pariahiouers  were  very  much 
attached  tu  huu,  and  saw  with  sorrow  hia 
removal  to  St,  Michaers  Cathedral.  The 
Vicar-General  has  also  laboured  constantly 
for  the  last  tweniy-Hve  years  in  the  cause  of 
educatirm  and  the  relief  of  the  (H>or.  He  ia 
a  gantleman  of  high  intellectual  gifta,  and  ia 
a  very  eflfeotual  preaohar. 


540 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


t 


BrUloI,  Atiios  ftamuel,  M.D.,  was 

born  on  September  17lh.  1825,  on  the  old 
bomofltead  on  the  front  of  Krn"sttown»  a 
abort  distance  west  of  Uath.  Ue  ia  asun  of 
Coleman  and  Catharine  (Way)  Bristol.  Hia 
father  was  the  aeoond  son  of  the  late  John 
Bristol,  who  wma  taken  a  prisoner  at  the 
aurrender  of  General  Burgoyne  iu  the 
Amorican  rerolutionary  war.  under  whom 
he  was  serving  as  a  volunteer.  His  mother 
was  thti  second  dau^'hter  of  the  late  Samuel 
Way,  a  U.  E.  loyalist.  Uis  father,  some 
time  after  his  release,  came  to  Canada,  being 
amon^  the  very  earliest  settlers,  and  located 
-on  the  front  of  Emesttown,  where  he  con- 
timiod  to  reside  as  long  as  he  lived.  Here 
was  bom  our  subject's  father,  who  ia  in 
hia  uinety-Hrat  year.  There  was  a  family  of 
thirteen  children  bom  there,  of  whom  Amos 
Samuel  was  the  second  eldest.  Our  subject's 
f^ndfather  had  received  a  good  education 
in  Troy,  New  York,  where  he  was  born,  and 
where  his  father,  who  was  a  Baptist  clergy- 
man, lived.  His  grandfather's  mother  wss 
A  very  ardent  loyalist— the  daughter  of  a 
British  officer — and  she  had  encouraged  her 
son  in  every  way  to  join  the  forces  as  a 
volunteer.  There  were  several  sons  by  a 
former  marriage,  all  of  whom  took  part  with 
the  colonists.  The  consequence,  in  a  pe- 
cuniary way,  was  very  serious  to  our  aub- 
jeot's  grandfather — for  after  the  war  was 
over  all  the  property,  which  was  very  large, 
on  the  banks  of  the  Hudson  was  lost  and 
taken  by  the  other  members  of  the  family. 
The  grandfather  remained  in  the  country 
for  a  long  time,  hoping  to  get  some  of  the 
property,  but  did  not  succeed.  He  was 
obliged  to  leave  the  country  and  come  to 
Canada.  Ho  always  maintained  that  he 
could  establish  hia  claim  to  hia  ahare  of  the 
property,  but  his  children  wore  not  so 
sanguine,  and  did  not  like  to  risk  money 
hardly  earned  in  endeavouring  to  establish 
a  claim  of  such  long  standing.  The  grand- 
father died  in  1849  in  his  ninetieth  year. 
Ho  was  a  man  of  varied  and  extensive 
reading,  and  one  of  the  best  conversational* 
ists  that  one  might  chance  to  meet.  He 
seemed  to  know  tne  scriptures  by  heart,  and 
he  took  special  pains  to  explain  them  to  our 
subject  when  a  buy.  The  grandmother  also 
died  in  her  ninetieth  year.  She  was  a  very 
beautiful  woman,  and  our  subject  was  her 
constant  companion  as  a  child  and  as  a  boy. 
The  family  came  from  England  and  settled 
on  Rhode  Island  about  240  years  ago, 
being  among  the  very  earliest  settlors  in 
that  plaoe.  The  town  of  Bristol  in  that 
state  was   founded  by  one  uf   the    family. 


One  of  the  cadets  of  the  family  received 
large  grant  of  land  on  the  Hudson,  at  Troy, 
for  services  rendered  in  some  of  the  truublci 
of  those  days,  and  settled  there.  &ome  of 
the  family  still  reside  there.  Amos  Safflosl 
Bristol  was  educated  chiefly  at  the  Grammar 
school  at  Bath,  attendiug  during  the  wiour 
and  working  on  the  farm  with  his  father 
durinii  the  summer  till  hia  twenty- tirst^ 
In  1847  he  entered  MoUill  College, 
mained  there  till  1850.  when  he 
taking  highest  claas-stauding.  H« 
the  active  militia  force  in  lMa7  as  sui 
the  Napanee  troop,  became  surgeon 
4th  regiment  of  Cavalry,  and  reti 
1884  with  the  rank  of  surgeon-major 
was  on  aottvo  duty  during  the  Feniau  rait) 
in  Kingston  for  about  three  weeka.  His 
father  fier\'ed  during  the  war  of  1812  ao<l 
1813,  for  which  he  is  at  present  iu  the  r»- 
ceipt  of  a  pension.  He  also  served  as  cap- 
tain during  the  troubles  of  1837 -S,  and  wai 
out  with  his  men  daring  the  momoraUe 
Windmill  affair.  Our  subject  has  served  is 
manioipal  councillor  and  as  school  trustfe 
for  about  twenty  years,  and  has  been  s 
member  of  the  synod  of  the  Church  o( 
England  since  its  establishment,  with  thd 
exception  of  one  year.  He  has  taken  sn 
active  part  in  local  improvements,  such  ai 
the  erection  of  schocd-bouses,  churches,  and 
other  public  buildings.  Ho  has  been  s 
member  of  the  Masonic  order  since  1857,  and 
is  a  Royal  Arch  Maiou  and  past  master. 
He  took  a  very  sotive  part  iu  the  discas- 
sion  in  connection  with  oonfederatiun,  and 
did  what  he  could  to  persuade  all  with 
whom  he  came  iu  contact  of  its  great  sd- 
vantages.  He  was  an  advocate  likewise  of 
securing  the  great  North- West*  and  of 
building  the  Canadian  Pacitic  Railway.  His 
travels  nave  been  confined  to  this  continent. 
In  1850  he  visited  the  iStates  ;  again  in  1HG4 
he  went  to  Washington  and  spent  several 
weeka  in  the  military  hospitals  there,  at  the 
same  time  he  visited  places  of  im(>ort&nce 
or  interest  in  the  neighbourhood  and  down 
the  Potomac.  Through  the  kindness  of 
General  Auger,  the  commandant,  he  was 
enabled  to  go  to  all  places  of  interest.  In 
religion  Dr.  Bristol  has  been  all  his  life  a 
member  uf  the  Church  of  England.  He 
married,  on  June  21,  1863,  Sarah  Minerva 
daughter  of  the  late  Colonel  Daniel  Everett, 
of  the  township  of  Kingston,  and  grand- 
daughter of  the  late  Major  John  Everett, 
United  Empire  loyalist,  of  the  same  plao^H 
Major  Everett  had  served  thmagh  ^i^f 
greater  part  of  the  revolutionary  war,  bein^^ 
a  major  in   the  Royalist  forces.     His  wtfe 


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CANADIAN  BIOORAPSr. 


5il 


1863,  leaving  five  children — C»tha- 
^ion,  wife  of  H.  J.  Saunders.  ftLD., 
Ibti  ;  Urtorge  Everett,  wholeaale  mer- 
llhiuiltiiD  :    Sarah  Caroline,  wife  of 
pUijlAa  Hftwley,  M.  P-F.  for  Lennox  ; 
id  Jnniea,   B.A.,    law  student,  Tor- 
id  Clariiida  Stewart,  who  died  about 
unths   after  her  mother.      The  late 
Everett  waa  uncle   of  the  present 
Tuatice    Wallbridge.       Our    aubject 
i  again  in  December,  ld()9,  Amelia 
r  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Thomas 
IRobertaon,  M.A..  "  (Slouan  Clan)" 
lead   master   uf    the  Normal    achoot, 
16,   and  brother  of   the    late  Charles 
iRon,  of  the  Educational  department, 
d.     Thomas  Jaffray  Robertson's  wife 
laughter  of   the    late    Riohard  John 
L  high  sherid  of  Dublin,  and  cousin 
Mte  Admiral  Nelson.     By  hispresent 
k  has  three  children—  Emily  Frances, 
Thomas   Stanley  Robertson,    thir- 
and    Ethel    Isabel    Nelson,    twelve, 
mpletiug  his  professional  education 
ill  College,  Dr.   Bristol  returned  to 
d   entered   into   partnership  with 
In  the  fall  of  the  same  year 
removed    to    Kingston,    and 
X  shortly  after  visited    Toronto, 
y  and  lome  other  places  in  the  wes* 
;  of  the  province.     In   the  winter 
enced    practice  in   the  County   of 
,   where    he    remained   until    the 
(of  1857,    when  he    removed   to   bis 
I  county,    and   settled    at    Napanee. 
Iin  built  up  a  large  town  and  ooun- 
pclioe,  which  he   has  held  with  one 
qttiuu  ever  since.     In  the  fall  uf  1H63 
^  taken  with  the  typhoid  fever,  and 
(^•itrated   for   nearly  a  year,   and  it 

frly  two  years  before  he  wss  able  to 
>ugh  his  usual  amount  of  work, 
all  his  life  he  has  been  a  constant 
iand  close  student.  All  his  relations 
country  on  his  father's  and  mother's 
.Ignited  Empire  loyalists.  Ho  has 
Bsiou  a  set  of  money  scales 
to  his  uistental  grandfather,  with 
n  for  using  ihwm  written  in  his  own 
dated  7tli  of  August,  1770,  in  a 
ud  to  the  case,  purporting  to 
regulated  at  a  meeting  of  the 
r  of  Commerce.  His  pateniai  gr&nd- 
d  in  his  desk  a  large  mass  of  oorres- 
•h:v,  dating  bsok  to  the  American 
t  nidep«mdence,  deeds  of  property  in 
jSTork  state,  and  family  records  in 
L  and  other  matters  of  puhlic  interest 
Itime.  As  a  boy  our  subject  often  saw 
but  afterwards  they    full  into   tlie 


hands  of  his  eldest  sister,  who  removed  to 
the  North- Wi?al  several  years  ago,  taking 
them  all  with  her. 

Harrison,  Glover,  Toronto,  was  bom 
in  Corrick-on-Shnnnon,  County  of  Leitrim, 
Ireland,  on  the  28th  of  March,  1825.  Ueia 
the  second  son  of  Richard  Harrison  and 
Elizabeth  Hamilton.  His  father's  family 
went  to  Ireland  in  the  reign  of  Charles  the 
1 1. ,  and  remained  there.  His  mother's 
family  migrated  thither  also  from  Scotland 
in  the  same  reign.  One  of  the  family^  Wil- 
liam Olover,  was  an  engineer  from  Edin- 
burgh, and  he  built  a  bridge  over  tJie  Shan- 
non, between  Carrick-on-Shannon  and  the 
County  Roscoinmun.  Many  of  his  family 
connections  followed  him  to  help  in  the 
work.  The  fsmily  names  who  came  with 
him  were  as  follows  : — Hamilions,  Lairds, 
Crawfords,  Lloyds  and  Shears  ;  and  their 
descendants  reside  in  Leitriui  and  lUisoom- 
mou  to  this  day.  Glover  Harrison  was  the 
second  son  of  a  family  of  eleven  children, 
0ve  brothers  and  one  sister  living.  He  waa 
educated  in  the  common  school  at  Carrick- 
on-Shannon,  County  of  Leitrim,  At  seven- 
toen  years  he  was  sent  to  Sligo,  to  learn 
business  in  the  china,  glass  and  crockery 
trade,  and  here  he  remained  until  .1  iine  1847, 
which  was  the  famine  year  in  Ireland.  In 
J  uly  of  the  same  year,  he  saUod  from  Dublin 
bay  for  Quebec,  coming  in  company  with  an 
aunt  and  her  family  of  ten  children.  They 
were  six  weeks  and  Uiree  days  makini^  the 
voyage,  and  exuerienoed  many  hardships  on 
the  puaago  to  Quebec,  having  180  people  on 
board  a  small  ship.  When  the  vessel  arrived 
in  Quebec,  she  was  ublit;ed  to  remain  in  quar- 
antine for  ten  days.  They  were  then  taken 
to  Montreal,  and  on  arrival  there  hod  a  nar- 
row escape  from  being  sent  to  the  "  sheda'' 
which  were  full  of  immigrants  stricken  with 
fever  on  the  passage  from  Ireland.  Mr.  Har- 
rison and  his  relatives  took  passage  from  La- 
chine  on  a  steamer  to  Kingston,  azid  thence  to 
Toronto,  where  they  arrived  late  in  August, 
Mr.  iJorriaon  sought  a  situation  in  a  store  iu 
King  street,  and  obtained  one  iumiediately, 
but  in  two  days  he  was  pr<jatr»ted  with  fever, 
whicb  continuml  for  eight  wei-ks.  When  he 
recovered,  he  could  ohtain  nothing  to  do. 
In  January,  Itsij^,  ko  obtained  through  a 
friend  a  situation  iu  the  grooory  establish- 
ment of  Samuel  Philips,  on  the  comer  of 
King  and  Church  slnwts.  where  he  remained 
for  nearly  two  years,  when  the  biitiiness  wu 
wound  up.  In  October,  Itmt,  he  obtained 
another  situation  in  the  store  of  the  late  R 
H.  Brett,  hardware  and  groceries,  and  re- 
mained until  October,  1865.    On  his  resign- 


542 


A  CYCLOPJEDIA  OF 


iTkg  this  BitUAtion,  he  took  %  poaitiaij  with 
WUli&tn  Thoauon,  ftfterwardi  Thumson  & 
Uurns,  hardware  and  crockery,  where  he 
remained  until  1 864,  when  Thomwin  A 
Buma  establiahed  him  in  busineaa  in  hia 
present  st&nd,  the  old  honae  of  R.  H.  Brott, 
where  he  had  been  employed  from  1849  to 
1856.  When  he  began  hia  own  baaineas 
(ld04),  the  American  war  was  at  his  height, 
and  he  owes  much  of  his  proa[>erity  to  the 
families  of  rich  southern  people  who  aettled 
in  Toronto  and  St.  Catherines,  and  other 
places  aliout  that  period.  More  honourable 
l>eople  than  theae  were,  ho  affirms  ho  never 
mot.  '*They  had,"  ho  aaya,  '*  relinod  taate, 
and  bought  only  the  best  and  Hneat  goods." 
From  that  time  to  the  present,  his  business 
has  increased  and  prospered  until  now  it  is 
the  choicest  and  the  largest  in  Toronto,  or  in 
the  Dominion.  When  Mr.  llarriaun  came 
to  Toronto  in  1847,  the  population  was  only 
a  little  over  twenty  thouaand  ;  now,  1886,  it 
is  110  thouaand.  Times  have  changed  much, 
and  the  inhnbitants  too  since  then  ;  old  faces 
are  becoming  scarce,  and  old  atreets  and 
places  change  or  disappear.  Mr.  Harrison 
has  made  a  trip  to  England  every  year  for 
the  paat  twenty-two  years  on  business,  viaiu 
ing  England,  France,  Germany,  Irelan^l  and 
Scotland.  For  twenty-four  years  he  waa 
connected  with  the  Methodist  New  Connec- 
tion church,  on  their  joining  the  Wesleyan 
body,  he  joined  the  church  of  the  Kev.  .1.  D. 
McDonnell,  Preahyterian.  He  has  never 
married — for  over  twenty  years  he  lived  with 
hia  aunt  and  cousins  until  he  laid  most  of 
them  in  the  Necropolis,  the  laat  in  I8»)6. 
His  father  died  in  Toronto,  in  December, 
1861,  aged  8;i  years,  he  having  been  a  resi- 
dent for  thirteen  years.  Hia  oldcat  brother, 
Arthur  Harrison,  hiw  been  aub-shoritt  of  the 
County  Leitrim  for  over  tweutvtive  yeara. 

Wyllv,  L.t.-<'olonel  Oavid,  Broc-k- 
viile,  was  b4)rn  in  the  town  of  Johnstone,  in 
Renfrewshire,  ScolUnd,  on  the  23rd  day  of 
March,  1811.  Hia  father  was  WUliftm,  and 
hia  mother's  name  Mnry  Orr.  Hia  father 
carried  on  a  hoot  and  shoe  trade  in  Ren- 
frowahire,  but  lefi  hia  native  country  for 
Montreal,  Canada,  in  1819.  He  died  in 
Montreal,  in  the  year  following,  before  hia 
family  had  the  opportunity  of  following  him 
to  hia  new  home.  The  subject  of  tliis 
sketch  received  liis  education  in  the  pariah 
achool  of  Johnstone,  supplemented  by  at- 
tending a  night  school  in  Paisley,  to  which 
town  his  mother  and  family  removed  pre- 
vious to  hia  father's  departure  for  Canada. 
Hia  father  was  a  great  reader,  and  this  fact 
gave  a  cast  to  the  son's  mind,  for  while  a 


mere  child  he  would  sit  up  by  his  father'i 
side  and  read  whatever  books  were  famish* 
ed,  while  he  otherwise  stocked  his  mmd 
with  the  iongs  and  ballads  of  his  own 
country.  At  the  age  of  fourteen.  Davi*! 
Wylio  was  apprenticed  for  aevon  years  to 
Stephen  Voung,  of  Paisley,  to  learn  thr 
printing  business.  He  commenced  his  ap- 
preuticeahip  in  January,  18'JB.  In  about 
three  years  and  six  moullia  alter,  Mr.  Young 
gave  up  business,  when  Mr.  Wylie*s  inden- 
ture was  transferred  to  the  University  Print 
ing  Office,  Glasgow,  where  he  took  lessons 
in  Latin  and  French,  and  also  in  steno* 
graphy.  On  oornpletion  of  hia  apprentice 
ship,  ho  visited  Edinburgh.  A.  short  time 
after  he  was  engaged  on  the  Greenock  Ad- 
v^iiKTt  where  he  remained  between  three 
and  four  years.  It  was  while  iu  Greenock 
that  he  wrote  his  first  locals,  and  also  two 
or  three  short  stories  for  the  columns  uf  the 
Adt>frti4er.  John  Gait,  the  author,  was  at 
the  time  roaiding  oa  an  invalid  in  (!reenock. 
and  Mr.  Wylie  was  greatly  pleased  to  hear 
the  merits  of  his  stories  discussed,  and  the 
authorship  ascribed  to  Mr.  Gait.  Mr. 
Wylie  afterwarda  removed  to  a  aituation  on 
the  Glasgow  Guardian.  At  the  end  of 
eighteen  months  he  took  a  situation  on  the 
Liverpool  Mail,  where  he  acted  as  local  re- 
porter  and  pro<if-reader.  He  remained  on 
the  Mail  for  about  eight  years,  when  ba 
went  to  Manchester,  and  waa  engaged  on 
the  Anii'Ojrn  Low  C'ircit/ar,  published  un- 
der the  supervision  of  Cobden,  Bright, 
and  other  eminent  gentlemen.  The  pub- 
lication of  the  paper  having  been  removed, 
to  London,  Mr.  Wylie  returned  to  Soo 
land,  and  took  charge  of  the  Fiff  Bmi 
office,  in  the  town  of  Cupar.  The  Herald 
was  edited  by  the  late  Mr.  Kussell,  of  the 
EilinburnU  3coi<nnan.  While  here,  he  pub- 
lished the  tale  of  **  The  Life  of  a  Convict," 
from  notes  furnished  by  the  mate  of  th« 
vessel  in  which  the  convict  sailed  to  th* 
United  Statea.  He  also  published  sev 
poems  in  the  Herald.  While  here,  he 
ceived  an  offer  from  John  C.  Beeket,  of 
Montreal,  to  come  to  Canada,  and  t&kr 
charge  of  Mr.  Bccket*B  office.  This  offer  he 
accepted,  and  arrived  in  Canada,  in  1846, 
when  the  subject  of  responsible  government 
was  bemg  wannly  discussed.  From  early 
conviction,  Mr.  \Vylie  took  the  side  of  re* 
Bponaible  government,  and  wrote  aeveml 
letters  on  the  subject  to  the  Fi/e  UtraUi, 
He  remained  with  Mr.  Beeket  till  1^9, 
when  he  accepted  a  aituation  as  purlianien- 
tary  reporter  for  the  Montreal  Herald. 
While  here,  he  also  wrote  vahoua  pieces  for 


I 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


543 


in  Lbe  diuly  papers  and  the  Oav' 
rwf,  a  monthly  maKasnie.  He  continued 
reporting  till  the  parlianient  biiildings  vere 
burned,  when  ho  arranged  to  come  toBrock- 
rille»  and  take  char»;o  of  the  Recorder.  One 
hit  of  work  Mr.  Wjlie  feels  proud  of.  After 
Che  buildiiii;a  were  burned,  a  ''call  of  the 
Upper  Huuiie  "  wa»  made.  The  report  oc- 
copied  eighteen  columni  of  the  Ueratd,  all 
written  by  Mr.  Wylie,  with  the  exception 
of  uae  Bpoech  furuiahed  by  a  French  mem- 
ber. At  the  oloee  of  the  aeaiion,  the  House 
Tot«d  Mr.  Wylie  $50,  u  a  mark  of  their  ap- 
prectAtion  of  hia  serrices.  Mr.  Wylie  edited 
the  Buritrdcr  for  many  years  with  diatiu- 
guiabed  ability,  making  that  journal  one  of 
th«  ablest  local  newspapera  in  the  Province. 
A  staunch  Reformer,  hin  influence  wai 
always  caat  in  favour  of  increasing  the 
libortiea  of  the  people.  Mr.  Wylie's  earliest 
recoLiectiona  are  connected  with  what  is  now 
knoTu  as  the  ''  Radical  times  "  in  Scotland, 
and  the  political  peraecutiouB  of  1820,  The 
spy  system,  introduced  by  the  tyrannical 
government,  sent  many  tnni>cent  parties  to 
prison.  Richmond,  the  principal  of  the  spy 
d^artment,  had  his  emissaries  aruout;  the 
profile.  ThesA  wretches  deceitfully  led  men 
io  giro  expreasion  to  their  fofjUnga  against 
the  government :  the  names  wore  then  for- 
warded to  the  odiciab,  and  iuiprisuument  or 
traTisportatiou  followed.  Soldiers  marched 
through  the  streets,  while  house  to  house 
examinations  were  made  in  learch  for 
•*  rad-ical  pikes,"  and  woe  to  the  man  in 
whose  bouse  an  old  rusty  Bword  or  bayonet 
waa  found.  No  one  dared  express  an  opin- 
ion  in  opposition  to  the  government,  and  all 
known  to  do  so  were  imprisoned  or  hunted 
out  of  the  country.  Freedom  of  speech 
there  waa  uonu.  Amid  such  scenes  Mr. 
Wylte's  early  political  prineiples  were  Uid. 
In  Iftjy,  while  in  Liverpool.  Mr.  Wylie 
joiiii*d  the  Manchester  Tnity  of  Oddfellows, 
and  oontinned  hia  connection  with  the  order 
in  Montreal ,  hav ing  been,  while  there, 
•lect^d  to  the  honourable  position  of  grand 
isaat«r  of  the  order  in  Canada.  He  was 
also  el*et4>d  an  elder  of  the  St,  Uabriel 
street  Preabytehan  church  about  the  same 
time.  Some  years  after  his  removal  to 
BfookriUe,  the  Reform  party  brought  him 
out  u  a  parliamentary  candidate  for  Smith 
Z«*0dl,  in  opposition  to  the  sitting  memlwr, 
Dr.  Church  ;  but  the  constituency  being 
ihoroaghly  conservative,  the  sitting  member 
waa  returned.  During  his  first  year's  reai- 
d«nce  in  Urockville,  in  1849,  he  was  elected 
to  tha  oHic«  of  a  public  school  trustee,  of 
which    board  he  still   continues  a  member 


(1885).  Nu  member  of  the  board  has  given 
more  time  and  attention  t<i  educational 
matters ;  and  thetewn  of  Brock  ville,  as  well 
aa  the  surrounding  country,  owe  Mr.  Wylie 
a  lai^e  debt  of  gratitude  for  his  serviooa. 
As  he  is  popularly  termed  the  "  father  of  the 
Canadian  press,"  from  his  long  connection 
with  newspaper  work,  so  he  may  also  be 
tenued  the  oldest  school  trustee  in  the  Pro* 
vince.  In  1847,  Mr.  Wylie  joined  Captain 
Lyman's  rifle  company,  in  Montreal,  and 
served  on  every  grade  from  private  up  to 
Ueutenant-coloneL  In  1875he  wasappoiuted 
paymaster  of  Military  diatnct  No.  4.  by  the 
McKenzie  government,  which  position  be 
held  till  the  return  to  power  of  Sir  John 
Maoiionald,  when  he  was  allowed  to  retire 
from  the  service,  retaining  hia  rank  aa 
lieutenant-colonel.  On  retiring  from  the 
office  of  paymaster,  he  was  appointed  town 
treasurer  for  Brockville,  which  office  he  held 
until  he  again  took  hold  of  the  Recorder^ 
which  he  continued  to  oonduct  till  October, 
1873,  when  he  sold  out  his  interest  to  Mr.  J. 
J.  Bell,  and  has  since  passed  his  days  in  com- 
parative quietness,  attending  to  his  duties 
as  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Education. 
Just  after  the  confederation  of  the  provincea 
was  con^pletad,  filr.  Wylie  published  a  small 
volume  of  poems,  under  the  title  of  * '  Waifs 
from  the  Thousand  Islands."  These  were 
well  received  by  the  press.  In  1870,  he 
visited  his  native  country,  and  was  engaged 
by  the  Provincial  government  to  bring  the 
subject  *'  Canada  aa  a  Field  of  Immigration  *' 
before  the  people  of  Scotl&nd.  In  this  he 
waa  very  suocossfal.  Ue  wrote  a  sories  of 
letters,  besides  other  special  coirespondencc. 
on  the  subject  in  the  Glasgow  Heraid^  a 
paper  enjoying  at  that  time  a  circulatiun  of 
36,000  daily.  Mr.  Wyhe  gave  four  months 
of  his  time  gratuitously,  as  he  was  only  re- 
munerated for  his  actual  outlay  —hia  labour 
being  given  gratis.  In  1H7&,  he  desired  to 
withdraw  from  the  responsibiliiy  and  care 
attendant  on  editing  and  publishing  a  paper. 
He  however,  had  started  the  A^wmng  Rt' 
cordtr,  and  aunk  some  money  in  the  under- 
taking, and  was  loath  to  give  up  a  position 
he  had  so  long  honourably  and  satisfactorily 
tilled.  For  a  time,  however,  he  retired,  but 
was  compelled  at  last  to  install  himself  in 
the  editorial  chair,  till,  aa  has  been  stated, 
he  finally  gave  up  the  reins  of  the  old  Re- 
corder to  Mr.  Bell.  Colonel  Wylie's  life  has 
been  one  of  Kreat  activity.  The  political 
party,  of  which  he  has  been  an  honourable 
and  consistent  member,  owe  much  of  its 
success  in  Leeds  to  his  earnest  and  untiring 
efforU  in  the   interests  of  the  party.     Hun- 


ilELE; 


£44 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


dredfl  of  younger  men  have  been  appointeil 

in  coiufortAble  pofiitions,  who  have  nut  dune 
one  hundredth  part  of  the  labour  performed 
by  Culuuel  WyUv,  although  no  man  is  more 
respticted  amonij  the  townspeople  of  both 
poUtica.1  parties  than  the  colonel.  He  de- 
aerved  something  of  hia  party  ;  but,  to  their 
dtsgraoe,  no  recomjvense  wna  made.  The 
coIonel'B  family  woa  for  centuries  oouupanta 
of  a  farm  and  mUla  neAr  Kilmarnock,  in 
Scotland.  He  bad  two  bruthers,  who  ohuae 
a  sea-faring  life.  One  died  in  India,  cap- 
tain of  an  Kaat  India  ahip ;  the  other  for 
■everal  years  commanded  an  ocean  steamer. 
He  sailed  the  ill-fated  City  of  Glasgow  till 
the  Toyage  before  she  was  lost.  Each  of 
the  three  sons  gave  ample  proof  of  the  train- 
ing received,  while  boya,  under  the  care  of 
a  good  mother.  The  colonel  was  twice  mar- 
ried. By  hia  present  wife  he  has  a  son  and 
a  daughter.  His  wife  is  a  daughter  of  the 
tat«  James  Borden,  one  of  the  early  fathers 
of  MethtKiiam  in  the  County  of  Grenville. 
<alU*bri»l,  John,  H«eve  of  the  town 
of  Orangtiville,  Ontario,  was  born  in  the 
County  of  Peol.  on  the  2nd  of  November, 
1836.  He  IB  A  Bun  of  Captain  Duncan  Gil- 
ohrist.  by  his  wife,  Annie,  daughter  efDugald 
McDouguU.  of  the  island  uf  lalay,  At^yle- 
shire,  who  came  to  Canada  about  the  year 
18^'i,  settling  in  the  township  of  Chingiia- 
oonay  as  a  farmer,  where  he  remained  until 
hin  death.  Duncan  Gilchrist  was  a  native 
of  Islay,  Argyleshire,  Scotland,  and  when 
about  sixteen  left  Scotlaud  and  emigrated 
to  Jamaica,  where  he  remained  for  seven- 
teen years,  being  overaeer  there  of  a  large 
sugar  plantation.  However,  in  1834,  he  oun- 
oladed  to  come  to  Canada,  and  in  the  same 
year  arrived  in  the  above  named  township, 
where  he  commenced  buaineaa  in  the  village 
of  Edmonton  as  a  f^eneral  merchant.  Dur- 
ing the  rebellion  of  1837-38  he  took  on 
active  port  on  the  loyalist  side,  receiving  the 
oumraiBsiona  of  lieutenant  audcaptHJu  in  the 
7th  regiment  of  the  Nnrth  York  militia, 
retiring  with  his  rank.  Ue  remained  in  Ed- 
monton for  some  years,  but  leaving  there 
removed  to  the  village  of  Nnrval,  and  after- 
wards to  Brampton.  Lastly  he  migrated 
to  Oranseville,  in  which  place  he  died  in 
1868.  Hia  wife  died  in  Nurval,  in  18&9. 
There  were  four  in  the  family,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  being  the  eldest.  John 
Gilchrist  received  a  common  school  edu- 
cation, but  at  the  age  of  fourteen  he  be. 
gan  a  career  of  mercantile  business.  In 
1860  ho  entered  the  employ  of  the  late 
Goorge  Wright,  one  of  the  pioneer  mer- 
chants of  Brampton,  with  which  goatleman 


he  remained  for  six  years,  when  Mr.  Wiigbi 
retired  from  the  business.  Mr.  GUohrist 
continued  with  Mr.  Wright's  ancoessorv 
Hughes  Si  TliistJe.  until  1801.  when  they 
opened  a  branch  store  in  Orange\iUe,  Mr. 
riilchriat  becoming  manager  and  a  partDi 
of  the  business  there.  This  p*rtnenhi| 
existed  until  1868.  when  our  subjeot 
ciated  himself  with  W.  R.  Kent,  and  this 
firm,  which  is  known  as  Gilchrist  &  Keot, 
still  continues  dealing  largely  in  grain  and 
produce,  besides  haviuK  a  largv  generU 
mercantile  business.  We  may  say  hers 
that  Mr.  Gilchrist  whs  the  tirst  to  establish 
a  grain  market  in  Orangevllle.  In  I8()6 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  rilliurr 
council  of  Orangevillo,  and  was  rc-el*:' 
in  1880. 1881, 1882,  and  in  1883  waa  el^.  r.  i 
reeve  of  the  town,  and  re-elected  for  the 
yearB  1884,  1885,  and  1886.  Ho  is  like- 
wise a  trustee  of  the  High  scbiKil  beard 
of  Orangeville.  having  taken  a  very  dr«p 
interest  in  educational  matters.  To  ttie 
Liberal-Conaervative  party  Mr.  GiJchriit 
long  ago  gave  a  zealous  and  intelligent  alle- 
giance, and  ho  is  now  victi-preaideut  of  the 
Orangeville  Conservative  Association,  lu 
religion  he  gives  his  adherence  to  the  Pres- 
byterian communion,  and  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  tbe  St.  Andrew's  church  bt^ml  of 
management  for  mauy  years.  Ho  has  not 
taken  much  interest  in  secret  societies,  but 
he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Orange  order. 
In  manners  he  is  courteous  and  gentle- 
manly, and  though  rigid  in  hia  buiineas 
relations,  is  a  very  L'reat  favourite,  by  rea- 
son of  his  i,reniul  ipirUities,  in  private  life. 
He  is  unmarried. 

Kerr,  Juiues  Kirkpatrlck,  Q.CX,, 
Toronto,  was  born  near  Guelph,  in  the^ 
township  of  Puslinch,  on  the  1st  August,  i 
1841.  Hia  father.  Robert  Warren  Kerr,  s 
civil  engineer  by  profession,  came  to  Canada 
from  Ireland  in  1832,  and  settled  at  Dundaa, 
then  one  of  the  most  enterprisiug  towns  in 
Western  Canada,  where  he  was  appointed 
engineer  of  the  Desjardins  Canal  Couipmny. 
Wttile  residing  here  he  married  Jane  Ham- 
ilton, daughter  of  James  Klrkpatriok,  who 
for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  was 
treasurer  of  the  County  of  Wentworth. 
Shortly  after  the  completion  of  the  Deajar- 
dins  canal,  Mr.  Kerr  removed  to  FVisIincb, 
where  his  eldest  sou,  James  Kirkpatrick 
Kerr  was  born.  The  family  removed  to 
Hamilton  in  1848.  and  in  tbe  course  of  a 
few  years  Mr.  Kerr  was  appointed  city 
chamberlain  of  Hamilton,  a  p^mition  which 
he  held  until  his  death  in  1873.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch,  James  Kirkpatrick  Kerrrj 


i 


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546 


Cfttion  under  tho  caro 
sie,  tlte  woll  known  ediioatton&lUt, 
ton,  and  lator  at  (>alt.  Having 
Uw  as  his  profeoaiou,  Mr.  Kerr 
to  the  bar  iu  August,  1802.  and 
«!y  C'lumonoed  the  practice  of  his 
n  ill  Toronto,  as  a  membor  of  the 
lak*,  Kerr  vt  Wells,  two  of  his 
being  the  Hon.  Edw&ril  Hlake  and 
S.  B.   Blako,  with  whom  ho  con- 

Sirtnerahip  until  1385,  when  he 
e   head    of    the    firm    of    Kerr, 
Id,  D  ividsoa «&  I'atenM^n.   Mr. Kerr 
Died  a  Queen's  counsel  in  1876, 
Autenant-goveraor,  and  in  L8SI  by 
<amor-general.      He  was  elected   a 
of   the   Ijsw  Society  iu  1879,  and 
i  18dL.       Ue  has  been  rot&ined  in 
iportani  uaaea  both  civil  and  orim- 
lUDgst  others,  the  irreat  license  case 
IS  the  Queen  t'».  Hmli^e,  which  wiis 
by  him  for  the  respondent  btforo 
vy  Council  in  England.     Mr.  Rerr 
leral   iu  politics,  but  he  has  never 
td  public  life,  although  it  is  under- 
i   hd   haa    bdeo    more   than  once 
tha  the  nomination  of  hia  party. 
been  an   active   and   enthusiaatic 
n   Btncfl   his   admission    into    the 
1863,  when   he   was   initiated   in 
Toronto.       In  1865    he    was 
the  office  of  W.  M.  of  this  lodge, 
held  for  two  years,  and  he  was 
ntly  three  times  elected  D.  D.G.M. 
^oronto   dintricc.     In    1874  he  was 
puty  Grand  Master  of  the  Orand 
joi  Canada,   and    iu    the    following 
on  the  death  of  Wdliam  Mercer 
he  succevded  to  the  Grand  Maater- 
ch   he  continued  to  hold  (having 
oe  re-elected  by  the  Grand  Lodge) 
pteraber,    1877.     He  has  occupied 
er   important  positions   in   Free- 
and  held  the  rank  of  Past  Orand 
J.  in  tho  Grand  Chapter  of  Can- 
in  the  Grand  Chapter  of  Scotland  ; 
rincial  Prior  of  the  Sovereign  Great 
Knights  Templars  of  Canada,  and 
Grand  Inspector  General  of  the 
Ooun(.-il  '.^'  of  Canada,  and  of  the 
O.Mincil  'XV  of  England.     In  1883 
at   the    hands  of  H.R.H.   the 
Wales,  Grand  Master  of  Kni^dits 
the  distinguished   order   of   the 
of  the  Temple.     Mr.  Kerr  was 
as  a  firm  but   wise  ruler   of  the 
Ust  be   presided    over   tho  Grand 
~  bis  advice  is  sought  and  hia  in- 
recogniKed  in  all  the  councils  of 
Mr.  Kerr  is  a  member  of 


the  Church  of  England.  He  has  been  for 
many  years  a  member  of  tho  Diocesan  and 
Provincial  Synod,  and  for  eleven  years 
churchwarden  of  St.  James*  Cathedral. 
He  has  been  twice  married,  first  in  18(U.  to 
the  youngest  daughter  of  the  Hon.  William 
Hume  Blake  ;  and  secondly,  iu  1883,  to  the 
daughter  of  the  late  liev.  George  Stanley- 
Pinhorne,  of  Ciimherlaml,  Enf;land. 

WiUnn,  lion.  Adam.,  Chief  of  the 
QueeuB  Bench  Divi5i...n  i*f  the  High  Court 
of  Justice,  and  President  of  the  High  Court 
of  Justice,  Toronto,  was  bom  in  Edin- 
burgh, So^tland,  on  the  22ud  September, 
1814.  He  was  educated  in  his  native 
country,  and  emigrated  to  Canada  in  1830, 
when  he  had  not  quite  attained  hia  aix- 
teonth  year,  settling  in  the  township  of 
Trafalgar,  in  the  County  of  Halttm.  Here 
he  was  engaged  in  the  miLU  and  store  of  hia 
maternal  uncle,  the  late  George  ChalmerSf 
who  represented  the  constituency  in  the 
LegisbLtive  Assembly.  For  upwards  of  three 
years  he  was  so  engaged,  and  during  this 
time  he  gave  evidence  of  oonaiderablo  capa- 
city for  mercantile  work.  But  the  occu- 
pation waa  not  to  hia  liking,  and  he  resolved 
upon  the  study  of  the  law,  and  in  January, 
1834  was  articled  to  the  late  distinf^ished 
advocate  Hon.  Robert  Baldwin  ^ulhrau, 
who  was  at  the  time  in  partnership  wi:h  the 
great  Ileform  leader,  the  Hon.  liobert  B:»ld- 
win.  In  Trinity  term  of  I83tf  he  was  cnlled 
to  the  bar  of  Upper  Canada,  and  on  the  fol- 
lowing year  entered  into  partnership  with 
Mr.  Baldwin,  which  connection  waa  main- 
tained till  the  latter  gentlenuin  retired  from 
prufessaioual  life  in  1840.  On  the  28th  No- 
vember of  the  following  year,  Mr.  Wilaon  waa 
appointed  a  Queen's  counsel  by  the  Bald- 
win-lAfontaine  govemiuent ;  and  the  present 
Justices  Hagarty  and  Gwynne,  the  late 
Judge  O'Connor  and  Chancellor  VauKongh- 
netwere  at  the  same  time  iuveated  with  tho 
silken  gown.  Mr.  Wilson  was,  during  the 
same  year  elected  a  bencher  of  the  Law  Soci- 
ety of  Upper  Canada.  He  now  began  to  turn 
his  attention  tu  political  matters,  and  at  tint 
concerned  himself  with  municipal  afi'iiirs. 
Tn  1856  be  waa  elected  alderman  for  Toron- 
to, and  in  1859  he  became  mayor;  being 
the  tint  chief  maffiatrate  that  waa  elected  in 
that  city  by  popular  vote  ;  and  be  waa  re- 
elected iu  1860.  In  1856  he  had  been 
appointed  a  commiasiouer  fur  the  con- 
solidation of  the  public  general  statutes  of 
Canada  and  Upper  Canada  reepectiraly.  In 
politics  Mr.  Wilson  waa  indued  ti>  th* 
Ileform  party,  and  when  the  qiieatiun  of  rep- 
reaantAtton  by  population  became  the  i^uea- 


54C 


A  CrCLOPMDlA  OF 


tioD  of  the  day  he  joined  thftt  party,  and 
thoio  on  his  part  who  appreciated  hia  Rplen- 
did  ability  importuned  him  u»  offer  for 
legislative  place  ;  but  be  stoadily  refus- 
ed till  the  death  of  Mr.  U&rtnian,  the 
member  for  the  north  riding  uf  the  Couuty  of 
York,  iu  the  Canadian  Asieuibly,  in  1851). 
He  then  offered  for  the  vacant  seal,  and  waa 
elected  at  the  head  of  the  poll.  In  parlia- 
ment, as  out  of  it,  he  took  a  position  of  nn- 
ootnpromifting  hostility  to  the  Cartier-Mac- 
donald  administration,  chiefly  upon  the 
question  of  legislative  representation  before- 
mentioned.  At  the  next  general  elation 
he  was  returned  for  the  same  cunatit- 
uency  ;  but  in  JStil  he  was  an  unsuccess- 
ful candidate  for  West  Toronto.  In  1862 
the  ConservntiTos  were  overthrown,  and  the 
8an6e1d  Macdoiiald-Sicotte  administration 
fonued.  Mr.  Wilson  waa  invited  to  take 
the  so Uoi tor- generalship,  which  ollioe  he  ao- 
iiepted  in  tlie  new  guvemment ;  and  he  held 
this  portfuUo,  with  a  seat  in  the  Executive, 
till  1803.  On  the  llth  of  Msy  in  tlie  same 
year  he  waa  elevated  to  a  puisne  judgeship, 
in  the  Court  of  Queen's  Bench  for  Upper 
Canada.  Three  months  later  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  where 
he  remained  until  eaatcr  term,  1868,  when 
he  was  again  appointed  to  the  Queen's  Bench, 
as  successor  to  the  Hon.  John  Hawkins 
Ba^arty,  who  had.  been  appointed  chief 
iusiice  of  the  Common  Pleas.  In  1871  Judge 
Wilson  was  nppiiinted  a  member  of  the 
Law  Reform  commission  ;  and  in  1878  his 
wide  judical  attainments  received  a  more 
fitting  nieaauroof  rt^cjgnition  by  his  appoint- 
ment to  the  position  of  chief  justice  of 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas.  At  the  bar  his 
figure  was  a  conspicuous  one  ;  and  as  a  judge 
be  )iaa  been  distinguished  by  his  learning, 
by  his  great  care,  and  by  a  thorough  mast«ry 
of  principles.  Judge  Wilson  is  author  of  a 
work  entitled,  **A  Sketch  of  the  Office  of 
Constable,"  which  was  published  at  Toronto 
in  IStil.  He  married  a  daui;ht«rof  the  late 
Thomas  Dalton,  who  was  editor  and  proprie- 
tor of  the  Patriot  for  many  years.  Judge 
Wilson's  ability  for  work  is  yet  unimpaired, 
and  he  continues,  as  he  long  has  done,  to 
give  lustre  to  the  beneli. 

Price,  Cornelliia  Valleuii,  LL.  B., 
Judge,  etc.,  Kingston,  was  bom  in  the  town- 
ahip  of  Camden,  County  of  Addington,  in 
1837.  Ho  is  a  son  of  Thomas  Price  and 
Catherine  Valleau,  of  U.  £.  loyalist  de- 
scent. He  worked  with  Km  father  im  the 
farm  more  or  loss  till  he  had  attained  his 
twentieth  year,  receiving  his  literary  educa- 
tion at  the  Newburgh  Grammar  school  and 


Qtieon's  University,  having  graduated  from 
the  latter  institution  as  B.C. L.  in  the  ipnug 
of  1803.     He  Commenced  the  study  ut  law 
in  the  officu  of  the  late  Thomas  Kirkpatrick, 
and  afterwards  with  Byrou  M.  Britton,  and 
was  called  to  the    bar  in  June,  186.5.     Hs 
afterwards    «ut«red  the  tirm  of    BhttOD  & 
Price,    remaining   in    tlie   same    till    1^8, 
when  he  was  appointed  County  judge.     In 
Febniary   of   the    next    year    be    received 
the     appointment    of    Surrtrigate    Marituos 
judge.     .4s  a  lawyer  he  was  remarkable  for 
the  extent  of  his    legal  learning,  and  for 
his  skill  and  judgment  in  the  present  i-:> 
of  his  case.     As  a  judge  he  is  oonspi 
for  the  care  with  which  he  hears,  sifts  suu 
deliberates,    and   his  judgments  have  von     | 
the    admiration    of    tlie    legal    profession. 
In  his  demeanour  he  is  patient  and    o^jr- 
teous,  and  fur  this    reason   is   a  favL>uri!(- 
with   the  bar.      He  was  a  member  of  th« 
city  council  from  1870  until  his  appointmeaV^ 
to  the  l>ench  ;  also  a  trustee  of  the  KiugsUflfl 
Collegiate    Institute,   and   one  of   the  pn^l 
motersof  the  Kingston  and  Pembroke  Hail- 
way,  of  which  he  was  its  solicitor.      He  re* 
mains  a  director  of  the  Ontario  Building  and 
Savings  Society,  a  governor  of  the  General 
Hospital,  and  a  judge  Police  Commission. 
In  politics  he  was  an  acti\*e  Liberal,  and  in 
religion  he  is  a  Methodist.     He  married,  in 
1808,  Kh'zabvtl),  only  surviving  child  uf  ths 
1at«  John  Waudby  and  Elizabetli  Poudiett*^. 
and  by  this  Isdy  has  two  daughters.     A! 
Wandley,  the  father  of  Mrs.    Price,  wss 
roan  of  great  natural  ability,  and  of   wide 
aCf^uirements.     For   a  time,    owing    to  hii 
health,  ho  was  obliged  to  leave  the  poatorat 
care  of  his  church  ;  and  he  devot«d  himself 
to  literature  and   journalism,  and  he  took 
the   supervision    of   the  publication   of  the 
Mnnthty  RcrUw,  which  had  for  contributo 
Dr.  Ryerson,  11.  B.  Sullivan,  W.  U.  Drape 
and  others  of  our  most  distinguished  public     * 
men. 

KrnDZ,  Hugo,  Berlin,  Ontario,  M.P. 
for  North  Waterloo,  and  J.  P.  for  the  sams 
county,  was  born  on  the  13th  June,  1834, 
at  Lehrbach,  Grand  Duchy  of  Hesse  Darm- 
stadt. He  is  a  descendant  of  a  Hessian  fam- 
ilv,  and  is  the  only  son  of  the  late  Charles 
Kraitz,  of  Berlin,  Ontario.  Hugo  oame  with 
his  father  to  America  in  1851,  and  af 
staying  four  years  in  the  United  States,  Mr. 
Kranz,  senior,  settled  in  Berlin,  Ontario, 
where  he  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  received  a  sound 
education  in  the  Polytechnic  school  at 
Darmstadt,  for  the  ed  ucational  course  among 
the  better  classes  in  the  German  states  is 


^ 


CANADIAN  BIOOBAPET, 


rnagn.  Sir.  Kraiu,  the  auhject  uf 
this  ttiemuir,  concerned  hiuiaelf  with  politics 
urtly  after  his  nirirat  in  Canada.  Uia 
bttion  i\mt  \w\  him  to  seek  municipal 
iiuura.  and  he  haah«ld  the  oHiceHof  tovn- 
rk^  ff  Bve  and  mayor  for  many  ye-ani.  In 
on  he  haa  taken  a  praiaoworthy  inter- 
hae  been  trustee  and  treaaurer  of 
lin  High  achoul  since  1871.  At  the 
geuttral  vlectiim  uf  1873  be  waa  firat  returned 
lo  parliauieut,  and  he  waa  ro-etected  at  the 
liut  t;unerH.l  election.  In  politics  he  ia  a 
Lihcr&l-Oonservaitve.  He  married  in  1B^» 
Catlu'riue  8eip,  daughter  of  the  late  Oeorge 
Sol  p.  brewer,  of  Berlin,  Ontario,  and  by 
tiiia  lady  has  four  children.  Altogether  Mr. 
Rranx  may  be  described  as  a  superior  man. 
He  baa  much  ambition,  and  splendid  ener- 
gies ;  and  in  hiiu  North  Waterloo  has  a 
lo)'nI  and  capable  representative. 
CrauTord,  Patrick.  — .Mr  Crawford. 
L^vlio,  at  the  time  of  hia  death,  in  1S7B,  was 
^^B  ei-aldorman  of  the  city  of  Hamilton,  On- 
^^Bri-j,  was  born  at  Manor  Hamilton,  in  the 
^^wunty  of  Slii^o,  Ireland,  in  the  year  1809. 
^^R^ith  his  parents  he  emigrated  to  Canada  in 
^Hb19,  settting  on  a  farm  in  the  7th  conces- 
^hBou  of  Trafai^^,  Halton  county.  Both  the 
fatliMf  and  ton  were  eminently  successful  in 
their  af^ricultural  pursuits,  and  the  subject  of 
this  aketch  continued  to  live  on  the  farm  till 
1856.  when  he  removed  to  Hamilton,  remsin- 
ing  about  four  years,  when  he  purohasod  a 
bwidanme  property  in  Ii!ast  Hamilton,  and 
ii  pretty  stone  cottaye  upon  it. 
romuining  there  some  time,  Mr.  Craw- 
led to  the  city,  and  built  a  block 
*n  on  Wellington  street.  He 
•  1M1  erected  another  block  on  Elgin 
where  he  remained  up  U^  the  time  of 
...w  ..oath  Mr.  Crawford  was  elected  alder- 
man f<»r  >>Id  8t  Lawrence  ward — now  No.  0 
—  in  I'^l,  and  remained  in  oflice  tifteen 
retiring  at  that  period  with  many 
ir».  He  was  a  much  respected  mem- 
the  Irish  Protestant  Benevolent  So- 
and  many  of  his  fellow-cftuntrymen 
ft;lc  the  tjenetit  of  his  frenerr>0ity.  He  also 
took  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the 
John  struct  Methodist  church,  of  which  he 
vas  a  trnstee  at  the  time  of  his  death.  In 
■:n,  he  was  a  consistent  Liberal-Con* 
-  TV,    and    acti  rely     worked    for   that 

■    ' :  it  to  be  the  best  calculated 

loniment :  but  he  waa  not  a 

.■  .iiii,  and  Ki^vo  to  those  opposed 

Mun**  ri]b>ht  to  8p^»k  and  act  as  he 

:i.i...  .    I    himself.      He  left  a  widow  and 

nght    of    a    family— four    sons    and    four 
to  mourn  his  death.     One  of  his 


sons  is  a  re&(>ectQd  lawyer  in  Alymer ; 
another  is  in  the  Uevenue  otlice,  Dundas ; 
the  third  is  a  (i.  T.  U.  conductor  ;  and  the 
fourth  had  been  aasiating  his  father  in  look- 
ing after  his  business  in  Hamilton.  De- 
ceased was  a  citizen  of  a  stamp  which  any 
community  could  ill  afford  to  spare,  and  his 
sudden  death  was  regretted  by  a  wide  circle. 
He  died  suddenly  of  heart  decease  at  his  owD 
housH.  At  a  special  meetingof  the  city  coun- 
cil the  mayor,  in  opening  the  proceedinji^s, 
said  : — **  Uentlemeu,  I  have  calltxl  yon  to- 
gether in  consequence  of  the  lamented  death 
of  an  old  and  esteemed  member  of  this  ooun- 
oil,  Mr.  Crawford.  I  think  I  express  my  own 
feeling,  as  well  as  that  of  this  board,  when  t 
say  that  we  all  regret  to  hear  of  his  sudden 
demise.  He  was  a  member  of  this  council 
for  many  years- — u  man  who  enjoyed  the  re- 
spect and  esteem  of  the  citizens  of  Hamilton, 
and  of  every  man  who  sat  with  him  at  this 
board.  The  object  of  my  calling  this  meet- 
ing together  is  that  wc  may  make  orraitg* 
ments  for  the  funeral,  and  to  show  our  re- 
spect for  deceaaed  and  condolence  with  his 
family.  I  am  prepared  to  receive  any  reso* 
lutions."  Alderman  Mathews  moved, 
seconded  by  Alderman  Fitzpatriek  : — "Tliat 
this  council,  havinif  learned  with  deep  regret 
of  the  decease  of  our  estoemod  fellow-citi- 
zen, ex-Alderman  Patrick  Crawford,  desire 
to  express  their  sympathy  for  the  bereaved 
family  in  the  great  loss  they  have  sustained, 
and  im  a  mark  uf  respect  to  the  memory  of 
the  deceased,  it  is  resolved  that  the  council 
do  attend  the  funeral  on  Sunday  afternoon 
at  three  o*cIock  ;  and  that  the  city  clerk  be 
directed  to  forward  a  copy  of  this  resolution 
to  the  widow  and  family  of  deceased."  The 
quarterly  board  of  Wesley  church  passed 
the  following  reaolutiou  of  condolence, 
which  waa  transmitted  to  the  widow  of  the 
deceaaed: — ''Dear  Madam, — At  a  meeting 
of  the  (juarterly  board  of  Wesley  church, 
held  on  the  0th  September,  1879,  it  was 
moved  by  Bro.  George  Sterling,  seconded 
by  Bro.  George  Fletcher,  and  uiianimously 
resolved.  'That  our  reoording  steward  he 
requested  to  prcpnre  a  tetter  of  condolence, 
and  present  it  to  the  widow  of  our  late  high- 
ly esteemed  friend  and  co-laborer  on  this 
board,  the  late  Patrick  Crawford,  Esq.,  and 
to  have  the  same  published  in  the  city 
papers.'  Permit  us,  dear  madam,  to  ex- 
preas  to  you  the  great  loss  this  branch  of 
Christ's  Church  has  sustained  by  the  deeply 
lamented  death  of  your  late  husband,  and 
to  tender  to  you  our  united  sympathy  and 
coadoleuce  under  the  great  bereavement 
which  has  befallen  yourself  and  jt 


548 


A   UYCLOP^mA   OF 


TOTpectcd  family  by  the  sudden  departurv  of 

?'our  mnch-loved  husband,  and  onr  dear 
riend^  from  the  sliures  of  time  to  his 
Father's  house — to  thnt  inheritance  incor- 
ruptible, uudetiled,  and  that  fadeth  not 
away.  And  we  unite  in  prayer  to  the  Great 
Father  of  all  that  Ue  mav  keep  you  and 
each  member  of  your  family  as  in  the  hol- 
lovF  of  His  hand,  defend  and  austain  every 
on©  of  you  under  every  trial  and  diflioulty 
of  life,  and  as  you  are  frt.>quently  to  think 
of  th«  many  virtueaand  the  unblf  Christian 
example  of  him  who  has  so  recently  paased 
away,  that  yon  may  each  one  be  led  to  fol- 
low him  as  he  followed  the  Lord,  and  that 
when  ynii  may  be  called  from  the  shorea  of 
lime  to  tlie  Piiradiao  of  Ood,  you  may  each 
and  all  bo  uuitod  to  him  who  haa  just  gone 
a  little  before  to  where  no  tears  of  sorrow  are 
ever  shed,  but  where  all  is  ecstatic  ioy  and 
ouuttenbble  bliss  through  the  eternal  ages  of 
paradisical  glory,  there  to  enjoy  a  blessed 
reunion  for  evermore,  in  the  possession  of 
happiness  without  alloy,  and  of  that  sweet 
peace  which  shall  ever  flow  onward  as  a 
river."  Mr.  Crawford  was  an  old  resident 
of  Canada,  a  brother  of  the  late  Ron.  George 
Crawford,  Senator,  and  an  uncle  of  the  late 
John  Crawford,  lieutenant-governor  of 
Ontario.  Mr.  Crawford  was  a  gentleman 
who  enjoyed  the  widest  share  of  public  re- 
spect and  esteem.  His  benevolence  was 
always  spontaneous  and  handsr>me  ;  and  the 
place  that  ho  had  established  in  tho  hearts 
of  the  people  was  ahown  by  tho  manner  in 
which  citizt^ns  thronged  to  pay  the  last  and 
tribute  of  respect. 

Ilainlllon,  Clark,  Collector  of  tJer 
Majosty'ti  Cuatoma,  at  Kingston,  was  born 
at  Quceui»ton,  Ontario^  on  the  17th  March, 
1B!18.  Ue  Is  the  second  son  of  the  late 
Senator  John  Hamilton,  who  waa  boni  at 
Queenston,  Ontario,  in  1802,  by  Frances 
Maopherson  hia  wife.  (See  tho  late  Senator 
Hamilton,  elsewhere  in  these  pages).  Clark 
Hamilton  waa  educated  at  the  Preparatory 
school  in  connection  with  Queen's  College, 
Kingston.  For  many  yeara  after  lenvioK 
college,  he  waa  connected  with  the  merchant 
marine ;  and  he  took  considerable  interest 
in  military  matters.  In  1S67  he  waa  award- 
ed a  certificate  at  the  Kingston  roilitary 
school.  In  1882  he  waa  appointed  collector 
of  Customs,  at  Kingston,  and  still  holds  that 
position.  In  1B54  he  became  a  Freemason, 
entering  St.  Paul's  lodge.  No.  514,  of  Mont- 
real. Mr.  Hamilton  married  on  the  22nd 
October,  1857,  Sara  D.  Nixon,  of  New  York. 
In  religion  he  gives  his  adherence  to  the 
Preabyterian  church. 


Maekeii7J(%  Hon.  Ale&an 

ronto,  M.  P.  for  Eaat  York,  m 
mier  of  Canada,  was  bijm  noar  i/Kn^t-.u, 
Perthshire,  Scotland,  on  the  28!h  JjLnuary, 
1822,  and  ia  a  son  of  the  late  Aletander 
Mackenxiti,  of  Logierait,  Perthahire,  by 
Mary,  second  daujehter  uf  Donald  Flemm 
of  the  same  pahsli,  and  grandaon  uf  3(i 
colm  Mackenzie  of  Str^thtumme].  Oi 
ject's  father  waa  an  architect  and  co&l 
and  hia  son  Alexander  was  designed 
aame  calling,  beginning,  aa  the  custom  is  in 
Scotland,  with  a  practical  grounding  in  lua* 
sonry.  The  lad  had  attended  achtM.)!  at  bii 
native  place,  acquiring  all  tho  branches  of  % 
thorough  English  education  ;  but  he  did  n< 
rest  content  with  what  ho  had  learnt  in 
achools,  and  continued  the  pursuit  of  know-1 
lodge  at  the  old  cathedral  City  of  Dunkeld.] 
ana  at  Perth.  His  father  diud  in  IM^u;,  leai 
ing  behind  him  seven  sons,  all  of  whum  aft 
wards  settled  in  Canada,  our  subject  bei 
the  third  of  the  number.  One  other  mem*1 
ber  of  the  family  showed  great  protniw»' 
Hope  F.  Maokenaie,  but  he  waa  not  spared 
long  to  the  career  which  he  hiid  begun  ao 
brilliantly.  In  1842  Alexander  emigribted  to 
Canada,  settling  at  Kingaton,  but  after  a 
short  period  he  set  up  buainesa  for  himself 
as  a  builder  and  contractor  at  Samia,  lu 
Western  Ontario.  Here,  while  the  ator 
of  party  passion  was  at  its  highest,  tl 
future  premier  of  Canada  calmly  conductf 
his  private  avocations,  though  it  is  said  thi 
he  waji  all  tho  while  gravely  and  with  tlie! 
moot  painstaking  care,  studying  public  ques- 
tions. He  had  been  a  Whig  lu  Scotltwd,  and 
he  brought  his  liberalism  with  him  acrou 
the  sea.  It  ia  not  to  be  wondered  at  that 
the  autocratic  and  reactionary  doings  of 
Lord  Metcalfe  met  with  his  heartieat  disap-^ 
proval.  In  1852  appeared  the  Ixunhk 
iihield,  with  Mr.  Mackenxte  aa  ita  editor  | 
and  for  two  yoam,  with  singular  cloomesa^ 
force  and  directness,  he  contended  through 
the  c<dumn8  of  that  paper,  for  that  expan- 
sion of  popular  liberty,  which,  not  a  htlU. 
through  hia  exertions  in  practic&l  political 
life  afterwarda,  was  achieved.  He  waa  first 
elected  to  parliament  in  1S61.  forIjaraht<m 
and  he  ha*i  no  sooner  taken  hia  place  in  th< 
House  than  he  attracted  attention.  Hi 
style  of  parliamentary  debate  waa  unusual, 
and  it  was  very  acceptable.  There  waa  no 
bluster,  no  unsupported  assertion,  no  freaks 
of  blind  passion,  but  every  oonclnaion  was 
reasoned  from  plainly  establishL^d  groumU, 
in  the  moat  lucid,  fair  and  incisive  Lingua^ 
Perhapa  there  waa  no  other  member  in  tM 
House  then — or  iince — whose  uttennoet  rfr- 


VAKAVIAS  BIOGRAPHY. 


I«d  80  much  patieat  and  acouraie  re- 
aftATch  ;  and  the  quality,  this  ""*  capacity  for 
tAking  trouble/'  as  Carlisle  has  phrrued  it, 
was  eh&racteristic  of  hia  nhole  suhaoquent 
earacr.  He  favoured  oonfoderation,  but  had 
little  sympathy  with  the  coalition,  and  re- 
fused the  othco  of  the  preaidenoy  of  the 
Couucil  upon  the  retirement  uf  Gourge 
Brown  frnm  the  e^teinporiztid  aduiinifltm- 
tioD.  Fruoi  the  union  of  1807  till  1873,  be 
waa  leader  of  the  Reform  party  in  the  House 
of  Commons,  and  in  the  last  named  year  was 
placed  at  the  head  of  the  entire  Liberal 
party  uf  the  Dominion.  On  the  5th  Nov- 
ember, 1873,  upon  the  resignation  of  Sir 
•John  Mftcdonald,  he  was  called  upou  by 
Lord  DufTertQ  to  form  an  administration. 
The  administration  came  upun  the  scene 
when  the  stars  had  taken  an  evil  turn.  A 
period  of  general  depresaion  had  fallen  upon 
the  oommeroe  of  the  civilized  world,  and 
Cftnada  had  (o  bear  her  burthen  of  the 
nusfortune.  Aa  an  adminiatrator,  Mr.  M&o- 
kenxie  was  conaoientioas,  and  looking  calm- 
ly now  at  all  the  acts  of  his  career,  there  is 
not  one  deed  of  his  that  can  be  stamped 
with  reproach.  So  faithfully  did  he  do  his 
duty,  ao  anxious  was  he  to  be  master  uf  the 
details  of  his  double  department — railways 
and  canals  and  public  works— that  his  health 
gave  way  nnder  the  strain.  Meanwhile 
times  were  going  from  bad  to  worse  ;  ex- 
penditure, unavoidably,  was  ^.'^^i^t^r  than 
income,  and  labour,  like  labour  the  world 
over,  waa  in  a  bad  way.  Then  cauio  the 
promise  of  prosperity  from  Sir  John's  party, 
if  the  people  would  vote  for  a  national 
policy,  and  captivated  by  the  glittering  pros- 
pect, the  c^mstitaenoies  left  Mr.  Mackenzie. 
The  Conservatives  came  to  power,  and  nearly 
doubled  the  taxes  ;  and  now  have  deOcits, 
real  and  promised,  that  must  equal  those  of 
i}ie  rf^m«  of  Mr.  Mackenzie,  when  univer- 
aal  ira]rie  was  paralyzed.  Mr.  Mackenzie  is 
president  of  the  Sovereign  Fire  Insurance 
Company,  of  the  North  American  Life  Insur- 
■aoo  Company,  and  is  a  director  of  the  Build- 
iDg  and  Loan  Aaaociation.  Ho  waa  major  of 
the  2Tth  Lambton  battalion  up  to  October. 
1874,  when  he  resigned.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Executive  council  and  treasurer  of 
Ontario  in  Mr.  Blake's  administration  from 
the  Slat  of  December,  1871,  until  October, 
1872,  when  ho  retired.  As  a  private  mem< 
bar  ha  ia  author  of  several  important  mea- 
■Qraa,  viz.  :  the  act  amending  the  aasasament 
act  of  U.  C.  1803  ;  that  consolidating  and 
amending  the  acts  relating  to  the  aiseasroent 
of  property,  U.  C,  1860  ;  and  the  highly 
Useful  measure  for  providing  means  of  egreas 


frum  public  buildings,  18G<S.  Aa  chairman 
of  committee  on  municipal  and  assessment 
laws.  18Gti,  he  wrote  and  framed  the  greater 
part  of  the  general  act  on  municipal  corpor- 
ations, etc.  All  the  measures  of  his  govern- 
ment, including  the  enactment  of  a  stringent 
election  law,  with  the  trial  of  election  pe- 
titii^ns  by  judges,  and  vote  by  ballot,  and 
the  abolition  of  the  real  estate  qualiticntion 
of  members  ;  the  better  administratiou  of 
penitentiaries  ;  the  enactment  of  the  marine 
telegraph  law,  which  virtually  abolished  the 
monopoly  of  the  cable  company  ;  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  Dominion  military  college, 
and  the  improvement  of  the  militia  system  ; 
the  enlargement  of  the  canals  ;  the  perman- 
ent orgauization  of  the  civil  service  ;  the  es- 
tablishment of  a  supreme  court  for  the  Do- 
minion ;  the  reduction  of  postage  to  and 
from  the  U.  S. ;  the  free  delivery  of  postal 
matter  in  cities  and  towns  ;  the  opening  of 
direct  mail  oommunicatiou  with  the  West 
Indies;  the  construction  of  a  traus-contln- 
ental  telegraph  line  ;  the  bettor  administra- 
tion of  govemmeni  railways  ;  an  improved 
copyright  law  ;  tlie  adoption  of  a  final  route 
for  the  Pacific  railway  ;  the  opening  of  ne- 
gotiations, conducted  on  our  behalf  by  our 
own  delegate  in  person,  between  Canada 
and  the  United  States,  for  the  establishment 
of  an  equitable  reciprocity  treaty  between 
the  two  countries  ;  a  new  insolvent  law  ; 
the  establishment  of  a  territorial  government 
for  the  great  Nurth-Wost  ;  and  the  tem- 
perance act  (Scott  Act).  These  have  all 
been  more  or  less  moulded  and  directed  by 
Mr.  Mackenzie.  In  addition^  two  very  im- 
portant questions,  which  for  some  time  agi- 
tated the  public  mind  and  threatened  ue 
gravest  oompUcations— the  Manitoba  am- 
nesty and  the  New  Brunswick  lohool  quea- 
tions — were  satisfactorily  adjusted  during 
hia  administration.  Be  has  always  held 
those  piditical  principles — which  by  some  in 
England  may  be  oonaidered  peculiar — of  the 
universal  brotherhood  of  man,  no  matter  in 
what  rank  of  life  he  may  have  taken  his  ori- 
gin. Has  believed,  and  now  believes,  in  tha 
extinction  of  all  class  legislation,  and  of  all 
legislation  that  tends  to  promote  any  body 
of  men,  or  claas  of  men,  fur  the  mere  faotof 
their  belonging  to  a  body  or  class,  to  a  higb^ 
er  position  politically  than  any  other  class 
in  the  country.  In  our  grea^  colonies,  while 
no  fault  is  found  with  the  political  urgftiiiza* 
tion  of  the  mother  country,  or  of  any  other 
country,  we  take  our  stand  simply  and  com* 
pletel)^  on  the  ground  that  evenr  man  ia 
equal  in  the  eye  of  the  taw,  and  has  the 
aauie  opportunity,  by  vxeroising  the  talenta 


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A  CYCLOPJCVIA  OF 


with  which  Uod  hai  blefsed  hinif  of  rising 
in  the  vorld,  in  the  c^mfidence  nf  hi*  feUow- 
citizeoft — one  man  quite  u  inuotiu  another. 
Believea  thoroughly  in  jwirty  j{nremnient, 
and  that  it  is  utterly  inipi>BBit<l«  t"  condtiot 
the  (fovemment  of  a  new  country  without 
it.  While  an  earnest  atlvocate  mid  uphold- 
er of  the  proaeiit  cfinnection  with  the  mother 
country,  he  wiU  always  endeavour  to  main- 
taiu  Canadian  rights,  and  to  bring  Canada 
into  promineijce  in  the  eyea  of  the  world. 
Mr.  Mackenzie's  health  has  been  weak  for  a 
considerable  time,  but  hopes  are  enter- 
tained that  absence  from  strain  and  over- 
worry  wijl  restore  him  again.  Mr.  Macken- 
zie has  been  twice  niarrieil.  His  first  wife 
waa  Helen,  daughter  of  Wilhacn  Neil,  of 
Irvine^  Scotland,  died  on  the  2nd  January. 
1852»  leaving  a  daughter,  who  is  now  the  wife 
of  the  Kev.  John  Tlioinpson,  Presbyterian 
minister,  at  Samia.  On  the  17th  June, 
1B53,  he  again  married  the  estimable  lady 
who  now  presides  nrer  hia  houaehnld,  Jane 
Sym,  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Robert 
Sym,  of  Perthshire,  Scotland.  The  Hon. 
Mr.  Mackenzie,  we  may  say  in  closing,  was 
twice  i>frerod  the  honour  of  knighthood  by 
Her  Majesty,  but  on  both  ocuaaiona  de- 
clined its  acceptance. 

Woodfl,  Joaepll^  ex-M.P.  for  Kent, 
Ontario,  WHS  born  in  ISUtf,  at  Sandwich, 
then  the  district  town  of  the  western  dis- 
trict. He  is  the  second  son  of  the  lale 
Jamea  Woods,  barristcr-at-law.  He  waa 
educated  at  the  Grammar  school,  and  ro- 
ccired  a  solid  education  in  English  and 
French,  and  his  name  ajjpears  auiong  the 
list  of  magistrates  ss  *>arly  as  1)^3.  At  an 
early  day  he  began  the  business  of  milling, 
and  erected  a  large  steam  saw  mill  at  the 
river  Anx  Puces,  Ksaex,  in  1834-5,  which 
became  submerged  and  useless  by  the  great 
rise  of  the  lakes  in  the  years  1837-8,  caus- 
ing Mr.  Wuods,  in  common  with  all  the  in- 
habitants along  the  frontier,  great  h  iss. 
Removing  such  material  as  could  be  aaved 
from  the  inundated  territory,  he  built  ano- 
ther mill  at  Chatham,  Kent,  which  was  lost 
by  fire.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the  rt^liel- 
lion  in  1837,  ho  took  a  prominent  part  on 
the  Detroit  frontier,  raised  a  troop  of 
cavaliT,  which  was  afterwards  known  aa 
Grant  a  troop,  and  did  service  till  after  the 
end  of  the  troubles  on  the  western  frontier 
by  the  battle  of  Windsor,  and  the  summary 
execution  of  the  invaders  by  Col.  Prince'a 
order.  Mr.  Woods  participated  in  this  final 
scene,  and  was  also  at  the  capture  of  the 
schooner  Ann,  at  Maiden.  In  March,  1841, 
the  elections  under  the  new  constitutional 


I 


aot  that  unitoii  rp|>er  and  Lower  Canada 
took  place  ;  and  the  election  for  lheC<?anty 
of  Kent  assumed  unexpected  promitiifDoa 
The  Hon.  S.  B.  Harrison,  na  provincial  seo* 
retary  in  Lord  ^ydeuham'anew  cabinet,  bar- 
ing been  defeated  in  his  contest  for  the '^: 
of  Hamiltfin^  by  Sir  Allan  MacNah,  * 
himself  foroud  t<^  seek  a  seateUetwht^rr.  ^wi 
Kent  waa  aupjmscd  t^)  present  the  dcwirNl 
refuge.  On  cominii!  into  the  oouuty,  Mr. 
Harrison  found  several  candidates  iu  the 
field,  and  the  nomination  a^tout  to  take  placs 
within  a  day  or  two.  When  the  hour  ot 
nomination  arrived,  it  was  found  that  Mr, 
Woods  waa  to  be  the  only  competitor,  uid 
that  the  contest  mnst  go  on  despite  all  tba 
allurements  of  guvernineut  solicitation.  The 
constituency  inclnded  b'tth  ooonties  of  Kent 
and  Lambton,  120  mtleft  iu  length.  Th«. 
election  be^nn  at  noon,  Montlay.  an'l  eiiil«d^. 
at  midnight  on  Satiirdn3',  with  but  the  onvi 
polliuK  place,  Chnthiim.  The  result  was  i 
Mr.  WtKtds'  favour  with  a  majority  of  fnHy 
three  ;  and  be  tfHik  his  aeat  in  the  tin! 
parliament  at  Kin^sLon.  Tt  was  at  th 
election,  for  the  lirst  time  in  tho  history 
the  country,  that  tho  officeholders  through- 
out the  western  district  wore  re([tiired  to 
attend  at  Chatham  and  vote  fur  Mr.  Har- 
rison, without  regard  to  their  personal  of 
political  preferences,  and  great  waa  the  cod* 
stemation  among  these  old  toriea  in  ooo*- 
aequence.  Mr.  W(»ods  had  two  later  rob> 
testa  for  the  county,  the  one  with  Mr. 
Harrison,  and  the  other  with  the  Hon. 
John  Henrj'  Boulton,  ox-chief  justice  of 
Newfoundland,  and  oontinue<l  to  repTPKeui 
Kent  till  1848,  when  he  resigned  iu  favour 
of  the  Hon.  John  ilillyard  Cameron,  ihtio 
solicitor-general.  During  the  laat  years  nf 
Mr.  Woods*  appearance  in  parliament,  par^ 
tics  in  the  Houae  were  very  evenly  divided, 
and  his  vote  often  gave  the  mnj(»rity  of  on* 
during  the  Draper  and  Sherwood  acJmttiii- 
tratiou.  He  waa  at  one  timu  oflered  a  cob 
lectorship,  with  a  salary  of  £7oO  a  year,  but 
declined  it,  and  never  became  a  (roTem* 
ment  pensioner  or  employe.  Mr.  Wi»oda 
waa  at  one  time  lientenant-cnlonel  of  the 
14th  battalion,  Kent  militia,  and  has  all  hia 
life  been  an  nncompromising  tory  of  Um 
old  school.     He  baa  never  married. 

JaincNonf  Robert  llHinllton,Whit' 
by,  son  of  Captain  James  .lamesuu,  of  Scot* 
land,  and  Mary  Uarron,  his  wife,  was  bom 
on  the  19th  September.  1814,  at  Alua, 
Scotland.  He  was  educated  at  Aloa  parish 
school,  and  later  at  the  academy  at  Aloa. 
He  came  to  Canada  in  1863,  taking  u^ 
hia    reaidenoe    at  ParkhiU,    whence  he  re* 


^-       I,. 


CANADIAN  BWORAPUY. 


fiSl 


moT*d  to  Toronto,  &nd  enterad  the  employ 
in  thftt  city  of  John  Cfttto,  merchant.  Kins 
Btraet.  After  some  time  he  remoTed 
to  Whitby.  And  he  joined  the  Whitby 
vtilanttftfrs.  then  under  conimfind  of  Cftp- 
teia  (oow  Judge)  UartneLl,  and  wu  with 
ftb*  force  engaged  at  Hid;^eway,  during 
ibe  Fantan  raid  uf  184>f>.  lie  subtequent- 
\j  went   t»j  New   Yurk,   and   nfter    a  time 

K£*rannah,  Georgia,  where  he  was  engaged 
Ibe  dry  gimda  business.  Tlibnco  he  set 
\  for  >coltand,  returning  in  a  ahort  [H^riod 
lo  Whitby,  where  be  haa  since  been  in  a 
groeery,  crockery  and  liquur  businesa.  He 
saataiiied  heavy  loaaes  by  the  failure  uf 
the  clock  curopftny,  formerly  in  operation  in 
Wtutby.  Mr.  Jameson  was  elected  several 
times  to  the  town  counoil,  and  now  repro- 
•enta  the  town  upon  tho  public  Rchool 
board.  He  is  a  staunch  Proabyterian.  He 
iBArried  Mary  Cecilia,  daughter  of  the  late 
JMDfla  Blair,  of  the  township  of  Whitby. 
mod  by  this  lady  has  six  children.  Mr. 
Jftmesou  is  nn  active  and  industrious  man. 
and  noted  f(ir  his  close  appbcatiou  to  busi- 
ness. Mr.  Jameson  has  lately  engaged  in 
the  cultivation  of  small  and  other  fruits 
on  a  Hne  fuurteen-aore  lot  he  owns,  and 
has  met  with  a  fair  measure  of  sucoeaa 
He  has  always  taken  an  interest  in  ath- 
letic and  manly  sports,  and  has  been 
president  of  the  8t,  Andrew's  Society^  and 
of  the  Curling  club.  He  has  a  branch  estab- 
liahment  at  518  Queen  etreet  west,  Toronto, 
in  temperament  he  is  plucky  and  itomewhst 
impulsive,  and  as  one  who  knows  him  well 
says,  '*  a  large  heart  beats  uncier  his  waist- 
coat/* He  is  a  worthy  and  typical  represen- 
tative of  8<^ttUnd. 

SrBrlcn,  L.  R.,  Tomnto,  Landscape 
ntvr,  Trvsident  of  the  Kbyal  Canadian 
idoiny  ot  Arts,  was  bom  at  Shanty  Bay, 
Ijske  }7imcoe,  on  the  15th  August.  1832. 
He  is  a  s.>n  of  Cf>l.  «>'Urien  of*'  The  Wooils." 
Shanty  Bay.  L.  R.  O'lirivn  waseducated  at 
ITfipar  Canada  College,  and  in  t6t7  entered 
an  archiiect'sothcc.  He  aubsequently  studied 
and  pnicUse<l  as  a  civil  engineer.  From 
very  early  years  Mr.  U'Brien  had  a  pas- 
sionate lnv«  fur  art ;  and  the  picturvtque 
111-  <   of   his  biiyhood   went  far  to- 

Wa;  -Liiin;;  his  inb<irn  inclination  for 

artistic  wurk  With  skiitches  of  landscape 
ho  occupied  much  of  his  time, and  though  he 
painted  a  number  of  pictures,  he  worked 
o&Jy  with  the  pretensions  of  an  amateur.  It 
WBe  not  tiU  within  the  patit  twelve  years 
that  he  atlnpted  painting  ss  a  profeesion. 
Ha  was  vica-i)roaident  tif  the  Ontario  Society 
of  Artista  from  \S1A  to  1880,  when  the 
Boyal    Canadian    Academy   uf  Artiata   was 


founded.  He  was  appointed  Bnt  president 
of  the  academy  by  His  Excellency  the  Mar* 
quia  of  Lome,  and  siucti  then  has  held  the 
same  office  by  el*<ction.  In  1880  Mr. O'Brien 
was  asked  to  take  chargu  of  the  illustration 
of  **  Ficturea(|ue  Canada,"  and  acted  as  art 
editor  of  that  publicntion.  How  successfully 
he  accomplished  this  task  was  predicted 
from  the  tirat  by  those  who  undt^ratood  the 
soundness  of  bin  judgment  and  the  accu- 
racy of  his  taste  in  making  choice  from 
among  the  number  of  subjects  presenting 
themselves  for  such  a  work.  The  prin- 
cipal pictures  of  this  distinguished  artist 
are  two  pictures  of  Quebec,  painted  for 
Her  Majesty  Queen  Victoria  ;  a  picture  of 
Quebec  painted  for  the  Marquis  of  Lome, 
as  a  marriage  present  to  Prince  Leopold  ; 
and  pictures  of  Cape  Trinity  and  other 
points  on  the  Saguenay  and  the  lower  St. 
Lnnrreiioe  and  Onlf.  But  the  list  of  Mr. 
O'Bneu's  pictures  is  very  large,  and  there  is 
not  one  that  we  have  seen  which  does  not, 
in  our  judgment,  bear  the  double  stimp  of 
genius  and  of  artistic  culture.  Mr.  CHBrien's 
work  is  alwnyi!  natnral  ;  and  it  would  bo  im- 
possible to  tind  in  ono  of  his  piolurea  work 
that  might  be  called  a  straining  or  an  exa^c* 
geratiou.  He  dues  nut  aim  at  ruggedness, 
and  this  is  why  the  careless  critic  in  looking 
at  lome  picture  of  his  might  say,  "  1  should 
like  if  it  were  bolder.'*  We  regard  this 
quality,  however,  not  as  proof  that  Mr. 
O'Brien's  work  lacks  strength,  but  as  de- 
cided evidence  that  it  possesses  restraint. 
As  a  rule  his  work  is  exquisitely  natural, 
and  we  use  the  term  **  natural,"  not  in  the 
sordid  sense.     To  one  man 

'*Tb*  priuiroaeby  th«  river^t  brhn, 

A  ypljitw  primrom*  in  to  htm— 
Just  that  and  nothing  mors.** 

Bnt  the  true  artist  sees  the  primrose  with 
the  loving  eye,  and  the  poetic,  the  inter- 
pretive instinct  ;  and  it  is  only  the  man  who 
hss  these  qualities  that  can  be  said  to  bo  a 
true  artist  In  our  judgment,  Mr. O'Brien's 
pictures  poesasa  these  qu-dities  :  the  true, 
the  fine,  and  the  sympathetic.  There  is  no 
riot  of  color,  as  wo  hnd  in  Jaoobi's  work, 
but  **  the  blush  upon  the  cheek  of  the  njse 
is  the  same  us  the  fairy  set  there."  Even 
the  ftaming  gorguousn«f'Mi  of  our  woods  in 
autumn  may  be  overdone  with  glaring  paint, 
Mr.  O'Brien  never  overdoes  them.  We 
look  yel  for  manv  a  beautiful  ptciurc  from 
his  gifted  pencil.  Naturally  enough,  the 
services  of  an  artut  s<(  endowed  would  b<#  in 
much  demand  among  tho  puMinhors  of  m-t 
ma^aunes.  To  our  American  pn^  •-•■(. 
and  to  the  English  lliuairaUfi 
Mr,    O'Brien  has  contributed  a  u..;..  —  *    4 


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A  CVCLQPMDIA  OF 


tketcheft,  takiDg  for  hu  themea  old  m  well 
&a  new  world  aubjeoU.  But  tbero  is  noth- 
ing which  has  inspired  his  pon  in  Groat 
Britain  that  we  more  admire  than  the  scene 
*'  Under  the  Clitfs  of  Devon  after  a  storm/' 
when  the  coHst-guanla'  boat  is  to  be  dimly 
seen  through  the  soft  after-glamor  of  ihe 
tempest,  which  still  bathes  both  cliff  and 
sea.  The  forut^ronnd,  with  its  patchea  of 
bright  gorse,  is  very  vivid.  It  is  altogether 
&u  exquisite  poem  in  color  and  outline.  Mr. 
O'Brien  married  in  1800,  Margaret,  eldest 
daughter  of  the  late  Capt.  St.  Andrew  St. 
John,  of  Orillia. 

lillloy,  J.  U.y  Hamilton,  Ontario,  was 
bom  in  Castletown,  Isle  of  Man.nn  the24tb 
April,  1824.  He  studied  in  the  Gramniar 
soliool  iu  that  town,  and  roocivod  a  general 
commercial  education.  But  he  now  aaserta 
that  he  spent  too  much  time  in  acquiring 
Latin,  which  haa  not  benefited  him  in  any 
degree.  He  haa  had  from  his  earliest  years 
a  great  love  for  machinery^  always  delight- 
ing in  visiting  the  mines  near  his  home. 
The  large  pumping  engines  were  to  his  young 
mind  almost  an  iiiHpiration.  He  used  to 
watch  them  for  hours  ;  and  before  ho  had 
left  Bchoul  he  act^uired  a  knowledge  of  the 
theory  of  their  action.  His  parents  purchased 
for  him  '*  Lardner  on  the  Steam  Engine," 
and  thia  he  mastered  before  he  was  twelve 
years  old.  At  fourteen,  he  coustruoted  a 
crude  model  engine  and  boiler,  and  so  ex- 
cited was  he  when  it  was  nearing  completion, 
that  he  could  not  sleep  for  thinking  of  it. 
His  parents  about  thia  time  determined  on 
■ending  him  to  Liverpool  to  one  of  the  large 
foundries  there,  and  prepared  him  for  the 
foundry  business,  by  sending  him  for  a 
couple  of  years  to  cabinet-making.  There 
was  great  dithouUy  in  getting  tbe  position 
of  apprentice  at  Liveriwol,  as  many  pa- 
rents wished  to  have  their  children  learn 
enjunoering.  He,  however,  obtained  a  po- 
ailion  iu  the  Brunswick  Foundry,  where  he 
remained  live  years,  when  he  entered  the 
Vulcan  Iron  Works,  owned  by  John  A. 
Gladstone,  a  cousin  of  the  ex*Premier  of 
England.  He  afterwards  became  foreman 
in  the  Canning  Foundry  ;  and  then  mechan- 
ical manager  and  partner  in  the  Windsor 
Machine  Works,  near  Liverpool.  The  Am- 
erican war,  however,  interfered  with  the 
business  to  such  an  extent  that  he  left  Eng- 
land with  his  brother,  and  came  to  Cniiada 
in  IS&i.  He  obtained  employmtfut  with  F. 
G.  Becket  &  Co.,  Hamilton,  who  then  did  a 
large  business.  For  some  time  after  leaving 
this  tirm,  our  subject  was  foreman  of  the 
machine  shop  of  the  St.  Lawrence  Foundry, 


^ 


Toronto.     He  repaired,  while  in  ihn  6fio'i 

employ  the  ateamor  B"^'  <1iMk- 

ade  runner,  which  had  i: 
Halifax  by  Captain  Leach.  :r 
one  aeason.     He  was  appt>iiii 
this  boat,  which    position  he  tu'Ui    r  t 
seasons,  until  the  Fenian  raids  were  threat- 
ened.     He  was  then  appointe«l  engineer  i:^ 
the    gun    boat  Priuce    Athrrt,     which  »u 
employed  in  guarding   the  river  and   lake 
oo&sta.     She  took  troops  and    uianitioni  e( 
war  from   CoUingwood  to  Sault  Ste.  Mu-.c. 
during  tlie  first  Red   River  rebellion, 
subject  served  three  years  in  this  boat, 
left  her  to  build    an  oscillating    marine 
gine  and  boiler,  which  he  had    deai-^ned 
the  composite  steamer,     Adelaide     ITartaik^ 
The  engine  waa  built  in  Hamilton,  and 
hull  of  the  boat  in  Goderich.     After  the 
gine  waa  completed,  Mr.  Killey  commeooed 
busineaa  at    Hamilton    in  a  email  way,  but 
it  gradually  increased  nntil  it  became  a  very 
important  one.     The  establishment  hu  con- 
structed   a  large    numl>er    nf    engines  and 
boilera  and  other  works.    The  London,  On- 
tario, pumping   engine,    which  up  to  nov, 
has  been  the    most   economical  in  Canada, 
waa  built  at  Mr.  Killey'a  works.  They  have 
also  built  steam  road  rollers,  stone  breakers; 
aewer  pipe  maehLuer)i,    and  a  large  num 
of  dynamo- electiic  machinea.      Mr.   Kill 
waa   brought  up  as  a  Methodist,  and  «e 
to  the  Methodist    Sunday  school  as  a  pu 
and    teacher  up  to    leaving   for   Liverpool 
His  home  waa  always  open  to  Methodiai  and 
other  preachers,  hia  mother   being  an  en* 
thuaiastic  Methodist.     In  hia  younger  diyi 
he  had    no   decided    religioua   conviotionti 
Wlieii  he   left  for    Liverpocd,  iu    the   r 
1840,  hia  mother  put  a  Bible  and  Testam* 
into  hia  box,  and  aaked  him  never  to  go 
theatrea  or  tavema,  or  keep  bad  company 
He  did  not  act  upon  her  advice,  but  bocam« 
a  companion  of  scoptica,    whom  he  met  in 
the  foundry  ;  wont  to    socialista*    meetiaga 
at  tbe  hall  of  science,  the  socialists'  m 
place,  and  bought  all  tbe  "  intidel"  works 
could  atford  to  purchase,  French,  German 
English.     He  waa  in  immediate  contact  wi 
the  Owens,  Barkers,  Loyd  Jonea,  George  J 
cob  Holyoake.and  othera.    He  became  a  fl 
ent  controversialist  and  debater,  and  lo<kki 
with  contempt  upon  Methodiat  and  other 
isters.    This  state  of  mindoontuuieil  tiUl 
after  he  came  to  Canada.     About  nine  years 
ago  he  saw  that  he  waa  drifting  through  com- 
panionship  into  habits  of  intemperance,  and 
connected  himself  with  atemf>erance  organ- 
ization, and  has  kept  hia  pledge  ever  ainco. 
Suon  after  this  he  thought  ho  might  as  woU 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


563 


spend  hU  SundAy  id  some  churoh.  He  at- 
taoded  a  series  of  sermons  on  prophecy,  by 
the  Rev.  Dr.  James.  These  sermons  he  be- 
lieved entirely  upset  VoUiey's  Ruiusof  Em- 
pires' course  of  statements  as  to  biblical 
cities,  and  the  proof  of  Volney's  errors  be 
ref<urded  as  so  palpable  that  hta  reason  com- 
pelled him  to  agree  with  the  preacher.  From 
this  time  he  went  on  in  his  inrestigation. 
and  the  result  wss  a  complete  reversal  ofsU 
his  previous  modes  of  thought  on  religious 
•ubjocts.  Mr.  Killey  is  h  Freemason,  and  a 
Royal  Templsr  ;  also  a  member  of  the  Royal 
Arcanium  ;  and  a  member  of  the  Hamilton 
Goapel  Temperance  Uefomi  Mission.  He  has 
all  along  been  a  supporter  of  the  Conaerva- 
tire  party  on  general  principles,  but  would 
vote  affainst  them  on  any  important  (ques- 
tion that  his  reason  would  tell  him  they 
were  in  error  in  adoptin<^.  He  is  connected 
with  the  tirm  of  the  Osborne- ICilleyAIanufac- 
tnring  Company,  Hamilton,  which  firm 
bnilda  steam  eng^es,  steam  road-rollera, 
stone  breakers,  steam  boilers,  steam  fire 
engines,  oompoand  condenatng  and  other 
pumping  engines,  and  sewer-pipe  ma- 
chinery. They  are  also  brass  and  iron 
founders,  and  have  a  large  scale  factory  at* 
tacht^d  to  their  works,  where  they  make 
scales  to  wei^h  from  ten  |M>unds  tn  ten  tons. 
Mr.  Killey  cnmmenced  business  in  Hamil- 
ton in  1870,  as  J.  H.  Killey  &,  Co. ;  in  Janu- 
ary, 1884.  the  business  merged  into  the 
Osbonie-Rilley  Co,,  having  been  remov- 
ed from  Cauninc  street  to  larger  premises, 
near  the  G.  T.  R.  and  N.  &  N.  W.  R.,  on 
Barton  street.  The  business  is  prosperous, 
exttfiiftive  and  progressive.  To  the  hne 
abilities,  and  the  high  character  of  the  suh- 
ieot  of  this  sketch,  the  success  of  the  estab- 
liihment  is  largely  due. 

Mrncham,  James  II.,  Postmaster  of 
BelteviUe,  HAS  httTw  on  the  Gth  of  Novem- 
ber, 1807,  in  Thnrlow  township,  County  of 
Hastings,  near  iielleville.  U»  is  a  sou 
of  Seth  Meacham,  doctor  of  medicine,  who 
was  physician  to  the  Hrvatin^^s  Militia  at 
Kingston.  <)uring  the  war  of  1812-15.  His 
mother  was  Elizabeth  Meachsni,  daughter 
of  Colonel  Titus  Simmons,  one  of  the  early 
U.  K.  loyalists.  Our  subject  was  educated 
at  Belleville,  at  tirst  recuivintj  private  tui- 
tion, and  Butis<H|uenily  attending  advanced 
echnols.  Ill  Novemt>er,  1847,  he  was  ap- 
pointed |><_tstmnst«r  of  Belloville.  and  this 
position  he  still  retsitis.  He  has  been  a  life- 
long member  of  the  MethiMlist  church.  He 
married  on  the  9th  of  October,  1832,  C. 
C<  Bogartf  whose  psrents  were  also  of  U. 
M,  loj^t  stock. 


Sharp,  John,    Bath,  Ontario,  J. P.  (or 

the  County  of  Lennox  and  Addinirton,  was 
born  the  14th  day  of  January,  1825.  He  is 
a  son  of  Lucas  Sharp,  who  was  born  in  17Hr>, 
and  served  in  the  wsr  of  1812-10.  This 
}(entleman  drew  a  pension  for  seven  yoan 
previous  to  his  death,  which  occurred  in 
1884.  Uis  father  (our  subject's  grand- 
father)  was  a  l\  E.  loyalist,  who  came  from 
a  place  near  Kinderho<ik,  in  Now  York 
statr,  but  eventually  settled  on  the  north 
end  of  lot  seven,  second  concession,  town- 
ship of  Emestlown.  Lucas  Sharp  was  bom 
on  this  lot,  and  John  Sharp,  his  son,  was 
also  born  there.  The  latter  had  one  younger 
brother,  Andrew,  who  is  now  living  in  the 
township  of  Murray,  a  farmer.  There  was 
one  sister,  and  she  married  John  A.  Shibley, 
J. P.,  merchants  at  Yorker,  Camden.  The 
mother  of  our  nbject  was  Sarah  Denick, 
whose  father  was  a  U.  E.  loyalist.  John 
Sharp,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  bom 
and  brought  up  on  a  fsrm,  and  he  has  pur- 
sued farming  with  considerable  success. 
His  father  gave  to  him  the  south  half  of 
lot  seven,  third  oonoessioo,  part  of  the  old 
farm,  and  he  purchased  the  north  half  of 
lot  eight,  second  concession,  on  which  he 
now  lives.  He  was  awarded  the  bronze 
medal  in  1884  for  the  riding;,  as  will  be  seen 
by  the  agricultural  report  for  1884.  Ho  was 
educated  at  Bath,  and  spent  the  winter  of 
1842-43  at  the  Kinderbook  academy,  where 
he  studied  the  English  branches.  He  holds 
a  commission  as  ensign  from  Sir  Edmund 
Head,  dated  April  3<>th,  1858 ;  held  the 
othoe  of  assessor  for  the  township  of  Ernest- 
town  for  the  years  1855-o0  ;  was  trustee  of 
school  section  t<o.  10  for  twenty-one  years, 
and  secretary-treasurer  for  the  same  time 
up  till  1877,  when  he  retired.  He  was 
likewise  connected  with  the  Township  and 
Connty  Agricultural  societies  for  forty 
years,  and  was  president  of  each,  lu  Janu- 
ary, 1874,  he  was  elected  councillor  for  the 
township,  and  held  a  seat  at  the  council 
board  until  the  end  of  1884,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  one  year,  1880.  For  five  yean 
he  had  a  seat  at  the  county  oonooil,  and 
was  reeve  in  1884,  and  then  retired.  He 
was  appointed  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  the 
united  Counties  of  Froutenac,  Lennox  and 
Addington  in  1867,  and  retained  the  ofilioe 
until  the  separation  of  the  comities.  He 
was,  beioK  at  this  dat«  a  J. P.  U»x  the  same, 
then  re-appointed  for  the  County  of  Lennox 
and  Addington.  From  early  yeaiv  he  had 
a  preference  for  the  Wealeyau  Methodist 
church,  and  was  a  member  of  that  body  for 
twenty-live  yean.      Now,  however,  he  is  a 


554 


A  CYCLOt^DlA  OF 


member  of  the  Uuilcd  Methodiat  church. 
He  married,  o»  the  4th  nf  October,  1854,  at 
Kinderhonk,  in  the  State  uf  New  York, 
Mari^faret  VAUslyck,  of  that  place.  There 
are  by  this  marriage  tive  children,  three 
bojB  and  two  girls.  The  eldest  son  is  mar- 
ried, and  has  a  farm  by  tiie  Kinf^aion  and 
Napanee  rood,  three  miles  from  hia  father's 
homu«e«ad.  The  second  son  is  married, 
and  lives  upon  and  works  the  farm  with  his 
father  ;  and  llie  third  son  is  at  hcnne.  Onu 
daughter  is  married  to  T.  F.  Uulgatti,  li.A., 
professor  uf  mathematics  in  Albert  College, 
Helleville.  Mr.  Sharp  enjoys  the  repute  of 
being  a  man  of  hiyh  principles  of  honour, 
and  of  much  kindliness  of  heart.  Ho  on- 
joya,  too,  in  a  Urge  measure, the  reapoct  and 
goodwill  of  thoee  among  whom  his  worthy 
and  honoured  career  has  been  passed, 

Henry,  Jainov  M.B.,  M.D.,  M.C.P. 
S.O.f  Oraugeville.  Outario,  was  born  at  the 
Tillftj^e  of  Sand  Bill,  Peel  county,  ou  the 
13th  September,  1843.  He  ia  a  son  of 
Thomas  Henry,  M.D.,  University  of  Edin- 
burgh, M.R.C.P.S..  Ireland.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  and  after- 
wards entered  the  British  navy  as  aaaiataut 
Burgeou.  He  sailed  around  the  coast  of 
Africa  for  a  time,  but  owing  to  sickness 
was  obliged  to  retire.  In  1835  he  came  to 
Canada  and  landed  in  Toronto.  Brought 
up  in  the  old  country  a  Tory,  yet  during 
the  Btirring  times  of  1837-38,  he  deeply 
sympathized  with  the  Mackenzie  party,  and 
cast  in  his  lot  with  the  so-called  rebels,  be- 
lieving that  the  rebellion  was  |}«rfeotly  just, 
the  people  having  been  goaded  into  revolt 
through  bad  government.  ^  Before  coming 
to  Canada,  he  settled  for  a  short  time  in 
the  City  of  New  York,  and  prsctised  his 
profession  ;  but  his  brother,  Samuel  Henry, 
who  was  then  a  resident  of  Canada,  and 
io  bad  health,  wished  him  to  leave  the 
United  Stat«*B,  and  come  over  here,  which 
be  did ,  aud  settled  in  th  u  township  of 
Albion,  Feel  cminty,  where  be  remained 
for  forty*firo  years  practising  his  profes- 
sion. He  was  a  gentleman  whom  many  of 
the  old  citiKena  of  Toronto,  still  remember 
well.  In  1875  he  removed  to  the  City 
of  Toronto,  where  ho  died  in  1878.  He 
was  well  known  as  one  of  the  old  Bald- 
win Heformera,  and  always  took  an  active 
part  in  the  political  contests  of  the  day. 
He  served  as  reeve  of  the  township  of  Chin> 
guacousy  for  several  years,  aud  died  re- 
spected and  beloved.  Hia  wife  was  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  Jamea  Brett,  senr. ,  of 
IretaDd,  who  crossed  the  ocean  and  settled 
in  the  township  of  Mono,  Simcoe  county. 


Mr.  Thomaa  Henry  had    a   family  of  fiT«, 
the  subject  of  this  aketch  being  the  eMsai 
son.     James  Henry  waa  educat«d  first  un- 
der Dr.  Howe,  then  principal  of  the  (iram* 
mar    school,    at    Toronto,     completing    his 
studies  at  the  Univeraity  of  T'lr 
the  age  of  seventeen  he  began  t'l 
medicine,  and  entered  the  Tohmh"  -MuiHtti 
of  Medicine,  gnuinating  from   the  Toroul 
University  in  1863.  as  M.  H, .  and  in  IdiU  •»* 
M.D.     Almost  immediately    thereafter    be 
went  to  Urangeviile,  then  a  Bmall  viUagt, 
and  conimencod  prHCiice  ;  and  here  he  has 
remained  ever  since,    having'  now  the  '.il^i- 
snre  of  Hnding  himself  master  of  a   1 
some  practice.      During    the    time    i>i 
Trtni  affair,  ho  was  gazettt'd  ensign  in  the 
100th  regiment,  old  Canadian  militia.     l>r. 
Henry  has  been  couueoted  with  the  co'  •■     i 
of  Orauuevillo  for  u'any  years,  and  iu   '    ■) 
was  elected  mayor  of  the  tovm  and  re-elecied 
for   1882,    18S3,  and   ia   mayor  at  present. 
He  alwaya  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the 
welfare  of  the  town,  and  waa  particularly 
active  during  the  building  of  the  Torunl", 
Grey   &    Bruce    Railway,    and    the   Credit 
Valley  Railway.     He  is  a  member  of  sev- 
eral benevolent  societies,  among  which  niay 
be   named    the   Oddfellows,   Koreaters   *nd 
the  United  Workmen.      In  pditice  he  i»  s 
Liberal-Conservative,  and  is  a   member  n(^ 
the    Church  of  Kneland.      Ho    married 
l8)W>i  Ksther,  second  eldest  daughter  of  lh< 
late    James  <iraham,    an    old     resident    f^ 
Orangeville,  and  has  a  family  (»f  eiKht,— 4ix 
bnya  and  two  girls.     In  his  profe*siotj  '" 
Henry  has  beon  what  men  term  lucky, 
he  has  the  repute  of  much  skill.      He  i«  ex- 
ceedingly genial,  han  no  ambition  for  public 
life,  being  contented  with  his  profeasion  am' 
the  enjoyments  of  domestic  and  social  lifi 
Plan,  John  miltoit,   M.D.,  M.P.  U 
Prince  Edward,  Pictou.  Ontario,  was   boi 
in  the  township  of  Athol,  County  of  Pnn< 
Edward,     Outario,    in    1840.       Hia  gran 
parents  came  from  Dutch»-ss  county,  in 
Sute  of  New  Vork,  in  1790,  aud  setllod 
Hallowell,  County  !.f  Prince  Edward,  whe 
that  district  waa  yet  a  wilderness  of  ani 
ken  forest.    John  Milton  Piatt  received 
earliest  educational    training    at  his  uatii 
place  ;  but  he  afterwards  attended  the  Fi 
Edward  iustilute.  New  York  state,  theN< 
mal  school,  Toronto*,  and  Victoria   co]lei|;i 
Cobourg,    graduating    M  D.  from    the 
named  institution  in  18G9.     Dr.    Piatt  hi 
always  been  a  sincere  friend  of  edu< 
and  was  a  public  school  inspector  for  a] 
of  ten  yean.     In  military  matters, 
I  has  always  taken  a  deep  interest.      Hegrad- 


34 

\  ex-      II 


CAliADlAN  BWOHAPBY, 


555 


from  the  MiliUry  ichool  at  Toronto 
MJ,  hsid  is  Hurgeon  to  the  Itiih    BatUl- 
TM.       Early   in  hU   career  he  had  a 
for  literary  work,  and,  naturally  en- 
drifted  into  joumaliBOQ.     He  waa  the 
iitor  and  pubUsher  of  the  Picton  Ntw 
n,  which  paper  was  afterwards  merged 
he  Timm.     Dr.  PUlt  was  first  elected 
liament  at  the  lait    general    election, 
has  proven  himself  a  most  active  and 
member.     He  is  a  Liberal  in  p^^Iitics, 
Ireo  trader  in  principle ;  but  he  did 
the  last  election  strongly  oppose  the 
1   policy,  being  disposed  to  allow  the 
ntry  to  test  its  power  for  ^ood  or  evil 
a  period  of  depression.   He  regarde<l 
icy  in  this  country  as  one  of  enperi* 
holdintc   that   its   operations   would 
plain  to  all  men,  and  that  it  should 
ed  hy  its  fruits.     Dr.  Piatt  married, 
2,  at  Hall'^woll.  Amelia,  daughter  of 
Arthur  Bransoombe,  whose  parents 
om  Xew  Brunswick. 
luberlln.  Lleut.-Col.  Brown, 
1>.C.  L.,  Queen's  Printer  for  Can* 
a,    was    bom   at    Frelighaburg, 
of  Quebec,  on  the   2titb    March, 
r.       He  received  his  early   edncattonal 
sing  at  bis  native  place,  and  at  St.  Paul's 
tolf   Montreal,   where   he  subse^^uently 
vA  MoGill  University,  taking  his  do- 
f  B.C.L.  in  1«50.  and  D.C.U  in  1807. 
T  several  years  an  elective  fellow  of 
Iniveraity,     and    a    member    of    the 
School  Board  ;    also     M.A.    HumyiU 
of  Bishops*  College,  Lennoxville,      In 
1870,  he  married  Agnes  LJnnbar  Hoit- 
liot  of  Charles  Fitxgibbou,  and  daugh- 
J.  W.  Dunbar  Moodie,  of  Melsetter, 
f»  who  served  in  tlio  21  st  Fusiliers, 
ts  wfiunded  at  Bergen  op  Zof>ai ;  after- 
married  Susannah  Strickland,  of  Rey- 
ftU.  Suffolk,  England,  and  emigrated 
He  became  sheritf'  of  Ha«tingo. 
kitd  Mrs.  Moodie  ma<lo  herself  known 
iterary  world  as  the  authorof  "Rough- 
El  in  the  Uush"  and  other  works.     Mrs. 
Dabortin  has  made  a  name  for  her  botani- 
Irawiugs  and  illustrations  of  works  upon 
Milan    botany,  published  by   her  aunt, 
raill,  another  of  the  Strickland  sis- 
well  known  to  literature.      Having 
d     his     educational     course,    Mr. 
began  the  study  of  law  ;   and 
the  bar  of  Ijower  Canada,  in 
sed  his  profession  at  Hon- 
Juintly   took    literary    work 
ds.      In    this    country,    the 
is  the  chief  outlet  for  the 
•pint,  and  Mr.  Chamberlin  associat- 


ed himself  with  the  Montreal  Oazeitt.  His 
literary  attainments  are  very  wide,  and 
there  is  no  nx)m  to  doubt  that,  if  he  had 
eonseoratod  his  time  to  lettcn,  he  would 
have  given  us  work  of  permanent  and  high 
value.  Uis  life  has  been  an  active  and  a 
very  useful  one.  He  was  honorary  secre- 
tary to  the  Board  of  Arte  and  MAuufsi'ltires 
of  Lower  Canada,  from  18i>7  to  ItHiif  ;  was 
president  of  that  body,  from  1802  to  IBtid  ; 
and  was  n  commissioner,  on  behalf  of  Can- 
ada, tn  the  London  Universal  Kxhibition,  in 
I862.  in  1807  ho  was  elected  to  the  House  of 
Commons  for  Mitaiaijuoi,  and  represented 
that  constituency  till  1870,  when  he  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of  Queen's  Printer. 
In  militia  matters,  Colonel  Chamberlin  has 
always  taken  an  active  interest.  He  has 
been  a  colonel  of  the  GOth  battalion,  Mis- 
aisquoi  volunteers;  and  in  May  of  1870,  ti»ok 
part  iu  ropoltinji  a  body  of  Fenian  iavaden 
at  Ecclcs  Hill.  For  his  promptness  and  bmv- 
ery  on  this  occasion,  he  was  created  by  the 
Queen  a  Companion  of  the  Order  of  8t. 
Michael  and  St.  Qeorge.  He  has  been  for 
some  years  a  member  of  the  Council  of  the 
Art  Association,  Ottawa,  and  was  vice-presi- 
dent in  1884.  Is  now  president  of  the  8t. 
Georges'  Society  there. 

lltMiderfiou,  Wlllluin  Hriiry.  M.D 
C.  M,  Queen's  I.  uiversitv  ;  M.C.  P.  &  S.,  On- 
tario; andM.H.C.S.,  Kngl.iiid,  Kuigston,  was 
born  on  October  7th,  1856,  at  Kingattiu,  On- 
tario. He  is  a  son  of  Peter  Roberts*'n  Hen- 
ders'^n,  managing  director  of  the  Montreal 
Transportation  Co.,  who  was  bom  in  Aber- 
deen, and  is  a  cousin  of  the  Hon.  Joseph 
Robertson,  treasurer  for  the  Province  of 
Quebec  ;  and  also  a  cousin  o(  Prof.  Robert- 
son Smith,  the  eminent  oriental  sctudar,  and 
one  of  the  edit<^frs  of  the  '*  Enclvclopindia 
Britannica."  His  mother  was  Henrietta 
Sweetland,  a  native  of  t>evonshire,  and  a 
sister  of  Sheritl  Sweetland,  of  Ottawa.  W. 
H.  Henderson  was  educated  at  the  Kingston 
Collegiate  institute.  Ai  the  age  of  nine- 
teen years  he  began  the  study  of  medicine 
at  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians  and  bur- 
geons, Kingston,  was  appointed  house  sur- 
geon to  the  Kingston  General  Hospital  in 
1H78,  and  graduated  in  April,  1879,  at  th« 
head  of  the  graduating  clats.  During  1879 
and  1880  he  visited  Great  Britain  and  the 
continent,  in  pursuit  of  medical  studies. 
He  took  a  special  coarse  of  practical  patho- 
logy at  St.  Thomas'  Hospital,  under  Prof. 
Greenfield,  in  the  summer  of  1871*,  and 
worked  at  histology  and  physiology  at  Vi- 
enna, during  the  winter  of  1880.  He  ob- 
tained the  diploma  of  the  Royal  College  of 


A  CTClOi'JEDU  OF 


Surgeona,  Engl&nd,  in  Nor,  1B7d>  Dr. 
Henderson  joined  tlie  14th  battalion,  or 
PhnceM  of  Wuttffl'  Own  Rifles  in  1881,  hs 
assiBtAtit  surgeon,  and  vas  a]}point«d  niir- 
ge<»n  in  September,  1884.  He  orgAiii/od  an 
ambulance  d^rps.  Mid  volunteered  for  aor' 
vice  in  the  Nonh- Weal  rebellion  in  the  spring 
of  ]885.  hut  u  the  regiment  was  reijuired  at 
Fort  Uenry  for  trarrison  duty,  the  adjut&nt- 
geueral  ordered  him  tu  remain  with  his 
corps.  He  is  professor  of  phyaiolofiy  in  the 
Royal  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons, 
Kingston  ;  is  curator  of  the  museum  and 
pathologist  to  the  Kingston  General  Hos- 
pital ;  and  he  is  likewise  public  vaccinator 
for  Froutenac  wartl,  in  the  city  of  Kings- 
tun,  and  surgeon  tr*  the  Kiugatun  and  Pem- 
broke Railroad.  Ho  was  elected  supreme 
physician  for  the  Independent  Order  of  For- 
resters in  August,  18S5,  nnd  is  a  member  of 
the  Supreme  ExecntiTO  Council.  He  haa 
belonged  to  the  order  since  1882,  and  takes 
great  interest  in  ita  affairs.  Dr.  Henderson 
is  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  for  the 
Independent  Oddfellows'  Relief  Association, 
and  physician  to  Cataraqui  lodse.  Be  has 
been  an  Oddfellow  since  1881.  He  is  medical 
examiner  for  Limestone  lodtje,  Ancient  Order 
of  Ignited  Workmen,  and  has  been  a  member 
of  the  order  since  1880.  He  is  a  life  member 
of  the  Ophthalmological  Society  of  Great  Bri- 
tain and  Ireland  (1881)  :  a  member  of  the 
British  Medical  Association  ;  and  vice-pre- 
sident of  the  Ontario  Medical  Associatiuu. 
He  has  visited  the  principal  cities  iu  the 
United  States  and  Canada,  from  Chicago  to 
New  York.  h\  1879  he  sailed  from  New 
York,  on  30th  of  April ;  saw  the  Giant'a 
Causeway,  and  landed  at  (Grouock)  Glasgow 
on  May  10th.  From  this  city  he  went  to 
Loudon,  from  London  to  Dublin,  nnd  thonce 
to  the  lakesof  Kiilarney,  etc.  In  December, 
1879,  he  visited  Kdinburghj  Dundee,  Aber- 
deen, Balmoral  castle,  and  various  places  in 
the  north  of  Scotland.  He  then  returned 
to  London,  and  in  February,  1880,  travel- 
led through  considerable  portions  of  France, 
Germany,  and  Austria,  visiting  Cologne, 
Munich,  Frankfort,  and  Berlin,  and  studied 
medicine  for  three  months  at  Vienna.  Re- 
turning, he  remained  a  mouth  at  Paris,  and 
some  time  at  Strasburg.  In  religion.  Dr. 
Henderson  is  a  Congregati<:malist,  and  has 
always  been  a  member  of  that  body.  He 
was  married  December  30th,  1885,  to  Ella, 
the  only  daughter  of  Major  John  Everitt,  of 
Collins'  Bay.  The  following  notice  of  the 
wedding  i?  from  the  columns  of  the  Toronto 
aivhe  : — *'  A  most  interestine  event  which, 
on  account  of  the  popularity  of  the  con- 


tracting parties,  hu  attracted  oonaidenbli 
attention,  took  place  this  afternoon  at  tbi 
*  Wotidlauds,*  tlie  residence  of  the  brids^ 
father,  near  Collins*  Bay.  The  bride^rooa 
is  one  of  Kingston's  most  popular  y 
physicians,  who  has  attained  a  high  profos- 
Hional  standing.  The  ceremoDy,  at  wludi 
only  the  nearest  relatives  wure  present,  tm 
performed  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Gruen,  ciinte  iil 
St.  George's  Cathedral.  Mis:i  LizaieWhil*. 
daughter  of  Col.  White,  of  Ottawa,  Miss  F. 
Daly,  of  Napanee,  and  Miaa  Graham,  of 
Hull,  were  bridesmaids,  and  Dr.  J.  H 
Botts,  of  Kingston,  and  Meaara.  JaniM 
Norman  Henderson,  brothers  of  the  bri 
groom,  were  the  groomsmen.  The  ptipi 
larity  of  the  bride  was  fully  demonstrated 
by  the  many  handsome  presents  she  wsi 
the  recipient  of  from  her  numerous  friends. 
Dr.  Henderson  is  extremely  brilliant  and 
Buooeuful  in  his  profeaaion,  and  ia  aald  to 
be  master  of  an  axtonsive  and  profitaUa 
practice.  His  manners  are  very  c;eui&l,  and 
the  measure  of  popularity  that  he  enjop  ii 
larue. 

ncDoiiffall,  Hon.  William,  C  B., 
was  bom  in  the  town  of  York,  now  the  city 
of  Toronto,  on  the  25th  January,  1823.  He 
is  a  oon  of  the  late  Daniel  McDouKall,  who. 
three  years  after  his  son's  birth,  remored  tu 
a  farm  on  Yonge  street,  a  few  milas  north 
of  the  city.  His  paternal  grandfather  wsa 
John  McDougall,  a  native  of  the  High- 
lands of  Scotland,  and  a  U.  E.  loyalist,  who 
served  in  the  British  commissariat  senioe 
during  the  revolutionary  war.  When  hos- 
tilities ended,  John  McDougall  removed  to 
Nova  Sootia,  where  he  married  the  daughter 
of  a  British  officer,  who  had  settled  at  Shsl- 
bume,  and  attempted  a  commercial  career 
in  that  place.  But  ho  shortly  afterwarda 
removed  to  Upper  Cannda.  settling  in  Lit 
York.  His  son  Daniel  murried  Hann 
Mathews,  of  St.  Andrews,  Lower  Ciiniids 
and  this  couple  were  the  pareuta  of  Willt&n; 
McDougall.  He  received  his  preliminary 
education,  we  learn,  at  various  public  and 
private  schools,  and  aftorwards  spent  some 
time  at  Victoria  College,  Cobourg.  Blucb 
of  his  early  life  was  passed  upon  his  father's 
farm  on  Yonge  street,  where  he  doubtless 
laid  the  fuundation  of  the  robust  phyai>|nf 
which  he  has  possessed  ever  sinc«  attaining 
manhood.  When  he  reached  his  eighteenth 
year  he  entered  the  office  of  Price  A* 
Ewart,  barriAtors.  of  Toronto,  where  be 
began  the  study  of  law.  But  before  he  hod 
concluded  hit  atudios,  his  contributions  to 
the  newspaper  press  had  attracted  much 
tention.       In    Michaelmas   term,     1847* 


ser 

urn 


CANADIAN  BWORAFBT. 


567 


wms  lulmitted  u  ad  attorney  and  solicitor  ; 
ikad  he  entered  into  pMi-nenhip  with 
AtabnMM!  Oorham,  and  practised  his  profes- 
■ioa  for  a  time.  Hut  hiA  inclinatiuna  were 
rmlher  fnr  Itierature  thau  for  hiw«  and  suuii 
afterwanls  he  connected  hiuiaelf  with  the 
Caiuida  Farmrr,  which  Buh8c<)ueDt]y  was 
known  ai  the  CanndMn  AtjricMUnrUt.  This 
paper  he  continued  to  publish  till  1858, 
when  he  »»ild  the  copyright  to  the  Upper 
Canada  Itnard  of  Agriculture,  by  whom  it 
was  aubaetitiently  ftold  to  the  late  Hon. 
George  Brown.  In  1650  Mr.  McDongall 
eatablished  the  Sorth  Ameiican^  a  paper  of 
advanoed  reform  views,  and  which  had  a 
larife  fuUuwing,  owing  to  the  split  in  the 
liberal  party,  of  which  the  Glube  had  been 
th«  organ.  The  boldness,  the  ability  and 
the  strong  individuaUty  displayed  in  the 
colomna  of  the  new-oomor  into  the  journal- 
utie  field  turned  all  eyea  upon  ita  editor; 
and  'Sir.  MuDougall  was  at  once  declared  to 
be  a  "  oummg  **  man.  That  word  coming  ia 
a  very  accurate  and  coinprehonsiTe  phraae, 
when  tbe  public  mouth  uses  it  in  this  way. 
Upon  the  fonuation  of  the  Hincks-Morin 
adminiatrationf  the  North  A  n^trifAn  became 
ita  mouthpiece ;  and  it  enjoyed  all  the 
hatred  of  the  tMobts  aoul.  But  after  1854, 
Mr,  McDougall  and  George  Browu  **ahook 
handa/*  for  they  had  both  come  to  see  that 
it  was  foolish  after  all  U)  be  hoatile,  when 
•aoh  was  stririug,  in  the  main,  towards  the 
■ame  ends.  The  process  of  reconciliation, 
however,  was  sluw,  and  it  was  not  complete 
till  1H57,  when  the  North  Anuruum  became 
merged  in  the  Otofut  *  snd  Mr.  McDougall 
jotned  the  aiafl*  of  the  tatter  journal,  main- 
taining tbe  connection  for  two  years.  His 
article*  were  treuohaut,  thoughtful  and  un- 
traouueUed  ;  but  it  was  too  much  to  hope 
that  amity  could  continue  between  himself 
and  a  man  like  Mr.  Brown,  who  was  always 
determine<i  to  have  things  exactly  his  own 
way.  In  1K58  Mr.  McDougall  offered  him- 
•tflf  for  the  north  riding  of  Oxford  against 
the  late  Judge  Morriaon,  and  ho  waa  re- 
turned at  the  head  of  the  poll.  He  aat  for 
that  constituency  until  lHHyA.  Be  soon  took 
hia  ptaoe  in  the  House  as  one  of  ita  most 
eloquent,  powerful  and  impassioned  speak- 
en  ;  and  h«  presented  that  combination  of 
gifts,  found  so  rarely,  namely,  groat  oratori- 
eal  {Mwer  and  conspicuous  ability  as  a 
writer.  In  the  Sanfield  Macdonahl-ISiootte 
administration,  fonned  in  I8tl2,  Mr.  Mc- 
Dougall took  the  office  of  Commiasiouer  of 
Crown  lAuds,  and  be  retired  with  his  oolle- 

S^UM,  wli»n    they  were  defeated,    in  1804. 
•    long    adv<.»ca(ed    "  rtprMontation    by 


popnlation,"  but  came  in  time,  with  other 
thoughtful  public  men,  to  see  that  the 
schoitiu  waa  impructicable  ;  but  he  was  an 
ardent  advocate  of  the  scheme  of  confedera- 
tion, into  which  he  claimed  all  the  irritating 
questions  mi^ht  be  merged.  In  the  coaU- 
tion  of  1864  Mr.  McDougall  was  one  of  tbe 
two  reformers  who  accompanied  Mr.  Bn^wn 
into  the  Cabinet.  He  became  Provincial 
Secretary,  which  office  he  held  till  the  disau- 
lution  of  the  old  rr^/tnif  under  the  now  con- 
stitutional order  of  tft4>7.  He  waa  then 
aworn  miniatcr  of  Public  Works  in  the  ciin- 
federation  cabinet ;  and  during  the  same 
year  was  created  a  Companion  of  the  Bath, 
civil,  having  taken  a  foremost  part  at  the 
conferences  which  fonnulat«d  the  confeder- 
ation scheme.  From  his  Hrst  entry  into 
public  life  Mr.  McDougall  alwitys  had  taken 
a  deep  interest  in  the  North-  Wast  territor- 
ioa ;  and  he  probably  knew  more  about 
aifaira  in  that  region  than  any  other  public 
roan  in  the  country.  In  1868  he  accom- 
panied Sir  George  Cartier  to  England  to 
confer  with  the  Imperial  authorities  fm 
matters  of  public  intereat,  including  the  de- 
fences of  the  Dominion  and  the  acquisition 
of  the  North-West  territory.  It  was  only 
fiting  that  recognition  should  be  given  to  a 
man  who  had  bestowed  so  much  of  hia 
thonght  and  his  time  to  the  study  of  the  en- 
tire problem  presented  in  the  North-Weat ; 
and  on  the '28th  September.  Mr.  McDougall 
waa  appointed  lieutenant-govomor  of  the 
North-West  lorritnrie*  and  Rupert's  Land, 
at  a  salary  of  S7,()00  jwr  annum.  Durin*^ 
the  next  month  the  lieut-gorernor  elect  set 
out  for  his  scat  of  government,  and  on  tiie 
30tb  of  the  month  reached  Pembina,  in 
the  meantime  Col.  Dennis,  with  a  large  stafl* 
had  been  sent  out  to  make  aurveys  in  the 
cu\intry,  and  the  Metis  population  felt  in- 
dignant that  he  ahould  have  oime  inUt  ter- 
ritory not  yet  in  possession  of  hia  govern- 
ment, and  begin  laying  down  new  linea  and 
aboliahing  old  ones  without  so  much  aa 
aaying  *'by  your  leave.**  Then,  demogoguea 
had  gone  through  tlie  country  declaring 
that  the  half-breed  people  had  been  traua- 
ferred  from  the  juris<liction  uf  the  Hudson 
Bay  Company  to  the  icovornment  of  Canada 
like  a  tl<x:k  of  sheep  without  having  been 
consulted.  There  waa  really  nu  gnevanoe 
in  the  matter  ;  though  it  woudd  have 
ahowod  greater  tact  liad  the  people  bean 
adviaed  and  formally  apprised  of  the  trans- 
fer by  properly  aocrmlited  agenta.  Lt>uia 
Riel  was  now  abroad  in  the  territories,  and 
vrith  his  usual  lack  of  capacity  for  aecing 
beyond  the  immediate  time  and  the  present 


558 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


circumstanceB,  allowed  hiuiBelf  to  be  carried 
by  hit  ambition  almost  beyond  the  domain 
of  TOAfton.  A  national  ouncil  woe  forraed, 
with  a  man  nntned  Hruce  at  its  head,  though 
the  puteutial  liuod  was  Biel,  and  by  thia 
body  the  lieutenant-Korenior  waa  forbade 
to  enter  the  territoriea.  Mr.  McDougall 
diareg&rded  the  order,  however,  crossed  the 
line,  and  quartered  himtelf  and  his  staflT  at 
a  post  of  the  Hudson  Bay  Company.  But 
a  party  of  half-breeds  came  there,  displayed 
much  excitement,  and  made  divers  threats  if 
he  did  not  return.  Deeming  prudenoe  to 
be  the  better  port  of  valour,  and  being,  at 
any  rat«,  [towerlesa  to  fight  his  way  to  Fort 
Guiry,  the  governor  retraoed  his  steps  to 
the  southern  side  of  the  line.  Then  the 
Metis  under  Kiel,  became  more  insolent. 
They  seoured  Fort  Garry:  proclaimed  them- 
Belves  masters  of  the  territory;  and  em- 
blasoned  their  dominion  by  the  trial  and 
execution  of  Thomas  Scott.  Without  a 
patient  and  a  thorough  hearing  of  the  cose, 
and  to  cover  its  own  criminal  indecision, 
ignorance  and  t&rdincss,  the  government 
seemed  to  throw  the  blame  of  tlie  miscar- 
riage of  its  scheme  upon  Mr.  McDougall,  and 
appointed  anutlier  g«ntlemau  to  the  admin- 
istraiion  of  government  in  Manitoba.  But 
in  the  mean  time,  Mr.  McDougall  had  re- 
turned to  Ontario  ;  though  he  did  so  only 
after  he  Ivad  discovered  that  the  fiovom- 
ment  had  refused  to  accept  the  transfer 
of  the  territory  at  the  time  stipulated. 
Tboy  had  simply  sent  Mr.  McDougall, 
with  a  personal  stafl*,  to  a  country  seeth- 
ing with  revolt  ;  and  then  left  him  single- 
handed  to  deal  with  the  insurgents.  We 
never  remember  having  read  anything 
more  criminal  and  indefensible.  Mr. 
McDougall  was  afterwards  appointed  by 
the  Hon.  Sandfield  Macdonald  govern- 
ment trustee  of  the  Canada  Southern  Pail- 
way  municipal  bonds.  After  his  return 
from  England  in  ld73|  whither  he  had  pro- 
ceeded on  important  government  business, 
he  l>ccame  a  member  of  the  law  lirm  of  Mc- 
Dougall &  Gordon,  Torontt).  In  May, 
1875,  he  became  the  representative  of  South 
Simcoe,  in  the  legislature  of  Ontario,  and 
satin  the  house  till  1878,  when  he  stood 
for  Halton  in  the  House  of  Commons.  He 
waa  elected,  and  sat  for  Halton  till  the  last 
general  elections.  Mr.  McDougall  has 
been  twice  married.  His  tirst  wife  waa 
Amelia  Caroline,danghter  of  Joseph  Eoston, 
of  Millbsnk,  Ooimty  of  York.  She  died  in 
I860  ;  and  Mr.  McDougall  married  again  in 
1872,  Mary  Adelaide,  (mughtcr  of  Dr.  John 
Boatty,  formerly  a  professor  in  the  Univor- 


siiy  of  Victoria   CoUego,   Oobourg 
MoDuugall  is  one  of  the  toremosi 
tional    lawyers  in  Canada,   and  one 
very  ablest  public  men.     W«  hare  do  dou' 
that   the  country  is    destined    yet    to 
much  from  a  man  so  distitiifiiished. 

Spiers,  William,  Herlin,  Ontario, 
bom  nn  his  father's  farm  of  Knnwheod.  Gsl- 
•ton,  Ayrshire,  Scotland,  on  the  IMh  o( 
August,  1825.  His  father,  John  Spiers,  wsi 
born  near  Kilmarnock,  and  the  birthptsos 
of  his  mother,  £liz«belh  Brown,  waa  Kil 
maurs,  Scotland.  There  were  not  auj^t-n-f 
educational  advantages  within  the  reach  ot 
William  Spiers,  but  he  attended  the  tcluKd 
in  the  village  of  Darvel,  near  hia  native  place. 
where  he  received  a  plain,  sound  educs- 
tion.  He  lived  with  his  parents  on  the  oU 
homestead  farm  till  1853.  A  few  years  pre> 
viously  he  had  sought  tu  induce  the  owner 
of  the  farm  to  build  new  house*  and  a  new 
road  to  it,  but  this  man  would  not  oonseaL 
Mr.  Spiers  cropped  the  beat  of  the  farm 
for  a  few  years,  and  then  gave  up  the  lease^ 
which  had  seven  or  eight  years  to  run.  He 
invested  the  proceeds  of  the  farm  for  the 
benefit  of  his  parents,  and  sailed  for  Canada  in 
the  fall  of  1856.  Here  he  had  to  begin  anew, 
penniless,  and  without  a  trade.  Uis  hsU-. 
brother,  W'Uliam  Osborne,  now  of  Hamilt<i 
and  his  brother,  David  Spiers,  of  Gait,  whi 
were  then  in  compaity,  carrying  on  a 
business  in  the  latter  town,  oponed  a  bnnch' 
store  in  Berlin,  iii  the  spring  of  1867,  and 
William  Spiers'  first  employment  waa  being 
sent  from  Oalt,  on  the  8th  of  May,  with  a 
load  of  carpenters.  He  next  had  a  number 
uf  plasterers  and  painters  to  look  after  till 
the  23rd  July,  on  which  day  the  store  was 
opened.  The  firm  sent  np  one  of  their  most 
I  experienced  young  men  to  manage  Uie  bnii' 
neas,  and  he  remained  for  two  years  rtr  h*«t- 
ter.  From  the  beginning  Mr.  Spiers  kept 
the  cosh  book  and  the  keys  of  the  building. 
At  that  time  the  other  clurk  nuide  things  so 
unpleasant  for  Mr.  Spiers  that  he  deter- 
mined that  either  one  or  the  other  must 
leave,  and  at  the  same  time  handed  in  his 
resignation.  The  affair  ended  with  the  domi- 
neering young  man  being  removed  to  Oalt 
The  onl^  assistant  he  had  now  left  waa  an 
apprentice  boy,  Joseph  K.  Eby,  now  of  the 
lirm  of  Eby,  131ain  &  Co,  who  remained  with 
him  four  and  a  half  years.  The  tiali  firm 
seemed  to  have  doubts  about  his  ability  to 
manage  the  business,  and  made  several  pro- 
posals of  partnership,  all  of  which  he  re- 
fused. He  oflV'red,  however,  to  risk  his 
salary  against  any  loss  that  he  would  make 
the  first  year,   which   waa  accepted.     But 


CANADIAN  BI0QRAPE7. 


initoad  of  makinic  any  lou,  stook-taking 
■bowed  that  hu  had  made  enough  to  corer 
loaaea  daring  the  first  two  years,  and  had 
alto  a  Tiioe  little  sum  to  the  ^ood.  After 
thia  period  thingB  went  on  smouthly  enough 
from  year  to  year  till  1864,  when  Mr.  Spiers 
bought  oDt  the  bnsineea.  With  the  slender 
oapiuO,  be  having  only  the  pavings  from  a 
aniall  aalary.  he  was  oblitted  to  watch  very 
doaely  for  the  first  two  or  three  years.  Ten 
years  later,  in  1874,  be  was  Induceil  tu  piir- 
ohaae  the  buildings,  which  he  now  occupies. 
The  last  ten  years  has  been  a  cuntintiatiun 
of  the  aante  husinesa  with  little  chim^e^ 
and  William  Spiers  has  always  boon  able 
to  pay  D  hundred  oenta  in  the  dollar,  and 
haa  never  had  a  note  protested.  In  poli- 
tic* &Ir.  Spiers  takes  cunaiderable  interest, 
but  he  ia  uf  tiH>  uidepeudeut  a  turn  of  luiud 
to  give  his  allegiance  to  any  party.  In  re- 
ligion he  is  a  member  of  the  Reformed  Prea- 
bjterian  church,  or  Covenanters,  as  that 
body  ia  called.  Up  to  the  time  of  his  leav- 
ing Scotland,  he  was  a  member  uf  thia  com- 
manion.  and  the  people  preserve  the  mem- 
ory of  the  utd  times  by  huldin);  services  still 
at  Drnuicloij,  where  Mr.  Spiers  used  to 
attend.     The  subject  of  this  sketch  has  not 

gHnried, 

^^upuU.  ThomHA  R.,  M.D.,  KR.C. 

^^K.,  M.U.C.S..  Eng.,  Kingston,  On- 
tario, wu  born  in  the  township  uf  Ernest- 
town,  oD  March  25,  1833,  He  moved  with 
his  parentc  to  Portland,  Frontenac  ooiiuty,in 
1834,wherehewaa  brought  up.  His  father  was 
Joseph  Diipuis,  who  was  boni  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Maakuion^e,  Province  of  Quebec,  be- 
iii|{a  descendant  from  an  old  Dupuis  family, 
which  was  amongst  the  6rst  settlers  of  Low- 
er Canada.  M.  Dupuis,  senr,  enlifiterl  in 
the  Canadian  militia  when  a  young  man,  and 
was  at  the  battle  (tf  Chr>'aler's  Farm  ;  came 
thence  to  Kingston,  where  ho  was  discharg- 
ed, and  received  his  scrip  for  land.  Dr.  Du- 
puis' mother  was  Eleanor,  a  daughter  of 
James  Baker,  who  was  bom  at  Tarrytown, 
New  York  state,  in  I7t)7,  and  left  there  with 
his  father,  Samuel,  on  the  breaking  out  of 
the  revolution.  After  suffering  much  hard- 
sliip,  the  family  reached  Xova  Scotia,  being 
known  aa  U.  E.  loyalists.  The  wn  entered 
the  British  army  and  st^n'ed  seventeen  years, 
sometime  in  Jamaica,  but  chiehy  in  the 
maritime  provinces  and  in  Newfoundland. 
He  m&rried,  and  bia  only  child.  Eleanor, 
wa*  bom  in  Halifax,  February  25th,  1800. 
He  afterw&rds  moved  to  Kingston,  where 
Eleanor  Baker  married  Joseph  Dupuis. 
Joeeph  Dupuis  and  wife  lived  for  some  time 
ia  Kingston,  then   settled  in    Ernesttown, 


where  two  sans  were  born  to  them,  And 
afterwards  bought  a  farm  in  the  township  of 
Portland,  Frontenac  oounty,  where  two 
other  SODS  were  bom.  Joseph  Dupuia* 
family  consisted  of  four  sons,  the  eldest  of 
which  ia  a  farmer,  the  second  is  our 
subject,  the  third  is  professor  of  math<>Ria> 
ties  in  the  University  of  Queen's  College, 
and  the  fourth  is  dead.  Thomas  R.  waa 
brought  up  to  farming,  educateil  at  the 
common  school,  before  and  during  the  com- 
mencement of  Dr.  Ryersoira  common  school 
system.  He  studied  claaaics  and  mathe- 
matics at  an  academy  in  Kingston,  and  ol^ 
tained  a  tirst-clasa  certilicate,  taught  school 
several  years,  and  privately  studied  the 
various  branches  of  a  liberal  education 
during  that  time.  He  entered  the  medi- 
cal  school  of  Queen's  Culluge  in  1800.  and 
graduated  M.£).  in  the  spring  of  184)0.  He 
practised  first  for  a  short  time  at  Harrow- 
smith  ;  then  at  Odessa  ;  and  in  the  spring  of 
187:3  moved  to  Kini^8tf>n.  In  1864  be  spent 
a  summer  in  the  Armory  Square  hospital, 
Washington,  D.C.,  aa  assistant  aurgo<m, 
United  States  army.  In  1870  he  took  ft 
summer  session  in  the  Harvard  Medical 
acho'd,  attending  the  Maasachusetts  and 
City  hospitals  in  Boston,  and  studying  dis- 
easea  uf  the  eye  under  Drs.  Williams  and 
Derby,  of  the  eye  intirmaries.  In  1871 
he  received  the  diploma  of  Fellow  of 
the  Royal  College  of  Phyaioiana  and  Sur- 
geons of  Kingston.  In  1881  ho  uroBaed 
the  ocean,  and  took  the  diploma  of  the 
Hoyal  College  of  Surgeons  of  England. 
Dr.  Dupnis  was  inspector  of  schools  for 
Portland,  Barrie, Clarendon,  Uinchiobrooke 
and  Kennebec,  for  the  years  1859  and  1860  ; 
waa  trustee  of  the  public  school  at  Odessa 
from  1802  to  1869  ;  waa  aldennan  of  the 
City  of  Kingston  from  1874  to  1880,  and 
again  in  1882.  He  has  been  surgeim  of 
Kingston  huspit&l  since  1874.  He  joined 
the  Orange  order  in  1858,  but  for  certain 
reasons  has  never  taken  an  active  part  in 
that  body  ;  he  became  a  maater  Mason  in 
1873.  He  has  always  been  a  Liberal-Con- 
servative in  politics  ;  and  ia  a  member  of  the 
Sons  of  Temperance.  In  1878  he  was  soli- 
citated  to  oHer  himself  as  a  candidate  for 
M.P.  for  the  County  of  Frontenac,  on  an 
independent  ticket,  but  declined  the  honour, 
on  the  grounds  of  being  a  personal  friend 
and  staunch  supporter  of  the  Hon.  O.  A. 
Kirkpatrick,  and  of  having  no  ambition 
in  that  direction.  Dr.  Dupuis  has  travel- 
led considerably  in  the  United  States  and 
the  eastern  parts  of  Canada.  He  has  twice 
visited  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  France, 


A  CrCLOP.€DU  OF 


Germnny,  Switzerland,  Belaiiim.  nnd  Hol- 
land, aud  once  went  tbronijh  Italy,  viaitiog 
0«noa,  Hisa,  Home,  Naples,  Mount  Ve»u* 
viua  and  vicinity,  Venice,  Florence,  MiUn, 
Lake  Maggiore,  etc.  He  has  written  lengthy 
deaoriptioua  of  his  travcLa.  In  religiotiB 
matterB  ho  is  inclined  to  be  rntional.  He 
wa«  broaght  up  between  the  Methodist  and 
EDglish  churcbea,  but  chietly  in  the  furuier. 
He  cuuld  nut  find  Bct*pe  for  rtjasun  in  the 
do^maa  of  theology,  and  hence  gradually 
dropped  one  after  another,  until  he  came  to 
look  upon  religion  as  the  highest  AyBtenrt  of 
morality,  having  olaima  upon  nH  from  ita 
intrinBic  adaptAbility  to  our  necda,  rather 
than  from  any  divine  authority  which  it 
pocseuea.  He  uiarried,  on  the  23rd  day  of 
January.  18(il,  Klizabeth  K.,  second  daugh- 
ter if  Denia  Lake,  of  the  township  of  Port- 
land, a  very  wealthy  and  influential  farmer. 
He  has  had  fire  children  ;  the  tintt  and  sec* 
ond  died  when  yr>ung  ;  the  last  three  are 
BtUl  living,  the  oldest  two  being  at  college. 
Dr.  Dupuis  is  still  a  young  man  in  his  feel- 
ing ana  activities,  doing  a  large  practice, 
attending  to  college  and  hospital  duties, 
and  taking  an  active  part  in  municipal 
and  other  public  matters.  The  cause 
that  led  him  into  the  profession  of  medi- 
cine was  that  which  lends  many  another 
yoting  man  into  it,  namely,  the  facility  with 
which  its  studios  may  be  pursued,  and  the 
fact  that  medical  men  are  scattered  all  over 
the  country,  and  aotaa  incentives  to  others 
to  enter  the  profession.  We  may  add  that 
Dr.  Dupuis  was  appointed  professor  of  bot- 
any in  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  nf  Kingston,  in  18C8  ;  that  he  va- 
cate the  chair  of  botany  and  accepted  that 
of  anatomy  in  1873.  and  still  holds  this  by 
choice.  He  was  appointed  lecturer  on  clin- 
ical surgery  in  1880^  the  duties  of  wliich  he 
still  performs.  He  was  elected  to  thu  coun- 
cil of  Queen's  University  in  1877  ;  elected 
again  in  1882,  and  still  retains  the  office. 
The  Dr.  is  a  good  general  acholar,  able  to 
read  several  languages,  and  well  informed 
on  almost  every  topic,  a  popular  and  effec- 
tive speaker,  a  fluent  and  graceful  writer, 
a  poet  of  considerable  talent,  and  perhaps 
the  ablest  class  lecturer  in  the  Medical 
school  at  Kingston. 

nurpliy,  John  Bernard,  M.  D., 
CM.,  Belleville,  Unt,  was  born  in  the  town- 
ship of  Asphodel,  County  of  Peterborough, 
on  the  31st  of  March,  1850.  Hia  father  was 
Timothy  Murphy,  and  his  mother  Catherine 
McCarthy.  His  father  came  to  Asphodel, 
from  the  County  of  Cork,  Ireland,  with 
his  parentSj  in  18211,   being  then  only  five 


years  of  a^e,  (and  romaioed  then 
bis  deaUi,  which  took  place  on  the  7th 
August,  1^84,  he  was  one  of  the 
successful  farmers  in  the  township, 
mother  settled  in  the  towimliip  with 
parents  about  the  same  time,  and  is 
alivt*.  John  Bernard  Murphy  was  adt 
ted  at  the  Norwood  Gramtnar  school,  aftc 
wards  at  8t.  Michaers  college,  Toronto/^ 
and  finally  at  Queen's  college,  KingiloQ, 
where  he  graduated  in  mediciDe  in  dus 
course.  Having  filled  the  honorary  i-si 
tion  of  house  surgeon  to  the  General  i  • 
pital  for  a  year,  he  removed  to  BelleTiile, 
in  I87tj,  and  began  the  practice  of  hi«  prr>- 
fesBOD.  In  1831  he  received  the  appoint 
ment  of  physician  to  the  Ontario  Instituiu 
for  the  Dd&f  and  Dumb,  which  office  ho  ii 
holds.  Dr.  Murphy  is  a  Liberal  in  politic 
andialst  vice-president  of  the  Uastii 
form  Associaliun.  He  is  a  Roman 
both  of  his  parents  having  professed 
religious  belief.  He  mamed  at  Toroi 
July  22nd,  1885.  Anna,  third  dauj;! 
tlie  late  L.  G.  Bolster,  and  sister  of 
Bolster,  assistant  manager  of  the 
Commerce  at  To')nto. 

Rosa,  John  Jeremiah,  General 
ager  of  the  £rie  and  Huron  itailway.  Chat 
ham,  Ontario,  was  bora  at  Toronto,  on  tl 
2nd  April,  1843.    Hia  father  was  John  R( 
and  liis  mother  Elizabeth  Fniaer.    J.J.  Rc^B' 
was    educated    at    the    Alodel    and  Pnhlif 
schools  of  his  native  city,  but  when  he  hi 
attained    his    fourteenth  year  ho  began  tf 
learn  electric   telegraphy.       He  obtainv^l  a 
position    in    the    auperintendeot's  ofhce  of 
the    Northern    Railway  aa  telegrapii  opei 
ator  ;  subsequently   became    station    agoni 
at    Angus  ;     was    clerk    and    operator    si 
Collingwood,  in  1864'(>5  ;  station  agent 
Barrie    from    1865  to    18(>7  ;  agent  of 
through  freight   and  shipping   dopartntpnl 
and  had  charge  of  the  Northern  Railway 
evator  at  Toronto,  from  18t>7  to  1871.     U< 
now  resigned  his  position,  and  accented  the' 
Toronto  agency  of  the   Nipisaing   Railway, 
then  just  opened.       In    March,    1874,  Mi 
Ross    aceepted  the  office   of  secretary 
superintendent    of  the  Whitby   and    Pf 
Perry    Railway  at   Whitby,  where    htc 
mained  until  the  toad  was  sold  to  the  Gran^ 
Trunk  Company,  and  amalgamated  with  th( 
Midland  Railway  system,  about  1882.     Hi 
then    removed    to  Belleville,    aa    assistant 
superintendent  of  the  Grand  Junction  div« 
iaion     of     the     Midland     Railway,     whi< 
position  ho  held  until    Anguat,    1883.     Ii 
•September  ot  the  same  year  he  left  for  C< 
ifomia  and  British  Columbia,  spending  ti 


CANADIAN  BWOSAFffT. 


561 


months  nil  the  Pftcitic  coast.  In  Februurr, 
ISiii,  he  accepted  the  ufHce  which  he  now 
holds,  that  iif  AupAnnteiident  of  the  Erie 
MMxd  Hiintii  Railway. 

Manntnff,  Alevundvr,  ex-Mayor  of 
the  City  <•(  T(iruiUt),  wna  born  in  Irolaml, 
«ad  cAiue  to  Canada  when  a  young  man. 
Uaviuy;  aunie  friouds  Ui  Tnruntu,  he  re- 
niained  in  that  city  fur  a  short  time,  and 
then  wen:  to  the  Western  States.  After 
•pending  a  short,  time  in  the  went,  and  hav- 
ing made  some  money,  he  returned  to  To- 
roato,  where  ho  took  up  hiA  pormauont 
abode.  Ambitionf  industry,  and  a  capable 
head  toon  brought  him  to  the  front,  and  ere 
loOK  Mr,  Maiin*uij;  became  a  successful  con- 
tractor. Ills  l»n{e  property  stakes  in  To- 
ronto induced  him  to  give  some  attention  to 
municip&l  atTairs,  and  iu  1850-7  he  entered 
the  city  council  as  alderman  for  St.  Law- 
nooe  ward,  and  he  wai  returned  eight  years 
in  aaooeMion  to  the  aldermanic  board.  In 
1873  he  was  elected  mayor  ;  and  in  1885  he 
«a«  ohosen  to  till  the  same  higli  position,  in 
188t»  be  again  offered  himself  for  election, 
but  to  the  great  regret  of  his  many  friends, 
be  was  defeated  by  W.  H.  Howland  after  a 
TeT7  exciting  contest.  To  show  the  high 
respect  in  which  Mr.  Manning  was  held  t>y 
the  members  of  the  city  council,  the  fallow- 
ing residutiou  was  unanimuualy  passed  by 
them  wht>a  he  retinal  from  the  chair  in  Jan- 
uary, iHiiO  ;  — "  That  this  ci>uncil  c&unut  ad- 
journ without  placing  on  record  and  convey- 
ing to  Uia  Worship  the  Mayor,  Alexander 
Manning,  their  hi^h  sense  of  the  ability, 
oare  and  impartiality  with  which  he  baspre- 
■idad  over  the  doUberations  of  the  council 
darinic  a  year  of  marked  etfurtand  progress, 
and  of  the  earnest  £eal  he  has  conspicuously 
manifested  to  watch  over  the  city's  interests 
in  every  matter,  whether  of  large  or  minute 
detail,  sfMrinj;  neither  time  nor  effort  to  eu- 
faithfnl  administration  of  civic  ex- 
dituro.     They  bog  further  to  assure  Uis 

orshtp  tlial  he  tukcs  with  him  on  leaving 
the  chair  the  respevlful.  heartfelt  and  lasting 
giM>d  wishes  of  every  ineKOwr  of  the  counriL 
That  a  copy  uf  this  resolution  be  suitably 
engroased  and  prevented  to  Uis  Wtjrship." 
Daring  one  of  Mr.  Maniiui;<'s  terms  of  the 
majrocalty,  h«  .>.«..•-« -.m(«d  the  Duke  of  Mau- 
fihailar ;  aii>i  I  his   hanilsoiue  resi- 

daaca  on    '>' ^    .■.  street,  with  iu  com- 

Modiooa  grounds,  at  the  disfH>sal  of  Lord 
I>aflarin,  when  bo,  as  governor-general, 
was  viiiting  Toronto.  "  Knowing  how  ex- 
p«nsLTv  |Kjlitiosar«,"  says  Mr.  Davin,  in  the 
'  f  nahman  in  Canada.'  **  ho  has  hitherto  kept 
vul   of   those  engulting  waken,     lie  has  a 


>for 


reputation  it  would  take  a  llembr&ndt  to 
paint.  Beneath  the  shrewdness  and  deter* 
uiination  without  which  wealth  cannot  be 
made,  there  is  a  tender  heart  and,  in  the 
midst  of  shading,  which  would  seem  co  in- 
dicate hardness  of  character,  shine  out  one 
or  two  large  acta  of  spirited  and  apparently 
even  reckless  generosity.  A  deviser  of 
schemes,  he  has  learned  how  to  use  men  ; 
and  always  on  the  alert  to  put  a  little  train 
of  one  kind  or  another  in  motion,  be  is 
suspicious  lest  ho  himself  should  be  taken 
in  and  too  cheaply  used.  ^^Hien  addressing 
the  electors  at  one  of  the  hotels,  during  a 
contest  for  the  mayoralty,  he  properly 
boasted  that  he  had  been  a  working-man. 
There  could  not  be  a  better  instance  than  is 
furnished  by  Alexander  Manning  of  what 
Canada  can  do  for  persons  with  brains  and 
thrift.  Mr.  Manninfl;  has  been  a  useful 
citizen,  and  may  yet  play  a  more  prominent 
part  in  politics  when,  satisfied  with  the 
wealth  be  has  acquired,  he  throws  contract- 
ing aside.*'  Mr.  Manning  is  an  extensive 
dealer  in  real  estate,  and  has  erected  some 
splendid  buildings  in  the  t^ity  of  Toronto. 
Among  these  may  be  mentioned  the  Ar- 
cade, which,  at  the  time  of  writiusf,  is  in 
course  of  erection  on  King  street.  The 
Grand  Opera  House  is  also  the  property  of 
Mr.  Manning. 

Clirisllo,  lion.  J.  %V.,  Brock ville,  was 
l>orn  at  Fort  Albany,  East  Hudson  Bay,  on 
the  lUth  January,  1824.  His  father  entered 
the  Hudson  Bay  Company's  service  in  1800, 
and  rose  rapidly,  being  chief  factor  in  1M21. 
He  waa  subsequently  given  charge  of  York 
Factory,  Mooae  and  Fort  Garr}' ;  and  he 
was  for  many  yeara  governor  of  the  Assini- 
boiue  district,  now  Manitoba.  He  retired 
in  m4U.  and  died  in  his  native  country, 
Scotland,  aged  eighty-nine,  leaving  a  name 
honoured  to  this  day  throughout  the  North- 
VVeat.  J.  W.  Christie,  we  learn  frtmi  an  ac- 
count lying  before  us,  was  sent  to  .Aberdeen, 
Scotland,  to  be  educated,  and  returned  to 
this  cmtinent  with  Sir  George  Simpson,  in 
1^1,  almost  immediately  entering  the  aer- 
vice  at  Lake  Superior.  In  I84:t  he  went  to 
the  northern  department,  and  was  one  yesr 
at  ltt»cky  Mountain  house,  trading  with 
Blaokfeut  Indians.  He  was  next  stationed 
at  York  Factory,  whore  he  stAved  four  years, 
being  tbeiice  promoted  to  I'ort  Churuhili, 
H.  B.,  where  he  remained  four  years,  and 
was  transferred  to  the  Swan  Hiver  district, 
Fort  Pelly  ;  after  six  years  ho  was  promoted 
to  the  charge  of  the  Saskatchewan  district, 
which  be  retained  fourteen  yesrs,  when  in 
1872,  upon  the  rc-organixation  of  the  Uud* 


ta^ 


A  VrCLOPASDiA  OF 


son  Bay  Company's  buiinGSs,  he  vaa  made 
inspoctiug  chief  fnci^jr  and  suporviaur  of  the 
couulry  from  Fort  Uarry  to  ihu  Arctic  ru- 
IfiuDS,  coraprisiug  Sutaii  river,  the  Sasktitch- 
ewfiit,  Eogliah  river,  AthabAJiWa,  aud  the 
SlcKensie  river  districta.  On  returnini^ 
from  hia  tour  of  inapectiou,  Mr.  Christie  re- 
signed and  Htittlod  at  Brock vitle,  in  1873, 
after  thirty-one  years'  active  Bervice.  Dur- 
ing the  Eiel  insurrection,  Mr.  Chriatio  wu 
in  charge  of  the  fr^askatchewan  di&trict,  and 
his  tact,  management  and  great  popularity 
vith  the  half-breeds  and  natives  undoubt- 
edly aared  the  Hudson  M\y  Company  from 
immense  loss.  It  wnuld  have  been  uiisy  for 
the  disaffected  to  hare  cut  off  the  northern 
posts,  which  at  the  outbreak  of  the  distur- 
bances were  almost  entirely  without  auuplies, 
but  Mr.  Chrifitie  managed  to  avoid  a 
blockade,  and  early  got  out  a  supply  of  pro- 
visions to  Nurway  House  depot  for  the  sum* 
nier^B  transport  business.  In  the  spring  of 
1874,  the  Dominion  gov»;rnmeTH  biding 
about  to  make  a  trt'.aty  with  the  Pl^Jn  Dis- 
trict Crees,  Mr  Christie  was  appointed  one 
of  the  Gummissioners  for  that  purpose,  and 
when  a  council  was  ap]xunteu  to  aid  the 
lieuteuant'i^ovemor  c>f  Manitoba  and  the 
North-West,  he  was  requested  to  form  one 
of  that  body.  Throughout  the  administra- 
tions  of  Governors  8impson,  Dallas  and 
McTaviah,  lie  was  a  comutiasioned  officer 
aud  member  of  council,  and  in  various  wiiya 
rendered  conspicuous  services.  His  name 
is  mentioned  in  very  Uattering  terms  in 
Captain  PulUsor^s  report  of  the  expedition 
of  185H-D,  and  the  same  may  be  said  uf  all 
parliameutary  papers  referring  to  the  North- 
West.  A  brief  account  of  some  of  Mr. 
Christie's  journeyings  may  prove  interesting 
to  those  only  accustomed  to  Palace  cars. 
In  ISCl,  having  with  difficulty  obtained 
leave  of  absence  for  six  months,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  visiting  iScotlaud,  Mr.  Christie  set 
out  from  York  Factory,  on  the  19th  Septem- 
ber, in  the  Hudson  Bay  Company's  sailinK 
vessel  Prince  of  WtUes^  550  tons,  captain  D. 
J.  Herd.  The  bay  was  crossed  in  three 
days,  and  the  straits  cleared  in  a  week. 
It  took  only  ten  days  to  run  from  Resolu- 
tion to  the  Lizard,  and  but  for  a  thick  fog 
in  the  English  Channel,  which  detained  the 
vessel  several  days,  the  passage  from  York 
Factory  to  the  East  India  docks,  London, 
would  have  been  made  in  twenty  days. 
This  achievement  will  be  interesting  to  the 
advocates  of  the  scheme  for  shipping  the 
grain  of  the  west  to  Europe  rta  Hudson's 
Bay.  The  route  is  undoubtodly  short,  but 
the  early  close  of  navigatioQ  is  a  formidable 


i 


obstaolo.      However,   to  Teamiip.      ~.  '^.~  "" 
January,  J8fi2,  Mr.  Christie  L*nil 
Cuuanl  steamer  for  New  York,  t 
train    for    Lacrosse,    thence    by 
cjoch  to  St.  Paul,  from  whence  il 
to  Georgetown,   Red  river,  oocu 
dnys.      Hero  dog-trains  were  reati,, 
the   run    lo  Pembina,    five   days,   whcr*  a 
horse  cariole  was  brought  into   rei|uiaii;'>ji 
for  the  seventy  miles  to    Fort  Garry.     He 
was    thus  enabled  to  reporc    on    the    'JOth 
February,  the  vury  day  on  which  his  Wmxt 
expired.      Aft<sr  a  week  s  rest,  he  started  for 
Fort  Edmonton,    1,(HX)  miles  di-^ 
acoomptishetl  thn  trip  in  twenty--, 
with  uog  ftleds.     Staying  here  a  m-nt-ii 
left  for  Carleton,  tiOO  miles  down   the  S 
katchewan   river  by  boat,  and   retunit^d 
Fort  Qarry,  5U0  miles,  on  horseback, 
maining  a  few  days,  he  started  with  MessnJ 
Dallas,  McTavidli  and  Graham,  for  Norway 
house,  north. of  Lake  Winnipeg,  to  hold  tl)ft 
North-West  Fur  Council,  after  which  hav- 
ing been  appointed  to  take  charge  of  an  c 
pedition    of   two   north    canoes    to    ooo 
Governor  Dallas  on   a   tour  of  inspectioa 
he   set   out,    28th    June,   via    Cuuiberiai 
house,   Isle  Lacrosse,    to  Portage    Lalocho, 
l,tiOO  miles,  and  accomplished  the  jou 
in  sixteen  days.     Portage  Laloche  is  ni: 
miles  long.      One  of  the  canoes  wma  carried!! 
across,  and  the  other  sent  back  to  Moot^ 
real.      Continuing   their  journey.    Mcasnw' 
Dallas  and  Christie  went  *h*^n  Clear  Wai 
anil  Athabaska  rivers  to  Fort  Chi(:«wyaii, 
thence  up  Peace  river  to  Dunvegan,  sereu- 
tE^eii    days'    paddlin'j;   against    the    stream. 
Returning  to  Heart  river,  a  clerk,  men  ami 
twenty  pack-horses    assisted    them    acruss 
the  portage   to    Lesser   Slave    Lake,   throe 
days   journey,    where  the  party  exchangfld 
the    canoe    for  a  boat   manned   by    eight 
men  and  were  rowed  via  Lesser  8Uve  Lake 
river  aud  Athabasca  river  to  Post  Assioi- 
boioe,   where  thirty  pack-horses  were  rvady 
to  transport  the  expedition  /icrnas  the  eighty 
miles  to   Fort  Edmonton.       Aft«r  a 
at  the   fort,  they  sot  out  with  a  light  boat 
and   eight   men    for    Carleton    Bouse,   six 
days'     journey.      Here     Governor     Dallas 
staried  for  Fort  Garry  across  the   PLsius, 
and  Mr  Christie  retnmetl  to  Edmontou  to 
winter,  having  been  travelling  in  all  sorti  of 
ways  from  September,    1861,  to   October, 
18G2,   during  which  period  lie   must   have 
covered  over  fourteen  thousand  milea     An- 
other time,  he   made  a  tour  of  insp«ctii.>ii 
from  Fort  Garrjr  to   Fort  Simpson,  abf>ul 
2,000  miles,  which  waa  acoi:}mphshed  with 
the  aid  of  horses,  boats  and  cauoea,  in  forty* 


^i^A 


CANADIAN  BIOGHAPUT. 


563 


a^  The  return  journey  waa  miide  in 
winter,  U*4ving  Furt  SinipAon,  Dticember  5, 
with  ft  citrif^lo,  two  dog  traios,  a  clerk,  in- 
terpreter ftiul  two  oien.  It  occupluil  tifty- 
four  djuya.  Not  k  mishap  ocourrvd  cither 
w»y.  Mr.  Christie  wao  ttppointed  by  the 
govuniuiftii  in  1874,  ooiurai&siouor  tu  Det£o- 
tiate  »  trouly  with  tho  PUiu  Indiana,  Hia 
oo-commiasioTium  wore  the  Hon.  I).  I^ird 
and  Htin.  Alex.  Morria,  and  the  treaty  wai 
aatiafactorily  concluded  at  Fort  Qn'Appelle 
io  that  yofur.  in  1875,  Mr.  Chrietie  atroiu 
▼iait«d  the  North  We»t  territory  ahnie  iu 
bis  capacity  aa  cuiuiniuinner,  to  secure  the 
Adhesion  of  the  chiefs  who  were  nbsont  wbeti 
the  treaty  was  made-  This  ho  accomplished. 
In  1(^76  he  was  a^iun  appointed  Indian com- 
miaaiouer,  haring  as  cuufreres  Hon.  A. 
Morrifl  uai\  Hon.  Mr.  McKay,  to  conclude 
a  treaty  with  the  Plain  Crees  of  the  Saa* 
katchewan,  and  which  trvaty  being  effected 
ia  known  to  hiatory  aa  treaty  number  six. 
A  few  yeara  subsequently,  he  was  offered 
the  app-^tutment  of  Indian  Commissioner, 
in  the  North-West  Territory,  but  wi&hing 
reiirement  after  an  active  life,  he  declined 
MOptanoft,  Mr.  Christie  was  peculiarly 
BttM  for  this  position,  an  about  twenty 
je»r«  of  his  life  while  in  the  Uadaon  Hay 
»«rvice  waa  spent  tu  doaliu((  with  the  INain 
Indiana,  dnririi^'  which  time  he  became 
thon^'Ughly  o>nver«aut  with  their  language, 
and  also  understood  the  peculiar  traits  of 
the  Iivltan  cliArtkCt-er.  Noth withstand inc^ 
the  arduons  life  he  haa  lived,  he  is  full  of 
enthusiasm  aa  to  the  future  of  the  North- 
Westi  BO  much  ao,  that  three  of  his  sona 
now  are  cK^cupyiug  pusitioiu  iJi  the  Hudson 
Bay  service.  In  religion  he  is  a  Presby- 
terian. Mr.  Christie's  beautiful  villa,  at 
Brockville,  is  known  as  Edgar  place. 

I>od<l,  nurrny,  Q.C.M.P,.  for  Cape 
Breton,  Sydney,  waa  bom  at  Syilney,  on 
the  23rd  Mav,  lti43.  He  is  a  member  of 
one  of  the  oldest  and  most  prominent  fami- 
liea  in  Canada.  His  grandfather,  the  Hon. 
Arvhibald  ^Jharles  Dodd,  came  to  Cape  Bre- 
ton, from  Kni^lanil,  in  \*iM^  and  was  shortly 
afterwards  apprjint«xl  president  of  the  Coun- 
cil '  i  »land  of  Catie  Breton.  Ho  waa 
Bii  y  appointed  chief  justice,  and 
»  ■  '  .idiuinisteriMl  tho  gor- 
ti '  '»rH  period  M-irray 
I>i/i<<i  •-  n  9<M>  oi  I.I1V  lion.  Kdmund  Murray 
Dodd,  who  waa  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Nora  Scotia  for  twenty-six  years, by  Caro- 
line Mana,  daughter  of  the  Ute  John  Kitohie 
of  Sydney.  If.'  rocoived  his  early  educa- 
tion*! instri:  ^tlney,  and  afterwards 
prooetded  t.,             ^ie,   New    Bninswiok, 


where  he  completed  his  st.u<lu*s,  Oti  leav- 
ing Snckville,  he  ent.ered  upfm  tho  Htu<ly  nf 
law  at  Sydney,  in  the  office  of  D.  N.  Mac- 
Queen,  Q.C.,  and  uu  the  2nd  May,  L84S5, 
waa  called  to  the  bar  of  Nova  Scotia,  when 
he  &t  once  bej^an  to  practice  his  profussiou 
at  Sydney.  His  ability  wiw  not  of  the  or- 
dinary kind,  and  it  wiis  acknowledged  that 
he  was  well  versed  in  the  law  ;  so  that 
it  is  not  surprising  to  leani  that  ho  was 
soon  in  tho  front  rank  of  hia  profession. 
On  the  Ist  of  l^ctober,  18*'i7,  he  was  ap- 
pointed registrar  of  the  Court  of  Probate  for 
the  County  of  Csi«  Bret<^»ii,  holding  this  of- 
fice till  1872,  when  he  was  }\ppr»inted  judgQ 
of  probate  for  the  same  o<  unty.  In  Octo- 
l>er,  1870,  he  resigned  the  judgeship  of  pro- 
bate to  contest  the  County  of  Cape  Breton 
for  the  House  of  Commons ;  but  ho  waa 
defeated.  In  the  following  year  he  was  in- 
vested with  the  Counsellors  silken  ^own  ; 
and  at  the  lost  general  election  he  achiuved 
the  object  of  bis  ambition,  by  bein^i  elected 
for  his  native  county.  Capo  Bretnn.  Mr. 
Dixld  has  much  energy,  and  he  is  a  man 
who,  without  ostefitation.  estHblished  him- 
self in  a  prominent  place  in  the  House  of 
Commons ;  and  his  conatiiueuta  have  in 
him  a  useful,  devoted  and  intluenti.il  r>  t  ' 
sentative.  He  married  at  Sydney  M 
on  the  I8th  December,  1879,  Laura  Uabul, 
second  daughter  of  Blowers  Archibald,  of 
that  place. 

(il^vynnc,  Hon.  John  Wellinnton^ 
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Canada, 
Ottawa,  was  bom  at  Cable  fCmick.  in  tho 
County  of  Dublin,  Ireland,  on  the  30lh 
of  Marchi  18M.  He  is  a  son  of  the  lato 
Hot.  William  Gwynne,  I).D.  and  uf  Eliza 
his  wife,  who  was  a  daughter  of  the  Iter. 
N.  Nelsou,  DanshauLrhlin,  County  uf  Meath, 
Ireland.  He  entered  Trinity  College,  Pub* 
lin,  July,  1828.  In  Ift32,  when  yonng 
Owynne  waa  in  his  eighteenth  year,  he 
arrived  in  Canada,  at  once  oonuuoooed  the 
study  of  tho  law  in  the  office  of  Thomas 
Kirkpatrick,  barrister  of  Kingston,  and  in 
1837,  in  Trinity  term,  he  waa  called  td  tho 
bar  of  I'pper  Canada.  At  the  general  eU«c- 
tion  of  1847,  he  offered  himself  as  a  candi- 
date for  Huron  in  the  Legislative  Assembly 
of  Canada;  but  he  waa  un4uci*eBnful.  In 
July,  1852.  he  married  Julin.  the  voungost 
daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  Durie,  K.H.  <if 
Craii:luscar.  In  November,  18tW,  he  waa 
apptiintvd  a  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  for  Ontario.  In  1879  he  was  apj  nint- 
ed  a  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Canada. 
Himself  and  his  family  are  members  of  the 
Episoopal  Churcli. 


A  CTCLOI'AHVIA  OF 


Colhy,  Cbarlew  Carroll,  M.F.,  for 

Stanatcnd,  Province  of  Quebec,  waa  born  at 
Derby,  i»  tbo8tiite  of  Vermoul,  oo  the  10th 
of  December,  11527.  HU  paternal  anceatora 
removed  froui  Cheater,  England,  to  MaM»- 
chuaetls  in  1032.  On  the  maternal  aide,  he 
ia  a  deacendant  of  the  Stoddards,  one  of  the 
old  and  leading  familiea  of  Connecticut. 
Bia  father,  the  late  Moaea  French  Colby, 
M.  A, ,  M.D.,  received  hia  acieotific  and 
medical  education  at  Dartmouth,  Yale  and 
Harvard  collegea,  in  the  United  States  ; 
removed  to  Stanatead  with  hia  family,  in 
1842,  repreacnted  Stanatead  in  the  Provin- 
cial Legialature  at  Quebec,  at  and  prior  to 
the  outbreak  of  the  rebellioa  of  1837,  waa 
Burgeon  of  miiitia  and  voUintoera  during  the 
rebellion,  and  died  at  Stanatead  May  4th, 
186^,  Aged  aixty-Bevea*yean.  Ua  vaa  ma 
able,  inqniring  and  forceful  man,  and  waa 
diatinguiahed  for  hia  enterprise  and  public 
apirit  aa  veil  aa  by  bia  rare  attoinntonta,  and 
aucceaa  in  the  practice  of  medicine  and  anr- 
gery.  The  anbject  of  thia  aketch  graduated 
at  Dartmouth  College,  New  Hampshire,  io 
1847,  at  the  ^o  of  nineteen.  He  com- 
menced the  study  of  law  in  the  olhce  of  the 
late  H.  Uailey  TerrUl,  M.P.P,  at  Stanatead, 
prosecuted  his  atudy  in  the  offices  of  A.  & 
Q.  Robertson,  at  Montreal,  and  Hon.  J.  S. 
Sanborn,  at  Sherbrouke,  and  in  1855  en- 
tered upon  the  practice  of  law  at  Stanatead, 
which  he  continued  with  succees  until 
elected  to  the  Houao  of  Commona  in  18C7. 
Mr  Colby  haa  been  a  leading  promoter  of, 
and  a  liberal  contributor  to,  all  public  enter- 
prises  in  his  neij^hbourhooJ.  Ue  ia  a  trua- 
tee  of  Stanatead  College,  was  a  director  of 
the  Stanatead,  Shefford  and  Chambly  Rail- 
way Company,  the  Waterloo  and  Magog 
Railway  Company,  and  the  Masaowippi  Val- 
ley Railway  Company,  durin;^  the  conatruc- 
tion  of  thoae  railroads  ;  is  at  present  a  di- 
rector of  the  Cumberland  Coal  and  Railway 
Company,  the  Magog  Textile  and  Print 
Company,  and  of  the  International  Railway 
Company,  and  ia  president  of  the  Interna- 
tional Railway  Company  of  Maine,  which 
latter  are  links  in  the  projected  Short  Line 
from  Montreal  to  the  maritime  ports,  an 
entcrpriae  which  ho  has  for  many  years  ac- 
tively promoted.  Mr.  Colby  defeated  the 
government  candidate  in  1807,  and  entered 
parliament  aa  an  independent  Coraervative. 
He  was  returned  by  acclamation  in  1872, 
and  again  in  1874,  and  was  elected  by  large 
majoritiea  in  1878  and  1882.  He  haa  been 
a  ateady  supporter  of  the  Conservative  gov- 
oi^ment  in  ita  policy  of  progroas,  protection 
and  development,  aud  during  the  admioia- 


tration  of  Mr.  Mackenzie  waa  in  oppoaition. 
In  parliament  he  has  taken  a  leading  pari] 
in  the  diacussiou  of  many  important,  econ- 
omic and  practical  questions,  but  has  rarely 
interested   himself   in  the   apeoulative  and., 
theoretical.     Aa  a  parliamentary  debater 
ia  clekr,  Qnent,  logical  and  effective,  and 
notable  occasiona  be  has  contributed  to 
information  of  the  House.      Bj  cloae  adl 
anoe  to  the  subject  matter  in  hand, 
hia  earnest  and  persuasive  method  of 
he  always  commands  the  attention  mni 
apect  of  his  hearers.     Aa  early  as  the 
of  1868,  in  hia  speech  uprjn  the  hop 
he  declared  hia  belief  that  a  d^rfenaive 
against  the  high  tariff  of  the  neiflhb< 
country  was  the  trne  policy  for  Canada,  air 
in  1879,  when  speaking  upon  the  same  aul 
ject,  he  urged  the  adoption  of  ''  a  nationi 
policy  baaed  to  eome  extent  on  the  idea  of* 
reciprocity  of  tariffe."     In  1870  and  1871  he 
urged  aimilar  views,  and  again  in  lef70, 1877 
and  1878.    His  apeech  in  the  aesaion  of  U_._ 
waa  circulated  throughout   every  oonstitu- 
enoy  in  the  Dominion  as  a  campaign  dooa- 
ment,  and  had  a  powerful  iotiuence  upoaj 
the  reault.     In  1871  and  1872  he  introdi 
billa  for  the  repeal  of  the  Insolvency  Actjl 
and  carried  them  by  votes  in  the  House  of 
Commona,  againat  the  government  and  lead- 
ing  members  of    the   opposition.     On   the 
first  occaaion  the  bill  waa  thrown  out  by  the 
apeakcr,  at  the  third  reading,  on  a  point  of 
order,  and  on  the  latter  it  waa  rejected  by 
the  Senate.     In  1870  he  waa  chairman  of  tha 
select  committee  on  Bankruptcy  and  Insol* 
vency,and  in  1880  he  intnvduced  and  carried 
through  the  bill  which  tinally  repealed  the 
law.    While  the  late  Sir  Francis  tiincka  was 
finance  minister,  Mr.  Colby's  speeches  pre- 
vailed with  him  to  withdraw  the  government 
proposition  relating  to  export  dntiea  upon 
bark,    and   to  greatly  modify  the    featurea 
of  his  general  banking  bill   relating  to  thi 
capitalization  cf  banks.     Hia  epeoches  upoaj 
insurance,  the  acquisition   of   the  Uudsai 
Bay  company's  territory  and  Rupert's  Land 
the  annexation  of  British  Columbia,  and  thi 
Panama  canal,  were  powerful,  aud  etfectivi 
To  him  the  country  ia  lanjoly  indebted  ft 
the  reduction  of  the  petroleum  duties  and] 
for  the  safe  inspection  of  illuminating  oil. 
In  the  session  of  18K5  his  speeches  upon  the 
Scott  act  amendment,  aud  upon  the  auheidy 
to  the  Short  Line  Railway  from  Montreal  to 
the  maritime  ports  very   evidently  effected 
the  votes.     Mr    Colby's  record  in    parlia- 
ment ia  that  of  a  practical  and  clear-minded 
working  and  apcaking  member,  and  hia  uni- 
form courtesy  ia  appreciated  by  hia  poUtical 


CANADIAN  BWQRAFHY, 


pftDenU.  He  is  nut  a  too  frequent 
apeftker,  and  is  always  liatened  to  with 
marked  attention.  In  December,  1858,  ho 
married  Harriet  Child  of  Weybridge,  Ver- 
mont, a  lady  of  high  culture,  by  whou  ho 
I  haa  two  daughters  ami  two  sons. 
^  Miller,  Uon.Wniluin,g.C.,  Speaker 
^^■f  the  bwnate  uf  Canada,  Halifax,  waa  bom 
^^K  Aiiti^ouish,  Nova  Scotia,  on  the  12th 
^HPlebruary,  1835.  He  is  descended  on  the 
^HMtemal  side  from  a  family  that  emij^at^d 
^from  Belfast,  Ireland,  in  1720,  and  settled 
in  Maine.  A  branch  of  the  family  removed 
to  Colchester,  Nova  Scotia,  in  1760,  and  the 
great-grandfather  of  William  Miller  was  one 
of  the  original  grantees  of  tlie  township  of 
Truro.  The  father  of  the  subject  of  our 
sketch  was  Charles  Miller,  Antigoniah  ;  and 
his  mother  was  Eliza,  daughter  of  Richard 
Smith,  who  with  his  fauiily  emigrated  to 
Nova  Scotia  from  the  County  Wicklow,  Ire- 
land, in  IMll.  William  Miller  received  his 
education  at  the  St.  Andrew's  Grammar 
school  and  the  Antiguuish  academy  ;  aiid 
when  hia  educational  course  was  ended, 
after  teaching  a  cummou  school  for  a  few 
,  he  began  the  study  of  law.  In  18G0 
e  WM  called  to  the  bar  of  Nova  Scotia, 
d  bi^an  practising  his  profession  in  Hali- 
where  ne  has  since  won  bright  profes- 
nal  laurels.  In  1872  be  wm  appointed 
eeii's  Counsel,  and  upon  few  men  in 
ia  haa  the  silken  gown  been  more  de- 
redly  bestowed.  Early  in  life  Seafitor 
Her  was  known  as  a  close  student  of  poli- 
tical questions,  and  in  1863  oonimenced  hu 
political  career  by  obtaining;  the  election 
%o  the  Nova  Sootia  Assembly  for  Richmond, 
Mid  occupying  that  seat  till  cnnfedoration, 
fonr  years  later.  While  a  meiniver  uf  the 
local  legislature  he  was  a  zealovis  advocate  of 
,  dvlivering  many  powerful  speeches  in 
vocaoyof  that  measure.  But  whUeasealous 
pporter  of  the  scheme  of  union,  pure  and 
pie,  ho  was  opposed  t*:!  the  financial  con* 
and  some  otlier  details  of  the  Quebec 
;  4nd  it  was  on  hia  suggestion,  and 
is  assisianoe,  that  the  oompromiw  was 
effected  wlierehy  the  delegation  to  England 
pointed  in  18<)0,  to  seouro,  under  the 
B  of  the  Imperial  authorities,  such 
cations  of  th't  general  scheme  as  would 
make  it  more  fair  and  acceptable  to  the 
pie  of  Nova  .Scotia.  He  was  nominated 
eletcate  to  the  boinlon  Colonial  confer* 
of  1804)-O7,  but  declined  the  appnnt- 
rpon  the  consummation  of  union  he 
^Klled  to  the  Semite  by  Royal  proclama- 
tn  the  Senate  he  has  been  an  active 
d    vigorous  member  ;  and  tf  the  bulk  of 


the  Rentlemen  comprising  that  body  were  to 
exhibit  the  vigour  and  the  mastery  of  public 
questions  that  Senator  Miller  displays,  it 
would  meet  with  less  hostile  criticism  than 
ia  now  too  frequently  bestowed  upon  it.  He 
has.  for  several  sessions,  been  chairman  of 
the  Private  Bills  committee,  and  haa  been 
chairman  of  the  Contingent  committee  {in- 
ternal economy).  He  has  twice  refused  a 
seat  on  the  bench  ;  once  when  offered  by 
Premier  Mackenzie,  and  again  by  Sir  John 
A.  Macdonald.  That  he  wuuld  hare  adorned 
the  bench  is  beyond  question,  though  we 
have  cause  for  satisfaction  that  his  states- 
man-like abilities  have  been  preserved  to 
the  wider  sphere.  Ou  the  17lh  October, 
1883,  he  was  appointed  Speaker  of  the  Sen- 
ate, which  poaition  he  fills  with  ability,  with 
dignity,  and  with  perfect  natisfiiction.  In 
poHtica  he  is  a  Liberal -Conservative,  but  as 
a  senator  he  has  not  developed  any  party 
views. 

Buckc,  Richard  Maurice,  M.  D., 
Londou,  OnCariu,  was  born  al  Methwold, 
County  of  Norfolk,  England,  on  the  ISth 
March,  1837.  Dr.  Backe  is  a  great-great- 
great  grandson  of  the  celebrated  prime  minis- 
ter. Sir  Robert  Walpole,  first  earl  of  Orford, 
and  grand  nephew  of  Charles  Bucke,  author 
of  works  on  the  "'  Beauties  of  Nsture"  and 
**  Ruins  of  Ancient  Cities.*'  These  works 
have  by  no  means  ^ '  drifted  down  stresm  into 
oblivion's  sea,"  but  are  still  issued  from  the 
presses  of  Harper  «&  Bnts.,  of  New  York. 
Dr.  Bucke  is  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Horatio  Wal- 
pole  Bucke,  a  minister  of  the  Church  of  Eng* 
land,  who  moved  with  his  family  to  Upper 
Canada  when  Maurice  was  one  year  old.  The 
Rov.  Mr.  Bucke  died  in  1855.  He  married 
Clarissa  Andrews,  of  Milden-hall.  Suffolk, 
England,  who  afterwards  became  the  mother 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  The  family 
settled  three  miles  east  of  London,  and 
Richard  Miurioe  Bucke  was  brought  up, 
strangely  enough,  upon  a  farm  not  a  hun- 
dred rods  from  the  asylum  which  he  now 
superintends.  The  lad  was  educAted  in  the 
London  Grammar  school;  but  in  1853  he 
set  out  upon  a  tour  of  travel,  prooeedmg  to 
California  by  the  overland  route  and  return- 
ing tta  Pamima,  in  1858.  He  attended  Mc- 
Oill  University  for  four  years,  studying 
medicine  and  surgery  ;  and  he  (j;raduated  in 
1862  as  tirst  pri.Ka  studvnt.  He  then  spent 
tw«>  years  in  a^lditional  professional  study 
at  London,  England  and  at  Paris.  He  re- 
turned to  Canada  in  18t>4,  and  made  a 
second  trip  to  California,  but  this  time,  in 
the  interests  of  the  Gould  &  Curry  Silver 
Mining  Company,     X)c.  Bucko  returned  to 


A  CTCLOPMVIA  OF 


Canada  the  following  year,  settling  in  Sar- 
uia,  wliere  he  practiced  hu  prufouinn  for  ten 
yean.  In  187*3  ho  waa  appoinUid  medical  »u- 
perintendeut  of  the  Asylum  for  the  loHane  at 
HarailtoD,  Ont.  ;  and  in  Febrnary  of  the  fol- 
lowing year,  upon  the  demise  of  Dr.  Landor, 
received  promotion  bj*  appointment  as  medi- 
cal aupcrintendeni  of  a  similar  inRtitution 
at  London.  Under  Dr.  Bucke'a  manage- 
ment there  ia  the  moat  thorough  satisfaction, 
and  he  seems  to  {Kissess  peculiar  and  un- 
usnsl  ntnesa  for  his  responsible  position. 
Additions  frrim  time  to  time  have  been  made 
to  the  buiidinj^a  ;  he  is  coutinuaUy  improv- 
ing the  grounds — indeed  he  makes  it  the 
study  of  his  life  to  increaae  the  comforts  of 
the  unfortunate  creatures  committed  to  his 
care.  The  London  Insane  Asylum  is  tlie 
largest  in  the  prr^vince  ;  and  gentlemen  who 
are  famihar  with  similar  institutions  in  the 
United  States,  declare  that  they  have  norer 
seen  a  better  managed  establishroeut  than 
that  under  the  charge  of  Dr.  Huoke.  Dr. 
Bucko  ia  author  of  a  work  on  "  Man's  Moral 
Nature,'*  which  he  published  in  1879.  He 
gave  much  thought  and  time  to  bis  subject, 
and  was  rewarded  by  finding  a  hearty  re* 
oeption  accorded  to  the  book  tipon  ita  ap- 
fi«arance.  Various  newspapers  bore  tribute 
to  ita  merit ;  and  the  Hamilton  Times  de- 
clared, nnd  very  justly,  *'  It  ia  such  trea- 
tises aa  this  which  awaken  and  quicken 
thought,  and  o[»cn  up  almost  boundless  fields 
for  speculation."  The  Chriftian  Rcijinter,  of 
Boston,  describes  it  as  *'  the  work  of  a  man 
who  writes  with  intelligence  and  a  charming 
spirit  of  candour ;  "  and  adds,  that  the  stylo 
**  is  clear  and  strong,  and  the  moral  tone 
pure."  In  1882  he  published  a  second  work, 
'•Walt  Whitman,''  which  has  been  highly 
praised  by  such  competent  critics  as  Profes- 
sor Edward  Uowden,  of  Dublin  University, 
and  Walter  Shiane  Kennedy,  of  Huston. 
This  work  has  been  re-puldished  in  England, 
and  has  had  a  large  sale.  Besides  these 
books,  Dr.  Bucke  has  published  many  ar- 
ticles in  Psychological  and  other  journals. 
Dr.  Bucke  married,  in  18(35,  Jessie  Maria 
Gurd,  of  Moore,  Ontario,  by  whom  he 
has  had  eight  children,  seven  of  whom  sur- 
vive. 

■lodglna,  John  George,  M.A., 
LL.D.,  KH,G.S.,  Deputy  Mimstor  of  Ed- 
ucation for  Ontario,  Tonmto,  was  bom  at 
Dublin,  IreUnd,  <»n  August  12th,  1821.  He 
came  with  nomu  relative*  to  Canada  when  in 
his  twelfth  year,  and  received  his  education 
in  the  Province  of  Ontario.  He  attended  Up- 
per Canada  Academy  and  Victoria  College, 
Cobuurg,  and  received  his  decree  from   the 


Victoria  Uuirerafity.    He  likowiae  gradnAtt-il 
in  tlie  faculty  of  law  in  Torout^j  Univt 
from  wliich  institution  he  rec«ired,  iit  . 
the  degree  of  LL.  H. ,  and  in    1870,    thit  ^i 
LL.D.     Dr.  Hodgins  was  called  to   the  bsr 
of  Ontario  in  the  last  mentioned  year.      Bal 
it  ia  not  aa  a  lawyer  ibat  Dr.  HvHigins  ealU 
for  our  admiration,  though  we  rnay  wtll 
Buro    that  had  a  man  bo  eminently    ^fc 
devoted  liis  time  and  his  enthusiasm  to  t 
legal  profession,  he  would  have  won  laurel 
there,  as  he  has  done  in  the  walk  which  )if 
has  chosen.    It  ia  as  on  t'ducatitmist  that  the 
biographer's  attention  is  directed  to 
joct  of  this  sketch.     In  1844  began  t 
nection  of  Dr.     Hodgins    with    edn 
work,  and   since  that  time  his   c&: 
been  marked  by  the  most  patient  ind 
by   unflagging  xeal,  and    above    all.    by 
genius  for  organization,  and  for  keeping  t 
educati<jnal  system  commensurato  with  t 
needs  of  the  public.      In  1840    he     beoam* 
secrotftry  of    the  Board  of    Kdncation    f 
Upper  Canada,  which  h*n\y  waa  aft^rwanli 
designated  the  Council  of  Public    Inatmc- 
tiou.     To  the  responsible  positioti    of  dep- 
uty head  of  Kducation  he  was  appointed  la 
1865.     Never  has  pubBc  man,  in  this  conn- 
try,  of    whom    we    have    any    Vno 
sought    with  greater  c>>itaoienoi><tisn 
tit  himself  for  the  trust  roposcd  in  him 
did  the  newly  appointed  deputy  of  Etlti 
tion.    He  spent,  at  his  own  expense,  in  I 
after  receiving  his  tirst  appointment,  a 
in  Dublin,  familiarizing   himself    with  tha 
detaiU  of  management  in  the  otlioe  of  tbt 
National   Board   of   £ducatif>n   in    Ireland, 
and  in  mastering  the  methods  in  the  Nnrmsl 
and  Model  schooU.     But,  as  we  might  welt 
sunuiso,    Dr.    Hodgins    was    not   one   who 
would    rest    satished    with    methods    that 
he  had   seen  adopted  by  others,   exoelle 
th()U^»h  the  regimen   wa«.     The   conditio 
of   things   in   this  country  ditfered   wide 
from  the  state  of  nHairs  in  Ireland  ;   and 
what  the  new  officer  set  himself  with  heart 
and   snul   to  do,  was  to  apply  so  much  of 
the    Irish    national   8yst«m  as  was  adap 
here,  and  from  his  own  brain  to  round 
perfect  the  systuiu.     How  well  ho  haa  d 
that   is    now  a  matter  of   history.       As 
acknowledgment  for  his  laboar  in  fon 
*'a  newdeiiartinent"  of  the  goveniment, 
received,  by  Order  in  Council,  in   185*1, 
special   "  good  service"  allovance  of  £oU 
year,  in  addition  to  his  regular  salary.    1 
late  lamented  Dr.  Ryerson,  himself  a  gia 
among   public  mon,   as   among    oducati** 
ista,  knowing  Dr.  Hodgins  intimately,  th 
wrote  to  the  Hon.  Edward  Blake  :    **  He 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


thd  moat  thoroughly  trained  iokd  in  &U  Oui- 
ftd«  for  the  Education  dep&rtmont ;  nnd  ia 
iha  ablest  nnd  most  thorough  adtuitiislrntor 
of  ft  public  department  of  ajiy  nmn  whom  I 
have  met.  I  think  he  has  nut  been  appreci- 
Ated  accDrding  to  hia  merita  ;  but  should 
Toil  cre&to  aniL,  till  the  ofiioe  of  Minister  of 
Public  Instructiun,  yon  may  safely  confide 
the  unlinary  admiutstrntion  uf  the  Ki.iucatiuii 
<l..ii.-irtin..iit  to  Dr.  UudginSfWith  the  title  uf 
I  Ur.  H<K]giiia  had  laboured  nnder 

1'  .(I  for  thirty-throe  years  ;  whence 

it  will  he  seen  how  important  the  tribute  is 
that  wo  have  reproduced.  Dr.  Hodgins  is 
an  extensive  writer  on  educational  topics. 
He  is  the  author  of  *'  LovoU's  General  Ge- 
ography," **  First  Stopa  in  General  Geog- 
raphy," '^  School  Hiatury  of  Canada,  and  of 
the  other  British  North  American  Pro- 
vinces." lie  published  likewise  the  "Can- 
adian School  Speaker  and  Reciter,"  the 
"School  Manual,"  "Lectures  on  School 
Iaw,"  "  Sketches  and  Anecdotes  of  the 
Queen,'*  and  '*  The  School  House."  A  very 
noted  work  of  his  too,  was  a  "  Ri'pori  of  the 
Educational  Features  of  the  Centennial 
Eahibitiou  at  Philadelphia.'*  The  writinj^s 
of  Dr.  H<Klgins  are  characterised  by  wide 
looming,  accurate  care,  and  profound  con* 
aideration.  His  style  is  searching,  clear  and 
inciairet  and  you  aro  never  p(>rmitted  to 
loM  sight  of  the  individuality  of  the  man 
whoae  pages  you  are  peniaing.  And  what  a 
charm  this  w  in  a  writer.  But  the  same 
fertile  and  resUetui  pen  has  been  busy  in 
the  periodical  press  on  educational,  histor- 
ical, commercial  and  social  topics,  and  al- 
ways is  thd  same  power  seen  as  we  have 
jnst  spooitied.  Dr.  Hodgins  was  one  of  the 
gentlemen  under  whose  superviaion  the 
work  '»  The  Story  of  My  lifo.'Miy  Dr.  Ryer- 
■on,  was  published,  and  ho  is  author  of 
•evMal  papers  on  the  life  and  labours  of  the 
Iftte  great  educationist.  Tliero  is  tme  adintr- 
ablv  writtvu  memoir  in  the  L\tHada  Hchool 
Jounuxlj  and  there  is  a  pamphlet  entitled 
'*  Hyerson  Memorial,"  from  (he  same  sympa- 
thetic and  ca{Mble  pvn.  (S<»e  memoir  of  Dr. 
Ry«T«OD  elsewhere  in  these  pAgea*)  With 
raweot  to  the  value  of  the  woro  oontribu- 
t«d  to  educational  liti'rature  by  Dr.  Hod- 
ffina,  we  mav  say  thst  they  are  scarcely  less 
unportaut  tnan  tlie  lifv-luug  aervice  which 
he  has  devoted  to  practical  education  itself  ; 
and  lh«  hii^heat  authorities  in  the  ci^untry, 
h^Ada  of  the  proper  department  and  gover- 
nors* goneral,  have  been  frequent  with  tes- 
timony of  oommeudatio]!  and  of  admiration. 
It  is  easy  for  ua  in  these  days,  when  the 
educational  system  is  in  a  state  of  perfect 


organization,  and  the  wheels  are  tnming  of 
their  own  accord  without  jar  or  jolt,  to  im- 
derestimate  what  a  task  it  was  to  cr«>ate, 
from  the  incoherent  fragments  of  the  educ»- 
tional  order  that  prevailed  when  Dr.  Hodg- 
ins cume  upon  the  scene,  the  smoothly 
moving  and  harmoniona  system  of  to-day. 
Side  by  side  witli  his  great  chief  has  Dr. 
Hodgins  ever  striven  in  the  cauae  of  educa- 
tion i  and  we  have  littribuied  so  much  to 
him,  because  upon  his  ahnuldcra  devolved 
for  so  loni;  a  period  the  actual  and  immedi- 
ate administration  of  thn  department.  In 
social  life,  Dr.  Hodgins  ia  genial ;  and  he  is 
a  gentleman  c*f  great  culture.  In  benevo- 
lent ur  Christian  work  ho  is  at  the  front 
whcnovur  the  (^vcasion  arises.  Ho  has  been 
aecretary  of  the  Ltiblo  Society  ainco  1800, 
and  uf  the  Anglican  t3ynod  of  the  diocese  of 
Toronto  since  1870,  except  for  one  year  ; 
and  he  was  president  of  ttia  Irish  Protestant 
Benevolent  Society  in  lS7o.  Dr.  Hodgins 
married  in  1840,  at  Dublin,  Ireland,  Fran- 
ces liacho',  eldest  daughter  of  James  Doyle, 
of  Cloync.  County  of  Cork,  by  which  union 
he  has  four  sons  living.  The  eldest  is  in  the 
dei>artmenl  uf  Justice,  at  Ottawa  ;  the  third 
is  a  barrister  at  Toronto  ;  the  fourth  is  a 
mechanio&l  engineer  ;  and  the  fifth  is  an 
under  graduate  of  Toronto  Universi^^. 
The  necond  son  is  dead.  Dr.  Hodgins  took 
part  in  the  formation  of  the  Queen's  Own 
Kiflca,  and  was  appointed  lieutenant  in  that 
corps  I4ih  March,  1862,  and  captain  in 
Nf>.  9  company,  East  Toronto*,  on  the  8th 
March,  1869.  He  holds  a  second  class  cer- 
tijicate  from  the  Military  school,  Toront*», 
dated  the  8th  September,  18G0.  In  187*J 
Dr.  H<xlgin«  received  a  decoration  in  gold, 
'*  Order  af  the  Palm  Leaf,"  from  the  French 
MinisU^r  of  Public  Instruction  j  in  1885 
ho  was  elected  a  '*  corresponding  ftf'Uow  of 
the  Actwlemy  of  Soienoee,  New  Orleans  ; 
and  in  the  same  year  he  receive<i  frtmi  L4>rd 
Lansdowne  a  conftidvratiun  medal,  in  appr»- 
ciatiijQ  of  *'  Services  as  Public  Othcer  and  % 
Man  of  Ij<»tteni." 

Baker,  Rev.  J.  Staiurr*,  Port  Hope. 
This  able  divine  was  bom  at  Handon,  In- 
land, in  the  year  1827,  and  he  received  his 
education  at  the  school  of  Duke  of  Dtsvon- 
shire,  Baudon.  In  1801  he  was  ordained  dea- 
con, and  in  ItHKi  he  rt'ceivod  the  order  of 
pnestlioT>d.  He  was  appointed  by  the  Lord 
Bishop  of  Hurun  !••  ^^  yMniiit;  and  the  parts 
adjaoent ;  and  bj  Bishop  Strachan  as  curate 
of  St.  James,  Toronto.  Ho  afterwards  be- 
came, in  succession,  incumbent  of  Cambell- 
ford,  of  Cookstown,  and  then  rector  of  St. 
Marks,  Port  Hope. 


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A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


Staart,  John,  Hamilton,  was  bom  in 
Fifekeitb,  Ban^htre,  Scotlnud,  on  June 
84th,  1B30,  find  is  a  sun  of  Jam«B  and  Mar- 
^&ret  Staart.  His  Father  wan  a  builder,  and 
m  later  yerars  wan  employed  in  planning  and 
Buperintending  workaand  buildings  through 
the  county,  but  chiefly  for  the  Earl  of  Fife, 
by  whorn  he  was  held  in  great  eatf^om.  Ho 
died  in  1839.  John  Stuart  waa  educated  in 
the  parish  schuul  of  Keith,  receiving  there  a 
Bound  elementary  trainiuif  from  a  teacher 
renowned  in  tlie  north  of  Scotland  fnr  suc- 
ceas  in  teachinfi;  and  training  youth.  After 
hia  early  school  period,  he  had  several  years 
tr&ining  aa  clerk  in  a  lawyer's  oflioe  in 
Keith  ;  and  in  \%i%  he  emigrated  to  f^anada. 
Mr.  Stuart  resided  in  Toronto  from  1848  to 
1804,  and  from  the  intter  year  to  the  present 
be  has,dwelt  in  Hamilton.  During  several 
of  the  later  years  of  his  residence  in  Toron- 
to, he  waa  a  member  of  the  School  Board 
and  office-bearer  in  Knox  Church.  Since 
taking  up  hia  rosidenoe  in  Hamilton  ho  has 
been  largely  connected  with  most  of  the 
railway  and  other  public  entcrpriflea  of  the 
place.  Hh  waa  a  director  of  the  Wellington, 
Grey  A;  Bruce  Railway  during  its  conatmc- 
tiou  ;  and  of  the  Hamilton  &  lAke  Krie 
Railway  until  ita  amalgamation  with  the 
Hamilton  A  North-Weatern  Railway.  He 
baa  been  president  of  the  Hamilton  &. 
North-Westem  Railway  from  the  incorpora- 
tion of  the  company  ;  and  since  ita  fusion 
with  the  Northern  Railway  in  1879,  has  been 
a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
combined  companies,  aud  a  director  and 
member  of  the  executive  of  the  Northern  & 
Pacific  Junction  Railway.  He  also  is  a 
director  of  the  Canada  Life  Assurance  Com- 
pany;  and  was  vice-president,  and  ia  now 
president,  of  the  Bank  of  Hmnilton.  In 
politics  Mr.  Stuart  is  a  Liberal,  but  he  tocik 
no  active  part  in  politics  until  1874,  when  he 
was  invited  tu  contest  South  Nurfulk.  Ho 
was  elected  in  the  reform  interest,  and  sat 
in  the  first  session  of  that  parliament,  but 
waa  unseated  by  the  election  court,  and  de- 
feated in  the  succeeding  contest  by  the  con- 
servative candidate,  Wm.  Wallace.  Since 
that  time  he  has  been  fully  occupied  with 
railway,  banking  and  other  business  enter- 
priaea^  and  has  taken  no  part  in  politics. 
He  haa  continuously  lived  in  Canada  except 
in  1872  and  1873,  which  years  were  largely 
paaaed  in  travel  with  his  family  in  Europe. 
Mr.  Stuart  was  born  and  brought  up  a 
Presbyterian,  and  is  still  so  in  feeling  and 
sympathy,  but,  attaching  less  importance 
now  to  forms  of  worship  or  church  govern- 
ment, he  haa,  for  family  aud  other  reasons, 


for  aomo  time  worahipped  io  the  Ohureh 
of  the  Asoension  (Episco{)aI  church).  He 
married  in  185ij,  Jaue.  only  daughter  of 
John  .)ac<iues,  of  Toronto,  and  hoabad  tW) 
sons  and  two  daughters.  Una  daughter 
died  at  seven  years  of  age,  and  his  aeomd 
son,  a  bright  and  promising  y<mth  of  avwti- 
teen,  was  carried  away  by  typhoid 
contracted  at  I'pper  Canada  Oolh 
eldc^st  flon  is  n>>w  a  partner  in  the 
.John  Stuart,  Sun,  A:  Co.,  of  Hamtll 

HcKcfiuirli,  John,  Chatham,  bi 
of  William  McKeough,  a  sketch  of  whose 
life  appears  on  page  i'\VZ  of  this  volume, 
bom  at  Thurlei*,  (.>>unty  uf  Tipperary,  Ii 
land.  He  is  a  tlo^condsnt  of  the  MacindM 
sera  or  Mackeogbs,  who,  in  the  ancient 
tory  of  Sootlund,  were  clansmen  of  the  Mj 
dougala  of  Lome.  The  legend  of  the  al 
tempt  of  three  of  these  to  slay  Kiui;  Kobei 
Bruce,  is  well-known  to  Scottish  historiant 
and  how  they  succeeded  in  securing  the 
famous  "brooch  of  Lome,''  which  vaa  a 
personal  ornament  of  King  Robert  Braoo. 
In  the  "Lord  of  the  Isles,"  Sir  WalWr 
8colt  recites  the  mmantic  aud  thrilling  in- 
cident. The  three  daring  clansmen,  it  will 
be  remembered,  lost  their  lives  for  their  au- 
dacity. The  grandfather  of  John  McKeough, 
James,  belonged  to  Rahealty,  in  the  County 
of  Tipperary,  and  waa  uncle  of  the  late 
Hon.  Mr.  Justice  Keoagh.  The  grandmo- 
ther of  our  Bubject  waa  a  sister  of  the  Rev. 
Francis  Mahouy,  the  well-known  '*  Father 
Prout,"  anthor  of  that  marvellously  musical 
poem,  "The  Bells  of  abandon,"  bejfinnii 
with  this  stanza  : 

*'  With  deep  afTection  and  rro»Uection 
I  ofU»D  think  r.f  those  Shandon  bellB 

Wbos«  sound  no  wild  wuuM   iu  days  of  chll 
hood 
Flin><  round  my  cradle  their  rna^o  tpulU," 

Thomas,  the  father  of  John  McKeoug 
came  to  Canada  while  his  children  were  yu' 
young,  and  settled  in  Paris,  Ontario.  8om 
time  afterwards  misfortunes  of  buairn 
came,  and  John  McKeough  and  his  bruth 
William,  found  it  necessary  to  take  any  em- 
ployment that  offered.  Our  anbject  hod 
brave  heart,  and  strong  hands,  and  the  dif- 
ficulties in  his  way  soon  began  to  disappear. 
8orae  years  afterwards,  be  established  in 
Chatham,  incunneclion  with  bis  brother  Wd* 
liam,  a  hardware  aud  plumbing  business,  of 
whioh  he  is  the  senior  partner.  He  stood 
bondsman  for  the  treasurer  of  the  town  for< 
over  twenty  years,  which  prevented  him 
from  taking  any  munici]>al  office  ;  but  had 
he  chosen  to  enter  public  life,  there  would 
have  been  little  difficulty  in  his  way  in  do- 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


_'A>  :  fur  beiidea  the  penonftl  populuity 
Uutt  be  etijoyi  through  hia  atorling  aod  ud- 
obimsiv*  penoQAl  qualities,  hii  judgment 
■nd  ftkilitieii  are  held  in  very  high  regard. 
Mr.  McKeogh  ia  an  active  member  of  the 
Maaonic  order,  and  haa  held  varioua  im- 
portaDt  officoa  in  thia  body  for  years. 
n«  baa  travelled  through  part  of  the 
United  Stales  and  all  of  Canada  for  plea- 
aure  ;  though  with  hia  keen  powem  of  ob- 
serration  he  must  have  derived  much  prac- 
tioal  beneht  from  anch  travel  In  yonng- 
er  days  ho  iraa  a  Wi^aleyan  Methodiat,  hut 
nnoe  innrriage  he  has  juinod  the  Pr^aby- 
terian  church,  of  which  body  he  is  an  ac- 
tive member.  He  married,  in  August. 
18M,  Mary  Jane  Dotseu,  of  Chatham,  who 
is  a  descendant  ()f  the  United  Empire  loyal- 
iata.  John  McKeough  ia  a  Liberal  in  poll- 
tio. 

I>rrnnan,  Wlllliini  IflelvHle^Kings- 
titn»  Ontario,  waa  born  on  the  Ifxh  Novem- 
ber, 18n:f,  at  Kmgaton.  Ho  ia  a  son  of  the 
late  S.  T.  Uronuau,  (forakotchof  whose  life 
•ee  page  480  of  this  volume)  who  was  bom 
on  the  Moravian  settlement.  County  of 
lypone,  Ireland,  on  the  20th  of  November, 
1619.  6  T.  Dnmnan  left  Ireland  when  a 
boy,  and  proceeded  with  hia  father  to  Scot- 
land, where  he  was  educated.  Here  he  re- 
mained till  1A41,  when  he  emigrate  to 
Kingston.  He  tm)k«  h»re,  a  clorkahip  in  the 
dry  goods  store  of  R.  Waddell  A:  Co.,  Prin- 
oeaa  street ;  but  he  lirod  of  this  sort  of  life 
ait«r  a  few  years,  and  secured  the  position 
of  puraer  tipon  the  passenger  steamer  Comet, 
afterwards  the  Mit%ifioutT,  which  was  anbse- 
qaetitly  blown  up.  The  **  ways  of  men  up- 
on the  de«p  "  were  not  so  fasninating  as  he 
had  luppiiaod  that  they  would  be,  and  be 
once  more  went  ashore,  and  established  a 
dry  g(KM|i  buainess  with  Mr.  Kennedy.  He 
aft«rwjtrds  engaged  in  the  manufooturv  of 
famitnre  ;  became  alderman  for  St.  Law- 
raooe  ward,  aiid  afterwards  mayor  of  the 
city.  In  1871*  h«  retired  from  public  life. 
He  waa  a  man  of  wide  and  generous  public 
spirit,  and  always  showed  a  deep  interest  in 
thw  city's  welfare.  He  laid  the  corner-stone 
uf  the  6re-engine  house,  turned  the  first  sod 
on  thn  Kingston  and  Pembroke  [Railway,  and 
was  rmo  of  the  directors  of  the  House  of  In- 
dustry. Whenever  royalty  visited  Kingston, 
be  was  invariably  chosun  as  maater  of  oer«- 
BMiniaa.  He  had  6ve  children,  four  daugh- 
tan  mod  one  son,  the  tatter  being  the  sub- 
JM»t  of  thia  sketch.  S.  T.  Drennan  died  in 
lft82.  l>eloved  and  reiipectcNl  by  the  people 
of  Kingston.  W.  M.  Dronnan  waa  educat-  | 
ed  at  the  Kingston  Coltegu  Institute,  reoeir-  ' 


ing  instruction  in  all  the  English  branchea, 
also  in  listin,  French,  Greek.  &c.  He  be- 
came a  lieutenant  of  the  P.  VV.  O.  Ritle«,  in 
li^GH,  but  withdrew  and  accepted  the  cap- 
taincy of  K.  F.  B.  He  went  through  a 
short  oourae  in  B.  battery,  R.  S  G.  Mr. 
Drennan  haa  been  a  public  school  trustee 
for  four  years  ;  and  also  haa  been  a  city 
alderman  for  Oataraqui  ward.  He  was  the 
first  to  intivvduoe  the  electric  light  into 
Kingston.  He  became  worshipful  master, 
in  1884,  of  Minden  Lodge,  No.  253,  A.  F. 
and  A.  M.  He  ia  a  member  of  the  Oddfel 
lows,  Koreaters,  P.  B.  A.,  and  P.  Bays  ;  and 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Liberal-Cnnaerrative 
Aaaociation.  Hia  religious  convictions  are 
those  of  Preabytcrianiaiii.  Mr.  Drennan 
married  on  the  I7th  January,  I87S,  May  E. 
Moore.  We  may  state  that  our  subject  left 
home  at  the  age  of  fifteen  to  learn  the  hard- 
ware biiainesa,  with  C.  0.  Snowden  &  Co., 
Montreal.  After  remaining  there  for  three 
years,  ho  went  to  New  York,  and  entered 
the  oftice  of  the  Russell  &  Erwin  Manufac- 
turing Co.,  as  salesman.  He  then  went  aa 
traveller  for  Canada  and  New  York  State, 
for  the  Sweitzer  Manufacturing  Co.,  Xew 
York.  After  a  time  he  left  New  York,  and 
held  a  position  aa  traveller  for  H.  R.  Ives  &, 
Co.,  of  Montreal,  till  he  was  married.  He 
then  began  the  hardware  business  for  him- 
self, and  continued  in  the  same  until  the 
death  of  his  father.  After  this  event  he  sold 
out  the  hardware  business  and  continued 
in  the  furniture  trade,  adding  a  manufao- 
turiug  department  and  steam  power.  He 
also  entered  into  the  undertaking  and  em- 
balming business  on  a  large  scale  ;  and  has, 
at  presont,  the  beat  equipped  undertaker's 
est&bliahmcnt  in  Canada. 

Powell,  taranit  Ottawa,  rndflr-S«cr«- 
tary  of  State  for  Cana/la.  was  bom  in  Ti>- 
ronto,  in  September,  ltil9.  Ho  attended 
school  in  that  city,  coiupleting  hia  education 
at  Upper  Canada  College,  lie  married  in 
June,  1846,  Elizsbeth  Mary,  youngest 
daughter  of  S.  P.  Hurtl,  formerly  surveyor- 
general  of  Upper  Canada.  In  IWS't  ho  join- 
ed the  militia,  and  Kvrved  as  a  livulenant  in 
the  incorporated  militia  during  the  troubles 
in  Upper  Canada  of  1837-38.  He  is  now  a 
major  i>n  the  retire<l  list.  In  May,  1831:^. 
Major  Powell  entered  the  ofiioe  of  the  civil 
secretary  of  Upper  Canada,  and  sinoe  that 
time  has  remained  in  the  civil  servu^,  Ho 
was  appointed,  on  the  25th  January,  1883, 
to  the  position  of  Under-He<jrotary  of  Stale, 
the  ollico  having  then  become  vacant  by  the 
appointment  of  Edouard  J.  Langovin  totha 
clerkship  of  the  Senate. 


570 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  or 


Uanillton,  non.  John,  Senator,  de- 

oeast^d,  wfu  the  ynitngiuit  luin  of  the  late  Hon. 
Roburt  Hamilton,  at  one  time  a  resident  of 
Carlton  Island,  was  born  at  Queonston,  On- 
tario, in  the  yoar  1802.  After  Bpeudinc;  a 
abort  time  at  Hchool  there,  he  was  sent  to 
Kdinburi^h,  where  he  entered  the  Academy 
and  received  a  clasaical  training  of  that  order 
which  haa  made  that  ichool  famous.  At 
tho  ago  nf  sixteen  he  cnme  back  to  Canada 
to  follow  businenB  pursuits,  and  two  years 
afterwards  ho  entered  as  ft  dork  the  house 
of  DeRiver,  Blackwood  &  Co.,  wholesale 
merchants,  Montreal.  Aftir  serving  a  thor- 
ough apprenticeship  there,  he  returned  to 
his  home  iu  Queenaton,  where  he  entered 
Upon  the  bustneta  of  building  and  running 
steamboats  on  his  own  account.  Ho  owned* 
though  he  did  not  build,  the  Fnytitefuw,  the 
first  steamer  that  plied  the  watf^ra  of  I^ke 
Ontario.  An  adverkiaement  of  this  craft, 
adorned  by  a  rude  woodcut,  appears  in  the 
VhronicU  of  1819,  We  are  tliere  informed 
that  James  Mackenzie  is  the  master  ;  thai 
the  steamer  leaves  three  times  a  week  fur 
York  and  Queenston  ;  that  the  fare  is  £3 
from  Kingston  to  York,  and  £1  from  York 
to  Qiicunston  ;  that  each  passenger  is  al- 
lowed sixty  pounds  of  baggage  ;  that  gentle- 
men's servants  are  not  allowed  to  eat  or 
drink  iu  the  cabin  ;  and  that  an  extra  charge 
of  live  shillings  is  made  for  dogs.  Mr. 
Hamilton's  energy  and  enterprise  were 
remarkable.  He  built  the  QueeHston,  the 
Oretit  Britain,  the  Lord  Stjti^nhain  (which 
was  the  tint  large  boat  that  over  ran  the 
rapids),  the  Paxtport,  Cixwuia^  Kit^jxton 
and  Sovereitjn  ;  he  chartered  the  GibltrtHefee, 
Brockoillt^  <Jobiiurg,  Champion^  Comuutdort 
Barry^  Ottnua,  AeiP  Yorkf  Northerticrf  and 
many  others.  For  a  long  time  he  even 
ma«ld  a  determined  liirht  against  the  Grand 
Trunk  Railway,  which  became  a  competitor 
for  the  carrying  trade  of  Upper  Canada. 
He  continued  in  the  buaineaa  nntil  1802, 
when  he  retired.  In  January,  1831,  ho  was 
called  to  the  Logialative  Council,  and  for 
over  half  a  century  ho  took  part  contiau* 
oualyand  usefully  in  the  upper  branch  of  each 
suooesaive  legislature  which  has  been  formed 
under  our  constitutional  system,  earning 
for  himself  the  title  of  the  Nestor  uf  the 
Senate.  A  public  dtreerso  remarkable  conld 
not  fail  to  meet  with  fitting  acknowledg- 
ment, and  on  January  'J9th,  1881,  the  tiftielh 
anniversary  of  his  elevation  to  the  conncil, 
ho  was  presented  by  his  colleagues  with  an 
address,  which  is  some  reflex  of  their  esteem 
and  admiration.  Having  borne  tribute  to 
hii  services  in  parliament,  the  address  goes 


on  to  say  -  "  But  it  haa  not  been  in  pstha^ 
ment  alone  that  you  have  aerrad  the  <  i: 
try.  The  anuola  of  Canada  for  th«  lasi  ii  > 
years  will  recount  the  important  entcopruai 
of  commerce  in  which  you  have  beoo  m> 
gaged.  To  you^  in  early  days,  Upper  Caaaila 
owod  her  predominance  on  Lake  Uotano, 
The  organization  '.'f  the  6rat  line  of  steamers 
which  plied  on  that  lake,  and  which  in  good 

and  ill  fortune  yon  uiftfr''--"- '  •  ■•-  •■ "1- 

twonty  years,  the  est- 
communication  botwetMi 
treat,  the  courage  and  a 

Brst  directed  lai^e  steun  -i 

rapids  of  the  St.  Lawrence,  and  the  uaio- 
tenance  of  lines  of  stage-coaches  far  autuina 
and  winter  communication  between  the  pro- 
vinces which  are  now  Onta-rin  and  Qusbec, 
all  bear  testimony  to  yonr  vigorous  and  far- 
reacliing  ontcrpriso.  We  rejoice  to  have  sc 
opportunity  of  recording  our  appredatioa  of 
the  value  of  theso  and  other  public  aernoss 
which  have  marked  your  career.  Your  wkU* 
spent  life,  it  may  b»,  is  drawing  to  a  clo«&, 
but  you  are  surrounded  with  '  honour,  lor#, 
obedience,  troops  of  friends/  and  as  *  the 
father  of  the  senate,'  your  coUeagtieii  -^  '>- 
gratulato  ynuon  the  occurrence  of  thif . 
osting  anniversary,  and  heartily  wish  v  „  _ 
cheerful  and  happy  obi  ago."  The  speaker 
of  the  Senate,  Hon.  D.  L.  Macphersou,  Sir 
Alexander  Campbell,  who  read  the  addneM, 
and  the  other  senators  came  forward  and 
congratulated  their  colleague  individually. 
The  Ute  senator  was  for  seventeen  yean 
president  of  the  Commercial  Bank  ;  he  was 
at  one  time  president  of  tho  St.  Andrew*! 
Society,  and  he  waa  chairman  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  Queen's  College  from  it*  in- 
corporation in  1841  until  his  death.  He  was 
very  proud  of  the  last-mentioned  position. 
He  married  in  early  life  Frances  Pasia, 
daughter  of  David  Macphor9on,of  Inverness, 
Scotland,  by  whom  ho  had  a  large  family — 
John,  who  is  now  county  attorney  at  Saalt 
Ste.  Mario  ;  Clark,  ooUootor  of  Customs  at 
Kingston,  and  a  brief  memoir  of  whom  will 
be  found  elsewhere  in  these  pages  ;  Mrs, 
Paton,  of  New  York  ;  Herchtner  George, 
now  dead  ;  David,  who  practises  medicine 
in  Batavia,  N.Y.  ;  Mrs,  Mackenzie,  wife  of 
Dr.  Mackenzie,  of  Hillcroft ;  Joseph,  now 
desd ;  Mrs.  Foote,  nf  Denver,  Culnrado  ; 
and  Samuel,  dead.  Katuro  conferred  upon 
Senator  Hamilton  an  external  np[>ear&noe 
which  seemed  designed  for  one  oF  her  noble* 
men.  His  hgure  waa  large  and  well  knit  ; 
his  countenance  waa  marked  by  singular 
dignity  and  benevolence.  lutolligonce  and 
rehnement  shone  there,  and  were  otiaracter* 


i 


CANADIAN  BlOGRArBY 


671 


iaUc  aUo  of  liis  miuiners  and  converaatioti. 
Those  who  knew  him  intimately  discovered 
more  worth  mb  their  knowledge  of  the  char* 
KOtvr  of  the  decutued  gentleman  increased  ; 
and  withal  he  wtia  of  thai  unasBuming  dis* 
position  that  none  wnuhl  have  been  more 
offended  than  he  st  any  allusion  either  t^t 
bU  qu&lities  of  heart  or  head,  or  to  hia  pub- 
lic servicuB.  SeUIom  is  it  that  a  man  is 
fuund  m  till*  community  so  full  of  years  and 
hiinnui-s.  He  died  on  the  UHh  of  October, 
1882. 

Riuion,  John,  M.D.,C.M.,  BrockTille, 
va*  born  Ui  the  tnwiiship  of  YuUkfo,  in  the 
County  of  Leeds.  Ontario,  on  tho  9th  April, 
It^'JI.  His  father  was  bom  in  the  town  uf 
lAiUth.  Linooliishire,  KnuUud.  Mr.  Kaston. 
•COT..  WHS  a  watchmaker  and  jeweller,  and  a 
•tirveyor,  before  he  left  England .  He  came 
to  Canada  in  1817,  and  married  Manila, 
6(th  daughter  of  Major  Thomas  Smythe, 
of  the  07th  Regiment,  regular*,  in  1819,  and 
evttlud  upou  lands  in  tho  township  of  Vouge, 
where  our  subject  was  bora  two  years  after- 
wards. John  Kaston  received  his  education 
in  the  common  schools  of  the  country, 
atudyin;^  only  the  c'mmoii  EnijUsh  branches 
and  Lfttin.  In  1S4H  he  commenced  tho 
study  of  medicine,  under  the  direction  of 
the  late  Senator  Brouse.  He  had  married, 
we  may  add,  in  1844),  Lucy  Ann  Bailey,  a 
■t«p-aister  of  Dr.  Ltrouae.  His  college 
eoanoB  wore  taken  at  AlctjiU  College  Cni- 
Tvraity,  where  he  graduated  in  the  spring  of 
1853.  He  returned  to  Prescott,  and  entered 
into  partnership  with  his  old  tutor,  Dr.  W. 
H.  Broiiae,  for  a  terra  of  eight  years,  or  up  to 
18tiO.  In  I8ti2he  went  to  the  Ctiriboo  gold 
fields,  in  Uritish  Columbia,  hut  rctumod  in 
1803  and  resumed  his  practice.  Dr.  F^tou 
was  appointed  coroner  fur  the  united  coun- 
ties of  LtHHls  and  (irenviJle,  in  1874,  which 
appomtmunthe  still  holds.  He  was  also 
Si  '  t.t  the  office  of  i>l)icial  assignee  for 

ti  '>f  Urunville  in    187n,  and  acted 

up  t«<  i.^T)!,  when  the  lnsoh*ent  Act  was  re- 
pealed. He  was  oleotod  (framnmr  aiduxd 
Inistoe  for  the  ti»wn  of  Prescott  in  1855, 
whidt  ]M>Bt  he  lilleti  continuously  until  his 
remuvai  from  Prescott  in  the  fall  of  1870. 
iJ«  also  sat  as  town  counciHor  from  1804  to 
1877.  Dr.  Kaston  was  initiated  into  Ma* 
•oary  in  lH.'iVI,  \u  Central  lodge,  No.  ItO,  at 
PpMOOtt,  and  tilled  the  utHc-es  of  secretary, 
tntasnrer,  junior  and  iieni>>r  wardens  in  his 
mnthvr  lodge,  and  was  eloctcnl  master  in 
1870.  In  1871,  ho  entered  Gronville  Royal 
Aruh  chapter,  No.  1%  of  PresctHt  ;  and 
also  atliliated  wilb  St.  James'  lodge,  No. 
74i   Maiiland,    and    with    Mattlsud   hxlge. 


Royal  Arch,  No.  68,  in  ordor  tc  611  up  his 
Masonic  course  in  that  village  fronk  entered 
apprentice  to  the  fuller  extent  of  the  higher 
grades  which  were  bcin:;  instituted  there. 
Dr.  Easton  is  very  prominent  in  Masonry, 
holding  high  rank  in  the  several  Mas'Uiic 
riles.  He  is  a  P.M.  in  Craft  Masonry  ; 
First  Principal  X  in  Capitutar  ;  Master  in 
Cryptic  ;  Provincial  Grand  Master  in  the 
Koyal  and  OrienUl  Rite  33-MUi'-90'  ;  is 
a  meml>er  of  the  Knights  Templars,  Ark 
Mariner,  iSwedenborgian,  A.  &.  A.  Scottish 
rite,  the  Sat  H'hat,  and  several  side  dt^reee, 
as  well  as  an  Hon.  IX^  in  tho  Kosicrucian 
Society.  Dr.  Kaston's  political  leanings  are 
tt>  the  Reform  side.  He  takes  pride  in  sup- 
porting such  men  as  Alexander  MackenxiOj 
Oliver  Mowat,  or  any  other  statesmen  of 
like  character.  His  religious  views  are  those 
of  every  man  who  refuses  to  be  led  by  other 
men's  consciences  and  superstitions.  Ho 
believes  that  his  own  conscience  is  as  likely 
to  guide  him  aright  as  that  of  other  men. 
He  is  not,  therefore,  a  member  of  any 
church.  Having  lost  liia  first  wife  in  IStiS, 
by  whom  he  had  seven  children,  tive  of  whom 
are  living,  he  married  again,  in  18ij5.  Holen 
Maud  Price,  eldest  daughter  of  Robert  S. 
Henderson,  then  of  Prescott,  whoh^s  bunie 
him  two  other  children,  the  eldest  of  whom 
is  now  living,  and  is  eighteen  years  of  age. 
Hia  family  consists  of  four  sons  and  two 
daughters.  Dr.  Easton  is  still  in  the  ac- 
tive practice  of  his  profession.  For  tho  Inst 
six  years  he  hsa  lived  in  tho  town  of  brock- 
ville. 

Charlton,  Beiijomin  E.,  Hamilton^ 
tho  anhjectof  thefollowing  brief  sketch,  was 
born  in  tho  County  of  Brant,  Ontario,  on 
April  l'.^th,  1HH5,  and  from  being  aCivuadian 
country  lad,  reared  in  the  log  cabin  of  a 
settler,  has  by  hia  own  ability  and  pt-rsever- 
auoe,  riaeu  to  the  highest  position  of  honor 
and  trust  in  the  community.  He  came  to 
HamiltiUi  in  1854,  as  a  teacher  of  the  Cen- 
tral school,  and  shortly  afterwards  engaged 
i:i  a  manufacturing  enterprise,  in  which  ho 
has  bcon  successful.  Early  turning  hia 
attention  to  matters  of  local  and  general 
intorust,  be  l>ecame  president  of  St.  George's 
Siioioty,  director  of  the  Mecluuiics'  Institute, 
councillor,  alderman,  railway  direct«>r,  pre- 
sident of  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  three  timee 
mayor  of  the  city,  having  tirst  attained  the 
latter  position  in  I8(i7,  when  only  thirty-two 
years  of  ai^e.  Althouijfh  Mr.  Charlton  has 
now  voluntarily  retired  from  public  life,  wo 
feel  safe  in  saying  that  no  citizen  of  Ham- 
ilton eiijoyi  a  greater  share  uf  popularity 
and  respect  than  ho. 


■iM 


572 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


Doherix,  Wllllain,  (of  the  firm  of 
W.  Dohorty  A  Co.,  Organ  MannfROturorsX 
Clinton,  Ontiirio,  waaborn  near  Bradford  in 
the  County  of  Simcoc,  in  tho  year  1841. 
Hia  father.  John  T.  Doherty,  waa  of  Iriah 
de«cdnt,  and  hU  mother,  Hannah  Kirk- 
patrick,  belonged  to  the  Covenantors  nf 
Scotland.  Whilst  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  still  very  young,  his  parents  settled  at 
St.  Vincont,  in  the  County  of  Orey,  and  it 
was  here  that  he  became  acquainted  with 
the  hardships  of  a  pioneer  life.  He  still  has 
a  vivid  recollection  of  those  bush-fanning 
dsys,  when  the  early  settlers  drew  tliL'ir  hay 
through  the  stumps  un  tree  tops,  and  made 
hay  forks  out  of  small  forked  trees.  At 
that  time  the  wild  deer,  bear,  fox  and  other 
Canadian  game  and  animals  abounded  in 
the  forest,  and  whilst  hunting  or  trapping 
these,  young  William  Doherty  acquired  a 
knowledge  of  our  Canadian  woods  which  has 
be«n  of  very  great  use  to  him  in  his  after 
avocations.  The  educational  advantages  of 
those  times  were  poor  indeed,  but  of  such 
aa  there  were  he  eagerly  availed  himself,  so 
as  to  be  prepared  for  the  responsibilities 
and  battles  of  the  future.  One  of  hia 
teachers  waa  the  (now)  lUiv.  W.  Dwyer.  a 
prominent  Methodist  minister,  and  who 
largely  aided  in  laying  the  foundations  of 
Mr.  Duhorty's  sucocsaful  career.  When 
about  twelve  years  of  age  he  went  to  re- 
aide  at  Mcaford  with  hia  brother-in-law. 
Robert  Burchill,  a  man  of  superior  ability 
and  literary  attainments,  who  was  tho  tirst 
to  instil  into  tho  mind  of  ynnng  Doherty 
the  ideas  of  business  and  the  possibilitios  of 
the  future.  About  this  time  the  Australian 
gold  fever  was  at  its  height,  and  hia  fatlter, 
like  many  others,  imperilled  the  family 
possessions  in  order  to  try  his  luck  in  the 
distant  £1  Durado.  The  reauU  was  tliat  a 
few  years  after  the  homestead  was  lost  to 
the  family,  and  William  with  his  eldest 
brother  (since  deceased)  found  employment 
at  Claude,  in  tho  County  of  Peel,  to  which 
place  his  mother  had  removed.  Two  things 
transpired  here  which  materially  atfected 
the  after  life  of  young  Doherty.  He  was 
compelled  to  act  as  tho  family  financier  and 
adviser,  which  taught  him  a  raanly  reliance 
on  his  own  resources,  and  the  instructions 
in  muaio  of  Professor  Standing,  which  he 
here  received,  aroused  in  him  that  musical 
taste  which  was  to  form  so  prominent  a 
factor  in  his  future  career.  Farming  in 
summer,  and  attending  school  in  winter, 
availing  himself  of  every  opportunity  of  self- 
improvement,  and  the  development  of  his 
undoubted  musical  talents,  he  was  making 


great  progress.     He  waa  apeedily  known  w 
a  musician  of  some  note  by  the  whole  Dci^ 
bourhood.  and  frequently  acted  for  Profcs 
Bor  Standing  in  taking  uharxe  i>f  his 
Pearly  in    life  Mr.   Doherty  showed  a 
leaning  towards  things  reltgious-      At  eigl 
years  of  age  he  waa  active  iu  Sunday 
work,  and  expressed  the  conviction  that 
was  called  by  Providence    to  thn  work  of 
missionary.       To  carry  the   tidings  of  thi 
gospel    to  foreign    lands  VH*camo  a  Iwinufig 
desire  and  the  coveted  object  of  the  futurv. 
In    the    tem^reninoe   reform    he    also  early 
took  a  place,   joining    when   twelve  y^^^^  "' 
age  the  Cadets  of   Temperance  nt  M 
and  helping  materially  u?  keep  that  c 
tion  up.     When  about  sixteen  ye«ra 
William  mode  the  acquaintance  of  the 
Rev.  James  A.  Campbell  at  Claude,  and 
the  fall  of  1B62  both  were  converted  to  G 
and  joined  the  Methodist  church  at  a  pi 
called   Campbell's  Cross.       Both    felt    th 
were  caltad  to  missionary  wurk,  and  a  com- 
pact was  made  between  them  to  prepare  *t 
onoe  by  entering  college  for  that   vocatioa. 
They  were  reinforced  shortly  afterwards  by 
IjUther  Embree  (now  head  master  of  Whitby 
High  aohool),  and  the  date  at  which  tbe,v 
were  to  commence  their  scholastic    tnuuinu 
was  to  be  the  1st  January,  1805.      A   littl* 
prior  to  this  \\*illiam  went  to  Petrnlin    ^  ""■ 
ing  the  great  oil  excitement  of  thrist- 
for  the   purpose  of  earning  money  t<j 
hiiu  through  his  studies.     With  soni' 
panions  he   became  so   zealous    in    r 
work  that  when    January  came    he  found  i^ 
impossible  to  leave,  and  so  the  project  of 
going  to  school,  so  far  as  he  waa  conc«rii>-':, 
fell  thrungh.     He  made,  however,  a  pr.^H.- 
sition   to  his  compauion,  Campbell,    witurii 
shows  his  disinterested  liberality,  and  ^^\\\<-^^ 
satisfied  in  part  his  desire  for  miaaionary 
work.     The  proposal  and   arrangement  was 
that   Campbell  should    go    to  college,  and 
that    he  (Doherty)  should  continue  at  lus 
work  for  tho  purpose  of  supplying  his  com- 
panion   with  the    means   of  completing  his 
studies.     This  compact  remained  for  yeais- 
Mr.  Campbell  became  an  honoured  minister 
of  the  Methodist  church,  and  the  two  were 
the    very  closest   friends   during  life.     Mr. 
Campbell  was  given  many  important  oharg 
and  in    after   life    was    reudered    valua 
assistance  by  the  companion  who  had  sac 
ficed  his  own  ambition  for  what  he  belie? 
waa    the   call   of   duty.       In    most   of    i 
churches  where  Mr.  Campbell  presided 
be   fuund  organs  supplied  ut  slight  cost 
Mr.    Doherty.     In    1868    Mr    Doherty  re- 
moved from  Petrolia  to  Bay  City,  Michigan 


^^ 


OANADUS  BIOGRAPHY. 


573 


and  from  thence  to  Clinton,  where  he  hu 
■moe  rtwided.  The  following  year  he  oom- 
menoed  baaineAs  u  a  cabinet-maker,  and  by 
\k\M  eoergr  aoun  worked  up  a  uood  busineta. 
Hia  bivjther-in-law,  J.  N.  Depew,  was  at 
this  time  carryiii};  on  an  agency  for  the 
■ale  of  uielodiaiu,  and  the  two  bnsineaseft 
were  oniteil.  The  next  year  Mr.  Doherty 
became  the  sole  owner  by  purchaae,  and  he 
transferred  the  management  of  his  music 
branch  to  hii  brother,  T.  C.  Dohortr,  who 
stall  rcmaini  with  him.  and  is  now  an  alder- 
man of  the  tl'jurishing  town  of  Cliut^m. 
Id  1873  D.  H.  Meuzies  joined  Mr.  Doher- 
ty  in  partnership  in  the  Hrm  uf  Dohuriy 
A  Menzi«s,  which  continued  until  18dG, 
Mr.  Mtn^ies  then  retiring.  About  this  time 
ihM  cabinet  o^^an  was  bcginninir  to  come 
into  popular  »iw.  In  largely  handling  Can- 
adian and  Atnericaii  maaufaotured  organs, 
Mr.  Doherty  soon  disonvered  the  weak 
points  in  each,  and  resolved  that  he  would 
produce  an  organ  that  would  be  altogether 
saperior,  and  in  which  these  defects  would 
be  mimimised.  How  well  he  has  succeeded 
is  best  demonstrated  by  the  fact  that  in  less 
than  ten  years  the  Doherty  -jrgan  is  world- 
wide in  reputation,  and  recommended  by  the 
leading  musicians.  Mr.  Doherty  at  once 
launched  into  the  manufacture  of  organs. 
His  indomitable  persererance  and  zeal  knew 
no  ubslacles.  sud  he  was  determined  to 
make  for  his  inttrnmenls  a  name  that  should 
last.  He  had  a  dusiru  tn  excel,  and  IumI 
made  himself  master  (if  the  different  parts 
of  organ-buildihi;  by  practical  experience. 
He  wanted  something;  that  wuuld  he  a  do- 
Uf^ht,  and  l>elievin*>  that  the  perfect  instru- 
ment niiifht  be  mtnlelled  after  the  perfect 
man,  '"^  he  fashioned  his  after  his  own  cunsti- 
tution,  b«in)£  sweet  voiced,  stronic  and  ac- 
tive.'' The  history  of  the  i{r»iwth  of  his  manu- 
facturing establishment  from  that  day  to  the 
present  wuuld  be  largely  the  tuatory  of  the 
town.  From  a  small  lK!>];inning  three  large 
baildings  have  sprung,  taxed  to  their  ut- 
moat  capacity  to  supply  the  ever  increasing 
demands  uf  a  home  and  foreign  trade. 
With  the  largely  facilitated  banking  and 
sbippLng  facilities  sd'urded  by  Clinton,  the 
lioherty  organ  secured  a  large  portion  of 
Caiiailian  trade,  and  Mr.  T)  )herty  be- 
e  able  to  Uunch  uut  still  further.  In 
B82,  John  <Jibbingd,  a  represontatiro  of 
one  of  Unron's  oldest  settled  families,  and 
a  man  of  means  and  skill,  entered  into 
partnenhip  with  him.  The  tirm  at  once 
enlarged  I  heir  trade;  a  traveller  was  sent  to 
Kngland  and  the  c<mttnent,  and  agencies 
were   sacovsafully   eafeablished  in    London, 


Glasgow,  and  Sl  John's,  N.  F.  Shortly 
after  the  Australian  snd  Now  Zealand  mar- 
kets were  secured,  and  (ho  position,  beauty, 
and  general  excellence  of  the  Doherty  organ 
placed  beyond  cavil.  Mr.  Doherty,  by  bis 
business  conduct,  had  established  a  reputa- 
tion for  honesty,  uprightness  and  fair  deal- 
ing, and  contd  truthfully  be  said  to  have 
gained  an  entrance  intt)  the  markets  of  the 

'  world.    As  in  other  placea  so  in  Clinton,  Mr. 

!  Doherty  has  taken  a  most  prominent  part 
in  church  and  town  matters.  He  became  a 
member  uf  the  Methoilist  church,  to  which 
he  has  been  a  warm  and  generous  friend. 
Hia  wonderful  musical  talents  make  him  a 
great  acquisition  and  he  has  freely  given 
them  to  the  church  of  his  choice.  In  the 
fall  of  1878  he  became  leader  of  the  choir  in 
church  and  Sunday  school,  and  has  found 
time  to  attend  to  both  oven  amidst  the  work 
and  respimsibility  uf  his  great  establish- 
ments. His  life-long  friend,  Rev.  James 
Campbell,  between  whom  and  himself  there 
was  a  friendship  like  David's  and  Jonathan's 
of  old,  died  in  Port  Hope  in  18H3.  The 
compact  made  between  the  two  friends  re- 
mained, until  dissolved  by  death.  Mr. 
Doherty  is  still  in  the  prime  of  life,  with  a 
future  of  great  usefulness  before  him.  and 
there  are  not  wanting  those  who  predict  for 
hitn  even  greater  successes  than  the  pasc  has 

Sven  him.  In  1870  Mr.  Doherty  married 
'm  Depew,  of  Seaforth,  and  has  uuw  a 
family  of  three  buys  and  three  girls.  His 
home  in  Clinton  is  a  tine  residence,  sur- 
rounded by  grounds  that  are,  without  ex- 
ception, the  tinest  for  many  miles  around. 
In  politics  he  has  been  a  lifelong  Conserva- 
tive, and  16  an  honoured  and  active  member 
of  the  party. 

nac-r>srlane,     Uon.    Atextiadrr, 
Q.C.,   Senator,   Wallace,   Nova  tScutia,    was 
bom  at  the  plaoe named,  in  June.  1817.    He 
was  educated  at  the  plaoe  of  his  birth,  main- 
ly by  private  tutors,  and  when  his  studies 
were    concluded   began    the   study   of   the 
law,  and   was  csUed   to   the    bar   of  Nora 
Bcfjtia  in  1844.     His  activity  and  his  strong 
abilities  soon  gave  him  a  conspicuous  plaoe 
in    the  legal    profession,  and   a   handstvme 
practice  was  gradually  established.      At  the 
same  time  that  he  practised  his  profession  he 
turned  his  thoughts  to  political  questions, 
of   which   he  made  a  careful  and  profound 
I  study.    In  185*3  ho  offered  himself  as  a  candi* 
I  date  for  the  County  of  Cumberland  and  was 
!  elected ,  ami  represented  that  oonstituonoy 
I  in  the  Nova  Scotia  legislature  till  the  date 
of  the  union.     In  1805  he  became  a  member 
\  of   the  executive  council  of    the  provinoo, 


674 


A  CYCLOFJSDIA  OF 


and  holds  rank  and  procedenoo  m  auch  by 
patont  from  tho  Queeu.  lu  1B*jT  he  was 
appointed  Queen's  oouuftol,  and  be  U  a 
sarmgiitti  of  vice-admiralty.  He  took  an 
active  part  in  tlie  movement  for  union,  when 
the  maritime  provinces  projected  a  nnionof 
their  own  ;  find  he  wns  one  of  the  delegates 
from  Nova  Scotia  to  the  London  conference 
to  complete  terras  of  union  in  18(>0-*i7.  On 
tho  10th  of  October,  1870,  he  waa  called  to 
the  Senate,  and  has  since  sat  in  that  Huuso. 
He  married,  in  1844.  Aunie,  datij^hter  of 
Amos  Seaman,  of  Mtnudie,  Nova  Sci.itia. 
Mr.  Mttcfarlane  is  of  Scottish  descent,  And 
in  politics  is  a  CouscrvAtive.  Ho  is  a  gentle- 
man of  marked  courtesy  of  manners,  and  in 
hia  utterances  in  tho  Senate  there  is  a  per* 
vadtni,'  dignity  and  moderation  ;  while  his 
Rpueohes  have  always  ht»eu  marked  by  much 
breadth  f>f  vifw. 

WriKlil,  Lieut.-C'ol,  Alonzn,  Hull, 
M.  P.  for  Ottawa  county,  Quebec,  was 
bom  at  Hull  on  the  *i(Uh  Februar)-,  1825. 
He  is  a  son  of  the  Intc  Lieutenant- Colonel 
Tiberius  Wright,  and  a  grandson  of  the 
late  Philemon  Wright,  formerly  of  Wnhurn, 
Massachusetts,  who  came  to  Canada  m  1707, 
and  after  a  lonu  and  tiresome  march  arrived 
opposite  the  falls  of  the  Cliaudiore,  and 
founded  there  the  village  of  Hull.  Phile- 
mon Wright  became  an  extensive  operator 
in  lumhor,  and  woa  the  drst  representative 
of  the  county  in  the  legislature  of  Ijt>wer 
Canada.  Through  his  j^at  euterpriao  a 
iowu  sprang  up  almost  as  if  by  magic  near 
the  spray  of  the  falls  ;  and  aa  the  fame  of 
tho  operations  of  Philemon  Wright  went 
abritad,  other  men  of  enterprise  came  thither 
with  their  capital,  and  sent  armies  of  men 
with  axes  out  into  the  pine  forests  of  the 
Ottawa.  Later  on  Bytowu  (the  present  city 
of  Ottawa)  made  ita  appearance  upon  the 
opposite  aide  of  the  river,  and  continued  to 
acquire  commercial  importance,  till  it  re- 
ceived the  crowning  honour  of  selection  as 
the  capital  of  Canada.  Alom^  Wright,  the 
prandson  of  the  ilistinguiahed  pioneer,  re- 
ceived his  early  tuition  at  home,  but  was 
afterwarda  sent  to  the  Potsdam  academy  at 
New  York,  where  he  completed  his  course. 
Upon  returning  homo  he  connected  himself 
with  the  business  of  his  father,  and  very 
soon  revealed  that  he  was  possessed  of  tlio 
splendid  business  capabilities  and  the  talents 
of  his  ancestors.  He  is  the  proprietor  of  a 
superb  farm,  and  has  alwaya  taken  a  deep 
interest  in  agriculture.  He  was  president  of 
the  County  of  Ottawa  Agricultural  Society, 
and  a  director  of  the  Agricultural  Society  of 
the  City  of  Ottawa,     He  is  likewise  lieuten- 


utM 


aot-oolonel  of  the  Ottaw*  eounty  ruMiia 

militia.  In  p«>litical  quostiorLa  ho  has  alvijm 
taken  a  keen  interest  ;  but  tho  pArt  thnt  h« 
has  played  in  public  life  has  never  bfv 
of  a  narrow  partyist,  although   he  i*  i 
the   staunchest   Conservatives    in    the 
minion.      It  might  be  urged  by  those 
do  not  understand  the  character  uf  the 
that  with  his  lisndsomo  conipet«DCT  he 
above  need,  iiud  thk^roforu  can  atfortz  to  b* 
always  generous  towards  hia  oppoDonts,  and 
to  be  iudapendent  of  his   friends.      Uut 
Aionzo     Wright    had  only     salt    and 
ridge  he  would  be  a  generous,  judicial 
popular  piihliciat;  for  his  character  is  laid 
according  Lo  splendid  and  maniy  lines.     lU 
is  not  a  man  who  ever  care-s  abont  making  a 
show  aa  a  politician,  but  for  all  his  unoh- 
truiiveness   he    is  rc^^inled    aa  erne   of  the 
ablest  members  uf  thy  Huuae  of  Commona 
He  seldom  makes  speechea,  but  when  h« 
does  speak,  it  is  to  charm  the  house  with  tiia^ 
warmth  of  hia  eloquence,  and  the  extent 
hia  learning,  and  tho  grace  and  culture  of 
style.     It  is  not  long  since  he  delivered 
speech  respecting  theCanaditn  Pacitic  Rail*' 
way,  in  which  he  described  a  trip  made  by- 
him  over  that  railmad.     Tbia  was  ptfrhapt 
one  of  the   most  graceful  and  eloquent  ut* 
terancea  of  his  life  ;  and  in  wealth  of  literary 
allusion,  in  grace  and  in  cumprehonsiTenLia 
w&B  one  of  the  most  able  speeches  ever  de 
livered   in   the  House   of  Commons.      Mr 
Wright  married  Mary,  eldest  daughter     r 
tho  late    Nicholas  Sparks,  of  Ottawa  c:tT. 
From  his  handsome  residence  at    Ironsidi'. 
the  '  *  king  of  the  Oatineau  "  dispenses  W- 
tiful    hospitality    to    his   hosts  of    friendi 
There  is  not,  in  this  country,  in  social  life^ 
more  popular  man  than  Alonzo  Wright, 
one  moro  generous  or  more  beloved  by  ih( 
who  have  made  his  i>eraonal  acii^uaintance. 
Britton.  Byron  .Hoimit^Q.C.,  Kim 
ston,  waa  bom  at  Oauanoque,  on  the  3rd 
September,  lti33.     He  ia  the  oldest  s<->a 
D.  F.  Britton,  the  present  postmaster  of  tl 
village    named,  who  is  a  m<^>st  honourabl 
man,  and  who  was  one  of  the  pioneers 
the  early  settlement  of  that  now    thrivii 
village.      Both    parents  of   B.   M.    Brittoi 
wore  bom  in  the  Unitml  States,  his  fathf 
in  New  Hampshire,  and  his  mother  in  Nei 
York.      As  a  boy,  the  subject  of  this  sketcl 
waa  clerk  in  his  father's  store.     After  detei 
mtning  upon  the  stiidy  of  law,  he  att«nd< 
Victoria  University  at  Oobourg,  and  grad«' 
uated  there  in  art«  in  1H50,       He  entered 
tho  law    ofHce   of  P.  &  M.   Vankoughnet, 
Toronto,  and  from  there  removed  U^  Ba]l»- 
ville,   where  he   finished   his  studiea,  uid 


CANADIAN  BI00RAFB7. 


576 


lied  to  the  bar  in  Trinity  term,  1860. 
kn  afterwftrdB  oummonced  tho  prrLctici) 

profeeiion  &t  Kingston,  where  he 
noe  reiided.  Almost  immediately 
uned  a  large  practice,  which  he  hue 
k1,  working  early  and  late  with  great 

and   seal.       Had   he    oonfiued    his 

rto   Uw,    he  would    have  amaaaed 
rtahle  fortune,  and  would  probably 
'otired    frum  practice,    but  unfortun- 
for    himself,    he    haa   engaged    iu   so 
tuLfti'le  aiMsciiIationB,  some  of  which,  it 
,  have  not  proved  successful,  so  that 
ill  oMi^ed  to  work  like  a  beginner. 
,  he  c<)ntt!«ted  the  Cataraqui  Divi- 
»  Senate,  a<;ainBt  the  llononrable 
Campbell,  and  waa  defeated.    He 
koaiuiidate  fur  the  House  of  Coro- 
ODghalwaya  an  active  Libural.    In 
wu  appointed  a  bencher  of  the  Law 
2  to  which  position  he  baa  twice  aliice 
leoted.     He    was  created  a  Quoeu  s 
by  the  Ontario  government  in  I87*J, 
Uie  Dominion  Kovemnient  in  Ittbl. 
I   for   many  years   chairman  of    ihe 
Achool    board  at  Kingston  ;   waa  an 
,  and  in  187G,  waa  elected  mayor 
city,  which  position  he  held  for  that 
In  18<>3,  he  uiarrie<l  the  oldest  and 
only  aurvivini;  daughter  of  the  late 
H.  Holtou,  and  they  liave  a  family 
children  livin?,  six  daui^htors  and 
Air.  Britton  has  always  identified 
If  with  ercry  enterprise  for  the  good 
dty,  and  his  career  baa  been 
one,  he  having  taken  a  part 
ry    important   case  tried  at 
aiiiOD  he  entered  the  profesaion. 
he  waa  appointed   county  orown- 
for  the  County  of  Frontenac.     Ho 
rtnr  nf  the  Kingston  Cotton  Miinu- 
■yi  of  the  Ontario  Build- 
omjany  ;  and  of  the  On- 
iiui^ii  L.fr  A^iir.^nce  Company. 
<*r,  Mc|ilioti  .niirahnll.  Pioton. 
odna    of    Itntish    ayntpathisera    to 
which  followed  immvdiaU'Jy    after 
of  the  American   revolution,   in- 
branch  of  the  i-ongt?r  family.     The 
an  old  oUH,  and  the  curious  in  Uiat 
tind  that  a  St.  Conger  tlounahed  at 
r  data  near  Uristol,  England.     Con- 
BF  deriTCR  its  name  from  him,  and  tho 
Elizabeth  hospital,   or   Bristol    city 
ia  sustained  vat  of  a  pt^irtiou  of  the 
^  granted  by  the  west  8ii.X(tns  to  Bt. 
I     One  of  the  iJTtgitiala  of  the  Canada 
,  David  Congnr,    grandfather  of   the 
of  this  notice,  was  bom  at  rtsoatau- 
iV.,  n&Jj  and  with  other  mexubora  of 


the  family  located  in  Prince  Edward  ooanty» 
near  Picton,  on  the  shore  of  tho  Bay  of 
Quiut.6  They  were  U.  K.  luyaiiat*.  The 
deed  of  David  Conger  beara  date  171)7.  and  a 
portion  of  this  property  stilt  remains  in  the 
poaseaaion  of  the  family.  Both  the  Ciinadiaa 
and  American  Congers  have  contributed  a 
fair  share  of  representative  men.  Ituger  B. 
Conger  represented  the  County  of  t'riuoe 
Edward  in  Parliament,  and  Wi!s«in  S.  Con- 
ger, sheriff  of  Peterborough,  aftorwanla  re- 
presented that  county  in  parliament ;  while 
the  American  name  has  bgured  in  the  Senate 
of  the  Unite^l  States,  as  well  as  iu  the  judi- 
cial bench  and  the  army.  Duvid  Conger 
had  seven  children,  of  whom  John  Owens 
Conger  was  tlm  second,  and  wa>i  born  in  the 
township  of  Hallowell,  dune  2nd,  170C.  In 
1H23,  he  married  Maria,  daughter  of  the 
Kdv,  Jamea  WUson.  He  was  a  lioeusod 
surveyor  in  Upper  Canada,  a  captain  tn  the 
4th  battabon,  Prince  Edward  militia,  and 
wns  on  duty  at  Kingston  during  tho  war  of 
1812-13.  Stephen  Marshall  Conger,  eldeat 
son  of  the  above,  was  born  near  Pioton, 
1835,  and  in  18C2  married  Mary  Jane,  only 
child  of  David  McDonald,  by  whom  ho  has 
four  children.  Mr.  Conger's  life  has  been 
an  active  one.  Before  attaining  hia  ma- 
jority, he  took  charge  of  the  Picton  OazetUf 
which,  ill  connection  with  his  brother,  John 
William,  has  c«>ntinued  to  be  managed  by 
them.  Besides  the  on<>roUB  duty  of  editing 
and  managing  a  weekly  papur  ainc^  1850, 
Mr.  Conger  has  served  the  county  and  town 
in  many  capacitiea.  i\v  has  been  repeated- 
ly member  nf  the  town  council,  chairman 
of  high  achool  board,  etc.,  besidea  being  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  croft  for  many 
years,  in  which  he  haa  lillod  aome  of  th« 
most  eminent  positions.  In  religion  b« 
holds  to  the  faith  of  his  progenitors,  who 
were  mostly  Methodists  ;  and  in  politics  haa 
alwaya  been  a  laberal-Conaervative.  He  ia 
the  recognised  bead  of  the  Conger  family  iti 
Caiuula,  and  wears  the  honor  with  otiiet 
dignity,  as  it  suits  him  beat. 

Hycrtton.  Hov.  Egerton,  D.  D.. 
LIa  D.  ,  late  Chief  Supt*riutenduntof  Eduoa* 
ti<in  for  Outjino,  waji  iHjrn  in  the  town&hip 
of  Cbarlottinillc,  near  Lake  Krie,  London, 
afterwards  tho  Talbot  district,  and  now  the 
County  of  Norfolk,  on  tho  LMth  of  March, 
1803.  We  loam  fnjm  hia  friend  and  itrhcial 
aasoeiate.  Dr.  J.  <ieorge  Hodgins,  that  hia 
f»ther.  Cfdonel  Joseph  Kyerson,  a  Cnited 
KiTipire  loyalist  in  tbe  British  service  at 
the  time  of  tho  Aqnerican  revolution,  waa 
bom  in  Now  Jorsoy.  He  tint  joined  aa  a 
cadet,  and  waa  one  of  tho  tire  hnndred  and 


676 


Ji  crCLOPMVlA  OF 


fifty  loyal  volunteers  who  weat  toCliarle*tnn, 
South  C&rolina.  For  hU  ^ood  conduct  in 
bearing  deepatchea  one  hundred  and  ninety- 
six  miles  into  the  interior,  he  was  promoted 
to  a  Uentenancy  in  the  Prince  of  Wales' 
rolunteers  by  Sir  Guy  Carleton  (Lord  Dor- 
chester). Subseciuently  he  was  engaged  in 
six  battles,  and  was  once  wounded.  At  the 
peace  of  17B3  he  was  exiled,  and  went  to 
New  Brunswick,  thence  to  Canada — he  and 
his  family  enduring  very  ^eat  hardship  in 
penetniting  into  the  interior  of  the  then  un- 
broken wildcrucBB  of  Canada.  Ue  settled 
in  ObarlutteTille,  and  lived  there  about 
Aevonty  years.  In  the  war  of  1812  he  and 
his  three  eons  again  joined  the  British  stan- 
dard, and  acquitted  themselves  bravely. 
During  his  life  he  held  various  appoint- 
ments under  the  crown.  He  died  in  1854, 
at  the  venerable  age  of  ninety-four  years, 
after  baring  enjoyed  his  half-pay  aa  a 
British  officer,  for  the  nnprecetlented  period 
of  seventy  years.  Dr.  Ryerson  was  the 
foorth  sun  of  Colonel  Kyervuu,  and  was 
iianied  after  two  British  oliicers  who  were 
intimate  friends  of  his  father.  His  youth 
was  passed  in  his  native  country ;  and  at  its 
Grammar  school  he  received  the  rudiruents 
of  his  early  education.  With  Mr.  Law,  the 
master  of  the  Gore  district  Grammar  school 
at  Hamilton,  he  studied  his  olaseics.  As 
grammar  schools  were  the  only  public 
schools  at  that  time  in  existence  in  the  conn- 
try,  they  were  in  the  rural  counties  very 
elementary  in  their  character,  and  did  not 
profess  to  teach  more  than  the  mere  rudi- 
ments of  an  English  education.  The  young 
and  ardent  student,  aa  Doctor  Hyeraon  then 
was,  not  content  with  the  superticial  know- 
ledge of  grammar  which  he  obtained  at 
school,  prevailed  u{K>n  liia  father  to  allow 
him  to  go  home  for  six  months  to  attend  a 
grammar  class  which  had  been  established 
in  the  county  town  on  that  specific  subject. 
Doctor  Eyerson's  experience  as  a  teacher  did 
not  extend  beyond  the  gramiuar  school  of 
his  native  county.  At  the  age  <jf  sbttecn  he 
was  ap{K>inted  usher,  or  assistant  teiioher, 
to  his  eldest  brother,  George.  Haviii<;  thus 
the  management  of  boys  and  girls  who  were 
his  cumpanions,  and  many  of  them  sevend 
years  his  senior,  his  firmness,  tact,  and  de- 
cision were  fre<niontly  put  to  the  test,  but  he 
acquitted  himself  well,  and  the  experience 
thus  gained  was  afterwards  turned  to  higher 
account.  On  his  twenty-second  birthday 
Dr.  Ryorson  was  ordained  deacon  in  the  M. 
E.  Church,  by  Bishop  Hedding.  His  diary 
during  the  first  year  of  his  ministerial  life 
shows  how  devotedly  he  applied  himself  to 


anads      . 

uaraftH 
ctoni^H 

(who  Hi 


the  culture  of  his  mind,  althongh  hi*  ralise 
often  contained  the  chief  part  of  his  liVirsry. 
and  the  back  "f  his  liorse  frequently  affoi 
him  the    only  place  of    study.       His   lii 
literary  effort  was  put  forth  in  1826- 
the  review  of  Ven.  Archdeaotn  Sti 
sermon  on  the  death  of  Bishop  Mo 
and  it  at  once  established  his  repul 
an  able  controversialist.      In  1828 
wrote    a  aeries    of    letters    criticising' 
Stroohan'A  famous   chart  of  the   various 
ligious   bodies.     Roth    series    were   r«-pul 
lished  in  pamphlet  forui.    In  1820,  the  Cht 
iian  GufirdUiu  waa  established,  Rud  he 
appointed  its  joint  editor.    In  1833  he  wei 
to   Kngland,  and  again   in    IS^^o.       lu  the 
latter  year  he  went  to  obinin  a  Royal  chsf- 
tor  and    subscriptions    for    Upp«r   Caiiads 
Academy,  now  Victoria  College,    C'oboui^. 
He  also  induced  the  home  government  to  i 
commend  the  Upper  Canada  lefpslatutv 
grant  916,<K)0  to  the  academy,  which  it  di 
against  the  wishes  of  Sir  F.  *  R.    Head, 
governor.     In  1840  an  act  of  inoorpormtioa* 
was  obtained  from  the  then  recently  united 
Canadian  legislature,  erecting  Upj>er  Canada 
Academy  into  a  university,  under  the  uarai 
and  style  of  the  *'  Cnix'ersity   of    Vjctorii 
College  at    Cnbourg."     Dr.    Ryeraon   (' 
then  received  the  title  of  D.  D.,   from  the 
Wealeyan     University,     Middlet«m),     was 
unanimously  ohosen  its  first  president     In 
1844,  he  was  appointed  Superinreudenl  u( 
Education  for  Upper  Canada,  by  His  Etcel- 
tency  the  <>  over  nor- General,  with  an  under- 
standing that  he    would  re-lay    the    eutirv 
foundation  of  the  system,  and   estahhah  it 
on  a  wider  and  more  enduring  basis.     Not<i 
withstanding    the     zeal    and    ability    wit] 
which  Doctor  Ryer8')n  had  collected  and  ar^j 
ranged  his  facts,  analyzed  the  various  sys* 
tenis  of  education  in  Europe  (chiefly  in  Ger^ 
many)  and  America,    and  fortified  himscdf, 
with  the  opinions  of  all  the  most  eminent 
educationists  in  those  countries, yet  his  pro-^ 
jected  system  for  this  province  was  fiercely' 
assailed,  and  was  vehemently  denounced  as 
embodying  in  iL  the  very  essence  i^f  "  Prus- 
sian   despotism."      Still  with    indomilabls 
courage  he  persevered  in  his  plans,  and  at^_ 
length  succeeded  in  1840  in    inducing   tha^| 
legislature  to  pass  a  scho<d  act,    which   hd^V 
had  drafted.      In    184'.l   the    provincial    ad- 
ministration favourable  to  Doctor  Ryervon's 
views  went  out  of  office,  and  one  unfavour- 
able to  him  came  in.     The  Hon.   MaJcoh 
Cameron,  a  hostile  member  of  the  f*abinet, 
having   coDooci«d  a   singularly   crude   am 
cumbrous    school  bill,    aimed  to   oust    Dr. 
Ryerson  fr<)m  office,  it  waa  without  examin- 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


577 


itAOQuioo  pasted  into  law.     Doctor 

crson  at  once  CAllod  tho  attontiun  of  tho 
vcmment  (at  tho  hood  of  vhicK  was  the 
e  lamontod  Lord   Elgin)  to  th«   iiuprac- 
able   aud    unchristiiin    character   of     the 
biU,  aa  it  hud  foriiiaUy  uxclnded  the  Uible 
fri)ru    t)L«    schouU.     The   late    Uonourable 
Rulierl    Baldwin ,    C.  B. ,    attorney- general , 
the  Nestor  of   Canadiftn  poiiticiuna,  and  a 
truly    Christian  man,  was  so  convinced   of 
the  justness  of  Dr.  Kyeraon's  views  and  re- 
,..    .    ....,,    thathti  took  the  unusual  course 

.    His  Excellency  to  suspend  the 

■  1       A  the  new  act  until  Doctor  Ryer- 

r   M  TMuld  {•roj>are  a  draft  of  bUl  on  tho  basis 

■  f  ti.o  repealed  law,  embodying  in  it,  addi- 
t<  iiil  to  the  old  bill,  the  result  of  his  own 
•j^perience  of  the  working  af  the  system  up 
to  that  time.  Tho  result  was  that  a  law 
paasod  in  1850  admirably  adapted  to  the  ex- 
cellent nmnicipal  systun)  of  Canada,  so  popu- 
lar in  itA  oharact«r  and  comprehensive  in  its 
I'  i\Dd  details,   that  it    is  still  in  a 

>\  furni,  the  statute  under  which 
puhlic  achools  of  Ontario  are  maintained. 
ere  was  one  question,  the  agitation  of 
ch  had  for  many  years  caused  a  good 
I  of  disturbance  to  the  school  system, 
t  which  was  set  at  rest  in  18C3.  This 
i{a^«tion  was  the  nght  of  Iloman  Catholics 
til  establixh  schiWa  of  their  own,  separate 
fruni  the  public  schools,  but  nevertheless 
aidnd  frum  thr-  parliamentary  grant  fur  edu- 
cation, nccnrding  to  the  averajre  attendance 
of  pnpiU  at  the  schiiols.  Tho  principle  of 
iXvdum  hcIio'iIb  was  fully  conceded  in  the  tirst 
Caiiailian  SchiK>l  hiU  whiuli  was  passed  in 
1H41,  the  year  of  the  legislative  union  of  the 
provinces  of  Upper  and  Lijwer  Canada.  H 
was  subsequently  modified  in  1843,  1847, 
and  iH.'iO.  and.  after  much  bitter  aKitation, 
■  -:.;;,  I8ftr>,  i^wA  finullv  in  1803.  In  1853, 
.1  ^\^tA  deal  of  dctuy  and  diocuHsion, 
u*.>^'.\ut  Uyer*)n  prevailed  upon  the  legisla- 
ture to  revise  the  grammar  school  law  of 
the  province,  which  had  remained  in  the 
«tfttut«  biKik  accouipUshmg  comparatively 
tittle  good  since  18U7-1U39.  For  twelve 
years  longer  these  schools  continued  to  lan- 
guish. In  ]8(>&  the  grammar  school  law 
waa  still  further  improved,  and  a  higher 
ttandard  of  education  adopted ;  but  as 
yet  the  principle  of  local  taxation  for 
the  su  p;K>rt  of  tliose  schools  had  been 
partially  concurred  in  by  the  legislature, 
aud  embadiiid  iu  the  ameuded  act. 
In  1650,  Dr.  Ryerson,  while  iu  England, 
made  preliminary  arrangements  for  eatab- 
Itahiog  the  library,  map,  and  apparatus  de- 
imaiioiy  in  conneotion  with  hia  department, 
KK 


and  in  1855  he  established  meteorological 
stations  in  connection  with  the  county  gram- 
mar schools.  In  1865,  the  law  on  the  sub- 
ject having  been  ameuded,  twelve  stations 
were  selected  and  put  into  efficient  working 
ordur.  In  1857,  he  made  his  third  educa- 
tional tour  in  Europe,  where  he  procured  at 
Antwerp,  Brussels,  Florence,  Rome,  Paris, 
and  London,  an  admirable  collection  of 
copies  of  paintings  by  the  old  masters,  ata* 
tues,  busts,  etc.,  besides  various  articles  for 
an  educational  museum  in  connection  with 
the  department.  In  1858-t>t),  Dr.  Ryerson 
took  a  loading  part  iu  the  discussion  in  the 
newspapers,  and  before  a  committee  of  tho 
legislature,  in  favour  of  grants  to  the  vari- 
ous  outlying  universities  iu  Ontario.  He 
mainiained  that  "  they  did  the  state  gotni 
service/'  and  that  their  claims  should  be 
substantially  recuKuized  as  colleges  of  a  cen- 
tral university.  He  deprecated  the  multi* 
plication  of  universities  iji  the  province, 
which  would  be  the  result  of  a  rejection  of 
his  scheme.  In  consideration  ot  his  aMe 
services  in  this  contest,  the  (Tniversity  of 
V'ictoria  College  conferred  upon  him  the  de- 
gree of  LL.D.  in  1801.  In  1800,  he  induced 
the  government  to  submit  tu  the  let^isU- 
ture  the  draft  of  a  bill  which  he  had  pre- 
pared, after  consultation  at  the  vnriuus 
county  school  conventions,  for  the  furttier 
development  of  the  system  of  public  instruc- 
tion. This  law  very  greatly  improved  the 
details  of  the  system,  and  rendered  its  whole 
working  mure  effectivo.  \\\  1807,  he  made 
his  fourth  educational  tour  in  England  and 
the  United  States.  On  his  return,  in  1808, 
ho  submitted  to  tho  government  a  very 
valuable  *'  special  report  on  the  systems  aud 
state  of  popular  eduoatiuu  in  the  several 
countries  of  Europe  and  the  United  States 
of  America^  with  practical  suggestiuns  for 
the  imifrovement  of  public  instruction  in 
Upper  Canada."  He  also  made  a  sepamte 
**  report  on  institutions  for  tho  deaf  and 
dumb  and  blind  in  various  countries."  In 
18(>8-ru,  he  submitted  to  the  government 
drafts  of  bills  for  the  further  improvement 
of  public  and  high  schools.  In  1871,  tlit»  bill 
was  carried  through  the  legislature  by  the 
Hon.  M.  C.  Cameron,  and  has  been  the 
moana  of  largely  benehting  both  classes  nf 
schools.  For  many  years  Dr.  Ryerson  had 
felt  that  our  new  political  condition  neces- 
sitated a  change  iu  the  management  of  the 
Education  department.  He,  therefore,  in 
1869  and  1872,  urged  upon  the  govemmeut 
the  desirability  of  relieving  him  of  his  ar- 
duous duties,  and  of  appointing  a  minister 
of  education  in  his  place.    Early  in  1870  his 


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A  CTCLOP^VIA  OF 


recoDimeudatiouB  were  acted  upon,  and  h« 
rvtired  on  full  salary  from  the  reBpnniible 
post  which  for  thirty-two  years  he  had  so 
worthily  and  honourably  filled.  The  dia- 
tin^iihed  educfttiouiat  died  at  Toronto, 
on  the  19th  February,  1882.  Shortly  after 
his  death,  Dr.  Uodgina,  aasiBted  by  other 
gentlemen,  prepared  for  the  prees  a  work 
which  had  been  partly  written  by  the  great 
educationist,  entitled,  **  The  Story  of  My 
Life."  Thin  book  was  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant contributions  to  the  literature  of 
the  past  forty  years,  and  it  threw  li>fht  upon 
a  number  of  issues  which  had  been  but  im- 
perfectly understood.  Dr.  Ryerson  waa  not 
a  man  with  whom  everybody  agreed  during 
the  plenitude  uf  his  power.  Men  of  great 
individuality  are  certain  to  have  tierce  op- 
ponents ;  and  such  opponenta  bad  Egertun 
Ryerson.  He  was  most  of  alt  as«Ailed  for 
vriting  in  defence  of  Lord  Metcalfe,  on  the 
oooaaion  ao  well-known  to  history  ;  but  if 
we  accept  the  doctor's  own  view  of  this  con- 
test, and  thtre  la,  perhaps,  no  good  reason 
why  we  should  reji5Ct  it,  hia  action  leaves 
little  room  for  censure.  On  the  whole,  oue 
of  the  finest,  and  most  aturdy  figures  in  the 
modem  history  of  Canada,  waa  that  of  the 
subject  of  this  aketcfa. 

French,  Frederick  John,  M.P.F. 
for  South  Grenville,  Prescott,  was  boru  at 
Barritt's  lUpids,  Cimnty  Grenville,  on  the 
IBth,  January,  1817.  He  is  a  son  of  John 
Strachan  French,  merchant,  of  that  place, 
and  Marianne  Cbesley.  J.  ii.  French  Was 
son  of  Benjamin  French,  a  son  of  Jeremiah 
French,  who  represented  the  Eastern  Dis- 
trict in  the  first  parliament  held  in  Upper 
Canada.  14th  October,  17li2.  The  founder 
of  the  French  family  in  America  originally 
settled  in  New  Hampshire  and  founded  the 
town  of  Manchester,  in  that  State,  upon 
land  granted  to  him  by  the  English  govern- 
ment, naming  the  same  after  his  birthplace 
in  England.  Jeremifth  was  one  of  the  U.  E. 
loyalists,  and  come  to  Canada,  and  settled 
in  Cornwall,  where  he  obtained  laud  i^ranta 
from  the  government  in  the  townships  of 
OomwaU  and  Montague.  The  lands  in  Mon- 
tague were  exchanged  by  hiui  for  other  lands 
in  OomwaU.  The  homestead  is  still  huld 
by  the  family,  being  occupied  by  an  elder 
brother  of  the  present  subject,  George  A. 
French.  Being  one  of  the  earliest  settlers 
and  a  devoted  loyalist,  when  the  Duke  of 
Kent  visited  Canada,  in  the  latter  part  of 
the  last  centuty,  he  waa  the  guest  of,  and 
made  a  stay  of  some  time  with,  Jeremiah 
French.  Marianne  Chesley,  mother  of  uur 
subject,  was  the  daughter  of  John  Ohealey, 


of  Curuwall,  gentleman.  This  name  U  a 
corruption  of  the  French  name  Oast-ellier, 
and  fhe  family  originally  came  from  France, 
but  for  convenience  adopted  the  Ani^liciaed 
spelling.  Solomon  T.  Chealey,  brother  of 
John,  waa  for  many  yeani  superintendent 
of  Indian  affairs  under  the  government  of 
the  old  province  of  Canada.  Our  subject 
was  educated  at  the  Grammar  acbool,  Or- 
tawa,  under  Prof.  'J'horburn,  waa  en^■ll 
as  solicitor  in  18t>8  and  calle<j  to  the 
in  1870.  His  legal  studiea  were  pursn 
in  the  offices  of  the  now  Judge  Lyon^ 
OtUwa,  D.  S.  Read,  g.C,  and  the  pi 
Chancellor  Boyd.  He  formed  a  parto<r> 
ship,  shortly  after  beine  admitted,  with  the 
late  McNeil  Clarke,  M.  P.P.  for  South  Grtn- 
ville,  at  Merrick  ville,  Mr.  French  takioR 
charge  of  the  otlice.  Mr.  Clarke  dying  in 
IS72,  Mr.  French  moved  to  Preeoott,  where 
he  has  continued  to  prsctiao  ever  since. 
He  soon   began  to  take  an  active  part  in 

fmblic  questions,  the  political  mantle  of  his 
ate  partner  naturally  devolving  u]>on  him 
as  well  aa  the  btjsineas  one.  Mr.  French's 
first  contest  for  political  honoura  was  in 
the  general  electiun  for  the  Ontario  lefris- 
lature,  in  1870,  for  the  constituency  uf 
South  Grenville.  Hon.  C.  F.  Fraser,  now 
commissioner  of  Public  Works,  was  the 
Bitting  member,  and  had  been  returned  if 
the  election  previous  by  a  majority  ot 
143  ;  but  this  majority  Mr.  French  revened 
by  137.  In  the  following  election,  1d83, 
Mr.  French  carried  again  the  constituency 
against  John  Adams,  by  a  majoncy  of  tifty- 
six,  and  he  of  course  at  this  writing  still 
represents  this  constituency.  Mr.  French's 
s{>ecial  attention  baa  been  directed  towards 
increasing  the  powers  of  the  local  courts, 
and  as  a  result  largely  of  his  action  in  this 
regard  we  have  seen  the  principle  adopted 
notably  in  the  Judicature  Act  of  1S81 ;  the 
extension  of  the  division  court  jiitisdictiun 
of  18d0  ;  and  the  promise  by  the  gOTem- 
ment  to  bring  down  a  bill  to  increase  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  county  courta.  Mr. 
French,  by  his  advocacy  ox  this  decentra- 
lization has  incurred  the  displeasure  of 
some  members  of  his  own  profeaaioo,  but 
the  principle  advocated  is  undoubted 
in  the  public  interest.  Mr.  French  is 
staunch  Conservative,  as  might  naturally 
expected  from  his  descent.  Ho  married, 
April  '28th,  187r>,  Alma  Lucia,  dn  ■ -' ■  - 
John  Goraon,  a  retired  farmer  oi  i, 

aud  by  whom  he  has  three  childrtu .'-,.«. 

He  is  a  member  of  Central  lodge.  No.  I 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Preaoott.  He  is  presid 
of   the  Conaervative    AwmoJation,  for 


t 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


&79 


ooionty,  »nd  hu  held  thAt  [>oaittnn  for  aeven 
or  eisht  years.  During  its  cnntinuauce  he 
waft  oUrt  preaident  of  the  PreBcott  Printing 
Mid  Pnblishin^  Co..  whoa*}  inCt^rest  became 
merged  in  the  Prextuti  MtsMuqer.  Mr. 
French,  in  lt^72,  tuok  an  extended  tour 
tbrt>uv[h  Oreat  Britain  and  the  Continent. 
In  1882  he  vitited  the  North- Weat  in  the 
interest  of  a  Und  company  in  which  he  waa 
int«reBted.  He  ia  a  uiember  of  the  Church 
of  England,  and  hohia  moderate  viewa. 

CAmpboll.  Ouncan,  Siincoe,  Ontario, 
on«<  nf  the  pioneers  of  that  town,  aa  well  aa 
i>ae  of  ita  in'>al  lucceaaful  men  of  buaineas, 
waa  V>4>ru  at  Greenock,  Scotland,  ou  the  2nd 
April.  180*^.  He  ia  1%  son  of  Archibald  and 
Ann  Campbell,  both  of  whom  were  mem- 
bera  of  the  Argyle  branch  of  the  Campbell 
family.  Duncan  Campbell's  great-grand- 
father waa  Colonel  Dugald  Cambell,  uf  Bol- 
more,  who  waa  killed  while  leading  bia 
men  at  the  battle  of  CuUodeu  ;  and  the 
bftll  that  killed  him  atnick  the  pipe  out 
of  hia  piper'a  mouth-  The  piper  laid  hia 
he«d  on  his  colonel's  face,  and  when  found 
in  the  morning,  hia  hair  had  turned  white. 
H«  never  afterwarda  played  the  bat^ipea, 
«xaept  for  one  of  the  family.  In  1815| 
Donoan,  who  bad  received  hia  early  edu- 
tional  training  at  Oreen>>ck,came  to  Mont- 
teal,  Canada,  whither  his  parents  had  pre- 
oeded  him.  For  two  years  he  was  clerk  of 
m  etore  in  Montreal,  and  in  1818  ho  pro- 
oeeded  to  ^^imcoe,  then  known  aa  Birdtown, 
lo  take  charge  of  a  store  kept  there  by 
\Tillt«m  Bird.  Subae<iuenily  Mr.  Campbell 
had  the  uamechangt?d  to  Kinict^e,  in  honour 
of  Crovurnor  Siiuooe  who  had  i;iven  Aarun 
Culver  200  acrva  of  land,  which  land  ia  em- 
braced in  the  projent  ait«  of  the  town.  Mr. 
Culver,  we  learn,  Stittleil  at  Brat  in  the 
township  "f  Tuwnsend.  When  Ooveriior 
Simcoe  passfxi  through  that  ponton  <>f  tho 
>vino«t,  he  camped  near  the  hite  of  Colonel 
ipbtilla  farm,  und  Mr.  Culver  came  to 
■ee  him,  bnngint;  a  hag  of  water  melons, 
since  he  had  nothing  better,  aa  a  present  to 
hia  ex'-'li'""v  The  governor,  in  return 
for  tit  -.  preaented  the  donor  with 

900  at;  <l  now  ooverwd  hy  the  town 

of  Simooe,  Mr.  t'ulrer  having  previously 
hint«d  that  he  thoui^ht  th^re  waa  a  K^">d 
vat«3r  p:>wer  in  thia  vicinity  which  he  would 
Uks  aoiiie  dity  !•>  improve.  He  nfierwards 
made  good  his  intimation  by  building;  a  milt 
on  the  creek,  l.ynn  river.  He  died  many 
yean  a|{o.  When  Mr.  Campbell,  in  hia 
Mventeentb  year,  aettlc»d  at  Simcue,  there 
vere  only  three  houavts  in  the  plaoe.  The 
only  famuiea,  we  are  further  informed,  were 


^nrot 
^■bani 


those  of  Aaron  Culver,  William  Bird,  and 
McFarland    Wilaun^    Mr.     Culver's    house 
being  on    the   eaatem  aide  of    Patterson'a 
creek,  now  called  Lyun  river.      Mr.  Camp- 
bell continued  in  the    mercantile  «m|<]>>y- 
ment,  aa  already  noted,  for  aeveral  years. 
For  a  long  time  the  nearest  poet  olhce  waa 
at    Vittoria,    then    the   county   aeat ;    but 
through  the  exertions  of  Mr.  Campbell,  a 
poat  office  waa  at  length  establiahfMl  st  8im- 
ooe,  and  ho  became    the   poatninal'Or.     On 
giving  up  mercantile  life  Mr.  Campbell  waa 
appointed  agent  of  the  Gore  Bank,  continu- 
ing thus  to  act  till  he  waa  appointed  ifovem- 
ment  land  agent,   an  otiice  which    he   held 
for  several  years.     During  that  period  he 
aidd  the  princi[>&l  part  of  the  lands  in  the 
County  of  Norfolk  not  previously  disposed 
of.     Mr.  Campbell,  early  in  life,  joined  the 
provincial  militia  ;  waa  appointed  lieutenant, 
and  atep  by  step  arose  till  he  became  lieu- 
tenant-colonel.    Over  forty  yeara  Sfto  Col. 
Campbell   waa  appointed  a  magistrate  and 
atill  holds  that  office,  though  he  rarely  now 
acta.   Latterly  he  haa  done  little  more  than 
look    after    his     extensive     and     valuable 
property.     Yeara  ago  ho  had  achieved  afflu- 
ence, and  hia  habiia  of  life  and  his  tempera- 
ment fit  him  for  the  full  enjoyment  of  the 
fruits  of  his  industry  in  these  his  later  years. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Scotland. 
and  very  accurately  oesoribed  aa  **a  Chris- 
tian sentleman  of  the  pure  Scottiah  type." 
The   name   of    hia   rf«idence    and   park   is 
"  Lynwood  ; "  and    th&  identical   oak   tree 
under  which  Governor  Simcoe  enoampiHl  is 
in  the  park  and  atilt  living.     Cohuiet  Cnmp- 
bell  married  in  1B44.  Clara  Ann,  daughter 
of  Captain  Jamea  Marshall  Perkins,  of  the 
Royal  navy.  There  have  been,  by  thia  union, 
five  children,    three  of   whom   are  living. 
The  eldest  daughter  married  Henry  Beeuher, 
of  London,  Ont. ;  the  second  married  Jeffrey 
Hale,  now  manager  of  the  Canadian    Hank 
of  Commerce,  at  Ottawa.  The  son,  .J.  Lorne 
Campbell,  has  been  for  some  years  in  the 
Bank  of  Commerce,  and  best  of  all.  Colonel 
Campbell  ts  still  «n  active  and  robust  roan. 
Ailven,  Jnntre  »„    M.  B..   T.  C.  D., 
L.  It.t'.S  T.,  London,  Ontario,  waa  bom  on 
the  13th  Dooember,   1847,  at  Chrome  HilL 
Lisbam,  Ireland.     He  is  a  son  of  Richard 
Niven   and  Elixa    Boomer.      After    having 
received   a  careful  preliminary  training  at 
Belfast  college,  Jamea  H.  Niven  subsef{uent- 
ly  matnculatetl  at  Trinity  College,  Dublin, 
from  which  institution  he  graduated  in  duo 
course  in  medicine.      Ho  has  been  aaatstint 
snrgeon   of   the   7th  Fusiliers  since   I87*i  ; 
and  waa  in  active  service  during  the  Rtel 


080 


A  CrCLOPJEDlA   OF 


rebellion  of  1885.  He  waa  a  member  nf 
th<*  stAff  of  the  general  hoepilal  &t  Loudon 
from  1877  to  1884.  During  tlie  lost  named 
jeArbe  waa  alderman  of  the  city  of  London. 
Since  1870  Dr.  Niven  has  been  actively 
connected  with  Freentanonry.  In  poUtioa 
he  haa  aJwaya  been  true  to  the  cause  of 
Liberat-Conaervatiam.  In  religion  he  ia  a 
atauuch  member  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land ;  and  ho  haa  been  twioe  married.  Dr. 
Niven  hfifl  taken  a  very  active  intereat  in 
all  mattera  connected  with  the  advance- 
ment and  breedine  of  dogs.  Ue  haa  im- 
ported Gordon  settera,  apaniela  and  Irish 
terriera,  and  haa  carried  otf  many  prisea 
with  theae  doga,  both  in  Canada  and  at  the 
principle  ahowa  in  the  United  Statea.  He 
haa  olao  acted  aa  judge  at  many  ahows,  and 
ia  oonaidered  an  authority  on  all  cauine 
queationa. 

Bciiaon,  Tlionia*,  Port  Hope,  waa 
bom  on  the  Ilth  Jauuary,  1804,  at  Fintona, 
County  of  Tyrone,  Ireland.  Hia  parents 
were  James  Benson  and  Ann  Ri>bin%on,  who 
were  married  at  Flntona,  on  the  l*Jth  March, 
1803,  and  came  to  America  in  181 G,  aettling 
first  at  Lanaingburgh,  N.Y.,  and  moving  in 
1819  to  Kingston,  Upper  Canada,  where 
James  Benaon  died  on  t)ie  24th  December, 
1828.  Hia  widow  died  at  St.  Catharines, 
U.  C,  on  30th  August,  1854.  Jaroea  Ben- 
aon hod  ten  children;  of  whom  only  two 
now  aurvive,  vi?.,  William  Benaon,  collector 
of  Customa,  at  Windaor,  Out.,  &nd  Ann 
Dickson,  widow  of  Jolin  K.  Dickson,  M.D., 
late  auperinteudcnt  of  'the  Lunatic  Asyhim, 
at  Hockwood,  Kingston.  Two  sons  died 
lately,  viz.,  the  Hon.  James  Kea  Benson, 
a  senator  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  who 
died  at  Ottawa,  on  18tli  March,  1885,  and 
Joseph  W.  Benaon,  M. D.,  who  died  at  Chi- 
cago, U.S.,  in  December,  1884.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  waa  educated  at  Kixigstou, 
and  early  gave  promise  of  a  brilli&ut  future, 
had  he  been  allowed  to  foUow  the  bent  of 
hia  own  incUnationa,  and  the  advice  of  pro- 
minent friends  of  hia  parents,  who  saw  in 
hitn  the  elements  of  auccess  in  a  professional 
career.  He  strongly  inclined  to  the  profea- 
sion  of  the  law,  but  a  prejudice  against  it  in 
the  minda  of  his  parents  prevented  its  pur- 
suit, and  he  waa  sent  into  mercantile  Life. 
Remaining  in  Kingston  until  1832,  he 
m<jved  to  Port  Hope,  luid  continued  there  in 
buainess  until  1837,  when,  on  the  breaking 
out  of  the  rebellion,  he  went  aa  captain  of 
a  company  of  volunteers  to  Chippawa  and 
Navy  Island,  and  was  on  duty  till  the  rebel- 
lion of  that  year  was  quelled.  On  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  disturbance  again  in  1839,  he 


returned  to  military  duty.  He  held  s com- 
mission aa  captain  and  puymaster  in  the  3rd 
battali'm  of  Incorporated  militiiL,  stationed 
at  Niagara,  from  the  eurcdment  of  that 
corps  until  ita  diabaudmeut  in  184o.  This 
battalion  was  commanded  at  tirst  by  Colo 
Thorne,  and  afterwards  by  Colonel  Kit 
mill.  Captain  Benson  waa  an  n ui rei 
favourite  in  the  regiment,  and  posse«se«l  l 
fullest  confidence  of  ita  commanding 
both  of  whom  addressed  to  him  m 
plimentory  letters,  expressing  their 
appreciation  and  aduuration  nf  him 
ofhcer  and  a  gentleman.  On  the  disbondinf 
of  the  3rd  battalion,  Mr.  Benson  went  to 
Peterborough,  where  he  waa  engaged  in  the 
milling  buainess  until  IHo.'i,  He  waa  the 
first  mayor  of  Peterborough  after  it*  inwkr- 
poration  as  a  town,  and  was  subaeij  iieutJj^| 
for  some  years  a  member  uf  the  council,  al^| 
ways  taking  an  active  and  enei:getic  part  in  ' 
all  public  affairs.  He  was  especially  useful 
in  advancing  oil  mattera  conuecteii  witli  the 
educational  intereata  of  the  county,  and  wu 
for  some  time  sujjerlntendent  of  Education 
in  the  coumies  of  Peterborough  and  Vic- 
toria. He  also,  during  thia  period  of  hia 
life,  contributed  largely  to  the  nevapaper 
press,  and  aided  by  hia  powerful  pen  ail  th« 
public,  educational  and  philanthropic  outor- 
prises  of  the  neighbourhood.  In  Iri^iS  ho 
moved  to  Port  Hope  to  assume  the  duti 
of  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  I 
borough  and  Port  Hope  Railway  Company, 
now  the  Midland  Railway  of  Canada,  whi  ' 
position  he  occupied  ti^  his  death.  Hti 
services  were  invaluable  in  prouioting  an 
carrying  out  this  enterprise,  and  he  wa 
travelling  on  the  buaineas  of  this  oompan 
when  he  met  with  hia  untimely  end.  He 
waa  killed  on  the  PJth  March,  1857,  with 
fifty-aeven  others,  by  the  breaking  of  Ih 
bridge  over  the  Dcsjordins  canal,  rm  iht^  iin 
of  the  Oreat  Western  Railway,  near  the  Ci 
of  Hamiltou,  aud  was  buried  at  Port  H 
amid  a  solemnity  aud  profouudness  of 
and  ayrayathy  never  exceeded  in  th 
of  the  country.  Mr.  Benson  was  a  ai 
and  devoted  member  of  the  Church  of  Kn 
land  ;  but  felt  and  exhibited  at  all  tim 
the  warmeat  aympathy  with  all  other  ChL 
tian  churches.  He  was  ever  active  and  fo: 
ward  in  all  religious  work,  and  waa  deep 
tntereated  in  the  Upper  Canada  Bible  iS 
ciety,  whose  cauae  aiwaya  found  in  hitu 
prompt  8np[>orter  and  a  /.ealous  and  powu 
ful  advocate.  He  was  alao  a  warm  uphold 
of  the  temperance  movement.  Being 
ready,  fluent,  and  eloquent  apeaker,  with 
well-atored    mind,    he    olwaya    occupied 


CANADUN  BIOGRAFEY. 


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forexnoat  place  on  erery  platform  from 
which  the  claims  of  religion,  philaiithrupy, 
or  public  enterprise  were  put  forth.  lo 
politics  he  wu  a  Liberal-Oonservative,  but 
ho  was  thoronghly  non-partiaan.  Thmmh 
admiralily  Htted  to  fill  a  hij^h  i>lace  nnd 
take  a  prominent  part  in  political  tiffaira. 
And  with  the  opportunity  at  hia  command 
of  representing  more  than  one  conatituenoy 
in  the  parliament  of  the  province^  he  pre- 
ferred the  qaiet  retirement  of  private  life, 
and  never  took  any  rery  active  part  in  the 
politics  of  hia  day.  Be  married,  on  the  10th 
December,  1827,  Alicia  Maria  Lowe,  only 
daughter  of  Richard  Lowe,  of  Adolphiis- 
iown,  IT.  C,  by  whom  ho  had  a  family  of 
Cwel re  children.  The  eldest  daughter.  Mary, 
ifi  the  wife  of  Thumas  R.  Merntt,  of  Hod- 
man Uall,  St.  Catharines  ;  the  eldest  son, 
James  Binley  Heuaon,  died  in  187^,  at 
Hamilton,  Bermuda,  whither  he  bad  gone 
to  recruit  his  healtli.  Three  daughters  and 
throe  sons  still  survive,  v\r...  Annie  M., who  is 
onmarried  ;  Htden,  wife  of  Calvin  E  Brown. 
of  Minneapolis,  Min.,  U.S.  ;  Emma,  wife  of 
T.  R.  Fuller.  Toronto;  Thomas  Moore 
Benson,  of  Port  Hope,  juuior  judtre  of  the 
OoQuty  Court  of  the  United  Counties  of 
Northumberland  and  Durham  ;  Richard 
L.  Benson,  LL.B.,  barrister- at-law,  Peter- 
borough ;  and  Lieut. -Col.  Frederick  A.  Ben- 
aon  of  the  4Gth  battalion,  volunteer  militia, 
Port  Hope.  Mr.  Benson's  widow  died  at 
St.  Catharines,  on  theUth  Auguat,  1877. 
Bhe  WB5  a  woman  of  much  personal  attrac- 
tivenesa,  of  deep  and  fervent  piety,  and  uf 
entire  derotedness  to  her  family  cares  and 
duties. 

Ryan,  Hon.  Thoinua,  Lieutenant- 
Colonel,  Senator,  Montreal,  was  bom  at 
Balinakill,  County  of  Kildare,  Ireland.  Ho 
was  educated  at  Clongowe's  College,  and 
early  in  life  came  to  Canada,  where  he  em- 
barked in  commercial  operations.  He  was 
for  many  years  a  partner  in  the  well-known 
firms  uf  Ryan,  Bros.  &.  Co.,  of  Quebec  and 
Montreal,  and  retired  therefrom  in  J803. 
He  had  for  stmie  yttan  past  been  a  close 
•Indent  of  pnlitical  affairs,  and  in  the  last- 
Damed  year,  with  a  mind  well-stocked  with 
the  fruits  of  his  observations,  offered  him- 
•elf  for  the  Victoria  Division  in  the  LeL^is- 
lative  Council,  and  wu  elected  therefor.  He 
•at  in  that  t»ody  till  otmfederatiun,  and  Uia 
career  there  was  characterised  by  exceed- 
ing aoundneae  of  judgment,  by  a  wide  and 
•t  the  same  time  a  minute  knowledge  of 
great  public  quostiona,  eapedally  those  re- 
Imag  to  trade  and  commerce.  Previoat  to 
IMO,  it  was  ooustdvred  deairable,   in  the 


interests  of  Canadian  commerce,  to  extend 
our  foreign  trade  relations  ;  and  with  this 
end  in  view,  the  goremment  chose  certain 
commissioners  to  proceed  to  the  West  Indies, 
Mexico  and  Braxil,  with  a  view  to  opening 
trade  relationa  between  these  countriea  and 
Canada.  One  of  the  members  of  that  com- 
misaion  was  the  Hon.  Thomas  Ryan.  Mr. 
Ryan  waa  also  chairman  of  the  meeting  of 
the  united  deputies  from  the  British  North 
American  provinces,  held  in  Detroit,  on  the 
memorable  occasion  when  the  elo()uence  of 
Joseph  Howe  electrified  and  astonished  the 
people  of  that  city.  In  May,  I8ti7.  he  was 
called  to  the  Senate  by  Royal  proclamation, 
and  has  since  sat  in  that  body,  which  he 
adorns  hy  the  dignity  and  the  judicial  char- 
acter of  all  hia  actions  there.  Senator  Ryan 
is  one  of  the  Catholic  Commissioners  of  edu- 
cation for  the  Province  of  Quebec,  aniJ  he 
has  always  taken  a  prominent  part  in  the 
cause  of  wholesome  national  instruction. 
He  married  in  1871,  Dudinjj  Wilhelmina, 
second  daughter  i.f  Charles  N.  F.  Do  Mon- 
tenacb,  grnnddanghter  of  the  late  Baroness 
DeLongueil,  and  relict  of  the  late  Oliver 
Perrault  De  Liuwro,  of  Montreal.  Senator 
Ryan  has  always  been  a  steadfast  Liberal- 
Conservative. 

norden,  Wrlllnicton  Jeffera,  Ham- 
ilton, waa  born  in  the  County  of  Wentworth, 
Ontario,  on  the  2ath  of  September,  1837. 
His  father  was  John  D.  Mordon.  and  his 
mother's  maiden  name  waa  McLaughlin. 
The  grandfather  of  our  subject  was  a  U.  E. 
loyalist,  who  came  to  Canada  from  Pensyl- 
vania.  Thia  uaeful  and  diatinoruished  an- 
cestor fought  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  tork 
part  in  the  battle  of  Queonaton  Heiglita. 
In  thia  engagement  he  had  a  bntiher 
killed.       Hia  son,  the  father   of   our   sub- 

i'ect,  waa  bom  in  the  townahip  of  WVat 
i'lainboro*.  Ho  took  part  in  the  rebellion 
of  1837,  at  the  hea'l  of  which  waa  WilUam 
Lyon  Mackenzie,  and  waa  a  captain  of  mil- 
itia. He  adopted  the  life  of  a  farmer,  as 
nearly  evervbody  did  in  those  days.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  lirat  council  of  the 
townahip  of  Kast  Flamboro',  and  thia  office 
beheld  with  much  public  satiafaction  for  a 
number  of  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morden  are 
still  liriiig,  and  they  reside  in  the  Ci^v  <*f 
Hamilton.  They  some  time  since  retired 
from  farm  life,  btit  enjoy  gmKl  health. 
Our  subject  received  a  common  school  edu- 
cation, and  after  tearing  school,  which  he 
did  when  in  hia  fift*onth  year,  ho  entered 
on  the  farm  with  his  father.  Here  he  re- 
mained for  tenjrears,  after  which,  in  IMVJ^ 
he  removed  to  Hamilton.     Hera  he  enterad 


689 


A  CrCLOPMmA  OF 


the  flour  and  feed  bnsinesa,  on  John  street, 
where  he  remained  fur  three  yeare.  He 
afterwards  engaged  in  the  produce  imd  coui' 
miaaion  buaineM,  in  which  undertaking  he 
continued  for  seven  years  ;  he  then  removed 
to  No.  7,  Market  square,  where  he  has  re- 
mained ever  since.  His  principal  trade 
IB  in  grain  and  flour ;  and  he  ia  one  of  the 
mofli  prominent  dealers  in  Hamilton.  In 
1881  he  was  elected  alderman  fur  No.4  ward, 
City  of  ilarndton  ;  and  was  re-elected  for 
the  years  1882,  '83,  'S4  and  '8o.  He  has 
been  chairman  for  the  jail  and  court  honae 
for  three  years  past ;  he  is  a  stockholder  in 
the  Bank  of  Hamilton,  and  has  been  and  is, 
prominently  connected  with  several  impor- 
tant public  enterpriaee.  Taking  rest  from 
oppreoaive  buaiiieas,  he  has  recruited  and 
bttiefited  himself  by  travel  through  the 
United  States,  and  all  of  our  own  dominion. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church, 
and  is  trustee  of  Ziun  taV>eriiacle,  Hauiiltuu, 
and  likewise  a  member  of  the  ofiicial  board. 
In  politics  he  ia  a  Conservative,  and  is  vice- 
chairman  of  the  Conservative  Associalion  of 
ward  No.  4.  He  wrq  married  to  Mine  Kltra 
Jane  Patten,  daughter  of  Andrew  I'atten, 
of  Eaat  Flamboro',  County  of  Wentworth, 
one  of  the  largest  lumber  and  flour  nier- 
chante  in  that  neighbourhood.  By  this 
marria;!e  ho  haa  one  child. 

HIcrkey.  Daniel  C,  M.D.C.Mm  King- 
ston* Ontario,  was  bom  at  KinjL*ston,  on  Jan- 
uary 23,  1830.  Ho  was  the  sun  of  Edward 
Hickey,  a  nativuuf  Cork,  Ireland,  and  Ellen 
liis  wife,  who  came  from  Kilkenny.  Dr. 
Hiokey  waa  educated  at  the  lioyal  Gram- 
mar school  of  his  native  city,  under  George 
Baxter,  and  graduated  in  the  classical  and 
oommercial  ooursea  of  the  College  of  St. 
Hyacinth,  Canada  Caat,  in  1845.  On  his  re- 
turn from  college  he  entered  upon  amercan* 
tile  career,  aud  in  the  year  1802  commenced 
business  as  a  dry  goods  merchant  in  the  City 
of  KiuKstoD,  which  he  successfully  conduct- 
ed until  1861.  During  this  period  he  crossed 
the  Atlantic  thirty-two  times,  visiting  on 
business  and  pleasure  (ireat  Britain  and  the 
Continent.  When  in  business,  our  subject 
displayed  his  patriotism  by  the  active  inter- 
est he  exhibited  in  military  matters.  He 
vaa  a  member  of  Colonel  Shaw's  Rifle  vol- 
unteer brigade,  ranking  as  sergeant-major 
of  that  corps,  and  waa  also  a  lieutenant  in 
the  Ist  battalion,  Frontenac  militia.  Hav- 
ing accumulated  some  wealth,  he  gave  up 
active  business  in  1861,  aud  retaining  hia 
fondness  foratudy,  entered  the  Kuyal  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeous,  Queen's 
Uuiveraity.       After   pursuing    the  medical 


course,  for  the  purpoae  of  exteadiogHiapr> 
feaaional  experience,  he  entered  tM  Mrrior 
of  the  United  States  government,  aatar^eoD 
of  cavalry.       Durinj;  the  war  for  thej-irpeet* 
ration    of   the  union,  he    waa  identified  io 
that  capacity  with  the  eighteenth,  twmty- 
fourth,  and   twenty-flfih   anoy    ourps,  and 
was  present  at  the  eugagementa  at   Suffolk, 
Vn.  i  Qateaville  and  Wintou  Ferry,  N-TV- 
olina  ;  Blackwater  River,  near    Peter*'      . 
Va.  ;  Johnson's  Farm,  White  Oak    ^» 
and  Deep   Bottom,    in  front  of  Richn 
Va.     He  was  at  the  capture  and  occujuL 
of    Richmond,   and  also  at  the  enttii 
and   destrnotion   of  the   rebel    T«in 
marU,    on    the   27th    of    October,   11 
Albermnrle  Snnnd,    North  Carolina,  untlsr' 
Lieutenant  Cushing.  t'.S.N.     Four  mMfvths  ' 
after  the   close   <'f  the  war,  the  di>ct*ir  ••» 
honourably  dischurged  at  Jefferson  barrackft, 
Sackwtt's  Harlxtur.  N.Y..  Aujjuat  lo,    18^. 
On  hia  dischargf,  Dr.  Hickey  settled  in  JJ^w- 
ark,   New   Jersey,  where    he    prootised  Ui 
profession  until  1881.   During  hia  reaidsaos 
in    NewHrk,    our  subject  was  elected  alder- 
man for  the  fourth  ward  of  that   city.     Hs 
also  became  a  uiembf^r  of  the  Newark  Med- 
ical Society,  of  the  Pharmaoentical    Society 
of    New  Jersey,  and   of  the  Eenex  Coonty 
Medical  Society.     Ho  ia  alao  a  life   member 
of  the  Young  Men's  Catholic  Association  of 
Nowiirk.  which   ia  the  parent  society  uf  all 
the  Y.M.C  sociHtios  on  the  continent,     Dr 
Hickey  was  one  of  the  pioneer  organizers  of 
the  Grand   Army  of  the  Kepubhc.  and  for 
many  years  occupied  th*  position  of  surjeon 
of    Lincoln    Post,    No.  11,  G.A.R.,  depart- 
ment of  New  Jersey.        He  haa  lived  to  s« 
thid  finfauiuation,  which  is  composed  of  vet- 
erans of  the  war  of  1861-05,  assume  gigmotic 
prop<jrtions,    with   ramitications   extendmg 
mto  every  state  of  the  uuion.       During  his 
residence  in  Newark,  he  was  connected  with 
many    enterprises    outside  his    profession, 
notably  the  Diamond  Bind   Saw  Company, 
for  sawing  stoue  wnth  diamonds  :  the  Snow 
Silver  Smelting  Company,  and  several  other 
public  enterprises.     \}r.  Hickey,  while  here, 
identified    himself    with     the     Deniocratio 
party,    and  waa  an    active  worker  in  h 
state,  and  general  politics  ;  and  still  retail 
with  all  the  fervour  of  the  native    bom, 
allei^iunce  to  the  Unit«d  Statea.    Dr.  Hickri 
finally  returned  to  his  native  town  in 
aud    retired   from  the  active  pursuit  of 
profession  to  look  after  his  lar;;e  landed 
teri'ats  there.     Since  his  return  to  Kingsti 
he  haa  erected  one  of  the    handsomest 
denoos   in    the   city,  facing    the  park,  and 
known  ns  "  Park    VilU"  ;  and  he  waa  one 


CANADIAN  BiOOSAPBY, 


583 


of  the  prime  morers  ftnd  heaviest  tharehold- 
en  in  the  Kingston  Hosiery  Company.  In 
1869,  ho  wsa  appoint«d  deputy  quarantine 
officer  for  the  port  of  New  York,  and  had 
charge  of  the  qaarantine  ateamer  IHinoU^ 
atationed  in  the  lower  bay  of  that  port 
During  his  oooapation  of  that  office,  the 
French  man-of-war  i>*£»^rv«,  with  three 
handrod  and  ninety-seven  officers  and  men, 
Oftme  under  his  care  with  yellow  fever  on 
buard.  For  his  snooessful  professional 
treatment  and  polite  attention  to  the  officers 
and  men  of  this  frii^ate,  he  waa  recommend- 
ed to  the  Imperial  government  for  decora- 
tion. The  papers  Sind  records  in  the  case« 
however,  were  unfortunately  burned  in  the 
French  navy  department,  during  the  troub- 
lous times  of  the  Commune.  During  the 
fifties,  while  in  business  in  Kingston,  Dr. 
Uickey  repreweuted  for  four  years  St.  Law- 
reoce  ward  in  the  nuinicipal  council.  He 
m&rried.  May  1,  1854,  AnostaJiia  B..  daugh- 
ter of  John  Forestell,  W'atorford,  Ireland, 
and  niece  of  the  Very  Rev.  Pairick  Dullard, 
V.G.,  and  who  accompanied  him  through 
hiientire  Amuricau  caui[>aign.  Oursiibject 
ia  a  devout  Houian  catholic,  that  hiding  the 
diurch  of  his  fathers.  He  delights  in  ath- 
letic pursuits,  and  is  an  ardent  disciple  of 
Sir  Isak  Walton.  As  a  yachtsman  ho  is 
%imo  somewhat  noted,  having  built  an<l 
owned  aome  of  the  fastest  craft  sailing  the 
8t.  Lawrence.  !5tiU  in  thu  prime  i>f  life. 
I>r.  Hickey  bids  fair  to  liAve  many  years  of 
uaefuluess  auJ  repose,  after  an  active  life  of 
adventure  such  »s  has  f&llun  to  the  lot  of 
few  Oanadians. 

Royal,  Joseph,  LL.D.,  MP.  for  Pro- 
Tencher,  Manitoba,  was  born  at  Repeutigny, 
Province  of  Quebec,  on  the  7th  Mty,  1837. 
He  waa  educated  at  the  Jesuit's  college. 
Monireai  He  studied  Isw,  and  was  called 
to  the  bar  of  Lower  Canada  in  18(>4.  iSome 
yaafis  Bft«rwiirils  he  remuvud  to  Manitoba, 
and  wM  called  to  the  bar  nf  that  province 
in  1871.  '1  liv  career  of  this  distinguished 
gentleman  haa  been  so  succeasful,  and 
ct^rizefi  by  so  much  bhliant  aohiare- 

nt,  tlmt  veci  cannot  do  better  than  record 
successes  in  order.  As  an  adv<>CAt«.  he 
has  been  retaincKl  in  ninny  )mpt.>rtant  casmt. 
the  most  nulsbU  of  which  wore  those  t^f 
the  Que«n  m.  Amhroise  Lepine,  and  the 
Queen  e«.  Naud,  tried  At  tho  Manitoba 
criuiinal  assizes,  Oct^iber,  1874.  for  the  exo- 
oation  of  Thomaa  Socitt,  under  the  provi- 
nooal  uuvammenl  of  Louis  Kit«l.  and  in 
whiah  h«  waa  aaaociatvd  with  Hon.  J.  A. 
Ohapleau,  Q.C. ,  as  a  counsel  for  the  defence. 
H«  vu  for  aooia  years  one  of  the  aasistaak 


^Kant 
~lfla  SI 


French  tronslatort  for  the  Canadian  As- 
sembly. He  has  been  a  prominent  writer 
on  the  French-Canadian  newspaper  and 
periodical  press  for  a  lengthened  perii.>d  ; 
edited  the  Montreal  ASintrve  from  1^7  until 
1859,  when  he  established  L'Ordrt^  which  he 
conducted  until  1800  ;  waa  one  of  the 
founders  of  La  Rtvue  Canadienntt  1864,  to 
which  he  contributed  many  valuable  and 
interesting  paper*.  In  1867  ho  founded, 
with  others,  Le  Nouveau  Monde  (Montreal), 
of  which  he  became  chief  editor.  In  1871, 
shortly  after  his  removal  to  Manitoba,  he 
establiahed  Lt  Metu,  of  which  he  still  re- 
mains editor  and  proprietor.  He  is  author  of 
^*  Vie  Politique  de  Sir  Louis  H.  Lafontaine  " 
(1864),  and  many  other  important  contribu- 
tiona  to  French  Canadian  literature.  He 
waa  one  of  tho  secretaries  to  the  Montreal 
Centennial  committee,  and  took  au  active 
part  in  or^anizini;  the  Papal  Xouavea  wbo 
were  sent  to  the  assistance  of  the  hrily  father, 
18H8.  He  waa  elected  first  vice-chancellor 
of  the  University  of  Manitoba,  1877.  and  re- 
elected in  1878.  Uo  waa  appointed  oommia- 
sioner  for  the  consolidation  of  the  statu  tee 
of  the  province,  in  May,  1877,to|j;ether  with 
Chief  Justice  Wood.  M.  Royal  waa  elected 
speaker  for  the  first  Lefpslative  Assembly 
of  Manit'tba,  1871,  an  ofhce  he  vacated  in 
March,  1873,  on  being*  appointed  a  member 
of  the  executive  council  and  provincial  sec- 
retary "f  the  province  ;  and  resigned  with 
the  government,  8th  July,  1874.  He  was 
re-appoiuted  to  the  cabinet,  with  the  ofhces 
of  provincial  secretary  and  minister  of  public 
works,  tird  December,  1874  ;  reiii^ned  othce  of 
public  works,  and  accepted  that  of  attorney- 
general.  May,  1870,  which  he  held  until  the 
resignation  of  the  government,  when  he  waa 
offered  and  accepted  the  portfolio  of 
minister  of  public  works  in  the  new  admin- 
istration, 1878.  Early  in  1878  a  difference 
of  opinion  having  arisen  between  the 
premier  and  M.  Royal,  the  latter  reaigned. 
He  waa  appointed  a  member  of  the  execu- 
tive conncil  for  the  North- West  territoriea, 
1873.  Waa  the  first  superintendent  of  edu- 
cation (appointed  1871)  for  Manitoba,  and 
as  such  exerted  himself  in  having  the  law 
explained  and  carried  ui;t  in  every  Kicnlity  ; 
resigned  March.  1872,  on  his  spp'iiitimuut 
to  olllce.  He  obtHioed  the  cofninand  of  a 
cavalry  trtHtp,  composed  of  nativ^a,  at  the 
time  of  the  Fenian  raid,  (>ctol>er,  1871.  and 
wa«  detailed  on  an  important  scouting  expe* 
dition  in  the  southwest  of  the  province.  H» 
discharged  the  admiuistnitive  duties  of 
attorney-general  fn.>m  3nl  Decumbvr.  1874. 
until  1878,  and  personally  8U|>erviM>d  the 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


imporUnt  legtBlation  of  1875-76,  introOuced 
hy  the  D&vU-Kuyal  govemintint,  which 
included  the  County  Slunicipalttiet  Act  ; 
the  AdminUtration  of  Juttioe  Act  ;  the 
Electoral  Law  ;  the  Act  respecting  trial  of 
ControTerted  Electionf,  and  the  Act  for  the 
abolition  of  the  Legislative  (council.  He  is 
also  the  author  of  the  School  Law,  1873  ;  of 
the  ayatem  of  registration  of  deeds,  and  of 
the  mode  uf  establiahiug  and  ciiUecting  vital 
siatiatica.  He  haa  been  a  delegate  to  Ot- 
tawa on  aeveral  rxx^oaioua  on  the  subject  of 
**  better  terms. "  and  the  enlargement  of  the 
boundariea  of  Manitoba.  In  October,  1875, 
ho  woa  aucccasful,  with  Mr.  Davia,  in  aecur- 
ing  the  readjustuiout  of  the  tinancial  ar- 
rangamenta  of  Manitoba  with  the  Dominion. 
H«  was  tirst  returned  to  the  Legislative  As- 
sembly, Manitoba,  for  St.  Franouia  Xavier 
Weat  by  accUuialion,  December,  1870,  on 
the  erecti<'n  of  Manitoba  into  a  province  of 
the  Dominion  ;  re-elected  by  acclamation  in 
1876,  and  again  in  1878.  He  was  elected 
for  his  present  aeat  on  the  appointment  of 
M.  Dubuc,  the  sitting  member,  aa  puisne 
judge  of  the  Court  of  Queen's  Bench,  Mani- 
toba, December,  1879.  He  was  re-elecbod 
by  acclamation  at  the  loat  general  election. 
Ue  is  an  advocate  of  extension,  so  as  to 
make  Manitoba  a  maritime  province,  with  a 
port  on  Lake  Superior  and  on  the  Hudaon 
Bay.  He  ia,  above  all.  a  firm  believer  in 
the  great  destiny  of  the  far  wcat,  and  will 
labour  zealoualy  towarda  its  acoompliah- 
ment.  Aa  a  lawyer,  M.  Hoyal  ia  learned 
and  akilful,  and  niiiy  be  ranked  as  one  uf 
the  very  foremost  members  of  the  Canadian 
bar.  As  a  politician  there  is,  perhaps,  not 
one  more  active  and  able  to  be  found  in  the 
Houae  of  Commnnn.and  we  predict  for  him 
a  place  yet  in  the  Dominion  cabinet,  for 
wmch  position  his  abilities  entitle  hira. 

Bell  SmillK  Frederic  narletl.  of 
London,  Ontario,  who  is  ao  widely  known 
in  Canada  as  an  artist  and  elocutionist, 
was  born  in  London,  England,  ou  St^p- 
tember  2Uth,  184U.  Hia  father,  John  liell- 
Smith,  waaalso  an  artist  df  note,  and  moved 
with  hifl  family  to  Canada  in  IHGli.  Hia 
mother  waa  a  daughter  of  Johu  Marlett 
Boddy,  an  officer  in  the  admiralty.  Their 
family,  of  whom  F.  M.  Bell-Hmith  la  the 
eldeat,  consisted  of  ei^ht  sons  and  four 
daughters,  of  whom  five  aons  and  three 
daughters  atilj  live,  K.  M.  Bell-Smith  waa 
educated  in  England,  receiving  special  in- 
struction in  drawing  at  South  Kenaington, 
at  that  time  the  hoa<lquarters  and  principle 
school  of  art  in  connection  with  the  science 
and  art  department  in  England.     On  hia  ar- 


rival in  this  country  be  settled  in  Mont?w*1 
where  he  lived  till  1B71,  when  he  muw 
Hamilton,  changing   to    Toronto    in    :^ 
back  to  Hamilton  in  1879,  again  to  T 
in     1881,    and  Hnally  retracing  hia  str 
London    in    1882,  where   he    now  rev  .r- 
While  in  Montreal  he  waa  a  member  of  > 
5  company,  Victoria  ridea,   with  wboai  k* 
was  on  active  service  in  1870.      He  is  ooe  of 
the  original  members  of  the  Kuyal  Canmliui 
Academy,   Ontario  Society  of  Artiati,  uni 
the  old  Society  of  Canadian   Artists,  which 
latter  aodety  waa  organized  in  Montreal  in 
18C7,  Mr.  Bell-Rmith,  senior,  beir     ''     *  -  • 
president  ;  and  it  was  the  firat  s< 
posed  exclusively  of  artists  ever    L-ini^w  ... 
Canada.     As  a  contributor  to  the  dirbuiion 
7//uxfroftfd  JSTeicv,  and  aa  one  of    the  Urk;***! 
exhibitors  at   the  annual  exhibition  of  i!i- 
Royal  Canadian  Academy  and  Ontario  S<>ci 
ety  of  Artists,  aa  well  as  a  moat  popular  e\o- 
outioniat    and     cartoonist,     he    haa    estab* 
lisbed  a  wide-spread  reputation  aa  one  of  chs 
most  prominent  artists  in  the  country.     Aa 
an  educationalist  he  can  claim    conaiderable 
notice,   for   to  hia  energetic  elTorta  and  pa- 
tient labours  must  in  some  degree  be  aCtri 
uted    the    very  decided   refomt  in  the 
studies  of    our  achoola   and  ooUcges.     H 
work   at  Alma  College,  St  Thomas,   vhar* 
he  haa  directed  the  ajl  department  for  the 
past  four  and  a  half  years,  haa    borne  giwd 
fruit  in  the  thorough  training  of  some  young 
ladies,  aeveral  of   whom  now  hold    respoit- 
Bible  positions  aa  teachers  in  aiiuilar  i 
tions.      When  the  Educational    depa 
decided  to  grant  certiricatea,  authoris 
holders  to  teach  drawing  in  the  achool 
colleges  of  the  land,  Mr.  Bell-Smith 
example  to  the  other  teaohera  of  drawing  ta 
the  province,  by  submitting    himself  to  the 
examination  prescribed  by  the  department 
and    passing  Bucce«afully  in    all     branch 
had  the  honour  t(i  be  the  ftrat  to  r< 
higher  grade  certificate.   Be  ia  a  M 
and  in  years  paat  haa  boen  an  ai'tive  ineiune; 
aud  officer.       Ho  is  also  identified  with  th 
A.F.  A  A.M.  and  the  A.O.U.W.  ordera,  in 
which  he  also  holds  office.     In  1871  ho  mar- 
ried Annie  Myra,  daughter  of  S.  W.   Dyt 
and  niece    of  Colonel  Dyde,  A. D.C.,  )C0 
M.G.     There  ia  isaue  two  aona. 

Christie,  William,  Manufacturer 
Biacuita,  etc..  Torout*^,  one  of  the 
prominent  men  in  the  buainess  circles  of 
Canada,  ia  the  sabject  of  this  sketch.  Whaa 
a  man,  through  peraiatent  industry  and 
upright  methods,  oas  won  for  himaelf  a 
plaoe  higher  than  that  occupied  by  the  gen- 
eral  run,    the   public    become    anxious   Ui 


ths^ 

&  young ^^ 

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iuayyi^H 


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A 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


56b 


of  his   beginnings,  snd  to  know  the 
history  of  his  caraer.     But  only  bri«6y  is 
it   alloned    to    us    to    deal    with    William 
Ohristte.    He  was  born,  we  learn,  in  Huntly, 
Ah«rde«nshLre,   Scotland,   on  January  6tb, 
1820  ;  and    is   n   son  of  John    Christie,   of 
the  Rsme  place.     Mr.  Christie,  senior,  was 
not   blessed  with   wealth,  but  he  enjoyod 
the  respect  of   hia  fellows,  and  be  bad  the 
same   sterling   qnolities   which   it    is   well- 
known  are  the  inheritance  of  his  son.     Our 
subject  did    not  receive  an  elaborate  edu- 
cation, but  he  obtained  cxinsiderable  school- 
ing.     Like  the  nons  of  so  many  in  the  old 
eonntry  as   well   as   in   Canada,  who   have 
not  means  to  bring  up  their  families  in  lux* 
ury,  young  Christie  was  obliged  to  take  any 
honest  employment  that  offered.     It  is  re* 
lated  that  he  was  not  above  at  one  time  oc- 
cupyiu^r  himself  as  a  herd-laddie.     But  this 
was  only  a  make*sbift,  and  the  young  man 
was  determined,  through  endeavour  in  an 
honest  calling,  to  see  if  the  world  would  not 
be  made  to  yield  him  the  living  that  it  owed 
him.     So  casting  about  him  as  to  what  trade 
he  Tould  learn,  it  occurred  to  him  that  that 
of  baker  would  not  be  the  least    protitable. 
Then,  while  acquiring  this  trade  he  used  to 
think  of  the  new  country,  Canada,  rapidly 
growing  ;  and  was  convinced  that  in  a  com- 
munity  devoid   of   a  sufiiciency  of   skilled 
labour  there  was  a  field  for  himself.    To  Can- 
ada, therefore,  he  came,  in  1848 ;  and  on  his 
arrival  he  promptly  rolled  up  his  sleeves  and 
took  employment  in  the  calling  that  he  bad 
chosen  for  himself.     He  was  now  only  in  his 
nineteenth  year,  but  he  was  hearty,  full  of 
enterprise.  b<.*pe  and  ambition.      He  worked 
patiently  in  Toronto  for  a  period,  and  then 
resolved  to  begin    business   upon  his   own 
part-responsibility.     8o  in  i8&l  he  entered 
into   partnership  with  Mr.  Brown,  a  well- 
known  business  man  \  but  the  name  of  Mr. 
Christie  did  not  appear  in   tlie  title  of  the 
firm.     Tlie    business   with    which    the   new 
establishment  ctmcerned  itself  waa  the  bak- 
ing of  biscuits  and  s  general  trade.      From 
the  day  that   the  shutters  of  the  now  om- 
oem  were  opened   up  to  this  time,  succeAs 
baa  awaited  up^n  the  proprietors,  and  every 
dar  laea  a  further  spresd  of  the   basinova. 
When  Mr.   Brown  retired  from  the  house, 
Mr.   Christie  to.>k   in   Mr.   Mavvr,  and  the 
firm  was  known  for  a  period  as  Chnstte  & 
Maver.     In  )Hr>4  rwvrses  came  U>  thv  for- 
tone*  of  Mr.  Christie.     Me  had    been  en- 
iloning  the  ps[>er  of  a  friend,  but  evil  days 
v«ira  in  store ;  tire   osme   and  swept  away 
the  poasessions  of  his  friend,  and  after  that 
the   sherilTs  figure  was  a   fsinihar  uue  for 


many   years.     Old   friends   had    lost   faith, 
but  he  found  one  man.  Alex.    Brown,    who 
had  contidence  in  his  honesty  aud  ability, 
notwithatandini;;    that    some   wise  and    far- 
seeing  ones  shook  their  heads.     Mr.  Christie 
finds  much  satisfaction  in  looking  back  now 
upon  this  period  of  trial,  for   the  successes 
that  he    has  since  achieved    may  well  give 
him  cause  for  self-congratulation.    His  busi- 
ness house  is  situate  in  the  City  of  Toronto, 
and  it  would  well  repay  the  visitor  to  spend 
an  hour  in  passing  from  one  of  the  tine,  bust- 
ling, airy,  cleanly  kept  departments  of  the 
establishment  to  another.      For  the  greater 
part  our  subject  has  been  a  devoted  bnsineas 
man.attendmg  to  the  general  management, 
as  well   as  the   details  of  the   wide-spread 
house,  but  he  has  been   enabled,  neverihe- 
lesa,  to  give  some  of  his  attention  to  worthy 
and   unseltish  objects.     He  has  been    inti- 
mately and   conspicuously  connected   with 
the  Toronto  Industrial  Exliihition  Asai>cia- 
tion,  and  is  also  an  active  member  of  the 
council  of  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  City  of 
Toronto.     To   enlarge  his    knowledge   and 
experience    he   has   travelled   through    the 
greater  part  of   the  United  States,  aud  he 
has  visited  alt  the  chief  places  iu  Canada. 
Most  of   those  who  come  to  us  from  Scot- 
land,   ask  upon  lauding  where  the  kirk  is, 
and    this    did    our   subject    too,    upon    his 
arrival.     But   in  these   later  years  he   has 
refused   rigidly  to  be  buund  by  any  ecclesi- 
astical doctrine,  and  in  religion,  as  in  human 
and  state  polity,  is  satistied   with   nothing 
that    is    narrow—  seeking    the    broad    and 
the    liberal.      It  is  hardly  necessary  in  the 
light  of  these  facta  to  tell  our   readers  that 
in  politics  Mr.  Christie  is  a  Keformer  ;  but 
his  policy  would  be  one  of  wise  restraint, 
with   the  ultimate  well-being  of  our  coun- 
try   as  his  aim.     Mr.  Christie  married  on 
the  2l8t  March,    1855,  Miss  J.  MoMnllin, 
of   Vork  county,  Ontario,  aud  the   fruits  of 
this  union   has    been    fuur  children,  three 
daughters  and  a  son.  Mr.  Christie  is  a  gentle- 
man of  very  few  words,  save  when  circum- 
stances demand   it,  then  you  tind  yourself 
listening  to  a  man  who  has  thought  deeply 
and  observed  closelv.     He  has  a  tall,  hno 

Sreaence,  and  his  hair  is  sprinkled  with  gray. 
\o  pen  can  touch  a  history  uf  the  business 
invwth  uf  Canada,  aud  leave  from  the  pagea 
the  name  of  Wdtiam  Christie. 

Atklnaon,  4'hnrlcs  Klclmrd,  Chat- 
ham, Out.,  was  luirn  in  London,  Kugland, 
on  Ms]?  4th,  1828.  In  hi:*  sixteenth  year 
his  father  emigrated  with  his  family  to  Can- 
ada, and  nettled  in  Oxford,  then  a  wilder- 
ness, aud   thus  gained  some  exparieuoe  uf 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  or 


bnsb  farniin^,  but  not  boing  inclined  to  a 
backwoodi  life,  he  studied  with  a  view  to  be- 
oome  &  civil  enyiueer,  but  relinqutshed  that 
aim,  and  adopted  the  profeaaiun  of  law, 
under  the  tutelage  of  Hon.  Walter  Mac- 
rea.  in  Obatbam,  commencinj;  hla  studios 
in  1853.  He  waa  oalted  to  the  bar  in  1859, 
sinoe  which  time  he  has  been  practising 
oonatantly  in  the  above-named  town,  and 
has  been  engaged  in  a  large  number  of  im> 
portant  suit*.  His  business  had  so  largely 
increa94M]  that,  m  1880.  he  took  in  Mr.  D. 
M.  Christie  as  a  partner.  He  was  appoint- 
ed a  Q.O.  in  1S85.  Though  a  consistent 
Liheral-Conaervative,  his  time  haa  been  too 
much  occupied  to  leave  much  scope  for  en- 
gaging in  the  political  arena.  Ue  stixKl 
tor  parliament  in  187t2,  but  was  defeated  by 
David  Mills.  Me  has  seen  Chatbam  emerge 
friiiii  a  Hinall  plaoi^  of  2,500  inhabitants,  in 
1852,  to  one  of  the  dimensions,  and  with 
the  appliances,  of  u  city. 

VanaAie,  Fablcn  Verlereufll«,M.  P. 
for  Yamaaka,  Mtiiitreal,  was  horn  at  Kiver 
David,  in  the  parish  uf  St.  David,  in  the 
County  of  Vamaijka,  Province  of  (Quebec,  on 
the  6th  of  November,  1848.  ilis  father  was 
Francois- Xavier  Vanasae-Vertefeuille,  and 
his  mother  Angelique  Dupuis.  His  father 
was  the  pioneer  of  the  parish  of  St.  David^ 
whore  he  established  himself  in  18*J».  M. 
Vanasse-Vertefeuillo  is  of  French  descent, 
his  paternal  and  maternal  ancestors  Imviug 
cuntu  from  France  iu  ItioO,  and  taken  up 
land  in  the  vicinity  of  the  bourgade  of  I'liree 
Hivers,  now  the  HourishiiiK  Oity  of  Three 
Rivers.  M.  Vanaase  attended  at  first  the 
parish  school  of  8t.  David,  and  in  his  thir- 
teenth year  waa  sent  to  Nicolet  college, 
where  he  completed  his  education  in  liter- 
ature and  science.  At  the  completion  of 
his  studies  be  whs  ailmilted  to  the  study  of 
law,  after  a  severe  exumiiiatiou  h<-fure  the 
Montreal  bur,  on  the  1 1th  of  January,  1871. 
He  had  the  advantA:^o  of  having  made  his 
coura  de  droit  under  the  direction  of  M. 
(now  Hon.  Justice)  Jett6.  one  of  the  moat 
learned  advocates  at  the  Montreal  bar.  M. 
Vanasse  waa  aduiitted,  with  distinction,  to 
the  Montreal  bar  uii  the  12th  of  January, 
1875.  Un  the  Ut  tpf  May,  1875,  he  entered 
into  a  legal  partnership  as  junior  partner 
with  Trudel  dt  Taillon,  of  Montreal,  and 
practived  with  that  ini|K)rtaiit  Hrm  for  a 
period  of  four  years.  In  ltt7t>  ho  letired 
from  the  firm  to  enter  thu  political  sphere  : 
and  at  the  appointment  of  Honourable  Jus- 
tice Gill,  in  1870,  the  Conservatives  of  the 
county  of  Yamaskn  otTered  him  the  noniiua- 
iion  for  Uie  constituency,  and  he  waa  elected 


on  the  7th  of  July,  1879,  by  a  maj^t 
of  over  200  over  his  opponent,  M.  F«1l] 
Oouin,  a  trader  of  Pierreville,  in  the 
county.  At  the  general  electinn,  1883,  U. 
Vanasse  was  re-«^lected  over  his  oppooent, 
M.  V.  Gladu.  of  St.  Fnocoia-du-Sac.  by 
more  than  100  majority,  in  spite  of  tU 
efforta  and  violence  of  hia  opponents.  Dar- 
ing the  summer  of  1884  M.  Vanaaae  ot^ao- 
LEed,  in  Montreal,  La  Comfxt^pii^  tftrnfm' 
miVrr  ei  de  pHhlication  dn  ConaJat  «ith 
a  capital  of  one  hunlred  thouaaod  dolUrt 
Ha  waa  elected  and  ia  etill  the  president 
of  that  company.  Soon  after  ita  organiza- 
tion the  company  an^uired  the  propertv 
of  the  newspaper  Le  Monde  for  the  pnor 
cf  928.000,  and  M.  Vanasse  was  ohoKn  u 
the  chief  editor  of  th>t  valuable  and  iofla- 
eiitial  conservative  jooroal.  M.  Vanass? 
married,  (m  the  17th  of  January,  leCT, 
Claire  RImire,  dauuhier  of  Alexander  De- 
seve,  advuCAte,  of  Montreal,  and  of  Iklar- 
guerite  Lenoir  RoUand.  Madame  Vanasse 
is  the  aiater  of  the  distinguished  Frenob- 
Cuuadian  violiuiate  now  residing  iu  tb* 
city  of  Uost<m.  Three  children  were  bom 
to  this  union — Marie  Claire,  the  eldest,  on 
the  19th  December,  1878.  and  who  died 
the  aame  day  ;  Marie-J(»s*»ph-FrMi  ■iii 
Xavier  Fabion,  who  waa  born  on  thu  t-  ; 
of  tfay,  1881  ;  and  Mario-Madeleine  Miir 
Kuorite-Ani^tiqne-Altixandrina-Clairct.  wbu 
was  born  on  tne  3lat  of  December,  1^83. 
M.  Vsjiitsse  is  a  national  Connervative,  nuil 
he  favours  the  national  policy,  the  construc- 
tion of  the  Ctuadian  Paci6c  Railway  iju 
Canadian  soil  from  the  Pacific  to  the  At- 
lantic. 

ftillderalecTe,  Cburlea F., ex  Mayor* 
Kingston,  waa  born  in  Kingston,  on  the 
17th  of  October,  1833.  his  parenU  being 
Henry  and  Sarah  (Finkle)  Oilderaleeva. 
His  father  had  come  from  Portland,  Connec- 
ticut, in  1816.  settling  in  Kini^ston  ;  snd 
waa  a  shipbuilder,  an  owner  of  st«»n(nboat«, 
and  a  very  active  and  successful  miui  of 
business.  The  maternal  grandfather^  of 
Charles  F.  Uilderaleeve  was  a  Uuited 
pire  loyalist.  0.  F.  Gildersleeve  waa  adl 
cated  at  Upper  Canada  College,  Toront 
and  studied  law,  first  at  Kingston,  and  afl 
wards  at  Toronto.  In  185l>  he  was  called 
the  bar,  and  he  practised  his  profesaiuu 
tive  years  at  Kingston.  In  1804  he  enl 
the  steamboat  business  on  Lake  Ontario,  and 
was  the  owner  of  the  Norxeuxan,  which  ran. 
between  R4>chc8ter  and  Port  Hope,  and 
the  linstiwjit^  which  plyed  between  Kiiigtt< 
and  Uellevilie.  Ue  haa  been  president  of 
Kingston  and  Pembroke  Kailway  Com| 


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and  WM  for  »  period  vjoe-prendent  of  the 
OuiftdiaD  Navigation  CompRiiy.  He  always 
took  a  great  inUrest  io  promoting  civic  in- 
leresta,  and  His  z»al  and  aohieTemenU  w«re 
r»cognizei]  by  bit  repeated  election  to  the 
ODuocil  board,  and  to  the  chair  of  chief 
nufliatrate  in  ld79.  The  Kin^aton  and  Pem- 
broke Kailway,  already  alluded  to,  in  the 
fomiatioa  of  which  Mr.  Oilderaleeve  took  a 
prominent  part,  has  added  iu  a  large  de- 
ffrae  to  the  commercial  progreu  of  Kingston. 
It  ia  the  shortest  route  between  the  princi- 
pal InmbennK  rivers  of  Ontario  and  the 
American  market,  and  thrown  i>]>en  for  set- 
tlement a  large  agricultural  area.  Mr. 
Gildersleeve  ct^raea  of  a  family  of  sturdy, 
oapable  and  successful  men  of  buainees. 
Thai  family  waa  especially  conspicuous  as 
•hipboiiden,  the  sijcth  generation  of  the 
Qildersleeves  having  engHged  in  that  occu- 
pAtiun  at  Portland,  Conn.  When  the  father 
of  e^'Mayor  Gildersleeve  went  to  Kingston 
in  1816  he  aasiated  in  building  the  FrunUnuu^ 
the  first  steamboat  launched  on  Lake  On- 
tario. Souu  afterwards  he  built  fur  a  com- 
pany the  steamboat  Ciiariotir,  he  himself 
being  the  principal  owner  and  manager,  till 
hia  death  iu  1851.  The  eldest  son,  Overton 
Gildersleeve.  was  for  many  years  mayor  of 
Kingston.  Upon  the  death  of  his  father  he 
SMumed  the  management  of  the  business, 
and  oootiuued  at  the  head  of  the  aame  till 
hia  death,  which  occurred  in  1864.  Hie 
brother,  Charles,  the  aubject  of  this  memoir, 
then  became  mana(;er,  and  has  held  that 
position  since,  his  undertakings  being  char- 
aeteriaed  by  a  wise  misturu  of  prudence  and 
•nterpriae.  The  steamboat  interest,  at  the 
bead  of  which  is  Charles  Gildersleeve,  ia 
iu  alt  probability  the  oldest  on  the  conti- 
nent. Mr.  Gildersleeve  is  a  staunch  Re- 
former, and  has  held  oUioe  in  the  local  aaso- 
cuitioo  of  hia  party.  Ue  is  a  master  Muon, 
and  a  staunch  member  of  the  Church  uf 
England.  He  marrie^l,  in  June,  US(>3,  Mary 
£Uzabeth.  daui^hter  of  Charles  L.  Herchmer, 
of  belleviile,  Ontario.  There  is  Lasue  by 
thm  marriage  twn  children. 

Ilufllcy,  A>-lv«.<«ler,  Chatham,  Ont. 
though  lilt  tin'«teutaliMUft  gentleman,  yet 
hi*  name  has  been  a  household  word  in 
the  town  of  Chatham  for  nearly  forty 
and  ho  hiu  been  honoured  twice 
th  the  hiKheat  municipal  ottice  within 
tlie  gift  of  his  fellow  otti/ens.  Hv  was 
bom  in  the  township  of  Pickering,  in  1825. 
His  father,  Charles  Hadley,  waa  of  Eng- 
tiah  extraction,  and  his  mother,  Mvgarot 
Young,  olaime'l  ancestry  from  the 
land  o'  oakca.'*     Uxs   father   waa  a   ves- 


TWmhh 


sel  owner  on  Lake  Ontario,  and  bnilt  the 
CA<iW«  atui  Ann^  and  the  Duke  of  >'/rfc, 
at  the  mouth  of  the  river  Knuge.  He 
waa  alao  at  one  time  a  captain  of  militia, 
and  was  at  Chippewa  when  the  Cnrolitit 
waa  cut  out  and  loft  to  drift  over  the  Falla 
of  Niagara.  Sylvester  Hadley  was  for  some 
time  in  general  bnsineas,  and  built  the 
bridge  aoroea  the  Rouge,  east  of  Toronto,  in 
1847;  afterwards  Hssisted  in  building  the 
Yonge  St.  Road  through  to  the  Holland 
Landing,  finished  in  1848,  and  was  engaged 
on  other  public  improvements.  He  wont  to 
Chatham  from  Toronto  in  1848,  and  haa 
been  engaged  there  chiefly  as  a  lumber  mer- 
chant up  to  the  preaent  time.  He  haa 
also  been  a  builder  and  oontract^ir,  and  re- 
built the  river  bridge  over  the  Thames, 
which  was  burnt  dotrn  in  1854.  Ho  ran  a 
steamboat  between  Chatham  and  Montreal 
for  three  yean,  and  ia  largely  intereated  in 
the  United  Lumbirmt^n^  the  Dolly  Mordon^ 
and  the  New  Dominion.  Hia  extensive  pur* 
chases  of  lumber  are  made  on  the  shores  of 
Lake  Huron  and  the  Georgian  Bay,  and  aold 
ohietly  in  the  county  Kent,  thongh  partly 
in  Essex  and  elsewhere.  His  planing  mill 
and  ample  wharfage  give  every  facility  for 
carrying  on  his  extensive  busineaa.  In 
religion,  Mr.  Hadley  ia  a  staunch  Metho- 
dist, and  in  politics,  an  etjually  staunch 
Reformer,  being  stoutly  opposed  to  the 
national  policy,  and  to  all  other  m'^-nopolies. 
When  ho  came  to  Chatham,  in  1818,  t!it?re 
were  only  two  brick  churches,  two  brick 
stores  built,  two  in  progress,  and  two  brick 
dwelling-housea.  Prices  were  fabulously 
low.  The  best  pork  rangetl  at  $*J.50  per 
cwt.,  eggs  5c.  per  dozen,  butter  5c.  per  lb., 
cordwood  75c. — all  for  *'  store  pay."  There 
were  no  side-walks,  and  the  street  where  his 
house  now  stands,  and  opj^jsiie  the  preaent 
Central  school,  were  p^mds  or  swampa,  to 
cross  which  a  plank  was  nee<lful.  Mr.  Had- 
ley was  first  elected  to  the  town  council 
of  Chatham  thirty-two  years  ago,  and  since 
then  he  has  repeatedly  tilled  the  same  posi- 
tion, and  waa  ala<j  deputy  roeve  before  the 
separation  of  the  town  from  the  county,  a 
measure  which  he  opposed,  and  still  con- 
demns. He  is  on  principle  antagonistic  to 
lH>niises ;  and  resisted  the  grant  by  the 
County  oiMincil  uf  $255.0iK)  t**  the  Krie  and 
Huron  rUitway.  In  1884  and  XHHo.  ha 
wielded  the  major's  gavel,  and  as  chief 
magistrate  had  the  honour  of  receiving  the 
gttvernor-<^enoral  in  Chatham.  Hts  muni- 
ci[>al  policy  included  strict  economy  and  the 
husbanding  of  the  resouioea  of  the  town. 
Among   the  improveoienta  effected  during 


3 


588 


A  C7CL0PJED1A  OF 


hifi  tenure  of  the  mayoralty,  was  the  con- 
■tructioQ  of  a  very  hancUome  and  atrong 
iron  bridgQ  aorosa  the  Thames^  to  replace  an 
old  iinaafij  wooden  Btnicturu,  which  whs  a 
dUgraoe  to  Chatham.  He  inarriud  Miss 
Fraaer,  who  Hied,  leaving  five  boys  and  five 
girls.  In  187^1  he  married  Miss  Stephen- 
son. He  ia  hale  and  vigorous  in  miiid  and 
body,  with  a  long  career  of  uaefulncsa  be- 
fore him.  His  gi>od  repnte  among  all  classes 
may  be  inferred  from  the  cordial  tribute 
paid  to  him  at  the  closing  session  of  the  last 
council  by  those  most  stronaly  opposed  to 
him  in  municipal  ^onoral  politics. 

Brown,  Rl<-bard,  Toronto,  was  horn 
at  Newcaatle-on-Tyne,  England,  on  May 
13th,  1834.  His  jiarents  were  Thomas 
and  Ann  Brown.  Hla  father  and  his 
grandfather  were  engaged  in  the  booksel- 
ling, stationery,  bookbinding,  and  printing 
business,  in  Newcastle,  ilichard  Brown  was 
educated  principally  in  Newcastle,  at  ttie 
Royal  r;raniinar  school,  established  in 
Qneen  Elizabeth's  reign.  At  an  early  age 
Richard,  in  company  with  his  parents  and 
brothem  and  sistera,  croFsed  the  Atlan- 
tic, landing  in  New  York  in  the  spring  of 
184G.  The  family  proceeded  to  Toronto, 
t>Ut  the  Erio  canal  and  boat  fmm  Lewiston, 
as  railways  in  thuse  days  were  few  and  far 
between.  This  mode  of  traveKing,  though 
very  slow,  was  delightful  to  the  children, 
who  were  very  sorry  when  thoy  landed  in 
Toronto,  and  the  pleasant  trip  was  over. 
Mr.  Brown  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  church  for  about  thirty  years,  and 
M  his  grandfather  joined  this  body  in  the 
time  of  Wesley,  the  family  recoixls  show 
that  the  Browne  are  descended  from  the 
original  stock  of  Methodists.  Our  subject 
haa  hel<l  various  positions  in  the  church, 
such  as  superintendent  of  theSunday-sohool, 
tniateo,  leader,  and  steward  ;  and  is  now 
connected  with  the  Sherboumestreetchurch. 
He  married,  in  March  27th,  1861.  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Dr.  8lade  l^binson,  who 
came  to  this  country  in  1H31,  from  England, 
after  living  for  a  time  in  Jamaica.  He  lived 
for  a  perind  at  Niagara  Falls.  Mrs.  Rn:iwn's 
mother  was  a  Miss  Gillespie,  of  London, 
England,  who  came  to  this  country  on  a 
visit  with  her  brother,  Alexander,  of  the 
old-established  tinn  of  Gillespie,  Moffatt  & 
Co.,  Montreal.  Mr.  Brown's  father,  the 
Ut«  Thomas  Brown,  commenced  biisiness 
on  King  street,  Toronto,  in  184G,  aa  a  book- 
seller, stationer,  and  bookbinder.  Richard 
Brown,  when  a  mere  hid  (1848),  was  put 
at  the  same  trade,  with  Thomas  Mtfclear, 
who  carried  on  busineaa  on  Yonge  street,  I 


and  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Scobie,  in  i^"^ 
Mr.  Maolear  having  bought  out  th 
ness,  Mr.  Brown  continued   with  hi  ' 
was   altogtither  about    eight    yexn 
establishment.     In  the  spring  of  18'' 
began    business,   in    partnerahip    with  bu 
brothers,  Thomas  and  .Fohn,  under  the  name 
of  Brown  Brothers,  as   etationers,  aooooai 
book  manufacturers,  bookbinders,  t^  ,  sM 
by  their  combined  busiucas  eflbr  i 
lo  a   foremost  pi«ition    in    the 
which   they  have    ever    since    in  l. 
Their  buaineas  is  one  of   the    Ia;  ^         .a<l 
moat  complete  in  the  Dominion,  anii  ii  is 
known  far  and  wide  that  whatever  they  ud> 
dertake  can  be  depended  upon.  Over  tweatj 
years  ago  when,  owing  to  the  war,  Amen- 
can  goods  advanced  to   such  high    pn'^^<. 
they,  to   till   a    much-needed    requirci 
oommenoed   the   publication    of    offioo    • 
pocket  diaries,  which  they  have  contiouvd 
ever    since,    increasing    in    number  etety 
year,     until    now    they    amount    to    over 
160  varieties.     Subsequently  the  raanufsc- 
tare  of   wallets,    satchels,    and    other    lea- 
ther  goods   was   added  to  their  other  de- 
partmente.     Thomas,  the  eldest  of  the  thrve 
brothers,  died  when  comparatively  a  young 
man.  in  the  year  18G7.    John,  better  known 
as  Major  Brown,  died  on  July  7th,  1882. 
He   was  connected  with  the  Queen's  Own 
from  its   inception,  rising   from    private  in 
the  ranks  to  major.   Richard  is  now  the  only 
one  of  the  three  brothers  left. 

Thomion,  Jumoa,  Newburgh.  Onta- 
rio, was  bom  in  Edinburgh.  Scutlund.  iji  the 
Sear  1831.  His  parents,  both  Scotch,  w 
ames  and  Rachel  Thomson,  James 
ceived  a  common  school  education.  H 
parenta  not  being  in  atHnent  ciicumstancei 
he  was  obliged  to  work  for  himself.  Wh 
very  young,  he  herded  cattle  in  the  sum- 
mer and  went  to  school  during  the  winter 
months.  This  he  continued  to  do  un 
he  was  about  thirteen  years  of  age. 
then  bound  himself  to  Alex.  Ouwau  «&  So: 
pa]}er  manufacturers,  at  a  very  low  salary, 
to  learn  the  business.  He  remained  there 
until  he  was  twenty*one,  when,  with  a 
few  shillings  in  his  pocket,  he  bade 
fond  parents  good-bye,  and  took  passage  f 
Ameriea,  landing  in  New  York  after  a  lo: 
and  rough  voyage.  He  did  not  know  wh 
to  do  ur  where  to  go,  and  wished  thnt 
had  remained  at  home.  Be  was  advised 
try  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  where  Providen 
opened  up  the  way  fur  him,  and  with  a  sal- 
ary of  seven  dollars  a  week,  he  bcK^aiiie  oon* 
tented  and  happy,  and  there  remained  I 
four  years.     It  was  while  here  that  he  sea^ 


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CANADJAN  BIOGRAPBT. 


589 


hoiue  hii  tint  earomgi,  and  brought  hia 
paire»l«  to  (hia  coautry.  Ue  took  th«  worthy 
ooti|rlv  with  htiu  wherever  he  went,  until 
thoy  were  nil  more.  After  a  time  Mr.  Thom- 
son terered  hU  connections  at  Trenton,  and 
V4^ut  tti  Sprinisrville,  Pa.  It  wu  while  here 
th&i  Kb  mnrried  Elijuibeth  McCoy,  with 
«l  1  lA  since  found  so  much   of  life's 

tr  >'S8.       rp    to  this   time  he  hod 

lucr^My  tH^-eii  seeking  tho  position  of  machine- 
tender,  but  he  now  luipiro'i  luKher,  and  be- 
casme  mAtiager  of  the  mills,  and  continued  in 
this  rtr«{H>iiBible  position  until  he  aooumU' 
hstvd  some  raeans.  He  then  went  another 
step  higher  and  leased  Amill,in  which  oper- 
ations he  was  achieving  much  success,  when 
the  Amnrican  war  broke  out.  He  then  lost 
BTerythini^  that  he  [loaseBsed,  and  then  it 
waa  that  he  first  knew  what  real  misfortune 
was.  Having  a  family  to  provide  for,  he 
could  not  sic  idly  down  and  brood  over  the 
mischance,  hut  he  set  out  nt  once  to  tind  a 
poaition  such  ss  that  wliich  he  had  occupied 
before  evil  days  came  upon  him.  Some*  men 
would  Dot  have  had  the  heart  to  **  begin  the 
world  again** ;  but  he  was  iiut  of  that  olais, 
and  it  was  not  long  before  ho  occupied  the 
poaition  uf  forenmu  for  one  of  his  old  em- 
plojera.  He  remained  here  forashort  time 
only,  and  then  embarked  for  Canada,  in 
which  country  it  was  deoreed  that  he  should 
be  long  remembered  amoni;  paper  uinnufao- 
torers.  He  went  to  the  Windsor  Mills,  and 
CTdCted  there  fur  the  Canada  Paper  Com- 
pany a  pulp  and  paper  mill,  for  the  manu- 
facture of  pulp  and  paper  from  wood,  the 
firat  experiment  of  the  kind  that  had  ever 
Imod  made  in  Caniwla.  He  remained  here 
for  6va  years  ;  then,  in  com[>any  with  his 
brother,  John  Thomson,  built  the  mill  at 
Penifhw^uis,  N.B.,  now  called  the  Spring- 
dale  mills,  and  owned  by  Mr.  Nelson,  of  8t 
John.  Krom  this  point  Mr.  Thomson,  ao- 
oompauied  by  his  brother,  went  to  Uanan- 
oque,  a  beautiful  town  opptisito  the  Thou- 
\*i^K>T\  the  St.  Lawrenoe,  and  there 
mill.  He  was  engaged  putting 
hinery  wh«*n  the  walls  craokod 
■\k  !<•  the  wat4*r*s  edge,  owing  to 
tiiiilt  on  a  alsnting  rock.  The 
was  then  rc-shipped  tn  New- 
borgh,  whure  it  wu  er«K:U>d  fur  tb«  fourth 
mill,  t^n  this  uccmaiuh  Mr.  Thouisun  had  a 
share  in  the  enlorpnae  be*ide,  and  the  brm 
was  kuuttu  a*  Ht^Kikled;;^*,  Thdmsdu  &  Co. 
Three  yeara  lat^ir  (187H)  w«re  erinited  the 
mills  at  Kingsuy  Falls,  for  the  Dnnunion 
i'apor  Ounipany.  In  1874  the  Messrs. 
Thomson  built  for  the  Nspanoo  Pi 
Company   th«tr   splendid    mills. 


b. 

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machinery 


o    Paper 
In   1879 


they  erected,  entirely  for  their  own  use, 
the  seventh  and  last  mill,  at  a  cost  of  over 
900,000.  These  Wwn  buildings  are  situated 
at  Thomsonville,  on  the  N.,  T.  &  U.  Rail- 
way and  Napanee  river,  eight  miles  north 
of  Na[«uec.  In  1884,  John  Thoms^in  re- 
tired from  the  bmuness  thniugh  ill-health, 
althoui;b,  comparatively  speaking,  a  young 
man.  His  share  was  purchased  by  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  and  the  firm  now  is  known 
as  that  of  James  Thomson,  who  carries  on 
a  very  large  and  successful  business,  and 
where  orders  for  No.  3  print  an(i  book  X'spera 
are  tilled  with  carefulness,  neatness  and 
promptn^sa.  Anyone  reijuirinif  such  will 
Hnd  it  to  their  advantage  to  aildreas  Jsmes 
Thomson.  Newburgh,  the  pionoar  wood 
psi>er  maker  of  Canada.  Mr.  Thomson  is  a 
Pnwbyterian,  being  of  that  religious  ponua- 
sion  tliat  bvlievve  in  lu<iking  up.  He  has 
held  the  office  of  elder  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  is  very  prominent  in  the  church. 
He  has  not  napirud  to  any  public  office,  but 
has  occupied  a  place  in  the  council  of  the 
corporation  of  Newburgh.  where  he  reoides 
with  his  family.  He  has  been  offered  higher 
[Hfsitious,  but  would  not  aoccft  the  same, 
not  wishing  to  be  identified  with  such  pub- 
lic aH'siim  as  would  too  much  engross  his  at- 
tention.  In  the  highest  sense  tti  the  word — 
in  so  far  as  integrity  and  excellent  busiuesa 


abilities  are  concerned — Mr.  Thomson 


may 


well  be  designated  a  representative   Cana- 
dian. 
ncKi'llnr,  Peter  Ouiiean, Registrar 

of  the  County  of  Kent.  Chatham,  Oat.,  wna 
bom  on  the  'ind  of  November,  1831*.  in  the 
townshipof  Rnloiuh.  He  is  a  son  of  the  Hun. 
Archibald  McKt^lUr,  and  Lucy,  daughter  of 
Cfjlour  Seri^ent  Mo  Nab,  of  the  7Ut  liagi- 
ment.  Peter  D.  McKellar  was  eilucated  at 
Upper  Canada  college  ;  studied  law  in  To- 
ronto for  thr«e  years  ;  and  took  the  LL.  B. 
course  in  Toronto,  except  the  final  examin- 
ation for  which  be  did  not  read  up.  as  ho 
had  been  appointed  rei^istrar  in  the  mean- 
time. Mr.  .McKellar  was  a  full  private  in 
the  Victoria  Rifles,  formed  in  Toronto 
under  Captain  nrd,  at  the  time  of  (he 
Trent  excitement ;  and  ho  hold  a  com- 
mission aa  lieut«naut  in  the  Sedentary 
militia.  As  we  have  seen,  he  isre^strar  of 
the  County  of  Kent,  to  whicli  ofKoe  he  was 
appointed  m  July,  1802,  by  the  Hon.  John 
Sandfield  Macdonald.  Ele  has  interested 
himself  in  the  furtherance  of  objects  of  wide 
public  importance  from  time  to  time,  and 
in  this  oonnaction  may  be  mentioned  his 
exertions  towards  the  promotion  of  the 
Erie  and   Huron  rmilrcNid   acheme.       Mr. 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  or 


McKelUr  hu  been  &  member  of  the  order 
of  Knighta  of  PythUa  since  1873 ;  and  he  is 
DOW  grand  chancellor  of  Ontario.  In  reli- 
gion he  is,  and  always  has  been,  a  Presby- 
terian.  He  nmrritMi  on  the  19th  October, 
lt*7<),  LfiuLsa  A.,  daughter  of  David  Steg- 
inann. 

(lizowttlil,  Col.  Caalmlr  StanUlau*, 
Aide-de-camp  to  Her  Majeaty  Qtieen  Vic- 
toria, was  btirn  on  the  5th  March,  1813,  at 
8t.  Peterabiirg,  the  Kuasian  capital,  where 
hia  parents  then  were  making  a  temporary 
ftojouru.  He  is  descended  from  an  ancient 
Polish  family  which  waa  ennobled  in  the 
aixteenth  century,  and  which  for  more  than 
two  hundred  years  thereafter  continued 
to  exercise  an  influence  upon  national  af- 
faira.  He  is  a  son  of  Stanislaus,  Count 
(Hrabia)  Gzowski,  who  was  an  uflicer  of  tbo 
imperial  guard.  C.  ^.  Gsowski'a  childhood 
was  spent  in  preparation  for  a  military 
career.  In  his  ninth  year  ho  entered  the 
Military  Engineering  college  at  Kremenetz, 
in  the  province  of  Volhyma,  and  here  re- 
mained until  1830,  when  he  gradnuted  as 
an  engineer.  He  then  received  a  oommia- 
aiou,  and  passed  into  the  army.  The  inaur- 
reotion  in  Poland,  of  1830,  in  which  nuble 
and  serf,  civilian  and  soldier,  arose  to  over- 
throw the  tyrannical  rule  of  CoDBtautiue, 
haa  been  blazoned  through  history.  Through- 
out the  whole  of  the  fniitlesa  attempt  at 
freedom  Casimir  8tauiBlauB  Gisowski  played 
a  conspicuous  part.  From  the  first  he 
atakcd  his  tot  with  Ills  co-patriots,  and  was 
present  ai  the  expulsion  of  Constantino 
from  Warsaw,  in  November,  1830,  and 
fought  in  most  of  the  numerous  con6icta  of 
the  time.  He  was  several  times  wounded, 
and  as  often  narrowly  uftcnpvd  capture. 
After  the  battle  of  Burtsntul,  General  Dwer- 
neoki's  division,  to  which  he  was  aitached, 
retreated  into  Auatriau  territory,  where  the 
troops  Hurrendered.  The  rank  and  file  were 
permitted  to  depart,  but  the  otlicers,  to  the 
number  of  about  aix  hundred,  were  im- 
prisoned at  the  aeveral  fortiticationa,  where 
they  langtiished  for  aeveral  moutha,  after 
which  thev  were  exiled  to  the  United  States. 
When  with  his  fellow  exilea  he  landed  in 
New  York  in  1833,  he  had  no  knowledge  of 
the  English  language,  and  at  Sandy  Hook 
he  heard  the  English  tongue  for  the  first 
time  spoken  by  a  harbour  pilot.  He  waa,  we 
are  informed  on  good  authority,  an  excel- 
lent linguiat,  and  had  uot  merely  a  gram- 
matical but  a  practical  knowledge  of  the 
French,  German  and  Italian  languagea. 
Better  thau  all  these,  he  waa  endowed  with 
an  iron  oonstitution,  which  even  the  rigours 


of  an  Austrian  priaon  had  n'^t  been  able  t* 
injure,  and  a  strength  of  will  which  would 
not  admit  the  poasibility  of  failure.  Some 
idea  of  his  resolution  may  be  formed  from 
the  fact,  that  when  be  found  hia  waut  of 
knowledge  of  the  Engliah  langirag*  pvr 
vented  him  from  purauing  hia  **nginftwiin 
profeuion  with  advantage,  he  determined  to 
study  law,  as  a  means  of  ac(]uiring  a  muter; 
of  the  Kni^lish  tongue.  Af(«r  aubsisting 
for  some  months  in  Now  Y^rk  by  iciWng 
leasons  in  French  and  German,  be  betuoji 
himself  to  PittaHeld,  Maaaiciiuaetta,  when 
he  entered  thu  otUce  of  the  Ute  Parker  L 
Hall,  an  eminent  lawyer  of  that  town.  Tht 
achievement  of  Mr.  Qeowaki  iu  maeteriiu, 
the  English  language  here  waa  regarded  tf 
almoai  phenomenal.  While  pursuing  hii 
legal  stiulies  he  supported  him  lelf  by  teach- 
ing modern  languages,  by  drawing,  and 
fencing  in  two  local  aaadnuitn.  He  studi 
Blackstouu  iV  Kent,  the  "  lamp  "  fmui  whi 
he  derived  light  to  the  meani'ig  of  the  bin^ 
being  a  dictionary.  We  further  an."  assured 
that  his  indomitable  industry,  his  natural 
ability,  hia  hands<^me  manly  presence,  ami 
his  fine  social  qualities,  all  combined  wilb 
hia  niisfortunoa  to  make  him  a  marked  man 
in  Pittatield  society.  Afcur  three  y«art' 
study,  in  1837,  he  passed  his  le^al  exaniiiia- 
tiun  successfully,  and  was  only  preveiuod 
from  admission  to  the  bar  m  ounsei^ucnoe  ul 
hia  not  being  a  naturalir.«d  citixen  of  tbt 
United  States.  He  then  passed  over 
Pennsylvania,  whither  he  bad  been 
tracted  by  the  fame  of  the  coal  diacoveri 
there;  and  haviug  taken  the  oath  of  aUe* 
gianco,  was  admitted  to  practice  as  an  advo- 
cate in  the  Supreme  court.  Law,  however 
ha  aoun  discovered  waa  not  the  occupaiii 
for  wliich  he  felt  he  ha<i  moat  inclinatioa 
so  in  a  little  while  we  tii>d  him  engaged 
engineer  in  connection  with  canals  and 
public  works.  In  1841  he  came  over  to 
Toronto,  and  was  for  the  first  time  brought 
intt)  contact  with  some  of  the  leading  pub 
men  in  Canada.  The  project  of  deepen: 
and  widening  the  Wellaud  Canal  was  n 
attracting  much  attention  in  Canada, 
Sir  Charles  Bagot,  who  formed  a  very  hi 
opinion  of  the  abilities  and  the  charac 
of  Mr.  Qaowslti,  sanctioned  very  co 
his  appointment  to  an  office  in  the  depaft- 
mont  of  Public  Works.  Mr.  Gaowiki  there- 
upon bade  adieu  to  hia  American  friends. 
and  took  up  hia  aU^ide  in  Canada.  For  the 
ndxt  aix  years  he  was  engaged  in  this  de- 
partment, and  his  report  of  the  works  in 
connection  with  harbours,  bridges  and  hn;b- 
wayc  occupies   a  oonsiderablo  portion  of  a 


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CANADIAN  BIOQRAPBY 


591 


Urge  folio  voUime.  Kvnry  important  pro- 
▼inoial  improTeinent  c&me  under  hia  super- 
▼uion,  **  and  nearly  every  county  in  Upper 
Canada  b«ar«  upon  iu  surface  the  itupress 
of  bia  great  industry  and  eDgineermK"kill." 
\n  1848  he  published  a  report  uii  the  mines 
of  the  L'ppfr  Canada  Muling  Company  uu 
l^ke  HuTiin,  but  the  railway  era  had  set  in, 
and  upon  railway  construction  was  themlitd 
of  Mr.  Ozowaki  Lent.  He  first  connected 
himself  with  the  St.  Lawrence  &,  Atlantic 
Railway  Company  ;  and  of  this  enterprise 
Mr.  Gzowski  was  made  chief  engineer.  He 
afterwards  furmed  a  partnership  with  Mr. 
/dow  Sir)  A.  T.  Gait,  the  late  H..xi.  Luther 
fi.  Holtoii,  and  the  Hon.  (now  Sir)  David 
Lewis  Macpherson,  and  for  sereral  yean  de- 
voted himself  exclusively  to  railway  con- 
atruotion.  lu  1853  the  firm  of  Gzowski  &. 
Co.  obtained  the  contract  for  the  construc- 
tion nf  the  line  from  Toronto  wrostward  to 
Saruia.  At  the  completion  of  this  work, 
which  terminated  with  the  most  sattiifsc- 
tory  pecuniary  results,  the  tirm  was  dis- 
solved, and  the  partnership  thereafter  com- 
prised only  Messn.  Gzowski  &.  Macpherson, 
wW  ■  ntiil  ''ontiiiued  in  large  railway-build- 
It  'US.    In  Id/fT  the  firm  established 

tli_  :  .'•  rolling  mills  for  the  purpose  of 
supplying  railway  companies  with  iron  rails 
and  oth«r  material.  Thes«  mills  were  suc- 
oessfully  operated  for  twelve  years.  The 
era  of  stoel  made  the  continuance  of  the 
mills  uniieceaaary.  During  the  eicit«ment 
caused  by  the  Trent  affair  Mr.  Ozowaki  pro- 
ooeded  to  EngUnd,  and  laid  before  the  War 
offioe  a  proposal  respecting  the  defenses  of 
Canada.  The  liberality  of  his  own  persnnal 
offer,  and  the  brillinucy  of  the  scheme  were 
admitted  by  thegi*veromeiit,  but  diplomatic 
raaaons  made  it  uu^Mjuible  t4i  carry  out  the 
proposal.  ^Thereafter  Mr.  GzoWiiki  took  a 
deep  interest  in  our  militia,  and  became 
president  of  the  Toronto  Ritle  Association. 
He  afterwards  became  president  of  the  Do- 
minion KiHe  Association,  and  was  instru- 
mental iu  sending  the  first  team  of  repre- 
sentative  Canadian  riflemen  from  this  pro- 
vince to  KueUnd  in  1470,  to  take  part  in 
the  annual  military  operations  at  Wimble- 
don. I n  November,  1 872 ,  govemninnt 
recoguiu'd  Mr.  Osowski's  zeal  and  achieve- 
ments in  connection  with  the  Rifle  Associa- 
tion, and  appointed  him  Ueutenant-onlo- 
nol  of  the  centnl  division  of  Toronto 
volunteers.  In  May,  1872.  he  became  a 
Ueulvuant'colonel  on  the  staff;  and  in  1879 
fan  was  appointed  aido-de  camp  to  Her 
Majesty  Queen  Victoria.  The  greatest  of 
Um  manj  important  public  works,  at  the 


head  of  which  was  the  Bubje(}tof  thisaketoh, 
may  bo  mentioned :  the  International  bridge, 
spanning  the  Niagara  river,  which  magnifi< 
cent  work  was  performed  by  Messrs.  Gzow- 
ski  and  Macpherson  at  a  cost  of  $1,500,000. 
Sir  Charles  Hartley,  in  a  work  published  in 
England,  in  1875,  bears  tesMmony  to  the 
fact  that  **the  chief  credit  m  overcoming 
the  extraordinary  difficulties  which  beset 
the  building  of  the  piers  of  this  bridge  is 
due  to  Colonel  Gz  'wski,  upon  whom  all  the 
practical  operations  devolved.  Still  higher 
testimony  oame  from  Thomas  Elliot  Har- 
rison, president  of  the  institute  **i  civil 
engineers  of  Great  Britain,  wht»  referred  to 
the  bridge  as  one  of  the  most  gigantic  ent^i- 
neering  works  on  the  continent.  In  politics, 
Colonel  Gz'jwski  has  always  sc^ed  with  the 
Conservative  party  ;  but  he  is  broad  in  his 
views,  and  esteemed  by  men  in  both 
political  parties.  He  has  freqntfntly  been 
importuned  to  enter  public  life,  l-ut  be  has 
refuted;  and  one  cannot  but  regret  the  re- 
fusal,  when  we  consider  what  a  splendid 
figure  he  would  be  in  the  political  sphere — 
that  he  would  achieve  brilliant  ancooasea 
ttiero,  as  he  has  done  in  the  walk  chosen  for 
himself,  there  is  no  room  at  all  to  doubt 
Colonel  Gzowski  still  continues  in  partuer- 
ship  aith  Sir  Uavid  Macpherson,  but  heen- 
joys  more  now  than  in  former  years  the  nase 
of  domestic  Life,  i-'olonel  Gzowski  is  princely 
in  his  hospitality,  and  has  entertained  at 
his  beautiful  residence  on  Bathurst  street 
roost  of  the  govemorsgoneral  of  his  time. 
He  has  acc^uired  a  handsome  fortune^  and 
in  social  circles  has  a  position  of  great  emi- 
nence. Altogether  his  character  is  a  ver) 
splendid  one,  and  it  is  above  repn>sch  of 
anj*  kmd.  In  manners.  Colonel  Gr.owski  is 
courteous  and  genial,  and  he  has  a  very 
distinguished  presence. 

Knrn,  l>«iinU  W«,of  the  firm  of  D. 
W.  Kani  iV  Co..  Organ  and  Piano  Manufac- 
turers, Woodstock,  Ontario,  was  bi*m  on 
the  6th  February,  1843.  in  North  Oxford, 
Ontario.  His  parents  were  Peter  and  Pris- 
cilia  Rarn,  hia  mother  being  h  daughter  oI 
AJlwrt  Thornt*)n,  of  the  same  county,  and 
one  of  the  first  settlers  in  that  portion  of 
the  pronnce.  Peter  Ksm  was  likewise  bom 
in  Oxford,  and  during  his  life  was  a  farmer 
in  that  county.  He  died  in  1083,  and  there 
remained  aftt5r  him  a  family  uf  four.  Dennis 
W.  attended  the  cuuum^n  schu^ils  till  he 
reached  hia  eereuteenth  year,  and  thoD 
entered  the  Woodstock  college.  After 
spending  about  a  year  hero,  he  retnrned 
to  the  farm,  where  he  remained  for  another 
two  years  with^hia  father.       Having  mar- 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  or 


ridd  iu  1865,  he  began  famiiiig  ou  his  own 
account,  and  setUed  in  the  Connty  of  Ox- 
ford. After  trying  his  fortune  on  the  f  Arm 
for  a  few  years,  he  sold  the  property  and 
removed  to  Woodstock,  where  he  entered 
into  partnership  with  J.  M.  Miller.  In 
1870  tins  imrtnership  was  dissolved,  and 
Mr.  Karn  buuj^hl  out  the  full  inturesi  of 
his  lata  partner,  and  continue*!  the  busi- 
neas  htmaelf  until  1879,  when  he  admitted  a 
ailenl  partner,  and  the  name  tA  the  5rm  was 
ch&n(red  to  D.  W.  Karn  &  Co.  Although 
Mr.  Karn  has  hcen  offered  a  poaition  in  the 
town  council  time  after  timu,  ho  haa  always 
refused,  affirming  that  his  bnaiuesa  engaged 
all  hia  attention.  However,  in  1B85,  at  the 
earueat  wiihrs  of  bis  friends,  he  consented 
to  be  nominated  for  municipal  honours,  nnd 
was  elected  forbt.  John's  word,  W.iodntock; 
and  aa  a  further  proof  of  the  cuntidencH  rp- 
posed  in  him,  hts  was  elected  reeve  for  18S6. 
Ho  was  chairman  of  the  water  works  cr)m- 
mittee,  and  did  good  service  in  procuring  a 
water  supply  for  the  town  ;  and  has  pri>veu 
himself  t(.>  be  a  municipal  Ivj^tslator  of  fur 
above  the  ordinary  ability.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  A.O.U.W.,and  in  politics  acorns 
to  give  a  blind  allegiance  to  any  man  or 
any  party.  Mr.  Kam  is  a  Eiaptiat,  and  is 
treaaurer,  and  aUo  one  of  the  deacons,  of 
the  Woodstock  church,  which  h&B  for  ita 
pastor  tho  Rov.  Thomaa  Trotter,  B.  A.  A 
practical  Christian  man  himself,  he  has  &!• 
ways  given  a  generous  support  to  Christian 
work,  eapectalty  to  the  work  of  his  own  de- 
nomination. In  1U81  he  waa  elected  trea- 
Bwror  of  the  Woodstock  college,  under  the 
Kev.  Mr.  Wolverton,  M.A.,  and  has  held 
that  position  since,  and  is  likewise  a  mem' 
her  of  the  exeoutive  board  of  tho  college. 
He  married,  in  1805,  Elizalwth  Hannah, 
oldest  daughter  of  the  late  llal|jli  Feather- 
aton,  of  West  Zorra,  Oxford,  and  one  of 
the  most  prominent  agriculturists  in  that 
section  of  the  province.  By  this  marriage 
there  have  Ixten  three  children. 

JaneH,  Simeon  Ucmaiif  M.A.,  To- 
ronto, was  bom  on  Febniary  5th,  1843.  in 
the  township  of  West  Oxforil,  on  the  farm 
where  his  father,  Heniau  Janes,  a  pioneer 
of  the  county,  settled  iu  the  year  1800.  Uis 
grandfather  was  one  of  the  old  U.  E.  loyal- 
iata.  Tho  family  is  of  Huguenot  origin,  and 
its  earliest  representative  in  America  landed 
at  Plymouth  Rock  ahortly  after  the  arrival 
of  the  Maixflotccr  in  1 020,  and  settled  in  the 
iStato  of  Miissachuaettfl.  Mr.  Janes'  mother,  of 
Irish  parentage,  was  born  in  New  York.  He 
received  his  early  education  at  the  IngersoU 
Qrammar  school,  and  entered  Victoria  Uni- 


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venity    in  1861,  from  which  imtittiti^a  he 
graduated  6. A.  in  1860,  ant]  r.:, 

of  his  class.   He  was  admilt* 
of  M. .A.  in  the  same  university  in  i^..:. 
February    13th,    1607,  he    married 
Ann,  eldest  daughter  of  tho  late  C.  Qt 
of    Port  Hope,   who  was   for    many  yi 
mayor  of  that  town.    Though  it  waa  iuttta< 
that  Mr.  Jaiieashould  ent«r    the    legal  pro- 
fession, he  had    a   strong  predilection   for 
commercial  pursuits,  and  finally  decided  tn 
their  favour.     During  the  year    of  his  mw- 
riage  he  commenced  business   in  the   r 
dry  goods  line  on  Kiu^  slreot,  Tiiront- 
continued  in   the  same    until  1^71 
that  year   till    1871*  he  was  engaged 
wholesale  dry  ^^oods.       fiti   then  tm 
wh'ile  attention  to  real  estate.      He 
to  bear  on  this  line  of  business   a 
perience  of  men,  thorough  budinefts 
and  an  indomitable  energy,  and  rapidly  cami* 
to  the  front  as  one  of  the  foremost  real  es- 
tate men  of  Toronto.  Mr.  Janes  ia  vice-pres- 
ident of  the  N>Tiithy  Ladies*  College.  Hisrt- 
ligioua  views  are  thuaeoE  Motht^dism,  and  he 
is  M  Fruemnson.     In  politics  he    is  progr«a- 
sive,  and  is  a  staunch    member  of  the  Lib- 
eral party.   He  is  one  itf  the  most  tar-aeeiog, 
shrewd,  and   suocesaful  men  of  bustne«  in 
the  community,  and  hia  operations  are  iden- 
tified with  the  progress  of  the  city  which  ht 
has  chosen  as  the  tiold  of  his  enterivrise.  Ii 
the  midst  of  a  very  active  business  Life,  MrJ 
Janes  has  found  time  fur  the   cultivation 
Ilia  hterary  tastes.     He  is  well  potted  ontl 
current  literature  of  the  day,  particulnrly  it 
the  scientjtic  department,  and  baa    Vxeen  a| 
extensive  contributor  to  the    uiagajunes  aod' 
other  periodicals. 

Purke,  E.  Jonea,  Q.  C  London, 
the  eldest  aon  of  the  lute  Thomas  Park* 
iiuilder  and  Architect,  a  native  of  Die  coi 
of  Wicklow  in  Ireland,  who  aetll 
Toronto,  then  York,  in  1820,  and 
sented  the  County  of  Middlesex  in  the  tvd 
last  parliaments  of  the  Province  of  Upuer 
Canada,  and  afterwards  in  the  first  parlia- 
ment of  the  Province  of  Canada.  He  was 
surveyor-general  in  the  Lafontaine-Baldwin 
administration,  and  was  in  politics  an  ad* 
vanced  Liberal  advocating  through  the  presa 
and  in  parliament  the  introduction  of  re- 
sponsible government,  miiuicipal  institu- 
tions, public  schools,  free  grants  of  land 
actual  settlers,  and  tho  socularization  of  tbi 
clergy  reserves.  He  earnestly  supportejj 
Lord  Sydnenham's  efforts  for  the  uiiiou 
Upper  and  lx>wer  Canada,  and  woa  Itu^elyl 
instrumental  iu  obtaining  the  assent  of  the 
Upper  Canada  legislatore  to  the  meaanre^ 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


693 


He  diad  at  St.  Catharines,  29th  Januoty, 
18&I.  Hu  son,  E.  Jun«s  Farke,  wa«  boru 
at  Vorlt  iin  the  l»t  nf  Novembtir,  \W-'S  ;  and 
waa  e<liiCAt«d  at  Uie  London  District  li rum- 
mar  School,  nnder  Francis  H.  VVright^  M.A. 
of  TrinitjT  Colle){0  Dublin,  who  waa  head- 
lUABter.  Ho  studied  law  in  the  office  of 
8ir  Johu  A.  Macdun&ld  and  Sir  Alexander 
ClitDp))e]].  in  Kingvton,  and  for  a  year  in 
the  t^fWw  nf  the  Hon.  (afterwards  Mr.  Jus- 
tice) tluhn  WiUon,  in  London.  Mr.  Parke 
waa  called  to  the  bar  in  1847,  and  shortly 
aftonrards  commenced  practice  in  Wood- 
•tock.  in  partnership  with  the  late  Thomas 
8cat4.:henl.  Q.C.,  M.P.,  having  also  an  ottioe 
in  London,  whore  Mr.  Scatcnerd  resided. 
The  )iartnership  waa  dissolved  in  1852,  and 
Mr,  Parke  returned  to  Loudon.  Mr.  Parko 
htM  BLUce  that  time  lived  in  the  township 
uf  Westminster,  and  has  practised  his  pru- 
fcsaion  in  London.  For  a  time  he  waa  in 
partnerahip  with  his  late  brother  and  stn- 
deut,  Edward  Deane  Parke,  who  died  on  the 
12th  of  July,  I8«*.a  Thomas  Parke,  barris- 
ter of  Kinffston.  distinguished  for  high  legal 
Mid  literary  attainments,  died  ot  his  bro- 
ther's house  in  Westminster,  uu  the  31  st  of 
July,  1886.  Mr.  Parke  married,  on  tlie  4th 
*>f  rebmary,  1869,  Mary  Helen,  daughter 
of  Georse  8outhwick.  M.D.,  of  St.  Thomas, 
juid  ex-M.P.,  for  the  East  Riding  of  Klgtn, 
»nd  great  grand-daiij^hter  of  the  late  Klias 
Moore,  M.P.,  of  the  township  <  f  Yarmouth, 
who  was  the  colleague  of  Thomas  Parke  in 
1831,  in  the  represeuUuioii  nf  the  County  of 
Middlesex.  He  is  soUcitor  fur  several  large 
fiiuuiciaj  institutions  ;  was  one  of  the  pro- 
moters of,  tuid  obtained  the  charter  for  the 
London  and  Port  Stanley  RAiJway  in  1854  ; 
and  haa  been  aolicitor  for  the  company  nince 
ita  inoor|>oratiou.  He  is  alsit  solieiiur  for 
the  corporation  of  the  County  uf  Middlesex, 
hftTiDg  sQoceeded  Jiidf^e  Elliot  on  his  eleva- 
tion to  the  bench.  Mr.  Parke  was  ou  two 
nocaaiuns  appointed  deputy  judge  uf  the 
Coooty  of  Middlesex,  and  ac1«d  fur  consid- 
eiBble  p<»riods  of  tinte  durin;>  the  abseucc 
from  th<  I    ,  of  the  late  Judge  Small. 

He  is  ] '  .trate  for  tho  City  of  Lon* 

don  ;  ana  nt-  rtcuived  the  appointment  of 
Queen's  counsel  in  IHHT).  He  is  vieo-preAi- 
di^*  '  *'  Law  Association  uf  the  County 
nf  \,  and  u  pArtticr  in  the  tirm  of 

Pii  V  Piirdoni,  V.>arri«t*frs,  Loudon. 

It  '\%  a  Liln'ral. 

>...__,  I'biirlra,  (Mxlerich,  Ontario, 
flarnster-at-law.  wan  Uini  on  thu  17th  of 
May,  1H41,  at  WVltiugton,  Shropshire,  Knj;- 
Und,  and  rvuioved  to  Canada  m  his  child- 
hood. He  la  a  sou  uf  Dr.  Charles  Hoagor, 
LL 


of  Port  Dover,  Ontario,  who  waa  a  K*n  of 
tlie  Rev.  Charles  Hlick  Seager,  at  one  time 
a  chaplain  in  Her  Majesty's  re^ular  array, 
and  a  nephew  of  Sir  Charles  Blick,  hart.,  of 
Worcester,  Kngland.  His  mother  was  Mary, 
daughter  of  Francis  Rushtnn,  of  Coalhrook- 
dale,  Shropshire,  England.  Chariot  8e»- 
ger  waa  educated  at  Port  Dover  (jraintuar 
school,  and  afterwards  studied  law,  and  was 
called  to  the  bar  of  Ontario,  Hilary  Term, 
18C7.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Toronto 
Military  school,  and  of  the  Volunteer  Board 
of  Rxamitiers,  London  :  and  waa  a  volnn* 
t«er  in  the  Queen's  t*wn  UiHes,  Toronto, 
from  lHr>;t  to  February,  iHGil.  Hu  waa  after- 
worda  captain  of  the  Sarnia  Battery,  V..^.. 
and  served  with  his  command  on  the  St. 
Clair  frontier  on  two  occaaions  during  the 
Fenian  troubles  of  18fl6  and  1870.  Here 
signed  on  his  removal  to  Uoderich,  and  waa 
permitted  to  retire,  retaining  his  rank  of 
captain,  in  1870.  Captain  Seager  married, 
on  the  inth  August,  18B0,  Margaret,  daugh- 
ter of  the  Rev.  Jajnes  Padlield,  M.A.,  of 
Burford,  Ontario.  He  has  confined  himself 
almost  exclusively  to  his  prc^feasion,  but  haa 
served  in  the  Goderich  town  council-  In 
politics  he  ia  a  Liberal,  and  is  now  vice-pre- 
sident of  the  West  Huron  Reform  Associa- 
tion.  He  has  taken  an  active  and  prominent 
part  in  the  various  parliamentary  elections, 
in  South  and  West  Huron  since  1870;  and 
some  day  hu  may  b^  heard  from  in  hi]j;h  par- 
liamentary •-[uarterft.  Hois  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  England.  Mr.  Seager  has  ati  ex- 
cellent professional  reputation,  and  socially 
he  is  yitremely  pupular. 

llnuiMton,  Hon.  John,  Senator, 
Moulreul,  was  born  near  thf  City  of  Quebec, 
in  the  year  1827-  The  Hamilu  n  family  is 
ancient  and  distinguished,  the  HuhJLM:t  of 
this  memoir  being  ilescendod  from  Hugh 
Hamilton,  a  son  of  Sir  James  Hunnhon.  of 
Evandale,  in  thu  kingdom  of  Scotland,  who 
settled  in  Ireland  in  1010.  {Fuller  paHi- 
culars  of  the  family  nuy  bo  found  in  Burk*s 
LnntUd  Ofntty.)  John  is  the  third  son  uf 
the  late  Colonel  (ieorgo  Hamilton,  uf  lliw- 
keabury,  Canada,  who  dwd  in  1830,  by  Lucy 
Craigie,  hia  wife.  John  Hanitlton  wsji  edu- 
CJitcd  in  Montreal  ;  ami  h**  rriarried  Rt^becca 
L,  daughter  of  thu  Rev.  John  Lewis,  B.A., 
of  Cork,  Ireland.  This  lady  died,  and  Mr. 
Hauiilton  married  affain  KUeu  Marion, 
daughter  of  William  Wood,  of  Seal  Lodge, 
Surrey,  England.  Slie  died  in  January, 
1872;  and  he  niarrie<l  again  on  the  3rd  of 
June,  in  the  followint;  year.  Jt'iinio.  relict 
of  the    Ut4«    John    Major,  .<  'Mr  of 

the  laio  Charlea  Cau>bio,  furn      ^       '  lutle- 


A  CYCLOF£DU  OF 


tovn,  Tipperary,  Ireland.  Cominerci&l  pur- 
suits were  according  to  the  tastes  of  Mr. 
Horailton,  and  his  abilities  in  this  direc- 
tion were  soon  made  plain.  He  became  a 
member  of  the  long- established  and  exten- 
sive lumber  firm  of  Hamilton  Bros.,  and 
proprietor  of  the  Uawkesbury  mills,  On- 
tario, In  banking  affairs  he  has  taken  a 
foremost  part.  He  is  a  director  uf  the  liank 
of  Montreal,  and  has  bt>en  president  of  the 
Merchants  Bank  of  Canada.  He  began  his 
political  career  by  launching  into  mnnici^ial 
jmlitics,  and  was  first  elected  to  the  reere- 
ship  of  Hawkesbury,  which  position  he 
held  for  four  yean,  fie  was  toen  chosen 
warden  for  the  united  counties  of  Presoott 
and  Uussell ;  and  this  office  he  tilled  with 
his  usual  ability  and  popularity,  for  three 
vears.  In  1800,  he  was  elected  to  the  Legis- 
lature of  United  Canada,  for  Inkerman,  and 
retained  that  seat  till  the  Cnion.  Then,  in 
recognition  of  his  high  character  and  fit- 
ness,  ho  waa  called  by  Royal  proclamation 
to  the  Senate,  in  which  body  oe  has  since 
sat,  displaying  there  the  same  solid  abilities 
and  wisdom  that  liad  marked  his  prosper- 
ous career.  Senator  Hamilton  is  a  Conser- 
vative. 

IVtcVahon,  John  Artliur,  Kingston, 
was  born  at  the  town  of  Duodaa,  in  the 
County  of  Wentworth,  Ontario,  on  the  4th 
of  Apnl,  1853.  He  is  a  son  of  Philip  Mc 
Mahon,  who  was  a  resident  of  Dundas  for 
thirty-seven  years,  and  for  fourteen  a  mem- 
ber of  the  town  council,  and  for  six  a  reeve 
of  the  town.  He  died  in  Dundas,  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1870.  J.  A.  McMahon  is  a  nephew 
of  Dr.  McMahon,  M.P.P.,  for  North  Went- 
worth,  and  of  the  late  Judge  McMahon,  of 
Simcoe,  and  Hugh  McMahon,  QC.,  of 
Toronto.  He  is  a  grandson  of  Hugh  Mc- 
Mahon, civil  engineer,  of  Coiiuty  Cavan, 
Ireland,  who  came  to  Canada  in  182{).  and 
settled  in  Dundas.  The  widow  of  Hu([h 
Mc3Iahon,  senior,  and  grandmother  of  J.  A. 
McMahon,  is  still  living  in  Dundas.  The 
mother  of  our  subject  was  Margaret,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Kavnnagh,  of  Casllecomber, 
Ireland,  who  euiigrated  to  Canada  in  1845, 
and  died  at  Quebec.  J.  A.  McMahon  was 
educated  at  a  private  8chool  ;  then  in  the 
separate  school  at  Dundas,  and  afterwards 
at  the  St.  Catharines  Collegiate  Institute. 
He  entered  the  Law  Society  of  Ontario  in 
May,  1874,  and  remained  for  two  and  a 
half  years  in  the  law  office  of  Bethune, 
Osier  Sc  M^^a,  at  Torf>nto.  He  then  8i>cnt 
one  year  in  the  otHce  of  the  Hun.  J.  d. 
Currie,  St.  Catharines,  and  two  years  snb- 
setjuently  with   Britton  &   Price,  of  King- 


stoD.     On  bving  admitted   to  practice, 
opened  an  office  in  Kingston,  wh^ra  ha  his 
been    now  in  practice    for   aix    years.     Ha 
industry,    ability    and    popularity  hare  si* 
ready  won  for  him  a  very  excellent  bnszoesa 
Mr.    Mc&Iahon   is  a  Reformer  tn  politics  ; 
and  he  was  secretary  of  the  Kingston  Refons 
Association   for   three    yesirs.       He   wa«  s 
member  of  the  convention  which  nominated 
Alexander  Gunn,  >LP,,  in  opposition  tcSl 
John  A.  Macdouald.     He  has  b«en  a  schc 
trustee  for  four  yearn,  and  preeident  of  tl 
8t  Vincent  de    Paul  Society  for  two  yesn*] 
He  has  been  pressed  repc^atedly  to  stand  for  '^ 
aldormanic  honoun  ia   the    city,   but  hu 
always  declined.     He  is  a  Boniaa  catbol 
in  religion,  as  his  parents  have  been. 
married  on  the  7th  of  January.  1870,  Mi 
second  daughter  of  Thomas  Wilson,  mayt 
of  the  town  of  Dundas,  and  proprietor  of  tl 
Dundfls  Foundry. 

nilla,  JameC)  M.  A.,  Ouolph,  Preaidf 
of  theOuclph  Agricultural  College,  was  bol 
on  the  24th  of  November,  1840,  near  Boi 
Head,  in  the  County  of  Simcoe,  Ontarit 
He  is  a  son  uf  John  Mills  and  Ann  Stinsoi 
both  of  wlioui  were  bum  un  the  shore 
Loch  Erne,  near  EnniskiUen,  in  the  Count 
of  Fermana£;h,  Ireland.  Hia  mothf 
a  quiet,  retiring  woman,  noted  ea| 
for  her  unobtrusive  piety,  and  anxii 
live  at  peace  with  all  her  neighbours,  u 
to  make  the  best  of  ever}'thinj;.  She  was 
a  strongly  religious  turn  of  mind.  When 
about  nine  years  of  age,  John  Mills  settled 
with  his  father  on  a  bush  farm  in  South 
Simcoe,  and  assisted  in  the  work  of  clearing 
and  tilting  that  farm  till  he  became  a  mso. 
In  the  rebellion  of  1837,  ho  took  up  arms  in 
defence  of  his  country,  and  marched  in  a 
company  of  militia  to  meet  the  rebels  at 
Montgomery's,  on  Youge  Street,  in 
County  of  York.  After  his  marriage  wM 
Ann  Stinsou,  who  hod  been  brought  a| 
on  a  neighbouring  farm,  he  bought  a  htm^ 
dred  acres  of  bush  laud  in  Csrtwhght,  n< 
Lake  Skugog,  about  twenty  miles  northf 
of  Bowmanville.  His  eldest  son,  Jamea, 
aoaisted  him  in  olearing  this  farm,  and 
worked  on  it  till  the  year  before  the  Hossiaa 
war,  at  which  time  they  sold  out  and  went 
back  to  South  Simcoe.  They  then  rented 
a  farm  of  2U0  acres,  and  by  hard  work  and 
rigid  economy,  made  enough  money  to  pur- 
chase an  excellent  farm  of  100  acres  in  ih^H 
township  of  Tecumseth,  a  few  miles  souih^| 
of  Bond  Head.  There  they  lived  till  1877, 
when  Mr.  Mills  died,  and  the  property  wss 
sold.  John  Mills  was  an  excellent  farmer, 
and  gave  all  his  sons  a  thorough  trniuing  ifi 


""-■^■- 


CANADIAN  BIO  GRAPH  7. 


595 


!Oi  uiaiciiiiing.     Ho  was  Bpeoi&lly 
for    Boundneas    uf     judgmuat,     me- 
ucaI  akil),  and  the  unuauat  tnorouijhneu 
wluoh  lie  did  ever^'tUiiif;  that  he  un- 
ik.      Ue  puaseaaud  yooU  avuru^^o  abili- 
with  untiring  indtiatry  ;  waa  indepen- 
uuUpuken,    and    of    unaworving   in- 
tegrity.     In  youth  he  had  been  a  member 
of  llio  Cbiirwh  of  England,   and  a  tory  in 
Whon  he  grew  up,  he  became  a 
lU  in  religion  ;  and  a  moderate   re- 
iorfuer  in  [>oliiica.     Ho  had  a  family  of  uiiie 
children,  six  boya  and  three  ^Eirla,  thr«e  of 
the  sona   received    a  univeniiiy    education. 
One  of   the  boya,  Rt^v.  William  Mills,  ia  a 
Diiniflter  in  the  Methodiat  church  ;  another 
J.  S.  Milla,  ia  a  druggist  in  Hrantford  :  John 
is  a  dentiat  in  Brantford  ;  G.  G.  Milla,  B.A., 
ia  a  lafrycr  in  Winoipe^^,  b«in<;  a  menjber 
of  the  lirmof  Aikina,  Culver  and  Hamilton  ; 
Alexander,  the  youn^oat,  a  lawyer  in  Tor- 
onto.     Bviug  thti  eldest  of  a  large  family, 
J«me8  Mills,  had  to  work  hard  ou  the  farm, 
engagiug  in  all  the  details  of  farm  work,  till 
be    waa  iwentj*  years  of  age.     His   father 
being  a  tirsL-claas  farmer,  the  son's  appren- 
ticeship was  comprehensive  and  thorough. 
In  fact,  the  demands  of  farm   work  on  his 
time  and  energies  were  such  that  his  early 
education    was    very    much   neglected.     At 
the  age  of  twenty  he  loat  his  right  arm  by  a 
threshing  machine,  and  waa  obliged  then  to 
enter  a  public  school  with  very  small  bftya, 
tc>  c>>mmunc4i  the  study  of  English  grammar 
and  other  elementary  hranchea,  which  moat 
bfiya  undertake  at  twelve  or  thirteen.     Af- 
ter one  year's  hartl  w<irk  in  the  public  school, 
be  went  to  the  Hradf<ird  Grammar  school, 
»rV,i,-t.  wiis  thou  one  of  the  foremost  schools 
•untry.     The  head  master  was  John 
-.  il,     M.  A.,     who     afterwards     to*tk 
e  of  the  Xewbui^  academy  ;  then  be- 
head maater  of  the  Napance    High 
and  flubK(|UODtly  took  the  position 
Icul  master  in  the  Peterborough  Col- 
1e|:l&t«  tnstitiite.      After  spending  two  years 
at  Bradford,  James  Mills  entered   Victoria 
.   Cobourg.      His  college  course  waa 
lud  very  discouraging.      From  orer 
4^'TK  :kiid  Inck  of  exercise,  he  fell  ill  at  the 
«nd  of  ihu  first  year,   and  had  to  be  taken 
L^auie.     Aft«r  getting  homo  ho  had  a  rolnpso, 
^H^ch  conlined  him  to  bed  for  about  three 
^lEnths.     In   1805,  after  losing  a  year,  he 
rvtitmed  to   college,  and    had    only    buj^un 
(i.irV    whon  ltd  to'ik  ft  ftfvoT  wluch  couhued 
bn  for   five    wuelcs.      In    the   third 

|r.>  itirae,  ho  touk  the  measles  ;  and 

m  the  tourth,  was  prostrated  with  ft  serens 
cold  which  settled  ou  his  luugs,  and  o&me 


near  bringing  him  to  the  grrive.  In  spite 
of  all  tliis  bestrugtjied  through,  and  by  dint 
of  hard  work,  in  the  face  of  great  discour- 
a^emunta,  won  the  Prince  of  Wales  gold 
luedal  iu  1808,  for  the  highest  standing  in 
general  prolioienoy,  in  a  graduating  class  of 
nineteen,  including  the  Ilev.  Dr.  James 
Roy,  of  Cobourg.  He  stood  higher  in  classics 
than  in  any  other  subject.  While  classics 
were  his  epvcialty,  he  has  prepared  students 
for  matriculation,  junior  and  senior  in  Tor- 
onto Uuivorsity,  not  only  in  classics,  but  in 
Enj^lish,  Freuch  and  German,  all  of  which 
languages  he  reads  with  ease.  Afturgradua* 
tiou,  he  was  offered  the  prinoipalship  of  the 
Stanatead  academy  in  the  Eastern  townships, 
and  ounducted  the  school  to  the  satisfaction 
of  all  for  a  year  ;  but  he  did  not  like  the 
school  aystom  of  the  Province  of  Quebec. 
So,  he  came  west  again  and  accepted  the 
position  of  clsasical  master,  under  Dr.  Roy, 
in  the  Cobourg  Collegiate  Institute.  In 
this  latter  position  he  remained  for  three 
years  ;  and  gave  the  utmost  satisfaction  to 
inspectors,  trustees,  parents  and  studenta. 
His  work  in  Cobourg,  resulted  in  securing 
for  him  the  unsolicited  offer  of  the  head- 
mastership  of  Brantford  High  School  at  m 
salary  of  $250  a  year  more  than  they  had 
ever  paid  before.  The  school  was  ranked 
fourth  class  by  the  inspectors,  when  he  took 
charge  ;  and  in  three  yeara  he  succeeded  in 
raising  it  to  the  rank  of  a  Collegiate  insti- 
tute. Mr.  Mills  remained  for  six  and  a- 
half  years  teaching  classics,  and  discharging 
the  duties  of  head  master.  During  that 
time  the  Bch<>ol  matriculated  about  seventy 
students  in  Toronto  University,  and  twenty- 
five  or  thirty  in  Victoria,  Queen's,  and 
McGill's  ;  and  these  took  a  number  of 
scholarships  in  classics,  mathematics  and 
moderns.  In  Toronto,  hiaachool  got  a  first 
classical  schrdarahip  at  senior  matriculation  ; 
a  second  classical  scholarship  at  junior  ma- 
triculation ;  a  first  mathematical  at  junior 
matriculation,  etc.  ;  also  a  first  olaasioal 
sch'lrLrship  at  McGill,  two  first  claasioal  at 
Qneen*s,  and  three  first  classical  at  Victoria, 
His  scholars  obtained  a  long  list  of  tirst-cloaa 
honours,  and  the  school  ranked  next  to 
Hamilton  and  St.  Catharines  Collegiate  in- 
stitutes, in  the  number  passed  at  inter- 
mediate and  teachers' examinatiuns.  There 
were  280  iu  the  school  when  Mr.  Milla  left. 
Of  these,  150  were  l>oarder8  from  places  out- 
side of  the  city.  Shortly  after  he  went  to 
Brantford,  he  was  appointed  ou  the  board 
of  examiners,  to  examine  c»ndidates  for 
second  and  third  class  teachers'  certiticates, 
and  he  remained  a  member  of  the  board  till 


596 


A  VYCLOPjT.DIA  of 


ho  loft  the  city.  In  1870  ho  wm  offered 
the  proaxJency  nf  tho  OnUrio  Aj^ricultiiral 
College^  at  Gut^lph>  bii<1  Hft^r  some  Oolib- 
enition,  decided  tu  accept  the  puaitioii. 
Since  that  tim«*^  he  Ima  ha  J  charf^u  nf  tbie 
ooUtfye,  nnd  huaiHjkvii  in  l*o)ialf  uf  ai^ricul- 
tursl  education  befure  tho  provincial 
teacherft'  auticlAttun,  at  county  onventi'-nii. 
fartncrft'  infititntes,  aiui  wUe where,  urging 
especiaUy  tho  introduction  of  tho  tirat  prin- 
dplM  of  nghcnltare  intf  the  rural  public 
aohools  ;  the  ostabUahment  of  an  Agricul- 
tural High  School  iu  each  of  tho  thirteen 
agricultural  diitricta,  to  teach  (1)  agricul- 
ture and  lire  stock  ;  (2)  the  aciencet  relat- 
ing to  agriculture,  and  (3)  the  branches  of  an 
Bngliah  education  ;  and  laatly.  he  haa  urged 
that  a  courie  of  lectures  be  delivered  annu- 
ally to  the  teachers  in  training  at  the  Nor- 
ma) schools,  on  agriculture,  live  stock,  for- 
estry, and  the  beautifying  of  country  homes. 
Bis  pen  has  been  actively  engaged  iu  pro 
moting  the  same  cause.  Ue  was  a  member 
of  the  Council  of  the  Agricultural  and  Arts 
Association  for  some  time  ;  and  two  years 
■go,  At  the  request  of  the  ("nuncil,  prepared 
A  course  of  reading  and  study  in  agriculture 
for  farmers'  sons,  on  the  reBiilts  of  which 
oertiticates  of  agriculture  are  granted  annu- 
ally by  the  council.  Uithertu,  ho  has  pre- 
pared the  papers,  and  has  assistedt  as  a 
member  of  the  educational  committee,  in 
examining  the  answers  and  recommending 
candidates  for  certificates.  Mr.  Mills  is 
president  of  tho  college  and  professor  of 
English  Uternture  and  political  economy. 
But  he  is  nut  responsible  for  the  manage- 
ment uf  the  college  farm.  In  religion  he 
has  alwayn  been  a  Sfethtnlist,  and  in  politic-s, 
a  moderate  llffurmer.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  last  general  conference  of  the  Metho- 
dist church,  held  in  Bamilton  ;  and  of  the 
union  conference  at  l^elteville,  two  years 
ago.  He  has  never  taken  any  prominent  part 
in  politics.  Professor  Mills  married  in  J  u  ly , 
1809,  Jessie,  daughter  of  David  Ross,  of  Co- 
bourg,  and  has  a  family  of  six  children.  Wo 
may  add,  that  notwithatanding  some  opi>o- 
sition,  he  has  had  the  honour  of  organiz- 
ing  and  carrying  out  the  Farmers'  Insti- 
tutes, which  liave  proved  so  popular  in  this 
Province.  The  government  was  exceed- 
ingly  fortunate  in  getting  at  tho  head  of  an 
institution  so  important  as  this  college,  a 
man  of  the  energy,  the  learning,  and  the 
practical  exi>erienoe  of  Professor  Mills.  He 
has  been  continuously  making  eloquent 
pleas  by  tonguu  and  pen,  on  behalf  of  scien- 
title  farming  ;  and  his  appeals  have  met 
with  a  fairly  hearty  response.     He  is  right 


wheij   }\     '     '  ■    s  that  thf 

of  our.  > ws  away    ■ 

agricukuTHi  2"irt3uita,  for  \'\ 

that  certain  studies  which   ! 

ed  ah  the  foundations   of  a^  • 

ontiu^ent  kiiowledguare  %\ 

ID  the  kcIiomIs.     It  in  tr>M-  r  i   > 

learner  to  look  ufton  i' 

drudgery,  and  as  an  oi-. 

notice  of  learning,  and  i»f  i :  VV« 

have  only  to  say,  in  conoii  .*   tVi* 

views  enunciated  with  such  toj 

neas  and  force  by  Presuleut  Mil 

point   will    have  to  prevaJ.    otheruui    ..-ur 

educational  system  will  become   chiell}    rv- 

markable  for  alluring  our  aoDS  away  from 

the  tillage  of  the  soil. 

Enatoii,  C>eor|(e,  Brc.  1.  "  " 

of  CuBloma  for  the  port  of  1 
rio,  is  the  eldest  sou  of  U<xieri<;iL  (L.a':(i-"ii  ui' 
Cundace  Baldwin,  hia  wife,  and  vas  born  *t 
the  then  villui^e  of  Krockville,  oo    the    1'"' 
December.  lSt2.       After  serTing  as  a 
in  commercial  business  for  several  yti> 
tint  engaged  in  general  mercnntilo   pi.: 
on  his  own  HC(''<aHit,  at   Brock  ville,  ' 
Iflt  of  April,  1835,  under  the  lirm  nn- 
Matthie  Easton  &.  Co.,  and  so   cont 
until  1884,  when  he  joined  with  Crji 
&  I>cuaut  m  building  that   part  of   tK 
L«wr«nco  canal    situate   at    Farmu*e  Pii 
where  he  remained  until  1840       He  then 
moved  tn  Montreal  and  re-entered  mere- 
tile  busineBs,  and  remained  there  until  IH' 
when  ho  ret\irned  to    Br<iokvtlle.       He 
ployed  himself  similarly  here   until  ba  VM 
appointed  CoUectur  of  Customs,  in    Msrc' 
1868,  which  oflioe  he  now  holds.       Mr.  K 
ton  married,  ou  the  oth  Uct<.tlx<r,  184 
bella  Jane,  eldest  daughter  (if  the  lai 
George    Crawford.       There  is  issue 
marriage  three  dauirhters  and  one  son,  all 
whom    are    married,  resident  at   St. 
Minn.;  Winnipeg,  Man.;    Montreal, 
and  Port  Colburne,  Oat.       In    roll 
Eastun  is  a  member  of  the  Church   of 
land.     By  oommisMiun  he  waa  appointed 
sign  in   the  Isl  regiment   of   Leeds  miU 
Colonel  .\diel  Sherwood,  under  date  uf  17 
January,    1836,    taking    rank  from  the  H 
Ajiril,  183o.      He  was  appointed  lieutttua: 
in  the   Hifle    company   attached  to  the  I 
Regiment,     Leeds    militia,     the  late    Hoi 
George  iiherwood,  captain,    under 
Juue  1st,  1838.      This    company   d 
duty  for  a  short  period  durinv;  the 
of   1837-38.       Mr    Easton    was    appoints^ 
captain    in    the    1st   regiment,   Leeds   mil- 
itia, taking  rank  from  the  10th   Decambsr, 
1845. 


CANADlAIi  BWURAFHY, 


597 


FranclB    Wolfemtan, 

o>>  thti  IHti  Jaiiiitiry,  18^, 

Muorwenstuw,  Cornwall,  and  is  a  son  of 

a   late  Rbt.   Fraticia  Wolferataii  Thninas, 

of  Parkham,  North  hevoii,  and  rnral 

Thu  father  of  iho  liev.  Fnvticia  VVol- 

iton    Thoinai),    was     the    Ruv.  Thumaa 

lomaa,   &   fuUow  ut  Oiford  aiid    vicar  ut 

ridenham,    in    Gloucestershire,     iit    which 

tunty  he  was  a  leading  magistrate.      Both, 

iwse  cleri{vnit«n  (the  elder uf  whom  married 

:;ibeth  WVtlferstan,  of  Hartland,  Devon, 

kembors  of  wh<>«u  family  still  ruside  at  Stat- 

»ld  Bill,  Staffordshire),  wuro  in  their  day 

:hi<Lari  and  authors  of  repute.   The  family. 

aa  the  name  implies,  is  ono  of  the  oldest  in 

\\  .\K-&    niid  fonuerly  puBHeuud  large  eatatea 

r^ranBhire.        The     Hev.     Fiancia 

:i    Thomas   married  a  lady  of  the 

nrici«ttt  and  important    family  of  Shearmo, 

jirh'>*p   aeat  is  Wuotllanda,  C-Trnwrtll.     The 

ibject  of  this  sketch  woa  edncnted  ut  Kin-^ 

Iward    VI.     school,     Shorboruo,    Doratt- 

fibire,  and  aa  his  |»M-vnt8  duiiirod  hmi  to  take 

holy    nrdvrs,    h«    XuvX   a    thorough  cUaaical 

training.       Uut  althotigh  his  auccesaion   to 

tl^L    tJkiiuly  living  a!  Parkham    would  have 

bstturod  him  a  xuod  poailioa  in  the  church, 

lit:  }uid  no   iuclmation    fur   pastoral  duties, 

}jii  .iiiibitiou  htiiiit;  rather  to  enter  the  army. 

[^^  tt:<  a  oomtuisai on  cuuld  bo  procurod  for 

hiiii    hoK'tivur,  ho  had  roaulvou  to  come  to 

<   1,  cil.i.  and  onj^agij  iu  farming.  Accordingly, 

lu  *  k-tober,  ISril,  hti  left  Kiigtand,  his  dusti- 

natiou   being  Rico  Laku.  in  Upper  Canada, 

wl)   r<    ^  r^rBou  who  professed  to  be    quHli- 

"lurtaken  to  instruct  him  in  prac- 

iltnre.       The    promised    lensims 

"j;    W'irthloas,  he  turned  hi.s  attention 

-noering,  and  secured  temporary  em- 

I  '.'Ut  on  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway.    As 

'  svt  In,  thu  youug  adventurnr  (he  was 

i^  time  Only  eighteen  years  old),  found 

if  idle  and  a<lnft  iu  a  world  of  atrajig- 

v\  -     Uut  ytiuth  is  proverbially  the  seaaon  of 

h*i[>t-,    and   Mr.    Thumoa    was  never  one  of 

tL-.ntt   who  give  way  to  despiondency.      Not- 

triUjit«iiding  more  th'in  one  failure,  he  per- 

...vrM.l  It)  hia  (juest,  and  fortune  at  last  fav- 

hiui.   Thu  Bkuk  of  L'pper  Canada  woh 

tt  tiuieat  the  head  of  such  iuHtitulious  in 

iht   country,  and  with  it  ho  he;{nn  it  oareer 

which  waa  doiiiued  to  bd  exceptionally  stto- 

oawfuL      After  a  year'b  service,  Mr.  James 

Rt<»Tfrrifton,  the  present  cauhier  of  the  (^>uobec 

who  wiUi  then  managing  the  Toronto 

li    of   the  Bank  of    Montreal,    otTered 

Mr.  Thouifts    a  position,    the  acceptance  of 

which  wu  justitied  by  n  suries   of   promo- 


tioDfl  culmiiutiug,  in  1865,  m  hia  appoint- 
ment to  the  mauager&hip  of  the  Lundou 
branch.  Uow  thoroughly  ho  satiahed  those 
who  entrusted  him  with  sneh  high  rospon- 
aibilities,  the  financial  and  business  circles 
of  Weatarn  Ontario  need  not  be  told.  Xor 
wore  his  abilities  and  character  held  in  lesa 
esteem  by  the  oflicials  of  other  eatablish- 
metita.  In  1870,  after  he  had  been  manager 
at  London  for  live  years,  Mr.  (now  Sir)  I).  L. 
Maophersfju,  moved  by  the  cordial  rccom- 
mendatiiius  of  E.  U.  King,  ex-preaideut 
of  the  Bank  of  Montreal,  placed  the  office 
of  oaahier  of  MoUoos  Rjirik  at  Mr.  Thomas's 
disiKMal.  Thoiii^h  naturally  rehiciAnt  to 
sever  his  connection  with  an  institution  la 
which  he  had  so  long  held  a  foremost  posi- 
tion, and  to  which  he  was  b«.»uiid  by  ties, 
both  of  bUBine48  and  friendship,  Mr.  Thomas 
tinally  decided  to  accept  Mr.  Macphorson's 
ofler.  Since  July,  1870,  when  be  assumed 
the  supervision  of  its  affairs,  the  status  of 
the  MuLaoiia  Bank  has  ateotlily  and  materi- 
ally improved.  The  capital  has  been  aug- 
mented from  one  to  two  millions  ;  and  it  has 
been  found  necessary  to  establish  tifteen 
branches  in  Ontario,  and  another  branch  at 
Sorel,  in  the  province  of  Quebec.  A  re- 
serve of  $075,000  has  been  provided,  and 
the  bufeioeas  of  the  bank  has  increased 
sevenfold.  Nor  is  it  only  in  his  relntioos 
to  the  banking  business  that  Mr.  Thomaa 
has  found  scope  for  his  abilities.  He  waa 
formerly  a  director  of  the  Huron  and  Erie 
Savings  and  Loan  Company  of  Lfondon, 
and  u  now  a  director  of  the  (^anoda  Life 
Assurance  Company.  He  was  D.  D.  (i.  M. 
of  the  I^mdiin  Masonic  district.  He  is  vice* 
president  of  the  Mackaylnatitution  fi»r  Pro* 
trstant  Deaf-mutes;  a  member  of  the  man- 
af^ing  committee  of  of  the  Montreal  General 
Hospital  ;  a  director  of  the  Art  Association 
of  Montreal,  and  of  the  Mount  Royal  Ceme- 
tery Cuinpany.  When  the  British  AaBi>ciation 
for  the  Advancement  of  Science  visited  Mon- 
treal in  ]8d4,  he  was  appointed  chairman  of 
the  finance  committee.  Mr.  Thomas's  en- 
tiro  career  has  been  marked  by  rare  business 
capacity,  combined  with  strict  integrity 
and  enlightened  patriotism.  Though  hu 
engagement  have  not  jiermitted  him  to  en- 
ter whut  is  called  public  life,  he  has  in  the 
faithful  discharge  of  hia  duties  as  a  citizen, 
found  ample  opportunity  for  serving  hia 
country  and  benefiting  the  community  in 
which  his  lot  was  cast.  He  knows  how  to 
be  philanthrophic  without  ostentation.  A 
true  son  of  the  Church  nf  England,  hia  hand 
is  never  closed  wlien  she  needs  his  help, 
though  at  the  same  time  he  does  not  refute 


A  cYCLOPjeDij.  or 


his  kid  to  Any  meritorioiM  object,  Ibecause 
its  promoters  diiFer  from  him  in  creed.  Mr. 
Thomaa  married  the  third  daughter  of  the 
Hon.  George  Jwib  Goodhue,  one  uf  the 
sanatora  Appointed  bj  the  Imperial  yuveru- 
ment,  and  a  member  of  a  notable  Maasachu- 
aetta  famil)\  of  that  Salem,  which  Haw- 
thon)ehafl  immortalized.  Mrs.Guodhue  waa 
a  daughter  of  Mtjor  Matthews,  R.A.,  some 
time  aide-de-camp  to  the  I>uke  of  Richmond, 
that  governor -i^'eneral.  whose  tra^'ic  fate  has 
oast  a  shadow  over  the  pages  of  <.'anadiaii 
history.  After  his  retirement  fruni  the  army, 
Major  Matthews  settled  at  Lobo,  in  Middle- 
sex, Ontario,  which  county  he  represented 
in  parliament.  Another  of  his  daughters 
waa  married  to  the  late  Honourable  James 
Sullivan,  attorney-general,  and  afterwards 
justice  of  the  Court  of  Queen's  Bench  of 
Upper  Canada. 

IHercdllli,  Wlllliini  Ralpli,  LL.B., 
Q.C.,  M.Pl'.,  for  the  City  uf  lioudon,  On- 
tario, and  leader  of  the  rtpposition  in  the 
Ontario  Assembly,  was  burn  in  the  town- 
ship of  Westminster,  County  of  Middlesex, 
on  the  Slst  March,  1840.  His  father  was 
John  Cooke  Meredith,  who  was  bom  at 
Dublin,  Ireland,  a  graduate  of  Trinity  Col- 
le^fe,  and  clerk  of  the  Division  Court  for  the 
County  of  Middlesex.  John  C.  Meredith 
married  Sarah  Peeler,  who  became  mother 
of  the  subject  of  this  memoir.  William 
Kalph  Meredith  was  educated  at  the  I^on- 
don  Grammar  school,  and  at  the  University 
of  Toronto.  He  graduated  from  the  law 
department  of  the  latter  inatituti'in.  and 
was  called  to  the  bur  in  Trinity  term,  18C1 . 
He  immediately  opened  a  law  ofiice  in  Lon- 
don, and  in  a  short  time  had  established  a 
remunerative  practice.  His  natural  gifts 
were  considerably  above  the  average,  he 
hafl  agreeable  and  attractive  munners,  and 
soon  became  known  as  a  popular  lawyer. 
His  knowledge  of  common  law  ia  extensive 
and  sound,  and  his  assistance  in  consulta- 
tion is  always  sought  with  ^eat  couti- 
deuce.  Among  those quaUhed  to  jud]j:e,  Mr. 
Meredith  is  regarded  as  now  the  leading 
Chancery  lawyer  in  western  Ontario.  He  is 
solicitor  for  the  City  of  Ixindon.  He  waa 
elected  a  bencher  of  the  Law  Society  of  On- 
tario in  1871.  and  created  a  Q.C  in  1876. 
In  1872  ho  waa  elected  for  London  to  the 
Ontario  Legislature,  and  has  been  returned 
at  every  general  election  since.  In  politics 
he  is  an  unflinching  Liberal-Conservative, 
by  which,  in  his  case,  we  mean  that  as  far  ss 
ooines  within  his  sphere,  he  supports  the 
policy  of  Sir  John  A.  Micdonald  and  his 
followera,    giving  his  approbation   to  such 


acta  of  legislation  as  the  naiionnl  rioH^ 
the  awarding  of  the  Canadi 
way    otmtract    to    Mr.     G  •  ^hssrV 

syndicate.  In  the  htoaJ  lf*ti»w  hu  lasib 
the  opposition  against  the  Hon.  OtiTvr 
Mowat.  He  is  a  gentleman  wboa«  p«irat« 
and  public  aharacter  is  abnve  any  nr|»nafia  ; 
and  his   abilities  in  the  -    «* 

not  loss  marked  than  an 
brethren.       He  has   louy  a-hh  vavr^'-uxz^uj 
advocated  compulsory  voting,  holdinir  ihst 
the  vote  is  a  privilege  accorded  to  a  [Mntm 
in  the  state,   for  the    very   reason   tlut  bt 
shall  exercise  that  privileg**.        He  b«loocs 
to  the  communioD   of  the  Church  <»f  Knj- 
laml  ;  and  is  a  member  of  the  senate  of  tae 
University   of    Toront^i,     which    conferred 
upon  him  his  LL.It.  Mr.  Meredith  married 
on  June   2*h\i,    1802.    Mary,   daughter 
Marcus    Holmes,  of  l^mdon,  Ont.nri'^. 
this  union  there  has  been  four  cl> 
of  whom  died  in  infancy.     W.  V 
the  popular  and  widely  respected  iii=(.tic 
of    the   Bunk  of  Montreal,  ia  a  brother 

,  W.  R.  Meredith. 

Bell,  ArrlilbitUI,  Chatham.  Jadtce 
the  <'uunty  Court  of  the  County  of  Kai 
was  born  at  Toronto,  on  the  10th  of  Nure 
ber,  1840.     He  was  the  third  son  of 

'  bald  and    Ag.ies    Ball,  natives    of  P< 

I  Scotland,  who  emigrated  to  Canada  in 
and    Hrst    settled    at  New    Glasgow,    n 
Montreal.      In  lrt»i8  they  moved  to  Toronto^ 

I  and  Mr.  Bell  carried  on  business  there  as  s 
builder  and  contractor  until  184a.     He  then 
moved  with  hia  young  family  to   the   town- 
ship of  Lobo,  in  the  County  of    Middlesex, 
purchasing  and    setthag  upon  one  hand 
acres  of  land.     That  section  waa  then  an 
most  unbroken  forest,  and  there  the  auhj 
of  this  sketch  became  familiar  with   aim 
every  phase  of  the  early  settler's  life.      Ua 
was  present,  a  lad  of  live   or  six,  when  the 
settlers  met  and  erected  in  the  midat  of  tlie 
forest  a    crude    loij-buildmg  for    a    school 
house.       In   this  building   he  received  the 
most  of   his    nchool    education.       His  first 
teacher,  Mr.  Donald  McCrae,  carried  on  to- 
gether during  school  hours  the  occupadc 
of  school-teaching  and  basket-making, 
continued  attending  this  country  sch«>?l  d 
ing  the  winters,  and  such  parts  of  the  rest 
the  year   as  he   could  bo  s[»ared    fruiu  t' 
farm,  until  184>7,  when  he  obtained  a   6r*< 
class    certiticate  for   teaching   school.     He 
taught  a  country  school  for  the    next  three 
years,    and    then,    after    an  eight    mmlh^H 
course  st  the  L md  -n  Grammar  achool,  o*^H 
tered  the  Law  Society  oi  a  student  at  law]^ 
and  waa  articled  to  the  lato  Justice  Jubn 


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£99 


wn-on.     On  Mr.  Wiigon's  elevBtion  to  the 
:t  Court  heuch  in  1803,  Mr.    Bell  r«- 

-  i  tfflchin^  for  thre**  yvnra,  rvn<)iiig  law 

ID  hiH  Bj^Hrt*  liuurB.  Hu  wiixcAlled  tn  the 
in  Micbxeluiiu  term,  l^Oli,  arxl  wiu  nt 
heAd  tif  the  cUsa  of  that  torro.  He  then 
ed  an  additiunAl  year  in  the  Inw  ottices 
of  D^naid  (!nthrie,  of  Guclph,  and  James 
fihanly,  uf  London,  He  was  admitted  as  an 
uruey  and  aulicitor  in  May,  1806,  and  for 
u  years  pracrised  law  In  Strathnty.  In 
tobvr,  1870,  he  muved  to  Chatham,  where 
he  noHT  lives.  After  eight  years  of  sue- 
oessful  practice  thore,  he  was  ottered  and 
ftOc«iptc<d  the  ap{>4>intment  of  judge  of  the 
County  OoiiPt  uf  the  County  t»f  Kent,  siio- 
oeedio^  tht)  latu  Judtre  Wells.  Mr.  Bell 
married,  on  Mav  25.  1874,  Elizftboth,  eldest 
dmuKhter  of  Male  Im  Cameron,  of  Lobo. 
pittically.  Judge  BjU  has  always  l>een  a 
urmer  ;  and  in  religion  he  is  mn  adher- 
t  i>f  th«  Presbyterian  church. 
FtirllnKer,  C?Hpl,  .%lc\nnder,  Mor- 
risbnrf(h,  was  bornon  Jntid  1st,  1824,  in 
dee,  County  Huntingdon,  (Quebec,  and 
of  U.  E.  loyalist  stock.  HiajLrrandfather, 
cholos  Farlioger,  though  of  German  des- 
t,  left  his  h'fiiie  in  the  vatluv  of  the 
ohawk,  Nww  York,  at  th«  time  *A  the  r«v- 
tionary  war  end  settled  at  CuruwulL 
ptain  Alexander  FarlingeHs  father  was 
James,  the  son  of  Nicholas,  who  in  early 
life  aettlod  in  Dundee.  Here,  as  above 
■lafted,  our  subject  first  saw  the  lif;ht.  His 
mother's  maiden  nunio  was  Gardner,  and 
•he  was  of  Scottish  birih.  Mr.  Farlioger 
received  his  early  education  at  the  district 
■chool  of  his  native  place,  and  this  he  sup- 
plemented by  private  study  until  he  pi.>s- 
aeesed  a  good  English  education.  He  re- 
I  noined  OD  the  farm  until  he  was  nearly 
■^■neteen  years  of  age,  when  he  entered  the 
H^prTioeof  Miisson  <t  Farlinger,  of  Montreal, 
^Yne  latter  gentleman  being  his  uncle.  This 
firm  was  amoRgut  the  earliest  forwarders  in 
Canada,  and  with  the  exoeptiun  of  three 
months  spent  toachimc  sclxtol,  he  continued 
with  it  a^wMil  two  yeiirs  and  a  lialf,  when  the 
pATtfierithip  wiudinMulviid,  >tiid  he  then  enter- 
ed the  j<>int  stirvicf  uf  MAcpherson,  Crane 
A  Co.  and  Htxiker  •%  Holton,  ad  a  captain  of 
of  the  Royal  mail  line  of  steamTS.  then 
ictc  between  Kingston  and  Montreal. 
niiu  his  command  he  oooumplished.  on 
eral  oocAstons,  the  dilhcuU  feat  of  run- 
g  the  l>ing  Siult  rapids  at  all  hours  nf 
^^e  night  ;  passing  dvur  the  CotMau,  Ce- 
<ler  and  CAScade  rapids  at  night,  and  on  one 
tht»  Laohine  rapids,  and  always 
g  uu  board  the  same   pilot.     These 


feaia  have  never  since  been  accomplished, 
and  when  attained  by  Capt.  Failinper.  were 
done  with  perfect  safely,  and  never  in  the 
course  of  his  career  as  a  ootnmander  hod 
be  an  accident  to  vesael  or  cargo.  After  a 
successful  career  of  seven  years  in  the  above 
service,  Captoiu  Korlingor  purchased  the 
Frazor  dock  and  property  at  Prescott, 
where  he  commenced  busineos  as  forwarder, 
wharhnger  and  general  merchant.  In  the 
year  ]v'i>4  he  removed  tu  Morrishurvh, 
where  he  has  siuce  continued  to  reside.  Uis 
earlier  career  in  Morrisburi;  was  similior  to 
that  pursued  in  Preseutt,  where  ho  accumu- 
lated considerHble  wealth.  His  wife,  whom 
he  married  on  June  1st,  18o4,  on  his  ;iOth 
birthday,  was  the  d  lughter  of  the  late  Capt. 
William  Kyle  '^f  Murrisburg.  She  owned  a 
large  amount  of  real  estate,  and  the  captain 
thenceforth  devoted  liiuself  to  its  manage- 
ment, together  with  that  of  his  own  prop* 
erty  ;  and  from  that  time  has  continued  to 
deal  extensively  in  tuwti,  village  and  farm- 
ing lands.  This  intert:st  reached  such  large 
proportions  that  he  gave  up  all  other  buai- 
uesB  in  18(>5,  with  the  exception  of  purchos- 
ing  produce,  which  he  continues  to  du  to 
this  day.  lu  1880  Capt.  Farlinger  found 
MiiLself  the  owner  of  about  19JK>0  acres  uf 
improved  farming  lands  lu  the  different 
counties  of  eastern  Ontario.  I^oug  ago  he 
he  established  a  system  of  farm  tenantry, 
granting  leases  fur  a  term  of  years,  and  he 
has  now  over  one  hundred  tenants,  and  so 
satisfactory  has  this  system  been  to  all 
parties  coucorrcd.  that  many  of  his  tenanle 
have  occupied  the  farms  f4>r  twonty-hve 
years,  and  others,  through  Mrs.  Farlinger. 
for  nearly  forty  years .  The  homesteoa 
farm  of  'J8<)  acres,  in  the  Tillage  of  M  -rris- 
burg,  he  had  survpyed  and  laid  out  in 
town  lots,  with  streets  of  7U  feet  wide. 
There  is  a  water  fwtwer  of  300  horse- power 
in  front  of  his  property  at  the  fttot  of  the 
Rapid  du  Plat.  Mr.  FarUuger's  idea  waa 
to  invest  the  means  at  his  command  in  prop- 
erty of  this  nature,  instead  of  bank  and 
other  stocks,  for  he  fe«ls  iliat  these  he  can 
control,  while  the  other  securities  men- 
tioned are  at  the  murcy  of  Jirectors,  man- 
agers, etc  Thti  wisdom  id  this  policy  hoe 
been  successfully  demonstrated.  The  only 
ditlioulty  inci«l«ntal  to  the  development  of 
his  plans,  and  to  their  (>erfoct  suecots,  woe 
about  the  years  1870.  1877  and  1878.  The 
C4iMnn«rcial  panic  of  1874,  in  it«  after 
efferts,  depreciated  ihw  value  for  some  time 
of  farm  prtijwrty,  and  taxes  accumulating, 
compelled  him  ttidisjxMeftfabout  It.lKM^acree, 
leaving  him  and  hia  wife,  however,  owner*  of 


000 


A  CfCLOPAHVU  OF 


16,000  acres  of  farm  property,  bebitlea  vil- 
lage and  town  real  estate.  Fartinger  block 
of  Morrisburgh  iaa  monument  to  the  enter- 
priae  and  wealth  o(  Capt.  Farlingcr.occupj- 
iDga  oomiuandtng  site  iiearthe  busineBs  con- 
tra ;  bis  uflicea  and  storue  taking  up  ane-lialf 
of  the  building,  the  Morrisburf^h  branch  of 
the  Moliun  Hank  occupyiuL;  the  rei(i:iiii«U>r. 
This  brAnch  bank  ('aptain  Farlin^'cr  ha<fl 
««tabUshed  here.  Our  subject  has  already 
taken  an  active  interest  in  railway  entc>r- 
priaea.  In  1805  he  projected  fhc  schetne 
now  known  as  the  (.Ktawa.  WadditigtMii  and 
New  York  Kailway  and  Hridyw  <'<uri[mny, 
which  obtaint^d  it^  charter  at  llie  hrat  uietit- 
ing  uf  thv  prtMiftiunal  directorate,  htrld  in 
Ottawa,  \^^'^.  Hehoaalwnys  huld  that  it 
would  be  p<»siblu  to  break  faat  in  Ottawa  and 
Aint  in  New  York.  lu  a  It^tter  ti>  the  Mont- 
real H'iU\fjtn.  IwariuK  date  Marith  3<Hh, 
1881,  be  prujecttid  the  scheme  of  a  road 
from  Montreal  to  SDiith's  Falls,  which  pro 
posal  has  btjtin  adopted  almust  in  its  entirety 
by  the  Canadian  Pacihc  Railway  CumiHiny. 
Id  military  matters  Captain  Farlint.;er  has 
aJwaja  taken  an  active  interest.  As  a  boy 
he  was  a  participant  in  the  rt'belli<'ii  of 
1837  ;  atid  at  the  time  of  thu  Ttnxt  utfuir 
he  was  commissioned  by  the  ^tivernruent 
if}  raise  a  company  uf  ritlos  for  scr 
vioe,  and  iu  three  days  he  had  a  full 
complement  of  men  enrolled.  Captain  Far- 
linger  takes  a  special  pride  iu  the  breed- 
ing of  superior  stock  ;  his  reputation  in 
that  respect  uxtending  beyond  the  province. 
Be  competed  for  many  years,  suocessfuUy, 
iu  New  Yi/rk  state,  and  at  the  Dominion 
Fair  held  ut  Ottawa  in  1879.  He  received 
the  highest  premium  for  a  pair  of  crossed 
matched  roadsters,  the  prize  in  this  case 
beiii!{  the  D^mnnion  !.'old  medal,  which  the 
captain  holds  in  special  regard  by  ro^isou  of 
its  beint;  presented  to  him  hy  the  Princess 
Louise.  Jn  the  year  1854  he  was  appointed 
a  justice  of  the  peace.  His  extensive  pri- 
vate  business  has  prevented  him  from  tak- 
inp;  an  active  part  in  public  nA'airs,  although 
he  occupied  the  reeve's  chair  of  the  town- 
ship  of  Williamsburg  in  1877.  In  politics 
he  is  H  pronounced  Conservative,  and  wields 
naturally  much  local  influence,  being  as  he 
himself  describes  it,  a  thick  and  thin  sup- 
porter of  Sir  John  A.  Mucdonald.  He, 
however,  has  never  tried  to  influence  his 
tenants,  simply  as  tenants.  He  Iwis  bef-n  fre- 
quently urged  to  stand  for  parliament,  hut 
has  steadily  refused  to  do  so.  For  this  de- 
termination he  has  been  Bumetimes  censur- 
ed by  hia  party.  On  its  inception.  Captain 
Farlingcr  became  president  of  the  Dundas 


Connty  Agricultural  Ssovtoty,  tviiirl 
hold  fi>r  some  yeara.    After  < 
established,  he  however  re': 
presidency,  though  still  reituiuni;  an  acti* 
iutereat  in  its  aifairs.       He    haa   rep«.*at 
urged   upon   the    people  of   the  village 
benefit    to  Ih}  derived  by  a    liberal    ckiIk 
towards  mBiiofaottiring  inlereata,     and    h 
■  iften  himself  prionised  free    water    puwi 
but  the  reiidt'iits  do  not  s»m*ui  to   bavi 
ported  his  action  as  liberally  an  they 
havL«  done.   .  During  a  visit  of  Sir  Jo) 
Macdfinald  to  (he  residence  of  the  CAptJiii 
m  \H'.l,  tlio  latter  suggested  to  the  **  t.'hief' 
the  advimability  of  lug  adopting    the  p'->h< 
of  protection.      The  matter   was  thorouul 
diecusned  between  them,  CHpt»iii  Karlipf 
hnhlirig   th'it   sinct*   the    prosperity    of 
country  lay  in  our  agricultural  and   niani 
facturing  uiter»^Bt«,  it  was  desirable  to  pt 
teot  Hiid  uncfturitge  these  tndntiiries  ;  and 
a   result,  at  the  C'*userva(ivo    ptc-nic,  hi 
at   Winchester  Springs,   to  which    the    \\ 
druve    together,    Sir  John  A.    MacvionaU 
for   the  first  time,  declared  himself  on 
subject  of  what  is  now  Known  U*  hiatory 
the  nrttional  policy.      In  religion  our  aabji 
is  a  Presbyterian,  and  favoured  the  p 
of  church  union.     Captain  Farlinger  hasi 
family  of  four  b'^ya  and  live  girls. 

Wriftbl,  ThouiUft  lloiiry.  Sandwich, 
Ontario,    Treasurer  of   Kssex   county,  vis 
born  at  Cuk'heater,  in  the  same  county,  a 
the    19th    July,    IHKJ.      Hi»  father,   H. 
Wright,  was,  we  learn,  a  native  of  Peaoiyl 
vania,  born  in  1786,  and  was  the  third 
in   u  family  of  eight  children       He    canji 
with   his  father's  family  by  laiid  route 
Detroit  in   17%,  and    crossed    thence   iut 
Canada.     There    l>emg  no   roads  or  settli 
ments  for  most  of  the  distance  at  that  timi 
the  goods  and    persons  of    the  family  wi 
carried  ijii  the    backs  of  pack  horses.     Tl 
family  is  of  ancient  origin.     The   patemi 
grandfather  of   Henry  WH^^ht   wan  a  natii 
of  Kent  county,  Cn^land  ;  and  tn«  pnternj 
grandmother,  though  a  native  of  t^ennsyl 
vania,  was  of  German  descenr,  from  a  fi 
ily  named  Klin^'eramith.  Thomas  H,  Wrigl 
WHS  educated  tn  Colchester,  (Ontario,  and  i 
the  High  School  in    S^iiulwicb.      Hia  coui 
of  instruction  inoUiiled  the  Kiiglish  branches^ 
mathematics,  and  thost^  stiidi<s  which  wei 
calculated  to  best  (piulify  bint  for  the  woi 
of  land  surveyor  and  civil  engineer,      i'lnei 
his  lirst  duties  on  leuviiig  soiiool  was  tt> 
company  Colonel  J>>hnaon  in  a  preliminai 
survey  of  the  route  for  the  •Southern  ftail 
road,  from  Fort   Erie  to  Sandwich,    whu 
survey  t«Kik  place  in  1830.     He  had  beel 


CA  NA  VI AN  BW  OR  A  PH  Y. 


tiOl 


:ii«tnme«l  to  work  on  the  f  ahu  in  aumnier. 
Ill  to  alteod  soliiHtl  in  winter  ;  aotl  thia 
M  ia  other  like  caAe«.  hail  mtt  only  b«- 
MlMn  babiu  of  indii»»try,  but  hiul  aorved  to 
aaT«]op  ih«  bent  i*f  hia  iKutu,  which  wtu 
mr  :<.;ly  towardn  mathematical  lUid  muchan- 
iiu\I  iuirauits.  After  his  Hrvt  trial  with  Cul- 
uuul  Johiuun,  Mr.  VVrtght  was  omphiyed  id 
aurvoys  under  Oftptain  Wilkinaon,  <«f  Sand- 
wich, and  oontioued  in  the  work  until  the 
n]b«llii>n  bfoke  out  in  1837.  Mr.  Wright 
rolanteered  as  third  officer  in  a  troop  of 
osTAlry,  under  Captain  Wilkinaon  u  tint 
I .  in  the  work  of  putting  down  the  re- 
-1  and  ri*ptjUiug  thu  invadors.  He 
yHrucipitt^d  in  the  atruiigle  in  which  the 
•ehuonef  AtiH  whs  taken,  ut  Amherstbur>{, 
&nd  in  the  drivinu;  of  the  rebels  from 
Boia  filanc  lalaiid.  Ho  returned  to 
the  fanii  in  CoIcheatiT  in  the  fall  of  1842, 
&n<l  in  184G  hi*  combined  the  pursuits  of 
xLiriciilturv  with  tho  aiintgvnjeut  of  a  ooun- 
Tu.  He  then  reuiuved  his  goods  to 
[itburK.  wheru  he  erected  a  sieam 
Urut  mill,  whioh  he  operated  until  145^, 
trheu  he  a-dd  out.  Btit  his  aemcea  aa  ea- 
giii9«r  Ami  Burvt*yor  were  rttill  in  requisition, 
and  up  U*  the  year  iSn!*,  they  were  oom- 
muided  by  the  Great  Western  Railway  and 
its  branches,  or  the  S>juthorn  Railway.  Mr. 
Wright  then  set  out  on  an  exped'iiun  upon 
the  ateainor  Vttfutfh  BuVy  to  open  ti  new 
route  on  tha  north  sbi»ru  of  lakea  Huron 
and  Suprn-ir,  m  couueoliou  with  the  ^iorlh- 
■•-".  fvadway,  carryihj;  iho  fimt  mails  sent  to 
iu?er,  iiiiw  M^iititbii.  Witli  a  c&p&ci- 
ij  ..r  civil  Burvice,  and  cumnian>inig  the 
40iitidexioe  of  all  classes  of  oitiz^na^  Mr. 
Wright  has  aeldom  been  found  out  of  otii- 
cUl  p'Uiitiun.  In  i;it31)and  1841,  he  discharg- 
«d  the  duties  of  tho  couioaiwanut.  In  1863 
1m  was  sppointed  county  treiui<irer  for 
Eas^x  county,  aoil  he  hus  held  the  o£c« 
'  lallv  frt>m  that  time  to  the  present, 
Mr.  Wright  has  held  a  membership 
m  the  MaAonic  order  since  1845.  In  ]>oli- 
iioa,  he  Itelun^a  to  the  l<iburat-Cunsorvative 
rfy.  In  religion,  hu  is  warmly  attached 
the  f*rotuataiit  KjitticupRl  church,  havin;; 
&  member  uf  th^l  cumujuuiuii  fn>u)  in* 
tttMTf.  Uv  nisnied,  lu  t84iJ.  Euphcmia 
Sampson,  dait^ht«r  of  Thomas  Bell,  of  tht» 
Military  EngtniHAr  do^mrtmtmt,  Toronto. 
Mr.  Writfht  is  tall  in  hgure.  And  has  a  well 
d*t«U>pcd,  mus<juUr  fruD6.  Ua  u  uf  &  mild 
and  benignant  cast  of  countaaftDce,  which, 
sddod  to  a  pleasing  aodrfis  and  tine  social 
quftlitier.  gr^tntly  cuutnbu'ua  to  his  jKipular- 
ity  with  all  classes.  Hm  one  ever  questioua 
bu  p**r»ou«l  iniegrity,  at  hia  tidehty  lu  the 


discharge  of  the  duties  with  which  he  \a  en- 
trusted. He  represents  a  el&As  of  citi/cus, 
all  t*Hi  few  in  number,  and  who  Are  there- 
fore the  more  deserving  of  honourable  men- 
tion and  enduriuu  record — the  class  distin- 
guished by  honour  unsullied,  and  a  true 
manh<KHl. 

Toms,  Isaac  Fraiida,  Senior  Judge 
of  the  i>.tunty  Court  tif  the  County  of  Hu- 
ron, Goderich,  Ont.,  was  bt»rii  in  February, 
1840,  at  Cbarlottevillo,  Norfolk  county. 
His  fsther  was  Albert  Toma.  and  the  fam- 
ily came  from  Devonshire,  EnglMjd.  His 
maternal  crandfather,  Robert  Hetidersnn, 
a  native  of  Aberdeenshire,  Scotland,  Alid  ft 
U,  E.  Lrfjyaiist.  suttled  on  the  shores  of 
Lake  Krie,  towards  the  end  of  the  Isst  cen- 
tury. His  mitther  was  Mary,  daughter 
of  Aquila  M.  and  Margaret  Walsh.  His 
maternal  grandfather,  Thomas  Walsh,  wm 
an  officer  in  the  British  army,  and  settled 
in  the  province  of  Blarylaud.  He  was 
a  U.  E.  Loyalist,  and  removed  to  Upper 
Canada  in  171*8.  settling  at  Chippswa.  He 
afterwards  removed  to  Oh&rlotterillc,  and 
was  the  first  rpi^isfrar  of  the  London  dis- 
trio*.  .lud;;e  T'Mna'gmndm'Uhpr,  M  irn^rrtt 
Walsh,  was  a  daughter  of  Duncan  MeLall, 
a  tl  G.  hiyaliat,  one  i>f  the  M.P.P's.,  for 
Norfolk  C4)unty,  and  hu  died  at  York  dar- 
ing a  session  of  parliament.  His  father, 
Donald  MoC'Sll,  was  an  Argyleahire  High- 
lander, who  was  at  th'?  taking;  "f  Quebec  in 
17ol>,  and  also  accompanied  Mtjor  R  tgert 
on  that  officer's  t'ip  frimt  Que^bec  u*  {)&• 
troil.  Our  subj«-ct  was  efluckted  at  |>iiblic 
and  private  schtKiU  ;  studitKl  law  at  SimtN>c 
and  Toronto,  and  n*moved  to  GiKierich  in 
18t>l>,  where  he  commenced  practisinu  law 
in  the  foUnwing  year.  In  June.  1806,  he 
was  appointed  deputy  judge  of  the  County 
Court  of  the  United  Counties  of  Hnrrm  and 
Bruce,  but  resigned  in  August,  18A7.  Jn 
Dooumber,  1872.  he  was  appointed  junior 
judge  uf  the  County  Court  of  Huron.  In 
February,  187*).  he  was  appoiut«vl  Burn>gat« 
judge  t'f  the  Maritime  Court  of  Ontario  ;  in 
March,  l>tHl,  he  Vhioiuiu  local  judge  of  the 
High  Court  of  Juatce  fnr  the  County  uf 
Huron  ;  in  December,  1H82,  senior  judge  of 
the  County  Court  ..f  the  County  of  Huron  ; 
and  in  October,  IHtO,  he  waa  app'>int«d  re- 
vising i>lhc(*r  under  rhe  EU^ctonil  Franchise 
Act,  for  8uuih  Hiirtm  ■lud;:e  Touis  was 
one  of  the  tirat  ah>ir<*holdnniin  tho  company 
vhioh  diMovered  salt  and  put  down  and 
worked  the  tirst  salt  well  at  i*od«nch.  Ha 
IS  a  member  und  I'.  M.  of  MaitUiid  lo  dg, 
No.  'SS  Goderieh,  A.  V.  tV  A.  M  ;  a  tneiu* 
her  and  i\  2.  "f   Huron  Chapter  No.  3U. 


A  CTCLOi'^VU  OF 


Goderioh  ;  a  mt*mber  of  Tdcumaeh  Chapter, 
No.  24,  Siratford,  und  hon<»rary  member  of 
Havelook  Chapter,  No. 0:3,  Kiocardine.KoyaJ 
Arch  Masohb  ;  &nd  a  iii«tiuber  and  Pasl 
Preceptor  of  St.  KIni'>  Hrecepttiry  Kni^hta 
Templars,  Ooderich.  He  waa  district  dep- 
uty Grand  Mastor  for  the  Hiiroo  Uiatnci 
from  1870  to  1873,  and  grand  Biipcrin- 
iendent  of  the  same  district  from  lti7*J 
to  1870.  and  from  1878  to  1882.  Ho  is 
likewise  a  member  of  ToMtit**  Lodge  of  Per- 
fection, Aiiuietitand  Accipted  Soittiah  Rite; 
U  A  member  and  I'.G.  and  P.C.  P-  of  Huron 
lodge.  No.  ti'J,  and  Uarou  encampment, 
No.  28,  Independent  Order  of  Oddfyllows. 
Previous  to  1872  he  was  an  active  member 
of  the  Liberal-Consdrvative  party,  and  was 
preaident  of  the  Liberal-Conservative  .\bbo* 
ciation  of  South  Huron,  and  siibaequently  of 
Centre  Huron.  Judge  Toms  married  in 
August,  1873,  Qeorgina  Charlotte,  only 
surviving  child  of  John  George  lioaenstein, 
M.D.  Dr.  Rosens'ein  was  a  Prussian,  a 
distinguished  linguist,  and  one  of  the  Hrst 
to  introduce  homcnopathy  into  America. 
He  practised  in  St.  Louis,  in  1840,  and 
removed  to  Montreal,  where  he  married 
Charlotte  Johanna,  only  child  of  John  G. 
and  SibulU  Medinger  Albeck,  early  Ger- 
man settlers  of  that  city.  He  afierwanls 
practised  in  Loudon,  England,  where  he 
edited  several  standard  works  upon  humoe- 
opathy.  He  returned  to  Montreal,  and  died 
there  in  1859.  Judge  Toms  has  had  two 
children.  Sybil  Margaret,  bom  July,  1875. 
and  Georere  Albert  Isaac,  bom  April.  1878, 
whu  died  in  infancy.  We  may  add,  that 
when  practising,  Mr.  Toms  directed  his 
attention  principally  t<j  Chancery,  and  had 
a  Urk^e  pntctice  at  the  Chancery  hxr. 

Herring,  John*  Nap^nee,  was  born  on 
February  17th,  I81S,  at  Donmark,  Lewis 
county,  State  of  New  York,  and  is  a  son  of 
William  Herrlnif,  of  the  County  of  Devuu, 
England,  who  emiirrated  to  the  United 
States  in  1810.  William  llHrring  married 
Cynthia  Buck,  of  M'lasAchusutta,  in  1814, 
after  M-hich  he  settled  iu  Denmark,  N.  Y., 
where  he  engaged  in  brewinij.  This  occu- 
pation he  followed  until  1828,  when  he  pur- 
chased a  farm  near  Gouveneur,  N.Y., which 
he  cultivated  until  his  death  in  1867.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  received  a  good  com- 
mun  school  eduoatioii  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
family  homestead,  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
apprenticed  himself  to  the  building  busi- 
ness, at  which  he  worked  durin .'  the  sum- 
mer, teaching  school  during  the  winter  in 
the  vicinity  of  his  father'.^  home.  In  1841, 
hearing  uf  a  demand  fur  builders  in  Canada, 


be  oanie   over   to    Kingston,  and  *'*•**« 
residenC'e  for  the  lute  Captain    Oil 
ofter  which  he  remuv«d  tu  Napa-O' 
gaged  in   the  foundry  business,  which  wai 
then  in  its  infancy.      He  manufactured  tb» 
first  stovea  ever  caa^  in  these    oounttes. 
October,    1842,  he  return(*d  to  GrMivoue 
for  a  visit  to  his  patents  and    relatives,  and 
married  at    lirowntillo,  Pamclia  Fowlec,  a 
young  loily    whose  aci(uaint4iiice   he    made 
while  teaching    school    in  Watertown.      B« 
returned    to  Naptnee    within    a  few  da 
where    he   has   aiuce  omtinuoiisly  restd 
His   children  were  eleven  in   number,  ti 
of  whom  only  arrived  at  maluritv,  viz-  : 
Adelaide,   born   in    I84S,  married    in 
to  Mark  T.  Rogers,  one  of  the  loading  me 
chanta   of  Napanee  ;    George    Uinuu.  w 
married    .'Vdoline  Klixab«th   Ayleawortb 
1809,  and  who  died  in  January,  1885,   lea 
ing  a  widow  and  Eve  children.       Hel«n  P 
OrJin  L.,  and  James  K.   are  the   remainin 
children  ;  the  latter  of  whom    was  marrt 
in  September,  1883,  to  Nellie  A.,  daugh 
of  Dr.  Cook,  of  Napanee.     Mr.  Herrijig  wu 
elected  to   the  town   couucil  in   184X),  and', 
served  in  various  capacities  there  for  abou 
twenty-five  years,  the  last  seven  or  eight 
which    he    held  the   olhce  of    reeve  of  iha 
town,  not  being  able  to  give  the  time  to  the 
duties  of  mayor,  au  office  for  which  he  wu 
aeveral  times  solicited  to  offer  liiinaelf    Mi. 
Herring   added    various  eiiterpnaes    to  ht* 
foundry*    buainoas,  among   others    cboa^  ef 
hrickmaking.  lumbering,  aud  potnsh  manu 
footuring.     But  in  1857  betunied  hisattei 
tion  more    directly  to    the    mauufacturc 
re.'ipers  and  niowera,  and  mode  the  brste 
handled  iu  his  county,  on  what    was  know 
as  the   Buckeye  pattern,  swveral   of    which 
are  still  in   use,  and   which   are   doing  a* 
good  work  as  any,  after  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury's use,  although  not  quite  as  light  m 
those   of   more   recent   pattern.       In    l** 
he    built    the  West    Ward    Academy,  af 
which   he  sold  out  the  brickniakiug  bu 
ness,    his    rapidly    increasing  reaper   trat 
demanding    hi«    undivided    attention .      I 
1872,    a  joint  stock  c  unpany  was   formed 
for  the   manur.icture  of   paper  at  a  water 
power  on   iho    Napanee  river.  al.Kiul   four 
miloB  from   the    town,      Mr.   Hnrnng  w 
one  of   the   principal  promotera  and  sto 
holders,    owning  about  half  the  st^k, 
credit  enabling  the  compikuy  to  pull  thn.Migl 
the  hard  times  experienced  during  the   ti 
five  or  six  years  of  ttieir  existence.    In  1h7 
a  company  was  formed  for  lighting  the  V* 
with  gas  from  potrolt'uui,  but  owing  la  1 
of  capital,  the  company  went  into  liqui 


■■"-^^ 


CAKAD2AN  BIOORAPHT, 


603 


Mr.  Herring  finall}'  becoming  the  pur* 
>r.  He  himself  nuw  rum  the  works  so 
[Ufsctorily,  that  it  ia  sduiitt«d  hoth  by 
kit<irs  find  experts  thst  the  Kapuiee  gas  is 
)n<l  t<»  iiftue  in  the  province.  In  J  880, 
project  was  started  for  estAhlihhinfi;  the 
iftDufaclure  of  window  glass,  Mr.  Herring 
log  one  uf  the  first  called  to  look  into  the 
)r.  A  company  wss  projected  with  a 
of  ^00,000  ;  hut  from  various 
those  hrst.  interested  dropped  out  of 
re  matter,  and  Mr.  Hernn?  deoirled  to  go 
on  alone.  In  1K8I,  after  htoking  over  vari- 
is  factories  in  PittJibiirg  and  Syracuse,  he 
^ctcd  the  present  Napanoe  glass  works, 
le  only  establishment  of  the  kind  in  the 
>Tnii)ion.  Kot  being  a  practical  glass 
kker,  he  experienced  from  the  first  a  great 
»al  of  trouble  from  the  oporative*,  who  are 
mtrolled  by  the  glass -makers*  union  ;  and 
capital  bein^  lacked  up  iu  plant,  he  was 
iliged,  in  ISHil,  to  chise  the  works,  after 
manufactunufi:  for  two  seasons,  and  turning 
^^^out  a  quality  of  glaaa  such  as  hod  never  been 
^^k  use  in  Canada,  and  which  would  control 
^^Bbe  market  of  the  Uominion  to  the  cxclu- 
^^Hon  of  the  imported  article.  Mr  Herring 
H^Bftde  an  attempt  to  get  up  a  stock  coin[>any 
^in  Canada,  in  1884,  for  the  purpose  of  re- 
'  opening;  the  works,  but  owing  to  the  tight* 
^^Be»8  of  the  money  market  to  some  extent, 
^^■Ut  principally  to  the  lack  of  practical  know- 
^Hpdge  of  the  business,  he  wai  unable  to  suc- 
j^BMed  ;  and  in  1HH5.  the  jkeople  of  the  town, 
^"knowing  the  importajice  of  again  getting  the 
works  in  ufMjratiun,  combined  with  Mr. 
^—tiemag  and  sent  a  man  to  Kngland  to  lay 
^■Sie  matter  before  some  capitalists  there, 
^Vrilh  lh«  pros|>eot  at  present  writing,  (Janu- 
ary, 1884»),  that  the  works  will  again  be 
started  with  at  least  thne  timoa  their  pres- 
ent capacity.  In  conclusion,  Mr.  Herring 
I  is  Uxiked  upon  as  one  of  the  fathers  of  the 
^Hlpwn,  having  been  connected  with  every 
^Hklblic  enterprise  there,  and  being  one  of  the 
*      first    to    subscribe  to    anything  which  had 

I  merit,  and  would  give   employment  to  the 
perking  classes.     .Although  he  has  met  with 
pvenieB.  having  been  burned    out  in    184>4, 
Ipd  itintaitied  various  Kmsos  by   the  failure 
|f  othiTs.  Ill*  is  Rtill  one  of   the  largest  em- 
jsloyora  of  laUnir  and  heaviest  ratepayers  in 
t)w  town  ;    and    wi*  do  not  kn'>w  of  a  man 
rhnae  loss  would  be  more  deeply   felt  than 
in  politics  Mr.  HL-rring  is  a  Reformer, 
id  h«  was  prosident  of  the  Ueform  .\ssooi- 
ion  of   Ii«nnoi  for  two  years  previous  U\ 
'8.      In   roligirui  he  entertains  the  most 
ir^l    views,  cunoeding  t-t  all  the  right  to 
ip  as  tbey  deem  proper,  while  he  him- 


self is  willing  to  be  oUaaed  with  the  agnos- 
tics, l>elieving  more  in  the  relii.'">»  "f  the 
"  milk  of  humon  kindness,"  and  the  perfect 
application  of  the  golden  rule,  than  any 
theory  at  present  preached  or  jtromulgated 
in  reference  to  a  hereafter.  As  a  proof  of 
hia  consistency,  he  has  always  been  a  strong 
promot4.'r  of  temperance,  and  was  one  of  the 
most  active  workers  among  the  tiuod  Temp- 
lars, which  may  be  said  to  have  taken  its 
rise  in  Canada  in  the  town  of  Napanee,  he 
being  firmly  convinced  that  the  excessive 
use  of  alcohol  is  the  cause  of  nine-tenths  of 
the  misery  suffered  by  the  human  family. 

Walsh,  Wllllnm  l^rgh,  U^rrister-at- 
law,  Orangeville,  was  born  on  January  28th, 
1857,  at  Smicoe,  in  the  County  of  Norfolk. 
Ho  is  a  son  of  Aquila  and  Jane  (Adams) 
Wnlflh.  His  father  represented  the  County 
of  Norfolk  iu  the  Legislative  Assembly  from 
1801  to  1867,  and  represented  North  Nor- 
folk in  the  House  of  Commons  from  1867  to 
1872  He  was  chairman  of  the  hoard  of 
ooromissioneni  for  the  oonstruotton  of  the 
Intercolonial  Railway,  and  at  the  time  of 
hia  death,  in  March,  1885,  was  commissioner 
iu  charge  of  the  Dominion  lands  in  the 
North-west.  Our  subject  is  a  grandson  of 
Francis  L.  Walsh,  who  was  registrar  of  the 
County  of  Norfolk  for  over  seventy  years. 
Mr.  Walsh  is  descended  of  an  old  V.  E. 
loyalist  family,  who  came  ori^nally  to 
Canada  in  1812.  and  settled  in  tho  township 
of  Charlotteville,  Norfolk  ooanty,  having 
migrated  thither  from  Pennsylvania.  Wil- 
liam L.  was  one  of  a  family  of  six  children, 
and  wsA  «Hlucated  at  Simcoe  High  school, 
and  matriculated  as  undergraduate  of  Tor- 
onto I  niversity  in  1872.  He  did  not  fiaiah 
his  course,  but  commenced  to  study  law  in 
the  office  of  Tisdale,  Livingstone  &,  Robb^ 
Simcoe,  in  1873.  He  removed  to  H«miltoQ 
in  1870,  and  studied  with  Martin  Jk.  Parkes, 
until  1877,  when  he  removed  to  Toronto 
and  concluded  his  course  in  the  olhco  of 
Dalton  ftlcCtirthy,  Q.C.  He  was  admitted 
as  a  solicitor  in  1879,  and  called  to  the  bar 
in  IH80.  He  practised  law  in  Simooe  sa  a 
member  of  tho  firm  of  Ansley,  SlAight  ib 
Walsh,  from  1879  to  1881.  when  ho  formed 
a  iMrtuership  in  Orangeville  with  D-dton 
McCarthy,  Q  C.  which  lasted  untU  1884, 
and  has  ever  since  procttst^d  there.  He  ia 
solicitor  for  the  town  of  (.trun^vviUe,  for 
tho  townships  of  Mmo  and  MeUncthon, 
and  for  the  Bank  of  HamiltJin.  Ha  at  one 
time  held  a  otmimission  aa  lieutenant  in  the 
39th  Hitt.,  but  is  now  nut  connected  with 
the  militia.  He  baa  always  been  au  ad- 
h  «r«nt  of  the  Church  of  England,  and  is  now 


604 


A  ctclopjEDia  of 


serving  his  third  year  u  churuhvmrden  of 
St.  M»rkV  «liiirch.  <.>nwigoviUie.  Mr.  NVVUh 
hfu  travelled  exteiiaively  Ihrough  Canada 
and  the  I-*nited  Suuw.  He  married,  on 
November  Hih,  1883,  Bestie.  yuungeat 
daiightiT  of  ThomAS  McVittic,  of  Barrie,  by 
wbom  be  li«a  one  daughter.  lu  politioa 
Mr  Walah  is  devoted  to  the  party  led  bj 
Sir  Juhn  A.  Maclonald,  and  he  is  a  inuuiliur 
of  the  Or&n»;eville  OutieervatiTa  Asocinlion. 
He  ifl  somewhat  retiring  in  his  nmnueri, 
but  ill  lt*gul  circles  he  lias  the  repute  t-f 
being  very  astute  and  cap&ble. 

Elwood,  RcF.  E«lward  L.fnd«ey. 
M.A.,  Rector  of  St.  (;.ior>;e'8  Church,  Ood- 
orich,  Ontario,  und  Archdeacon  nf  Hunm, 
woa  born  at  Cork,  Ireland,  on  the  13lh 
December,  1810.  lie  is  a  son  of  Edward 
Elwoud,  a  captniri  in  the  7tU  Royal  Fusi- 
liers, by  Kstbt^r  Lindsty.  The  Elwuod 
family  bttlon:<s  tw  the  gentry  of  Roscommon, 
Ireland.  Kdw^id  Lindsey  Elwood  at  tirst 
attended  n  privato  school  in  Uublin,  taught 
by  the  Rev  T,  I'.  Huddart,  Chief- Justice 
Hi),'arty  bLMUg  a  piii>il  at  the  aauie  school. 
Yuung  KIwoiid  alterwai:d  entereil  Trinity 
Cullegv,  Dublin,  from  which  iiistitutinn  he 
gradunttid  A.li.  in  IdUL  He  rucuivud  Ins 
msater's  deyrt;e  sdveii  years  later.  On  Octo- 
ber (i'h,  1HH3,  hu  was  ordained  deacon  by 
the  Rtfv.  Dr.  Knox,  of  Killaloe.  and  priest 
on  Ascension  Diy.  Iftllii,  by  the  Rwhop  t.f 
Limerick.  Hu  beojimu  curate  of  the  ptirtah 
of  Screen,  ui  ilie  dti'oeae  of  Tuam  ;  he  was 
next  removed  to  T^suderaicee,  di'>cese  of 
Armof^h,  and  again  to  Drninbana^her,  in 
the  Hiiuiu  diocese.  In  1848  he  nniitfrated  to 
Oanad»|  and  was  /uciirn  itncu9  for  a  few 
months  at  York  Mills;  after  which  \w  be- 
came rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  U  mIw- 
rioh.  in  September  of  1h75,  hia  ^t-al,  learn- 
ing and  pie'y  received  a  aubstanti>il  mark 
of  reuoguition  by  liis  appointment  as  arch- 
deacon of  Huron,  and  ch-iplain  to  thu  Lord 
Buihup.  As  II  preacher  the  urchdeHcoii  is 
powerful,  Mud  hia  utterances  are  always 
marked  by  wanuth  of  z^^al,  by  cirirful 
thought,  and  a  pervMdin^  culture.  He  is  a 
singularly  plviUiint  reader ;  and  tm  has  the 
love  ami  ruvereuce  of  those  committed  to 
his  pastoral  care.  He  was  a  trustee  of  the 
Ouderich  Hii^h  school  for  several  years, 
and  has  always  takun  a  hearty  interest  in 
educational  work,  as  he  h^a  in  all  things 
relatini;  to  the  moi»l  and  intellectual  pro* 
^ress  of  the  community.  Bo  married  in 
Seplcmbfr,  ]83*i,  Ellen,  dau({ht*?r  of  the 
Rev.  John  Vuats.  of  DrunichtT',  IreUnd. 
There  havo  been  born  to  this  union  eleven 
children,   seven   of    whom    survive.     Mrs. 


Elwood  died  on   Au-^ust  Tih,  1^T<'    .^M^t.ly 
lamented   by  a  wide  circle  ff   U  i 

the   seven    chjldreu    all    Hr»?i    oi;ii" . 
two,  Mary,  and    WiUiani    Butler, 
the  eldest  daughter,  is  the  wife  of  tl 
Isaac   Middleton,  B.A.,  nf   Oshawa  ;  El 
S.    M.    is    the    wife    of    Horace    Cont^u 
of  Cliftfm,    Untaria  ;  Rebecca   is   the 
of   Philip  Holt,  barrJBt«f,    uf    ihe    firm 
Cameron,     Hult    &    Canienm,    Qulerich 
Oeurite   Yesey    i«    in    the    Inland    Reven 
othce  at  Stratford  ;  and  Henry  Tajl»r  is 
business  at  Chicago.     The  archdeacon  is 
man  r*f  an  extrem*dy  cheerful  tuutperamvnt 
'*  he  has  a  cordiality  and  who!e-heart«Mln< 
which  puis  a  atrauger  upon  i^oud  terms  wi 
him  at  once,  and  is,  in  shun,  a  Bunny-sooled 
Christian." 

UriMUIiuw^^C'Ul  Woslcf,  ItuUerill 
Ontario,  was  bom  on  Christmas  ilay,  HKJ 
on  lot  thirty-four,  third  conceasioo,  in  I 
township  of  Ancaster,  County  of  Wentwoi 
He  is  a   s«m    of  Walter    Rradshaw,   «h 
fatlier  was  of  Scotch  descent,  and  the  pat 
nal  grandmother  of  our  subject   waa  M 
Vanderlip,  whose  father  served  under  Col. 
Butler  during  the  Amerivxn   revcdutiooary 
war.     Mr.  Vanderhp  was  a  V,  £.  loyalut, 
and  secured  land  immediately  opposite  the 
farm  of  Mr.  Bradahaw,  aeniiir,  and  here  ha 
died.     Seth  ^VesIey  Bradshaw'a  mother 
Huldah,   daughter  of   Abraham  and  S 
Vaitsickle,  who  removed  into  Canada  ffook 
the  State  of  New  Jersey  immediatuly  after 
the  American  revolution.     The  former  waa 
of  German  extraction  ;   the  latter  was  Eng- 
lish, and  all  lived  to  a  ripe  old  age.    Waltef 
Uradshaw  was  a  liberal   in   politics  ;  and  a 
member  or  adherent  of  ihe  Episcopal  Meth- 
odiat   church.     S.    W.   Bradahaw   was  edu- 
cated at  the  common   schotd   of  Anuostcr, 
until   the  4th  Mihrch,   1850,   when  ho  pn>- 
ceodod  to  Jersey  ville,  to  learn  the  blacksmi 
trade  with  A.  Hendershott.     Here  heserve4 
for    four  years,   and  then  ctmirneuoed  buai 
uess    on  his    own  account,    almost   opposi 
his  father's  farm,  on  April  tilth,  18o-4.      H 
married  in  January,   1855,   Ann,  daughtitr 
of  David  and  Jane  Uuwell,  of  JeraeyriUe. 
Mr.  Bradshaw  continued  in  the  wagvon  asul 
carriage  making  busLnees,  with  blaoksiaith- 
ing  combined,  until  May.   \'6^\f>,  when   ha 
sold  <mt  to  hia  brother,  who  bad  learned  hi 
trade  with  our  subject.    This  brother  is  s 
carrying  on  the  business  in  the  same  place, 
Mr.  Bradshaw  then  purchased  a  farm  ne: 
Onondazo,  in  thecounty  of  Brant,  which  h 
worked  for  two  years,  and   then  rented  th 
property.     Ha  now  removed  to  the  l<twn 
Brautford,   and  began  to  retail  sewing  ma- 


CANADUK  BIOGRAPBY 


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it' 


diinM  until  ft»methiiig  bottor  ciime  into  hu 
way.  In  1H70  he  V*gan  to  travel  for  the 
Wilson  &,  liovrman  Sewing  Mnchine  Com- 
pvty  as  K^neral  ai^cnt.nnd  coniimied  in  this 
capftoity  until  IdT'i,  when  the  tirni  sent  him 
to  Kn:;liin(i  ^1  endtvivnur  tn  introduce  their 
machmea  there,  tie  speot  that  veAr  in  the 
British  Isles,  and  went  over  to  France,  but 
as  that  O'Untry  had  so  recently  emerged 
fruin  the  i;reat  German  coittiict,  Mr.  Ilrnd- 
fthnw  cutild  do  but  Uttlc  thert;.  Ue  return^ 
to  ('an.-wla  in  the  autumn  of  thA  san)e  year, 
Coritiniifd  in  the  employ  of  the  laat  men- 
tioned and  other  sewing  inaf^hine  manufao- 
turers  until  Mi%y^  1877,  when  ho  en^imed 
with  hilt  pnsent  employer,  William  Patter- 
Sony  M.  P.  for  South  hrant,  to  niitiiv;**  that 
g«ntleniHn'i  branch  houae  in  Uelleville, 
where  he  is  still  employed.  Mr  llradnhnw 
ia  a  member  of  the  Masonic  as  well  as  of  the 
Oddfellows'  societies,  and  durini^  the  Tvtnt 
•flair  WAS  one  of  the  hundred  nhn  formed 
%  Toiuntecr  cavalry  company,  known  us  the 
W«sitworih  cavalry,  but  which  ia  now  ex- 
tinct, 

Lewis,  Frederick  WIIaod,  M.  D., 
M.C RS.U.,  (Jrangeville,  Ontario,  waaborn 
in  the  viUa^fe  of  Addison,  County  of  I^eeda, 
OnUrio,  on  the  both  of  March,  1855.  Ho 
ia  a  BDU  of  Wellington  I^ewis,  by  his  wife, 
Ordelia,  dauf^htor  of  Khenezer  Wllsnii,  of 
the  town  of  Oifdenshui^,  in  the  State  of 
New  York.  Mrs.  Wilson  wai  a  descend- 
ant of  the  Adams  f&mily,  who  were  promi- 
nent in  Amoicaii  history  for  thc-ir  great 
ataiestcanahip,  their  oratory,  and  their  more 
than  usual  diplomatic  skill.  John  Qtiincy 
Adams  is  a  meml>er  of  this  family,  and 
another  was  the  gentleman  who  com|H^rted 
hi:nsvlf  witit  »o  much  firmness,  di^aiity,  and 
ability  aa  Anit^rican  minister  at  England 
daring  the  civil  wsr,  and  when  English  ship- 
bnilden  were  funiiRliing  cruisers  tu  the 
B^juthf^rn  flsg.  ^tr.  Lewis  was  u  son  of  Ira 
Lewis,  a  I',  it.,  loyalist,  who  came  to  Canada 
f^  -'t  ite  <»f  Connecticut  a*K»ut    181!?, 

:t  in  the  village  of  L«yman.  where 

\iv  rtnniiiiud  until  his  death.  Mr.  Welling- 
ton LAwia  adopted  the  life  of  a  merchant, 
bnt  retired  from  business  some  years,  and 
■inon  then  has  led  a  quiet  life.     Mrs,  L«wi>i 

also  living,  aii'l  the  fruit  of  the  union  is 
faniUy  of  four,  the  suhj^ct  of  this  sketch 

ini'  fit"  eldest.  Frederick  received  a 
V  Uigation,  attending  tirst  th*  com* 

III  IN  <*f  his  native   place,   and  after- 

wards the  Farmersville  \\\^\\  school,  and 
tho  Collogiate  Institute  r^f  Kingston.  Hav- 
ing a  slronur  inclination  for  medicine,  heen- 
t«Tod  thu  lioyal  CuUcf^c   uf  Phyaioiana  and 


Surgeons  of  Kin|;ston,  in  1874,  where  here- 
ma-ned  for  four  years,  until  he  grnduated  in 
1878.  In  1K79  he  removed  to  tho  village  of 
Waldeniar,  Wellinxton  county,  where  he 
practised  for  three  yeara.  In  I8H2  he  re- 
mtived  to  Oraiiiteville,  where*  he  has  re- 
mnine<l  ever  since,  practising  his  profession 
with  continuously  increasing  success.  He 
has  taken  much  interest  in  the  lo':nl  militia, 
and  is  lieutenant  in  the  '{Uth  Hattalion, 
Pet*l.  In  1883.  he  waa  appointed  gaol 
surgeon  tor  the  County  of  IJnfferin,  T>r. 
l^wis  is  a  nii'inViAr  of  X\\f  Freemason  orduft 
Hams  lodge,  No.  216,  of  Orangeville, 
and  has  held  otbce  in  tho  same.  He  i» 
likewise  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order 
of  United  Workmen,  and  of  the  8eleot 
Knights,  and  is  surgeon  of  the  same.  He 
married,  in  lh83,  Msgjiie,  daui;ht«r  tif  John 
Aiken,  of  OrangeviUc,  formerly  of  Mitchell, 
and  baa  issue  one  son.  In  politics,  Dr. 
Lewis  pins  his  faith  to  the  doctrines  of 
the  party  led  by  Sir  John  A.  Macdonald  : 
and  he  is  a  member  of  the  DuQVrin  County 
Conservative  Association.  He  is  much  de- 
voted to  out-door  exercises,  and  to  manly 
spi^rts  in  every  form.  For  dogs  and  horses 
he  has  a  special  jtenflxani.  We  may  add  that 
he  takes  an  unusual  interest  in  public  ques- 
tions, and  many  surmine  that  his  ambition 
I>ointa  to  one  of  the  parliaments.  In  the 
field,  uiK|UP8tionab1y.  he  would  be  an  able 
and  a  popular  candidate. 

FnlrlYiiiik,  John  11.,  PotroUa,  M.K 
for  Fast  Lambti'i),  only  child  of  Asa 
Fairbank  and  his  wife  Mary  Oliver,  waa 
born  in  Champlain.  Clinton  county,  State 
of  New  York,  on  the  31st  of  duly,  1831. 
Our  subject  is  descended  from  priimioent 
familiea  of  early  settlers  in  the  State  of 
Maaaachusotts.  Upon  his  father's  side 
Kntjlish,  and  Irish  on  that  of  his  mother. 
His  grandfather,  Major  John  Fairbank, 
was  a  aoldier  in  the  American  revolution- 
ary war,  and  served  under  Oeiieral  Wssh- 
ingtim  in  the  Philadelphia  cjimpaign.  He 
waa  likewise  with  him  during  the  snlTer- 
inffs  of  the  winter  encampment  at  Valley 
For>;c.  Yonng  Fairbank  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  omroon  schools  and  thu  acad- 
emy at  Champlain.  In  1853  ho  came  to 
Canada  West,  and  engaged  in  railway  and 
other  surveya.  He  married  in  IH'in,  Kdno, 
second  daughter  of  Hermanns  Crjrslor,  of 
Niagara  Falls,  Ontario.  In  1861  his  busi- 
nras  as  a  surveyor  took  blm  to  the  oil  fields 
of  Knniskillrn.  where  ho  has  since  remained, 
having  huilt  the  third  frame  house  in  Pe- 
trolia,  Ontario,  in  18415.  where  he  became 
ounnocted  with  impurtAot  business  enter- 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


priaet,  chief  of  which  aifty  he  mentioned  his 
oil  operaiionH.  Hu  is  likenriM  connected 
with  lui  L'Ttenftive  hardware  buiiueaa,  and 
private  Imnking^.  Ho  is  president  of  the 
Crown  Savinga  and  Loan  Co.,  also  preai- 
doni  cf  the  Petrolia  Oil  £xGhan^,  and  chief 
of  the  Fire  department.  A  man  ahowing 
ftbility  and  eiivr^y  in  hit  own  buainesa  is 
liable  to  be  called  upon  toasanme  lej^ialntive 
responaibiUtiea.  When  in  1882  the  Hon. 
Mr.  Mackenzie  retired  from  Lambton,  and 
the  county  was  divided  into  two  ridings, 
Mr.  Fairbank  was  Atrougly  urged  t«>  stand 
for  the  Baat,  a  riding;  which  CoiiBervativea 
felt  confident  of  carrying.  He  accepte J ,  and 
was  returned  by  a  handsome  luajority.  IIu 
took  his  seat  in  the  Daiuiniun  parliament 
with  a  well-earned  reputation  for  integrity 
and  ability.  He  is  a  staunch  Liberal,  and 
we  have  little  doubt  that  there  ia  a  period 
of  much  usefulneta  before  him  in  the  legia- 
latire  field. 

Waffnvr,  Very  Rev.  Jamei  Theo- 
4]<»re,  Uean  of  Windnor,  < Jntario,  was  bom 
at  H^range,  in  Lorraine,  on  the  13lh  No- 
vember, 1837.  He  pursued  hia  primary 
atudies  under  the  tuition  of  his  own  father, 
Dominic  Wa^or,  who  was  during  a  period 
of  forty  years  one  of  the  moat  prominent 
school  teachers  and  music  profesjiora  in  Lor- 
raine, Franco.  He  took  his  claaaical  course, 
partly  in  the  college  Ffene  trange,  and  the 
far-famed  little  seminary  of  Pont-i  Mous- 
son.  He  pursued  his  course  of  philosophy 
in  the  Grand  Seminary  of  Nancy,  where 
be  wa»  fuund  in  1856,  by  the  Riyht  R^^t. 
Arin&nd  de  Charbounul,  then  bishop  of 
Toronto,  and  volunteered  to  come  with 
that  prelate  to  Canada.  He  set  out  for 
America  in  the  same  year,  and  began  his 
iheolot^cal  studies  in  the  Stilpiciaii  seminary 
of  Saint  Mary's,  Baltimore,  D.S.,  which 
course  he  afterwards  completed  at  Aaaump- 
tion  College,  Saodwicli,  Itutario,  then  un- 
der the  management  of  the  Jesuit  Faihers. 
On  the  3rd  June,  IStiO,  he  waa  ordained 
priest,  by  the  Right  Rev.  Adolphe  Pinao- 
nault,  then  bishop  of  Sandwich,  and  was 
appointed  pastor  of  the  mission  uf  Simcoe 
and  Windham  that  same  year,  but  this 
charge  he  resigned  in  couseriuence  of  broken 
health,  after  four  years  of  hard  labour. 
After  a  year'^  rest  at  the  episcopal  resi- 
dence  in  Sandwich,  he  was  appointed  paatur 
of  the  newly  erected  parish  of  Windaor,  on 
the  Ist  of  June,  1805.  Ho  accompanied 
Biflhop  Walsh  to  Rome,  in  L870,  in  the 
capacity  of  secretory  to  his  lordship.  On 
the  7th  May,  IB77,  Father  Wagner  was 
created  dean  of   Windsor,  by  the  bishop, 


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in  recognition  of  liis  serrices,  his  seal,  and 
hia  6ne  abilities.  Uean  Wagner  celebrated 
his  silver  jubilee,  and  also  the  twentieth 
anniversary  of  hia  ap|>ointment  U>  the 
torol  charge  of  St.  Alphonsus,  of  W 
sor,  on  the  3rd  June,  1886.  A  lenfrth 
account  <>f  this  jubilee  waa  publiahed 
the  Citthol'ir.  Rrcord  ;  aTid  the  career  of  thfl 
distinguished  priest  is  written  with  anefa 
pathns  and  grace  that  w«  cannot  forbaar 
making  a  quotatiim.  Says  the  writer 
*•  On  Juno  the  3rd,  1860,  after  years  of  pre- 
paratury  study,  both  in  hia  native  Land' 
Lorraine,  France,  an  well  as  in  the  land 
his  adoption,  a  young,  dark-eyed,  swarthf 
man,  full  of  hope  and  vigour,  knelt  in  tha 
old  cathedral  cliurch  at  Sandwicli.  Ontario, 
and  received  ordination  to  the  holy  priest- 
hood from  the  hands  of  Bishop  PinaaDaoit, 
the  first  bishop  of  the  diooeae  of  LondML 
The  young  priest,  Father  Wagner,  was  at 
onoe  assigned  to  a  mission  near  Simooe, 
w^liich  he  ministered  to  for  four  yean, 
after  which  he  returned  to  Sandwich.  Tht 
following  year  he  was  named  to  the  D9irly 
organized  parish  of  Windsor,  and  has  boSQ 
the  pastor  of  St.  Alphonsus  church  ever 
since,  and  has  seen  the  congregation  grow 
from  a  small  chai^  of  less  than  fire  hua* 
dred  souls,  to  a  prosperous  and  wealthy 
parish  of  about  two  thouaund^  with  a  hotid- 
some  and  aubatantiol  church  edifice,  a  beoa* 
tif ut  convent  and  fine  select  school.  Twenty- 
five  years  have  come  and  gune  since  that 
memorable  J  une  morning,  iSiO.  H  is  again 
the  month  of  June,  but  it  is  J  une  the  3td, 
1886,  and  Very  Rev  Dean  Wagner  ceU- 
bratos  his  silver  jubilee.  The  gathering 
large,  for  priests  and  religeuso  had  com 
from  far  and  near  to  do  honour  and  at 
their  love  to  one  au  pious,  -and  so  distia 
guished.  One  of  the  tributes  to  his  wort 
and  to  his  career,  was  a  po«iu  written  an 
reofl  by  Miss  KatHna  Ralph,  of  Ogdens- 
burgh,  N.Y.  In  replying  to  the  lady  »u- 
porioreas  of  the  convent,  the  sisters  of  that 
matitution,  and  the  young  ladies,  the  Very 
Rev.  dean  aald  among  othor  t-*>uohing  ana 
apt  things  :  *  It  is  tu  me,  my  dear  childrpa 
a  source  uf  infinite  gratification  to  have  no^ 
ticed  thrtjughout  this  whule  entortainment 
what  a  high  regard  you  entertain  for 
sublime  dignity  of  the  priesthood 
serve  always  that  spirit  of  faith  ;  carry 
with  you  into  the  world.  Look  \\\\on  jo 
priest  as  the  first  man  in  your  pariah,  for 
dignity  there  is  no  greater  than  he.  He 
above  governor  and  president,  king  and  c 
peror.  St.  Francis  said  that  if  he 
{'riest  and  an  angel,    he  would  solute 


CANADIAN  BIOOHAPBY. 


go: 


iect  tint,  and  aft«rwarda   iho  utgol,  be- 

8«  the  prieflt,  ho  uid.  wiu  the  niuro  dig- 

<*d.     What  would  you  do  here,  my  dear 

ng  Udiea,  without   the  ministry  of  the 

ieat  ?     There  would  be  uo  Holy  iuhm,  no 

«acr%mciuta,  au  Uuly  cuuiuiiininn,  no  coiifes* 

•ion,    uo    preachiny:  of  the   woni   uf  ilod. 

Tti*<  i>'»utt  of  such  a  Hefioiency  would  bo  the 

<l<  Miif'tU  of   this   inttitution  :  in  leas  than 

thrt'f  months^  sisttTA  and  pupita  alike  would 

\>v  scftilered  to  the  four  winds.'  " 

Rjan,  Wllllfim,   Chatham,  Ontario, 
waa  born  on  the  9th  October,  1818,  in  the 

Riiagara  distnct,  Canada.  Uu  is  a  son  of 
»mea  Kynn,  who  was  bom  on  the  12th 
LQauit,  1763,  in  Orange  county.  New  York 
tate,  which  state  at  the  time  named  wkb  a 
alony  of  the  British  crr>wn.  In  I7H7,  sfter 
t6e  struggle  for  independence  was  endeil, 
James  Ryan,  who  was  a  U.  K.  loyalist,  re- 
moved to  Canada,  settling  in  the  Niagara 
<ii«rrict.  Ue  had  learned  a  trade,  and  in 
the  rapidly-growing  CnDsdian  district  uf 
his  choice  his  nkill  waa  in  much  demand. 
Thereafter  he  purchased  a  farm  of  100 
Acres,  tip(*n  which  he  lived  till  1822,  dur* 
ing  which  he  was  conjointly  occupied  as  an 
a^oulturiat  and  as  crier  of  the  district 
oourt  in  the  town  of  Niacara.  He  then 
removed  to  London  township,  where  he  re- 
sided till  I8!)5,  when  he  t<K*k  up  his  abode 
at  Mount  Pleiiunt.  He  died  in  1&50.  Wd. 
bam  Kyai)  was  educated  at  L«:>ndon,  Ont., 
but  at  the  S'^e  of  fourteen  he  was  obliged  to 
set  MUt  and  earn  his  own  breail.  Like  his 
father  he  wait  imbued  with  loj^aliat  senti- 
^^  ment.*.  and  fought  on  the  side  of  the  crown 
^BAoder  Colonel  rriue,  in  the  Ippcr  Ciinada 
^Kutbreak  of  1837-38.  He  st<M«d  guard  at 
^Hnndwicb  on  the  4th  December,  lH<iH.  In 
^^9833,  with  only  live  dollars  in  his  pocket, 
^^Tie  left  tiu  father's  house,  for  Port  Stanley. 
After  a  time  he  joined  his  elder  brother  at 
^^||^n»,  N.  Y.,  for  wltom  he  worked  for  a 
^^|^^B|noe.  He  likewise  wn^ught  as  farm 
^^V^Kr  some  monthn,  but  this  sort  of  ocou- 
pation  did  not  commend  itself  to  his  taste ; 
4knd  in  1834  hu  retraced  his  iteps  to  Canada, 
i  wont  to  hit  brother-iu-Uw,  J.  Winer, 
hoiesate  druggiNt,  of  Ilauiiltou.  In  the 
■M  jear  he  went  to  ('hathaui,  then  worked 
TMbot's  rootl  for  p\  p«r  mouth  and  hit 
ard  ;  returned  again  to  Chatham,  and 
r  a  brief  stay  bent  his  Bte[>s  to  Detroit. 
He  had  now,  through  great  frugality,  aoou- 
mulated  sorni"  m-Mifv,  mi'l  purcliaiuiy  mor- 
«lMAdis4i  !i'  ■   selling  iora 

tivM,      In  crwardt,  we 

find    ti)ii>    It*    (-ii^tiict-r    on    the    first 
•forry,  the  .^nyo,  tliat  plied  across  the 


Detroit  river  ;  and  in  such  employment  he 
remained  for  two  ye&ni.  In  18li(>  he  went 
on  the  steamer  ryufAm,  which  ran  betwe-sn 
Chatham  and  Detroit,  Thonuu  McRon.  mas- 
ter ;  and  wna  afterwards  engineer  on  the 
steamer  ThnmtJt.  In  1837.  he  was  engineer 
on  the  Hteamer  Detroit.  <")n  li^r  trip  frvim 
Detroit  U*  BuiTalo  this  boat  hod  to  (lasa 
through  forty  miles  of  ice,  although  it  waa 
late  in  the  wnmi  season  as  the  10th  of  June. 
\V|)un  this  boat  subsegtieutly  changed  bor 
route,  and  began  to  ply  iKttwoen  Chicago 
and  Milwaukee,  WilUni  Hyan  was  also  her 
engineer.  In  the  autumn  of  that  year  he 
returned  to  Canada,  and  shouldered  hia 
musket,  as  we  have  already  seen.  After 
the  chise  of  the  rebellion  he  opened  a  gen- 
eral store  at  Walkerville  ;  a  little  later  w« 
tind  him  back  a«;ain  at  steamboat  engineer- 
ing, between  Chatham  and  Detroit.  In 
this  calling  did  he  occupy  himself  off  and 
on  for  the  next  nine  or  ten  yean  (1S46), 
when  he  was  obliged,  owing  to  a  break- 
down of  his  health,  to  give  up  the  busi- 
ness. He  again  invusteii  his  savings  in 
merchandise,  and  continued  in  trade  till 
1853.  Fortune  had  been  kind  to  him  in 
his  bnsiut'KS,  and  ho  found  himself  at  the 
last  named  year  master  of  a  considerable 
capital.  This  he  began  to  use  in  the  pur- 
chase of  property  and  in  the  erection  of 
buildini;8,  which  ipeculation  yielded  him  « 
handsome  return  for  his  expenditure.  Hia 
business  continued  from  year  to  year  to 
grow  more  proHtaMe,  and  at  last  he  entered 
into  private  banking ;  and  he  stands  to-day 
conspicuous  among  the  foremost  of  ChU- 
ham  s  rtiepected  and  succesafu)  busineu 
men.  Uis  struggle  had  been  a  long  and  * 
bitter  one,  and  his  career  is  marked  by 
many  upland  downs  ;  but  through  it  all  we 
seo  shilling  out  his  energy,  his  courage,  and 
hia  CJipHcit.y.  He  has  itothing  for  which  to 
thank  his  "stars,"  for  his  fortune  is  the 
carving  of  his  own  hands.  Mr.  Hyan  mar- 
ried, nn  the  20th  Augast.  1841.  Lucy  Mon- 
trieul,  a  lady  hi:^blyoonneoted  in  tho  city  of 
iHjtroit.  There  have  been,  by  this  union, 
ten  chddren,  the  second  rou  assisting  hii 
father.  The  hfth  son  is  studying  mwtlicine 
with  Dr.  Holmes,  of  Chatham.  Mr.  Ryan 
is  a  consistent  mumluir  ttf  the  NVosloyaa 
Mrthudiit  church. 

l-ruwrurd.  Hv%.  Edtvurd  l*«trlrk, 
M.  A.,  (University  College,  Toronto),  fourth 
son  of  the  Hon,  (leori:**  Crawford,  by  hu 
'  sAOtmd  wife,  Caroline  Sherwood,  was  born 
I  in  llrockvillo,  t^ntJirio,  on  tho  '/7th  of  July, 
I  1840.  His  father,  an  Irishman,  had  many 
I  years  previously   settled  m    Canada,  bring. 


008 


A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


ing  with  him  frrtm  Irfland  hit  Hrtt  wife,  a 
Mua  Brown,  of  KiUiBhandra,  and  two  aona, 
who  w«ru  aftorwaniB  well-known  and  influ- 
ential ni«n  ;  th«  elOest,  Lioutenaiit'Colonel 
•lftU)OB  Crawfurd,  l)«ing  the  representative 
for  Urockvilttt  in  the  tirat  parliament  of  the 
Dominion  of  Canada  ;  the  second  son,  Hon. 
John  Crawford,  having  sat  in  several  parlia- 
ments, on  one  occasion  as  the  representative 
of  Toronto,  defeating  Hon,  George  Brown, 
and  finally  being  appointed  lieutenant- 
governor  of  Ontario,  which  position  ho  hold 
&t  the  time  of  his  death.  Besides  these  two 
sons,  5Ir.  Crawford  had  three  daughters  by 
Ilia  Brst  wife  :  Anne,  who  became  the  wife 
of  Samuel  Keefer,  C.E.  ;  Margaret.  6rst 
wife  of  the  late  Hon.  John  Roas  ;  and  Isa- 
bella, wife  of  George  E&ston,  cr>llector  of 
Custtinta  at  Rrockville.  The  first  Mrs. 
Crawford  died  whilst  the  family  were  living 
back  of  Toronto,  whore  Mr.  Crawford  first 
settled.  Mr,  Crawford  afterwards  obtained 
lartie  cnitracts  on  the  St.  Lawrence  and 
Huieau  canala,  and  Waiting  Brockville,  be- 
came intimate  with  the  family  of  Adiel 
Sherwood,  an  old  U.  E.  loyalist,  alterwards 
sheriff  of  Leeds  and  Grenvllle,  whose  fourth 
daughter,  Caroline,  became  his  second  wife. 
Eventually,  George  Crawford  settled  in 
Brockville,  where  he  spent  the  last  twenty- 
five  years  of  hialifo.&nd  his  name  is  afl.<tnciat- 
ed  with  the  history  of  Brockville  as  its  repre- 
sentative for  many  years  in  the  Legislature 
of  Upper  Canada,  as  legislative  councillor, 
and  finally  an  Senator  of  tho  Dominion.  Mr. 
Crawford  had  several  children  by  his  second 
wife,  six  nidy,  however,  attained  maturity. 
Edward  Patrick  was  the  first  child  b<iru  to 
Mr  Crawford  after  he  finally  settled  in  hia 
Brockville  home,  and  he  ia  nt>w  the  oldest 
surviving  son.  During  the  first  twolvo 
years  of  hia  life,  the  Rev.  E.  P.  Crawford 
was  educated  at  home  until  nine  years  of 
age,  by  a  governess  in  his  father's  house, 
and  from  nine  to  twelve,  at  the  Brockville 
Grammar  school,  under  the  direction  of  the 
late  J.  G.  Dunlop.  When  twelve  yeara  of 
age,  Mr.  Crawford  entered  Upper  Canada 
College,  Toronto,  through  whioli  be  paaaed 
in  three  years  ;  and  at  sixteen  he  entered 
University  College,  Toronto,  graduating  in 
1866,  at  the  age  of  twenty.  Mr.  Crawford 
was  in  the  midst  of  his  final  examinations 
when  the  Fenian  raid  occurred  at  Fort  Erie, 
and  when  the  news  of  the  fighting  at  Ridge- 
way  reached  him,  volunteered  to  join  the 
University  company  of  the  Queens  Own, 
and  was  sent  to  the  front  on  the  day  of  the 
fight.  After  graduating  from  the  Univer- 
sity,   he    entered  the  office  of  Crawford  Ss, 


Crombie,  but  beiitg  the 
voice,    well    cnltivat«d ,    an  d     b« 
sought  after  on  account  of  hia    o. 
snta    and   other  social  quatitiifS,  hu  <lid 
pay  much  attention  to  the  dutioa  of  tha 
tioe,  or  to  hia  tegaJ  aludiea  :  and  after  ay 
of  idlen<eai  hia  father  conaenttKt,  on  the 
vice    of    John    Crawford,  to    let  htm    ti«elt 
aoimimiBBion    in     the  British     anuy.      Mr 
Crawf.ini  now  returoc'd  homci  to  Hr»»cl(V 
to  pre[»JiPtf  for  his  miliiary  examination, 
to  awaii  the  iuua  of  hi«    n<iintKr»^ij.>.    Hp| 
cation    havui^^>    been    <  Lunl 

Monok.   then  governor  -^  in 

It  was  whilst  thus  waiting  for  «  commissi 
in    the    army,    that    Mr.  Crawfurd's    id« 
changed,  and    his    thou^hta    took  n   mo 
seriiuis  tun).      lie  itow  beauiie  ti  commu 
cant  of  tha  Church  of  Englajid,  in  which 
had  been  brought  up,  and  took    aJi  UtUt 
in  Sunday-school  work  in  St.  Peter's  churci 
Brockville.       .\t  length  the  longing  to 
coiiitf  a  minister  of  Christ    became  int« 
Some  friends,  noticing   the   change  lu  hiA 
life  and  conduct,  spoke  to  him  ou  (he  tna^ 
ter,  and  he  confessed  to  them  what  had 
come    the  darling  wish   of  hisi    heart,     llit 
father  was  speedily  informed,  and  waagrcst* 
ly  pleased  with  the  change.      Shortly  aftar^ 
this,  Mr.  Crawford  received  notice  from  tK 
Horse  Vitiards  that,    in    consequence  of  tbt' 
redncti-ititt  then  Iwing  made  in  the    Bnli 
army,  and  the  Urge  number  of  i.<ffict*ra  wb<>, 
would  have  a  first  claim  for  appointm«u 
to    the   different  regiments,    there    waa  Q 
probability  of   his  obtaining  a  commissio 
for  several  years.      Having  now  other  vio 
in  life,    Ihia  cauaed    no  diaappuintmont 
him.     Aftor  studying  for  a  year  with  lb 
Rev.  F.  R.  Tane,  then  rector  of  St.  Peter 
Mr.  Crawford  waa  ordained  deaom  in  King- 
ston, in  October,  IBlJI),  by  the  Right  Reveiv' 
end  J.  T.  Lewis,  Bishop  of  Ontario,  and  wi 
licensed  as  second  assistant  at    St.  Getirge 
Cathedral,  Kingston.       During  the  term  of 
hia    diaconato,     Mr.  Crawford  resided  aD4 
studied  with  thu  Rev.    Henry  Wilaon,  thea 
curate  at  the  cathedraL     It  was  during 
year  apent  in  Kingston  that    Mr.  Crawford 
became  aoqnaiiited  with  the  family  of  Ja-on^ 
A.  Henderson,  Q.C.,  and  in   the    aj^ring  o( 
1870,    his  engagement  to    Annie    Hend 
son,   the  fourth  daughter,  was   announ 
Receiving  prioat'8)ordor8  at  Presoott,  in  No" 
vomber,  1870,  ho  was  appointed  to  his  first 
charge,  the  mission  of  Hillier  and    WdUn 
ton,  in  the  C  lunty  of  Prince   Edward, 
at  once  entered  upon  hia  work  there,  living 
with  one  of  his  parishioners  until   be  oouM 
put  the    parsonage  in   order 


'"S. 


CANADlAli  BlOQRAPEt 


609 


His  invTiA^e  to  Mim  Hendenon  took  | 
on  the  4th  t.f  Jamiiwy,  1871,  in  ' 
Odi^r^e'a  Cuthu'lral  ;  «ii<l  ufitT  a  short 
it  to  Mtiiitreal  and  Brockvillc^  he  n?- 
m^d  with  his  wift;  tit  Billior.  His  carter 
at  Hillier,  however^  waa  short,  aA  iu  the 
lanimerof  1871  tho  parish  nf  Uawkusbury. 
on  the  Ottawa  river.  Deco[nin(.r  vacant  by  the 
rMifpi'^^ion  of  Rev.  Mr.  Daniel,  the  Buhop 
af^ointeii  him  to  that  charx?.  Although  he 
had  only  been  nine  months  in  lliUier,  he 
and  his  younj^  wife  had  greatly  endeared 
thfttintilvea  to  the  people,  anfl  ^pat  wt^re  the 
nv-ri-trt  at  their  departure.  Mr.  Crawford's 
in  'luibency  of  Hawkesbiiry  hiated  for  fuur 
^TCAra.  At  lirst  he  worked  in  the  pariah 
^pplt^n^*  holding  st'rviceB  in  Hawkesbury  and 
^^^j'»  'rii(n-&l  •Tery  Sunday  ;  and  once  a  mouth 
V  aJ»«*  HI  Alfred  and  Plnntai^enet,  sixteen  and 
m  *  ^- "'y  tliree  miles  distant,  reapectively . 
f  -lie  year  ho  secur^  the   aaaistance  of 

iU-v.  Arthur  Jarris,  who  remained  with 
hioi  during  the  remainder  of  his  incumben- 
cy. DuriH'^  one  summer  he  had  also  a  sec- 
ond aMistant  living  with  him,  the  Bat,  A. 
PhdlipK,  afterwards  his  successor  iu  Hawkes- 
bury ,  >nd  during  that  siiiomerthey  held 
•ervioei*  *r:  nine  station*).  In  the  fall  of  1S74, 
Mr«.  Crawford's  health  became  so  poor  that 
Mr.  Crawford  resolved  to  take  her  to  Eng* 
laad,  and  see  m\\\t  benelit  she  mi'^ht  derive 
from  foreign  travel.  After  a  few  weeks  stay 
in  London,  where  Mrs,  Crawford  waa  treat- 
ed by  a  dtstuii,MU»he<l  physiuiaii.  Mr.  Craw- 

f  -  '   si  J  a  position  as  I^h-aiux  teunu  at  a 

:■  of  the  Church  Colonial  and  Con- 

1-  .   -.  •-•M*ty  at»Arcach  jn,  on  the  Bay  of 

Lti-*' ;*>,  HI  I'l.- ■(  lUth-wtjst  Ctirner  of  Prance. 
H^Mt;  thy  fjULiined  for  thrte  months,  de- 
rifing  much  benefit  in  health  from  the  mild 
and  I'^natdo  climate.  Afterwards  they  made 
a  short  tour  through  Italy,  visitini?  (lenoa, 
Pina.  Koine,  Naples,  Florence,  Venice,  and 
MtUn,  reinmiii^  by  Paris  to  Loudon. 
^\  (  'Ut  at  Kjorence,  Mr.  Crawford  received 
^lo  :tnit  intimation  of  his  prolkahle  appoint- 
a. I  .r  to  the  now  parish  al^KHit  to  he  ftrmed 
;ii  !.i'  •■':■]  !i  UNO,  WiMi  Brock ville.  Ifusten- 
p  J  1,  ■!,■  v;rl,  he  visited  Brockvii|t>,  and 
ill'  'II  '111  It.  was  the  ;»uiiural  wish  of  the 
['■  .|;  <  :  .  ic  h»  should  uiid^rt^ke  the  work, 
L>  >  '  ••  i  the  a]tpointinent,  and  removed 
t.  i;.  ;  wile  in  July,  1875.  Then  tw/an 
V  I  r.  '  if>«il  work  of  his  ministerial  lite. 
'1:'  i«  *  I  VL't  no  chiirch.  no  congn*i{a- 
t.  n>  ^!  ip>  iiil,  in  fact,  noihitig,  Th**  tirst 
h  -  :•-,■  -xn  held  on  .Inly  4th,  in  the  Town 
)I  .  I  1  shortly  after  a  ^ijundtty  sohcM'l  waa 

,  and  very  S'Mm  aJ»o  a  C4iiiitnitl<*e 
.y  ;  and  subacriptioua  solioiled  fur  the 

MM 


baildin£f  of  a  church.  The  church  waserect* 
ed  duriuif  the  summer  of  IS7G,  and  on  Tritt- 
ity  Sunday,  1877.  was  opened,  nndur  the 
name  of  Trioity  church,  by  the  Bishop  of 
Uniariu.  From  it*  inoopiion,  this  new  par- 
ish has  been  full  of  euthuaiaatic  workers  ; 
and  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Crawfi-]rd  and 
bis  energetic  wife,  it  has  become  one  of  the 
most  successful  and  influential  parithes  in 
the  diocese  of  Ontario.  The  esteem  an'l  af- 
fection of  the  ])e<iple  towanla  their  [castor 
and  his  wife  are  unbounded,  and  are  mani- 
fested frequently  in  kindnesses  shown  to 
them.  In  the  fall  of  18^8,  Mr.  Crawford 
waa  asked  to  become  the  rector  of  a  new  and 
important  pariah  in  Winnipet;,  Manitoba, 
but  not  wishing  to  leave  his  Bmckville 
friends  under  the  heavy  debt  which  then  en- 
cnmbured  the  church,  be  laid  the  whole 
matter  before  hia  congregation,  when  they 
unanimously  asked  him  tn  remain  with 
them.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crawford  have  never 
had  any  children,  so  that  they  have  both 
been  able  to  devote  their  energies  to  churcli 
work.  Mr.  Crawford  was  appointed  ohsp- 
laiu  Ui  the  Bishop  of  Ontario  in  May.  188o, 
in  the  room  uf  the  Kev.  Dr.  Wilsiiii,  who 
had  resigned  ;  and  in  the  fall  <>f  the  samv 
year  he  waa  appointed  by  the  Right  Uev. 
Edward  Sullivan,  Bishop  of  Algtina,  his 
c  >mmissary  in  the  t>iocese  of  vtutarto,  in 
the  place  of  the  late  Kov.  F.  W.  Kirkpat- 
rick.  Mr.  Crawford  has  boon  cJiairnian  of 
the  High  scboit]  boanl  of  trustees  for  eight 
or  iiiuH  years.  H»  is  a  past  master  VV'orlc- 
man  of  the  A.O.  L- W.,  and  is  representative 
for  Brockville  in  the  Grand  Io«ljre.  Ha  is 
also  the  lirst  regent  of  the  Brock  rUle  Coun- 
cil of  the  H  lyal  Arcanum. 

ncDoiiiilfl,  H'illlnm,  Tilsonburg, 
Ontario,  was  born  in  B^intT^hire.  SnnCland, 
on  tho  27th  of  February,  1827.  He  is  a  son 
of  John  McDonald,  and  J ine  Nict»l.  John 
McDonald  was  a  farmer,  and  had  Kfteen 
children,  ^Vtlliant  bcuu'  the  ei;,'hth  of  tho 
fiiiiiily.  He  diud  in  1SI>5.  Williikiu  re- 
ceived a  careful  Kuttli^h  edticstion,  Ht 
left  school  when  in  hia  thtft>*enth  year, 
and  apprenticed  himaelf  to  tho  trade  of  a 
tailor  in  DiilTtown,  lianlf«hire.  When  tho 
apprttnUceship  expiretl  he  bi«>;an  to  work 
at  his  tra'te,  cottttnntii^  no  lo  do  tiU  1  S^« 
when  he  took  ship  for  Canada.  H*  sMtilo^ 
in  Hri(iiilt4in,  and  rem  tinutt  there  until  IH.%?, 
wh«>n  he  removal  to  Vienna,  i'l  the  ''ounty 
of  Kl<in,  and  t»fgan  businesa  for  hioiMilf  as 
a  rn'rohanl  tailor.  The  foliowm-j  y*«r  he 
decided  t^  change,  and  prooeedeil  to  Tilsou- 
burg  where  he  renuinod  bin  biiHinesii,  ouii- 
tinuuig  in  the  same  till  Iddl.  when  having 


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A  CrCLQFMmA  OF 


ftoqoirvd  a  BufScient  competence  he  retired 
from  this  busiuess  and  b«gan  farming,  in  con- 
neotioTi  with  a  fruit  era[H>rftting  establiih- 
ment.  In  this  biisinciw  he  is  at  the  present 
time  engaged  ;  and  ho  has  succeeded  in 
establifihiug  a  large  market  for  hia  output 
in  both  the  upper  and  lower  provinces.  In 
1860  he  was  elected  school  trustee  for  the 
township  of  Durlium,  Oxford  county,  and 
held  this  position  nutd  18711.  In  IHIil,  he  was 
elected  to  the  township  council  of  Durham, 
and  continued  in  oOice  until  1HH7,  when  he 
retired.  Ho  was  afterwards  elected  mayor, 
and  during  his  term  of  oAice  a  good  many 
public  iiupruvenieuts  were  begun  and  fin- 
ished. IVG*.  McDonald  is  a  Freemason,  and 
is  treasurer  of  King  Hiram  lodge,  No.  78, 
Tilaonburp:.  He  is  a  pronounced  Roforraer, 
and  president  of  the  Reform  Association  of 
the  South  Hiding  of  Oxford.  In  religion, 
he  professes  the  Roman  catholic  faith. 
He  married,  on  the  25th  of  January.  1855, 
Jauet,  daughter  of  William  Payne,  of  Kirk- 
oudbrightshire,  Hcotl&nd,  and  has  three 
children  ;  one  of  these,  John,  is  a  merchant 
tailor,  and  the  other,  William,  is  a  pbysi- 
dan  and  drugi^ist.  The  third,  Charles,  is 
also  a  physician,  and  these  reside  in  Mc- 
Donald's Block,  Tilaonburg.  Our  subject  is 
a  man  who  enjoys  a  large  share  of  public 
respect  and  confidence. 

Carson,  Robert  J.,  a  young  and 
successful  merchant,  of  the  City  of  King- 
ston, was  born  in  that  city  on  the  16th  of 
January,  1849.  His  parents  came  to  this 
oountrv  from  the  County  of  Monoghan, 
Ireland,  about  the  year  1840,  and  located 
at  Kingston.  Hia  father,  Robert  Carson, 
began  in  the  grocery  business  in  that  year, 
aud  ountimied  iu  the  same  up  to  the  time  of 
bis  death,  July  10th,  1870,  leaving  a  lar^e 
estate.  His  son,  Hubert  J.,  succeeded  him 
in  the  business,  which  he  increased.  It  is 
now  a  lar^ti  wholesale  establish m en t,  carry- 
ing on  large  imi>ortations,  and  doing  an  ex- 
tensive general  basincss  throucihout  the 
Province.  Mr.  Carson,  when  only  twenty- 
four  years  of  age,  was  asked  by  the  electors 
of  the  Kideau  ward,  the  largest  ward  in  the 
city,  to  allow  his  name  tu  be  placed  in  nom- 
ination aa  a  candidate  for  alderman.  Ho 
consented,  and  was  elected  at  the  head  of 
the  poll.  At  the  council  board  be  took 
considerable  inturost  in  municipal  atfairs, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  most  important 
committees,  aud  chairman  of  the  oourt  of 
revision.  He  was  elected  each  year  con- 
tinuously for  Ilideau  ward  till  1880,  when 
he  was  asked  to  offer  himself  for  mayor, 
and  having  consented,  he  waa  elected  by  the 


largest  majority  ever  given  to  any  mayor  I 
the  city.  Mr.  Carson  was  tht?  yonn 
mayor  that  ever  sat  in  the  chief  m 
chair  in  Kinsst^tn,  and  he  perfo 
duties  of  hi&  olbce  with  credit  to  hi 
satiafaclion  to  the  citizens  at  large 
end  of  the  year,  it  was  Mr.  Carson's 
to  retire  from  the  council,  but  he  was  not 
permitted  to  do  so,  as  he  was  nomtnated  and 
elected  a  member  for  8t.  I>awr«-noo  wvd 
without  his  consent.  In  p^ditics,  he  u  a 
Reformer;  and  in  religi*in  an  Anglican 
a  member  of  St.  George's  Cathedral 
Kingston,  of  which  church  he  ib  like 
one  of  the  wardens.  He  was  baptised 
the  Anglican  Church,  and  has  betjo  a  oa^ 
slant  attendant  of  it.  His  habita  are  striotlj 
temperate,  and  his  charact^  in  all  rmpects 
is  very  high.  He  has  no  militarr  reoird, 
other  than  he  was  auceeasfal  in  taking  both 
aeoond  and  fint-olaas  certificat«a  at  ths 
Hoyal  Military  school  at  Kingstoti  ;  and 
holds  DOW  a  commissioa  in  a  local  regime 
known  as  the  '*  Bloody  First."  Mr.  C 
is  connected  with  several  important  ent 
prises,  and  is  a  stockholder  in  a  number 
factories.  He  married  at  Xewbnrgh, 
the  nth  of  October,  1881,  Kmma  La 
the  only  daughter  of  W,  H.  Caaey,  a  des- 
cendant of  one  of  the  U.  £.  loyalists,  by 
whom  he  has  two  children,  one  son  and  s 
daughter. 

Oupuis,  IVattaan  Fcllovres,  M.A., 
F.B.S.E..  F.H.S.C,  Professor  of  Mathe- 
matics  in  Queen's  College  aud  Unircm'T 
at  Kinyston,  was  bom  at  PurtUnd,  Uu'  - 
in  1836,  his  father  beinp^  Joseph  Du^,  *, 
who  came  to  this  country  when  a  lad.  His 
mother,  Eleanor  liaker,  the  daughter  of  a 
U.  E.  loyalist,  was  bora  in  Halifax.  Pro- 
fessor Dupuis  received  as  thorough  an  eda> 
cation  as  the  schools  of  his  yuuug  days 
were  capable  of  bestowing.  From  fuurte«n 
to  eighteen  years  of  his  age  he  worked  &i 
the  mechanical  bnsiness  of  clock  and  waiidi- 
making,  but  gave  up  this  cmpluymont,  o 
ing  to  the  evil  elTects  that  it  was  worl 
upuu  his  health  ;  aud  at  niuctoen  he* 
gon  teaching  and  study.  In  due  time 
matriculated  at  Queen's  College,  Kingstun, 
graduating  therefrom  with  honours  in  math- 
ematics aud  natural  science.  He 
pointed  to  the  chair  of  Chemistry 
and  transferred  to  the  chair  of  mathei 
in  1880,  lo  till  the  vacancy  occaaion^d 
the  retirement  of  the  former  inoa 
He  married,  in  18(t0,  Amelia  Ann 
nis,  bora  at  Watertown,  N.Y. ,  and 
descended  from  an  Irish  family  which 
iu  New  York  State  three  generations 


Hob- 


CANADIAN  BWORAPBT. 


HcMurrlch,    WIHIhui    Bnrclay, 

&1.A.,  Toronto,  waa  hern  at  thu  city  just 
iMuned.  ou  the  Ui  of  November,  1842.  lie 
is  the  eldest  son  of  the  late  Uod.  John  Mo 
Murrich  and  Janet  DicltBon.  His  father 
oftme  fnjrii  Renfrewshire,  and  his  mother 
from  Tjiuarkahire,  in  Scotland.  The  Mc- 
Murrichn  are  a  branch  of  the  clan  Chattan, 
aud  formerly  the  bards  of  the  claus.  traos- 
luittuif^  the  traditimia  from  (;eneratiuu  to 
KeiieraCion.  John  McMurrich  engaged  in 
buainesa  for  a  time  in  (Tlaagow,  and  came 
to  thia  country  in  1835.  Hia  mercantile 
and  political  career  ia  well  knovn.  He  ea- 
tablisheU  three  mercantile  houBea— one  at 
Hamilton,  one  at  l^iDgston,  and  one  at 
Toront* — but  be  waa  mainly  known  by  hia 
long  couuectiou  with  the  Toronto  houae, 
of  which  he  remained  a  partner  until  hia 
death,  on  the  I3th  February,  1883..  Wd- 
^ABX  Barclay  McMurrich  is  named  after  the 
Bat.  Dr.  Barclay,  who  waa  paator  of  the 
old  St.  Andrew  a  church,  then  situated  on 
Adelaide  street.  Hia  early  education  was 
obtained  at  the  Grammar  achool,  at  the 
oonter  of  Jarvi*  and  Richmond  streets, 
aod  at  Knox  Academy,  situated  oo  the 
present  site  of  the  Qoeen'a  Hotel.  Sob' 
•eqnently  he  atudiud  in  the  Upper  Canada 
Oollege,  where  he  showed  many  marks  of 
pro6ciency,  and  afterwards  matriculated  at 
Toronto  t-'nireraiiy.  He  applied  himaelf  to 
the  study  of  the  natural  aciences,  and  was 
(^(.ild  medallist  in  1863  :  and  four  years  later 
obtained  his  M.  A.  decree.  Mr.  McMurrich 
then  studied  law  in  John  Leya'  ofiice,  and 
waa  called  to  the  bar  in  18tj6 ;  after  which  he 
entered  int'>  a  partnership  with  Mr.  I^ys 
for  the  practice  of  law.  which  partnership 
oontiriued  until  187:^,  when  the  Hroi  nf  Mc- 
Murrich, Howard  A*  Drayton,  of  which  he 
is  the  huad,  was  formed.  The  latter  have 
■liter  r  tired,  the  hrm  now  bein;^  McMurrich 
A  -t.     In  1<W8  Mr.  McMurrich  first 

"s  •    public  ounfideuce   of    his  fellow- 

citir^'iis,  »nd  was  elected  as  public  school 
trustee  for  St.  Andrew's  ward,  which  poai- 
tioxi  ho  held  for  nearly  eight  years,  (being 
twice  elected  by  acclamation  and  twice  after 
oontMts),  and  on  resigning  was  appointed 
solicit«»r  to  the  board,  which  otlice  ha 
*'  "  '  '  '-  While  a  public  school  tnisteo, 
*  ng  on  other  committees,  he  was 

cbiununu  "f  the  sites  and  building  commit- 
•Mw  In  1872,  as  chairman  of  the  school 
boAfd  reception  committee,  he  obtained 
BSUh  oredlt  for  the  successful  arrangements 
]Wid»iB  OQnnection  with  Lord  Duffenn's  riait 
to  tlw  public  achools.  As  a  trustee  he  took  an 
iTiding  educ*tit»n  f<ir  the 


large  number  of  children  then  wandering  at 
large  in  our  streets,  and  preparing  For  lives 
of  sin  and  crime.  He  riaited  New  York 
and  MasRachusetts,  and  inveatii^ated  the 
working  of  the  industrial  schools  in  those 
states;  and,  on  returning,  prepared  a  minnte 
report,  which  was  adopted  by  tiie  board.  Aa 
a  result  of  his  labours,  the  old  House  of  Ref- 
Ui{e  and  six  acies  of  land  were  secured  for 
the  purpose  of  making  anexperimeut  in  To* 
ronto.  OompHcationa,  however,  afterwards 
arising,  nrerented  his  scheme  being  carried 
out.  While  on  the  board  he  waa  also  in* 
strumental  in  procuring  a  standing  o^Mnmit- 
toe  on  printing  and  suppliee,  and  in  having 
steps  taken  for  the  forntation  of  a  free  pub- 
lic library,  which  has  since  become  an  ac- 
complished  fact.  In  1879  Mr.  McMurrich 
waa  a  candidate  for  aldermanic  honours  in 
St.  Patrick's  ward,  and  received  the  largest 
majority  ever  given  to  a  C4>uncilU>r  in  this 
city.  Ho  at  onco  took  a  leading  part  in 
dvio  aiTairs,  and  waa  appointed  chairman  of 
the  court  of  revision.  During  that  year  the 
Marquis  of  Lome  and  Princess  Louise  via* 
ited  the  city,  and  Mr.  McMurrich  very  sue- 
cesafully  discharged  the  duties  of  chairman 
of  the  reception  committee.  The  following 
year  he  waa  returned  by  acclamation,  and 
received  the  highest  offices  in  the  gift  of 
the  council,  namely,  that  of  representative 
of  the  city  on  the  Northern  Railway  board 
of  directors,  and  of  chairman  of  the  execu- 
tive ctMutuittee.  While  in  the  council  ha 
devoted  considerable  attention  to  the  **  local 
improvement"  system,  which  has  been  ad- 
vocated for  years  ^y  the  city  press,  and  in 
furthentnce  of  the  pr^jject  visited  a  numlter 
of  Amoroian  cities  where  the  system  ia  in 
vogue.  Ho  made  aeveral  reporta  to  the 
oouuoil  on  the  subject,  and  that  body  ulti* 
mately  adopted  a  scheme  which  is  giving 
every  satisfaction.  The  next  year,  18H1,  he 
was  a  candidate  for  the  posttiuu  uf  chief 
magistrate  of  the  city,  and  defeated  Mr. 
Close  by  a  majority  of  1,1G0  votes.  Hia  ro- 
oord  during  the  first  year  of  his  administra- 
tion proved  hi  tn  to  be  one  of  the  beat  mayors 
Toronto  has  had.  Aa  mayor  he  drew  up  a 
manual  of  the  Oity  of  Toronto,  entirely  hia 
own  work,  which  was  a  wmsolidation  of  the 
Beaty  and  Mowat  by-laws,  and  a  number  of 
amendments.  The  6nancial  atTiurs  of  the 
city  by  this  arrangement  were  placed  up<m 
such  a  basis  that  the  city  cannot  bo  defraud  - 
ed  except  by  collusion  of  the  corporation  of- 
ficiab  from  the  mayor  downward.  Theoom- 
mittee  of  the  council  to  whom  the  matter 
waa  referred  thanked  the  mayor  fur  the  la- 
bour  which  he  had  takea 


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preparing  the  draft  of  tho  coDsolidated  bj- 
law,  and  plaoin};  it  before  them  in  printed 
form.  Mr.  McMnrrioh  haa  aUo  been  tbe 
means  uf  inaugurating  the  syatem  of  depos- 
its by  cimimcturs  doing  work  fur  the  city, 
the  non'fult'ilnunit  uf  their  contracta  entail- 
ing a  forfeiture  of  the  amounts  deposited. 
As  a  reward  the  citizens  returned  him  by 
acclamation  to  fill  the  civie  chair  ft*r  a  sec- 
ond term.  Mr.  MoMnrrich  has  also  filled 
other  positions  of  truBt  in  tbe  gift  of  his  fel- 
low-oiiizens.  In  St.  Andrew's  8i<oiety,  after 
serving  as  secretary,  he  was  ramud  to  the 
presidency,  a  [ifiHitiou  which  he  occupied  for 
two  years.  He  id  also  a  member  of  several 
other  societies  and  orders  of  a  benevolent 
character.  It  is  only  just  Ukewiue  to  say 
that  the  success  uf  the  Ii>cmi-Centeniua1 
celebration  of  the  City  of  Toronto  wiis 
largely  if  not  almost  entirely  due  to  the 
enthiiBiasm  and  active  interest  of  Mr.  Mc- 
Murrich.  After  the  arrival  of  Lord  Lome 
in  Caiiuda,  there  was  a  gathering  of  the  Ca- 
nadian Scottish  societies  to  do  hunour  to  the 
son  of  the  head  of  the  clan  Campbell,  and 
to  the  Princess  Louise  ;  and  Mr.  McMurrich 
was  elected  grand  secretary  of  the  union. 
He  had  the  honour  on  this  r>ocasion  of  pre- 
senting the  governor-general  with  a  sprig 
of  myrtle,  tbe  emblem  of  the  clan  C&nip- 
bell.  3Ir.  McMurrich  u  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  is  an  elder  of 
Knox  church.  lie  was  one  of  those  who  as- 
sisted in  the  formation  of  the  West  Church 
Sabbath -school,  and  waa  connected  with  it 
for  over  twenty  years,  having  been  super- 
intendent for  rnauy  years,  succeeding  his 
father  upon  hia  resignation  of  the  {HisitiuD. 
He  is  n>iw  superintendent  of  the  Knox 
church  Sabbath-ttchool.  For  many  years  he 
has  hnvn  commissioner  to  the  PresbyteriiiQ 
General  Assembly,  and  filled  positions  on 
important  oommittecs.  He  married,  in  18(M>, 
Mtss  Dewar,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Mr. 
Plummer  Uewar,  of  *'  Chedoke,"  Hamilton. 
Ill  politics  he  is  an  independent  Liberal. 
At  the  last  general  election,  Mr.  McMurrich 
contested  West  Toronto  in  his  party's  in- 
terest against  Jamoa  Beaty,  Q.C. ,  but  was 
defeated,  the  vore  standing  2.714  a^rainst 
2.283.  As  a  speaker,  Mr.  McMurrich  is 
fluent,  clear  and  forcible  ;  and  there  is  a 
grace  about  bis  way  of  stating  a  point  that 
is  not  prevalent  enough  among  our  public 
speakers.  U  is  a  very  B»fe  piece  of  prophecy 
to  put  Mr.  WilliHin  Barcbtv  McMurrich 
down  as  a  coming  man.  He  joiued  the 
Queen's  Own  at  the  time  of  the  'Vrtid  affair, 
and  waa  a  member  of  the  company  then 
known  as  the  Victoria  Rifles,  under  Captain 


Orde.       He    remained    a   member 
company  for  three  yoarj.      He  also 
through  tht*  Militnry  scho«d  in  Toroi 
attended  the  cauip  of  ca<Jeta  at  \a\ 
I8G4.       He  is  n>jw  a  captain  of  tbe 
Oartison  IJattery  of  Artillery,  having 

fazelted  to  ibo  command  in  June, 
le  was  called  out  for  active  aeri^ictt' 
5lh  of  April.  i8H6,  and  was  stati<>ue4'j 
new  fort,  Toronto,  bein^c  common* 
the  time  being  t.f  the  force  (|UartenNt| 
He  was  relieved  from  duty  on  ibM 
June. 

Perry.  John   Hum,   Whitby.  Omraty 
Registrar  of  Untano,  was  born  on  the  2*th 
of  April,  1827,  EruesttowD,  Lennox  county. 
Ontario,  and  is  a  son   oi  Foter   Perry  soa 
Mary  Ham.     The  Perry  and  the  Ham  f»m- 
I  iliea    left   their  properties    on  the   Hudioo 
I  river.   N.Y.,  at  the   time  of  the  Am^tficaii 
j  war(1776),  and  settled  at  Eruesttown,  fifieru 
I  miles  west  of  Kingston,   and    then  an  -n 
broken  wilderness.    Cons^ijueutly  hia  :.';      < 
parents  on  both  sidei  are    U.   E.   Idyu:- 
,  and  he  has  in  his    possession  a  ^7  cotitil 
\  «>ntal  currency  bill  bnmght  over   from  iJ 
I  States  by   his  grandfather,    Robert    Hei 
,  in    1776^     Peter  Perry,  hia  fathrr,  i 
sented   Lennox  and    Addiogton   with 
shall  S.   Bidwell.  from    1838  to    1836.     Il 
183G,  he  moved  with  hia  family  to  Wbitb] 
He   was  provincial    representative    for 
:$rd   Riding  of  York,  from  1849  tn  the  tii 
of  his  death,  on   the  24th  ol   Auifust,  1851J 
Peter  Pcriy  was  6r8t  ei>n8in  to  Cttmmodi 
O.  S.   Perry,   of    Lsko   Erie  fame.       Al 
the  war  of  1812^ Commodore  Perry 
Robert  Perry  at  hia  house  in  Ern< 
The  followiuR  estimate  of  the  charu 
Peter   Perry  lies  before   us.       In   privst 
as  well  as  in  piibUc,  ho  lived  an  emineutl 
useful    life,    being   kind    to   the    poor 
a   friend    to   everybody.       His    generosil 
was  sometimes  imposed  upon,  but  he 
ferred  to  "  err  on  viriue'dside,"  rather  thsa* 
atop  to  enf^uire  into  the  actual  merits  suJ 
demerits  of  every  applicant's  claim  f<ir  aid. 
He  h«Id  oonnecUon  with  no  cbiin^h,  but  W4W 
a  liberal  supporter  of  the  gospel  and  of  ben* 
evolent  institutiaiis.      lu  short,  his  life  wsi 
spent  for  the  benetit  of  his  neijbthi^ours,  hi> 
constituents  and  hia  country,  and  he  kaevvj 
not  what  it  waa  to  tire  in  such  noMe  witrh 
John  H.  Perry  roooi%'ed  his  edticattitn  al  tl 
public  Bcho'U  and  by  private  tuition. 
WHS  a  lieutenant,  in  olden  times,   when  tli 
annual  drill  convisted  of  catling   xh^  n>l 
an<l   treating  the  company,  on  the  20ih  i 
June  in  each  year.     In  18l>l  and  1802.  tli 
|»eriod   of  the  Trtnt  affair,    he    rais«d  axid 


CANADIAN  BIOQRAPHT, 


CIS 


drilled  a  oompuiT  at  hia  oim  expenM  for 
three  montba,  and  then  resigned.  He  was 
•pptiinted  registrar  uf  Ontario  county  in 
Oot«jbt»r,  1853,  and  there  are  noir  but  four 
provincial  reKistnini  longer  in  oftice  than 
himself.  Mr.  Perry  was  the  original  pro- 
moter rtf  the  Whitby  Ilailiray,  cmnectiiig 
with  the  Georgian  Biy.  He  obtained  the 
6nit  charter  in  the  spring  of  1S53,  personally 
attendiii^r  the  house  at  Quebec  for  two 
months.  Hut  uf  this  scheme  grew  the 
Whilby  and  Lindsay  Railway  now  in  opera- 
tion. He  is  au  V^ddfellow,  having  joined 
the  order  in  November,  1871.  Ue  is  a  past 
grand  master,  past  grand  pstriarch,  and 
Hat  grand  representative  to  the  Sovereign 
urand  Lfodjte.  In  municipal  pohtica  he  has 
been ciuncillor.  reeve,  mayorand  county  war- 
deo  ;  and  wu  in  municipal  otfice  f<>r  a  period 
of  sixteen  consecutive  years,  and  was  then 
with  msny  other  gi'vemment  officials  lejris- 
lated  out  (1807)  by  the  diitquftlifun;;  clftuses 
agninst  regi.<^trarB,  etc.  Mr.  Pi^rry  hud  much 
to  do  with  putting  into  shape  many  import- 
ant amendments  to  the  numicipat  law,  all  of 
which  are  now  in  fi>rcc.  He  has  travelled 
widely  on  this  continent,  both  in  the  Do- 
minion and  through  the  States,  from  1845 
to  date  ;  and  he  has  made  a  wide  range  of 
obaervation  bj  his  travels.  In  1857,  he 
iD*de  a  trip  to  England.  'Scotland,  Ireland, 
FVftnee  and  Betuinm.  In  religion  he  is 
devot«»dIy  attAched  to  the  Church  of  Rni,'- 
land.  Mr.  Perry  married  on  the  Ist  of 
June.  ISh'J,  .Tane  Margaret  Hall,  of  Quebec. 
Uer  father  was  cabin-boy  on  the  ship  that 
carried  Napoleon  from  England  t )  St.  He- 
lena, (tur  suliject  moved  to.  and  settled 
in  Whitby,  in  }H'Mi,  being  then  nine  years 
^^  "^^t  ^**d  there  he  hus  since  remainoi). 
He  went  early  with  hi*  f»thpr  intn  mercan- 
tile and  proiluce  business  ;  nnd  at  the  death 
of  his  father,  in  18&1,  wound  up  the  exten- 
■ire  estate 

Harl)',  Wllliuni,  Kingston,  was  bom 
on  the  8ih  March,  1X47,  in  the  township  of 
Biddulph,  County  of  Middlesex.  He  is  a  son 
of  John  Uarty  and  Eli/nbeth  Heonan,  both 
natives   of  the   County    of   Tipjwrary,  and 

{lioneers  in  the  tonnship  of  Biddulph.  Wil- 
iam  HaKy  rcof^ived  his  primar}*  education  at 
the  Chrisiian  Umthers'  school  at  Kingston, 
and  oomploted  hissiudics  atR«»giopoU8  Col- 
laffo  of  the  aamo  city,  when  that  institution 
Wii  '        '  '   (icy  of   the  late   Kev. 

1-  iiay,  Outari",  and  the 

Kik-i"  'i.'-^  I'l  ■'■>  '1  Pt*hop  (if  Kingston, 
Mr.  Hiirty  hiw  «^^  i .  -  i  . n  an  active  mem- 
ber  of  theTi;>ard  wt  rr.iJ«!  ^f  Kingston  since 
Im  j  linod  it  in  1870.     He  was  president  uf 


the  board  during  the  yean  1873  and  1874, 
and  a  delegate  to  the  Doraini<m  Board  of 
Trade  during  the  same  years.  He  attended 
the  summer  session  of  the  Utter  board  when 
held  in  August,  1874,  in  St.  John,  N.  B.,  U> 
consider  the  basis  of  the  Becipn>city  treaty 
negotiated  by  the  Hon.  Oenrge  Brown  with 
the  United  States  Commission  appointed  for 
that  purpose.  Ho  waa  a  partner  in  the 
wholesale  grocery  tirm  of  .Tamee  H^trty  & 
Co.  for  a  time  ;  and  upon  the  death  of  the 
senior  member,  in  Nov«uuV>er,  1808,  he  suc- 
ceeded to  the  ctMHplete  control  of  the  busi- 
ness, and  carried  on  the  same  alone  until 
January,  1878,  when  he  retired,  selling  out 
to  bis  brother-in-law,  C.  Benningham.  Mr. 
Harty  was  a  director  of  the  Kingston  and 
Pembroke  Railway,  and  a  member  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  board  fn:>m  the 
date  of  its  re -organization  in  January,  1875, 
until  187'^.  when  he  retired.  In  p^jlitics, 
too,  Mr.  Harty  has  taken  an  active  part. 
He  haa  been  a  member  of  the  Reform  As- 
ociation  since  187'J  ;  waa  president  of  that 
body  during  the  years  1879.  1880  and  1881. 
and  upon  nia  retirement  was  elected  au 
honorary  president,  which  position  he  still 
holds.  In  January,  1870,  he  was  elected 
an  alderman  t<>  represent  Sydenham  ward 
in  the  city  council ;  was  re-electfd  in  1880 
by  aoclamatioD,  but  retired  in  1881.  He 
waa  presented  with  a  requisiiinn  in  1885 
from  the  ratepayers  of  the  same  ward  ask- 
ing that  he  would  represent  them  again  : 
and  acceding  to  the  request,  he  was  elect- 
ed at  the  head  of  the  poll,  and  for  1880 
he  has  been  re-electe^l  by  acclamation.  In 
religion  Mr.  Harty  is  a  Koman  catholic, 
having  been  born  in  that  faith.  Qe  mar- 
ried, on  the  4th  October,  1870,  Catherine 
Mary,  daughter  of  James  Bi*rntin^ha»i. 
of  Ottawa.  Hii  family  by  this  union  ajva- 
priaea  two  sons  and  one  daughter,  whr>st* 
ages  reepectively  are  eleven,  seven  and 
four  years.  Mr.  Harty  took  au  active  in- 
terest in  organizing  the  company  who  are  at 
present  owners  of  the  Canadian  Locomotive 
and  Engine  Works;  and  sioue  the  date  of 
the  purchase,  .\pril  2nd,  18.H1,  he  haa  been 
managing  director  of  that  popular  and  im- 
portant boaineas.  Representative  Canadians 
are  not  those  who  make  politics  a  trade,  and 
by  discreditable  means  scale  their  way  into 
I  p'ditical  power  ;  but  they  are  the  itubitantial 
men,  the  fruits  of  whose  enter(»rite  and 
RpWndid  business  gifts  remiin  f>>r  th^  profit 
I  of  the  oouiniunity.  Very  fully  we  think, 
I  then,  dot's  the  (gentleman  who  forms  the 
I  subject  of  this  sketch  answer  to  our  delini- 
!  tion  of  Reprosontativo  Canadian. 


gM 


014 


A  CYCLOPASDIA  OF 


Gardiner,  Samuel  Fleming,  ChM- 
ham,  Oatario^  waa  born  on  December  2nth, 
A.D.,  1839.  in  the  townihipof  Moaa,  County 
of  Middlesex,  within  a  mile  of  Gardiner  a 
xnilU,  on  the  river  ThaiueB.  His  father, 
James  Gardiner,  was  one  of  the  pioneer 
•ettlen  in  that  part  of  the  country,  which 
waa  familiarly  ktiown  aa  the  Fleming  lettle- 
ment,  and  was  bom  of  Iriah  parentage, 
in  Putnam  county.  New  York  stite.  His 
mother  was  Rebecca  Fleming,  and  was  born 
in  the  township  of  Aldburo ,  on  the  banks 
of  the  Hver  Thames,  her  parents  being 
Irish,  with  some  Oerrnan  MikmI  in  tlieir 
TeiuB.  S.  F.  Gnrdiner'a  boyhood  was  spent 
mostly  in  attending  school,  and  to  that  per- 
nicious practice  of  sending  young  children  to 
badly  ventilated  school-rooms,  he  attributes 
a  want  of  proper  muscular  development, 
resulting  in  a  delicate  state  of  hcalOi  that 
took  many  years  to  overcome.  When  about 
fifteen  years  of  age  ho  began  to  alternate 
from  scli<^>ol  life  to  working  upun  his  father's 
fanu  and  about  the  mills,  adapting  hiniaelf 
to  these  varied  employments,  and  becomtng 
an  adept  in  them  all.  In  1858,  after  such  pre- 
paration as  the  (»>mtnon  scho'U  afforded,  he 
waa  sent  to  Victoria  College,  Cobour^  ;  but 
owing  to  circumstances  over  which  he  had 
no  ci>ntrol  in  1850,  hu  was  obliged  to  forego 
the  intended  college  course,  and  give  atten- 
tion to  the  business  about  his  father's  mills, 
and  taking  charge  of  the  post-ofiice  in  the 
village  of  Oaahniere.  In  the  fall  of  18ti0,  he 
left  bin  home,  with  a  view  of  studying  civi^ 
engiiieerinj;  in  Chatham  ;  but  not  being  able 
to  make  suitable  arran^/ements  he  proceeded 
to  Detroit,  Michigan,  with  thedcterminaUon 
of  obtaiuini;  a  ennimercial  training,  and  in 
order  to  Accomplish  (his  it  became  necessary 
for  him  to  work  in  a  large  shoe  store  during 
the  day,  and  study  in  the  evenings  in  Bryant, 
8tratton  and  Goldsmith's  Commercial  C>>1. 
lege.  After  a  short  time,  disliking  the 
shoe  buainuMS,  he  accepted  a  situation  as 
shipping  clerk  in  a  large  wholesale  tobacco  es- 
tablishment. Butthiadidnotsnit  his  tastes, 
and  he  soun  procured  a  more  congenial  posi- 
tion as  an  aABLBtant  book-keeper,  in  a  fluur 
and  grain  commiHsiun  house.  He  was  soon 
promoted  to  the  position  of  hea^l  book- 
keeper, where  he  remained  for  three  yearn, 
during  which  time  bis  commercial  college 
studies  were  pursued,  until  the  course  waa 
well  nigh  completed.  Having  been  oSered 
a  much  more  lucrative  and  responsible  posi- 
tion as  book-keeper  in  the  extensive  ship- 
ping and  lumber  business  conducted  by 
Fowler,  Merick  &  Kaselslyn,  he  accepted 
this    and    remained    for    four    years    with 


that  firm,  until  his  health  beg»ii  lo 
fail.  In  the  winter  of  1867.  he  aiartei! 
for  a  trip  south  for  his  health,  viaitin^ 
Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Memphis,  Vickaburg, 
New  Orleans.  Mobile,  AtlaiitA,  AuGnata. 
Wilmington,  Richmond.  P;.i  "■  -'. 

tngton,  Philadelphia  and  Bo'' 
home,    he  led   a  quiet    lif«    unui    < 'uf.t-t. 
1807,    when  he    and   hia    brother,     W, 
Gardiner,  embarked  in  the  banking 
change    business   in    Chatham.      In 
18fl8,    Mr.    Gardiner   married   Mary 
dau<,^bter  of  Thos,  Holmes,  of  Chatham. 
I860,    he   diAsolved    partnership     with 
brother,   and    earned    on  the  Imnking 
exchange  business  alone,  until   1881,  whi 
he  was  appointed  manager  of  the  Chatham 
Tjoan    Siivmgs  Co.,  which  poeitioi  he    n"W 
holds.     Frum    his  earliest  recdl- 
haa  been   identified   with    the    i> 
cause.     In  the  fall  of  1868,    he  was  the 
jeot   of   deep   religioua   imirreasiona,  wbi( 
r«.^sulted  in  conversion,  and  in  his  joiai 
>reth«>dist  church.      He  was  soun  ap] 
class-leader,  trustee  and  superinteudl 
the  Sunday  school ;  but  the  latter  positii: 
he  found  imposed  too  great   a  st*-" "  ■^'■ 
his  health,  and  he  declined  the  aj' 
after  three  years  term  ;  buthestiJl 
hia  connection  as  a  teacher  in  th»   >l>-  .. 
school.     In  ptflitics,  he  haa  been  ^  iit 
Keformer,    though  not  partisan  eno 
take  a   very  active  part  further  than 
erciae  the  franchise  on  all  occasions.  D 
hia  life  in  Ohathara,  he  haa  been  Stitivtl 
connected  with  aeveral  church  building 
terprises. 

Broum,  Adam,  Hamilton,  wu  bora  at 
Kdinburgfh,  Scotland,  on  the  3rd  April, 
182tl.  He  ia  a  son  of  Wdliam  Bro«n« 
of  MilntowD,  Laneholm.  Dnmfriaaahin>| 
hia  mother  being  Elizabeth  Johnston. 
Berwickshire-  The  family  emigrateil  i 
1833,  and  settled  in  Montreal.  Mr.  Brtiwn 
in  his  earliest  years  attended  the  colebrated 
school  in  F^dinburgh  taught  by  Mr.  Atlama, 
the  author  of  "Adams'  Orarumar."  I 
Montreal  he  attended  thesch>»ol  eondaet 
ed  by  the  Rev.  Kdward  Black.  D.D., 
the  well-known  minister  of  St.  Paul 
Church.  He  left  school  at  the  age 
fourteen,  and  entered  the  eatablishmeut 
A.  Laurie  &  Co.,  dry-gnuds  morchanta,  of 
Montreal.  After  a  few  years  service  ther« 
he  entered  the  employment  of  Robert  Cainj»* 
bell,  but  soon  afterwards  was  aucc*<i»sft)l  in 
obtaining  a  [K^sition  as  jnninr  olerk  m  tha 
firm  of  Gillespie,  Mofl'att  &  Co..  «if  Montreal. 
He  was  advanced  from  one  position  to  an- 
other in  the  house,  during  the   aoven  years 


1 


A 


CANADIAN  HWORAPHY, 


615 


[  be  WM  in  tlietr  employ.  DoitalJ  Mc- 
(dov  SaiiHtor  Melanes),  otforcd  Mr. 
mn  »  positiou  of  reapoiuibility  iu  hia 
1  in  BAmilton,    which  he   &cc«pt«d,  and 

Moatre&l  in  the  winter  of  1850  for 
nilton.  After  spending  somu  time  with 
He  I  Does  &  Co.,  the  Late  W.  P.  McLkren 
rad  him  a  position  in  hie  whoIeMle  i^ro* 
^  houio.  vhich  he  accepted.  Soon  after 
m-  ■■:-■■-'■ -I  as  apnrtner,  and  cuutiuued 
hi  Mr.  McLaren  retired, when 

bo*.  ..M^  ...o  prmcipal  of  the  firm  of 
«n,  Cfillespte  it  Co.,  who  succeeded  \V. 
dcLaren  J\c  (Jo.  ;  and  h^  continued  the 
LueM  under  different  partnerships  since, 
u  uuw  the  head  of  Brown,  Balfour  & 
Cllr.  brown  was  connected  with  the 
Entile  Library  Association  of  Mont- 
,  and  at  the  time  of  his  leavinj;  that  city 
vice* preside ut  ;  and  carried  with  htm  to 
iww  home  a  letter  of  commendation  from 
\  aaaociatiun.  He  was  one  of  the  oriiiciiial 
iden  in  Montreal  of  the  AthennMim  Club. 
ibfttin^  aooiety  which  counted  amon^  its 
obers  many  young  men  who  have  since 
a  iu  (larliainent,  and  some  who  have  be- 
m  ministers  of  the  crown,  and  others 
voccupyinij  \*ery  high  poeitions  At  Ot- 
a.  While  yet  a  young  man,  Mr.  Brown 
c  an  active  part  in  the  debates  ;  and  in 
)  he  delivered  the  iDau'.>ural  address  as 
ident.  The  aocietv  had  rooms  in  what 
ow  Xordheiroer'a  Hall,  Great  St.  James 
et,  Montreal,  and  on  public  ntt^hts  the 
B  hall  used  to  be  crowde<l.  It  was  in 
Motion  with  this  society  that  Mr. 
wu  first  tested  his  powers  a«  a  public 
bker.  To  the  strength  and  reailiness 
i«d  by  taking  part  iu  its  debates,  are  no 
btduo  the  Huenc  and  polished  qoalitios 
oh  mark  hia  public  speeches.  When  a 
rig  man,  he  received  a  oommisstou  asen- 

in  tlie  militia  regiment  of  which  the 
Hon.  George  Molfatt  wa«  eoUniel.  On  his 
ral  in  Hamilton,  he  was  exchanged  to 
Uaratlton  battnlion,  and  snbseiiuently 
rtd  with  the  rank  of  mnjor.  He  has  never 
1  ooDnectvd  with  thu  a<*.tive  militia. 
h  reapect  to  Mr.  Brown's  public  otfioea, 
Tiay  no  said  that  he  has  been  secretary 
ntdfthti  H^ard  nf  Trade;  was 
:  till*  Dominion  B'jard  uf  Trade; 
lii4.<  year  prvviuus  tu  his  vluction  as  pres' 
t,  moved  the  rvtuluLiou  apprdviiig  tlie 
Obal     policy,    which   was    carried.      He 

oommiuLoner  and  chairman  uf  water 
ka  ;  and  proaenled  thu  address  to  the 
iOu  of  Wales  when  His  lio3rat  Uiithneu 
led  the  water  on  to  the  city.  U«  baa 
b«e&  president  of  the    Wellingtoo, 


Qrey  and  Bruce  Uaitway.      Mr.  Brown  wma 

]>re9tdeut  of  the  Northern  and  Pacific 
Junction  Railway,  conueciiiig  Outorio  with 
the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway,  until  thesama 
was  leaned  to  the  Xortlicm  and  Northwest- 
ern R&ilway.  He  is  now  a  director  of  the 
Northern  and  Pacific  Junction  rood,  and 
was  on  the  first  train  which  ran  over  the 
rowl,  on  the'Jrtth  of  Janunry.  1880,  connect- 
ing Ontario  with  the  Pa(,-irtc  Ocean.  Ho 
likewise  is  a  director  of  th«  Oruat  North- 
western Telegraph  Company  ;  is  a  trustee 
for  the  bondholders  of  the  Wellington,  Grey 
and  Bruce  Railway  ;  waa  vice-president  of 
the  St.  Andrew's  Society  ;  and  chief  of  the 
Caledaaian  Society  ;  and  has  lent  a  helping 
hand  to  many  a  Scotchman  arriving  iu  dis- 
tress. He  was  appointed  iioe-conaitt  for  the 
kingdom  of  Hawaii  in  1884.  In  politics  Mr. 
Bruwn  is  a  staunch  Conservative.  He  raa 
for  Hamiluin  for  the  Local  Legislature.  He 
was  elected  president  of  the  Causorvativa 
Association,  and  still  continues  his  conoee 
tion  with  that  orgamshtion.  He  waa  origin- 
ally a  Presbyterian,  bat  for  the  Inst  thirty 
years  has  been  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
England.  He  has  been  a  delegate  to  the 
diocesan  and  provincial  synods  ever  since 
both  were  organized.  Mr.  Brown  was  mar- 
ried, iu  1852,  to  Maria  Z.  Kvatt,  second 
daughter  of  the  late  Captain  Kvatt.  Hia 
second  marriage  was  in  1862,  to  Mary 
Rough,  eldttst  daughter  of  the  late  Thomas 
Harley  Kough,  of  Shrewsbury,  Kngland. 
There  are  four  sous  living  by  the  first  mar- 
riage, and  three  sons  and  two  daughters  by 
the  second  marriage.  Mr.  Brown  is  a  ready, 
careful,  comprehensive,  and  exceedingly  ef- 
fective speaker.  His  speech  iniulvocacy  of  the 
national  p'>licy  before  the  Ooniinion  Board 
of  Tnule  was  an  exooediugly  hUIh  deliver- 
ance, and  attracted  considerable  attention, 
and  was  pubUshed  in  paniphl«t  form. 
His  oratorical  ability  waa  further  shown 
iu  his  inaugural  address  when  ho  be- 
came preaidxiit  of  the  npmiititni  H'>ard  of 
Trade,  In  187H  hn  )i<ldres«i*d  rhe  great  Con- 
servstivo  Convention  at  Shafteaimry  Hall, 
Toronto,  and  his  speech  waaregarded  as  one 
of  the  roost  exhaustive  and  telling  utter- 
auoAS  on  Oiat  important  occasion.  It  will 
be  remumb«red  that  »l  the  commtmoemeut 
of  the  Amuricaii  civil  w&r,  the  American 
government  prohibited  thu  export  of  li%e 
hogs,  which  embargo  would  have  tho  rtri>cl 
of  killing  the  packing  trade  at  Hamilum 
Mr.  Brown  was  dispatched  to  Wmhington 
to  confer  with  the  authuntiea  there,  with  a 
view  to  rescinding  the  order  ;  and  with  such 
forooand  tact  did  he  present  the  caae,  that 


616 


A  CTCLOFJEDIA   OF 


the  decree  waa  oanoelled.  In  1B65,  Mr. 
Brown  visited  England,  and  was  ibe  firiit 
merchant  who  introHuced  Canadian  che*!«e. 
uCanatiian,  intotlie  Bntiah  niarkut.  It  had 
been  sent  thorti  before,  but  under  8tat«  of 
New  York  nanius.  The  trade  haa  ainoe 
Kruwn  to  gij^autiu  pruportiuna.  lii  1882  he, 
iu  company  with  a  number  uf  gentlemen 
fr*)m  the  United  Kingdom,  viiited  the 
Nortb-VVest,  and  hia  notes  of  travel  were 
ptlbliahed.  Hisenthusinsm  fur  the  devehip- 
inent  of  that  c*juntry,  and  his  opinion  nf  its 
great  future,  are  well  known  thnjugh  his 
public  utterunces.  Evur  since  liis  arrival 
in  Uamillun,  Mr.  Brown's  manifold  ac- 
tivities huve  been  felt  in  all  the  public  en- 
terprises iu  which  the  city  was  concerned. 
With  thti  devotion  of  enthusiasm,  he  haa 
cjrae  to  the  front  whenever  and  wherevtr 
the  city's  interests  were  to  be  served.  When 
the  project  of  conatmcling  the  Wclliniiton, 
Grey  and  Bruce  Railway  was  revived  in 
1800,  Mr.  Brown  was,  as  we  hav«  seen, 
elected  president  of  the  company.  For  four 
years  hia  time  was  almost  exclusively  de- 
voted to  the  promotion  of  the  project.  These 
were  probably  tlie  ffnir  years  of  the  hardest 
work  of  Mr.  Brown's  life,  and  the  result  of 
his  labours  was  the  must  valuable  service  to 
the  city  and  the  country  served  by  theae 
railways.  Thia  ia  nut  the  place  to  give  evnn 
a  sketch  of  the  novel  contest  between  To* 
ronto  and  Damilton,  which  ended  in  the 
construction  of  the  Wellington,  Grey  and 
Bruce  Railway.  It  will  serve  the  ]>ur|Kise 
in  hand  to  say  that  for  ita  construction  it 
waa  necessary  to  obtain  bonuses  from  the 
municipalities  along  the  line  of  route  from 
Guelph  to  Southampton,  and  that  every  by- 
law for  that  puipotto  was  Kercely  opptwed  l>y 
Toronto,  which  desired  bonuses  from  the 
same  municipalities  for  her  <iwn  line.  Mr. 
Brown  iijathered  Hround  him  a  band  of  men 
in  Hamiltiiii,  and  throughout  the  districts 
afTected,  whom  he  inspired  with  hia  own 
enthusiasm,  and  who  felt  unlwunded  conti- 
dence  in  his  leadership.  Mr.  Thomas  White, 
now  the  honourable  the  minister  of  the  In- 
terior, united  with  Mr.  Brown  in  the  herce 
battle  of  the  gauges,  and  roused  the  ]ieopte 
by  his  magnetic  eh  quence  and  convincing; 
addreaaes.  Every  side  line  was  penetrated  by 
canvaaaera,  and  ia  every  school-house  meet- 
ings were  held  bt  which  the  subject  was  dis- 
cussed. The  result  of  the  long  contest  was 
that  all  the  bonuses  necessary  for  the  coii- 
atruction  of  the  rf>ad  were  voted,  and  more 
than  the  moat  sanguine  hopes  of  its  promot- 
ers at  tirst  were  finally  realized.  A  large 
and  fertile  territory  waa  opened  up  to   rail- 


way communication,  and  the  oommerctal  pQ_ 
sition  of   the   City  of  H:imiUon    waa  aai< 

from  disaaier.      It  ia  nut  awarding  tivimn^ 
credit  to  Mr.  Brown,  to  aay  that  itiamaii 
to  the  confidence  with  which  he  iuapinid' 
people  of    the   counties  iut--^  'n( 

ability  with  which  he  con^' 
paiun,  that  this  result  is  dui  i 
tight  with  the  Toronto  men  wi-  i  -  ■  ;  .  *nd' 
its  details  sometimes  bitter,  it  it-ti  im  ran^^ 
ling  feeling  of  animosity  behind.  Kach  side 
rccogniztd  thst  its  opponents  wire  engaged 
in  ft  perfectly  legitimate  C4)nt^t  frotu  tlisir 
own  point  I'f  view.  With  all  the  carw  of 
Urge  business  to  engrtias  his  att4*ution, 
Bruwu  has  alwsys  found  time  to  inter* 
himself  iu  whatever  wiu  for  the  good, 
only  of  Hamilton,  hut  of  the  Dominion, 
took  an  aotivd  interest  in  oc>;nnizing  tl 
Hamilton  Ontfoe  Tavern  Company,  of  whi 
he  is  president.  Mr.  Brown  ia  a  gentleman  i 
the  most  genial  manners  full  of  fsood  hi 
raimr.  and  free  from  all  afTectatiou.  His  oon- 
pftuionship  is  much  prized  by  all  who  are 
admitted  to  its  privileges. 

itlHrtlonell,   l«eorgc«    Cornwall,  was 
born  iu  1824,  in  Invemeaa-ahire.   Scotlaat 
and  is  a  son  of  Angus  Macdouell  and  Ai 
Stewart,  both  natives  of  the  alKiv^  coimt] 
There  were  twelve  sona  bom  to  this  woi 
couple,  and  George  was  the  yniinirest.     Tl 
family  came  to  Canada  in  1827.  George  th< 
being  about  three  years  of  age,  and  setth 
in  the  township  of  Kenyon,  in  the  CoddI 
of  Gli'ngarry,  where  Angus  Mncilonell  to 
up  lands.      Here  he  erect«^d   a  homeatead, 
which  he  occupied  until  his  death,  which  took 
place  in  1847.     George  Macdonell  attended 
the  township  school,  ami  afterwards  chat  at 
the    village    of    Alexattdria,     in    Glenj^i', 
About  the  date  of  his  lenving  &chiH>l  0  '  '  ' 

the  Beauhamois  Canal   wa»i  ^"  ■ i&l 

ed»    and   he    received    the    .' 

timekeeper,  and  afttirwnrds  : 

on  theae  works.  After  tho  coujplol 
thia  canal  Mr.  Macdonxll  managed  aI 
at  Athol  for  A.  F.  Macdonald,  where  be 
Cfmtinued  for  three  ye4ir«,  ac^juiring  iu  that 
pert(»d  a  considerable  kuowledgu  of  m«i^ 
cantile  life.  He  subnequently  purchased 
the  busineM,  and  carried  it  <mi  for  hiinseti, 
and  in  addition  went  inttt  the  manufaoturs 
of  pearl  oah,  aaw-milling,  lumber  dealing 
and  farming,  Theae  various  branohea  be 
successfully  operated  until  1806,  when  be 
sold  out,  and  then  moved  to  the  Glen  farm, 
in  Williamstown.  Here  he  resided  untd 
1808*  when  he  removed  to  Cornwall.  Hero 
he  commenced  business  aa  a  general  meCi 
chant,  and   he    aoon  built  up  a   Urge 


CAffADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


6ir 


pvoaperotiB  ««Ub]iBhment,  which  he  stitl 
cxinduoia.  Mr.  MiLcdonell  always  took  a 
d«ep  iatervAt  iu  muuicipol  matters  wher- 
«Tvr  he  ruftided.  He  wu  elected  reeve 
i>f  the  totrn«hip  of  Roxborough,  which  office 
he  held  for  tweWe  laoceMive  years  ;  and 
ho  was  appointed  warden  of  the  nnited 
cntmties  of  Dundsa,  Stonnont  and  Glen- 
garry, by  scclamaiion,  in  1860.  When  he 
retired  from  that  position,  he  still  con* 
tiDued  a  member  of  the  oouuty  council,  up 
to  the  close  of  1809.  In  his  earlier  career, 
he  was  a  supporter  of  the  Hon.  John  Sand- 
field  Macdonaldf  but  he  subseqtiently  allied 
himself  more  particularly  with  the  Oonscr- 
Tati  ve  party.  I  n  the  tn>ubles  of  1837 
and  183A,  Mr.  Macdonell  served  in  the 
Kenvon  battalion  of  militia,  and  has  a 
Tivid  recollection  of  those  stirring  times 
Ue  has  always  continued  his  interest  in 
military  matters,  having  been  sucGoaaively 
lieutenant,  captain  and  major  ;  and  he  suc- 
ceeded in  the  lietitenant-colonelcy  to  the 
late  J.  Snndfiold  Maodonald,  of  the  Oorn- 
wall  militia,  which  rank  he  now  holds.  Ue 
i>  also  associated  with  the  Rifle  Assfwiation 
of  Cornwall,  of  which  ho  is  now  president. 
Mr.  Macdunell  has  been  married  twice  ;  tirst 
on  April  tich,  IBtil,  to  KUen,  daughter  of  Col- 
onel James  Macdonald.  of  WiUiamstovm, 
Glenjjarry.  by  whom  ho  had  two  sons  and 
oiift  dai)i;hter.  After  the  death  of  his  first 
wife,  he  married  Mrs.  C.  M.  Mulhem,  who 
is  still  living.  The  oldest  son  is  enga^'ed 
with  his  father  in  mercantile  pursuits,  and 
the  younger  is  attending  school.  While  in 
business  at  Athol  in  IB02,  Mr.  Macdunell 
was  api^ointed  postmaster  of  that  place,  and 
hold  the  othce  uniil  IHOG,  when  he  resigned 
on  rehnquishini;  his  other  biuinean  there. 
In  December,  1870,  he  was  app«>inted  post- 
maater  at  Cornwall,  and  still  holds  that 
nsponsible  position.  Mr.  MaodoueLl  it  a 
Roman  citholic,  and  as  usual  with  members 
of  that  ci>nimunion,  has  not  changed  his 
views  much  on  religious  subjects.  Be  is 
president  of  the  8t.  Andrews  Society  of 
Cornwall,  »nd  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem 
hy  his  fellow  citizens.  Ue  was,  during  the 
lifetime  of  the  late  J.  Sandti^'ld  Maodonald, 
Uie  tatter's  intimate  friend  and  tniited  oon- 
&daiit.  Enduwed  with  a  good  physiijue,  he 
is  still  a  splendid  sj)eoimen  of  the  Sootch 
C*nadian^  and  bidei  fair  to  have  many  years 
of  uoefulntiss  still  before  him. 

Mionly,  U'ultor,  Montreal,  M.P.  for 
South  tirenviJIe.wnjilHini  -it  the  family  seat, 
"Ihe  AhtK«y,*'  Stradbally,  t^ueen's  connty, 
Ireland,  and  is  son  uf  the  late  James  Shaoly , 
%  member  of  the  Irish  bar,  who  emigrated 


to  Canada  about  the  time  of  the  rebellion, 
and  settled  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  On- 
tario. The  Shanly  family  is  a  very  old  and 
prominent  one  in  the  annals  of  Leitrim,  and 
it  is  distinctively  Celtic  Widter  Shanly 
was  educated  by  private  tuition,  and  when 
his  studies  were  aufiioiently  advanced,  he 
began  to  prepare  himself  for  the  profession 
of  civil  enuineering.  From  1843  to  185ft 
he  was  resident  engineer  under  the  Brmrd 
of  Wurks  on  the  Beauharuois  and  Wel- 
laud  canals ;  was  engineer  of  the  Ottawa 
and  Prescott  Railway  from  1851  to  18j>4  ; 
was  engineer  of  the  Western  Division  of  the 
Grand  TninV  Railway,  from  Toronto  to 
Saraia,  from  1851  to  1857  ;  engineer  of  the 
Ottawa  and  French  River  surveys  from 
18&6  to  1858,  and  genera!  manager  of  the 
Grand  Trunk  Railway  fr<jm  1858  to  1862. 
He  has  been,  and  is  still,  connected  with 
divers  large  enterprises  in  presidential  and 
direct4)nal  capacities.  The  greatest  achieve- 
ment ol  his  pTitfessional  career  was  the  con- 
struction of  the  Uoosac  Mountain  Tunnel, 
Massachusetts,  in  which  important  eiiter- 
priee  he  was  assisted  by  his  brother,  the  late 
Francis  8hanly,  a  gentleman  who  shared 
the  abilities  of  the  family.  Mr.  Shanly's 
first  connection  with  public  life  was  in  1863, 
when  he  enteri^d  the  old  parliament  of  Can- 
ada for  South  Grenville  oonstituenoy.  which 
he  continued  to  represent  until  1872,  In 
1886  he  was  acrain  elected,  and  by  acclam- 
ation, to  the  House  of  Commons  for  South 
Grenville.  Mr.  Shanly  has  always  support- 
ed the  Conservative  party,  but  has  not  al- 
lf)wed  himself  to  be  contaminated  hy  the 
party  bigotry  of  the  time,  though  true  aa 
steel  to  his  nwn  principles. 

tinillh,  rharlrs  Iflerrlll,  M.D. ,  M.C., 
M.O. r.S.,  draniievill.',  wr»  born  in  South 
Dumfries,  Cuunty  of  Brant,  Ontario,  on  the 
18th  of  January,  1818.  Ue  is  a  son  of  the 
Rev.  William  Smith,  a  Baptist  minister  and 
also  a  medical  priictitioner,  whw  died  at 
Brookhotm,  in  the  County  of  Grey,  in  the 
year  1884.  Charles  Merrill  Smith  received 
hia  early  educational  training  in  St  Genrf^ 
public  school,  and  afterwards  niitt'red  Por- 
onto  University.  Hert^  ho  diatint^uiahed 
himself  by  industry  and  much  brilltancy. 
Ue  entered  the  Turunto  Schmd  of  Medi- 
cine in  1800,  and  graduated  thercjfrutu  ia 
187U,  and  was  awarded  silver  medal  for 
general  pro6oiency.  Having  completed  his 
stiidiuA.  he  began  practice  at  Owen  Sound, 
where  he  continued  till  his  removal  to 
Orangeville  iu  1879.  At  the  latter  place  ho 
has  sinoe  remained  ;  and  the  kindliness  of  his 
mannon,  and  hia   repute  as  a   thoroughly 


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A  CYCLOPjEVIA  of 


oompeteut  phyiioiiui.  hav«io  far  acted  in  hU 
behalf,  that  he  is  now  prosperously  eatab- 
lished.  Tbo  promiRO  that  he  displayed  aa  a 
student,  it  is  not  flattery  to  say,  has  been  w^Il 
borne  out  in  the  practical  t^sts  of  his  life. 
Pr.  Smith  is  a  P.O.  in  the  Gaaadian  order 
of  Oddfellows,  and  is  past  master  in  the 
A  .O.  U.  \V.,  No.  156,  Orangeville.  In  re- 
ligion he  adheres  h>  the  jiaptist  faith.  In 
1873  he  married  Sarah  E. ,  daui;hter  of  Joel 
Edmunds,  of  the  township  of  Holland,  in 
the  County  of  Grey. 

Ilklnner,  Jamca  Alclifdon,  Hanoi]- 
ton,  ex- ALP.,  Licutouant-Culuncl  com* 
m&nding  13th  Battalion  of  V.  M.,  ia  a 
native  of  the  Royal  burfch  of  Tain,  Ross- 
•hire,  Scotland,  was  bom  there  on  the  20th 
Ootoher,  Iii'iU.  He  is  a  son  of  Hagh  Rosa 
Skinner  and  Mary  Fraser  McPherson,  both 
of  whom  cnme  to  Canada  in  1861.  His 
father  died  at  Hamilton  in  1865.  and  hia 
mother,  now  in  her  80th  year,  resides  in 
Winnipeg,  with  her  youngest  daughter,  the 
wife  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  M.  King,  princi- 
pal of  the  Presbyteriau  college,  Manitoba. 
nufi;h  Ross  Skinner  was  a  saddler,  to  which 
trade  he  served  a  seven  years'  apprentice- 
ahip,  on  the  expiry  of  which  he  went  to 
London,  where  he  resided  for  several  years. 
On  his  rctarn  to  the  Highlands,  being  born 
freeman  of  the  burgh,  he  began  buBineas  on 
bis  own  account,  and  shortly  afterwards 
established  a  branch  in  Sutherlandshire,  at 
that  time  there  being  no  one  of  his  trade  in 
that  county.  He  continued  in  business  un- 
til his  removal  to  Canada.  He  had  the 
honour  of  beins:  appointed  saddlor  and  har- 
ness maker  to  her  Majesty  the  Queen,  and 
for  muny  years  BHpj>lied  what  was  required 
for  the  home  farm  at  Windsor.  James  A. 
Skinner  was  educated  at  the  Tain  Royal 
academy  and  afterwards  at  the  Grammar 
school,  where  the  usual  English  branches  as 
well  as  the  rudiments  of  Latin  and  Greek 
were  taught.  He  came  to  Canada  in  1643 
having  been  nearly  three  months  on  board 
ahip.  Ho  stayed  with  his  uncle.  Col.  Alex. 
McPhervon  of  Whitby,  until  the  fall  of  tliai 
year,  when  he  obtained  employment  in  the 
wholesale  dry  goods  firm  of  Kennedy, 
Parker  &  Co.  of  Hamilton,  with  whom  he 
remained  until  1850,  when  in  connection 
with  his  younger  brother,  the  late  Andrew 
Frasor  Skinner,  he  commenced  business  as 
importers  and  wholosalo  dealers  in  earthen- 
ware, (&c.  This  business  he  still  carries  on 
under  the  management  of  one  of  his  sons 
who  was  taken  into  partnership  after  the 
death  of  his  uncle.  The  businesa  done  for 
many   years  was  confined   to  the  western 


peninsula  ;  but  it  grew    with  th* 
tmtil    now    the    customers    of    Jamee    A. 
Skinner  &>  Co.  are  to  be  found  all  over  thi 
Dominion  from  one  ocean  to  the  other  ; 
the   house   has   the   honour   of   being 
pioneer  >jI  its  particular  branch  of  tn^e 
Manitoba,  the  North-Weet  territories,  am 
Uritish  Columbia.     On   the  tirat  orgaiii 
tiou  uf   the   volunteer  force  in    IdofV,  M 
Skinner  joined  No.  2  company,  Hftim 
a  private,  and  remained  in  ci^nnc' 
the  same  until  the  formation  of  ti  < . 
company,  in  185G,  to  which  he  waa  ap 
ensign.     This   company    was   aubacq 
disbanded.     On  the  occurrence  of  the 
affair  he  raiaed  a  new  oompany  t.f  05  men, 
which  he  waa  gazetted  captnin.  liia  broth 
b«ing  next  in  command.      This  company 
clothed  in  full  Highland  dress nt  Capt.S 
ner's  uwn  expense.     Being  on  class  B,  ai 
consequently  receiving  no  pay,   he,   on  th 
visit  of   the  Prinoe  of    Wides  t<»  Hamilton, 
turned  out  more  men  for  duty  during  the 
three   days,  than  the  other  two  oompaaMM 
Ciimbined,  although   under   pay.       He  re-^_ 
mained  in  command  of  the  Highland  c<itu^^| 
pany  until  the  formation  of  the  13th  battaU^I 
ion  in    18tV?,    to   which  he  waa    appointed 
senior  major,  the  late  Hon.  laaac  Buchanan 
being  tieutCDant-uolonel.     In  ISti^^heouu- 
mandod  the  battaliou  at  Brantford,  wh«re 
General    Napier  reviewed   a  force  of   1. 
regulars,  2,300   vulunteera  and  about 
Indians.         In    18<iG    Major  8kinn«r     < 
present   with  the  battaliun  at  the  engage- 
ment with  the  Fenians   at  Limoridg«,  CoL 
Booker    being    in    command,     he    havio; 
been  gazetted  nVe  Col.  Budianan,  retire' 
Shortly     after     meoting    the    enemy,     th 
Queen's  Own  being  in  fi-ont,  Maj  ^r  Skin 
ner  was  ordered  to  advance  with  the  rig 
wing   of    the    13th    and    relieve    skirm 
ers,  which    he   did  ;    and  when   the    Uugl 
sounded  the  retire  ho  waa  engaged  with  th 
enemy,  having  taken  possesaiun  of  th^  bar 
ricades  which  they  had  put  up,  and  iu  thA 
orchard  in  front,  the  Feoiana  having  retired 
to  the  bush  beyond.     On  reaching  the  plaoa 
where  the  main  body  had  formed  S)piar«.  v 
was   found    to   have  entirely   disappean 
Major  Skinner  found  several  wounded  me; 
on  the  road,  and  had  them  placed  on  doo: 
and  carried    to    the  village   of    Ridji^way*' 
where  ho  learned  that  the  main  body  of  th^ 
troops  had  taken  the  road  for  Port  Colburne. 
He   remained    for  about    an    hour    in  t~ 
village  caring  for  the  wounded,  and  the 
with  about  sixty  men  took  the  road  for  thi 
port,  at  which  he  arrived  about  6  o'oloc' 
On  the  following  day  he  received  orden  to 


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CANADIAN  HiOGRArnr 


019 


lAke  oommuid  of  the  tSth  battalion,  and  re- 
main in    Port  Colbome  to  ^ard  the  canal, 
which  very  arduous  tltity  last«d  Utr  three 
weeks.     Shortly  after  the  return  of  the  regi- 
ment   to    Hamilton,    Maj''ir    Skinner    was 
gasetted  lieutenant-colonel.     In  the  fall  of 
the  aame  year  he  commanded  the  battalion 
at  the   Thorold  camp,  Col.  Wuolaey  beini( 
brigadier.     In  1870  he  went  iDt<i  camp  with 
the  battalion  at  Grirobsy.     In  1872  he  com* 
marideU  the  2nd  brigade  in  catup  at  Niagara, 
and  in  1874  he  again  commanded  the  bnguie 
camp  at  Niagara.     On  the  visit  of  the  Prin- 
cess Louisa  to  Toronto  he  was  present  with 
his  battaliiin,    and   couiniaiided   one  of  the 
brigades  at  the  review.      He  was  also  pres- 
ent with  the  Highland  company  at  the  in- 
auguration of  Brock's  monument.     Having 
.always  taken   the  greatest  interest  in  the 
education  of  the  volunteers  in  the  use  of  the 
rifle,  he  attended  the  first  meeting  held  in 
Toronto  to  organize  the  Outariu  ICifle  Aiwl>- 
oiation,    and    for   many  years   iicted  in  an 
official  capacity  at  its  matches.     He  likewise 
attended  with  a  team  of  twelve  men  at  the 
firat  Dominiuu  rifle  match  hold  at  Laprairie, 
where   he    was   placed   in  cummaud  of  the 
corps  on  duly  during  the  meeting.    In  1870, 
at  the  requi^st  of  the  Ontario  Ritlti  As»<^K:ia- 
tion,   he    undertook  to  organize  n  team  of 
riflemen,  and  also  to  find  the  money  requis- 
ite for  the  passage  of    the  men  to  Wimble- 
don   and  return,    and   for  their  subsistence 
while  there.      This  he  anooeeded  in   doing 
after  about  six  months  hard  work,  having 
had  to  travel  the  length  and  breadth  of  On- 
tario three  times  in  search  of  the  men  and 
money.     He  took  twenty-one  men  to  Wim- 
bledon, and  being  the    tirst    team  that  Rp- 
peared  ther«  from  any  0(>h>ny.  it  lirew  great 
attention  t<i  Can>ula,  and  did   much  good. 
Seeing  what  oriuld  be  accomplished  by  pri- 
vate enterpriaa,  the  Dominion  government 
have  since  then  annnally  sent  a  team  repre- 
senting all   the  provinces,  atid  pvid  ita  ex- 
pense*.   In  1874  Ci'l.  8kinner  whh  electeil  to 
represent  the  riding  of  (South  Oxford  in  the 
Driminion  parliament, and  again  in  1H78  ;  but 
was  deffate>l  at  the  la^t  funeral  elections  in 
188'i.      In  1845  he  aasiatUl    Uy  or^^ani^e  the 
Highland  Society  of  Hamilton  and  Oanada 
W'«st,    holdinij;  chartt^r  from  the  Highland 
Society  of  London.     He  has  tilled  the  ottioes 
of  secretary  and  presidunt,  and  also  that  uf 
president  of  the  Highland  Society  of  Kinbro; 
O0  has  also  botui  vice-president  of  the  On- 
tario Riflt)  Association,  and  member  of  the 
council  of  tho  Dominion  Hitle  Association. 
In  I85'J  he  actiMt  at  secretary  of  an  organi- 
sation, got  up  with  a  riew  to  aacnring  a  half 


holiday  on  Saturdays  for  men  employed  in 
wholesale  warehutises,  which  eTontually 
succeeded  in  ite  object.  Col.  Skinner  was 
born  a  Preshyteriau,  and  still  worships  with 
that  denomination;  and  whatever  chaniifu  his 
religiotu  views  may  have  underk{ouH  no  one 
but  himself  knows.  He  married  un  the  *J4th 
July,  1849,  Agnes  Johnston,  a  native  of 
Dumfriesshire.  Scotland,  and  second  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  Johnston,  of  Annandale. 
There  was  a  family  of  six  sons  and  two 
daughters;  fivesf>ns  still  live,  two  of  whom 
graduated  at  the  Koyal  Military  colluj/e  and 
are  now  in  the  Imperial  service,  Frederick 
St.  Duthiis  being  lieutenant  in  the  2nd 
battalion  Rityal  Sussex  regiment :  and 
Thomas  Carlylo,  lieutenant  in  the  Koyal  en- 
gineers. The  other  three  are  in  huainess  in 
this  country.  Being  fund  of  countr)'  life, 
in  ]8ti2  Col.  Skinner  purchased  the  former 
residence  of  John  Q.  Yansittart,  a  beauti- 
ful spot  on  the  south  bank  nf  the  Thames, 
thrAri  miles  west  of  Woodstock,  which  he 
named  Dunelg,  and  here  he  has  resided 
over  since. 

HBrllnVt-^lcxandcr,LL.B., Secretary 
of  the  Pnivinoial  Education  department 
for  Ontario,  Toronto,  wa»  bom  at  Ebloy, 
Gloucestershire,  England,  on  the  lUh  April, 
IHI^'J.  Be  is  the  youngest  son  of  the  late 
John  F.  Marling,  who,  like  his  father  and 
four  brothers,  was  a  cloth  manufacturer,  and 
for  many  years  conductmi  tha  mills  ut  Kbley, 
which  were  continued  after  his  emigration 
by  the  firm  of  bis  younift^r  bmther,  the  late 
Sir  Samuel  Marling,  bart. ,  M.  P.  (Liberal) 
for  West  (jloucestershire.  Mr.  Marling  was 
an  able  msn  of  business  and  took  an  active 
part  in  the  religious,  ph  lanthropio  and 
fH^litical  movements  in  tiis  neighborhood. 
He  came  to  Canada  in  1842,  with  his  wife 
(the  daughter  of  Malcolm  McFarlatie,  of 
Invemew,  and  afterwards  of  Stroud),  and 
their  family,  consisting  of  a  daughter,  de- 
ceased in  ld-1^,  and  five  sons.  Of  those 
the  eldi'st  in  the  provincial  manager  of  the 
Canada  Life  Assurance  Company,  for  Que- 
bec ;  the  iec<md,  the  pastor  of  a  Presby- 
terian congregation  in  New  York  ;  the  third 
is  a  resident  of  Chicago  ;  and  the  fourth  wag 
for  several  years  a  High  school  master,  after 
abriUiaut  university  career,  and  afterwards 
held  the  position  of  High  school  inspootor 
till  his  death,  in  1H8.>.  Their  father  died 
in  Toronto,  on  the  4th  Noreniber,  1  ""*'<!* 
their  mother  still  survivea.  Aluin  U  r 
Starling,  with  his  brother  Arthur,  was  edu- 
cated ui  rpper  Canada  College,  and  was 
then  placed  for  live  years  in  a  mercantlla 
house  in  Toronto.     In  IS54  he  antared  tha 


A  CyClOVMVlA  OF 


Education  department,  under  Dr  Kyeraou, 
imd  in  1858  sncoeedod  Thomiui  Hodgiaa  as 
chief  clftrk.  He  was  entered,  after  exami- 
nation, an  a  atudont  and  incniher  of  the 
Law  Socioty,  hut  hid  official  dutica  did  not 
allow  luB  advance  to  the  bar.  He,  however. 
pn>ceeded  to  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  the 
Univeniiiy  of  Tomnto.  Mr.  Marliui;  joined 
the  voliintetT  foruH  at  thu  timu  of  the  Trent 
afTair.  and  wan  for  nome  ycare  a  raeniber  of 
the  Vict*)ria  ritles,  and  of  tht*  Queen's  Own 
regiment  from  the  formation  of  the  baU 
talion.  He  also  passed  through  the  military 
Bcliool  under  H.  M.  47th  regiment,  and  re- 
ceived tlie  scoMid  class  or  captaiu^e  certifi- 
cate. On  the  appiiintiuentof  the  Hon.  Adaiu 
Crouks  aa  6r«t  mi.iitftt«r  of  Education,  Mr, 
Marling  was  com  missioned  aa  secretary  of 
the  department,  in  the  work  of  which  he 
had  gained  a  long  and  piractica,!  experience. 
He  is  editor  of  the  Canada  Eduoaiional  Y&ir 
Book — a  neat  and  skilful  conipilatioa  of 
information  respecting  the  educational  sys- 
tem and  ptrgunnd  in  each  province  of  the 
Duminion,  and  wo  understand  that  he  in- 
tends to  continue  the  periodical  publication 
of  this  excellent  volume.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Anglican  church  and  synod,  and  an 
advocate  of  efticient  religious  instruction  so 
far  as  it  can  be  practically  introduced, 
whether  in  private,  public  or  Sunday  sohoola. 
In  185'J  he  married  Julia,  daughter  of  the 
late  H.  Hewlett,  and  hns  three  surviving 
children.      He  was  left  a  widower  in  1878. 

Caaalls,  WHIIain,  Montreal,  was  bom 
at  Denny,  Stirlintishire,  Scotland,  on  the 
25th  of  Juno,  1832,  being  the  eldest  son  of 
John  Cassils  and  Margaret  Murray.  The 
family  removed  in  1835  to  Kenton,  a  vil- 
laeu  in  thu  vale  of  Leven,  Dumbartonshire, 
where  his  boyhood  was  spent,  ami  where  iu 
the  parochial  school  he  was  educated  in  such 
branches  as  were  then  taught  in  that  institu- 
tion. Having  relatives  iu  Canada  who  urged 
that  he  should  proceed  thither,  he  sailed  from 
Glasgow  in  iho  burquc  Euclid  on  April  5th. 
1851,  arriving  at  Quebec  in  the  first  week  of 
May.  On  reaching  Montreal  a  couple  of 
days  later,  and  hearing  that  a  young  n)an 
was  wantttd  tci  learn  operating  iu  the  office 
of  the  Montreal  Tt^legraph  Cumpany,  ho  ap- 
plied for  the  situiLtinii  and  was  accepted. 
The  company  was  then  in  its  infancy  ;  it 
owned  a  sintjilo  lino  extending  along  the  high- 
way from  Toronto  to  Quebec,  and  had  four- 
teen offices  iu  all,  between  these  two  poiute. 
Iu  Novembur,  1853,  Mr.  Caa8ilBt4>ok  charge 
of  the  Quebec  office,  and  three  years  Inter, 
the  company  having  acquired  the  lines  of 
the  British  American  Telegraph   Co.,    was 


appointed  eastern  divisional  Bap«riat4 
On  the  Uth  June,  1866,  he  married  K^\ 
Simpson,    daughter    nf    the     late     WUlii 
Hosaack  of  Quebec.    Resigning  the  pocitif 
of  telegraph  superintendent  in  Noveml 
18G6,  Mr.  Caasils  reoioved  to  Montl>^al. 
coming  a  member  of  a  oommernial    firm, 
from   which    he    retired    ten    years    later. 
While  a    resident    of   Quebec   Mr.    Cassels 
commanded  the  esteem  of  a  wide  circle 
acquaintances,    and    in    addition  t<>    actii 
participation  in  church  and  charitable  wui 
was  chosen  sccretary-treasuror  of  the  boat 
of  Protestant  School  Comiuiasioners  of  thi 
city,  which  position  he  held  during  st^vei 
years.       Shortly  after   retiring     from    tl 
wholesale    trade    in    Montreal,    he 
president  of    the  Canada  Central  Itaili 
Co.,  which  position  he  retained  for  three 
four  years,  until  1881.  when  the  line  be< 
part  of  the  Canadian  Pacitic  Railway  Coi 
pany's  system.     His  careful  and  niothttdic 
nsbits  of  business  becoming  known,  his  ser- 
vices were  iu  request  by  other  public  cota- 
panies.     He  sulwequently  became  Iierviv« 
of  the    St.   Lawrence  and  Ottawa  Itaijuaj 
Company,  and  now  occupies  the  pruaideut 
of  the  following :  the  Domini'm  Transport] 
Company,  limited  ;  (the    cartage  agents 
the  Canadian  Pacific  railway  company)  thi 
Canadian  District  Telegraph  Company,  liniJ 
ited  ;   and  of  the  Electro-Mechanical  Cloek^ 
Company,  limited.     He  is  also,  we  believs. 
vice-president    of    the     British     American 
Rsnche  company,  limited  :  and  director  of 
the  Mnntreal  HtraUi  printing  and  publish' 
ing  company,  limited.      By  no  means  least 
in  importance  of  the  positions  held  by  Mr. 
Caasilfl  in  connection  with  public  companies 
is  his  directorship  iu  the  Montreal  Telegraph 
Compsny,  which  has  1080  offices  and  30,000 
miles  of  wire  scattered  over  Ontario,   Que- 
bec and  New   Brunswick,  as  well  as  over 
large  parta  of  Vermont  and  New  York  and 
touching    Michigan.     His  fifteen    years  of 
experience  in  the  early  days  of  telegraphy, 
form    an   interesting    chapter    in  his   lift 
Thirty-three  years  ago,  before  the  time 
submarine  cables,  the  wires  were  strctohf 
across   the   St.  Lawrence,  near  Montreal 
in  summer,  musts  210  feet  hii^h  bemg  s4 
on  either  shore,  while  in  winter  they  wei 
strung  on    poles  stuck  in  the  ice.     Thei 
were  but  fourteen  oOicvs  in  the  five  hum 
miles   between  Quebec   and    Toronto,  am 
telegram  from  the  latter  city  to  Montreal 
coat  39.  Slid,  currency.     The  modes  of  trans- 
missiim,  such  as  the  Bain  and  the  House 
systems,  as    well   aa    the   more   succeaaful 
Morse   system,  had  not   then    paased    the 


CANADIAN  BIOOHAPHY. 


621 


)erira«DtaI  itage,  while  the  initrtinienU 
F*r«  cliiuisy,  and  meaBtiri^d  by  the  pro- 
of to-day,  iiJelTective  and  alow. 
t&ving  been  &  practical  telegrapher,  how- 
ever. **  in  the  day  of  imall  thingn/'  elc>otri- 
oally  considered,  uid  having  watched  the 
doTelopmcnt  of  the  acienco  to  ita  preaent 
marvelous  atage,  tlie  experience  and  tech- 
nical knowledge  of  the  man  we  are  describ- 
ing proveauf  decided  aervice  in  his  capacity 
of  director  to-day.  *'  To  be  a  woll-faroured 
man  ia  the  gift  of  fortune,*'  aaya  the  clown 
in  the  play,  words  which  are  hardly  lees 
Absurd  than  the  rest  of  the  sentence,  *'  but 
readin'  and  writin'  comoa  by  natur."  A 
man's  pleasant  loolca  ^re  far  more  a  mat* 
ter  of  disposition ,  surroundings  and  descent, 
than  of  chance.  In  ti'mperument  as  well 
as  in  appearance  Mr.  Cauils  is  perceptibly 
a  debtj>r  to  His  parents,  who  were  both  good 
lookuig  ;  the  father  being  tine-featured  and 
athletic,  the  mother  (who  stil)  surTives) 
fresh  and  douce.  Both  were  of  the  spirited, 
aterliug,  God-fearing  people  of  whom  Scot- 
laud  has  furnished  so  many  to  this  and 
other  lands.  Their  sons  and  daughters, 
eight  in  number,  are  all  in  Canada  ;  the  tive 
sons  are  among  the  respected  btisineas  men 
of  Montreal,  and  several  of  them  besides 
the  eldest,  whom  we  are  describing,  have 
attained  positions  of  rcuiponsibility  and 
promiueiicc  in  that  great  city.  To  b«  called 
**  a  popular  man'*  is  sometimes  an  ambigu- 
ous complifuent.  In  Mr,  CassiU' case,  the 
popularity  enjoyed  is  founded  rather  upon 


integrity,  geiiiAlity  and  quiet    discernment 

in  01 
qualities. 


than  upon  more  ihowy  but  less  admirable 


iarcci,  Thomas  Young,  Manager  of 
the  Federal  Bank  of  Canada,  Kingston,  On- 
tario, waa  bom  at  Ouelph,  on  the  lOth  of 
Kebruaryf  1846.  Ilia  father,  Richard 
Urvet,  belonged  to  an  old  Kentish  fnoiily, 
tUv  ninlv  representatives  of  which  have  for 
lEeitMratioiia  back  Hgu red  numerously  in  the 
Ifiritiah  navy.  Ho  caino  U*  Canada  in  1835, 
bat  went  back  t<>  Kni^land  after  a  abort 
stay.  He  returned  to  Canada,  however,  in 
IH39,  and  settled  on  a  farm  near  (iuel ph. 
He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  the  lalo 
Thomas  Sfutdilanda  t*f  <!ii(?lph,  nierrhaut, 
and  A^eiit  ui  the  More  lUtik.  Thomas 
Vonn^  Ureet  was  the  third  child  born  of  tliis 
marriago.  He  woa  educMt^^d  at  the  common 
•chools  and  at  the  district  (irammar  sch'wl 
in  Guelph,  and  in  18tK)  entered  the  service 
of  the  old  Oore  Bank  under  his  ({randfather, 
Mr.  Sanditaridn.  In  1807  h«^.  with  hia  un- 
clv,  Heor^e  W.  8aiidilan<ls,  at  present  m&n- 
a^r  of  the  Central  Bank.  Guelph.  left  the 


service  uf  the  Qore  Bank  and  joined  the  Ca- 
nadian Bank  of  Commerce,  the  I'tuetph 
branch  of  which  waa  opened  by  them  on  the 
2nd  Januftry,  l8*iK.  In  1870  Mr.  Gr^jet  was 
called  to  the  head  ufBoe  of  the  bank  in  To- 
ronto, and  in  July  of  the  same  year  ho  was 
sent  to  open  a  branch  of  the  bank  in 
Orangevllle,  a  village  at  that  time  just  CJ»ni- 
ing  into  prominent  notice  on  aoamut  of  the 
building  uf  the  Toronto,  Grey  and  Hruce 
Railway,  Ha  remained  there  aa  manager  of 
the  Bank  of  Ciiranierce  until  December, 
1U74,  when  he  resided  the  position,  and  re- 
turned to  hia  native  town  to  open  a  branch 
of  the  Federal  Bank  of  Canada.  He  suc- 
cessfully managed  this  branch  until  18H0, 
when  he  was  moved  to  the  Kingstim  branch, 
where  he  is  stilL  Ue  w.-is  made  a  Maaon  in 
1868,  in  Speed  lodge,  Guelph,  and  afr«r- 
ward»  afhliatod  with  Harris  hnige,  Oranv^e- 
ville.  of  which  he  was  elected  W.  M.  in  |.m7J. 
At  the  time  of  writing  he  is  timt  vice-preni- 
dent  of  the  Kingston  8t.  George^a  St>ciety. 
Mr.  Greet  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
England.  In  1H77  he  married  H*.dena  Em- 
ily,  daughter  of  Joaias  Bray,  of  H  tmiltOD, 
who  was  at  that  time  residing  in  VValkerton^ 
Ontario. 

O'Brien,  Michael  C<l\rar«l,  Prea- 
cott.  waa  boru  in  the  town  »'f  I'erth,  C<)unty 
of  I.Aniirk,  on  IDth  July,  1R40.  He  is  a  am 
of  William  O'Brien  and  Susan  Devlin,  the 
former  being  born  in  the  County  of  Wex- 
ford, Ireland.  He  came  with  his  father  and 
family  lo  Canada  in  1821,  and  settled  in  the 
County  of  Lanark.  Be  was  a  shoemaker  by 
trade,  and  fur  many  years  carried  on  an  ei- 
tenaive  boi>t  and  shi>e  business  in  the  tuwn 
of  Perth.  Ho  is  still  living.  Susan  Devlin 
was  the  daughter  of  Michael  Devlin,  a  farmer 
in  the  township  of  Drummond,  County  of 
Liknark.  She  died  in  March,  1855,  M.  G. 
O'Brien  was  educated  at  the  separate  schtHd, 
in  Perth,  and  completed  his  studit.**  in  R»- 
tiiopolis  college,  Kini^sttm.  In  November 
17th,  1809.  he  entered  the  1f-gnl  prufrasioa, 
and  studied  with  Morris  and  U'uldtmhurst, 
in  Perth,  and  afterwards  in  the  of)),;«  uf 
Jolin  B^in,  in  Tunmto.  He  was  admitted 
to  practice  in  Mtchaelruas  term,  187-1.  He 
wvnt  to  Pruacott  ui  Junt>,  1875,  and  suo* 
ceedcd  Fraser  &  MiMtrvy,  and  hf**  bhiow  re- 
mained in  Prvioott.  In  politica,  Mr  O'Brien 
is  a  Liberal,  and  he  has  bct<n  pr«itd«*nt  of 
the  Simth  (ironvtlle  Keform  Aiun^iatiou  fur 
tht»  past  tive  years.  Mr.  O'Hrinn  married, 
on  the  18ih  Atiril,  1877.  Annie  Elis«,  auoMud 
daughter  of  Michael  Flaiui^an,  the  prosant 
city  clerk  of  Kingston,  OuU  Tfaaro  ar« 
three  boya  by  thu  union. 


023 


A  crcLOPMDiA  or 


nillli,  Hon.  David,  LL.3..  Palmyra, 
M.P»  for  Bothweli,  and  ex-Miuister  of  the 
Interior  for  Canada,  and  son  of  Nathaniel 
MilU,  was    bom   in    the   township  of    Ox- 
ford, in  the  County  of  Kent,  Ontario,  on 
the  18th  March,   18^1.       His  father  waa  a 
native   of    New    York   state,    haring   been 
bom  near   New  York  city  1791  ;    and    his 
mother  was  Mary  Guggerty,  of  Cooto  Hill, 
County  Cavan,  Ireland,  she  being  the  sec- 
ond   wife    of    Nathaniel    MilU.       The    first 
wife    was    Rebecca,    daa^'hter    of    Captain 
Harrison,    of    Tpper   Maccau,  Cumberland 
county,  Nova  Scotia.     In  1833  the  family 
removed  to  Nova  Sootia,  where  Mr.  Mills' 
father   remained   until    1817,    when    along 
with    many  others  of   his  aoqusintonco  ho 
emigrated    to  the   western    part   of    Upper 
Canada,  and  became  a  resident  of  Talbot 
street,  in  the  township  of  Orfurd,    in  1819, 
where  he  contintied  to  reside  until  his  death 
in  IBGO.       Mr   Mills  attended  the   public 
achool  near  by,  after  which  he  had  as  a  pri- 
vate tutor  a  well-known  author  and  acholar, 
the  Rev.    Dr.  Frey.     He  subsequently  be- 
came a  student  at  the  Michigan  University, 
and  received  fn>ni  that  institution  the  degree 
of  LL.B.     In  1856  Mr.  3IiUs  was  appointed 
superintendent  of  schools  for  the  county  of 
Kent,  which  office  he  held  for  nine  years. 
In  1B67  he  received  the  unanimous  nomina- 
tion of  the  Roform  electors  of  Kuthwell  as 
their  candidate  for  election  to  the  House  of 
Commons,  and   was  returned  to  parliament 
in  September  of  that  year.     Be  has  repro- 
Bonted  Buthwell    continuously    since    that 
period.     In  1872  he  waa  requested  by  the 
government  of  Ontario  to  enquire  into  and 
report  upon  the  boundaries  of  Ontario.  This 
task  he  waa    asked  to  undertake  as  it  waa 
kniiwn  that  he  had  given  much  attention  to 
thecolouial  history  of  North  America.    This 
work  Mr.  Ailills  undertook,  and  he  made  a 
rejKjrt  to  the  government  in  December  of 
the  same  year.     The  report  then  made  con* 
tains  a  large  quantity  of  valuable  informa- 
tion relatint^  to  colonial  history  and  Imperial 
policy  in  reference  to  the  government  of  the 
British  dominions  in  North  America.     Mr. 
Mills  Itiformod  the  government  that  his  in- 
vestigations  had  not  exhausted  the  subject, 
and  further  enquiry  should  be  had  in  Lon- 
don and  Paris.     Further  enquiry  was  had, 
and  after  arbitration  was  agreed  upon,  Mr. 
Mowat  again  invited  Mr.  Mills  to  make  fur- 
ther enquiry,  and  to  prepare  a  second    re- 
port,    lliis  was  done  in  1876  and  the  early 
part  of  1876,  and  a  second  report  made  con- 
taining the   results  of  a  more  extended  en- 
quiry, and   references  to  the  various  docu- 


ments and  state  paper*  upon  which 
elusions  in  the  report  wens  foundi 
1875  Mr.   Mills  waa  elected  by  the 
school    inspectors  of  the  province  u  \\u 
representative  on  the  Board  of   fubUc  li 
struction.     Not   long  after,  the  school    law 
waa    amended,     and    the    board   aboltsbed. 
Upon  the  appointment  of  the  Hon.  D. 
to  the  govemorsliip  of  the  North- West 
ritories,  J^Ir,  Mills  was  ofiWr^d  by  Mr.  Mj 
kenxiea  seat  in  his  government,  and  the  di 
partmeut  of  the  Interior,  which  he 
Mr.  Mills  held  the  office  until  Octol 
— a  i>eriod  of  two  years — when  he 
with    the    miniatr}'.     After   the  fall  of 
Mackenzie    administration,  Mr.   Milts  eoo* 
eluded  to  engage  in  the  practioe  of  law.  for 
which  he  had  read  many  years  before.     He 
entered  as  a  studeut-at-Uw  in  the  brK«ki  of 
the  Law  Society,  and  after  taking  the  exsin- 
inations  as  time  permitted,  was  oallud  to  the 
bar.    He  has  during  the  post  two  years  been 
engaged  in  practioe.    Ue  has  also,  ainee  I88Sy 
been  the   chief  editorial   writer    upon   the 
Li>ndon  daily  Advertiser.     In   politics   Mi 
Mills  is  an  advanced  Liberal.      He  favoui 
the  uniou  of   the  provtnoea,  but 
opposed  to  the  means  by  which  it  waa  bl 
about.     He  denied  that  on  ordiuary 
ment  is  morally  o(jmpetent  to  make  chaogMi^ 
in  the  constitution  altering  the  relations  uf 
the  people  to  parliament  without  the  aano- 
tion   of  the  country  being  first   obtained. 
It  is,  ho  holds,   only  by  auch   an  appeal 
that  the  people  can  be  secure  in  their  liber- 
ties against   the  intrigues   nf    unscrupul' 
and  ambitions  men.      Mr.  Mills   has  ulwaj 
favoured  such  an  amendment  of  the  consti^ 
tution  as  would  secure  to  each  pr^ivince  tl 
appnintmont  of  its  own  judiciary.      He  di( 
not  favour  the  admission  of  British  Ootum' 
bia   into  the  Canadian   confederacy  at  the 
time  it  was  admitted  ;  for  he  thought  it  wai 
not    for   the  interest  of  either  that  Buch  s 
union  should  exist,  while  there  waa  such  sn 
immense  extent  of  country  still  between  un- 
inhabited.      He    believed     that     the     re^ 
sources  of  the  country  could  bo  bettt^r  era-j 
ployed  in  developing  the  North- West  thai 
in  building  a  transcontinental   roail  whioU 
would  alwaya   be  without    tmnscontinenlal' 
traffic,  and  for  a  throat  part  of  the  distanoaj 
without  local  traffic  for  many  years  to  cumei< 
Ho  regarded  auoh  a  railway  as  going  but 
short  way  in  opening  up  the  North-West 
settlement,  and  as  entailing   burdens  alU>-| 
gether  outweighing  any  advantage  which  ti 
could  confer.     .Mr.  MilU  holds  that  the  ad- 
vantage which  a  railway  system  can  caonfor, 
depends  upon  the  bene&ts  it  bestows  upon 


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633 


the  producer.  The  fthortest  liuea  muit 
genermlly  be  the  cheapest  and  the  best, 
vthvre  there  U  uo  moiiopK>ly.  The  lower 
the  fr€t[;ht«  the  higher  the  vAlue  of  land, 
nit.l  t),r  'r.Hter  tht*  atimuluB  ti'^agrioulture. 
1 :  NVest  ahoulil  hare  been  open  to 

CO  :  ^  ;i  Ao  long  aa  government  did  not 

own  the  road,  it  is  not  the  direction  that 
tnffic  takea  about  which  the  settlera  and 
tboM  who  repreaent  them  need  be  con* 
oemed,  and  iu  hi«  opiniun  a  wiaer  railway 
policy  would  hare  aecured  to  the  country 
by  thia  time  150.000  more  people  than  are 
now  to  be  found  in  our  territoriea.  Mr. 
MlUa  has  always  been  oppoaed  to  a  nomin- 
ated senate.  A  nominated  legialative  body, 
he  oontcnda,  ought  to  hare  no  place  in  onr 
■yatem  of  goremment.  Such  a  chamber 
repreaenta  nobody,  ia  without  any  aunae  of 
reaponsibility,  and  mtiat  become  a  refuge  of 
pollticAj  pArtizaua  too  <levot»d  t«»  the  min- 
istry to  retain  the  confidence  of  the  people. 
He  favonn  an  amendment  of  the  constitu- 
tion so  aa  to  provide  for  the  election  of  aen- 
aton.  He  holds  that  the  bill  for  the  redia- 
tributi-<n  of  aeata  in  1882,  and  the  franchise 
b'  .  art;  at  variance  with  the  funda- 

iii<  ;i plea  of  representative  govern- 

ment \  that  the  principles  involved,  and  the 
motivea  which  impelled  the  prt>motera  of 
theae  meaaurea  are  on  a  lerel  with  the  ptv 
Utacftl  aims  of  those  South  American  and 
ohiofs,  who  make  tlie  retention  of 
the  principal  end  and  aim  of  alt  their 
officnl  aottona.  These  meaanrtM,  ho  ciut- 
tMidt,  originated  in  the  violation  of  public 
duty,  and  in  the  betrayal  of  public  trusts 
and  mnat  be  repealed,  and  proper  guaranteea 
taken  againat  the  recurrunco  nf  similar 
abttaoa.  Mr.  Milla,  likowise,  holds  to  tho 
MODomio  diictritiotiof  Olfulsume  and  Lri^hi. 
He  admits  that  customs  dutit.^  are  neoea- 
sary,  in  order  to  the  production  of  rerenae; 
but  he  holds  that  respect  must  be  had  to  a 
•ouud  system  of  Hiiance  in  their  impf*«ilion, 
M>  that  the  people  may  ont  be  oi>m[>elled  to 
pftjr  a  lam  amount  t>f  tax  which  the  gor- 
emment dovs  not  receive.  Ho  is  in  favor, 
ha  claims,  of  a  real,  not  a  sham  national 
policy  :  a  national  policy  which  will  develop 
a  national  spirit,  and  national  atpir;t1toim 
He  favours  a  natioTi^l  pohcy  baaed  up<.>o 
principles  of  couitnorcial  extension,  not  of 
eomtuorcial  uxcliiaion,  He  thinks  Canada 
ought  to  Timko,  rogulate  and  control  her 
commercial  rclntinna  with  foreign  statea. 
Me  IS  opposed  to  handing  over  the  work  of 
lagialiition  to  tlie  ministry  as.  he  aihnus,  is 
DOW  done  at  Ottawa,  He  is  op{>i>soil  to  the 
|ir»G4ioe  of  abdicating  the  duty  of  edwctivw 


snperrifiion  over  the  tiatioaai  expenditures. 
He  does  not  regard  a  large  pubho  debt  as  a 
national  blessing.  Ho  thinks  that  care  and 
economy  in  the  expenditure  of  public 
money,  and  a  desire  to  do  what  is  honest 
and  fair  on  the  part  of  repreaentatirea  ; 
that  habita  of  self-reliance,  personal  inde- 
pendence, and  a  aenae  of  justice,  stronger 
than  allegiance  to  party  on  the  part  of  the 
people,  of  immeasurably  greater  o*jlue- 
quence  in  promoting  the  honor  and  pros- 
perity of  Canada,  than  the  antiquated  noa- 
trnma  of  some  of  our  politiciana,  whr<,  he 
points  out,  projM^ae  to  increase  the  wealth  of 
the  people  and  to  invite  iinmi^ation,  by 
high  taxes,  an  enormoua  pnblic  d**be,  a 
reoklesa  public  expenditure,  and  costly 
public  works,  built  in  uninhabited  and 
uninhabitable  regions.  As  minister  ui  the 
Interior  Mr.  Mills  waa  most  capable  ;  and 
there  is  no  man  in  public  life  in  Canada 
to-day  who  has  a  wider  and  more  accurate 
knowledge  of  affairs  in  the  teirriU>riea  than 
he.  He  is  one  of  the  ableat  parliamentary 
debaters  in  the  country,  and  we  bare  no 
public  man  who  can  exoel  him  in  the  mast- 
ery and  presentation  of  a  lance  queation. 
About  him  there  ia  nothing  auperficiikl,  or 
anything  designed  for  the  purpose  of 
**  flash  "  or  show  ;  but  he  deals  with  impor* 
tant  questicms  only  after  the  moat  carefu) 
conaideratiou,  and  nearly  always  in  a  calm 
and  judicial  spirit.  There  are  oooaaiona, 
however,  u|>on  which  he  allows  himself  to 
grow  exaapernted,  and  then  his  remarks 
are  very  severe.  When  parliament  at  a  late 
session  was  discussing;  the  question  of  gen- 
eml  snffrage.  Mr.  Tlhlilla  enquired  of  the 
prime  minister  whether  he  intended  ex- 
tendini<  the  rote  to  Miaerabte  Man,  Little 
Pine  and  the  reat  implicated  in  the  late 
North- West  murders;  and  when  Sir  John 
jauntily  replied  **  Yes,  and  Strike-him-on- 
tbe-back  will  also  be  included,"  Mr.  Mills 
with  singular  felicity  exolaimed.  *'V«s; 
so  that  they  will  l»s  able  to  go  from  a 
scalping  party  to  the  (xdls. '*  But  althnugh 
the  Hon.  David  Mifls  ia  one  of  the  f<>r:^ii<l 
able  oppoaitioniata.  ho  haa  not,  we  b*-l.-  . 
an  enemy  u(»on  the  llmir  of  the  house.  He 
ia  n  ntan  wliotn  an  admiuiHtration  to  which 
be  la  opf>u«e4l  will  Imve  net^d  to  rvt^rd  as 
'*  dangerous  ;**  ainS  whenever  he  rises  in  hti 
place  in  parliament  ho  i;eta  the  p^JInpt  at- 
tention of  the  liouse.  Whether  his  op|;»on- 
onta  differ  from  him  or  not,  they  nearly 
always  rooeire  his  deolaratioiu  with  respect. 
In  short  there  ia  nothing  trivial  about  the 
character  of  Mr,  Mills  ;  but  a  pervading 
seriousaesa,  and  a  manifest  taiiAe  of  reapon* 


A  crcLOPMDiA  or 


ftibiliiy.  neither  of  which  qualities  the  mere 
political  trickster  can  successfully  asBume. 
Mr.  Mills  is  the  suthumf  a  pamphlet  uu  tlie 
**  Presunt  hikI  Future  Prospects  of  Cauftiia" 
(18<>U),  and  *'  The  Blumlers  of  theDuruinion 
Ooveniment  in  connection  with  the  North- 
Weat  Territory'' (1^71).  He  murried  in 
December,  18G0,  Miss  M.  J.  Bruwti  uf 
Cliathara,  by  whom  there  is  issue,  throe 
sons  and  four  daughters  ;  one  of  the 
daiichters  being  Juad, 

ncC'ttrfliy,  Dulton,  Toronto.  Q.C., 
M.P.  fur  North  Simc'ie.  iJutario,  wa»  bo/ii  at 
Oaklev  Park,  near  Dublin.  IreUud,  on  the 
10th  Octo)ver,  Ifi30.  His  father  was  a  solic- 
it4>r  of  Dublin,  and  his  grandfather  waa 
Bucknell  Henry  McCurthy,  also  a  member 
of  the  Irish  bar.  Our  subject  cornea  of  an 
ancient  Irish  fsmily.  Ho  was  educated  at 
Ruv.  Mr.  HuniniMrs school  at  Ulackrock  ;  at 
Kev.  Mr.  Flynn's  school,  Dublin  \  and  at  the 
Barrie  Grammar  sch*>ol.  Whan  very  youni^ 
he  emigrated  to  Canada,  whitherto  ao  many 
had  about  this  time  turned  their  faces. 
Haring  completed  his  education,  he  entered 
upon  the  study  of  law,  a  profession  for 
which  he  seemed  tilted  by  heruditiiry  in- 
stinct, as  well  as  by  A  peculiar  qualification. 
Wt»  are  told  that  he  was  a  painstaking 
student,  and  that  his  diligence  and  sound- 
beadedness  might  be  taken  as  auguries  of  a 
successful  future  in  Ids  chosen  profession. 
He  was  called  to  the  bar  nf  ITpper  Ounaila 
ftt  Hilary  term,  in  1850.  At  once  ho  began 
to  distinguish  himself,  and  soon  tot^k  a 
oreditable  pusition  among  his  brother  mem- 
bers of  the  bar.  Hu  obtained  the  repute  of 
being  a  diligent  advocate,  with  whom  the 
affairs  of  the  client  were  above  all  other 
oonHiderations,  and  as  a  ronaeiiuunce  he 
aouii  found  himself  in  possession  of  a  hand- 
some practice.  But  valuable  as  the  quali- 
ties  of  diligence  and  faithfulness  were,  he 
obtained  the  repute  of  legal  brilliancy,  aud 
it  wus  imptjssiblu  tci  observe  his  manutir  of 
conducting  a  case  without  predicting  a  lar^e 
success  for  him.  He  knew  the  art  of  inter- 
eating  juries,  and  then  of  getting  them  to 
hia  way  of  thinking.  Tbiswssas  much  due 
to  a  kuowleilgc  i»f  human  nature,  which  is 
the  (juatiiy  abovu  all  others  in  a  pleader, 
as  to  his  almost  rare  eloquence.  In  De- 
cember, 1872,  he  was  app<iiuted  a  Queen's 
counsellor,  and  he  is  likewise  a  bencher  of 
the  Law  Society  of  Ontario.  In  the  years 
1872-74,  he  made  his  tirst  attempt  to  ^'et 
into  purliaraent,  and  contested  the  seat  for 
f^orth  Himcoe  ;  but  he  was  unsuccessful. 
On  December  1 4th,  1870,  however,  his  am- 
bition waa  realized,  and  he  was  elected  for 


Cardwell.     In  the  meantime  the  people  ol 
Nortli  Simcoe  hud  be^un  to  regret  Uiav  th 
neglected  to  elect  for  their  n  lin'  the 
wh(j  made  such  a  respvclal'l 
House  of  Commons,  aud  as  i  n  I 

tion  of  1878  drew  near  they  intim  <  a 

that  if  he  would  put  himself  oii'  a 

their  disposal  the  result  would  be  trt-Tc  m 
factory.  He  "did  so.  This  was  the  "c» 
pai^a"  during;  which  Sir  John  and  those  w 
had  suuge&ted  the  national  pK>Iicy  to  It 
cried  out  in  scorn  that  8ir  Richard  C* 
Wright  and  his  i>olitic&l  eonfreret  were  sel 
confessed  Hies  up<'U  the  wheel.  It  was  tl 
time  during  which  the  factory  d<>ors  wen* 
closed  and  machinery  lay  still  and  nistuig 
every  manufacturing  town  in  Canada. 
John  A.  Macdonald,  taking  tho  ideaa 
suggestions  of  his  prompters,  went  abroi 
pointing  to  the  thousands  of  worki 
who  went  through  the  country  askiug 
bread:  to  the  hundreds  upon  hundr 
who  were  every  week  tieoiog  away  ( 
Canada  to  tind  employment  in  tlie  wori 
shops  of  the  United  Stales.  D.iUou  Mi 
Carthy  raised  his  voice  among  the  rest,  a 
declared  that  if  his  party  were  return 
to  power  they  would  frame  a  policy  ti 
would  ii'we  our  own  skill  and  muscle 
ployment,  that  would  develop  our  latei 
wealth,  and  produce  ample  revenue  with* 
out  bearing  harshly  by  taxatii>n  upon  thr 
people.  There  is  no  need  of  repealing 
that  the  country  took  the  Oouservativds 
at  their  word,  and  piit  tliem  in  povrnr. 
Mr.  McCarthy,  as  usual,  was  a  v&ln  \'  1^. 
iudustriouB  au<l  a  leading  member  in  iIk 
House.  Uls  opinions  upon  important  ques- 
tions were  always  received  with  marked  re- 
spect and  c*mAideratinn.  and  be  always  had 
the  gift  of  puttine  them  in  a  toUrant  aitd 
reasonable  way.  8i'mo  have  been  led  so  to 
admire  Mr.  McCarthy's  brilliancy  that  they 

Sredict  for  liim  the  successurship  to  Sir 
tjhn  A.  Macdonald.  That  such  a  day  may 
come  for  him  the  writer  does  not  think 
poBsiVde  or  undesirable  either  ;  but  me 
while  everything  in  ita  proper  time 
McCarthy  married,  in  October,  1867,  Km 
Cntliorine,  daughter  of  Edmund  G.  LaII 
(if  Barrie,  Ontario.  She  died  ;  and  ht?  mar 
led  again  in  July,  1873,  Agues  Kli7.il»eth, 
relict  uf  Richard  H.  Bernard.  Mr.  M\:Carthy 
was  president  of  the  .At^ncnltural  Siiciety  of 
the  North  Riding  of  Simo<>e,  and  he  is  now 
president  of  the  West  Hiding  Agricultnm' 
S*>ciety.  He  baa  also  l>een  the  pre-: 
since  the  formation  in  ISTI^*  of  the  I.i 
Conservative  Association  of  the  North  iltd- 
ing  of  Simcoe. 


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VA^AVJAS  BWORAPHY, 


635 


White,   Solomon,   Windsor.  KLP.P. 
for  North  Kssex,  Ontario,   was  born  in  the 
cotinty  which  he  now  represents  in  the  Pro* 
vincisl  .Assembly,  and  is  the  eldest  son  of 
Joseph  White,  of  the  township  of  Anderdon, 
by  Angelirjue,  daughter  of  the  late  Captain 
Pierre  Fortier,  formerly  of  Qaebec.     Suhj- 
mon  White  was  educated  iu  the  schools  4if 
his   Utttive  county  ;   studied  law,  and    was 
called  to  the  bar  of  Ontario  in  Michaelmas 
if nn .    1 865,    and    then    en  cered    upon    the 
prmctioe    of   his  profession    in    partnership 
with   the  Hon.    John   O'Connor,    now   the 
Hon.   Mr.  Justice  O'Connor.     In  1867    he 
married  Mnry  L.   Drew,   of  Detroit,  U.  S. 
In  November,  1868,  he  purchased  the  Claire 
House  vineyards  at  Couksville,  and  earned 
on  the  business  of  Tine-growing  and  wine- 
making,  under  the  corporate  name  of  the 
Cansda   Vino  Growers    Aasociation.    until 
the  Utter  part  of  IH76,  when  ho  sold  out  to 
the  prebbiit  proprietors.     He  was  un  unsuc- 
ceAsful   candidate   for  Peel,    in    December, 
1873,   but  in  1878  he    waa   elected    to  the 
Le^^lative  Assembly  of  Uutario,  for  Nortli 
£saex.     He  declined  the  nomination  for  the 
House  of  Commons  fnr  Peel  iu  187  4,  and  gut 
the  nomination   of   the  anme  constituency 
fur  the  Legiflatire  Assembly  in  January, 
ld7o  ;  but  thia  be  also  declined,     In  May, 
1878  he  waa  nominated  again  for  Peel,  for 
the  local  House,  but  once  more  declined  the 
hononr.     At  the  general  election  of  1879  he 
was  elected  for  North  £ssex  to  the  Ontario 
Assembly,  and   was   re-elected  at    the   last 
general  election.      In  poUtioa  Mr.  White  is 
a  Liberal- Conservative,  and  the  same  great 
energy  and  industry  that  have  characteris- 
ed bis  business  career  likewise  mark  his  po- 
Utical    course,    and  place   him    among    the 
most  intluential,  useful  and  able  members 
of  the  le(;isl.'\ture.     He  takes  great  interest, 
we  may  add,  in  shtjrt-hom  cattle,  importing 
and  brooding  extensively.      He  baa  in  his 
herd  the  \\  ild-Kyes,  KirliIevin^tons,Oragga, 
Ked  Kose,  Constance,  Lady  Sales,  Princess, 
Koae  of  ShaMn  (Abu  Kenick's),  and  other 
high-bred  fiuniJies.       He  haa  also  eniraged 
m  the  breeding  of  trotting  horses  and  other 
thoroughbred    stock.      His   farm   is  about 
three  miles  from  Windsor,  down  the  river. 
It  comprises  about  six  hundred  acres,  and 
haa   a   charminff  location    on    the    Detroit 
river.       Ujwin  this  beautiful   property  Mr. 
White  resides  during  the  summer  montha. 
rjHjn  thu  form  staud  several  superb  barus, 
aiid  there  is  an  extensive  vineyard  now  in 
bennug.  The  land  not  hitherto  used  by  Mr. 
White,  he   haa   laid  olT  into  several  siiukll 
farms,  ou   which  he  hss  located  vigncrous 


from  France,  who  cuUivtite  the  same.  But 
what  he  has  ultimately  m  view  is  the  en- 
largement of  his  vine-growin)2  and  wine- 
making  operations,  which  business  has  lat- 
terly proved  so  successful  and  so  protitablt-. 
Mr.  White  has  been  elected  president  of 
the  Agricultural  Society  of  the  ridiug  for 
1886;  and  he  is  likewise  presideut  of  the 
Windsor  Land  Improvement  Company. 
In  all  movements  having  for  their  object 
the  furtherance  of  the  interests  of  the  town 
or  the  county  he  is  always  one  of  the  niftst 
active  spirits.  In  1883  ho  travelled  as  far 
weat  aa  the  Rocky  Mountains,  through  our 
Canadian  territories,  and  visited  the  most 
important  ranches  and  places  of  interest  in 
that  region.  Mr.  White  resided  at  Cooks- 
ville,  in  the  County  of  Peel,  for  ten  yean, 
or  during  the  period  of  his  ownership  of  the 
vineyards  there  ;  but  he  has  since  lived  in 
Essex  county.  Very  early  in  life  Mr. 
White  entered  mercantile  life,  but  thia  call- 
ing he  soon  abandoned  to  study  law  ;  and 
siuce  his  return  from  Cooksville,  in  1878*  he 
has  closely  devoted  himself  to  his  practice, 
and  has  been  engaged  in  all  the  noted  civil 
and  criminal  trials  held  since  in  the  county. 
Indeed  he  haa  defended  all  the  principal 
cases,  among  which  wore  the  two  murder 
triala  of  Greenwood  and  Harding.  It  will 
also  be  rembered  that  ha  waa  assigned  by 
Judge  Burton  to  defend  Luke  Pbipps,  who 
was  tried  on  the  charge  of  murdering  his 
wife.  Altogether  his  professional  career 
haa  been  very  brilliant  and  successful.  He 
is  a  Rt^man  catholic,  but  liberal-minded 
enough  to  admit  that  all  religious  denomin- 
ations accomplish  ifood. 

nalllicws,  Wilbur  C,  Toronto,  was 
born  in  the  township  of  Vaughan,  Ontario,  in 
July,  1846.  Ue  remained  at  home  on  the 
farm  until  nineteen,  and  was  obliged  to  be 
content  with  such  educational  advantages 
as  the  district  school  of  that  day  afforded. 
After  leaving  home  he  attended  for  a  term 
at  the  commercial  college  of  Toronto  ;  and 
on  the  completion  of  his  studies  obtained  a 
poaitiou  in  the  Hegistrar's  department  at  Ot- 
tawa, where  he  remained  for  two  years;  but 
finding,  however,  no  ohanoe  for  prc^niotion 
here,  he  left  the  service,  and  took  a  position 
as  copying  clerk  in  the  Toronto  otfioe  of 
Dun,  Wiman  t\:  Co.  .Vftcr  a  short  appren- 
ticeship, he  was  sent  by  the  6rm  to  their 
branch  at  Albany,  N.  V  .  and  aftor  Iho 
yeaas  steady,  hard  work  as  clerk  and  travol- 
Ur  there,  the  tirm  offered  him  the  position 
of  manager  of  the  Memphis,  Tenuesso, 
ottioe.  Tliis  offer  he  acoepteil.  and  after 
hre  years  labour,  he  left  it  iu  a  nourishing 


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A  vyolofjedja  of 


ooDditioD.  Mr.  Matthews  was  married  in 
Memphis  ii*  October,  18tf3  ;  and  in  the  fol- 
lowing April  waa  appointed  manager  of  the 
Toronto  office,  with  Hamilton  aa  a  branch. 
On  leaving  Mempliia  he  woa  presented  with 
an  address  signed  by  the  entire  wholesale 
trade,  bankers  and  city  othcials,  accom- 
panied by  a  handsome  gold  watch.  Since 
taking  char^^e  in  Toronto  in  May,  1&84,  two 
additional  branches  have  been  opened,  one 
In  Winnipeg,  and  one  in  London,  and  the 
entire  business  txaa  been  more  than  doubled. 
Mr.  Matthews  takes  an  active  part  in  all 
athletic  sports.  Ue  was  mainly  instni- 
uieutal  iu  getting  up  the  Toronto  Athletic 
Urounds  Co.,  of  which  he  has  been  presi- 
dent since  it  started,  and  he  is  a  member 
of  the  (jranite  Curling  Rink,  and  an  officer 
of  the  Toronto  Lacrosse  Club.  Mr.  Mat^ 
ihowa  is  considered  an  active  and  pushing 
member  of  society,  and  is  well  liked  by  hia 
fellovr-citizens  for  his  genial  manners  and 
obliging  ways. 

Uolicrt},  William  Uurtou,  LL.B., 
B.C.L.,  St.  Thomas,  Ont. ,  waa  bom  iu 
London,  Ont.,  on  the  2i)th  of  October,  1854. 
Ue  is  a  son  of  William  and  Margaret  Doh- 
erty,  the  maiden  name  of  hia  mothur  being 
Burton.  Mr.  Doherty  was  in  the  euiploy 
of  the  Grand  Trunk  KaUway  fur  a  time, 
as  track  Huperiutendeni.  Hu  Iiod  a  family 
of  two  children,  William  Burton  being  the 
eldest.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Doherty  still  reside 
in  St.  Thomas.  The  parents  came  from  the 
County  Monaghan,  Ireland,  about  the  year 
]&45,  and  settled  in  Kin|h;ston,  afterwards 
removing  to  London.  In  iuG5  they  went  to 
St.  Thomas.  William  Burton  Doherty,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  was  educated  at  the 
St.  Thomas  Grammar  school,  and  in  1872 
commenced  the  study  of  law.  lie  is  aaid 
to  have  been  a  very  diligent  student ;  and 
in  1876  he  waa  called  to  the  bar  and  b^an 
to  practice  hia  profession  at  8t.  Thomas. 
Ue  brought  into  the  field  two  eaaentiala  to 
■aooeas,  a  sound  knowledge  of  the  theory  of 
the  law,  and  ])lenty  of  energy.  tie  very 
speedily  obtained  a  repute  for  professional 
ability  and  for  capefulneaa  ;  and  his  practice 
exhibited  a  steady  growth.  Ue  waa  for 
several  years  in  partnership  with  John 
Farley,  but  he  is  now  alone,  and  his  otlice  is 
in  the  building  known  as  Oddfellows*  Block. 
In  1880  he  received  from  the  University  of 
Toronto  the  degree  ot  LL.B.,  and  that  of 
B.C.L.  from  the  University  of  Trinity  Col- 
lege in  1884.  In  politics,  Mr.  Doherty  ia  a 
atrict  and  energetic  Conservative,  having  a 
very  strong  admiration  for  Sir  John  A.  Mac- 
donald.     In  educational  atl'aira  he  takes  a 


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hearty  interest,  and  waa  for  several 
member   of  the  educational    board 
Thomas.     Ue  is  a  proininent  member  of 
Maaonio  order,  having    held    the   officet  of 
master  of    St.  Mark'a   lc>dgo.  No,    44,   fur 
two  years,    and  Master  of  Nineveh  or^uncil 
of  select  masters.      Ue  ia  also  grand  <:<fiic«r 
of  the    Grand  Council   of    Cacuida,    and 
Knight  Templar.     In  reHgion  he  is  an  od 
herent  of  the  Church    of    England. 
Doherty  married,    in  1877,    Louisa,  el 
daughter  of  the  late  David  Pariah,  and 
one  time  mayor  of  St.  Thomas.     The 
of  this  marriage  is  two  children. 

nctcalf'c,  Jamea  llciir>',  Kingatoa, 
waa  born  at  the  City  of  Kingstoo,  on 
January,  1848,  and  is  a  son  of  Jo 
calfe,   of   Bainbridge,  Yorkshire, 
by  Gladys  bridget  Mathews,  of  Do 
England.     J.  U.  Metcalfe  was  edu 
the  Kingston  public  schools  and  the  Colle- 
giate  institute.     Ue   held  th«    position   of 
head  master  in  two  of  the  public*  schools  at 
Kiiigaton  for  aeveral  years,  and  coud 
the  uight-achool  olaaaes  for  the  public 
board  of  the  same  city  for  twelve  yea: 
sat  in  the  city  council  of  Kingston  fi>r 
number  of  years  aa  alderman  for  Fronlen 
ward.  Ho  ia  a  member  of  the  LO.O.F, 
has  taken  considerable  intervat  in  the  aifaiii 
of  that  society.  He  waa  elected  to  repreaenl 
Kingston  iu  the  Ontario  legislature  at  th» 
general  election  in  Juno,  1879,  and  again  in 
February,  1883,     In  politica  he  ia,  and  has 
always  been,  a  true-blue  Conservative.   MTa^h 
Metcalfe  visited  England  during  the   sun^H 
mer  of  1879,  and  during  the  past  four  yeat^^ 
ho    has   travelled   extenaivoly  through  our 
North-Weat  temtoriea.      In  religion  he  h 
always  been  an  adherent  of  the  Church  • 
Enghskd.  He  married  at  Kingston,  on  the  o 
August,  1869,  Margaret  Jane,  second  dang 
ter  of  Fraser  Clute,  late  of   South  Frede; 
icksburgh.     On  the  occasion  of  severing 
connection  with  Uio  teaching  profosaioii, 
teachers  of  the  public  schools  of  Ki 
conveyed  an  expression  of  their  esteeoi 
gooil  will  by  presenting  Mr.  Metcalfe  with  a 
silver  tea  service  and  an  illuminated  addre 
Mr.  Metcalfe  has  lived  in   Kingston  all 
life  except  the  summer  aeaaons  of  the  I 
few  years,  which  he  ai>ent  in  llie  North-W 
territory.      Ue  conducted   buaineaa    aa 
auctioneer  in  Kingston  for  two  years.  1 
and  1881,  and  in  the  North- West  territori 
during   the   summer  seasons   for  the 
years  following.     Mr.  Metcalfe  ia  a  mau 
almost  boundless  energy  and  enterprise, 
the  simple   record    which   we  haTe  givi 
plainly  ahowa. 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAFHY. 


9sn 


Colqnlioitn,liVilliain,  Cornwall,  was 
born  uu  Dtceinbwr  23rd,  1814,  at  Charlotte- 
burgh,  within  four  ruilrta  of  CornwftU,  Unt. 
He  is  &  son  of  Rnbovt  Colquhoun,  and  a 
grandson  of  \VaIt«r  Colquhoim,  proprie- 
tor of  CMico  Print  Works,  on  ihe  banks 
of  Kelvin  river,  Gilmour  Hill,  Glasgow. 
Robert,  his  father  camo  to  New  York  city 
in  1801,  where  he  entered  mercantile  life. 
In  1803  he  left  New  Vurk,  and  cume  to 
Canada,  settling  in  Cornwall,  where  he  com- 
menced biiMness  as  a  general  merchant.  A 
few  years  afterward  he  ixio\*ed  to  the  Indian 
reservation  on  the  front  of  Charlotteburg, 
in  the  County  of  Glengarry,  where  ho  car- 
ried on  a  mercantile  business  and  extensive 
fanning  itperations.  He  also  acted  ia  the 
capacity  of  Indian  agent.  Ho  continued  to 
reside  here  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  1828.  Robert  Colquhoun  married  Eliza- 
beth,  a  daughter  of  John  McNairn,  a  native 
of  Galloway,  Scotland,  who  moved  to  Peiin- 
■ylvanis,  on  the  banks  of  the  Susquehona. 
Aft«r  the  revolutionary  war,  in  which  he 
served  as  sergeant  in  the  British  forces.  Mr. 
McNatm  woa  obli;;ed  to  leave  hia  property, 
and  like  many  other  loyalists  came  to  Can- 
ada, settling  near  Cornwall.  Here  the 
mother  of  our  nubjeot  first  saw  the  light,  and 
she  IS  said  to  have  been  the  lirst  female 
white  child  born  in  the  settlement.  She 
died  in  1873.  in  her  eighty-ninth  year.  The 
issue  of  this  nmrriago  waa  four  sons  and  two 
daughters,  VViUiam  being  the  third  son. 
He  received  bis  early  education  at  the  Corn- 
wall Grammar  school,  conducted  by  the 
Rev.  Mr.  [^ith,  under  whom  he  received 
both  an  English  and  classical  education. 
When  he  waa  thirteen,  he  left  home  for 
Montreal,  and  entered  mercantile  pursuits. 
He  afterwards  commenced  busineas  for  him- 
self ot  Dickinson's  Landing,  Ontario  ;  and 
iu  1841  ho  was  appointed  the  first  post- 
tnaaierof  that  place— the  post  ot^ces  being 
then  under  Imperial  control — and  this  post- 
timi  he  n'tnined  until  IH(kJ,  when  he  re- 
tired, having  served  a  period  of  twontj*-two 
yean.  Hia  general  mercantile  bnsineaa  he 
oonUnuvd  until  187(3,  when  he  removed  to 
CortiwaU.  When  the  Ontario  Municipal 
KkA  became  law,  Mr.  Colquhoun  became 
the  first  treasurer  of  the  township  uf  Usna- 
bmck,  which  jxtaition  he  hold  until  elect- 
ed  to  the  council  in  185*^.  He  was  elected 
warden  of  the  united  counties  of  Stor- 
mont,  l>undas  and  Glengarry,  in  lAao,  hav- 
ing pverioaaly  served  aa  reeve  for  his  own 
township.  In  184^^)  he  was  a  candidate 
for  th«  parliament  <'f  Canada,  but  in  oonae- 
quonce  of  tho  too  brief  space  of  lime  for 


canvass,  he  was  ntuaccessful.  In  1867  Mr. 
Colquhoun  was  returned  for  the  County  of 
Stormont,  for  the  first  legislature  of  Ontario, 
as  a  supporter  of  the  8andfield  Macdonald 
administration.  In  1871  he  was  elected 
again  for  this  constituency  over  the  late 
James  Bethune,  Q.C.  His  majority  how- 
ever, waa  narrow,  and  in  consequence  was 
contested,  this  being  tho  first  protest  under 
the  controverted  election  act.  A  conipro- 
miae  was  finally  agreed  upon,  each  party 
paying  his  own  cost«,  and  a  new  election 
was  ordered.  This  took  place  in  1872,  when 
Mr.  Bethune  waa  returned  by  a  majority  of 
thirty-four.  Mr.  Colquhoun  tried  conclu- 
sions with  Mr.  Bethune  again  in  1875,  as  no 
other  person  could  bu  found  to  do  so  ;  btit 
he  was  again  unsnocessfal.  In  1878  Mr. 
Cohjuhoun  was  elected  president  of  the  Con- 
servative Association  of  the  Electoral  Div- 
ision of  Cornwall,  which  position  he  held 
for  some  time.  After  coming  to  Cornwall, 
Mr.  Colquhoun  took  an  interest  in  munici- 
pal poliUcs,  and  in  1879  was  elected  to  tho 
ct>uncil.  He  filled  the  mayor's  chair  in 
1881,  1882  and  1883,  each  year  being  re- 
turned by  acclamation.  Air.  Colquhoun  has 
erected  some  of  the  finest  buildings  in 
Cornwall,  both  commercial  and  otherwise  ; 
and  he  in  unquestionably  one  of  its  m<^t 
enterprising  spirita  in  the  commnnity.  He 
has  viaited  Great  Britain  and  tho  continent, 
and,  of  course,  the  greater  portion  of  our 
own  country  and  the  United  States.  He 
married  in  1852.  Heater,  daughter  of  Mar- 
tin Bailey,  of  Massachusetts,  U.S.,  whose 
mother  came  of  C .  E.  loyalist  stock . 
There  is  a  family  of  nine  children,  four  of 
whom  are  living,  one  son  and  three  daugh- 
ters. Mr  Colquhoun  was  appointed  J.  P. 
over  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago.  In  his 
case  the  office  was  anything  but  a  sinecure, 
the  American  border  being  so  near,  and  fur- 
nishini;  important  and  at  the  same  time 
diffictilt  aises  for  adjiidication. 

iiilliiioiir,  Allan,  Sr,  City  of  Ottawa, 
was  btirn  on  the  ^Ilrd  of  August,  IH16,  in 
the  parish  of  Shotta,  Lanarkshire.  Scotland. 
His  father  was  a  farmer,  and  the  family  con- 
sisted of  five  children,  AUan  being  an  only 
sou.  Of  the  sisters  one  is  dead,  and  the 
others  still  live  near  the  place  where  they 
were  bom.  The  father  died  at  the  ripe  age 
of  ninety-three,  and  the  mother  in  her  sixty- 
fifth  year.  Allan  received  a  common  country 
schoi>l  education,taking  one  year  at  Glasgow, 
with  which  to  conclude  his  ooune.  Allan 
(rilmour  had  an  uncle  named  Allan  Gilmoar, 
after  whom  our  subject  was  named,  and  it 
is  meet  that  we  should  have  something  to 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


•ay  about  hu  career.  This  uncle  wu  brought 
up  to  the  trade  of  a  house  carpenter,  but 
the  occupation  did  not  tit  itaeU  to  hia  taste 
or  his  ambition,  and  be  fnrtnod  a  partner- 
ship with  two  young  men  of  his  neighbour- 
hood^ John  and  Arthur  PoUok,  by  name. 
These  possessed  some  capital^  and  together 
they  oommenced  business  aa  lumber  mer- 
ehaoU,  in  Glasgow^  under  the  tirui  name 
of  "-PoUok,  Ciilmour&  Co."  They  soon 
added  to  their  lumber  operations  the  ship- 
ping; business  connected  with  that  trade, 
establiahing  branches  of  their  hoiuo  in  Que- 
bec, Montreal,  Miramichi  and  other  points. 
They  built  many  ships  at  Quebec,  and  gra- 
dually added  to  their  Beet  till  they  became 
one  of  the  largest  sailing-ship  owners  in  the 
world.  The  Miramichi  business  was  com- 
menced about  1820,  under  the  conjoint  man- 
agement  of  James  Gilmour,  (an  uncle  also 
of  our  subject,  and  a  brother  to  Mr.  Gil- 
mour  of  the  Glasgow  house),  and  Alexander 
Kankiu,  the  tirm  being  known  aa  Gilmuur, 
Rankin  &  Co.  Both  of  these  gentlemen 
have  been  long  since  dead.  The  Quebec 
business  was  commenced  in  1828,  and  was 
known  aa  that  of  "  AlUn  Gilmour  &.  Co.,' 
under  the  management  of  Allan  GiUnonr, 
nephew  of  Mr.  Gilmour  of  the  Glasgow 
firm,  and  cousin  of  the  subject  of  tbia 
•ketch.  In  1830  the  manager  was  joined 
by  Ilia  two  brothers,  John  and  David,  as 
aasiatants  ;  and  theee  two  gentlemen  after- 
wards, iu  1840,  became  partners  in  the 
business  when  their  elder  brother,  Allan, 
left  to  take  the  place  of  his  and  our  subject's 
uncle,  in  the  Glasgow  tirm.  This  uncle  re- 
tired in  order  to  become  a  landed  proprietor 
in  Renfrewshire.  He  died  nut  long  after- 
wards, leaving  hia  estate  of  "Eaglesham" 
to  a  nephew  of  the  same  name,  he  having 
elected,  like  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  to 
live  a  bachelor^s  life.  The  Montreal  firm, 
we  may  aay,  was  established  at  the  same 
time  as  that  of  Quebec,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  William  Ritchie,  a  nephew  of  Mr. 
Gilmour  of  the  Glasgow  firui.  This  house 
waa  known  as  "William  Hitchie  &  Co.," 
and  it  carried  on  for  many  years  a  whole- 
sale dry  goods  and  grocery  business,  besides 
supplying  parties  engaged  in  the  nianufnc- 
ture  of  sqxiare  timber  on  the  Ottawti  river 
and  its  tributaries.  To  this  firm  was  Allan 
Gihuour,  the  subject  of  this  memoir,  sent 
out  with  hia  cousin  James,  in  1832,  the  first 
year  of  the  dread  cholera  period.  The  two 
yaung  men  entered  the  bouse  as  clerks,  and 
remained  in  such  capacity  with  it  till  1S40, 
when  Mr.  Ritcliie  retired  from  the  business, 
and  they  assumed  the  management,  the  firm 


changing  its  name  to  that  uf  '^  Gilmour 
Co."  An  agency  was  then  established 
Bytown  (the  present  city  of  Ottawa 
place  being  the  centre  of  lumber  o 
in  the  Ottawa  region,  the  i>bjcct 
procure  timber  and  sawn  lumber 
region  for  the  Quebec  market.  The 
lar  duty  of  Allan  Gilmour  was  to  peniouilly 
superintend  the  operations  \  and  to  this  end 
he  paid  occasional  visits  from  Montreal  to 
Bytown,  and  to  the  forests  where  the  buai- 
neaa  was  being  carried  on.  In  1853  he  took 
up  a  permanent  residence  in  Bytown.  the 
Montreal  business liaving aubscf|ueiiily  l*e 
reduced  to  tlie  position  of  an  agency,  upu 
the  retirement  of  James  Gilmour,  and 
contuuied  for  a  number  of  years,  when 
was  closed.  Besides  the  B<]uare-timber 
nesa  carried  on  by  the  tirm  at  Ottawa,  tbu 
were  the  large  saw  mill  establishments 
the  Oatine&u  water-miUa,  and  the  Tren 
steam  mills ;  and  both  of  these  are  i 
operated  by  the  sons  of  the  late  John  G 
mour  of  the  Quebec  tirm.  The  firm  of  '*G 
mour  &  Co.,"  under  the  mauHgemeut 
Allan  Gilmour,  also  established  and  work 
for  a  number  of  years  saw  mills  on 
North  Nation  and  Blanche  rivers, 
taries  of  the  Ottawa,  retiring  al 
from  the  buAiness  at  the  close  of  1873. 
a  long  period  it  may  be  stated  that  the  lorn 
ber  trade  of  Canada  waa  so  troubleoome, 
ductuating  and  uuproHtable,  and  made  su^ 
constant  demands  upon  the  attention 
the  subject  of  our  memoir,  that  fur  a  loug 
period  of  years  he  wft»  not  permitted  to  be 
absent  upon  personal  recreation  save  fur 
the  briefest  time.  But  the  tide  turned  at 
last,  and  with  more  prospcrouB  timas  he 
had  more  leisure  to  devote  to  his  kMtet. 
And  finding  much  enjoyment  in  ahooUng, 
fishing,  and  steam -yachting,  he  luis  iudulgw 
himself  in  these  recreations  for  a  number 
of  years.  He  has  visited  the  prairies  of 
the  western  States  and  our  Canadian  lakes 
and  marshes  for  the  sport  that  they  afford. 
Mr.  Gilmour  has  also  been,  for  many  yrars, 
a  member  of  the  widely-kuown  Long  Poiol 
Shooting  Company,  but  for  the  past  t 
or  three  years  hu  has  had  his  shooting 
the  companionship  of  this  must  enJL>yabl« 
association,  done  for  him  by  willing  pA\}xi68. 
Although  hale  and  active,  he  is  not 
devoted  now  as  in  other  years  to  quick 
tramping  and  the  rough-and-tumble  that 
fall  to  the  lot  of  the  professional  8|K>rts- 
man.  He  has  spent  no  fewer  than  twenty 
one  seasons  sahuon-hshing  on  the  rir 
Qodbout,  north  shore  of  the  St.  Law 
rence,  near  Point  dea  Monta,  head  of  (b« 


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Oalf,  mining  only  one  year  in  the  conw- 
cuttTO  series.  Bat  Mr.  Oilmour  hiu  not 
oonfinod  his  tmrela  to  Canada  and  the 
iiit«d  States.  He  has  been  all  over  Scot* 
d,  through  parts  of  England,  and  in  1874 
5  visited  France,  Switzerland,  Belgium, 
Italy,  and  parts  of  Germany  and  Austria. 
He  nss  also  travelled  in  Kfrypt  as  far  up  as 
the  island  of  Philue  at  the  head  of  the  tirst 
cataract,  orer  which  he  ran  in  a  row  boat  of 
about  16  X  5  feet.  None  of  his  own  part^ 
would  join  him  in  the  dangerous  experi- 
ment, BO,  occuuipanied  by  6ve  Nubians,  ho 
dared  the  rapids  and  had  a  splendid  run  over 
theni.  Ho  describes  them  a>  somewhat  re- 
sembling the  St.  Lawrence  rapids  at  Laohine 
and  LoUK  >^ault.  The  old  tombs,  temples 
^d  pyramids,  most  of  which  he  visited,  he 
und  the  moat  interesting  of  all  the  romnins 
an  ancient  civilization  that  he  had  ever 
looked  upon;  and  "Wilkinson's  Ancient 
£gypt"  ho  says  will  be  found  to  contain  the 
beat  accounts  and  illustrations  of  these 
wonderful  and  most  interesting  structures. 
othing,  he  declares,  but  a  personal  exarain- 
n  will  convey  an  adequate  idea  of  these 
ODuments  of  the  thought  and  the  civiliza- 
n  of  that  wonderful  land.  After  spend- 
about  six  weeks  in  Egypt,  he  started 
away  with  six  of  his  companions  of  the  Nile 
trip  for  Palestine,  visiting  the  greater  part  of 
that  hallowed  land  on  horseback.  The  route 
travel  commenced  at  Beirout  snd  lay  ahmg 
Mediterranean  shore  to  what  remains  of 
e  cities  of  Sidon,  Tyre,  Acre,  with  M<iunt 
Camiel ;  from  this  i>oint  he  proceeded  to 
Jatfa,  thence  to  Solomon's  Pools,  Hebron, 
thUhem,  along  the  Dead  Sea.  the  Jordan, 
Jericho  and  the  FuuntBinsof  Elisha.  In 
•rusalem  and  its  neighbourhood  the  party 
«nt  a  week  and  thence  returned  to  Jaffa, 
n^  ship  at  that  |Mirt  for  Naples,  the 
int  from  which  they  had  started.  The 
either  was  propitious,  and  the  passage 
s  marked  by  no  mishap.  Mr.  Oilmour 
Ids  the  rank  of  major  in  the  militia, 
:>ugh  one  frequently  hoars  him  named 
Colonel  Gilmour."  He  obtained  his  rank 
whiU  drill  and  organisation  were  proceed- 
to  re{>el  the  tlu^atened  Fenian  invasion. 
.  Ctilmour  was  Kirn  and  brought  up  in 
0  Presbyterian  faith,  Church  of  Scotland, 
t  for  a  long  time  he  has  been  very  much 
church,  thinking  well  of  all  denomin- 
ona  ami  creeds  who  exercise  an  influence 
good  over  the  lives  of  their  membership. 
Gilmour  has  always  been  a  lover  of 
nrything  beautiful  and  grand  in  nature, 
d  to  this  fact  we  trace  his  admiration 
r  art     For  yean  he  haa  pnrohaaod  pic- 


tures that  attracted  his  taste,  and  he  now 
has  in  his  residence,  overlooking  the  Ot- 
tawa river,  at  the  Capital,  one  of  the  best 
private  collections  of  pictorial  art  in  Can- 
ada. Many  of  the  pictures  are  the  products 
of  tirst- class  artists  ;  and  all  clasaes  of  sub- 
jects are  represented,  from  the  bare,  ma- 
jestic walls  of  Scandinavian  fjords,  with 
chill,  clear  water  rippling  at  their  feet,  to 
the  soft,  sensuous  blue  nf  Italian  skies.  Our 
own  scenery,  that  altenmtee  so  swiftly  from 
gorgeousneas  to  gloom,  is  not  neglected 
either  ;  and  there  is  hardly  a  picture  in  the 
collection  that  will  not  delight  whomsoever 
has  the  true  instinct  and  the  gift  to  appreci- 
ate. In  his  handsome  residence,  so  beautitied 
with  art,  Mr.  Gilmour  spends  his  most  en- 
joyable hours,  devoting  himself  to  reading, 
and  the  recreations  of  a  cultured  retire- 
ment. Those  who  have  the  pleasure  of 
enjoying  the  personal  friendship  of  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  could  not  say  enough  to 
you  of  the  generosity  of  his  heairt,  and  of 
his  fine  and  manly  character. 

Ilnrdy,  Ilofi.  Aribur  Stiir|ris,Q.C., 
M.P.  P.  for  South  Brant,  and  Provincial 
Secretary  and  Registrar  of  the  Government 
of  Ontario,  was  bom  at  Mount  Pleasant, 
Oonnty  of  Brant,  on  the  14th  of  December, 
IU37.  Ue  is  a  son  of  Russell  and  Juletta 
(Sturgis)  Hardy,  both  of  whom  were  de- 
scended from  U.  £.  loyalist  stock.  Ituss'-U 
Hardy  was  br>m  in  Canada,  and  was  at  one 
period  of  his  life  a  merchant  in  Brautford  ; 
his  wife  WAS  also  a  native  Canadian.  Arthur 
Sturgis  attended  the  academy  kept  by  the 
Rev.  NV.  \V.  Nelles  for  some  years  at  Mount 
Pleasant;  then  the  Urammar  school  of 
Brant  county,  and  the  academy  at  Rock- 
wood,  near  Guelph.  Having  completed  his 
educational  course  he  read  law  for  a  time  at 
Brantford,  and  completed  his  legal  studiuB 
in  Toronto,  in  the  office  of  Mr.  (afterwards 
Chief  Justice)  Harrison  and  Thomas  Hod- 
gins.  LL.B.,  Q.C.  At  Easter  terra.  18G5. 
he  was  called  t"  the  bar,  and  without  delay 
betfau  practice  at  Brantford,  where  he  haa 
since  continued  his  legal  labours,  save  for 
the  interruptions  imposed  by  his  connection 
with  the  Executive  of  the  province  at  To- 
ronto. From  the  very  outset  it  was  safe  to 
predict  a  brilliant  and  a  vigorous  profes- 
sional career  for  Arthur  Sturgis  Harny,  for 
he  had  conspicuous  natural  brilliancy  :  ha 
was  daring,  and  he  had  fire  and  unusual 
mental  alertness.  He  soon  became  head  of 
the  bar  in  his  county,  and  had  vstablishsd 
for  himself  an  enduring  provincial  reputa- 
tion. In  18(>7  ho  became  ciiy  solicitor  for 
Brantford  ;  in  1876  he  was  elected  a  benehsr 


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A  CYCLOPMVIA  OF 


of  the  Law  Sooiety  of  OnUrio,  and  in  the 

following  yearwu  invested  with  the  Queen 
counfleller'a  ^own.  Mr.  Hardy  ia  &  member 
of  the  legal  firm  of  Hardy^  Wilkes  tt  Jones, 
and  tho  oumiuon  law  and  chancery  busi- 
D088  done  by  this  firm  ia  very  large.  Mr. 
Hardy's  apeehcvs  have  been  alwaya  ex- 
tremely popular,  for  his  fervid  eloquence, 
and  his  strong,  dear  and  logical  methods  of 
reasoning  give  him  a  marked  intluenco  over 
juries.  In  criminal  cases  his  success  has 
always  been  conspicuous,  and  this  is  to  bo 
AS  much  attributed  to  his  natural  gift  of 
swaying  the  sentiment,  as  to  his  lucid  and 
vigurous  presentation  of  the  case.  In  1873 
he  was  tirst  elected  to  parliament  for  South 
Brant,  upon  the  resignation  of  tlie  Hon. 
Edmund  Burke  Wood,  afterwards  chief 
justice  of  Manitoba.  At  the  general  elec- 
tion of  1875  he  was  elected  by  acclamation 
for  the  same  constituency  ;  and  in  March, 
1B77,  he  entered  the  OntArio administration 
as  provincial  secretary  and  registrar.  Upon 
appealing  to  his  constituents  he  was  aj^ain 
elected  by  acclamation  \  and  he  has  been  re- 
elected for  the  same  constitueacy  at  every 
eloction  since.  A  man  so  marked  at  the 
bar  might  be  expected  to  take  a  leading 
place  in  political  life  ;  and  this  the  Hon. 
Arthur  Sturgis  Hardy  baa  done.  He  is  one 
of  the  stroogest  nieuibdrs  in  the  Mowat  ad- 
ministration, and  has  no  superior  in  the 
House  as  a  ready  and  effective  speaker.  He 
has  the  gift  of  being  able  to  *'  think  on  his 
legs/'  and  is  therefore  at  no  disadvantage 
even  against  most  carefully  elaborated  at- 
tack. His  characteristics  aa  a  debater  are 
his  facility  for  detecting  weak  points  in  his 
opponent,  his  ready  repartee,  and  the  per- 
sonal enthusiasm  and  earnestness  with  which 
he  infuaes  his  statements.  There  is,  too,  a 
spice  of  the  darin^^  in  his  methods;  a  quality 
which  can  only  he  aired  with  safety  by  a 
man  like  Mr.  Hardy,  who  is  sure  of  his 
ground,  and  who  remains  master  of  the  situ- 
ation, oven  though  his  case  be  a  shaky  one. 
\l  there  is  a  diltiouU  county  to  contest,  and 
the  fate  of  government  is  not  sure  in  that 
quarter,  thither  is  it  always  considered  expe- 
dient that  Mr.  Hardy  must  go.  And  the 
more  Berce  the  onteat,  the  harder  the 
blows  struck,  the  more  does  it  seeui  to  he 
according  to  the  humour  of  the  man.  Nor  can 
we  call  to  mind  any  case  where  he  has  not 
come  triumphant  out  of  the  encounter.  As 
head  of  a  very  important  branch  of  the 
government,  Hon.  Mr.  Hardy  tinds  his  time 
fully  occupied.  In  addition  to  the  work 
proper  of  the  Provincial  Secretary's  depart- 
ment, there  haa,  during  his  term  of  office, 


been  added  to  the  duties  of  that  depftftm 
those  of  the  Immigration  branch,  the  Ll 
cense  branch,  the  audit  of  criminal  jnsi ' 
accounts,  the  Division  Court  inspecturship, 
thoae  relating  to  that  uf  births,  marriafi:c!« 
and  deatha,  and  those  arising  under  tbi 
JoLUt  Stock  Companies  Act  in  oonneciio 
with  the  issue  of  charters  to  companies. 
Upon  the  retirement  of  Hon.  Mr.  WotkI' 
from  the  Treasury,  there  was  also  added 
the  department  of  the  Provincia]  Seciv 
the  department  of  Prisons,  Charitiea  an 
Public  Institutions.  The  department  of 
the  Provincial  Secretary  is,  therefore,  now 
one  of  the  heaviest  of  the  goTemmental 
departments.  As  a  legislator,  Hon.  21r 
Hardy  has  since  his  entrance  into 
House  taken  hia  full  share.  He  has  in 
duced  and  carried  through  large  measn 
amending  and  conauUdating  the  Jurors'  .^ct; 
several  important  meaaures  connected  with 
the  Liquor  License  laws  ;  important  amend- 
ments enlarging  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Division  courts  \  measures  relating  to  Joint 
Stock  c^>mpani«9  ;  and  usually,  as  chairman 
of  the  Municipal  committee,  has  had  charge 
of  the  act  embracing  all  of  the  amendments 
of  the  aeaaion  to  the  municipal  acta.  It  ii 
not  neoesaary  to  add  thai  Mr.  Hardy  is  a 
Reformer.  In  religion  he  gives  his  adher- 
ence to  the  Church  of  England.  He  married 
on  the  19th  January,  1870,  Mary,  daughter 
of  the  late  Hon.  Justice  Morrison,  and  has 
issue  four  children. 

Jcssup,  llnmllton  Dibble,  Preaoott, 
Ontario,  Physician  and  Surgeon,  was  bom 
on  tho  2nd  May,  18(Mi,  in  the  township  of 
Augusta,  County  of  Grenvillc,  Province  of 
Upper  Canada.  He  is  the  grandson  of  Major 
Edward  Joasup,  who  commanded  a  colotual 
corps  which  was  kuowu  as  the  loyal  Ameri- 
can regiment,  and  who  was  bom  tn  ths 
pariah  of  Stanford,  in  the  County  of  Fair- 
field, Province  of  Connecticut,  in  1735. 
Ho  was  the  son  of  Joseph  Jeasup,  who  died 
in  Montreal,  in  177U,  and  grandson  o!  Ed- 
ward Jessup,  and  great  grandson  of  Edward 
Jeaaup,  whoemigratud  from  England,  abnui 
1040,  and  settled  in  the  cidony  of  New  York, 
At  the  breaking  out  of  the  revolutionary 
war.  Major  Jcaaup  and  his  fAmily  resided  ' 
at  the  City  of  Albany,  New  York,  where  he 
waa  extensively  engaged  in  bt;  -A  m 

the  possession  of  a  tract  of  r><  i  of 

land,  a  full  description  of  whi^...  id  i.j.tid  in 
the  documentary  history  of  Now  Y^ork, 
under  the  title  uf  **  Jeuup's  Patent,"  A 
staunch  loyalist.  Major  Jessup  sacrificed  his 
fortune  by  taking  up  arms  for  the  king,  lu 
1777  hs  joined  the  army  under 


T  the  kJDg.    lu  ^ 


CANADIAN  BIOGHAPBY. 


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who  WM  then  marching  upon  Ticonderaga, 
kod  continued  in  the  sem'oe  until  the  close 
of  the  war,  when  the  major  proceeded  to 
Canada  with  hit  corps,  which  then  became 
known  aa  ^'Jessup's  Rangers."  They  were 
first  stationed  at  lalo  atix  Noix,  and  aubso- 

Suently  at  St.  Denis,  St.  Charloe,  Rivi^ro 
u  Chine,  Vercheres  and  Sorel.  Wlien 
p««oe  was  declared  in  1783,  large  tracts  of 
Eaod  were  granted  by  the  Crowa  to  the  offi- 
cers and  men,  who  accompanied  by  their 
famtliea  in  the  spring  of  17B4,  proceeded  up 
the  river  St.  Lawrence,  thus  commencing 
the  settlements  of  Leeds  and  Grenville. 
Addiiigton  and  the  Bay  of  Qutnt6.  After 
locating  bis  men,  Major  Jessup  proceeded 
to  England,  where  he  remainea  for  several 
years.  IfMien  he  returned  he  settled  in  the 
township  of  Augusta,  County  of  Grenville, 
on  lots  numbers  one,  two  and  three  in  the 
lat  concession.  In  1810,  ho  laid  out  the  town 
of  Preaoott,  where  he  died  in  February, 
1816,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years.  Lieu- 
tenant Edward  Jessup,  only  son  of  Major 
Jessup,  was  bom  in  the  City  of  Albany, 
Province  of  Xew  Vork.  Ue  became  a  lieu- 
tenant in  the  Royal  rangers,  went  to  Eng- 
land with  his  father,  and  returned  with  him 
to  Canada.  In  1793  he  was  elected  to  re- 
present the  eastern  division  in  the  Legisla- 
txve  Assembly  of  the  Province  of  Upper 
Canada,  and  in  January  18()0  was  appointed 
by  Lieutenant-Governor  Hunter  to  the  clerk- 
ahip  of  the  |>eaoe,  for  the  district  of  Johns- 
town. In  1809  he  was  appointed  by  Lieu- 
tenant-Govemor  Gore,  as  lieutenant-oolonol 
of  the  1st  regiment  of  Leeds  militia.  He 
died  at  Prk»scott,  in  1815,  leaving  a  wife  and 
aevon  children,  Hve  sons  and  two  daughtera. 
Dr.  H.  D.  Jessup  the  fourth  son  is  now  the 
only  one  of  the  seven  children  living.  Ue 
received  his  education  at  the  district  Gram- 
mar school  in  Augusta,  under  the  direction 
of  the  late  Rev.  John  Bethune,  dean  of 
Moatreal,  and  brother  of  Alexander  Beth- 
nne,  seoood  bishop  of  Toronto.  In  1)^25 
Km  was  articled  to  William  Caldwell,  M.D., 
*t  Montreal,  as  a  student  of  medicine; 
in  Oct4i>wr,  1820,  he  reouived  his  license 
to  praciice  medtcme  in  Upper  Canada, 
and  in  February,  18^i0,  for  Lower  Can- 
ada, lie  practised  his  profession  for  abuut 
thirty  yrori,  at  Prescott.  IhirLug  the  trou- 
bles of  IS37-C$8,  he  was  captain  of  a  com- 
pany of  ntditia,  under  Colonel  Young,  and 
took  part  in  the  «ngageBMnl  at  fVeaoott, 
which  i>ccnrred  in  November.  1838,  known 
Htho  Battle  of  the  Wind  Mill.  In  1814 
h*  waa  oIect«d  to  parliament  fur  the  County 
oC    OreuviUe.     Ue   waa  for   several    years 


mayor  af  the  town  of  Presoott,  and  was  two 
or  three  times  made  warden  of  the  united 
counties  nf  Leeds  and  (irenvitle.  In  July 
185(>  he  waa  appointed  captain  of  the  Ist 
Volunteer  rilles  of  Presoott,  and  in  Novem- 
ber of  the  aamo  year  ho  was  appointed  lieu- 
tenant-colonel of  the  militia  Force  of  Canada. 
Ill  April,  1807*  he  was  appointed  lieutenant- 
culouel  of  the  56th  battalidn  of  infantry, 
and  in  1883,  after  twenty-six  years  of  ser- 
vice in  the  active  force  of  Canada,  owing  to 
his  advanced  age  ho  withdrew  from  the 
force  In  18(^7.  Dr.  Jessup  was  appointed 
to  the  cillectonhip  of  customs,  at  Prescott, 
which  office  he  filled  for  eighteen  years.  At 
his  own  re<{uest  he  was  placed  on  ihe  retired 
list  in  1885.  Dr.  Jessup  married  Sophia 
Mutildii,  daughter  of  Michel  Trudeau,  of 
Montreal.  By  this  union  he  has  two  stma 
and  three  daughters  living.  Eiward  Jes- 
sup, his  son,  is  collector  of  customs  at  Prt»- 
cott.  Ontario.  One  who  has  kuuwn  this 
worthy  gentleman,  and  whose  opinion  can 
be  trusted,  says  that  he  is  one  of  Nature's 
noblemen,  and  could  not  be  anything  but  a 
gentleman  if  he  tried.  Not  wisely,  but  too 
well,  is  the  phrase  that  might  be  sometimes 
applied  to  his  career ;  for  the  man  was  at 
the  bottom  of  his  heart  nnsultish,  and  only 
cared  about  the  advancement  of  the  interests 
entrusted  to  his  charge.  Too  great  devo- 
tion to  the  aSairs  of  bis  town  and  county 
stood  in  the  way  of  that  wide  opulence 
which  lay  in  his  path  had  he  chosen  to  de- 
vutti  his  great  talents  and  his  industry  solely 
to  the  advancement  of  his  own  private  for- 
tunes. In  politics  he  always  luu  been  a 
ConsarTativo. 

lunes,  Re%*.  GcorRemgiion,  ISI.A., 
Canon  and  Rector  of  8t.  I'sul's  Cathedral, 
London,  Ontario,  was  bom  at  Weyinouth, 
England,  on  the  2\%i  January,  I82(i.  He 
is  a  son  of  John  Buntet  Innes  and  Mary 
Evans,  his  father  being  a  clergyman  nf  the 
Episcopal  church.  Tlie  Innenes  are  de«cend- 
ed  fnim  an  ancient  Scottish  military  family, 
John  Boutet  lunes  being  a  couoiii  of  the 
late  Duke  of  Iloxbi>rr>ugh.  The  Mii;nous,  of 
which  family  the  Rev.  O.  M.  Innes'  paternal 
grandmother  was  a  mamber,  were  Hugue- 
nots, Count  Mignon  de  Chais(>au  oseaptng 
from  France  in  Ui88,  concealed  in  a  soap 
barret.  G^orire  Alignon  Innes  was  educated 
at  Mill-hill  Grammar  schtHd  ;  pasMHl  bis 
examination  for  the  army  at  Sandhurst  Mili- 
tary college  ;  and  received  a  commissiiin  in 
the  army  in  184D.  His  service  extended 
over  a  period  of  twelve  yean  in  the  Royal 
Canadian  Rilies,  and  he  retired  ai  captain  in 
186L     He  then  studied  theology,  was  or- 


A  CTChOPJEDlA  OF 


dained  deacrm  &t  liondon,  id  18G2,  by  the 
Biiihop  of  Huron  ;  wm  ordained  priest  in 
the  foUowiiiif  year,  and  received  the  appoint- 
ment  of  incumbent  of  Chnat'a  church,  Lon- 
don. In  1^503  he  went  to  Quebec  ai  aasiatant 
minister  of  the  cathedrftl  in  that  city  ,-  but 
in  18G8  he  returned  to  London  an  ansiatant 
miniater  of  St.  Paul'a  cathtxlral.  In  1871 
bo  became  canon  and  reotor  of  the  cathedral, 
and  haa  since  continued  to  adttrn  that  posi- 
tion by  his  piety,  his  learning  and  his  zeal. 
His  whole  enthusiasm  is  in  his  pariah,  and 
the  kiudneas  of  his  heart  is  sbovn  by  his 
tender  attentions  to  the  tacV.  He  is  strictly 
of  the  KvanicoUcal  school,  and  his  preaching 
and  reading  are  made  both  pleasant  and  im- 

Ciaive  by  his  full  and  musical  voice.  He 
p  as  one  writer  justly  remarks,  nn  ex- 
ceedingly **  pointed  way  of  putting  things." 
His  congregation,  it  need  hardly  be  said, 
includes  some  of  the  leading  families  in 
London  ;  and  he  has  a  stronf^  influence  for 

food  in  ever>'  way  in  his  pariah.  Frtjm 
Lishop's  College,  Lennoivillo,  Quebec, 
Canon  Innes  received  his  degree  of  master 
of  arts.  Canon  Inues  haa  been  twice  mar- 
ried, first,  in  Uctcjber,  1854,  to  Elizabeth 
Anne,  only  daughter  of  Cul.  Juhn  Clarke, 
of  the  76th  regiment.  She  died  in  18l'i5, 
leaving  one  son  and  three  daughters.  He 
married  again  on  the  6th  May,  1807,  Ann, 
daughter  of  Daniel  McCallum.  of  Quebec. 
Canon  Innes  has  a  very  extensive  library, 
and  few  men  put  their  books  to  bettor  use 
than  he. 

ToiK'nitlicnd,  Charles  Jamen.  Am- 
herst, ex-M.P.  for  Uamberland.  N.S.,  was 
bom  at  Amherst,  Nova  Scotia,  on  2'2nd 
March,  1B44.  He  is  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Canon 
Townshend.  rector  of  Amherst,  and  RliKa- 
beth,  his  wife,  daughter  of  the  late  Hon- 
ourable Alexander  Stewart.  C.B.,  formerly 
master  of  the  ]{^lls  nf  the  Province  of  Nova 
Scotia,  and  judge  of  the  Vice-Admiralty 
Court.  Canon  Townshend  is  tho  son  of  the 
late  Honourable  William  Townshend  of 
Wrexham,  Erglnnd.  The  family  are  de- 
scendants of  tlie  Townshonds  of  Norfolk, 
England.  Charles  James  Townshend  was 
educated  at  the  CoUcgiatu  schoul,  Wmdsor, 
Nova  Scotia,  and  subset]uently  at  tho  Uni- 
versity ol  King's  College,  Windsor,  where  he 
graduated  with  high  honours  in  1862.  Uia 
chief  studies  were  classics,  matheinatioa,  and 
French  and  German.  He  took  the  dei^ree 
of  B.A.  in  186;i,  and  B.C.L.  in  1872.  '  In 
the  old  Nova  Scotia  militia  ho  was  gazetted 
captain  Ist  Cumberland  regiment  in  1863, 
and  the  next  year  was  appointed  adjutaitt 
to   the  same  regiment.     He   continued   an 


active  officer  until  the  change  made  after 
Confederation  reorganlEiug  the  whole  iy»- 
leni,  when  he  retired  fciu  farther  otmueo 
tion  with  the  service.     Mr.  Tuwosheu 
admitted  to  the  bar  of   the  Supreme 
of   Nova  Scotia  in   April.  18ti6,    and 
continued  in  active  practice  up  to  theprMcn 
time.     He  studied  law  in   tho   otfioe  of  t 
Honourable  Senator   Dickey  at    Ambers 
Nova  Soutiu.     Shortly  after  Mr.  Towushcn 
had    been    admitted    to    the    bar,     SenaU^i 
Dickey  retired  from  [tractice,   aud  he  au 
ceeded   to  a  large   and    lucrative    I'Usini 
He  haa  been  a  leading   counsel   iu  the  p 
vinco  for  many  yours  poal,  and  has  been  ea- 
gaged  in  all  jm[Kfrtant  cases  in  Cumberlaa 
and  in  some  of  tho  adjoining  counties 
1881    he  was   appointed    by  the    Domini 
goveniuient  a  Q.C.      In  1874  he  was  norn 
ated  by  the  Liberal-Coikservative  conventioa 
as  local  candidate  for  the  County  of  Cumber- 
land.    He  contested  the  seat,  and  was  de> 
feated  by  a  small  mnjuHty,  owing  to  an  un- 
fortnnate  split  in  tho  Conservative   ranks, 
which  resulted  in  throe  Conservative  can- 
didates taking  the  field.     In  1878  he  again 
contested  the  county  for  the  Itjcal  seat  in 
conjunction  with  Sir  Charles  Tupper,  w 
ran  at  the  same  time  for  the  House  of  Co 
mons,    and    with  him  was  returned  by 
majority  of  nearly  ftOO.     The  reanlt  of  th« 
i;eneral  elections  was  to  defeat  the  existing 
administration    in    Nova   Scotia.       On   the 
formation   of   a   Conservative  goverumant, 
under  Hon.  8.  H.  Holmes,  Mr.  Townshend 
was  made  a  member  without  portfolio.     He 
remained  in  the  government  for  four  years, 
when,  on   Mr.  Holmes'  resignation^  he 
again  made  a  member  of  the  new  go 
ment,  under  tho  Hon.  \ir.  ThompAon. 
istor  of  justice.     At  the  general  olecti 
1882.  he  was  again  elected  for  the  County 
Cumberland,  but  the  government   was  de- 
feated ;  and  he  resigned    othce    along  with 
his  colleagues  in  July,  1882.     Mr.  Towns- 
hend  was   one  of  the  leading  speakers  in 
opposition  to   the  policy  of  the    new    gor- 
ernnient,  formed  by   Mr.    Pipes.       On  the 
resignation  of  Sir  Charles   Tupper   of   his 
seat    in  the    House    of    Commons  in   May» 
1884,  our  subject  was  almost  unanimously 
nominated  by  the  Liberal-Conservatives  aa 
their  candidate  for  the  Dominion.     Subse- 
quently, on  June   2Gth,    1884,    having   re- 
signed his  seat  in  the  local  House,  he  was 
elected   to  the  Honse  of  Commons    by  ac- 
olamatioo.      On   January   20th,    1885,     he 
seconded    the  Address    in    answer   to   the 
Speech  from  the  Throne,  and  was  compli* 
meuted  by  both  Sir  John  A.Maodonald  and 


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Mr.  BUk«.  Daring  the  •ewion  he  spoke  on 
the  Franchise  bill,  tAkinj;  Blrontr  ground 
Aj^intt  exteniiint^  the  fr&nchinA  to  women, 
And  moved  the  amendmDnt  striking  that 
danse  ont  of  the  bill,  which  was  carried 
after  a  U*Dg  debate.  He  is  director  of,  and 
Bulicitcrr  for,  the  Amherst  B^Kit  and  Shoe 
Minufacturing  Company,  of  which  he  was 
one  of  the  chief  founders.  This  business,  it 
may  he  added,  is  one  of  the  m'^flt  successful 
oommerciii)  enteri>riBe9  in  the  Maritime  pro- 
nnces.  He  is  sulioitor  for  the  Cumberland 
C»»land  fi%ilwAy  Company,  tholari^ost  col- 
liery iu  N'ovH  Scotia;  and  is  also  solicitor 
fur  the  Dink  of  Nova  Sootia  at  Amherst. 
Mr,  Tuwnahend  admitted  J.  Medley  Towns- 
^Kkend,  hi«  brother,  nnd  Arthur  R.  Diokey, 
^^■on  of  Senator  Uiokey,  into  partnership 
^^■rith  him  in  1878.  Ho  is  a  member  of  the 
HBCaaonic  i»rder,  and  of  the  Orarul  loilge  of 
ffora  Scotia,  aud  has  beca  district  deputy- 
Srand  master,  and  muter  of  Acacia  lodge. 
In  1875  and  187*5  he  travelled  throuijh  Great 
Britain  ;  aud  visited  the  principal  cities  oE 
Eun>pe  aud  of  the  United  Static.  In  1885 
be  went  across  the  continent  to  British  Co- 
lumbia. In  church  matters  Mr.  Townshend 
lA  an  adherent  of  the  Church  of  England  ; 
and  he  has  been  appointed  delegate  both  to 
the  ditK:esan  and  provincial  synods.  He 
married  in  .\pril,  1807,  Laura,  fourth 
daughter  (»f  John  D.  Kinnear,  judge  of 
Pn>bate  for  the  County  of  Cumberland,  by 
whom  he  hiis  three  children.  His  wife  died 
on  the  17th  March,  lS8i.  Ho  has  always 
resided  at  Amherst,  Nuva  Scotia,  except 
when  abii(*nt  attending  sessions  of  the  legia* 
lature,  <ir  travelling. 
talllviiii,  lion,  mcliaely  M.D.,Sen- 
r.  Professor  of  the  Principles  and  Prac- 
of  Surgary  in  the  Royal  College,  Kings- 
,  and  Professor  of  Anatomy  in  the  Female 
leal  College,  was  bom  at  Kdlamey, 
nnty  Kerry,  Ireland,  on  13th  February, 
Ho  is  the  second  son  of  the  late 
iel  (VSnUivan,  of  Ktllarncy,  and  Joana 
onnor,  of  the  same  county.  The  family, 
is  an  old  Irish  one,  occupied  a  very 
ble  position  ;  but  Michael  Sullivan's 
not  succeeding  iu  business,  he  came 
to  Canada  with  his  family  in  1812.  After  a 
few  years'  residence  in  Alontreal  and  Cham- 
bly,  he  settled  in  Kingston,  in  1845.  liealis- 
iog  fully  the  truth  of  the  adage.  '*  Know- 
ledge is  power,"  he  made  many  saoritioes  to 
■ecura  for  his  family  the  best  educational 
advantages,  and  of  these  Michael  was  nut 
dow  of  availing  himself.  After  receiving  a 
thorongh  English  education,  he  went  to 
Regiopolis  College,  where  his  aptitude  and 


studious  habits  were  conspicuous.  He  was 
always  at  the  head  of  his  class,  and  paid 
particular  attention  to  classics,  reading  the 
same  very  extonsively.  The  colloi^o  clusiug 
before  he  finished  his  course,  he  completed 
his  studies  under  private  teachers,  In  1854, 
he  entered  the  Medical  College  sttuohed  to 
Queen's  University,  being  one  of  its  hrat 
pupiln.  While  there  he  acquired  a  decided 
taste  for  anatomy,  and  was  appointed  pros- 
ectbr  and  domonatrator  of  that  branch  at 
the  end  of  his  tirst  year.  In  his  third  year 
he  was  made  house  surgeon  to  the  Kings- 
ton Hospital,  aud  passed  a  brilliant  ex- 
luination  before  he  attained  his  twenty- 
first  year.  Principal  Cook,  who  ounferred 
the  degrees  on  that  occaaii.in,  made  him  the 
object  of  special  cnnipliment.  Uebegaik  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  KiugsUm  in  1858, 
and  Boon  actjuired  a  large  and  lucrative 
business.  His  thorough  knowledge  of  prac- 
tical anatomy  led  him  to  cultivate  surgury, 
iu  which  department  he  enjoys  a  wide  and 
solid  reputatioii.  After  practising  four  years 
(1862)  he  was  requested  to  lecture  on  ana* 
tomy  in  hia  a/nia  maUtj  and  accepted  the 
position.  Ho  changed  the  method  of  instruc- 
tion, and  impressed  his  pupils  with  so  ardent 
a  zoal  for  the  subject  a^  to  lar^elv  enhance 
the  reputation  of  the  school  and  increase  its 
numbers.  Two  years  afterwards  Dr.  Dick- 
son retired  from  the  chair  of  surgery,  and 
Dr.  Sullivan  was,  at  the  unanimous  request 
of  the  faculty,  appointed  to  fill  the  vacant 
chair,  a  {Hisition  he  holds  at  the  present 
time.  The  best  proof  of  hin  success  as  a 
teacher  is  afforded  by  the  cheerful  testimony 
borne  by  all  the  students  of  the  college 
scattered  through  the  country,  who  are  ever 
ready  to  express  their  uiili^ations  to  his 
practical  and  thorougli  methods,  and  the 
conscientious  tidelity  with  which  he  has 
laboured  to  place  them  in  the  front  ranks  of 
the  profession.  At  the  urgent  request  of 
the  founders  of  the  Fomalu  Medical  College^ 
Dr.  Sullivan  accepted  the  chair  of  anatomy, 
and  continuos  to  discharge  its  duties.  In 
I8t>6,  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the 
Medical  Council  of  Ontario,  aud  was  sent 
as  examiner  iu  anatomy  to  the  first  board 
of  examiners  in  1870.  Determined  to  make 
the  examinations  thoroughly  practictl,  he, 
at  great  trouble  and  annoyatice,  procured 
dissections,  principally  maide  by  himsilf, 
and  on  these  the  students  wore  examined. 
Unaccustomed  to  this  test,  a  loud  outory 
was  mode  against  him  in  the  public  jour* 
nala,  buL  the  importance  of  a  knowledge 
of  this  fundamental  branch  of  medicine  was 
so  obvious  that  the  entire  profession  of  the 


034 


A  CYCLOFAiVIA  OF 


province  came  to  hia  rescue  aud  sustaiiied 
mm,  and  his  innovation  ia  now  the  mode 
prescribed  by  the  council.  Hifl  position  in 
the  profession  is  indicated  by  his  nnre- 
questod  election  to  the  presidency  of  the 
Dominion  Medical  Association  in  18A3.  In 
1884,  he  delivered  the  annual  addrese  before 
that  body  at  the  Montreal  meeting,  in  the 
presence  of  many  distini^uished  members  of 
the  British  Association  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science,  who  were  much  pleaaedf 
and  expressed  their  gratification  at  the  high 
positiun  occupied  by  the  profession  in  Can- 
ada. In  that  address  he,  among  many  aub- 
jeota,  Gonsiderod  and  contrasted  the  mor- 
tality of  the  difTereut  provinces,  showing 
such  extraordinary  and  inexplicable  differ- 
encea  as  to  require,  in  hia  opinion,  a  com- 
misaion  to  investigate  them.  Had  thia 
been  appointed,  Montreal  might  have  been 
spared  the  epidemic  of  amallpox,  which 
a  year  after  so  cruoUy  scourged  that  city. 
Dr.  Sullivan  has  been  surgeon  of  the 
Hotel  Dieu  from  1858.  In  his  drat  year*a 
service  the  admission  increased  from  ^ 
to  30(>,  and  the  extensive  reputation  the 
hospital  poascssea  is  due  to  hia  etforts. 
A  warm-hearted  Irishman,  he  has  always 
taken  an  active  intereat  in  the  welfare  of  hia 
countrymen.  For  many  years  the  leading 
Irish  catholic  of  the  city  and  vicinity,  his 
induence  has  always  been  in  favour  of  a 
liberal,  tolerant  course.  Preoident  of  the 
8r.  Hiitrick  Society  for  some  years,  he  left 
after  paying  ita  debts,  because  the  society 
would  not  carry  out  the  achemes  for  aelf- 
improvement  and  benevolence  which  he 
brouj^ht  forward.  Enjoying  the  confidence 
and  friend»hip  uf  the  Catholic  clergy  and 
laity,  and  aelocted  toreprencnt  the  latter  on 
important  public  occasions,  he  has  ni>t  for- 
feited the  esteem  of  all  other  denouiinations. 
Re<|uested  by  a  large  number  of  frienda  to 
take  part  iu  public  affairs,  in  18(33  he  en- 
tered  the  city  council  for  Sydenham  ward, 
where  he  lived,  and  for  ten  consecutive 
years  was  elected  by  acclamation.  Wiahing 
to  retire  in  1873,  he  was  put  forward  for  the 
office  of  mayor,  but  was  defeated  by  one 
vote.  The  following  year,  the  election  be- 
ing by  popular  vote,  he  was  elected  by  a 
very  large  majority,  and  waa  re-elected 
again  in  1875.  While  mayor  he  divided 
hia  aalary  among  the  cliaritable  institu- 
tions of  the  city,  and  finished  a  municipal 
service  of  twelve  years  without  makmg 
an  enemy,  and  leaving  &  reputation  for 
energy,  earnestness  and  zeal  which  anyone 
might  envy.  Ue  inherited  atrong  Conser- 
vative teudenciea,  and  no  one  has  worked 


more   honeatly  and  faithfnUy   for   the  ad 
vancement  of  conservative  principlea  than 
he.        In    doing   tJiia    he    has    earned   the 
reapoct  and  eateem  of  his  opponents.     At 
the  general  election   of  1882,  he   conteated 
the  city  in  the  conservative  interest,  bat 
owing  to  party  deioction  he  failed  to  win  the 
seat    His  political  servioea  were  recognised, 
however,  by  the  government  appointing  him 
to  the  Senate  on  January  39,  1884.  to  auo- 
ceed  the  late  Hon.  John  Hamilton.  When  t 
announcement  was  made   that  Dr.  Salliv 
was  called  to  the  Senate,  it  wa«  received 
the  public  in  general  with  a  feeling  of  ^ 
tication,   aa   no    man    in    KinKston    stan 
higher  in  public  estimation  than  he  d 
He  has  proved  a  gt«at  ao<)uisition   U)  the 
Senate,  not  only  on  account    of    his   urrvat 
ability  as  a  debater,    but  of  his  knowled^ 
of  the  affairs  of  the  country,     lie  is  an  able 
speaker,  and  it  ia  safu  to  predict  that  in  the 
near  future  he  will  be  included  among  the 
foremost  Canadian   orators  who  are    to  be 
found   in   the   different  leg;iaUtive    bodies. 
When  the  doctor  waa  oalled  to  the  Senate, 
the   press   teemed    with  congratulatory  re- 
marks, and  among  the  many  we  give  an  ex- 
tract from  the  Toronto  Mail  of   that  dat 
which  reads  as  follows  :  *' The  appoint  ru«i 
of  Dr.  Sullivan,  of  Kiniuraton,  to  the  Sen 
will  be  well  received  not  only  by  the  llo 
cathitlio  body  of  which  he  ia  a  member,  b 
by  all  who  have  watched  his  verycrediu 
career.     He  is  a  man  of  excellent  abUiti 
aud  high  ptirsonal  character,  still  young  i 
yean,  and  with  a  souud  knowledge  of 
past  aud  present.     He  wiU  be  a  ;;(reat 
i|uiaition  to  the   Upper  House,"     The  hoi 
ourable  gentleman's  professional  reputati 
waa   auch   that   he   waa   requested    by 
government,  on  the  outbreak  of  the  re 
lion,   to  accept   the  poaitiun  of  purvey 
general.     He    promptly  responded    to 
country's   call,    and   at   once    prooaeded 
Winnipej;,    and   thence    to  Swift   Currunt, 
where    he   cptabliahed    a  hospital  ;     suhas- 
queutly   he   went  to  Mooaejaw,   wherv  t 
hospital   was  transferred   to.      His  duly 
the  ottioe  which  he  assumed   included  A' 
only    the   task  of   providing   all   u 
medical    and    stirgical    requirementa. 
making  whatever  arrangeinvnta  were  need- 
ful for  the  due  care  .of  the   wounded,  b 
also  the  receiving  and  distributim;  ami  f 
warding   of    the  contrimttiona   of    vano 
articles  of  luxury  and  comfort  sent  up 
the  ladies,  and  other  associations.      Duri 
the  whole    of  the  trouble  he    remained 
hia  post,  attending  to  the  sufferings  of 
wounded  men.    A  high  tribute  waa  reo«ntty 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


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they 
they 


to  the  admirable  hospital  and  ambu- 
ice  arran^ementft  by  Dr.  Boyd,  the  sor- 
Mon  sent  out  hy  Princ^Bs  Louise  to  assist 
in  attending  to  the  wounded.     That  gentle- 
man )uul  ^iiusiderahU  experience  in  military 
hoepitals,  having  been  in  the  one  at  Plovnu 
during   the    KuMo-Tnrkiah   war.     Hia  evi- 
'        '.'  is  tlit«reftire  entitled  to   ifreat  weight. 
Miiveys  high   prsise  when  he  sAys  :  "  I 
t^eld  hospital  that  would  do  credit 
lotion   as   a  model.     The  patients 
:     iiavo  everything  conceivable  that 
want,  and  are  cared  for  better  than 
could  be  in  their  own  homes."     Dr. 
Sullivan  received  the  thanks  of  the  minister 
of   militia   publicly  in    the   Honse  of  Cotn- 
mons  ;   and  from  the  Ladies*  Aid  Society  of 
Montreal  and  others  he  received  the  highest 
praiae  for  the  admirable  manner  in  which 
their  preeenta  were  distributed. 

Ciall,  Hoo.   Tlioman,  Judge  of  the 
C6urt    of  Common   Pleas  fur  <_)ntario,  To- 
ronto, was  bom  at  London.  England,  on  the 
12th  Auj^ust,   1815.     He  is  a  von  of  John 
LraU,    a    name    well    known    in    permanent 
literature,  ho  beinjy  the  author  of  "Laurie 
Todd,"  "The  Entail,"  "  Sir  Andrew  Wylie,'" 
'•The    .Annals  of    the    Parish,"  and    other 
works  of  wide  p(»pu1arity   and  conspicuous 
lit^rrury  merit.     The  (ialt  family  is  an  an- 
ci'iit    oue,    and   is  prominent   in    Scottish 
■4.       John    Gait    married    Elizabeth, 
tter  of  Alexander  Tilloch,  a  prominent 
I  of    Ayrshire.      There   were  bom  to 
riion  duhnThomaa,  the  subject  of  this 
akut4.li.  and  Aleiandcr  Tilloch  (now  Sir),  one 
of  tht<  foremost  of  our  pnliticjU  fii^iirea.  and 
.     "i^'hcommiMionerof  Canadaat  theCourt 
(ames.     The  elder  brother,  John,  wag 
rv^intrar  f<ir  the  County  of  Huron,  and  died 
in  18^.     He  was  a  man  of  sterling  aa  well 
-  "^      tialities,  and  was  widely  known 
'.     Thomas  Gait  was  educated  in 
....<.  .kiid  Sct'tland,  and  in  his  eighteenth 
emigrated   to  Canada,  settling  in  To- 
ito.     Here  he  entered  into  the  employ  of 
Canada  Company,   remaining  in  their 
e  for  a  period  of  six  years.     He  had  by 
time  come  to  feel  a  distaste  f"r  com- 
ial  life,  and  an  ineliuatiou  for  law.     He 
true  n  student  in  the  office  of  the  late 
tivf  Justice  Draper  ;  waa  called  to  the  bar 
I'pper  Canada  in  EnAter  term,  1845.  and 
irixl  immediately   upon  the  practice  of 
profeflBtoo.     From  the  very  outaet  the 
bMriflter  gave  evidence  of  more  than 
o^miuon    share   of   ability  ;   and   for  a 
irter  of  a  century  his  position  among  the 
ibera  of  the  legal  fraternity  was  a  con- 
apicnona  and  a  commanding  one.     But  his 


chief  strength  lay  in  his  wide  knowledge  of 
criminal  law,  and  the  vigour  and  clearness 
which  ch&racteriKed  his  method  of  present- 
ing  caaes.     Very  naturally  hia  services  were 
in  wide  demand,  and  he  conducted  with  un- 
varying ability  aome  of  the  most  noted  cases 
in  the  criminal  calendar.     He  wan  likewise 
entrusted  with  the  solioitorship  of  various 
railways,   insurance  companies,   and    other 
important  corporations.     In  1858  Mr.  Oalt 
was   created   a  Queen's  counsel  ;    and    in 
Kaater  term,  1869,  his  professional  attain- 
menta  received  a  fuller  recognition  by  his 
elevation  to  the   bench  as  a  judge  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas.     A  man  so  diatin- 
guished  at   the  bar  could   not   fail  to  )nve 
lustre  to  the  bench  ;  and  Mr.  Justice  Gait 
has  proven   one  of  the  most  capable  and 
esteemed  judges  known  to  our  Canadian 
courts.      The  judge   is   a  member  of   the 
Church  of  England,  and  is  a  constant  at- 
tendant at  the  services  in  St.  James  Cathe- 
dral.  He  married,  in  Octviber.  1847,  Frances 
Louisa,  daughter  of  James'  Marshall    Per- 
kins.     By  this  union  there  are  nine  surviv- 
ing children,  live  sons  and  four  dnu^hters. 
noore,   Vincent    Howard,  M.D., 
Brockville,T8one  of  the  beat  and  moat  favor- 
ably known  medical  practitioners  in  Brock- 
ville,  or  in  Eastern  Ontario.     He  waa  bom 
in  the  townahip  of  Elizabothtown,  County 
of   Leeds,  on  the  4th  of  Febraary,  1848, 
and    is   decended    fntui    a   family    remark- 
able for  louifevity.     The  genealogy  can  be 
traced  a  long   way  back  ;    his  grandfather 
on  the  maternal  side  bein<f  Matthew  Berry, 
who  waa    born  in    175G,   in  the  County  of 
Down,  Ireland.     He  emigrated  to  America 
in    1818,  and  died  at  the  age  of  soventy- 
fivoyoara.     Hia  grandmother,  on  the  same 
side,  was  also  V>orn  in  the  County  D<pwn,  in 
1700,  and  died  in  180(1,  havin>j:  reached  the 
advanced    ago  of   one    hundred   years  and 
four  months.     On  the  paternal   aide  of  the 
genealogical  tree  we  fin<l  that  Dr.  Mooro'a 
^andfather,  Frederick  Mo<)ro,  wur  born  in 
the  County  of  Wexford,  Ireland,  in  1770. 
He  came  to  Canada  in   1808,  and  died  in 
1848,  being  seventy^eight  years  of  age.  The 
grandmother  on  this  side  was  Jane  McKel- 
vie,  who  also  reached  an  advanced  age.    The 
immediate  paternal  ancestor  of  the  doctor 
was   Richard   Moore,   who  waa  a  native  of 
Wexford,   Ireland,   whore   he   was  bom  in 
1800,   and  camo   to  this  country  with  hia 
father  when  eight  yean  of  age.      He  settled 
at  what   is  now  known  aa  New  Dublin,   in 
the  County  of  Leeds.     In  1820  he  married 
Ann    Berry,    a   native   of    County    Down, 
Ireland,    who    came    to  Canada    with   her 


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A  CfCLOPJEVlA   OF 


V 


parents  iu  1810, at  which  timo  she  was  only 
thirteen  years  of  age,  having  been  bom  in 
1803.  Tbe  family  of  this  couple  conBietod 
of  six  sons  and  two  daughtera,  the  aubject 
of  this  aketch  beini;  the  youngeit  member 
of  the  fHmily.  Uichard  Moore  died  at  his 
residence  in  Klizabethtown.  where  he  had 
resided  for  sixty-four  years,  Octftber  30th, 
1884,  aged  eighty-four  years.  His  widow 
survives  him,  and  ia  stilt  in  the  enjoyment 
of  excellent  health,  nutwilhstandinu:  tier 
four  score  years  and  two.  Dr.  Moore  had 
Dot  the  early  advantages  of  a  liberal  e<luca- 
tion  which  the  majority  of  those  entering 
upon  prnfesaions  at  the  present  day  enjoy. 
He  obtained  his  elementary  grounding  in 
the  public  country  school,  and  afterwards 
attended  the  Grammar  schools  in  Kenipt- 
TiUe  and  Brockville.  When  sixteen  years 
of  age  he  entered  the  ifoneral  store  of  bis 
brother,  but  not  having  any  particular  lik- 
ing for  mercantile  life,  he  retired  from  that 
position  after  one  year's  service.  His  de- 
sire was  to  study  medicine,  and  in  1R{>7  he 
entered  as  a  student  in  the  othco  of  the  late 
Dr.  Weir,  of  Merrickvillo.  lu  October  of 
that  year  he  was  enrtdlcd  as  a  student  at 
the  Royal  College  of  IMiyaiciaus  aud  Surge- 
ons, Kingston,  Ont.,  and  yradiiAted  with 
honours  in  1870.  In  April,  1870,  he  passed 
the  examination  of  the  College  f>f  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  of  OntArio.  in  May  of  that  year 
he  settled  in  Brttckvillu,  and  eutered  upon 
the  practice  of  hia  pmfession,  whore  he  has 
remained  over  since,  and  now  enjoys  one  of 
the  largest  practices  in  Eastern  lintarin.  In 
June,  IHT'J,  he  was  app4>inted  to  the  posi- 
tion of  gatjl  surgeon  for  the  united  Counties 
of  Leeds  and  Orenville,  a  position  which  he 
•dll  holds.  Dr.  Moore  has  also  an  impor- 
tant military  record.  In  1869  ho  entered 
the  MUitary  school  at  Kingston,  and  took 
out  a  second-class  certificate  on  the  37th  of 
August  of  that  year-  In  1872  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  Dominion  government  to 
the  position  nf  medical  examiner  of  appli- 
cants for  militia  pensions.  In  1874  he  was 
appointetl  surgeon  to  the  41ht  battallion, 
and  still  holds  the  pftsition.  He  has  always 
taken  a  deep  interest  in  all  matters  pertain- 
ing to  education.  In  1870  he  was  appoint- 
ed a  member  of  the  Brockville  Ui;;h  School 
Board  I  and  was  reappointed  iu  1879.  In 
politics  he  is  a  staunch  Conservative,  and, 
although  refraining  from  becoming  a  candi- 
date himself,  he  has  always  taken  a  lively 
interest  in  the  contests  that  have  taken 
place,  and  in  everything  of  a  political  char- 
acter that  has  transpired.  Ho  is  a  member 
of  the  leading  medical  associations,  and  of 


the  Masonic  order,  having  taken  all  the  de- 
grees in  the  blue,  royal  arch,  and  also  of 
the   order   of   the  teotple.      He  was  ^nml 
superintendent  of  the    oentrnl  distr: 
two   years,  and  is  also  a  past  urand 
warden  of  the  Sovereign  Sauctusry  of  K'j^*ti 
and  Oriental  Fremasonry,     He  also  belong! 
to   the  Canadian   order  of    Foresters,  and 
to  the  Koyal  Arcanum.       In  1884  he  had 
the  honour  of  being  elected  by  the  council 
of  Queen's    University   as    their    represen- 
tation on  the  Medical  Council,  taking  tbv 
place  of  the  late  Dr.  McCaranion,  who  hiJ 
resigned.     In  April,  1885,   Dr.    M(»nre  wm 
re-elected  to  the  same  position, aud  h"i  i^ 
now.     The  doctor  has  also  dabbled  in 
nalism    in  his  time.       He  was  one   <  i 
founders   i>f    the   BrockviUe    iMUn    -I 
one  of  the  most  widely  circulated  and  msiu- 
ential  journals  iu  the  proWnce.    He  was  far 
a  time  vice-president  and  manager  of 
company   and    afterwards    president. 
Moore  comes  of  good  old  Presbyterian 
aud  is  an  attendant  at  St.  John's  chm 
Brockville.      In  1874  he  married  M 
Orillia,  daughter  of  Wm.  Burnham  of  P 
Hope.       There   are    two    children    by  t 
uni^n,  a  boy  and  a  (^rl. 

Diftby,  James  W.,  M.D.,  Brantf 
8<iri   of   Dr.    Alfred    Diitby,  the    first   p 
sician   in   that   town,  was  born    at    Bra 
ford,  in  1842.      Dr.  Alfred  biirby  was 
in  the  County  of  Meath,  Ireland,  and  whl 
a  young  mim  emigrated  to  America,  tak 
up  his  abode  for  a  time  in  Montreal.     H 
he    married  Citberine  Busby,  a  native   of 
that  city,  and  by  this  lady  ha<l  a  family  uf 
four  boys  and  two  girls  ;  three  of  the  for 
and  two  of  the  latter  still  surviving. 
Dr.  Digby  left  for  America  he  wa 
ber  of  the  Royal  College  of  Surgeon* 
land  ;  and  he  was  regarded  as  a  man 
questioned    ability.      After   residing   fo; 
short  time  in  Montreal,  he    proceeded 
Hamilton,  where  he  practised  his  profession 
for  a  time  with  very  marked  success.      He 
then  moved  to  Brantford,  where  he  resum- 
ed his  professional  career,  which  he  foUowe^^ 
till  his  death  in  18G0.       He  was  a  man  j^| 
marked  ability  ;  of  wide  public  spirit ;  afl^l 
he  was  conspicuous  in  political,  as  woU  ss 
professional    circles.     His   son,    Jamas  W. 
Digby,    received  his  primary  education 
the    public  schools,   and   he   aubsequen 
entered  the  Gait  Collegiate  institute,  un 
Dr.  Tassio.       He    matriculated  at  Ton) 
University  and  subscipiently    entered 
Gill  Collogo,  Montreal,  from  which  he 
ated  iu  186'J.     Upon  graduating  herepai 
to  New  York  city,  in  the  hospitals  of  w" 


CANADIAN  BIOOHAFBY. 


637 


practised  for  a  time.  He  received  the 
mppointnient  of  acting  awiBtiint  fiirgeon 
durtug  the  American  rebeUioti,  nnd  was 
atfttiuncdat  the  hospital  of  Puint  Lookout, 
Sfaryland.  After  the  battle  of  Stoin'  Uivnr 
he  look  part  in  the  campaigu,  aa  hospital 
surgeon,  through  the  western  States;  hut 
after  the  battle  of  Chickamanga  he  waa 
■tationed  in  the  field  hospital,  in  Chatta- 
nooga, having  charge  of  several  wards.  He 
received  the  appointment,  some  months 
later,  of  regimental  aorgeon  of  the  16th 
CJ.  S.  infantry,  and  took  part,  with  that 
regiment,  in  the  campaign  through  the 
•oath.  In  June,  18GG,  ho  relumed  to  Can- 
ada, and  since  thst  time  has  practised  in 
the  town  of  Brantford,  His  wide  learning 
and  his  marked  profcMional  nkill  have  won 
for  him  a  handaome  practice  there.  Dr. 
Digby  has  given  oonBiderablc  attention  to 
municipal  politics.  He  has  been  deputy- 
reeve,  town  oounciJlor,  mayor  fur  the  period 
of  thrM  years ;  and  be  has  been  for  nine 
years  a  member  of  the  College  board  of 
trufttet's. 

Adam,  Oraemc  Mercer,  Toronto, 
vaa  bom  in  1830.  at  I»anhead,  a  villsge  in 
BXicIoihian,  Scotland,  about  half  way  be- 
tween De  Quincey's  house  at  Lasswade,  on 
tJie  Esk,  and  the  woodland  domain  of  the 
poet  Drumnioiid,  of  Hawthurnden,  dose  by 
the  far-famed  castle  and  clispel  of  the  Karls 
of  Bosljn.  His  father,  who  died  in  1341, 
was  factor  on  the  estates  of  Graeme  Mercer 
of  Mavisbank  and  Gorthy,  after  whom  he 
waa  named.  The  family  is  connected  with 
the  Adams  of  Blair-Adam,  in  Perthshire, 
and  on  the  paternal  side  has  given  many 
representativee  to  literature  and  other  pro- 
feeaional  callings  ;  while  on  the  maternal 
aide,  numberleas  Wiiharts  (his  mother  is  a 
lineal  descendant  of  the  Scottish  martyr, 
George  Wishart),  have  served  their  country 
in  many  of  Britain's  ^at  battles  on  sea 
and  land.  After  receiving  his  education, 
6nt  at  Portohello,  and  then  at  Edinburgh, 
Mr.  Adam  entered  aQ  old-established  pub- 
lishing house  in  the  Scottish  capital  while 
very  young,  and  at  the  sge  of  nineteen 
waa  entrusted  with  the  management  of 
one  of  its  important  departments.  Owing 
to  the  death  of  the  head  of  the  house,  the 
basiness  was  wnund  up,  and  young  Mercer 
Adam  was  offered,  through  the  Nelsons, 
a  post  tn  a  large  colonial  book-house  in 
Calcutta,  and  from  the  BlackwooJs  ho  had 
41  the  aame  time  a  propr>saI  to  go  to  Can- 
ada, to  take  charge  of  the  book  business 
of  &tr.  (now  liev.  Dr.)  >1.  <.^uningham 
G«fckus  \    the  latter  of  which  be  aooaptod. 


and  came  to  Canada  in  September,  1858. 
Two  years  afterwards  he  succeeded  to  this 
busiubsa.  aa  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Itollo 
&  Adam,  who,  it  may  be  aaid,  were  the 
publishers  uf  the  tirst  of  the  more  ambitious 
mil ivu  periodicals  ]>ublifiht'd  in  Canada,  the 
Hritnit  Amrrkan  Mayaziu'e^  In  this  period- 
tc*]  Mr.  Adam  made  his  first  published 
contributions  to  literature.  In  1800  Mr. 
B^>llo  retired  from  the  business  of  Hollo  & 
Adam,  and  the  firm  of  Adam,  Stevenson  <& 
Co.  waa  formed.  This  book-house  was  well 
known  in  ita  day  for  its  many  publishing 
enterprises,  and  for  the  aid  it  gave  the  in- 
tellectual life  of  Canada,  in  furthering 
native  literature  and  in  introducing  a  higher 
class  of  book  imporutions  than  had  hitherto 
found  sale  in  the  ctjuntry.  Unfortunately, 
the  house  for  a  number  of  years  met  with 
many  and  severe  lossea,  and  its  business  waa 
wound  up  in  187B,  Mr.  Adam  withdrawing 
for  a  time  to  New  Vork  to  found  a  publish- 
ing house  there,  which  has  ainoe  developed 
into  the  extensive  firm  of  the  John  W, 
Lovell  Publishing  Company.  Mr.  Adam, 
however,  returned  to  Toronto  in  iy78,  and 
since  then  has  almost  exclusively  devoted 
himself  to  a  literary  life.  In  1879  he 
established,  and  for  bve  years  edited,  the 
Ciiuiniii  £ttuca(i<jual  AfoTUfUy;  and  in  1880 
s«Humed  the  editorship  of  the  CaaaJiun 
M'jtithlif^  which,  in  connection  with  Profoa- 
sor  Goldwin  Smith,  be  was  iuHtrumental  in 
founding  in  tlie  year  1872.  Mr.  Adam  has 
also  had  connection  with  many  uther  period- 
ical publications  issued  in  Ontario,  either 
aa  a  writer  or  in  business  relations  there- 
with. Hia  services  to  literature  have  been 
wide  and  important,  for  be  has  been  jour- 
nalist, educationist,  critic,  reviewer  and 
essay-writer.  In  1885  he  wrote  "The 
North-Weat,  its  History  and  iU  Troublee," 
published  by  the  Itose  Publishing  Ci^mpany: 
he  edited  an  edition  of  Lord  Mncaulay'a 
Ksaay  on  Warren  Hastings  ;  founded  the 
Canada  iieoAwcWrr,  a  trade  organ,  m  1870, 
and  haa  written,  in  oonjunction  witli  \V. 
J.  Robertson,  B.A.,  of  St.  Catharines,  a 
**  School  History  of  England  and  Canada." 
Mr.  Adam  has  served  Canada  in  the  tuilitia 
force  for  twelve  years.  He  was  a  captain  in 
the  Queen's  Own  Kifles,  and  o<>minatided  a 
Company  of  that  crack  ooq>e  at  tti-^  fight 
at  Uid^'ewsy,  between  otir  vuluntoors  and 
the  Fenian  marauders.  He  is  s  graduate 
and  first'clABB  certificate  hulder  uf  the  MiU- 
taryscliofil, Toronto;  received  a  second  claaa 
cerlificate  in  IWVi  from  Colonel  Pi-aoijck  of 
Her  Majeat/s  UJth  regiment  ;  and  in  18fl<J 
^fiwt'oiaaa  certificate 


638 


A  CYCLOPj^DIA  OF 


of  the   47th  regimont.     Mr.   Adam  has  for 
the  last  tvrenty  years  been  brought  into  coii- 
tAOt  with  every  literary  man  in  the  country, 
and  many  represoutativea  of  other  profea- 
aiuna  in  Canada,  and  we  have  not  probably 
another  man  who  has  a  larger  or  more  in- 
timate acquaintance  with  l^KHika,  hdok-meu 
and  the  b<K)k-trade,  aa  vouched  for  by  the 
publishing   and  bookselling  fraternity,    as 
well  aa  by  educational  schools  of  all  profes- 
aiona — law,  medicine,  education «  theology, 
&c.       Mr.    Adau   married  in    1803,  Jane, 
second  daughter  of  the  late  John  Oibaon, 
of  Lovell  &  Gibson,  parliamentary  printers, 
and  editor  for  mnny  years  of  the  Liitrnry 
Qttrland.      This   lady   died   in    1884,    pro- 
foundly  regretted,   leaving   eight   cKilaren 
to  survive  her.     lu  religion  Mr.  Adam  is  a 
member   of    the    Church  of   England  ;    in 
pulitica  he  is  an  independent  and  a  Canadian 
natiunalist.  Besides  the  literary  work  noted, 
Mr.  Adam  has  edited  and  prepared  for  the 
press  innumerable  manuscripts  ;  and  he  has 
been  looked    upon   by  literary  people  as  a 
sort  of  ffouoral  reference  library.     The  most 
pretentious  of  Mr.   Adam's  published  work 
so  far  is  **The  North- West,  its  History  and 
it«  Troubles  ;"  and  this  is  a  book  that  will 
be   certain   to   survive  in  the  literature  of 
the  country.     The  style  of  the  work  is  like 
everything   that  proceeds  from  the   pen  of 
Mr.  Adam, — it  is  clean  cut,  easy,  swift  and 
direct.     There  is  a  fascinating  grace  about 
all  of  Mr.  Adam's  work  ;  and  one  finds  liim- 
self  pausing  constantly  to  atlmire  the  grace 
with  which  a  sentence  has  buen  rounded,  or 
to    linger     over    its    exquisitely    balanced 
rhythm.    Natnre  he  loves  with  all  his  heart, 
and  many  of  the  descriptive  passages  in  the 
work  in  question  are  delightfuL     There  is 
present,  likewise,    the  judicial  (quality,  and 
the  sense  of  historical  responsibdity  ;  while 
the  strong  individuality  of  the  writer  is  ever 
manifest.   What  we  say  of  the  work  referred 
to,  is  true  of  Mr.  Adam's  writings  generally. 
But  to  him,  as  some   of    onr  recently  pub- 
lished  historical    and    biographical    works 
bear  testimony,  Canadian  literature  lies  un- 
der a  debt  which  it  can  never  repay.     Liter- 
ature the   man  loves,  and  it  ia  not  an  exag- 
geration to  say  that  his  life  has  been  oonse- 
cratod   to  it.       How  bitter  have   been    the 
fortunes  of  letters  in  Canada,  ia  a  fact  only 
too  well  known,  but  Mr.  Adam  has  always 
been    lighting  the  literary  fight,  and  when 
others  have  dropped  out  of  the  battle,  ho 
has  kept  up  his  courage.     Ho  is  at  present 
engaged  exclusively  in  letters,  and  has  now 
uttulned    his    meridian    powers,     and    we 
await  much  from  his  gifted  pen. 


neu'Ptt,  Col.  Edward   Oab 

C.  M.G.,     Royal     Eoirineers,     Command 
Koyal  of    the  MUilarj"  College  of 
at  Kingston,  waa  burn  uu  thu  1/ath 
t«mber,  1835.     His  father  was  Colon' 
Uewett,  deputy  lieutenant  of  the  County  of 
Cilamorgan,  Kn^land.     Hiasuat  was  at  Tyr 
Mab.  Ellis,  County  Glamorgan.   His  mnth«r 
was  Frances,  daughter  of  Thomas  Thome* 
well,  deputy  lieutenant    of  tho  Co 
Stafford,  Knglnnd.    Seat,  Dove  CliOe. 
Stafford.    Colonel  Hewett*8  father  ob 
his  commission  in  )80d,  and  saw  prolo 
and   very   distinguished    active   service  in 
every  quarter    of   tho    globe.        He    aerveil 
in    Canada   througliout    the    war   of    1812, 
and  led  the  **  forlorn  hope"  in  the  atlack 
and  capture  of   Oswego  in   1814.      Two  of 
Colonel  Hewett*s  great-uncles   were    killed 
at   the    taking   of    QuelHM:,   under   Uen 
Wolfe  in   1759.     The  famUy  of    Hewett 
descended  directly  from   Gootfry  de   He 
(1223),    of    Manor    Hewat.    County    K 
(tempo  Henry  fIT.,  alienated  tempo  He' 
VIII.)  through    Walter   de    Hewat  (1327 
knight  banneret  (tempo  Henry  III.)  and 
John  Hewett  (1G21),  baronet  (tempo  Jam 
I. )     A  jxjrtion  of  tliu  crest  of  the  family  i 
the  badge  of  Heur>'  111.,  and  waa  granted 
by  that  monarch  for  distinguished  mibtary 
service  in  the  Frencli  wars  of  that  peri 
In  the  early  part  of  the  alxteenth  centu 
many   of    the  wealthy    merchants    of    t' 
City  of  London  owned  private  hooaea  built 
at  that  time  upon  the  only  bridge  orossine 
the  Thames.   In  one  of  those,  a  rich  woollen 
manufacturer  named  Hewet  (lord  mayor  of 
London  1&50,  and  knighted  in  X^o'Z)  resided. 
In  153G  this  merchant's  nurse  was  stand 
at   an    upper  window  holding  her  maste 
daughter  and  only  ohild,   when  the 
suddenly  sprans  from  the  nurse's 
fell  into  the  rushing  river  below.     A 
apprentice  of  Hewett's  named  Kdward  Oi 
borne  leaped  into  the  river  and  reacued  thi 
child,  to  whom,  sixteen  years  aft«rwiirds,  hi 
was    married.     In    15i»2   Kdward  <.»sUjrn 
who   had   succeeded    to    his  faiher-in-lsw 
busineai,  was  elected  lord  mayor  of  Londoi 
and  in  IGOl  was  knighted  by  Queen  EUca- 
beth.     The   son  of    this   marriage  was 
grandfather  of   tSir  Thom.is   Osborne,  ol 
vated  to  the    peerage  in  ll*7>{  lis  Yiscou 
Latimer,  and  subsequently  for  servioe  ren- 
dered to  the  Prince  of  Orange  (IGOl)  f^uk 
of    Leeds.       Mrs.    Hewett's   father,    Btajfi 
Hiscoo,  li/^yal  engineers,  served  in  Can 
during  tho    rebellion,  1837-8.     Her  gran 
father.  Major  Van  Baerle,  of  her  MaJMty'i 
97th  regiment,  wa    killed  in  tbs  saxno 


the' 


CANADIAN  BWGRAFUY 


639 


ng  despfttchas  for  the  governor- 
f  C-Juiada.       In  the  tenth  century 
Bar  (the  earlier  Duos  de  Bar  in 
were  related  to  the  Emperor  Char- 
left  Fnuioe  and  came  to  the  Pays 
founded    the   chateau  de  Baerle 
Qce   the   rillagea  of   Baerle   Duo 
I  and  Boerte  Naoaau,  Holland.     The 
*  ivea  of  Holland  show  the  descent 
en  line  of  Major  Van  Haerle  from 
au  branch  of  the  family,  thronyh 
un    Baerle   (14(N)).       The    present 
bouae  of  HolJaud  ia  related  to  this 
Colunel  Kdward  Oaborue   Hewett 
ted  at   Cheltenham  College   and 
tit&ry  jicademy,  Wuolwich,  Kng- 
I  ohtainod   hia   commiuion  in  the 
Igineera  aa  lieutenant,  14th  August, 
iptain,  I860  ;  major,  1872  ;  lieuten- 
lel,  1879  ;  colonel,  1881;  and  waa 
I  Cumpanion  of   the   order  of   St. 
^d  St.  George,  1883.     In  religion 
bember  of  the  Church  of  England, 
tlewett  haa  b«en  largely  employed 
geaigning   and  construction  of    the 
id  and  aoa  fortificatioot,  including 
rated  iron  forta  of  Portamouth  and 
Be  haa  aerved  in  the  West  Indies, 
^Mth.  America.     He  waa  an  instruc- 
W  Royal  Military  Academy.  Wool- 
IB  nominated   for   employment  in 
Ance  survey  of  Great  Britain  ;  and 
engaged  in  auperinteuding  the  in- 
of  omoen  at  the  School  of  Military 
tng,  Chatham,  and  in  organizing  the 
Aem  at  headquarters.     He  haa  also 
aa  adjutant,  and  aa  aid-de-camp, 
light  yean  coumanded  oompanies 
•nginoera.     In  December,  1801,  at 
of  th«   anticipated    war  with  the 
Ut«ft  in  connection  with  the  Trrnt 
\  be  raa^Oed  his  appointment,  and 
led  for  command  uf  the  held  com- 
toyal  engineers,  first  for  active  ser- 
rooe«d  to  Canada,     The  troop-ship 
ihe  lU>yal  cngineen  and  a  battalion 
»tB  giinrds,  being  caught  in  the  ice 
favouring  to  laud    the   truopa  at 
U  Loup,  in  the  early  part  of  Janu- 
^  escaped  with  groat  difticnUy,  and 
ellcd  to  return  and  disembark  the 
8L  John,  N.  B.     No  railway  being 
no  in  ezistonce,  the  troops  made 
r  march  from  St.  John  to  Riviere 
D  the  latter  part  of  January,  and 
r  rail  to  London,  Ontario.     In  the 
4  1863  be  made  the  return  march 
company,      ddonel    Hewett    was  ' 
Commanding  Uoy&l  Kngineer  of  I 
■|^pf  Toronto,  with  headquarters  i 


at  London,  in  which  district  -  over  8,000 
regular  troops  were  then  stationed.  In  ad- 
dition to  ordinary  duties,  he  waa  engaged  in 
selecting  strategical  positions,  and  in  re- 
porting on  the  defences  and  resources  of 
Canada.  He  subsequently  proceeded  to 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  and  was  in  charge  of 
the  designing  and  construction  of  the  exten- 
sive fortitications  of  that  military  and  naval 
stati<»n.  He  was  present  for  sumo  months 
with  both  the  Federal  and  the  Confederate 
armies  during  the  dvU  war,  and  on  one 
occasion  had  his  horse  shot  under  him.  In 
1875  Colonel  Hewett  waa  appointed  Cum- 
maudant  of  the  proposed  MUltary  College  of 
Canada,  at  wliich  date  neither  staff,  build- 
ings or  du6ued  system  existed.  He  has  hod 
the  sole  organisation  and  working  of  this 
institution  from  its  inception  to  the  present 
date,  188tj.  In  1886  he  waa  nominated  to 
the  command  of  the  Militia  and  MUitary 
Police  forces  of  New  Zealand,  which  ap- 
pointment, however,  his  duties  iu  Canada 
prevented  hia  accepting.  The  same  reason 
prevented  the  acceptance  by  Colonel  Hewett 
of  a  very  high  and  responsible  dvil  govern- 
ment appointment .  The  Colonel  waa  mar- 
riedf  on  the  4th  February,  1864,  to  Cathe- 
rine Mary,  daughter  of  Maj'>r  Vincent 
Biscoe.  Uoyal  engineers.  8eat,  Huokwood* 
County  .Surrey,  England. 

Jardinc,  Kcv,  Uobcrt,  M.A.,  B,D., 
D.Sc.,  Pastor  of  the  St.  John's  I^abytertan 
diurch,  Brockville,  was  born  in  the  township 
of  Augusta,  County  of  Grenville,  Ontario,  on 
the  I9th  of  Jnne,  1840.  He  is  a  sou  of 
John  Jardine  and  Jane  McCreath^  who  were 
both  natives  of  Girvan,  in  Aynhire,  Seot- 
land.  Hia  father's  family  had  lived  in  Ayr- 
sliire  for  three  generations,  having  moved 
there  from  .\nnAudale.  in  Dumfriesshiro, 
the  original  seat  of  the  Jardine  family, 
where  they  had  lived  probably  from  the 
time  of  the  Norman  conquest.  In  the  family 
of  J(»hn  J&rdinu  there  were  one  dau^^hter 
and  three  sons,  the  youngest  of  whom  died 
in  youth.  The  daughter  married  Rev. 
Alexander  Hunter,  a  Presbyterian  clergy- 
man (since  dead/  The  eldest  son  is  Alex- 
ander Jardine,  diief  |>artner  in  the  "  Pure 
Gold"  Mtuiufacturing  Company,  Tor«'nto. 
The  first  education  received  by  iCottert  Jar- 
diiie  waa  on  a  farm  owned  by  his  father, 
who,  in  addition  to  hia  work  aa  a  builder 
and  contractor,  cultivated  a  farm.  In  the 
common  school,  near  Algonqmn.  the  aun  ob- 
tained the  tirst  rudiments  of  knowledge,  but 
his  chief  preparatory  educntion  wan  obtained 
in  the  Grammar  school  of  Brockville,  under 
a  distinguished  teacher,  J.J.  Duulop,  a  grad- 


4)40 


A  CYciorj€vu  or 


UAte  of  Trinity  Oollege,  Dnbliu.  Having 
como  uud^r  deep  relij^riouB  convictionB  about 
the  age  ijf  aixttfen,  the  lad  became  a  moniber 
of  St.  John's  I^esbyteriaD  church.  iJrock- 
Tille,  and  resolved  to  prepare  for  the  minifl- 
try.  Utf  Diathculated  in  <^ueen  s  Univer- 
sity, Kingston,  in  October,  IBiiO,  and  at- 
tended cIsBaes  in  ari«  in  tlie  cnllej^ef  taking 
the  degree  of  B.  A.  in  April.  1863.  He  com- 
menced the  study  of  theology  in  the  autumn 
of  the  aaino  year,  and  ountinued  till  the 
spring  of  18<3ti,  when  he  took  the  degrees  of 
M.A.  and  B.D.  During  the  two  precudiug 
summers,  he  had  laboured  as  a  missionary 
in  Laprairie  and  Owen  Sound.  Cpon  the 
18th  of  June,  18GG,  he  was  licensed  to  preach 
the  gospel  by  the  Presbytery  of  Perth, 
and  in  the  autumn  of  the  same  year  he 
went  to  Scotland  to  prosecute  bis  studies  in 
(he  University  of  Edinburgh,  giving  atten- 
tion chiefly  to  pbil<)8<»phy,  in  which  he  was 
greatly  interested  when  at  Queen's.  There 
he  took  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Science 
(D.Sc),  in  the  department  of  mental  philos- 
ophy, in  the  spring  of  18ti7  ;  and  he  re- 
turned to  Canada  during  the  snmmer.  In 
the  autumn  of  1807,  Dr.  Jardine  was  ap- 
pointed professor  of  rhetoric  and  mental  and 
moral  philosophy  in  the  University  of  Hew 
Brunswick,  which  position  he  held  fur  two 
years.  hi  the  summer  of  18tiU  he  went  to 
ticottand  fur  his  holidays,  and,  during  a 
walking  tour  in  the  Highlands,  fell  in  with 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Norman  Macleod,  of  Glasgow, 
who  hsd  lately  returned  from  In<Ua.  By 
him  he  was  induced  to  go  as  a  missionary  to 
Ii^dia,  and  was  appointed  principal  of  the 
General  Aaaombly's  institution  in  Bombay, 
with  iustruotiuns  to  add  a  oollege  depart- 
ment if  possible.  In  December,  1809,  he 
pruceeded  to  Scotland,  ^i  rtmte  for  India, 
and,  having  received  final  instructions  from 
the  Foreign  Mission  Committee  of  the 
Church  of  Scotland,  ho  was  ordaincK]  as 
a  minister  by  the  iVesbytery  of  Qlaagow, 
on  the  oth  January,  187l>,  and  soon  there- 
after started  for  India,  via  Marseilles,  Alex- 
andria, and  the  Red  sea,  reaching  hombay 
on  the  12th  February,  1870.  He  oum- 
meiioed  work  at  once  in  the  missionary 
institution  there,  but  found  that  the  pros- 
pects of  organizing  a  college  faculty  were 
not  promising.  Having  remained  in  Bom- 
bay one  year,  ho  was  ordered  to  Calcutta, 
to  aaaumc  the  prinoipalship  of  the  General 
Assembly's  College  there,  vacated  by  the 
death  of  Rev.  Dr.  Ogilvie,  who  ha<l  held  it 
for  twenty-five  years.  There  he  remnined 
for  six  years.  The  institution  (school  and 
college)  grew  rapidly,  numbering  eventually 


more  than  one  thousand  pnpils.  It  wm 
affiliated  with  the  University  of  CiUcDtu, 
and  annually  passed  a  considerable  nniutwr 
of  matricnlantSy  as  well  m  graduata  (RA. 
and  M.A.);  and  its  history  ia  one 
considerable  interest,  having  been  ui 
founded  by  Dr.  Duff,  who,  at  the  di 
in  1843,  vacated  it  and  founded  another, 
was  missionary  in  character.  Chrislinn 
stnictiou  being  given  in  all  the  ' 
it,  along  with  other  similar  inst]*. 
exercised  a  wide  aud  powerful  iriHaciicc 
revulul ionizing  Hindu  thought  aud  life, 
addition  tu  his  duties  connected  with 
college,  he  gave  attention  tu  other  misaii. 
ary  work,  and  aided  the  Bengali  Christ 
connected  with  the  mission  iu  organii 
themselves  into  a  congregation,  and  buil 
a  church.  He  was  aasociated  frequent 
with  the  other  misaionariea  of  Calcutta 
friendly  conference,  and  waa  prevent  at 
general  missionary  conference  at  Allafaat 
m  the  winter  of  1872-3,  where  he  read  a  paper 
upon  the  Brahma  Samaj.  In  the  summer 
of  1876  he  wrote  a  series  of  letters  to  Eujjt- 
lish-speaking  Hindus  upon  important  nh 
gious  subjects,  which  were  published.  An 
edition  of  6ve  thousand  copies  was  issued, 
and  nearly  all  sold  during  the  course  of  pub- 
lication. The  letters,  bound  together  in  s 
volume  of  two  hundred  and  twenty-four 
pagea,  entitled,  '*  What  to  Believe,"  metv 
very  favourably  received.  His  wurk  of  a 
more  general  educational  and  literary  char- 
acter, while  in  Calcutta,  waa  of  coitsiderahle 
importance.  He  waa  a  frequent  contributor 
to  the  Calcutta  lifvic  w  and  other  local  papan; 
waa  appointed  every  year  as  an  examiner  fur 
degrees  in  the  University  of  Calcutta ;  aod 
had  the  honour  of  an  appointment  by  the 
governor- general  as  a  Fellow  of  the  Uni- 
versity, thus  having  a  permanent  seat  in 
the  l^niversity  OounciL  On  the  liSth  Feb- 
ruary, 1877,  he  left  Calcutta  for  Scotlsnd, 
on  furlough,  where  he  spent  some  months, 
preaching  and  lecturing  occasionally.  He 
was  employed  lecturing  at  the  four  Sc'>'Lt..>h 
Universities  during  the  winter  of  1877-^, 
u]>on  *'  Comparative  Theology,"  from  a 
missionary  stand-point.  After  some  time 
spent  in  Scotland,  where  he  preached  for  a 
few  months  in  iMlbeattie,  and  took  iJiarge 
of  the  Park  Church,  (ilaegow,  in  the  ab- 
sence of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Donald  Madeod,  its 
pastor,  for  three  months,  he  returned 
with  his  family  to  Canada.  He  had  b««a 
offered  special  inducements  by  ttie  Foreign 
Mission  Committee  to  return  to  Calcutta, 
but,  on  account  of  the  health  of  himself 
oiid  his  wife  in  India,  decided  not  to  go. 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


641 


He  WM  called  to  Si.  Andrew*!  Churoh.  Chat- 
ham, New  Brunswick,  and  settled  there  in 
Febroary,  1879,  where  he  reaiained  for  two 
Tean  and  four  months  in  charge  of  that 
Lugo  congregation.  Uo  was  called,  early 
in  1881,  to  St  John's  Church,  Brockvillo, 
where  be  settled  on  the  1st  of  May  of 
that  year.  The  year  fullowing,  the  church 
waa  enlarged  to  double  its  former  capacity. 
He  haa  been  a  member  of  the  Foreign 
Mission  Committee  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  in  Canada  ever  since  his  return, 
and  has  been  for  two  years  convener  of 
the  Sabb&th  school  committee  ;  and  also  a 
member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Queen's 
College.  Ktiv.  Dr.  Jardine  is  a  man  of 
marked  enthusiaam  and  force  of  character. 
Upon  his  crjngregations  he  has  execised  an 
altogether  uuuaual  influence  ;  and  some  of 
the  sermons  that  he  haa  preached  have 
been  among  the  most  thoughtful  and  strik- 
ing ever  delivered  from  a  Canadian  pulpiu 
While  the  soundest  of  churchmen,  his  views 
are  remarkable  for  their  liberality,  for  their 
independence,  and  for  their  enlightenment. 
Likewiae,  too,  Rev.  Dr.  Jardiue  has  pub- 
lished works  of  a  high  and  permanent  value, 
but  the  moat  remarkable  of  his  books  is^ 
•*  The  Elements  of  the  Psychology  of  Cog- 
nition," brought  out  by  Mocmillan  &  Com- 
pany, and  which  has  gone  through  several 
editions  since  its  ttrat  appearance  in  J  8*4. 
This  work  may  be  rej;ardeu  as  an  elementary 
text'book,  and  though  the  subject  on  which 
it  treata  is  aeemiugly  not  one  to  arouse  en- 
thusiasm, yet  the  doctor  has  made  &  dry 
■abject  readable,  and  a  profound  one  within 
the  range  of  general  comprehension.  The 
work  has  been  very  favourably  received  by 
the  press,  having  called  forth  elaborate 
criticisuis  from  many  uf  our  moat  capable 
pens.  <Jn  October  27th,  1873,  Ilev.  Dr. 
Jardine  married,  in  Calcutta,  Agues  Hunter, 
eldeat  daughter  of  John  Hunter,  of  Olaa- 
aow,  a  retired  manufacturer,  since  deceased. 
lli«rD  have  been  three  sons  and  one  daugh- 
ter by  tliia  union. 

lilrklaod,  Thomas,  M.A.,  Principal 
of  the  Normal  School,  Toronto,  was  born 
near  Tandetagee,  Countv  of  Armagh,  in  the 
north  of  Ireland,  on  the  l*2th  of  August, 
1A3ol  Ho  is  a  sun  of  Thomas  and  Anne 
<Bradshaw^  Kirkland,  his  father  being  a 
thrifty  farmer  Thomas  roooived  his  early 
education  at  tlte  parish  school,  which  waa 
ver}'  inferior  in  thuse  timue.  At  the  age  of 
fifteen  years  h«  was  appointed  teaclier  of  the 
CorUist  National  School,  and  after  holding 
that  position  for  one  year  was  selected  by 
the  insftoctor  for  training  in   the    Normal 


School,  Dublin.  After  going  through  the 
usual  course  of  training  at  that  institution, 
he  spent  some  time  at  the  Albert  National 
Agricultural  Training  Institution,  Glad' 
nevin,  near  Dublin,  studying  the  theory  and 
practice  of  agriculture.  Having  completed 
the  course  at  Dublin  be  entered  Queen's 
College,  Belfast,  as  a  student  of  civil  engi' 
neering.  While  pursuing  his  studies  there 
he  contracted  an  illness,  and  was  advistKl 
to  seek  a  dryer  climate.  While  in  the 
Normal  School,  DubUn,  he  attracted  the 
notice  of  Archbishop  Whately.  then  chair- 
man of  the  Commissioners  of  National  Edu- 
cation in  Ireland,  and  from  him  received 
a  letter  of  introduction  to  the  l^v.  Dr. 
Ryerson.  He  came  to  Canada  by  the  way 
of  New  York  in  the  summer  of  1854,  crosa- 
ed  from  Rochester  to  Cobourg,  and  in  order 
to  see  the  country  took  the  stage  to  Toronto. 
He  arrived  at  Ofthawa  on  a  Saturday  night, 
and  determined  to  remain  there  until  Mon- 
day morning  ;  but  while  there  he  heard 
two  of  the  trustees  of  the  Central  School 
lamenting  the  illness  of  the  assistant  master. 
He  offered  Ms  services  and  was  engaged 
to  teach  at  a  salary  of  $320  till  the  end 
of   the  year.      The  next  year  he  was  ap- 

fkointod  principal  at  a  salary  of  $500.  He 
eft  Oihawn  for  Whitby  at  the  beginning 
of  1857,  and  left  Whitby  the  following 
year  to  become  mathematical  master  in 
the  Barrie  Grammar  school.  While  Mr. 
Kirkland  was  in  Barhe  the  pupils  greatly 
distinguished  themselves  in  mathematics  ; 
the  last  year  carrying  off  both  the  insthe- 
matical  scholanhipa.  Mr.  Kirkland  ma- 
triculated in  the  Lniveraity  of  Toronto,  in 
1859,  obtaining  a  scholarship  in  mathemat- 
ica,  and  honors  in  all  subjects.  He  pursued 
his  studies  in  University  Culiege  for  three 
years.  In  I8G3  ho  was  appointed  principal 
of  the  Whitby  High  school,  which  position 
he  held  till  1871.  During  his  pHncipalship 
a  large  number  of  the  siudunta  distinguished 
themselves  at  the  Torouio  University.  Many 
of  these  are  now  tilling  important  eduoa- 
tioual  positions.  Amongat  these  are  Pro- 
fessor Pant^u,  &LA.,  Agricultural  College, 
Guelph  ;  principal  tioc^us,  Normal  school, 
W^innipeg  ;  principal  Dickson,  M.  A..  Upper 
Canada  College  ;  principal  Carscaddon,  M.  A., 
Qalt  Collegiate  Institute  ;  John  E.  Bryant, 
M.A.,  editor  of  EductUioiuil  iVtcHity  and  a 
large  number  of  others  who  are  now  ooou- 

fying  prominent  ulact*s  in  other  profuaaiona. 
a  1871  Mr.  Kiralfliid  wiu  selected  by  Dr. 
Ryerson  t^i  till  the  position  of  science  master 
in  the  Toronto  Normal  School,  which  posi- 
tion he  held  till  the  close  of  18^.  when. 


042 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


on  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Davies,  he  vaa 
appointed  principftl.  Mr.  Kirkland  whs  one 
of  the  tirat  elective  mombera  of  the  ften&te 
of  the  Univernty  of  Toronto,  and  he  hu 
been  for  rauny  yean  a  member  of  the  senate 
of  Knox  CoUejj;e.  Ue  ia  a  director  of  the 
Upper  Cauada  Bible  Society  ;  and  for  ten 
yean  (Kcupied  the  chair  of  general  chem- 
mistry  and  phyaica  in  the  Trinity  Medical 
School,  Toronto,  and  during  theaanie  period 
wa«  lecturer  on  Botany  in  this  institution. 
He  married  in  1863,  Jane  Todd«  eldest 
daughter  <>£  the  Rev.  Dr.  Thornton,  of 
Oahawa.  Mr.  Kirkland  has  published  a  work 
on  BtattcBt  which  has  been  authorized  by 
the  Education  department  of  Ontario,  and 
the  Education  department  of  Manitoba.  Ue 
ia  joint  author  of  Kirkland  and  Scott's 
arithmetic  and  Hamblin  Smith's  arith- 
metic, authorized  by  all  the  provinces  in 
the  Dominion,  also  of  McLellan  and  Kirk- 
land's  examiuatiun  papen  in  aritlimetic^ 
and  of  several  articles  in  educational  period- 
icals. 

Charterla,  Charlei  Oeorire,  Chat- 
ham,  Ontario,  was  born  on  the  25th  July, 
1828,  in  Dumfriesshire,  Scotland^  and  is  the 
youngest  son  of  Charles  Charteris,  of  Culli- 
vait  House,  in  the  same  county,  by  his  wife, 
Diana,  daughter  of  John  Reed,  of  Craggs, 
Northumberland,  England.  The  Cltarteria 
family  is  a  very  ancient  one  in  the  annals  of 
Dumfriesshire, — the  Charteris,  of  Amtstiold. 
who  are  believed  to  have  been  originally 
French,  having  settled  in  Scotland  in  the 
reign  of  Malcolm  IV.  (1153),  more  than 
aeven  centuries  ago.  A  large  tract  of  land 
in  Dumfrieaahire  was  granted  to  the  family 
for  important  servicea  to  the  king,  and  a 
portion  uf  this  land  is  still  iu  the  possession 
of  sume  of  the  descendants.  The  following 
may  prove  interesting  in  connection  with 
the  ancient  history  of  the  family.  On  the 
night  of  April  4th,  101)8,  James  VI.  slept  at 
Amiafield,  on  his  way  to  Kngland^  and  the 
bed  on  which  the  king  slept  on  this  occa- 
aion  is  still  preserved  in  the  Museum  of 
Antiquities  iu  Edinburgh  ;  as  also  a  door 
on  which  a  heru  of  the  Charteris 
family  is  represented  in  the  act  of  tearing 
the  jaws  of  a  lion  asunder,  the  same  being 
the  representation  of  an  incident  verified  in 
the  hist<try  of  the  family.  Mr.  Charteris's 
father  was  a  oaptain  in  the  28ch  Li:^ht  Dra- 
goons, and  on  the  disbandment  of  that  regi- 
ment, he  became  adjutant  of  tliu  Dumfries- 
shire Yeomanry  Cavalry.  Charles  George 
received  his  education  in  part  at  the  High 
school  of  his  native  county,  and  at  a  pri* 
Tate  academy  in  Brampton,  England.     In 


of  the 

ten^B 
uay^l 


hia  eighteenth  year  ho  set  out  to 
fortune  in  the  new  world,  and  on 
Chatham,  was  for  a  time  employed 
establishment  of  Withonip(>»)n  «fc  C 
general  merchants  and  agenta  for  tJm  ti 
l^aiik,  hia  cousin,  Aiexander  Charteria 
ing  one  of  the  partnen.  Five  or  six  yi 
later  Mr.  Charteris  engaged  in  the  lombet 
business  with  William  Baxter,  and  cuDtino- 
od  in  the  same  until  1857,  when  he  receivwl 
the  appoininirnt  of  treasurer  oi  Kent  coun- 
ty. This  ofiico  he  still  holds,  and  there  u 
nut  in  ttie  province,  if  the  toatimony  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  county  ia  to  be  accep 
a  more  popular  and  capable  olficia]. 
Charieria  has  had  a  couspicuoua  career 
municipal  politics.  He  sat  for  two 
in  the  town  council ;  was  the  second  ma^ 
of  Chalhuin  (1857).  and  acted  for  a  peri<jd  ss 
chaimiau  of  the  Etourd  of  School  Trustees. 
In  numerous  ways  he  has  rendered  good  ser- 
vice to  the  community,  and  haa  always  had 
the  progress  of  his  adopted  place  and  tJu 
people  at  heart.  Mr.  Charteris  ia  a  staiineh 
Reformer  of  much  load  influence,  and  hii 
religious  tenets  are  those  of  I^reabytcnuusia 
He  was  at  one  time  agent  for  t)ie  Itink  t>f 
Upper  Canada  at  Chatham,  and  was  retaia* 
od  in  the  diapasal  and  management  *>i'i\» 
estate  in  Kent  county.  >Ie  married  (.ii  t 
2rith  December,  1849.  Elizabeth,  dau;4hter 
William  Baxter,  and  by  this  lady  has  had  % 
family  of  eight  children.  Five  of  these  sur- 
vive, three  sons  aud  two  daughters. 

Botvoiiiii,  iHracI  David,  Berlin. 
Ontario,  was  bom  in  1830,  in  tho  to« 
of  Waterloo,  now  the  County  of  "Watt . . 
He  ia  a  son  of  Henry  Raer  Bowman,  t*  ua- 
tive  of  Pennsylvania,  U.S.,  who  came  to 
Upper  Canada  in  1825,  and  Judith  Baumu 
a  native  of  Ontario,  I.  D.  Bowman  wm 
educated  at  Rockwood  Acaduniy,  and  took 
there  a  commercial  course.  He  was  reeve 
of  the  town  of  Berlin  in  1858,  and  was  ap- 
pointed county  clerk  for  the  County  of 
Waterloo  in  1861,  and  county  treasurer  in 
1880,  and  has  hold  these  offices  continuously 
since  the  dates  of  his  appointment.  3tr. 
Bowman  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Eng* 
land.  He  married  iu  1804,  Angelina  L., 
daughter  of  John  U.  Tyson,  of  Penusf 
vania.  By  this  marrLogo  there  were 
children.  The  eldest  son  is  stiidyi 
engineering  and  surveying,  and  reoei 
diploma  in  civil  engineering  from  th« 
ronto  University  in  1885.  He  is  a  member 
of  K  company  of  the  Qur-  '  '  ;. 
accompanied  that   corps  to  i 

other  points  during  the  late  rci>:iiH«ii  in 
North- West. 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


043 


llowlAiid,  M'iiliain  II.,  Mayor  of 
the  City  of  Toronto,  was  born  at  iambtou 
MdU,  in  the  Oouutv  uf  Vurk,  in  the  vbi^ 
1844.  His  parents  [Vide  sketch  of  Sir  W.  J*. 
Howland,  page  :iOL  of  this  Tolutne],  were  uf 
Puntun  stock,  and  settlcU  in  Canada  io  1830. 
William  received  his  earlier  education  in  the 
Toronto  Acatlemy,  where  he  made  rapid 
proi^reM  ;  and  in  ldo5  waa  transferred  to 
l^pper  Canada  College,  and  subsequently 
went  t'j  the  Model  Grammar  school^  where 
he  remained  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of 
agew  As  a  learner  he  was  indefatigable,  and 
waa  always  known  as  a  solid,  atl-round 
scholar,  sure  to  stand  well  in  the  general 
proficiency  record.  His  popularity  with  his 
school-fellows  was  great,  as  his  natural  abil- 
ity waa  unaccompanied  by  any  shade  of  ar- 
rogADM  or  aasumed  superiority,  while  his 
kxodlinewi  and  manlinesa  were  admired  by 
aU.  In  18*J«,  when  Sir  W.  P.  Howland  en- 
tered public  life,  his  sixteen-year-old  son 
took  a  place  in  the  larye  business  institution 
of  which  that  gentleman  was  head.  The 
vteftdy  and  persevering  lad  at  once  found 
himaelf  at  home  in  his  new  sphere  of  life, 
and  speedily  developed  busineas  talents  that 
have  over  since  kept  him  a  successful  and 
prominent  member  of  the  mercantile  oom- 
manity.  In  1872,  he  organixed  the  Queen 
City  Insurance  Company,  of  which  he  was 
elected  president,  beint;  the  youn^eat  man 
who  ever  assumed  such  a  position  in  this 
country.  This  p4>flition  he  still  retAiiis,  as 
well  as  a  similar  one  in  the  Uand-in-Hand 
Insurance  Company  and  Canadian  Lloyd's, 
mh  of  which  have  prospered  nmiarhably  un- 
der luB  ifiiidanoe.  He  is  also  vice-president 
of  the  Milier«  and  Manufacturers' Company. 
For  two  years  he  waa  president  of  the  To- 
ronto Board  of  l^nderwritera,  and  has  also 
been  au  executive  oHicer  of  the  Dominion 
Mantifactiirers'  AsstKiation  and  of  the  To- 
ronto Hoard  of  Trade.  Politically,  Mr. 
Howland  has  always  been  remarkably  indo- 
poodent  in  his  views.  He  is  a  warm  sup- 
porter uf  the  national  policy  of  Sir  John 
A.  Macdonald,  and  with  ciual  zeal  stands 
by  the  Hon.  Mr.  Muwat  s  g<^vernment. 
In  eoinpaiiy  with  W.  A.  Foster,  W.  H.  Mc- 
Hnrrich  and  other  independent  thinking 
young  politicians,  hu  fiirmed  the  Canada 
First  party,  on  a  platform  then  looked 
up<.tii  as  s<jmewhat  ohiroerical,  but  which 
hM  aince  been  adopted  in  its  main  features 
by  prominent  le:uK*rB  of  both  the  present 
pcilitical  pitrtieit,  In  relation  to  pliitan- 
thropic  woik  Mr.  Howland  hns  not  been 
■A  idle  apeotator,  and  has  already  devoted 
A  grsfti  6ml  oi    his   time  Aud  meaas   to 


helping  to  make  the  world  better.  His  at- 
tention was  first  turned  to  the  temperance 
queation  when  the  Dunkin  Act  waa  sub- 
mitted to  the  electors  r>f  Toronto  in  the 
year  1877.  He  then  carefully  examined  the 
whole  question,  came  to  the  conclusion  that 
the  at^ments  against  the  liquor  trafhc  were 
sound  and  wise,  accepted  the  situation,  be- 
came  both  a  total  abat-ainer  and  a  prohibi- 
tionist, and  at  once  threw  his  energies  into 
the  organized  temperaiioe  and  pnmibition 
work  in  which  he  has  since  playea  so  promi- 
nent a  [tart.  The  following  year  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  Ontario  government  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Trust  Board  of  the  Turouto  hos- 
pital, of  which  he  acted  as  chairman  until 
1879.  He  succeeded  in  raising  the  manage- 
ment of  tliat  institnti>.m  to  a  point  of  eth- 
oieney  that  it  had  never  before  attained.  A 
large  amount  of  property  was  secured,  and 
18100,000  invested  in  permanent  improve- 
nients,  some  of  the  most  im|K>rtantof  which 
wure  the  Eye  and  Ear  Intiriuary,  the  Fever 
Hi/spital  and  the  L)'ing-in  Hospital.  But  one 
of  Toronto's  prominent  monuments  of  Mr. 
Howland's  enterprise  and  benevolence  will 
be    the   Industrial   School.     Fifty  acres   of 

Sound  have  bt>en  secured  for  this  at 
imico  ;  $17,000  of  money  has  already  been 
raised  ;  building  operations  have  been  com- 
menced and  will  be  completed  during  the 
present  year.  There  will  bo  aocomuiodstion 
for  *i<X)  boys,  who  will  be  drawn  from  that 
class  with  whom  ordinary  school-teadiers 
usually  hnd  it  very  ditltcult  to  deal.  Pend- 
ing the  completion  of  the  building,  a  tem- 
porary truant  school  has  been  established, 
with  an  average  attendance  of  seventy 
pupils.  This  sorely  needed  effort  in  the  in- 
terests of  a  much  neglected  class  has,  how- 
ever, no  exclusive  place  in  the  sympathies 
of  this  noble  worker.  He  is  chairman  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  Prisoner's  Aid 
Aaaociation,  and  superintendent  of  a  very 
interesting  Sunday-school  in  tlie  fiercer  re- 
formatory ;  and  he  also  takes  a  very  deep 
interest  i  n  the  Toronto  mission  union, 
founded  by  ardent  Christian  workers,  to 
provide  religious  iostructiun  and  privileges 
for  a  large  class  of  the  community  that  had 
before  stayed  entirely  oiitaide  all  church  or- 
ganizations. Si>cially,  5Ir.  Huwlaud  is  a 
great  favourite.  Kiud-heart«d.  approach- 
able and  unassuming,  he  nt  onee  wius  a  ood- 
Odence  that  remains  unKhnkvn.  In  1873, 
Mr.  Howland  married  Laura  Cliipmao, 
sinter  of  the  wife  of  Sir  Leomtrd  Tilley. 
lieutenant-gnvemor  of  New  Brunswick,  ana 
a  family  of  thrve  girls  is  the  fruit  of  this 
union. 


644 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  Oi 


Catgrain,  Abbe  llcnry  Raymond, 

ft  diatingnished  French  Canadian  writer,  was 
bom  at  Riviere  Ouelle,  in  the  Province  of 
Quebec,  on  the  16th  of  December,  1831.  He 
is  doctor  of  literature  at  Laval  Universitjr ; 
member  of  the  lUiyal  Society  of  Canada  ; 
corresponding  member  of  the  Geog:raphical 
Society  of  Pariif  France ;  corresponding 
member  of  the  Royal  Academy  of  Pisa, 
Italy  ;  corresponding  member  of  the  Uisto- 
rical  Sfwiety  of  Doaton,  and  member  of 
the  American  Historical  Aaaodation.  He 
is  the  son  of  the  Honourablo  Charles 
Eusebe  Casgrain,  barrister,  late  delegate  of 
the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Lower  Canada, 
member  of  the  special  counsel  of  the  same 
province,  and  assistant  commissioner  of 
public  works.  His  mother  was  Eliza  Ann 
Baby.  His  paternal  family  are  originally 
from  Errault,  in  the  ancient  province  of 
Poitou,  in  France.  The  first  of  this  name 
who  came  to  Canada  abont  1750  was  Jean 
Baptiste  Casgratni  an  oflioer  of  the  French 
army.  Bis  son,  Pierre  Caagrain,  was  lord 
of  Riviere  Ouelle  and  the  island,  and  was 
the  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
On  his  mother's  side  L'Ahbe  Casgrain  is  de- 
scended from  one  of  the  oldest  families  of 
Nouvelle  France.  The  first  ancestor  who 
came  to  this  country,  Jac<iut;s  Babie,  waa  an 
officer  in  the  regiment  of  Larignau-Saliers, 
who  disembarked  at  Quebec  in  1665 ;  he 
was  the  son  of  Jean  Babie,  lord  of  Hainville 
and  Isabeau  Robin  ;  his  father  and  mother 
were  from  Monttou,  not  far  from  Mer- 
mandoa,  France.  His  desoendanta  are  al- 
ways numbered  among  the  most  remarkable 
families  of  Canada.  The  great-grandfather 
of  Madame  Casgrain,  Jacijues  Duperou 
Babv,  settled  in  Detroit  at  the  beginning  of 
the  last  century,  and  served  as  an  officer  in 
the  Canadian  militia  during  the  war  of  the 
conquest.  (See  Parkman's  **  Conspiracy  of 
Pontiac,"  and  "Montcalm  and  Wolfe.")  At 
his  death  ho  weib  judge  in  the  City  of  De> 
troit.  One  of  his  sons,  the  Honourablo 
Jaojuus  Dui>erou  B'iby,Bpeaker  of  the  Legis- 
lative Council  of  Upper  Canada,  waa  the 
father  of  Madame  Casgrain.  The  Abbe 
Caagrain,  after  having  pursued  a  course  of 
cloaaical  studies  at  Ste.  Ann's  College,  Prov- 
ince of  Quebec,  for  a  short  time,  studied 
medicine,  afterwards  adopted  an  ecclesiasti- 
cal career,  took  his  theological  course  ac  the 
Quebec  seminary,  and  was  ordained  a  priest 
on  the  5th  of  October,  1856.  He  waw  suc- 
cessively professor  at  Ste.  Ann^s  College  un- 
til 1859,  vicar  of  Beaufort,  and  afterwards 
at  Quebec  Cathedral  from  1860  to  1873. 
The  Abbe  travelled  in  Europe  in  1858,  and 


again  in  ]867«  in  qaesi  of  hiatoncal  ma* 
terials  ;  and  returned  there  in  1873.  He 
passed  the  winters  of  1880  and  18K1  in 
Louisiana,  waa  at  Florida  in  1882,  and  ar- 
rived at  the  island  of  Cuba  in  1885.  These 
extended  travels  were  of  inestimable  vala« 
in  Abbe  Caagrain's  literary  lab^jurs.  He 
was  obliged  to  retire  from  the  active  mims- 
try  in  1874,  owing  to  a  serious  affection  of 
the  eyes.  His  permanent  residence  is  at 
Quebec.  His  tirst  literary  effort,  ^*  Legends 
Canadien,"  was  published  at  Quebec  in  1861, 
by  J.  F.  BrouBseau,  printer.  This  prettj 
volume  is  printed  in  elegant  Kurop*""- 
and  contains  tliree  legends,  of 
have  been  published  in  the  Coun 
nada,  and  reproduced  in  Europ*  . 
already  been  made  known  at  tVu- 
lectures.  The  third  is  6Ued  with  the  last 
reminiscenoe  of  "  Saires  Caruviif^inr^ :  Le 
Tabltaude  la  Hiviire  OueUe,"  the  "  Proi.- 
nt<r*,"  and  "  La  JougUun^'  are  interesiing 
accounts  of  the  adventures  of  the  first  set- 
tlers in  the  earliest  days  of  the  colonv. 
They  are  written  in  a  glowing  and  fine  style, 
and  form  a  complete  and  charming  ^n^up  of 
poetry,  of  which  the  value  is  fully  appreci- 
ated by  those  who  know  the  beautiful  psr- 
iahcs  south  of  the  St.  Lawrence  nver  below 
Quebec.  Brought  up  amidst  these  graod 
sites,  of  a  Christian  family  and  diatinguisbsd 
society,  the  Abbe  Caagrain  has  retained  s 
touching  remembrance  of  these  beautifol 
rural  scenes,  and  of  past  events  which 
amused  him  in  infancy.  A  voyage  to  Europe 
made  later  on,  as  he  relatea  in  a  sort  «>f 
loguo  to  his  last  l(^(end,  revealed  to  hu!>  '  rv 
literary  value  of  his  remembrances,  and  ia^ 
duced  him  to  write  them.  Owing  to  th« 
happy  circumstances,  literature  haa  been 
riched  by  the  publLshiug  of  thia  agreeal 
volume,  "  Jtiumal  of  Pubbc  Instructiuu.' 
His  next  work,  **  VHijUorif  de  la  Af'im  itj 
I'Jneamatioit."  appeared  in  1864,  and  wai 
published  by  Desbumta.  There  waa  also  a 
second  edition  in  1865  ;  the  third,  in  1873. 
by  C.  Darveau  ;  and  a  fourth,  in  1882,  by 
L.  Brousseau.  This  remarkable  book  wu 
translated  into  German  by  the  Abbe  Geiger, 
of  Munich.  Bavaria,  and  publislied  at  Ratis- 
bon  in  1873.  Of  the  many  merited  eulo- 
giums  passed  by  the  highest  authori lias  oo 
thia  groat  literary  performance,  our  space 
will  only  permit  quoting  the  following; ; — 
**  This  is  certainly  the  handsomest  work  we 
have  yet  seen  from  the  Canadian  press,  und 
well  deaerves  its  dress.  The  Teresa  of  Noi 
France,  whose  biography  her  son  p4:irtray< 
in  the  I7th  century,  and  Charlereil  in 
18th,  had   her  claims  upon  the  lUth  ; 


% 


CANADIAN  BIOOBAPBT. 


646 


Caniuift^  in  one  of  her  most  gifted  lona,  a 
litteraUur  of  exfjuiftite  taatfi,  of  rich  &nd 
oUnic  Unij'UAge,  pays  the  tribute  of  hiB 
oountry  to  tho  horoino  whose  exalted  piety 
and  devotioQ  can  rouae  even  the  aoni  of 
the  Puritans  to  admiration.  Mr.  CasgruQ 
weaves  into  his  narrative  all  the  grace  and 
beauty  of  style  called  fur  in  our  day,  with- 
out n©xl*ctinj{  the  accuracy  of  historical  de- 
tail or  the  pious  rtlement,  the  omi&sion  of 
which,  as  a  pervading  atmoaphcro  in  such  a 
life,  would  be  a  misoonoeptiou  of  the  sub- 
ject."— American  Hidoric^ii  Magazine  {N,Y), 
'*  For  this  work  I'Abbo  Caagrain  has  re- 
ceived a  medal  from  IHa  HoUuesa  tho  Pope 
in  recognition  of  its  literary  meriU.  Thia 
talented  author  has  done  much  towards 
creating  a  correct  taste  in  literature  and  the 
arts  amongst  his  oountrymen,  and  is  re- 
garded ae  one  of  the  most  finished  writers 
which  the  French  Canadians  possess." — 
Bibiiothtca  ConadenaU,  Of  the  Abbe's  nu- 
merous biographies,  reviews,  critioiffms,  eto., 
the  thoughtful  reader  will  be  amply  repaid 
by  purchasing  hia  *^  (Suvru  CompUi'^j"  at 
present  being  published  by  Beauchemm  A' 
Valoia,  St.  Paul  Street,  Montreal.  The 
ineater  number  of  reviews  and  joumala  of 
Franco  have  shown  their  appreciation  of  the 
Abbe  Casgrain'a  books.  The  Parisian  critics 
■gree  in  saying  that  his  "  Hisiorie  (fHoUl 
ikeu  de  Qutbtc,**  as  welt  as  *'  Mt  Parina»e 
€a}%adUnM€  aw  xcii.  eme  SircU;**  which  were 
written  after  his  talents  had  matured,  are 
the  best  of  his  works.  The  former  haa 
made  known  a  number  of  facts  in  the  his- 
tory of  Canada  before  ignored ;  the  second 
indudes  and  has  searched  deeply  into  the 
first  triala  of  colonization  under  the  feudal 
■ysteOB  during  the  old  re^me.  To  give  a 
full  and  adequate  sketch  of  the  Abbe  Cas- 
grain^s  life  and  works  would  require  vol- 
umes, instead  of  pai^es.  His  countrymen, 
especially  French  C'anadians,  ought  to  bo 
VtT7  proud  that  a  star  of  such  brilUanoy  and 
magnitude  has  in  our  time  illumined  the 
literary  firmament 

filcphenson,  Rufiis,  Chatham,  ex- 
M.r.  f*>r  Kent,  i  hitario,  whs  boni  at  Spring- 
^^11  ^»  -*tc-hiist'tt«,  im  the  14th  January, 
1  -  li  Bon  of  Eli  and  Chloe  (Chapin) 

Su, I.       Hia    itiotlier   was   dpscended 

from  Deacon  Samuel  Chapin,  a  Puritan, 
who  came  to  Roxbury.  now  part  of  Bost'jn, 
MassachuBctts,  prior  to  lOiO,  and  aettlinl  at 
8pri[iu'fi''t<l.  in  the  same  atate,  in  10-12,  The 
d  '^  of  Ut'nc«>n  Chapin    are  nuwer- 

o  1  M<  lude  Judge  Heury  Chapin  ;  A. 

L^  CliApiu,  D.I).,  president  of  Beluit  college, 
WiacoDsin ;  the  Hon,  Moses  Chapin,  Uuu. 


Wm.  H.  Seward;  Henry  Ward  Beeoher;  Dr. 
J.  G.  Holland,  late  editor  of  the  Oentury ; 
R.  D.  Hitchcock,  and  other  eminent  men. 
In  September,  1862,  a  meeting  of  Doaoon 
Samuel  Chapin's  descendants  was  held  at 
Sprifigtield,  Maaaaohuaetta ;  and  between 
two  and  three  thouaand  of  the  same  were 
present.  The  grandfather  of  Rnfns  Steph- 
enson came  from  Lancashire,  England,  and 
belonged  to  that  branch  of  the  family  from 
which  aprung  George  and  Robert  Stephen- 
son, ao  famous  as  railway  engineers.  His 
grandmother  was  of  the  Murphys  of  London- 
derry, north  of  Ireland.  When  Rufus  was 
an  infant  the  family  removed  to  St.  Cathar- 
ines, and  where  he  afterwards  attended  the 
Grantham  academy.  Hia  maternal  uncle, 
the  late  Col  EleaKer  William  Stephenson, 
waa  prominent  as  one  of  the  pmmoters  of  the 
scheme  for  the  oonstruotiou  of  what  Li  now 
known  as  the  Welland  canal,  and  he  waa 
one  of  the  directors  associated  with  the  late 
WtUiam  Hamilton  Merritt.  of  the  Welland 
Canal  Company.  Colonel  Stephenson  waa 
connected  prominently  with  many  other 
enterprises  which  tended  largely  to  develop 
the  interests  of  the  Niagara  district.  We  may 
add  that  it  was  Colonel  Stephenson  who  es- 
tablished the  first  Royal  mail  stage-coach  line 
through  Upper  Canada  from  Niagara  to 
Detroit  ;  and  in  later  years  he  was  intimate- 
ly connected  with  the  following  well-known 
and  enterprising  Canadians  :  Meairs.  Tav- 
lor,  Chatham  ;  Segar,  Ix>ndon  ;  Baboook, 
Brantfonl  ;  I>avis,  Hamilton  ;  Haynea,  St. 
Catharines  ;  Bernard,  Toronto  ;  aud  Weller 
of  Cobourg.  Colonel  Stephenson  waa  killed 
by  tho  running  away  of  a  pair  of  horses  that 
he  was  driving.  Rufus,  his  uephew,  was 
in  the  carriage  with  him  at  the  time,  and 
narrowly  escaped  with  hia  life.  Rufus 
Stephenson  learnt  the  trado  of  printer  in 
the  oftioes  of  the  St.  Catharines  Journal ; 
the  Long  Point  Adntcat''^  Simooe  ;  an<l  the 
BritUh  Amtncnti,  Woodstock.  He  went  to 
Chatham  in  1850  as  foreman  and  associate 
editor  of  the  ottice  of  the  Kent  ^t/rcrfuer, 
but  after  a  little  while  he  took  charge  of  the 
Chatham  Platui,  of  which  journal  he  be- 
caiue  proprietor  in  1854.  He  c<mducted 
this  paper  until  1878,  when  he  dtBpo«ed  of 
it  to  hia  twi>  oldest  sons,  Sydney  and  Ed- 
win Frederick  Stephenson.  While  under 
tho  management  of  Rufus  Stephenson  the 
rianel  waa  one  of  the  very  ablest  journals 
in  the  province,  always  revealing  much 
thought,  originality  and  conspicuoua  vigour. 
Under  the  management  nf  the  sons,  the 
paper  continues  to  hold  a  hiirh  place  among 
Oanadian  journals.      Mr.   Stephenson  hiA 


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A  CYCLOPMDIA   OF 


been  chiiinuan  of  the  oommon  ichooL  board 
Of  Ghathara  ;  chief  engineer  of  the  tire  de- 
partmeot  ;  a  niombcr  of  the  county  board 
of  pnblic  instruction  ;  meml>er  of  the  town 
council  for  twelve  yeara  ;  a  member  of  the 
county  council  for  one  term  ;  and  mayor  for 
three  terms  in  succeuion,  being  elected 
twice  by  acclamation.  Ue  became  captain 
of  No.  12  company,  24th  battalion  of  V^oluu- 
t«er  infantry  in  I8(i(i.  and  baa  since  retired 
with  the  rank  of  major  In  1867  he  waa 
elected  to  the  first  Dominion  parliament  for 
the  County  of  Kent,  and  waa  re-eleeH!<l  in 
1872,  1874  and  1878.  In  parliament  he  waa 
an  earnest,  tw^tire  worker,  and  he  was  a  man 
of  much  intliieiice.  Some  uf  t!ie  UvislatiTe 
meaaurea  initiated  by  him  were  that  re- 
spectiii  Q,  naturalizetl  foreigners  in  thc> 
British  colonial  possessions,  and  the  coast- 
ing relations  with  the  United  Stites  and  the 
navigation  of  inland  waters.  Ho  was  the 
author  likewise  of  various  Either  measures  of 
public  importance.  In  politics  he  was,  and 
is,  a  staunch  LiberabConservstive.  He  ia  a 
Freemason,  and  has  been  aeorotary  of  Imli^e 
40,  Wellington.  He  married  in  1854, 
GoorginaEmma,  eldest  danght«rof  Thomas 
Andrew,  barrister,  formerly  of  London, 
England,  and  grand-daughter  of  Joseph 
Sparks,  of  the  County  of  Kent,  England,  at 
one  time  a  director  of  the  East  India  Com- 
pany. There  are  by  this  union  nine  children, 
live  sons  and  four  daughters.  The  eldest 
■on,  Sydney,  married  Guorgina  Minty,  of 
Woodstock,  Ont. ;  and  Ghlou  Eleanor^  mar- 
ried B.  H.  G.  Vicars,  of  Toronto. 

Leltcli,  Jamea,  Barrister,  Cornwall^ 
Ontario,  was  bnm  on  the  2nd  June,  1850, 
at  the  South  Branch,  in  the  township  of 
Cornwall,  in  the  County  of  Stormont,  On- 
tario, and  is  a  son  of  William  Lettch,  who 
waa  bom  at  Ardrossani  Ajrrshire,  Scotland. 
William  Leitch  came  to  Canada  when  six- 
teen years  of  age  (1832),  and  served  in  the 
Storraont  militia,  under  Col.  Vankoughnet, 
during  the  rebellion  of  13H7-8.  He  followed 
the  occupation  of  contracttjr  on  public 
works  for  a  number  of  years,  and  finally 
settled  down  to  farming  in  the  township  of 
Cornwall.  Ue  took  on  active  part  in  muni- 
cipal affairs,  and  sat  for  a  number  of  years 
in  the  council  of  the  township  of  Com- 
woll.  His  wife,  James  Leitch's  mother, 
daughter  of  David  Bryden,  of  Williams- 
town,  was  of  Scotch  extraction.  James 
Leitch  was  educated  at  the  common  school 
of  the  neighbourhood  in  which  he  waa 
bom,  and  at  the  WilUamstown  and  Cum- 
watl  Grammar  schools ;  and  under  the 
private  tutorship  of  J.  Lawton    Bradbury, 


late   principal   of   the  Cornwall    Onuni 
school.      He  acquired  most  of  his  educatii 
in  the  winter  months,  beintf  engaged  m 
work  of  his  father's  farm  in  the  sprinsj  ai 
summer.      He   wait  admitted    n    membor 
the  Law  Society  of  Ontario  in  Hilary  tei 
I87I,  and  commenced  the  study  itf  law, 
Cornwall,  with  the  late  James  Bethunc, 
1872  he  went  to   Toronto,  iwid    pursued 
studies    in    the    office    of    Crooks,    Kinj 
mill  &.  Cattamich,    of    which  6rm  the 
Hon.  Adam  Crooks,  then  treiLSurer  tif  fi 
tario,    was   the    head.       Ho    waa  called 
the  bar  of  Ontario  in  Easter  term  i*i  1871 
Mr.  Leitch  commenced  the   practice  of 
profession    in   Jum\   187^>.  (u   the  town 
Cornwall,    and    after  prActisiug    alone 
February,   1877,    entered    intti    p^niLr^fn 
with  R.  B.  Carninn,  now  junior  j 
united  counties  of  Storni<jnt,    l»  d_ 

Olungarry.  Upon  Mr.  Carman's  appmnl 
ment  tu  the  bench,  Mr.  Leitch  entert>d  inl 
partnership  with  R.  A.  Pringlo,  under  the 
tirm  name  of  Leitch  &.  Pringle.  Shortlj 
after  he  commenced  practice,  &lr.  Leitch 
was  retained  for  the  defence,  in  the  Simih 
murder  trial,  and  being  largely  instrumeiitA! 
in  spctirina  the  acquittal  of  the  prisoner,  lu* 
established  a  reputation  which  at  oiice 
brought  him  a  large  practice.  He  has  bscn 
retained  in  some  of  rhe  most  imfKjrtnnt 
civil  trials  in  the  united  counties  of  St  ir- 
mont,  Dundaa  and  (Mengarry  Mr.  Leitch 
was  elected  reeve  uf  the  tuwn  uf  Cornwall 
for  the  yeM  1884,  and  was  a  candidate  f<<r 
the  wardenship  of  tlie  united  counties  for 
that  year,  but  was  defeated  by  F.  D.  M^- 
Naughton,  by  a  majority  of  one  vote.  He 
was  elected  mayor  of  Cornwall,  fur  the  ye«» 
18H5  and  1880,  by  acclamatinn.  Upoa 
taking  otlico,  the  finances  of  the  town  hw^ 
in  an  embarrassed  condition,  he  at  once 
fonnulated  a  scheme  for  the  oonsulidatino 
of  the  debt  (»f  the  town,  which,  upon  being 
submitted  to  the  freeholders,  was  defeated 
by  a  small  majority,  but  which  was  tinally 
carried,  upon  a  second  vote  being  taken,  by 
a  large  majority.  He  succeeded  then 
putting  the  (inauces  upon  a  sound  fuum 
tion.  He  likewise  initituted  and  carried 
a  successful  termination  important  drai'iogi 
works  in  the  town.  He  has  been  a  Hi 
School  trustee  for  several  years,  and  tak^ 
much  interest  in  cducah'onal  affaira.  Hi 
torjk  an  active  part  in  promoting  the  naas- 
ing  of  a  by-law  raising  $25,tKK)  to  buUd 
new  public  school  in  the  town  of  Cumwali4l 
He  nnirried  Elizabeth,  third  daughter  of  E.^ 
Strickland,  merchant.  Buckingham,  on  th«1 
18th  October,  J87G.     Mr.  Leitch  is  a  Prea- 


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bjrtorian,  and  u  a  ConaerratiTe  in  politics. 
He  ha«  taken  an  aotire  part  iu  pmnioting 
the  teinperanoe  canw^  &■  veil  as  all  other 
worthy  public  muremonta.  Ho  ia  a  man  of 
markel  energy  and  cuuapiciious  uatural 
talent.  There  is,  un'^nestionably,  a  future 
for  him  in  a  wider  political  field  than  he  has 
ao  far  «iccupied. 

Wllliuiua,  Wnllcr  !44*ult,  Napanee. 
was  born  in  the  County  of  Prince  Edwanl, 
OnUriu.  on  24th  May,  1833.  Hin  father, 
Isaac  WiUiama,  who  waa  a  Ron  of  SaiimioI 
WUliam«.  was  bom  in  Poughkeciiaie,  S,  Y, 
His  mother  waa  Charlotte,  dau;{htor  of 
Hoeas  Herrington,  late  of  Wellington,  in 
the  County  of  Prince  Edward,  Province  of 
Ontario*  who  was  bom  at  Albany,  N.Y. 
Walter  was  educated  at  Fairfield  Academy, 
N.Y.,  and  Victoria  CoUegei  Cobourg.  He 
studied  law  with  the  Hon.  Lewis  Wall- 
bridge,  who  is  now  chief  justice  of  Mani* 
tobft,  and  also  with  D.  P.  Head,  Q.C.,  Tor- 
onto. He  resided  in  Hulloville,  wy  to  Jrtri3, 
when  he  rernf»ved  to  Napanee.  Mr.  Wil- 
U&ms  has  always  taken  a  prominent  part 
ill  all  public  undertakings  which  would  help 
to  atlvance  the  welfare  of  Napanee.  He 
aaw  the  a^lvajitat^  tu  the  town  of  a  railway 
to  the  north,  tlmt  would  open  up  the  back 
country,  rich  in  iron  and  other  minerals, 
lUid  brin^  t^i  it  its  prtjdiicts,  and  ihi-'nce  orig- 
inated the  Napanee,  Tauiwurth  and  Quebec 
Railway.  It  was  mainly  tliron^h  hia  f«ffMrts 
tb*t  tho  different  mumcipalities  voted 
bonuses  t4j  buitd  the  rus^l.  He  has  been  its 
■ecretarj'  since  its  incorporaticut  in  1870. 
In  1874,  he  was  elected  mayor  of  Napanee, 
and  he  tilled  that  important  pctst  so  ably 
that  hia  fellow  townsmen  re-olcctcd  him  in 
th«  years  1875  and  187*1.  As  a  member  of 
the  Independent  tinier  of  OoihI  Templars, 
perhaps,  more  than  anything  else,  Mr. 
WiUiams  has  earned  a  world  wide  reputa- 
tion. He  entered  that  nrtler  in  ld1»7,  and 
Itwos  »ol  long  Iwfuro  tho<rrand  LkmI^'c elected 
him  grand  worthy  chief  templar,  the  highest 
otiic«  in  it*  >;ift ;  and  aUo  one  of  its  repr«- 
aentatiTes  to  th«  FUnhl  Worthy  Grand  IoJIko, 
which  held  its  morting  in  rondun,  KuL^hiud, 
in  1873.  At  that  raoering  lui  was  elected 
right  worthy  grand  secretary  of  the  Supreme 
Grand  Lodge,  which  uthce  be  held  cousecu- 
tively  until  Ma?  *J0,  1880.  At  the  session 
of  the  Kight  >\'orthy  Orand  F/idge,  held  in 
Loatavtllo.  K«m(ucky,  in  1870,  oocnrred  a 
large  Si-tr^-ii  m  from  that  body  under  the 
\v>'  -rnnd  worthy  chief  tumplar 

of  J  '  p'ttathat  colrturc^d  penpl« 

wero  rt,lu»j  i  u.  Imiti-ancu  to  the  order.  It 
was  in  this  ouiorgency  that  the  subject  of 


our  sketch  by  his  zeaJ,  financial  help,  and 
business  tact  and  energy  helped  to  stem  the 
tide  of  seoesaiou  and  save  the  order,  that 
his  name  became  a  hotisehold  word  in  the 
homes  of  its  members,  throughout  the 
I'nited  States,  Canada,  C!reat  Pritain, 
Africa,  Australia,  New  Zealand,  India,  and 
wherever  this  world  wide  order  had  planted 
its  lodges.  Napanee  throu;^h  him  thus  oecame 
known  as  thohcAdcjuarters  of  the  order,  and 
representatives  from  all  parts  of  the  world 
have  visited  it,  and  received  hia  hospitality. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  l>.kdge  iu 
Napanee,  and  of  the  Boyal  and  Urieutol 
Riteaof  Freemasonry,  aa  well  as  of  the  For- 
esters, and  other  societies.  He  haa  travelled 
considombly,  having  visited  Great  Hritain, 
and  the  continent,  most  of  the  states  of  the 
Union,  and  the  ditferent  provinces  of  the 
Domiuiou.  In  ptdiiicsheis  an  independent 
Iveformer,  and  not  bound  to  party.  In  re- 
ligion he  is  a  Methodist.  He  is  (jnite<l 
States  consular  avent  at  Napanee,  having 
been  commissioned  by  President  Arthur  on 
'2lBt  October,  1H82,  and  he  is  agent  for  the 
Western  Canada  Loan  and  Savings  Com- 
pany of  Toronto.  Mr.  Williams  married 
klmora  Lydia,  daughter  of  J.  S.  Hutfman, 
of  iSidney.  County  of  Hastings,  Ontario,  on 
the  UUh  day  of  January,  1857,  and  haa  a 
family  of  four  daughters. 

Clear}',  JnniraTlnccnifD.D.,  Bishop 
uf  Kingston,  Ontario,  was  brirn  on  tJie  18ln 
day  of  September,  1828,  in  UuhicarvoQ,  a 
seapi-irt  town  in  the  county  of  Waterford. 
Ireland,  which  waa  for  several  centuries  a 
paxliamentary  borough,  but  lest  this  privi- 
eiie  last  year  by  the  new  Distribution  of 
Seats  act.  He  is  a  son  of  Thomaa  Cleary 
and  Margaret  O'Brien,  both  natives  of  Dun* 
garvan.  James  Vincent  Clears  received 
his  elementary  education  iu  a  select  private 
school  of  hia  native  towit.  The  English 
course  embraced  Grcciau.  lloman  and  Eng* 
lish  liiitory,  which  wore  extensively  and 
sccurately    tau^^ht :    also   m     '  ^  and 

literary  comi»ositi<»n.    The  1  '  :r*wk 

olasaics,  prose  and  verse,  wt-ix-  ni<iii.i-<i  more 
diligently  in  that  ami  similar  private  schools 
iu  Ireland  in  those  days  thau  iu  many  col- 
leges of  high  repute  at  the  pri'sent   time. 
At  fifteen  years  of  age,   having  completed 
the    English    and    classical    curriculum  of 
studies  in  the   Dungarvan  school,    ho    waa 
sent  hy  his  f>arent3i  to  iComo  for  his  E^clesi- 
astioal    education.      It    was   a  long  journey 
'  from    Ireland  to  Home,  undertaken  by    so 
young  a  l»oy,  when  the  m<Kleof  conveyance, 
I  everywlinro   outaidu   Kngland,    waa  tlin  old 
I  stage-coach,  called  in  France  the  di^yrfMrr. 


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A  cyclopjSdia  of 


The  joarney  that  now  iii«y  be  made  in  four 
ahun  dajs  and  nights  vas  not  accomplished 
by  thia  hardy  young  Levite  without  twenty 
daya  of  weary  traTelling  and  much  discom- 
fort  on  land  and  aea.     Pope  Gregory  XVI. 
then  wore  the  tiara,  and  Dr.  Cullen,  anbae- 
quently   Cardinal    Archbishop    of    Dublin, 
was  rector  of   the  Irish  college  in  Rome,  to 
which   the   subject   of  tliis  notice  was  ad- 
mitted as  an  aapirant   to   the  priesthood. 
Here  he  deroted  himael!  with  ardour  to  the 
atady  of  languagea  and  afterwards  to  phil- 
oaophy.     Sir  Robert  Peel,  the  prime  minis- 
ter of  EngUnd,  carried  a  bill  through  par- 
liament in  the  year  18^5,  increasing  the  en- 
dowment of  Maynooth  college,  near  Dublin, 
to  £20,<K»0ayear.  This  being  an  exclusively 
ecclesiastical     seminary,    in    which    every 
catholic    bishop   in  Ireland  had   the  right 
of    placing   a    oertAin  number    of    pupils, 
the  Bishop  of    Waterford,  to   whom  Jamea 
Vincent  Cleary   waa  subject,   recalled  the 
latter  from  Rome,  and    placed  him  in  the 
Royal   College    of    Maynouth.       Here    he 
passed  hve  years  in  the  pursuit  of  ecclesias- 
tical sciences  :  philosophy,  history,  dogmatic 
and  moral  theology,  Scriptural  cxe^eais  and 
canon  law,  constituted  the  curriculum.     He 
won  the  highest  prizes  of  the  college  in  each 
department  of   study.     Hia  course  in  May- 
nooth  having  been   completed  in  6ve  years, 
he  received  the  order  of  deaoonahip,  which 
bound  him   irrevocably  to  the  ecclesiastical 
■tate,  and  he  returned  home  to  Dungarvan 
in  June,  IBol,  being  still  too  young  to  be 
admitted  to  the  priesthood.     In  the  follow- 
ing September,  the  day  after  he  had  octm- 
pleted  his  twenty-third  year,   which  is  the 
prescribed   age,  ho  was  ordained  priest,  in 
bis  native  town,  at  the  hands  of  the  Bishop 
of  Waterford,   and   immediately  proceeded 
to  Spain,  where  he  entered  the  famous  Uni- 
versity of  Salamanca,  for  the  further  storing 
of  his  mind  with   sacred  science.     In  1854 
he  waa  summoned  home  by  his   bishop  to 
occupy  the  chair  of  dogmatic  the^ilogj'  and 
Boriptural  exegesis   in   St.   John's  cotloge, 
Waierford.     Soon  hia  health   gave  way  un- 
der the  strain  of  excessive  labour,  and  fur 
aome  years  he   waa  compelled  to  relax  his 
studies,  andconSne  himself  to  the  narrowest 
limits  of  professional    work.       In    18G3  he 
had,  however,  sufficiently  regained  physical 
strength  to  enable  him  to  go  through  an  ex- 
ceptionally severe  ordeal.    The  JHah  Catho- 
lic hierarchy  had  boon  half  a  score  of  years 
endeavouring  to  obtain   from   the    British 
government    a   charter   for  the   nniveraity 
founded  by  them  at  the  bidding  of   Pope 
Pius  IX,  for  the  higher  education  of  the 


iri 


5d 


Catholic  youth  in  Ireland,   in  oppoeitioa  in 
the  Queen's  college,   which    had    been  not 
long  established  by  royal  charter,   on  tiiti 
principle   of  non-religiona   education.       Ii 
nad  been  objected  that  the  Pope 'a  nnirenity 
was    an    unchartered    inatitation,  withont 
graduatea  or    the    faculty  to  create   them. 
To   meet  this   argument,    the    biahopa  re- 
solved to  exerdae  the  papal  charter  of  ooo 
ferring   theological  degreea,  and  making 
public  demonstration  in  connection  with 
The  rector  was  authorized  to    ae&idi    n 
some  ecclesiastic  capable  of  taking  the  end- 
cal  position    of    candidate     for    doctor    of 
divinity,  and  sach  candidate  was   obliged 
to   undergo  a    public   examination   in  the 
eutire  curriculum  of  Catholic  theology  be- 
fore friend  and   foe    for   three    anocec 
days   in  the  hall  of  the    Catholic   uni 
sity.       The    professor    of     dogmatic    thi 
ology    in   St.    John's  college,     Waterford 
was  selected.     A  series  of  propoaitions.  em- 
bracing  all   the  great  truths  of   Chriitian 
revelation    were  priuted   and  forwarded  to 
all  the  colleges  and  the  eminent  divines  of 
the  country,  with  an  invitation  to  every  one 
to  come  and  oppose  the  candidate's  thcee*. 
For   three  days   the   trial  of  strength  con 
tinned,  the  candidate  not  knowing  who  hii 
objectors  each  day  ahonld  be,  or  what  thesm 
they  came  prepared  to   controvert  until  he 
found  himself  face  to  face  with  them  before 
the  great    assembly   of    the   learned.     The 
profoundest  interest  was  excited  by  this  m- 
tellectual  conteat,  such  aa  had  not  been  wit- 
nessed  in  Ireland   since  the  KeformKiion. 
On  the  third  day  all  the  biahops  of  Ireland 
were  present,  and  amid  enthusiastic  plaudits 
the  Rev.  James  Vinoeot  Cleary  was  solemn- 
ly  decorated    with  the   cap  and   ring   and 
other  insi^ia  of  the  doct<>nit«  in   divinity, 
by  authority  of  Pijpo  Pius  IX,  and  the  sen- 
ate  of  the  Catholic  University  of  Ireland. 
Degrees  have  been  conferred  on  some  others 
by  the  same  university  since  1863  ;  bat  not 
with  anything  like  the  same  aeverity  of  teal 
or  solemnity  of  circumstances,  academioal 
or  poticical.     In    1873  Dr.  Cleary  was  ap- 
pointed   to   the   olhce   uf  president  uf  the 
Waterford   college,   and    he   dad    much    to 
elevate  the  standard  of  studies  in  that  centre 
of    ecclesiastical    learning.       Concurrpntly 
with  his  college  duties,  which  weremi«*r»'iis, 
ho  filled  the  post  of  doctrinal  exiH»sitor  in 
the  Cathedral  of   Waierford,  and   airquired 
distinction  as  a  preacher.    Bishops  of  neigh* 
bouring  diooesea  nut  unfrequently  invited 
him  tooocupy  their  pulpits  ;  and  un  the  oc- 
casion of  the  consecration  I'f  the  Most  F<er. 
Dr.    Power,  the   present  bishop  of    Wiic«r- 


.^fatt^K, 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


G49 


ford,  he  waa  eleotoi)  the  preacher  of  the  day, 
to  expound  the  dutiea  and  rights  and  re- 
quirement* of  the  episcopal  office  in  pres- 
ence of  an  immenae  assemblage  of  bishops 
And  cleriey  and  Isity,  gathered  from  all 
parts  of  the  provinoe.  In  1876  Dr.  Cleary 
was  chosen  by  his  bishop  as  constiltlDg 
cheolofjiian  to  accompany  his  lurdship  to 
the  National  synod  of  the  Irish  Catholic 
hierarchy,  hold  in  the  Ooll^  of  Maynooth, 
under  the  presidency  of  Uardinal  Cullon. 
In  the  synod  he  was  appointed  by  the  body 
of  bishops  to  the  im{»ortant  |x>st  of  secre- 
tary to  the  committee  that  had  to  deal  with 
faith,  its  dogma  and  dangers,  and  means  of 
presarration  sud  extension.  In  1870  he 
was  promoted  to  the  liring  of  Dungarran, 
his  native  parish,  and  was  accorded  a  most 
warm  public  welcome  by  the  people  who  had 
known  him  from  infancy  and  were  proud  of 
him.  Dr.  Cleary  had  never  iuterfored  in 
politjca  until  his  appointment  to  the  incum- 
wTktsjoi  Dungarv&n.  Here,  however,  it 
was  deemed  part  of  his  duties  to  direct  and 
control  his  parishioners  in  the  dischArge  of 
what  he  propounded  as  a  high  oonscientiouB 
obligation — the  honest  exercise  of  the  suf- 
frage, on  which  the  supreme  interests  of  his 
country  and  religion  depended.  In  this 
referenoe  he  published  some  letters  which 
attracted  considerable  attention,  especially 
those  anent  the  grave  criminality  of  giving 
or  accepttni;  bnt>ea  in  exchange  for  the  suf- 
frasf>>  His  teachings  on  this  subject  are 
well  remembered  in  all  ports  of  Ireland. 
Us  went  with  the  Irish  national  party,  and 
saoceeded  in  gathering  his  whole  flock,  with 
few  exceptions,  to  act  in  concert  with  him 
and  with  one  another.  '  The  result  was 
shewn  in  the  first  parliamentary  contest  by 
the  unseatiug  of  Henry  Matthews,  Q.C., 
an  English  catholic  barrister  of  high  legal 
distinction,  who  was  member  for  Dungar- 
van  when  Dr.  Oleary  took  possession  of 
the  parish,  and  was  confident  of  reaching 
the  English  bench,  could  he  but  hold  his 
•est  for  a  few  years  and  do  service  for  his 
political  party.  Two  years  subsequently, 
parliament  having  been  dissolved,  Nir. 
Matthews  again  endeavored  to  capture  the 
borough  of  Dungarvan,  and  again  he  was 
defvatetl  Ity  the  united  action  of  the  parish 
priest  M\i\  his  parishioners  in  favour  of  a 
national  candidate.  This  was  m  the  spring 
of  1 88(K  I  n  September  of  the  same  year  an 
order  wis  received  by  Dr.  Cleary  from  tbe 
Holy  8«e  ap[Mjinting  him  Bishop  of  King- 
ston, in  Untdri'>,  Canada.  He  Imd  no  voice 
or  uption  in  the  matter.  ]k«  had  not  been 
consulted.     Twice  he  remonstrated  with  the 


Roman  authorities  on  the  score  of  feeble 
health,  and  the  danger  of  facing  a  CanadJAn 
climate,  and  his  absolute  unaojusintanoe 
with  the  condition  of  church  affairs  in  King* 
ston.  The  sole  reply  received  by  him  was 
an  UDconditionol  muidate  to  renounce  his 
bene6ce  in  Ireland  and  go  to  the  see  of 
Kingston.  Ho  went  straightway  to  Rome, 
and  wftA  there  consecratea  bishop  on  the 
21st  of  November,  1880,  in  the  chapel  of 
the  Propaganda,  by  his  eminence  Cardinal 
Simeoni,  prefect  of  all  the  missions  of  the 
Catholic  world.  The  assistant  bishops  in 
the  consecration  were  His  Orace  Arch- 
bishop Croke,  of  Cashel,  and  His  Lordship 
Dr.  Butler,  bishop  of  Limerick.  Six  other 
Irish  bishops  and  a  Urge  number  of  prelates 
from  various  countries  took  part  in  the 
ceremony.  On  the  arrival  of  the  Right 
Rev.  Dr.  Cleary  in  his  Episcopal  city  of 
Kingston,  he  was  the  recipient  of  an  ovation 
surpassing  in  grandeur  and  enthusiasm 
every  popular  demonstration  of  former  times 
in  that  city.  The  Protestants  joined  with 
the  Catholics  in  welcoming  the  new  bishop. 
Although  it  was  an  unheard  of  innovation 
to  bring  a  parish  priest  from  Ireland  for  the 
government  of  a  Canadian  diocese—  by  the 
way  tbe  oldest  diocese  in  the  Dominion 
after  Quebec — and  persons  were  not  want- 
ing to  canvass  the  action  of  the  Holy  See  in 
disregarding  the  supposed  claims  of  native 
ecclesiastics,  it  is  not  a  little  remarkable 
that  never  did  so  numerous  an  assembly  of 
bishops  and  priests  appear  at  the  installa- 
tion of  any  prelate  as  on  this  occasion. 
The  archbishop  and  all  the  bishops  of 
the  ecclesiastical  province  of  Toronto,  the 
bishops  of  Montreal  and  Ottawa,  and  the 
leading  dignitaries  of  their  several  districts 
united  in  the  cathedral  of  Kingston  on  that 
day  to  witness  the  priests  of  the  diocase 
paying  homaf(o  and  offering  their  canonical 
obedience  to  tho  stranger,  whom  not  one  of 
them  ha<l  ever  before  laid  his  eyes  upon, 
but  who  had  come  to  them  by  the  mandate 
of  the  Suvereign  Pontiff,  whom  they  ao- 
knowled^od  to  be  Christ's  Vicar  and  the 
Ruler  <<f  the  Universal  Church.  Most  cer- 
tainly it  constituted  a  visible  proof,  if 
such  were  wanted,  of  the  living  reality  of 
the  faith  of  Catholics  in  the  divinely-ap- 
pointed order  of  the  church.  The  Right 
liev.  Dr.  Cleary  holds  aloof  from  Canadian 
politics.  He  deals  with  Conservatives  and 
Liberals,  as  a  friend  of  both,  and  it  is  im- 
possible to  conjecture  from  his  course  of  ac- 
tion which  side  he  would  take  were  he  to 
engage  in  public  affsira.  In  S4>cial  gather- 
ings, and  in  queitiuna  of  a  purely  benevo- 


A  ctclopjedu  of 


lent  character,  he  takes  h»  place  at  times 
araong  the  men  uf  action  in  Kingtton.  &nd 
haa  deUver«d  tome  public  addreasea  that 
have  commanded  reverent  attention,  and 
the  applause  of  good  men  of  all  sections. 
Me  duos  not,  however,  conceal  his  senti- 
ments on  the  groat  Lrish  question  that  agi- 
tates England  and  Englishmen,  the  whole 
world  over,  with  so  much  forwent.  At  a 
meeting  held  in  the  city  hall  of  Kingston 
last  autumn  (ISSo),  he  stated  Ireland's 
claim  t4j  self'governuient  in  a  clear,  candid 
and  argumentative  speech  that  excited  the 
wrath  of  all  aTtti-Kome  rulers,  and  provoked 
the  ire  of  the  Urnni/emen  of  Kingston  to 
such  a  degree  that  thoy  held  a  counter- 
meeting  to  protest  against  it.  The  chief  oc- 
cupation of  KiglU  Kev.  Dr,  C'leary  is.  how- 
ever, with  the  BX>irilual  iuterests  of  his  dio* 
cese.  He  is  ever  in  motion  through  his 
miaatonary  districts,  conferriujt  with  his 
olergy  and  with  committees  of  the  laity,  on 
tlio  uoeds  of  their  churches  and  congrega- 
tions and  schools,  rectifying  abuses  and 
ordering  things  anew  for  the  advancement 
of  religion  and  momlity.  He  has  established 
several  new  misaions  suice  his  advent  to  the 
diocese,  and  has  mnltiplieti  the  clergy  for 
the  service  of  out-lying  districts.  He  baa 
founded  convents  and  schools,  and  erected 
many  new  churches,  st>mo  of  which  are 
modols  of  architectural  beauty.  Prieals  are 
now  resident  among  tho  people  where  a 
priest  never  resided  before,  and  handsome 
and  commodious  presbyteries  have  b«en 
built  for  them  by  grateful  parishioners.  He 
is  engaged  at  present  in  completing  his 
noble  cathedral  exteriorly  and  adorning  it 
interiorly.  All  tho  windows  of  his  cathedral 
have  been  filled  by  him  with  stained  ghus  of 
exquisite  beauty  of  colour  and  design,  ex- 
hibiting about  one  hundred  tableaux  of 
mysteriua  and  miracles  and  parables  in  a 
regular  series,  wliich  mi;,{ht  well  be  desig- 
nated an  illustrattid  Bible.  0r.  Cleary 
speaks  and  writes  many  languages.  He  is 
convurstint  with  Latin,  Greek  and  Hebrew, 
thu  chief  tUblical  languages  ;  and,  besides 
English,  he  is  familiar  with  three  other 
modern  laQguages, — the  Italian,  Spanish, 
and  French. 

innc.4rtliur,  Donald  Alexander, 
Alexandria,  Ont.,  was  bom  on  the  28th  of 
October,  1836,  in  Charlotte  burg,  County  of 
Glengarry,  Ontario.  His  father,  Alexander 
MacArthur,wasa  son  of  Charles  Mac  Arthur, 
a  native  of  Ixwhaber,  Inverness-ahire,  Scot- 
land, who  came  to  Canada  in  17^>t  and 
settled  in  Glengarry.  Donald  MacArthur, 
his  great-grandfather,  served  under  Came- 


ron, of  Loohiel,  and  took  part  at  the  hatllt 
of  CuUoden,    when  Prince  Charles  Stoart's 
forces  were  defeated  by  the  Lhike  of  Com 
berland  ;     and     his    grandfather,     Chart 
MacArthur,  served  at  a  lat«r  date  in  sup- 
pressing tho  Irish  rebellion.      On  coming 
Canada,  hi.i  grandfather  took  up  land,  wbi 
he  cleared,  and  on  which  he  erected  a  horn 
stead,  and   on  this  is  the  residence  of  tb 
subject  of  this  sketch.     Charles  MacArthur 
died    when    his   son,    Alexander,  was  very 
young,  and   the   latter  was  br'.>ught   up  b; 
his  brother  John,    who    was    an    ext^snni 
lumber    merchant   at   Kingston.      After  ai 
taining  manhood  Alexander  s'jttled  on  tl 
homE>stead.   marrying  Mary,   a  dn"/'"-f 
John  Mocdonnld,  one  of  the  luir- 
Loyalisls.     The  issue  of    this  niarr.i^. 
nine   sons  and    two    daughters,    of    whi 
family    D.mald    Alexander     is     the 
eldest.       Like    other    luyaliata.     Ale 
MacArthur,   at  the  time  of  the  rebrl 
1837-8,    took   up   arms   in  defence  of   thi 
government.   H&  was  gifted  with  a  s^dembi 
constitution,  and  at  this  writing  is  still  hal 
and  in  good  health,  though   well  advance: 
in  life.      Donald  Alexander  MacArthur 
ceived   his   early    education    in    Cornw 
and  took  hia  classical  course  at  the  AloX' 
andria    Grammar  school.      At    the   age 
nineteen  he  left  school,  and  thereafter  for  a 
time— till  he  was  twenty-two — piiraued  tho 
avocation  of  teacher  in  his  native  county, 
Ue  then  entered  roeroantile  pursuits  und< 
the   late  A.    S.    Macdonald,  of   Alexaiidn 
with  wh«>m  be  remained  seven   and  a  half 
years.      He  then  formed  a  partnership  with 
Geoi^    Harrison,  of   Alexandria,  the  lirm 
being  known   as    Harrison    ^    McArthur. 
This  business  was  successfully  carried  on  I* 
tivc  or  six  years,  when  Mr.  McArthitr  di 
posed  of  his  interest    therein.      In   1874  h« 
commenced  business  for   himself,  and  two 
years     afterwards    erected     the    haiidsomi 
premises  which  he  now  occupies.      In   188 
Mr.  McArthur  wiis  one  of  the  sub-commit 
of  tive,  appointed  by  tho  board  of  dirccto 
for  the   building   of   the   Catiada   Atlanti 
Rwlway,  his  confreres  being  John  Kanki: 
of  Muuireal ;    E,  Mc(iilli?ray,  and   C. 
Mackintosh  of  Ottawa;    Saxon  CasselmaQ 
of  Casselman,  and  Mr.  Helmer  of  Husse' 
This  committee  made  a  contract  with  wii 
D.  C.    Lindsay  of   Vermont,    and    it 
ratitied    by  the  board,  and  has  ain«» 
carried   to   its   completion.     In  the  fall 
1882  Mr.  MciVrthur  was  nominated  by  thi 
Coneer^ative  party  for  the  representation 
Glengarry  in  the  l<jcal  hou»e,  his  oppone 
being  James  Kaysido,  the  present  mem 


lea 

I 


CANADIAN  BIOORAFBY. 


C61 


who  only  suooeoded  in  defeating  him  by 
thi*  sm&Il  majority  of  8«^veuty  votes.  In 
jRniiiiry.  1885,  he  waa  elected  reeve  of 
AJexandria,  defeating  the  then  reere,  D.  A. 
Maodonald.  In  1886  he  vaa  electe<i  reeve 
by  aoclaniatioii,  and  aubseqtiently,  on  the 
Stith  of  January,  at  the  first  meeting  uf  the 
council,  was  chosen  warden  of  the  united 
counties  of  8tormont,  Dundas,  and  (rlen- 
l^arry.  Mr.  MoArthur  has  always  been  a 
staunch  Conservative,  and  is  president  of 
the  Conser\-ative  Association  of  the  County 
of  Glenj^mrry.  In  reti^on  he  ia  a  Roman 
catholic,  nlthouj;h  that  was  not  the  faith  ^of 
his  anceatcirfl. 

lltiiulll«>n,  ^Vllllum  Lm,  Brockville, 
Inspector  of  Inland  Revenue,  Eastern  On- 
tario, waa  boru  on  March  2(>th,  1842,  in  the 
township  of  Tyeudinaga,  Couuty  of  Hastings, 
Ontario.     Be  is  a  son  of  Patrick  and  Mar- 
ga.ret    ( Latchford)    Uamiiton.     His   fachcr 
was    bom    in    the  County   of  Antrim,   Ire- 
laud,    and    hiA   mothf^r   in    the    County    of 
Limerick.     They  were  married  in  Canada, 
and  were  among  the  pioneers  of  the  Couuty 
of  Hastings,  having  settled  on  a  farm  there 
in  1830,  where  our  subject  was  bom.    W.  L. 
Hamilton  was  educated  at  the  public  school 
of    his    native    place,    and   at    the    County 
Grammar  school,  Belleville.     Mr.  Hamilton 
commenced  life  as  a  public  school  teacher, 
when  fifteen  yean  of  age,  and  tauj^ht  school 
for  seven  yean,  during  which  time  ho  hold 
a   first-class   certificate.      When  he   aban- 
doned  the   profession   he  was  bead  master 
of  one  of  the  public  schools  iu  Kelleville. 
Ur.  Hamilton   was  employed  in  the  freight 
department   of  the  lirand   Trunk  Railway 
as  bookkeeper,  at  Belleville,  Toronto  and 
Detroit  ;   and  he  was  engaged  as  aaaistant 
with  a  surveying  party  in  tiie  Madoo  gold 
regions  in  1867-8.     He  was  for  a  number  itf 
yean  oonneoted  with  the  49th  HaHtinj^B  riHe 
ragiment,  and  at  the  time  of  his  removal 
ti»m    Bollevillo    was    captain  aud    (quarter- 
master  of  the  regiment.        He  commenced 
his  otiicial   career   in  the  Inland    Revenue 
d«partiDvtit  at  Dellevjlle.  in  lH<>8.     He  was 
appointed  deputy  eollDO^>r  in  1873  ;  collec- 
tor in   IH7'.>.    and  inaiwctor  for  Eastern  On- 
tario in  18K2.    Nor  has  thin  pn>moti<>n  Iwen 
obtained    throu'^'h    the   pulling  of    jHililical 
wiros,  but    iii  riKrouuiLiun  of   the  industry, 
ctal  and  thorough  titness  of  the  man  in  the 
diacharge  of   hi(t   duties.     The  only  society 
with    which    Mr.    Hamilton    has  boen  con- 
naot«d  is  that  of  ancient,  free  and  accepted 
Maaoni,    uf   which    he   has  tM«eu  tin  active 
member  since  1865.     He  is  a  past  master  uf 
Kureka  lodge,   No.   2)^3,    {SelleviUo,  aud  a 


past  district  deputy  grand  roaater  of  the 
Prince  Edward  district.  He  is  a  member 
of  different  branches  of  high  grade  Masonry, 
and  holds  the  important  office  of  grand  min- 
ister  of  state  of  the  Supreme  Grand  Council, 
A.  &  A.  Scottish  Rite,  'A^\  B.  N.  A.,  an 
Hon.  Vl'^  of  the  Uosicruoian  society,  and 
past  grand  representative  general  of  the 
Sovereign  Sanctuary  of  Royal  and  Oriental 
Freemasonry,  33  ,  90^.90'^.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Church  of  Kuvland  by  birth  and 
education,  and  adheres  to  that  faith;  and  he 
haa  always  been  a  staunch  supporter  of  the 
Kvangelical  party.  During  the  existence  of 
the  Church  Associntion  lie  waa  recording 
secretary  of  the  Belleville  bnwich.  Mr. 
Hamilton  looks  upon  the  action  of  the 
Ritualistic  party,  as  fraught  with  danger 
to  the  church  ;  and  hence  he  is  a  zenloua 
supporter  of  Wyclitfe  college.  He  married 
■in  Noruniber3rd,  1809,  Kliza  Jane,  second 
(laughter  of  the  late  Thomas  Beatty,  of 
Petorboro',  Ontario.  Thero  have  been  by 
this  union  throe  children,  only  one  of  whom, 
a  'laughter,  is  liviog.  The  lesson  to  be 
learntKl  from  the  career  of  Mr.  Hamilttm 
is  that  there  is  much  to  be  achieved  by  lum 
who  ia  industrious,  and  who  never  permits 
his  hand  to  falter  at  the  wheel. 

Rcthune,  Angus,  Cornwall,  Ontario, 
waa  bom  on  the  8th  Noveml>er,  1816,  at 
C harlot teburg,  Co.  Glengarry.  Hia  grand- 
father, AneruB  Bcthune,  waa  a  sergeant  in 
the  royalist  army  during  the  revolutionary 
war,  under  Sir  John  Johnson,  and  was  a 
native  of  Scotland.  After  the  war  he  settlud 
in  Charlotteburg,  the  birth-place  of  our  sub- 
ject, whose  father  was  DuncAu  Bethune. 
Tho  latter  gentleman  married  Jane,  daugh- 
ter uf  William  Roae,  of  North  Carolina,  a 
gentleman  of  Scotch  extraction.  Duncan 
had  somewhat  of  the  military  spirit  of  his 
sire,  aud  served  when  very  young  in  the 
war  of  IBl'A  in  the  corps  kno%ru  as  the 
(fK'ugarry  Fencibles.  In  the  troubles  of 
18^)7-8  he  also  saw  seri'ice  under  Cotunel 
Fras«r,  with  the  Ut  Glen^^arry  militia. 
Angus,  the  subject  nf  the  present  memoir, 
received  his  education  at  the  district 
school,  at  \\  illLiknistown.  and  for  some 
time  afterw&nls  romaineil  an  the  farm  with 
his  parunts.  He  settled  iwtmani'ntly  in 
Cornwall  in  1848,  obtainini;  an  app'tintuient 
u  dcputy-aherilf.  which  nnic*  he  hi'Ul  until 
IHO'J.  when  he  resigned  to  enter  the  hustncss 
>i  milling,  which  engageil  his  ationtiun  for  a 
decade  or  more,  iu  1875  he  aooopted  the 
position  of  surv«yor  and  paymaster  on  ihn 
C.I*. R.,  at  Port  Arthur,  from  tlm  Mackcti- 
jiiu  admiuisLcatiou,  in  which  capacity  he  sox* 


J  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


ved  until  1879.  In  1880  he  wai  mpputnted 
police  magistrmte  of  the  town  of  Cornwall, 
which  office  he  still  holdk.  In  I837-B  He 
aorved  in  the  volunteer  force,  and  was  ap- 
pointed in  ld55  ensign  in  the  1st  Stormont 
militia.  Mr.  Bethune  has  for  many  yeara 
served  in  the  council,  and  during  the  sixties 
was  reeve  of  the  town  of  Cornwall  for  sev- 
eral years.  In  1871  and  1874  he  was  elected 
to  fill  the  mayor's  chair  ;  tnd  was  Warden 
of  the  united  counties  of  Stormont,  Duntlos 
and  Glengarry  in  1870.  In  politics  Mr, 
Bethunu  is  a  Liberal  of  pronounced  views, 
and  althoXigh  a  strong  supporter  of  Hon. 
Alex.  Mackenzie,  is  no  loss  in  sympathy 
with  the  Uou.  Edward  Blake.  In  religioa 
he  is  astannch  Presbyterian.  Mr.  Bethnne 
married  in  1839,  Ann,  daughter  of  John 
Mackenzie,  of  Charlotteburg,  who  held  a 
commiaaion  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  also  in 
the  rebellion  of  1837-8,  and  woa  a  son  of 
Duncan  Mackenzie,  an  officer  who  served 
in  the  royalist  annies  of  177G.  The  iaaue 
of  this  marriage  was  eleven  boys  and  two 
girls«  six  of  the  former  still  living,  and  one 
of  the  latter.  The  best  known  of  Mr.  Beth- 
une's  sous  was  the  late  James  Bethnne, 
Q.C,  the  aosompUshed  scholar,  able  lawyer, 
single-minded  politician,  and  Christian  gen- 
tleman recently  deceased. 

McDoiiuld,  Herbert  fstone.  Wood- 
lawn,  Brockville,  Judge  of  the  County  Court 
of  the  United  Counties  of  Leeds  and  Gren- 
ville,  was  bom  on  the  23rd  February,  1842, 
at  Gananoque,  County  of  Leeds.  He  is  a 
eon  of  the  Honourable  John  McDonald, 
who  resided  at  Oananoque,  and  died  there 
in  September,  18(>0,  having  come  to  Canada 
in  1817.  John  McDonald  was  called  to  the 
Legislative  Council  of  the  former  province  of 
L'p[>er  Canada  before  the  union,  and  again, 
upon  the  occasion  of  the  union  of  the  pro* 
vmces  of  Upper  and  Lower  Canada,  to  the 
Legislative  Council  of  Canada.  He  was  of 
Scottish  ancestry,  his  father,  John  Mc- 
Donald, and  his  mother,  who  was  a  Came- 
ron, having  oome  to  America  from  Ferth- 
•hire,  Scotland,  in  the  year  1787.  The 
mother  of  our  subject  was  Henrietta  Maria 
Mallory,  who  is  still  living.  Her  maternal 
grandmother,  Abigail  Dayton,  formerly 
Abigail  Coggswell,  became  the  wife  of  Col. 
Joel  Stone,  a  U.  E.  loyalist,  who  is  con- 
sidered to  have  been  the  founder  of  Gana- 
DOfiue.  MtBs  Mallory  wai  an  inmate  of 
CoC  Stone's  house  when  John  McDonald 
married  her.  Herbert  Stone  McDonald 
waa  educated  at  the  Ganano^ue  Grammar 
school,  Queen's  College  Frepnraratory 
school,  and  at  Queen's  College,  Kingston. 


He  graduated  at  Qneen*s  Unirervity  aa  B,  A. 
in  1859,  and  aa  M.A.  in  1861.  In  l8Sd 
he  commenced  the  stndy  of  law  with  A.  N. 
Richards  of  Brockville  (since  then  for  some 
time  Uoutonant-govnruor  of  British  Col- 
umbia), and  ooncluded  his  course  aa  so 
articled  clerk  with  Richards  &  Jackaou,  ot 
Toronto.  He  was  called  to  the  bar  in  EasUc 
term,  1863,  and  in  the  same  year  commeoeed 
the  practice  of  his  profession  at  BrockTille, 
as  a  partner  of  F.  W.  H.  Ohambers,  then 
M.F.F.  for  Brockville.  The  partnenhis 
was  dissolved  in  1806,  and  H.  S.  MoDonsM 
continued  to  practise  in  Brockville  until  ap- 
pointed to  the  bench.  He  waa  appointed  la 
18G3  as  lieutenant  of  the  Gananoi^ue  rifle 
company  ;  and  in  1866  he  waa  on  active 
service  at  the  epoch  of  the  Fenian  tmubles. 
In  the  aame  year  he  waa  appointed  pay- 
master  of  the  4lst  battalion  BrockviUe 
rifles,  and  accompanied  that  regiment  when 
it  waa  ordered  to  Cornwall  during  the  Feniaa 
raid  of  1870.  Some  years  afterwards  be  v^ 
tired  with  the  honorary  rank  of  major.  In 
1863  Mr.  McDonald  waa  elected  a  me 
ber  of  the  first  muuioipal  council  of 
village  of  Gtmanoque.  He  was  for  somft! 
yeara  a  member  of  the  joint  Grammar  and 
Common  school  board  of  trustees  of  Brock 
ville.  In  18G7  he  was  appointed  depaty- 
judgo  of  the  County  Court  of  the  Cnited 
Counties  of  Leeds  and  Grenville,  which  a 
pointnieut  was  revoked  in  1869.  In  18 
and  1871  he  waa  a  member  of  the  town  con 
cil  of  Brockville ;  and  at  the  general  el 
tion  of  1871  waa  elected  in  the  oonserrativ^ 
interest,  aa  member  for  the  South  Ridiuz 
Leeds,  in  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  On* 
tario.  His  political  life  ceased  npon  hisHp* 
pointment  in  the  autumn  of  lH7Ct,  by  t 
government  of  Sir  John  k.  Macdooald,  to 
office  of  junior  judge  of  the  County  Court 
the  united  Countien  of  Leeds  and  Grenvill 
The  then  judge  (his  Honour  R.  F.  Steele),' 
having  died  in  January,  1875,  Mr.  M 
Donald  discharged  all  the  duties  of  tho 
judgeship  until  December,  187$.  when  he 
waa  elevated  by  tho  government  of  Sir  John 
A.  Macdouald  to  the  oHJoa  of  judge  of  the 
County  Court  of  the  united  Counties 
Leeds  and  Grenville.  In  October,  1885, 
was  appointed  under  the  Electoral  V 
chise  Act  of  the  Dominion,  tho  reri 
cer  for  tho  electoral  districts  of  B 
South  Grenville,  North  Leeds  and  Q 
and  South  Leeds.  In  1867,  Mr.  Mo 
became  a  member  of  the  Loyal  Orange 
ciatiou,  and  in  1869  was  elected  jonn 
deputy  grand  master  of  Ontario  East :  m 
1870,  he  became  senior  deputy  grand 


CANADIAS  BIOQRAPBY, 


O&S 


ter,  uad  in  the  Mme  tou*,  after  the  election 
of  Mr.  (now  the  UonoorablQ)  Mnckonzie 
Bowell,  to  the  gr&nd  mutership  uf  British 
Ji^urth  Aiuerica,  and  bis  rvsigriattoD  of  the 
grand  maat«rBhtp  of  Ontario  East,  he  sue- 
oe«ded  to  the  latter  office,  to  which  he  waa 
fe-electod  in  1871,  1872,  and  1873.  On  the 
ISth  July,  1872,  Mr.  McDonald  laid  the 
oomor  stone  of  an  Orange  hall,  or  building 
ftt  OttawSt  upon  which  occ&sinu  he  waa  pre- 
sented with  a  trowel.  In  1873behad  ch&rge, 
in  the  Outario  legislature,  of  the  Orange  in- 
oorporstion  bills,  which  passed  the  house, 
but  were  reserved  by  the  then  lieutenant- 
goremor.  In  the  same  year,  in  company 
with  D'Arcy  Boulton  (now  deceased),  Mr. 
McDonald  proceeded  to  Great  Britain  as 
one  of  the  delegates  to  the  Triennial  Orange 
conference,  which  met  in  Glaagow,  in  July 
of  that  year.  Ue  addressed  meetings  of 
Orangemen,  or  in  connection  with  Orange- 
iscn,  at  Londonderry,  Colvraine,  Ballymena, 
Dublin,  Portadown,Lurgan,  Annagh,  Knnis- 
kiUen,  Birmingham  and  Liverpool.  He  ceased 
active  connection  with  the  Orange  Associa- 
tion after  hia  appointment  to  the  bendi  in 
1873,  and  subsequently  obtained  a  certificate. 
At  one  time  he  was  a  member  of  8imp* 
son  lodge  of  A.  F.  and  A.  Masons,  of  New* 
boro\  Ontario,  and  proceeded  to  the  defove 
of  master  maaon  ;  but  he  withdrew  from 
active  membership  some  years  ago.  Also  at 
different  times  he  was  a  member  of  tempe- 
raooe  tMocistionft,  and  at  present  is  con- 
nected with  the  Trinity  Church  of  England 
Temperanoe  Society  of  Brookville.  Mr.  Mc- 
Donald has  been  an  active  BUp^M>rter  of  pn>- 
hibition  and  the  Scott  Act.  uid  besides  ad* 
vocating  and  aiding  the  passage  of  that  act 
in  the  united  counties  of  Lee^ls  and  Gren- 
viUo,  has  spoken  in  behalf  of  it  in  the  coun- 
ties of  Dundas,  Carleton,  Lanark,  Hastings, 
Northumberland  and  Durham,  and  the  cities 
ofbU  Thomas,  Kingston,  and  St.  Catharines. 
The  HoDountble  John  McDonald  was  au 
elder  in  the  PreabyteriaD  church,  and  iu 
his  youth  Judge  McDooald  attended  that 
church  ;  but  when  about  seventeen  years 
of  age  he  commenced  atttinding  the  Church 
of  Eingland,  aud  in  1863  was  confirmed  in 
that  church.  Hl*  is  an  earnest  and  »nluua 
member  of  the  Evangelical  school  Ue  has 
been,  lincw  1807,  a  member  of  Uio  dtooesan 
synod,  and  for  some  years  has  been  a  dele- 
gate to  the  provincial  synod.  He  is  now 
a  memlwr  of  the  oongrrgatinn  of  St.  PauTs, 
Brockville  <Rev.  D>-«on  Hague,  M.A.,  rec- 
torX  and  a  lay  delegate)  from  that  oongrefja- 
tion  to  the  synod  of  the  diocese  ol  Ontario. 
Ho  married,  on  the  15th  Jun*,  1864»  Emma 


Matilda,  daughter  of  David  Jonea,  of  Brock- 
ville,  registrar  of  the  County  of  Leeds.  Mr. 
Jones  was  the  son  of  a  U.  £.  loyalist,  and 
was  himself  a  barrister-at-Iaw,  and  at  one 
time  a  representative  of  the  County  of  Leeds 
in  the  Cpper  Canada  House  of  Assembly, 
and  also  at  one  time  a  Judge  of  the  District 
Court  of  the  Eastern  District  Ho  resigned 
the  office  of  county  registrar  iu  18ti4,  and 
died  at  Brookville  in  1870.  His  brother  waa 
Sir  Daniel  .Tunes,  who  was  kmghtHtl  during 
the  reign  of  King  William  IV.  Ho  was^  we 
believe,  the  hrst  native  bom  Canadian  who 
received  the  honour  of  knighthood.  Of  th« 
children  of  Judge  and  Mrs.  McDonald  two 
are  living,  viz.,  Katharine  Henrietta  and 
John  Herbert.  Guy  Morville  died  an  in- 
fant of  one  month  old,  and  Muriel  .Adelaide 
died  in  September,  1880,  aged  within  a  few 
days  of  uue  year  and  nine  months. 

Hobbs,  Wllllitm  Rlclinrd*.  Lon- 
don, Ontario,  was  t»rri  in  tlie  pansh  of  Aber- 
avon,  County  of  Qlamorganshire,  Wales, 
England,  in  the  year  1846  ;  and  is  a  son  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  Hobbs,  of  the  aame 
place.  W.  U.  Hobbs  was  educated  at  Pros- 
pect scademy,  t^hebbear,  Devonshire,  Eng* 
land,  aud  came  to  Canada  in  the  spring  of 
1869.  Mr.  Hobbs  is  senior  member  of  the 
firm  of  Hobbs,  Osbom  &  Hobbs,  and  their 
house  transacts  by  far  the  largest  wholesale 
general  hardware  biiainess  in  Canada,  west 
of  Toronto  and  Hamilton,  and  imports  more 
plate  aud  sheet  glass  than  any  other  firm  in 
the  Domiuiou.  This  firm's  purchases  of 
glass  for  the  coming  spring  delivery  will 
weigh  from  1  ,(HX}  to  1 ,200  tons.  Goi>d  for> 
tune  has  attended  the  undertaiuugs  of  the 
finn,  and  it  is  now  master  of  a  sound  and 
profitable  business,  and  one  that  is  every 
day  achieving  a  new  growth.  Mr.  Hobbs 
has  not  allowed  hia  business,  extensive 
though  it  be,  to  completely  absorb  his  at- 
teution  ;  he  has  taken  s  constant  and  a 
zealous  iuturest  in  the  promotion  of  the 
moral  welfare  of  the  community.  Tem- 
perance has  found  in  him  a  steadfast  4Qd 
a  strong  ally  ;  and  he  lias  been  a  total  ab- 
stainer from  his  birth.  He  is  preeident  of 
the  London  Young  Men's  Chnstian  Asso- 
ciation ;  treasurer  of  the  ly^ndoo  8oott 
Act  Committee  ;  and  was  a  delegate  to  the 
the  World's  Conventii>n  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christisn  Assootstion,  held  at  Borlm,  G^r. 
many,  in  It^.  Ho  u  an  Oddfellow,  and 
a  niomber  of  the  Masonic  craft.  His  trav- 
els have  t>een  oxteniuve,  he  havtok  vtsitod 


',"H 


Europe,  combining  during  his  visits,  busi- 
ness and  recreation.  Mr  Ilobbs  is,  and 
Always  has  been,  a  member  of  the  Methodist 


A  CrCLOPACDlA  OF 


ohurcbf  and  to  that  oommunion  belonged 
hU  parents  and  his  grand- pari* nta.  Ho 
married  in  IHti'.l,  Anne  Osburn,  a  native  of 
Kngland.  Mr.  Hobbs  ia  a  trustee  of 
Queen's  Avenue  MethodUl  church. 

May.  Samuel  l*ai«niorCf  M.  D., 
C-L.  H.,  Toronto,  waa  born  in  Truro,  Corn- 
wall, KngUnd,  ill  IS'2S.  He  was  educated 
at  a  private  Bchoul,  and  his  studies  included 
the  Boience  of  natural  history,  which  era- 
brncod  the  art  of  taxidermy.  Mr,  May 
came  to  this  cotmtry  in  11^63;  and,  on 
landing  at  Quebei^  was  enjgaged  by  the 
Literary  and  Historical  Society  of  that  city 
to  re-arrange  their  large  and  valuable  tan- 
aenm  of  mineralogy,  geology,  and  z>ology, 
and  to  prepare  a  scientilic  catalo^te  of 
the  satne.  He  completed  the  work  in 
seven  weeks,  and  reoaiveil  a  written  testi- 
monial and  bonus,  making  a  remuneratiuti 
of  ten  pounds  per  week.  Ue  purposed 
collecting  natural  hidtory  specimens,  and 
preparing  a  sketch  of  the  fauna  of  Canada 
and  Uie  Lhiited  States,  but  woa  induood  by 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Hyerson  to  lake  a  position  as 
clerk  until  the  I^ornial  Sclund  museum  was 
founded,  and  was  appointed  Clerk  of  Lib- 
raries  during  the  same  year  ;  subsequently 
paintings,  philosophical  instruments,  etc., 
were  received  for  the  museum.  Mr.  May 
had  charge  of  the  educational  exhibit  at 
Kingston,  in  1850,  which  occupied  ono- 
quarter  of  the  entire  building.  Referring 
to  the  exhibition,  ilw  Jonrtml  of  EduadioUt 
of  September,  185<>,  said :  "The  artistic 
beauty  of  the  arms  of  the  Kducati'tnul 
departmunt  attrscted  the  attention  of  the 
committee  on  tine  arts,  who  awarded  to 
Mr.  S.  P.  May,  of  the  Educational  de- 
partment, a  prize  and  diploma,  in  conaid- 
oration  of  the  skill  mauifested  by  him  in 
the  execution  of  the  design."  A  diploma 
was  also  given  at  the  same  time  fur  his 
ooUectiun  of  natural  history.  From  that 
time  his  name  has  been  known  in  connection 
with  all  the  educational  exhibitions.  The 
educational  museum  was  arranged  by  Mr. 
May  ;  the  philosophical  departuteut  was 
largely  increased  ;  popular  lectures  were 
given  in  various  parts  of  the  province  ;  ainl 
teachers  visiting  the  museum  were  shon-n 
the  use  of  the  instruments.  The  follow- 
ing year  (1857)  Mr.  May  was  appointed  to 
establish  meteoroln^cal  observatories  at  the 
senior  county  Grammar  schools,  and  to  give 
instructions  in  the  use  of  the  instruments 
to  the  Grammar  school  masters.  In  1858 
he  contributed  "  Birds  and  Mammals  of 
Canada"  in  a  Hand-Book  of  Toronto,  which 
thoughtful  and  accurate  work  ia  still  used 


as  an  authority  on  spociea  fnund  in  Canftdfti 
In  the  same  year  Mr.  May  became  connected 
with  the  mudical  department  of  Victoria 
College,  was  ouraU^ir  of  the  museum,  leott 
on  pharmacy,  microscopy,  ifcc.  ;  and  grade 
ated  as  M.D.  in  1803.  From  the  im 
to  the  chise  of  the  Educational  4lep< 
Dr.  Mav  had  charge  of  the  aamo.  In' 
he  eetabliihed  cUkues  in  chemistry  at 
Mechanics*  Institnte  ;  and,  in  acknowiedf 
ment  of  his  interest,  he  was  presented 
a  massive  silvBr  inkstand  and  an  address,  ta 
which  the  students  said  :  *'  We  deaire  to 
thank  you  for  the  great  interest  yon  havt^ 
manifested  throughout  the  eession  for 
advancement  in  the  science  of  chcmistjyj 
and  can  assure  you  that  the  kind  and  get 
tletuaiily  niauuer  in  wltich  you  have  cua^ 
ducted  your  class  to  the  close  of  the  tern' 
has  been  duly  appreciated  ;  and  wu  sincerely 
rei^ret  that  our  connection  as  teacher 
pupils  has  come  to  a  closf.  **  In  18G9  Di 
May  gave  the  tirat  scries  of  lectures 
Chemistry  undertaken  by  the  Pharmaoe«^ 
tical  Society  at  the  Mocbaui^'  Inatitul 
at  the  close  of  the  course  represt^utati! 
the  class  under  his  charge  U'luie  forwai 
read  an  address  to  the  distinguished  gei 
tieman,  saying,  among  other  llitrt"  '  U 
becomes  our  pKraiiaiit  duly,  Wf 
leave  of  you  at  the  closi^  .  f  t!i.  - 
sion,  on  behalf  of  the  in 
maccutical  Society  and   ^  -• 

chemistry   class,  to   express   thua    pnbiicly 
our  higli  appreciation  of   your  services  ia 
tnipartiog  to  us  a  knowledge  of  tliat  most 
useful    branch   of    the   science."       A    very 
handsome  clock,  set  in  bronee  and  encased 
in  a  glass  shade,  accompanied  the  addmai. 
The  examiner  in  oouneotion  with  this 
ciety,  Professor  Croft,  stated  in  his  repoi 
that  the  papers  of  Dr.  May*a  students,  al^*^ 
though  they  only  attended  uvemug  classes, 
were  (juite  cijunl  to  those  of  regular  atC«ud" 
ants  at  the  university.     Dr.    &[ay  gave  thi 
first  public  exhibition  ef  the  electric  light 
Toronto  in  18<>5,  on  that  occasion  lighti 
UT>  Churcli  street  and  the  Music  hall.      Ft 
pie  from  all  parts  of  the  city  docked  to  see*! 
the    illumination,    and    the    crowds    si 
dumbfounded   as  Dr.    May  illumined    thi 
irreut  room  with  his  "  barnussed  lightning.* 
The  newspaper  reports  of  his  exhibitijna  af«^ 
very  fuU  and  eulogistic  ;  and  th«y  describai 
the  griiups  of  persons  gathered   about   tht 
doctor,  receiving  shocks,  or  standing  op 
mouthed  with   wonder,  at  his  clever  exhi- 
bitions.    Hamilton,  hearing  of  the  outburst 
of  light  in  the  i^ueeti  city,  must  uoeds  haw 
Dr.    3Iay  take  Iks  batteries  thitiittr  ;  and 


CAN  A  Oi  AN  BIOGRAPHY. 


065 


when  ha  ftppe^red  the  citizeua  thronged  out 
iu  congregations  to  see  the  latest  wonders 
of  sdeiice.  At  the  time  of  the  Tifni  affair, 
Dr.  May  was  active  iu  the  formation  of  the 
Civil  ii^errice  conijiaiiy,  and  was  a[>[>ointed 
mrgeon  ;  subsequentiy  he  was  gazetted  as 
aaaistaat  surgeon  of  the  Queen's  Own  bat- 
talimi.  He  was  present  with  the  Queen's 
Own  at  Kidgeway,  snd  his  bravery  (»n  that 
oooasioii  was  the  sutiject  of  much  approba- 
tion, e«(H.*ciaUy  his  or>ura[;e,  activity ,  and  self- 
exposure  in  canng  for  the  wounded  duriuK 
and  aftvr  the  battlu.  At  the  cloae  of  a  demon- 
■tratiuu  held  in  the  drill-shed  in  Toronto. 
up<.>u  the  return  of  the  troops  from  the 
front,  Lieut. •Colonel  Durie,  deputy  A.  A.O., 
presented  Dr.  May  to  General  Napier, 
who  thanked  him  for  his  services  and  devo- 
tion to  the  wounded,  as  well  as  for  the 
gallantry  exhibited  by  him  upon  the  battle- 
field. In  1^70  he  waa  appointed  by  Hon. 
Mr.  Crooks  to  tako  charge  of  the  exhibit 
at  the  Philadelphia  International  Exhi- 
bition,  and  subsequently,  on  the  arrival  of 
Hun.  Mr.  Scott,  then  secretary  of  atate, 
he  assisted  geuerally  in  the  ganeral  ex- 
hibit of  the  Dominion.  it  waa  he  who 
ccMistructed  designs  for  the  arch,  decor- 
ations, etc.,  and  ho  also  wrote  the  cata- 
logue of  education^  appliances.  Dr.  May 
received  a  diploma  for  his  ■pecimena  of 
natural  huitory  on  that  occasion.  He  took 
part  iu  all  the  educational  meetings  at  the 
conttfunial,  and  was  subserjuently  appoint- 
ed <rt)  the  oommitteo  of  tho  pormanent  ex- 
hibiiiito.  and  one  of  the  lecturers  for  the 
bureau  i>f  educaiifm.  The  following  para- 
graph appearoti  in  a  leading  Philadelphia 
newspaper  at  the  time  :   "  The  exhibit  is  at 

g resent  under  th«  Bn[>erintendence  of  Dr. 
w  ]'.  May,  of  the  Education  department  of 
Toronto.  'The  d<>ct'>r  is  a  guutleman  of  large 
rtaourcea,  full  of  suggeati<iRs,  and  his  pet 
•ubject  is  education  of  the  young.  Withhia 
good -nature  and  easy  manneri,  he  is  alwsys 
ready  to  impart  to  all  who  are  interested  in 
the  subject  his  ample  knowledge,  which 
always  proves  a  uiiue  of  wealth  to  the  list* 
un«r.  He  is  equally  capable  of  expounding 
the  Uutario  school  system,  which  he  repre- 
sants,  or  to  give  a  vivid  running  oommen- 
tary  on  the  articles  exhibited  or  reprcaented, 
WMther  It  be  kindergarten,  uatunl  history, 
gBOgnohyi  or  the  various  branches  of  phy- 
de».  He  not  only  explains,  but  interusts 
and  instructs,  and  tho  thrjng  tliat  daily 
gathers  around  him  during  his  short,  deacrip- 
tive  lectures,  la  a  proof  of  his  popularity." 
On  Dr.  May's  return,  he  wrote  a  report  for 
the   commissioner  of   agriculture,    of    239 


pa^ea.  In  1877  he  KA^e  a  public  addrecs 
on  the  exhibition  at  the  annual  ineetim;  of 
tlie  Ontario  Agricultural  Society,  which  was 
reproduced  in  a  pamphlet,  tive  thousand  of 
which  were  printed  for  general  circuUtiun. 
Dr.  May  was  appointed  secretary  fur  the 
Dominion  at  the  Rxposititm  l^niveraal  of 
1878  ;  and  was  awarded  the  gold  medal  as 
coiitiboratfttr  of  the  food  exhibit  which  won 
the  kfrand  [irife.  This  collection  waa  made 
by  Dr.  May,  and  chielly  prepared  by  him* 
sulf,  consisting  of  food  product*,  including 
tish,  game,  etc.,  which  were  dtted  up  to 
represent  a  market.  He  was  also  awarded 
a  diploma  for  a  new  method  of  arr^tnging 
natural  history  specimena  in  miueums.  He 
received  the  decoration  of  the  Legion  of 
Honour  for  his  eminent  services  to  the 
nation  ;  also  the  decoration  of  palm  Itisvea, 
or  officer  of  Academy,  Paris.  He  received 
a  medal  from  the  French  gov«nrnient  in 
1881 ;  one  thousand  dollars  worth  of  silver 
from  the  Ontario  exhibitors  ;  and  an  ad> 
dress,  gold  watch,  and  jewellery,  f<tr  Mrs. 
Blay,  from  visitors.  He  was  appointed 
superintendent  of  tho  Moobanios'  institutes 
and  Art  schools  in  1880,  and  wrote  a  special 
rep'trt  afterwards.  In  1883  ho  wrote  a 
catalogue  for  the  museum  of  tho  Uuolph 
Agricnltural  colleifo  ;  and  in  18H4  prepar^ 
a  descriptive  catalogue  for  the  ICducational 
museum.  Dr.  May  has  lectured  at  Me- 
chanics'  institutes  on  popular  scientific  sub- 
jects, and  he  has  always  been  listened  to 
with  tho  ]irofoundest  attention.  He  has 
tho  happy  gift  of  popularising  and  making 
full  of  interest  everything  that  be  touches. 
The  tnstitutea  have  increased  100  per  cent., 
and  evening  classes  have  been  established 
in  fifty  or  sixty  places  where  he  has  lec- 
tured. What  art  education  has  achieved 
under  Dr.  May  will  be  underit<^H)d  from 
the  fact  that  when  he  was  put  in  charge  of 
this  department  of  our  educational  service 
there  were  only  two  public  Art  schools, 
while  there  are  now  6ve,  with  over  seventy 
branch  schools.  He  has  been  ap^tointed  by 
the  Ontario  government  as  their  reprvsen- 
tative  at  the  Colonial  Exhibition.  The 
Eduoational  Court,  under  his  direction, 
will  embrace  the  largest  collection  of  edu- 
cational appUsnoea  and  pupils*  WMfk  over 
Gxhibititd  by  any  one  country.  Education, 
art,  and  science,  in  Ontario,  owe  a  deep 
debt  to  the  wide  gifts,  tlie  enthusiasni| 
and  tho  wonderful  industry  of  this  aoo<im- 
plished  man.  It  is  only  once  or  so  in  a 
generation  that  there  arises  a  man  like 
him,  endowed  for  tho  pursuit  and  maatery 
of  so  many  subjects  ;  and  Pope  hat  aaid,-* 


666 


A  ctclofjEdia  or 


"One  mIkkw  only  will  one ffenias  fit, 
80  vaat  is  ui,  ao  tuurow  honuo  wit  ;** 
bnt  Dr.  May  u  perfectly  *t  home  u  a  prac- 
titioner of  medieinO]  aa  a  lecturer  upon 
science  or  meohanica,  in  the  ffroupmg  and 
anatyssing  in  the  department  of  natural  his- 
tory, or  in  the  artistic  arraugemeut  of  a 
muHuum  or  ejihibitioii  h&LI.  Ue  has  a 
g^niuH  for  organization,  and  his  achieve- 
uieuu  in  hia  various  pursuits  are  really 
marvelloiif).  Dr.  May  has  had  a  family  uf 
twenty  children,  eleven  of  whom  are  alive  ; 
six  of  these  are  married. 

Waterhouae,  Jolin,  Manufacturer, 
Tilaouburg,  Ontariu,  was  bom  iu  Yorkshire, 
England ,  un  the  *J4th  November,  1821).  His 
father,  Georue  Waterhouse,  was  a  raanufsc- 
turer  of  wuolleua,  in  the  village  of  Pudsey» 
Yorkshire,  and  his  mother  was  Sarah  Wood- 
house,  of  the  same  village,  hi  1848  George 
WatorhuuBu  emigrated  to  America,  aottljng 
with  hia  family  in  Newburg,  Orange  county, 
It.  Y.,  where  he  engaged  iu  the  business 
of  woollen  manufacture,  in  the  employ  of 
Joseph  Harrittun.  Aftur  the  lapse  of  a  year 
he  removed  to  North  Horsick,  in  the  same 
state,  where  he  was  employed  by  R.  Burn- 
ham  &  Co.,  of  New  York.  In  1852  he  re- 
moved to  Canada,  and  settled  in  the  County 
of  Elgin,  near  Port  Stanley,  where  he  again 
began  the  manufacture  of  woollen  goods. 
He  remained  here  until  his  death  in  I84>6, 
and  left  a  family  of  ten  children,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  being  the  third  youngest. 
John  Waterhouse  labored  under  the  diaad- 
vantages  peculiar  to  all  the  early  settlers  in 
respect  to  educational  advantaguA.  He  was 
obliged,  when  a  boy,  to  work  during  the 
day,  and  it  waa  only  at  spare  hours  that  ho 
Bucoeeded  in  moatering  the  rudiment  uf  an 
education.  He  fulluwt:d  hin  father  to  Can- 
ada from  New  York  state,  but  after  a  brief 
stay  crossed  the  boundary  again,  settliug 
in  Sheffield,  Ohio,  for  a  time,  and  passed 
thence  to  New  York  state  (^ain,  where  he 
remained  till  1857.  His  health  now  began 
to  fail  him,  and  ho  proceeded  to  the  State 
of  Hlinoia,  where  ho  engaged  iu  farming  un- 
til 1861,  when  he  again  returned  to  Canada, 
which  he  has  made  his  abude  ever  since. 
In  18€()  he  established  a  woollen  factory 
near  Port  Stanley  ;  but  the  field  was  not  a 
very  promising  one,  and  he  removed  to  Til- 
■onburg,  where  he  established  another  fac- 
tory. Hero  he  still  remains,  and  through 
his  industry,  integrity  and  fine  business 
qualities,  his  operations  urere  crowned  with 
success.  The  uutput  of  hia  manufactory 
consists  chietly  of  yarns,  flannels,  tweeds 
and  blankets  ;  and  the  establishment  gives 


las  been 

mflOniH 
nt  mem-^1 


employment  directly  and  indirectly  to  a 
large  number  of  persons.  In  1S72.  Bfr, 
Waterhouse  waa  elected  town  councillor 
Tilftonburg,  anrf  waa  re-eletted  in  1877  and 
every  year  since.  He  is  a  sharehulder  in 
the  Tilsonburtf  Agricultura.1  Works ;  is  aa 
Oddfellow,  ana  has  held  most  of  the  offices 
in  the  gift  uf  his  lodge  (No.  r»0).  Ue  is  like- 
wise a  member  of  the  A.O.U.VV. ,  has  been 
a  represeutative  of  that  body  for  five 
and  is  now  past  master  of  the  lodge 
Tilsonburg).  Mr.  Waterhouse  is  a 
uf  the  local  Liberal- Conaerva tire 
tion,  and  is  an  active  and  prcminent  mem' 
bor  of  his  party.  He  ia  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  church ;  and  he  married 
24th  January,  1805,  Elizabeth,  da 
Samuel  and  Nancy  Hurst,  of  Spri 
Ohio.     There  is  no  family. 

Ilurleau,   Ullaire,  M.P.   for  V 
aomptiun,  St.  Lin,  Province  of  Quebec^  w; 
bom    at   Controcceur,   in   the   aforenamed, 
province,  on  the  4th  May,  1837.     His  edo- 
catioual  studies  were  pursued  at  bis  native 
place,  and  subsequently  at   the  College  of 
L'Assomption.     Before   the   completjon  of 
his  education  he  began  the  study  of  law  io 
the   office  of   Isidore   Hurtean,  notary,  st 
Longuenil,  and  in  dne  time  was  called  to  the 
profeaaion  of  notary.    He  has  since  steadily 
practised  this  profeseiun,  save  for  tha  in- 
terruptions caused  by  his  entiy  into  pob- 
lie  life.     Early   in  his  career  Si.  Hurteau 
had  an  inclination  for  political  work  ;  and 
he  was  mayor  of  Lin  for  three  years,  and 
warden   of   the  county   for   a  like 
He  has  likewise  held  the  ofiice  of  ae 
treasurer  of  schools  ;  and  vice-president 
the  Laurentiaa  Railway  Company.     At 
general  election   of  1875  he  was    fink 
turned  to  parliament,  but  was  uuaeated 
petition  in  the  same  year.      On  the  I 
January,  1885,  he  was  re-elected  by  aoola- 
mation,  and  the  petitioners  had  not  much 
with  which  to  console  themselves.     He  w 
re-elected  at  the  general  election  nf   187 
and  at  the  last  general  election.     M.  Hu 
teau  ia  a  staunch  Liberal-Conservative, 
an  extremely  useful  and  loyal  man  tu 
constituency.    He  has  been  appointed  Gen 
ersl  Superintendent  of  Colonization  for  th 
Province  of  Quebec,   15th  December,  1 
and  after  having  travelled  and  studied 
province  as  he  did  for  three  years,  vei^  ta 
men  now  are  BO  thoroughly  acqaain 
the  wants  of,  and  the  manner  to 
thin  great  patriotic  part  of  the  Conser 
party  programme — oolouizatiou.      He  is 
Roman  catholic.     He  married,  on  the  30th 
May,  185^,  Delphino  Beaudoin. 


VASADIAH  BIOOBAPBY 


057 


Awcnlniaii,   Kiglil  Rer.    Arthur, 

M.A..  Hiahiiii  of  Toruntv,  waa  bitrn  at  L«mi- 
don,  Kngltiiid,  iu  November,  li^i.  Ho  is  a 
son  uf  Dr.  John  ^weatmau,  of  the  Middle* 
sex  Hrtspiidl  L^ndoii.  aiid  rt»c«tved  tiis«!arlj 
educaiiunal  LuBtniction  at  the  baud*  of  pri- 
vate tutors.  At  a  very  early  ag«  ho  began 
hia  christian  work,  having  been  a  t^achor  in 
Christ  Church  Sunday -sohoolj  Maryleboue, 
from  I8i*.>  to  1855.  la  tlio  loat  named  year 
he  entered  Christ's  College',  Cambridge  ;  iu 
185lj  obtained  a  ftc)iolar«Utp  ;  and  in  1859 
was  ura'KialO'i  B. A.,  taking  hououra  in 
n;  .  '  s,       Fnsiu     D&comber,  1856,  t*3 

1  1S51I,  Mr.  Sireatinan  was  ani>t*rin- 

tuijiiciit.  •){  the  well  known  JeauB  lane  8uu- 
dAyHKh<>d,  which  haa  alwa^  been  conduct- 
ed by  University  men.  He  waa  ordaiaed 
d«ao>in  in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  iu  1859. 
Uid  in  the  following  year  waa  ordained 
pritiBt  at  Chapel  Royal,  Whitehall,  by  the 
Lite  Kight  Rev.  Dr.  Tait,  then  bishop  of 
LAimlon.  and  afterwards  archbishop  of  C'an- 
t«rbury>  Fur  some  years  thereafter  he  held 
the  [HHiiiinn  of  master  of  Islington  College, 
at  the  aanio  time  officiating  successively  as 
curate  of  Holy  Trinity,  Islington,  and  of  St. 
Stephen's,  Canonbury.  His  career  from 
the  tirst  was  characterised  by  activity  and 
ztwl,  and  while  at  Islington  he  founded  the 
Islington  Ynuths'  Tustitute.  In  184>2he  pro- 
ceeded to  the  degree  of  M.  A.  In  18t>5  the 
bishop  of  Huron  waa  in  England,  and  henr- 
ing  from  many  quarters  uf  the  zeal  and  the 
learning  of  Mr.  Sweatman,  induced  that 
young  clergyman  t<j  accept  the  head-master- 
ahip  of  the  Helhauth  &>y8'  College  in 
Canada.  For  seven  years  he  filled  this  posi- 
tion, rertraliug  unusual  powers  for  urganixa- 
tion  and  ndminittration  ;  and  at  the  same 
time  luakint;  manifest  his  aplendid  scholarly 
r  'Mittu*  iiti  and  aliility  aa  a  clergyman.  In 
1-' ~  he  resiguod  i hia  [Maition  to  accept  the 
rocCorahip  of  ttnice  Church,  Brantford, 
where  with  hia  oharacterialic  powers,  he 
'  for  two  years.  The  authorities 
'auada  Ctill«<gif  had  learnt  of  the 
■  Rftv.  Arthur  Sweatman,  and  of- 
.  the  umthematical  mastership  in 
liio  vw.iu^o.  He  accepted  the  offer,  but 
after  a  short  time  was  onoo  more  persuaded 
toaasii'ii**  th.>  .  ItiirL'A  uf  Helhnuth  CoUem, 
frcrai  It  hu  ha<l  [iev\«r  wh*uly 

taken  which  owed  an  much  nf 

'.t»  Miicceas  to  hia  geniua  f<»r  administration 
1.  '  *?ir    power  ho   ponscaacs  of  awakening 
I       Ho  was    ap(wjinii*d   canun    of 
iral  at  lymdon,  iu  1875,  and  tipon 
.   ri  of  the  Ven.    Archdoaooa  Far- 
•  the  biahophc  of   Algoms,  Mr. 


Sweatman  wsb  created  archdeacon  of  Brant- 
He  was  suV'St-quvntly  sppolntc'd  assistant 
minister  and  actini;  rector  of  Woodstock,  in 
the  place  of  the  Rev.  W.  Hettndge,  who 
became  incapacitated  for  active  service.  lo 
1872  he  became  examining  chaplain  to  the 
bishop  of  Huron,  and  in  18(>3  was  appointed 
clerical  secretary  to  the  diocese  of  Huri~>n, 
and  secretary  of  the  House  of  Bishops.  Aa 
archdeacon  he  waa  i^teemed  and  beloved 
everywhere,  and  his  adutinistration  of  ec- 
clesiastical ntrnira  during  the  absence  of  the 
bishop  of  Uuion,  was  vnli^li timed  and 
highly  satisfxctory.  In  187!*  he  waa  chosen 
hy  the  almitut  unanimous  vote  of  the  synod, 
to  the  vacant  biahopric  of  Toronto,  which 
high  and  respouaible  ofhce  he  aiiU  fills  and 
adorns  by  hia  learning,  his  virtaes  and  his 
zeal.  The  cipacity  fur  adniinistration  al- 
ready observed  in  hia  lordship  as  a  teacher 
and  a  priest,  finds  a  fuller  aco[ie  for  its  exer- 
cise ill  the  epiacopal  seat,  and  there  is  re- 
vealed more  fully.  More  bri'.;htly  there  shine 
hia  intellectual  gifts,  and  all  men  are  drawn 
to  him  by  his  endearing  manners,  his  piety, 
and  hia  unassuming  gentleness.  **  Above 
all,"  says  a  memoir  before  us,  "he  is  a  good 
man  and  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost  ;  devout  and 
spiritual  ;  attached  by  conscientious  oon- 
victiouB  to  evangelical  truth,  luid  the  great 
principlea  of  4jur  reformed  and  proteatant 
church,  while  he  works  heartily  and  cordially 
with  all  loyal  churchmen  of  every  schooL" 

L.aBb,  Zebuluu  Atlou,  of  the  firm  of 
Blako.  Lash,  Cossels  &  Hnlmsn,  1>arristers, 
etc.,  Toronto,  was  bom  in  Sepiombcr,  1846. 
Having  completed  hii  educational  course,  he 
entered  upon  the  study  of  law,  and  in  May, 
18t>8,  waa  called  to  the  bar  of  the  Province 
of  Ontario.  He  at  once  commenced  the 
practice  of  his  profession  at  Turont43.  In 
November,  1872,  he  waa  apjHunted  lecturer 
and  examiner  in  commercial  and  criminal 
law  to  the  Law  Si:>ciety  of  Ontario.  This 
position  he  tilled  till  1876,  when  ho  was  ap- 
point«'d  to  the  oftioa  of  deputy  .Minister  uf 
Justice  of  Canada.  Although  this  was  an 
othoe  wht»ae  honoura  any  nitunUor  of  the 
Canadian  bar  ini^ht  Court,  Mr.  I^juili  was 
ambitioua  to  achieve  in  the  opiin  field,  and 
he  roaigned  in  May,  1882,  and  at  onoo  en- 
tered the  firm  already  mautioned.  and  re- 
sumed practice.  In  187!.^  Mr.  Lath  was  ap 
pitinttul  n  Queen's  couuMd.  In  duly  of  (hv 
following  year  ho  nfii>earwl  beforn  the  jjti- 
dicini  oi>mmiltoti  of  the  Im(Mirial  Privy 
Council,  aa  counsel  for  thv  govornmnnt  of 
Canada  in  the  Mercer  escheat  case.  With- 
out qur«tiMn  his  return  Uj  practice  has  bu«(k 
a  ounapacuuua  gain  lor  ihs  bar  uf  Unuda. 


A  CTCLOP^VIA  OF 


Roue,  Hon.  Sir  John,  Bart.,  O.  0. 
M.O.,  London,  England,  was  bom  at  Tur- 
riif,  Aberdeenshire, Scut]aud,un  the  2ud  Au- 
gust, 1820.  He  ii  a  son  of  thu  latv  Mr.  Hose, 
of  Turriff,  by  his  marriage  with  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Captain  James  Fyfe.  John  re- 
ceived his  education  at  various  schools  in 
Aberdeenshire,  concluding  his  coarse  at 
King's  College,  Aberdeen.  While  he  was 
still  a  youth  he  acoumpanicd  his  parenta  to 
Canada,  nettling  with  them  in  the  County  of 
Huntingdon,  Province  of  Quebec  For  a 
time,  pending  an  opening  more  suited  to  his 
tastes^  John  Rose  engaged  in  school  teaching 
in  the  Eastern  townships.  He  soon  aban- 
doned this  make-shift  pursuit  and  proceeded 
to  Montreal,  where  he  began  the  study  of 
law.  In  1^42  he  was  called  to  the  bar  cf 
Lower  Canada^  and  at  ouc«  entered  upon  the 
practice  of  his  profeasion.  He  at  once  attract* 
ed  attention  at  the  bar  by  his  fine  presence, 
which  was  commanding  and  tall ;  but  better 
than  oil,  his  language  was  tluent  and  reson- 
ant, and  his  arguments  searching,  lucid  and 
direct.  He  was  soon  master  of  the  largest 
•ommercial  practice  in  Montreal,  and  his 
place  at  the  Lower  Canada  bar  was  among 
the  very  foremost.  He  conducted  several 
important  cases  for  the  government  of  the 
day  ;  and  in  this  way,  acquired  his  first 
thorough  insight  into  political  ipiHstiona.  In 
1848  the  silkAii  gown  of  counsellor  was  con- 
ferred upon  him,  iu  recognition  of  his  splen- 
did legal  talents  ;  and  during  the  B&Idwin- 
L&fontaine  administration  he  »aa  strongly 
pressed  to  enter  public  life.  But  Mr.  Kuse 
was  a  man  of  cool  head  and  sound  judg- 
ment, and  he  resolved  that  no  allurement 
should  draw  him  into  pfditical  fpiicksands 
till  his  fortunes,  in  the  commercial  sphere, 
had  been  laid  on  firm  foundations.  There- 
after up  to  ldo7  he  held  many  of  the  fore- 
most puaitiuns  in  banking  and  other  circles 
in  Montreal.  In  the  year  last  mentioned 
he  began  his  parliamentary  career,  and  on 
the  2Cth  November,  accepted  office  in  the 
Macdonald-Cartier  administration  aa  solici- 
tor-general for  Lower  Canada.  Thereafter, 
till  the  close  of  his  political  career,  the 
record  of  this  distinguished  and  gifted  man 
is  a  series  of  tuooeases  unparalleled,  save 
in  one  other  instance,  among  our  Canadian 
statesmen.  After  the  collapse  of  the  Short 
Administration,  Mr.  Rose  accepted,  nomtn* 
ally,  the  office  of  reoeiver-genend.  but 
almost  immediately  paasod  back  again  to 
the  Bolicitor-gcuoraUhip.  On  the  10th  of 
January  following,  he  assumed  choree  of  the 
department  of  public  works,  holding  the 
port-folio  till  Juno,  1^61,   when  the  com- 


bined strain  of  his  official  duttos  and  (^ra(» 
busineaa  caused  his  health  to  give  way,  sod 
he  was  obliged  to  resign  otiioe,  ooDtinQ- 
ing,  however,  to  represent  Montreal  in  ftr" 
liament.  In  1864  3Ir.  Roae  was  appointed 
by  the  In)[>ertal  government  a  commiasioner 
on  behalf  of  the  Empire,  tinder  rhe  treaty 
with  the  United  States  for  the  aettlemenl 
of  the  claims  which  had  arisen  out  of  the 
Oregon  treaty.  At  the  first  general  electicm 
after  Confederation,  Mr.  lioae  was  elected 
for  Huntingdon,  and  shortly  afterwards 
ut*on  the  retirement  of  the  Hon.  (now  Si 
A.  T.  Gait — entered  the  cabinet  as  minii 
of  finance.  To  him  ftll  the  greater  portion 
of  the  task  of  constituting  the  new 
difficult  fiiuinoial  programme  for  the  er>D- 
federated  provinces  ;  but  hia  splendid  gcniai 
actod  as  a  swift  solvent  of  the  difficulty,  la 
July,  1868,  Mr,  Rose  went  to  Engl 
successfully  floated  half  of  the  lnt« 
Railway  loan.  In  ]8f>9  he  resolved 
up  his  abode  in  £n(;Und,  and  re<; 
seat  in  parliament,  he  brought  hi 
parliamentary  career  (of  twelve  yeoj-i)  to  s 
close.  He  entered  the  well-knowzi  buikiiur 
firm  of  Morton,  Bliss  &  Ci>,,  at  London, 
which  thereafter  was  known  as  Mort<-!i, 
Rose  &  Co.,  the  snbject  of  this  memttix  tuU 
maintaining  his  connection  with  the  aainr 
In  1870  he  wna  nominated  a  Knight 
mandcr  of  the  Order  of  St.  Michael 
George;  and  in  August,  1872,  he  was 
a  baronet.  On  the  a9th  Octi>her.  1878, 
recognition  of  his  services  as  executive  cna- 
missiouerof  Canada  at  the  Paris  £xhibilioOt 
he  was  nominated  a  O.0.M.<i.  He  mar* 
ried,  1843,  Charlotte,  daughter  of  the  lats 
Robert  Temple,  of  Rutland,  in  the  State  of 
Vermont,  There  has  l>cen  issue  by  thti 
marriage,  three  sons  and  two  daughters. 

IH'oodwortb,  l>oiiKla«  Benjamin^ 
LL.B.,   t^.C,   Kentville,   M.  P.    for   K.nga 
county,  Nova  ^oittia,  was  burn  at  Canning, 
in  the  Province  of  Nova  Sculia,  un  June  J*l, 
1841.     The  paternal  anceat-irs  of  Mr.  Wood- 
worth  emigrated  from  Eiigbuid  to  Connecti- 
cut during  the  early  period  of  sottlemenl  in 
the  colonioe  ;   but  on  the  outbreak  of  the 
revolution  they  moved  to  Nova  Sootia,  and 
settled  there.     The   matenial   anc««tort  nf 
Mr,    Wdodworth    came  from    Ireland,  and 
likewise  settled  in  Nova  iiicotia.     His  fath< 
was  B.  B.  VVoodworth,  a  prominent  inhabj 
tant,  and  a  J.  P.,  of  Canning,  Nova  Scotia. 
D.  B.   Wi'Hidworth  obtainiKl  a  careful  ed 
cation,  receiving,  at  first,  tuition  un<lpr  th 
Rev.    VV.  SommerviUe,    afterwards  all^nd 
ing  Sackville  Academy,  the  Normal  Schot 
at  Truro,    and    Harvard    University,    m 


i 


I 


TIT        rdii' 


CANADIAN  BIOGHAPEY. 


6o9 


Boston.  In  Febni&ry,  1806,  Mr.  Wood- 
worth  muried  Lixxie,  youngest  daughter 
of  the  late  Hon.  Eira  Churchill,  senator. 
On  oompletiug  his  education,  Mr.  Wood- 
worth  commenced  the  study  of  law  in  the 
offlee  of  Hon.  Jonathan  McCally,  who 
Afterwards  wu  made  a  jndge*  and  was 
called  to  the  bar  of  Nova  Scotia  in  1865. 
Aa  an  advocate  Mr.  Wuodworth  is  a  man 
of  much  power,  and  he  has  a  wide  uo- 
qnaintance  with  the  law.  In  1884  his  le^al 
status  was  acknowledged  by  the  execntive, 
whn  appointed  him  Queen'a  counsel.  In 
1871  Mr.  Wtmdworth  began  hia  political 
career,  being  iu  that  year  elected  to  the 
Legislative  Assembly  of  Nova  Scotia.  In 
politics  he  always  has  been  a  Liberal-Con- 
servative, and  in  the  Lej^^islative  Assembly 
be  ideotihea  himself  with  that  party.  He 
•at  in  the  local  legislatnre  till  September, 
187A.  when  he  resigned,  and  became  a 
candidate  for  the  House  of  Commons.  Iu 
the  election  that  followed  he  waa  defeated, 
but  he  was  not  disheartened.  At  the  last 
general  election  he  was  returned  to  the 
House  of  Communs  for  the  first  time,  for 
the  County  of  Kings.  In  Dominion  politics 
Mr.  Wrmdworth  supports  the  administration 
of  Sir  John  A.  Macdon&ld.  Mr.  Woodworth 
waa  the  <U  fneio  leader  of  his  party  in  the 
Novtt  Scotia  Legislature,  from  the  time  he 
waa  elected  in  1>:<71  until  the  end  of  the 
•essiou  of  1878,  and  it  was  universally  ad- 
mitted on  all  sides  that  he  whs  far  the  ablest 
and  wo«t  etfective  debater  in  the  house. 
Since  then,  according  to  the  Toronto  Mail, 
the  MoTitrHil  OazftU,  and  other  leading 
Oanadiau  papers,  ho  has  maintained  his 
reputaiiun  as  a  parliamentarian  and  H]>eaker 
in  the  Dominion  parliament.  He  is  a  man 
of  deep-seate<l  feeling,  but  he  is  known  to 
b«  generous,  and  is  for  these  reasons  ex- 
tremely iH>ptilar.  His  fauiilv  consists  of  his 
wife  ami  two  boys,  the  elAnt  one,  Percy, 
although  but  eighteen  years  of  age,  the 
Dominion  goremment  placed  in  charge  of 
the  observatory  post,  Dice's  Island,  Uud- 
•un  Bay,  in  iho  Htimmer  of  1885. 

Maok,  Wlllluiii,  J. P..  Cornwall,  was 
bom  on  Kel»riin.ry  21',  1828,  in  Lennoxahire, 
Scotland.  Uis  itareots  were  Robert  and 
Margaret  (PuII'h^U)  Mack,  who  emigrated  to 
Oansilain  1H2K.  fn>m  Tjanarkaliire,  Scotland, 
and  settled  in  Huntingdon  county.  Province 
ol  QueVwc.  whi«r«*  they  resided  until  their 
deaih.  William  Mack  receive<l  a  fair  Knglish 
•dncfttion  in  thec4mimou  s<ihool  at  Hunting- 
don county.  He  afterwards  learned  the 
milling  trade  in  the  same  otmnty.  and  moved 
to  Cumwall  in  1M9 — aUrtang  in  that  year, 


the  first  grist  mill  built  in  Cornwall,  this 
mill  being  owned  by  the  late  Juliu  Harvey. 
He  built  the  Express  grist  and  flouring  mills 
in  Cornwall,  in  1860,  and  has  owned  and 
operated  them  continuously  to  the  present 
day,  and  boa  rebuilt  and  enlarged  them 
several  times.  He  took  an  active  part  in 
prtKuring  the  establi»hinent  in  Cornwall 
of  the  extensive  woollen,  cotton  and  paper 
mills  now  there.  Mr.  Mack  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  municipal  council  of  the  town 
of  Cornwall,  from  1865  to  1868,  inclusive 
of  both  years  ;  was  deputy  reeve  of  the 
town  during  18C9-70;  was  reeve  in  1871, 
deputy  reeve  in  1875,  and  reeve  again  in 
1876.  He  waa  elected  on  all  these  occi- 
sions  by  acclamation.  He  waa  alto  warden 
of  the  united  Counties  of  Stormont,  Dundas 
and  tilengarry,  for  the  year  1878.  Mr. 
Mack  has  always  been  a  Liberal  in  politics, 
— that  also  having  been  the  ^wlitical  faith 
of  his  father — and  has  taken  a  deep  interest 
in  public  quefltions,  and  an  active  i;a-t  in 
practical  politics.  He  represented  the  Elec- 
toral riding  of  Cornwall  in  the  Ontario 
Legislature,  from  1879  to  1883;  was  a  can- 
didate for  the  same  position  at  ihm  genenl 
election  in  the  latter  year,  but  waa  defeated 
by  a  majority  of  forty-one  votes.  He  is  a 
Presbyterian,  and  for  the  past  ten  years  has 
been  an  elder  in  Knox  Chnrch,  Cornwall. 
Mr.  Mack  married  on  May  10,  1855,  Agnes, 
daughter  of  the  late  William  Henderson,  a 
native  of  Scotland.  By  this  marriage  there 
is  a  family  of  three  children,  two  daughters 
and  one  sou. 

Cole,  W^llmoi  Howard,  Lieutenant 
Colonel.  BrockvUle,  Ontario,  was  born  at 
Brockville,  February  16th,  1834.  The  pat- 
ronymic Cole  is  of  very  ancient  Saxun  ori- 
gin :  it  appears  iu  the  "  Doomsday  B.>ok.** 
The  public  records  show  that  in  the  vear 
1040,  Sir  John  Cole,  of  Shenley,  in  Hert- 
fordshire, England,  was  a  landed  proprie- 
tor. His  son,  Adam,  married  and  had  issue 
a  son,  Cornelius.  This  Cornelitu  Cole  emi- 
grated to  America  in  the  year  1708  ;  in  1711 
he  became  a  justice  of  Albany  couuty,  ceim- 
priaed  within  the  limits  of  what  wm  called 
'•  Livingston  Manor."  His  land  was  next 
to  that  of  W.  T.  Livingston,  and  extended 
from  the  Manor  House  road  t4.»  Jansen'n  Kill, 
or  creek,  and  was  one  of  the  finest  iixrum  in 
the  manor.  He  had  three  sons,  named 
Nicholas,  John  and  .Adam.  On  the  breaking 
out  of  the  rebellion,  Cornelius  Colo  and  his 
sons,  John  and  Adam,  espoused  the  cause 
of  England,  and  the  suns  joined  the  Hoyal- 
ist  forces.  As  the  war  proceeded,  the  feeling 
ran  so   high  against  tike    "Tories,*'   as  the 


6ti0 


A  CTCLOPMDIA  OF 


RoyftliitH  wore  called,  that  Cornelius  Oote, 
kltauugh  ail  uld  m»Q,    waa  seixuti  miii^  I'm- 
prtBou&d,  where  he  died  a  victim  uf  Hdelity 
to   FatherUnd.      Hia   property  wna  contia- 
catedf  and  hia  sona  forced  to  seek  n  home 
in  the  wilda  of  Canada.     In  17B2  John  and 
Adam  Cole  left,  with  other  United  Kmpire 
loy&liata,  for  Canada,  and  paaaing  uo  the  8t. 
Lawrence,  thoy  landed  and  settlea   in  the 
County  of  Leeds,  in  that  part  now  called 
the  townahip  ot    Elizabethtown,  at  a  point 
on  the  river  St.  LawrL^nce  about  five  mile-a 
weat   of   the    prcaent   town    of   BrrM'kviJIe, 
which  place  ia  aiiU  called  "  Cole's  Kerry." 
Here  Adam  Cole  settled,    bein^.  as  he  was 
frequently    hoard  to  say,  the  first   person 
to   begin  a  settlement  in  the    township  of 
Elizabethtown.     Some  years  after  the  close 
uf  the   war,    Feter,    a   sun   of   John  Cole, 
returned    lo    hia    graudfather'a   old    home 
in  Ulacar  county,  to  aacertain   whether  he 
oould  reoover  some   of  tlie  family    estate, 
which  had  been   confiscated,  but   failed,  aa 
the  authoritiea  had  granted  the  property  to 
other    persona.        Adam    Cole's    wife    waa 
Thankful     Fulford,    alao    deaoended    from 
loyalist  8t4jck.     Her  brotliera,  a  short  time 
after  her  departure  with  her  husband,  came 
to  Canada  and  settled  in  the  aanie  neigh- 
bourhood, and  they  have  left  nnmeroua  de- 
scendants.      Adum  Cole's  family,  in  1812, 
consiated  uf  nine  sons  and  seven  daughtera, 
beaidea  four  who  died  in  infancy.     Five  of 
the  aoDs  served   in  the  war  of   18I2(   the 
«ldeet,  Peter,  beiu^  present  und  aaaiated  in 
the  capture  uf   Ot^densburg,  and  he  aubae- 
quently    held   the  rank  of  oaptun.       The 
nouse  of   Adam  Cole  w«a  the  general  head- 
quartors  of  the  military,  when  thoj  were  in 
that   section  of   country,  or  when   moving 
between  Montreal  and  Kinf^ton.     It  ia  re- 
hbted  of  Peter  Cole,  tlie  elduat  son,  that  in 
the  year  1810,  the  mail  carrier  waa  taken 
sick  at  hia  father  a    liouae,  and   Peter  took 
the   mail   to    Kingston,  where   he  received 
that  from  Toronto   and  carried    it    buck  to 
Montreal.     At  Montreal  he  to^k  charge  of 
the  mail  for  the  weat,  which  had  boon  accu- 
mulating for  a  month  and  weighed  upwards 
of  aixty  pounds,  and  carried  it  to  Kingston. 
He  accomplished  the  whole  trip,  going  and 
coming,  of  430  milea,  on  foot,  in  fourteen 
days,    and    this   was   in   Marob,  when    the 
tramping   most    of   the   way    waa  through 
the  forest  and  very  difficult.     He  received 
for  this  service   from  the  government  the 
sum  of  fifteen  doU&ra.     Abel  Cole,  who  was 
the   youngest   son   of    Adam   Cole,   ia   the 
only  one   of   that  Urge  family  now   living 
(1886),  and  ia  a  hole  mud  hearty  old  gentle- 


man of  eighty  years.     His   wife,  CAihanna 

8eaman,  ia  the  oldest  poroon  now  Uviiiit 
<l)^t>)  Lit  Bn^>ckvillc,  who  wua  bom  theni, 
her  father,  Nehemiah  8e&iuau,  beisg  ooe  «f 
the  early  aetttera.  Wiiniut  Howmru  Colt. 
Bec<md  son  of  Abel  Cole,  was  oduc<»t«xl  al 
Brock ville.  Ho  commenced  R>ercanul« 
buaiiioss  in  1855,  and  continued  in  theaaae 
until  1882.  The  old  epirit  of  loyalty  wliich 
be  inherited,  prumptcd  him  upon  the  i«- 
gnuizatiun  of  the  volunteer  mibtia  of  C-aa- 
ada  in  l.S5o,  to  become  a  member  of  th^  <> 
"  Brijckville  Hide  company,"  cumuianu'.  i  ) 
Majnr  Smylhe  ^now  of  the  JOOth  rc^ituiftii, 
Britiah  army).  The  late  CoL  jAinea  e>»ii 
ford,  William  Fiizsimmona  (preaent  jamI- 
mastcr  of  Brockville),  the  Ute  8&muel  Kosi, 
William  Morris,  Thomas  Camm  and  othef 
busiiieas  men  of  br<:ickvilie  shouldered  tJieir 
muskets  aud  leumed  the  drill  at  the 
time.  Wilmot  Howard  Cole  has  tilled 
position  in  rank  from  private  to  ool 
battalion.  Jit  December,  1 864 ,  he 
with  the  Brock  ville  Hille  oompiuiy,  m 
texuuit,  to  Amherstburg,  in  the  County  (4 
Essex,  remaining  there  on  duty  until  th« 
folhiwiug  May.  In  Novemljer,  ld<io,  the 
fear  of  a  Fenian  raid  woa  so  stroma  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  iSiver  St.  LawreiK-  '  o 

officers  of  the  Brock  ville  Uitle  ooji^  i 

were  at  the  time  :  the  late  Col.  (Jrsuiuru 
command,  and  Lieut.  Cole.  Lieuti.  Uj 
Bowie,  aud  the  late  Lieut.  Windeat),  otTero^ 
Their  servioei  without  pay,  and  to  incrasM 
their  company  to  100  men  to  do  duty  fof 
the  protection  uf  Brockville  and  vicinity,  by 
drilling  the  men  and  mounting  a  heavy 
guard  every  night,  with  aeutries  ported 
diiTerent  parts  of  the  town,  the  men  on 
being  paid  twenty-five  centa  per  day.  The 
offer  waa  accepted  by  the  government,  and 
that  duty  performed  until  the  enaui 
March,  when  a  large  portifin  of  the  volu 
te«r  force  were  called  out,  and  a  proviaional 
battalion  formed  at  Brockville,  under  eon' 
mand  of  Col.  Crawford,  Lieut.  Cole  assum- 
ing command  of  the  Brockville  Rifle  oom- 
pany,  with  which  he  remained  on  duty  until 
the  next  November,  part  of  die  tim*  at 
Brockville,  and  part  at  Cornwall.  Again  in 
1870,  as  major  of  the  -list  battalion,  he  waa 
on  duty  at  Cornwall  during  the  Feniau  nx- 
citement.  On  the  2i$th  June,  1871,  he  waa 
appointed  to  the  command  of  the  4lBt  bat 
toUon,  a  position  he  still  hulda  (1880).  Co 
Cole  has  occupied  various  positions  of 
and  importAiice  in  the  gift  of  his  fello 
zeua.  He  waa  a  member  of  the  town 
of  Brockville  for  fourteen  years  :  a  d 
for  many  years^  and  president  uf  tho  Joluts 


—        ^^'^ 


CANADIAN  BIOQRAPBT. 


GOl 


tOTTi  Mntu&l  Fire  InBOranoe  Company  ; 
ft  member  of  the  independent  order  of  Odd- 
fetlowB  for  many  years,  filling  various 
offioea  in  the  local  lodf^  and  also  in  the 
Grand  lodge  and  Grand  encampment.  He 
was  chosen  by  his  br«thrtiu  to  fill  the  posi- 
tion of  grand  master  the  year  the  Sovereign 
Qrand  lodge  met  in  Toronto,  and  were  en- 
tertained by  their  Ontario  brethren.  He 
has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  every- 
thing thai  would  advance  the  interests  of  his 
native  town.  In  connection  with  the  late 
Allan  Turner,  he  worked  for  many  years  to 
obtain  a  system  of  water  works  for  Brock- 
ville.  and  in  1881  they  urganized  a  company, 
consisting  nf  Allan  Turner,  John  McMiillen. 
Thomas  Gilmour,  George  A.  Dana,  and 
Wilmot  H.  Cnle,  to  construct  water  works  ; 
ftnd  aa  ft  T«wn1t  of  the  efforts  of  these  gen- 
tlemen, Brockvillc  haa  now  a  most  eioelleDt 
nwtem  of  water  supply  for  all  purposes. 
Oolonel  Cole  was  eleotcd  a  member  of  the 
Legislature  of  the  Province  of  Ontario  for 
the  Brockrille  riding.in  the  Liberal  interest, 
at  the  general  elections  in  1875,  and  was  a 
warm  supporter  of  the  Mowal  government. 
He  received  the  appointment  of  registrar 
for  the  County  of  Leeds  in  February,  1882, 
which  posiiion  ho  now  holds.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  BrockvilleKair  Ground  Associa- 
tion, aud  a  director  in  tho  Brockville  Loan 
and  SftviogB  Company.  Col.  Cole  is  a  mem- 
ber of  tlie  Methodist  church,  and  for  over 
twenty-five  yioars  has  been  a  trustee  of  the 
Wall  street  church  in  Brockrille,  and  is 
looked  upon  by  his  fellow  church  membem 
as  ready  to  Aasist  in  carrying  forward  all  en* 
terphses  for  the  benefit  of  the  church.  GoL 
Cole  married  Jane  Adelaide,  youngest 
daughter  of  the  late  Abram  Phillips,  of 
New  York.  Their  family  consists  of  four 
children,  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  The 
sons,  following  the  truiitions  of  the  family, 
entered  the  volunteer  force  very  early.  The 
eldest,  Eugono  Miurioe  Colo,  was  bugler  in 
the  Brockville  RiHe  company  in  1860,  and 
did  duty  with  that  company  whenever  on 
•ervioe;  h»  siibsetjuently  became  lieutenant, 
ftCler  which  he  resigned,  having  removed 
from  Brockville.  The  young^wt  son,  Capt. 
Qoorge  Marshall  Cole,  is  now  captain  of 
No.  4  company,  41st  hsttalion.  The  lateat 
•nterpriso  with  which  Col.  Cole  has  boon 
oonaected  is  one  that  will  eventually  benefit 
hia  native  town  mom  than  all  others,  that 
ia.  the  HnK-kville.  W«tpf>rt  and  SauU  Ste. 
Mario  KMlway,  The  iilea  of  a  railway  from 
Brock villft  to  Westport  had  lH»en  entertained, 
ftad  a  charter  waa  procured,  but  nothing 
further   waa  done,    and  after  a  time   the 


charter  expired.  Subsequently,  Eugene  M. 
Cole,  who  was  in  business  in  New  York 
city,  snd  having  commercial  relations  with 
gentlomon  interested  in  building  railways 
and  other  public  works,  conceived  the  idea 
that  a  line  of  railway  from  Brockville  to 
Sault  Ste,  Marie  would  prove  an  advantage- 
ous route  in  many  waya,  and  at  the  same 
time  benefit  his  native  town.  After  much 
labour  in  gathering  statistical  information, 
he  laid  the  whole  matter  before  hia  father, 
who  had  it  brought  before  the  leading  men 
of  the  County  of  Leeds,  and  the  pruposition 
made  that  if  the  municipalities  would  bear 
the  expense  of  preliminary  survey  and  ob* 
tain  the  charter,  and  also  grant  aid  by  way 
of  bonus  to  the  extent  of  ^125,000,  Eugene 
M.  Colo  would  work  up  the  scheme  and  ob- 
tain the  capital  and  contractors  U*  build  at 
leaat  the  first  section  of  tho  m&d  to  Westport. 
This  was  agreed  to,  the  last  bonus  bylaw 
being  passed  on  the  15th  July,  1885,  and 
work  un  the  ctmstruction  of  the  railway 
commenced  on  the  13th  January,  1886. 
Although  ably  assisted  by  many  persons  in 
the  County  of  Leeds  in  connection  with  the 
enterprise,  the  credit  of  the  inception  of  the 
scheme,  ahd  the  labour  in  working  it  up 
materially  and  financially,  belong  to  Eugene 
M.  Cole,  who  is  still  quite  a  young  man. 

Cook,  Simon  S.,  Morrisbut);,  Ontario, 
was  bom  in  tho  township  of  VV'illlamsburgh, 
County  of  Dundas,  on  the  15th  day  of  Sep- 
tember,  1831,  and  is  the  fourth  son  of 
Captain  George  CiKik,  and  his  wife,  Sarah 
Caaselm&n.  (Vidt  sketch  of  Herman  H. 
Cook,  M.P.,  Toronto,  pa-e  114.)  Hia  pa- 
rents are  deaoended  from  Tnited  Empire 
loyftlist  stock.  Simon  S.  Cook  is  a  brother 
of  the  late  J.  W.  Cook,  who  represented 
Dundas  county  in  the  Canadian  Assembly 
from  1857  until  1861  ;  and  likewise  of  Her- 
man H.  Cook,  who  now  representa  East 
Simcoe  in  the  House  of  Commons.  Mr. 
Cook  received  his  education  at  the  Potsdam 
academy,  in  the  town  of  Potsdam,  State  of 
New  York.  He  was  elected  in  18(i7  a  mem- 
ber of  the  first  Provincial  parliament  of 
Ontario,  for  the  County  of  Dundas.  aud 
was  rejected  at  the  following  genei^l  elec- 
tion ;  but  was  defeated  at  the  ([»ti«ral  elec- 
tion of  1875.  He  wa«  Hpfiointed  registrar 
for  the  County  of  Pimdaf,  in  May,  1881, 
and  has  been  for  many  years  aasociated 
with  hia  brothers,  in  tho  tirm  of  Cook 
Brothers,  in  the  lumber  business.  Mr. 
Cook  married  Emma  M..  eldest  dauKht*!>r  of 
William  Elliot,  of  !nM|tMis,  County  of  Dun- 
das, and  has  by  this  Udy  two  children, 
ft  son  and  daughter. 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


PcamoD,  Wniiam  H.,  Toronto,  waa 
bom  on  tho  Otii  NuvvinWr,  1831,  at  Brixton, 
County  of  Surrey,  England.     He  is  a  sou  of 
Thomaa  Pearson,  who  was  an  underwriter  in 
Lloyd'fl  Coffee  Ilouie  Insurance  Company, 
London.     In  1S34  he  emigrated  to  Canada, 
settling  in  the  township  of  2^or&,  where  he 
purchaaed   and   cultivated   a   farm  of    300 
acres.     Some  timu  afterwards  ho  removed 
to  Br&iitford,  where  he  engaged  in  the  hotel 
business,  coutinuini^  in  the  same  till  1839, 
when  he  removed  to  Toronto,  where  he  as- 
sumed the  proprietorship  of   the  *'  Ontario 
House."     He   removed  to  Kingston  for   a 
time,  but  shortly  afterwards  returned  aj^in 
to  Toronto.     During  the  rebellion  of  1H37- 
38  he  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  old  Canadian 
miUtia.     lu  1845  he  received  the  appoint- 
ment of  chief  clerk  of  the  Custom  House, 
Toronto,    which   position    he  held    till  his 
death,    which  tKCurred  in  1849.      He  left  a 
family  of   tive  children,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  being  the  eldest.     W,  H.  Pearson  re- 
ceived his   early  education  at   the   private 
academy,  conducted  by  Mr.  Gait,  of  Braut- 
ford,  and  afterwards  at  Toronto,  at  the  pri- 
vate academy  uf  the  late  Johu  Boyd,  father 
of  the  present  Chancellor  Boyd,     lie  sub- 
sequently attended  the  Grammar  school  at 
Kingston,  completing  his  course  at  the  aca> 
demy  of   the  lat«  Mr.  Loacombe,  Toronto. 
At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  left  school  and  as- 
sisted his  father  in  tho  Cuafcoms-house  for 
a  short  period ;   but  in  April,  1847,  he  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of  clerk  in  the  To- 
ronto post-ofhce,  at  which  time  the  whole 
business  of  the  city  was  conducted  by  the 
postmaster,  three  clerks,  and  a  letter  car- 
rier.    Mr.   Pearson  remained  in   the   post- 
office   until    1854,    when   ill-health  obliged 
him  to  resign  his  office.     However,  in  Sep- 
tember of  the  same  year  he  was  appointed 
chief   clerk   of  the   Consumers'  Gaa  Com- 
pany, which  position   he   held  until  1874, 
when  he  was  appointed  secretary,  and  vir- 
tually   manager,    of    the    same    company. 
This  position  he  has  held  ever  since.     Mr. 
Pearson,    it  may   be   said,  was  one  of  the 
original  promoters  of   the  Consumers'  Gas 
Company   of  Lindsay,   and  at   the  present 
time  is  one  of  the  diiectors  of  that  associa- 
tion.    He  has  been  treasurer  uf  the  Philhar- 
monic Society  ;  was  a  member  of  the  Sons 
of  Temperance   from    185U    till  18n3,    and 
hsA  always  taken  an  active  interest  in  tem> 
perance  work.       It  is  interesting  to    note 
that  he  was  led   to  totaJ  abstinence  and  to 
the   championship  of  temperance   through 
the  persuasive  eloquence  of  John  B.  Gun^h. 
Mr.  Pearson  is  a  member  of  the  American 


Gas  Light  Asaooiation :  and  in  politics  M 
always  been  a  Reformer.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Church  of  England  uotil  the  «g« 
of  twenty,  when,  in  1852,  he  separated  from 
that  communion  and  joined  the  Methodist 
Church  at  Toronto,  under  the  ministratioD 
of  the  Rev.  Jamea  Canghey,  an  emineot 
revivalist.  He  connected  himself  with  th« 
Riohmund-street  Methodist  Church,  oad 
immediately  became  a  Suuday -school  teach- 
er. A  few  yeara  afterwards  he  becAme  class- 
leader,  and  was  for  many  ye&ra  a  leader 
of  two  classes,  and  in  1857  waa  appointed 
superintendent  of  the  Sabbath  school,  st 
that  time  the  largest  in  the  city,  which  posi- 
tion he  has  held  continuously  up  to  tbs 
present  time.  Mr.  Pearsi^u  has  also  con- 
tiuued  in  the  closs-leademhip-;  and  is  cos 
of  the  trustees  of  the  church.  Owing  t>j  tbs 
close  attention  which  he  has  devoted  to 
church  matters,  as  well  as  to  his  businssa, 
Mr.  Pearson  has  not  been  at  liberty  to  givs 
much  attention  to  political  or  munidpal 
affairs.  Ho  married  in  March,  1850,  Blaiy 
Ann,  daughter  of  the  late  George  Cline,  n^ 
Toronto,  by  whom  he  had  a  fauuly  of  eighl 
children,  and  six  of  these  are  still  living. 
The  eldest  daughter,  Mary  £li7.abeth,  is  th«' 
wife  of  George  A.  Maoagy,  the  represent**] 
tivt)  in  Toronto  of  the  firm  of  Pillow,  Hor- 
sey (.('  Co.,  of  Montreal.  W.  H.  Peanun, 
the  third  eldest,  ia  superintendent  of  tho 
works  of  the  Consumers  Gas  Company. 

Akin,  Thomas  B«;niniali,  D.C.L.»j 
Halifax,  Barriater-at-law  of  Nova  Scotia; 
Commissioner  of  the  Public  Records  of  that 
Province  ;  a  corresponding  member  of  the 
Historical  Societies  of  Massachusetta  and 
Maryland,  and  of  tho  Literary  and  His- 
tori<^  Society  of  Quebec,  and  bi>nonry 
member  of  the  Historical  Societies  of  Norm 
Scotia  and  New  Brunswick,  was  bom  at 
Liverpool,  Nova  Scotia,  on  February  1st, 
1809,  only  son  of  Thomas  A  k  in ,  mer- 
chant, of  that  place.  The  family  wer« 
settled  in  New  EngUnd  before  the  year 
1675,  and  the  direct  anoesti^tr  of  T.  B.  Akin 
removed  to  New  Jersey  about  1740.  He 
went  thenoe  to  Nova  Sootis  in  1758-0,  and 
woa  one  of  the  original  grantees  uf  tho  town- 
ship uf  Falmouth,  in  1760.  T.  B.  Akin 
studied  law  with  the  late  Eieamish  Murdoch, 
D.C.L. ,  Queen's  counsel,  author  of  the 
"  History  of  Nova  Scotia,"  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  at  Easter  term,  1831.  He 
practiced  aa  a  solicitor  in  Halifax  ;  waa  ap- 
pointed commissioner  in  1867,  under  a  te- 
aolutionof  the  House  of  Assembly,  **  for  ex- 
amining, arranging  and  preserving  the  an- 
cientrecordaauddocumeDtsiUaitraliveof  the 


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663 


hutory  &nd  progreae  of  tocietj  of  the  prorinoe 
for  reference  or  publication!  ^*  ^'^  legUl^* 
turo  may  determine."  Mr.  Akin  was  twic« 
elected  »  go%*emor  of  the  Univeraity  of 
King's  Collego,  Windsor,  N.S.  Mr.  Akin 
is  the  author  of  several  pampbletA  ;  first, 
a  prize  essay  on  the  **  History  of  Halifax, 
N.S./'  read  at  the  Meohanica'  Institute, 
18th  April,  1831),  and  published  by  English 
A  Blackadar.at  Halifax,  in  1847,  pp.  62; 
■eoood,  A  pamphlet  entitled  ''A  sketch  of 
the  Rise  and  Procreu  of  the  Church  of 
England  in  the  British  North- American 
Frovinoes,'*  Halifai,  1849,  pp.  151  :  third, 
«  pamphlet  entitled  *'  A  brief  sketch  of  the 
Origin,  Endowment  and  Progress  of  the 
Cniveraity  of  King's  College,  Windsor, 
Nova  Sootia,*'  Hulifax,  1866,  pp.  84  ;  fourth, 
''Selections  from  the  PubUc  Documents  of 
tbe  Provinco  of  Kova  Scotia,"  published 
under  a  resolution  of  the  House  of  As- 
sembly passed  March  I5tb,  1805,  edited  by 
Thomas  B.  Akin,  D.C.L.,  Halifax,  N,S.; 
C.  Annand,  publisher,  1S69.  Mr.  Akin  is 
anm&rried. 

Robcruon,  Alexander,  Brantford, 
Manager  of  branch  of  the  Bank  of  British 
North  America,  was  born  at  St.  Fergus, 
Aberdeenshire,  Scotland,  in  the  year  1831. 
Having  completed  bis  oducatiun,  he  studied 
lav  in  the  office  of  Gray  &,  Boyd,  solicitors, 
Peterhead,  Scotland,  where  he  sJso  learned 
the  banking  business.  After  spending  six 
ytmxn  in  that  office,  he  proceeded  to  Canada 
in  1853,  in  the  service  of  the  Bank  of  British 
North  America,  and  in  1854  he  went  to  the 
Brantfurd  branch  as  teller.  Shortly  after- 
wards ho  became  accountant,  and  iu  1864 
was  given  the  management  of  the  branch. 
The  Brantford  branch  had  been  opened  in 
1546,  with  the  late  James  Christie  as  agent, 
and  up«>n  Mr.  Robertson's  arrival.  C.  F. 
Smithers,  who  subsequently  became  presi- 
dent of  the  Bank  of  Montreal,  was  ite  mana- 
g«r.  Mr.  Smitliers  retired  in  1856,  andwaa 
SQOOevded  by  1.  0.  Geddes,  who  retained 
the  Dkanagemeut  till  the  appouitment  of  Mr. 
Robertson,  who  has  ever  since  remained  iu 
Brantford,  an  experience  not  common  to 
bankers,  whose  tenure  in  a  given  place  is 
ftbout  as  uncertain  as  that  of  officers  of  the 
regular  military  service.  During  his  term  of 
iBanagement.sxoncios  of  the  bank  wore  eetab- 
Usbed  at  Paris  and  L^unnville,  and  placed  un- 
der his  direction.  In  1878,  upon  his  return 
it\>m  a  trip  to  England  and  continental 
Eurur>e,  Mr.  llobertson  was  presented  with 
an  illttuiinikted  address  by  the  citizens,  to- 
getlier  with  a  handsome  silver  dinner  and 
service,  the  donors  thereby  ponvoy- 


I  ing  their  appreciation  of  his  lon^and  valued 
services  to  the  commercial  interests  of 
Brantford.  Mr.  Robertson  is  a  man  of  con- 
spicuous energy,  and  of  wide  public  spirit ; 
nor  have  the  duties  of  his  office  disabled  him 
from  t&kiui;  part  in  meritorious  public  en- 
terprises. Ue  was  foremost  in  the  move- 
ment that  led  to  the  establishment  of  the 
Brantford  Young  Ladies'  College  ;  and  be 
has  been  president  of  its  board  of  directora 
sinoo  its  foundation.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  Brantford  Oas  Company  :  has  beon  a 
member  of  the  board  of  managers  of  Zioa 
Presbyterian  Church  since  its  establishment 
in  Brantford  ;  has  been  many  times  elected 
president  of  8t.  Andrew's  Society  ;  h  us  been 
president  of  the  Brantford  Curling  Club,  and 
was  one  of  the  original  promoters  of  the 
Brantford  Curling  and  Skating  Uiuk,  and  of 
the  Victoria  Curling  and  Skating  Rink.  He 
is  also  captain  of  the  Brantfurd  Ctolf  Club, 
and  introduced  that  excellent  game  into 
Ontario  in  1^72.  He  was  one  of  the  origi- 
nal directors  of  the  Brant  Memorial  Asso- 
ciation, and  has  always  been  one  of  the 
foremost  in  every  movement  that  has  had 
for  iu  object  the  promotion  of  the  comma- 
nity's  interests.  As  will  be  gathered  from 
the  above  he  is  a  lover  of  all  manly  sport, 
and  healthful  out-door  exorcises.  Personally 
he  enjoys  the  widest  popularity  ;  and  he  is 
recognised  as  possessing  one  of  the  stmndest 
business  heads  in  the  country.  Mr.  Holiert- 
son  married,  in  1H85,  Nellie  M.,  youngest 
daughter  of  Richartl  8.  DoVeber,  uf  8t. 
John.  N  R. 

^'ordhelinor,  Samuel,  Toronto,  whose 
firm  for  over  forty-two  years  hoks  stood  at 
the  head  of  the  music  trade  of  Canada,  has 
been  so  prominently  connected  with  the 
business  life  of  Toronto,  that  some  record  of 
his  career  may  well  find  place  among  ''  Re- 
presentative Canadians."  To  the  ability  and 
energy  of  the  bn)therB,  Abraham  and  8amael 
Nordheimor,  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  and 
the  Pruviuce  of  Uutariu  iu  particular,  owes 
in  great  measure  its  musical  tasttj,  and  not 
a  little  of  that  appreciatinn  of  artistic  piano- 
forte playing  which  distinguishes  alim^st  all 
circles  of  Canadian  S'^ciety.  This  will  be 
reailily  admitted  in  oonsidcring  the  achiovo- 
ments  of  the  house  of  A.  &  8.  Nordhuimer, 
and  in  dealing  briefly  with  the  personal 
career  of  the  subject  of  our  sketch,  who  is 
one  of  the  best  examples  we  have  of  a 
suooessfal  and  honourable  business  man. 
Samuel  Nordheimer,  who  is  of  Jewish  de- 
scent, and  the  seventh  of  eight  sons,  waa 
born  at  Bavaria,  Germany,  in  the  year 
1824.     His    parenta*   family   were  held  in 


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A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


Kre«i  eeieeui  in  their  uM  German  home, 
where  they  tilled  social  posilion*  anil  offices 
of  tniflt,  were  widely  known  and  honoured 
in  their  various  mercantile  and  profesaional 
colliDgs,  and  were  m\)ch  reaptfctcd  fur  their 
public  spirit,  and  their  numeruus  charities 
Smd  other  philaiithruithiuB.  The  coniiaercial 
Bucceases  abroad,  and  iu  other  parta  of  Ger- 
many, of  some  members  of  the  faiuily,  and 
the  literary  and  scholarly  fame  uf  others, 
have  oouferred  distiuctio!\  upon  the  native 
towrn, where  for  two  hundred  years  they  have 
held  property  ;  and  ttiis  has  increased  the 
feeling  of  respect  for  the  individual  mem- 
bers of  this  family  among  thu  toffua|H.MPplo, 
who  speak  of  a  Nordheim,  or  Nordheimer, 
as  they  would  speak  of  a  lUdhschild  or  a 
Vanderbilt.  Connections  of  the  fainily  are 
millionaire  merchanta  in  Hamburg,  hu<1  are 
there  also  known  for  their  princely  bene- 
factions— the  latest  example  of  this  being 
the  Hrection  of  a  woman's  home  and  retreat, 
in  Hamburg,  which  cost  one  of  thorn  (Max 
Nordheim)  over  ^150,000,  and  was  made  a 
present  of  to  the  city.  Dr.  Nonlheimer, 
another  relative,  a  brother,  of  European  and 
American  fame,  and  a  distinguished  Oriental 
scholar  and  author,  held  a  profeasorship  for 
many  years  in  the  University  and  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  New  York,  whore  ho 
died  in  1U42.  It  wa»  nt  the  instigation 
of  this  Professor  Nordhcimer  that  the  two 
younger  brothers,  Abraham  and  Samuel,  in 
1839,  came  out  to  New  York,  where  at  tirst 
they  attended  classes  in  college,  to  acquire 
a  knowledge  of  the  English  tongue.  Samuel 
afterwards  entered  thu  employment  of  the 
late  celebrated  A.  T.  Stewtirt,  where  he 
rapidly  rose  to  the  position  uf  a  contideutinl 
clerk,  and,  under  the  great  old  mercliant's 
eye,  gained  his  first  experience  of  business 
life.  Abraham,  who  was  an  eminent  musi- 
oi&n  and  pianist,  chose  to  follow  the  musical 
profeaaion.  Aided  or  introduced  bythepro- 
fesBur,  bis  many  gifts  and  acoomplishment^ 
Boon  made  him  and  his  brother  social  IIouh 
amouK  the  old  Knickerbocker  families  of 
New  York.  At  this  period,  General  Tor- 
rance, of  later  Crimean  fame,  then  in  com- 
mand of  Her  Mrtjesty's  23rd  Itegiment  «»£ 
Foot,  at  Kingston,  Upper  Canada,  waa  on 
a  visit  to  Now  York,  and  there  made  the  ac- 
quaintanoe  of  Abraham  Nordhcimer.  The 
general  induced  the  latter  to  go  to  Kings- 
ton, at  this  time  the  seat  of  government, 
there  to  give  musical  tuition  in  the  family 
of  Sir  Charles  Bagut,  the  governor-general, 
and  in  other  houses  in  the  old  histonc  town. 
Shortly  after,  he  organized,  in  connection 
with  a  piano  and  music  room,  the  first  musical 


society,  which  he  hims«1f  conducted.   Soot 
three  years   later,    Kamuel    waa    prerailed 
upon  to  follow  bia  brother  to  Canada,  nocb 
to  the  regret  of  his  employer.  Mr.  SleTtn, 
who  had  taken  quite  a  likiiig  to  him.  vi^J 
to  the  day  uf  his  death  mamtalnod  a  fri«nil> 
ly  correspondence    with  him.      Hit   nmoi 
in  Kingston  waa  the  occasion  of  the  foiintt^ 
iitg  of   the  music  house  of  A.  &■  8.  Noi 
heimer,  though  the  henl 
were  aft«rw£>rdse8tabb- 
branches  at  H)iuiilt<*n,    l^>ii<i   u. 
Montreal,    and    Quebec.       The 
the  firm  was  instant,  for  the  bn>' 
able     and    energetic  ;     and    thei 
shrewdness  enabled  them  to  Mte  -i  ^ 
tore  for  their  trade  iu  Canada.      This  irjida 
they  built  up  oti  the  wise  deciaion  to  intro- 
duce only  the  beut  qnalicies  of  pianos,  3U( 
aa  those  manufactured  by  Chiokering,  Stei 
way,   St4}dilard,   Dunham,    and    dthicr  eel 
brated  Kuropean   houses  ;  and  the  oonne^j 
tions  then  formed,  thu  house  has  creditabl 
maintained  ever  since,  to  the   profit  of 
firm  and  the  ailvantage  of   the  public 
other  ways  have  the  brothers  Noni 
been  of  service  to  the  country,  in  indi 
and  assisting  numbers  of  the    better  gi 
uf  professional  musicians  to  come  to  Cam 
where  the  name  of  the  firm  haa  long  been  A| 
household  word  in  musical  circles.    Nor  hi 
their    wealth    been  used    only  for  pnrp< 
of    individual  gain.       The   house 
earliest  to  build,  iii  connection  with  their 
biisiness,  a  concert  and  music  hall,  which 
they  erected,  first,  in  the  building  known  as 
Nordhoimer,  or  Masonic  hall,  Toronto,  and 
afterwards  in  the  edifice  owned  and  uaed  by 
the  drm  in  Montreal     This  enterpris*  was 
subsequently  imitated  by  American     musi^H 
firms,  in  the  erection  nf  such  buildinss  I^H 
Chickering  and  Steinwuy  htdls.  New  YorkJ^ 
and  other  places  of  musical  resort.     Irt  so* 
knowledgmont  of   this  idea,  aa  well   as  of 
their  standing  as  a  musical  publishing  house, 
the  firm  were  made  members  of  the  Amerx* 
can  Hoard  of  Music  Trade,   a   priviloga  to 
which  only  leading  hoiiBea  in  the  rauaic  pob^: 
liahuis  and  manufacturing  trade  are  elijgibll^H 
Iu  1860,  Abraham  Nordheimer  died  in  <^>«<^| 
many,  much    regretted.       Since    then    iha 
large  business  carried  on  by  the    firm  haa 
boon  conducted  by  the  surviving  broth*  ~ 
who  has  of  late  years  admitted  his  nephui 
Albert  Nordheimer,  au  accomplished^ 
cian  and  able   business  man,  into 
ship,  and  who  has  assumed  charge  ol 
of  the  business  of  the  house,  sinoe  fini 
his  education  abroad.     Apart  from  condu( 
inic  his  extensive  business,  in  its  manifc 


CANADIAN  BlOGRAtHT. 


mh 


departments,  both  manufacturiiig  and  sell- 
ing, Mr.  Nurdhtiimer  has  taken  an  active  in- 
terest in  the  founding  and  supcrvisiou  of 
the  affain  of  «nany  tinftnoial  and  other  innti- 
tntiona  in  Toronto.  He  u  president  of  the 
Federal  Bank  of  Canada,  vice-president  of 
the  Canada  Permanent  Loan  Company,  and 
A  director  in  several  monetary  institutions, 
insurance,  and  ulher  oompanies.  As  presi- 
dent for  many  yean  of  the  PhiJaniionic 
Society,  he  has  dune  good  service  in  perma- 
nently establishing  the  society,  and  in  rais- 
ing the  musical  taste  of  the  community,  and 
in  ixringing  the  means  of  an  elevating  and 
refining  enjoyment  to  the  people  of  the  pro- 
proviooial  capital.  Mr.  Noroheimer  is  an 
independent  in  politics,  and  has  repeatedly 
refused  political  honours.  In  religion,  he  is 
an  adherent  of  the  Anglican  church,  though 
he  retains  an  enthusiastic  and  intelligent  in- 
terest in  Jewish  literature  and  the  faith  of 
his  forefathers.  In  1871,  ho  married  Edith 
Louise,  daughter  of  the  late  James  Boutton. 
a  well-known  local  member  of  the  Ontario 
bar.  By  her  he  hns  had  nine  children,  two 
of  whom  were  carried  off  recently  by  diph- 
theria. The  family  residence  is  the  charm- 
ing suburban  villa.  Glen  Edith,  in  the 
northern  outskirts  of  the  city,  where  Mr. 
and  Mrs,  Kordheimer,  on  occasion,  dispense 
a  genial  and  princely  hospitality.  The  erec- 
tion of  the  Nordheimer  mansion,  on  its 
oommaoding  position,  overlooking  the  city, 
has  much  aided  tho  settlement  of  that  p&rt 
of  Tor<->nto,  and  given  a  striking  and  artistio 
Mttiiig  to  the  northern  b<jundary  of  the  pro- 
vincial capital. 

Conrsol,  Charlea  Joseph,  Q.C., 
Knight  of  the  Order  of  Charles  III.  of 
Spain,  Montreal,  Judge  of  Sessions,  was 
bom  at  Maiden,  County  Essex,  Ontario,  in 
the  year  1820.  He  is  a  son  o^  J.  Coursol, 
who  WAS  an  ofhcer  in  the  Hudson's  Uay 
Company,  and  his  mother  was  a  daunhter 
of  Joseph  Queenel,  one  of  the  pioneera  of 
CauMliaii  literature.  The  father  died  when 
Oharles  Joeeph  was  yet  of  vury  tender  years, 
and  tho  lad  was  adopted  by  his  maternal 
uncle,  the  Hon.  F.  A.  Quesnel.  He  had  a 
creditable  oar«ter  at  college ;  studiml  law 
undvr  the  late  C.  S.  Cherrier,  Q.C.,  his 
•top-father,  and  waa  called  to  the  bar  of 
Lower  Canada  in  1811.  Shortly  afterwards 
he  married  the  (Uughter  of  the  distin- 
gnishttd  statesman  and  [latriot,  Sir  R.  P. 
TaohA.  Political  excitement  ran  high  in 
Canada  at  this  [>eriod,  for  the  union  of  1^1 
bad  been  laid  upon  the  itill  smoking  embers 
of  the  late  rebelhon,  and  one  of  the  most 
active,    vigtjrous,    and    influential    of  the 


younger  politicians  was  Mr.  Coursol.  Aa 
we  might  expect,  he  was  to  be  found  among 
the  ranks  of  the  Lnfontaine  reformers.  Mr. 
Ct>uraol  soon  won  a  hii^h  place  at  the  bar, 
owint;tohis  quick  penetration,  his  sound 
and  wide  ac«'iuaintanceship  with  the  law, 
and  the  vigor  and  the  industry  manifested  in 
all  his  undertakings.  As  an  advocate  he  was 
soon  widely  popular,  for  bis  influence  in  the 
court  was  always  very  great.  During  the 
Trtnl  ilifficulty  he  rained  a  dashing  regiment 
known  as  the  '*  Chaafleurs  Canadiens,''  and 
in  1866  when  men's  minds  were  full  of  ap- 
prehension anent  tho  Fenian  threats,  Air. 
Coursol  put  himself  at  the  head  of  his  bat- 
talion and  marched  to  the  frontier  to  repel 
these  insolent  marauders.  Mr.  Coursol  was 
afterwardfl  appuinted  by  government  to 
many  important  commissi'ms.  thereby  rccog- 
niftiiig  his  great  learning  and  the  soundness 
of  his  judgment.  Ho  wjia  afterwards  ap- 
pointed judge  of  tho  Suasions  of  the  Ptaoe. 
and  chairman  of  tho  Quarter  Sessions  of  the 
District.  As  police  commissioner  under 
the  Dominion  Act,  he  has  had  much  impor- 
tant and  confidential  duty  to  perform  in 
connection  with  the  department  of  justice. 
But  Judge  Coursol  hasacr>ntinental  aa  well 
as  a  Canadian  reputation,  for  his  connection 
with  the  "St.  Alban's  l^d,"  during  the 
American  civil  war  is  familiar  to  all  who 
hare  read  the  history  of  that  time.  The 
lar^^e  majority  uf  the  Canadian  bar  endorsed 
Judge  CourBol's  act,  and  Lord  Cairns  and 
Francis  Reilly  both  concurred.  His  name 
is  likewise  favourably  connected  with  the 
pontifical  Zouave  movement,  and  with  the 
great  demonstration  of  June  24th,  1874, 
when  the  St.  Jean  Bsptiste  Society  made  the 
larsest  display  ever  seen  in  Montreal,  to 
endeavor  to  bring  back  the  French  Canadi- 
ans who  hadgune  to  the  I'nited  States.  He 
was  elected  president  of  the  Society  in  1872 
and  held  the  ofKoe  for  four  consecutive 
year*.  He  waa  unanimously  elected  mayor 
of  Montreal  in  1)^71.  He  has  been  a  direc- 
tor of  La  Banqne  du  Peupte,  and  been 
president  of  La  Credit  Fonoier  du  Baa 
Canada.  Altogether  Mr.  Coaraol's  career 
has  been  a  spirited,  brilliant,  and  suooessfol 
one.  What  one  regrets  is  that  S'>  few  of  the 
younger  generation  give  promise  of  tilling 
the  places  of  such  men  as  Judge  Cuuraol, 
when  they  shall  have  left  us. 

Prevost,  l<«andre  Coy  t«ux,  MD.V., 
Ottawa,  was  bfirn  on  the  25th  of  January, 
1852,  at  St.  Jt^rome.  County  of  Terrebonne, 
Province  of  Quebec.  He  in  a  son  of  Jules 
Edouard  Prevost,  M.D.,  by  Hedwidge  Pr^ 
vost,  his  wife.      The  family  has  for  a  long 


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period  been  a  prominent  one,  and  haa  be«n 
identified  with  all  the  important  political 
eventa  vhich  have  taken  place  in  the  county 
of  Terrebonne,  and  in  the  district  of  Mon- 
treal, from  1837  np  to  tlie  preeent.  The 
grandfathers  of  our  subject  joined  the 
patriots  in  1837*38,  and  were  obliged  to 
take  refuge  in  the  States  during  that  agi- 
tated periotl.  Tliey  were  closely  allied  with 
Papinuau,  Dr.  Wolfred  Nelson,  and  others 
of  the  leaders  of  that  stormy  tirae.  L.  C. 
Prevost  was  educated  at  Montreal  College 
(St.  Sulpice) ;  afterwsrdfl  studied  medicine 
at  the  Montreal  Medico- Chirurgical  School, 
affiliated  with  Victoria  Vnlversity,  Cobourg, 
and  subsequently  in  tho  Rotunda  Hospital, 
Dublin,  Ireland  ;  at  Paris,  France,  and  in 
London,  England.  Upon  the  completion  of 
his  splendid  medical  course,  Dr.  Prevost 
settled  in  ^>t.  Jerome,  vhere  he  engaged  in 
practice  with  his  father,  and  in  November, 

1877,  he  removed  to  Ottawa.  He  became 
a  member  of  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  of  OnUrio  in  1882.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Ontario  Medico-Chirurgi- 
cal  Society  ;  is  president  of  the  Ottawa  Can- 
adian Institute  ;  and  physician  to  the  Otta- 
wa Oeneral  Hospital.  He  is  a  Rutoau  catho- 
lic ;  and    married  on  the    IGth  September, 

1878,  Mary  Dora  Aumond,  of  Ottawa.  Dr. 
Pr6voflt  enjoys  the  reputation  of  being  an 
extremely  clever  physician ;  and  as  might 
be  expected,  his  practice  is  very  large  and 
■elect.  His  residence  is  in  one  of  the  most 
fashionable  portions  of  the  City  of  Ottawa, 
Daly  avonuo. 

ncmilau,  JuincN,  Detroit,  one  of  the 
leading;  manufacturers  and  capitulisits  in 
the  State  of  Micliigaii,  whose  residence  is 
Detroit,  was  bom  on  the  13th  of  May,  1838, 
at  Hamilton,  Ontario.  He  is  the  son  of 
William  and  Grace  McMillan,  both  natives 
of  Scotland,  who  emigrated  to  Canada  in 
1834,  and  settled  in  Hamilton.  William  Mc- 
MilUu,  the  father  of  James  McMillan,  was 
well-kuown  throughout  the  whole  of  Ontario, 
having  been  an  officer  of  the  Oreat  Western 
Railway  from  its  inception,  until  his  death. 
He  was  connected  with  many  of  Hamilton's 
institutions  ;  was  a  director  in  one  of  the 
banks,  also  in  the  Gas  Light  Company.  He 
vras  a  man  of  broad  ideoa.  well  informed  on 
all  subjects,  and  fearless  in  uttering  his 
opinions,  whether  on  church  or  state.  He 
died  in  1874,  leaving  a  handsome  property, 
which  was  divided  among  his  sons  who  sur- 
vived him.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  is 
the  second  son  in  n  family  of  six  sons  and 
one  daughter.  He  began  his  educational 
course  in  the  Grammar  school  at  Hamilton, 


a  preparatory  tchool  fur  the  Toronto  ooUe^ 
Dr.  Taasie,  a  gentleman  of  wide  scholarly 
repute,  was  the  teacher  of  the  Engliah  de- 
partment of  that  school.  Instead  of  euMr- 
ing  college,  Mr.  McMillan  decided  t^  lean 
the  hardware  business,  and  was  placed  in 
a  hardware  establishment  for  four  yean. 
After  mastering  the  details  of  this  business 
in  its  retail  branch,  he  removed  Uj  Detroit, 
where  he  connected  himself  with  the  hooas 
of  Buhl  k  Dncharrod,  continuing  there  lor 
two  years.  Through  his  father's  influeaoe 
he  was  appointed  purchasing  agent  of 
Detroit  and  Milwaukee  Railroad.  W 
performing  the  duties  of  his  new  office, 
orily  in  the  twentieth  year  of  his  «ge, 
learn  that  he  attracted  the  attentiun  ol  a 
railroad  contractor,  the  result  of  which  was 
an  engagement  at  a  large  salary.  The  pon- 
tion  he  now  occupied  brought  him  into  eon- 
tact  with  the  hiring  of  men,  the  purchase  of 
supplies,  and  the  care  of  finances,  in  connec- 
tion with  the  employment  of  a  large  i*ynB 
men.  Ab<M»t  the  time  when  the  work  w 
drawing  to  its  completion,  and  Mr.  McM: 
Ian  was  debating  in  his  mind  the  propriety 
of  continuing  his  relations  with  this  oon^ 
tractor,  whidi  would  have  taken  him 
Spain,  he  was  asked  to  accept  his  old  p 
as  purchasing  agent  on  the  Detroit  and  Mil 
waukee  Railway,  and  decided  to  do  so.  In 
1804,  Mr.  McMilUn associated  himself  with 
Messrs.  Newberry,  Dean  and  Eaton,  and 
formed  with  them  the  well-known  corpora- 
tion of  the  Michigan  Car  Companr.  From 
this  coDcem  have  sprung  many  others,  such 
as  the  Detroit  Car  Wheel  Company,  tb« 
Baugh  Steam  Forge  Company,  the  Detroit 
Iron  Furnace  Company,  nnd  he  is  now  the 
president  of  all  these,  and  the  largest  owner. 
Mr.  McMillan  did  not  crmfine  hiinsell  to 
Detroit  and  Michigan,  but  established  with 
others,  largo  car  establishments  in  SC 
Louis,  Missouri,  and  Lundou,  Ontario. 
The  business  of  the  firms  in  Detroit  aggre^ 
gates  from  three  to  hve  millions  ot  doUan 
per  annum,  and  an  average  of  twenty-hve 
hundred  men  are  constantly  employed. 
Five  years  ago,  Mr.  McMillan,  with  aaaod- 
ates  in  Detroit  and  New  York,  built  ths 
Detroit.  Mackinac  and  Mar<^uette  Railroad, 
a  line  150  miles  in  length,  running  through 
the  upper  peninsula  of  Slichigan.  He  is, 
and  has  been  president  of  that  company  from 
the  time  of  it«  inauguration.  Wlien  any 
new  enterprise  is  p>ut  in  motion  which  is 
likely  to  be  of  benettt  to  Detroit  or  Michi- 
gan, Mr.  McMillan  is  always  on  hand  ready 
to  help  with  his  means  and  influence.  Soms 
years  ago  he  became  interested  in  the  ship* 


for 

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CANADIAN  BIOQRAPEY. 


667 


ping  tride  of  the  lakes,  and  U  now  nne  of 
the  Urgest  owners  yf  the  Detroit  and  Clevo- 
Und  Steam  Navigation  Compuny,  and  the 
Detroit  Transportation  Company,  the  former 
owning  the  tinost  iron  and  steel  passenger 
steamers  on  the  lakes  ;  and  the  latter  steam 
bsrf^es  of  the  larj^eet  capacity.  Mr,  McMil- 
lan has  been  for  many  years  a  dinxtor  in 
two  of  the  largest  banking  institulious  in 
Detroit—the  First  National  and  the  Detroit 
Savings  Banks.  Uc  is  also  interested  in  and 
ormnected  with  the  management  of  the  De- 
troit City  Railway  and  the  D.  M.  Ferry  Seed 
Company,  and  many  other  large  bunioesa 
entt^rxtrisea.  He  has  done  much  to  improve 
the  business  blocks  of  Detroit,  having  built 
some  of  the  finest,  thus  inspiring  others  to 
do  likewise.  Ho  has  (or  many  years  taken 
an  active  interest  in  politics  and  is  a  Repub- 
lican ;  but  up  to  the  present  time  hna 
always  refased  to  be  a  candidate  for  any 
office  in  the  gift  of  his  fellow-citizens,  al- 
thijiijrh  repeatedly  urijed  to  do  so.  In  1860 
yVr.  MoSIillan  married  Miss  Wetmore,  of 
Detroit.  They  have  six  children  living, 
four  boys  and  two  girls,  two  of  whom  are 
married  and  settled  in  Deiroit.  His  eldest 
son  graduated  from  Yale,  and  is  now  engaged 
with  others  in  the  management  of  the  differ- 
ent establishinouts  of  which  his  father  is  the 
{Resident.  Mr.  McMillan  is  a  man  of  rare 
executive  ability,  is  quick  to  decide,  is  not 
afraid  to  assume  responsibility,  and  under 
all  nrcumstatices,  is  cautious  and  oool- 
he&ded.  Whilst  yet  scarce  in  the  meridian 
of  life,  he  has  succeeded  in  winning  for  him- 
aelf  an  almost  princely  fortune.  Although 
a  careful  man  of  business,  his  personal 
generosity  is  very  great,  and  is  without 
ustentation  ;  many  young  men  of  prom- 
ise arc  indebted  to  his  bounty ;  many 
charitable  institntioiia  are  assisted  by  hia 
aid  ;  and  an  appeal  to  succour  the  helpless 
is  never  made  to  him  in  vain.  Mr.  McMil- 
Un  is  an  honour  to  the  country  which  gave 
him  birth. 

BIb^II,  (^barlcs,  Hamilton,  ex-M.P., 
it.-Col.  of  Mihria,  was  burn  at  West 
1,  County  Mayu,  Irtdand,  on  the  Ist  of 
Sh,  IHIO.  Hifl  father,  llobert  Magill, 
'ved  for  twenty-one  years  in  the  Bri- 
Vniy,  auid  after  the  peace  of  1815,  en- 
Igaged  in  commercial  pursuits,  which  he  fol- 
lowfid  until  his  death.  Mr.  McOill's  mother 
was  a  native  of  Traloe,  County  Kerry,  Ire- 
LazMl.  She  died  at  Hamilton,  Canada,  1845. 
la  1833,  the  family,  consisting  of  the  mother, 
three  •ons,  the  youngest,  Charles,  and  fuur 
dttOffbt^rs,  emigrated  to  Canada,  having 
dyirtered  a  vessel  for  themselves.      The  lo- 


cality  decided  upon  was  Little  York,  whence 
the  family  removed  to  Hamilton  in  the  fol- 
lowing spring  of  3833.     In  1837  Charles  Ma- 
gill had  some  intention  of  adopting  airricul- 
ture»  and  accordingly  settled  on  a  wild  bush 
lot  in  the  township  of  Rinbrook,  Wentwortk, 
and  worked  steadily  upon  it  for  some  time. 
During  the  December  of  that  year,  bearing 
(»f  the  disturbed  state  of  the  country  and  the 
calJine  out  of  the  militia,  he  deemed  it  his 
duty  to  take  part  in  the  suppression  of  the 
revolt.      He  went   back   to  Hamilton,  and 
was  chosen  lieutenant   of  a   company  at  a 
[>ublic  ward  meeting,  and   immediately  put 
on  active  service.     It    speaks  much   for  his 
patriotism,  that  he  volunteered  as  a  private 
to  go  to  the  front,   at  the  time  Navy  Island 
was  occupied  by  the  rebels,  the  company  to 
which   he  was  attached   not    being  ordered 
thither.     This  taste  of  military  life  induced 
Mr.     Magill  to  try  some  otht\r    occupation 
than  fnrming,  and  he  abandoned   his  broad 
acres  to  become  again  a  denizen  of  the  town. 
Such  are  the  simple  incidents  which  some- 
times change  the  whole  tenor  of  men's  lives. 
After  the  militia  was  disbanded  in  18^18,  he 
was  chosen  clerk  and  treasurer  of  the  Board 
of  Police  for  Hamilton.     In  1840  ho  entered 
into  commercial  business,  and  continued  lu 
it  with  uninterrupted  success  for  thirty-two 
years.       Always  prompt  and    uf*right,  and 
being  a  man  of  good  business  habits,  he  se- 
cured unlimited  credit,  although  he  succeed* 
ed  without  availing  himself  of  the  same  to 
any  great  extent.     He  was  indefatii^able  in 
his  business  until  1852.  when  ho  wns  elected 
a  councillor   for   St.    I^wrence   ward,  and 
alderman  for  the  same  wards  in  1853  4  and 
5.     He  was  elected  mayor  by  the  oounoil  for 
the  year  1864-5.     He  was  also    chitinnan  of 
the  Board  of  Health  for  1854,  when  he  sig- 
nally   distinguished    himself  by    zeal    and 
assiduity    in  attending  to  the    unfurtunate 
emigrants  who  were  stricken    with   cholera. 
The  epidemic  prevailed  among  the   citizens 
to  an  alarming  extent,  but  the  mayor  never 
faltered  in  his  courac.     He  held  that  he  had 
a  duty  to  perform,  and  ho  fultilled  his  task 
with  credit,  and  with  danger  to  his  life.  The 
year  1855  was  rendered  remarkable  in  con- 
nection with  the    career  of  Mr.  Magill,  on 
account  of  the  visit  of  the  governor-general 
Sir  Edmund  Head,   and   the   celebration  of 
the    fall  of  Sub&stopol,  both  events    taking 
place  on  the  same  day.     In    the  evening  a 
trrand  banquet  was  given,  presided  over  by 
Mr.  Magill,  and  which   his  Excellency  'and 
the  ministers  with  him  attended.      He  was 
elected  a  water  commissioner  in .  1806,  and 
subse^^xuently  cliairniau  of  the  board,  a  poei- 


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A  CYLLOFMDIA   OF 


tion  he  held  nearly  up  to  the  time  of  the 
oompltftion  of  the  water  service,  thereby 
asetsiing  in  carryin'/  out  one  of  the  most 
importAHt  undertakingfl  of  the  kind  on  this 
continent.  He  wah  mayor  when  an  exten- 
sive system  of  sewerage,  which  has  proved 
to  be  of  the  greatest  bene&t  to  the  city,  was 
perfected.  In  1860,  he  was  appointed  one 
of  Her  Majesty's  justices  of  the  peace  for 
the  County  of  Wentwortli.  After  a  short 
respite)  from  the  office  of  mayor,  he  was  again 
induced,  in  1805,  to  become  a  candidate,  and 
was  elected  by  the  large  majority  of  861. 
He  waa  again  returne<l  by  aceUmation  in 
1666,  and  on  the  retirement  of  the  late  Hon. 
Isaac  Buchanan  from  the  repreaeutation  of 
the  city  in  parliament,  he  waa  elected  by  a 
larqe  mHJ«irity.  Mr.  MaitiU  proved  an  ex- 
cellent piiinataktn^  member,  and  although 
particularly  faithful  to  his  constituency,  he 
was  not  unmindful  of  the  general  interoata 
of  the  country.  Strong  in  his  feelinga  of 
loyal  attachment  to  the  Cninn,  he  was  a 
natural  advocat«  of  the  coufederution  of  the 
provinces  as  a  means  of  coucentratmg  not 
merely  foroe  at^aiust  external  aggression,  but 
to  secure  tlie  national  prosperity,  and  so  build 
up  a  bulwark  founded  upon  Ilritinh  princi- 
pfoa  that  would  be  able  to  resist  all  the 
ahocks  from  without,  and  reflect  on  this 
continent  the  glory  of  those  institutions 
which  have  spread  their  influence  wherever 
civilizatidu  has  extended.  In  IBU5  he  moved 
the  Address  in  aiiswur  tu  the  Spe«ch  from  the 
Throne  ;  and  his  tint  bill  was  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  rn-operatire  associations,  which 
are  calculated  to  confer  great  advantaj;es 
upon  the  industrial  classes,  in  whuso  wel- 
fare he  always  takes  a  deep  interest.  Mr. 
Magill  has  served  in  other  public  capaci- 
ties. As  a  Freemason,  ho  has  held  distingu- 
ished positions  in  the  order.  He  sor^'ed  as 
W.  M.  of  Barton  lodge  at  six  different 
periods,  and  was  elected  first  principal  of 
Hiram  chapter  in  185B.  He  was  first  cap- 
tain of  the  Godfrey  De  Bouillon  encamp- 
ment, Knights  Tomplara,  and  Knights  of 
Malta,  in  1801-2,  and  eminent  preceptor  in 
18^,  and  junior  grand  warden  of  the  Pro- 
vincial Grand  Lodge  for  Upper  Canada  in 
1852-3.  He  waa  elected  to  the  same  posi- 
tion in  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Canada  in  1856, 
and  waa  district  duputy  Grand  Master  for 
the  Hamilton  district  in  1857-60:  grand 
superintend  ant  of  Royal  Arch  Bfasons  for 
Hamilton  district,  in  1868,  and  at  the  oon- 
ventiun  of  representatives  from  the  lod}j;es 
of  this  and  the  adjoining  province  called 
for  considering  the  expediency  of  establish- 
ing a  Supreme  Grand  Lodge,  which  met  at 


1 


Hamilton  on  the  10th  Oct,  1655,  Mr.  MsfpU 
waa  chosen  to  preside  over  the  d«liberalinru, 
and  the  result  waa  the  formation  r>f  a  0\tik- 
dian  Grand    Lodge.      He  was  {r 
the  Rifle  Association  of  the  seven >.  i 

district  of  Upper  Canada  in  1851,  and  aii«r- 
wards  had  a  seat  at  the  Great  Western  Rail- 
way boiird  of  directors.  He  ia  now  a  duvc- 
tor  of  the  Gore  District  Mutual  Fire  Insar* 
ance  Company.  He  mij^ht,  if  be  had  wished, 
been  a  mHmV>er  of  the  first  local  aiinuniati^- 
tion  of  Ontario,  having  been  offered  the 
position  of  Treasurc^r  by  John  Sandfield 
McDonald, but  he  declined  i^  •-  •"••'^■•'•-.■H 
ing   that  the   strongest   in<l 

held  out.     Such  was  bis  du:.: .   :.   l 

preserve    his    political   consistency    that  he 
would  not  accept  office  on   any  considera- 
tion  whatever,  preferring,  as  he  did,  to  do 
nothing  inimiciu  tn  the  Liberal  party,  with 
which   he  was   jwlilically  allied.     The  To- 
ronto Qlobe  made  the  following   refereoea 
to  this  circumstance    at    the    time  : — *^0 
Hamilton     correspondent     tulographed 
yesterday  aa  follows  :  "  Mr.  .Sondhold  Matf^ 
donald   came  hero   last    nicht,  and  offered' 
the  receiver- generalship  tn  Mr.  Magill.     As 
extraordinary  pressure  was  brfinght  to  bear 
by  the  tortea  on  Mr.  Magill  to  induce  him 
to  accept  the  office  with  such  strong  threat- 
eninga  of  opposition,  if  it  was  declined.   Hfi* 
all  was  of  no  avail  :    Air.  MagiU  absol'iVj 
refused.    Mr.  Sandtield  MacdouaJd  ha»  Tn.-i<hi^_ 
another  attempt  and  baa  failed.    Mr.  Msk.'ili^l 
has  been  true  to  his  party  and  his  principle^H 
and  has  earned  the  nnanimons  thanks,  not 
only  of  reformers,  but  of  all  who  fee!  thai 
the  people  of  Ontario  should  havn  an  oppf 
tunity    of   forming  their  own   govemmeo' 
without  the   interference  of  the  eonfede 
cabinet."     The  Hamilton  T\n\ea  was  eipi 
outspoken  on  the  subject    It  said  :  *'  It  be^ 
came  necessary  to  effect  the  object  of  the 
ujalitionists   that  reformers   should  be   in- 
duced to  take  a  part  in  the  political  enter- 
prises, a  number  of  persons  were  approached 
who   declined    acceptance.      Some   ten  or 
twelve  days  were  exhsnsted  in  ^r^^^'^^-^'r^nif 
to    secure   what    ho   (.Sandfield    '•' 
thought  loose  reformers.      At  laai  ... 
ed  Mr.  MagiJl  to  join  the  treacherous  v,  •\- 
ment.     But  he  made  a  mistake  in  the  tn  ii< 
Mr.    Magill  was  neither  to  be  bought  nor 
bribed.     He  showed  himself  no  weak-kneed 
reformer,  and  after  he  had  kept  John  Sand- 
ti^ld  Macdonald  in  suspenae  for  more  tbaa 
a  day  and  a  half,  politely  told  him  that 
could  not  be  a  party  to  any  sucli  dishon 
able  arrangement. "     Mr.  Ma'^U  waa  an 
vocate  of  moderate  prot^x^iion  for  home 


thai 

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<aiq| 


CANADIAN  BWUHAPBY, 


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diifttry,  And  wu  the  first  who  moved  in  the 
lioufto  iif  CiiniDiona  for  a  Rvlecb  coinmitto  tu 
the  zn&niifBcturerfl'  interest:  and  in  a  siib- 
•eqiient  Mtsion  in  June,  1872,  prt'sent^d  a 
rvport  recX'iuniending  as  advantage^ma  rhe 
impuaitioQ  of  a  duty  of  i!0  per  cent.  Hit 
«4i>>cacy  uf  tbu  intvreata  uf  manufacttirora 
waa  nut  without  in)]>ort«nt  reaiilts,  aa  it  wan 
znainly  throui^h  it  thai  a^'rtcultnral  imple- 
meuta,  such  aa  mowinif,  reaping,  and  threah- 
iog  uiMchines,  were  taken  out  '^f  the  free  liat 
aiid  pUcHfd  in  the  15  per  cent.  Vinegar 
inAitufMuturura  wure  nlan  l>entfGted  by  au 
incre«ae  of  duty  u[H>n  that  article.  Mr.  Ma- 
gill,  on  8th  January,  IHt'tlj,  waa  appointed 
lieut«naiit-o<ilonel  of  the  Hnmilton  regi- 
menta)  diviaiun  of  reaert'e  niilitia.  He  haa 
travbUfid  through  Canada,  the  United  Statea 
and  Europe,  hia  laat  trip  being  in  1S74, 
when  he  vjaited  England,  Ireland,  Soot- 
land,  Fianc«,  Germatiy,  Auitria,  Switxer- 
loud,  and  Uelginiii,  acc^mtpanied  by  his  two 
daughters,  Mary  and  Emma.  In  religion, 
Mr.  Maf^ill  ii  a  MethcKliat.  In  1882,  Mr. 
Maf^ill  waa  a^&in  induced  to  become  a  can* 
didato  for  the  mayoralty,  and  waa  aucceafv- 
ful,  aa  well  oa  for  the  following  year,  1883, 
havLug  been  elected  in  all  aix  times  tu  the 
position. 

noCarlby.  John,  Preecott,  Ontario, 
waa  born  in  Dundee,  Province  of  Quebec, 
on  December  23rd,  1827.  Uia  father  was 
David  McCarthy,  who  was  a  native  of  the 
County  Cork,  IreUnd,  and  his  mother  Ellen 
Kent.  John  McCarthy  was  educated  in  the 
public  school  ac  Dundee.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  municipal  council  of  the  township  of 
AugoaU  for  the  years  1806, 1807  and  1868  ; 
was  Hrst  deputy  reeve  in  1868  ;  and  con* 
tested  the  county  for  parliamentary  honours 
for  the  timt  parliament  of  our  Provincial 
Isfpalature,  but  was  defeated  by  McNeil 
CUrk,  who  waa  elected.  Influences  were 
light  U}  bear  in  this  election  which  Mr. 

cCarthy  ct>uld  not  withstand.  Thereligioue 
riewK  of  our  subject  are  strictly  those  of 
Uonian  caihulici4iu.  lie  married  on  Sep* 
t«uiber  1st,  18r>2,  Catharine  Mahunuy,  a 
native  of  County  Cork,  Ireland,  Mr.  Mc- 
Carthy left  his  home  in  Dundee  uit  \\\v  20tli 
October,  1847,  and  five  days  afterwards 
raached  Proscott,  where  he  found  employ- 
HMD!  with  Cliurlea  A.  Payne,  who  wu  oarry- 
ing  on  a  distillery  business.  lie  remained 
with  Mr.  Payne  until  July,  185*1,  when  he 
accvpbeil  the  jxjsitioti  of  manager  of  John 
Creighton's  distillery,  at  Prescott,  and  this 
position  he  tilled  f  >r  a  year.  In  August, 
1866,  he  moved  tu  Maitland,  seven  miles 
VMl  ol  l^nasoott,  and  enturod  into  partuor- 


ihtp  with  nn  American  named  Charles  N. 
bttsauU,  Aiid.  wiih  him,  cjkiried  on  bnainev 
aa  distiller,  and  when,  after  three  yenrs^  Mr. 
HuBsell  became  dissatisfied,  disit'dved  part- 
nership, and  left  for  hia  native  country. 
Mr.  McCarthy  carried  on  the  business  for 
ten  years  longer.  On  Mr.  Payne,  Mr.  Mc- 
Carthy's hrnt  employer,  becoming  possessur 
of  the  *■  Conway  property,''  on  which  Mr. 
McCarthy  now  resides,  he  entered  into 
partnership  with  Mr.  McCarthy,  and  the 
new  lirm  carried  on  the  distilling  business 
for  four  years,  dissoIviuK  iu  July*  1S67. 
Mr.  McCarthy,  in  1869,  pnrcha^^ed  the  pro- 
perty, and,  in  the  full  of  tlie  same  year,  be 
entered  into  ]tartiier>hip  with  James  Qiiinn, 
and  turned  the  old  distillery  into  a  brewery. 
This  partnership  lusted  for  eight  years,  and 
Mr.  McChrthy  has  since  carried  on  the 
business  on  his  own  account.  In  1881  he 
made  omsiderablo  improvements  to  tho 
prKmiaea  by  building  a  large  malt  ho\ise, 
costing  B<  me  twelve  thousand  dollars,  and 
rebuilt  his  brewery  in  18^3,  at  a  cost  of  fif- 
teen thousand  dollars.  Mr.  McCarthy  hM  a 
family  of  flvu  sons  and  6ve  daughters  ;  the 
oldest  son  being  engaged  assisting  his  father 
in  carrying  on  the  business.  Mr.  McCarthy, 
in  additi<<ti  to  the  brewery,  owns  a  very  fine 
farm  of  l^UO  acres  iu  the  highest  state  of  cul- 
tivation. 

Kaysldo,  James,  South  Lancaster, 
M.P.I',  fur  Cilenjjarrj*,  Ontario,  was  born 
in  April,  1836,  in  Montreal,  and  is  a  aon 
of  John  and  Janet  (Grant)  Pwayaide.  John 
Rayside  came  from  tho  Island  of  Bute, 
Scotland,  and  Janet  Grant  was  boru  iu  the 
town  of  Ayr.  John  Rayside  was  au  archi- 
tect and  builder,  and  Janet  Grant,  at  the 
time  of  her  marriage  kept  a  millinery  and 
dresamsking  establishment  in  Montreal. 
James  Riiyaide,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
was  taken  to  the  village  of  Martintitwn  by 
hiH  grand  parenta  at  an  early  age.  He  waa 
educated  at  the  village  school,  learned  tho 
trade  of  carjM>nter  and  joiner,  and  after- 
wards engaged  in  the  occupation  of  miU- 
wrigbt  fur  some  yeara.  He  went  to  British 
Colniiibia  in  isi62,  the  year  of  thn  gold 
exoitufuent,  and  was  in  a  niod«irate  d(>L;r^e 
auocoasful.  He  married,  on  the  7th  April. 
1864,  Margaret,  daughter  of  David  Mc- 
Dougalt,  North  Bank,  Charlotteburg.  The 
family  of  Mrs.  Kayaide  were  amongst  tho 
earliest  settlers  of  the  County  uf  Olun- 
Korry,  ami  the  name  of  her  grandfather, 
Duncan  Hobertson,  was  a  household  word, 
and  is  handed  down  to  the  present  gener- 
ation for  hia  liberality  and  kindnoss  to 
all  that  sought  relief.     This  bnatich  of  Um 


070 


A  CTCLOK^VIA  OF 


familj  had  n  large  ooDnection.  David  Mc- 
Dougall  marriod  Mary  Robortaon,  daughter 
of  Duncan  Robertaon  ;  and  Mr.  McDou- 
gaira  mother  was  a  Munrue,  a  famUy  which 
had  a  widti  connectiuu,  su  that,  taking  it 
all  round,  Mrs.  Kayeide  has  a  large  uumber 
of  couftinB,  anclea  and  aunta.  Mr.  Hayside 
haa  a  family  of  four  daughteni  aud  two  aona 
living,  and  the  two  eldeat  daughters  are  now 
attending  the  1ja<lie8'  College  at  Ottawa. 
Mr.  Rayside  was  councillor  and  reeve  of  the 
townihip  of  Charlotteburg  from  1808  to 
1873  1  waa  elected  in  the  by-election  to  the 
Ontario  Legislature  in  October,  1882,  and 
again  returned  to  fill  the  same  position  in 
February,  1883.  In  politica  Mr.  Rayside 
is  a  staunch  Reformer  ;  and  in  religion  \a  a 
Presbyterian.  He  has  been  idontitiod  with 
the  lumber  trade  since  1872,  and  still  con- 
tinues in  the  same  busineea.  He  removed 
from  Martiutown,  Glengarry,  to  Lancaster, 
Glengarry,  in  May,  1880,  where  he  still  re- 
sides. Sir.  Ray«du  was  an  unsuccesaful 
candidate  at  the  general  election  of  187d. 
He  was  first  elected  to  the  Legialativo  As- 
aembly  on  the  18th  Oct:)ber,  1882.  on  the 
resignation  of  the  sitting  niombor.  Mr.  Mc- 
Maater,  to  stand  for  the  Commons.  Mr. 
Rayside  is  a  useful  and  industrious  member 
of  the  legislature. 

Blalchcr,   Peter  Cnmpbell,  Ilam- 
milton,  was  boru  in  the  I'ounty  of   Went- 
worth,  near   Hutnilton,  in   18;i5.     He  is  a 
son  of  George  David  and  Sarah  (Campbell) 
Blaicber,  who  removed  from  the  province  of 
New  brunswiok  in  IB^^a,  and  settled  upon 
a  farm  in  the  towuship  of  Saltfleet.     Upon 
this   farm   il,   V.    Blaiuher  laboured  for    a 
time,  and  in  1837,  he  took  up  arms  on  tlie 
side  of  the  Crown.    He  died  in  1875,  leaving 
a  family  of  six  children,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch    being   the   third    eliloat.      Peter  C. 
Blaicher  received  a  oomniun  school  educa- 
tion, concluding  his  studies  in  the  Provincial 
Normal   School,  Toronto,    whence   ho  gra- 
duated  in  185U,  with  hik'b  houours,  being 
one  of  the  four  out  of  lliO  pupils,  who  re- 
ceived n  tirst-claas  certificate,  grade  A.,  as  a 
teacher.  He  had,  in  1854,  received  a  seoond- 
class  certiHcAte,  being   then   in  his  seven- 
teenth year.     He  taught  now  for  a  time  in 
the  County  of  Haldiiuaud,  but  in  1800,  ob- 
tained the  position  of  second  master  of  the 
High  school  in  the  town  of  Peteroorough, 
in    which    position    he   remained    for    live 
years,  when  he  was  qualified  as  an  inspec- 
tor  of  public  aohoola  for  the  Dominion  of 
C«nada.      Fa  18fi5,  Mr.  Blaicher  concluded 
to  uive  ap  t-eaching  and  learn  a  profession  ; 
and  acoonlingly  in  the  same  year  he  began 


te  learn  the  dnig  busineaa  in  Peterborou^ 
In  1866,  he  removed  lo  Hamilton,  when*  W 
opened  up  a  drug  store,  and  in  this  baimetn 
he   haa   ctmtiuued  ever    since.       But  Mr 
Blaicher  waa  a  man  who  had  always  given 
much  attention  to  municipal  qacMitions  and     i 
public    matters   generally,    and  it  waa  not     ' 
strange  that  he  soon  came  to   be  recoi:;n^«/A4t 
as  a  '*  likely  candidate"  for  some  acrt  -.f  u 
political  {>oaition.   Ho  wu  elected  a  meinUT 
of  the  B<tard  of  Education  for  the  cjtv  of 
Hamilton  in  1879  ;  was  elected  a-ldermna  of 
number  two  ward  of  the  Bune  city,  and  rc» 
elected   the  years  1880-85,  and    at   pr*s*ot 
lime  (1885),  is  chairman  of  the  finance  Oim- 
miltee.     He  had  hold  the  position  of  chair-     \ 
man  of  the  hospital  committee,  from  18^0  till 
1883,  and  it  was  during  this  period  the  pre- 
sent hospital  was  eatahltahed.  an  inititucion 
which  refleota  credit  u[M>n  the  province^  anil 
owes  not  a  litUe  for  its  exiatence  to  the  etnTyi 
and    public  spiritedness    of    Mr.    Blaicher. 
With  secret  society  work,  Mr.  Blaicher  ha*     . 
concerned  himself  much  :  he  is  »  member  of 
the  Masonic  order,  and  haa  held  most  of  tli^H 
offices  in  that  body;  is  also  a  member  itf  th^| 
A.  O.  U.  W..  and  is  master  of  Dixon  IcnigJ^ 
of  Hamilton.     In  religion,  he  is  a  Protes- 
tant, and   in  politica  a   Conaorvative.     Uc 
has  always  t&ken  a  leading  port  in  poUtical 
affairs,  and   is  chairman  of  a  C  maervative 
Ward    Association.      He   is    likewise    vioe- 
prestdent  of  the  HauiUtou  Pharm 
Society.      Mr.    Blaicher  married 
Jemina  P.,  daughter  of  the  late  James 
gar,  of  the  township  of  Trafalgar,  and  Kai 
issue  three  children.     Of  theae  Clara,  the 
eldest  and  only  daughter,  is  a  graduate  of 
the  Wealeyan  College,  and  marncd  in  IteS, 
8.  N.  Sterling,  of  the  brm  of  Sterling  B; 
wholesale  merchants,  of  Ltmdun,  OntArio. 

Scliullz,    Hon.    John     C'li'i. 
(Ottawa,  Senator,  was  bom  in  Am' 
Essex  county,    Ontario,   in    the  yuar    i-^iJ 
His  father  was  of  Scandinavian  tleacent 
mother,  Elizabeth  RcUly,  of  Irish  extractiun. 
His  early  days  gave  no  promiae  of  the  po 
ful  physique  aud  remarkable  endurance  d 
veloped  in  later  years.     At  school,   ho  was, 
althuugh  largt)  ^r   his  age,    rather  doUcale 
in  health,  and   deemed  by  his   schoolmates 
aomewhat  of  a  "  Molly."     It  was  no  trouble 
for  him  to  learn  his  leaaons,  anil  he  aeemed^l 
always  to  have  Leisure  to  do    **«uma"  fuT^^ 
Ilia   companions,    or  othorwiao  to   aaaiat  in  ^ 
what,  to  them,  were  irkaume  toaks.    He  waa 
what  Whittier  deecribes  as  "  a  silent,  shy, 
peace-loving  "  lad,  who  gave  to  thoae  about 
him  no  sign  of  the  self-reliance   and  extra- 
ordinary will  which  after  years  developed 


'ise   noe- 

Lme«^^^ 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPEY. 


67J 


Hit  Oftrly  edaoation  wa«  reotfired  in  part  at 
the  handB  of  a  retired  soldier,  whoie  nar- 
Towncea  and  ignorance  u  a  teacher  were 
luridly  relieved  by  h&ndinou  with  the 
'*  tame."  and  vigilaooe  in  detecting  the 
peocadilluea  of  fata  soholars.  After  a  few 
year*  attent  behind  the  counter  of  a  country 
•tore,  kept  by  hia  half-brother,  Honry  Mc- 
KenneV}  afterwards  sheriff  of  lied  Kiver, 
young  Schiiltz  set  out  to  qualify  hiutBelf  for 
the  medical  profeaaion.  Hftving  no  wealthy 
relaiirea  to  aaaiat  him.  be  chose  to  ship  aa  a 
oommon  s&ilur  on  a  reasel  plying  between 
Ohicigo  and  Dutr&lo  or  Kingston  ;  saved  hia 
v«cea,  and  attended,  ttrat,  Oberlin  College, 
in  Ohio,  and  afterwards  Queen's  College, 
Kingston,  graduating  from  the  latter  aa  a 
full-fledged  medUo  in  1862.  Without  delay, 
save  that  of  a  single  night,  devoted  to  visit- 
ing his  favourite  aunt,  Mrs.  Captain  Hack- 
ett,  at  Amherstburg,  the  young  doctor,  re- 
solute, tall,  and  rendered  athletic  by  his 
sailor's  life,  started  for  the  Red  River  Set- 
tlement, which  waa  then  a  sort  of  Wonder 
Land.  For  some  years  he  waa  lost  sight  of, 
except  by  the  few  with  whom  he  correspond- 
ed. How  he  and  his  brother  toiled,  whip- 
ttkwiug  by  hand,  out  of  Red  River  trees, 
every  pUnk  with  which  to  build  their  first 
house  ;  trading  fur  furs  with  Indians  and 
half-breeds,  living  sometimea  on  pemmican 
and  such  fi«h  as  they  caught,  or  gauie  they 
could  shoot ;  the  doctor  visituig  his  patienta 
on  snoW'shoes,  and  often  taking  his  pay  in 
furs  or  buflalo  skins,  these  were  matters 
of  lat4.*r  narration  to  eager  listeners  when 
the  UBualJy  reticent  doctor,  on  his  trips  to 
Montnsal  to  aell  furs  and  buy  supplies,  oould 
be  eoaxed  by  his  familiars  to  tell  of  his  dis- 
tant pnurie  life.  Observant  and  studious, 
he  had  infnrrned  himself  of  the  fauna  and 
fliTTa.  the  soil  and  nlimate,  the  attractions 
atftd  capacities  of  the  great  lone  land,  so  soon 
to  become  known  to  the  worhl  aji  the  Cana- 
dian North- West  He  percoivvd  the  valne 
of  thia  region  for  graingrowini;  and  caltlo- 
ffnuiing,  and  lost  no  op{>«jrtunity  t>f  smind- 
Ulf  ile  pmises  iu  the  ears  of  liittenort,  then 
BOIM  tixi  witliiiir,  in  Canadian  cities.  Hav- 
ing purchiutHl  the  press  and  types  of  the 
Aoi''-H'«j^^f,eslfth!iahed  by  Ro«8«V  Bucking- 
ham, the  Uvd  ICiver  di>ot(tr  varii'd  his  oj>er- 
AtJous  by  writing  items  and  articles  for  the 
little  monthly  or  weekly  sheet  which  waa 
the  prvcuntor  of  the  Winnipeg  dailies  of  to- 
day- l^ival  in  what  ho  deemed  the  best  in- 
tCTMla  of  the  great  territory  which  had  too 
long  been  retained  as  a  fur  preserve  by  the 
then  all  ponorful  Hudson's  Itay  Cofn[>any, 
Alhd  bold  in  defuncc  of  the  claims  of  aottlors, 


Schulte  made  himself  obnoxious  to  the  au- 
thorities of  that  corporation.  At  their  in- 
stance he  was  on  one  occasion,  in  18CS, 
bound  hand  and  foot,  and  consigned  to  pri- 
son aa  *'  a  dangerous  person,"  only  to  be 
released  by  an  excited  crowd  of  the  inhabit- 
ants, who  battered  in  the  jail  walls  and 
broke  open  its  door.  The  six  or  eight  thous- 
and members  of  the  colony  were  now  resolv- 
ed to  have  some  voice  in  the  management 
of  their  own  affairs,  being  heartily  tired  of 
Hudson's  Bay  rule,  and  communicated  nith 
I>4»wuing  Street,  asking  sanction  for  a  pro- 
visional government,  or  else  to  be  allowed 
to  elect  some  of  the  members  of  the  council 
at  Asunniboia.  This  waa  not  granted^  but 
these  wishes  of  the  people  gave  rise  to  steps 
on  the  part  of  the  government  of  Canada, 
which  resulted  in  the  extinguishment  of  the 
Hudsoo's  Bay  Company's  claims  by  pay- 
ment uf  £'300,000  sterling,  and  the  transfer 
of  the  territory  to  Canada,  in  terms  of  the 
B.N.  A.  Act  of  1867.  When,  in  180y,  Hon. 
William  McDougall  went  to  Alanitoba  in 
the  capacity  of  provincial  governor,  he  waa 
stopped  at  ita  threshold  by  order  of  the 
**  Provisional  Government,"  of  which  Louis 
Riel  waa  the  head  and  front.  At  this  time, 
according  to  Archbishop  Toch^'s  evidence, 
**  there  wss  no  British  flag  hoisted  in  the 
territory  for  two  years  previous  to  the 
movement,"  except  the  flag  of  Dr.  SchullK  ; 
a  Union  Jack,  which  had  the  word  Can- 
ada upon  it,  and  it  waa  considered  a  parly 
flag.''  Riel,  with  a  hundned  armed  men  had 
taken  poiaesaion  of  Fort  Garry,  with  its 
gana  and  stores,  custom  house  bo^ikt  and 
papers ;  hoisted  a  flsg  with  a  tleur-de-lis  and 
shamrock  on  it ;  made  a  prisoner  of  Dr. 
Walter  Bv>wn,  the  proprietor  of  the  Nor- 
IVcitff,  for  rufiuing  t^*  print  a  prc^chimation 
of  authority ;  demanded  the  contents  of 
Dr.  Schultz  warahouae,  and  on  his  refusal 
plajitod  cannon  t«i  ci>mmand  it,  and  threat- 
eneil  to  knock  it  down.  On  December  7th, 
8chult»,  witli  some  forty-six  other  Canadi- 
ans were  trujbcher>)tisly  iiitule  privouers,  and 
tho  dt»it«>r  plftc«Hi  in  solitary  continement. 
For  many  weary  woekn  he  was  thus  kept 
in  a  room  without  tire.  sleepiiiK  u[»on  the 
llfH.ir  witli  a  single  butfikio-akin  for  covering, 
watohed  by  an  annod  iruard.  and  refused  the 
sit;hl  of  his  invalid  wif*.  for  whom  he  pre- 
scribed from  out  his  pri»»i(i  h'liifie.  But  one 
night  the  guard  wa«  induceil  to  watch  out- 
side instead  of  inside  his  door,  when  the 
iloiii{hty  prisoner,  whoso  only  t4Kils  were  a 
l>«iiknife  and  a  gimlet,  made  an  opening 
throui;h  the  window  fastenings,  ftiueesed 
his  body  through,  but  iu  the  attempt  to  let 


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hiiuaeU  down  the  Btripa  of  buffalo  ekin  gave 
way  and  he  full  twenty  fe«t,  lojurin^  hU 
thigh.  Latiied  a*  hu  was,  hti  bad  atill  to 
HCale  the  fort's  outer  wall,  frum  whoso  top 
he  thruw  himself  iuto  a  friendly  snow-drift. 
Then  with  painfnl  steps  hu  walkud  some 
miles,  and  hy  dHyIi<{ht  reached  the  hous«  of 
a  friendly  senior,  where  he  lay  concealed, 
though  AntikEht  for  by  Kiel's  emissaries  far 
and  near.  Uotermined  to  reach  Canada, 
he  started  as  soon  as  his  injured  thi^h 
w(»uld  permit^,  and  on  snow-shoes,  escorted 
by  a  ah  re  wi]  niid  fai(hfiil  Scotch  halt-hrecd 
(;uitle,  .Fiiseph  \lunkniAn,  and  making  a 
wide  dntfjur  northward  to  avoid  capture 
(for  Kiel  liad  deolared  that  *'aB  for  Dr. 
Sohnltz,  he  ia  exiled  for  ever,  all  his  prop- 
erty is  contiscated,  and  if  found  in  the 
country  he  is  liable  to  be  shot,")  reached 
Duluth,  MiDuesota.  After  a  few  days  rest, 
Ur.  Schultr.  and  his  ^lido  pushed  on  to 
Windsor,  London,  T(»ronto,  Kingston  and 
Montreal.  At  all  these  puiuis,  and  many 
tithurrf.  their  reception  was  moat  stirring, 
for  the  people  learned  then  what  indig- 
oitius  their  countrymen  of  Boulton*s  force 
autrered  aa  prisoners  of  the  insurgents.  Far 
his  intrepid  stand  in  defence  of  the  interests 
of  Canada,  Dr.  Schultz  was  presented  in 
various  towns  with  addresses,  a  gold  watch, 
A  gold  chain,  a  riHe,  and  other  ^fifta.  Indig- 
nation meetings  were  held,  and  at  the  one 
in  Toronto,  on  April  t^th,  when  Dr.  Schultz, 
Charles  Mair,  Dr.  Lynch  nud  Mr.  Better 
were  present — all  refugees  from  Kiel's  viol- 
ence— the  government  was  called  on  to  take 
action.  In  Montri^al,  an  indi;,matiou  meet- 
ing crowded  tKe  3Iechtinic8'  Hall,  and  an 
incautious  sympathizer  with  the  insurgents 
was  thrown  bodily  down  the  stairway  at  the 
immiueut  risk  of  his  neck.  The  subject  of 
this  sketch  now  returned  t  j  Winnipeg,  giv- 
ing his  assistance  to  the  organization  of  au- 
thority and  the  ruatoration  uf  tranquillity. 
In  the  following  year  he  was  returned  as 
member  for  Ltngar  in  the  parliament  of  Can- 
ada, continuing  to  represent  that  constitu- 
ency, with  a  short  interval,  until  18:i3,  when 
he  was  chosen  a  senator  of  the  Dominion. 
Diligence  in  business  had  brought  Dr. 
Schuitz  considerable  wealth.  He  had  been 
a  successful  trader,  and  had  ac<}uired  land 
in  Winnipeg  and  other  parts  of  the  country 
which  rose  enormously  in  value  during  the 
'^hoom."  He  had  also  been  prominent  in 
organizing  the  North- West  Trading  Co., 
the  Suuthwestoru  Railway  Co.,  the  Great 
Northwestern  Telegraph  Co.,  and  other  en- 
terprises in  the  province.  But  his  unstint- 
ed  labors,  carelessness  of   his  health,  and 


above  all,  the  injuries  and  expr^surai 
during    imprisonment    and   escape,   uniier- 
mined  his    health,    and    for    the    past  fitur 
years  he  has  remained  mostly  at  (Ottawa,  wi 
invaliil.   His  life  has  been  at  differerjt  timc« 
despaired  of,  but  unfailing  pluck  has  carried 
him  on  crutches  to  his  srat  in  th*  .Stmaiis, 
where,  in  spite  of  a  bronchia)  uif 
has  pleadea  for  bettvr  treatment 
diana,  and  has  rendered  great  ser\ . 
western    country  through  knowltMi.'.    ,r    : 
requirements  and  faith  in  its    futote.      i  i^ 
delicate   Essex    lad,   schooled  on    the  grcii 
lakes,  in  the  forest,   un  the  prairie.  lukS  be 
come  a  distinguished  son  of  the   great  De- 
mint  on. 

Pl<!kup,  John  Wuilwork,   Brock- 
vUIe,  Out.,  M.D.,  L.R.C.S.,  Edin.,  waabom^ 
at   Stockport,  near    Manchester,    Englan 
June  ISth,  183H.     He  is  a  son  uf  Kdmui 
Pickup  and  Sarah  Wallwork,  l»oth  of  whot 
came  to  Canada  in  May,  1842.    Mrs.  Picktil 
died  in  1848.      Edmund   Pickup  carried 
the  buainoBS  of  bookaeller,  publisher,  statioi 
or  and  news  agent  in  Montreal,  for  man] 
yearsi  and  was  well  known  as  a  prominent  i 
business   man,   and  as  one  of  the   loadii 
members  of  the  Wesleyau  Methodist  chm 
of  which  he  was  a  devuted  a'lherent.    Hi 
in  May,  1879.    John  W.  Pickup  was 
ed  at   Montreal,  att«n(ling  several 
leading  private  acadamiea  of  that  city, 
concluding  at  McOtU  University,     He  w«i 
medical  superintendent  of  the  Quebec  Luna- 
tic  Asylum    from    1865  to  I8t)9.      He    hss 
always  been  a  Conservative  in  politics,  sad 
has  usually  been  connected  with  any 
atton  of  that  p'lUtical  character  in  the  ^n 
munity.    He  was  initiated  into  Kr>>«nuM4iii 
in  St.  John's  lodge,  E.  R.,  N*t.  544,  Carl 
ton  Place,  in  March,  1863,  and  on  r^movii 
from  theQtiebec  Asylum  to  Pakenhai 
in  1869,  became  the  tirat  W.M.  of 
lodge,  No.  248,  (J.K.C,,  presidinj;  for 
aucoessive  years  as  W.INI.     In   1874  hv 
tirat  elected  D.D.G.M.  of  the    Ottawa 
trict,  which  ottice  he  again  held  for  the  yesf«< 
1878-9.       Dr.    Pickup    was  educated    as   a 
Methodist,  but  has  always  fav«turt*d  mode- 
rate EpiacopalianiBm.     Hu  married,  od  ihd 
I9th   June,  1867,  Alice  Elizabeth  Hu11h*i 
of  Pn?Bcott,  Out.     There  havu  been  by 
union    three  boys,  the  eldest   of   whom 
studying  law.      Dr.  Pickup  first  commence 
practice  in  Richmond,  i.)nt. .  in  1860,  hav 
graduated  at  Mdrill  on   May  4Lh   of  tl 
year.     He  proceeded  to  England    in  IM^' 
"  walked  the  hospitals,"  obtained  the  did< 
ma  of  the  Royal  College  of  Surgeons,  Kdii 
burgh,  and  returned  to  Ashton.  near  Ki( 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPBY. 


id.  Out.,  where  he  remained  in  general 
ictice  till  the  spring  nf  1^64,  when  He  re* 
>ved  to  MontreAl.  Here  he  practised  till 
hi«  appointment  to  the  poAition  of  superin- 
tendent (if  the  Quebec  Lunatic  Asylum  in 
1865»  which  office  he  resigned  in  1869,  after 
four  years'  residence,  to  return  to  general 
practice  at  Pakenhaui,  Ont.  At  the  latter 
place  be  remained  for  t<'n  yean,  removinj{ 
to  Brockville  in  May,  1^79.  Since  remov- 
ing to  Brockvill^,  Dr.  Pickup  has  led  an 
active  profasaional  life,  and  haa  taken  a  zea- 
lous interest  in  the  progreta  of  the  town. 
He  is  now  president  ni  the  Brockville  Medi- 
cal and  Surgical  Asuooiation. 

ConlC>9  Ttiomaa,  lvemp\nlle,  Ontario, 
w«j|  bi>rn  on  the  'Jod  of  August,  1841,  in  the 
County  of  Antrim,  Ireland.  He  is  a  son  of 
Robert  Mid  Mary  (Stewart)  Conley,  both  of 
whom  Rtitl  reside  in  Antrim,  having  passed 
their  74th  birth-day.  Thomas  Cunloy  re- 
ceived A  public  school  educaiioQ,  and  served 
hia  apprenticeship  in  Belfast  to  tlio  business 
of  merchant  tailor.  In  1858,  he  emigrated 
io  Kew  York,  remainiuji;  in  the  tuiied 
States  until  the  fall  of  1802.  when  he  came 
over  to  Canada,  settling  in  the  following 
year  at  North  Gowor,  where  he  commenced 
business  for  himself.  On  Jnly  26th,  1B4>3, 
Mr.  Conley  manied  Margaret  Jane,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Mnlvaugh,  n  gentleman  who 
fought  as  a  volunteer  at  the  Windmill,  near 
Praaoott,  in  the  winter  of  1838,  in  defence 
of  Canada.  In  1807.  Thomas  Conley  as- 
•ittod  in  raising  No.  4  company,  43rd  bat- 
talion, and  was  chosen  Hrst  lieutenant. 
In  1809,  he  took  command  of  the  company, 
and  in  May,  1870,  was  ordered  out  on  ao- 
tive  service  at  Fort  Wellington,  Prescott, 
where  he  i>as8e4l  a  military  examination  be- 
fore the  board.  On  October  18th  following, 
be  was  gazetted  captain  and  received  his 
oeriificate  aa  an  efficient  officer,  and  also  a 
commission  aa  captain,  signed  by  Lord 
Monck,  who  was  then  governor-general  of 
Canada.  In  March  1873,  Mr.  Oonley  re- 
signed his  comMiaod  owing  io  ill  health, 
and  in  the  same  summer  he  paid  a  visit  to 
hia  native  homo,  returning  in  the  fall.  In 
April,  1874,  he  niovvd  to  Kemptville,  and  has 
been  engagud  there  since  that  time,  in  the 
pursuit  of  his  trade  as  merchant  tailor.  In 
lB7t*,  he  was  elected  oounciUor  ;  in  January. 
1BH(.),  was  elected  reeve  of  the  village,  ana 
this  latter  position  he  hold  until  18M1>,  when 
he  retired.  In  1884,  Mr.  Conloy  wu  elected 
warden  of  the  united  counties  of  Leeds  and 
Orenville,  and  it  oaji  justly  be  said  that  dur- 
ing  his  term  as  reeve,  and  in  a  large  degree, 
owing  to  his  vxertiotu,  the  town  improved  in 


many  important  ways.  A  steam  fire-engine 
was  purchased,  an  efficient  fire  company  was 
enn/lled,  and  Mr.  Conley  was  elected  chief, 
a  position  which  he  held  for  three  years, 
when  he  retired.  Mr.  Conley  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Orange  Association  iu  18<^5.  and  a 
member  of  the  Black  Cliapter,  having  occu- 
pied the  position  as  master.  In  January, 
1808,  he  became  a  member  of  tioodwoud 
lodge,  No.  159,  A.  F.  A.M.,  at  Richmond. 
He  assisted  in  establishing  a  lodge  at  North 
Gower,  No.  206,  and  waa  elected  worahipful 
master  for  three  terms.  On  settling  in 
Kemptville,  he  became  a  member  of  Mount 
Zion  lodge,  No.  28,  and  was  elected  wor- 
shipful master  for  1885.  In  March,  1885,  he 
became  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arch  Chap- 
ter at  Ottawa,  No.  10,  Carleton  Chapter.  In 
politics  Mr.  Conley  has  always  been  a  Lib- 
eralCnnaervative,  and  taken  a  deep  and 
active  interest  on  behalf  of  his  narty  and  in 
the  interests  of  the  c<motry.  He  has  all  his 
life  been  a  Methodist,  hia  father's  family 
beini;  among  the  first  adhereute  of  John 
Wesley,  but  formerly  belonged  to  the  Pros* 
byterian  church.  His  first  wife  died  on 
October  20th,  1876,  leaving  four  sous,  all 
of  whom  are  living.  He  again  married  in 
June,  1877,  Letitia,  dau:;hter  of  William 
McLoughlin,  of  South  Gower.  By  the  lat- 
ter marriage,  there  are  one  son  and  three 
daughters.  A  very  fair  measure  of  suooess 
has  attended  Mr.Couley's  exertions,  which 
may  be  attributed  to  his  high  personal  in- 
tegrity, his  constant  industry,  and  good 
business  capacity.  He  has  travelled  through 
the  greater  portion  of  this  country  and 
through  the  United  States,  and  as  a  place 
of  residence  and  business,  declares  that  ho 
would  not  have  any  difficulty  in  giving  the 
preference  Ui  the  free  and  thnving  Province 
uf  Ontario. 

IQorilKonierjr,  Hon,  Uoiiald,  Sena- 
tor, Park  Corner,  Prince  Edward  Island, 
waa  bom  at  Princetown,  Prince  Edward 
Island,  on  the  19th  January.  1808.  He  is 
the  sixth  son  of  the  late  Daniel  Montgomery, 
who  emigrated  from  Argyleahire,  8c<itland, 
to  Prince  Edward  Island,  upwards  of  a  cen- 
tury ago,  and  who  for  Uiirly-five  years  re- 
presented  Prince  oounty  iu  the  Provincial 
Assembly.  His  mother  was,  before  mar- 
riage, Miss  Penman  of  New  England. 
Donijd  Montgomery  attended  school  at 
PrinoeUjwn,  and  received  an  ordinary  Eng- 
lish education.  He  began  when  a  very 
young  man  to  give  attention  to  public  ques- 
tions, and  when  he  reached  his  thirtieth 
year,  he  waa  eUcted  for  Princetown  to  the 
Provincial  Assembly  uf  the  island,  lu  which 


A  CYCLor^viA  or 


body  be  sat  until  1862.  During  this  period 
he  was  for  four  yean  speaker  of  the  Uouse  : 
and  upon  the  Legislative  Council  being  innde 
elective  in  1862,  he  entered  that  body,  l»e- 
ooming  its  speaker.  This  office  he  held  till 
1874.  In  1873  ho  was  called  to  the  Senate 
by  Royal  proclamation,  and  has  since  on- 
tinned  to  sit  in  that  body.  Senator  Mont- 
gomery is  a  moderate  Couaervativtii  but 
his  course  in  the  Senate  has  never  been 
dictated  by  party  oiigencies.  Ffe  is  a  man 
of  very  hiffh  personal  character,  and  his 
counsels  always  have  been  wise,  just  and 
moderate.  He  married  in  1835  Ann  Mur- 
ray, who  died  in  1658  ;  he  married  agsiu 
on  the  2nd  May.  18GI.  Luuiss,  relict  of  the 
late  Lnwreuce  W.  (.Jail. 

Pringte,  Jacob  Farraud,  Cornwall, 
Judge  of  the  County  Court  of  the  united 
Counties  of  Sbormont,  Dundas,  and  Glen- 
garry; Local  Judge  of  the  High  Court;  Judge 
of  the  Surrogate  Court;  Surrogate  Judge  of 
the  Maritime  Court  ;  Local  Master  Supreme 
Court,  was  bom  on  June  27th,  1810,  in  tlie 
City  of  Valenciennes,  l>ept.  Nord,  France, 
and  is  a  s-in  of  James  and  Ann  Margaret 
(Anderson)  Pringle.  The  family  is  a  very 
Knoient  and  very  prominent  one  in  Scottish 
annals.  The  aiimamo  is  prevalent  in  the 
south  of  Scotland,  a  corruption,  as  Sir 
George  McKenzie  conjectures,  of  the  word 
PeUrin,  or  ''pilgrim."  The  anals  of  the 
Pringles  state  that  one  Helerin,  who  had 
gone  on  pilgrimage  to  the  Holy  Laud,  hav- 
ing settled  in  Teviotdale.  his  descendants 
were  called  from  him  ''Hop  Pringle."  the 
prefix  *'  Hop"  being  synonymous  with  the 
British  *' Ap,*'  or  Irish  *' O,"  signifying  a 
son  or  descendant.  Hop  Pringle  is  there- 
fore supposed  to  have  meant  a  son  of  the 
Pilgrim.  The  most  ancient  family  of  the 
name  is  in  Teviotdale,  where  the  name  is 
numerous  and  is  Hop  Pringle  of  that  ilk, 
now  designated  of  Tononce.  Escallops  are 
the  proper  figures  of  those  of  the  surname 
of  Pringle.  The  arms  of  Pringle  of  Torsonoe 
are  argent,  a  bend  sabU^  charged  with  three 
escallops,  or,  crest,  an  escallop  as  the  for- 
mer. Motto,  AinicUia  Reddit  Hotwres,  and 
suppurted  on  the  dexter  side  by  a  deer,  sin- 
ister by  a  grey  hound,  argent^  with  collars 
about  their  necks  sabU^  charged  with  escal- 
lops, or,  and  upon  the  compartment  are  the 
words  PrtMae»t  in^gnU gloria /acti.  Judge 
Pringle  is  directly  descended  from  the  Tor- 
Boucc  PriugleB,  and  the  family  intermarried 
with  the  Ogilvies  of  Lounmay,  and  with  the 
Abercrumbies  of  Birkeubog,  a  member  of 
which  was  the  celebrated  General  Sir  Ralph 
Abercrombie,  who  was  killed  in  the  battle 


near  Alexandria,  in  Egypt,    .lodge  PrinsVi 
father,  James  Pringle,  was  educated  at  W 
son's  Hospital,  in  Edinburgh,  and  after 
pleting  his  education,  he  went    to  England,' 
where  he  obtained  an  enai^^a    oommiaiu 
in  the  Dorset  militia,  under  Col.   Binj|;|! 
After  serving  in  that  corps  for  two  year«, 
was  appointed  to    an    enaigncy  in  the  8 
regt. ,  in  1809.     He    did    garrison  duty 
Blatcbington  and  Eastbourne,    in    Knglaa 
and  at  St.  Hiliers,  in  Jersey.    Ue  sailed  frui 
Jersey    in    January".  l3L;i,  to  joiu  the 
ment  in  Spain,  and    served  under  Getterali 
Murray  and  Lord  Willisra  Bentinck,  on  the 
east  coast  of  Spain,  until  the  close  of  the  war 
in  1814.     He    was  at    the  tirst  &nd  secjod 
sieges  of   Tarrai*ona,  at  Barcelona,    and  in 
severalsmallengai^ements,  but  not    in    any 
pitched  battle.     He  raarclied    acrciss   Spain 
from  St.  Fitiu,  near  Barcelona,  to  Oyerxan, 
then  to  Bordeaux.     The  march  continni 
from  the  4th  of  April  to  the  27th    of    May^ 
1814.     On   the   4th  of  June  he    embark 
with  the  regiment  fur  Canada,  and    arriv 
at  Quebec  un  the  8th  of  August.     The  regi* 
ment    marched  from  Quebec  to    KingstfiUi 
where  they  were  stationed  until  the  26th 
May,    1815,  when    they    left  for^England, 
They  arrived  at  Spitheadin  August ;  on 
6th    they    sailed    for  Ostend,   whence  th 
marched  to    Paris.     They    were    stationi 
near    Paria    until    December,     vchpn    the: 
marched    to  Valenciennes,    where  they 
mained   until   the  army  of  occupation  was 
withdrawn  from  France.     Mr.  Pringle,  who 
was  then  a  lieutenant,    was  put  on  half-pay 
with  several  other  officers  on  the   reduction 
of   the   army   in  March,  1817.      While  t 
regiment  was  in  Canada,  Mr.  Pringle    m 
ried   on  October  3rd,  18U,  Ann  Margi 
Anderson,    daughter  of  Major  Joseph  An* 
derson,  of  Cornwall,  whom  be  met   for  t 
tirst  time  at  her  father's  house,  on  the  2*2ni 
of  September.     The  wooing  waa   short,  b 
the  married  life  was  happy.     In  the  autu 
of    1817    they  returned  to  Canada,    wh 
they    remained  for  the  rest  of  thoir    lirM« 
Mr.  Pringle  was  clerk  uf  the  land  board  for 
some  years  ;  was  deputy  clerk  of  the  peace, 
and  deputy  registrar  for  the    Eastern  dis- 
trict, under  Arch.  McLean,  from  1825  until 
1837,  when  Mr.    McLean  was  raised  to  tha 
bench,    and  Mr.  Pringle  received   the 
pointment   as  clerk    of  the  peace.      Ue 
also  for  many  years    clerk    of    the    county 
council ;  and  waa  also  an  elder  in  the  Presby- 
terian ohurch  in  Cornwall,  in  connection  witb 
the  Church  of  Scotland.    Ue  died  in  October. 
1860,  and  hia  widow  survived  him  until  Aug- 
ust, 1870.    J.  F.  Pringle   waa   educatod  sV 


in,      i 

i 


•M 


CANADJAN  moGRAPar, 


675 


tbe  ComwftU  Grammar  Bchool,  by  the  Hnv. 
H.  Urquhan,  m  worthy  successor  of  the  Rev. 
John  Stracbaa,  afterwords  bishop  at  Toron- 
to. Ue  received  instruction  in  classics, 
luathematica,  and  the  usual  Euglish  branches 
giTenin  a  district  school  at  that  time,  1826 
to  1833.  Hd  left  school  in  the  beginning  of 
1833,  pasaed  as  a  law  student  at  Oagoode 
Hall  in  February  of  that  year,  and  stnilied 
Uw  in  the  ofhce  of  Geo.  S.  Jarvis,  afterwards 
judge  of  the  £4stern  District  Court.  He  was 
aduiittod  au  attorney  and  passed  as  barris- 
ter in  Novomber,  lts3d  ;  wu  in  partnership 
with  Mr.  Jsirvia  until  the  close  of  1840 ;  he 
commeuoed  business  on  hia  own  aoooant  on 
the  first  of  January,  1841,  and  continued  to 
practice  with  suooeas  until  November, 
1860.  when  he  was  appointed  junior  judge 
of  the  County  Court  of  the  united  Counties 
of  Stoniiorit,  Uundas  and  Glengarry.  When 
the  rebellion  broke  out  in  1837>  a  company 
of  three  othoersand  fifty  tuen  volunteered  to 
f;o  and  occtipy  the  fort  at  Ooteau  du  Lac.  He 
waa  one  of  the  Hfly,  and  the  company  waa  at 
ih«  fori  about  two  weeks,  when  they  were 
relieved  by  another  company.  In  December, 
1838,  Mr.  Priugle  joineii  an  independent 
company  of  artillery,  which  bis  fatber  had 
been  ordered  to  rai»e  at  Cornwall,  and  serv- 
ed as  sergeant  in  the  same  until  the  27th  of 
May,  183VI,  when  it  was  disbanded.  The 
coiupany  waa  »oun  after  re-organized  on  the 
sedentary  list,  and  Mr.  Pringle  waa  made 
lieutenant,  wliioh  rank  he  held  until  No- 
vember, 18(12,  when  he  raised  a  company  of 
infantry,  and  obtained  the  rank  of  captain. 
This  company  went  through  the  usual  drills 
and  ins[>«clion  until  the  7th  of  March,  180(3, 
when,  in  conseijuence  of  the  threatened 
Fenian  invaaion,  it  was  called  out  for  active 
service,  and  remained  on  duty  at  Cornwall 
until  the  23rd  of  July,  1866.  Having  been 
appointed  junior  judge,  Mr.  Pringle  waa 
allowed  to  retire,  retaining  his  rank.  He 
waa  elected  a  member  of  the  Corn- 
wall buarti  of  police,  in  18411,  and  of  the 
town  council  in  lHo2-3-4-5  and  ti.  During 
the  laat  two  years  he  was  mayor  of  the  town. 
In  November,  1857,  ho  was  appointed  olerk 
of  the  county  council  of  the  united  Countiea 
of  Stormunt.  Dundas  and  Glengarry  ;  on 
tJbe  30lh  of  Kebruary,  1858,  on  the  reeigna- 
tlQO  of  his  fiither,  he  waa  apiM>inted  clerk  of 
the  peace  for  the  aame  countiea,  and  waa 
at  the  aame  time  oounty  attorney.  He 
held  theee  officea  until  the  15th  November, 
186^1,  when  he  was  appointed  junior  judge. 
^^In  1870,  he  waa  made  local  maater  in  Chan- 
^^btry  ;  on  the  I7th  of    Juno.   1878,  on    the 


made  jadge.  Judge  Pringle  waa  made  sur- 
rogate judge  of  the  Maritime  Court  on  the 
8th  of  March  1879,  and  on  the  Uth  of  Marvh 
1882,  local  judge  of  the  High  Court.  He 
is  also  judge  of  the  Surrogate  Court.  He  is 
therefore  entitled  now  to  sign  himself  :  J, 
O.C.J.S.C,  J.P.,  Oh.G.S.,  L.M.O.,  L.I. 
H.C.,  and  S.J.M.C.  Judge  Pringle  ex- 
erted himaelf  hard  for  the  improvement  of 
the  road  from  the  town  to  the  rear  of  the 
county,  a  distance  of  18  or  20  railea,  and 
succeeded  in  getting  four  miles  of  it  made. 
Ho  joined  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd- 
fellows in  1846,  and  held  the  offices  of  vice, 
noble,  and  past  grand.  In  1860  ha  joined 
the  Maaonic  lodge  at  Cornwall,  and  held  the 
office  of  master  for  one  or  two  years,  but  he 
is  not  at  present  affiliated  with  any  lodge. 
Judge  Pringle  has  never  taken  an  active 
part  in  politics,  either  local  or  federal,  but 
he  has  always  voted  on  the  Cuusurvative 
side  as  long  as  he  had  the  right  to  rote;  but 
since  January,  1858,  he  has  not  voted  even 
at  a  municipal  election.  Judge  Pringle  be- 
longs to  that  branch  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Canada,  that  waa  before  the  union 

I  in  connection  with    the   Kirk  of  Scotland. 

,  He  is  a  nieniber  of  the  cuugfregatiun  of  St. 
John's  church  ;  has  been  for  many  years  an 

I  elder,  and  a  trustee  for  the  chvirch  projierty. 
Judge  Prinjjle  married  on  the  lOth  Septera- 

!  ber,  1844,  Isabella,  third  daughter  of  Colonel 

,  the  Hon.  Alexander  Fraaer,  of  Fraaertield, 

'  in  the  County  of  Glengarry.  By  this  mar- 
riage there  were  nine  children,  Qvesons  and 
four  daugliters.  The  younf^est  daughter, 
Kdithfdied  in  May,  1882.  The  eldest  son, 
.lames  Farrand,  and  the  fourth  son,  George 
W. ,  are  in  mercantile  busineas  in  Cornwall ; 

I  the  second  son,  Alexander  Frasor,  is  a  doctor, 
practising  at  Northfield,  Min  nesura ;  the  third 
aon,  Robert  Abercrombie,  is  a  barrister,  in 
partnership  with  James  Leitch,  mayor  of 
Cornwall  ;  the  liftb,  William  Kudycr  Mc- 
Intyre,  ia  at  McGill  University,  studying 
mediciue.  He  went  to  the  North-West  last 
April,  aa  a  dresser  in  the  Field  Huspitjil 
oorpa,  waa  on  duty  on  the  AVtf^^fe,  wh«n 
she  passed  Batocho  on  the  9th  of  May,  and 
waa  wounded  in  the  left  shoulder  very  early 
in  the  action.  The  eldest  daughter,  Annie 
(now  a  widow),  waa  married  to  Arthur 
Muren,  of  Halifax,  M.D.,  son  of  Jamea  A 
Moren,  of  the  same  city,  merchant.  Tlio 
second  daughter,  Margaret,  married  F.  J. 
Hall,  a  aon  of  the  late  Jantiu  Hall,  at  one 
time  sheriff  of  Pettirborouh^h  ;  th«  third, 
Isabella,  married  Th«w.  Ritchie,  of  Halifax, 
barriater,  son  uf  the  Hun.  John  Ritchie,  late 
e(|uity  judge  of  Nova  Suotta  ;  Uie  fourth, 


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A  CTCLOPjEDIA  o> 


Muy  Ohmtine,  married  J.  A  thai  mar  Ayl- 
mer,  civil  engineer,  son  of  the  Hon.  Heury 
Aylnier,  of  Melbounie.  Quebec  Alcxauder 
Pringle  rnairied  Clara  Allen,  daughter  of 
Mr.  Allen,  of  Korthfield  ;  Robert,  married 
Ada  Vanarsdale,  daughter  of  J.  Vanamdalo, 
of  CornwAll. 

Walkem,  RIvhnrd  Tliomai,  Q.C., 
Kin^Tilon,  was  born  at  Wdiorfard,  Ireland, 
on  the  30th  Septunibcr,  1840.  He  is  a  son 
of  Charles  WalKein,  lute  ruyaJ  sun'eyor  at- 
tached to  the  Ruyal  engineers,  and  latterly 
of  thi*  Mihtia  department,  Ottawa,  by  bis 
wife  Mary  Anne,  daughter  of  (jieorge 
Boomer,  and  sister  of  the  Very  Rev.  D«An 
Boomer,  of  the  diocese  of  Huron.  Charles 
Walkem  belonged  to  a  family,  which  lived 
for  many  generations  ne&rGaltosh,  in  Corn- 
wall, England.  The  Boomers  are  descend- 
ed from  u  Huguenot  family,  which  settled 
in  the  North  of  Ireland  at  the  end  of  the 
teveDt«et]i  century.  Richard  T.  Walkem 
is  the  fourth  child  of  a  family  of  seven  sons 
and  three  daught^'rs,  the  eldest  of  the 
former  being  at  present  the  Hon.  Mr. 
Justice  Walkem  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
British  Columbia,  and  for  many  years 
premier  and  attorney-general  in  that  pro- 
vince. The  subject  of  this  memoir  was  edu- 
cated at  Phillip's  Montreal  Academy,  and  at 
tlie  High  School  and  McGill  College, 
Montreal,  where  he  took  first  rank  honours 
in  classics  and  mathomaticH,  and  several 
prizes.  He  left  Montreal  in  I860  to  study 
law  in  Toronto.  Here  he  entered  succes- 
sively the  oftices  of  Geo.  A.  Walkem,  Dr. 
Larratt    Smith,    and   Adam   Crooks.       He 

Euned  the  third  year  scholarship  of  the 
aw  Society  of  Upper  Canada,  and  waa 
awarded  a  specitil  scholarship  in  the  fourth 
year,  and  he  wassenior  or  first-pri?*  student 
in  each  year  during  bin  attendance  at  the 
law  school.  He  removed  to  Kingston  in 
18U4,  and  entered  the  ofhou  nf  the  late 
Thomaa  Kirkpatrick,  Q.C.,  M.  P.  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  November,  1865  ; 
entered  into  partiiemhip  in  1800  with  .f.  P. 
Gildersleeve,  and  subsequently  with  J.  B. 
Walkem,  He  was  created  a  Queen's  counsel 
in  lHd1>,  and  subsequently  became  profes- 
sor  of  equity  in  C^iueen's  University,  Kings- 
ton. Mr.  Walkem  ia  the  author  of  a  work 
on  Wills,  published  in  1873.  and  for  many 
years  used  as  a  text-book  for  studonta  by 
the  Law  Sticiety.  He  published  another 
work  in  1874,  on  the  law  relating  to  the 
iViperty  of  Married  Women.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Church  of  England,  and  has 
been  a  delegate  from  8t  George's  Cathedral 
to  the  synod  of  the  Dioceae  of  Ontario  for 


learn  from 
in  Gruidi^d 

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nearly   twenty   years.     Tie    boa   for   many, 
years  likewise  been  a  member  of  the  H 
vincial  Synod.      He  is  a  Freemason,  and 
member  i>f  the  board  of  general  pnrposAs 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Canada,  and  ia  chau 
man  of  the  committee  on  Krievazicea  and  ap- 
peals.     Mr.  Walkem  is  a  Liberol-Conservi- 
tive,  and  has  always  taken  an  active  iut« 
in  politics.     He    is    vic«-preai<ieiit    uf   t 
Kingston  Art  School,  and  a  director  i.f  [ 
Gas  Company.     He  married,  on  the  2tlth 
Aprd.  1870,  Emilie,  eldest  daughusr 
Henderson,  Q.C.,  chanoell-.r  of  the 
of  Ontario,  and    past  ^^THud    master 
Grand   f/"dKe  of  Canada.     H«)   has  by  this 
union  four  sons  9,rn{  uuo  daughter. 

I^naaintne,  Hon.  Toaaaiilnl,  A.R., 
Montreal,  P.C.,  ex-MiniKt«r  of  duaiice  f 
Canada,  was  bom  at  Montreal,  on  the  iol 
of  May,  1827.  He  ia  a  s.m  of  Tu 
Ljiflamme,  a  merchant  of  giHjd  stan^ 
the  Cfjmmercial  capital  of  Canada, 
mother  was  Marguerite  Sux&nne  Thibai 
dean,  of  Puint  (bloire.  a  Udy  who 
her  descent  from  one  of  the  lirst  famili 
of  France.  Her  grandfather,  wo  learn  ftom 
a  trustworthy  aouroe,  had  lived 
Pi  6,  at  the  time  of  the  expulsion 
Acodians,  and  \i-,  in  common 
compatriots,  was  forced  to  Ivare  tbo  land 
of  his  birth,  for  reasons  which  arc  famUiar 
to  all  students  of  the  histcry  of  Freaeb 
domination  in  America.  WtiiUi  yet  a  boy, 
young  Latl&mme  espoused  tlie  cause 
Liberalism,  and  identified  himaelf  wilJi 
the  great  national  and  pro^esaivo  move- 
ments of  the  day.  He  entered  the  colle^ 
of  St.  Sulpice,  and  exhibited  while  lhor« 
remarkable  powers  for  study.  He  next  en- 
tered the  office  of  the  Hon.  L.  T.  Drum- 
niond,  Q.C.,  afterwards  judge  of  the  Couri 
of  Queen's  BhucH,  and  iu  1848,  waa  call(f4 
to  the  bar  of  I^ower  Canada.  When  only  la 
his  nineteenth  year,  be  was  elected  to  th« 
responsible  position  of  preaident  of  the  lo- 
stitut  Canndion  of  Montreal.  He  tkntn  be- 
came a  leader  amoni.^  the  younger  puliiical 
spirits,  for  he  was  full  of  xt^al  and  of  ]>alri<>- 
tism,  and  believed  thai  his  people  were  suf* 
fering  grievous  wrongs.  Time  and  exfien- 
ence  afterwords  subdued  the  hre  of  his  fr«I- 
ings,  but  he  has  always  bet^n  a  atendfwt 
lover  of  his  people,  and  true  to  the  interv«U 
of  his  province.  When  L'.-lwnir,  that  b-ild 
and  brilliant  orf^an  of  the  Rouges,  waa  estah* 
Lished,  M.  Laflamme  was  choaen  to  take  a 
leading  position  upun  its  editorial  stolT.  the 
policy  of  the  party,  we  are  informed,  wan  n^ 
eohrted  in  the  impassioned  columns  of  theoe* 
journal.     The  jiaper  was  at  no  pains  to  cod 


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CANADIAN  BIOQBAPBY. 


677 


ceU  iU  hostility  to  exietingiiutitationa,  and 
«T«I7  outbreak  of  the  pe<.iple  in  ulher  lands 
was  warmly  applauded  by  the  conductors  of 
L'Arenir.  It  went  at  one  time  beyoad  the 
bonnds  of  prudence  in  invokioj^  hostility  to 
Canadian  institutions,  and  alarmed  the 
lurch,  whose  clergy  thereaftar  waged  a 
litter  war  against  Af.  Ladamme  and  his 
ieuds.  The  church  was  too  strong  for  the 
Touug  liberals,  and  the  English  ix>puLatioa 
leagued  itaelf  with  the  French  c!er«y.  "  Af- 
ter a  short  but  brilliant  battle,"  says  Mr. 
Dent,  **the  party  succumbed  before  the 
iperior  force  which  had  been  allied  against 
"  M.  Laflamme,  wo  may  eay,  was  ei- 
itaely  actire  as  the  professional  adviser  of 
te  seigneurs,  who  claimed  indemnity  in 
tae  of  tha  SetKniorial  Act  of  I8r>7'6,  and 
he  had,  while  one  of  the  editors  of  VAvenir, 
done  much  to  bring  about  a  settlement  of 
the  vexed  qneetion.  Having  given  such 
careful  and  long  study  to  the  subject,  he  was 
well  qualided  to  fill  the  position  of  counsel 
for  the  seigneurs,  and  he  acquitted  himself 
w>th  marked  ability  and  judgment.  On  sev- 
eral occasions  he  appeared  before  the  Privy 
Council  of  England  to  argue  the  case,  and 
commanded  attention  there  by  his  brilli- 
icy.  In  1)^56,  MoOill  conferred  upon  him 
lodogree  of  B.C.I..,  and  in  187.'^,  of  D.C.L., 
id  he  was  twice  elected  batonnier  for  the 
;tion  of  the  bar  of  Montreal,  and  several 
•elect4>d  delegate  for  the  same.  He 
I  urofessor  of  the  law  of  real  estate  at 
rcGUl  Unirersity,  and  a  member  of  the 
Eeoutire  of  the  Reform  Association  of  the 
*arti  XatiojutU  of  Montreal.  He  was  offer- 
ed a  puisne  judk^ship  in  the  Supreme  Court 
in  1875.  but  declined  the  honour.  In  IH72, 
M.  Ladamme  was  first  elected  to  luu-Iia- 
inaat  to  represent  the  County  of  Jacques 
Cartier.  In  1874,  he  was  elected  by  accla- 
matiua  fur  the  same  constituency  ;  and 
in  187G,  was  sworn  in  member  of  the  Privy 
Council  as  Minister  of  Inland  Revenue, 
rw  the  Hon.  Mr.  (Jeoffrion,  and  was  re- 
elected on  November  of  the  same  year.  On 
the  8th  of  June  he  became  Minister  of 
Justice,  wMoh  office  ho  held  till  the  dnwn- 
II  of  the  administration  in  1878.  While 
[mister  of  Justice,  M.L.ilUmine  introduced 
bill  fur  further  securini;  the  independence 
of  parliament ;  and  a  bit)  giving  t<»  the  de- 
crees of  the  Ontario  Maritime  CViurt  the 
same  meaning  and  force  as  are  attached 
to  thcjae  of  the  Court  of  Chancery.  He 
Ukowisv  brought  in  a  bill  providing  for  the 
abolition  of  the  olfioe  of  receiver-general, 
and  the  creation  of  the  otiioe  of  attomey- 
gfinoral,  who  should  be  a  cabinet  minister, 


and  preside  over  the  Law  department  with 
the  Minister  of  Justice.  This  bill  the 
Senate  rejected.  Other  important  bills  were 
also  introduced,  by  or  under  the  auspices  of 
the  hon.  gentleman.  He  waa  an  exceedingly 
capable  minister,  and  hia  official  deoisiona 
were  remarkable  fur  their  learning,  the 
closeness  and  clearness  of  their  reaaoning, 
and  the  judicial  spirit  that  pervaded  them. 
M.  LaHamme  has  been  head  of  the  impor- 
tant law  hmi  in  Montreal  of  Latlamme, 
Huntington  &  Lafiamme.  He  has  never 
married. 

McCrac,  Tliomaa,  of  Ouelpb,  On- 
tario, Stock-breeder  and  Farmer,  is  well 
known  as  the  foremost  breeder  of  Galloway 
cattle  in  Canada,  and  indeed  the  pioneer  of 
the  black  polls  in  America.  For  over  a 
quarter  of  a  century  he  has  advucated  the 
excellence  and  hardiness  of  the  Galloways, 
and  now  more  of  the  first  class  Gallowaya 
on  the  farms  and  ranches  of  the  Western 
States  trace  to  animals  from  hia  herd  than 
to  any  other  herd  in  the  continent.  While 
he  has  bred  and  fed  many  ({ood  animals  of 
other  breeds — as  shorthorns,  polled  Auj^us, 
and  Ayrshires — he  has  never  swerved  from 
his  faith  in  the  Gallowaya.  For  many 
years  his  herd  has  taken  a  prominent  place 
at  provincial  and  other  exhibitions,  and 
numerous  medals  and  diplomas  attest  the 
excellence  of  the  animals  of  his  breeding. 
Kiniail,  in  Ross-shiro,  is  the  home  of  the 
Clan  Macrae — originally  spelt  MacRa  The 
clan  claims  descent  from  the  early  emigra- 
tion of  Scuts  from  Ireland.  Icolmkill,  the 
sacred  isle  of  St.  CulumbH,  is  the  resting 
place  of  some  of  their  early  chiefs.  In  Kin* 
tail  they  were  nnder  the  chief  of  the  clan 
Mackenzie,  and  have  been  fur  a  very  long 
period  allies  of  that  clan.  They  took  up 
the  cause  of  the  Stuarts,  and  were  out  in 
the  rebellion  of  1 1 15,  suffering  very  severely 
at  the  battle  of  Sheriffmuir.  Mnny  of  the 
clan  had  to  leave  the  Highlands  st  this 
time,  and  were  scattered  over  th^  south  west 
of  Scotland  and  the  north  of  Ireland.  The 
family  from  which  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
is  descended  have  been,  since  about  that 
time,  loaatt>d  in  the  hilly  district  of  .Ayr- 
shire. R*>l>ert  Mi'Crae,  of  Cumn-jck,  Ayr- 
shire, h)td  a  son  John,  born  in  1741^.  This 
John  lived  for  msny  years  iu  New  Cum- 
nock and  married  Jean  McCowan.  He  was 
a  very  godly  man,  and  a  strong  supporter 
of  the  early  disaenters^  his  house  being  a 
reaurt  of  the  preaoherm  of  the  old  secession. 
He  died  in  I8lf7,  aged  78.  Hia  fsmily  oon- 
•isted  of  seven  sons  and  two  daugnt«r«. 
Tb«  eldest,  ^tarmadukeMoCrae.  bom  17TJ, 


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A  CTCLOP^DJA  OF 


red  to  CAnphaim,  and  for  maoy  years 
herded  on  the  Infty  Caimsmore,  He  sur- 
vived till  lb54i,  being  at  the  time  of  hit 
ileath  84.  Hia  wife  was  Sarah  Blackwood, 
and  his  aim.  David  McCrae,  was  boni  at  the 
Holm  of  Diftlquhairn,  8<>th  June,  IBOO. 
This  David  marriod  Maria  Miinroe,  who 
atill  surrivoa,  and  their  eldest  (ion,  Thoiuaa, 
was  bom  at  Uukestou,  Kells,  23rd  (K:tober, 
1820.  David  cauie  to  Canada  with  his  son, 
and  died  at  Oiielph,  in  1878,  a(;ed  78  years. 
Thomas  had  only  such  au  t^ducation  as  the 
pariah  school  of  the  Kelln  affiirded,  and  at 
an  early  age  he  waa  sent  to  learn  the  mys- 
teriei  of  a  ahepherd's  life.  The  truining  ho 
then  got  he  still  retains,  and  he  can  yet 
pick  out  a  aheep  by  its  features,  uotiut;  and 
remembering  the  face  of  the  animal  as 
others  do  the  features  of  the  human  family. 
During  his  early  life  he  was  much  among 
the  Galloways,  in  their  native  diatrict,  and 
this,  no  doubt,  accounted  for  hia  taking 
them  up  so  strongly  in  Canada,  When 
nearing  manhood  he  went  again  to  school 
for  a  time,  and  then  went  into  mercantile 
life,  and  began  business  in  the  village  of 
I^uriston,  about  six  miles  from  Oaatle- 
Douglas.  He  built  there  a  shop  and  dwell- 
ing. The  shop  is  still  the  principal  one  in 
the  village,  and  the  bufiineaa,  with  the  post 
office,  still  retained  and  conducted  by  hia 
nephews.  •Thomas  had  before  this  married 
Jean  Campbell,  daughter  of  William  Camp- 
bell and  Jean  Scott.  The  Campbells  were 
an  old  family  on  the  upper  ranges  of  the 
Water  of  Nith,  Willi&m'a  father  having  been 
many  years  tenant  of  the  farm  of  Daljig, 
New  Cumnock.  The  family  were  Covenan- 
ters during  the  time  of  the  persecution,  as 
were  also  the  Scutta,  who  came  from  near 
Lockerbie  for  greater  security.  Both  families 
were  strong  dissenters,  and  supporters  of 
the  t.P.  Church,  In  1849,  Thomas  McCrae 
decided  to  emigrate  to  Canada,  and  haviug 
sold  his  business  to  hia  bri>ther-in-law — 
Walter  Scott  Campbell— he  left  Kircud- 
bright, with  his  wife,  and  family  of  two 
children—  David  and  Margaret — and  aocom- 
pauied  by  his  father's  family,  sailed  by  the 
Countess  vf  Qalhivay  to  Liverpool,  and 
ihenoe  by  the  ship  Bmpreu  to  New  York. 
The  voyage  was  anything  but  pleasant  those 
days.  Ad  incipient  mutiny  amongst  the 
steerage  passengers  was  put  down  by  the 
officers,  and  was  not  s<^>  formidable  as  the 
small  pox  which  followed.  Arrived  at  Now 
York,  they  came  up  the  Hudson  to  Albany, 
where  every  effort  waa  made  to  prevent  the 
emigrants  from  going  to  Canada,  and  some 
were,  against  their  will,  sent  west.     They 


would  not  be  turned,  and  by  way  of  Uocb- 
ester  crossed  Lake  (Ontario,  landed  at  Tor- 
onto, and  from  thence  went  by  boot  bi> 
Hamilton.  Arrived  there  in  the  month 
Mty,  the  families  were  put  in  lodging*, 
the  hrJuLi  sallied  out  to  spy  the  land, 
iug  down  one  of  the  streets  in  Hamilto; 
they  SAW  a  stage  coach  startiog,  and  enqui: 
where  it  waa  going,  and  received  for  aasver, 
**  To  Ualt  and  Uuelph,'*  and  thia  was  lb« 
first  time  they  had  heard  the  tixtut 
"Guelph."  They  li»t>k  passage,  and  aft«r 
passing  (;a1t,  were  the  onlv  paaaengen. 
The  roads  were  very  bad,  and  mnch  of  \ht 
way  had  to  be  mode  on  foot,  and  aerenl 
times  the  driver  had  to  bo  aoslated  to  prj 
the  wheels  out  of  mud-holes  by  the  h«)p 
of  a  fence  rail.  Arrived  at  Guelph,  t 
went  into  the  country  the  next  day, 
rented  the  farm  of  the  late  Mr.  I>a 
about  six  miles  from  the  town.  The  famiU 
were  brought  from  Hamilton  as  sooo 
possible,  and  the  colonist  life  began 
new  life  was  strange  lu  them,  but  they  we 
at  it  with  a  will,  and  did  fairly  well.  H 
in^  of  a  church  a  few  miles  ol)',  in  Eramosa^ 
they  walked  over  one  Babbath  day,  and 
heard  the  late  Dr.  Uarrte,  of  Eramoas, 
preach.  At  the  close  of  the  service  the  Dr., 
noticing  the  strangen,  came  forward,  and 
shaking  them  heartily  by  the  hand,  wel- 
comed them  to  the  church  and  the  land, 
and  in  his  qnaint,  humorous  way  added  :— 
"You  have  come  to  a  grand  country— a 
grand  country,  but  the  scum  of  all  the  earth 
come  here."  The  acquaintance  thus  curi 
(lusly  begun  ripened  into  friendship,  which 
continued  till  Dr.  Barries  death.  Thorn 
worked  on  the  farm  with  his  father  all  ll 
summer  and  fall  of  1849,  but  early  in  18: 
he  moved  into  Gaelph.  and  took  such  work' 
as  could  be  got.  Times  were  dull — very 
dull — and  even  for  a  willing  worker  there 
was  little  to  be  got.  His  first  job  was 
cutting  cord-wood  with  a  buck  saw.  This 
was  friUowed  by  barreling  Hour  in  ths 
People's  Mills  and  weighing  grain,  and  m 
the  spring  ho  secured  the  position  of  clerk 
and  bookkeeper  in  the  Wellington  Foud 
dry.  This  position  he  held  for  three  yean 
and  left  it  to  go  into  business  with  Davi 
Anderson,  in  the  Guelph  Lumber  Yard. 
This  business  began  aa  McOrae&  Anderson, 
continued  for  some  time,  and  when  &lr. 
Anderson  left  for  his  farm  in  Erin,  the 
business  was  continued  by  Thomas  MoCr*s 
alone  for  some  time,  and  then  as  MoClM 
&  Thomson,  with  John  Thomson.  This 
firm  purchased  the  saw  mills  and  timber 
limits  iu  East  Flamboro\  and  the  mills  were 


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CANADIAN  BIOORAPBY. 


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mo  till  the  pine  timber  wiu  all  cut  away  in 
the  section.  During  thlk  time  Mr.  MoOraa 
supplied  the  lumber  and  timber  for  moat  of 
the  lar^fe  buildings  in  GuelpU,  and  for  the 
Grand  Trunk  while  buUdiug.  Some  of  the 
&ne«t  pine  lumbar  ever  manufactured  in 
Canada  waa  cut  at  these  mills,  and  while 
the  commoner  sorts  were  marketed  at 
Guelph,  the  clear  and  select  waa  sent  by 
team  to  I^ke  Ontario,  and  shipped  to 
Albany  and  New  York.  The  pine  in  Ibis 
a«ction  \i,r9yr  amongst  hard- wood.  The 
trees  were  few,  but  very  large  and  fine,  and 
the  lumber  waa  fine  soft,  and  much  of  it 
clear.  For  many  years  there  would  be 
made  clear  planks,  six,  eight  and  ten  inches 
thick»  snd  too  wide  to  go  between  the 
stakes  of  a  waggon — Hfty  inches.  When 
the  lumber  trade  was  over,  Mr.  McOrao 
went  into  the  knitting  trade  with  J.  & 
A.  Armstrong  and  John  Anderson,  who, 
with  Mr.  MoCrae'a  son,  Divid,  formed  the 
firm  of  Armstrong:,  McCrae  &  Co.  They 
built  the  woollen  works  in  Ciuelph,  on  Hor- 
tkinaon  street  ;  the  6rm  being  formed  in 
1866.  Since  the  Meaari.  Armatrong  left 
tbe  firm  and  started  the  manufacture  of 
carpeta,  ths  old  firm  has  been  carried  on  as 
McCrae  &  Co.  The  tirm  have  a  reputa- 
tion for  the  excellence  of  their  yarns  and 
knitted  gooda  alt  orer  the  Dominion,  from 
Halifax  to  Victoria.  Thomas  McCrae,  from 
the  time  he  became  connected  with  tlie 
woollen  trade,  WiS  anxious  to  utilize  the 
long  wools  of  Canada,  and  always  regretted 
that  there  waa  no  home  demand  for  the 
long  lustre  woo\%  titat  were  exported  to  the 
United  States.  To  obviate  this  as  soon  as 
he  cx>uld  arrange  it,  he  had  the  tirm  put  in 
worsted  machinery  to  c  ^mb  the  long  Cana- 
dinn  wools.  This  department  is  now  car* 
ri«d  on  at  the  firm's  mills  on  Mill-land,  and 
the  yams  turned  out  are  sustaining  the 
raputation  of  the  6rm  for  excellent  work- 
manship. The  mills  of  the  tirm  employ 
about  boo  hands,  and  are  a  great  bene6t  to 
the  City  of  Uuelph.  In  1863.  Mr.  McCnw, 
who  bad  up  to  that  time  lived  in  Guelph, 
moved  to  hia  farm,  a  abort  distance  to  the 
south-west,  adjoining  what  ia  now  the  On- 
tario Agricultural  College.  For  some  years 
before  this  he  had  been  actively  engaged 
with  his  Galloway  herd,  which  he  has  now 
had  for  over  twenty-five  years.  His  auooeaa 
in  this  line  h;^  been  already  alluded  to. 
With  the  pure-bred  cUtle  he  also  took  up 
Cotawold  sheep  and  Essex  pigs,  and  for 
■ome  yeara  has  had  very  superior  ClydesdtUe 
horaes.  He  has  a  stud  of  aevon  pure-bred 
females,  several  of  them  prir^  winners.     In 


1870  there  waa  no  market  for  the  beef  ao 
largelv  grown  in  the  County  of  Wellington, 
and  Mr.  MoOrae  aot  himself  to  6nd  an  out- 
let for  the  beef,  which  at  that  time  was  a 
drug,  and  oould  not  be  euld.  Ue  formed  a 
partnership  with  Gideon  Hood,  George 
Hood  and  A.  E.  Goodfellow.  went  to  Eng- 
land, and  opened  a  market  there,  and  for 
some  years  packed  and  shipped  the  largest 
part  nf  the  cattle  coming  to  (luelph  market. 
The  business,  whilst  it  did  great  good  at  a 
critical  time,  waa  not  remunerative,  and 
when  hy  the  opening  of  the  live  slock  trade 
with  England  a  new  and  permanent  outlet 
waa  found,  the  busineta  was  discontinued. 
Thomaa  McCrae  is  an  active  Presbyterian. 
For  many  years  an  elder  in  the  old  U.  P. 
Church— Rev.  R.  Torrance's— he  took  an 
active  part  in  all  church  courts  where  his 
duties  called  him ;  was  for  many  years 
superintendent  of  Sabbath  schools,  and  ia 
still  an  active  member  of  the  Home  Mission 
committee  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Canada.  He  waa  a  member  of  the  Pan- 
Presbyterian  Council,  which  met  at  Phila- 
delphia in  1878,  and  waa  a  member  of  the 
union  committee,  which  drafted  the  baais 
of  union  for  the  different  Preabyteriao 
bodies  in  the  Domiuion.  In  politica  Mr. 
McCrae  is  a  Liberal,  as  all  hia  fathers  were, 
and  a  strong  supporter  of  all  measures  of 
reform  tending  to  the  good  of  the  people. 
Ue  has  never  filled  any  municipal  office, 
would  never  join  any  secret  society,  and  the 
only  municipal  ofiice  he  haa  tilled  haa  been 
that  of  achool  truatee,  which  he  did  for 
aeveral  yeara,  taking  an  active  interest  in 
all  educational  matters.  He  haa  a  family 
of  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  The  eldest 
son,  David,  being  the  manager  in  the  tirm 
of  McCrae  &  Co.,  and  the  youngest,  William, 
being  a  farmer  and  stockbreeder  near 
Ouelph.  Hia  daughter,  Margaret,  ia  the 
wife  of  Rdv.  K.  Leask,  of  8t  Helen's,  and 
his  youngest  daughter,  Jane,  is  with  her 
parents  at  the  old  homestead. 

Wlilte.  I'rcderick,  Comptroller  of  the 
North- West  filouutod  Police,  Ottawa,  waa 
born  in  Eogland,  on  the  liUh  February, 
1847.  He  waa  educated  in  his  native  pla43e, 
and  on  his  arrival  in  Canada  aettled  tn  the 
City  of  OtUwa.  On  the  IBth  of  March, 
1869,  he  entered  the  Canadian  civil  servioe 
as  clerk  in  the  department  of  Justice.  In 
April  1876.  he  wss  transferred  to  the  de- 
partment of  State  as  clerk  in  cliarge  of  the 
Mounted  Police  branch.  On  the  23rd  Sep- 
tember 1878,  he  was  promoted  to  a  chief 
clerkship  ;  and  in  the  same  year  waa  trans- 
ferred to  the  department  of  the  Interior, 


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A  CYCLOPJSDIA  OF 


with  the  title  of  oomptroller.  In  July  1883, 
he  tecetved  further,  the  highest  promotion 
by  obtaining  the  rank  of  deputy-head. 
From  1880  to  1882  Mr.  White  waa  priTato 
secretary  to  the  Kiffht  Honourable  Sir  John 
A.  Mac<lonald.  Mr.  White  ia  married  to 
the  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  R.  W. 
Cruise  of  Ottawa.  There  is  probably  not  in 
the  civil  senice  of  Canada  a  more  popular 
otfioi&l  than  Mr.  White ;  and  he  is  held  in 
especial  esteem  by  young  men.  Nor  ia  the 
esteem  confined  to  the  officials  of  his  own 
department :  Mr  White's  warm  admirers 
are  to  be  found  in  all  the  departments.  It 
ia  certainly  a  cause  for  congratulation  to 
possess  the  qualities  of  heart  which  can 
make  one  so  popular  ;  but  it  can  also  bo 
said  of  5Ir.  White  that  he  is  one  of  the  roost 
efhcient  officers  in  the  service ;  and  that 
man  never  better  earned  or  deserved  promo- 
tion than  he  did.  The  department,  at  the 
bead  of  which  he  has  been  placed,  has  come 
now  to  be  one  of  the  moat  important  in  the 
public  service ;  and  its  reaponBibtliiies  are 
certain  to  increaae,  for  the  Indian  pri»lilera 
must  grow  more  tangled  bef<^ire  the  difficul- 
tiesare  njinoved.  But  Mr.  White  is  a  safe 
man  at  tho  helm. 

Bethune,  James,  LL.D.,  (deceased), 
was  bom  on  the  7th  July,  1840,  at  Oien- 
garry,  Ontario.  Be  is  descended  from  two 
old  and  well  known  Scotch  families  :  on 
bia  father's  side  from  the  Uethunes,  and 
on  his  mother's  from  the  Mackeiiziea.  His 
great-grandfather  Angus  Bethune,  was  a 
U.  E.  loyalist,  who  settled  at  Glengarry 
in  1778.  Here  were  born  Duncan  Beihnne, 
our  subject's  grandfather,  and  Angus  Beth- 
une,  his  father.  [See  elsewhere  in  these 
pages  momcrir  of  .Angus  Bethune.J  The 
mother  of  Jamea  Hethnne  was  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Mackenzie,  of  Glengarry. 
James  Bethuue  spent  two  years  at  the 
Uaiveraity  of  Queen's  College,  Kingston, 
and  then  entered  I'niveruty  College,  To- 
ronto, graduating  from  the  latter  institu- 
tion in  1861,  arid  receiving  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  laws.  Concurrently  with  his 
tiuivexisity  pursuits,  James  Bethune  studied 
law,  tirst  entering  the  office  of  Judge 
Pringle,  of  Cornwall,  and  afterwards  that 
of  Kdward  Blake,  Toronto.  He  was  called 
to  the  bar  of  tipper  CanadM,  at  faster 
term,  1802,  and  to  the  bar  of  Quebec,  in 
1869.  At  onoc,  upon  being  admitted  to 
the  bar  of  Upper  Canada,  he  commenced  the 
practice  of  his  profeBsion  at  Cornwall,  and 
three  years  later  wss  appointed  county 
crown  attorney,  for  the  united  Counties  of 
Stormont,    Dnudas    and   Glengarry.       Mr. 


Hetbune,  however,  had  been  a  careful  sts 
dent  of  public  questions,  and  had  an  ambi* 
tiou  to  enter  political  life.      In  1870  he  re- 
signed his  office  and  became  a  candid^e  f  i 
Stormont,  at  the  general  electiotu  of  1  >'?.', 
for   the  Legislature  of    Ontario.       He  wu 
nu successful,  but  upon   the   sitting  m«iulwr 
being  unseated    and   a  xxvw  election  h«M, 
he  was  returned.     He  was  re-elected  at  lh« 
general  elections  of  187&,  and  continued 
repreaent  this  constituency  till  June,  187 
when  he  declined  to  become   a   candid 
sgain,  owing  to  his  extensive  ]>r«ctioe 
the  importance  of  devoting  to  it  his  who! 
time  and  attention.     Ue  removed  to  Toron 
in  November,  187U,  and  in  conjunctiuu  wt 
the  Hon.  Edward  Blake,  8.  H.  Blake  anj 
J.  K.  Kerr,  established  the  firm  of  Mecara. 
Blake,  Kerr  and  Beihnne.      I'pon  the  ele- 
vation to  the  bench  of  the  late  Chief  Jus- 
tice Harrison,  and  Chief  Justice   Mosa.  he 
arsociated  himself  with  their  former  part> 
nera,    Messrs.  F.  Osier  and  Chailea  31( 
and    formed    the    well    known    law  firm 
Bethune,  Osier  and  Moss,  which  was  oo 
tinued  till   the  appointment  of   Mr.  Osl 
to    the    bench.     The   Brm    thereafter   i 
known  aa  Bethune,  Moss,  Falconbridge 
Hoylos,  and  it  became  one  of  the  most  pro- 
minent   and   sucoeaaful  legal    firms    in    the 
country.     In  1870  Mr.  Bethune  waa  elected 
a  bencher  of  the  Law  S^citfty  of  Ontario,  and 
he  ha'i  fur   some  years   been    lecturer  on 
jurisprudence  for  that  body.     He  was  one 
of  the  Queen's    ccuusel  appointed  by  the 
Ontario  govemuieut,  and  when  the  conati 
tutionaUty  of  such  appoiatmeut  was  raised,' 
he  at  once  resumed  the  gown  of  sttufl,  and 
laid  by  the  silken  one.     "While,"  says  an 
authority  before  lu,  *'  tlierc  have  beert  dif 
fering   opinions   as  to  the  wiadom  i)f   thi 
course,  there  has  been  none  as  to  the  higl 
sense  of  honour  thst  would  not  permit 
to  retain  a  distinction,  the  validity  of  wh 
was  open  even  to  the  sli^jhtest  imputatnm 
Mr.    Bothunu  was  one  of  the  very   abi 
lawyers  at  the  Canadian  bar.     His  lea 
was    wonderfully   wide,  and    his  power 
penetrating  a  cue,  seeing  its  surrounding 
and  of  then  lucidly  presenting  it  as  a  « 
remarkable.       Ilis  statementa    were 
clear  and  straightforward  ;  and  he  waa 
out  a  Auperior  in  the  application  of   legat 
principles.     He    always    scorned    to    avaU 
himeolf  of  "quibbles,"    the    atock-in-trsde 
of   little  men  ;   and  he   even   candidly  ad- 
mitted   the   weak  points  in  his  own   case 
The  judges  were  always  glad  when  he  osins 
before   them,    for  he   never    worried    them 
with  ati  captandnm  argument*.      Uia  prac- 


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CANADIAN  BWGRAPBY. 


mi 


tioe  vu  extoDsive,  nngicig  from  the  Auixe 
coart  to  the  Supreme  court ;  and  he  wm 
coonectvd  with  nuny  important  criminal 
trials,  election  trials,  caaes  inrolring  coniti- 
tutinnal  quoaliuQs,  and  caaes  of  great  mag- 
nitude  in  equity.  He  alwayt  waa  a  Refor- 
mer ;  and  f&VMured  compulsory  voting. 
He  waa  a  Preabyterian,  and  an  elder  in  St. 
Andrew's  Church.  Toronto.  He  mirried  on 
Octid»er  :^Hh,  1800,  EliKabeth.  daughter  of 
Dr.  Kattray,  of  Cornwall.  By  this  union 
there  were  four  children.  Mr.  Bethune 
died  on  the  I8th  December,  1884,  prufoand- 
]y  regretted  by  the  legal  fraternity,  and  the 
oommnnity  at  large.  His  reputation  wu 
the  highest  for  integrity,  honour  and  star- 
ling parti ;  and  he  had  but  just  reached  the 
meridian  of  his  professional  powers. 

Illcknun,  Jo«epli,  Montreal.  General 
Msr  1,'er  of  the  Grand  Trunk  R*ilwsy  of 
■^.  was  born  at  Otterburn,  in  the 
■  ■■y  of  Northuuiberl&nd,  England,  in  the 
year  1H3*I.  It  is  interesting  to  note  the  man- 
ner in  which  this  north  country  English 
lad  roee  to  the  highest  position  ho  can  at- 
tain amongst  the  railway  men  of  the  new 
d.  l^naided,  and  solely  by  his  own 
or  strength  of  character,  he  gained  his 
t  eminence.  He  started  life  in  the 
of  the  present  North  Eutem  Railway 
d,  and  when  he  retired  from  that 
waa  agent  at  Carlisle.  In  1851 
Mr.  (now  Sir  James)  Allport  left  the 
rch  Eastern  Railway  and  allied  hia  fur- 
es  with  the  Manchester,  Sheffield  and 
coliishiro  Company,  Hr.  Hiolnon  went 
h  hiui,  and  after  ton  years*  swrioe  he  be- 
o  assistant  tu  the  general  nwnager. 
engaged  in  thi-*  capacity  he  attracted 
tion  of  Sir  Edward  Watkin,  presi- 
(he  M.  8.  &  L.  R..  who  was  also 
of  the  Oratid  Trunk.  Heappoint- 
Mr.  Hicka<m  t<i  the  position  of  chief  ac> 
ntant  of  the  Grand  Tnink,  and  ho  enter- 
U|)cn  bts  duties  in  Canada;  in  January. 
Shortly  afterwanU  he  was  made  sec- 
d  treasurer  uf  thu  company,  a  poti- 
vhich  he  had  o|ip<»rtuuitieB  of  de- 
:>piDg  hia  talent  uf  a^lniinintralivci  riipac- 
fn  the  direction  of  Grand  Trunk 
irs  in  England  there  waa  some  of  the 
t  financial  heads  in  the  empire,  and  very 
clearly  discerning  that  the  suooeM  of  their 
gigantic  enterprisf*  would  d«]>end  largely 
upon  the  maimgeinent,  they  reso1vt:>«i  to 
(ace  in  the  chuir  the  man  whose  shUit^ 
y  had  come  to  regard  abiive  all  others 
their  employ,  and  in  1H74.  Mr.  Hickaon 
aptMjint4'd  general  mans^r.  an<l  he 
fau  held  that  otttce  ainoe.    When  Mr.  Uiok- 


I     "r 
I     wai 


■on  joined  the  Grand  Tnmk  in  1801,  ita 
traffic  earnings  were  for  that  year.  $3,710, 
319.  with  a  mileage  of  tOOO.  In  1883  the 
revenue  had  became  $l8.828.tiDl,  which 
includes  the  Midland  and  Great  West* 
ern  earnings,  and  the  total  mileage  waa 
2773.  While  the  Grand  Trunk  Co.  held 
the  control  of  Canadian  trattic  there  waa 
no  need  to  seek  further  extension ,  or 
other  connections,  but  when  there  came 
into  the  Held  a  rival  enormously  bou- 
used  by  the  government  of  Canada,  it 
was  siuiply  a  choice  between  extension  or 
downfall.  Here  a  timorous  heart,  or  an 
ordinary  head,  directing  the  destinies  of  the 
Grand  Trunk,  would  hare  been  sadly  out  of 
place.  Some  men,  those  who  knew  the 
matchless  capacity,  the  sound,  clear  judg- 
ment of  Mr.  UiokaoD,  were  aatisfied  that  he 
waa  otiual  to  the  emeifj^ncy  ;  but  there  were 
many  who  said,  "The  Grand  Trunk  muat 
go  to  the  wall."  But  the  difficulty  seemed 
to  be  just  the  sort  of  task  to  call  forth,  not 
alone  his  ability,  but  his  enthusiasm.  At 
drst  wo  see  him  selling  to  the  Dominion 
government,  for  the  sum  of  a  million  and  a- 
half  of  duliw,  the  unremunerative  Riviere 
du  Loup  line;  and  it  next  was  announced 
that  the  Chicago  extension  was  a  fact  accom- 
pliahed,  and  that  the  Grand  Trunk  had  con- 
nection with,  was  iodeud  jiart  of,  the  great 
-American  system — including  Canada  as  well 
as  the  United  States — of  railroads.  Those 
who  made  the  dark  prophecies  then  had  th« 
fact  brought  home  that  the  Gruid  Tmnk 
waa  not  K'*iuK  ^'^  the  wall,  and  once  more 
waa  the  transcendeut  ability  of  Joseph  Hick- 
son  made  manifest.  But  tliough  courage 
and  enterprise  of  so  lari^e  a  character  have 
marked  the  csreer  of  Mr.  Hickson,  he  has 
been  prudent  in  expenditure,  and  there  ia 
none  of  the  looaeueaa  or  leakage  in  his  man- 
agement which  eat  into  the  prdita  of  great 
enterprises  underleas  economical  su(>ervisi(in. 
The  hLBt4>ry  of  the  Grand  Trunk  under  Mr. 
Hickaon  haa  been  a  splendid  one  ;  and  its  fu- 
ture is  asaured.  No  rival,  no  mstter  how 
supported  by  govemmoni*,  can  shake  it  ikow, 
Besides  beint;  manager  of  the  Grand  Trunk, 
Mr.  Hickson  is  president  of  the  Michigan 
Air  Luie;  of  the  Chicago.  Detroit,  andCana- 
ada  G.  T.  Junction  Railroad  ;  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Montreal  and  Champlain  jiinc- 
ttnn,  and  of  the  lut«rna(ional  Bridge  Co., 
Buffalo.  Ho  is  also  a  director  of  the  Central 
Vermont  Railway,  and  be  is  asa«tciated  in 
the  managenitMit  nf  nearly  5000  miles  of 
railway  and  stcamUMit  service.  Mr.  Htok- 
s«>u  married,  in  18it9,  Calheritte  Dow,  a 
niece  of  the  great  brewer,  and  hat  by  thi* 


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A  ctclopjEDia  or 


marriage  a  family  of  six  children  living.  Ue 
is  an  utlioe  bearer  in  the  St.  Andrew's  Prea- 
bfterian  Chnrcli.  Mr.  Hickaona  career  is 
a  Hi)C0v8sf(iI  otitt,  due  to  iianl  work,  allied 
to  the  too  rare  attributes  on  this  continent 
of  entire  honesty  and  straifililforward  deal* 
ing  :  he  dues  right  bec&nse  it  is  right.  In 
his  quarter  of  a  century's  administration  of 
Grand  Trunk  affairs  he  has  had  to  encounter 
uany  ohatacles  aiid  dark  forebodings,  but 
his  great  ijualitj  of  perseverance  makes  him 
uvercume  thoin,  and  attain  results  which,  to 
one  leta  persistent,  would  never  have  been 
achieved. 

KniCliiill,  RcT.  E.  ^..  M.A.,  London, 
ia  a  getitif  nifin  uf  learning  and  great  admio- 
iBtraiive  ability,  and  is  principal  of  Hell- 
muth  Ladies'  ('ollege,  in  tboCitv  of  London, 
Ontario.  This  popular  institution  ia  named 
after  its  founder,  the  Right  liev.  Bishop 
Hellmuth,  D.D..  D.C.L..  and  was  estab- 
lifihed  in  the  year  18litl.  This  college  waa 
founded  with  the  object  of  providing  a 
thorongh,  liberal  and  useful  education  for 
young  ladica.  The  system  of  this  institu- 
tioD  ia  baaed  upon  "  sound  Protestant  prin- 
ciples as  the  only  oolid  foundation  for  the 
right  furnistinn  of  character."  It  is  be- 
cause it  has  adhered  so  closely  to  his  aims, 
and  achieved  such  itplendid  resulta  that  we 
give  it  a  place  in  these  pages  &«  a  repre- 
sentative Cuniulian  institution.  Being  with- 
in a  milu  of  the  City  of  London,  which  is 
about  three  and  a-half  hours  from  Detroit 
and  Suapension  Bridge,  on  a  through-rail 
ronte  between  the  east  and  the  west,  the 
coUego  is  easily  accessible  from  any  point 
in  the  Dominion  or  the  United  States.  The 
buildings,  handsome  and  commodious  struc- 
tures, composed  of  stone  and  brick,  are  aitu- 
ated  upon  a  prominent,  high  and  airy  loca- 
tion, and  stand  in  the  centre  of  large  grounds, 
comprising  150  acres,  and  in  the  midst  of 
most  picturesque  scenery,  on  the  banks  of 
the  river  Thamea.  The  main  building  is  118 
feet  in  lungtii,  by  sixty  feet  in  depth,  with 
spacious  corridors  on  each  Hour  the  full 
length  of  the  building,  and  a  verandah,  in 
front  of  the  building,  ten  feet  wide.  The 
building  contains  capacious  class-rooms, 
studios,  museum,  library,  dining-hall,  draw- 
ing-rooms, dormitories,  private  bed-rooma, 
aauitorium,  hatha,  hot  and  cold,  and  all 
other  appurtenances  of  a  college.  The  width 
of  the  corridors,  and  the  double  ■tairoaaea, 
afford  ample  room  through  all  the  paaaages 
of  the  building.  The  bed-rooma  are  lax^, 
airy,  and  well  ventilated,  and  the  doora  are 
provided  with  transom  ventilators.  The 
premiaea  have  been  expreaaly  planned  and 


arranged  to  meet  every  ponifale  edticaliuc 
and  domestic  requirement  of  the  pu] 
The  ventilation,  beating  and  drainage 
on  the  most  modern  and  approved  plan, 
there  is  steam  coil  in  every  room.  Uydi 
aith  hose  attachmenta,  and  fire  hand- 
grenadca  are  placed  on  every  fioor.  and 
there  are  the  niuat  completf;  facilities  fitr  ]  t 
tcction  and  esoapQ  in  oaae  of  dre.  T\\m  -i 
ia  aupplied  with  wholeaome  food,  in  •I'-.-'i 
variety,  well  prepared  and  well  a«rved  .  ui<l 
the  staff  and  pupils  dine  io^^ether.  The  <Ki- 
cipline  of  the  college,  its  domestic,  a-xwil 
and  educational  departments,  are  undrr  th* 
careful  and  consLint  iiuperviaion  of  the  FI'*p. 
Mr.  Knglish  and  his  wife,  tho  vice-princi[Al 
Mra.  Engliah  dovotea  heraelf  to  the  comfort 
and  health  of  the  pupila,  and  ia  happy  al- 
ways to  corrcBpund  with  parents,  or  guardi- 
aus,  in  regard  to  tlieir  daughters.  A  cjic- 
petent  aeamstre&s  haa  the  uveraight  of  the 
young  ladiea'  wardrobea,  and  with  an  aasiit- 
ant,  makes  all  necessary  repairs.  Every- 
thing ia  done  to  make  the  college  an  attrac- 
tive chriatian  home,  and  the  arrangemeata 
for  the  health  and  comfort  uf  the  pubils  an 
perfect.  A  tliorou^h  c«^jurse  in  Front 
German,  Italian,  Latin  nnd  Greek,  and 
the  Engliah  branchea  ia  afforded  ;  French 
spoken  in  the  college,  and  a  French  aerm 
ia  held  in  the  chapel  every  second  Sunt 
afternoon  by  a  French  clergyman  of 
Church  of  England.  The  musical  depart^ 
meut  ia  unanrpaaaed,  and  ia  modeled  after 
the  great  conservatoriea.  Weekly  lectures 
and  reoitala  by  the  director,  and  rehearvali 
by  the  pupils,  are  prominent  features  iu 
thia  department.  Rare  advantages  are  af- 
forded in  the  various  departments  of  dra*- 
ing,  painting  in  oil  and  water  ctilour  ;  {iaAt«l. 
and  crayon  ;  decoration  on  china,  pluah. 
velvet,  &Q.;  wood  carving,  modelling,  etch- 
ing, ropousae  work  and  deaigning.  The  atud; 
of  the  Holy  Soripturea  and  definite  religioi 
teaching  oooupy  an  important  plaoe  in 
college  exercises.  Divine  service  is  held 
St.  Anne's  chapel,  situated  in  the  colli 
grounda.  Habits  of  reading  are  foetered 
A  well  anpointed  reading  room,  snpplil 
with  the  best  periodicals  in  Ut<»ratnre» 
art,  including  French  and  Garman  publis 
tions.  Conspicuous  attention  ia  paid  to 
department  of  exerciaea  and  paatiuius  ;  calii 
thenica,  dancing,  and  out-door  spitrta,  nd- 
ing,  driving,  tennis,  oroqaet,  akating  and 
tobogganing  are  provided  for.  In  tino.  the 
aim  of  this  ci.illege  is  to  direct  and  anpervii 
on  broad  and  liberal  principlea,  all  emploj 
ments,  pnstimea,  and  exercises  of  pu| 
whether  pertaining  to  their  moral,  ii 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


G83 


or  physical  training.     Of   this  inttitu- 
the  lad^  patronoss  is  H.R.O.  the  Trin- 
U>ui«t'.      The    president  is  I.  F.    Rell- 
tothf  LL.B..  and    the  vioe-pre«ident  Is  the 
ReT.   E.   N.   English,  M.  A.      The    visitors 
are    the    Rij^ht    Rev.   the    Lord    Biahnp  of 
Huron  }  Uio  Ki>;ht  [l«v.  the  Lord  Bishop  of 
Toronto,   and   the  Very  Rev.  the  Dean  of 
-Qoron.     The  professorial  staff  is  as  follows  : 
l^facipal,  the  Rev.  G.  N.   English,  M.A., 
jHknto  University  ;  vice-principal,  Mrs.  E. 
PP.  English  ;  professor  of  English  lilerature 
I  and  history.  L  F.  Hollmuth,  LL.B..  Trinity 
rariJege,  Cambridge,  England  ;  chaplain  and 
|Htfie«sor  of  cUssics  and   mathematics,  the 
PISt.  *».  B.  Sage,  B.A.,  Trinity  Dniversity, 
Toront4i  ;  Frenrh  chaplain  and  profe8St>r  of 
lem   languages,    the  Rev.   C.  B.  Guille- 
it,    B.  A,,    late  of    University  of  Paris, 
100  ;    professor  of  natural  soienc«,  the 
TUv.  Miuier  Seaborne,  late  of  London  Uni- 
versity,   England  ;  professor  of  physiology* 
A.  U.  Fenwick.  M.D..  M.R.C.S.,  England  ; 
I  tgacher  of  Kui{Iish  subjects,  Miss  K.  John- 
Hhi,  late  of  England  ;  teacher  of  German, 
Hp>V»  appointed.     The  director  of  the  mti- 
^oal   department  is  Thomas  Martin,  pupil 
of    the    renowned    Capellmeister,    Dr.  Carl 
Reinecke,  and  various  others  of  the  most 
distinguished    mssters  of  the    world,  grad- 
uate  and    prizeman    of  the   I«eipsio   Royal 
Conservtttorium  of   Music,  and   winner  of 
the  L<jrd  O'Hagan  pri^e  and  medal  in  the 
Royal  Irish  Academy  of  Music,  Dublin,  Ire- 
land.     The   pianist   and  organist   is   Miss 
Elwelt,  RA.M.,  medallist,  and  certiHcated 
pianoforte,  R.  .A.M.,  London,  England. 
saltst   is  to  be  appointed  at  an   early 
The  art  department  is  under  the  di- 
of  J,  R.  Seavey,  of  European  suhools 
We  have  before  us  a  copy  of  the 
tSDua)   circular    of  the  college,    a  publioa- 
ytton  in  itself  worthy  of  6nding  a  place  upon 
■^■parlour  table.     It  is  tastefully  printed, 
^^Hring  the  studies  pursued  in  each  year, 
nSSfihe  letter  press  pages  are  interspersed 
with  ilUtstratiuits  frnui  tlie  diaoeming  and 
oullured    pencil  uf  J.  R.  Seavey.      One  of 
1  lh«Mi  is   encircled  by  a  maple  bough,  and 
exhibits   upon  a  hill  the   high    river-bank, 
the  beautiful  college  buildings,  the  Thames 
rr.. .,.;,.„  Ht  leisurely  pace  below,  past  "rocky 
shores."      In  another   division  of 
'^■.   ,     iiiTQ   you    see  a   rustic  bridge,  halt 
MlOl'^erod  in  bushes,   and   beyond  the  col- 
la^*  chapel.     Still  in  another  division  may 
be  Men  a  verandah  upon  which  two  yount^ 
are    seated,    each    with   a   book    up- 
tr  lap.  while  beyond  is  a  sketch  of  be- 
(ly  beftdtiful  scenery.     Again,  upon 


another  sheet,  we  get  a  view  of  the  interior 
of  the  handsome  college  chspel,  and  the 
sketch  overlays  an  exquisitely  life'like  spray 
of  pine.  Upon  the  cover  is  the  picture 
whioh  we  have  first  described.  As  for  the 
principal,  the  Rev.  E,  N.  Enxlish.  he  is  the 
very  soul  of  enthusiasm,  and  he  seems  to  be 
peculiarly  gifted  for  the  rvapoiisible  position 
given  to  his  charge. 

Comfltock,  Wtlllaiu  Henry,  Brock* 
ville,  waa  born  at  Bataria,  Genesee  county. 
New  York,  r.n  the  latof  Aunust,  18fl<i.  The 
Comstocks  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut.  In  1705  8amuel  Corn- 
stock,  severed  his  relations  with  his  native 
state,  and  removed  to  GilbertsviUe,  Oisego 
county,  New  York,  where  he  located  upon 
the  extreme  western  limit  of  the  settlement, 
at  that  time  considered  the  "far  west.* 
Samuel's  brother,  John  L.  Comstock,  of 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  waa  the  author  of 
"Comstock's  Chemistry  and  Natural  Phil- 
osophy," for  many  years  one  of  the  stan- 
dard text  books  of  the  United  States. 
William  H.  Comstock,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  is  the  sou  of  Edwin  P.  Comstock, 
who  removed  to  Bataviain  1828.  Mrs.  Ed- 
win P.  Comstock  died  in  1831,  snd  her  hus- 
band immediately  proceeded  to  New  York 
city,  where  he  established  an  extensive  drug 
and  medicine  business,  the  connections  of 
the  estahliehnient  spreading*  over  the  en- 
tire union  William  U.,  having  acquired  a 
knowledge  of  the  trade,  in  1854  succeeded 
the  hrm  of  Comstock  Brothers,  and  oon- 
tinued  the  establishment  in  New  York 
city,  and  also  opened  a  branch  in  Brock- 
ville.  In  1854  the  head  otKce  was  removed 
from  New  York  city  to  Morristown,  St. 
Lawrence  county,  New  York,  opposite,  and 
near,  Brockville,  Ontario,  thus  securing  the 
personal  supervision  of  the  proprietor,  who 
from  this  date  made  a  specialty  in  the 
manufacture  of  the  celebrated  Dr.  Morse's 
Indian  Root  Pills,  which  have  become  so 
famous  throughout  the  republic,  as  well  aa 
in  the  British  provinces.  Having  married 
Josephine,  daughter  of  the  late  Billa  Flint, 
Mr.  Comstock  took  up  his  permanent  resi- 
dence in  Brockville,  becoming  a  British 
subject.  In  1883  he  contested  the  Brock- 
ville riding  in  the  Liberal  interest  fur  a  seat 
in  the  House  of  Commons,  and  was  only 
defeated  by  a  majority  of  five  votes.  In 
business  operations  he  has  been  eminently 
successful,  and  has  acquired  a  handsome 
fortuue.  He  has  devoted  his  energies  and 
means  to  the  improvement  of  his  adopted 
town,  and  has  been  instrumental  in  causing 
the  erection  of  many  of  the  linest  and  most 


mi 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  or 


flubstAnttal  buildings  there.  Aa  inftyor,  und 
as  member  of  the  town  ccnncil,  he  advo- 
ofited  ftU  neceuary  manicipal  improvementa 
with  untiring  ze&I,  his  aim  being  to  make 
brockville  une  of  the  most  beautiful  towns 
in  Ontario.  We  take  pride  in  counting  Mr. 
Oomstock  amnng  Canadians,  and  have  no 
hesitation  in  describing  him  as  a  represen- 
tative one. 

nilebvll,  Tliomaa,  Hamilton,  was 
lK)m  near  Brighton,  in  Sussui,  England,  in 
IH^'J,  Uv  is  a  son  of  Robert  and  Louisa 
{Mates)  Mitchell,  who  emigrated  to  Canada 
in  1835,  settling  in  what  is  now  the  town  of 
Brantford.  Here  Robert  Mitchell  entered 
into  the  business  of  building  and  contract- 
ing, with  his  brother  Thomas,  continuing  in 
the  same  until  183ft,  when  he  died,  leaving 
four  children,  the  subject  i>f  this  sketch 
being  the  third  of  the  family.  Mrs.  Mit- 
oheli  is  still  living,  and  resides  with  her  s(^n, 
Thomas.  In  the  days  of  Thomas  Mitchell's 
boyhood,  education  was  not  as  easy  tu  ob- 
tain as  at  the  present  time,  and  he  was 
left  much  upon  his  own  resources  for  his 
educational  tnuning.  At  the  age  of  nine  he 
entered  the  employ  of  James  Fiah,  of  Brant- 
ford, and  there  remained  four  years.  In 
1845,  he  apprenticed  himself  to  Alfred 
Reid,  boot  and  shoemaker,  of  the  same 
place,  and  here  he  remained  till  1852.  Then 
for  a  year  he  pursued  his  trade  in  different 
towns,  but  his  health  bef^inning  to  fail  him, 
he  was  advised  by  his  physician  to  renounce 
this  trade.  This  he  did,  and  entered  upon 
the  occupation  of  cigar-making,  at  which  he 
continued  till  1855,  when  he  tried  his  hand 
at  pliotu(jrnphy,  in  which  he  engaged  for  a 
year.  He  next  returned  to  Brantford,  there 
opened  a  cii;ar  store,  which  he  conducted 
for  a  year,  and  then  began  to  travel  for  a 
broom  manufacturing  house  in  Brantford. 
In  1H61,  ho  entered  the  establishment  of 
firuce  &  Mugridge,  of  Hamilton,  broom 
cnanufacturend,  and  three  years  later  bought 
out  the  concern,  which  he  carried  on  aJono 
for  seven  years,  when  he  admitted  as  part- 
ners Stephen  King,  of  the  township  of  Bin- 
brook,  \Ventwiirth,  and  Charles  Mitchell, 
his  brother.  This  [Mftnership  continued  till 
1875,  when  it  dissolved,  and  the  manage- 
ment was  assumed  by  our  subject  for  the 
next  six  years  (1881).  A.  W.  Gage  now  en- 
tered as  a  partner,  but  in  1883  the  connection 
was  severed,  and  Mr.  MitobeU  once  more 
assuming  the  sole  proprietorship,  which  he 
has  maintained,  with  constantly  increasing 
popularity  and  success,  down  (o  the  time  of 
writing.  Mr.  Mitchell  was  for  two  years 
alderman  of  what  is  now  No.  3  ward  of  the 


Oity  of  Hamilton,  and  he  was   one  of  the 
most  active   and    influential  spiriu  in  pro- 
moting the  scheme  for  the  constrnction  of 
the  Hamilton  and  Nnrth-Westem  Railwxf. 
and  to  his  zeal  and  puah  was  the  sncc^'v  ^f 
the  project  in  a  large  measnre  due.     I 
the  agitation  prevailing  over  thia    pi 
Mr.  Mitchell,  with  George  Roach,  ex-mayor 
of  the  city,  proceeded  to  Ottawa  and  repr^ 
aented  to  the  government  there  the  pr"  ■ 
ability  of  coming  in  by  the  west  end 
city,  thus  saving  the  uxpense  of  )>ri 
and  avoiding  the  menace  to  navii^ation 
the  Burlingti^ncanaL    Thia  project  strenkjin 
ened  the  goremment  in  demanding  from  the 
company  a   substantial  bridge  encasing  lbs 
canal.      Mr.   Mitcheirs   arguments    proved 
most  convincing,  and  the  coDsei|uenoe  wu 
that  one  of  the  hnevt  bridges  in  <.'ana'ia  now 
spans  the  Burlingtou  Bay  canal.      Mr.  M 
chell  has  been  a  shareholder  in  the   Ha 
ton    and  North* Western  Railway  ;    in 
Royal  Canadian  Insurance  Company 
treal,  and  in  the  Merchants*  Buildi 
ciation  of  Hamilton.     Ho  ban  likewiM' 
a    partner   in    the    RabjoUn,    King 
foundry,    of   Hamilton.       In  1875,  he 
elected  a  tnistee  of   the  Orphan  Aeylnm 
Hamilton,  which  position  he  atill  bolda 
religion,  he  professes  Methodism,    and 
held  all  the  church  offices,  being  at  pre^ 
steward  of   Zion  tabernacle,   of    which  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Snyder  is  pastor.    In  church  «i»r- 
ters  Mr.  Mitchell  has  always  taken  an  aciivr 
and  zealoue  part,  and  fn>m  year  to  year  bu 
been  sent  as  a  representative  of  his  oh'irct 
to  the  conference.   Ho  waa  a  meml>er 
tirst  general  conference  held  in  To 
a  member  of  the  Bible   Society,  and 
Y.  M.  0.  A.     In  politics,  he  has  been  a  H 
lon<;  and  a  true   Reformer.       In     lH>o7. 
married  Isabella,  daughter  of  the  late  John 
Mc Vicar,  of  Mount  Pleaaant,  Ontario.    We 
may  add  that  the  mother   of  our   sub 
married  twice,  the  second  time  in  1840. 
Kde,  of  Brantford,   l>ec:omiug  her  hnabaif 
She  removed  with  Mr.  Ede  to  Hamilton 
I8G3,   and  here    he   died    two  years   1 
leaving  one  daughter.    Mn.  Ede  is  still  Iit 
ing,  residing  witn  the  subject  of  thiaaket 
and  although  in  her  i-ightieth  year,  she 
healthy   and  active,   enjoying  the  comfo 
and  the  c-tre  of  her  son's  comfortable  ho: 

Haniilfon,  Charles  James,  M.Di 
Comwali.  third  son  of  the  late  Dr.    Ham: 
ton.  of  Godericb,  waa    bom  on  Soptem 
15th,  ]8o5,  at  Godericb.     He   is  a   son 
Morgan   J.    Hamilton,    who    waa  a  son 
Lieutenant  Hamilton,  of  the  Royal  nary,  by 
Annie  L.,  oldest  daughter  of  the  late  James 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


085. 


[Mion,  merchant  of  Godencli,  atid  late  of 
Charles  J.  Uamiltou  received  hia 
education  at  the  iioderich  Grammar 
■ohool.  and  afterwards  bis  profeuioual 
•ducatiuu  at  tho  CnLversity  of  Toruiitu. 
V\»>\\  graduating,  he  aetUed  in  Goderich, 
entariuic  into  partnurship  with  G.  C.  Khan- 
cnn,  M.  D. :  and  removed  to  Comwatl  in 
18711,  when  he  entered  into  partnerahip  with 
the  tate  J.  J.  Dickinson,  ML).,  and  remained 
aaaiK'iated  with  that  gentleman  until  his 
(IriiLli  iu  18^,  Dr.  Hamilton  was  at  the 
tiiuu  L>f  leaving  Goderich  to  settle  in  Corn- 
wail,  ouistant  surgeon  of  Huron  batt..  No. 
;i3.  under  Lieut.-CoJ.,  the  Hon.  A.  M. 
ft  >ftN  ;  and  he  was  also  a  member  of  I 
'  "..jDiiany.  Qut»en*s  Uwn  RiHes,  under  Col. 
<  filer.  He  is  Ht  present  senior  warden  of 
RoAe  Crt>Lx  ehaptur,  No.  18.  Royal  and 
i>riental  Fruemaaoory,  33  =  ,  95  *  and  90  =  ; 
is  wurthy  master  of  Cornwall  l>dg«.  No. 
125.  G.  R.  C.  A.  F  &  A.  M.;  a  member  of 
Oriental  lodge,  No.  103.  1.  O.  O.  P.;  and  a 
a  P.  C.  R.  of  Court  Stormont,  No.  3,  I.  O. 
FDroatera.  He,  likewise,  ia  a  member  of 
i:ornwan  lodge,  No.  "iU,  A.  O.  U.  W.  He 
has  always  been  and  is  now  a  ConservatiTo 
in  politics,  believing  that  the  policy  of  Sir 
Julin  A.  M'vcdunald  and  his  followers  is 
best  calculated  tu  further  the  interests  of 
this  cijuutry.  Dr.  Hamilton  was  elected  a 
member  uf  Cornwall  town  council  m  1B85, 
and  deputy  rrere  of  the  same  town  in  1886. 
He  is  a  devoted  adherent  of  the  Episcopal 
church.  He  married  on  December  2.'nd, 
1880,  Harriots  S.,  eldest  daughter  of  the 
Ut«  J.  J.  Dickinson,  M.D.  of  Cornwall,  Unt. 
We  may  add  that  his  wife's  father  was  eldest 
•on  of  the  late  Noah  Dickenson,  M.  D. ,  a 
U,  R.  loyalist,  who  settled  in  Cornwall,  over 
eighty  years  ago.  Her  mother  was  Miss 
Moiintittu,  youngest  daughter  of  the  late  8. 
J.  Mountain,  D.U.,  of  Cornwall,  and  a  timt 
cousin  of  the  latv  Bishop  Mountain,  of  Que- 
b«to,  tirst  EpiACdpid  Bishop  in  Canada. 

4*hunil>orli»ln,  Theodore  F.,  Mor- 
rifthiirgli,  Outtiho,  thu  only  sun  of  the  late 
Aalteru  A.  Chamberlain,  M.  D.,  and  Eliza 
Ann  t.  hamlwrlaiu,  of  the  village  of  Far!ni*r8- 
ville,  County  of  Ij««ds,  Ontario.  His  ances- 
tors were  of  English  origin ;  and  A.  A. 
Ctiaint>erlain,  was  born  at  Peacham,  Ver- 
munt,  U.S.,  on  February  ]:^th,  ItilO.  He 
caine  to  Cpper  Canada  in  181d,  and  settled 
at  Smithes  M ills,  to wnshi p  of  Bastard , 
County  of  Leeds.  In  his  early  boyhood  he 
was  obliged  to  provide  for  himself,  which 
he  did  by  working  in  the  summer  mouths 
for  wa^es,  and  attending  school  in  the  win- 
itir*      He  vent  to  the  schtx)!  at  Potsdam, 


St.  Lawrence  county,  N.  V..  for  a  time  ;  and 
soon  after  he  ccmmonoed  the  study  of  medi* 
cine,  attending  lectures  at  Fairticld  Medical 
College,  New  Yorlc  Returning  U)  his  adopt- 
ed home,  he  commenced  the  practice  of  his 
profession.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  entered 
the  militia  service,  and  passed  through  all 
the  grades  till  he  attained  the  rank  of 
major.  He  practiced  his  profession  at 
vSmith's  Mills  up  to  185^,  when  he  removed 
hia  family  to  Farmersville.  township  of 
Young,  in  the  same  county.  In  politics  ho 
had  been  a  Reformer  of  the  old  school, 
being  a  warm  friend  of  Buldwin  aud  Wil. 
bam  Lyon  MacKenzie.  During  what  is 
known  as  the  Beverley  riots  in  South  Leeds, 
he  nearly  h>Bt  his  life  at  the  hands  of  the 
Tory  party,  under  the  leadership  uf  Ogle  R. 
Guwan.  He  was  one  of  the  deputation 
from  Upper  Canada  who  went  t;o  the  rescue 
uf  Lord  Elgin,  at  the  burning  of  the  parlia- 
ment buildingi.  in  Montreal,  1849.  He 
was  for  many  years  a  justice  of  the  jieaoe  of 
his  county  ;  and  was  made  a  member  of  the 
M&sonic  order,  in  one  of  the  oldest  lodgM 
in  Upper  Canada,  known  as  Harmony  lodaei. 
In  1859,  he  resuscitated  the  old  lodife  under 
the  name  of  Rising  Sun  lodge,  Farmers- 
viUe,  and  was  for  several  years  master 
of  the  same.  Dr.  Chamberlain  was  post- 
master from  the  lirst  establishment  of  the 
post  office  at  Smith's  Mills  (the  name  being 
changed  by  him  to  Harlem),  up  to  the  time 
of  his  removal  to  Farmersville.  He  was  a 
member  and  licentiate  of  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Ontario,  and 
M.D.  of  the  Philivielphia  Eclectic  Medical 
College,  Pennsvlvania,  U.  S.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Wealeyan  Methodist  church, 
a  staunch  temperance  man,  and  a  member 
for  many  years  of  the  order  of  the  Sons  of 
Temperance.,  holding  most  of  the  offices  in 
connection  with  the  order.  He  died  on  the 
20th  February,  1883.  The  mother  of  our 
subject  was  bom  on  October  15th,  1803,  in 
the  town  of  Pawling,  Quaker  Hill,  State  of 
New  York,  and  is  now  living  at  Farmers- 
ville. Her  father  Hewlett  Toffy,  waa  bora 
iu  the  same  town,  on  December  oth,  JTTti. 
Her  mother  was  bom  at  Newfairfield,  Con- 
necticut. Oth  of  August,  1784,  and  died  at 
Farmersville,  1870.  T.  F.  ChainlwrUin  haa 
une  sister  who  wss  bom  at  Smith's  Mills, 
on  August  2nd.  1836,  and  is  now  living  at 
Parry  Sound,  l>elng  thu  widow  of  the  late 
John  C.  Mdler.  ex-M.P.P..  for  Parry 
Sound  and  Muskoka  district.  T.  F.  Cham- 
herlain  was  bom  at  Smith's  Mills,  on  July 
Oth  1838.  His  early  education  was  received 
partly  at  the  township  public  school,  and. 


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A  CrCLOPjSDiA  OF 


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partly  from  bis  parentB  at  honie«  and  at  the 
ftabbath  schoola.  Hia  father  taught  him  the 
rudiment*  of  lAtin,  aa  it  was  not  taught  in 
anv  i<f  the  public  schools.  In  1851  he  at- 
tended the  Perth  Hifj;h  scbuul  for  eight  or 
nine  uinnths,  after  which  he  engaged  as  a 
clerk,  in  the  general  niurcantile  store  of 
Heury  LaaMey,  at  Eltfin,  township  of 
South  Crosby,  County  of  Leeda  In  thises- 
(ablishment  he  remained  for  two  years,  when, 
he  proceeded  to  the  City  of  Uttaws,  and 
oommenoed  the  study  of  dentistry  (l)i^3), 
with  F.  D.  Laiighlin,  D.D.S.  Afterserving 
his  term  hero  btf  commenced  the  practice  of 
dentistry  in  the  County  of  Leeds,  and  the 
aurroundmg  counties.  In  1857  he  went  to 
Pawling,  New  York  state,  and  in  the  sMne 
year  to  New  York  city,  practising  dentistry. 
In  1858  he  returned  home  at  tho  solicita- 
tion of  his  father,  and  studied  medicine,  ma- 
triculating in  1859  at  Queen's  College, 
Kingston,  Ontario,  passing  his  hnal  exam- 
ination in  March  1862,  for  the  degree  of 
doctor  of  medicine.  He  then  received  a 
license  from  Oorernnr-Oeneral  Monck,  to 
practice.  On  the  ]3ih  of  April,  1802,  Dr. 
Chamberlain  located  in  Mmrisburg,  then  a 
small  village,  very  beautifully  situated  on 
the  banks  of  the  St.  Lawrence,  and  haa  up 
to  tho  present  time  continued  tlie  practice 
of  his  professiuu.  In  1871  he  received  tho 
degrue  of  L.R.C.P.S.,  from  the  Rnyal  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Kingston. 
In  1866  he  established  a  drug  store  in  the 
village,  and  in  1873  sold  it  to  Carman  &. 
Brown.  During  his  practice  he  haa  trained 
a  number  of  yuuug  men  for  the  medical 
urofession .  Drs.  Hart,  McLane,  H  uws, 
Lane  and  Musgruve,  were  among  those  of 
his  students  who  are  now  doing  a  lucra- 
tive practice  in  Ontario  and  in  the  United 
States.  In  1855  Dr.  Chamborlain  was  com- 
missioned  lieutenant  in  tho  8th  battalion, 
Leeds  militia,  under  captain  Wm.  J.  Smith. 
In  18o7,  ho  waa  miide  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  order,  in  Hising  ^uu  ludgu,  at  Far- 
mersville,  by  dispensation  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Canada,  not  being  of  the  full  age 
of  twenty-one  years  ;  in  1862  he  joined  by 
card  Kxcelsior  h>dge,  No.  142,  G,  U.C.,  in 
Morrisburg,  and  is  still  a  member  and  a 
past  master,  having  for  a  number  of  years 
been  master  of  the  lodge.  In  1869  and  1870 
he  was  elected  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Can* 
ada,  district  dupuly  grand  master  for  the 
St.  Lawrence  district.  On  the  11th  March, 
1867,  he  becitme  a  member  of  the  Grenville 
Royal  Arch  chapter,  No.  22,  at  Prescott  ; 
in  1885  he  took  the  ninety-hve  degrees  in 
the  supreme  rite  of  Memphis,  known  as  the 


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Sovereign  Sanctuary  de6:reefl.     In  1 

Chamberlain  was  elected  as  m  meml 
village  Gonndl,  and  remained  in  t 
till  1877,  when  he  was  elected  reeve. 
office  he  held  till   1881,    when  he 
In  1884  he  waa  again  elected  to  the  council, 
but   resigned   in    1886.       In    1879   he  was 
unanimously  elected  by  the  {xmuty  c<»un 
a^  warden  for  the  united  oountiea  of  8 
mnnt,  Duudas  and  Glengarry.      During 
year  he  waa  also  one  of  a  deputation  wh 
received  the  governor-general,  the  Marquk 
of  Ivome  and  Her  Royal  Highnesa  Princess 
Louise,  at  Cornwall,  on  their  entry  into  the 
Province  of  Ontario,  on  their  way  to  Ottawa. 
In  the  same  year  as  warden  of   the  umtod 
counties  he  and  other  gentlemen  were  in- 
structed  to   proceed   to  Ottawa,    and 
sent    an  address   to   their   excellencies 
behalf    of  the   united    counties.      In 
Dr.  Chamberlain  was  chosen  by  the  Re 
Convention  of  the  County  of    Dundaa, 
candid&le  for  the  Provincial  legialatunf,  and 
was  defeated  by  81   votes.      In  1882  be  w 
again  choaen  by  convention  for  tho  same  coi 
stituency,  for  the  House  of  Commona 
waa  again  defeated  by  79  votes.     He 
been   oontinuonaly   a  member  of  the  Hi 
and  Public  school  boards  since  1860 
waa  for  several  yeara  county  superiat«nde 
uf  public  schools  for  the  County  of  Dutui 
He  was  cop'nwr  for  the  united  Counties  ti| 
Stormont,  Dundasand  Glengarry  from  ISM 
to  1870,    when  he  resigned  to  contest  the 
county  for  the  Ontario  legislature  ;  has  b«6n 
a  member  of  the  board  of  health  ;  is  meih- 
cal  health  officer  for  (he  village  of  Merm 
burg  ;  and  medical  examiner  for  a  number 
of  life  insurance  com{>anieB.      He   is  alsu  s 
director  of  the  Parry  Sound  Lumber  Co 
pany,  and  of  tho  Dundas  .■\gncultural  A 
ciation.       In  conjunction  with  his  brother 
in-law,  W.  G.  Parish,  of  FarmersviUe, 
estabUshed  the  first  cheese  factohea  in 
County  of  Duiidas  in    1873.       In    1874  im 
travelled   from  the  foot  of  Lake   Superioi 
north  to  the  height  of  land,  examining 
miuerals,  timber  and  streams  of  that  regio 
In  1878  he  cMiastod  along  the  Georgian  ti^i 
to  the  French  river,  and  up   that  river  to 
Lake    Nipiasing.       In     1883    he    travelled 
through  part  of  the  southern,  western  and 
middle  states  to  the   Pacific  cosst,  viai 
all  points  of  interest,  especially  thoao  ol 
states  of  California,  Nevada,   Colorado 
the    territories   of   New    Mexico,    Arixouv 
Utah  and  Old   Mexico.     He  haa  also  tra- 
velled over  most  of    the    eastern  states  of 
the  nnion.     In  1884  he  travelled  by  land 
around  lake  Nipiasing  and  Georgian  bay,  to 


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CASAVIAN  HIOQHAPHY. 


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the  head  wsiers  of  the  Spanish  river,  nnd 
duwn  that  river  to  the  head  of  lake  Hurnn. 
I>r.  Chamh«rlain  ia  a  member  of  the  Canada 
Methodist  church,  but  has  much  admiratiun 
for  the  iJaptist  church,  of  which  comiuunion 
hie  muthur,  hia  iieter,  and  his  late  maternal 
jpiindmother  were  raemh«n.  Hu  is  an  ad- 
vocate of  tem]»erance,  having  belonged  to 
the  orders  of  the  Sons  nf  Temperance  and 
the  Good  Templars.  On  the  3rd  Joljr,  1BC2, 
he  married  Annettie  Jane,  third  daughter 
of  Arza  Parish,  of  Farmcrsrille,  Leeds.  8he 
has  three  sisters  living,  and  one  brother,  all 
married.  Uer  mother  was  Eliza  Bistell,  of 
the  township  of  Augusta,  County  of  Gren- 
Tllle.  Both  her  father  and  mother  are 
living,  and  celebrated  their  golden  wedding 
on  the  17th  June,  1883.  Her  father  and 
her  br<.)lher  are  general  merchants,  the  6rro 
being  known  ts  A.  Parish  &  iSon,  Farmers- 
TiUe.  Dr.  Chamberlsin  has  two  children 
iiving,  Watson  Parish,  the  eldest,  was  bom 
at  Murrisburg,  on  Maj  19tti,  18413  ;  received 
bis  educatiuu  here  in  the  Public  and  High 
•ohoolsi  and  attended  for  three  sessions  in 
the  arts  department  of  Queen's  College 
Kingston.  He  is  now  attending  his  first 
session  in  the  study  of  medicine,  at  the 
Koyal  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgoons 
at  Kingston.  The  dsughter,  Lyrie,  was  bom 
at  Morhshnrg,  on  March  8th,  1871.  and  is 
now  pursuing  hvr  education  at  the  local 
achoi'Ls.     Three  children  died  in  infancy. 

St<snc»  Thomas,  Chatham,  Ontario, 
was  biirn  on  thu'Jnd  day  of  February,  1827, 
in  the  tuwnship  of  Kli£al>etht<)irn,  County 
of  Lcedj,  rppor  Canada.  His  father,  John 
Stone,  was  a  native  of  the  County  of  Carlow, 
Ireland,  and  came  to  Canada  in  1820,  at  the 
•gvof  twenty-twf>.  He  married  Mary  Burns, 
on  May  3rd,  18:^0,  and  settled  on  a  farm  in 
E1i»bethtown,  in  1834,  wbou  Thomaa  was 
aeven  yeara  old.  He  removed  thence  to  the 
township  of  Kst^ueaing,  County  of  Halton, 
near  Uie  village  uf  Adamsville  (now  Acton). 
whvre  uur  subject  graduut<*d  at  the  school 
of  Mi&s  Electa  Adams.  Hero  the  family  re- 
aided  for  six  years,  after  which,  in  1840,  it 
went  west,  lettlin^j  in  the  backwoods  of  the 
County  of  Kent,  towusbip  of  Urford.  Here 
John  Stone  purchiuiod  a  bush  farm,  upon 
which  he  wronjjht  and  prospered,  and  died 
upon  the  same  on  November  Itlth,  1877,  in 
the  eightieth  year  of  his  ago.  His  widow  and 
one  of  his  scms,  A.  J.  Btone,  are  still  living 
on  the  old  homestead,  near  Highgate.  Our 
subject's  grandfather,  Thomss  Stone,  and 
hia  grandmother,  Elisabeth  Counter,  wens 
both  tH>ru  ia  the  Cotmty  Carlow.  Ireland, 
And  his  great-grandfather,  Lawreuoe  Stone, 


was  an  Enfclishman.  Thomas  8tono,  our 
subject,  holds  a  commission  as  captain  in 
the  Sedentary  Militia  ,  he  has  al8«>  hold  the 
position  of  sdiool  trustee  for  the  last  ^ii^ht 
years,  and  is  a  pastmaster  Mason  in  Wel- 
lington lodge,  of  which  he  has  been  a  mem- 
ber for  over  thirty  yearn.  In  politics,  he  is 
a  "  moderate"  ;  in  religion,  a  Presbyterian. 
His  parents  were  both  Kpiscopaliatis,  but 
soon  after  their  marriage,  became  Metho- 
dista,  in  which  church  Thomas  Stone  was 
brought  up.  Mr.  Stone  has  been  married 
twice,  iirst  to  Jane  McQnarrie,  in  December, 
1852.  This  lady  died  in  December,  1855, 
leaving  one  son.  He  next  married  Adelaide 
Spencer,  in  June,  ]85i,  by  whom  four  sons 
and  four  daughters  were  bom.  She  died 
on  the  6th  March,  1871.  At  the  age  of 
twenty  years  Thomaa  Stone  left  his  father's 
home,  and  proceeded  to  Chatham,  where  he 
has  since  reaided.  Here  he  was  in  business 
as  clerk  in  a  general  store  with  his  uncle. 
James  Bums,  for  five  years;  he  then  formed 
a  partnership  with  his  uncle  and  Ueorge 
TumbuU.  On  his  uncle  leaving  the  business 
at  the  end  of  two  years,  Mr.  Tumbutl  snd 
Mr.  Stone  continued  the  co-partnership  till 
February,  1858.  Since  that  f>oriod,  Mr. 
Stone  has  been  in  the  dry  goods  business 
alone,  and  has  prospered  therein,  and  has 
given  to  his  children  the  advantages  of  an 
education,  of  which  he  himself  declares  be 
has  ielt  the  want.  He  is  upright  and  hon- 
ourable in  all  his  dealings,  and  there  is  no 
other  man  who  enjoys  a  fnller  share  of  pub- 
lic esteem  thiUi  he. 

NcUou,  lion.  Uuifli,  Senator, Burrard 
Inlet,  British  Columbia,  was  bom  at  Lame, 
North  of  Ireland,  ou  the  25th  May.  1820. 
He  is  a  son  of  Robert  Nelson,  of  Shore 
Cottage,  Magheramome,  Antrim,  Ireland, 
and  Frances  Quinn.  Hugh  Nelson  attended 
school  at  Lame,  and  his  studies  embraced 
all  that  is  implied  bvthe  term  **  a  thorough 
English  education.  Shortly  after  coming 
to  this  country,  he  engaged  largely  in  lum- 
bering operations  in  Briiiah  Colntnbia,  and 
has  been  very  suoeessful.  He  has  also  taken 
a  deep  int«rest  in  the  fishing  industries  of 
that  province,  and  was  awarded  a  diploma 
of  honor  for  special  services  rendered  in 
connection  with  the  International  Fisheries 
Exbibitifiu  held  m  London,  England,  in 
1883.  Senator  Nelson  is  a  gentkman  who 
haa  bestowed  much  careful  thought  u|xiu 
qnestiona  of  importance  to  the  Dominion 
public  :  andui>on  the  subject  of  our  tishorios 
Lis  knowledge  is  wide  atid  very  aoourate. 
Ill  1870  ho  was  elected  to  the  Legislature 
of  British  Columbia  for  New  Westooiustor, 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  or 


and  in  1871,  upon  tliu  entry  of  hia  broviuoe 
into  the  confedcriwy,  waa  rotumcd  to  the 
Houie  of  Cuuimoits  for  the  same  oonstitii- 
ency.  Heoontinued  to  represent  New  West- 
minster till  lSi9,  when  (Dtfcvmber  12)  be 
was  called  to  the  ^nnte.  In  politics  he  in, 
and  alwaya  has  Vwen,  a  Libem  l-CmiscrrA' 
tive.  As  a  senator  hia  career  haa  not  been 
less  useful  and  active  thfin  it  wna  in  the 
House  of  Cummonfl.  He  is  a  gentleman  of 
wide  iuformstion  and  good  judgment,  and 
his  opinions  are  held  in  very  high  respect  in 
the  Sunnte. 

Uarknras,  Adnin,  Tn>quoia.  Ont.,  wtia 
horu  in  the  township  of  Matilda,  County  of 
Dundas.  on  the  10th  day  of  October,  1835. 
Ue  is  a  son  of  John  Haritness,  a  native  of 
the  County  Tyrone,  Ireland,  who  emigrated 
to  Canada  in  1820,  settling  in  the  township 
of  Matilda  in  182ti,  luid  Catherine,  daughter 
of  Peter  Fetterly,  a  M.  E.  loyalist,  of  Ger- 
man descent,  who  came  to  Canada  from 
Schoharie  connty,  N.  Y.,in  1784.  John  and 
Catherine  Harkneaa  settled  on  a  fann  in 
Matilda,  about  1826,  where  their  children 
nil  were  b«>m.  Here  John  Harknesa  died  in 
I8G2,  and  his  wife,  in  1885.  There  were 
eight  children,  six  of  whom,  two  girls  and 
four  boys,  reached  maturity.  The  girls  were 
the  eldest,  and  Adam  was  the  second  of  the 
boys.  Our  subject  attended  the  public 
school,  or  as  it  was  then  called,  the  common 
school,  pretty  regularly  until  lie  was  eleven 
years  old, and  duringthe  winter  seasons  until 
be  was  fourteen.  By  this  time  he  had  ac- 
quired considerable  profiiiioncy  in  the 
branches  usually  taught  in  these  schools, 
and  had  made  some  progress  in  bookkeep- 
ing, mensuration,  geometry  and  natural 
science.  He  never  attended  any  school 
afterwards,  but  continued  to  prosecute  his 
studies  during  intorTnls  uf  labour  on  the 
farm.  This,  he  fnund  not  a  bad  way  of  ac- 
quiring an  education,  and  he  continued  to 
keep  very  nearly  abrt-ast  uf  his  brothers,  who 
were  attending  the  High  scht»ol  during  the 
same  period.  When  he  was  about  seventeen, 
the  township  council,  with  the  aaeiatance  of 
the  Educati<in  department,  purchased  a 
library  for  the  township  :  the  books  were  of 
the  very  beat  in  English  literature.  It  is 
scarcely  necessary  to  say  that  he  availed 
himself  of  the  aavantoges  offered,  and  soon 
became  familiar  with  the  writings  of  Mao- 
aulay,  Carlyle,  JeBVey,  Descartes,  Robert- 
son, and  uthcn  of  equal,  or  nearly  equal, 
fame.  This,  with  the  keeping  of  a  diary  in 
which  he  recorded  not  only  the  eventa  thiit 
transpired  from  day  to  day,  but  his  retlec- 
tions  thereon  composed  and  completed  what 


I  may  be  called  his  ourricalum.   Hii  father  b 

I  been    a  member  of  the  old  district   con: 

I  waa   an   unyielding  Conseivatire,  and 

continued  to  exert  a  consid^irahle  influenfe 

in  I(»cal  politics.     Our  aubject  was  secretar)* 

of  the  Conservative  c«tminittee   fur  hia  •. 

I  township  during    the  Lv^ialative  Aaaem 

elections  in  1858.    In  1859  he  became  to»* 

ship  clerk  ;  and  this  ottice  ho  heM   until  t 

'  close  of    1871,  when  he  reaigned,  and  « 

,  elected   deputy   reeve   (1872).     He   reli: 

j  from  the  council,  however,  at  the  chtse 

I  the  term  on  account  of  the  illness  of  bis 

'  In   1874,  he  was  ansucceasfiil  in  «  cooi 

I  for  the  reeveahip,  but  was  elected  in  187 

and   the  following  year  he  became  ward 

of  the  united  Counties  of  Stormont,  D 

das,  and  Glengarry.     (laving  now    reachi 

I  the  top  rung  in  the  municipal  ladder, 

I  Uarknesa  retired  from   municipal   life 

j  be   then    thought   permanently.      In    I 

however,   he  waa  induced  to  re-enter 

I  arcnn,    and    waa    again     elected.      Hm 

since  that  time,  oontinnnusly  represented 
'  hia  native  township  at  the  counties  council, 
I  as  reevo,  and  he  is  now  the  oldest  member 
I  of  the  council  of  those  oountiea.  There  is 
usually  not  much  else  tlmn  mlministrativ^^ 
detail  in  municipal  life  ;  and  such  improve 
ments  or  advances  as  come  within  the 
vince  of  oouucUs,  Mr.  Harknesa  h^u 
deavored  to  promote.  In  1875  he  was  mi 
ly  instrumental  in  procuring  a  steam  stom 
crusher,  that  has  done  and  is  still  doini 
very  great  deal  to  improve  the  roads  of 
township.  He  also,  in  1884,  snoceedvd  in 
carrying  through  the  counties  council  ■ 
scheme  for  deepening  the  Nation  river. 
stream  that  runs  through  his  county.  1 
work  is  now  in  progress,  and  will  cost 
tweeu  thirty  and  furty  thousand  dollars  . 
and  will  drain  about  20,000  acres  of  Ian 
now  subject  to  periodical  inundation.  I 
1861,  he  organized  a  township  agricnUn 
society  in  Matilda :  waa  several  yean  itft 
secretary-treasurer^  subsenuenlly  its 
dent,  and  is  still  connected  with  it  as 
tor.  He  was  elected  an  elder  of  the  P 
byterian  church  in  1863,  and  was  » 
after  chosen  ruling  or  r^preaeutatiw  eld 
and  waa  a  member  of  the  Church  nf  8 
land  synod,  up  to  the  time  of  the  ani 
of  the  Proabyterian  churches  in  Canada. 
He  attended  the  meetings  of  the  syn<<d  si 
Ottawa  in  1874,  and  at  Montroal  in  187 
when  the  union  waa  consummated.  In  1 
Mr.  Elarkneas  was  appointed  postmaster 
Iroquois,  and  manager  of  the  O.  N.  W,  T 
Co.  there.  He  is  alao  president  of  the  M 
chanics'  Inatitnto,  recently  formed    at  that 


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totaoe.  He  became  a  member  of  the  Grange 
society  early  in  1879,  and  represented  the 
Dundaa  division  at  the  meetini^  of  the  Do- 
minion Orange  hold  in  Toronto  in  December 
of  that  year.  He  waa  the  anihor  and  mover 
ot  a  resgltition  providing  for  collecting  data 
ae  to  the  condition  of  crops  from  subordinate 
tcrangei,  and  publishing  the  same  in  the 
Gmngt  Hccord.  This  was,  we  believe,  the 
(irat  attempt  made  in  this  coontry  to  ooUeot 
data  direct  from  the  producers  ;  and  it  pro- 
duced such  good  reaults  in  the  hands  of  the 
gnuigen  that  the  government  adopted  the 
aame  plan  in  oi^Dinng  their  buroau  of 
itatiatics.  In  18H4  he  became  a  member  of 
the  Canadian  Order  of  United  Workmen, 
in  Iroquoia,  and  wae  for  two  years  master 
of  their  lodge  there.  He  has  always  taken  an 
active  interest  in  politics,  and  holds  liberal 
rather  than  radical  or  tory  views.  He  has 
always  supported  the  Liberal-Conservative 
party,  because  he  believes  that  their  policy 
is  best  calculated  to  build  up  a  great  nation 
on  the  northern  half  of  this  continent,  iiide- 

g indent  of,  and  separate  from  the  United 
tates.  Ho  has  given  a  great  deal  of  atten- 
tion  to  religious  qneationa.  As  a  yonng  man 
he  waa  inclined  to  be  sceptical,  and  still 
entertains  opinions  that  would  be  regarded 
by  aome  of  his  co-preebyters  as  rather  **  ad- 
vanced." He  married  on  the  14th  October, 
1857,  Louisa  Theresa  Oraham,  be  being 
then  twenty-two,  and  she  seventeen.  Uer 
father,  John  Graham,  was  a  native  of  the 
County  of  Fermanagh,  Ireland,  and  her 
mother,  Olive  Doran,  was  the  daughter  of 
&n  Irish-American.  His  wife  died  on  the 
23rd  January,  1873,  leaving  five  children, 
who  are  all  still  living,  the  two  eldest  being 
married.  Aa  soon  as  Mr.  Harkness  married 
he  settled  on  a  farm  io  Matilda,  and  con- 
tinued to  reside  there,  making  his  living  by 
farming,  until  his  removal  to  Iroquois  in 
1883. 

Vcrreao,  TAbbe  llo«plce  A.,  D.L., 
Principal  of  the  .ract^nes  Cartier  Normal 
•chool,  Montreal,  is  a  deaoendant  from  a 
family  which  came  from  France  and  settled 
in  Lower  Canada,  near  Quebec,  in  1087. 
He  waa  bom  at  L'lslet,  Quebec,  on  the  6th 
tSeptember,  1H28,  and  is  a  son  of  Germain 
and  Mane  Ursule  (Foumier)  Verrean.  H. 
A.  Verreau  waa  educated  at  the  Quebec 
&efbinary,  taking  a  full  clasaical  and  part 
tlMolofical  oonrao.  He  taught  in  the  latter 
institution  for  two  years,  commencing  at 
nineteen,  and  thence  proceeded  to  the 
principalship  i>f  Ste  Tb^reae  College,  which 
titiun  he  oooupiod  for  the  next  eight  years, 
removed  to  Montreal, 


and  in  March  of  the  following  year,  when 
the  Jac<iues  Cartier  Normal  school  was 
opened,  he  became  its  principal,  a  position 
which  he  still  holds  with  credit  tu  himaalf 
and  to  the  hiehest  satisfaction  of  the  public. 
In  addition  to  his  work  of  supervision,  he 
also  engages  in  practical  teachmg,  devoting 
himself  in  this  respect  to  the  subject  of 
history,  and  the  theories  of  education  and 
instruction.  In  1873,  the  provincial  govern- 
ment deputed  ftf.  Verreau  to  proceed  to 
Earopo  to  make  investigations  there  regard- 
ing Canadian  history  ;  and  while  on  thia 
mission  he  visited  London,  Paris,  Kome  and 
other  important  cities,  making  extensive 
notes  of  his  travels.  These  notes  wore  after- 
wards wrought  in  more  extended  form,  and 
published  in  1876  in  the  government's  re- 
port on  agriculture.  Principal  Verreau  ia 
a  doctor  of  letters  ;  a  corresponding  member 
of  the  Society  dca  Antiquaires  do  Normandie; 
and  an  officer  of  public  instruction,  France, 
a  position  granted  him  by  the  French 
government,  M.  Verreau  wae  ordained 
priest  in  1851,  at  the  hands  of  the  late 
Bishop  Prince  ;  and  he  frequently  otficiatee 
in  divine  service.  Principal  Verreau  haa 
written  some  articles  on  Canadian  history  for 
the  Journal  of  FublU  /iistrNifitut,  and  they 
hav(;  attracted  marked  attention  for  their 
tone,  thought  and  general  workmanship. 
It  is  a  pity  that  Principal  Verreau  could  not 
devote  some  more  of  his  time  and  his  splen- 
did talent  to  purely  literary  work. 

Colquboun,  George*  M.D.,  CM., 
Iroquois,  Ontario,  was  bom  on  the  7th  of 
May,  1847,  in  the  County  of  Dundas.  He  ia 
of  Scottish  parentage,  his  father,  Alexander 
Colquhonn,  having  emigrated  in  1823,  from 
Argyleahire ;  and  his  mother,  Harriet  Camp- 
bell Munro,  in  1830,  from  Urora,  Suther- 
landshiro.  This  worthy  couple  proved  them- 
selves successful  pioneers  in  their  adopted 
country.  Oeorge  Colquhoun,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  attended  the  Cornwall  High 
school,  under  the  tuition  of  H.  W.  Daviea, 
M.A.  After  leaving  this  school,  Mr.  Colqu- 
houD,  in  the  spring  of  1869,  removed  to  the 
County  of  Perth,  and  in  the  following  winter 
taught  school  io  section  No.  7,  townahip  of 
Downie.  In  June,  1800,  he  proceeded  to 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  spent  the  summer  there 
and  the  next  autumn  went,  via  Cincinnati 
and  Ohio  rivcr^  to  Louisville,  thenoe  to 
South  Danville,  Kentucky,  from  which 
point,  after  a  reaidenoe  of  s  year  and  a  half, 
be  removed,  by  way  of  Frankfort,  Lexing- 
ton, Cincinnati,  BuSJalu  and  Niagara  FiUla, 
to  his  native  conntv.  He  then  went  to 
Montreal,  and  entered  MoOill  College,  where 


600 


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hd  studied  medicine,  uid  graduated  from 
that  inatitution  iu  187(}.  Registering  in 
Quebec  tho  ititxie  year,  be  beg&n  to  praotioe 
hia  ijrofeuion  iu  that  province ;  but  in 
Outober,  187'.*,  he  removed  to  the  Province 
of  Ontario,  and  eettled  in  the  village  of 
Iroquois,  where  he  has  aince  resided.  In 
1880,  he  obtained  hia  license  from  the  Col- 
lege of  PhysiciauB  and  Surgeons  of  Ontario. 
In  1873  and  1874,  he  served  as  a  private 
in  the  Prince  of  Wales  Rifles,  Montreal  ; 
but  has  since  taken  no  aotive  part  in  militia 
affiura.  On  Febmary  0th,  1884.  he  vas 
appointed  an  asmKiate  coroner  for  the  united 
Counties  of  St^innont,  Diindaa  and  Glen- 
garry, and  medical  health  officer  for  the 
village  of  Iroquois,  and  was  secretary  of 
the  Iroquois  Mechauios'  Institute  fur  the 
yean  1885  and  18SG.  Dr.  CuUiuhoun  be- 
came assL>ciated  with  Lodge  No.  i!13,  A.O. 
U.W.,  in  January,  1884,  acting  since  that 
time  as  financier  of  the  lodge.  He  is  Lih* 
eral  in  politics,  and  holds  that  a  tariff  suffi- 
cient to  provide  for  the  necessary  expenses 
of  economical  government ,  administered 
on  sound  business  pnucip]et>,  will,  in  the 
highest  decree,  promote  the  interests  of 
every  Caiadian  citizen,  and  that  it  is  neces- 
sary provincial  rights  should  be  clearly  de- 
fined, and  more  Bcnipulcinsly  res|>ected  than 
they  are  at  present.  With  this  view,  all 
Canadians  who  care  for  the  ultimate 
integrity  of  the  Dominion  must  agree.  Dr. 
Colquhoun  was  trained  up  in  his  youth  to 
respect  the  Huly  Scriptures,  and  is  an  ad- 
herent of  the  Presbyterian  faith,  and  suc- 
ceeding years  have  deepened  his  impression 
uf  the  supreme  importuice  of  the  Bible,  uud 
strengthened  his  convictions  of  the  untold 
benefits  which  the  world  owes  to  its  influ- 
ence. He  married  at  Furt  Covington,  New 
York,  on  August  19th,  1879,  Sarah  J  eanette, 
of  Uantingdon  county,  Quebec,  a  daughter 
of  Moses  Miller,  who  waa  bom  in  Tyrone, 
Ireland,  and  Margaret  Caldwell,  of  Champ- 
lain.  Quebec. 

Wllklniion,  Jnines  llnnds,  Wind- 
sor, Ontario,  was  bom  at  Sandwich,  the 
county  town  of  the  old  western  district,  on 
the  31st  Au^st,  1829.  Be  is  a  son  of  John 
Alexander  Wilkinson,  lieutenant  on  half- 
pay  in  the  24th  Regiment  of  Foot.  Liea- 
tenant  Wilkinson  first  came  to  Canada  in 
1812,  with  the  37th  Regiment  of  Foot,  from 
which  he  afterwards  exchanged  into  the 
24th,  and  from  which  ho  afterwards  retired 
on  half-pay,  in  the  year  1818.  He  repre- 
sented the  County  of  Essex  in  the  Parlia- 
ment of  Upper  Cannula,  from  the  year  1824 
to  1836,  in  the  Tory  interest.     Iu  1837,  he 


raised  a  company  of  VDlunteera, 
uniformed  at  his  own  expenae,  to 
invasion,  by  the  rebels,  of  the 
frontier.  The  marauders  bad  co! 
force  in  the  neiahbourhood  of 
Michigan,  U.S.  He  a««iat«d  at  the 
of  the  schooner  Jnn,  at  Elliott's  Point, 
Amhorsthurg,  then  Fort  Maiden,  on  the 
January,  1838,  and  also  tor>k  part  in 
battle  of  Fighting  Island.  He  was  appoint- 
ed judge  of  the  Surrogate  Court  for  the  old 
western  district  in  1836,  and  was  also  s 
magistrate.  He  was  instrumental  in  settling 
the  free  grant  lands  in  the  Couutiea  of  Es- 
sex and  Kent,  commonly  known  as  the 
Talbot  land-grant.  Lieutenant  Wilkiti 
married  Fiances,  daughter  of  the  Ute  \V 
liam  Hands,  a  U.  £.  loyalist,  who  had 
tied  in  Sandwich  in  the  year  1798.  Mni^ 
Hands  was  appointed  sheriff  of  the  o! 
western  district  by  Lieut. -Governor  Pe 
Hunter,  on  the  lOth  July,  1802.  His  j 
diction  aa  sheriff  th«n  extended  west 
to  the  Pacific  ocean,  including  our  Nort! 
West  torritoricB,  there  bein^  no  sheriff 
of  liim.  He  was  appointed  judge  of  So 
rT>t;at«  by  Lieut. -Uovemor  Msithuid, 
the  24th  December,  1824.  He  was  Uk  , 
wise  Indian  agent,  and  held  all  the  distnct 
offioeB  in  that  early  time,  J.  H.  Wilkin».in 
was  educated  at  the  western  district  Grsui- 
mar  school,  receiving  at  that  institutirjc  su 
English  and  classical  education.  Be  entered 
the  volunteer  force,  as  cornet  in  the  Essex 
Troop  of  Cavalry,  with  headqtiarten  at 
Sandwich,  in  the  year  185B,  and  waa  sooa 
after  gazetted  captain.  He  established  the 
newspaper  Maplt  Ltaf,  in  1855,  at  S«ntl- 
wich,  and  published  the  same  for  a  nuiuWr 
of  years  in  the  Conservative  int«rest.  Be 
was  a  member  of  the  board  of  school  trus- 
tees  in  Sandwich  for  fifteen  years  ;  organ- 
ized a  company  to  build  the  hrst  plank  and 
gravel  road  in  the  County  of  Essex,  abovt 
the  year  1854 ;  and  was  first  president  of  tha 
Liberal  Conservative  Association  of  Win 
sor.  He  has  always,  we  may  add,  been 
consistent  and  staunch  supporter  uf  ih 
party.  Mr.  Wilkinson's  early  years  wi 
devoted  to  sgriculturc,  and  it  was  only 
the  year  1877  that  he  gave  ap  farming,  and 
entered  upon  the  practice  of  the  uiw  at 
Windsor.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Musonic  fraternity  for  thirty  years,  and  is 
member  of  Windsor  Preceptory  No.  26 
Knights  Templars  and  Knights  uf  Malta.  (Ti 
married,  on  the  4th  August,  18^1,  Emms 
Agnes,  daughter  of  the  late  U.  G.  Garrett, 
formerly  high  sheriff  of  the  laland  of  New* 
foundl&ad. 


01 

I 


CANADUy  BI0GBAPB7. 


I^ynch,  Moit  Rev.  John  Joteph, 

Archbishop  of  Toronto,  wan  bom  near  the 
market  town  of  Chines,  in  the  County  of 
Honagban.  in  the  dioccie  of  Clogher,  Ire- 
land, on  the  6th  of  Febru&ry,  1816.  He 
remoTed  with  his  parenU  when  two  years 
old  to  a  village,  a  few  mile*  from  Dablin, 
and  here  grew  up  to  m&ohood  the  future 
archbishop  of  Toronto.  His  parenta  had 
always  intended  him  for  the  priesthood,  and 
feeling  that  he  had  the  ''vocation,"  ho  com- 
menced bis  classical  studios  under  the  pri- 
vate tuition  of  a  B.A.  of  Trinity  College, 
Dublin.  He  was  soon,  for  his  years,  an  ex- 
cellent scholar,  and  then  entered  a  college 
uf  the  Carmelite  Bruthers,  near  Clondalkin, 
where  he  spent  a  year.  He  next  entered  Su 
Vincent  College,  C&stleknock,  and  here  con- 
tinued his  classical  studies,  making  marked 
progreaa  in  natural  philosophy,  rhetoric  and 
metaphysica.  He  always  stood  conspicuous 
among  bis  fellow  students  for  his  natural 
brilliancy,  the  rapidity  with  which  he  saw 
into  the  heart  uf  a  diOiculty,  but  above  all 
for  the  soundness  of  his  understanding.  He 
was  cheerful,  good  natured,  and  visibly  at- 
traded  his  scnooU fellows,  and  he  was  not 
Imb  popular  with  the  deputies  of  the  col- 
lage, who  frequently  appointed  him  to  the 
poaition  as  monitor  to  the  under-gndu- 
ates.  At  this  early  period  he  gave  evid- 
ence of  the  splendid  capacity  for  adminis- 
tration which  in  after  life  was  destined  to 
ra«rk  his  career  with  such  distinguished  suc- 
ceaa.  When  twenty-three  years  of  age  he 
entered  the  novitiat«  of  the  oon^gauon  of 
the  cusaion  of  St.  Lazare,  Pans,  and  here 
parsned  the  study  of  theology'  and  other  i 
branches  of  an  eoclesiasticsJ  education. 
'  *  i  )ne  of  the  best  loved  companions  *'  at  the 
institution  says  an  authority  before  us, 
*■*  was  the  present  vicar*apostolic  of  Penia, 
a  venerable  man  who  has  done  much  to  ad- 
vance the  int«rests  of  the  Roman  catholic 
church  in  the  East,  and  who  enjoys  the  per- 
aonal  respect  and  friendship  of  the  Shah." 
In  1841,  Mr.  Lynch  took  upon  himself  the 
vows  of  the  order  \  in  the  following  year  he 
received  Tunsure  and  other  minor  orders, 
and  at  Trinity  t«rm  following,  was  ordained 
at  the  hands  of  MoDsei;{neur  Affi6,  known 
as  **the  martyr  of  the  Barricades."  in  the 
church  of  St.  Sulpioe.  He  was  now  filled  with 
a  longing  for  missionary  work  in  heathen 
lands,  and  asked  to  be  sent  to  China,  *'  but 
thera  is  a  destiny  which  shapes  our  ends,*' 
and  it  was  otherwise  ordered  for  the  learned, 
brilliant  and  enthusiastic  young  r«ligieuse. 
He  ralumed  Ui  Ireland,  took  up  his  quar- 
>nt's  College,  uaiBBifia  his 


theological  studies  and  disohar^ring  the  duties 
of  dean  and  moderat^r^r  of  discipline.  During 
Trinity  term  of  X84I{,  he  was  ordained  dea- 
con and  priest  at  Maynooth  College,  by  the 
Most  Rev.  Dr.  Murray,  archbishop  of  Dub- 
lin. He  celebrated  his  first  mass  on  the 
ensuing  Corpus  Christi,  in  the  chapel  of  St. 
Vincent's  College.  During  the  three  follow- 
ing years  he  was  sent  on  several  missions  to 
various  parts  of  Ireland,  and  in  1846,  he 
embarked  at  Liverpool,  bound  for  New  Or- 
leans, to  engage  in  mission  work  in  the 
*'  Lone  Star  State."  Upon  reaching  Now 
Orleans,  we  learn  from  the  same  author 
elsewhere  quoted,  that  Father  Ljmch  had  a 
narrow  escape  from  death.  Night  came  on 
before  the  vessel  re&ched  the  place  of  moor- 
ing, and  by  the  time  that  tno  anchor  had 
been  cast  into  the  yellow  waters  of  the  iVlis- 
siasippi,  the  darkness  was  intense.  Father 
Lynch  and  the  paasengen,  weary  of  the 
monotony  of  shipboard,  attempted  to  get  on 
shore  without  waiting  for  day  light.  Three 
other  vessels  were  anchored  between  their 
own  barque  and  the  shore.  Over  these  they 
cautiously  crept,  feeling  their  way  by  the 
ropes,  and  Listening  to  the  tumultuous 
waters  below  which  were  mahine  here  at  the 
rate  of  thirty  miles  an  hour.  The  quay  was 
built  of  boards,  and  scarcely  had  the  two 
landed  in  the  Egyntian  darkness,  when  Fa- 
ther Lynch  walked  deliberately,  though  of 
course  unconsciously,  over  the  edge  of  the 
quay.  He  was  jiut  ab^^ut  to  be  plunged  in 
tne  roaring  abyss,  when  he  was  grasped  hj 
his  oompanion  from  behind  and  saved.  He 
spout  a  period  of  two  months  at  the  eapital  of 
Louisiana,  and  during  the  time  made  a  care- 
ful study  of  the  character  of  the  people 
among  whom  he  had  come  to  labour.  He 
spent  nearly  three  years  in  Texas,  and  dur- 
ing that  perifKl  travelled  over  the  greater 
portion  of  the  State,  and  what  his  duties  and 
labours  were  can  be  guessed,  when  it  is 
statod  that  in  the  whole  of  this  enormous 
mission,  there  were  but  four  prichts.  Human 
life,  at  tliat  period,  was  lield  in  little  esteem 
smong  tlie  lawless  adventurers  that  infested 
the  country,  and  murders  wore  of  d&ily 
occurrence.  While  travelling  through  a  re- 
mote portion  of  the  state,  he  was  stricken 
down  with  a  maglignant  fever,  from  which 
it  took  him  long  to  recover.  While  yet  un- 
reoorered  he  departed  for  New  Orleans,  and 
it  aoon  became  plain  that  the  only  moans  bv 
which  he  might  regain  his  health  was  to  seeiE 
a  northerly  climate.  Therefore  be  repaired 
to  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  where  hesoon  attain- 
ed his  wonted  vigour.  In  1846,  he  was 
appointed  Superior  g^f^J^j's  Seminaiy 


692 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


of  the  B&rreus,  and  dtirinjf  his  stay  in  the 
institution  the   men^horship  iiicressed  from 
30  to  120.      But  the  situation  of  the  pUce 
was  anhealthy,  and  to  the  profound   regret 
of  all,  the   neighbourhood  had  to  be  aban- 
doned.    AH  Kia  statr  were  stricken  bj  the 
miasma  which  exhaled  from   the  overflown 
waters  of  the  river,  and  at  last  Father  Lynch 
fell  a  victim  to  the  unwholesome  atransphere. 
Ue  WS8  attacked  by  paralysis  in  the  left  aide, 
and  for  a  time   his  condition   was  critical. 
Soon  after  his  recovery  he  was  sent  as  a  do- 
legato  from  the  congregation  of  the  mission 
in  the  United  States  io  an  aoeembiy  of  the 
order  held  in  Paris;  in  184'.),  he  proceeded 
on  a  special  mission  to  Rr>me,  and  while  in 
the  Btemal  city,  received  from  his  Holiness 
many  msrVs   of  favour.     One  of  these  was 
the  bestowal  uiKtn  Father  Lynch  of  the  right 
to  hear  oonfeBsions  and  absolve  penitents  in 
any  part  of  the  world.  This  is  a  boon  rarely 
conferred,  and  only  bestowed  upon  those  of 
tried  pnidence  and  discretion.  Father  Lynch 
returned  from  Rome   in  1850,  and   in    re- 
sponse to  the  urgent  solicitation  of  Dr.  Ti- 
mon,  consented  to  found  a  house  of  his  order 
in  that  diocese.       In  May,   1850,  the  insti< 
tution  which  is  known  as  the  ^^eminary  of 
our  Lady  of  the  AogeN,  was  established  at 
Niagara,   where  there  is  now  a  fine  build- 
ing and  320  acres  of  land.  Dr.  Lynch  began 
the  erection  of  this  structure  with  one  hun- 
dred   dollars  :  what  the   institution  is  best 
attests  his  zeal,  and  the  response  that  was 
made  to  his  call.     It  was  the  connection  of 
Father    Lynch    with     the     seminary    that 
brought  him  prominently  before  the  notice  of 
eoolesiastical  oiroles  in  Canada.    In  1860,  ho 
waa  appointed  by  apostolic  letters,  bishop 
of  Euhenas  in  Partibus  Inhdelium  and  co- 
adjutor of  Monseigneur  Charbonnel,  bishop 
of  Toronto.     He  was  oonaeorated  bishop  at 
St.  Michnel'sCatJiedral.Toronto.on  the*'>Oth 
of  November,  in  the  same  year,  and  in  the 
foUovring  year  Bishop  Charbonnel  retired. 
Bishop  Lynch  succeeding  him  in  the  vacant 
aeo.     In  18G2,  he  again  visited  Rome,  and 
was  created  prelate  assistant  of  the  Pontifical 
Throne.     In  18G9-70,  he  was  present  at  the 
Vatican  Council,  and  made  a  speech  in  favour 
of  the  Papal  infallibility,  and  he  was  upon 
this  occasion  appointed  one  of  the  consultora 
of  foreign  missions  and  Oriental  rights.     In 
1870,  Toronto  was  named  the  metropolitan 
see  of  Upper  Canada,  and  of  this  see  Bishop 
Lynch    was    created    the    Urst   archbishop, 
and  received  the  Pallinm  during  the  Coun- 
cil, 25th  of  March,  1870.     Since  his  eleva- 
tion to  this  high  dignity,  his  grace  has  re- 
vealed in   the  fullest  measure  all  the  high 


qualities  of  administration,  and  of  orgai 
ixation  which  had  been  manifested  throt 
out  his  previous  career  Regarded  mervly' 
in  a  lay  sense,  he  is  one  of  the  ablest  iD«a 
in  the  country.  His  entbusiam  is  boond- 
leas,  and  his  people  and  the  clergy 
never  so  happy  as  m  responding  to  his 
He  is  one  of  the  ablest  preaohen  od  Iha 
continent,  his  addresses  beinf?  revutflcahle 
for  the  depth  of  thouKht,  their  wide  rvnjt, 
their  culture,  and  their  general  impreasive- 
ness.  His  style  is  direct  snd  clear,  and  there 
is  behind  all  that  he  says,  though  held  m 
artistic  check,  apcasionate  enthnsiasm.  The 
archbishop  is  a  man  of  wide  liberality,  vaA  is 
full  of  charity  for  earnest  members  of  other 
denominations,  whom  he  believes  are  doing 
the  best  according  to  their  light.  In  educa- 
tion, in  temperance,  and  in  the  promotion  of 
all  good  works,  it  need  hardly  be  said  that 
he  takes  a  profound  interest.  He  hasestsb- 
Uahed  in  his  archdiocese  the  Seminary  at 
St.  Mary  and  St  John  ;  introduced  the  Re- 
demptorist  Fathers  ;  the  order  of  the  Sisters 
Adorers  of  the  Most  Precious  Blood  ;  the 
Carmelite  Monastir  at  Niagara  Falls  .  s 
House  of  the  Good  Shepherd  for  magdalens; 
a  home  for  working  boys,  and  a  home  for 
respectable  young  women,  be«ides  many 
other  educational  establishmcnta.  He  has 
been  a  great  benefactor  to  his  churcit  snd 
to  the  country  of  his  adoption  ;  besides, 
he  entertains  an  ardent  love  of  his  natir»_ 
country,  Ireland. 

noiton,  Hon.  Lnlher  llamlllon, 
(deceased),  was  bom  at  South  Leeds,  <.>iitwiij^j 
in  January,  1817,  and  removed  to  M-'Utre*!' 
in  1826.  Ho  was  a  son  of  Ezra  and  Anna 
(Phillips)  Holton,  both  of  whom  were  of 
New  England  stock.  His  education  ' 
derived  chietly  through  private  tuition,  bs 
being  mostly  his  own  tutor,  while  in  pur- 
suit of  his  studies.  In  early  manhood  filr. 
Holton  engaged  in  conunercial  parsiiits,  and 
was  for  a  long  time  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Hooker  «&  Holton,  merchanta  snd  for* 
warders.  He  also  engaged  in  railroad  build- 
ing, and  waa  a  member  of  the  6rm  of  Gcowski 
&  Co.,  who  constructed  the  section  of  the 
Grand  Trunk  Railway  running  westward 
from  Toronto  to  Guclph.  Before  he  entered 
into  public  life,  Mr.  Holton  held  rariotw 
important  and  honorable  positions.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  corporation  of  Montreal; 
waa  repeatedly  president  of  the  Board  uf 
Trade,  and  of  the  Montreal  City  Savings 
Bank;  was  harbor  commifliioner  ;  vice-pres- 
ident of  a  free  trade  Association,  and  a 
director  of  the  City  Bank.  Mr.  Holton 
sat  for  Montreal  in  the  Canadian  ^ssembli 


CA^ADUS  BIOGBAPBT. 


693 


from  1854  to  1857  ;  but  lo  the  lut-named 
year  he  waa  defeated.  From  l8o2  to  1857 
he  bad  been  a  eoremment  director  of  the 
Graad  Trunk  Railway.  He  waa  a  member 
of  Ihu  Executive  Council  of  Canada  from 
the  2ud  to  the  Gth  of  August,  1858.  in  the 
firoiru-Doriou,  or  "Short  administratinn," 
holding  the  office  of  Commissioner  of  Public 
Works,  on  the  former  occasion,  and  that 
of  MiatAter  of  Finance  on  the  Utter.  Mr. 
Holton  waa  a  member  for  Victoria  Diriaion 
in  the  Legislative  Council  of  Canada,  from 
Sept. .1802,  to  May,  lHti3,  when  be  resigned, 
on  being  appointed  minister  of  dnance,  and 
waa  returned  for  Chstoauguay,  which  he 
represented  stea^lily  in  that  body  until  1867, 
and  in  the  House  of  Commons  from  confeder- 
ation until  his  death.  He  also  represented 
Munireal  Centre  in  the  Quebec  Aasenibly, 
lewliuk!  the  English  opposition  from  1871  to 
1874,  when  he  retired  from  that  body  iu 
order  to  give  his  undivided  attuntiuu  to  the 
Ujuse  of  Commons.  In  politics  Mr.  Hoi- 
ion  always  was  an  *' advanced  Liberal"; 
And  though  he  was  sturdily  opposed  to  the 
confederation  scheme,  when  the  groat  pro- 
ject became  consummated,  he  gave  it  hia 
support,  and  cordially  assidted  in  the  endea- 
▼ours  to  consolidate  the  Uomiuiuu,  and  to 
aeoure  to  the  whole  country  the  fullest  bene- 
fits  to  be  obtained  from  the  free  and  harmo- 
D-ioufl  working;  of  the  new  constitution.  On 
the  14th  of  Mirch,  18S0,  he  had  dined  with 
the  minister  of  customs,  Hon.  Mackenzie 
Bowell,  went  to  his  hotel  about  midnight 
in  perfect  health  and  in  usually  buoyant 
spirits,  and  w&s  taken  ill  almost  immediately. 
A  physician  was  summoned,  but  before  lua 
arnval,  Mr.  Holton  had  expired.  He  was, 
with  one  eioepUon,  that  of  Sir  Juhu  A. 
Maodonald,  the  oldest  member  of  the  House 
of  Commons,  and  his  sudden  taking  off  tilled 
that  body,  which  waa  at  the  time  in  session, 
with  the  profouudost  grief.  Hi*  had  through- 
out tiis  life  been  a  careful  student  of  politi- 
cal aoieuoe  and  history,  and  upon  ooustiLu- 
tional  law  and  parliauientary  rules  and 
practice,  ho  was  perhaps  the  biichosi  author* 
ttj  in  parliament.  The  preas  everywhere  ex- 
proaand  the  sorrow  of  the  jwople  at  the  news 
of  the  ladden death  of  this  distinguished  and 
high-miudod  statesman  ;  the  H^itseofCom- 
moua  adjourned  out  of  respect  for  the 
lamented  dead  ;  and  Sir  John  A.  Macdouald, 
Hon.  Alexander  MackenKi«,  and  Hon.  J.  B. 
I'lumb,  made  lengthy  and  feeling  tributes 
to  the  worth  of  his  character,  his  edifying 
life,  and  his  distinguished  public  lab^jra.  He 
mamed  Eluns  Forbea,  by  whom  he  had  six 
childreii,  only  two  of  whom  aurviv*.  vis.: 


Mary  Eliza,  wife  uf  l>yron  M.  Britton,  Q.C., 
Kingston,  Ont.,  and  Edward,  Advocate,  who 
waa  elected  to  his  father's  seat  in  the  House 
of  Commons,  a  montlt  after  it  had  become 
vacant.  H>n.  Mr.  Holton  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Unitarian  church,  Montreal, 
and  continued  his  allegiance  to  the  aamo 
until  his  demise. 

Croiiyn,  The  Rlyht  Roverend 
BciO»nila,  D.D.,  first  Bishop  of  Huron, 
son  of  Thomas  Crony n,  of  the  City  of 
Kilkenny,  Ireland,  waa  bom  in  that  city 
in  the  year  1802.  At  an  early  period  he 
evinced  a  strong  inclination  for  the  church, 
and  entered  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  when 
he  was  only  fifteen.  He  soon  distinguished 
himself  above  the  majority  of  his  fellows, 
and  graduated  in  1821  as  B.A.  He  sub- 
sequently obtained  the  degree  of  M.A., 
which  he  took  in  the  year  1824,  and  in  the 
same  year  won  the  regius  professor's  prixe 
I  at  the  divinity  examination.  In  the  year 
I  1825  he  was  ordained  deacon  by  the  Bishop 
I  of  Rsphoe,  and  proceeded  to  Eoglana, 
where  he  officiated  as  curate  for  some  months 
in  the  diocese  of  Cheater.  After  a  few 
months  sojourn  in  Ensland,  be  returned  to 
Ireland,  and  married  Margaret  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  J.  BiukerstaS^,  of  Lislea,  Longford, 
Ireland  (who  died,  iu  1866,  at  St.  Paara 
rectory,  London);  and  in  the  year  1826 
he  waa  ordained  priest  by  the  late  arch- 
bishop of  Tuara.  He  served  as  corate 
under  his  lordship,  in  the  County  of  Long- 
ford, for  six  years,  at  the  expiration  of 
which  time  (1832)  he  came  to  Canada,  and 
waa  immediately  appointed  to  the  London 
diatrict,  where,  as  rector  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  he  laboured  until  1857.  At  thia 
time  a  portion  of  the  weatem  province  was 
constituted  into  the  biahopric  of  Huron  ;  he 
was  elected  to  the  position  of  first  bishop  of 
Huron,  and  in  October  following  waa  conae- 
crated  bishop,  at  Lambeth  Palace,  by  Hia 
Grace  the  Arohbiahop  of  Canterbury,  as- 
sisted by  their  lordships  the  bishops  of 
NViuchuster,  Nova  Scotis,  and  Sierra  Leone. 
I  In  the  performance  of  his  high  and  sacred 
duties  he  always  took  an  active  part  in  the 
I  lead  tug  queattona  appertaining  to  the  church, 
!  and  the  moral  and  inteUectaal  improvement 
!  of  his  adopted  country.  The  amount  of 
good  work  done  by  this  pious  and  x^ous 
prelate  in  his  time  can  hardly  be  estimated, 
I  so  euer^tic,  earnest  and  philanihrophic  was 
he  iu  hia  endeavours  to  do  good  to  hia  fel- 
low creatures.  He  died  at  the  See  House, 
London,  on  the  22nd  day  of  September. 
{  A.D.,  1871,  leaving,  surviving  him,  thrM 
aona  and  three  daughten. 


A  CYCLOPMDIA  OF 


Beaugriind,  llonore,  Mnyorof  Hod- 
treftl,and  Publisher  of  Le  i^atrtc,  was  bom 
on  the  2'4th  of  March,  lK4if,  at  Lanuraie, 
County  of  Berthier,  P.Q.  Hu  father,  Louia 
Beaugrand,  waa  a  well-known  capt&iu  aud 
ahipbuilder,  and  he  cumea  from  a  seafaring 
family.  Hia  mother,  Josephine  Marion  de 
Laooraie,  waa  the  first  dauj^'hier  of  Major 
Louia  Marion.  Both  faTiiiliea  emi^o'&ted  to 
Canada  in  the  first  days  of  the  colony,  and 
are  well  known  \u  buaineaa  and  social  cir- 
cles. The  present  mayor  of  Alontreal  was 
educated  at  Joliette  college,  and  entered  the 
MUiUry  school  in  1865.  After  passing  hia 
examinations  he  went  to  Meicii»,  where  he 
joined  the  French  army,  under  Marshal 
BaKaine,  who  was  there  supporting  the  un- 
fortunate MaJLimiliau.  After  two  years  ser- 
vioe,  for  which  ho  received  the  Alexican  war 
medal,  he  left  Mexico  with  the  French  army, 
and  went  to  France,  where  he  resided  for 
nine  months.  Returning  to  New  Orleans, 
in  1808,  he  joined  the  atatf  of  one  of  the 
d&ilv  papers  there,  and  made  journalism  hia 
profesiion.  He  has  ever  linco  boon  con- 
nected with  tlie  press  in  St,  Louis,  Mo., 
Boston,  Chicago,  Lowell,  and  Fall  River. 
He  returned  to  Canada  in  1878,  and  founded 
hx  Fatrif^  in  Montreal,  in  place  of  Lf 
National,  which  had  just  suspended  publi- 
cation. The  BQOoeBB  of  La  Fatru  has  been 
on  the  increase  ever  aince  ita  foundation, 
until  it  is  now  one  of  the  most  prosperous 
dailies  in  the  Dominion  of  Canada.  M. 
Bc»iugraud  is  well  known,  both  as  a  very 
polished  magazine  and  political  writer,  aud 
his  works  have  gained  for  him  the  much- 
euTied  decoration  of  the  "  palms  '*  of  the 
Academy  of  France.  He  also  received,  last 
year,  the  croBs  of  knight  of  the  Legion  of 
Honour  from  President  Grevy,  and  hia 
name  u  well  known  in  the  journalistic 
world  of  France.  In  politics,  he  is  a  pro- 
nounoe<l  Liberal,  aud  a  supporter  of  the 
Hon.  Edward  BUke,  and  his  paper.  La 
Patritj  ii  the  recugniT^d  organ  of  the  French 
Liberal  party  in  tho  Province  of  Quebec. 
Hia  election  to  the  civic  chair  of  Montreal, 
in  1885,  created  a  sensation,  aa  he  defeated 
the  Hon.  J.  L.  Bdaudry,  who  had  occupied 
the  potitiou  for  ten  years,  and  who  waa  con- 
sidered iuviuoible.  The  Hon.  Sir.  Beaudry 
will  be  remembered  in  connection  with  the 
famoua  Orange  riots  of  1878,  in  Montreal. 
He  was  then  mayor,  and  he  prevented  the 
Or&ngemen  from  marching  in  procession 
through  the  streets  of  Montreal.  M.  Beau- 
grand  married,  in  1873.  Eliza,  daughter  of 
bamuel  and  Martha  Walker,  of  FaU  River, 
Mms.     As  mayor  of   Montreal,  the  ezperi- 


enoe  of  M.  Beaogrand  baa  been  an  eventful 
one.  Hardly  had  he  been  inat«lled  ia  the 
civic  clukir,  when  a  call  was  made  for  toI- 
unteer  regiments  to  quell  the  North- ^N-^? 
insurrection.  He  helped,  aa  far  as  he  o.<ula, 
the  organization  of  the  forces  which  weut  to 
the  front,  and  during  the  abaence  of  lh« 
volunteers,  he  organized  relief  committ«M 
to  minister  to  the  wants  of  the  families  tlisi 
were  left  behind,  oftentimes  in  destituu 
circumstances.  During  the  doods  of  16^5-86. 
he  again  placed  himself  at  the  head  of  tli« 
relief  committee,  and  rendered  valuable  as- 
sistance to  the  destitute  families  of  the 
sfflioted  difltricts.  Daring  the  prevalence  of 
the  small  pox  epidemic,  in  the  anm 
fall  of  1886,  Mayor  Beaugrand  had 
to  act  very  energetically  by  calling 
troops  to  subdue  a  riot,  and  by  helping  t 
police  to  enforcu  the  ordinances  and  by-U 
of  the  health  authorities.  Always  on  hsini 
at  the  hour  of  duty,  he  waa  loudly  praised 
by  the  preos  for  the  part  he  took  in  stam 
ing  nut  the  torribie  scourge  that  waa  afilii 
ing  Montre&I.  M.  B^augraud  baa  trav«U 
extensively  over  the  t'uited  St&tea  and  thg 
Central  American  republics,  and  he  has  also 
visited  Europe  on  different  ocoaaions.  He 
speaks  driently  the  French,  English  aud 
Spaniah  languages.  The  Montreal  Gasdt* 
Bpoke  in  the  following  terms  of  hia  adminis- 
tration 08  chief  magistrate  during  a  cnti-:al 
period  in  the  history  of  Montreal  : — "  Ho 
baa  displayed  in  an  eminent  degree  the 
qualities  which  become  the  occupant  of  the 
mayoralty  of  a  city  of  the  importaiiof  f 
Montreal ;  energy,  intelligence,  impartiable, , 
hrmness  in  the  enforcement  of  the  civic 
laws  and  an  enlightened  proffreaaion  in  their 
amendment.  M.  Beftogrand'a  lines  did  not 
fall  in  pleaaant  placet.  The  past  year  has 
been  for  him  on )  of  no  ordinary  tri&l  and 
difficulty.  He  has  been  required  to  combat 
ignorance  and  prejudice,  to  risk  the  antag- 
onism of  a  very  large  section  of  the  com* 
mxinity  in  the  rigid  application  of  the  health 
laws,  and  he  has  ever  proved  himself  to  bo 
actuated  by  the  single  desire  to  promote  the 
interests  of  the  city,  irreapeotive  of  class, 
creed  or  race. " 

McDoualfl,  Hon,  John,  Gananoqae. 
was  born  at  Sarat'jgs.  New  York  state,  on 
the  10th  day  of  February,  1787,  almost  uu- 
mediately  after  the  arrival  of  hia  pareols 
from  Scotland.  Hia  father,  Juhn  McDonal' 
married  Emily  Cameron,  and  their  Soitt 
home  was  at  Blair  Athol,  Pertlialiire,  $ 
land.  Upon  arriving  in  America  they 
tied  in  the  vicinitjr  of  Saratoga,  and  aa  a 
large  number  came  together,  they  gave  l^ 


BDlS       , 

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CANADIAN  BlOGRAl'HY. 


th«ir  DOW  pUoa  of  abttde  the  name  of  Atbol^ 
in  memory  of  the  Scottish  home  so  dear  to 
them.  John  vas  the  fourth  son,  and  leav- 
inff  home  at  an  early  age  he  attended  an  ex- 
ceUent  school  at  Glen*a  Falls.  Suhaeqnently 
he  went  to  Troy,  N.Y.,  and  during  a  por- 
tion of  his  stay  there  wat  iu  the  employ  of 
the  Hon.  Toimaend  McCuun,  a  Quaker 
f^ntlemau,  hi;{hly  esteemed  for  hia  storlinj; 
integrity  and  uprightnesa.  While  in  hia 
employment  the  subject  of  our  sketch  ob- 
tained a  good  insight  into  business  of  Tarious 
kinds,  as  Mr.  McOoun  was  a  ceneral  mer- 
iduuit,  a  man  of  wealth,  and  did  a  largo  busi- 
ness in  oonnection  with  sloops  then  plying 
between  Albany  and  Troy,  Some  time 
about  the  year  1810,  Charles  McDonald,  a 
brother  of  John,  bad  come  to  Gananoque, 
Canada,  and  John  intended  to  join  him 
tJiere,  but  upon  his  mentioning  hia  views  to 
Mr.  McOuun,  that  gentleman,  to  his  sur- 
Drise,  offered  him  a  partnership  in  the  firm. 
This  offer  was  too  good  a  one  to  be  refused, 
and  he  accepted  it  and  remained  hia  |>artner 
for  aume  years.  In  1817  he  came  to  Gan- 
onoqne,  Canada,  bringing  with  him  a  con- 
siderable sum  of  money,  a  carriage,  and  a 
gun.  The  money  he  plaoed  in  the  firm  of 
C.  &,  J.  McDonald.  Finding  no  suitable 
roods  on  which  tu  use  hia  carriage,  he  sold 
it  to  the  late  Billa  Flint,  of  BrockriUe, 
father  of  the  Hon.  Senator  Flint,  of  Belle- 
riUe.  The  gun  he  never  used.  Mr.  Mc- 
Donald was  for  aome  time  cdlonel  of  one 
of  the  battalions  of  the  Leeds  militia. 
He  was  postmaster  of  Gananoque  for  up- 
wards of  thirty  years,  and  was  for  some 
time  a  magistrate.  Somewhere  about  the 
time  of  the  rebellion  of  1837-38  he  was 
appointed  a  member  of  the  Legislative 
Couneil  of  Upper  Canada  and  at  the  time 
of  the  union  uf  Upper  and  Lower  Canada 
was  called  to  the  Legislative  Council  of  the 
province  of  Canada,  continuing  a  member 
of  that  body  until  after  the  removal  of 
tha  seat  of  government  from  Kingston  to 
IfontraaL  He  was  chairman  of  the  board 
of  eommiaaionera  of  the  Cornwall  canal. 
Wbila  a  member  of  the  Legislative  Counoit. 
he  entertained  Sir  George  Arthur,  governor 
of  Upper  Canada  and  suite  for  two  days,  at 
his  residence  at  Gananoque.  This  residence 
waa  for  many  years  known  aa  *'  The  Brick 
Uuuae,"  and  is  still  occupied  by  the  widow 
ol  Mr.  MoDonald.  and  ia  a  spot  of  ucoa- 
doD*l  happy  reunion  for  his  children  and 
ffrond-children.  During  the  rebellion  of 
1837-31^  the  subject  of  our  sketch  kept  open 
house  for  the  otilcers  and  suldiers  of  his 
Sovereign  (his  family  having  been  removed 


to  the  rural  districts  for  greater  safety),  and 
he  himself  waa  on  the  alert  night  and  day, 
uaini{  all  lawful  means  in  his  power  to  aid 
in  the  suppression  of  the  uprising.  The  first 
church  built  in  Gananoque  was  erected 
mainly,  or  in  whole,  at  the  expense  of  the 
firm  of  C.  ifr  J.  McDonald,  and  the  bell  pur- 
chased for  it  now  hangs  in  the  Ganano()ue 
01  ark  tit- ho  use, — a  rather  ignoble  ending  for 
such  a  bell !  In  hia  religious  viewa  Mr.  Mc- 
Donald was  a  Presbyterian,  and  was  for 
many  years  an  eldorin  that  church.  In  1831 
he  married  Henrietta  Maria  Mallory,  who 
waa  a  step  grand-daughter  of  Col.  Joel  Stone, 
one  of  the  founders,  we  might  aay  the 
founder,  of  Gananoque,  who  still  survives 
him.  Of  their  children  two  daughtera  and 
one  son  survive.  The  elder  of  the  two 
daughters,  Frances  Georgiana,  is  tinmarried, 
and  has  her  home  with  her  mother.  The 
younger,  Emma,  is  the  wife  of  the  Rev. 
John  B,  Mowat,  D.D..  one  of  the  professors 
of  Queen's  College,  Kingston,  to  whom  she 
waa  married  in  June,  1801.  Theson  ia  Judge 
McDonald,  of  Bruckville.  The  youngest 
daughter,  Adelaide,  died  in  1880.  She  had 
married  in  18C7,  James  O'N.  Ireland,  of  the 
Trust  and  Loan  Company,  then  of  Kingston, 
now  of  Prince  Arthur  Avenue,  Toronto. 
The  Honourable  John  McDonald  died  at  hia 
residence,  Gonanoqae,  iu  the  month  of  Sep- 
tember, 1860.  He  was  a  Christian  gentle- 
man, a  man  of  great  uprightnesa  of  charac- 
ter, and  of  a  kind  dispoaition  ;  and  he  waa 
highly  beloved  and  esteemed  by  all  who  had 
the  pleasure  and  the  privilege  of  his  ac- 
quaintance. 

ftcoU,  John  RaooelL  Kapanee,  On- 
tario, was  bom  in  the  villa^  i>f  Syden- 
ham, township  of  Loborough,  in  the  County 
of  Frontenac,  on  the  7th  day  of  October, 
18^.  He  ia  a  son  of  John  Scott,  who  was 
bom  in  Roxburgh,  Scotland,  and  his  wife, 
Helen  Hume,  of  the  same  place.  Tbe^ 
were  married  in  1815,  and  in  1817  immi- 
crated  to  this  country,  settling  first  in 
Kin^jston,  and  shortly  afterwards  in  Lo- 
borough. After  contending  for  some  yean 
with  the  difficulties  incident  to  immigrant 
life  in  the  unbroken  wildernesses  of  Canada, 
they  filially  settled  iu  the  township  of  Cam- 
dun,  County  of  Lennox  and  Addington, 
the  homestead  then  acquired  remaining  a 
family  centre  for  over  thirty-two  years. 
They  were  both  adherenta  of  tlie  Presby- 
terian church,  but  aasociated  themselves 
freely  with  the  M  -thodists  in  public  worship. 
Mr*.  Sooii  died  on  the  10th  March.  1800, 
at  the  age  of  seventy-five  vears,  having 
lived  a  Christian  life,  quietly  illustrating  the 


A  VrCLOPjEVIA  OF 


Ohrutuui  virtuea.  John  Scott  survived  hii 
wife  about  &ve  years.  Their  remaiuA  lie 
aido  by  side  iu  the  Camden  Eaat  burial 
ground.  The  family  conaLsted  of  nine  chil- 
dren, of  whom  four  boys  and  three  j^prla 
aitrvived  their  parents,  and  are  now  livini;. 
John  Uuaaell  was  the  youngest  bou.  He 
received  his  education  at  the  country  school 
near  his  father's  fann,  and  although  of  ne- 
oeuity  somewhat  nieiigrely  ei)uipped  for  the 
work  of  life  in  cousoi[ueuce,  he  has  by  dili- 
gent enquiry,  careful  observation,  and 
varied  experience,  added  greatly  to  hia  ori- 
ginal stock  of  leamine.  Taught  by  hia 
own  experimental  knowledge,  he  haa  always 
been  an  advocate  of  Ubcnd  education,  and 
although  averse  to  seeking  public  positiona, 
accepted,  in  1880,  a  seat  un  the  board  of 
education  for  the  town  of  Napanee,  the 
question  of  ediciency,  as  opposed  to  cheap- 
ness^ being  then  an  issue.  The  purpose  for 
which  he  sought  election  havintr  fa«en  ac- 
complished, he  retired  in  ld&4.  Uis  life  has 
been  pre-eminently  a  business  one,  and  in 
every  aspect  of  it  he  has  been  successful, 
with  that  steady  accretion  which  is  the  re- 
ward of  prudent  enterprise.  His  character- 
istics are  a  penetrating  discernment  of  the 
ments  of  a  proposition,  a  clear  vision,  ac- 
curate knowledge  of  men  and  principles, 
speculative  desire  duly  controlled  by  cau- 
tion, self-reliance,  and  a  force  of  chjLracter 
which  presaes  him  forward  rapidly,  when 
once  the  foundations  of  an  acocptod  course 
have  been  firmly  laid,  and  the  desired  end 
Agreed  upon.  In  18CT  he  opened  business 
in  Napanee,  in  company  with  W.  S.  Detlor, 
as  chemists  and  druggists,  and  coutinued 
thereat  for  over  ten  years,  when  other  aims 
led  to  the  dissolution  of  a  partnership  which 
had  continued  amicably  and  ended  profit- 
ably. In  1872  the  subject  of  paper-making 
was  agitated,  and  amongst  the  firet  to  enter 
heartuy  into  the  new  project  was  Mr.  Scott. 
A  joint-stock  company  of  limited  liability 
having  been  formed,  he  was  i»pee<lily  ad- 
vanced to  the  position  of  mauagiug  director, 
and  ontrnsted  with  the  resjionaibiiity  of 
building  and  eipiipping  the  required  pre- 
misHs,  located  at  Napanee  Mills.  This  im- 
portant task  was  aatisfactorily  performed, 
and  the  business  of  manufacturing  pro- 
gressed with  gratifying  success.  In  March, 
1877,  the  extensive  paper  mills  at  New- 
burgh  were  purchased  by  the  company, 
and  added  to  the  property  previously  held, 
thus  greatly  increasing  the  facilities  for 
manufacturing.  About  this  time,  the  en- 
tire interest  of  the  company  was  purchased 
by  Mr.  Sco'.t,  Al  x.  Henry  and  W.  F.  Hall. 


In  J883,  Mr.  Soott  wu  entrusted  wiib  ihs 
duty  of  building,  equipping  and  managing 
the  new  pulp  mills  at  Feuelon  Falls,  and  ths 
trade  of  the  6rm  now  extends  from  Halifax 
to  Winnipeg.  As  the  country  is  every 
day  attaining  fuller  development,  the  num- 
ber of  newapa[>era  is  on  the  increaae  ;  and 
with  these  continue  to  grow  the  operations 
of  this  already  very  extensive  esubliah- 
ment.  The  chief  class  of  paper  maaabc 
tured  at  these  mills  is  that  used  by  the 
newspapers,  but  there  is  i^o  made  there  all 
kinds  of  toned  and  tinted  papers  used  by 
job  printers.  The  company  has  ita  western 
agency  at  112  Bay  street,  Toronto  ;  and 
there  also  are  extensive  warerooms.  The 
output  of  paper  by  tlieee  mills  is  about 
five  tons  per  day.  Mr.  Scott  has  also 
been  extensively  engaged  in  the  business 
of  retail  dry  goods,  and  has  a  general 
store  at  Napanee  Mills,  in  connection 
with  which  ore  the  post  and  telegraph 
offices.  Mr.  Scott  became  a  Freetnason 
1868,  uniting  with  Union  lodge,  No.  9. 
Napanee,  and  haa  continued  in  ^ood 
ing  to  the  present  time.  In  politioa  he  is  ft 
staunch  LtV^ersl-Oonservative,  and  althoagh 
he  haa  never  accepted  office,  haa  always 
borne  his  share  of  the  activities  of  party  or 
ganization  and  party  conflict.  Compara 
lively  early  in  life  he  acquired  much  of  thai 
experience  which  haa  been  so  useful 
business  competition,  and  gained  a  wid 
knowledge  of  human  nature  in  California 
and  Nevada.  lu  1802  he  set  out  for  the 
( roldeu  State,  by  way  of  New  York  and  the 
Isthmus,  and  during  the  early  port  of  ths 
voyage  his  fellow-traveller,  Charles  Cbaia- 
berlain,  was  buried  at  sea.  Sad  as  this 
ceremony  is  at  any  time,  it  was  doubly 
impressive  to  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
who  felt  inexpressibly  solitary  aa  the  Carri- 
bean  waters  closed  o%er  and  hid  forev 
the  form  uf  Ids  friend.  The  through  trip 
lasted  thirty  days,  and  getting  to  work  at 
once,  he  plodded  steadily  at  his  trade, 
which  was  that  of  millwright,  and  did  such 
other  busiueas  aa  fell  in  his  way  during  the 
ensuing  tivo  years.  The  first  year  was  ape 
as  a  mechanic  engaged  in  the  erection 
one  of  the  mammoth  mills,  for  that  day,  in 
the  Sacramento  valley.  This  flouring  mill 
cost  over  $100,000,  and  was  regarded  o  a 
wonderful  exhibition  of  enterprise.  Next 
year  found  him  in  Virginia  city,  Nevada, 
maintaining  a  cool  head  amidst  the  terrific 
whirl  of  mining  excitement.  He  was  em- 
ployed by  the  Ophir  and  Mexican  ftlining 
Company,  aa  foreman  of  their  mechanicu 
department     These  companies   weire 


CANADIAN  BWURAFaY. 


607 


the  leading  inmera,  the  **Bonanxa"  Dot 
having  thon  been  strock.  He  wu  an  ac- 
c)aamtanoe  of  the  great  ailver  kings,  Mac- 
kay,  Fair,  Flood  and  O'Brten,  and  eapeci- 
ally  "  stood  in  "  with  J.  M.  Fair,  conaulting 
hioi  aU>ul  real  eetate  and  mining  atooka. 
Having  gathered  together  a  conaiderablo 
■um,  he  returned,  in  1807,  to  Canada  and 
permanently  located  at  Napanee.  Sinoe 
then  he  has  made  three  tripa  to  Manitoba 
and  the  North  Weat  territory — in  June, 
1881 1  September,  1^83.  and  September, 
1885— and  has  acquired  a  very  thorough 
knowledge  of  that  country  and  ita  agricul- 
tural advantages.  He  haa  been  a  member 
of  the  Siethodiat  church  since  1854  ;  and 
haa  been  a  trustee  and  steward  of  the  Metho- 
dist church,  Napanee,  since  1870.  He  has 
been  twice  married  :  first  on  the  Ist  of 
June,  Jd69,  to  Emmeline^  daughter  of  D.  B 
Stickney,  of  Newburgh,  Ontario,  who  died 
on  the  19Ui  of  December,  187*2.  She  waa 
the  mother  of  two  children,  one  of  whom,  a 
little  girl,  died  in  May,  1972,  aged  eleven 
months  ;  the  other,  a  boy,  who  survived 
her,  is  now  attending  c  tUoge.  He  waa 
Again  married  ou  the  Ist  of  September, 
1875.  to  Cornelia,  second  daughter  of  Ohaa. 
Lane,  of  Xapanee,  by  whom  he  haa  had 
three  children.  Mr.  Scott  haa  a  command- 
ing presence,  genial  countenance,  and  ia  of 
a  kindly  and  cc-urttroua  disposition. 

Doaglaa,  William,  Chatham,  Ont., 
Clerk  of  the  Peace  and  County  Crown  At- 
torney for  Kent,  was  bom  at  Uftlkirk,  Caith- 
neaa,  Scotland,  on  the  ist  September,  I8:i6. 
He  received  his  early  educational  instruction 
in  his  native  parish,  where  he  was  well 
grounded  in  the  "  rudiments  ;  "  but  it  waa 
devtined  that  be  waa  to  tiniah  his  career  in 
the  new  land  bey' aid  the  ocean.  If  the 
native  parish  of  Mr.  UougUa  did  not  pre- 
sent as  much  bustle  and  progress  aa  the 
new  world  which  waa  then  holding  out  lo 
many  alluromenta,  it  waa  rich  enough  in 
l^nd.  For  in  the  selfsame  Halkirk,  where 
Mrilliam  Douglas  waa  bom,  the  good  people 
once  upon  a  time  took,  in  the  most  public 
way.  a  tyranntoal  bishop  who  had  been  too 
exacting  in  the  collection  of  tithes,  and  aa 
an  example  to  all  tyrnnta  in  the  hierarchy, 
boiled  htm  in  an  enormous  pot.  From  that 
day  to  this  Halkirk  haa  had  no  biahop.  The 
yean  1847  and  1848  wore  remarkable  for 
the  volume  of  emigration  that  poured  to- 
ward* America,  and  tidings  of  the  boundlaas 
Lands  in  Canada,  and  the  splendid  poaaibili- 
tiee  open  to  enterprise  and  ability  being 
apreaJ  far  and  near,  Mr.  Duuglaa'a  father, 
among   many  others  trum  Cailhuesa-ahire 


and  other  parts  of  Scotland,  resolved  to  try 
their  fortunes  in  Canada.  So  in  the  year 
1818,  William  Douglaa  with  hia  parents,  wont 
on  board  the  ship  Thcma*  HarrUon^  com- 
manded by  Captain  Harrison,  at  the  port  of 
Sorabater  roads,  and  sailed  away,  and  on 
arriving  in  Canada,  the  family  settled  in 
the  County  of  Northumberlaud.  Here 
William  continued  his  studies  for  a  time, 
and  after  he  waa  thoroughly  prepared,  he 
entered  the  I'niversity  of  Toronto,  from 
which  institution  he  graduated  in  186L 
He  had  for  some  years  past  decided  upon 
the  study  of  law,  and  upon  hia  receiving  his 
bachelor's  degree,  he  at  once  began  the 
study  of  that  profession.  In  due  time  he 
was  called  to  the  bar.  whereupon  he  began 
to  practise  at  Chatlutm.  At  the  bar  he 
achieved  oonsptcuoua  local  distinction  for  his 
soundneaa  of  view  and  his  wide  ao] naintance- 
ship  with  law  ;  and  when,  seven  years  later 
(1868),  he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  peace 
and  county  crown  attorney  for  Kent,  it 
waa  felt  that  the  recognition  waa  no  more 
than  his  merits  deserved.  In  1885,  when 
the  executive  at  Ottawa  were  creating  some 
of  the  m<>8t  distinguished  of  our  legal  fra- 
ternity t^ueen's  counsellors,  Mr.  Douglaa 
waa  adjudged  as  one  well  worthy  to  wear 
the  silken  gown.  In  religion  Mr.  Douglaa 
profeaaea  Presbyterianiam,  and  iu  politics  he 
is,  and  has  alwayi  been,  a  steadfast  Liberal- 
Conservative. 

Cooke,  Richard  I'liinkeil,  C.E., 
Cedaroliffs,  Bruckville,  was  born  at  Bur, 
King's  county,  Ireland,  in  ]8'24.  His  father, 
Thomas  I^or  Cooke,  crown  aolioitor  of 
Birr,  waa  descended  from  the  old  Catholic 
family,  the  Cookea  of  Cordangan,  whoae 
hiatory  is  to  be  found  in  "  Burke's  Landed 
(«entr}'."  He  waa  a  man  remarkable  for  his 
literary,  astronomical  and  antiquarian  taatea 
and  acquirements.  He  wrote  a  '^Hiatory 
of  Parsonatown,"  and  collected  a  large  num- 
ber of  objects  of  interest  and  antiijuity,  in- 
cludinij  a  valuable  collection  of  ancient  coins, 
which  after  hia  death  was  purchased  for  the 
British  museum.  Hia  wife  and  the  mother 
of  our  aubject  waa  Miss  Antiaell,  of  Sohra- 
dolf,  Kings  county.  R.  P.  Cooke  graduated 
at  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  in  1848,  with  the 
degree  of  B.A.  He  studied  engineering 
under  Sir  John  MoNeit.and  obtained  a  Hrst- 
claaa  diploma  from  the  engineering  schix>l 
attached  to  the  univeraitv.  He  came  to 
Canada  in  1853,  being  employed  as  engineer 
in  charge  of  construction  on  the  G.  T.  K. 
weak  <^  Toronto,  and  aubseipioutly  aa  divi- 
■iunal  eugineer.  Iu  1830  he  remuved  to 
Kingston,    taking    charge    as  ruiident   en- 


A  CYCLOPASDIA  OF 


gineer  of  the  contnl  distrioi,  wbich  extended 
from  Toronto  to  Mootrenl.  In  1861  he  ter- 
minftt^d  hU  connection  with  the  O.  T.  R. , 
uid  juimo  time  after^  heina  appointed  mana- 
ging director  of  the  Br<iCKviIle  and  Ottawa 
RaUway,  romored  to  Brockvillo,  where  ho 
has  aitioe  nwided.  In  I84>7  he  resigned  thU 
poftition,  and  has  biqcb  been  engaged  as  ea- 
ffineor  and  contractor  on  various  works  in 
CAnada  and  the  United  States,  amongst 
others  the  Boaton,  Biirre  &  Gardner  Rail- 
road, the  Carillon  canal  works,  the  Toronto 
harbour  works,  and  the  improTomenta  of 
the  harbour  at  Nicolot.  on  which  contract 
with  the  Dominion  govemmeut  he  is  BtUl 
engaged.  He  ia  a  Oonaervative  in  politics, 
and  a  catliulic.  He  married  in  1B53,  Anna 
Plunkett,  daughter  of  the  late  Lynch  PUin- 
kett,  of  Castlemore,  Ct>unty  Mayo,  Ireland. 
Wlckalccd,  Rtobard  Jobn,  Ad- 
vocate and  Barrister,  ARsistant  Law  Clerk 
and  English  Translator  of  the  House  of  Com- 
mons of  Canada.  Ottawa,  eldest  son  of  Oub- 
tavus  William  Wicksteed,  Q.C.  (See  else- 
where Lu  these  pat(ei),  and  Anna  Fletoher, 
his  wife,  was  born  at  Kingstont  Upper 
Canada,  on  the  3rd  of  October.  1842.  His 
father  being  an  ofiicer  of  the  House  of  As- 
sembly and  the  House  of  Commoos,  the  aub> 
ject  of  this  sketoh  passed  hia  youth  at  the 
T&rioua  seats  of  government.  He  attended 
the  schools  kept  by  the  following  persons  : 
Miss  Abbott,  St,  A ntoine street,  Montreal,  in 
the  years  1848-49;  Mrs.  Browne,  York 
street,  Toronto,  1850  ;  Rev.  Dr.  Lett  and 
Mr.  Orier,  St.  George's  square,  Toronto, 
1850-61  ;  Mr.  BelUnghara,  London,  Eng- 
land, 1851.  He  WAS  a  pupil  at  the  High 
School,  Quebec,  under  Dr.  Smith  and 
Daniel  Witkie,  from  1862  to  1856  ;  was  en- 
rolled at  Vpper  Canada  College,  under 
Principals  F.  W.  Barron,  Dr.  Scadding  and 
Rev.  Walter  Steunett,  attending  those  from 
1657  to  18G0  ;  and  was  a  student  in  the 
faculty  of  arts  of  the  Unireraity  of  McOiU 
College,  Montreal,  from  1800  to '1803,  when 
he  graduated  witlk  tirat  rank  honours  in 
classics.  He  subsequently  attended  special 
couraes  in  Murin  College,  Quebec,  and 
Larai  UutTeraity,  Quebec,  and  took  his 
M.A.  degree  at  McGill  College  in  1866. 
Mr.  Wicksteed,  entered  the  law  faculty  of 
MoGiU  College,  and  graduated  as  B  C.ll  in 
1868.  He  also  had  the  degree  of  LL.D. 
conferred  upon  him  by  the  same  university. 
In  1879,  Mr.  Wicksteed  was  articled  as  a 
student-at-Iaw  to  Oeorge  Irvine,  (now  judge 
of  Vice  Admiralty),  of  the  &rm  of  Holt  & 
Irvine,  St.  Peter  atreet,  Quebec,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  practice  of  the   law   by  the 


Quebec  section  of  t'le  bar  of  Lower 
in  1867.     Hb  established  himaelf   mj^ 
treal  in  1868,  joining  George  Maoraflf? 
as  the  junior  partner  of  the  law  Brm. 
was  siibaequently  called  to  the  Ontario  bir 
in  1872,  and  entered  as  attoni'^' 
In  1872,  Mr.   Wicksteed  was  aj 
Mr.  Speaker  Cix:kbum  asaiatant   mw  citrk 
and  Eiiglifth  translator  U:i  the  Houee  of  Com- 
mons, which  otfice  he  now  holda.      Hp  »ai 
a  private  in  tho  Civil  Service  ritie  oorpa  (cir 
three  years  ;  a  private  in  Victoria  ritio  com 
pany,    Quebec,    for   one    year ;  obtaiuad  a 
second  class  Military   achool   oertilioate  .  i 
lirst  class  Military   achool  certificate 
became    second  lieutenant   of    the   V  < 
Garrison  artillery  for  one  year.    Her«oaic^ed 
a  first  class  certificate  from  the   Montreal 
School  of  Gunnery  ;  was  aecond  lieutenant, 
&rst  lieutenant,  and  captain  of  tha  Montreal 
Garriaon  artillery,  covering  a  period  of  &w 
years ;  was  a  member  of  the  ftlilitia  Ofiioeii 
ABSociation.  Montreal ;  cupt^n  in  thc>  '' 
emor-Geoerars  F-mt  Guards  for  ouf 
a  trooper  in  the  Ottawa  Troop  of  Cavalf  ^ ,  k* 
one  year.     Oapt.  Wicksteed  saw  active  ser- 
vice in  1866,  daring  the    Fenian  raid  ;  tfl 
1871  was  in  command  of  an  artillery  detatrh- 
ment  sent  to   Isle  anx    Noix,    during   Hit 
threatened  Fenian  raid  ;  and  iu  1871  at  tke 
Dominion  elections.     He  attended  the  camt 
at   Laprairie   in  1881  as  divisiunal  A.DA 
and  camp  orderly  officer.     He    is   a  mc 
ber   of    the    l^tired  Officers'    Aasoctaliol 
Ottawa.      Dr.  Wicksteed  has  been  an 
member  of  the  following  societies  and 
ciations  :    Iu  Toronto,  the    Upper   Canada 
College  Debating  Society.    In  Montreal,  tiiv 
Bumside  Literary  Society,  the   Uaiverutj 
Philharmonic  Society,  tho  Order  of  Cenv-f ' 
ed  Bricks,  tlie   University  Gymnasium 
University    Cricket    Club,     Young    Muu> 
Christian   Association,     Montreal    Sanitary 
Aasooiation,     Mercantile    Library   Aasocis- 
tion,    the  University  Society,    St.  Geonre's 
Societv.      In     Queboo,     Sooietd     Casaauii 
Church  of  England  Young  Men's  Aas< 
tion,  Quebec  Gymnastic  Club,  Quebec^ 
ing  Club,  the  Literary  and  Hiatori*  " 
ciety.  In  Ottawa,  the  St.  George*a 
Orchestral  Association,  Rowing  Club,  I 
Club,   Philharmonic    Society,  Canott 
Musical  Union.  Amateur  Athletic 
tion,  C.  S.  Building  Society,  C.  S.  Mul 
Benefit  Society,  Temperance  Coffett, 
Company,  Literary  and  Scleiti&o 
Field    Naturalist    Society,    Mien 
Society,    Young  Men's   Christian    Ai 
tion.  Literary  and  Legal  D.^bsting  Sociel 
Art  Asociation,  Society  for  the  Prereotit 


CANADIAN  BIOORAPBY. 


of  Crnelty  to  Animals.  He  is  &Uo  a  member 
of  the  Royal  Canadian  Acadomj,  the  Ameri- 
cao  Canoe  ABSOciation,  and  the  American 
AsaociatioD  fur  the  Advancement  of  Science. 
Dr,  \Viclut«ed  is  a  staunch  adherent  of  the 
Church  of  EngUnd,  which  he  regards  ai  the 
true  representative  of  the  Catholic  church. 
He  was  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday-schools  at 
Quebec  and  Montreal ;  a  member  of  Christ 
Church  Lay  Aaaoctatiua,  Ottawa,  and  Christ 
Church  Choir,  a  lay  delegate  to  the  synod 
of  tlie  diocese  of  Ontario,  and  a  member  of 
the  Society  of  the  Treasury  of  God.  He  is  a 
total  abstainer,  a  member  of  the  Montreal 
Temperance  Association  and  the  Church  of 
England  Temperance  Society.  As  a  literary 
man  he  is  the  compiler  of  various  indexes 
and  tables  to  the  Statutes  of  Canada,  a 
pamphlet  on  "'  The  Canadian  Militia,"  and 
one  entitled  the  *' Elector's  Political  Cate- 
chism.'* He  is  likewise  a  frequent  con- 
tributor to  Canadian  newspapers  and  peri- 
odicals. His  residence  is,  Victoria  cham- 
bers, Ottawa. 

Freeman,  John  B.,  Simooe,  M.P.P. 
for  North  Norfolk,  was  born  in  the  town- 
ahip  of  Windham,  Norfolk,  on  the  22nd 
August,  1835.  He  is  a  son  of  D.  W.  Free- 
man, and  Isabella,  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
John  Bailey,  who  came  from  the  City  of 
New  York  about  the  year  IHUO,  and  settled 
in  the  township  of  Nissouri.  as  pastor  of  the 
Episcopal  Methodist  church  at  that  place. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  to  erect  a  brick 
structure  in  what  is  now  the  City  of  Lou- 
don, and  was  one  of  the  first  to  take  up 
lands  on  which  that  city  now  stands.  He 
died  about  the  year  1802.  D.  W.  Free- 
man was  the  second  eldest  son  of  the  late 
Rev.  D.  Freeman,  minister  of  the  Metho- 
dist church,  and  one  of  the  pioneer  minis- 
ters of  that  body  on  the  Bh(^res  of  the  great 
lakes.  This  able  and  zealous  man  wss 
wont  to  travel  from  the  Niagara  river  to 
Detroit,  upon  hia  sacred  miasion,  without 
renumeration,  and  was  the  tirtt  Metho- 
dist minister  to  crow  the  river,  and  preach 
in  what  U  now  the  City  of  Ujtroit.  He 
died  at  the  residence  of  the  father  of 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  about  1U35.  It 
may  also  be  stated  that  he  wss  one  of 
the  U.  E.  loyalists.  Mr.  Freeman  adopt- 
ed the  life  of  a  farmer,  settling  himself  in 
the  township  of  Windham,  Norfolk  county. 
Ia  IMO,  he  was  appointed  supehnteDdcnt 
of  common  schools  fi>r  the  county,  and  this 
poaition  he  held  until  1872,  when  he  retired, 
owing  to  ill-health.  He  always  took  a  zeal- 
ous interest  in  municipal  and  educational 
interests ;  was   clerk    of    the    township    of 


Windham  council  for  several  years ;  and 
clerk  of  the  division  court  for  the  same  dis- 
trict for  fifteen  years.  He  was  president  and 
secretary  of  the  County  of  Norfolk  Agricul- 
tural Association,  and  was  secretary  of  the 
same  until  the  time  of  his  death,  having 
held  that  position  for  twenty-five  years.  Hi; 
died  iu  1874,  leaving  eiuhi  of  a  family,  the 
subject  of  thissketch  bemg  the  eldest.  John 
R.  Freeman  received  a  sound  early  educa- 
tional training,  and  condudod  his  stadiat  in 
the  Simcoe  Grammar  Bchool.  At  the  age  of 
seventeen  he  left  school  and  assisted  his 
father  on  the  farm,  until  the  age  of  twenty- 
two,  when  he  removed  to  a  farm  in  the 
township  of  London,  where  he  commenced 
operations  for  himself  in  the  middle  of  the 
bush.  He  remained  here  until  1874,  and 
devoted  most  of  his  attention  to  stock-rais- 
ing. Upon  the  death  of  his  father,  ho  re- 
moved to  the  old  homestead  in  Norfolk,  and 
there  he  still  resides.  Mr.  Freeman,  early 
in  life,  took  an  interest  in  public  questions, 
and  in  education.  He  was  elected  s  school 
trustee,  while  in  Middlesex,  aud  served  as 
township  councillor  of  Windham,  Norfolk, 
for  aix  years.  In  1879  he  was  elected  for  the 
North  Riding  of  Norfolk  to  the  Ontario  As- 
sembly, defeating  William  Wilson,  of  Sim- 
coe,  by  a  majority  of  128.  He  was  re-elected 
for  the  same  constituency  in  1882,  defeating 
William  Wallace,  of  Simcoe,  of  **  Rag 
Baby  '*  fame,  by  a  majority  of  428,  and 
now  represents  North  Norfolk  in  the  On- 
tario Legislature.  Mr.  Freeman*s  legisla- 
tive career  has  been  distinguished  and  use- 
ful. He  was  the  first  to  present  petitions 
asking  for  minhood  suffurage,  and  to  urge 
the  concession  of  such  a  measure  ;  and  he 
was  also  the  first  to  urge  the  neoessity  of 
only  allowing  one  vote  to  be  cast  by  each 
voter  in  the  municipalities  in  which  he  re- 
sided. He  has  also  been  government  whip 
since  1882,  and  his  aeal  and  efficiency  in  this 
important  office  have  met  wiih  cordial  ap- 
proval. He  is  a  member  of  the  A.O.I'.  W.; 
and  is  charter  member  of  Lynn  lodge,  No. 
28,  Toronto.  In  politics  it  is  not  necessary 
to  say  that  ho  is  and  alwayshss  been  a  Libe- 
raL  He  is  a  member  of  the  County  of  Nor- 
folk Rttforra  Association,  and  director  of 
the  Reform  Chib  recently  established  at 
Toronto.  In  religion,  he  professes  the  Meth> 
odist  faith,  like  his  paternal  ancestors.  He 
married  in  1861,  Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Scatchard,  of  the  township  of  Nissouri, 
Middlesex,  and  brother  of  the  late  John 
Sc&tcliiLrd,  who  represented  that  county  in 
the  old  parliament ;  and  who  died  while 
in  political  harness.     Both   these  brothers 


mttm 


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A  C7CL0PMDU  OF 


were  pioneer  settlers  in  Middletei,  whither 
they  bod  ooiae  from  Eo^laud  early  in  the 
present  century.  Mr.  Freeman  is  essen- 
tially a  man  of  progress  ;  and  he  is  one  of 
those  whu  believe  that  when  motion  ceases, 
sta^atiun  begins.  Ho  is  a  man  very  ninch 
devoted  to  home  life,  and  thoae  who  have 
met  him  in  the  domestic  hour  bear  cordial 
tribute  to  the  broadness  of  his  syupathiea 
and  his  kindly  nattire. 

Jncluiyre,  llHiiiel  Eugene,  M.D,, 
Cornwall,  SheriiT  oi  the  United  Counties  of 
Stormont,  Duudas,  and  Glengarry,  is  the 
only  son  of  James  Mclntyre,  a  captain  in  the 
British  mercantile  marine  service,  and  Mary 
McLachlan,  daughter  of  Eweu  McLachlan, 
farmer  at  Appin,  Argylcshire,  t^cotland. 
James  Mclntyre  was  one  of  live  brothers, 
all  of  whom  followed  a  seafaring  life,  save 
one,  Duncan  Mclntyre,  who  entered  the 
British  army,  and  became  a  captain  in  the 
€8th  regiment  of  the  line  (Durham  Com- 
mand). At  the  early  age  of  twenty-three, 
James  Mclntyre  was  promoted  to  the  com- 
mand of  a  merchantman,  of  which  he  was 
part  owner,  and  whilst  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  still  a  child,  was  lost  with  his 
vessel  otf  the  coast  of  Wales.  Sherifl'  Mclu- 
tyre  was  bom  in  the  town  of  Oban,  Argyle- 
shire,  in  the  early  part  of  the  year  1812, 
and  was  an  only  child.  He  commenced  his 
education  at  Uban,  and  on  the  death  of  his 
mother,  in  1819,  continued  it  in  the  pariah 
school  at  Appin.  He  subsequently  attended 
the  Messrs.  McFarlaue's  academy,  George's 
square,  Glasgow,  a  somewhat  noted  school 
in  its  day.  Upon  the  completion  of  his 
studies,  a  position  wss  secured  for  him 
in  the  buainess  establishment  of  Stewart  «fr 
Macdonald,  then  a  somewhat  largo  house, 
but  now  one  of  almost  world-wide  fame. 
He  remained  there  for  upwards  of  a  ye&r, 
but  in  consequence  of  the  firm  requiring 
him  to  be  bound  fur  a  number  uf  years, 
and  largely,  [perhaps,  beoiuse  he  had  no 
taste  for  the  business,  or  appreciation  of  the 
salary  he  was  obtaining,  he  gave  up  his 
)Ntsiti(m  and  returned  to  the  Highlands.  In 
the  following  year,  1829,  he  entered  tliu 
medical  classes  of  Glasgow  University,  and 
proteonted  his  studies  within  its  ancient 
walls,  with  the  exception  of  one  year,  or 
session,  which  he  spent  at  Edinburgh  Uni- 
versity, until  he  graduated,  in  the  spring  of 
1834.  In  the  spring  of  1835,  Dr.  Mclntyre 
set  sail  for  Canada,  and  after  staying  a  short 
time  with  relatives  at  Quebec — Rodger 
Dean  &  Co. — a  gentleman  then  largely  in 
the  shipping  and  timber  bnsiuess,  he  pro- 
ceeded to  Upper  Canada,  and  located  in  the 


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tSn 


village  of  WiUiAmstownj  in  the  Coanty  ol 
tilengary,  then,  as  now,  the  moat  B^hUod 
county  in  the  Province.  Hens  be  mat  witii 
a  warm  welcome  from  his  oountiroien,  and 
was  at  once  adopted  as  one  of  thenuclm. 
his  native  language,  the  Gaelic,  affordmg 
him  a  ready  pasjport  to  their  hearts  snd 
homes.  In  July,  1837,  be  niarried  Ami, 
daughter  of  Colunel  the  Honourable  Alex- 
ander Fraser,  of  Fraserfield,  Glengarry.  On 
the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion,  in  (he 
same  year,  he  was  placed  on  the  staff  of  the 
Ist  Glengarry  regiment  of  militia,  aa  sur- 
geon, and  whilst  passing  down  the  St.  Lhw- 
reuce  on  the  steamer  Henry  Hruiu^ham,  wu 
captured  at  Boauhamoia  by  the  rebels,  and 
was,  with  many  of  his  follow  pasaengera^ 
amongst  whom  were  the  Mon.  £dw^ard  Sliss 
and  family,  for  several  weeks oonfiQed  in  the 
house  of  the  parish  priest,  who,  though 
able  to  obtain  the  release  of  the  prison 
had  many  kindnesses  extended  to  the 
until  they  were  ultimately  rescued  by 
Glengarry  regiment  which  marched  up  and 
took  possession  of  the  town.  On  the  snp> 
pression  of  the  rebellion,  he  resumed  hii 
practice  at  Williams  town,  but  coatinaed  on 
the  staff  to  perform  the  duties  of  surgeon, 
and  was  retained  on  active  service  at  lAU- 
caster  until  1842.  His  other  connectioo 
with  the  militia  foroe  of  the  country  wu  ai 
major  of  the  .Stormont  battalion,  to  which 
position  ho  was  gazetted  in  1854.  On  his 
retirement  ho  was  granted  the  rank  ol  Uea- 
tenant- coIuueL  Dr.  Mclntyro's  intimate  ac> 
quaiutance  with  municipal  and  poUticai  in- 
stituliona  led  to  his  service*  being  sought 
by  the  people  of  the  township  of  Charlottea< 
burg,  whom  he  represented  in  the  old  east- 
ern district  council  (now  the  county  council] 
for  thirteen  years,  and  when  the  Municipal 
Act  came  into  force  in  the  province,  in  1  S4';^ 
by  the  terms  of  which  wardens  became 
elective,  he  was  the  tirst  to  be  honoured  hy 
election  to  that  djgui^ed  position  for  (ht< 
three  united  counties.  In  tlie  fuUowtng 
session  of  the  counties  council,  he  was  again 
elected  to  the  warden's  chair,  and  has  been 
the  only  warden  of  the  counties  who  hss 
been  called  to  till  a  second  term.  Whilst  he 
was  an  active  politician,  he  was  an  ardent 
Reformer,  and  gave  unstinted  sup 
the  Bxldwin  and  Lafnutaine  gove 
in  their  battle  for  the  coustitntional  li 
of  the  people  of  Canada.  He  was  the  frie 
and  ally  of  the  Honourable  John  Sandfiei 
Moodonald  in  all  his  contests  in  GlengarrX] 
largely  aasiaiing  that  gentleman  in  earryi 
the  county  against  the  powerful  influence 
wielded  in  those  days  by  the  family  oom 


CANADIAN  B100RAPB7. 


701 


In  1849,  when  puty  strife  w&a  at  its 
het((ht,  ind  the  yovemor-general.  Lord  El- 
;^r  was  assaUed  and  assaulted,  because  of 
his  giring  bts  aaaent  to  the  K«bellioQ  Loasea 
BUI,  by  the  hyper-Ioysltst  cabal  in  Montreal, 
Dr.  McIntyrewaaoiUled  upon  by  the  people 
of  Glengarry  to  head  a  deputation  of  ita 
leading  men,  to  present  an  address  to  hia 
excellency,  at  Montreal,  approving  of  his 
oondnct.  On  the  10th  May,  1850,  Dr.  Mc- 
Intyre  was  appointed  io  the  shrievalty  of 
the  united  counties,  a  position  which  he  still 
filla.  During  his  term  of  oftice,  he  has  been 
noted  for  the  leniency  with  which  he  has 
tempered  the  administration  of  justice,  aa 
well  aa  for  the  ability  with  which  he  has 
discharged  the  duties  of  his  position.  Uis 
wife,  whom  he  married  almost  dfty  years 
ago,  continues  to  be  his  helpmeet;  and  of 
his  seven  children,  two  alone  sarvive,  one 
daughter  and  a  son,  the  latter  being  .\.  F. 
Mclntyre,  barrister,  of  Ottawa.  In  religion, 
the  sheriff  ia  a  Presbyterian,  but  liko  all 
men  who  have  lived  in  Glengarry,  he  haa 
never  obtruded  his  faith  upon  hL»  Frieuda 
who  belonged  to  other  secia.  Indeed,  when 
sectarian  partyiam  has  at  any  time  been 
raised  in  bis  presence,  it  has  been  a  favourite 
expreaaion  of  his,  that  each  man  is  entitled 
to  go  to  heaven  by  the  road  of  his  own 
choosing.  .As  we  write,  we  hnd  Shoritf  Mc- 
tatyre,  with  hia  seventy-four  winters  upon 
his  bead,  a  typical  Highlander,  straij^ltt  aa 
an  arroW|  active  in  body,  clear  in  iutelieot, 
(ii^oharging  his  duties  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  public. 

j^lpplf  Charlca  Augastua,  M.  A., 
Umdon,  Licentiate  of  Apothecaries'  Hall, 
Ireland,  waa  bom  at  Uydrabad,  Scinde, 
Eaat  Indies,  on  July  25th,  1844.  He  is  a 
sou  of  Charles  Augustas  Sippi  and  Elizabeth 
John,  hia  wife,  both  of  whom  were  bom  in 
IrelBAd.  The  family  is  descended  from  an 
ancient  and  respectable  lineage  in  Tuscany, 
Italy.  The  great-grandfather  left  Italy  for 
puUtical  reaarms,  and  settled  in  Saxony, 
where  he  raised  his  family.  The  eldest  son 
who  WAS  the  grand-father  of  the  subject  of 
ibis  sketch,  studied  music,  and  waa  induced 
to  emigrate  to  Ireland,  and  take  cliargo  of 
the  Kerry  Militia  Hand,  a  famous  musical 
orgaui2*tion  at  that  time,  and  with  him 
went  to  IreUnd  the  renewed  musician  Lo- 
giar  (inventor  of  the  chiroplaat),  and  also 
BBAny  other  well-known  musicians  of  that 
dAV.  C,  A.  Sippi  was  educated  at  Kilkenny 
College,  Kilkenny,  IreUnd,  (where  Dean 
Swift  went  to  school),  at  the  endowed  school, 
Tonghal,  Countr  Cork  ;  at  Queen's  College, 
Cork  (one  of    the  alEliated  colleges  of  the 


Royal  University  of  Ireland) ;  the  Royal  Col- 
lege of  Surgeons,  Dublin :  and  at  the  Catholic 
Uuiversity  of  Dublin.  He  studied  instru- 
mental music  under  John  A.  Sippi,  organist 
at  Lismore  cathedral,  and  singing  under 
the  well-known  tenor,  Alexander  D.  Roche, 
of  Cork.  Dr.  Sippi  came  to  Canada  in 
1865,  and  settled  in  Port  Stanley,  when  he 
proceed  medicine  for  nearly  two  yean. 
But  the  practice  of  medicine  was  always 
distasteful  to  him,  and  he  resolved  to  take 
the  first  opportunity  that  offered  and  return 
to  his  first  love,  **  music."  In  the  early  part 
of  1867,  he  waa  offered  and  accepted  the 
position  of  houae  surgeon  and  teacher  of 
claasios,  physiology  and  Engliah,  etc.,  in 
Hellmuth  College,  London,  Ontario,  by 
Bishop  Uellmuth,  under  Dr.  Sweatm&n,  the 
present  Bishop  of  Toronto,  who  waa  then 
head  master  at  that  institution.  Dr.  Sippi 
remained  in  connection  with  that  institu- 
tion until  1874,  when  he  retired,  and  accept- 
ed  the  managership  of  the  London  branch 
of  the  tirm  of  A.  &  S.  Nordheimor,  piano- 
forte agents,  Toronto,  which  position  ho  still 
holds.  While  at  Hellmuth  College,  on  the 
representation  of  Bishop  Hellmuth.  he  had 
the  honorary  decree  of  master  of  arts  con- 
ferred upon  him  by  Kenyon  College,  Ohio. 
Dr.  Sippi  has  been  for  three  years  a  trustee 
of  the  London  Collegiate  Institute,  and  or- 
ganist and  choir  master  of  the  Memorial 
Church,  London  ;  president  for(1880)of  the 
Ontario  Music  Teachers'  Association  ;  past 
master  of  Kilwinning  lodge.  No.  04, 0.Ii.0., 
and  past  grand  organist  of  Grand  Lodge  of 
Canada  ;  and  he  ia  an  honorary  member  of 
Court  Pride  of  the  Dominion,  ancient  order 
of  Foresters.  Mr.  Sippi  vras  also  president 
of  the  Irish  Benevolent  Society  of  London, 
in  1884,  a  society  founded  with  the  object 
of  uniting  Irishmen  of  all  creeds  and  shades 
of  politics,  and  assisting  their  poor  fellow- 
oountrymen  who  come  out  to  tnis  country, 
and  procuring  employment  for  them.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  staunch  Episcopalian.  He 
married  in  Templemichael  church,  on  the 
3rd  of  October,  1866,  Roea,  youngoat  daugh- 
ter of  the  Rev.  Jamea  Bagge,  B.  A.,  vicar  of 
Templemichael,  diocese  of  Lismore,  in  the 
County  of  Watorford.  By  this  union  there 
are  nine  childrsn  living. 

nerklejr,  Henry  G.,  Morrisburg, 
Ont.,  was  bi)rn  in  the  County  of  Dundas,  on 
the  7th  July,  1812.  He  ia  a  son  of  George 
and  Catherine  Merkley,  his  paternal  grand- 
father, Major  Merkley,  being  a  U.  K.  loyal- 
ist, who  settled  at  Dundas  after  the  cloee  of 
the  revolution.  During  the  war  of  1812  be 
fought  with  the  volunteer  militia,   and  re- 


703 


A  CrCLOrjEDiA  OF 


oeived  therein  the  rank  of  colonel.  George 
Merkley,  the  father  of  our  subject,  aUo 
took  pfu-t  in  the  war,  bearing  a  captain's 
ooniiniasion.  He  waa  likewlfie  engaged  upon 
the  loyaliat's  side  in  1837,  and  held  then 
the  rank  of  colonel.  The  land  now  occu- 
pied hy  H.  G.  Merkley  iapart  of  that  drawn 
OT  hiB  grandfather,  M«jor  Henry  Merkley. 
H.  G.  Merkley  was  educated  in  the  c^immon 
sdiooU  of  hia  native  place  ;  he  sorvod  as 
lientenant  in  the  rebellion  of  1837,  and  when 
the  Dandaa  militia  was  called  out  upon  active 
aerrioo,  he  was  appointed  (juartenuaBter  of 
the  regiment.  In  education  Mr.  Merkley 
has  taken  much  interest,  and  he  has  been 
a  trustee  of  Public  and  Grammar  schools 
for  nearly  a  quarter  nf  a  century.  In  muni- 
cipal matters,  also,  he  has  taken  an  active 
part;  as  he  has  done,  indeed,  in  all  politi- 
cal movements  of  his  county,  and  ttf  Onta- 
rio. He  has  always  been  a  steadfast  Liberal 
Cnuservative  in  general  politics,  and  con* 
tested  hia  county  for  the  Hooseof  Oommons 
in  1874,  but  was  defeated.  Mr.  Merkley 
and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church.  He  married,  in  1841,  Clara 
Flagg,  by  whom  ho  has  had  three  sons  and 
seven  daughtoni,  all  of  whom  have  attained 
the  estate  of  men  and  women.  Mr.  Merk- 
ley was  engaged  in  the  hat  trade,  and  was 
occupied  with  commercial  general  enter- 
prises  for  twenty-Uve  years.  He  has  been 
an  active  and  industrious  member  of  the 
community,  and  has  taken  part  in  all  move- 
ments which  have  had  the  industrial  or 
moral  improvement  of  the  community  for 
their  aim.  To  write  the  career  of  such  men 
as  Mr.  Merkley  is  to  write  so  raucli  of  the 
country's  history,  for  they  leave  their  stamp 
upon  the  material  and  the  intellectual  life 
of  the  community. 

ncOulrc,  Thomus  llornoc,  B.  A., 
Q.  C,  Kingston,  wbh  born  on  April  2l8t, 
1840,  at  that  city.  His  parents  were  Jamos 
D.  McGuire,  merchant  and  farmer,  and 
Mary  Brady,  both  of  whom  were  bom  in 
the  County  of  Fermanagh,  Ireland.  T.  H. 
McGuire  was  educated  in  the  public  school, 
Collegiate  Institute,  and  Queen's  Univer- 
sity, Kingston.  While  in  the  public  school 
he  won  a  scholarship,  entitling  him  to  two 
years'  education  in  the  Collegiate  I  nsti- 
tute.  Ho  entered  the  institute  at  fifteen, 
and  at  the  expiration  uf  two  years,  iu  a 
oompetitive  examination,  won  the  >Vstkiu's 
scholarship.  In  the  same  year  he  entered 
college,  he  also  won  the  Mowat  scholar- 
ship, given  to  the  beat  matriculant  During 
the  four  years  npent  at  college,  in  every 
yeftTj  and  in  every  department,  he  carried 


off  the   first    prize,    besides  winning  cr^rj 
special   prise  for  English    and    Latin    iv>iq 
position  open  to  him.    This  record  is  with- 
out a  parallel    in  the  history  of    the   uni- 
versity.    He  graduated  in  1870,  carrying  oS 
the  Prince  of  Wales'  gold  medal.      He  thea. 
entered  the  law   ofHoc   of    the    late    Jsm^^ 
O'Reilly.  Q.  C,    who   entertained    a    ve^| 
high  estimafo  of  the  hard-working  studon^H 
He  was  admitted  as  an  attorney  in  1874, 
and  was  called  to  the  bar  in   Miehaelma* 
term,  1875.   He  waa  in  partnership  with  Hr. 
U'Reilly  for  about  a  year  prior  to  the  death 
of    the   latter    in  ISrO.       After    the   d«ath 
of  Mr.  O'Reilly  he   continued   to  practice^ 
and   has    been  very  successful  in   his   pi 
fession.     Almost   immediately    after  beii 
called   to  the  bar,  he  waa    entmatad   i 
the  defence  of  Dougherty,    Foy,  and  tl 
two  Smiths,  charged   with  the    murder  of 
one  Matthew  (*arrett,  at  Sharbot  Lake,  and 
after  a   hard   fight,    lasting   two   days,  hij 
clients  were  acquitted,  alUiough  tb«  acttog 
judge,   the  late    Kenneth    MctCenzie,    was 
strongly    convinced     of     their    guilt,    and 
charged    the    jury    very    forcibly    against 
them.     Sinoe  then  he  has  been  engaged  on 
every  important  criminal  case   tried  in  kii 
county,    and  frequently  in   Napani 
Brockville.     The  case  of   Eliiah  Vanl 
net,  tried  for  the  murder  of  John    Rie! 
son,    at     the     Kingston     fall      aaaises    is 
1861,  attracted  much  interest  at    the  ttm^ 
The  prisoner  had  publicly  confessed  harip< 
committed    the   murder^  ainder  most  cold- 
blooded circumstances,   and  without  a  pi 
tence  at  justification.     His  confeasion,  nvi 
ing  minute  details  of  the  crime,  appeared  i 
all  the  local  papers,  and   in    the    '-'^  •'• 
Mail,  but  by  skilful  croan-exAmiii 
McGaire  succeeded   in    having   e\..j 
the  confession  rejected  on  the  ground 
it  was  obtained  ny  improper  indncementi 
The  jury  failed  to  agree,  and  were  dischari 
od.     The  oaao  came  on  again  for  trial  at  thi 
following  spring  assizps,  when  much 
evidence  was  produced,  and  not  a  shadoifi 
of    a    doubt    apparently    remaiuod    i*f 
prisoner's  guilt ;  yet  such  was  the  effect 
a  fervid  speech  by  Mr.  McGuire,  that  tl 
jury,  to   the   surprise  of   all.    appended 
their  verdict  at  guilty,  a  strong  reoomrat 
dation  to    mercy.     In  July,   lft>i^,  McGuli 
was  appointed  a  Q.C.      He  holds   a 
cate  from  the  Military  school  at 
was  alderm&n  from  1879  to  1884,  inch 
and  during  a  greater  portion    of   the 
period,  was  a  member  of  the  separate  school^ 
board.     He  has  been  an   active  member  of 
the   local  Conservative  Asaociation. 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPBY, 


70S 


ajtd 


of  the  joint  secretariea  of  the  Liberal- 
OonservntiTe  AssrtciAtion  of  Ontario ;  haa, 
during  the  genoral  olectiooi tince  1873,  been 
■  Tigorooa  campaign  apeftker,  addreasing 
political  meetings  in  Kingaton,  FruntenaOt 
Addingtou,  Prince  Edward,  South  Victoria, 
Zienuox,  lioeda  and  Proacutt.  lie  haa  been 
prcaident  of  the  St.  Patrick'a  Society  for 
jiKnit  ciiiht  yeara  ;  of  the  St.  Vincent  de 
leiy,  two  yean;  of  the  Kingston 
.  .n*  Institute,  two  years,  and  is  vioe- 
lent  of  the  Catholic  Literary  Asaoois- 
Mr.  McGuire  ia  a  Roman  catholic  ; 
nutiried  nn  July  2nd,  1877,  Mary  V., 
«ldeai  daughter  of  John  C.  Cunningham, 
and  a  deaceodant  of  the  ceUbrated  Sir 
Matthew  Hale.  He  haa  for  a  year  past 
'  'iichief  of  the  Daily  Newt  and 
n\  Freenxan,  and  ia  a  member 
':  titt' <^aiia'UAn  PTess  AsBociatiun.  In  his 
«^iitA>riat  capacity  he  haa  [>rovcd  himself  a 
,  i  „^  ...B  jimi  i^rraoeful  writer.  He  favours 
'tiuatiun  of  the  present  relation  of 
.^„;.„^.-  L'jwardfl  the  Mother  Country  i  and 
<m  Iruh  affairs  haa  been  a  warm  supporter 
oi  thoae  who  agitate  in  a  constitutional  way 
for  thti  amtOioration  of  the  economical  and 
political  MttMira  of  Ireland. 

Barllcl,  4lexnii<l«r,  Police  Magis- 
trate, Wiiidsur,  Uniftrio,  wa«  bom  on  the 
3lBt  Di'oeinber,  1822,  in  the  parish  of 
Forgue,  County  of  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  and 
ia  the  yuungeat  meuttjer  of  a  family  of  four 
children,  all  of  whom  are  still  alive.  He  is 
a  ton  of  Alexander  and  Mary  (Redford) 
Bartlet.  His  education  was  obtained  at  the 
pariah  achtKil,  where  he  was  thoroughly 
groanded  in  the  English  branohea  aa  well  as 
in  the  nidimenta  of  claaaica  and  the  higher 
mathematics.  Mr.  Bartlet  left  hia  native 
laud  in  1841,  and  came  to  Canada,  and 
aattled  at  Amheratburg,  then  one  of  the 
largoat  towns  of  Western  Canada.  He  re- 
ffl*io«d  in  Amheratburg  until  1853  (with 
the  exception  of  a  short  time  spent  in  Lon- 
don, Ontario),  when  he  mored  to  VVindsor, 
and  here  he  has  permanently  resided  ever 
amce.  In  the  year  1868  he  was  appointed 
to  the  petition  of  town  clerk  of  Windsor, 
and  held  chat  oftice  until  November,  1878, 
when  he  received  at  the  hands  of  Mr. 
Mowat'a  govomment  the  appf>intment  aa 
police  magiatrate  of  the  aame  town.  In 
L873  ha  waa  prominently  connected  with 
tbe  orgftoizAtion  and  completion  of  the 
pHi'jut  system  of  water  worka  in  Windsor, 
cos  of  the  beat  aystems  in  the  province,  and 
hw  iii.1«^«<tl  been  connected  with  nil  impor- 
taii  l[  enterprises  of   Windsor  since 

^^ntlon  of  the  town.     During  the 


period  of  his  incumbency  of  the  town  clerk- 
ship, he  prepared  with  one  or  two  eiceptiona 
every  by-law  that  waa  (tossed  by  the  council. 
Besides  the  offices  above  mentioned,  he  has 
held  that  of  secretary  to  the  High  and  Pub- 
lic School  boards  since  1658  to  the  present 
time.  During  his  whole  life  Mr.  Bartlet 
haa  been  a  staunch  Liberal,  and  a  strong 
supporter  of  the  Refurm  party.  In  religion 
he  is,  and  always  has  been,  a  Preabyterian, 
and  is  at  present  ruling  elder  in  St. 
Andrew's  Presbytorian  church  session.  He 
married  at  Amherstburg  in  1851,  Helen 
McDonald,  daughter  of  the  late  James 
Noble  of  that  town,  and  haa  three  daughtera 
and  tw«i  acns  living.  Be  is  a  man  whose 
industry,  public  spirit  and  high  and  honour- 
able aims  have  left  a  permanent  iropreaaion 
upon  the  material  and  moral  life  of  the 
community. 

Cliown,  Edwin,  Kingston,  wiu  born 
in  Devonshire,  England,  on  the  24th  day 
of  Febniary,  1832.  Hia  father  had  been  a 
farmer  in  England,  and  when  he  arrived  in 
Canada  hia  capital  was  exhausted.  There 
waa  a  family  of  aix  children,  and  Edwin. 
with  the  rest,  had  to  be  content  with  a  com- 
mon school  education.  From  hia  eleventh 
year,  Edwin  Chown  earned  his  own  living. 
Early  in  life  he  engaged  in  various  ouou- 
patious  ;  was  at  ooe  time  a  ci.)nfectioDer, 
again  a  carpenter,  and  then  a  tallow  chan- 
dler. In  1830,  he  engaged  with  Jarosa 
Powell  to  learn  the  tin  business,  and  served 
an  apprenticeship  of  five  years  at  the  same. 
He  then  commenced  business  for  himself. 
and  steadily,  if  sometimes  slowly,  made 
hia  way  up  to  a  prominent  and  honoured 
place  in  the  business  life  of  the  community. 
He  served  in  the  city  council  as  council- 
man, and  sitbscijuently  as  alderman  for  a 
period  in  all  of  about  twenty  years  ;  and 
he  haa  been  one  of  the  governora  of  the 
Kingston  General  Hi:>apital  since  1877-  Mr, 
Chown  waa  for  twenty-seven  years  a  part- 
ner with  Heury  Cunningham,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Chown  l^-  Cunningham,  on- 
gaged  in  the  manufacture  of  stoves  and 
agricultural  implements.  In  1H84  he  re- 
signed his  share  in  the  business  to  his 
second  son,  Charles  Douglas  Chown.  Mr. 
Ohown  has  been  twice  married,  first  to 
Usrriet  Anning,  by  whom  there  is  one  child 
livintf,  the  Kcv.  Edwin  Anning  Chown,  a 
prominent  minister  of  the  Canada  Metho- 
dist church.  He  uarrie<l  the  second  time, 
Amelia  Anning,  and  by  thia  union  there 
were  seven  sous  and  two  daughters,  tive 
sons  and  one  daughter  of  whom  are  living, 
and  stationed  as  follows  ;— Charles  Douglas, 


704 


A  CTCLOr^DU  OF 


of  the  firm  of  Ohown  &  Cunnintrham ; 
Henry  HbtIocIc,  medical  doctor  at  Winni- 
peg ;  Albert  Pollard,  drnggist,  Kingston  ; 
CreoTge  Yoong,  B.A.  of  Queen's,  now  a 
partner  with  his  fatlier  in  bnainens  ;  Alice 
Amelia,  graduate  of  the  Hamilton  Teachers' 
College  ;  Stanley  Thorn,  taking  on  art  course 
at  Queen's  College.  Thus,  by  upright  and 
honourable  dealing,  by  indtutry.  care  and 
economy,  Mr.  Chown  has  bronght  np  hia 
family  in  a  way  that  would  be  an  honour 
to  any  parent,  and  he  has  secured  a  com- 
petency ample  forhia  declining  yean. 

Davlcs,RoT.  Uenry  Wllllain,D.D., 
Toronto,  was  born  on  June  24.  1834,  in 
Cleveland,  State  of  Ohio,  being  a  son  of 
John  and  Cynthia  Dariea,  of  the  same  place. 
He  came  to  Canada  in  1840,  and,  after  paaa- 
ing  through  an  elementary  school,  entered 
the  Cornwall  Grammar  aohool,  under  W. 
Kay.  His  studies  at  that  institution  em- 
braced the  usual  branches  of  a  (rrammar 
achool  education.  His  parents  did  not 
remove  to  Ontario,  and  he  was  bronght  up 
by  an  aunt,  on  his  father's  side,  who 
married  the  late  Guy  Carleton  Wood,  of 
Cornwall,  whose  sister  was  wife  of  Bishop 
Straoban.  In  1802  he  matriculated  at 
Trinity  College,  gaining  a  ULvinity 
Boholarahip,  and  also  the  Bnmside  scholar- 
ship at  the  end  of  the  first  year.  He 
graduated  with  classical  honours  in  1855, 
and  proceeded  regularly  to  the  degrees  of 
M.A  ,  B.D.,  and  D.D.,  the  last  two  by 
examinations,  being  the  Grat  conferred  on 
any  graduate  of  Trinity  College.  He  woa 
appointed  curate  of  St.  Peter's,  Cobourg, 
under  the  Yen.  Archdeacon  Bethune,  after- 
wards second  bishop  of  Toronto.  Tn  1858, 
on  receiving  hia  appointment  a«  master  of  the 
Grammar  school,  at  Cornwall,  he  became 
curate  of  Trinity  Church,  under  the  late 
Yen.  Archdeacon  Patton.  On  removing  to 
Toronto,  in  186G,  to  fill  the  position  of  Eng- 
lish master  in  the  Toronto  Normal  school, 
he  became  assistant  to  the  Rev.  W.  S. 
Darling  uf  Holy  Trinity,  and  for  the  last 
few  years  Dr.  Davies  has  been  attached, 
though  not  permanently,  to  St.  Luke's  ;  his 
services  being  at  the  command  of  any  bro- 
ther clergyman  desiring  aaaistance.  He 
waa  initiated  into  Masonry  in  St  John's 
lodge,  Kingston,  and  on  removing  to  To- 
ronto, he  adiliated  with  Ionic  lodge,  tilling 
the  chairs  of  chaplain,  senior  warden,  and 
master,  respectively.  He  is  now  grand 
chaplain  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Canada. 
Shortly  after  recoiving  the  above-named 
appointment,  Dr.  Davies  was  requested  by 
the  Council  of  Public  Instruction  to  write 


two    works  on    English   grammar^  suitable 
fur  use  in  the  Public  and    Hi};h  schools  of 
Ontario.     In  obedience   to   the   request  he 
prepared    an    English  grammar    for  junior 
classes,    and    an   Analytical    and     Practical 
Omramar — works    showing    much    thought 
and   care,  and    a   thorough    odaptat 
their  respective  fields,      H«  aften 
lished    an   English    Literature    Prii 
the  use  of  candidates  preparing  for 
class   teachers'   examinations,    »    neat 
valuable  little  book,  which,  as  well  aa  the^^ 
works  already  mentioned,  obtained  an   ei- 
tenaive  use  in  the  public  achoola.      In  i; 
upon  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Sangater, 
Davies   was  promoted    to    the    poeition 
principal  of  the  Normal  SchooL     From 
timp,  as   has  been  very  trnkhfully 
out  in  an  educational  journal,  be  lal 
with  eameatnesa  and  success  in  mainl 
and  extending  the  reputation  of  the  inaliti 
tion  over  which  he  presided.      He  was  en 
ready  to  make  any  personal  saoritioe  for  the 
benefit  of  his  students,  and  the  more  clearly 
his  character  waa  understood  the  higher  >*v- 
came  one's  adniiratirm  and  respect  for  the 
man.     He  encouraged  athletic  exerciaes  and 
tieid  sports,  and  secured  the  eatabliabmenl 
of  a   &ne    professional  and  general  libnuy 
for  the  use  of  teachers  and  atudents  of  the 
Normal    School.      Liider   hia    managemODl 
the  Normal  School  atuined  the  highest  pos- 
sible repute  for  the  thoroughneaa  and  the 
Boum'neas  ciitsmetliuils  ;  and  one  competent 
authority    says  ;— "  The    plan    which    Dr. 
DavioB  pursues  in  teaching  would  give 
to  great   though  tfulnesa  and  expansion 
mind."    About  a  year  ago  the  pablic  leant 
with  deep  regret  tliat  Dr.  Daries  had  urared 
hia  connection    with    the    Normal   School 
One  of  the  Educational  jnumals  aubaequeut- 
ly  printed  the  following  paragraph  ; — **  In 
the  Rev.  Dr.   Davies'  retirement  from  the 
Normal  School,    Toronto,    that   inatitutii  n 
loses   a   moet   faithful   and    diligent   h<  a.: 
Possessing  a  most  kindly  heart,  it  was  per 
haps  unfortunate  fur  his  popularity,  that  a 
too  conscientious  estimate  ot  the  obligatiun 
he  was  under  to  his  pupils  to  pnimote  their 
intervflts,    despite   their    own    indifference, 
gave  him  for  some  little  time  at  least  a  re- 
putation for  auateritT  that  he  scarcely  de- 
served.    We  regret  tliat  for  some  time  the 
learned  doctor  hsa  been  in  delicate  health 
Hia  temporary  leisure  will,   no  doubt,  r 
store   him   to  hia  usual  vigour.     Wo  t 
that  the  government  will  reward  his  1od_^ 
and  faithful  service  to  one  of  our  moat  im- 
portant provincial  educational  institution* 
by  an  appointment  to  a  less  onerous,  but 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


705 


•quiJly  hoDourabltf  positiou."  With  the 
wish  ombodit'd  at  the  close  of  this  pHragtuph 
we  cor»iially  join  ours.  U  would  be  a  pity 
to  allow  the  tAlenta  nnd  the  experience  of 
thu  dittintfuished  ediicationuL  and  scholar 
to  remain  inactive,  whon  we  have  so  much 
BMd  of  them  in  educational  circles.  Dr. 
Daviea  married,  un  October  12,  IdoO,  Emily 
Todd,  youngest  dauKhtvr  of  the  lat«  W.  X*. 
Patrick,  who  waa  for  many  years  connected 
with  the  House  of  Assembly. 

Cumberland,  Fr<^<lerlc  William, 
(dectMuieil),  MP.,  Colonel  in  the  Canadian 
Volunttiera,  of  PendarvoSj  Toronto,  was  bom 
in  London,  England,  in  1820,  his  father 
holding  a  government  appointment  in  the 
Civil  Service  at  NV tut i minster,  anil  subse- 
quently in  Dublin  Caatle.  Bis  education 
waa  commtinctfd  at  the  Collegiate  school,  at 
Dublin,  and  from  thence  he  waa  entered 
At  King'a  college,  Loudon,  under  the  prea- 
enution  of  the  Earl  of  EUesmere.  Having 
completed  his  atudies  ben  without  any  dia- 
tiociioa  beyoud  that  of  being  a  mettlesome, 
ndlickiug  youth,  he  waa  apprenticed,  aa 
was  then  the  cuatom,  to  a  William  Treas, 
C.E.,  for  five  years,  during  which  time 
he  waa  engaged  on  various  architectural 
works,  and  in  the  surveys  for  the  Tithe 
Commutation  Conimiaaion,  and  on  the  Elast- 
em  I'ounties,  City  and  Richmond,  and  Ply- 
mouth, Exet«r,  and  Falmouth  railways. 
Upon  the  expiration  of  hia  articles,  he 
waa  employed  as  an  assistant  engineer  upon 
the  London  and  Uirmiugham  Il'iilway.  In 
1&44,  he  left  thb  railway  service,  on  being 
app<jinted,  npou  the  recommendation  of 
Lord  Stanley  (then  Colonial  Secretary),  to 
the  Engineering  Department  of  the  Admir- 
alty, of  which  Colonel  Bnuidroth,  HE.. 
F.K.S.,  was  director-general,  under  whom 
be  served,  as  tirst  assistant  at  H.  M.  d<ick- 
yard,  at  Chatham.  Here  he  superintended 
the  construction  of  the  dry  docks  and  sea- 
walling,  involving  an  expenditure  during 
hia  term  of  service  of  upwards  of  £100,04JO 
siaf.  per  annum.  The  works  at  Cbatiiam 
approaching  completion,  he  waa  promoted 
to  H.  M.  dockyard  at  Portsmouth,  wbeio 
the  works  were  of  greater  msgnitude.  and 
aa  aecond  under  Sir  William  Denison,  K  H.S. 
(afterwards  appointcMl  governor  of  Van  Die- 
mazi's  Ijand),  he  was  engaged  in  the  pre- 
paration of  dMBigns.  contracta,  and  supervi- 
sion >»(  ccmatruciion  of  the  thrue  dry  docks, 
the  forts  and  batteries  for  the  prv^tection  of 
the  dockyard,  and  the  erection  of  the  vari- 
ons  guvvrnuiont  buildings.  Dunni(  these 
rears,  1845  to  1847«  healK>  saaisted  Sir  WiJ. 
li&Di  Dcnjson  and  Captain  JameSi  XtE^,  ia 
88 


editing  "  The  Professional  Papers  of  the 
Corps  of  Itoyal  Engineers,"  a  work  of  high 
rank  and  professional  standing,  which  con- 
tains several  papers  contributed  by  his  own 
pen.  Having  married  Wilmot  Bramley, 
whose  sister  was  the  wife  of  T.  0.  Ridout, 
then  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Upper  Canada, 
he  concluded  to  make  venture  of  emigra- 
tion to  a  younger  land.  Kesigning  his 
position,  and  fortified  by  recommendations 
of  the  hiifhesb  character,  including  one 
from  Sir  Charles  Barry,  the  architect  of 
the  parliament  buildings  at  West  minster, 
who  tcstiticd  that,  from  an  acquaintance 
with  his  professional  work  as  an  architect, 
he  had  **  the  highest  opinions  of  his  qualifi- 
cations and  character,"  he  arrived,  aft«4r  a 
six  weeks  passage  in  a  sailing  ship,  at  New 
York,  and  thence  by  the  slow  progress  of  the 
Erie  canal  came  to  Toronto,  in  the  autumn 
of  1847.  With  great  glee  he  used  to  relate 
his  tirst  earnings  ware  earned  in  laying  out 
the  comer  of  Bloor  and  Yonge  streets,  and 
the  incidents  of  his  attendances  at  tires,  in 
the  capacity  of  valuator  for  the  British 
American  Atsnranoe  Co.,  his  first  regular 
appointment.  In  1848,  he  was  appointed 
county  engineer  for  the  County  or  York, 
and  in  1851,  was  sent  to  England,  and 
acted  with  much  success,  as  seoretuy  of 
the  Provincial  Industrial  Corommission, 
and  as  coinmiaaiouer  for  Canada,  at  the 
Great  Exhibition  of  all  Nations,  held  at 
London,  England,  in  that  year.  During 
the  pvritxl,  1H4S  to  1858.  it  was  then  Mr. 
Cumberland  left  the  imprint  of  his  abilities 
npon  the  architectural  features  of  Toronto. 
Taking  into  partnership,  lirat,  T.  Ridout, 
and.  subsequently,  W.  G.  8torm,  he  es- 
tablished a  superiority  which  secured  to  his 
lirui  nearly  aU  the  public  buddings  which 
were  erected  at  that  time,  aa  well  as  a 
private  practice  of  great  magmtnde.  Being 
a  man  of  unflagg:ing  energy,  he  also,  dur- 
ing the  earlier  portion  of  his  career,  made 
use  of  his  knowledge  in  railway  matters, 
and  in  1852,  as  chief  engineer,  undertook 
the  superintendenoe  of  the  construction  of 
the  Ontario,  Simcoe  and  Huron  Railway, 
then  o^Hioed  for  Uiirty  miles,  to  Aurora.  Ue 
located  the  Line  north  from  Barrie,  aud 
st*l«oted  Colliugwood  as  the  northern  ter- 
minus. But  a  few  farm  houses  were  then 
existing  in  their  vicinity,  the  shores  were 
wooded  to  the  water's  edge,  and  the  Hen 
and  Chiokens  harbour  waa  destitute  of 
any  inhabitants,  where  now  stands  the 
thriving  town  of  Qollingwood,  with  a  popu- 
lation of  10,000.  Having  completed  thooon- 
•tructiou,  he,  in  1864,  resigned  his  position 


jma 


706 


A  CTOLOrjKDlA  OF 


M  chief  engineer,  and  enf(iiged  solely  in 
•rchitectural  work.  Well  educated  in  hi» 
craft,  with  a  tine  eye  for  fonn,  and  ^rcAt 
facility  in  planning  and  masaing  of  atruo- 
tures,  the  St.  James'  c«thodral,  Normal 
■chool,  and  Oagoode  hall,  are  nut  unworthy 
•peoimcna  of  his  designs.  The  senate  of 
the  University  of  Toronto,  having  now,  un- 
der the  guiding  hand  of  Governor-General 
Sir  Kdmund  Head,  determined  cm  the  erec- 
tion of  baildings  cominenanrate  with  its 
lofty  purpoaca,  appointed  Mr.  Cumherland 
thetr  architect,  and  at  their  request  he  visited 
England  and  the  continent  for  a  year,  to  pre- 
pare himself,  by  further  study  and  cumpari- 
ii'n  of  the  great  edifices  uf  the  early  ayea. 
Returning,  he  devoted  himaelf  to  the  work, 
and  completed  thedesi^  and  details  for  the 
present  buildings,  in  the  Queen's  Park,  To- 
ronto, which  were  executed  under  bis  doily 
aupervisiou.  This  mii^nidcont  structure,  ac- 
knowledged to  be,  without  parallel,  the 
finest  speoimen  of  Norman  Gothic  architec- 
ture on  the  continent  of  America,  was  his 
last  design,  and  formed  a  fitting  conclusion 
to  his  architectural  career.  In  1858,  the 
Ontario,  8imcoo  and  Huron  Railway  had  be- 
come bankrupt,  and  having  fallen  into  a 
condition  of  dilapidation,  was  ordered  by 
the  government  to  be  closed,  as  being  unsafe 
for  the  publio  use.  Having  been  appointed 
its  vice-president,  Mr.  Cumberland  saw  an 
opjj<]rtunity  for  exercising  his  talents  in  the 
working  of  railways,  for  which  his  experi- 
ence in  England  had  so  peculiarly  titt«d  him. 
Fully  actpiaintod  with  every  section  of  the 
country  thrciUifh  which  it  passed,  having 
faith  in  its  future,  and  rare  prescience  as  to 
its  ultimate  suocess,  be  devised  a  scheme  for 
the  re-orgaulsatioii  of  the  company.  Armed 
with  new  legislation  for  its  absorption,  and 
the  creation  of  the  Northern  Rwlway  of 
Canada,  he  visited  England,  and,  by  his 
enthusiasm  and  persf^nal  inHiienco,  induced 
the  English  investors  to  double  their  pre- 
vious inveatroont,  in  order  to  save  that 
which  otherwise  would  have  been  irretriev- 
ably lost.  He  returned  in  1859,  as  ita 
managing  director.  Here  began  a  connec* 
tion  which  endured  with  fidelity  on  both 
aides  for  twenty-two  years,  until,  with  his 
death,  in  1881,  was  terminated  bis  terra 
of  service.  He  reconstructed  the  railway, 
and,  casting  aside  the  through  business^ 
he  devoted  every  energy  to  the  nurture 
and  growth  of  the  local  interests  of  the  dia- 
diatrict,  and  the  ooonouiical  and  efficient 
working  of  the  line.  In  the  tirst  year  of 
management,  although  the  total  earnings 
were  $21^657  leaa  than  those  of  the  previous 


year,  the  company  made  a  profit  -f  *^*  '^''^ 
instead  nf  suffering  a  litss.     Th«  > 

was  ctmsiatently  fullowed  thruugl 

strongest  inducements  were  held  out  to  liim* 
burmen  to  develop  the  timber  landa  al<i(ig 
the  line,  mills  were  encoura^ed^  and  stati'Oi 
opened  at  every  point  which  showed  any  de- 
mand— indeed,  so  much  was  this  (he  caM^ 
that  an  anecdote  is  haiide'1  down  thirt 
one  occasion,  when  the  cuuductor 
ped  the  train  at  a  new  ro«d-croeaii 
engine  driver,  leaning  out  of  hts  cab, 
out,  "Wot'athis  r'  and  bfinj;  told  that 
waa  "  a  now  flag  station,"  replied,  in  toass 
of  disgust,  **  a  new  fing  station!  well,  1 
should  hke  to  know  whether  J'm  driving  an 
express  tram  or  an  omnibus  !  "  The  spied 
of  the  traina  may  not  have  been  great,  bul 
in  all  his  career  not  a  paAseriKer  was  e«S>r 
hurt  The  railway  facilities  were,  aa  it  wenL 
brought  home  to  every  man's  door,  aid 
throughout  his  term  of  man»(;ement,  local 
interests  reigned  supreme.  His  coxutaol 
efforts  were  directed  to  the  creatioD  of 
branch  lines,  which  should  tap  the  nuwlj^ 
developing  country,  and  bring  their  tradic 
to  the  main  stem.  In  this  view  he  proj<ect«d 
and  constructed,  under  other  companies,  tlu 
North  Grey,  the  Penetangnishene,  and  Mus- 
koka  branches,  and  juat  before  his  death, 
completed  the  organization  for  theconstroc- 
tion  of  the  Callendar  branch,  by  which  To- 
ronto and  the  Province  uf  Outario  are  now 
united  to  the  Canadian  Paoltic.  These  sub- 
sidiary lines  were  all  afterwards  amalgamat- 
ed into  the  one  company,  and  remain 
evidence  of  his  desire  to  give  ralti 
vantages  to  the  district  which  his 
served.  From  a  gross  earning  of 
in  1859,  he  advanoed  the  revenues  of  hia 
company  to  81.289,507.  in  1881,  the  ycaruf 
his  death,  and  never  for  one  day  during 
that  term  was  the  interest  on  ita  bonds  in 
arrears.  A  persuasive  speaker,  and  of  grei 
force  of  character,  his  personality  pervade 
all  enterprises  to  which  he  devoted  himself 
and  thus  he  made  his  railway  dll  a  larger 
space  in  the  public  eye  than,  perhafia.  iti 
mileage  or  earnings,  in  comparison  with 
other  Canadian  railwaya,  deserved.  Wh< 
the  Hamilton  and  North- Western  Railwi 
wai  constructed,  in  direct  opposition  to  thi 
Northern,  it  waa  thought  that  the  day  of 
hia  infiiienoe  was  gone,  but  with  great  t^ti- 
enoe  and  fertility  of  resource  he  waitea  hia 
time,  and  hia  astonished  opponents  woke  up 
one  morning  to  find  that  just  as  they  had 
completed  their  new  line  it  had  passed  into 
his  hands.  From  this  time  on  opposition 
ceased,  the  people  began  to  find  that  while 


remain  a* 

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CANADUy  BIOQRAPBY. 


7or 


faithful  to  hU  compaDy  he  waa  earneat  in 
hit  endeavoun  to  advance  their  mutual  in- 
terests. His  dotEg^  persistence  and  indo- 
mitable will  in  working  out  his  designs  for 
the  advancement  of  his  company,  necessa- 
rily crtiftted  hostility  and  opposition,  but  a 
thorough  isientality  of  disposition,  and  perfect 
ease  of  access  orercame  much  of  this  during 
his  life,  while  after  his  death  even  his  most 
inveterate  opponents  noknonledged  hij 
merits,  and  added  their  testimony  that  no 
sordid  motive  or  mean  self  interest  ever 
prompted  any  of  his  lines  tA  action.  To- 
wards his  employeoa  he  stood  in  the  relation 
of  a  father  and  a  friend.  8cIdom  hss  Hrm 
rule,  uiftcting  iust^uit  and  cnmptcte  ob(!di- 
«Doe,  combined  wifJi  kindly  cimsideratinn, 
been  better  exerapUtied  than  in  hiui.  He 
made  it  his  businens  to  know,  not  onl^  each 
man  in  the  service,  but  also  the  condition  uf 
his  family,  and  the  inner  details  of  his  life. 
His  object  was  tn  build  up  the  old  ideal 
union  between  master  and  man,  and  in  this. 
not  the  least  of  his  suocossoa.  he  a'lmittt.HUy 
vou  the  faithful  service  and  full  affection  of 
all  who  were  envjoged  under  him.  There 
was  a  deep  signiticance  in  tlie  utterance 
of  one  of  nis  euiployees.  who  said,  as  he 
stood  looking  at  his  dea«l  master's  fsce  tis 
h«  lay  in  hi*  cotlin—'* There  lies  the  North- 
em  Railway."  The  bronza  monument 
placed  at  AUandale  (the  work  of  the  C-ana- 
dian  svtdptor,  F.  W.  Dunbar),  modailed 
with  gn'at  success,  and  presenting  a  very 
striking  likeness,  has  on  its  granite  pedes- 
tai  the  inscription — *'  Erected  by  the  men 
of  the  Xr>rthern  and  North-Western  Rail- 
ways, 1881/*  and  fitly  preserves  the  record 
of  tlie  esteem  with  which  his  memory  is 
reTered.  Mr  Cumberland  was  a  man  of 
fiae  social  instincts,  tlie  very  soul  of  friend- 
ahip  snd  huspitalily.  Ue  interested  himself 
largely  in  matters  other  than  his  business. 
In  1861,  at  the  time  of  the  Trent  adair,  he 
or^gaoixed  the  regiment  then  known  as  the 
lOch  Royals  or  IMiHihanicB*  Regiment,  now 
the  Royal  Grenadiers,  and  becoming  its 
tirst  colonel,  retained  command  until  in  IHtU 
he  was,  in  recognttiun  of  his  services,  ap- 
pv»intod  aiiio-de-camp  to  the  governor-gene- 
ral, a  ^MjAttion  he  held  until  the  departure  of 
I*tird  DutTerin,  when  he  resigned.  In  1800, 
he  weitt  to  the  fn'nt  on  the  statT  of  Colonel 
Lowry,  at  the  time  of  the  Fenian  raid,  and 
had  particular  charge  of  the  railway  service. 
For  many  ye^rs,  he  was  an  active  member  of 
the  Masi'Uic  body,  assisting  in  the  reorj(an- 
ixation  of  4St  Andrew's  lodge,  of  which  he 
became  niaater,  and  subsequently  deputy 
grand  master  of  tlio  Toronto  district ;  was 


ouo  of  the  founders  and  vice-president  of 
the  Canadian  Institute,  and  a  president  fur 
two  years  of  the  St.  George's  Si>cit*ty.  Was 
a  president  of  the  Mechanics*  Institute,  in 
which  he  always  took  a  lively  interest,  found- 
ing in  it  a  scholarship  for  his  own  Northern 
Riulway  apprentices,  and  designing  and 
superintending  the  construction  of  its  build- 
ing— tlie  present  public  librarv — as  a  free 
gift  in  its  aid.  lii  1B67.  he  represented  Al- 
goma  in  the  Ontario,  and  again  in  1871,  in 
the  Uuminiiin  purlianient.  He  resii^ntd,  on 
finding  the  duties  interfered  too  much  with 
hisritilway  practice.  Late  in  hfe,  he  entered 
himself  as  a  student  at  Usgoode  Hall,  and  it 
is  remembered  that  on  being  given  for  trans- 
Istiiin  the  Ode  of  Horace,  beginning  with 
"  Ktegid  monu'uentum  lere  perennius,"  he, 
with  much  aptitude,  abided,  in  allusion  to 
the  surrounding  building,  of  which  he  him- 
self had  been  the  architect.  **  8i  monnmen- 
tum  requiris  circumspico."  (If  you  seek  the 
monument,  hK>k  around.)  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  senate  of  the  University  of  To- 
ronto, and  sulisequentlj  of  Trinity  ColleKe« 
a  prominent  member  of  the  Synod  ot  the 
Church  of  England,  and  a  director  of  the 
Cana<iiaii  Bink  of  Uommerce.  Fund  of 
athlftics  and  sport,  he  was  at  the  time  uf 
his  death,  president  oi  the  ToroQt<i  Cricket 
Club,  and  of  the  Ontario  Jockey  Club  ;  itis 
youthfulness  of  disposition  making  him  a 
great  favourite  amf^ug  young  men.  Ha  died 
at  his  residence,  Peudarves,  Toronto,  on 
oth  August,  1881,  in  the  Gist  year  of  his 
age,  deeply  regretted,  and  leaving  a  large 
blank  in  social  and  public  circles.  A  courtly, 
cultivated  gentleman ,  of  good  presence  and 
great  personal  magnetism,  a  speaker  of  clear 
and  close  reasoning,  with  a  great  flow  of  lan- 
guage, at  tiroes  rising  to  eloquence  ;  some- 
what of  a  (x^et,  yet  intensely  prsctical,  vig- 
ountus  in  desii^,  and  with  raru  executive 
ability,  it  may  truly  be  said  of  him,  in  all 
the  varieil  matters  in  which  he  interestwl 
himself — Sihii  tttujit  q^iotl  lum  ortuivit. 
It  is  (he  varied  conditions  atu«ndant  upon 
the  early  years  of  a  young  and  growing 
community  which  call  into  play  versatile 
abilities  such  as  ho  i>osaessed.  Of  these  he 
did  not  fail  to  take  advantage,  and  thus  left 
his  mark  upon  his  adopted  land. 

Fcrrlert  Alcinndrr  UavUI,  Lieut. 
Col  ,  ex-M.KP.,  Jr.,  K.rgus.  Ont.,  was 
boru  in  Kdinbiirgh,  Scotland,  on  the  13th 
November,  18K(.  His  father  was  Louis 
Henry  Korrier,  of  Itclsyde,  LiiitittigowsJiire, 
Scotland,  who  died  tii  ynelwc,  Ki'bruary, 
1883,  where  he  held  the  position  of  collec- 
tor of  customs,  having   rvmovod   with  bis 


■08 


A  CYCLOPMDIA  OF 


fftmily  to  Qnebec  in  J  UDe,1830.  His  mother 
was  Ch&rl(itt«  Mciuro,  second  dkughlcr  of 
Alexander  Monro,  profeasor  of  anatomy  in 
the  Coivenity  of  Bdinburgh,  who  died  in 
1821.  A.  1).  Ferrier  waa  educated  at  the 
Edinhnr^fh  Aoadorny  and  I7niveriiity.  Upon 
hifl  arriTinK  at  Qtiebt-c  with  hin  father,  he 
entered  a  morobant'e  dffice,  where  he  remain- 
ed till  183-i,  and  after  a  visit  to  Britain 
caine  to  Fergus,  Unt..  in  June  1635.  Here 
he  worked  upon  his  farm  till  1840,  when  he 
went  tu  Elora,  as  book-keeper  to  Ross  & 
Co.,  mill  owners.  Ac.  In  1840  Mr.  Ferrier 
waa  appointed  clerk  to  the  Wellington 
oounty  council,  whioh  position  he  held  till 
1871,  when  he  resigned.  He  removed  to 
Elora  in  1844,  and  to  fiuelph  in  1849.  In 
1850  Mr.  Ferrier  married  Magdalene  Ding- 
wall Fordyce,  who  died  withont  issue  in 
September,  1872-  Mr.  Farrier  returned  tn 
Fergus,  to  his  old  place  in  1854  ;  but  sold 
oni  in  1875,  and  proceeded  to  Britain,  and 
returned  in  1&78.  In  1834  ho  did  business 
in  Fergus  as  accountant  and  conveyancer, 
&4-.,  which  occupation  he  gavo  up  in  1875. 
He  waa  a  member  of  the  old  district  oouu- 
cil  for  four  yean,  from  1845  to  1849,  and 
in  September,  1807,  was  elected  M.P-P.  for 
the  Centre  Riding  of  Wellington.  He  wss 
a  private  in  the  Fergus  volunteers  in  1835, 
and  served  during  the  rebellion  in  1837  and 
1838.  He  obtained  his  commission  aa  cap- 
tain in  the  i;5th  Gore  in  1839,  and  in  1859 
was  gazetted  lient.-colonel  of  the  Fourth 
Wellington  militia,  which  battalion  he  or- 
ganized. Col.  Femer  was  a  commissioner 
of  the  old  court  of  requests,  and  was  made 
a  J.  P.  in  184.'i.  He  was  secretary  to  two 
road  companies,  Guclph  and  Arthnr  and 
Fergus  and  Owen  Sound,  till  the  county 
assumed  them.  He  has  not  lately  taken  a 
very  deep  interest  in  politics,  seeing  that 
there  Hre  jiluuty  of  men  for  that  business. 
He  was  a  member  of  St.  Andrew's  Society 
of  FerguH  and  alno  the  Curling  Club.  Col. 
Ferrier  has  tiavelled  from  Land's  Knd  to 
John  O'Groat's,  and  from  Quebec  tt»  Win- 
ni[H*g  ;  and  he  declares  that  Dunkeld  in 
Scotland  is  the  prettiust  place  that  he  has 
*8een,  and  his  own  native  town  of  Edin- 
burgh by  far  a  more  beautiful  city  than 
any  in  Britain  or  in  this  Dominion.  His 
father  waa  an  elder  in  the  church  of  Scot- 
land, and  he  has  been  an  elder  in  the  Pres- 
byterian church  of  Canada  for  over  forty 
years.  When  he  first  visited  Montreal, 
in  September,  18{i0,  the  steamboat  landed 
its  passengers  un  a  mud  hank,  as  there  was 
DO  wharf  there  of  any  kind.  When  Mr. 
Ferrier  first  saw  Torlc  in  1834,  there  was  a 


pool  at  the  corner  of  Vonge  uid  King  ftrcMt 
covered  with  green  slime,  and  a  nice  Linle 
creek  at  the  wvst  end  meandering  through 
the  town.  The  leading  h«it«l  was  not  I'lsct- 
ly  equal  to  the  "Queen's."  Therv  wss  no 
decent  road  north  of  Diindaa,  and  tb«re 
WBsn*t  a  tree  cut  between  Fergus  nnd  ('wer 
Sound.  Tempera  mutanluretn 
in  illis  I  Colonel  Ferrier  waa  * 
school  eommiBsiouer  for  Nichol  in  L 
township  supt^nntendent  in  1843, 
1879  chairman  of  the  school  board  fi>^ 
gus.  He  held  the  latter  poaition  for 
years,  when  he  declined  re-election  for  thi 
trusteeship. 

Fllx-€:erald,  Frederick  Ardell, 
London,  J.  P.  for  the  County  of  MiddJuwi, 
was  born  on  October  Kith,  1840,  in  the  Ui»ii- 
ship  of  Ixmdon,  in  the  oounty  just  named, 
and  is  a  sou  of  the  lat«  John  and  Rel 
Fitz-Oerald,  descendants  of  an  ancient  li 
family.  Mr  Fitz-OeTald's  parenteemi 
from  Ireland  to  Canada  in  1H20,  andi 
in  the  township  of  London.  They 
larce  family,  and  the  subject  of  this 
and  five  daughters  survive  them,  all 
whom  are  married  and  comfortably 
F.A.  Fitz-Qerald  waa  educated  in  thai 
schools  of  the  township  and  city  t>f  L<j 
receiving  there  a  solid  Knifliah  educat 
He  waa  one  of  the  builders  of  the  Lond( 
water  works  in  1878;  and  his  firm,  F. 
Fitz-Gerald  &  Co.,  purchased  the 
tnres  issued  by  the  city  for  their  ooi 
tion.  His  oounection  with  secret 
has  been  coutined  to  the  Masoniu  craft 
to  the  order  of  Foresters.  He  has  trvvei 
over  the  greater  part  of  Europe,  visiting  < 
chief  places  of  historic  note  and 
there.  In  religion,  he  waa  brought  up 
the  Methodist  faith,  and  has  been  a  re^li 
attendant  of  that  church  all  his  life, 
married  Mary  Edith,  eldest  daughtor 
Major  Charles  Jones,  of  the  same  coanl 
and  formerly  of  London,  Khgland  ; 
has  a  family  of  three  sons  and  one  daqgl 
ter.  Mr.  Fitz  Gerald  is  a  Liberal-Co 
vative  in  politics,  and  takes  much  inl 
in  public  questious.  He  began  life  in 
grocery  business,  in  the  City  of  Loudon, 
and  by  unremitting  industry,  by  watchful- 
ness and  by  ability  built  up  a  large  trade, 
which  is  now  conducted  upon  his  owo 
property,  on  Dundas  street,  known  aa 
Filz-Oerat<l  block.  This  is  one  of  the  m< 
handsome  structures  in  the  city.  For  tt 
past  fifteen  years  Mr.  Fit2-Oeru1d'a  atl 
tion  has  been  principally  direct*")  t«> 
troloum  oil  operations  ;  his  far-t^^ 
and  sound   judgment  having  sl 


iatereat 


CANADIAN  BIOGHAPEY, 


709 


•  good  fl«ld  for  operation.  He  in  largely  in- 
toreeted  in  oil  refinini;  ;  aud  is  president  and 
maoAging  director  of  the  Iiupdrial  Oil  Re- 
fioinr  Company,  an  immense  concern,  com- 
poiea  of  a  wealthy  oorporation  of  oil  men. 
Bis  tirm  of  F.  A.  Fitz  Ueraid  &  Co.  are 
largely  interested  in  the  production  of  cnide 
oil,  and  it  owns  exttinnive  and  vnluAMe  oil 
producinf?  property  in  Knniftkillen,  Lamb- 
ton  county.  Mr.  Fitz-Oerald  is  likewtse 
preaident  of  the  Oil  Retiners'  AsBooiation. 
He  ia  also  president  of  the  London  Furni- 
ture M&tiufacturing  Company,  and  through 
his  superiur  business  ability  restored  an  es- 
tabliihuient  that  was  fast  decaying  to  one  of 
the  most  pmsperous  cnncems  in  western 
Canada,  giving  employment  to  a  lar^ce  nnm* 
ber  of  artisans.  He  is  also  associated,  as 
<lireotor,  with  several  other  important  tiuan- 
cial,  manufacturing  and  commercial  institu- 
tions in  Ontario  ;  and,  regarded  in  any  and 
every  light,  may  be  set  down  as  a  represen- 
tative Cans<.iiAn. 

Merclor,  Hon.  Ilonore,  Q.O.,  Mont- 
r«al,  MH.P.  f<ir  St.  Hyacinthe,  Quebec,  was 
horn  at  (berviUe  in  the  above  province,  on 
the  15th  October,  1840.  His  father  was  bom 
at  St.  Pierre,  Montma^y,  and  established 
hinasrli  at  St.  Athanase,  and  later  at  Iber- 
▼iile,  of  which  place  he  wss  one  of  the  Gnt 
settlers.  Hunore  Mercier  received  a  thor- 
ough ]tt«rary  education  at  the  Jesuit's  Col- 
lege, Muntresl  ;  studied  law  with  Laflam- 
boiae  4^  Papineau  (now  both  judges),  and 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  18G5.  While 
yet  a  law  student  he  embarked  in  jouroal- 
iam,  and  gave  his  support  to  the  Mscdonald* 
Sicotte  Liberal  administration  of  1862. 
Upon  his  admission  to  the  bsr  he  dropped 
journalism  for  a  time,  and  devoted  bis  ener- 
gies to  hit  profession.  His  ardour,  industry 
and  natural  abilities  soon  \^kvq  him  a  fore- 
most place  at  the  bar  :  and  thenceforth  he 
«ra«  a  marked  man.  In  1871  he  appeared 
in  the  political  arena  at  Bagot,  as  a  sup- 
porter of  M.  Lant^elier  (later  Hon.  Francois). 
the  Liberal  caudidate.  The  following!  year, 
Upon  the  earnest  solicitations  of  his  friends, 
hft  offered  himself  (or  Kouville,  in  the  Mouse 
of  Oommons,  and  was  elected.  After  the 
downfall  of  the  Conserratire  government, 
in  1873,  M.  Mercier  yielded  his  aeat  to  M. 
Cbeval,  in  1874,  to  avoid  dividing  the  vote 
of  tl)«  Liberal  party  in  the  case  of  the  re- 
doubtable Oonservstive  candidate,  M.  Qi- 
IcaoU,  and  on  retiring  again  to  private  life, 
became  partner  to  Mr,  Bourgeois,  of  St. 
Hyaointhe,  now  judge  in  Three  Rivers.  lu 
l^B  M.  Meroior  was  the  Liberal  candidate 
§Ot  Ihe  House   of  Commons  fur  8u    Hya- 


ointhe, and  lost  his  election  by  six  votes. 
On  the  3rd  June,  1879,  he  vaa  elected  to 
the  LeKifllative  Assembly  to  represent  St. 
Hyacinthe,  with  a  rasjority  of  307.  and  was 
admitted  into  the  Joly  administration  as 
solicitor-general,  to  fill  the  vacancy  canned 
by  the  death  of  the  Hon.  P.  Bachand.  Ue 
held  this  oHice  till  the  administration  went 
ont  of  office  in  the  same  year.  In  1881,  M. 
Mercier  left  St.  Hyacinthe  for  Montreal, 
where  he  stdl  practises  as  ii  lawyer  ;  and  at 
the  general  provincial  election  of  December, 
1881,  he  was  elected  by  acclamation  for  his 
old  constituency.  M.  Mercier's  life  has 
been  a  very  busy  and  an  extremely  useful 
one  ;  and  has  been  devoted  in  turn  t<^>  juur- 
nalism,  law  and  politica,  and  sometimes  to 
all  three  together.  He  is  ever  ready  for 
duty,  and  when  he  strikes  a  blow  it  is  in- 
variably with  an  iron  hand.  He  is  a  ready 
and  etfective  speaker,  a  strong  and  brilliant 
writer,  and  an  extremely  capable  lawyer. 
Although  in  political  light  he  strikes  hard, 
he  never  '*  hits  when  down,"  or  "  below  the 
belt,"  but  is  honourable  and  even  generous 
with  opponents.  M.  Mercier  is  a  moderate 
Liberal,  and  he  has  never  put  party  above 
his  country,  or  his  personal  interests  before 
the  public  good.  He  has  a  true  and  high 
appreciation  of  the  beautiful  and  the  true, 
aud  as  VOpinvni  Publique  says  "loves  the 
world,  notwuhtauding  iV*  imperfection,  and 
politics  in  spite  of  their  annuyauoes."  In 
1883  H.  Mercier  was  chosen  leader  of  the 
Liberal  opposition  in  the  Quebec  Assembly, 
at  the  instance  of  the  then  loader.  Mr.  Joly, 
and  still  holds  that  position.  He  married 
on  the  2dth  May,  1866,  Leopoldine  Boivin, 
of  St.  Hyacinthe,  but  she  died.  Ue  married 
again  on  May  9th,  1871,  Virginie  St.  Denis, 
oi  the  same  city. 

ncCSreyor,  Jamea,  Detroit,  Michi- 
s^n,  was  bom  iu  Scotland  in  1330,  from 
the  good  old  McGregor  stock,  and  came  to 
Canada  in  1855.  He  was  in  change  of  some 
of  the  car  shops  of  the  <'jreat  Western  Rail- 
way for  a  louii  period  ;  bat  in  1860  was 
selected  to  look  after  the  car  shops  of  the 
Detroit  &  Milwaukee  Railway  at  Detroit, 
as  master  car  builder.  Here  he  remained 
until  1860,  when  ho  resigned,  to  assume  the 
superintendency  of  the  large  car  building 
■hops  of  the  Michigan  Car  Company,  at 
Detroit,  and  he  is  still  connectet.1  with  that 
o<mipany.  Mr.  Mc<rregor  has  a  full  shan* 
of  this  world's  gi>ods,  and  has  recently  built 
a  fine  modem  house,  on  Jefferson  avenue, 
Detroit,  where  he  and  his  family  reside 
during  the  winter.  In  summer  the  house- 
huld  betake  theiuaelves  to  Mr.  Modregur^s 


710 


A  cYciorjivu  or 


beautiful  rivenido  rendencer  Alta  Yiita 
Fiixn),  Bt.  Clair,  unu  of  the  DRrst  picturesque 
Bitu&tiuns  un  the  whole  of  the  St.  Clair  or 
Detri:>it  rivers.  Mr.  McGrejfor  hua  a  f&niUy 
of  fciir  girls  luid  two  boyii,  the  former  being 
aocompluhed  and  channing  young  ladies, 
and  the  elder  of  the  boys  an  active  help  to 
his  father  in  auperin tending  the  larffe  mauu- 
facU)ry  under  bis  charge.  Mr.  McOreenr 
ia  a  gT«at  reader,  has  a  cunteniplative  mind 
of  the  Scotch  type,  and  is  a  genuine  angler. 
He  is  probably  the  moat  expert  angler  for 
baaa  and  other  game  Hah  on  onr  inland 
lakes  and  rivers. 

Oswald,  Wllliiim  RolM?rt,  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel, commander  of  the  Brigade 
of  the  Montreal  Uarrison  Artillery,  was 
born  at  Seabank,  Aberdeenshire,  Scotland, 
was  educated  at  Bellevue  House,  and  was 
actually,  although  nome  timor  later,  under 
the  aame  moatera  as  Sir  Peter  Lumaden, 
of  Afghanistan  fame.  He  ia  the  descen- 
dant of  an  ancient  family  which  has  hold 
an  honoured  place  in  the  arinala  of  not 
only  Scotland  but  of  England  since  the 
days  of  the  Saxon  Heptarchy.  The  deriva- 
tion of  the  name  is  suggestive  of  its  Anglo- 
Saxon  origin,  on,  signifying,  **  man,"  and 
uxiU,  "wood."  The  legend  says  that  the 
founder  of  tlie  Oswald  family  waa  the  Earl, 
or  pettT  king  of  Northumberland  of  those 
early  days,  who  had  three  sons,  one  a 
soldieri  the  second  a  sailor,  who  founded  a 
family  in  Fife,  and  the  third  a  merchant, 
the  ancestor  of  the  Clswaldt  of  Ayr.  From 
the  soldier  sprang  the  Oswalds  of  Dunni- 
keer  and  the  Oswalds  of  Auchenoruire, 
families  of  distinction  in  the  shiro.  The 
colonel's  father  married  a  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Mackenzie,  of  Frendville,  Aberdeen- 
shire, who  belongs  toan  old  and  well-known 
Highland  family.  It  will  thua  be  seen  that 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  legitimately  in- 
herits his  love  for  military  life,  which,  no 
doubt,  he  would  have  embraced  in  early 
days  had  the  opportunity  offered,  and  like 
many  cadets  of  noble  Scotch  families  who 
in  the  past  have  '*  filled  a  page  in  story," 
either  in  the  annals  of  their  country  or  in 
those  of  mnny  nations,  where  the  wandering 
Scot,  like  Andrew  Fairservice  and  the  hero 
of  Quentin  Durward,  as  graphically  inxr- 
trayed  by  Sir  Walter  Scott,  have  taken  into 
their  service,  along  with  their  swords  a 
shrewdness  and  sagacity  that  has  raised 
them  to  the  front  rank.  Colonel  Oswald's 
lines,  however,  lay  in  the  more  pacific  and 
profitable,  if  less  romantic,  paths  of  mercan- 
tile life,  and  in  ISCG  he  sailed  for  Canada. 
He    itopped   here    for  a   year  and   a  half 


before  going  back  to  his  native  land, 
returned  shortly  after   with   the  agency 
the    Sciittish    Provident    and    the   Sco 
Fire  Insurance  Companies  ;  settled  in  Mctii»] 
treal,   and    ia   now  of  the  firm  of  Osii 
Rrothen,  itock    brokers,    5:)    and   5.i  M 
Franoi^ia  Xavior  street,  general  agents  f< 
the  City  of   London   InBuranoe   Comfiao] 
and  one  of  the  senior  members  of  the  ^too 
Exchange.      In  1868  he  entered   the  Oai 
Bon  artillery,  then  ct>mmanrJed  by  Co!* 
Ferrier,     who    was    sucoeeded     by  Coloi 
Henry  McKay  and  he,  in  his  turn,  by  Coin! 
Tcrrence  Fraser,  who  was  the  predi 
of  Colonel  Oswald.    The  colonel,  during 
seventeen   years   since    hia    entry  into    the 
regiirent,  has  been  connected  with  the  ser- 
vice, and  continuously  in  the  Gairisou  ar- 
tillery, with  the  exception  of  three  yean  iii 
the  Field    battery,  returning  to  it  to  Uk* 
command  on  June   24th,  1881.      He  found 
it  in  a  most  demoralized  state,   there  not 
being  fifty  officers  and    men   all  told,  but 
goinu:   energetically  to  work   he  soon  raised 
it  to  the  standard  of  1870.  when  it  moxcheiJ, 
300  strong,  to  the  front  during  the   Feuiau 
raid.     Being  a  strict  diacipUnarian,  he  njon 
restored  it.s  former  efficiency,     j^t  the  time 
of  the  raid  he  was  lieutenant  of  No.  0  Bat- 
tery at  Trout  river,  when  his  command  ws* 
under  fire.    Lieutenant  Oswald  nietwir' 
adventure    during    this     campaign 
might    have    had    a    very    oerioua    en  i 
He  proposed    to   Colonel   Ferrier    to       - 
the   Fenian   camp  at  Malone,.  in  diu^i 
and  ascertain   the  strength  of  the  eueuii 
He  managed   matters  as    he  thought  ti 
cleverly,  but   towards  evening,  finding  thi 
he   was   an    object   of  suspicion,    r«>|K>rt 
himself  to  General  Hunt,  who  was  in  com- 
mand  of   the   United  States  troops  sent 
prevent  the  Feniana  from  crossing  the 
der.      The  lieutenant  aaked  Oenerml  Hui 
how  he   knew  he  waa  a  spy.     **  We  hai 
known  it  all  day,"  was  the  reply,   *•  tho«( 
you   think  you  are  so  well  disguised.     Wi 
spotted  you  the  moment  yon  sat  down 
the  table  for  breakfast,  and  next  time  you 
try   your  hand  keep  on  y<»ur  hat.     We  saw 
the  diagonal  mark  of   the  forage  cap  aoroaa 
your  forehead,  the  covered  part  being  whiter 
than  that  exposed  to  the  san,  and  knew  at 
once  you  were  a  British  soldier."     Ahont 
twelve  years  ago   he  joined  the  Oominiou 
Artillery  Association,  was  its  first  life  mem- 
ber, and  took  command  of  the  first  Cana«)ian 
team  to  Shocburyneas  in  1861,  winning  iha 
Marquis  of  Lome's  prize  in  the  contest,  be- 
tween England  and  Canada.     He  suooeedod 
General  Luard  as  president  of  the 


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tiun,  which  poftition  he  now  holds.  'Die  re- 
oeptioti  of  the  Eoglinh  team  Ust  seaaon  wa« 
pniici|.iAlly  due  to  the  encnunigement  he 
gkve,  M>d  it  WAS  owini^  tn  hitn  that  the  40  lb. 
hrtoeoh-loadiitcf  Armstrong  fc^uns  now  in  the 
poOTOMiun  of  the  Canadian  artillery  wore 
ured  through  the  medium  of  the  mtnis- 
f  militia.  The  cup  i>re«ei]t«d  by  the 
.r(|iiia  n\  Lome  la  a  handoniije  specimen 
the  silversmith's  art,  and  bears  an  iosorip* 
tion  Co  the  ftfect  that  it  was  a  special  mark 
of  approbation  for  the  enerjcy  and  jtidginent 
ho  had  fthriwn.  It  was  his  intention,  last 
.fun*',  f..  hifcTB  gone  with  the  Canadian  team 
t  :    hut  that  project,  on  account  of 

ti  1  West   tniiubles  had    to  be  aban- 

doued,  espL'cially  as  some  of  the  best  men 
were  goiiit^  with  the  5IontreaI  bri^de  to  the 
NMrth-West.  Lieut. -Colonel  Oswald  has 
two  bmthi^rs  :  the  eldest  served  as  a  lieu* 
tenant  in  the  Victoria  Rifles  at  Pigeon  Hill 
ID  1870  ;  was  captain  and  adjutant  com- 
manding a  troop  of  fifty-two  Kouts,  under 
General  8tr<«Jige,  at  Fort  Pitt,  during  the 
lat«  rebellion^  and  now  holds  a  commission 
in  the  Munnt4>d  Infantry  Corps,  Winnipeg. 
The  younger  brother  was  attached  to  the 
Koyal  en^neers  in  Kgypt»  and  passed  all 
ri»oj{h  the  recent  oampai;;n  there.  Our 
bject  has  loni^  be^n  a  member  of  St. 
il's  Church,  his  wife's  mother  being  the 
daii'^hter  nf  Dr.  Black,  the  tirat  pastor  of 
that  church.  Colonel  Oswald  is  a  member 
the  Masonic  craft.  He  has  travelled  on 
^ntinentof  Europe,  thmuuh  theSouth- 
tates,  and  through  Canada  as  far  as 
Columbia.  The  brigade  of  Mont- 
artillery,  under  command  of  C>)l<mel 
wald,  served  through  the  North-West 
belli'iu  campaign  of  1885,  receiving  the 
p^rial  war  medal  for  this  aorvice.  Colonel 
wald  married  Miss  (ireenshields,  dauiL,di- 
r  of  the  late  John  GreenshielJs,  founder 
the  old  and  welt-known  dry-goods  lirm 
GreeushiebU.  Son  &  Co. 
Drydell,  J4»lin,  Urooklin,  Ontario, 
P.P.  for  South  Ontario,  was  born  in  the 
wnahip  of  Wtittby,  on  the  5th  of  June, 
>.  Hie  father  was  the  late  lamented  James 
den^  who  was  born  at  Sunderland,  Kng- 
d,  in  IHOC,  aud  while  yet  an  infant  was 
en  by  hia  pareuts  to  Walsingham,  in  the 
uutyuf  Uurham.  There  the  grandfather 
our  subject  soon  after  met  his  death 
through  a  fuli  from  his  horse.  James  Dry- 
lUn,  a  I  iiuly  child,  emigrated  to  Canada  with 
|i  '     ]'  in  1820,  settling  in  the  township 

Here  the  widow  married  a^ain 
latA!  Wdliam  Paxton,  father  of  Mr.  8he- 
Pftztoa.  James  Dryden  resided  with  his 


mother  and  stepfather  until  he  came  of  age, 
when  he  settled  on  lot  27,  2nd  concession  of 
Whitby.  Here  he  married  and  remained  till 
1832,  when  he  bought  200  acres  on  lot  20, 
7th  concession,  forming  the  old  homestead 
of  Maple  Shade.  Here  Mr.  Dryden  lived, 
and  prospered,  aud  died  ;  here  he  saw  vil- 
lages aud  manufactures,  and  industrivs 
opening  up,  aud  the  establishment  of  schools 
and  villages,  though  when  be  first  took  up 
hia  residence  there,  the  neighbourhood  was 
a  primeval  wilderness.  He  was  created  a 
justice  of  the  peace,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  old  district  council,  when  Ontario,  York 
and  Peel  were  united.  He  afternards  repre- 
sented the  township  of  Whitby,  as  reeve  in 
the  county  council  of  (»ntario.  He  held 
most  of  the  municipal  offices  in  the  town* 
ship,  and  was  a  director  of  the  Bank  of 
Ontario  for  many  years,  and  was  president 
of  the  Port  Whitby  and  Port  Perry  Railway 
Company.  He  married  three  times  ;  first, 
Abile  Groat,  bv  whom  he  had  one  child, 
still  livinif.  Some  years  later  (1835).  he 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
William  Marsh,  Baptist  clergyman,  and  by 
this  lady,  there  are  four  surviving  children, 
one  of  whom  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch  ; 
another,  George,  manager  and  chief  proprie- 
tor of  the  manufacturing  firm  of  Paxton, 
Tate  ft  Co..  Port  Perry  ;  he  married,  a 
tliird  time,  Mary  Stephenson,  but  she  died 
without  iasue.  John  Dryden  at  first  attend- 
ed the  common  school,  and  concluded  hia 
studies  at  the  Whitby  High  School,  At  the 
age  of  nineteen,  he  left  school,  and  two 
years  afterwards,  having  a  desire  for  ^ri- 
cultural  pursuits,  rented  the  fann  of  hia 
father,  and  since  that  time  has  remained 
on  the  old  homestead,  the  property  com- 
ing fully  into  his  possession  upon  the  death 
of  his  father.  We  may  say  that  since  as- 
suming control  of  this  fine  property,  he  has 
enlarged  and  improTed  it.  until  now  the 
estate  oonsists  of  about  400  acres.  He  is 
captain  of  a  company  of  Ontario  county 
militia,  and  has  always  taken  an  int«reat  in 
our  volunteer  corps.  He  was  elected  to  the 
township  council  of  Wliitby,  and  held  that 
position  for  a  number  of  years,  and  he  was 
subsequently  elected  reeve  of  the  township 
by  acclamation,  being  re-elected  the  two 
terms  following,  after  which  he  withdrew 
from  the  ofhce.  He  was  likewise  elected  a 
school  trustee,  and  this  position  he  still 
holds,  taking  a  deep  interest  always  in  edu- 
cational work.  In  1879,  he  was  elected  by 
the  large  majority  of  nearly  400  voters  to 
represent  the  riding  of  South  Ontario  in 
the  Local  A&sembly,  and  was  re*elected   in 


ri2 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


1883,  and  stiU  retains  his  seat  ia  tbo  Houae. 
Ue  waa  a  director  and  ahareholdvr  of  the 
tiindaay  and  Port  Perry  Railway,  up  to  the 
time  of  ita  amalgamation  with  the  Grand 
Trunk  ;  in  a  member  and  has  been  for  a 
number  of  years  preaident  of  the  County 
of  Ontario  Agricultural  Society ;  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Dominion  Short  Horn  Breeders 
Association  ;  ia  a  director  of  the  American 
Olydeadalu  Association,  and  the  Shroptihire 
Sheep  Aasociation  of  the  United  States. 
He  has  always  taken  an  active  iniorest  in 
agricultural  roattera.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Liberal,  and  ta  one  of  the  leading  members 
of  the  Reform  Association.  His  travela  hare 
been  extenaivo,  he  having  visited  a  good 
deal  of  Canadian  territory,  the  United  States 
and  Oreat  Britain.  Ue  is  a  Baptist ;  is  prea- 
ident  of  the  Baptist  Unifm  of  Canada,  and 
director  of  the  Home  Mission  Society  of 
Ontario  in  connection  with  that  church. 
He  married  on  the  13th  of  February,  1866, 
Marr  Lydia,  daughter  of  Thomas  Holman, 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  a  well-known 
publiehor  there,  and  has  by  this  uninn  six 
children.  He  is  a  man  of  remiirkable  en- 
ergy, and  of  splendid  bnainess  abilities.  As 
a  member  of  the  legislature,  ho  is  active, 
and  awake  to  all  important  matters  coming 
before  that  House.  His  good  judgment  and 
bit  high  repute  gave  him  a  prominent  stand- 
ing in  the  Assembly,  and  his  constituency 
is  to  be  oongratnlated  upon  being  repre- 
sented by  so  influential  a  man, 

Wllkle,  Daniel,  M.A.,  Quebec -The 
deceased  Mr.  W'ilkie  was  born  at  Craig- 
nethan.  County  of  Lanark,  Scotland^  on  the 
9th  of  November,  1815,  and  came  to  Canada 
in  1826,  to  reside  with  his  uncle,  the  lat« 
Rev.  Daniel  Wilkie,  LL.D.,  of  Quebec 
city.  [See  life  of  Rev.  Dr.  Wilkie,  page 
420  ]  After  completing  his  education,  he 
engaged  for  some  timo  in  mercantile  pur- 
suits, in  the  office  of  the  late  Hon.  James 
Leslie,  and  subsequently  joiued  tue  staff  of 
the  High  Scliool,  of  which  his  uncle  was 
principal,  aud  to  which  position  he  was 
afterwards  appointed.  Mr.  Wilkie  was  a 
man  of  recognized  abilities,  but  s'ill  more 
remarkable  for  his  unceasing  and  laborious 

Eursuit  of  knowledge.  He  devoted  himself 
eart  and  soul  to  his  profession  as  a  teacher, 
bringing  his  stores  of  general  information 
to  bear  on  every  subject  which  he  taught. 
He  possessed  in  an  eminent  degree  those 
qualities  of  head  and  heart  which  fit  one  for 
successfully  imparting  knowledge  to  others, 
aud  when  it  is  added  that  he  was  a  man  of 
deep  religious  conviction  and  feeling,  an 
earnest    Christian,     ''ever    striving   in    all 


things  to  adorn  the  doctrine  of  Christ,  ku 
Saviour,"  it  need  not  be  wondered  at  thtt 
the  religious  and  moral  influence  of  his 
oliaracter  left  an  indelible  impreas  for  good 
upon  bu  pupils.  He  waa  a  man  of  wsna 
sympathies,  and  of  a  kind  and  b«nevol« 
dispi>aition,  nuver  failing  to  enlist  the  nj 
pathy  of  his  scholars,  so  that  they  were 
eager  to  please  him,  by  assiduous  atteo 
to  their  studies.  There  are  many 
old  pupils  holding  prominent 
throughout  the  Dominion,  who  re 
with  gratitude  his  zealous  eflorta  for  t 
advancement,  and  gratefully  ajid  affe6tir>n 
ately  cherish  his  memory.  He  waa  for 
many  years  the  leading  elder  in  St.  An- 
drew'a  Church,  Quebec ;  a  faithful,  zealom 
superintendent  of  the  Sabbath  school,  tak- 
ing a  leading  and  prominent  part  in  every 
Christian  work  in  the  city.  Few  men  bars 
led  a  more  happy  and  contented  life.  The 
fruit  of  the  Spirit  was  visible  in  his  dailj 
life  and  conversation,  and  it  may  trnlv  b« 
aaid  of  him,  "*  Mark  the  perfect  man,  and 
behold  the  upright,  for  the  en<l  of  that  man 
is  peace."  The  degree  of  M.A.  wh«  con- 
ferred upon  Mr.  Wilkie  by  McCJiJl  Univer- 
sity. During  his  lifetime,  .Mr.  Wilkie  held 
the  position  of  governor  of  Mornn  College, 
in  which  institution  he  took  a  very  lively 
interest,  and  was  also  a  pp>minent  member 
of  the  Quebec  Lit*?rary  anrl  Historical  .S.>- 
ciety.  He  died  at  Quebec,  on  the  lOth  <■( 
April,  1876,  and  was  bnried  in  Mount  H 
mon  Cemetery,  on  the  banks  of  the  S 
Lawrence,  where  repose  the  ashes  of  a  good 
many  Scotchmen  who  have  made  their  in- 
Uuence  for  good  felt  in  Canada.  Mr.  Vl 
kie  was  married  to  Angelique  Graddo 
daughter  of  the  late  *1obn  Oraddon. 
Quebec,  a  descendant  of  the  Cartier  family, 
who  were  amongst  the  earliest  French  set- 
tlers in  Quebec  province.  Mrs  Wilkte  still 
survives.  The  fniit  of  the  union  wu  fot; 
sous  and  one  daughter.  The  eldest  aarvi 
i»g  son,  D.  R.  Wilkie,  now  resides  in  T 
ronto,  and  occupies  the  prominent  position 
of  cashier  of  the  Imperial  Rank. 

pBrdee,  lion.  Timolliy  Biair,  Sa 
nia,  Q.C.,  M.PP.  for  Woat  Lambton.  Com- 
misaioner  of  Crown  L^nds  for  the  Province 
of  Ontario,  Bencher  of  the  Law  Society,  waa 
born  in  the  County  of  Urenville,  (Ontario, 
on  the  11th  December,  1830.  He  is  a  son 
of  A.  B  Pardee  and  Jane  EUiutt,  l>ath  de- 
ceased, and  bis  paternal  grandfather  came 
originally  to  Canada  from  the  Eaatem 
States.  Hon.  Mr.  Pardee's  father  was, 
during  his  lifetime,  a  very  prominent  Son 
of  Temperance,  and  for  two  years,    1864 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


13 


•nd  1666,  oocupied  the  honorable  poeition 
<A  Moat  Wftrthy  AMociate  of  tltv  Na- 
taona]  Divlaiou  of  Ntirib  Amorica.  Timothy 
Blair  Pardee  received  hia  early  edticaiiou- 
al  truning  in  hia  native  county  ;  but  he 
afterwards  att(<nded  school  at  Brockville, 
wheni  he  c<imploted  his  coune.  It  was 
in  the  latter  town  that  he  began  the  study 
of  law,  entering  the  office  nf  the  Hon. 
William  Buel  Richards,  afterwards  chief 
justice  of  Canadm.  Bufure  his  studies  were 
ooncludcd,  however,  youug  Pardee,  like 
Duny  other  adventurous  spirits,  became 
poaaeased  of  the  western  gold  fever,  and 
•nddenly  leaving  the  otfice  he  set  out  for 
O&lifomia.  Here  he  spent  two  years  ;  and 
then  bent  his  steps  Ut  the  still  more  alluring 
gold  fields  of  Australia,  where  the  next  five 
years  of  bis  life  were  spent.  He  now  be- 
came c<tuvinoed  that  ^'searching  for  gold  in 
pebble  and  cUy  "  was  not  neccasanly  the 
ahnrtest  road  to  fortune,  and  a  wider  and  a 
higher  ambition  entering  his  mind  he  turned 
hia  faoe  towards  his  native  land.  Settling 
at  Samia,  Ontario,  he  resumed  hia  reading 
of  law.  and  finished  the  prescribed  course  in 
the  office  of  Joshua  Adams.  At  Hilary 
term,  1801,  he  waa  called  to  the  b&r,  and 
has  since  praotiaed  his  profession  at  Sarnia. 
He  very  speedily  attracted  attention  among 
the  legal  cnnfrateniity,  for  he  had  almost  all 
the  qitatitioB  that  go  to  make  up  the  succesa- 
fol  advocate.  In  tho  first  place  he  was 
ooQrteoua  and  hearty  in  his  manner,  so  that 
persona]  popularity  at  the  very  outaet  was 
•ecured.  Then  he  wasouutions.  duliberating 
oarefnlly  over  a  matter  before  makiuir  up  his 
mind,  and  this  was  a  trait  almost  prioelesa. 
And  when  he  arose  to  apeak,  he  always  had 
aomethingto  aay  ;  and  wltat  he  had  to  say 
was  pnt  in  a  terse,  straight -forward,  (end 
TigortiUB  manner.  But  hotter  than  all  these 
qualities,  he  was  exceedingly  swift  in  pene- 
brntion  and  in  discrimination,  and  revealed 
that  thorough  insiuht  into  human  character 
which  gives  the  lawyer  so  mtich  influence 
over  juries,  and  invests  every  man  with  a 
power  over  his  fellow-men.  He  hail  un- 
bounded energy,  and  an  indcstry  that  kuow 
DO  flagging  :  and  it  is  nut  strange  that  he 
•oon  had  established  a  foremt>Bt  place  for 
himself  in  bis  profession.  Nearly  all  of 
onr  able  lawyers  turn  to  politics  ;  and 
Mr.  Pardee  had  to  be  in  the  fsahion.  At 
the  first  genera)  election  after  confedera- 
tion, he  was  elect<»d  to  the  Ontario  parlia- 
ment  for  West  Lambton,  and  hsa  since 
continued  to  represent  that  cnnstitnency. 
On  October  25th,  1872,  he  accepted  the 
oSoe  of   Provincial   Secrotary    in    the    Ke- 


forni  government,  which  portfolio  he  hold 
until  December  4th.  1873,  when  he  became 
Commissioner  of  Crown  Lands.  In  the 
adiiiiiiistrHtinn  uf  the  affaira  of  this  im- 
portant department,  Mr.  Pardee  has  dis- 
played maraed  vigour  and  ability  ;  and  to 
these  fact«  even  hia  opponents  sometiraea 
are  obliged  to  bear  testimony.  From  what 
had  been  known  of  Mr.  Pardee  as  a  lawyer, 
it  might  be  expected  that  he  would  make  hia 
mark  in  |>arliament.  This  he  haa  done,  bat 
he  has  not  accompliahed  it  in  the  way  adopted 
by  leaaer  men.  Some  of  our  politicians  be- 
lieve that  the  road  to  public  distinction 
consists  in  talk  ;  and  that  the  greatest  and 
moat  glorious  thing  that  a  legislator  can  do 
is  to  make  a  speech.  But  thia  does  not 
aeem  to  be  Mr.  Pardee's  view.  He  seldom 
**  airs  *'  himaelf  upon  the  floor  of  the  house, 
but  when  he  doea  arise  he  has  something  to 
aay.  Hia  characteristics  aa  a  debater  are 
lucidity,  rigour  and  point ;  and  there  ia 
always  present  manifeet  evidence  of  hts 
tact.  He  is  a  man  of  marked  parliamentary 
influence,  and  he  ia  able  to  command  *'  the 
ear  "  of  the  opposite  side  of  the  house  as 
well  aa  his  own.  It  goes  without  aayiug, 
that,  in  general  politics  he  is  a  Liberal.  He 
married  Kmma  K.,  daughter  of  J.  K.  For- 
syth, of  Sombra,  Lambton  county,  Ontario, 
and  haa  by  this  lady  six  children. 

Illmsworih,  nilllitm  AlfVcd,  late 
Clerk  of  the  Queen's  Privy  Council  of  Can- 
ada, was  bom  at  Montreal,  on  the  2dth  of 
August,  1820.  He  is  the  eldest  vm  of  Wil- 
liam Himaworth,  merchant  and  ship  owner, 
from  Bitrwick'On-Tweed,  and  Christina  Ag- 
nes, daughter  of  the  late  Major  Lynch,  of 
Halifax,  Nova  8ootia,  who  was  dfsoendcd 
from  U.  E.  loyalist  atock  Mr.  Himaworth 
served  as  clerk  in  the  Cummiaaariat  from 
1838  to  1842.  He  waa  called  to  the  bar 
of  Lower  Canada  in  1841  ;  appointed  clerk 
in  the  Executive  Council  ofhce  in  I84M, 
and  aaaistant  clerk  of  the  Council  in  1851. 
He  was  sworn  in  aa  clerk  nf  the  Privy 
Council  on  the  1st  July,  1872;  acted  as 
secretary  to  the  Confederate  coui>cil  on 
commercial  treaties,  which  sat  in  Qiiebeo 
in  1864  ;  waa  deputy  governor  for  signing 
letters  patent  for  Dominion  lands  ;  omi- 
misaioner  UtdUnwi  Fvt*xi*xUm ;  oommis- 
siooer  in  Queen's  Bench  for  Ontario  and 
Quebec,  and  a  J. P.  for  the  County  of  Carl- 
ton. Mr.  Hmtsworth  marrie^l,  in  1844, 
Louisa  Morrison,  by  whom  be  had  two  sons 
and  two  daughters.  The  eldest  of  the 
famiU,  VVdliaro,  i«  aecretftry  of  the  Inland 
Revenue  department  at  Ottawa.  Mr.  Hima- 
worth died  m  January,  1880. 


7H 


A  CYCLOPMblA  OF 


Wiilr,  Wllllnin  Ker,  Detroit,  Gen^ 
ml  Manager  of  the  O&nAda  Soiithcm  Roil- 
way,  was  bom  at  Kilmarnock,  Ayrshire, 
Scutliwd.  on  the  20th  March,  1820  ;  and  is 
descended  on  his  mother^s  aide  from  the* 
Kowi«a,  Cuvenanters,  u(  Lochf^yne.  When 
a  youth,  attending  school,  he  displayed  a 
taste  for  railroad  and  niechanicAl  engineer- 
ing, and  had  also  a  leaniuf;  for  sur^rory. 
The  latter  part  of  each  sohool-day  was  spent 
in  an  engineering  establishment,  and  there 
his  gouiuB  for  that  profession  was  qtiiokened 
and  developed.  There  he  ac<(iiired  that 
knowledge  of  mechanical  work  wiiich  proved 
of  such  value  to  him  in  the  i(reat  under- 
takinKs  which  the  future  had  in  store  for 
him.  Upon  aeverini;  hi»  connection  with 
this  establishment,  he  obtained  a  position 
in  the  parcel  aud  ticket  oOico  of  the  Glas- 
gow and  .South  Western  Hailway,  serving 
through  all  the  grades  of  railroad  employ- 
meut,  in  the  parcel,  ticket,  passenger  and 
freight  offices.  Early  and  late  he  worked  on 
and  off  the  trains,  acquiring  a  knowledge  of 
every  form  of  railroad  work.  We  learn  that 
in  the  course  of  a  few  years  he  was  pro- 
moted to  an  important  pijsitiou  in  the  engi- 
neer and  manager's  otfioe.  Here  ho  served 
creditably  for  Bavoral  years,  when  lie  accept- 
ed a  responsible  position  in  the  service  of 
an  English  railway  company.  When  con- 
nected with  this  company,  C.  J.  I3rydge», 
then  managing  director  of  the  Oreat  West- 
em  Railway  of  Canada,  offered  him  a  posi- 
tion on  the  latter  railroad,  which  he  ac- 
cepted, and  at  once  left  for  Canada.  In 
October,  IH52,  he  assumed  the  duties  of 
his  new  position  before  the  tirst  section 
of  the  railway  between  Niagara  Falls  and 
Uainilton  was  opened.  Mr.  Muir  assisted 
in  opening  the  line  for  traftic,  remaiuing 
in  the  service  of  the  company  until  about 
18n7.  Ho  was  then  sent  to  Detroit  to 
assume  the  management  of  the  Detroit  and 
Milwaukee  Railway,  in  the  completion  of 
which  to  Lake  Michigan  the  Great  Western 
Company  had  taken  a  large  pecuniary  inter- 
est. Under  the  management  of  Mr.  Muir 
this  railroad  was  completed  in  its  entire 
length ;  was  thoronghly  equipped  with 
rolling  stock  \  secured  two  magnificent 
steamships  to  ply  on  Lake  Michigan  between 
the  western  torminus  of  the  rood,  Grand 
Haven  and  Milwaukee.  For  passenger  and 
freight  accommodation  the  oouditiou  of  the 
road  was  made  the  very  best.  In  Uecemlier, 
18G5  Mr.  Muir  resigned  his  position  to  ac- 
cept the  nlfice  of  assistanb  general  superin- 
tendent of  the  Michigan  Oentral  Railmad, 
under  U.  N.  Nice,  then  general  superinten- 


3  xxa 


dent.     So  ably  did  he  perform  the  dnties  a/ 
that  office  that,  after  a  few  years,  the  Otttt 
NVestem  Railway  Company  offered  him  ths 
office  of  general  superintendent,  which 
accepted.     Under  his  control  this  line 
came  one  of  the  best  eipiippeil  in  ihv  t>j 
try,    and    a    general    iatpruvemeut   in   t 
mana^ment  of   its   business    soon 
oonapiouous.     He  ch«ni;e<l  it  from  the  C. 
nadian  broad   3    feet   UA  in.    gaug**   to  til 
American  narrow  gauge  of  4  fnet  8^  inchsi  \ 

added  new  narrow-gauge  rd' ■      -.  luid 

equipped  it  thorou^'hly  as  a  :  link 

between  the  westvm  and  i.^l-..  ...  ;  ulw^r 
systems.  This  task  completed,  he  again  t^ 
sumed  the  superintendence  of  Hi"  n»>r,.(; 
and  Milwaukee  road,  but  imm^'ll- 
wards  retired  to  accept  the  man. 
the  now  railroad  through  C*nada,  with 
branches  nu  the  American  side,  known 
the  Canada  Suutheni  Railway  lines, 
lias  since  been  general  manager  of  this  r 
and  under  his  wisdom,  the  length  and  extsnt 
of  his  experience^  and  his  splendid  busiueM 
capacity,  this  thoroughfare  has  become  ooe 
of  the  very  best  on  the  continent.  It  is  a 
fact  that  the  passenger  trains  over  this 
line  make  faster  time  than  ia  aoooraplialMd 
upon  any  other  road  on  the  American  con- 
tinent. 

Keefer,  l^amuel.  Civil  Rngin<<er. 
Urockville,  Out.,  was  born  at  Thorold,  in 
the  Niagara  District,  about  eight  miles  froi 
the  Niagara  Falls,  on  the  22nd  Jano 
laU.  He  is  the  fourth  son  of  Geo 
Keefer,  of  Thorotd,  and  Catherine  Lam 
man,  who  were  married  on  the  iVth  of  Fe 
ruary,  1707.  and  who  had  five  sons  ai 
four  daut-htera.  In  the  year  1869,  at  t 
request  of  the  Rev.  (afterwards  the  Xiw 
Rev.  )T.  B.  Fuller,  his  sou  furnished  h 
with  the  following  particulars  in  rel 
the  Keefer  ftimily,  which  he  had 
from  his  father  before  his  death.  His 
father,  Samuel  Koefcr,  the great-grandfalhi 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  lived  in  A 
near  the  City  of  Strasburg,  then  a  pmvm 
of  France,  but  now  a  part  of  the  G 
empire.  After  his  death,  his  widow 
Frederick  Saverine,  and  came  to 
with  her  son,  George  Keefer,  when  he  « 
only  ten  years  old.  This  George  Keefer 
17<}tj,  married  Mary  Maria  Oonke,  of  Phila- 
delphia, by  whom  he  ha«l  two  sona,  Qinx^e 
and  Jacob. and  one  daughter,  Mar^'.  Ue)>rge 
the  eldest  sou,  waa  born  at  a  pluoe  called 
Pepper  Cotton,  in  the  County  of  £»9ex 
the  then  province,  now  State  of  New  Jerse 
on  the  8th  November,  1783.  On  the 
ing  out  of  the  great  rebellion  (or  ravola 


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716 


of  1776,  aa  the  hUtorians  prefer  to  call  it), 
hia  father,  (r«orKe  Keefer,  the  elder,  espous- 
ed the  royal  cause,  and  served  in  the  King's 
SLmiy  under  Sir  WillLatn  H  )we,  until  he  died 
of  a  fever  oontractod  during'  the  war.  At  the 
dose  of  the  war,  all  his  property,  contpris- 
ing  two  farms,  a  distillery,  and  one  female 
■LaTe,  was  cuntiscated  by  the  new  govern- 
ment, and  his  two  sons,  George  and  Jaooh. 
with  their  widowed  mother,  were  ctim- 
pelled  to  seek  another  home  under  Briti«li 
rule  in  Canada.  They  made  their  way  on 
font  frrim  New  Jersey,  through  a  thinly  in- 
habited country,  and  in  some  ])arta  through 
ft  trackless  wilderneaa,  guided  only  by  an 
Indian  trail  nf  blazed  treea,  and  crossing  the 
Nuigara  river,  proceeded  to  the  township  of 
Thorold,  then  an  a]muat  uubnfken  forest. 
Here,  in  17^8,  the  Provincial  government 
granted  him  4(H)  acres  of  land,  which  now 
includes  the  beautiful  site  >>f  the  town  of 
Thorold,  through  which  the  WeUand  canal 
take*  ita  course.  During  the  American  war  of 
1812  he  served  in  the  defence  of  the  country 
in  the  2nd  Resiment  of  Linootn.  with  the 
r«nk  of  captain,  and  was  present  at  the 
battles  of  Chippewa  and  Lundy's  Lane. 
Much  of  his  time  was  taken  *ip  during  the 
war  on  cmtpost  duty  ,  watcliing  the  move 
menta  of  the  enemy  on  the  frontier.  It  was 
while  ao  employed  that  his  wife  contracted  a 
fever,  of  which  she  died  in  Julv,  1813,  in  the 
thirty  tifth  year  of  her  age.  While  the  war 
continued,  his  farm  and  other  affairs  were 
sadly  neglected,  bat  aa  peace  returned  so 
did  order  and  proeperity.  Ue  was  engaged 
m  farntiug,  milling,  and  merchandise,  and 
I  took  a  leading  (Mtrt  in  all  works  for  the  ini- 
I  provement  of  the  country.  Actuated  hy  this 
spirit  he  tiHik  part  with  the  Honorable  VVil- 
.  llaiu  Hamilton  Morritt  in  the  oonatruction 
of  the  WeUand  ciinal.  and  was  the  first 
i  jweaident  of  the  Welland  Canal  Company, 
^B^ure  that  great  work  was  assumed  by  the 
^^premment  In  1815  he  married  Jane  Em- 
'  ory  i^t  McBride,  of  Niagara,  by  whom  he 
ha<l  Hve  Sons  and  one  daughter.  He  died 
at  Thon>ld,  on  the  20th  June,  1H58,  in  the 
86th  year  of  his  age.  His  first  wife  waa  the 
daughter  of  Peter  and  Elizabeth  Lampman, 
of  Urantham,  who,  like  the  Keefer's,  were 
U.  £.  loyaliatp,  and  took  up  their  residence 
at  Orantham,  at  the  close  uf  the  revolution- 
My  war.  The  Lampmana  came  originally 
from  Hanover,  in  Germany.  In  religion, 
they  and  the  Keofer**  were  Lutheran,  de- 
scended from  the  Hugenota  ;  but  in  coming 
to  Canada  they  naturally  became  ataunoh 
OMmban  of  the  Church  of  Englaad.  The 
name  of  iCia^er,  meaning  cooper  in 


Knifliah,  haa  been  retained  by  the  branch  of 
the  family  in  the  United  Statea  (eg.  Speak- 
er Kieffer.  t'.  S.  senate),  but  in  Canada  it 
has  been  angliciaed  and  spelled  as  pronounc- 
ed '*  Keefer."  Not  inheriting  a  tastn  for 
military  pursuits.  Sjtmuel  Keefer  never  held 
any  rank  in  the  militia  service,  but  when  the 
Trtut  aff-fcir  threatened  war  with  the  Cnited 
States,  he  underwent,  in  Quebec,  a  course  of 
drill  OS  full  private  in  the  Civil  Servioo 
regiment,  then  first  established.  Ue  waa 
elected  member  of  the  institution  of  Civil 
Engineers,  London,  England,  on  the  llth 
March,  I8fi0  ;  haa  been  a  member  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  New 
York,  from  <>th  January,  18tk9  ;  a  member 
of  the  Cantdi&n  Inalitute,  Tonmto,  from  ita 
tirst  establishment,  and  hoa  been  a  Fellow 
of  the  Royal  CoKmial  Institute,  Lrmdon, 
aiuce  1875.  Mr.  Keefer  wati  appointed  sec- 
retary of  the  Board  of  Canal  Commissiunera 
for  the  improvement  of  the  navigation  of  the 
River  St.  Lawrence,  in  1883;  and  on  ih» 
commencement  of  the  construction  of  the 
Cornwall  canal  in  1834,  under  John  B.  MilU. 
he  waa  made  his  asaiaiant,  and  continued 
afterwards  an  aaaistant  engineer  on  that 
canal,  uuder  his  aucceaaor,  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Phil  I  poU,  up  to  1839.  In  1839  he 
waa  app  tinted  aecretary  to  the  B'>ard  of 
Worka,  then  eatablished  for  Lower  Canada 
under  on  ordinance  of  the  Special  Council 
of  the  province  and  up<in  the  union  of  the 
two  provincea  of  Upper  and  Lower  Canada, 
in  1841,  and  the  eatabliahment  of  a  bi^ard 
of  worka  for  the  two  provincea,  he  was  ap- 
pointed engineer  to  that  board  on  the  17th 
August,  181 1.  He  tilled  the  poaition  of 
chief  engineer  to  the  department  of  Public 
Worka  for  thirteen  yean,  from  1841  to 
1853,  but  for  three  yeara  of  thia  time, 
1846-7-8,  he  waa  placed  locally  in  oharge 
of  the  Welland  canal,  to  complete  the  en- 
largement beieun  under  Samuel  Power,  C  E., 
who  had  resigned.  tn  1852  he  made  a 
surrey  for  the  bault  St.  Marie  canal,  on 
the  Canadian  shore,  for  the  Canwlian  gov- 
emment,  but  the  work  waa  never  undertak- 
en. The  worka  onnatructed  under  the  de- 
partment during  the  Hrst  decade  of  the 
uuion,  were  uf  the  most  varied  character, 
couaiating  of  canals,  roads,  bridges,  slides, 
harbtium  and  tighthovises.  He  |i«rs«mally 
surveyed  and  established  the  line  of  the 
buauhamoia  canal,  the  fint  enlargeutent  of 
the  LachJne  oanal,  and  the  locka  and  dama 
at  St.  Anne'a  and  St.  Our'a,  and  directed 
their conatruotiotL  Amongst  his  works  ape- 
cial  mention  may  be  made  of  the  solid  tim- 
ber lock  galea  which  he  intrudaood  fur  th» 


10 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


fjcut  time  on  the  St.  Lawrenoe  canaU  in 
1850,  in  place  of  the  more  costly  framed 
gat«i  proviuualy  in  ufte.  The  adr*ptiuti  of 
theae  gate«.  cnnstructed  aftnr  hiB  plans,  haa 
provctd  a  signal  lienetit  in  promoting  the 
safely  and  eoonoiny  of  navigation.  The 
beautiful  suspension  bridge  over  the  Chsu- 
diore  at  Ottawa,  the  tirst  of  tho  kind  in 
Canada,  was  amongst  the  earliest  of  his 
engineering  triumphs.  havioK  been  complet- 
ed as  early  as  1844.  In  1853  he  reBi|j:ned 
his  position  under  the  f(ovemment,  to  take 
the  more  lucrative  situation  of  resident 
engineer  on  u  division  of  the  Grand  Trunk 
Knilway,  under  A.  M.  Rosa,  the  chief  enj^- 
ueer.  In  that  capacity  \\»  tiiially  estabUshed 
the  litie  between  Montreal  and  Kin^ston, 
which  he  had  previously  surveyed  for  the 
government,  and  remained  in  the  service  of 
the  company  to  pereonally  superintend  its 
oonstrtiotion.  At  the  same  timn,  by  a  minute 
hydrographic  survey  of  the  River  St.  Law- 
rence, in  fr(»nt  of  Montreal  city,  he  fixed 
the  line  of  the  Victoria  bridge  where  it  now 
stands.  He  also  projected  the  high  lerel 
bridges  over  the  Ottawa  at  St.  Anne's,  and 
over  the  Ridean  canal  at  Ktn^Mton  Mills. 
At  the  first  opening  of  this  soction  for  traf- 
fic, he  for  a  short  time,  flU[ierintended  this 
division,  uutil  he  returned  onoo  more  to  the 
government  service.  During  this  time  he 
was  also  supervisine  engineer  of  the  Hrock- 
ville  and  Ottawa  Railway,  actinic  nu  behalf 
of  the  company  and  the  municipalities,  and 
in  that  capacity  directed  the  locstiun  of  the 
line,  and  determined  the  character  of  the 
works.  Mr.  Keefer  was  appointed  govern- 
ment inspector  of  railways  under  the  Acci- 
dents on  Railways  Act  of  1857,  and  held 
that  position  for  seven  years.  After  having 
made  a  personal  inspection  of  every  line  of 
railway  then  existiug  in  Canada,  and  put 
in  force  the  provisions  of  that  act  for  the 
greater  safety  of  travel,  the  duties  of  deputy 
commissioner  of  Public  Works  were  added 
tu  those  of  Inspector  of  Railways,  and  ho 
continued  to  Hll  both  offices  until  1861, 
when  he  retired  from  the  public  service  to 
his  private  residence  in  Bruckville.  As  dep- 
uty commissioner  of  Public  Works,  he  was 
charged  as  his  first  duty,  in  the  alisence  of 
the  chiff  commissioner,  with  the  selection 
of  the  plans  for  the  public  buildinKS  at 
Ottawa,  which  had  been  previously  adver- 
tised for.  Uia  report  upon  these  plans  was 
approved  by  His  Kxcellenoy  in  Council  iu 
1859,  and  the  works  were  forthwith  begun 
under  his  direction.  It  was  by  his  arrange- 
ment that  the  three  handsome  blocks  of 
buildings  were  disposed  as  they  now  stand 


on  three  sides  of  the  aquarB  on  Parliftm«iii 
Htll.     Since    his   retirement    from    or' 
life,  Mr.  Keefer  has    been    ent^aged    in  tii- 
private  practice  of  his  profeasion,  takini;  sn 
interest  in    lf>cal    nianufacturea    and    joint 
stock  companies,   and    occasionally  aervtng 
the  government  on  commissions.      In  1M69, 
he  completed  for  the  Bridife    Company  thst 
magnilicent  tnumph  of  engineeriui;  skill,  th« 
suspension  bridge,  at  Niagara  Kails,  of  1969 
feet    span,  at  that  time  the  longest    single 
span  bridge  in  the  world,  and  only  now  fnX' 
celled  by  the  great  Hroitklyn  bridge.  F«>rhii 
plan  and  account  of  this  gigantic   and  i   \- 
terly  work  sent  to   the    Pnris    Kxpocit 
187B,    he   received  the  diploma    and    . 
medal  of  thit  exhibition,  avnrded    t*.> 
by  a  jury  of  enijineers.      A  detailed  ace   ;i; 
of  this  work   was  published  in  £nf/mr>-nri 
in  1850.     In  November,  1870,    Mr    Keefer 
was  appointed  secretary  to  xh^   Canal 
mission,  of  which  Sir  Hugh  Allan  was 
man.     Their  report,    prepared    undar 
Keefer's  directions,  was  laid  before   par! 
ment  in  February,  1^71.      In  1872  he  made 
a   survey  of  the   Baie  Verte    canal    for  the 
government,  and  his  reports  and    plans 
proved  by  his   coUeaitue,  Colonel    Gzows 
were   submitted    to  the  minister  of    Publ 
Works,  on  the  18th  February,  1873.     On 
lOth  June,  1880,  he  was   appointed    one  di 
the    members    of   the  Royal    Commission, 
along   with   Judge   Clarke   and    E.    MuUI, 
to  enquire  into  '*  the  conduct    and  proaaeu 
tioQ  of  the  Canadian  Pacitic    Railway  fro 
its  inception  to  the  present  time."  Their 
port,  dated  8th  April,  1882,   was  laid  bef 
parliament,    together  with   two   bulky  vol 
umes  of  evidence  taken  in  the  course  of  the 
enquiry,  and  has   prevented  further   parlia- 
raeutary  enquiry  on  the  subject.     The  Oof- 
ferin  bridge  at  Ottawa,    and  the    wi 
of  the  old  Supper's  bridge,  in  the  aain 
were    completed    by     him    in    1 875. 
Keefer  has    been    a    staunch  Conservatiw 
all  through  his  life.     He  was  brought  np  in 
the  tenets  of  the   Church  of  KnL;land,  and 
is  an  active  member  of  that  body  still ;  and 
is  a  delegate  both  to  the  Diocesan  and  pro- 
vincial   synods,  and    has   been  on  the   Mis- 
sion  Board  fur  the  diocese  of  Ontario  for 
many   years.      Mr.    Keefer  has  been 
married  ;  first,  tn  Anne  E,  second  d; 
of  the  Honorable  tieorge  Crawford 
and  sister  to  His  Honour  John   CrawfarAj' 
late   lientenant-govemor  of  Ontario.     Shv 
died  in  January,  1870,  leaving  no  children 
He    married  a  seoond  time   in    December, 
1883,  Rosalie  E..  eldest  daughter   of    Cap- 
tain  0,  A.  B.  Pocuck,  R  N.,  then  living  st 


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TvatiwH 


CAI^ AVIAN  BIOGBAPBY, 


71' 


Brockville.  It  will  be  bmd  from  this  brief 
rec*>rd  thftt  Mr.  K&«fer  hiu  devuted  the  be*t 
jean  of  an  active  Ute,  and  the  whole  uf  his 
great  genius  and  engineering  skill  to  the 
■errice  of  bia  natire  country  ;  and  ia  such 
monnmentenf  his  ability, ho  has  loft  tracosin 
old  Canada  aa  roust  luDg  keep  his  name  a 
prominent  one  in  the  history  of  our  country. 
D>irin^'  the  period  of  his  otBoial  life  and 
official  connection  with  the  gov«ruinent  he 
hae  resided  at  Kinustou,  Muutreal,  St^ 
Catliarines,  Quebec,  Toronto  and  Ottawa, 
and  in  all  theae  places  be  is  widely  known, 
and  hftji  won  what  even  kings  have  failed  to 
win,  "love,  honour  and  troops  of  friends.'' 
Ue  is  kindly  in  heart,  manly,  and  frank  in 
all  his  lU'idines. 

nickcy,  Hon.  Boberi  Barry,  Sen- 
ator, Aiiihenit,  Nova  tiooiia,  was  burn  there 
on  the  LOth  November,  1811.  Ue  ia  a  son 
of  K.  Medowan  hickey,  who  was  a  repre- 
sentative for  Cumberland  c^>unty  fi>r  fifteen 
years,  until  his  voluntary  retirement  in 
1851.  His  mother  was  Eleanor,  daughter 
of  Major  Thomas  Chapman.  B>*th  hia  pa- 
r«»nta  are  dead.  Hia  father's  parents  came 
from  County  Antrim,  tii  the  north  of  Ire- 
land ;  hia  mi>ther'a  from  Yorkshire,  Eok- 
land.  Both  familiea  are  atill  largely  repre- 
sented in  these  counties  ;  and  the  descend- 
ants of  those  who  emigrated  to  Cumberland 
ooaoty  iu  the  middle  of  the  eighte'*nth  cen- 
tury, abound  in  it  now,  as  well  aa  in  Colches* 
ter,  Hants,  and  Kini^s,  Nova  Scotia,  Among 
the  family  was  William  Dickoy,  father  of 
R.  McOowan  Dickey,  who  aoIvHd  the  prob- 
lem of  n^claiming  vast  trKCia  of  marah  in 
Kings  CiiUhty,  by  building  the  celebrated 
**  Wellington  ahoit*'au."  R  B.  D>ckey  waa 
educated  at  the  Truro  and  Windsor  acad- 
emies, in  the  usual  formula  of  sixty  years 
a^o,  vix.,  English,  grammar,  arithmetic, 
Latin,  and  Uret-k,  there  being  uo  profeasora 
of  mt^lern  languages  in  those  days.  King's 
College,  Windsor,  of  which  the  academy  waa 
an  otfsh<K>t,  has  more  recently  sent  forth 
many  nten  whitse  careers  have  done  honour 
to  thc*ir  ahna  inaier.  Young  Dickey  waa 
brought  up  at  home  in  early  life  to  do  farm 
work,  in  a  scattered  country  diairict,  which 
had  only  one  plaoe  of  public  worship,  where 
now  there  arw  thirteen.  Uis  father'a  oircum- 
stances  precluded  the  son  from  remaining 
longer  than  three  and  a  half  years  atschot-il, 
and  at  the  early  age  of  hfte*)n  R'»bert  waa 
artirlxd  to  the  late  Ju<lge  Stewart,  of  the 
V  1  ralty   Oi>urt,    then    a    suooessf ul 

t  at  Amherst,  with  wh«>m  beserv- 
aix  years  before  attaining   legal  age  tor 

tmsaion  as  an  attoniey.    During  this  long 


^ 


period  he  walked  daily  six  miles  to  and  from 
the  office,  except  on  stormy  days,  when  he 
waa  privileged  to  ride  on  horseback.  Ue 
was  called  to  the  bar  in  Janu^iry,  1834.  and 
aucceeiled  to  the  lucrative  practice  in  the 
ofKoe  where  ho  had  aludiei),  and  earned  on 
the  samu  until  ho  had  attaini^d  a  competency, 
ten  years  ai;o.  when  ho  retired  from  active 
practice,  hia  predecuasor'a  success  having 
followed  him.  While  engaged  in  praotioe 
he  took  part  in  all  the  leading  cases  ;  and 
was  made  a  Q  C.  in  1803.  Ever  since  his 
admission  to  the  bar  he  has  UvcnI  in  the 
ti>wn  of  Amhei^t,  three  mites  from  hia 
birtlt'plnce,  resiatini;  pressing  indncemunta 
to  remove.  Mr.  Dickey  holds  the  rank  of 
lieutenant  of  militia,  to  which  he  was  ap- 
pointed in  1835.  He  has  been  registrar, 
surrogate,  and  judge  of  pmbate  for  tweirty- 
one  years  ;  wiia  U.  S.  consular  agent  at 
Amherst  for  twenty  years  ;  served  many 
years  as  director  of  the  N.  S.  U.  Telegraph 
Company  ;  was  twice  selected  aa  delegate  Co 
New  York  to  u»'Uotiate  leases  of  liues  to  the 
Atuericaii  and  Wi^siem  Union  companies  ; 
and  was  subsequently  seut  to  etfect  a  sale 
of  the  company's  property  to  the  Western 
Union,  which  waa  accomplished  at  &  pre- 
mium, and  proved  a  boon  t*'  the  aharfhold- 
era  and  the  public  In  1858  and  I8ti5  he 
viaited  the  t'olunial  oflice  aa  a  delegate  of 
the  Nova  Scotian  government,  at  hia  own 
expense,  on  the  aubjeot  of  the  Intercolonial 
Railway.  Jn  1804  he  attended,  aa  a  delegate 
from  Nova  Sc  'tia,  the  Cbarlottetown  and 
Qutfbec  Union  conferences,  and  was  the  only 
one  of  thirty-three  delegates  who  d**clined, 
while  in  favour  of  union,  to  subscribe  to  the 
Quebec  resolution^,  on  the  ground  that  the 
financial  terms  wore  not  fair  to  the  Maritime 
provinoea.  Theae  being  largely  modified  in 
London,  where  be  was  not  asked  to  attend, 
he  supported  the  union  lesolutioua  in  the 
Nova  Scotia  Legislative  Council.  He  waa 
called  to  that  body  io  January,  1858,  and 
continued  a  member  till  confederation,  when 
he  was  app^untvd  to  the  Senate  by  R.iyal 
proclamation.  While  in  the  I>egisUuve 
CounotI,  he  defeat«d  the  Synod  BtU,  intro- 
duoe<l  by  the  Hishop  of  Nova  8cotia,  and 
carried  the  8ubstitu'e  Act,  under  which  this 
church  has  ^^een  working  for  years  ;  secured 
the  present  Joint  Stock  Compauioa  Act ;  and 
was  latgely  iustniment*!  in  effecting  ar- 
rangemeiita  for  the  transfer  of  Nova  Scoti% 
ci»al  areaa  U.)  the  uovertimeiiC  a  quarter  of  a 
century  ago.  Senator  Dickey  is  a  sharehold- 
er in  the  Amherst  lioot  and  8h<»e  factory, 
still  in  successful  oiwration  ;  was  aas<ici«i«d 
with  othen  in  the  Spnng  Hill  Mining  Com- 


718 


A  CTCLOPj£VJA  01' 


p«ny,  the  UrgestAnd  most  productive  c^l 
mine  in  Not*  Scotia,  from  18(55  to  1S83, 
when  it  waa  Bold  to  the  Cumberland  Cual 
«nd  Rjiilway  Companjr,  of  Moatreal.  He 
has  travelled  extensively  in  England,  Scot- 
laud,  Ireland,  France,  Belgium,  and  Swit- 
zerland, in  the  variou»  provmcea  of  the  D  >- 
minion,  and  in  elev«n  states  of  the  AMieric&n 
union.  Attngether,  he  haacroased  the  At- 
lantic thirty  tunes.  In  religion  he  h&abeen 
a  Presbyterian  from  youth  up.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Conservative,  bat  advocates  economy 
and  retrenchment  in  the  aduunistrution  of 
public  affairs,  especially  in  the  number  and 
salaries  uf  office-holders.  In  legislation  he 
judges  every  question  upon  its  merits,  with- 
out reference  to  party.  He  married,  on  the 
10th  October,  1S44,  Mary  Blair,  third 
daughter  of  Hon.  Alexander  Stewart.  C.  B. , 
of  Scottish  desoent.  There  are  issue  of  this 
marriage  three  sons  and  two  dituj^hiers,  all 
of  whiun  nre  married  except  the  youngest 
son.  The  senator  is  nf  fnirc  mplexion,  de- 
rived from  his  father's  side,  tall  and  erect 
from  his  mother's  V'orkshire  anor'.stry  ;  and 
he  is  devottid  to  travel,  musio,  and  the  tine 
Arts. 

0*Relll|-,  GcraM,  Fergus.  M.D.,C.M., 
M.C.  P.S.O.,  was  born  at  Hamilton,  Ontario, 
on  7th  of  February,  1854.  He  is  a  son  of 
<ierald  U'Reilly,  by  his  wife,  Henrietta 
Waters.  His  father,  Gerald  O'Reilly,  grad- 
uated in  me<iicine  at  Trinity  College,  Dub- 
lin, in  1828,  and  became  a  member  of  the 
Royal  College  of  Surgeons,  Ireland,  in  the 
aauieyear.  Ho  practiced  medicine  in  Ham- 
ilton from  1835  to  the  tiuie  of  his  death 
in  1861,  and  was  the  leading  medical  prac- 
titioner in  Hamilton  during  his  day.  His 
life,  it  may  be  added,  was  shortened  by 
over  work.  Dr.  John  O'Reilly,  an  uncle 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  waa  one  of 
the  best  known  physiciaas  in  New  York 
city,  where,  from  his  practice,  he  aooumu- 
lated  a  large  fortuue.  He  waa  u  fellow  of 
the  Royal  College  of  Surgeons,  Irelaud,  and 
an  honorary  member  of  several  European 
medical  societies.  Dr.  U'Reilly,  of  Fergus, 
has  three  brothers,  Dr.  Charles  O'Reilly, 
medical  superintendent  of  the  Toronto 
General  Hospit&l  ;  Dr.  E.  B.  O'Reilly,  sur- 

feon  oii  one  of  the  Allan  Bteamahips,  and 
[.H.  O'Reilly,  manager  of  the  Bank  of  Ham- 
ilton at  Listowel.  It  is  interesting  to  note 
that  a  great  uncle  of  our  subject,  Dr.  Hugh 
O'Reilly,  waa  confidential  surgeon  of  George 
IV.,  and  has  a  tablet  erected  to  his  memory 
by  that  sovereign,  in  St.  George's  Chapcd, 
Windsor.  Gerald  O'Reilly  was  instructed 
till  his  tenth  year  by  a  family  govemeos  ;  he 


then  entered  the  Grammar    School  at  Sii 
ooe,  Ontario,   and  afterwards  attended 
Hamilton  Collegiate  Institute.   At  the  age  i 
tifteen  he  mairiouUted  in  medicine:  in  1B3 
entered  Trinity    Medic«l   School,  Toroni 
and  graduated  from  that  institution  in  ItfTt 
taking  tlie  degree  of   M.  U.,  CM.     He 
btrcdkine  a  memt)er  of  the    fi4iyal    College 
Physicians  and  Snrgeotis  of  Ont%nt>  in  tt 
same  year.      Dr.  <)'ReilIy  is  an  ottice-bean 
of  St  James'  Episcopal  Church  at  Fergus. 
He  is  vioe-presidt^nt  of  the  Fergus  Club ;  wt 
president  of  the  Fergus  Turf  Club  in  18li4 
and  has  held  the  posiciou  of   preaiduut    an( 
vice-president  in  several  other  sporting  aii( 
athletic  associations.  He  has  always  taken 
nt^tive  intereat  in  sporting  matters,  and  hi 
given  enc4)urauemcnt  to  healthful  out-do 
cxurciacs    and  recreations.      He    became 
member  of  Mercer  lodge,  No.  347,  A.  F. 
A.  M..  Fergus,  in   18Bo;   and  is  a  meml 
of  the  Conservative  AiSHoiatiuu  for  Cent 
Welington.      It  is  hardly  necessary  to 
that  he  has  always  been  a  staunch  sup[rurter' 
of  Sir  John  A.  Maolonald.  and  of  his  mea' 
sures  of   public   policy.      Dr.   O'Reilly    list 
travelled    estonsivoly   through    the  Unitad 
StAttjfl    and    Europe,    and    "  walked"    Lki^ 
hospitals  in  Lonilun,  England.      He  entered 
into  partuenship  in  January.  1881,  with  Dr 
George  T.  Orton,  M,  P.,   Fergus,  and  re* 
mained  associated  witli  that  gentleman  for 
one  year,  when  he  bought  the  practice.    Ht 
has  now  one  of  the  largest  practices  in  thi 
County  of  Wellington,  and  his  professioiu' 
popularity   ia  every   day   on   the  in< 
Dr.  (^'Reilly  was  senior   resident  asaiit 
house  surgeon  to  the  Toronto  Hospital  doi 
ing  lt!t7'.l  and  1880  ;  and  he  had  also  pi 
viously  acted   as   medical   assistant  in 
Hamilton  and  Ouelph   Hospitals.     Dr.  0'' 
Reilly  is  unmarried, 

niu-bclh,  John,  Lieutenant^Colonalj 
London,  Out.,  was  born  in  IK^ti,  in  the 
Ri  ver  Settlement,  IC orth-  West  lerritort . 
He  is  a  son  of  (ieorge  and  Catherine  (SiitO' 
erl&ud)  Macbeth,  both  of  whom  were  Ds* 
tives  of  Kildonan,  Sutherlandshire,  Sort- 
land,  and  who  wt^re  among  the  early  pioiifwn 
uf  the  Selkirk  aetUemeut.  John  Macl 
studied  for  the  legal  pr<jfeasion  in  the 
of  the  late  H.  C.  R.  Recher,  Q.C..  L 
and  was  called  to  thobarin  1859.  Hi 
the  first  volunteers  in  185-1,  and  maiutainvl 
his  connection  with  the  same,  save  fur  s 
■light  interval,  until  lH78,wheu  he  resigood. 
retaining  his  rauk.  Ho  was  appointed  il^ 
uty-clerk  of  the  Cmwn  and  rewistrar  ot  tb*- 
Surrogate  Court  for  Middlesex  in  IM^ 
which  office  he  still  holds. 


CANADIAN  BIOGHAPHY. 


19 


ncr,  Tliomai,  Hratnpton,  Ontario, 

in  ItWO,  Dvar  Thirsk,  Vcrkshire, 
nd.  He  is  a  sou  of  William  Milner 
And  Eli]:abeth  Storey,  also  of  Yorkshire. 
Mm.  Milner  died  in  1846.  SVilli&m  Milner 
aune  to  C&nad»  about  the  year  1855,  and 
tHod  in  the  towoabip  of  Fuslinoh.  County 
WtfUingtun,  where  he  engaj^ed  in  farming, 
which  i>cciipation  be  continued  np  to 
itfaiti  A  few  yeHHi  oF  hii  death,  which  oc- 
rre<1  tn  1881.  By  the  first  marrimge  tliore 
re  three  aooB,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
ing  the  eldest.  Thnmaa  Mtlner  received 
national  education  in  England,  and  at  the 
of  eleven  left  school,  and  en}(a<;ed  in 
ng.  Ue  remained  ao  occupied  until 
the  date  of  his  emigration  with  hia  fither  to 
Canada  in  1B55.  After  arriviug  in  Canada 
he  en^'Hk;€»d  in  farming  for  about  four  years. 
In  IHI'tU  he  ent.*)red  the  employ  of  K.  Chia- 
holni  t%  Co.  aa  clerk  in  Hrampton,  and 
remained  with  them  for  thirteen  years, 
during  which  timo  he  advanced  from  the 
loweat  rung  of  the  ladder  up,  and  when  he 
t  be  4>cciipio(l  the  highest  position  in  the 
*oery  department.  In  187'^  hu  commenced 
•iDesa  for  himaelf  in  Krampton  aa  a  gen- 
1  grocer,  and  in  tht?  following  year  en- 
ed  extenairely  into  the  produce  trade. 
e  has  ever  since  continued  in  thia  buai- 
d  from  year  to  year  the  aamo  haa 
on  increaaing  and  growing  more  popular 
Und  protitable.  In  1881  he  extended  hia 
trade  to  outaide  plaoea,  beginning  to  buy 
frrain,  at  Georgetown  and  Malton,  and  at 
each  place  e€tablishing  large  warehuuaea. 
He  al40  purchased  extensively  from  other 
de^lt^ra  in  wheat,  barley  and  peas,  for  ex- 
piif!,  diaposinif  of  auch  produce  in  the 
marketa  of  the  United  States  and  RnglAnd. 
In  18(}2,  Mr.  Milner  joined  the  36th  Peel 
battalion,  and  was  corporal  of  the  same.  In 
1874  he  was  elected  t<.>  the  towu  coaucil  of 
llniuipt(»h,  and  continued  to  sit  for  s«jme  six 
y«ar*,  when  in  1880  he  was  elected  reeve  of 
the  town,  which  [Hisition  he  held  for  the 
1B81  and  1882,  and  is  now  mayor, 
ving  boou  elected  last  January.  Mr.  Mil- 
r  ia  a  Freemason,  Ionic  lodge.  No.  220, 
i  18  paatmaattir  of  the  same  ;  he  ia  a 
lembBf  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
»rkmen  ;  and  hoa  also  been  an  Uddfellow. 
politica,  bo  ia  a  Liberal  ;  is  prosident  of 
lUform  Auociation  of  Puh!  ;  and  has 
that  orticH  for  four  years.  He  haa  been 
%  an  active  worker  in  the  cauae  of  re- 
laking  a  leodinj;  part  in  all  uluctioua. 
^la  have  been  conaiderable,  and 
Canada,  the  United  States,  and 
Ha  iraveUed  extensively  in  Kng- 


rid 


ioYnde 


land,  Scotland  and  France,  visiting  all  points 
of  iiifereat,  for  the  two-fold  objects  of  plea- 
sure and  information.  Mr.  Milner  is  a 
Methodiat,  and  a  prominent  mem  her  of  the 
Queen  Street  Methodiat  Church  of  Braisp- 
ton  ;  ia  a  cl:iAa  leader  and  a  local  preacher ; 
and  a  member  of  the  building  committee  of 
the  new  church  now  being  erected  at  a  cott 
of  some  $35,000.  Ho  baa  been  auperiDteo- 
dent  of  the  Suuday-acbocil  for  aome  ten 
yeara,  and  U  aocretary  of  the  quarterly 
board.  He  married  first  in  IStiis,  Sarah 
Ann,  aeoond  daughter  of  the  late  Juaeph 
Hodgaon  and  Mary  HfidK»on,  who  is  aiill 
living  in  Bramptou.  Hu  had  by  thia  mar- 
riage one  aon.  Mrs.  Milner  died  in  1867^ 
and  he  again  married  in  IBtM),  jKne  U<Klg- 
aon,  fifth  daughter  of  Jf>aeph  and  Mary 
Hodgaon,  and  aiater  of  his  dccvaaed  wifu. 
By  thia  lady  lie  haa  had  thret'  a<inn  and  three 
daiightera.  The  two  eldest  ta<a  dead.  The 
son  by  the  first  marriage,  William  Kdward 
Milner,  la  manager  of  his  father's  buaineaa 
in  Georgetown  ;  and  the  Milton  buaineaa  ia 
mauagud  by  hia  youngest  brother,  W.  H. 
Miluer.  Mr,  Milner  attends  closely  to  hia 
busineaa,  and  by  such  attention,  and  by  hia 
Hue  natural  abilities  haa  acquired  a  hand- 
aome  competency.  Unaided  by  any  outside 
help,  ho  haa,  by  hia  own  indomitable  will 
and  determination  to  auc^oed,  ai^on  himaelf 
rise,  step  by  atop,  to  the  **  top  of  the  tree" 
in  the  mercantile  trade.  Few  men  in  the 
hietciry  of  our  tuuea  liave  had  so  much  to 
conttiud  with  as  Mr.  Miluer  in  achieving 
thiauminunee.  Hia  early  education  in  Eng- 
and  was  received  under  serious  diaadvan- 
tagea,  he  bavin^  only  auch  time  to  gain 
knowledge  as  hia  circnmatancea  would  al- 
low. What  he  afterwarda  obtained  in  Can- 
ada waa  thoroughly  practical.  However,  as 
we  have  aaid,  be  aurmounted  everything, 
and  although  still  a  m4u  youu({  in  yean,  he 
u  inranably  cfmiulted  in  enterprises,  bnan- 
cial  and  otherwise,  for  hia  experience  ia  wide 
and  ripe,  hia  jud^'ment  aound,  and  his  pene- 
etration  quick  and  accurate.  Altogether, 
the  career  of  Mr.  Milner  haa  been  a  credit 
and  a  decided  gain  to  the  community  with 
whom  he  haa  l)eeD  brought  into  C'.>ntact. 

Sl|>pi,  4avor|;e  Bufkley,  Li^ndon,  wad 
tx^rn  at  Rijkoift,  Bombay,  East  Indies,  on 
March  10th,  1847.  [For  hia  family  lineage 
see  memoir  of  Charlea  Augustua  Sippi,  elae- 
where  in  these  pagea.]  O.  B.  Sippi  woa 
educated  at  the  endowed  school,  Voughal, 
County  Cork,  Ireland  ;  at  Queen's  College, 
Cork,fone  of  the  alliliated  coUegea  uf  the  Roy- 
al Univeraity  of  Ireland),  and  studied  music 
under  Jolm  A.  Sippi,  organist  of  Liamore 


718 


A  CTCLVP^VIA  01 


panyi  the  Iftrgeit  »ad  most  productive  o'>ftl 
mine  ia  Nuta  Kcotis,  from  I8<>5  to  1883, 
when  it  was  »ft|d  to  the  CumberUnd  Coal 
and  l<Milvr>iy  Cumpaiiy,  of  Montreal.  He 
has  IdtvellHd  Gxtcnaivtdy  in  England,  Scot- 
land, Ireland.  Franoo,  Belgium,  and  Swtt- 
zerland«  in  the  various  provinces  of  the  Da- 
minion,  and  in  eleven  states  vf  tlie  A'lierican 
unioD.  AltiigetUer,  he  has  crusaed  the  At- 
lantic thirty  times.  In  reli^^on  he  has  been 
a  k'reahyterian  from  youth  up.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Ctmservative,  butadvt)cat«s  economy 
and  retrenohmout  in  the  administration  of 
public  affairs,  eapeciully  in  the  number  and 
satariee  of  utHue- holders.  In  legislation  he 
judges  every  question  upon  its  merits,  with- 
out reference  to  party.  He  married,  on  the 
10th  October,  1&44,  Mary  BUir,  third 
daughter  of  Hon.  Alexander  Stewart,  C.  B. , 
of  Sottish  descent.  There  are  issue  of  this 
marriage  three  hods  and  two  dau^husrs,  all 
of  whom  are  married  except  the  youngest 
aon.  The  senator  is  of  fair  o  mplexion,  de- 
rived from  his  father's  side,  tall  and  erect 
from  his  mother's  Yorkshire  aucnatry  ;  and 
he  is  devoted  to  travel,  music,  and  the  tine 
arts. 

C'Rolll]-,  Gcnild,  Fergus,  M.D.,C.M., 
M.O.  P.S.O.,  was  born  at  Hamilton,  Ontario, 
on  7th  of  February,  1958.  He  is  a  son  of 
Gerald  O'ReiUy,  by  his  wife.  Henrietta 
Waters.  His  father,  Gerald  O'Keilly,  grad- 
uated in  medicine  at  Trinity  Ct>lleg»,  Dub- 
lin, in  1828,  and  became  a  member  of  the 
Hoyal  College  of  Surgeons,  Ireland,  in  the 
same  year.  He  practiced  medicine  in  Ham- 
ilton from  1835  to  the  time  of  hia  death 
in  1861,  and  was  the  leading  medical  prac- 
titioner Id  Hamilton  during  hia  day.  His 
life,  it  may  be  added,  was  shortened  by 
over  work.  Dr.  John  O'Keilly,  an  uncle 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  waa  one  of 
the  beat  known  phyaiciajs  in  New  York 
city,  where,  from  bis  practice,  he  aocnmii- 
lated  a  targe  fortune.  He  was  a  fellow  of 
the  Hoyal  College  of  Surgeons,  Ireland,  and 
an  honorary  member  of  aeveral  Eunjpeaii 
medical  societies.  Dr.  O'Reilly,  of  Fergus, 
has  three  brothers.  Dr  Charles  O'Reilly, 
medical  superin  tendent  of  the  Turon  to 
Oeoeral  Hospital  ;  Dr.  E.  B.  O'Reilly,  sur- 
geon on  one  of  the  Allan  steamships,  and 
H.H.O*Reil1y,manager  of  the  Bank  of  H.im- 
ilton  at  Liatowel.  It  is  intoresting  to  note 
that  a  great  uncle  of  our  subject.  Dr.  Hugh 
O'Reilly,  waa  couGdenttal  surgeon  of  George 
IV.,  and  has  a  tablet  erected  to  his  memory 
by  that  sovereign,  in  St.  George's  Chapel, 
Windsor.  Gerald  O'Reilly  was  instructed 
tiU  hifi  tenth  year  by  a  family  govemeas  ;  he 


then  entered  the  Grammar  School  at 
ooe,  Ontario,  and  afterwards  attended 
Hamilton  Collegiate  Institute.  At  the  i^i 
bfteen  be  matriculated  in  medicine;  in  IE 
ent«*red  Trinity  Mediotl  Schix>l,  Tonmt 
and  graduated  from  that  institution  in  li 
taking  the  degree  of  M. D.,  CM.  He 
becime  a  member  of  the  RriyjLl  College 
Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Ontirio  in 
same  year.  Dr.  O'Keilly  is  an  oflic-e-bearv' 
of  tit.  James'  Episcopal  Obnreh  at  Fergus 
He  ts  vice-preaid**nt  uf  the  Fergus  Club ;  wsi 
president  of  the  Fergns  Turf  Club  in  1884, 
and  has  held  the  position  of  pre5tdt*ni  and 
vice-president  in  several  other  sporting  aud 
athletiuaasociatioiis.  He  has  always  token  tu 
active  interest  in  spt^>riiug  matters,  and  hu 
given  enoouraueuieiit  to  healthful  oui-di>or 
exercises  and  recreations.  Ue  became 
member  of  Meroer  lodge,  No.  ^47,  A.  F. 
A.M.,  Fergus,  in  1886;  and  is  a  meint 
of  the  Oouservative  A<ia*>ciati>ju  for  C«al 
Wulingt^m.  It  is  hardly  ueoeaaary  to  add 
that  be  has  always  been  a  staunch  supjtoriCT 
of  Sir  John  A.  Mac<onald,  and  of  his  mea- 
suren  of  public  policy.  Dr.  O'Reilly  hu 
travelled  cxtonitively  through  the  l'nil«(l 
States  and  Kurope,  and  **  walked"  the 
hospitals  in  Ixmdon,  England.  He  entered 
into  partnership  in  January,  IS81,  with  Dr. 
George  T.  Orton,  M,  P.,  Forgun,  and  re- 
mained associated  with  that  gentleman  for 
one  year,  when  he  bought  the  practice.  lU 
has  now  one  of  the  largest  pntctices  in  i'- 
County  of  Wellington,  and  his  prufessi'iit 
popularity  is  every  day  on  the  incre4»' 
Dr.  O'Reilly  waa  senior  resident  aasistaol 
house  surgeon  to  the  Torontt^  Hospital  duf' 
ing  18T1J  and  1880  ;  and  he  had  also  pre- 
viously acted  as  medical  aseistaat  in  the 
Hamilton  and  Guelph  Hospitala.  Dr.  0'- 
Ktsilly  is  unmorriwd, 

nucbi'lh,  John,  Lieutenant-Colonel, 
London,  Out.,  was  boru  in  1830.  in  the  K( 
River  Settlement,  North- 'A>st  lerritur 
He  is  a  son  of  George  and  Catherine  (SutI 
erland)  Macbeth,  both  of  whom  were  ui 
tives  of  Kildunan,  Suthcrlandshire,  Scot<i 
land,  and  who  were  among  the  early  pi<jnnei 
of  the  Selkirk  settlement.  Juiin  Alachcthl 
studied  for  the  legal  profvasiou  tn  the  ufEo* 
of  the  late  H.  C.  R.  Utchor,  Q.C.,  Louduo, 
and  was  called  to  the  bar  in  l8o*J.  He  joiiu 
the  6rst  volunteers  in  1854,  and  maintuiu 
his  connection  with  tlie  same,  save  for 
alight  interval,  until  1878, when  ho  resigned,] 
retaining  hia  rank.  He  was  appoint^  dct 
uty-clerk  of  the  Crown  and  regutrar  of 
Surrogate  Court  for  Middlesex  io  1800,.! 
which  o&:ce  he  still  holds. 


^ -dtL. 


j^aihjeSs 


CANADJAS  liSOORAPBY. 


719 


miner,  Tliomat,  Hrnmpton,  Ontnrio, 
wma  txjm  in  1840,  near  Thirak,  Vnrk«liire, 
SogUtiii.  Hi)  is  u  vm  f*f  Willjara  Milner 
and  Elizabeth  Storey,  also  of  Yorkshire. 
Mrs.  Milnerdied  m  ld4G.  Williaiu  Miluer 
camt!  to  CauuUa  about  the  year  1855,  aud 
•ettl»>d  in  the  tuwuahip  of  PuaUnoh,  County 
of  M'ollington,  where  he  enga^ed  in  fanning, 
in  which  occupation  he  oontinued  up  to 
within  a  f«w  yedra  of  hia  death,  which  oo- 
cumxl  in  1881.  By  the  first  marriage  thero 
were  throe  sons,  the  subject  of  this  aketch 
being  the  eldest.  Tlioinas  Milner  rectiived 
a  oattuual  education  in  England,  and  at  the 
age  of  eleren  left  school,  and  enxajjed  in 
farming.  He  remained  so  occupied  until 
the  dftte  of  his  emigration  with  his  father  to 
Canada  in  2855.  After  arriving  in  Canada 
he  engaged  m  farming  for  about  four  years. 
In  1800  be  entered  the  employ  of  K.  Chia- 
holm  &  Co.  as  clerk  in  Brampton,  and 
remained  with  thum  for  thirteen  yeara, 
during  which  time  he  advanced  from  the 
lowest  rung  of  the  Udder  up,  and  when  he 
It^ft  he  iKTcupied  the  highest  position  in  the 
grocery  < apartment.  In  1873  he  commenced 
biiniDeiH  for  himself  in  Brampton  as  a  gen- 
eral grocer,  and  in  the  following  year  en- 
tered extensively  into  the  produce  trade. 
He  has  ever  since  continued  in  this  busi- 
neaa,  and  from  year  to  year  the  same  has 
been  increasing  and  growing  more  popular 
&nd  protitable.  In  1881  he  extended  bis 
trade  to  outside  places,  beginning  to  buy 
grain,  at  Georgetown  and  Matton,  and  at 
each  place  establishing  large  warehouses. 
He  also  purchased  extensively  from  other 
deal»;ra  in  wheat,  barley  aud  pens,  for  ex- 
port, dispoamu  of  such  produce  in  the 
marketa  of  the  United  Status  and  England. 
In  1062,  Mr.  Milner  joined  the  Silrh  Peel 
battalion,  and  was  corporal  of  the  same.  In 
1874  be  was  elected  t4>  the  town  council  of 
Bmmpton,  and  contiaued  to  sit  for  aome  six 
jretira,  when  in  1880  be  was  elected  reeve  of 
the  town,  which  p<isitioD  he  held  for  the 
reara  1881  and  1882,  and  is  now  mayor, 
having  been  elected  last  January.  Mr.  Md- 
ner  is  a  Freemason,  Ionic  lodge,  No.  229, 
4nd  ts  paatmaater  of  the  same  ;  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  I'nited 
Wurkmon  ;  and  has  also  been  an  Oddfellow. 
In  |K*litic«,  he  is  a  Liberal  ;  is  president  of 
the  Reform  Association  of  Feel  ;  and  has 
bold  that  ofHc*  fur  four  years.  He  haa  been 
Always  an  active  worker  in  the  cause  of  re- 
form, taking  a  leading  part  in  alt  elections. 
His  trareln  hare  been  oonaiderable,  and 
include  Canada,  the  Unitml  States,  and 
Surop*.     U^raroUed  extenaively  in  Eng- 


land, Scotland  and  France,  viaitin>;  all  points 
of  inferost,  for  the  twofold  objects  of  plea- 
sure and  information.  Mr.  Milner  is  a 
Methodist,  and  a  prominent  mumber  of  the 
Queen  Street  Methodist  Church  of  Bramp- 
ton ;  is  a  cX^^sa  leader  and  a  local  preacher  ; 
and  a  member  of  the  building  committee  of 
the  new  church  now  being  erected  at  a  cost 
of  some  ^35,UOO.  He  has  been  snperinten- 
dent  of  the  Snuday-school  for  aome  ten 
years,  and  is  secretary  of  the  quarterly 
board.  He  married  first  in  180;j,  Sarah 
Ann,  aecond  daut^^hter  of  the  late  Joseph 
Hodgson  and  Mary  Hod;:Bon,  who  is  st-ill 
living  in  Brampton.  Hu  bad  by  this  mar* 
riage  one  son.  Mrs.  Milner  dieil  in  1867, 
and  he  again  married  in  18(Ut,  Jane  H>»dg- 
son,  fifth  daughter  of  Joaeph  and  Mary 
Hoilgson,  and  sister  of  his  deceased  wife. 
By  this  lady  he  haa  had  three  sons  and  three 
daughters.  The  two  eldest  are  dead.  The 
son  by  the  first  marriage,  NNilUam  Edward 
Milner,  is  manager  of  hu  father's  busiueaa 
in  Cieorgetown  ;  and  the  M'llton  busiucas  is 
managed  by  his  yoimgest  brother,  W.  H. 
Milner.  Mr.  Milner  attends  closely  to  hia 
business,  and  by  such  attenLi-m,  and  by  hia 
tine  natural  abilities  has  acquired  a  hand- 
some competency.  Unaided  by  any  outside 
help,  he  has,  by  his  own  indouiitable  will 
and  determination  to  succeed,  seen  himself 
rise,  step  by  step,  to  the  **  t<<p  of  the  tree" 
in  the  mercantile  trade.  Few  men  in  the 
history  of  our  times  have  had  so  much  to 
contend  with  as  Mr.  Milner  in  achieving 
thisoininoncc.  His  early  education  in  Eng- 
and  was  received  under  seriuus  diaiulvan- 
t&ges,  he  having  only  such  time  to  gain 
knowledge  as  his  circumstances  would  al- 
low. What  he  afterwards  obtained  in  Can- 
ada was  thoroughly  practical.  However,  as 
we  have  said,  he  surmounted  everything, 
and  although  still  a  man  young  in  years,  he 
is  inrariably  consulted  in  enterprioee,  tinan- 
cinl  and  otherwise,  for  his  experience  is  wide 
and  ripe,  his  jud^'ment  sound,  aud  his  peoa' 
etration  (juick  and  accurate.  Altogether, 
the  career  of  Mr.  Milner  has  been  a  credit 
and  a  decided  gain  tiy  the  community  with 
whr<m  h*^  has  been  bniui^ht  into  contact. 

HIppl.  facorgc  Buckley,  London,  was 
lx*rn  ai  li-tjlttMit,  Ftoinbay.  East  Indies,  on 
March  lOth,  IH47.  [Fi>r  his  family  lineo^ 
see  memitimf  Charles  Augustus  Sippi,  else- 
where in  these  pa^us.]  (j.  B.  Hippi  was 
educated  at  the  endowed  aohoot.  Youghal, 
County  Coric,  Ireland  ;  at  Queen  s  CuUegei 
Cork.(<iiie  of  the  affiliated  collegeaof  the  Buy- 
al  L'niveraity  of  Ireland),  and  studied  music 
under  John  A.  Sippi,  orKsniai  of 


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A   CYCLOPEDIA  or 


catbedriil,  antl  under  Dr  Maries^  of  Man- 
cbeater,  Kngland.  After  pursuing  a  coume 
of  mueical  atudiea  for  Mvoral  yt^art,  ho  ho- 
gan  the  study  of  anatomy  and  medicine  at 
thtt  Quoon'a  College.  Cork,  where  he  re* 
mained  four  yearn.  At  aii  early  a^e,  he  had 
learned  to  play  the  violin,  organ  and  pianu  ; 
with  thu  former  instrument  he  excelled,  and, 
whiJe  yet  a  boy,  he  pUyed  aome  of  the  moat 
difficult  aoloa  at  leuhng  concerts  in  Ireland. 
lie  likewise  played  first  violin  in  orchestra 
at  two  of  the  Triennial  Handel  Feativala 
held  in  the  Crystal  Palace  at  London.  G. 
B.  Sippi  came  to  Canada  in  1870,  as  teacher 
of  music  at  Uellmuth  Cullege, — the  Ri^ht 
Rev.  Dr.  iSweatman,  the  present  bishop  of 
Toronto,  being  then  head  master — and  as 
organist  of  the  Protestant  Cathedral  of  the 
Holy  Trinity,  London.  This  position  he 
held  until  lK7f).  i>ix  montha  of  that  period 
he  apont  at  Montreal,  on  the  invitation  of 
Rev.  Canon  Dumoulin,  aa  organist  and 
choirmaster  of  St.  Martin's  Church  ;  but 
not  oaring  to  reside  permanently  in  that 
oity,'he  was  requested  hy  Bishop  Hellmuth 
to  return  to  Hullmnth  Collri^e.  On  the 
invitation  of  Dean  Boomer,  he  again  took 
the  position  of  organist  of  Uoly  Trinity,  [n 
1876  he  was  appointed  organist  and  choir- 
master of  St.  PauFs  Cathudral,  Loudun, 
which  position  he  uovr  hulda.  Mr.  Sippi 
left  India  iu  1854,  and  went  to  Ireland  with 
his  father,  living  in  Ireland  and  England 
until  1870.  He  is  a  member  of  Kilwinning 
lodge,  No.  64,  G.R.C.  ;  and  a  meml>cr  of 
the  executive  committee  of  the  Ontario 
Music  Teachers'  Association.  Ho  is  un- 
married. 

nnvdonell,  Saniuel  Smith,  Q.C., 
Windaor*  Ontario,  was  born  ^Ist  February. 
1823)  at  Toronto.  He  is  the  youni;est  son 
of  the  Hon.  Alexander  Macdonell,  by  his 
wife  Ann  Smith.  His  father  when  a  youth 
9erTed  as  lieutenant  in  the  Royal  Highland 
Emigrant  Kegimeut  in  the  lievoUitionary 
war  of  the  United  States,  and  took  part  in 
several  important  battles.  Captain  Allan 
Macdonell,  who  served  in  the  same  regiment 
aa  hia  son  Alexander,  after  the  independence 
of  the  United  States  was  recognized,  settled 
at  Quebec  with  his  family.  After  his  death, 
Alexander  came  to  Upper  Canada,  on  its 
organization  as  a  province,  with  General 
Simcne,  and  was  appointed  by  him  first 
shenfl'  of  the  Home  District.  On  the  first 
parliament  being  summoned  fur  Upper  Can- 
ada, he  was  made  speaker  of  the  House  of 
Asaembly.  In  the  war  of  1812  he  aerved  aa 
pay  master- general  of  militia ;  and  after- 
wards was  made  a  member  of  the  Ijegislative 


Oonnoil.  His  mother,  Ann  Smith,  cama  \** 
Upper  Canada  from  her  home  in  Long  U 
land,  New  York,  with  her  brother,  Colutt 
Samuel  Smith,  who  was  colonel  of  t 
Queen's  Hangers,  a  re^ifnent  which  ha*!  a 
served  through  the  I'Levolutinnary  war.  ai 
moat  of  the  offioera  and  aoldiera  of  whidi 
giment  came  tu  Upper  Canada  and  ttfuk 
land  as  U.  K.  loyalists.  Col.  Smith  hail  & 
Urge  tract  granted  him  in  Ktobicc<ke  to 
ship,  near  Ttironto,  on  which  ho  rwid 
until  his  death.  During  the  absence  of 
Peregrine  Maitland  in  Riigland  for 
years,  Co).  Smith  was  administrator 
government.  Mr.  Macdonell.  at 
early  age,  was  sent  t*)  Upper  Can 
lege,  where  he  remained  for  ei^ht  y 
going  through  the  whole  course  of  I 
institution  from  the  preparatory  schi 
On  the  opening  of  the  University  of 
ronto,  then  called  King's  College,  he 
auuied  hia  olasaioal  studios,  taking  his 
gree  of  B.A.  seoond  in  first-class  Unive 
honours  at  the  end  of  1845.  In  the  m 
val  between  leaving  Upper  Canada  Cull 
and  entering  the  University,  he  had  att 
law  in  the  office  of  the  Hon.  Henry  Shir 
wood,  then  attorney- gen  oral ;  and,  aft«r 
tiking  hia  degree  of  B.A.,  ent«red  ths 
Law  School  of  the  University,  coming  oui 
first  of  the  class  on  taking  the  degree  dt 
B  C.L.  He  was  called  oa  a  barrister  is 
1847.  He  received  a  commission  in  ths 
militia,  under  the  old  a3ntem,  as  rasi^  n 
the  2nd  North  York,  in  1842;  aa  captain  ia 
the  6th  battalion,  Toronto,  in  1847  ;  ww 
transferred  to  the  2nd  EsaeXj  aa  major,  m 
1861  ;  and  appointed  lieutenant-cohmel  %i 
the  lat  Essex  in  1862.  At  the  time  of  the 
last  mentioned  appointment  there  exivt^d 
an  apprehension  that  the  Trent  affair  wooU 
be  the  cause  of  war  between  Uroat  Bri 
and  the  United  States;  and  on  the  apiKDi 
ment  being  made,  an  order  was  sent  I 
from  the  militia  department  to  call 
seventy-five  men  for  active  service,  with 
privilege  of  serving  aa  captain.  Mr 
donell  had  the  men  enrolled,  inspected 
accepted  in  three  days,  himself  voltintaoriaK 
to  serve  as  captain.  A  short  time  after 
pleting  his  University  oourse.and  being  csO- 
ed  to  the  bar,  he  commenced  the  praotiMU 
law  at  Amlierstburg.  At  the  end  of  a  yw 
he  was  appointed  clerk  and  solicitor  of  tlM 
western  oistrict  council,  and  removed 
Sandwich.  Afterwards  he  was  appoin 
successively  clerk  and  solicitor  of  the  unt 
counties  of  Essex,  Kent  and  Lamhton. 
of  Easex  and  Lambton,  relinquishinic 
office  when  Lambton  separated  from 


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CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


■21 


Aa  vecrvUrr  of  the  Bo«rd  of  Inatruotion  of 
Ec»ex  and  Latnbtou,  he  performod  the  duty 
of  exfttiiiaing  candidiLtes  u  to  their  qiialiti- 
Gatii>oa  to  be  teachers.  He  removed  to 
WindAOP  in  1863,  and  when  Windsor  be- 
Game  incorporated  ai  a  village,  next  year  he 
waa  elected  roevo.  He  was  aji^o  elected 
ree%'e  in  I800  and  I860  ;  and  daring  those 
■ears,  wa»  elected  warden  of  Essex.  When 
riiuUor  wan  created  a  town  in  1B57,  he  waa 
mayor  ;  and  Ukewiae  daring  the  four 
ling  yeara.  He  was  appointed  master 
and  deputy- registrar  in  Chancery  in  1857  ; 
<K>unty  crown  attorney  in  1858,  succeeding 
to  the  office  of  clerk  of  the  Peace  in  1871. 
He  waa  appointed  deputy  registrar  of  the 
Maritirae  Court  in  1870.  All  these  ofBoea 
be  still  retains.  In  1S81  he  was  made  a 
Q.C.  Whilst  warden  he  induced  the  county 
council  to  build  a  new  court  house  and  g&ol, 
the  then  existioL;  one  being  unsuilfible,  and 
on  leaving  the  wurdenship  the  county  coun- 
cil presented  him  a  tejttimonial  as  a  recogni- 
tion of  his  useful  raeasuren  and  active  ser- 
vices. Whilst  mayor  of  Windsor  he  was 
chiirtly  instrumental  in  having  a  town  hall 
and  school  houses  built,  improving  the 
■treeta,  and  acquiring  fur  the  town  a  valu- 
able square,  formerly  used  for  barracks. 
Haviui^  with  a  few  aasociates  purchased  two 
farms  in  the  central  portion  of  Windsor,  he 
had  them  laid  out  into  lota  and  otfered  for 
aale.  There  being  no  travelable  road  eon- 
nectiDg  Windsor  with  the  Talbot  road,  the 
main  road  through  the  county,  he  construct- 
ed a  sravel  road  of  over  six  miles  to  form 
the  desired  connection,  by  which  means 
mott  of  the  trade  with  farmers  was  diverted 
from  Sandwich  to  Windsor.  Although 
through  a  number  of  yeara  municipal  duties 
and  land  matters  occupied  much  of  his  at- 
tention, Mr.  Mocdunoll  has  had  important 
and  varied  experience  in  the  practice  of  the 
law.  On  hia  tirst  arrival  in  Eaaex  be  waa 
made  secretary-  of  the  Conservative  Asaocia- 
tioQ  of  the  county,  and  until  hia  acceptance 
of  a  public  office  in  1858,  acted  in  that  capa- 
city, and  tf>ok  an  active  part  in  politioa, 
but  for  many  yeara  has  uot  been  engaged 
in  political  atrife.  Besides  visiting  afl  the 
important  pUcea  in  Canada  and  the  United 
States,  Mr.  Slacdouell  has  travelled  in 
Oreat  Britain,  Kuropu  and  the  West  Indiea. 
Drun>;ht  up  in  the  d'xrtrines  and  oltserrances 
of  tho  K<iman  catholic  Church,  whilst  re- 
taining a  kindly  feeling  and  great  oonaider- 
ation  towards  the  adherents  of  that  ancient 
faith,  Mr  Maodonell  owns  to  having  him- 
•ell  out«(rown  ecclesiastical  creeds,  dogmaa 
and  oeremouies;  which   ho  regards  as   re- 


tarding,  no  longer  fitting;,  uaeleas  and  fast 
becoming  moribund.  He  holds  that  the 
time  has  come  for  higher  and  better  teach- 
ings to  be  given  to  the  people  than  th'>8« 
used  in  barbarous  ages — teachings  derived 
from  a  more  perfect  knowledi^e  of  nature's 
laws,  and  their  operation  upon  human  life, 
and  in  harmony  with  scientitio  truths  already 
discovered  and  that  may  yet  be  discovered  : 
as  well  as  teachings  of  truer  rules  ami  prin- 
ciples of  human  conduct,  evolved  fntui  the 
higher  mentality  of  the  present  age,  and  ad- 
dressed to  a  higher  intellis^ence  ready  to  re- 
ceive them  ;  and  that  thus  the  physical  and 
natural, sa  well  as  the  mental  and  moral  con- 
dition of  tho  masses  of  mankind  will  be  rais- 
ed from  their  present  def;;radation  and  up* 
lifteii  to  a  higher  level.  In  185C  he  married 
Ellen  Gillis  Urodhead,  daughter  of  Cot.  D. 
D.  Brodhead,  of  Boston,  Maaaachuselts,  a 
descendant  of  one  of  Washington's  generals. 
She  died  in  1878,  leaving  one  son  and  threa 
daughters.  Through  his  marriaffe.  Mr. 
Maodonell  has  formed  a  somewhat  extended 
acquaintanoe  in  the  Eastern  States.  As  a 
lawyer,  the  standing  of  Mr.  Macdonell  ia 
very  high.  Uls  knowledge  of  the  law  ia 
wide,  his  perceptiona  are  keen,  and  his  judg- 
ment sound.  His  presentation  of  a  case  is 
characterized  by  atraightforwardneas,  by 
lucidity,  and  by  force  ;  at  times,  when  the 
weight  of  tho  matter  fires  hia  imagination, 
he  rises  to  passionate  eloquenoe.  hia  appear- 
ance ia  commanding,  and  full  of  dignity. 
'*  He  has,*'  says  an  authority  before  us, 
"  honoured  all  tho  relations  of  life  by  the 
strictest  fidelitv." 

Lcfovre,  JohtiM,,M.D.C.M.,  Brook- 
ville,  wiis  born  at  Belleville,  Ontario,  in 
1853.  His  grandfather  was  one  of  the 
Lefevre*B  of  Three  Rivers,  who  came  from 
France  and  settled  there  towards  the  end  of 
the  last  century.  The  father  of  J.  M- 
Lefevre  went  to  Belleville  and  engaged  iu 
the  lumber  business,  and  died,  the  year  after 
his  marriage,  of  cholera,  during  tho  dreadftd 
epidemic  of  1854.  Dr.  Lefevre received  his 
primary  education  at  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  Stirling,  Ontario,  and  Bubse<|ueiit- 
ly  attended  the  Normal  school  at  Toronto. 
Having  made  up  his  mind,  at  an  early  age  to 
devote  himself  to  the  study  of  medicine,  he 
det«rmined  to  give  a  few  yeara  to  teaching. 
and  at  the  same  time  prepare  for  a  college 
course.  After  filling  the  position  of  master 
in  the  Trenton  and  Brock  viUe  senarate 
achoola,  he  found  himself  in  a  position  to 
attain  hia  object ;  and  in  1870,  at  the  ago  of 
twenty-three,  entered  MoGill  University. 
After  a  three  years*  course  at  that  inatita- 


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A  CrCLOrjEDIA  OF 


tion,  he  graduated^  t&king  the  first  Suther- 
land gold  modal.  He  entered  into  p&rtner- 
■bip  with  Dr.  Morden  ot  Brockvillo,  lux  old 
Mtabliflhed  physician,  wUu  died  the  foUovr* 
ing  August.  In  1882  ho  acc«pt«d  the  p^jsi- 
tion  of  BiirgeoD  to  the  Algonoa  branch  of 
the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway,  under  con- 
struction hy  H.  Abbott,  and  8p«nt  a  year 
and  a  half  on  the  line.  Ho  rottiroed  to 
Bruckville  in  1884,  and  resumed  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession.  Dr.  Lefevre  is  assis- 
tant  surgeon  of  the  42nd  battalion.  He  is 
a  Roman  cstholic,  and  a  Liberal-Conaer- 
vative  In  politics.  He  was  elected,  in  1&8G, 
a  member  of  the  towti  council  of  Brockville, 
and  judfiiinjc  from  bis  energy  and  his  ability, 
it  IB  safe  to  predict  for  hiia  a  creditable 
political  career.  Dr.  Leferre  married  on 
the  28th  of  June,  1883«  Lily  Alice,  eldest 
dauffhter  of  R.  P.  Cooke,  C.E.,  CedarcliSs, 
Brockville. 

Ullniot,  Henrr,  Kingston,  M.P.P. 
iur  Kriintenac,  was  born  in  the  township  of 
Pittsburg,  County  of  Frontenac,  Ontario,  on 
September  22iid,  1820.  Bo  is  a  son  of  John 
Wilniot,  by  his  wife  Sarah  Milton  Wilmot. 
The  former  came  to  Canada  about  1812,  and 
settled  near  Kingston  in  1821,  after  having 
served  a  long  term  of  years  in  the  Royal 
navy,  and  he  waa  engaged  in  the  battles  of 
Anholt  and  Copenhagen,  under  Admiral 
Nela<^in.  Mrs.  Wilmot  waa  a  descendant  of 
that  illustrious  lino  to  which  Milton  the  poet 
belonga.  Mr.  Wilmot  was  on  board  the  man- 
of-war  which  towed  the  Chtsaptake  and 
8hwifWf\s  after  their  famous  battle,  into 
Halifax,  Henry  Wilmot  received  his  edu* 
cation  in  a  common  school  in  hia  native 
township,  where  the  rudiments  of  an  Eng- 
lish education  were  taught.  On  the  com- 
pletion of  hia  education,  young  Wilmot  waa 
inclined  to  adopt  carpentering,  but  after 
a  few  years  he  engaged  in  the  milling  and 
lumbering  business,  iu  which  occupation  he 
oontinued  with  success  for  a  number  of  years. 
At  the  formation  of  the  Kingston  Field  Bat- 
tery, he  entered  the  ranks  as  a  private  ;  after 
a  short  time  ho  was  promoted,  and  served 
as  an  officer  for  eighteen  years,  when  ho 
teceived  full  command,  and  continued  to 
hold  that  position  for  aix  years,  being  then 
allowed  to  retire,  retaining  his  rank.  He 
has  also  received  a  linsl-cUsscertihoate  from 
the  School  of  Gunnery  at  Kingston,  and  was 
stationed  at  Kingston  during  the  excitement 
of  1866.  For  ntany  years  Captain  Wilmot 
has  been  closely  connt^cted  with  the  Agricul- 
tural Association  of  Frontenac  as  director  ; 
and  he  has  also  tilled  the  office  of  preaident 
of  the  same  aociety.     He  contracted  for  and 


built  the  gre«.tor  portion  of  the 
and  Gananoque  road,  which  waa  the  dtisf 
route  along  the  frontier.  Captain  Wilmot 
has  been  a  life-long  member  of  the  Coosm- 
vative  Association,  and  haa  always  taken  s 
lively  interest  in  politics.  He  waa  eleetad 
for  several  years  to  aid  in  directing  ths 
municipal  affairs  of  the  County  of  Frontansc 
and  the  lownahip  of  Pittsburgh.  He  wu 
chosen  a  delegate  of  the  Conservative  Ai*> 
ciation,  and  elected  a  member  of  the  Ootano 
Legialature  in  1883.  He  haa  found  time 
enough  during  his  active  life  to  viait  all  ths 
places  of  interest  in  Ontario  and  Quebec,  and 
he  haa  also  visited  New  York,  Niw  Jen^y, 
Delaware  and  Connooticut,  From  hia  ht* 
liestreoolleotions.  Captain  Wilmot  haa  b«ea 
an  adherent  of  the  Episcopal  Church  uf  the 
*'low**  type,  and  has  been  cfanrchw 
the  same  for  some  years.  He  married 
Graham,  daughter  of  a  west  H' 
family,  then  residing  in  Pittaburg,  in  Ifll 
and  has  had  six  aona  and  one  daughter, 
of  whom  are  livLn);.  After  theoompletioD  of 
the  Kingston  and  Gananoque  road,  he  set- 
tled down  to  agriculture  on  a  amall  farm  on 
the  banks  of  the  St.  Lawrence,  five  miles 
from  Kingston.  Commencing  with  a  small 
capital,  he  has  each  year  added  to  his  farm, 
and  haa  been  bleaaed  with  continued  pros 
perity.  He  haa  now  upwards  of  600  acres, 
500  of  which  is  farmed  tu  bloc.  The  eldeal 
son  of  our  aubject  Peter  G. ,  is  commander 
of  the  Kingston  Field  Battery,  and  the  se- 
cond son,  John  Alexander,  is  a  lieutenant  in 
the  same  corps.  Mr.  Wilmot  haa  been  f 
thirty  yeara,  and  is  still  a  director  of  I 
Midland  County  Fair,  and  he  haa  alwa 
taken  a  d^ep  interest  in  agricultural  mat- 
ters. He  is  a  very  uaefal  member  of  the 
legislature,  and  enjoys  tho  respect  of  thai 
body.  Like  his  anoeati^rs,  he  always  haa 
been  a  Cunaervative. 

ncLclaii,  Honorable  ArchllHU4 
Woodbury,  Minister  of  Finance,  and 
M.P.  fur  Colchester,  N.S.,  waa  bom  at 
Londonderry,  Nova  Scotia,  on  the  24th  of 
December,  1824.  Mr.  McLelan  ii  deacend- 
ed  from  a  family  which  came  from  London- 
derry, Ireland,  in  the  last  century,  and 
settled  in  Nova  Scotia.  Our  subject  receiv- 
ed a  careful  early  training  ;  and  was  subse- 
quently suut  tu  the  Mount  Allison  W 
Academy.  Leaving  school,  having  ac 
a  sound  education,  he  had  little  diffic 
making  up  his  mind  with  roapect  to  t 
pursuit  that  he  ought  to  adopt.  With  hit 
poraoual  advantages,  and  taking  other  cir- 
cumstances into  conaiduratiou,  morcanti 
undertakings  were  the  most  feasible,  and 


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CANADIAN  BIOQRA  PHY, 


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him  held  out  Urge  promise.  Therefore,  into 
m^raAUtile  transaotinas  he  entered  ;  and  u 
thia  wu  ft  period  when  the  cArrying  trade 
wae  entirely  in  the  hands  of  vessel -owners, 
and  the  vessels  were  all  wootlen  b«>itoni8, 
Mr.  McLelan  eu^sged  in  the  pn^litablu  trade 
of  ihipbuildiDg.  The  profits  of  building 
•hips  suagested  the  still  greater  advantage 
of  owning  ships,  atid  in  the  capacity  c»f 
builder  and  owner  Mr.  McLoan  did  a  very 
thriving  business,  Ue  always  took  a  very 
deep  interest  in  political  questions,  and  aa 
early  as  1858  was  elucted  to  the  Nova  Scotia 
Aaserubly  for  the  Oi'unty  uf  Culohester.  lie 
retained  his  seat  till  I8ti3.  and  thencerurbh 
till  the  union  represented  North  Colchester. 
No  finger  has  ever  been  pointed  at  tlie  pub- 
lie  oharseter  of  Mr.  McLelan.  Ha  is  scru- 
pulous in  doing  the  duties  of  bis  oHice;  snd 
he  is  always  careful,  eciual-handed  and  sat- 
isfactory. When  he  rises  to  speak  he  com* 
maods  atteotinn,  for  hts  views  are  wide  and 
practical,  and  his  head  striked  with  ralu- 
able  information.  He  married  m  1S54,  Caro- 
line Melzlor,  of  Halifax.  On  the  20th  May, 
It^l.  he  was  sworn  a  member  of  the  Cabi- 
net, and  president  uf  the  Privy  Council, 
also  taking  charge  uf  the  dup-trtment  of 
Marine  and  Fisheries  during  the  illness  of 
the  minister  ;  and  on  the  lOtb  July,  18^2, 
he  was  otlicially  appointed  minister  of  Ma- 
rine and  Fisheries.  In  the  administration 
of  the  affaire  ^^i  that  important  departmont 
of  the  executive  he  aesplayed  till  those 
thoroughly  important  qnalitiea  which  had 
been  aumifest  in  his  personal  ci>mmercial 
carver.  He  was  not  impulsive,  but  with 
proper  deliberation  surveyed  every  side  of 
a  question  before  pronouncing  upon  it. 
but  when  he  did  give  his  decision  it  was 
invariably  certain  to  be  sound  and  enlight- 
eniMi.  He  remained  at  the  hesd  (»f  Marine 
and  Fisheries  until  1H85,  when  ill-heAlth 
nuuie  it  necessary  for  Sir  Lieonard  Tilley 
tu  resign  the  portfolio  of  bnanoe ;  and  as 
Mveral  months  had  shown  vxpiinditure  to 
be  greater  than  income,  it  was  the  Koneral 
opinion  in  government  circles  that  a  care- 
ful and  somewhat  close^banded  tinancier 
was  the  man  needed  to  help  to  put  a  check 
on  the  out-guings.  There  was  no  diftioulty 
in  &'>noludipgthnt  the  Hon.  A.  W.  Mcl^tan 
was  the  man  most  ooni  potent  for  t)te  oflice. 
In  addiliou  to  the  faith  that  was  held  in 
his  tJnuncM  and  juH^mvnt  he  had  recently 
Diaile  i^r'Aiii  itpi'eclios  in  tho  House  tif  Com- 
mons «hich  showeil  a  thoroUHh  mastery  uf 
public  tinancial  rpiMtions  ;  with  the  opera- 
tion of  industries,  and  the  general  relations 
of  oommerce  to  public  finance.     The  ezpeo- 


tations  formed  of  the  hon.  nuDister  were  not 
too  high,  for  he  has  shown  himself  a  tirm- 
hantled,  clear-headed  minister  of  finance. 
As  a  speaker  he  is  clear,  direct  and  forcible, 
and  he  ll^  a  happy  way  of  bringing  in  facts 
derived  from  experience  or  observntion  in 
illustration  of  any  theory  or  assertion  that 
he  happens  to  bring  forward  ;  and,  as  a  cm- 
sequence,  when  upon  his  feet,  he  invariably 
recoivos  the  closest  attention  from  the 
house.  He  does  not  obtrude  himself ;  but 
when  the  time  arrives  he  is  ready  for  it,  and 
he  then  compels  attention  where  it  is  not 
given  to  him  with  cordiality  or  with  grace. 
OlU'cr,  Jolin  Rjder,  Colonel  Royal 
Artillery,  Kingston,  I*rofessor  of  Survey- 
ing and  Military  Topography  at  the  Royal 
Military  College  of  Canada,  is  tho  eldest  son 
of  tho  late  John  Dudley  Oliver,  J.  P.,  of 
Cherrymount,  (now  Tigrcney)  in  the  Vale 
of  Avoca,  County  Wicklow,  Ireland,  and  his 
wife,  Mary  Susan, who  was  a  daughter  of  the 
lata  Valentine  fireen,  of  Nnrmanton  Hall, 
Leicestershire.  His  father  was  the  hea<l  of 
a  younger  branch  of  the  Olivera  of  Oaiile 
Oliver,  (now  Cloghanodfoy),  County  Limer- 
ick, a  family  descended  from  Captaui  Rob- 
ert Oliver,  a  distinguished  army  officer  in 
the  time  of  Cromwell,  who  received  large 
grants  of  land  in  the  south>west  of  Ireland 
in  reward  for  his  at^rvices.  Several  of  thii 
family  were  at  different  times  members  of 
the  Irish  parliament,  while  others  attained 
high  rank  in  tho  army,  navy,  and  church. 
Further  family  details  ore  to  be  found  in 
"  Burkc'i  Landed  Gentry.*'  Colonel  Oliver 
was  bom  at  Ashby  de  la  Zouch,  Leicester- 
shire, on  the  16th  December,  1634  ;  and 
completed  his  education  at  Cains  College 
and  Trinity  Hall,  Cambridge,  where  he  ob- 
tained a  mathematical  scholarship.  In  Sep- 
tember, 1855,  he  was  gazetted  to  a  lieuten- 
ancy  in  the  Uoynl  Artillery,  having  obtained 
a  direct  commission  by  com|>etitive  examin- 
ation, passing  fifth  out  of  one  hundred  and 
dfty  candidatee.  The  company  to  which  he 
was  posted  embarked  ou  1st  Msy,  1857,  io  a 
small  sailing  vessel,  for  lerrice  at  the  Cape 
of  Good  Hope.  A  few  days  after  ttaamval 
at  Cape  Town  news  was  received  of  the  out- 
break of  tho  Indian  mutiny,  and  it  was  at 
once  re-omharkod  in  H.MS.  Vejieiopt, 
reaching  Calcutta  in  8i>plember,  about  the 
time  that  Delhi  was  captured.  Shortly  af- 
terwards. Lieutenant  Oliver  was  ordered  up 
country  by  horw*  dak  for  special  service  at 
CawuiMin*.  and  arrived  there  in  time  to 
take  part  in  the  three  days  severe  liuhLing. 
(20th  to  *JHth  November),  in  which  Oenoral 
Windham,  with  a  force  uf  only  some  fifteen 


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htindred,  withatuod  the  attacks  of  a  trained 
urtiiy  numbering  at  leaat  fifteen  thousand 
men,  with  a  poworfu)  artillery,  till  relieved 
by  Sir  Colin  Cftmpheira  force  from  I^cknow. 
He  aUotook  part  in  the  battle  uF  Oawnpore, 
oo  the  0th  December,  1S67.  Shortly  after- 
wards he  rejoined  his  own  battery,  which 
had  been  marching  up  country,  and  served 
with  it  thrtnigh  the  long  campaigns  which 
followed,  and  which  only  terminated  by  the 
mutiny  being  linaDy  crushed  out  in  the 
spring  of  1859.  Dunni,;  this  lifteen  months 
of  almost  daily  marchiiii;,  the  baitur}'  took 
part  in  a  great  number  of  actions  of  more 
or  less  importance  in  the  Duab,  K*ihilcund 
and  Oude.  including  the  acticm  of  the  Kalee 
Niiddee,  the  final  siefce  &nd  capture  of  Luck- 
now,  the  battle  of  Barelly,  and  the  capture 
of  Ranipore  Kuaseah,  about  sixty  of  its  men 
losing  their  lives  from  various  cauaea.  In 
February,  1850,  the  battery  came  tu  a  rest 
at  Allahabad  ;  and  Lieutenant  Oliver  short- 
ly afterwards  obtained  five  months  leave  of 
absence,  and  pnceeded  to  Simla,  whence  he 
made  a  walking  tonr  of  six  hundred  miles 
Uirough  the  higher  ranges  of  the  Himalayas, 
crosaing  several  passes  which  were  at  that 
time  little  known.  For  this  journey  he  was 
subsequently  elected  a  member  of  the  Alpine 
club.  In  mtK>  he  was  appointed  to  the 
Uoyal  horse  artillery,  but  was  soon  after* 
wards  invalided  to  England,  on  account  of  a 
severe  attack  of  fever,  and  served  for  a  time 
at  home  stations,  Wsides  passing  through 
the  long  course  at  Shoeburyneas.  In  18ti3, 
having  exchanged  to  a  battery  of  horse  ar- 
tillery in  India,  he  returned  there,  spending 
«ii  route  three  mnmhs  in  bouth  Africa, 
where  be  travelled  several  hundred  miles 
through  the  western  province.  On  arriving 
in  India  he  was  almost  immediately  dis- 
patched to  the  Punjaub  to  join  a  mountain 
train  battery  which  was  being  raised  (but 
too  late)  for  the  l}ml>eyla  campaign.  This 
battery  was  stationed  at  Peshawur,  and  was 
substquently  (towards  the  end  of  1864)  de- 
tailed to  join  the  small  force  collected  for 
the  subjugation  of  Bhootan,  and  Lieutenant 
Oliver,  having  been  promoted  captain,  ac- 
companied it,  and  served  through  the  cam 
paign  m  command  of  the  artillery  of  the  left 
column,  including  the  capture  of  the  hill 
fori  of  Dalimkotc,  on  the  6th  Dflcembor, 
18<>4,  in  wliich  three  out  of  the  six  artillery 
officers  with  the  force  lost  their  lives.  A  se- 
vere fever  contracted  in  this  campaign  neces- 
sitated a  return  to  England  ;  and  in  Augast, 
1805.  he  joined  the  Stall  College  at  Sand- 
hurst, (having  passed  the  entrance  examina- 
tion while  in  rndia),grBduating  second  on  the 


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list  in  December,  ISlSB,  with  a  s(rFcial  reonb- 
mendstion  for  mathematical  attainmenu 
He  then  joined  a  battery  at  St.  Hden&. 
where  he  remained  more  than  tvo  yean. 
part  of  the  time  in  commaad  uf  the  Ruvil 
artillery,  and  part  of  the  time  specially  cot- 
ployed  as  acting  engineer.  In  the  summer 
of  186!t  he  wu  recalled  to  England  to  U 
up  the  appitintnient  of  brigade  major  of 
tillerr  at  Aldershot,  which  post  he  held 
promoted  major  of  a  field  battery  iii  Febnj 
ary,  1874.  Ho  was  subsequently  detaciut^ 
from  it  for  several  mouths  iu  \^'7C>  forspvcuJ 
duty  with  the  intelligence  brunch  '' 
office.  In  September,  1877,  he  \< 
present  appoiiitnii'nt,  snd  prt»cee»lt-».i  >■■ 
the  MilitAry  College  at  Kingstfjn.  1; 
dition  to  the  a)>ove  details,  he  baa  at  ili 
ent  times  travelled  in  most  of  the  couuir 
of  Kurope,  and  was  once  nearly  made  [j 
oner  by  the  Carlists  in  the  war  of  1875b' 
Colonel  Oliver  has  received  the  Induui 
mutiny  and  Indijui  frontier  war  medala. 
with  clnsps  for  Lucknow  and  Bhoot&n,  ami 
has  been  twioo  mentioned  in  despatches  Ht! 
is  a  member  of  the  Alpine  club,  ajid  Army 
and  Navy  club,  and  is  on  the  panel  of 
j^rand  jury  of  the  county  Wicklow.  He 
Church  of  England  by  religion,  and  a  mem* 
her  of  the  Knglish  Church  Union.  He  haa 
been  an  occasional  contributor  to  varik>u^ 
magazines,  and  is  the  author  of  a  text-b -.k 
on  **  Practical  Astronomy  and  Gei»desy.  " 
He  has  been' twice  married.  First,  in  18* 
toGeorgina,  daughter  of  the  late  F.  H 
son.  of  Stanground,  Hunts.  She  died 
1874  ;  and  thoir  son,  Arthur,  who  was  bo 
in  1871,  died  in  1875 ;  secondly,  in  18S0. 
Mary,  daughter  of  the  late  W.  G.  Uinds^ 
manager  of  the  Bank  of  Upper  C&iuda  at 
Kingston,  by  whom  he  has  a  daughter, 
Lucy,  bom  in  1883. 

Luke,  Joaeph,  Tifsonbur^g,  waa  born 
at  8t.  BluKty,  Ct>mwall,  England,  on  ih 
26th  May,  1814.  His  parents  were  Wiliiw 
and  Mary  (Trembesh)  Luke.  The  famil 
were  lartiely  interested,  many  genfrati^'ii 
bark,  in  tin  and  copper  mines  in  Coriiwall 
but  iu  1834  William  Luke  concluded  to  le- 
move  to  Canada.  In  April  of  that  year. 
after  a  long  voyage  of  Hve  weeks,  the  family 
landed  at  Quebec.  Accompanying  Mr.  LitkK 
wore  his  two  brothera  and  their  familitfi. 
Soon  afterwards  they  all  rem<*Ted  to  ibo 
township  of  Whitby,  when  William  Luke 
engaged  in  farming,  and  where  he  r?mame^ 
until  his  death  in  1843.  There  were  uleren 
children  in  the  family,  the  subject  *>f  ihif 
sketch  being  the  second  eldest  aom  Josrpli 
Luke  received  a  general  buaineas  education. 


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CANADIAN  BIOQRAf-EY. 


726 


[ft  remained  ii  short  timfi  with  his  parenta 
«t  Wbilhy,  and  then  removed  to  the  city 
of  TonmU',  where  he  entered  the  employ 
of  hift  brtiher-in-law,  Richard  Jewell,  at 
that  time  a  brewer  in  the  aaid  city.  There 
he  remained  (or  about  two  yean,  when,  in 
1&41,  be  remoTed  to  the  town  of  Dundaa, 
entering  the  employ  of  John  Patteraon, 
brewer.  He  remained  in  Dundaa  until 
August,  1842,  when  he  began  business  for 
himself  in  St.  Thomas,  which  place  at  that 
time  contained  a  population  of  only  five  hun- 
dred inhabitants.  In  1845,  Mr.  Luke  bought 
4y\\i  tlie  St.  Thomas  brewery,  and  bevan 
business  for  himself  His  trade  extended 
all  urer  the  Western  country,  including 
London,  where  his  business  was  ponderous, 
«hiedy  owing  to  the  fact  that  three  regiments 
of  regulars  were  stationed  there.  The 
amount  of  aloand  porter  consumed  by  these 
raiments  alune  was  enormous.  Ue  re- 
■naiaed  in  St.  Thomas  until  1805,  when  he 
concluded  to  remove  to  Tilsonburg,  and  in 
tlie  same  year  built  a  large  brewery  and 
malt  house  in  that  town,  the  same  being 
Qow  known  as  J.  Luke  ^  Son's  brewery,  and 
where  an  extensive  trade  is  being  done.  At 
the  time  of  the  rebellion  of  1837-38,  he 
went  as  a  volunteer  in  a  company  then 
oommanded  by  Captain  (afterwards  judge) 
Campbell,  of  Niagara,  to  the  front,  and 
was  stmtioned  opposite  Navy  Island.  It  is  a 
well-known  fact  that  Mr.  Luke,  while  on 
aentry  duty,  was  the  first  to  perceive  the 
rebels  on  the  island.  Ue  recounts  many 
an  amusing  story  of  those  stirring  times. 
After  tho  endmg  of  the  rebellion  he  re- 
turned  to  bis  home  sutTuring  fnjui  sevtre 
sickuuas,  contracted  by  exposure  while  at  the 
front,  and  which  luted  several  years.  He 
has  nevtsr  been  much  of  an  aspirant  for  pub- 
lic othces,  being  content  to  allow  others  to 
wear  the  honours  to  be  won  in  that  sphere. 
He  attends  strictly  to  his  own  business  and 
the  MiterMta,  and  we  doubt  if  he  could  afford 
tiino  to  attend  to  any  political  or  duty  oflioe. 
In  politics  he  is  Conservative  ;  and  in  religi- 
au  adhorvnt  of  the  Church  of  England, 
nng  one  '>f  the  eight  hundred  contirraed 
AiiBt«ll  church.  Oiirnwall,  by  the  Ut« 
Bishop  Phil[Httta,  bishop  of  Exeter.  Eng- 
land. Since  coming  to  this  country  he  has 
Xhsctx  church  warden  for  several  years,  both 
Tilsonburg  and  St.  Thorass.  Ue  was 
krried.  on  the  Wth  of  October,  1846,  to 
proline  Co*iml»es,  by  tiishop  Cronyn,  of 
uidon,  Out.  Miss  rVioniben,  of  CSawbridge 
jlls,  Somersetahire,  England,  whoae  mother 
aft«r  her  husband's  death  came  to  this 
<oautx7,  with  her  brother,  the  late  Dr.  Corn- 


ish, brought  her  family  with  her,  and  set* 
tUng  in  London,  Ont..  from  which  place  Mr 
Luke  was  married.  Mr.  Luke  haa  had  six 
children,  tive  of  whom  are  living,  two  sons 
and  three  daughters,  both  sons  are  engaged 
with  their  father  in  the  brewing  business, 
and  Ada  i*  married  to  \VLlliam  B.  Tindell, 
of  the  Parry  Snund  Lumber  Co.,  Parry 
Sound.  Although  Mr.  Luke  is  now  in  his 
seventy-second  year,  he  is  hale  and  hearty, 
and  from  all  appearaucos  has  yet  many  years 
of  iisefulueBS  before  him. 

Whlliicy,  Jainea  Pllnjr,  Uarrister-at- 
Law,  Mornsburghj  was  born  m  the  township 
of  Wiliiamsburgb,  in  the  County  of  Dnndas, 
about  three-quarters  of  a  mite  west  nf  the 
battle-field  of  "  Chryslers'  farm,'*  on  October 
2nd,  1843.  His  father  was  Richard  Leet 
Whitney,  and  his  mother,  Glarisaa  Jane 
Fairman.  Mr.  Whitney,  senr.  who  died  at 
Morrisburgh,  in  1883,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
eight  years,  was  descended  from  Henry 
Whituey, — a  scion  of  the  Whitney  family, 
who  was  of  considerable  local  importance  in 
Herefordshire,  England, — who  emigrated  to 
America,  ab^xit  the  year  1640.  The  only 
deacendants  of  Henry  Whitney  now  living 
in  Canada  are  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
his  elder  brother,  Albert,  who  resides  at 
Prescott.  Ontario,  and  a  younE<er  brother^ 
Kdgar,  who  lives  in  Montreal,  together 
with  their  children.  Two  other  bruthon, 
Edwin  and  Oscar,  reside  in  Minnesota. 
Richard  Leet  Whitney  waa  in  early  life  a 
blacksmith,  but  later  on  became  a  farmer 
in  comfortable  circumstances.  He  resided 
in  the  township  of  Osnabmck,  County  of 
Stormont,  on  the  banka  of  the  St.  Law- 
rence river,  where  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
became  familiar  with  ev«rv  detail  in  the  life 
of  a  Canadian  farmer,  having  lived  and 
worked  at  home  until  he  became  eighteen 
years  old.  His  father  afterwards  removed 
tf>  the  village  of  .\ultaville,  and  thence  to 
Morrisburgh,  where  he  resided  until  his 
death.  His  widow  is  still  living.  James 
Pliny  Whitney  was  educawd  at  the  common 
schools  of  the  Uicality,  and  at  the  C'>rnwaU 
Grammar  school,  then  under  the  head  mas- 
tership of  the  Rev.  H-  W.  Di\ios.  D.D., 
afterwards  bea>l  niaator  of  the  T<>ronti:i  Nor- 
mal school.  Ho  entered  upon  \\w  study  of 
law  in  the  office  of  Mscdonald  4V  Maolen- 
nan,  Cornwall,  Ontario,  of  which  6rm  the 
late  Hon.  John  SandHcld  Macdnnatd  waa 
the  senior  member.  Ue  did  not  coraplet« 
his  course,  and  for  a  time  gave  up  the  study 
of  the  profession.  He  returu*'d  to  it,  how- 
ever,  was  admitted  as  aojicitiir,  and  callinlto 
the  doffree  of  barrister- at- law,  at  Osgoode 


726 


rviA  OF 


Hall,  Toronto,  in  Easter  term,  187*3.  since 
which  time  he  has  practised  in  Mnrriaburgb, 
County  of  Dundas.  During  hii  practice^  he 
has  been  enua^d  in  some  very  important 
oases,  both  of  a  public  and  private  nature, 
the  tnantt^ement  and  result  of  which  have 
reflected  credit  upon  him.  He  entered  the 
Toluntecr  furco  as  a  private,  while  a  boy  in 
Cornwall,  at  the  time  of  the  Trent  affair, 
and  wna  a  uieiubcr  of  the  force  for  a  niimber 
of  years,  during  which  he  was  on  active 
service  at  Carawall  for  five  mouths,  at  the 
time  of  the  hrat  Fenian  raid.  During  this 
tune  he  waa  advanced  to  the  position  of 
sergeant ;  and  is  now  a  major  in  the  Reserve 
militia  of  the  County  of  Dundas.  Mr.  Whit- 
ney has  been  for  nine  years  secretary  of  the 
Liberal-Conservative  Association  of  the 
County  of  Dundas,  and  has  taken  an  active 
and  prominent  part  in  political  movements, 
and  Provincial  and  Federal  elections  for  the 
past  ten  years.  He  is  an  earnest  believer  in 
and  advocate  of  the  politicikl  doctrine  a  of  the 
Liberal-Conservative  party  of  Canada,  and 
is  of  that  sdiool  of  political  thought  which 
from  the  time  of  the  retirement  from  public 
life  of  Robert  Baldwin,  slowly  but  aundy, 
became  alienated  from  the  lieform  party, 
and  finally  coalesced  with  and  became  part 
of  the  Liberal-Conservative  party  of  Ui-day. 
He  is  an  advocate  of  the  broadest  civil  and 
religious  liberty,  and  a  firm  npholdktrof  Bri- 
tish connection.  Mr.  Whitney  lias  the  cuur- 
age  of  hia  convictions,  and  in  times  of  poli- 
tical excitement  and  activity,  is  always  to 
be  found  doing  batlle  iu  the  front  rank  uf 
the  Conservative  party.  He  stands  very 
high  in  the  estimation  of  his  party  friends, 
and  is  looked  upon  by  political  foes  as  a 
powerful  opponent,  while  in  his  pn>fessional 
capacity  he  poBscaaea  the  conhdonco  of  all 
classes  in  the  community.  He  is  president 
of  the  Morrisburgh  Lacrosse  Club ;  and  a 
Hik'h  ecQuol  trustee.  He  was  t>aptized  in, 
and  is  an  adherent  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land. He  married  on  the  30th  of  April, 
1877,  Alice,  third  surviving  daughter  uf 
William  Milford  Park,  of  Cornwall,  Ontario, 
a  native  of  Ireland.  The  issue  of  this  mar- 
riage is  one  son  and  two  daughters. 

noKinnon,  llu^li,  Ciiief  of  Police  of 
Belleville,  was  bom  in  the  township  of 
Vaughan,  York,  on  the  4th  May,  1843. 
He  is  a  son  of  Martin  McKinnon,  and  Flora 
Lament,  daughter  of  Mr  Lamont,  of  Ar- 
gyleshire,  Scotland.  Martin  McK i nnon 
waa  bom  in  the  Island  of  Mull,  Argyleshire, 
Scotland,  and  came  to  this  country  in  1819, 
settling  in  the  County  of  York.  Here  he 
ongaged  in  the  business  of  general  merchant, 


icuul- 
ehiM 


at  the  place  now  known  an  Maple,  and  rr> 
tired  t»  the  more  quiet  life  of  a  fanD«^ 
about  18:i4.  He  died  in  l»58.  We  ra^ 
add  that  Mr.  McICiunou  figured  promin'-n': 
ly  in  the  well  known  *'  Vnughan  Retturr 
case,"  now  a  matter  of  history,  Thfrr  »»* 
a  family  of  eleven  children,  the  aubjevi  of 
this  sketch  being  the  youngest  son.  Qn^h 
Mclviunon  received  a  thorough  etducatinn. 
concluding  his  studies  in  the  City  of  Hami]- 
ton.  At  the  age  of  nineteen,  ho  otit^^rcd 
the  law  oftice  of  Thomson  A:  McKintum, 
Hamilton,  where  he  remained  fur  thre9 
years.  In  18*J5,  however,  he  decided  if 
relin<juiflh  this  tjccupalion,  and  in  the  lanie 
year  received  the  appointment  of  Proviucisl 
and  Dominion  detective,  having  hia  hcuul 
quarters  at  Hamilton.  Since  that  time 
name  has  been  pretty  c  >nstanily  and 
minentty  before  the  pubhc,  he  having 
charge  for  the  Crown  of  some  very  no 
cases.  Among  these  may  be  mentioned  th* 
celebrated  Caledonian  murder  case ;  thv 
Lucan  and  Biddulph  outrages  commit^ 
ted  by  the  Donnelly  gang,  who  subsequent- 
ly were  so  ruthlessly  murdered  ;  nri.l 
recently  the  Lazier  murder,  iu  the  Cuun 
ty  of  Prince  Edward.  In  connt-ction  wiUi 
his  official  position,  Mr.  McKinnon  csa 
relate  many  startling  and  interesting  sti'' 
ries.  Xn  1877,  he  received  the  app-nn: 
ment  of  chief  of  the  police  of  the  Citv  ^i 
Belleville,  and  resigned  the  position  of 
Dominion  detective.  He  has  nince  rv«iile«i 
in  Belleville,  holding  the  office  mentioned, 
besides  being  high  nonsttble  for  the  County 
of  Hastuigs.  Mr.  McKinnon  is  a  Free- 
masim,  and  belongs  to  Belleville  Indgv, 
No.  123  ;  is  an  Oddfellow  ;  a  member  of  tliSi: 
Caledonian  Society  of  Hamilton,  and  w 
president  of  St.  Andrew's  S<>ciety  of  Belt 
ville  for  two  years.  Mr.  McKionon 
always  taken  a  lively  interest  in  athlen 
and  has  occupied  a  prominent  place  in  t 
arena  for  sevenU  years.  At  the  intematio 
al  games  held  in  Toronto  in  1875,  he  sii 
ceeded  in  winntng  the  medal  given  to  i 
"  best  general  athlete."  He  then  viMited 
all  the  proiuinent  cities  in  the  United  States^ 
including  Buffalo,  Troy,  Providence,  Bos- 
ton, and  Now  York,  victory  following  hia 
wherever  he  competed.  On  the  third  day 
of  Autfust,  187G,  he  competed  at  Charlotte- 
town,  Prince  Edward  Jilaud,  for  the  hear 
weight  chnmpioiiflhip  of  North  Americ 
and  waa  successful,  behaving  won  thecham 
pionahip,  two  handsome  medals  and  ^(HK 
The  presentation  waa  made  by  Hm  Excel 
lenoy  Lieutenant  Governor  Sir  Robert  Hod- 
gins.      His  next  and  crowning  victory  was 


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the  Intemalionat  irames,  held  in  Phila- 
Iphia  on  the  t4th  and  loth  days  of  August 
lowing,  when  he  succeeded  in  winning 
International  medal  in  the  finest  com- 
ttition  CTcr  aeon  in  the  United  States.  He 
then  extended  hia  tour  to  Haltimorei  Wash* 
ijii^oQf  Brooklyn,  Troy,  New  Haven,  Pro- 
vidence, Boston,  and  finally  to  New  York, 
ID  alt  of  which  placca  he  vaa  successful  in 
retaining  hia  laurels.  In  these  competitiona 
the  moat  nott^d  athJotea  in  the  world  took 
DATt.  Mr.  McKinoon  now  poaseaseft  no 
tewer  than  forty-three  gold  and  silver 
medals,  won  by  himself  in  hia  moat  remark- 
able and  prominent  career  as  an  athlete,  in 
politica  he  ia  a  Reformer,  and  in  relii^ion  a 
Presbyterian.  He  married,  in  1H73,  Jennie, 
dani^hter  of  John  Lamont,  of  Chathnm. 

Fllxalmniona,  liVilllam,  Brockville, 
Ontario,  ia  one  of  the  best  known  men  in 
the  united  oountiea  of  Leeds  and  Grenville. 
Ue  ia  a  native  of  the  County  of  Done^ftli 
Ijebind,  and  came  tu  Canada,  with  hia 
paranta,  when  a  child,  in  1822.  His  father, 
the  late  Robert  Fitzaimmuns,  adopted  a  mil- 
itary life  in  hia  early  days,  and  served  in  the 
9th  Light  Dragoons,  in  Spain  and  Portugal, 
durinff  the  Peninaular  war,  and  was  severely 
vouDdod  in  one  of  the  eDgagements,  which 
neoosaitated  hia  retirement  from  the  serviou 
after  fourteen  years  and  a  half  of  active  ser- 
vice.  He  was  in  receipt  of  a  pension  up  to 
the  time  of  hia  death.  In  1822,  he  emi- 
grated  to  Canada,  and  settled  at  Perth,  in 
the  County  of  Lanark,  where  he  continued 
U>  reside  until  1851,  when  he  removed  to 
Brockville,  spending  the  declining  yeara  of 
hia  life  with  bis  son,  the  subject  of  tbia 
aketoh.  He  died  in  1801,  having  reached 
the  advanced  age  of  ninety-five.  Wtlliaui 
Fitsaimmons  received  hia  ediicat:ou  at  the 
common  school,  at  the  Perth  district  Gram- 
mar school,  and  at  a  private  school  taught 
bythelate  Judge  John  NVilaon.  When  twelve 
Toan  of  age,  he  entered  the  employment  of 
Maioolin  McPhervon,  at  that  time  a  leading 
.flontraotor  and  builder  in  Perth,  and  re- 
kined  in  hia  service  for  the  period  of  six 
In  l>4l,  ho  removed  to  and  settled 
Brockville,  where  he  entered  into  the 
lilding  and  outnicting  business  on  his 
,*ocouut.  He  continue<l  in  this  line  of 
up  till  1882,  and  was  very  suoccas- 
l';^inost  of  the  principal  buildinga  in  the 
town  being  monumenta  of  his  enterprise  and 
a\\.  He  iduntiUod  himself  early  with  the 
iterests  of  the  t4iwu,  and  soon  alter  hia  r»- 
loval  thither,  became  generally  recognised 
M  one  of  the  leading  public  men  nf  Brock- 
ville.     In  1847,  he  waa  elected  a  member  of 


the  board  of  police,  which  at  that  time 
took  the  place  of  the  town  council,  and  of 
which  the  Hon.  W.  B.  Hioharda  (now  Sir 
W.  B  liichards)  was  then  a  member.  Sub- 
sequent to  that  time,  he  filled  a  seat  at  the 
council  board  for  thirteen  years,  during 
eight  of  which  he  was  mayor  of  the  town  ; 
and  he  was  six  times  elected  by  acclamation. 
He  had  the  honour  of  being  the  tirst  mayor 
of  Brockville  elected  by  jiopuUr  vote.  In 
educational  matt  era,  he  has  also  alwaya 
taken  a  deep  interest.  He  was  for  eleven 
years  a  member  of  the  Biiard  of  Education, 
and  largely  to  his  efforts  the  town  is  indebt- 
ed for  the  excellent  schools  it  now  p(.»aessea. 
Fron  the  time  that  Mr.  Fitzsimmons  first 
wont  to  Itrockvitle,  he  took  an  active  part 
in  politics,  warmly  espousing  the  cause  of 
the  Conservative  party.  In  1867,  he  was 
the  candidate,  in  the  Conservative  interest. 
for  the  constituency  of  Brockville.  for  the 
Ontario  Legislature.  His  opponent  was  the 
Hon.  C.  F.  Fraser.  The  election  residted 
in  Mr.  Fitzsimmons'  return,  by  a  majority 
of  thirty  six.  In  1871,  he  waa  again  elect- 
ed to  the  legislature.  £n  1875,  owing  to  a 
change  in  tlie  boundaries  of  the  constituency, 
he  was  defeated.  In  his  old  constituency 
his  majority  waa  114.  At  the  general  elec- 
tion for  the  House  of  Commons,  in  I878i 
Mr.  Fitxsimmons  was  the  choice  of  the  Con- 
ser^^ativu  party  as  their  candidate.  In  this 
contest  he  was  succecaful,  defeating  J.  D, 
Buell,  by  a  handaome  majority.  At  the 
election,  in  1882,  he  declined  oflfenng  bira- 
aelf  as  a  candidate.  In  that  year  the  poat- 
mastenhip  of  Brockville  became  vacant,  an4 
Mr.  Fiizsimmona  was  appointed  to  the  oflloe, 
a  position  to  which,  by  a  \f>n»  and  faithful 
service  to  the  Conservutixe  party,  he  was 
justly  entitled.  In  the  halls  of  parliament, 
the  induenceof  Mr.  Fitzsimmons  was  widely 
and  decisively  felt.  It  waa  entirely  througk 
hia  efforts,  while  in  the  House  of  Commons, 
that  the  appropriation  for  building  the 
handsome  put)lic  buildings  in  Brockville, 
iuat  completed,  was  obtained.  ^Yhen  in  the 
iBgislaturd,  he  was  one  of  the  first  to  sug- 
gest the  scheme  for  the  relief  of  the  niuni- 
cipalitiea  from  the  municipal  loan  fund  in- 
debtedneaa  with  which  they  were  burdened, 
and  worked  energetically  utitit  his  object 
waa  aooomplisheil.  In  him,  Brockville  bad 
an  nble  reprcacnt*tive  in  the  oouncil  balla 
of  the  c^mntry,  and  one  who  was  ever  ready 
and  willing  to  do  whatever  lay  in  his  power 
to  further  tlie  intoreata  of  his  coiutitueuts. 
All  local  institutions,  having  for   their  ob- 

}'eot  the  welfare  of  the  town  and  it«  j>«ople, 
ound   m  Mr.  Fitxsimmons  a  warm  friend 


A   CrCLOPjEDlA  OF 


and  aupi>orttir.  Hu  wu  for  sover^  yoars  a 
director  of  the  Mechanics'  Inatituto,  nf 
which  he  wu  president  for  two  yoars.  For 
a  Itms  period  be  was  an  officer  of  Hw  Bruck- 
TiUe  bre  brigade,  and  took  a  livelj*  interest 
ID  its  affaifB.  tie  also  intereited  himself  to 
some  extent  in  military  matters,  and  joined 
the  Brockville  riH«s  at  the  time  of  their  Hrst 
argaiiization,  in  18*)5.  Benevolent  sooietios 
kave  found  in  Mr.  PitKsimmons  one  of  their 
uoet  eDthnsiastic  workers,  in  Oddfellow- 
ship,  he  has  always  taken  an  especial  inter- 
sat,  and,  in  \%h\\,  when  the  order  came  very 
mearly  dying  out  in 'Canada,  it  was  mainly 
through  the  effurts  of  the  late  Dr.  Reynolds, 
*f  Brock\'iIle,  and  Mr.  FitKsimmons,  that  it 
was  resuscitated,  and  new  life  inspired  into 
it.  In  ltM6.  ho  became  a  member  of  Brook 
lodge.  No.  9,  and  during  the  period  that  hss 
jntervened  since  then,  he  baa  filled  nearly 
•very  position  in  the  lodge  and  encamp* 
uent.  For  a  number  of  years  he  served  as 
representative  to  the  Onind  Lodge,  and,  in 
IB75,  that  body  elected  him  to  the  i>oaitipn 
of  grand  master,  the  highest  honour  in  their 
power  to  confer.  He  is  also  prominent  in 
Masonic  circles.  He  became  a  member  of 
Brockville  lod^e  No.  9  (now  Sussex  lodge 
No.  5),  in  1848.  He  is  a  past  second  priu* 
eipal  of  Sussex  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  No.  50  ; 
also  treasurer  of  Thousand  Island  Rose 
Croix  Chapter,  No.  J  2,  of  the  Sovereign 
Sanctuary  of  Royal  and  Oriental  Freema- 
sonry*. Ho  has  been  exalted  to  the  degree 
of  Knight  Templar  and  Kiiight  of  Malta  in 
Gondeninr  Preceptory  and  Dupuis  Precep- 
lory,  No.  10,  G.  R.  C.  Mr.  Fitzsimraona 
still  enjoys  the  position  of  postmaster,  much 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  general  public.  Mr. 
Fitsaimmons  is  a  staunch  supporter  of  the 
Church  of  England.  In  1839,  he  married 
Ann  Taylor,  of  Kingston,  by  whom  he  had 
a  family  of  ten  children.  She  died  in  De- 
cember, 1872.  In  1883,  he  married  Mrs. 
Denny,  of  Brockville,  widow  of  the  late 
James  Denny,  merchant.  Then*  is  no  fam- 
ily by  the  second  inarn&ge. 

Carney,  Rlelinrd,  Windsor,  Ontario, 
M.  B-  Turonto  Inivwrsity  ;  M.  D.  Bi^llevne 
Hospital,  Medical  Collefije,  New  York  ; 
M.C.P.  and  S.,  Ont.  (all  1869).  was  bom  at 
Barrie,  Ontario,  ou  the  8tb  August.  1842, 
and  is  a  son  of  Richard  Carney,  late  sheritf 
of  Algoma  district,  by  Mary  Johnston,  both 
of  whom  were  bom  in  England.  Richard 
€arney  was  educated  at  the  Owen  Sound 
ilraramar  school,  being  a  pupil  when  that 
institution  was  first  opened  under  the  Rev. 
Mr.  MulhoUand,  aKout  18u6,  He  subse- 
quently entered    Upper    Canada    Collegei  I 


Nteo 
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which  be  attended  from  1861-54,  whence  be 
carried  otT  four  prizes  for  English  oomposi. 
tion   and  verse,  and  also    for  Latin   wrse. 
He  neit  entered   Toronto  University,  fol- 
lowing bis  arts  course  (1864-6),    with  bua 
ours ;    attended    Ton^nto    Medical    Scb 
from  1866  to  1867  :    Bellevue.    New    Yor 
from   1867  to  186Q,  and  grviuated  in  I 
with  honours  at  Toronto  Univeraity.     I. 
Carney   was  a  member  of  the  old    No.  ^~ 
University  company,    Queen's    Own    Rii!«%^ 
from  1864  to  18611 ;    held  a  second  class  cofyj 
tificate,  Military  achool,    Toronto    1*1865) ; 
attended  at  lAprairie  camp  in  S.  '    r. 

18G5f  and   served   in    1866,    in  i 

with  the  Fenian  raid.      He  was  •%)  ^  >  :;ie>l 
surgeon  in  1886,  to  the  2lst  battalion,  Es- 
sex county,  Ontario,  at  its  re-formation  dur 
ing  the  North- West  r«bellion.     Dr.  i^araey 
was  deputy  reeve  for  Windsor,  during  the 
years  1877,  1878  and  1879.      He  haa  beeo 
a  member  of   Ontario  Medical  Aaaociattoa 
since  its  organization,  and  has  been  a  me 
ber  of  St.   George's  Society,  Windsor, 
the   last    four    years,    b«ing    |>art    of 
period   vice- president.     He   lias    also   I 
secretary   of    the    County    Liberal-Conser- 
vative Association  fur  several  years,  and  liss 
been  chairniau  of  the  Wmdsor  branch  fm 
1882  to  the  present  time.     In  religinn 
Carney  is  an  Episcopalian.      He  married  i 
Toronto,  on  November  14th,    1870,  Geo 
iana,    youngest  daughter  of  the  late  Oarik* 
Bums,  for  many  years  poBtmaater  at  Oshawa. 
Dr.  Carney  settled  in  NVindsor,  in  Augnit, 
1869,  where  ho  has  since  remained  contio' 
uously  in  the  practice  of  bis  profession.    H 
has  the  repute  of    much  skill    and    leani' 
ing  in   his   profession,  and  these  qualitier,  ^1 
adde^l  to  his   industry  and  personal  popii.^| 
larity,  have  won  for  him   a  very  exoelleni^l 
practice.  ' 

Mavplierson,  D.  n.,  Lanc«at«r,  was 
bom  on  the  Ist  concession  of  Lancaster,  lot 
No.  16,  County  Glengarry,  on  the  17l* 
November,  1847.  He  is  a  son  of  John  Mac 
pherson,  who  was  born  in  Kinguesaie,  Sojt- 
land,  in  the  year  17^*7,  and  cnnit*  tu  Canada 
in  1801,  settling  down  with  bis  father  on 
the  present  homestead,  at  Front  Lancaster. 
When  John  Mncpbersun  reached  m&nhiNid'l 
estate,  he  engaged  as  a  merchant  for  a  liois 
in  the  village  of  Lancaster,  aud  thenoarried 
on  the  lumbering  business  for  several  yean; 
subsequently  he  settled  on  the  farm  men- 
tioned of  two  htmdred  aores.  He  was  very 
active  and  industrious,  and  a  leading  farmer 
until  he  died  at  the  age  of  soventy>two.  He 
was  also  a  captain  of  the  Olongarry  militia. 
The  mother  of  D,  M.  Moopherson  was  Coih 


as 

i 


^Hptne  Cuueron.  dftn?hter  of  the  Hon.  John 
^^Eimeron,  of  P&irfield  farm,  Stmiinertown, 
^%oai  Ch»rlottenburgh,  Glenjiarry,   who  re- 
represented  the  County  of  GlenKiirry  from 
1826  to  1832,  when  p>rlianieiit  mot  in  Ni&g- 
ara.     Mm,  Macpheratm.  who  died  in   I8C0. 
WAS  a  warm-boarutd  mother,  a  loving  friend, 
and  good  to  the  poor,  and  it  ia  not  ■tr&nge 
that  ahe  was  beloved  and  esteemed  by  every- 
one.    The  subject  of  this  sketch  wu  edu- 
cated in  oomroon  county  school,  in  school 
section,  number  one,  township  of  Ijancas- 
ter.       With  respect  to  political  creed,  Mr 
Mftopbersun  haa  always  held  reform  views, 
and  believes  that  the  Libend  policy  is  the 
true  party  principle  for  advancement  And 
improvement.       He  has  hod  no  connection 
with  any  secret   society,  nor  does   he   be- 
lieve that  the  same  ue   conducive   t4>   the 
good    of   mankind.      Mr.    Macpherson  has 
travelled  considerably  in  America  and  Eng- 
land, and   hia   knowledge   has   l>een   much 
widened    in   that   way.      Mr.    Macpherson 
was     engaged    in    fariniDg   pursuits,    until 
twenty-one.  when  hia  father  died.     He  was 
a   prixa  taker  and   a   professional    plough- 
man. And  noticing  a  Rood   opening  in  the 
cheese  manufacturing  business,  determined 
TO  give  it  a  Iriul.     So  without  any  eiperi- 
«BC«  or  advice  he  determined  to  begin  mak- 
ing cheese  from  a  dairy  of  eight  cows,  and 
a  complete  outfit  was  secured.  And  he  be- 
gan the  maoufactiire  in  the  spring  of  1870. 
By  hiird  work  and  close  care  the  aeason  was 
a  fair  snocess.     The  following  yesr,  1871,  he 
asked  two  of  his  neighbours  to  supply  him 
with  their  milk.     They  did  so,  and  the  trial 
proved   very  successful.     The   tbird    year  a 
good  »ixed  factory  was  established,  the  milk 
of    ttto    bundled    cows    was   received,   and 
Mr.  M«cphvrson  made  all  int^i  cheese.     But 
th«  following  year   two  petitions  from   ad- 
jooent  sections  were  received  for  ihe  start- 
ing  of  new   factories,  and  Mr.  Macpborson 
«ODGluded  to  give  that  undertaking  a  trial. 
Coowqaently   he    begsn    (he   now   system 
d   eheeee    factory   combinationa,    and    the 
results  were  very  sat ikf actor)*,  so  much  so 
that  iMveral  more  conjoined  branches  were 
added  the  following  year,  and  each  succeed- 
ing year  Urge  Ailditiona  were  made,  until 
the  past  season  of   1MH5,  the  number  rose 
to  sixty  Nix   factories,  turning  out   seventy 
thoasaod  boxes,  weighing  4,500,000  lbs.   of 
cfaease.       All  of  this  enormous  output   was 
ahtpped   and   sold  m  the  Knglish    market, 
nmiMnUng   a   value  of  t>ver  $350,000. 00. 
Tae  business  now  employs  one  hundred  and 
Ahy  haiiiU.aiid  ban  a  capital  only  of  $50,000 
or  »ftO.O0O.     ta  IH82.  a  chseae  box  fACtory 


CANADIAN  RlOORAt'HY, 


20 


And  stesm  aaw  mill  was  Added,  and  in  1886 
an  additional  steam  saw  mill.  These  estab- 
lishments turned  out  four  million  feet  of 
lumber,  and  two  hundred  thousand  boxes 
in  1885,  gi^'ing  regular  work  to  forty  hands. 
Mr.  Macpherson  has,  in  the  meantime,  taken 
out  tivo  pAtents  on  improved  and  original 
cheese  machinery,  two  of  which  Are  a  mark- 
ed sncceas.  He  was  oorresponding  editor 
of  the  dairy  department  of  the  Hamilton 
Live  Stock  JmtrHal  for  some  time.  The  brand 
of  cheese  made  is  called  the  "AUangrove" 
of  Canada.  It  is  well  known  in  England, 
and  much  sought  for  by  dealers.  Mr.  Mac- 
pherson is  a  man  of  atmnst  phenomenal 
activity,  of  splendid  business  abihty,  and 
has  a  great  gift  of  foresikiht.  But  Mr.  Mao- 
pherson  has  marked  abilities  of  a  general 
nature,  and  those  who  know  him  feel  thAt 
if  he  would  consent  to  enter  the  politicAl 
arena  he  would  be  a  decided  nctiuisition  to 
the  public  life  of  Cauoda.  With  rwspect  to 
his  religious  and  political  views  he  is  Liberal 
and  Pr(*teslant-  He  married  on  17lh  Janu- 
ary, 1871,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Dunoon 
McBean.  of  Front  Lancaster. 

Allison,  DHTld  Wright,  Adolphus- 
town,  was  born  at  the  aforenamed  place,  in 
the  year  183tf.  His  parents  were  children 
of  Benjamin  Allison  and  Henry  Urtjon,  who 
left  their  homes  and  property  at  the  close  of 
the  Revoliuionary  war,  in  1784,  and  settled 
in  the  township  of  Adotnhustown  as  United 
Empire  loyaliats.  D.  \v.  Allison  was  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  his  native  place,  his 
studies  embracing  such  subjects  as  are  im- 
plied by  the  term  "sound  Eui^lish  educa- 
tion." Sometime  after  leaving  school  he 
entered  into  commercial  pursuits,  and  bow 
successful  his  exertions  have  bet^o  ia  t>est 
told  by  lookiugat  the  p'>iiiion  which  he  now 
holds  in  the  industrial  life  of  the  country. 
He  has  been  extensively  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  lumber  and  salt  in  the  Sagi- 
naw valley,  Michigan,  and  has  had  an  im- 
portant intereat  in  mineral  lands,  and  ia  pro- 
prietor of  the  valuable  Saginaw  mine  in 
Marquette  county,  Michigan.  In  atlditjon 
to  these  enterprise!.  Mr.  Allison  ts  engaiied 
in  farming  upon  an  extensive  scale,  and  is 
the  largest  land  i>wner  in  the  County  of 
Lennox.  Mr.  Allison  was  warden  of  the 
counties  of  Lennox  an<l  Addington  for  the 
year  1881,  and  in  1883  was  elected  to  parlia- 
ment for  the  County  of  Lennox.  He  ia 
a  member  of  tbe  Masonic  craft,  and  has 
obtained  the  hiuhesi  d**tfro«s  cmferrable^in 
this  ooDuiry.  He  is,  and  has  always  been,  a 
member  of  the  Methodiat  church.  In  1876, 
he  married  Amelia  Elizabeth  Mnmbery. 


730 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


Dow«l,  Rev.  Pfilrick,  pastor  of  St. 
Patrick's  Church  (liutiian  Oatholic),  Mont- 
real, was  iKirii  in  the  Couuty  of  Louth, 
Ireliinii,  in  1813,  of  respectable  parunta,  in 
good  circnmstAnc«s.  At  an  early  age  he 
Qvinc«d  an  ardent  dosire  to  devote  himself 
to  the  church.  Uo  made  hin  clauical  courae 
at  Newry  ;  and  wt^nt  to  Paris  in  1A32,  and 
pursued  his  theulo^ical  studies  in  the  Irish 
college  of  that  city.  His  course  was  a  bril- 
liant one^  and  on  the  '^Oth  May,  iH37, 
he  was  ordained  priest  by  Muusiegneur 
Quelen,  archbishop  uf  Paris.  Aft«r  his 
ordination  he  returned  to  Ireland,  where  he 
lired  abnnt  ten  years — Btx  with  the  arch- 
bishop of  Armagh— nnd  was  president  of  the 
diocesan  seminary  of  that  town  for  one  year. 
Ill  1817  he  joined  the  order  uf  St.  Sulpice, 
and  went  to  Paris  for  that  purpose.  After 
spending  a  year  in  their  iunHt'uiU  he  waa  ad- 
mitted a  member  of  that  illustrious  body. 
He  went  to  Montreal,  June  2l8t,  1848,  and 
otticiated  at  St.  Patrick's  Church  ;  and  when 
Fathor  Connolly  left  St.  Patrick's,  over 
thirty  years  aeo.  Father  Dowd  waa  appointed 
by  the  Bupcrior  chief  pastor  of  the  oongre- 
gation.  a  position  which  he  has  retained 
«ver  since.  Shortly  after  his  arrival,  he  saw 
the  necessity  of  an  asylum  for  Irish  orphans 
in  Montreal,  and  early  in  1840  established 
one,  and  the  same  year  commenced  the 
building  of  the  present  St.  Putrick's  Orphan 
Asylum,  which  waa  opened  in  NoTembcr, 
1R51.  In  184>5  ho  esUblished  St.  Bridget's 
Home  for  the  old  and  infirm,  and  the  night 
refuge  for  the  destitute.  In  1806*7  he 
erected  the  present  commodious  building  on 
Lagaudietiere  street  for  the  home  and  refuge. 
One  can  har  ily  estimate  the  vast  amount  of 
suffering  relieved  and  <tf  the  g<K>d  done  by 
these  charities.  In  1872  he  established  St. 
Patrick's  school,  on  St.  Alexander  street, 
upposite  the  church.  This  school  is  for 
girls,  and  is  oouduoted  by  the  reverend 
ladies  of  the  Congregation  of  Notre  Dame, 
whose  reputation  as  educators  is  known  all 
over  America.  Over  500  pupils  attend  thts 
school,  and  the  splendid  institutiun  is 
another  monument  of  Father  Dowd's  untir- 
ing zeal  to  forward  tho  interests  of  his  ]>eo- 
ple.  Aided  by  tho  ladies  uf  St.  Patrick's 
oongregatiou.he  organized  the  annual  basaar 
far  the  support  of  the  Orphan  Asylum,  and 
these  bazaars  have  been,  from  the  first,  re- 
markably successful.  The  first  was  held  in 
October,  1849,  and  they  have  been  continued 
yearly  till  this  date, — the  last  held  waa  the 
thirty-sixth  consocutivo  bazaar,— and  we 
have  pleasure  in  recording  that  Protestants 
as  well  aa  Catholice  aaaisted  in  this  good  work. 


Besides  the  abuvo,  Father   Dowd   has 
much  to  ornament  and  beautify  the  inl 
of  St.  Patrick's  Church,  which,  next  io7 
Dame,  is  the  m<»at  richly  decorated  il 
treal.      In  I8ti0,  when    the  dismemi 
of  the  ancient   parish   of  Notre    Dame 
proclaimed,  Father  Dowd's  quick 
lant  eyp  saw  that    the  Ciin^fretiAtiona 
Patrick's  and  the  other  Irish  chnrch< 
city  would  sutfer  seriously  thereby,  and 
Dromptly  petitioned  the    Holy  See  that 
Irish  catholics  of  Montreal  should  be  left  ij 
the   undisturl)ed    possession    of    (heir 
privileges.     His   petition   was  n^ceiied  ai 
substantially    f(ranted,    and     their    p<4iti( 
confirmed  and  defined  to  their  satis factii^o. 
In  1877.  he  organized  the  great  Irish  Catho- 
lic pilgrimago  to    Lourdes  and  Rome.     AH 
can  recolliM.^t  the  prayerful  anxiety  thil  «»• 
felt  when  the  vessel    carrying  the   piljrim* 
anil  their  beloved  pastor  was    not  heard  uf 
for  several  ikgonizing  weeks,      Prayei^  "••'" 
offered  in  all  the  churches,  without  di- 
tion  of  cre«d,  a  pleasing  proof  that  th< 
pie  of  Montreal  are  not  so  bigoted  or  ; 
erant  aa  some  would   make   ihetu   vo.\  ■ 
When  they  returned.  Father  Diiwd  m 
an  euthusiastio  reception,  and  was  xn\"- 
with  a  life-size  portrait   of  himself  f   : 
Presbytery  of  St.    Patrick's,    when*    i 
hanga.     Father  Dowd  has,  on  s>' 
sions,  l>een  (ttfernd  the  highest  •' 
the  church,  but  haaalways  deoline<i  M> 
twice,    at  least,    having  refused  the  u, 
namely,    the    sees    of  Toronto  and     \\:'\ 
stou,    preferring    to   remain    with    h :  ^ 
Parrick's  congregation,  to  whom  he  li 
vuted  his  life,  feeling  as  be  hax  alwav^ 
that  he  could  do  more  good  there    t)i 
could  do  elsewhere,  even  thouyh  li<^ 
the  icitre.      His   large  and   oompr«lw 
views  have  preserved  htm  from  faHin. 
defects  common  to  potty  minds.      H  i> 
intellect  never  deals  with  minor  dit}i<- 
but   grapples  only  with  questions  id   . 
importance.     He  baa  exhibited,  in  hi*  L 
career,  great  talent  and  enterprise  in  the 
ception  and  execution  of  the  variot 
works  referred  to  above,   which  stj 
as  a  master  mind.      Joined  to  rem) 
deep  and  profound  thought  is  his  noi 
persuasive  eloquence,   whose  golden 
have  been  tuned  with  exquisite  harmony 
the  highest  subjects  of  religion,  not 
St.    Patrick's  pulpit,   but  also   in 
Kingston,  Ottawa,  and  other  places 
country  and  in  Ireland,  where  his 
and   impresBire   sermons    were 
mired.       His  depth   of  argumentation 
his   sublimity  of    expression    give    way 


DIAN  BIOQRAPB" 


mnmentji  to  the  chAnn  of  i^ay  &nd  innocent 
coDverution.  It  ib  chiefly  in  the  exemseof 
hoapitnUty  that  the  Urgeneu  of  liis  Xrieb 
httftTt  beoomas  apparent.  Blb  residence  is 
the  home  of  the  Irish  eccleslHstic,  whether 
prte«t  or  pr«Ute.  While  ahariuK  his  aban- 
daot  but  fruifiil  repast,  hi*  welcome  guests 
have  frequently  remarked  thnt  *'  the  best 
aaaoes  served  at  table  were  his  fathnrly 
amiJca  and  his  pleasing  aueodolcs."  Tho 
members  of  the  Irish  Canadian  pilgrimage 
referred  to,  bear  witness  to  the  intense  plea- 
sure which  his  company  alTurds.  Most 
pleasing  and  faaciuatiug  in  social  circles,  he 
is  tirin  and  unbending  in  the  discharge  of  his 
pastoral  duties  ;  without  any  exception  of 
persons  and  without  ciinsulting  his  own 
personsl  interests,  he  directs  his  Aock  with  a 
safe  hand,  warns  his  parishioners  of  any  im- 
pending dangers  :  he  calms  the  fears  of  the 
agitated  mind,  consutea  the  sick,  aasisis  the 
piKir  and  encuuragvs  and  comforts  pious  aud 
fervent  souls.  Endeared  to  all,  respected 
and  revered  by  alJ,  his  counsels  are  sought 
after  by  targe  numbers  of  hu  felln  v-citizena, 
for  his  knowledge  extends  through  every 
department  of  divine  and  human  science. 
It  ia  impossible  in  this  brief  sketch  to  do  full 
justicn  to  the  Reverend  Pastor  of  St.  Pat- 
rick s  ;  indeed,  to  write  his  njemoir  in  full, 
aiuce  he  came  t**  Montreal  in  1848,  would  be 
to  write  the  history  ui  the  Insh  catholics  of 
Montreal  for  the  last  thirty-tive  years,  so  in- 
timately  has  he  1x*on  associated  with  every 
good  and  oharitablt)  work.  We  are  glad  to 
say.  tbongh  Father  Dowd  has  reacho^l  his 
73rd  year,  he  still  preserves  all  the  features 
of  intelleclual  youth  and  enjoys  excellent 
hMltii. 

Mierwood,  ArtUur  Percy,  Ottawa, 
Ooinmisaioner  of  Dominion  Police,  was  born 
•t  Ottawa,  on  the  16th  March,  1^54.  He 
it  a  son  of  Edward  Sherwood,  who  was  a 
aon  of  Livins  Peters  Sherwood,  he  being 
the  son  of  Captain  Justus  Sherwood,  a  lead- 
ing V.  E.  loyalist,  whose  letters  and  reports 
to  lord  Ualdimand  at  the  time  of  the  re- 
bellion, 17T*)-84,  are  preserved  in  the  Do- 
niuion  archives  at  Ottawa.  Hon.  L.  P. 
Sherwood  was  speaker  in  the  Parliament  of 
CTpi^er  Canada  from  1831  to  l8'J5,  and 
jtidge  of  the  court  of  Queen's  bench.  He 
was  bonk  in  8t.  John's,  Lower  Canada,  1777, 
and  die<t  in  Toronto.  He  married  Char- 
lotte Jones,  of  the  township  of  Augusta 
(now  the  town  nf  Brockvilla).  They  had 
four  sons  and  three  uau^^hten — Hon.  Henry 
Shorwnod,  attomey-eeneral  of  Upper  Can- 
ada, Hon.  tJo€3rge  Sherwood,  rcc*iver-gen. 
oral,  and  aft«rwartls  judge  of  the  County  of 


Hastings,  Samuel  Sherwood,  formerly  re- 
gistrar of  the  City  of  Toronto,  and  Edward, 
late  registrar  of  the  County  of  Carleton.  Of 
the  daughters  one  married  Hon.  Jno.  Craw- 
ford, late  lieuL-jjovemorof  Ontario,  one  the 
U''<n.  John  Klmslie,  and  the  other  the  late 
Dr.  John  King,  of  Toronto.  The  mother 
of  A.  P.  Sherwood  was  Isabella  Penelope, 
daughter  of  the  late  Colonel  Turner,  of  the 
Royal  engineers,  who  was  bom  in  Ross 
Castle,  Lalces  of  Killamey,  Ireland.  After 
being  thoroughly  grounded  in  eleinvutary 
education,  A.  P.  Sherwood  entered  th» 
Ottawa  Uramiuar  school,  where  he  con- 
cluded his  educational  course.  At  present 
he  is  captain  in  Nu.  1  company,  Ottawa  and 
Carleton  rides.  He  was  deputy  sheriif  of 
the  County  of  Carleton  from  June,  1877,  till 
April,  187i>;  was  chief  of  police  of  Ottawa 
from  April,  1870,  till  October,  188'-':  was 
supehnteudeni  of  Dominion  police  from 
October,  1882.  till  November,  1885,  when, 
at  the  death  of  the  late  Augustus  Keefer. 
he  was  appointed  commissioner  of  Dominion 
police.  In  April,  1883,  * 'aptain  Sherwood 
married  Esther  Alberta,  youngest  daughter 
of  the  late  James  D.  Slater.  Captain  Sher- 
wood was  the  special  messunger  who  carried 
the  government's  warrant  for  Kiel's  exeou* 
tion  toKegtiia,  leaving  Ottawa  on  Thursday 
night,  and  arriving  in  l^gina  by  special  at 
seven  o'clock  on  Sunday  evening. 

Taylor,  Joseph,  Detroit,  was  bom  in 
England,  in  1843.  He  was  educated  at  a 
railroad  roan  on  the  London  and  North 
Weatem  Railroad,  being  duly  apprenticed. 
He  passed  throni^h  the  practical  and  clerical 
departments  with  much  tuccesa,  and  in  18C3» 
accepted  th«  invitation  of  Thomas  Swinyard, 
to  act  as  hii  private  secretary,  with  head- 
quarters at  Hamilton,  Ontario,  Mr.  Swin- 
yard,  at  that  time,  being  general  manager  of 
the  Great  Western  Railway.  Wr.  Taylor 
remained  on  the  Great  Western  for  more 
than  ten  yean,  during  moat  of  the  time  as 
chief  assistant  to  the  general  manager,  aud 
materially  helped  to  develop  the  resources 
of  the  property.  Since  relinquishing  rail- 
road life,  Mr.  Taylor  has  b««o  cimnectcd 
with  Messra  Newberry  iV  McMillan,  De- 
troit, the  large  manufacturers  of  railway 
cars,  car  wheels,  axles,  bar  iron,  etc.,  and 
in  the  position  of  secretary  tias  contributed 
greatly  to  the  suoceas  of  Newberry  «&  Mc- 
Millan's various  enterprisM.  Heisayoung 
and  active  man.  of  a  practical  turn  of  inind, 
and  18  highly  est«»oitit»d  for  his  bnstnaw 
ability.  He  is  a  cUssical  schoUr,  ati<l  an 
aocomplishod  linguist.  A  book  written  liy 
him.  under  the  title  of  a  "  Past  Life  on  tbo 


73: 


A  cyclopjEdja  or 


i 


Mi>dern  Hi>ihw«j/*  And  pubUahed  by  Har- 
per Broa.,  New  York,  1874,  had  a  large 
aalo,  and  contains  a  fund  of  htiraour,  which 
ia  perhaps  a  characteristic  of  all  Mr  Taylor's 
occasional  writings,  whether  in  verse  or 
prose.  Ue  Uv'«a  in  a  beautifvil  house,  which 
he  has  recently  built  in  one  of  the  finest 
streets  of  Detroit.  He  h»s  been  twice  mar- 
ried, but  is  now  a  widower  with  four  chiM- 
ren,  the  oldest  an  acc'implished  young 
lady,  and  the  youni;est  a  baby. 

Dougull.  Dnneun,  B.A.,  Birrister-at- 
Law,  Windaor,  Ontario,  was  barn  on  the 
<ith  October,  1841.  at  Rosebank.  his  father's 
residence,  situate  on  the  Detroit  river,  be- 
tween Windsor  and  Amherstbur>f.  about 
two  miles  above  Amberstburg.  He  was 
the  third  eon  of  James  Doiij^ll,  son  of  John 
Dougalli  and  grandson  of  Duncan  Douffall, 
manafacturora  and  merchants  of  Potter  Hill 
Hou^e,  near  Paisley,  Scotland.  James 
Doutj^all  was  bom  there  iu  1810,  and  came 
to  Canada  in  18:^0  tu  join  his  brother.  John 
Dougall  (late  of  the  Montreal  Witness^  and 
now  of  the  New  York  WiintM),  in  the 
wholesale  dry  goods  business.  After  doing 
busineas  for  a  short  time  in  Quebec,  tliey 
removed  to  Montreal,  and  in  1828  James 
Dougall  opened  a  branch  warehouso  in  To- 
runt,o,  which  establishment  was  the  first 
wholesale  store  in  that  city.  Having  been 
burnt  out  in  Toronto  in  18'3<),  he  removed 
to  Windsor  and  coinmeuced  business  there. 
still  retaining  an  interest  iu  the  Montreal 
enterprise.  Peter  Redpath  subsetiaetitly 
joined  the  Montreal  firm,  which  w>\s  after- 
wards known  as  Dougall,  Redpsth  &  Co. 
Windsor,  at  that  time,  was  an  important 
shipping  point  for  the  west  and  north-west. 
James  I)ou;;all  was.  in  addition  to  his  other 
business,  for  many  years  agent  of  the  Hud- 
son Bay  Company  at  Windsor,  ai  well  as 
agent  for  the  Commercial  Biiuk  of  Kingston. 
He  afterwards  acted  for  the  B*nk  of  Mont- 
real, having  8ub-ag«^ncies  at  Amheratburg, 
Chatham  and  London  under  him,  and  he 
had  likewise  branch  stores  in  those  places. 
James  Dougall  took  an  active  part  as  a 
magistrate  in  defendinu'  the  frontier  and 
suppressing  the  rebellion  in  1830-7.  There 
being  neither  arms,  ammunition  or  provi- 
sions to  supply  the  militia  which  the  niagis* 
trates  had  decided  to  call  out,  he  advanced 
$16,000  from  his  own  private  funds  to  pur- 
chase the  necessary  supplies  in  Detroit,  the 
only  place  where  Ittey  could  be  obtained  iu 
time  to  be  of  service.  In  1840  be  built 
Roeabank  Houne.  where  he  resided  until 
1854.  He  was  ergaged  largely  in  agricul- 
ture and  horticulture,  having  extensive  nur> 


series  at  Rusebank,  and  afterwards  at  Wind- 
sor, whither  he  again  removed  in  1854.    H 
was  a    Reformer   in   politic*,   and   in    IW 
was  a  candidate  for  the  L^gislad 
for  the    Western  Division,  comi 
counties  of  Essex  and  K«ut.       li«    ^■xa  -i 
posed    by  C.iloriel    Priue*    and   by  Coloi 
liankin,  the  former  rif  whom  was 
Ue  was  again  a  candidate  for  the  Let 
Council  for  the  same  division    in   If 
was  defeated  by  Sir  Mian  MacNab 
small  majority.       He  was  mayor  of  Wi 
for  seven  or  eight  years,  being  chief  nxm^- 
trate   at    the  time  of  the   Prince     -f  \v,l^' 
visit  in  ]8(M).      James  Dougall 
1R32,  Susan,  youngest  daught^ir  .  :  i 
B  iby,  who  was  for  sirteen  yearv   a   member 
of   parliament   for  Eases,  and  who  was  sp- 
pointed  in  1807,  by  George  III,    lieutenssl 
of  the  County  of  Essex,  an  office  afterwanb 
abolished.     By  this  marrias^e  he  had  s«T«a 
children,  five  sons  and  two  daughters.   D>i!)- 
can    Dougall,  after  attonding  for  a  t  ■ 
private  school  at  Amherstburg,  went  i: 
to  the    High    sch'Mil  at  Montreal,  where  lie 
remained  until  1850.       !n    1857  he  entsfed 
McGill  College,  where  he  graduate*!,  UX\ 
the  degree  of  niuhelorof  Arts,  in  thespnl 
of    I860.     While    at  McGill  he    took    ti 
years  of  the  law  course  connected  with 
university,  but  owinu  to  his  removal  to 
ronto  in  August,  IBOO,  he  did   •a<r*i  take 
degree  iu   law.       The    Hon.   John   Abbfd 
Judge  Torrance.  Mr.  Laflamme,    QC. . 
Mr.  Lafrenne,  Q.C.,  were  the  law  lectin 
at   INIcGill   at  the  time  of  bis  attendance 
that  institution.     In  August,  18f>0.  he 
menoed    the    study   of  law  in  the   ofhce 
Robinson  &  McBride,  at  Toronto,  and  oou- 
tinned    in  the  same  oltict*  until  he  w&s  ad* 
mitt^d  as  an  attorney  and  uall^nt  to    th*  bar 
in    Michaelmas  term,  18B3.       (mmediatsly 
upon  being  called  »/>   the    har,  Mr.    Doug^ 
ent«^red  into   partnership  with  Robii 
McBride,    and  continued    with    thei 
1867,  when,  owing  lo   iUheolth.  he 
from  the  firm,  and  gave  up  his  practicH 
about  a  year,  part  of  which  time  he  speuti 
Boston.       In  1808  he  commenced  pi 
at  Windsor,    and   has  ouitinued  to  pi 
there  ever  since.      While  in  Toronto  in  1) 
Duncan  Dougall  passed  through  the  Miht 
school,    taking    a  certificate    undt^r  Oolot 
Peacock,  who  was  then  the   cotnmandaat 
the    school.     Owing    to    ill  health,  he  ' 
never  since  been  able  to  take  an  active 
in  military  atTairs.     He  was  elected  d»pal 
reeve  of  Windsor  for  the  yeara    1874-75i' 
but  retired  in  the  last>named  year  ;  and  be' 
has  since  declined  the  candidature    for   mu- 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPET. 


733 


ipal  Iitmoiin.      Ue  ha>  always,  however, 
takvii  an    ACiivo  intertst   in  iminicipal  and 
eoiinty  »ff*kirfl.      Mr.  D'Migull  U  a  Uefonner 
in  uolitica,  though    very    independent ,  and 
icluted  to  criticise  the  acta  of  his    political 
iei.da,  OS  well  a«  thoae  of  hia  op|Mmentfl, 
lOD    he   biOievea   them  to  be  wmng.     Ue 
Eea  a  warm  interest  in  Canada,  and  holds 
rung  views  on  most  of  the    p<ilitical   quea- 
ms  of    the  day.     Though    brouyht  up  in 
Prusbyterian    charch,    he    has  b#>eii  for 
past  twenty-five  years  an  attendant  and 
^mbvrof  the  Church  uf  England.     In  lftR3 
mnrnc'd    Kdilh  G.,  only   dauL^hter  of  J. 
Bl'HJiuer,  or  lijiltiniore.  Muryland. 
Uunlvr,   Jobii  llouard,    Toronto, 
ftun  of  William   Htinier  and  Charlotttj 
[oward,    was  born  at  Buidun,  Ireland,  on 
le  "jand   December,   18;W.     After  mstxnc- 
>D  uTidor  vftrioiis  claesual  and  uiathemati- 
niasters,    he   spent    two    years   in   the 
n-eu*s    tnivarsity,    Irt^land,    carrying   off 
:h   year  honours  and  BchoUrahips  in  tho 
ilty  of  arts.     On  removing  t--  Canai'tt,  be 
ln»itt€Ki  If*  the  Uiiivermty  of  Toronto, 
irm  sftUvm,  and  entort^d  on  the  pro- 
iMrm  of  teaching,  first  in  Common  (Public) 
>(K>ifl,  and  soon  after  as  a  Grammar  (Ui^h) 
lool    ronater.     He    became    principal    of 
tauisville   Grammar  school  in  I8ri0,  grad- 
Ling  as    B.A.  m  the  same  year,  and  took 
degri-e  of  SLA.  in  1801.     On  the  strong 
ruuiiueiidatioii  of  that  distinguished  scho- 
Pri-ftaaor  G.  P.  Yoiii.g,  then  Grammar 
ind    Inspector,  Mr.    Hunter  was,  in  the 
liumn  of  1865,  appoLittt;d  principal  of  the 
liicd    Grammar   and  Commuu   achools  of 
tudas.  Fur  secondary  education  those  were 
k  d»y8.    Grammar  school  trustees  bad  no 
rrt  of    taxation  ;     the    legislative    grant 
insignificant ;  sssistanceTrom  the  muni- 
lity    waa   generally  grudged,  and  often 
Fuaed.     No  reliable  revmuo  c»'uld  there- 
be  ha4l,   nnleas    the  Grammar  schools 
iit«<l  with  the  Common  schools,  which  en- 
>yt«d  the  right  ot   tajtation.     Except  at  a 
places— such    as  Galr,    UauiiltoD,   and 
^Ulid«s, — the  Grnmniar  schools  were  w  retch- 
Uy  housed  ajid  equipped.     The  late  J.  M. 
ichAn    wu   then  leaching   the   Grammar 
loul  at  Haiiiilt4in.  and  fr(.-quuntly  visited 
[r.  Munlerat  Dundas.     In  their  study  of 
lid   botany,  the  two  friends  often  walked 
[ether  the  five-mile  road  which  aepoTHted 
iir  schools.     The    forlorn    lHn-*flcape    of 
mdory   education  was  day  by  day  over- 
it   wtih   fresh   difficulties.      Mr.    Buchan, 
wfts  of  a  gentle  disposition,  and  rather 
i»ii«  t<»  despondency,  iiften   declared  that 
found  the  needful  nervine  and  tonic  in 


his  oomp&nioD's  fearless  and  enterprising 
temperament.  After  the  Grammar  school 
masters,  by  incredible  exertions,  had  over- 
come the  want  of  biH>kB,  appliances,  and 
aBsistanta,  and  had  brought  within  a  few 
weeks  or  months  of  the  university,  pupils 
who  were  likely  to  enter  it  with  distinction, 
they  found  that  Copper  Canada  college — a 
wealthy  and  pretentious  Grammar  schocd  of 
Toronto — bribed  away  their  pupils  with  so- 
called  scholarships,  passed  them  on  to  the 
University,  and  appropriated  to  ifself  the 
honours  bo  hardly  earned  by  the  (Grammar 
schixda.  This  despicable  work  was  fast  de- 
moralizing the  Grammar  schools,  and  pre- 
sently would  have  proved  fatal  tn  the  Pro- 
vincial University  itself.  One  autumn 
eveniuR  (ijatuniay,  October  19,  18ti7),  Mr. 
Hunter  suggested  that  the  Grammar  schi>ol 
masters  of  the  whole  province  be  invited  !<► 
a  Conference.  The  leading  members  of  the 
profession  were  found  to  be  favourable  to 
this  suggestion,  and  Messrs.  Hunter  and 
buchan  joined  in  a  circular  (daied  Novem- 
ber 30th,  1807),  calling  a  convention  at 
Toronto.  A  large  attendance  of  leading 
educationista  responded,  and  thus  was  or- 
ganized Uie  Grammar  School  Masters'  Aa- 
siKiation.  The  meeting  was  held  on  Friday, 
January  3id,  J 868,  in  the  old  Toronto 
Grmmmiir  school.  Of  the  condition  to  which 
secondary  schools  had  fallen  in  some  coun- 
try towns,  an  idea  may  be  gathered  from  the 
circumstance  that  the  Grammar  school  uf 
the  metropolis  was  housed  in  a  wretched 
frame  building,  standing  ac  the  corner  of 
Stanley  and  Kelson  streets,  at  the  precise 
focus  of  the  must  shameful  purlieus  of  Tor- 
onto. This  edifice,  when  under  the  stress 
ot  public  indignation,  it  ceased  to  be  a 
temple  of  learning,  was  discovered  to  bo 
fit  only  for  receiving  rags  and  scrap  iron. 
Out  of  the  disreputable  building  and  quarter 
in  which  the  convention  was  assembled,  Mr. 
Hunter  made  a  telliog  object-lesson  and  a 
dramatic  occaaion.—  Three-quarters  of  a 
century  ago  the  Imperial  government  bad 
munificently  endowed  with  crown  lands  the 
Grammar  schools  of  Upper  Canada ;  the 
Toronto  school  had,  moreover,  through 
private  munilicenco,  acquired  valuable  city 
lots :  how  had  things  come  tr*  such  a  pass 
with  Grammar  sehoots  generally,  and  how 
cauie  the  Metropolitan  school  to  be  housed 
in  such  a  keniiel  ?  He  would  tell  thom. 
Upper  Canada  College  had  filchifd  their 
patnmony,  had  filched  also  the  private  en- 
dowments of  the  Toronto  school,  and  hod 
served  a  writ  of  ejectment  to  turn  it  oat  of 
even  such  poor  oheltor  as  the  school  now 


734 


A  CYCLVF^.V1A  OF 


had.     Wilh  iti  ill-gotten   rovunue»,    U.  C 
College  wu  now  demoralizing  and  de«troy- 
ing  the  Provinoial  Uramtuar  nchoola. — This 
b<nt  out  of  the  blue,  atartled  not  only  the 
coDTention,  but  the  whole  province.     Re- 
turns  were  moved  for   in  the   legislature. 
Indiscreet  friends  of  Upper  Canada  College 
filled  the  oolumoB  of  the  Toronto  journals 
with  violent  letters  and  editorials,  and  for 
aome  time  Mr.  Hunter  was  tbe  beat  abnsed 
man  in  the  province.      Ue   had  a  maas  of 
convincing  evidence  already  in  his  hands, 
but  he  held  it  back  for  air  months,  until  he 
had   critically    examined    every  liuk,   and 
riveted  it  in  ita  plaoe.     Three  several  times 
the  rolls  of  parliament  had  been  deatroy&d 
by  fire,  and  it  whs  only  by  incredible  labour 
and  research  that  suuie  of  the  missing  re- 
cords could  be  discovered.     Tbe  <^rammar 
Sch'»ol   Masters'    Assooiatton    re-asaembled 
in  Toronto   on    Monday,  Angnst   y,  18G8. 
So  timornuB  were  the  Grammar  school  auth- 
oritiefl  of  Toronto,  that  the  use  of  their  de- 
leciable  building  on  Stanley  street  was  re- 
fused,   and    the   maslerB  assembled  in  the 
Mechanics'  Institute,  now  the   Public   Lib- 
rary buUdiug.  Mr.  Hunter  presented  his  re- 
port in  proof-sheets,  which  formed  a  closely 
printed  pamphlet  of  65  pagea  ("The  LI.  C. 
College   Question :"    Dundaa,   Jas.    Somer- 
ville,  1868;.    Thii  document,  supported  in 
«very  line  by  references  to  the  public  re- 
cords, laid  bare  an   unexampled   series  of 
transactions — improper  alienations    of    en- 
dowmenta  ;  appropriations  of  the  proceeds 
to  private   uses ;    wholesale   plundering   of 
educational  tniata.    The  effect  of  this  publi- 
cation  was  instnntaneous.     The  Hamilton 
Spectator,    of    September    2,    1868,    aaid : 
*' Short  us   is  the   time   during   which  the 
above  pamphlet  has  been  afloat,  we  can  see 
by  our  exchangee  that  the  province  is  already 
profoundly  moved  by  the  facta  which  this 
statement  diBcluaes.     Journals  representing 
all  shades  of  pulitical  opinion,  jouruala  dis- 
cordant on  almost  every  other  question,  are 
on  this  question  quite  unanimous."     School 
boards,  county  councils,  and   the  corpora- 
tions of  cities,  towns,  and  villages,  paased 
resolutions,  and  memorialized   the  legiala- 
ture.     When  parliament  met,  Hubert  Chris- 
tie,   member   for    Nurth    Went  worth   (now 
Inspector  of  Asylums  and  Prisons),  form- 
ally laid  a  series  of   eight  chat^es  against 
the  college,   and   moved  for  a  select  com- 
mittee.     The    supporters    of    the    college 
headed  off  this  motion,  and  the  matter  waa 
referred  to  a  committee  already  sitting,  the 
majority  of  whom  were  avowedly  liostile. 
In  spite  of  all  obstructions,  however,  the 


evidence  wan    flowing  io,    mnd  aettiiui 
strong   against   the  college,   that   the  con- 
mittoe  abruptly  rose  and  reported  progrwa 
Next   seasion   the  campaign    was    renevsd 
with  similar  maniuiivrea,  axid  almost  every 
session  since,    there  have  been    maotfwala* 
tions  of  the  provincial  feeling  agoi&tt  t^ 
institution.     Though  U.  C.  College  hat  not 
been   dioendowed,    Mr.    Hunter    complete- 
ly succeeded  in  his   real   objective  fN.mu, 
which  were  tbe  re-enduwment  of  tht>  • 
mar  schoolit,  and   the   reform  of  univ--!;. 
administration.     In     1871,    partiamei: 
creased  the  Grammar  schools'  appropri.-i! 
from   $d7,5<)0  to  $70,000,   and   in    U<;3  K* 
$82,000.  and   further    incroaaea  have  simv 
been    made.      Moniciml    contribution- 
Gram  mar  achooli  harcbeen  made  oblig  *    ;  . 
and  the  trustees  have  been  given  the  pi'Ver 
of  taxaHon.    Numerous  otlier  refurms  advo- 
cated by  his  pen   have  reached  the  sfn^i*,- 
book — notably    the    recognition  of    sct'-   •-• 
High   school    pupils.     Wiiile   thus   lpA«Jiiig 
great   educational    movements,   Mr  Hunier 
was  most  asaiduons  in  the  immediate  dnties 
of  his  profession.    Uis  Grammar  school  man 
many    brilliant    distinctiuna.      In    August, 
1870,  he    received,  through    the    goveruor- 
general.  Lord  Lisgor,  a  cablegram  from  thv 
Imperiifcl  government  announcing    that  one 
of  his  Btudenta,  Frank  Beverley  RobertAHU, 
had  won  a  foremost  ploc^  among  the  hun- 
drctdB  of  matriculants  in  the  University    tf 
London,  and   had  been  awarded    the    \>- 
miuion    Gikhrist   scholarship,    with    £i*n' 
siorlinK  per  annum  for  three  yfara.   In  isr*!^. 
the   encroachments   of    the  Chief  Su[>friu- 
tendent  of  Education    upon    the    rig) 
local   school   authorities  were   becumj 
intolerable  that  Mr.  Hunter  determini 
contest    the    grtnind    inch    by    inch. 
School   Bills  of   1808-9,  and   1809-70. 
diasecced   in  editoriala  contributed   w 
leading   journals,    and   the    SaudlitldMoc- 
donald  government  refuaed  to  proceed  wil 
the  measures.      In  the  session  1870-71,  tJii 
autocrat  of  the  Education  Oflice  turned 
liay,  and  would  hear  uf  no  further  pustpoi 
mcut     The  new  bill  waa  worse  than  any  c 
ita  predecessors.   Mr.  Hunter  called  on  Dr 
Ryerson,  and  represented  the  unreaaoaabl 
and  extravagant  character  of  some  of  the<l 
provisiuna.     C>ne  clause  provided  what  vis 
m  effect  perpetual  impns'innient  for  a  parent 
neglecting  to  aent  his  child  to  school ;  uth«r 
clauses  were  almost  as  bad.      No  mi^dttics- 
tion  would  be  entertained,  and  Mr.  Hnn(«r 
published  an  analysia  of  the  bill.     Friday, 
the  6th  January,  1871,  was  a  regular  fleld- 
night  in  the  Assembly.     When  the   Hon. 


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CANAOlAfi  BIOORAPBY. 


735 


M.  C  C&nieron  moved  the  Beooncl  rending, 
member*  from  both  sides  joiued  in  so  tre- 
meadous  hn  onslaught  that  the  Oiobt  sug- 
gested the  Speaker  of  the  Hoviae  had  better 
hftfig  out  a  notice-board  inscribed  **MaDg- 
liiifr  Done  Hera/*  Late  in  the  night  Mr. 
Bli^c  rose,  and  delivered  a  magnificent 
•cb,  in  which  he  tore  th»  School  liiU 
\'vty  shreds.  Then  fuUoired  Dr.  Ryer- 
*8  notorious  '*  Letters"  to  Mr.  Blake, 
^Idiah&d  in  the  Toronto  TfUgrtiph,  of " 
lu&ry  13,  1871,  and  following  issues. 
Afl«r  nearly  three  months  of  this  vitu- 
peration,,Mr.  BUke  replied  simply  by  pub- 
Itshin^  his  speech  in  the  Assembly,  and 
prinuiig  in  parallel  colunuia  the  School  Bill 
as  introduced  and  na  amended.  In  the 
autumn  of  1371,  Mr.  Hunter  was  appointed 
to  the  hesdmaatership  of  the  St.  Catharines 
Grammar  school — one  of  the  oldest  found- 
.ons  in  the  province,  having  tteen  e8Uib> 
ihed  as  the  Grantham  Academy  in  1829. 
Ir.  Hunter's  reputation  had  now  been 
inlly  established,  and  his  movements  were 
»nnn<.rn  of  general  interest.  The  Hamilton 
<'*r,  20th  of  September,  1871,  said 
MAliy:  "  Dundaa  luaes  and  St  Cath- 
arines i^ains  immensely  by  this  appointmeut. 
Mr.  Hunter  is  not  only  one  of  the  most 
acoompliahed  teachers  in  the  Dominion,  but 
ha  is  also  a  nun  endowed  with  a  power  of 
deep  and  original  thought,  with  u  love  of 
learning  which  amounts  to  enthusiasm,  and 
with  the  rare  gift  of  being  able  to  infuse  his 
spirit  into  others.  As  a  writer,  we  know  of 
none  in  Canada  with  a  style  more  pure, 
clear,  and  vigorous."  The  St.  Catharines 
schrHiI  was  vion  lifted  from  a  state  of  great 
depression,  and  attained  the  rank  of  a  Col- 
\--."--'r  Institute  ;  the  building  waa doubled, 
u.'ndance  was  {quadrupled,  and  distinc- 
i<>wed  in  on  the  school.  Twice  the  stu- 
/wried  otf  the  (idchrist  scbolarBhip — 
■■A-  pJtttuUo  the  scholarship  for  187:^-5, 
III  Fraser  for  187;i-0.— Mr.  Hunter 
•  1  out  that,  even  in  its  amended  fonu, 
Ifau  Act  of  1R71  committed  to  the  Chief 
Superintendent  powers  that  could  properly 
l*e  entrusted  only  to  n  representative  body. 
This  became  mure  evident  even  in  the  first 
few  months'  adminiatrHtiou.  In  July,  187^, 
Mr.  Hunter  addressed  several  educational 
tnMixcs  on  the  position  uf  affairs,  and  com- 
menced a  public  agitation  for  the  recast- 
ing of  the  Council  of  Public  Instruction. 
He  urged  that  the  Vniversity  Senate  also 
bo  oousliitited  on  a  renreseutativo  basis. 
The  di(x.:h>sure8  in  "The  U.  C.  College 
-Queatiou  "  required  little  argument  to  eu- 
loree  this  Utter  change,  aud  the  senate  was 


re-organiied  by  the  Act  of  1873.  The 
reform  of  the  Educational  Council  followed 
in  1874,  and  was  precipitated  by  signed 
articles,  contribnted  by  Mr,  Hunter,  to 
the  Ofitario  Teut^her  (August,  1873),  and 
the  CatiaJian  Monthly  Maffdzitu  (December, 
1873).  An  interior  view  of  Dr.  Ryerson's 
personal  administration  was  first  given  to 
the  public  in  the  latter  article  ;  some  scan- 
dalous occurrences  were  disclosed,  and  re- 
ferences were  furnished  to  official  docu- 
ments. It  was  of  course  expected  that 
these  new  representative  bodies  would 
conduct  their  business  under  the  public 
eye,  and  publish  official  records  of  their 
proceedings,  but  both  bodies  shut  the 
doors  in  the  faces  of  their  constituents. 
The  phantom  Council  of  P'lblio  Instruc- 
tion, after  a  brief  and  Qickoring  existence, 
waa  snutfed  out.  Mr.  Hunter  aildressed 
himself,  in  1873,  to  the  adminiAlratinii  of 
the  Tnivorsity  in  articles  published  in  the 
Ontario  Ttachcr  (April  and  AuL'Ust).  The 
senate  were  severely  handled  for  their  anti- 
quated curriculum,  their  secret  sessions, 
and  the  non- publication  of  procttedings. 
Many  of  these  medieval  absurdities  have 
since  been  laughed  oat  of  the  curricu- 
lum ;  lean  reports  of  the  proceedings  are 
now  given  to  the  press  ;  but  the  objection- 
able secret  aoaaiona  reuaiu,  aud  Mr.  Hun- 
ter continues  annually  to  make  a  mution  in 
University  Convocation  for  open  sessions  of 
the  senate.  For  many  years  Mr.  Hunter 
regularly  kept  up  his  scientiHc  studies,  aud 
worked  iu  a  laboratory,  pursuing  private  re- 
search. He  especially  interested  himself  in 
the  project  of  technical  education  for  our 
artisans,  and  in  a  published  lecture  delivered 
in  the  theatre  of  the  Toronto  Normal  School 
(August,  1872),  he  elaborated  a  scuemo  for 
establishing'  a  school  of  science,  which  would 
bear  the  same  beneficial  relation  to  artisans 
as  the  Agricultural  College  dues  to  farmers. 
In  1873,  the  legislature  gave  the  School  of 
Science  a  statutory  existence,  though  with 
an  appropriation  quite  inadequate  for  a 
comprehensive  trcatmenl  of  technical  in- 
struction. In  1874,  &Ir,  Hunter  accepted 
the  charge  uf  the  Government  Institution 
for  the  Blind  at  Brantford.  Lnder  hia 
management  the  institution  became  the 
largest,  or  next  to  largest,  in  America,  and 
became  widely  known  for  the  novelty  and 
ingenuity  of  its  appliances.  To  this  husy 
hive  all  earnest  students  wore  welcomed, 
but  for  drones  it  was  not  "  a  pleasant  land 
of  drowsy-head."  The  Annual  Reports  were 
eagerly  sought  for  by  American  and  foreign 
correspondents,    and    were    reproduced    in 


'36 


A  ctclopa:via  or 


■everal  European  languages.  An  article 
contributed  tu  the  Canmiian  MonilUy,  lii 
August,  1880,  pre8ente<l.  in  prohahl^r  its 
strojijjesc  form,  the  cUim  of  tliv  hhwl  uihmi 
the  atAle.  la  Iti'iT,  the  BuccAuiim  to  the 
pro|wrty  of  his  father,  recently  dcceaaed, 
had  called  Mr.  Hunter  acrou  the  Atlantic, 
and  white  spending  aome  months  in  iireat 
Britain  and  on  the  Continent,  he  viaited 
many  of  the  leading  inatinitiona  for  the 
blind.  Even  without  wilful  obatructi<»nB, 
the  faithful  majingement  uf  euch  an  iustitu 
tiun  ii  a  aevere  strain.  From  the  very  out- 
aet,  Mr.  Uunter  had  been  incessantly  em- 
barraased  and  thwarted  by  intriguing  nf^- 
ciala,  and  every  innovation^  however  desir- 
able, in  rulei  or  in  methods  of  teaching, 
afforded  of  courae  an  opportunity  for  mis- 
chief, in  1881,  the  iuiri»d action  of  a  now 
writing  appliance — deaigued  by  Mr.  Hunter, 
and  most  strongly  commended  by  the  Louis* 
ville  Convention  of  Instructors  of  the  Blind 
— was  eeJKed  on  to  mislead  and  excite  the 
pupils,  and  aeriously  lilRtiirb  the  Institution. 
Mr.  Hunter  asked  for  an  ofhcial  inquiry 
into  hia  management.  The  attack  upon 
him  proved  auch  a  contemptible  daaoo  that 
the  provincial  press  roughly  handled  his 
aasailanta.  Grip's  cartoonist,  Bensough, 
CHtcbing  the  spirit  ot  the  occasion,  pictured 
Principal  Hunter  aa  routing  a  swarm  of 
venomous  momiuitoes  with  a  flip  of  hia 
handkerchief.  After  his  ABaaiUntshad  been 
diacomtited,  and  otKcially  rebuked,  Mr. 
Hunter  aeked  to  be  relieved  of  hia  thnnkteas 
charge.  The  government  reluct&nily  aitu- 
plied,  and  promoted  liim  tu  the  responaible 
position  of  I'roviiiciul  inspector  uf  Insur- 
ance, for  which  his  knowledge  of  ntaihe- 
matics  and  finance  adapted  him.  Uia  re- 
tirement from  the  work  at  Hrontfurd  was 
deeply  regretted  in  the  United  States  and 
Europe  aa  a  most  oerious  blow  to  the  true 
inleresta  uf  the  blind  ;  and  it  cunCiouea  still 
to  be  lamented.  Mr.  Anaguoa,  the  eminent 
director  of  the  Boeton  Institution  for  the 
Blind,  in  bis  report  for  the  year  ending 
September  30th.  1885  (p.  85),  enumerates 
the  great  investigators  of  Europe,  who  by 
their  skill  and  research  have  advanced  the 
education  of  the  blind,  and  adds  :  **  Unfor- 
tunately, ainco  the  retirement  of  Mr.  J. 
Howard  Hunter  from  the  principalship  of 
the  Ontario  lustitulion,  in  Braniford.  Can- 
ada, Mr.  A.  Buckle,  of  York  (England)  ia 
the  only  one  among  the  English  speaking 
supetiutendenis,  on  either  side  of  the  At- 
lantic, who  can  compare  favourably  with 
these  men  in  intellectual  acumen,  force,  and 
clearness  of  thought,  refinement  of  taste, 


ripe    scholarahip,    and     linguistic    a!1 
menta."     While  at  Brantford,  Mr.  H^.nu 
occasionally  refreshed   his  mind   with  oleU' 
time   studies.      Hia   versatile    tAste   is  ]i«r- 
hapa  best   illustrated   by  a  brief  enum^rv 
tion  of  papers  cmtnbuted  to  the  Cfru.i  i  .n, 
MunOtiy    in    XSSi) :     January,    "The    In. 
vereity   (Question"   (a   aearchin;    exari;  ut 
tion   of    the    educational    borixon   at  thk* 
date);  Murah,   '*  Studies  of   Greek   Povis   ' 
"The    Civil    Service    in   Great     BritAif  ,' 
August,    *'Tbe    Education  of    the    B'in*!,' 
"  The  Early  HiHtory  of  (Hit  ;''  Septemti*^:, 
"Greek    Classical    Uteratore."       In     1)^1. 
Mr.  Uunter  made  better   known   to  Cana- 
dians the   merits  of  their  French  Unre4te. 
L.  H.    Ftfechetle.     This  article    (Curwdj'ii 
MoiUhly,  January,  1881)  was  repruituce<i  ui 
French  on  both  aides  of  the  Atlantic,  and 
called  forth  a  very  handsome  ackno«l^d*:- 
meut  from  the  poet  himself.     On  aa^'^ 
the  Department  of  Inaurauce,  Mr.    l\ 
devoted  several  montha  to  the  *•'■ 
of   insurance    legislation.      He    l'^ 
gether  into  a  miiniial  the  provincial  fiiA;iie«, 
which   wore   diiiperaed   through   many  vol- 
umes,  and   prefixed  an  eLhauative  analysts 
of   the   whole   leffialation.     Thu    important 
judgment  of  the  Imperial  Privy  Council  -^n 
provincial  junsdiction  in  Inaurance  w»,9  nfi4- 
lysod   with  such  care  and  skill  oa  to  thai 
judicial  recognition.     This    publication  ha* 
proved  of  great   utility  to   insurance  ooia- 
panies,  and  to  the  legal  pn^fessiuu.    In  18"^ 
a  firm  of  publishers  invited   Mr.  Hunter  to 
give  the  public  schools   the   benefit  of 
teaching  experience   and  literary  toate, 
oimpiliuu   and    editing   a    set    of    *'  Roj 
Readers."     The   committee    to    wh<*in 
ufivernment  referred  the  variotu  cru 
Readera  g»ve  Mr.  Hunter's  books 
place  of    literary    merit,    upon    whi 
gMvernment  awarded  them  excluaire; 
riKifction    for    Normal    schoola     and 
Government    inatitutions.      The    at 
Commendations  were  also  (pven  to  th' 
presN  by  w  ll-known  authnrs  and  iittemtt 
— W,  J.  Kattray,  in  the  Jfai/,  J.  E.  CoUil 
aud  J.  C    Dent  in  the    tVitrld,   etc     Tl 
publication  of  f^ichtrtuq^ie  Canada,  in  U 
3,  drew  on  Mr.  Hunter's  pen  for  oontribi 
tiuns.  and  in  his  articles  entitled.  *'  Fi 
Toronto    Wostwnrd."    "Central    Ontario,^ 
and  '*South-Ea8teni  Quebec,"  he  took 
opportunity    of    restoring    much    romantic 
history,  which  had  been  alt^igether  lo«t  or 
forgotten.     These  articles  were  very  w  .      ' 
received  by  literary  critioa,  and  Mr.  H 
waa   urged  to  undertake  a  more  extenaivc 
treatment  of  our  national  history.     Be  hat 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


737 


th«  Bpare  momenta  of  the  pivat  few 
jean  to  colleclint;  iiiatorical  materJBl,  but 
pr««siireof  uthcitil  dutieH  liaauut  hither- 
left  him  tJie  leiaare  uece&sar>'  for  ex- 
ided  liuthorship.  It  is  not  exaggeration 
to  «ay  that  Mr.  Hunter  ie  master  of  a  per- 
fect prose  style.  His  work  in  characterised 
by  vride  and  careful  observation,  and  by 
ample  thought ;  and  whore  it  duals  with 
opiniMD  it  is  always  sinoere  and  sometimes 
poasiooate.  }tut  when  Mr.  Hunter  turns 
his  pen  to  a  dvaoription  ttf  external  nature, 
be  reve&ls  all  the  qualities  of  the  poet.  All 
that  is  beiiutiful  in  nature  he  loves,  and  in 
his  interpretation  of  the  &ame  his  touch  is 
unerring,  and  sympathetic.  The  same  sort 
of  delight  that  one  feels  in  reading  a  pas- 
XT,7P  ..f  <  '"viithier's  prose,  or  of  our  own  Kus- 
'tirieuced  in  coming  upon  a  piece 
,  :'>n  in  Mr.  Hunter's  pages,  what- 
ever be  the  theme,  the  wliistliuK  of  wild 
birds,  the  dyes  of  our  autumn  woods,  or  a 
flush  of  color  in  the  sky.  His  touch  is  at 
oQoe  true  to  nature  and  the  human  heart, 
while  one  delights  to  linger  over  the  rhyth- 
micil  bal&nce  uf  his  periods.  In  1802,  Mr. 
~]unter  was  married  to  Annie  Gordon, 
mghter  of  the  Isle  John  Gordon,  of  Inver- 
I,  Scotland.  The  family  consists  of  four 
and  three  dau^htHrs.  The  three  eldest 
Jordan,  William,  and  Alfred,  have  all 
distinguished  thomselves  in  Toronto 
uty,    carrying   off  scholarBhi[>s   and 

[illan,  Hiiglif  Detroit,  the  subject 

ibis  sketcli,  is  the  son  of  William  Mc- 
tan,  and  was  born  in  flamilton,  Ontario, 
itember  28th,  1845,  in  which  city  bis 
lucation  was  received  until  IdGl,  when  he 
induced  to  go  to  Detroit,  whither  his 
ther.  Jamos,  bad  preceded  him.  Hugh 
entered  into  railway  fife  in  that  city,  aecur- 
is^  his  first  position  in  the  otfioe  of  the  gen- 
or  '  iiteudeut  of  the   Detroit  &  Mil- 

ilway.      He  rapidly  act^uired    a 
noHivi^ii  of  railway  departmental    details 
kd    administration,   and  might   now    have 
m  merely  a  prominetit  manager  of  rail- 
roads, bad  not  his  predilections  for  a  differ- 
itkiud  of  life  led  him  to  tuni  his  attention 
the  t>(^>«rations  of  the  Michigan  Car  Co. 
Lbs    manufactory    was    about    this     time 
ijiiinng  proportions  exceeding  the  expec- 
tions   of   its  promoters   and  it    was   here 
that    Hugh  McSlillnn  beffan  as  secretary  of 
_Ute   company,    thi>Be    arduous    labours    ei- 
tding    lliroiigh    st^veml    years,    which  so 
ich  O'lntributed  to  the  Huocesa  of  his  oom- 
ly.  and  laid  the  foundation  of  his  present 
tnaiderable   wealth.      In  oourse   of    time, 
UU 


when  his  brother,  James,  assumed  the  presi- 
dency of  the  company.  Hugh  took  control 
as  vice-president  and  general  manager, 
which  position  he  still  ret&ins.  In  addition 
to  this  office  he  is  also  vice-president  of  the 
Baugh  Steam  Forge  Company,  and  of  the 
Detroit  Car  Wheel  Company.  He  also  holds 
administrative  positinns  in  many  other 
companies,  the  list  of  which  is  too  long  to 
recite.  Although  only  forty  years  of  age, 
he  ia  president  of  one  of  the  most  flourishing 
banks  in  the  city  of  Detroit,  the  Commerci^ 
National.  A  few  years  ago  he  was  one  of  a 
syndicate  formed  for  the  purpose  of  con- 
structing a  railroad  across  the  Upper  Pen- 
insula of  Michi^ui,  from  Point  St.  Ignaco 
to  Man)uette.  This  work  was  put  through 
with  great  energy  and  dispatch,  and  in  this 
enterprise  Mr.  McMillan  developed  great 
ability  as  an  organizer,  and  afterwards  as  an 
administrator.  This  road  will  in  the  near 
future  also  connect  Sanlt  St«.  Marie  with 
Manjuette,  and  thus  become  an  important 
link  between  Mr.  McMillan's  native  land 
and  his  adopted  country.  He  has  been 
from  the  beginning  a  director  and  secretary- 
treasurer  of  the  road.  He  is  of  a  social  dis- 
position, and  entertains  in  a  princely  man- 
ner at  his  fine  modem  houte  on  JotTerson 
avenue,  in  Detroit,  as  well  as  at  bis  country 
chateau  near  Lake  St.  Olair.  Mr.  McMillan 
has  been  president  of  the  *' Detroit  Club," 
a  leading  social  organization  of  throe  hun- 
dred prominent  citizens  of  Dotroit.  Eighteen 
years  aeohe  married  KUen  Dyar,  an  aooom- 
pliahed  and  amiable  lady,  who  is  now  the 
hnppy  mother  of  a  daughter  and  three  boys, 
whose  education  is  progressing.  As  stated, 
Mr  McMillan  is  still  a  young  man,  and  pos- 
sessed of  the  aggressiveness  and  energy 
which  are  his  prominent  personal  oharaoter- 
iatics,  he  cannot  fail,  with  the  blessing  of 
health,  to  atill  further  extend  his  wide  inBu- 
ence  and  euterprisus,  for  the  benefit  of  bis 
community  and  country. 

Cunt,  Jolin,  Gait,  wan  born  in  Ross- 
shire,  Scotland,  on  the  30th  June,  1830. 
He  came  to  Canada  with  his  father,  in  1843, 
settling  at  Gait  ;  and  here  hia  father  died 
in  1869,  leaving  a  family  of  eleven  children, 
John  being  the  fourth.  In  Gait  John  Cant 
learned  the  trade  of  harness  making,  but 
about  the  year  187^2  he  gave  up  this  busi- 
ness, and  entered  as  book-keeper  in  the  tirm 
of  Cant,  Gourlay  &  Co.  Here  he  remained 
tilt  1881.  when  he  ent«red  into  partnership 
with  William  Laidlaw,  Hugh  Cant  and 
Andrew  Cant,  in  the  manufacture  of  wood- 
working machinery' ;  and  the  operations  of 
the  house  hare  since  met  with  considerable 


738 


A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


Buocoaa.  In  1882,  Mr.  Cvit  wm  elected  to 
the  iuwn  council  of  O&tt,  and  at  the  period 
of  writing,  is  serving  faia  third  year  in  that 
body.  Be  baa  likewise  sat  ut  the  school- 
board,  baring  been  Always  interested  in  the 
promotion  of  educiitiou.  Mr.  Cant  is  a 
Presbyterian,  and  haa  for  many  ye*ra  b«:en 
a  trustee  of  Knox  church.  In  general  poli- 
tics he  has  always  taken  au  inteltigent  inte- 
rest, and  ia  a  ataunoli  advocate  of  the  policy 
of  the  party  led  by  Hon.  KdwariJ  I^lake. 
Mr.  Cant  married  in  1801,  Margaret,  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  John  Veitch,  of  the  tttwii  nf 
(■alt.  and  one  of  the  early  settlern  of  tliat 
place.  By  this  lady  ho  has  a  family  of 
three  children,  one  sou  and  two  daughters. 
Our  subject,  it  may  be  said,  is  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  business  house  already  alluded 
to  ;  and  he  gives  bis  attention  to  the  financ- 
ing and  general  management  of  the  aame. 
Mr.  Oant  haa  all  thoae  qualities  which  in 
commerce  make  a  man  successful,  and  which 
obtain  the  esteem  and  the  good  will  of  the 
oommuuity. 

nacnarchr,  Archibald,  M.A.,  To- 
ronto.— The  subjoct  of  thit*  sketch,  the  well- 
knowu  and  much  re8pect«d  rector  of  the 
Toronto  Collegiate  Institute,  and  one  of  the 
foremost  educationists  of  the  prorince,  was 
bom  in  Scotland,  on  a  farm  by  the  sea  shore, 
called  Stewartfield,  not  voT-y  far  from  the 
beautiful  town  of  Compbelltown,  in  the  Can- 
tire  peninsula  of  Argyleshire.  When  very 
Toang  he  was  sent  to  the  parish  school  near 
by  the  family  home,  and  lived  his  early  life 
amid  the  rugged  hills  and  scented  heather  of 
his  native  Highlands,  with  the  roar  of  the  sea 
in  bis  ear  and  its  bracing  ozone  in  his  Inugs. 
His  parentage  on  both  sides  was  Highland, 
his  father's  people  being  farmers,  and  for 
years  furnishing  miniaters,  eliiers,  And 
church  workers  to  the  ecclesiastical  estab- 
lishment of  iScotland.  The  deeply-embed- 
ded influences,  arising  from  devotion  to  such 
work,  which  hna  done  so  much  for  Scotland 
and  for  Scotland's  sons,  left  their  impress 
upon  the  young  lad's  mind,  and  was  an  im- 
portant factor,  in  later  years,  in  the  building 
up  of  bis  character.  When  (|uite  young  be 
came  to  Upper  Canada  with  his  father's  and 
hia  grandfather's  family,  the  latter  consisting 
of  eleven  atuis,  all  eager  and  able  to  subdue 
the  wilds  of  Canada.  <  >f  these  sturdy  young 
men,  one  son,  the  Rev.  John  MncMurchy, 
was  for  years  the  much  loved  minister  of  tho 
Eldon  congregation  ;  while  the  others  be- 
came prosperous  farmers  and  useful  citizens 
in  various  parts  of  the  province.  The  sub- 
ject of  our  preseut  sketch  was  early  drawn 
to  the  educational  profession,  in  which  he 


SMUt- 

listvill^H 
ol    f^ 

»St>JAiS 


i'brough- 
tthVilH 

UOtT«cB 

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has  honourably  and  usefally  been  eaipiged 
for    years.     When   quite   a  yoang  lad   he 
began  teaching  in  uue  of  the  rural  eehouti 
of  the  province,  at  wkich  work  he  remaineil 
until   1864,  when   he  entered    the    N'ormsl 
school,  Toronto,  then  under  the  able  man- 
agement of  the  late  T.  J.  Robertson, 
od  by  the  Rev.  \Vm.  (now  Doctor)  Ormisu 
of    Now    York.     This   training   school 
teachers  he  attended  for  twelve  months, 
order  to  qualify  himielf  for  hia  profeaat- 
After  receiriog  his   oertiticate,   he    opeacd 
and    taught  tho  lirst  public    school   in  th«> 
town  of  CoUingwood,  and  in   1850  niatrica- 
lated  at  the  I'niversity  of  T(in»ulo.  tskiiu: 
honours  in    several  departments.       tfunng 
his  university  career,  he  taught  for  a  ximt 
in  the  Provincial  Model  school,   Archibald 
MacCallum,   \LA.,   being  headmaster,    and 
while  at  college  was  able  to   take  lirst-clsM 
honours  in  mathematics,  English  branches, 
French,  the  sciences,  and  logic.     Through 
out  his  course  he  was  a  6rst-claaa 
man  in  mathematics,  in  which  depi 
be  ahoDO,  and  iu  it   graduated  with 
class  hunonrs  and  a  medal.     In  bis 
sity  career  s<rme   of  hia  fellow-undergradi 
ates  and  friendly  competiti;trs  were  the  Ut« 
Chief  Justice  Mosa.  recently  deceased  ;   t'^" 
able    litterateur.   William    J.    Rattrar 
preaenl  Chauoellor  of  t.>ritArio,  J.  A.  i 
M.A.;  and  Thomas  HiHlgins,  IMA.,  Q.U 
Master  iu  Chancery,     iin  graduating,    M 
MacMurohy    devoted    himself    with    grest 
oornestuess   and   assiduity  to  hia   hfe-wnrk 
as  an  educator,  his  academic  standing  and 
honours    in     sciences,     mathematics,    and 
moderns,  as  well  as  his  sterling  character, 
serving    him   in   good   stead.     In    ]8o4 
was  appointed  mathematical  roaster  in 
Toronto  Grammar  school,  at  that  time 
der  Dr.  M.  C.  Howe,  and  succeeded  to 
rectorship  in  1872,  on  the  retirement  fron 
ai-health  of  the  Rer.  Dr.  >Tiokson.     In  thit 
important   position,  as   head  of  the  lea<iing 
educational   institution    in    the    proriuctal 
school  system,    Mr.    MacMnrchy  has  doi 
excellent  work,  as  the  record  of  tha  institu 
shows,   in  the  honours  taken  by  the  pupi 
at   the   matriculation   eutminations  of   t 
various  Canadian  colleges  and  universit 
His  thorough  scholarship,  varied  p^jfcseio 
al  attainments,  and  careful  training  has  ei 
abled  the  institute  to  turn  out  numbers 
young  men  who  have  made,  and  are  m 
their  mark  in  Canadian  public,  profeasio 
and  mercantile  life,  and  fitted  many  oth 
to  fill  their  individual  spheroa  in  Oanadi 
society  with  credit  to  ihemselvee,   and 
reflected  honour  and  credit  on  the  institution 


witb 


CASADIAS  BIOGRAPHY, 


in  which  thc'y  receWed  their  education.  But 
b«flideB  Mr.  MacMurchy'a  own  Bpeci&l 
•chool-work,  ha  haa  found  time  to  serre  the 

Srofeaaiun  with  great  advantage  in  other 
elda.  For  yoara  he  waa  a  member  of  the 
8aaat«  of  Toronto  University,  aa  the  repre- 
aentatire  of  the  toaohin^  profession  of  the 
proTinoe,  and  Fias  been  lui  bctive  worker  in 
the  Ontario  Teachera'  Autwiatioii,  of  which 
he  waa  atone  time  preaident.  While  tilling 
thia  office  Mr.  MacMurchy  delivered  two 
ablfl  inaugural  oddreasea  on  the  subject  of 
"  Religious  Education  in  Schoola,"  which  have 
awakened  the  public  conscience  to  a  lively 
■enae  of  duty  ou  this  important  subject,  and 
bare  led  to  an  imperfvct  solution  of  the  prub* 
lem,  in  the  uaue  by  the  Out&rio  government 
of  a  Tolumo  of  extracts  from  the  Bible  re- 
commended for  use  in  schools.  Aa  an 
aalhur,  in  his  own  department  of  mathema- 
tics, he  has  also  ably  servL*d  education,  and 
given  to  it  a  number  of  worka  in  elementary 
and  advance<l  arithmetic,  which  have  met 
with  grvat  acceptance  from  the  profession. 
Beatdea  receiving  authorization,  in  1)^70,  fur 
these  worka  in  his  own  province,  their  ster- 
ling worth  has  won  for  them  atithnriution 
in  the  neighbouring  province  af  Quebec,  and 
their  introduction  and  use  elsewhere.  In 
187o  he  also  prepared  and  published  a  valu- 
able book  of  "EierciacB  in  Arithmetic," 
which  baa  been  uf  much  service  to  educa- 
tionists and  of  real  value  to  pupils.  In 
these  educational  ventures,  it  is  due  to  Air. 
MacMurchy  to  say,  that  to  the  joint  Eng- 
lish author  of  two  of  his  early  publications, 
ha  has  mi'ut  honourably  made  large  annual 
pAymcnta,  derived  from  the  sales  of  these 
works  ;  an  innovation  as  creditable  as  it  was 
handsome.  Mr.  MacMurohy's  enthusiastic 
interest  in  the  educational  profession  has 
also  led  him,  for  many  y»ars  back,  to  as- 
sume the  tinancial  respuuaibility  and  c&re 
of  carrying  on  a  well<known  and  high-class 
prufeasional  serial,  the  Canoiia.  Edurntiouat 
Mont-hi^t  uf  which  he  is  now  understood 
to  be  editor.  It  ia  not  permitted  us  to 
say  mtich  here  of  Mr.  MacMurchy  in  pri- 
vate life  ;  but  his  many  and  ardent  friends 
bear  eager  testimony  to  the  warmth,  hearti- 
ocas,  and  fidelity  of  his  friendships,  luid 
to  the  upriubtness  and  sterling  worth  of 
his  i>enH>nar  chnructer.  ThoM  who  know 
faim  only  in  the  class-room,  in  which  he 
pmneriy  ia  a  strict,  and  some  would 
lOAbly  say,  an  old-fashioned  dis- 
otpUnarian,  mias,  in  the  aevore  rector,  the 
luore  genial  aide  of  his  character,  which  is 
oxhibited  to  friends  and  intimates.  In  pri- 
rat«  lil««  ho  ia  beloved  for  his  warm-hearted, 


true,  and  alfectionate  manner,  his  wide 
sympathies,  his  shrewd  knowledge  of  men 
and  the  world,  and  his  vast  fund  of  political 
professional,  and  aooi&l  humour.  The  latter 
IS  ever  chastened  by  a  religious  cast  of 
mind,  which  gives  elevation  to  his  character, 
and  is  the  mainspring  and  source  of  his 
charity  nnd  sense  of  brotherhood.  In  re- 
liiO"Ut  Mr.  MacMurchy,  is  a  Presbyterian, 
of  the  Old  Kirk  section  uf  that  body,  and  is 
an  elder  and  an  active  and  useful  memb«r 
of  the  congregation  worshipping  in  Old  St. 
Andrew's,  Toronto.  He  is  also  superinten- 
dent of  the  Sunday  school  of  this  church, 
and  baa  act«d  in  that  capacity,  in  con- 
nection with  uther  churches,  during  the 
past  sixteen  years.  In  church  matters  he 
has  always  taken  a  lively  interest,  and  at 
various  times  has  represented  congregations 
in  the  minor  courts  uf  the  church  as  well  as 
in  the  Presbyterian  General  Assembly,  to 
which  he  has  been  repeatedly  elected  by 
varions  presbyteries,  in  politics  he  is  a 
staunch  Conservstive.  Mr.  MacMurohr 
has  also  given  his  services  to  the  nation  in 
connection  with  the  volunteer  militia  of  the 
country.  In  1800,  when  an  under^piuluate 
of  Toronto  University,  he  joined  the  uni* 
versity  corps  of  the  Queen's  Own  Rides, 
and  was  present  at  the  affair  with  the  Feni- 
ans at  Ridgeway,  on  the  2nd  of  June,  1866. 
Subsequently  he  entered  the  Military  school 
at  Toronto  and  won  a  2ud  daas  certificate, 
after  obtaining  which  he  acted  for  some 
years  as  lieutenant  of  the  Toronto  Garrison 
Artillery.  In  IKriO,  Mr.  MacMurchy  mar- 
ried Marjory  Jardine,  daughter  of  James 
Ramsay,  of  Linlithgow,  Scotland,  who  came 
to  Toronto  in  1850.  Mr.  Ramsay  belonged 
to  a  bruMJh  of  on  old  t^oottiah  family.  Mr. 
MacMurchy  has  three  sons  and  tliree  daugh- 
tvra,  who  inherit  the  virtues,  as  well  as 
the  intellectual  attainments  of  their  worthy 
parents. 

Bentlle,  John,  J.  P.,  Fergus,  Ont, 
was  born  in  Aberiieonshire,  Scotland,  on 
Apnl  22.  1821.  He  is  a  son  of  WillUm  and 
Elizabeth  (McDunald)  Beattie,  his  parents 
l>eiug  both  natives  of  Aberdeenshire.  Wm. 
BeatUe  pursued  the  colling  of  a  farmer,  and 
emigrated  to  Canada  in  IH^SM,  settling  in 
the  township  of  Nichol,  WtfUington,  taking 
up  a  farm  there,  and  continuing  upon  the 
same  until  his  death  in  1802.  John  Uoattia 
received  a  common  school  eduoati«m  in 
Scotland,  and  ooaie  to  Canada  with  his  pa- 
rents in  1839.  lie  remained  for  a  while 
with  his  father  upon  the  farm,  but  after- 
wards took  up  land  for  himself,  which  ho 
continued  to  farm  until  1867,  in  which  year 


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A  CYCLOPAEDIA  OF 


he  wa«  api>ointed  agent  of  the  Royal  Cana- 
dian Bank,  at  Fergus.  Thia  position  he 
held  until  the  suspension  of  tbat  institutiou 
in  J870.  He  shortly  afterwards  opened  an 
office  for  himself  as  private  hanker,  in  which 
avocation  he  haa  continued  ever  since.  He 
waa  lieutenant  in  the  old  Canadian  militia 
at  the  time  Sir  Edmund  W.  Head  was  gov- 
ernor.  In  1851,  Mr.  Ueattie  was  elected  to 
the  township  council  of  Niobul,  and  contixin- 
ed  to  ait  in  that  body  until  I860,  when  he 
waa  elected  reeve  of  the  township.  This 
oflSce  he  held  until  1807,  when  ho  resigned. 
In  1871  he  waa  appointed  clerk  of  the 
County  of  Wellington,  and  thisofUce  heatill 
holds  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  com- 
munity. Mr.  Iteattie  waa  among  one  of  the 
tint  J.  P. 'a  appointed  in  his  county.  He 
haa  been  socy. 'treasurer  of  theNicholMutu* 
al  Fire  Insurance  Co.  since  1860  ;  and  he  is 
a  member  of  Merc(?r  lodge,  No.  347,  Free- 
maaona,  nf  Ferg^us,  and  is  treasurer  of  the 
same.  In  politics,  Mr.  R^attie  is  a  Conaer- 
vattve,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Coaaerva- 
tive  Association  of  Wellington.  He  has 
visited  the  greater  portion  uf  Canada,  having 
a  large  interest  in  lands  in  the  North-Weat 
territories.  In  religion  he  is  a  steadfast 
Presbyterian.  Mr.  Beattio married  in  1850, 
Janet,  daughter  of  Thomas  Wilson,  a  farmer 
of  the  township  of  Garafraxa,  Wellington, 
and  A  native  of  Lanarkshire,  Scotland  :  and 
ho  has  by  this  union  a  family  of  thirteen 
children,  eleven  of  whom  are  living. 

Abbott,  Harry  UraUhwalte,  Vic- 
toria, llritishColumbia,  waa  bom  at  Abbotts- 
ford,  Eastern  Townships,  on  the  14th  of  June, 
1829.  He  is  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Ab- 
bott, missionary  of  the  Church  of  Kngland, 
who  was  sent  out  by  the  Society  for  the  Pro- 
pagation of  the  Gospel.  His  father,  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Abbott,  was  boni  in  Westmore- 
land, England,  and  educated  at  Glaagow 
University  ;  and  his  mother,  Harriet  ElijEa- 
beth,  waa  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Richard 
Bradford,  at  one  time  chaplain  of  Her 
Majesty's  forces  at  William  Henry  (Sorel), 
and  afterwards  reaident  miaaionary  at  Chat 
ham,  Quebec.  H.  B.  Abbott  wna  educated 
at  the  Montreal  Hi^fh  School  and  McGill 
College.  He  assisted  in  raising  a  battal- 
ion of  infantry  in  Argentouil,  at  the  time 
of  the  Trtni  affair,  of  which  ho  waa  gazetted 
major.  He  haa  since  been  placed  npon 
the  retired  list.  He  has  heon  a  justice 
of  the  peace,  and  a  coromiaaioncr  under 
the  Act  for  the  better  preservation  of  the 
peace  on  public  works  smce  1884.  Ho  was 
appointed  on  the  ougmeering  staff  of  the 
St.  Lawrence  and  Atlantic  Riulway  in  1847 


!vr.  and 

tland^H 
■  of  15^^ 


(afterwBxda  the  Grand  Trunk  R«Uwa]r), 
under  C.  S.  Gsowaki,  chief  ungiuevr.  and 
remained  upon  it  till  its  coinjiletiou, 
which  he  waa  appointed  resident  ei 
of  a  division.  In  1857,  Mr.  Abbot 
a  contract  in  connection  with  Cortland 
Freer,  for  the  maintenance  of  way 
milee  of  the  Grand  Trunk  R&ilway,  and 
on  the  expiry  of  this  contract,  the  fiiro  oi 
Abbott  &  Freer  leased  the  Rivi^rt*  du  Luop 
section  of  tbat  railway,  which  they  opened 
and  rau  successfully  for  one  year.  Tlufy 
then  took  charge  of  the  Carill<m  &nd  Gr«D- 
ville  Railway,  in  which  they  had  a  large  in- 
terest, and  remained  in  charge  of  the  aame 
till  itft  purchaae  hy  the  Ortawa  River  Navi- 
gation Company.  In  1804,  he  waa  appointed 
managing  director  and  chief  engineer  of  the 
Brockville  and  Ottawa  Bnilway,  and  in  1S72 
built  the  Carleton  Place  and  Ottawa  Branch 
of  the  Canada  Central  Railway.  He  wu 
then  elected  president  of  the  Brockville  and 
Ottawa  Railway,  and  tnaunging  director  of 
the  Canada  Central,  and  the  Brockville  snd 
Ottawa  railways,  in  which  position  he  re- 
mained till  1873.  In  the  following  year  he 
entered  into  a  contract  in  conjimction  with 
Duncan  Macdonald,  for  the  construction  of 
the  portion  of  the  Occidental  Railway  be- 
tween Montreal  and  Ottawa,  and  built  s 
portion  of  that  road,  including  the  bridgM 
aorosa  the  Back  River  and  Hevit^re  do 
Chene.  In  1876,  hi>  organized  the  Eaatcni 
Extension  Railway  Company,  and  under- 
took the  construction  of  the  line,  and  vu 
appointed  engineer  and  manager  of 
struction.  In  1877,  he  waa  re-app*->iii(  i 
managing  director  of  the  B.  and  U.  and 
C.  C.  railways,  and  remained  in  that  posi- 
tion for  one  year,  when  he  proceed.- 1  ■ 
Nova  Scotia  and  assumed  charge  as  •  . 
engineer  and  manager  of  the  Kostem  Extcu 
sion  Railway, retaining  this  oflice  untilJi 
1882,  when  he  was  appointed  raaua| 
construction  of  the  Suult  Ste.  Marie 
of  the  Canadinn  Pacific  Railway,  whit 
duly  completed.  He  returned  to  Mont 
in  Slarch,  1884,  and  received  the  apf-an(- 
mont  of  suporvisinjf  engineer  of  the  <''ansdtau 
Pacitic  Railway,  and  in  the  follow".,-  Mav 
was  appointed  manager  of  coum' : 
the  main  line  of  the  Canadian  I' 
from  Sudbury  West.  He  completed  thediTi- 
sion  (about  20»>  miles)  in  May,  18H5,  and  Uid 
track  upon  Bftventy-rtve  miles  further.  Mr. 
Abbott  made  all  the  arran^'ementa,  and  hsd 
charge  of  the  paasa^c  of  the  trtK>ps  over  this 
division  in  March  and  April,  1885.  when  itw 
volunteers  were  on  the  march  to  the  North- 
West.     Hu  was  appointed  general  supenn- 


CANADIAN  BIOORAPEY. 


741 


ide&C  of  the  CanadUn  P«ciiio  Railway  in 
rilifth  Columbia  iu  J&ouary,  188G.  In 
ilitics,  Mr.  Abbott  li&s  always  been  a  Con- 
•errative,  and  he  ran  for  the  House  of  Com- 
mons in  Brookville  and  Elizabothtown  in 
1872,  but  was  defeated.  In  raligion,  he  hoa 
aliraya  been  an  Epiaoopalian.  lie  married 
Margaret  AniDlia,  daughter  uf  Judge  Sicotto. 
Hia  home  has  been  iu  Brockville  since  1804, 
and  his  family  are  now  nwided  there. 

Carawell,  Robert,  Toronto,  Law 
Bookseller,  was  born  at  Colborne,  Ontario, 
on  19th  July,  1838.  Hia  parenta,  Hugh  Cars- 
well  and  Klizabeth  Uanna,  came  from  lilas- 
gow  in  1S33.  Hia  mother  died  soon  after 
nil  birth,  and  his  father  two  yeara  later, 
leaving  behind  three  bohb  and  one  daughter, 
uf  which  the  subject  of  ihia  sketch,  and  hia 
aiater,  now  living  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  only 
remain.  Robert  waa  indenturwl  by  his 
fathei  to  Henry  Frint,  livintr  two  miles  east 
<A  Culborne,  where  he  remained  until  after 
Mr.  Flint's  death,  ten  yeara  later.  Mr. 
Frint  waa  a  pioneer,  who  passed  away  in 
1850,  at  about  seventy-fire  years  nf  age.  He 
came  with  his  parents  from  Germany  at  an 
early  age,  when  there  were  no  settlements 
between  Cobourg  and  the  river  Trent.  He 
used  to  tell  of  the  hardships  of  his  early 
days,  when  wheat  had  to  be  taken  ten  miles 
to  a  mill  to  be  ground,  and  when  the  beat 
mode  of  travel  was  in  streama  in  a  oanoe 
dng  uut  of  a  log.  He  built  the  first  flour 
mill  west  of  the  Trent,  and  he  aUo  built 
other  tluur  and  saw  nulls,  and  at  the  time  of 
kia  death  owned  a  lar^e  property  in  mills  aud 
several  hundred  acres  of  land.  Mr.  Frint 
married  twice,  but  had  no  children.  He, 
however,  adopted  nine  orphans.  He  dealt 
gsaeroualy  by  all,  giving  to  each  boy,  aa  he 
reached  twenty-one  yean,  fifty  acres  of  land, 
aad  in  hia  wiiU  he  remembered  each  one 
with,  at  least,  two  hundred  dollars.  He 
was  a  man  of  good  judgment  in  business, 
though  illiterate.  His  word  pasaed  aa  sutb- 
cient  in  all  dealings.  He  worked  hard,  un- 
til advanced  in  yeara.  and  then  he  B[>ent 
much  of  his  time  in  the  house,  trying  to 
deviae  inventiona,  one  to  make  a  veaael  sail 
inat  the  wind,  another  to  cause  perpetual 
lotion,  &.C.  He  was  temperate  in  his  habita, 
>ugh  be  daily  took  hia  morning  and  even- 
dram.  neiHT  vxoeodiug  a  wine  glass  full, 
d  the  Uibte,  but  could  not  believe  it, 
ilarty  the  e^rly  part  of  Oonosia  ;  and 
going  iHit  and  finding  a  wife,  aeemed 
to  him,  aa  also  the  tales  about 
m  and  Diivid.  Ho  did  not  believe  the 
earth  r«volvL*d  because  hia  mill  |X)nd  never 
uut  in  fh«  night.     Tbeaecliaracteria- 


tica  canaed  the  neighbours  to  say  that  he 
never  could  be  saved,  and  so  when  he  died, 
the  minister  did  not  send  him  to  heaven. 
He  made  no  intimate  friends,  and  there 
were  but  few  at  his  bedside  when  he  died. 
He  benefited  othera,  and  loomed  latiafied 
with  small  returns  for  hia  kindnoaa.  He 
whose  tender  mercies  are  over  all  Hia 
works  has  a  meai>sof  bringing  out  whatever 
of  genuine  good  there  was  in  a  life,  which 
measured  by  church  creeds  would  be  condem- 
ned, but  regarded  by  deeds  appeared  to  man- 
ifest in  a  higli  degree  the  love  of  hia  neigh- 
bour. Robert  Carswell  made  the  beat  uae 
of  hia  time  when  allowed  to  attend  the  com- 
mon  schools,  and  r|ualifiedfor  teacher  atth« 
Grammar  achool  in  Brighton,  and  at  the  ag« 
of  seventeen  commenced  teaching.  After 
teaching  two  years  he  entered  at  its  opening 
the  then  Belleville  Seminary,  where  he  re- 
mained abont  two  yeara,  six  months  of  which 
he  waa  Engliah  teacher,  and  member  of 
its  faculty.  Then  he  went  to  Middletowo, 
Connecticut,  U.  S.,  to  enter  the  Wealeyan 
Univentty,  and  continued  there  two  years, 
in  which  be  passed  the  examinationa  re- 
quired up  to  the  third  year.  At  this  tima 
his  finances  gave  out.  His  entire  course 
in  education  waa  attended  with  diflicnlty 
having  only  enough  money  to  get  along  by 
the  most  rigid  economy,  and  availing  him* 
aeli  of  every  opportunity  to  cam  something. 
The  last  year  he  sold  books  to  the  students. 
The  studies  pursued  were  those  assigned  in 
i  the  usual  arta  course.  He  waa  at  this  time 
an  earnest  member  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church,  and  had  made  his  home  with 
the  lte«'.  B.W.  I^aHu,  since  he  began  teach- 
ing. At  college  he  joined  a  aecret  society, 
the  •'  Alphft  Delta  Phi "'  for  mutual  benefit, 
and  attended  ita  meetings  regularly,  enter- 
ing heartily  into  them,  but  reaolved  after 
leaving  college  not  again  to  join  any  society, 
nor  pledge  himself  beyond  what  the  church 
or  Bible  directa,  thus  retaining  fully  the 
right  of  judiring  fur  himself  in  all  acta  of 
charity  or  otherwise.  Mr.  Carswell  com- 
menced buslneas  as  agent  for  Appletona 
Cyclopaedia  in  180'J,  removing  to  Toronto 
two  years  afterwards.  In  this  line  he  did 
not  succeed,  but  was  led  inti>  business  with 
the  lawyers  soon  after.  Owing  to  entire 
lack  of  training  and  want  of  oapitid,  he  did 
not  enter  exclusively  into  his  present  boai- 
neas  until  1872.  He  waa  the  Itnt  Ut  found 
in  Canada  an  exclusive  law  book  trade. 
When  he  commenced  in  1872  there  waa 
probably  not  sold  in  Canada  in  one  year  the 
value  of  law  books  now  sold  by  hia  houao  in 
one    month.       He   has  so  conducted  and 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  or 


guided  his  businem  that  daily  orders  and 
oommunicAtionB  sre  now  received  from 
erery  part  of  Canada,  from  Halifax  to  Vic- 
toria, The  postage  acvoiuit  of  his  house 
in  one  year  will  reacli  a  thotisand  dollars, 
and  traveUars  last  year  visited  the  chief 
villages,  and  all  the  towns,  and  all  the  cities 
in  every  province  in  the  Domnnon,  as  also 
the  chief  cities  in  the  Unitj^d  State's  and 
Great  Britain.  It  is  a  business  the  special 
growth  of  civilization.  Owiufic  tu  the  multi- 
plicity of  transactions  in  civil  life,  law  books 
ore  required  on  almost  every  subject  of 
basine6s>  By  means  uf  cheap  postage  a  book 
can  now  be  transmitted  so  cheaply  to  any 
part  of  Canada  or  the  United  States,  tbat 
the  expense  is  not  felt,  and  banking  facili- 
ties are  so  convenient  that  small  accounts 
can  be  collected  promptly,  or  money  remit- 
ted. In  1877  he  erected  the  Equity  Cham- 
bers, the  tine  buiidinu,  amon^  the  best  in 
the  city,  on  the  comer  of  Adelaide  and  \  ic- 
toria  streets,  and  which  is  used  chieKy  for 
law  offices.  He  has  in  connection  with  his 
business  a  taw  book  bindery,  in  which  are 
employed  about  twenty  persona.  He  hss 
mode  no  travuls  as  such,  but  has  spent  ahiiut 
three  years  in  the  United  States,  and  has 
travelled  tbroushout  Canada  and  the  north- 
ern states  east  uf  the  M  insiasippi,  and  cruosed 
the  ocean  to  Great  Britain  ten  times,  and 
lived  in  Edinburgh,  SuotUnd,  four  years. 
He  left  Canada  early  iu  1879,  not  then  in- 
tending to  again  return,  and  opened  a  law 
book  business  in  Edinburgh,  which  is  still 
carried  on.  Religion  has  had  a  bold  on  him 
from  a  very  early  period,  and  ho  joined 
the  Methodist  church  at  sixteen  years  of 
age,  and  from  then  until  he  was  thirty-two 
he  took  an  active  part  iu  all  the  prayer 
meetings,  class  meetings,  Sunday-scu<.K>ls, 
revival  meetings,  and  occasional  camp  meet- 
ings, that  were  huld  in  that  body  in  the 
vioioity  in  which  ho  resided.  He  hod  con- 
siderable conversation  with  many  of  its 
ministers,  studied  carefully  its  doctrines, 
listened  to  its  beat  ])reachers,  and  fully  be- 
lieved that  the  Methodist  church  was  the 
beat,  and  good  enough  fur  anyone.  About 
sixteen  years  ago,  there  began  to  be  held 
services  of  the  Now  Jerusalem  (or  Sweden- 
borffian)  in  Toronto,  conducted  by  John 
Parker,  a  brass  tiniaher.  Mr.  Parker  fre- 
quently visited  Mr.  Carswell's  place  of  busi- 
ness, sometimes  calling  iti  question  certain 
tenets  of  Methodism,  which  he  always  suc- 
ceeded in  easily  placing  at  a  disadvantage. 
Once  he  challenged  Mr  Carswell  to  prove 
that  Christians  were  better  than  heathens. 
The  question  at  first  was  annoying,  but  he 


stated  {>eraons  seldom  changed  tlie 
nf  their  birth.       If  born  Rooiaa  cai 
Episcopalians,    Presbytcriana.     Bapt 
Methodists,  such   they  livnd  and  died 
rare  exccplions,  and  the  same  occurred 
Mahommedaiis,     Biiliddists,    &c. ,    dbc. 
reply  to  an  appeal  to  Methodist  experim 
tal  religion,  he  atated  that  no  ox{>«nence 
the  breast  oould  equal  that  of  the  Sptritnal'' 
ist,  who  claims  to  hold  intercourse  with  his 
depsrted  ones,— such  a  one  oaseriing  thst 
he  enjoys  ootuol  intercourse  with  the 
tual   worlds    and   is  enthuaioatic    over 
bodily  delights.     Thus  no  one  should  ju 
of    hia  religion  from  any  warmth  of  fee 
in  his  body.     The  learned  heathen  is  qui 
OS  sanguine  that  his  sacred  books  ore  as  o\ 
and  OS  holy  as  the  Christian  is  of  hia  Bi 
The  object  &Ir.  Parker  hod  in  view  in  tbi 
conversation  was  the  need  of  a  higher 
ception  of  the  truths  of  the  Bible.      Hn 
sisted  that  the  Bible  was  written  accord 
to  a  fixed  law,  in  which  the  literal  sense  i 
not  so  much  to  be  attended  to  as  ttsspintu^ 
truths,  which  were  now  revealed,    and  tliat 
the  truths  of  religion  can  be  seen  rationally 
and  as  clearly  and  positively  known  t4.i 
true  OS  is  any  propouiion  in  Euclid,  and 
be  brought  home  to  the  conviction  of 
one  who  is  willing  to  study  in  like  monfli 
as  mathtimaticol  truth  to  ite  students.     Mt 
Carswell  hanng  been  frequently  worsted  h 
Mr,  Parker  without  ever  having  on  his  port 
attacked  that  gentleman,  finally  to  test  his 
contentions  for  the  Word  of  God,  Mr.  Cars- 
well   put  questions  as  follows  . — You  say  in 
the  Bible   that  a  word   in  Genesis  hoe  the 
same  meaning  spiritually  as  in  the  New  Tes- 
tament,   and   if    so,    what    does  the  word 
**  man  "  mean  in  the  first  chapter  of  Gen 
sis  i     Mr.  Parker's  answer  was  that  God 
the   only  man,  but  that  the  Lord  u  in  the 
constant  effort  to  make  man, and  he  is  mode 
man  only  so  far  as  he  receives  from  him  lore 
and  wifldom.     That  is,  man  is  a  receptoels 
of  love  and  wisdom,  or  their  opposites.     At 
this   reply  Mr.  Carswell  smiled,  and  asked 
what  about  memory,  hatred,  malice,  Ac.,  if 
man  is  only  a  recipient  of  love  and  wisdom  I 
Mr.   Parker's  retort  was  that  memory  was 
the  store   house  of  what  wisdom  required, 
and  that  hatred,  malice  and  the  like,  were 
from   the  love  uf  self,   that  is,    if   any  uao 
crossed  another's  love,    hatred  was  the  re- 
sult,  and  in  fact,   that  all  things  in  man's 
mind  could  be  referred  to  luve  or  wisdom, 
or  their   opposites.     Finding  himself  likely 
again    to  come  out  second,    Mr.     Carswell 
turned    to  the  New  Testament  and  quoted 
"  Take  up  thy  bed  and   walk,"  and 


laS 


it  do«s  '*  bed  *'  moan  there  f  The  reply 
•bod"  meuu  "doctrine/'  TUat  U, 
if  a  man  ia  a  Methodist  he  reiU  in  those 
dootrioeaaDd  walks  ;  walking  doDOtea  to  do 
hia  duties.  To  take  up  one's  bed  and  walk, 
spiritually  means  to  go  in  the  discharge  of 
one's  daily  duties  accordinj^  to  his  consci- 
ence. Mr.  Carswell  betieTing  that  Metho- 
dism had  nothing  to  fear  from  investigation, 
and  that  the  points  made  against  it,  and  in 
favour  of  the  New  Jerusalem,  were  rioly  be- 
cause taken  by  a  skilful  opponent,  and  that 
the  same  might  be  made  against  the  New 
Jeruaalem,  requested  some  bonk  to  read 
that  would  give,  in  a  compact  form,  the 
fundamental  doctrines  of  the  New  Jerusa- 
Ifimt.  From  that  date  Mr.  Carswell  began 
their  study,  hoping  to  Bnd  flaws,  contradic- 
tions and  absurdities  in  them,  that  would 
fully  offset  those  taken  against  Methudisin. 
During  the  lirst  year  he  read  about  two 
thousand  pages,  hut  though  he  read  much, 
mt  fint,  that  he  did  not  believe,  he  could  not 
deny  it.  He  has  now  been  a  diligent  stu- 
dasit  of  thoae  doctnnes  for  fifteen  years,  and 
ha*  found  them  beyond  all  price.  Though 
he  found  much  he  could  not  at  tint  receive, 
be  has  since  been  satisfied  that  the  fault  was 
in  his  lack  of  knowledtte.  The  Lord  as  his 
Creator^  Saviour  and  Re^nerator,  has  Vjeen 
greatly  exalted  in  his  conception  as  an  in6- 
nitely  loving  Father,  and  hia  regard  for  all 
men  more  fully  enhanced  and  alt  clearly 
seen  to  be  his  brethren.  The  chief  d(»ctrine 
is  that  God  is  om  in  essence  and  on*  in  (>er- 
son,  and  that  He  assumed  our  humanity, 
and  manifested  himself  as  the  L^ord  Jesus 
Christ.  That  in  thnt  humanity  he  cooquereil 
man's  foes,  delivering  him  from  the  then 
power  of  hell,  and  made  it  possible  for  man 
to  return  again  to  his  heavenly  Father 
This  it  placed  strongly  against  the  popular 
doctrine  that  God  is  in  three  persons.  For 
then  the  mind  is  unable  to  think  otherwise 
of  three  persons  than  of  three  gods,  which, 
aa  it  is  contrary  to  the  Word,  destroys  in 
man  in  his  first  and  hitiheat  plane  of  being 
all  true  conceptions  of  God,  and  as  the  idea 
of  (iod  is  the  hoad  of  religion,  what  can  be 
«xp«H;ted  of  a  body  on  which  is  an  insane 
bead  f  That  Jesus  is  the  only  God,  he 
bimaelf  testifies,  when  he  says  all  power  in 
Heaven  and  on  earth  is  his  :  and  the  Apoa- 
tie  saya,  in  him  Jesus  dwells  all  the  fulness 
of  the  Godhead  bodily.  U  a//,  tliere  is  nu 
room  for  another.  There  ia  a  trinity  in 
Jeaus  ;  the  Father  being  within  him,  and 
the  Hidy  8piht  being  sent  by  him.  That 
is,  when  Jeaui  breathed  on  his  disciples  he 
•lid  noeive  ye  the  Holy  Spirit     Man  is  on 


image  of  this  trinity,  his  soul  answering  to 
the  Father,  his  body  to  the  Son,  and  his  ac- 
tivities or  sphere  to  the  Holy  Spirit.  That 
is,  there  is  a  trinity  in  man,  but  he  is  only 
one  person,  so  God  is  one  in  person  and  oino 
in  essence.  The  revelation  of  the  spiritual 
truths  of  the  Bible  within  its  literal  sense 
oonatitutes  the  Lord'i  seoond  coming,  and 
we  are  now  living  in  the  new  age  when  all 
things  are  to  become  new.  Mr.  CarsweU's 
whole  ambition  is  to  do  what  he  canto  bring 
to  the  free  examination  of  his  fellowmen 
these  glorious  truths  ; — free  examination, 
because  what  a  man  dnee  not  roceiv^  willing- 
ly does  not  remain  in  him,  but  may  be  the 
means  of  great  injury  to  him  hereafter. 
Only  what  a  man  really  loves  abides  in  him 
aft«r  he  leaves  the  body.  Death  nuveils  the 
man,  but  does  not  change  him  more  than  a 
night's  rest. 

VIncenI,  JoAcph  l..out(i,  Montreal, 
waa  bom  at  L«)ngu«uil,  opposite  Montreal, 
on  the  inth  March,  1835.  Hia  father,  An- 
toine  Vincent,  a  farmer  of  Longueuil,  and 
hia  mother,  Molanie  Cer^.  both  sprung 
from  ancient  French  familiea,  who  settled 
in  the  county  about  1760.  The  Vincent 
family  is  still  very  numerous  in  Longueuil 
and  different  parts  of  the  province.  After 
having  passed  through  the  unual  gradee 
of  the  elementary  school  in  hia  native  vil- 
lage, he  entere<l  upon  the  course  of  the 
Longueuil  Model  School,  where  he  acquired 
sufficient  knowledge  to  fit  hira  for  mechani- 
cal pursuits,  in  which  he  subsequently 
showed  great  pr*»ficiency,  having  conducted 
for  a  number  of  years,  in  partnership  with 
other  gentlemen,  a  large  iron  fonndry  at 
Lonaueuil  Shortly  after  confederation, 
M.  Vincent  turned  his  attention  to  the  pub- 
lic service,  and  was  appointed  to  a  pocition 
in  the  Inland  Revenue  at  Montreal,  on  the 
1st  August,  18«{7.  Having  luocessfuUy 
passed  the  firat^cUss  and  special  class  exami- 
nations prescribed  by  that  department,  his 
qualifications  fttxiu  attracted  the  attention  of 
his  superiors,  who  promoted  him  to  the 
deputy  collectorship  in  July.  1877.  The 
position  of  collector  be&>ming  vacant,  he  was 
in  May,  1879,  advanced  to  that  office,  which 
he  DOW  holds,  and  the  duties  of  which  he 
filla  to  the  satitfactiun  of  his  department 
and  the  public  (;euerally.  M.  VinoenVa 
promotion  was  entirely  due  to  hU  merita— 
his  special  knowl«duo,  activity,  and  atten- 
tion to  every  detail  nf  duty.  Nor  were 
these  qualifications  reHorved  only  for  hii  de- 
partment. Hu  found  time  and  ciccaaiun  to 
serve  his  native  municipality.  Ga  the  ICth 
July,  1807,   he  waa  elected  school  oommts- 


744 


A  C7CL0FMDU  OF 


sioaer  for  the  village  of  Longueiiil,  an  office 
to  which  hv  wna  re-elected  ou  the  13lh  July, 
1877,  and  which  he  still  crjiitinuos  to  tilt 
with   such  acceptance  that  he  waa  elected 

Sreaident  of  the  school  coram iaaiuii era  in 
uly,  1880,  an  honour  which  he  yet  enjoya. 
He  haa  been  treaaurer  and,  later,  president 
of  the  Benevolent  Society  of  St.  Antoine  de 
Longueuil,  and  ia  at  preacut  treasurer  uf 
the  St.  Jean  Baptiste  Society  of  the  same 
locality.  Furthermore.  M.  Vijicent  haa 
rendered  valuable  public  service  to  his  na- 
tive town,  having  been  elected  municipal 
councillor  in  1H70,  and  again  in  187H.  It 
waa  during  this  interval  that  the  Lon^uuuil 
waterworks  were  constructed,  and  Council- 
lor Vincent  wob  chosen  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee, where  his  practical  knowledge  and 
business  aptitudes  proved  of  great  asaist- 
anoOi  and  he  was  present  at  the  inaugura- 
tion of  this  important  work  in  October, 
1877.  The  reward  for  all  these  services  waa 
reached  in  1880,  when  AL  Vincent  was  elect* 
ed  mayor  of  the  town  of  Longueuil.  The 
increasing  duties  of  his  office  as  collector 
of  Inland  Revenue  did  not  alluw  him.  how- 
ever, to  occupy  the  civic  chair  more  than 
one  year.  Like  muat  French-Canadians, 
M.  Vincent  waa  born  and  bred  a  Roman 
catholic.  On  the  9th  November.  1858,  he 
married  Philomene,  daughter  of  Narciase 
Biasonette  and  Thereae  Thoroux.  The  fruit 
of  thia  union  waa  hfteen  children,  four  of 
whom  died  in  tender  age.  The  eldeat  bod, 
Louia  Napoleon,  died  in  his  eii;hte«nth 
year  ;  and  the  third,  Phileaa  Antoine,  waa 
cut  otfat  the  age  of  twenty-two,  after  having 
obtained  hia  diploma  as  civil  en<:ineerat  the 
hands  of  the  Hon.  O.  Ouimot,  superinten- 
dent of  Public  Instruction.  Ho  had  followed 
the  course  of  the  Polytechnic  of  Montreal. 
Nine  children  ure  now  living — three  daugh- 
ters and  six  sons. 

Preiton,  Bobert  ll.»  M.D.,  New- 
boro',  M.  P.  P.  for  South  Leeds,  was  boru  in 
the  township  of  Bastard,  lieeds,  Ontario, 
on  the  loth  March,  IH40.  Ho  is  a  son  of 
Anthony  and  Margery  (Lanff)  Preston,  his 
mother  being  a  daughter  of  the  late  Major 
Lang,  an  oihoer  in  His  Majesty's  service  in 
the  yeomaory  of  Imland  during  the  rebel- 
lion  there  of  17>'3.  Major  Lang  came  to 
thia  country  about  the  year  1620,  and  set- 
tled in  the  County  of  Leeds  as  a  farmer, 
where  he  died  in  1864.  Anthony  Pres- 
ton waa  bom  in  the  County  of  Mayo, 
Ireland,  and  came  to  Canada  about  1820, 
and  settled  in  the  township  of  Butard, 
Leeds,  where  he  began  farming,  in  which 
employment  he  continued  until  his  death,  \ 


ths     I 

wtlB      I 


in  1870.     He  had  been  married  twice,  fint 
to    Miss   Haanab,    who   died    about   1B33, 
leaving   one   ton.     Dnriug     Mr.     PrwtoD'i 
lifetime  he  was  prominejitly  before  the  pub- 
lic of  his  own  county,  and  was  one  of  her 
Majesty's   justices   of   the    peace.       R.    H. 
Preston,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  the 
second  son  of  the  second  marriage,  and  re- 
ceived a  thorough   education,    drst  at  ths 
common   schools,    and    afterwards    at 
Smiths  F&ILh  Orammar  school.      In  180 
concluded  to  study  medicine,  and  attent! 
first    the    Ann    Arbor     Medical    CoU 
Michigan,    and   graduated    therefrom 
the  degree  of  M.D.  in  18G2.     He  then  went 
to  New  York,  and  attended  one  aeoaion  in 
Bellevue  College,  when  he  agiain  retortted 
to  Canada,  and  entered  tho  medical  depart* 
ment  of  Qneeu's  College.  Kingetoo,  gndo- 
ating  in  the  spring  of  18^54,  and  obtaimaira 
licence  from  the  govemor-generkl  to  prac* 
tice   medicine  in  Onterio.      He  sohi  aftsr- 
wards  locatcd,  and  began    practice,  in  ths 
viUage  of  Newboro',  on  the  Ridean  canal, 
where  he  has  resided  ever  since.      He  hu 
established  a  large    and   lucrative   practioa 
there,  and  as  a  surgeon  is  known  aa  one  uf 
the  moat  sacoessful  in  that  part  of  Canada. 
In  18G8,  he  was  appointed  coroner  f<>r  th^ 
united  counties   of    Leeds   and    Gretiv.!]- 
which  office  he  held  until  his  first  elecUuQ 
to  the   legislature,   in  1876,    when   he  re- 
signed.    In  tho  same  year  he  contested  th/? 
South  Riding  of  Leeds  in  the  Conaen'^t^. 
interest,  against    the   late  Reuben    Ficl^. 
Reformer,  defeating  him  by  a  majority  of 
340  votes.     In  1883,  Dr.  Preston  conttfted 
the  same  riding  against  W.  H.  Fredenburg 
defeating  him  by  a  majority  of  287  vo 
Dr.  Preston  is  president  of  the  Brockvill 
Westport  and   Sault  Ste.    Mario    Railway 
which  road,  we  may  say,  came  into  exist- 
ence partly  through  the  untiring  exertio: 
of  Dr.  Preston,  who  was  one  of  the  phi 
movers.     The  Dr.  is  a  member  of    Fre«m 
sons*  lodge,  No.  157.  A.F.  &  A.M.,  G.R.0 
and    diatrict    deputy  grand    master   of 
Lawrence  district      Ho   is   also  a  mem 
of  the  Orange  order,  and  has  been  aaan^^ 
master  of  North  Leeds.       lo  politics  he  0 
a    Liberal-Conservative,  and  is  member  of 
the  Liberal-Gonaervative  Union  of  Ontario. 
In   religion   he   adheres   to  the  Church   of 
England,  and  is  one  of  the  delegates  to  the 
synod  of  ihe  diocese  of  Ontario.     He  mar- 
ried, in    1868,  Elizabeth,  second   daughter      « 
of  the  late  Benjamin  Tott,  who  was  at  oa^H 
time  MP  P.  for  the  County  of  Leeds,  an^| 
a  member  of  the  old  Parliament  of  Canada 
for  the  same  county  for  minyyearj^      Dr. 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


,  has  many  oatimnble  locial  qualitiea, 

profestionoi  and  parliamentary  life 

to  him  above  all  other  thinga.     He 

rays  taken  a  warm  interest  in  ntrri- 

matters,    and    is   president  of  the 

Crosby   and    Newb*>ro*  Agricultaral 

ttion.     Cpou  the  floor  of  the  legiela- 

Preaton  speaks  with  the  well-con- 

€ODfidenoe  uf  one  who  is  waster  uf 

iject  and  the  situation,  and  therefore 

receives  close  and  serious  attention. 

ignnn.  J.  Biipifati*  Alphnnae, 

wiu  iHirii  At  Saint   Denis,   Coiiniy 

t  Hyacinthe,    Province  of   Qiiubec, 

'i7th  of  September,  1843.    He  is  a 

Jean  Baptiste  LitsiKuaa,  by  his  wife 

lie  MAsae.  whu  died  lu  1872.    She  waa 

inan  descent  by  her  f;ither,  and  of 

descent  by  her  mother.  Jean  Baptiste 

|n  comes  from  the  historical  family 

name.     One  of  his   ancestors,  Jean 

t  Lnaignan,  emigrated  to  this  country 

le  Province  of  Poitou,  Franco,  at  the 

Uie  17th  century,  and  was  married  at 

Tvtlle,   Province  of  Quebec,  in  1609. 

pbjecta'    grandfather,    Autoiae,    was 

it  the  battle  of  Saint  Denis,  and  there 

father,  aged  nineteen,  fought  by  his 

Uust  the  British  troops  in  1837,  when 

nrrectiou  was  suppressed.     Our  sub- 

ither  tied  to  the  Tuited  States,  but 

ner  TQtumod.     He  was  the  youngest 

m  of  seven  brothers.     He  became  a 

iDt,  and  mnrried  in  1841.     J.  B.  A, 

kn    is  the   eldest  of  eleven  children, 

JB  and  t«o  girls.     Yonng  Lnaignan 

icated  at  the  College  of  Saint  Hyacin- 

fcering  that  college  in  1852,  when  yet 

I  years  old.   Be  went  through  a  com- 

Fioulum  of  cl&isic  studies,  which  ter- 

I  in  1850,  he  being  then  not  quite 

>  He  studied  divinity  fur  three  years 

leminary  of  St.  Uy&ciuthe,  aud  at  the 

al  Semin&ry.  la  1867.  he  studied  law 

m.  Foumior,  now  a  judge  of  the  Su- 

fcoart,  and  formerly  a  minister  of  the 

■zie   government ;  afterwanls  under 

ineao,  now   judge  of  the   Soperinr 

and  finally   under  the  late   Joseph 

I  Q.C,  at  Montreat     He  woa  a  pitpil 

aval  University  at  Quebec  in  1862  3. 

I  he  became  aasistant  editor  t^f  the 

I  Quebec,  and  of  the  Jo'trrtii/  lU  Saitxt 

A«.     H«  trK>k  second  and  tint-olaas 

lea  at  the  Quebec  Military  school  in 

]e  wrote  a  pamphlet  in  18<»4  against 

Uigement  of  that  school,  which  had 

pot  of  putting  the  French  cadets  on 

M  footing  as  the  Kii^lish.  and  secured 

■  eqaal  considenilton.     In  February, 


1874,  he  became  private  secretary  to  Sir 
A.  A.  Dorion,  minister  of  Justice,  and  in 
March  to  Hon.  T.  Foumier,  minister  of 
Inland  Revenue.  Later  on  in  the  summer 
of  1874,  he  became  private  secretory  to  the 
Hon.  F.  Cieoffrion,  minister  of  Inland  Rev- 
enue. He  is  still  in  the  same  department, 
a  seoond-claas  clerk.  In  1864,  he  became 
first  presideut  of  a  ImX  society,  called  "  Le 
Cercfe  Legal,"  with  Mr.,  now  the  Hon.  L. 
O.  Toillon,  attorney -general  for  Quelwc,  aa 
vice 'president  at  Montreal.  From  1865  to 
1868,  he  was  one  of  the  board  of  diroctora 
of  the  Institut  Canadien  of  Montreal,  act- 
ing in  v&rious  csp&citiea.  He  was  assistant- 
editor  of  I'Union  Natwnale  in  1865  ;  and  in 
the  sameye&r  editor-in-chief  of  Lf  fays,  the 
leading  French  organ  of  the  Liberal  party  in 
Montreal,  until  1868,  when  he  resigned  in 
order  to  be  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Lower  Canatla  bar  in  Decem- 
ber, 1868,  and  practised  in  Saint  Hyacintbe 
from  that  date  to  January  1874.  He  waa 
Crown  prosecutor  at  Aylmer,  County  of  Ot- 
t«wa.  Province  of  Quebec,  in  July,  1878; 
waa  preaident  of  L'  lustitut  Canadien  Fran- 
9ais  of  Ottawa,  in  1881,  and  declined  re- 
election in  1882.  He  founded  in  the  spring 
of  1885,  the  St.  Lawrence  Fishing  Cuinpany, 
having  its  seat  of  operations  <>a  the  Labrador 
ooast,  with  Count  de  Puyjoluo  as  Qkanager, 
and  uf  this,  he.  M.  Lusign&n,  was  one  of  the 
directors.  He  was  also  one  of  the  founder* 
and  directors  of  the  Stadacona  Club,  Ottawa, 
in  1883  ;  president  of  the  Convention  N'a- 
tionale,  in  connection  with  the  celebration 
of  the  S«int  Jean  Baptiste  festivity  in  June, 
1886,  at  Ottawa.  He  was  one  of  the  invited 
speakers  at  the  Cvmgrbs  National  of  the 
Saint  Jean  Baptiste  Society,  iu  Muutreal  iu 
1884,  where  he  spoke  on  literary  criticism. 
He  wai  elected  member  of  the  Koyol  Society 
of  Canod.^  in  May,  1885,  to  replace  N.  Bou- 
raasa,  who  had  resigned,  and  was  then  ap- 
pointed secretary  to  the  French  (nr  1st) 
section.  He  titok  an  active  port  as  speaker 
in  over  fifty  Federal  and  Provinoi*!  aleo- 
tious.  fmm  186.')  t<i  IH7M.  Ho  is  a  regular 
contributor  to  La  Patrtf  (Montreal),  and  to 
the  literary  reviews.  We  may  say  that  &L 
Lusignan  signa  all  his  articles.  Ho  pub- 
lished in  1873,  a  law  book,  which  is  a  con- 
tinuation to  Judge  Ramsay's  "  l>ixo«t  of 
Reported  Coses"  in  Lower  Oanad*.  Hia 
b<Hjk  extends  from  the  end  of  1802  to  end 
of  1871,  and  contains  34)8  page*  in  8vo,  It 
has  proved  a  docided  financial  success.  He 
published  in  1884,  "Coups  d'tnil  ot  ooupa 
do  plume,  ^2  pp.  in  8vo.  He  published* 
III  18'i7,  a  pamphlet  of  80  pp.  against  Con- 


A  crcLOF^DiA  or 


fuderation,  intituled  :  *'  Lft  C(>DfM<5ratioD, 
couronnoment  do  dix  annees  do  luauvaise 
administration."  M.  Lusignui  is  an  honor- 
aiy  inembur  of  sevunil  liturar}'  sociotieB,  l>oth 
in  France  and  CanHd»,aiid  aUoof  bun^ivcjlvnt 
And  national  societiei  and  sporting  cliibfl. 
He  i>  a  republican,  favouring  the  indepon* 
donee  of  Canada  in  the  near  future.  His 
trarela  have  been  confined  to  the  Labrndor 
coast,  and  ho  ia  novr  writing  an  account  of 
bia  travels  in  La  I*atrif.  Ue  is  a  Roman 
catholic,  but  not  bigoted,  c^^tncedioi^  the  lib- 
erty of  thought,  of  speech  and  of  worship 
to  every  man.  He  married  in  June,  1869, 
Malvina,  daughter  of  I.  N.  Melanijon,  of 
Joliett«,  Province  of  Quebec,  advocate. 
There  are  only  two  living  children,  both 
girls,  by  this  union. 

Cunllle.  Jumea  A.,  Montreal,  waabom 
At  Clungntore,  in  the  parish  of  Mortlach, 
Bantfshire,  Scotland,  on  the  5th  Juno,  1836. 
His  father  adopted  agricultural  pursuits, 
but  the  son  cboee  for  himself  a  commercial 
<:areer,  and  commerce  became  the  gainer  by 
that  choice.  James  A.  Cantlie  received  an 
ordinary  English  education,  and  in  the  year 
1854,  waa  apprenticed  to  Patrick  Collie, 
wholesale  and  retail  dry  goods  merchant, 
Union  street,  Aberdeen,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained until  the  death  of  his  employer  in 
December,  I860.  Four  years  of  steady  at* 
tention  to  business,  and  a  deep  interest  in 
the  pursuit  he  had  chosen,  placed  Mr.  Cant- 
lie at  the  head  of  the  retail  department.  At 
the  death  of  Mr.  Collie  the  busiuess  was 
purchaaed  by  Symon  &  Co.,  with  whom  Mr. 
Cantlie  entered  into  another  engageiuoot, 
remaiiiiog.  however,  but  a  abort  period.  A 
young  man  poasessing  the  knowledge  and 
experience  of  the  dry  goods  businoss  such 
as  Mr.  Cantlie  by  this  time  had  attained, 
was  not  likely  to  be  long  idle,  and  shortly 
after  leaving  Symnn  &  Co.  he  effected  an 
engagement  with  Pratt  ^  Keith,  wincey 
mannfacturers  and  wholesale  and  retail  dry 
goods  merchanta,  Aberdeen,  with  whom  ho 
remained  until  the  spring  of  I8C2,  when  an 
offer  came  acroaa  the  Atlantic  for  his  ser- 
vices. He  lost  no  time  in  preparinjn  tu 
leave  his  native  heather  and  home  to  repair 
to  a  far  western  country,  more  congenial  to 
hia  advanced  idooa,  and  in  May.  1863,  he 
Unded  in  Montreal.  On  the  lUh  of  the 
•ame  month  he  entered  the  euiploymeot  of 
William  Stephen  &,  Co.,  of  that  city.  In 
the  fall  of  ]df>3,  after  he  had  become 
aomewhat  accustomed  to  the  habits  and 
peculiarities  of  the  Canadian  people,  he  be> 
gan  to  travel  for  this  Hrm,  and  continued  rs 
one  of  their  repreaontativcfi  on  '*  the  road  " 


lleS 


UDtil  November,  1866,  when,  afier  aoqmr 
iag  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  ooantry 
and  ite  demanda  for  Knglish  prodacdou, 
he  waa  deemed  sudicieutly  qualified  to  riiit 
the  English  markets  on  a  purchasing  tour, 
whither  he  made  the  tirat  trip,  as  aaaistant 
buyer,  in  November,  I8r»6.  He  continutti 
to  cross  the  Atlantic  in  tiiia  capainty  at  tht 
different  seasons  until  the  busineas  was  no!d 
out,  in  1847,  to  the  preaent  firm  of  K  ' 
son,  Linton  &  Co.  Ue  did  not  c<^ ': 
with  the  inc«jming  firm,  but  acoept«d  a  puu 
tion  with  (jeorge  Stephen  &.  Co.,  d««J«n 
in  Canadian  woollens,  and  continued  to  rs- 
preaent  them  until  1869,  when  he  entartd 
into  a  crt-partuership  with  .Alexander  Ewin 
and  William  Stephen,  under  the  tirm  iuudc 
of  Cantlie,  Ewan  &  Co.  Thia  partuenlu{t 
was  not  of  long  duration,  Mr.  Stephen 
retiring  soon  after  its  formation  ;  bot  tb« 
title  of  the  &rm  was  ooutiuued  by  the  tnu 
remaining  partners.  Mr.  Cantlie  waa  al 
a  zealons  worker  in  anything  belonging 
the  personality  of  the  commercial  travell 
Ho  idenlitied  hinmell  cltieely  at  all  tioMi 
with  the  fraternity,  and  waa  elected  on*  of 
the  first  offioera  of  the  Toronto  aasoc 
without  his  knowledge,  showing  how  ' 
his  executive  services  were  valued  t 
fellow  travellers.  He  was  also  elected 
dent  of  the  Dominion  Commercial  Tno  fi- 
lers' Association,  of  Montreal,  in  1880,  and 
re-elect-ed  president  by  acclamation,  in  I88J, 
and  to  him  is  due,  together  with  hia  brothar 
offlcora  of  that  association,  the  peniatanl 
fighting  against  the  outrageous  oomsnmM 
traveller's  tax  in  New  Brunswick  and  Qu^ 
bee,  and  the  carrying  of  the  case,  with  re- 
gard to  the  former,  to  the  Supreme  Court 
at  Ottawa,  winning  for  the  aoauoiation  • 
i^reat  victory,  and  wiping  out  for  ever  s 
barbarotis  law.  Mr.  Cantlie's  object  is  to 
make  the  Oommorciol  Travellers  AMt^cittioa 
of  a  benevolent  chamcter,  whereby  aMist* 
ance  can  be  rendered  in  time  of  need,  an<l 
it  is  gratifying  to  know  that  they  hare  ampls 
means  at  their  command. 

DawHon,  John  Edward,  London. 
Ontario,  Assistant  Sii[)erinlendent  of  th^ 
Grand  Trunk  Railway  and  the  Great  Wasters 
Railway,  waa  bom  on  the  20th  of  Fabruary, 
1841,  in  the  County  of  Corlow,  Ireland  Hn 
is  the  third  son  of  the  Hev.  Georg«  B  ' ' 
sou.  M.A.,  rector  of  Agbade,  audbmtii' r  : 
Major  G.  D.  Dawson,  of  the  Grenaiiieni. 
late  of  Iler  Majesty's  47th  Regiment.  Him 
mother  was  a  sister  of  Lieutenant-Gencrsi 
Sir  Dudley  Hill,  K.C.B.,  whodied  when  in 
command  of  a  division  in  India,  under  Lnnl 
Napier.  Mr.  Dawson  received  hia  education 


CANADIAN  BWGRAVHY. 


■47 


irate  tuition,  and  at  Kilkenny  College, 
ring  a  strong  incUnatiun  and  natural 
tT  railroading,  he  entered  the  nerrice 
indou  and  North-Weafeem  Railway, 
iwick,  whtTo  he  romained  for  two 
before  wnniuy  to  Canada.  He  arrived 
iu  I8(j0,  and  hia  efliciuncy  and  experi- 
being  well  known  in  r&ilruad  circles,  he 
ily  ohtaiued  a  position  in  the  audit  oltice 
of  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway  Co.,  Montreal, 
ram&ining  there  for  one  yuar.  Thence  he 
ramoTed  to  Windsor,  U\  take  a  position  on 
ith>  Great  WeHtem  Railroad  Co.  He  has 
^^D  with  this  company  ever  since,  having 
^^ppied  T&rious  posilinuH  uf  high  trust  and 
^Hbcmaibility.  In  ISiHi,  he  was  station 
^Kt«r  at  Niagara  FaHb.  and  was  sent  by  Mr. 
W^nard  to  Fort  Erie,  where  ho  had  full 
charge  of  all  the  military  transport  during 
^k*  Fenian  raid.  In  1872,  ho  was  sent  by 
^H  R.  Muir.  the  then  gonern!  managc^r 
V^bie  Great  Western  Railway,  to  organize 
the  Loop  Line  of  the  Great  Western  Railway 
from  Glencoe  to  Fort  Erie,  and  upon  that 
personally  superintended  and  or- 
the  whole  of  the  staff.  Mr.  Daw- 
a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of 
Workmen,  in  which  society  he  takes 
:U^e  part.  He  has  travelled  over  the 
of  the  Unittfd  States  aa  well  as  Can- 
mod  has  visited  all  the  great  railway 
jOantret  on  the  continent.     Being  far  seeing, 

I  indefatigable  in  his  exertions  for  the 
pany.  and  in  seeking  to  accommodate 
fmblic,  Jie  enjoys  a  large  share  of  popu- 
f.  5f  r.  Dawbod  is  an  English  churohman, 
a  sincere  and  worthy  Christian  gentle- 
man- Ho  married  on  the  20th  of  May,  1863, 
Jane,  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  Lougheed.  of  Sligo, 
Irvland.  a  most  estimable  wife  and  mother. 

tissue  of  the  marriage  is  a  son  and  daugh- 
Since  Mr.  Dawson  joined  the  service  of 
Great  Western  Railway,  he  has  been 
ent«d  on  three  occasions  with  illumi- 
d  addresses  and  valuable  gifts  by  the 
etDploycs  of  the  line. 
Illtton,  Frunclt  Andrew,  Trenton, 

I  bom  at  Perrytown,  Atigust  1'8,  1869. 
father  was  the  Rev.  John  Hilton,  reo- 
>f  St.  Anne's,  Toronto,  who  came  to  this 
^ry  with  his  fnther  (our  subject's  grand- 
er) in  184r».  He  settled  in  Ton>nto,  the 
grandfather  taking  up  land  there.  His  fa- 
ther died  in  1872.  Ihey  had  the  dtaadvan- 
tagea  and  hardships  inseparable  from  pio- 
neer life  at  this  period  in  Canada,  but  the 
family  nobly  wrestlod  with  the  difhculties, 
and  triumphed.  It  is  to  that  class  our  sub- 
ject belongs,  and  of  wluch  Susannah  L. 
write*    with   so   much  feeling   in 


her  charming  book,  "  Koughmg  it  in  the 
Bush."  Young  Hilton  was  educated  at 
Upper  Canada  CoUeiie  and  Trinity  College 
School,  which  institution  he  left  at  fifteen 
years  of  age.  At  bis  father's  death  he  werit 
into  a  law  office  for  temporary  occupation, 
and  he  afterwards  decided  to  make  law 
his  profession,  and  studied  with  A.  P. 
Poussette,  in  Peterborough.  He  worked 
hard  and  persistently,  and  was  called  to  the 
bar  in  18t«2.  He  then  moved  to  Trenton, 
and  entemd  into  partnership  with  Mr.  For- 
bes, the  firm  being  staled  Forbes  &,  Hilton. 
Since  that  date  Ihu  firm  has  been  successful 
in  business,  which,  from  the  ability  and 
close  occupation  of  the  gentlemen  compns' 
iuK  it,  is  steadily  increasing.  He  has  tra- 
velled through  the  States  and  Canada.  He 
is  a  stning  supporter  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land, and  is  a  Conservative  ;  and  he  firmly 
believes  that  the  principles  propounded  by 
the  party  of  which  8ir  John  A.  Macdonald 
is  head,  are  beat  for  the  country's  welfare, 
and  must  remain  triumphant.  Mr.  Hil- 
ton  is  an  Oddfellow,  and  takes  an  active  in- 
terest in  the  society.  He  is  extremely 
popular  in  Trenton,  every  one  having  the 
warmest  and  most  appreciable  word  when 
his  name  is  spoken.  It  might  not  be  too 
much  to  predict  for  him  some  day  a  high 
place  in  hia  country.  Mr.  Hilton  is  not  yet 
married. 

ininncfi,  James,  is  one  of  the  most 
successful  business  men  of  Kingston,  and  the 
firm  of  which  he  ia  the  head  is  the  largest 
wholesale  dry  goods  house  between  Montreal 
and  Toronto,  and  the  volume  of  its  business 
will  compare  favourably  with  that  of  the 
larger  houses  of  either  of  the  cities  menti- 
oned. Mr.  Minnes  is  a  man  of  conspicuous 
energy,  of  commanding  presence,  and  afi'a- 
blo  and  kindly  manner.  In  the  ordinary 
course  uf  business,  he  has  visited  the  prin- 
cipal markets  of  Europe,  and  the  leading 
cities  of  the  United  States.  Like  most 
of  our  prominent  Canadians,  he  has  been 
connected  with  the  militia  service  uf  Canada. 
He  became  a  member  of  the  14th  battalion 
in  1855,  retiring  in  1866,  with  the  rank  of 
captain.  In  1651,  he  first  entered  the  retail 
business  ;  became  a  partner  in  the  same  in 
1804,  under  the  firm  name.  Macnee  &  Wad- 
del,  now  Macnee  &  Minnes,  and  entered 
upon  wholesale  operations  in  1870.  Mr. 
Minnes  has  connexion  with  several  import- 
ant commercial  enterprises  ;  he  is  vice- 
president  of  the  Kiat;ston  Cotton  Mill,  and 
president  of  the  Kingston  Hosiery  Co.  Fie 
married  a  daughter  of  Captain  Tay  lor,  of 
Kingston,  and  ia  iu  religion  a  Preaby  terian. 


746 


A  CYCL0PJSD2A  OF 


Brown,  John  C>ordon,  Toronto, 
wiia  bom  in  AIIoa^  ClackmaDnanBhire,  Soot- 
lana.  on  the  16th  November,  I&f7,  being 
the  junior  of  hia  brother  Goorge,  by  some 
six  years.  [Fur  his  parentage,  nwt  sketuH  of 
his  bruther,  the  Hod.  George  Brown,  In 
these  pages.]  He  received  bis  education 
partly  in  Edinburgh  and  partly  in  New 
York,  to  which  latter  city  he  came  with  his 
parents  in  hia  eleventh  year.  Five  years 
later  he  moved  tu  Toronto,  whore  ho  has 
resided  almost  constantly  since.  On  going 
to  Toronto,  bo  conuected  himself  with  the 
Oloift  newspaper,  nt  that  time  the  muttth- 
pieoe  of  the  more  vigorona  and  pro^^reasive 
portion  of  the  Refonn  party  of  Canada 
West.  Mfj  Brown  edited  the  Quebec 
Gazette  for  about  the  apace  of  a  year,  and 
from  time  to  time  he  has  travelled  much 
through  Kuropo.  In  1851,  he  visited  the 
Great  International  Kxhibilion  in  London, 
contributing  a  couiprehenaive  and  intereat- 
ing  aeries  of  descriptive  lettora  to  his  newa- 
paper.  From  the  lime  of  hia  return  home, 
the  editorial  management  of  the  Globe  waa 
mainly  nnder  hia  control,  for  the  Hon. 
George  Brown,  for  many  years  before  his 
death,  concerned  himself  very  little  with 
the  details  of  editorial  miinagoment,  devot- 
ing himself  almost  altogether  to  the  com- 
mercial department,  and  political  matters 
not  directly  connected  with  the  newspaper. 
"  It  was,"  saya  an  authority  lying  before 
us,  "Mr.  Gordon  Brown's  close  and  prac- 
tical supervision  and  forcible  pen  which, 
during  these  years,  maintained  andextended 
the  well -won  prestige  of  the  Globe.  When 
hia  brother  fell  by  the  hand  of  a  murderer, 
many  people  whu  were  in  ignorance  of  the 
real  relation  iu  which  Mr.  Gordon  Brown 
stood  to  the  journal,  expected  a  marked 
falling  oS  in  vigour  and  interest ;  but  as 
time  wore  on  it  became  plainly  evident  that 
its  old-time  reputation  was  destined  to  be 
fully  Bustainod  by  bis  formal  elevation  to 
the  position  he  had  long  virtUiilly  occupied." 
Mr.  Brown  was  eminently  a  journalist  of 
enterprise  and  of  originality,  and  when  the 
complete  management  of  the  Qlobt  passed 
into  his  hands,  it  attained  a  position  ai  the 
purveyor  of  news  which  it  had  never  ap- 
proached before,  Mr.  Brown  is  a  man  of 
quick  insight,  and  has  a  decided  faculty  for 
'*  sizing  up*'  men,  and  in  the  selection  of 
his  staff  he  saw  almost  ac  a  glance  in  what 
way  a  man  could  be  m-iat  useful  to  him. 
As  a  writer,  Mr.  Brown's  style  was  swift, 
direct  and  vibrating,  and  there  were  alwayi 
present  in  hia  coatributions  evi-lence  of 
sincerity   and    marked    strength.     He    fre- 


quently dictated  an  Aditorial  bo  hia 
uensis  as  he  paced  up  and  down  the  floor  of 
his  office,  and  the  snntence  once 
theru  was  little  changing  or  tinke 
it  afterwards.  But  it  was  only  u 
portant  occasions  that  Mr.  Brown  hi 
did  this,  and  you  could  easily  5nd  in  tiM 
Oiobe  the  articlea  that  were  hia,  from  tlu 
fine  ringinc;  and  rousing  tone  which  ihrj 
exhibit.  But  Mr.  Brown  waa  not  destined 
to  remain  long  at  the  head  of  the  QU^. 
The  lesser  kind  of  politicians  and  other  ad- 
venturers were  desimus  of  viHing  tbt*  paper 
for  the  promotion  of  their  own  end*.  ' "' 
Mr.  Brown  waa  a  man  of  too  strong 
dtvidualiCy  and  too  high  a  sense  of  dj.; 
permit  anything  of  the  sort  to  happen.  Tbe 
reat  ta  known.  One  and  all  conspired  against 
him,  and  he  withdrew  frum  the  Olnbt.  Bis 
aecession  from  the  journalistic  field  is  sa 
enormous  luss,  and  his  place  cannot  easily 
be  filled.  He  was  soon  afterwards  appoinUd 
registrar  of  the  Surrogate  Ooort  of  Toceolo, 
and  in  this  ottice  still  continues. 

Dingwall,  James,  Cornwall,  vaaborti 
at  Meadow  Hay,  on  the  road  to  Comiri't. 
Canada  West,  on  the  8th  May,  1&40.  Uis 
paternal  grandfather,  James  Dingwall,  was 
a  U.  E.  loyalist,  and  he  was  bom  about  '^-^ 
middle  of  the  eighteenth  century,  in  ^  : 
spey,  Scotland.  While  still  a  young  i..-- 
he  and  an  elder  brother,  John,  (xrandiaUier 
of  Judge  Drew,  of  Guelph,)  emiicrat^-d  t<' 
America,  and  settled  in  the  valley 
Mohawk,  near  Albany.  At  the  breakir^ 
of  the  Revolutionary  war,  each  of  the  iw<^ 
brothers  owned  and  lived  upon  comfortable 
and  valuable  homesteads  in  that  pleaasul 
and  fertile  valley.  Tliey  both  having  rv- 
fused  to  join  the  revolutionists,  were  then 
given  to  understand  that  if  they  remaliisd 
quiet  on  their  famu  they  would  not  be  mo- 
lested ;  but  they  declined,  and  were  activa 
and  open  iu  their  sympathy  and  aid  to  ths 
loyalists.  In  revenge,  the  rorolutionista  {ot 
continentals)  drove  away  their  cattle.  Later 
James  Dingwall  was  impri^ijued,  and  with 
several  others  had  to  ""  run  the  gauntlet," 
that  is,  to  make  a  dash  for  *  me'a  life  bet  ween 
two  rows  of  Indians  armed  with  withes  ot 
rods,  and  past  an  Indian  armed  with  a  toma- 
hawk at  the  exit  between  the  two  files  o( 
Indians.  Each  waa  only  to  strike  the  {i 
son  running  when  opp^^aite  him,  and  mi 
not  striku  in  front.  Subsequently  Jaiuss 
Dingwall,  continuing  his  hoatdity  to  the  rt- 
polutioDiats  and  hia  aid  to  the  loyalists 
imprisoned,  and  with  others  ooudomnod 
ba  exacnted.  Tde  night  before  the  dav 
ed  for  the  execution  th>iy  broke  through 


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CANADIAN  BIOOHAPHY, 


749 


E>of  uf  their  priion,  and  eicaped  by  t«ariiig 
heir  bed  clothes  into  ttrips  nnd  knotting 
hem  into  ropes.  Finally,  Jataes  Dingwall 
iod  his  brother,  after  endnring  many  hard- 
ihipe,  reached  Canada  with  Sir  William 
fohnaton's  band  of  patriots  about  17S4,  and 
lOttled  upon  the  first  settled  farm  on  the 
OuUi  side  of  the  river  Raisin,  between  hxn- 
taater  and  Willi<itn8town,  and  this  hoiue- 
ttead  of  300  acres  is  still  owned  by  his 
muidson.  He  was  a  man  of  great  stature, 
6  feet  2  or  3  inches)  and  of  powerful  frame 
knd  physiijne,  and  a  man  of  atronj<  charac- 
ter and  groat  determination.  He  is  buried 
in  the  Presbyterian  graveyard  at  Williams- 
town,  and  it  is  ri<corded  upon  his  tombstone 
that  "  he  fouifht  and  safl'ered  for  his  king 
hnd  country."  His  grandson  deems  it  a 
liappy  circumstance  that  he  mny  be  said  to 
have  bled  for  his  country,  considering  how 
many  in  these  degenerate  days  ask  their 
Boantry  to  bleed  for  them.  Jamea  Ding- 
wall married  Cstherine  Ferguson^  daughter 
of  Alexander  Ferjruson,  another  U.  E.  loy- 
Rliat.  This  Alexander  Ferguson  died  in 
October,  1786,  and  was  buried  in  the  Pres- 
byterian gtareyard  on  the  shore  of  Lake 
St.  Francis,  in  the  village  of  Lancaster, 
where  his  tombstone  with  this  date  can  still 
be  aeen.  This  Lancaster  grsveyard  is  the 
oldest  in  eastern  Ontmrio,  and  there  is  only 
one  tombstone  in  it  of  an  earlier  date, 
namely,  that  of  Mr.  McKeozie,  (great- 
grandfather of  the  late  James  Belhune,  Q. 
C.)  which  records  that  he  died  in  June, 
1780.  Alexander  Ferguson^s  homestead  of 
200  acres,  a  mile  west  of  Lancaster  rillsge. 
and  upon  Lake  8t.  Francis,  is  etiU  owned  by 
hia  descendants.  By  Catherine  Ferguson 
James  Dingwall  had  fourteen  children,  the 
jouogest  of  whom,  naniml  Malcolm,  was  the 
father  of  our  subject,  Alalcolu  Dingwall 
was  born  in  ISI'i.  In  1837  he  went  with 
his  fellow  Glengarrians  to  St.  Phillippe  and 
other  places  in  L<iirer  Canada  to  aid  m  sup- 
pressins  the  rebellion.  In  1839  he  married 
Anne  McLennan,  daughter  of  Roderick  Mc- 

Knan.  of  Lancaster,  and  eldest  sister  of 
aid  Mcl^ennan,  lateof  Port  Hope,  hard- 
I  merchant  \  of  John  McLennan,  sheriff 
of  the  County  of  Victoria,  and  of  James 
J^Lennan.  Q.C..  of  Toronto.  In  the  same 
^^K  he  settled  upon  a  homestead  of  240 
^Ibi  in  Metulow  Hay.  two  miles  west  of 
liancaster  ullage,  and  on  the  road  to  Corn- 
wall, and  hero  the  snhject  of  our  sketch  was 
Malcolm  Dinuwall  was  an  elder  in 
'Presbyterian  church  at  Lancaster.  Ue 
an  excellent  English  and  Gaolic  scholar. 
•ad  took  a  deep  interest  in  educational  mst- 


ters.     The  homestead  is  still   ownud  by  a 
brother  of   James  Dingwall.     James  Diuij;- 
wall's  maternal  (grandfather,  Iloderick  Mc- 
Lennan, was  like  hts  other  ancestors,  a  man 
of  strtju^  and  marked  charact«r.     He  was 
born  in  Scotlatid  upwards  of  a  century  a^. 
About  the  beginning  of  the  present  century 
he  emigrated  with  his  father  tu  Canada,  and 
settled  in  the  third  concession  of  the  town- 
ship of   Lancaster,   where  hia  own  and  his 
father's  homesteads  are  still   owned  and  oc- 
cupied by  descendants.     He  was  the  owner 
of  several  fine  farms,  and  it  is  illustrative  of 
his  character  that  on  one  occasion,  long  be- 
fore our  present  railways  were  built — indeed 
before  the   old  stage  i>r  mail  wagi^ons  and 
sleighs  were  regularly  run  between  Montreal 
and  Toronto— he   made  a  trip  to   Toronto, 
nearly  300    miles    distant,    to   secure    the 
title  to  one  of  his  farms.     On  another  occa- 
sion,    a    relative     of    the     name    of    Mc- 
Leod,  a  Presbyterian  clergyman,  in  South 
Carolina,     died     in      that     distant     conn- 
try,     aud    it    was    reported    to    his    rela- 
tives  in   Canada    that    he   had    left    them 
a  larj^e   fortune  to  be  IcKjked   after.     This 
wa*   abtiut    the  year   1830,    and    Koderick 
McLennan   made   the  journey  to   Carolina 
to  enquire   into   the  matter.       We  are   to 
recollect  that    this  was  before  the  days  of 
telegraphs  or  railways,  or  even  steamboats. 
He  was   a   man   who  took  a  keen  interest 
in   educating    his    family,    and   died    at    a 
good  old  age,   universally  respected.      Ho 
married    Mary    McPhersun,     daughter    of 
Alexander    McPherson,    of    Lancaster,    by 
whom  he  had  a  family  of  ten  children,  of 
whom  our  subject's  mother  was  the  eldest, 
and    Jamea   McLennan,  Q.  C,  of  Toronto, 
the  younL'est.      James    Dingwall,   the  sub- 
ject of  this  memoir,   was  the   eldest  of  the 
family.     He  attended  the   Lancaster  public 
schix>l  until  his  seventeenth  year,  and  after- 
wards the  Williamstown  Orainmar   (High) 
school.     In  the  autumn  of  1858  he  matricu- 
lated at  Queen's  College,  Kingston,  took  a 
full  arts  course,  and  graduatt«d  B.  A.  "  with 
honours  in  all  the  subjects/'  m  the  spring 
of  1861.      The   balance   of   18G1    and    the 
^ear  186*2  he  spent  in  miaoollaneouB  read- 
ing, and  during  1863  he  was  he«<l  master 
of  the  Kemptville  Qrammar  or  High  school. 
In  the  spring  of  1864,   Mr.  Dingwall  bfgan 
the  study  of  law,    in   the  office  of   .Mowat 
and  McLennan,  of  Ton>nto,  being  articled 
to    his  uncle,  James  McLennan.     He   con- 
tinued four  ftill  years  with  Mr.  McLennan, 
and  was  culled  to  the  bar  in  the  spring  of 
1868.       In    October   of  the   same  year  he 
entered  into  partnership  with  the  late  Wil- 


760 


A  CYCLOP.¥.mA  OF 


liftm  RoUf  of  Cornwall,   barrister,  who  for 
numy  years  preriuiiBly  hsd  been   the    law 
partner  of  the  U(e  Hun.  John  Sandtiotd  Mo- 
Donald.      He  remained  in  pnrtnurahip  with 
Mr.  Koea  until  his  death  in  Dt^cenibur,  1882, 
since  which  time  he  Ikas  carried  on  a  lai^ 
law   practice    alone.       When  he  went    into 
partnerahip,  Mr.  Rosa's  business  was  insig- 
niticant,  owing  to  his  eyesight  haring  failed 
him  ;   but  to-day  Mr.   Dingwall^s  buainoss 
is   probably  more  profitable   than    thut   of 
any  other  lawyer  in  Cornwall.    In  Febru- 
ary, 1873,  he  was  appointed  county  crown 
attorney   and   clerk  of   the   peace   for    the 
united  Counties  of   Stonaont,  Dandas  and 
Glengarry,  and  he  has  now  held  the  position 
longer  than  any  of  his  predeoessora.     There 
are  between  300  and  400  qoalified  justioea 
of  the  peace  in  these  united  counties,  and 
the  work  of  the  two  offices  of  county  crown 
attorney  and  clerk  of  the  peace  for  a  popu- 
lation of   upwards  of  70,04)0   is  neoesaarily 
large  and  varied.      Mr.    Dingwall   can  claim 
that  during  the   thirtoen   yeara  he  haa  held 
office  he  hfta    made   no   mistake.      He  haa 
never  given  an  official  opinion  or  advice  that 
has  been  challenged.   And  he  can  claim  that 
the  policy  he  haa  puraiied  has  had  much  to  do 
with  tite  noted  absence  c»f  crime  in  these 
counties.    Apart  from  his  oilicia]  position,  liis 
profesaionul  business  haa  been  very  lucra- 
tive.     Both  the  late  Mr.   Ross  and  himself 
prided  themselves  iipoti  diftcouraging  litiga- 
tion, except  where  absolutely  necessary.      It 
was  said  of  Mr.  Rosa  that  he  uniformly  kill- 
ed more  suits  than  all  the   other  lawyers  in 
the  town  brought.      These  two  successful 
lawyers  engaged   largely  in  loaning  money, 
and  their  intluence  was  a  valuable  check  up- 
on the  operations  of  the  loaning  companies. 
For  instance,  Mr.  Dingwall  haa  in  the  eigh- 
teen years  he  has  been  in    practice  in  Corn- 
wall, taken  upwards  of  seven  hundred  mort- 
gages in  his  own  name,  and  ho  has  had  oc- 
casion to  take  legal  proceedings  upon  only 
three  out  of  that  number  in  that  time.      In 
the  fall  of   187!),    he  spent  upwards  of  five 
weeks  acting  as   counsel    for   the    town  of 
Cornwall  before  A.  H.  Dymond,  appointed 
a  special  commissioner  by  the  Ontario  gov- 
ernment to  enquire  into  the  financial  stairs 
of  the  town.     The  enquiry  was  one  of  the 
most  exciting  ailairs  that  ever  occurred  in 
Oomwall.     It  led  to  the  exposure  of  many 
scandalous  transactions  and  effected  a  per- 
manent revolution  for  the  better  in  munici- 
pal matters  in  the  community.  In  1882  and 
1883,  at  great  expense  of  time  and  work, 
Mr.  Dingwall   carried  to  a  successful  com- 
pletion a  re-survey  of  the  front  half  of  the 


town.     He  did  the  whole  work  of 
np  petitions  and  having  them  signed,' htti 
ing  up   evidence,  urging  on   the  mn 
council,  t&c,  alone,  and  almost  unaided 
any  one,  and  ho  had  to  overoome  moch  ns- 
scrupulous  opposition.      To  realise  what  ht 
effected  it  shuuld  be  stated  that  th«  t<}wa 
ia  upwards  of  one  hundred  years  old.  tint 
there  was  not   a  single   old    monument  s* 
be   found,  that   people    built    their    fsocM 
where  tliey  pleased,  that  many  of  the  pra- 
cipal   streets  were  encroaohe<1    upon  to  thf 
extent  of  live,  seven,  eight,  ten.  and  ettio 
sixteen   fe«t.      This    state    of    matters  had 
become  intolerable,  but  the  citizens  seesasd 
helpless, — the  leading  men  uf  the  town  hav- 
ing attempted  to  mova   in  the   matter  ami 
failed,  and  the  late  Andrew   Hc*dge,  wtim 
msyor,  had  D.  R.  Brown,  P.  L.  sur^ 
spend  a  week  banting  for  evidence  -  ' 
original  survey  without   result.      Now    i;tL 
re-survoy  has  been  made  and  contirmed  by 
act  of  the   Provincial  legislature,    and  tbs 
buildings  that  now  encroach  upon  the  straeti, 
fences,  ifcc  ,  will  in  time  be  rebuilt  nn  '\ 
proper  linos.     The  re-aurvey  is   worili 
areas  of   thousands  of  dollars   to  thu  v*  ■.«;., 
and  an  aobievemont  for  which  Mr.  DingwsU 
must  be  remembered  in  time  to  oomi 
ing  that  the   town  will   before  long 
an  important  city.     In  1880  he  was 
ed  by  the  counties^  council  a  trustee 
Cornwall  High  school,  the  object  of  his  s| 
pointment  being  to  ferret   out  and  put 
end   to  certain    improper   financing  of 
then  board,  and  ho  sccomplishud  the  obji 
aimed  at  by  the  council,   and  has  romaiA« 
on  the  board  ever  since.      When  he 
a  member  of  the  board,   the  atteodauoe 
the  school  was  about  forty  ;  now  it  is  nasr 
one  hundred,  and  the  school  is  e&oient  and 
flourishing.      Mainly  owing  to  his  persist«at 
exertions,  the  counties*  council  have  recenr- 
ly  built  a  handsome  new  county  buildiug 
the  court  house,  for  offices   for  the   com 
officials,  at  a  cost  of  about  $15,iHX).     In 
official  pijsition  Mr.  Dingwall  has  had  to 
a  principal    part  in  many  important 
Mr.  Dingwall  takes  a  deep  interest  In  gsr^l 
dening  and  forestry,  and  has  invested  a  goo^' 
deal  of  money  in  woodeil  lands,  and  derives 
a  good  deal  of  pleasure  from  his  transplant- 
ing operations.     Mr.   Dingwall  belongs  t«3 
no  secret   society;  he  abhors  them.     Good 
men,  he  admits,  join  such  societies,  ioteui 
ing    to  act  only    with   the   other  memi 
in   what   is   right,   go'>d,    and    bene^ 
but   he  maintains  that  they  are   oft 
to  back  ench    other  through  thick  am 
in  what  ia  wrong.     He  aninns  that   when 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


761 


joina  a  aecret  socioty  be  ceAsee  to 
lie  in  a  ptjsition  to  say  as  in  the  Lord's 
»y«r  "  lead  us  not  into  temptation."  Mr. 
Dgwall  ia  a  Catrinistand  a  Preabyterian, 
d  believes  the  Presbyterian  form  of  Ghurch 
Temment  is  the  model  upon  which  the 
political  goTernmenta  are  and  will  be 
It  is  that,  he  pointa  out,  of  local 
«B  dealing  with  small  and  local  mat- 
:  and  of  larger  bodies  dealing  with 
larger  and  more  general  aubjecta.  It  ia, 
therefore,  he  concludee,  a  philosophical 
ayst«m,  and  ao  will  stand  the  teat  of  time. 
In  politica,  Mr.  Dingwall  believes  in  the 
grtftteat  good  to  the  greateat  nnmber.  He 
naiee  mouopolitM  ;  and  believes  in  rosted 
'riii^hta,  if  honestly  and  honourably  acquired. 
'  He    belierea    in  being   conservative  of    tlie 

I  good  we  possees,  and  would  only  make 
^kaiwea  alowty  and  cautiously.  At  ttie  aame 
I  time  lie  believes  this  wonderful  age  in  which 

i  we  live,  calls  for  our  being  liberally  progres- 

|aire  in  all  things.  In  his  hatrod  of  govern- 
mental oorruptiun  ho  would  be  called  a  rabid 

'Grit.  He  duos  not  believe  in  the  hideous 
doctrine  that  a  politician  need  necesaarily 
be  corrupt,    atBrming   that  it  is  only  those 

\  who  are  corrupt  themaelves  that  preach  such 
a  doctrine.  He  is  a  Liberal  by  conviction. 
Apart  from  thia  he  is  by  nature  and  by  de- 
•oent  conserrative.  la  1878  he  married 
Mary  Hunter,  by  whom  he  has  four  child- 
ren. His  wife  ia  a  younger  dau]^hter  of 
John  Hunter,  an  old  and  respected  citizen 
of  the  town.  Her  mother  waa  Christina 
Leitch,  a  sister  of  William  Leitch,  of  the 
township  of  Cornwall,  father  of  Jamea 
Leitch.  the  present  mayor  of  the  town  of 
Cornwall. 

Searyeiuil,  E^cwla  Jnmes,  Montreal, 
Vioe-Preaident  of  the  Chicago  And  Grand 
Tronk  Railway  Company,  Traffic  Manager 

lot  the  Grand  Trunk  K&ilway  Company,  and 
director  of  companies  attiliated  with  the 
Grand  Trunk  Bystem,  ia  an  Englishman  ; 
waa  born  at  Trowbridge^  Wiltahire.  and 
firat  came  to  America  in  1874.  Mr.  Sear- 
geant's  Engliah  railway  career  is  associated 
with  the  largest  of  British  railwaya,  the 
Great  Western,  capital,  £73,000,000  ,  length, 
2,210  miles.  His  earliest  experience  of  rail- 
way Qpnatruclxon  and  management  waa  de- 
rived in  connection  with  the  South  Wslea 
Railway,  a  Great  Wustem  aUiliated  line, 
eemi-indepeudent  and  (Operated  by  a  joint 
committee.  The  South  Walca  Railway  Com- 
pany promoted  the  development  of  Milford 
Haven,  aa  a  groat  international  port,  more 
partioularly  in  connection  with  American 
in  which  reault  the  sympatliies 


of  the  late  Mr.  Brunei,  their  engineer,  wore 
largely  eng^ed,  and  had  in  contemplation 
alternative  plana  for  crosiiug  the  River 
Severn.  One  of  theae  haa  recently  been 
accomplished  by  the  conatniction  (tf  a  tun- 
nel, which  ia  the  greateat  railway  work  of 
the  age.  On  the  amalgamation  of  the  South 
Walea  with  the  Great  Western  Railway 
Company,  Mr,  Seargeant  waa  the  recipient 
of  a  substantial  doitcmr  from  the  proprie- 
tora  ih  recognition  of  bia  aerricos,  and  the 
Great  Western  board  appointed  him  auper- 
intendent  of  the  South  Walea  division.  At 
that  time  the  Earl  of  Shelbume,  father  of 
the  Marquis  of  Lanadowne.  the  preaent  gov- 
ernor-general  of  Canada,  was  chairman  of 
the  Great  Western  Company.  Early  further 
promotion  followed,  and  under  complimen- 
tary circumstances,  which  evidenced  the 
appreciation  of  Lord  ShAlburne  and  Sir 
Daniel  Gooch,  the  preaent  Great  Western 
chairman,  to  whom  England  and  A-merica 
are  lat^ely  indebted  for  the  Atlantic  cable. 
Mr.  Seargeant  was  appointed  chief  officer  of 
the  South  Devon,  and  subsequently  of  the 
Cornwall  and  West  Cornwall  railways,  which 
together  constituted  a  compact  system  be- 
tween Exeter  and  Penzance.  The  South 
Devon  had  been  the  subject  of  experimeuta 
by  Mr.  Brunetj  with  the  atmospheric  sys- 
tem, and  its  fortunes  were  at  this  time  at  a 
low  ebb.  Cpon  Mr.  Seargeant  devolved  the 
duties  of  genei-al  manager,  secretary,  and 
aecrotazy  of  the  joint  committeea  of  the 
Great  Western,  Bristol  &  Exeter,  South 
Devon,  and  Cornwall  companiea.  He  was 
alao  the  otticial  representative  of  tUuse  in- 
terests before  parliamentary  comui  itteea. 
The  aniocess  of  Mr.  Seargeaut'a  maiuigeutent 
was  evidenced  by  largely  increaaed  divi- 
dends. During  thia  period  he  waa  orfMred 
the  appointment  of  a^ent  or  chief  officer  of 
one  of  the  largest  Indian  railway  ayatema,  a 
position  from  the  delicate  relationa  ol  the 
imperial  and  local  governments  and  railway 
companiea,  requiring  the  experience  of  the 
character  of  that  within  Mr.  Seargeant'a 
functions.  He  declined  the  appointment 
at  the  request  of  the  Great  Western,  and 
waa  further  promoted.  Towarda  the  cloee 
of  his  Englisii  railway  career  ho  waa,  with 
representativea  of  the  other  companiea  con- 
cerned, engaged  in  framing  an  agreement 
for  the  diviaion  uf  traflic  between  the  <  *reat 
Weatem  and  London  &  South  Western 
systems,  at  the  numerous  puiutA  where  theao 
lar^  systems  came  into  competition.  Upon 
resignation  of  hia  aeveral  offices  in  England, 
Mr.  Seargeant  brought  with  him  t4i  thia 
country  evidences  of  the  highest  conaidera- 


762 


A  CYVLOPAiDlA  OF 


lion  and  friendflhip,  chief  among  which  was 
an  intrinMcatlj;'  valuable  preaontation  from  a 
Ifvrgo  ntimbor  of  directors  and  officers  of  the 
compauiea  with  which  he  was  connected, 
and  of  men  aervini;  under  hiui.  Mr.  Sear- 
geant  was  the  tirst  appointed  traftic  manager 
on  tUia  continent.  Ha  represents  the  iuter- 
ests  o[  the  Grand  Trunk  system  in  the  trunk 
line  executive,  and  other  onuimittee  meet- 
ings at  New  Vurk  and  Oiioatfo,  and  has 
consistently  advocated  the  division  of  com- 
petitive traffic  on  oi|uitable  prinoiplea,  and 
the  settlement  of  diirerunccs  between  rail- 
oompaniea  by  arbitration.  He  is  a  cultured 
mAO,  a  good  linj^uiit^  and  has  an  imposing 
appearance.  He  lias  written  many  exhaus- 
tive arguments  on  the  pool  question,  and  wc 
have  before  ma  very  able  article  on  the 
KogUsh  railwaT  system,  contributed  by  Mr. 
Seargeant  to  the  Jiaihvay  Heriew.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Kedley  Barnes,  of  London, 
England,  sister  of  Dr.  Robert  Bamee,  the 
celebrated  physician. 

BaftkervMIc,  Patrick,  M.P.P.,  Otta- 
wa, was  born  at  Townland,  Ballynislien, 
Tipperary,  Ireland,  in  November,  183S.  Ha 
is  a  son  of  George  Baskorvillo,  by  his  wife, 
Mary  MeDonneU.  His  father  was  a  son  of 
Benjamin  BaskervlUe,  who  was  descended 
from  au  old  Norman  family  which  settled  in 
Ireland  about  the  tiuio  of  William  the  Con- 
queror. The  family  records  were,  however. 
all  destroyed  by  tire  in  1858,  and  included 
a  great  deal  of  matter  that  would  have  been 
of  interest  to  the  public.  George  Baaker- 
rille  adopted  the  culling  of  a  farmer  in 
Ireland,  but  in  1847.  he  concluded  to  oome 
to  Canada.  In  the  summer  of  that  year  ho 
landed  in  Bytown,  and  shortly  afterwards 
engaged  in  the  trading  and  grocery  business. 
In  18r>7,  he  euj^aged  in  the  hotel  business, 
but  after  the  short  term  of  six  months,  his 
premises  were  burned,  and  hn  lost,  having 
no  insurance,  every  article  of  household  pro- 
perty. The  family,  not  discoumgod,  started 
anew  in  life,  and  at  the  time  of  Mr.  Bnaker- 
ville's  death,  he  was  in  comfortable  circum- 
Btancea.  It  was  owing  to  the  family's  work- 
ing and  unanimity  that  they  survived  the 
great  loss  referred  to.  Mr.  BaskervlUe  died 
in  1875,  and  Mrs.  Baakervillein  18ti7.  They 
had  nine  of  a  family,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  being  the  eldest  son.  Patrick  Baaker- 
ville  received  a  common  school  education, 
and  after  coming  to  Canada,  engaged  in 
farming;  and  lumbering  for  a  few  years. 
But  in  1854  he  received  the  appointment  of 
freight  clerk  in  the  then  Bytriwn  and  Fres* 
cott,  now  the  Ftt.  Lawrence  and  Ottawa  Rail- 
way, which  position  he  held  for  eight  years, 


but  not  being  satisfied  with  hia  avcwitiflV^ 
he  commenced    business   for  himself  at  « 
grocer  and  provision  merchant.     He  cuntiti 
ued  so  ocoupiod  alone,  until  1870,  w;. 
admitted    as  partuera  his  brothera,  (i.    r_ 
H.,  Wm.  -I.,  and  John    BaskerviUe.    umier 
the  firm   name  and  style  of  P.  Baakerrillf 
&  Bros.,  and  this  business  ikey  stiJl    -    i 
tinue  in  the  City  of  Ottawa.      At  tht    i  . 
of  the  Trent  aHair,  our  stibject   joint : 
Toluntecrs,    under    Capt.     UaUway.       'ir 
Baakerville  is  a  life  member  of  St.  Pa' 
Literary   Society  of  Ottawa  ;    was  f<  . 
years  president  of  the  8t.  Patrick's  s->cit;ti 
of  Ottawa  ;  and  was  also  for  two  year«  prea- 
ident  of  the  Catholic  Young  Men's  Society 
of  the  same  city.     In  politics   Mr.  Baaker- 
ville ia  a  Liberal-Conservative.      In  1^7^*  h*' 
was  elected  to   the    legislature  of  Oi\ 
defeating  an  independent  and  reform  * 
date  by  a  majority  of  sixty  votes,  and  he  wm 
again  elected  in  1882  by  a  majonty  of  AtO. 
Mr.  BaakcrviUe  has  been  an  extensivr  - 
ellor,  visiting  the  United  States,  Gre-^i' 
tain,    Ireland,  and    France,   and    the  Pafu 
Exposition  in  1878.       In    reli^un    he  ii  t 
Roman  Catholic      As  a  parliamentarian, 
Baakerville  is  industriouA,  and  well-iufor 
ed,  and  he  devotes  his  talents  sealously 
the  interests  of  hia  constituency.     In 
meruiaL  life. as  well  ns  in  the  political  sphi 
he  is  far  more  than  an  ordinary  man.     He 
unmarried. 

ncCilbbon,  Dononn,  Bsrrie.waa  boml 
in  the  township  of  Naasagaweya,  Count) 
Halton,  Ontario,  on  the  18th  of  Octoi 
1841.  He  ia  a  son  of  John  and  Isabel 
(McCallura)  McOibbon,  both  of  whom 
from  Pertlishire,  Scotland.  John  McGibl 
was  descended  from  ancient  Scottish  stt>ck,j 
bis  great-grandfather  having  fought  at  Cul* 
loden.  Duncan  McGibbon  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools,  and  at  an  early  age  en- 
gaged in  the  occupation  of  achool* teaching  ; 
but  this  calling  was  not  congenial  to  liii 
tastes,  and  in  18f)6  he  \H.%ia\  the  study  of  lav 
in  the  office  of  Wni.  Laidlaw,  Toronto.  Hs 
afterwanla  entered  the  ofiioe  of  Bb 
guson  Si,  Co.  ;  and  iu  1871  was  called 
bar  of  Ontario.  In  IHHO  Mr.  M< 
joined  the  ancient  order  of  Tnite*!  W«r1 
men,  and  held  the  past -masters  hip 
same  for  a  time,  and  in  1881  he  was 
erand  ropresentativo  of  the  order. 
IVIoGibbon  ia  a  ateadfaat  Presbyterian ; 
in  politics  he  gives  his  allegiance  to  tl 
party  led  by  S>r  John  A.  Alacdonald 
married  on  the  Slat  May,  1871,  Ann  Pei 
of  Grimaby,  wh'.^se  grandfather  compc 
the  famous  "  Midnight  Gallop." 


CANAVUI^  BWGRAFHY, 


75T 


', William,  Montreal, deoesBodf 

\  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  in  1810, 
p  be  waa  in  hU  twenty-first  year, 
Sanada,  edtablishing  himself  shortly 
la  at  Montreal,  where  so  distin- 
knd  honoarable  a  btisineas  career 
iKim.  His  father  having  adopted 
^  in  Edinburgh,  the  son  reaolrcd  to 
rtane  in  the  same  sphere  of  activity 
tow  country.  He  entered  into  the 
[hardware  trade,  and  remained  oon- 
Kth  the  same  tilt  the  time  of  his 
ihieTiiig  a  wide  measurt)  of  sucoeas. 
ftting  married  Miss  D&vidHon,  <\i 
|h,  and  there  were  eisht  children 
luoD,  two  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 
^  grew  to  maturity,  one  of  whom 
pr.  n.  \V.  Ko«s,  of  Montreal,  and 
denly,  within  a  year  of  hor  msrri- 
lother  died  unmarried.  Four  sons 
jWith  their  father's  business,  and 
pciated  with  him  as  partners.  Wil< 
jjamea  remained  in  Montreal,  An- 
I  Thomas  J.  went  to  Toronto,  and 
ty^p  of  the  busineas  there,  while  Wil- 
ling, the  subject  of  this  memoir, 
il  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  a  part- 
fth  tirms.  He  was  the  eldest  brother 
r  W.  Darling  and  Robert  Darling,  of 
and  of  Thomas  and  Adam  Darling, 
(eal.  The  busineaa  of  the  two  houses 
r.  Darling  controlled,  reached  every 
|ie  several  provinces,  and  while  its 
^er  changed,  its  methods  of  opera- 
B  brought  credit  to  the  deceased 
r  honourable  and  upright  dealing. 
.  he  baa  been  constantly  and  pro- 
^  identified  with  the  commercial  and 
|{nterects  of  Montreal.  For  many 
■ru  a  member  of  the  Oouncil  of  the 
I  Trade,  and  for  several  terms  its 
I.     When  the  Merchants  Bank  waa 

te  several  years  ago,  audi  waa  the 
»  of  his  fellow  business  men  in  Mr. 
I  dear- sigh  t«dness,  tliat  he  was 
(nnanimoua  voice  of  the  sharehold- 
dce  part  in  the  management  of  the 
It  was  largely  due  to  Mr.  Darling's 
I  that  Oeorse  Hague  was  called  to 
L  and  the  deceased  merchant  was 
r  Mr.  Hague's  right-hand  man.  In 
t  Darling  was  Uie  Liberal  candidate 
kreal  West,  when  he  waa  defeated 
\  Oault.     Mr.  Darling  was  an  inti- 

§)d  of  ihti  Hon.  Alexander  Mac- 
on. Edward  Hlake,  and  the  late 
el.  Uolton.  On  commercial  law, 
n  was  regarded  as  second  to  that 
|ryer  in  the  Dominion,  and  he  was 
^nceinvd  with  Mr.  Abbutt  in  fraro- 
VT 


ing  the  Insolvency  Act  that  was  repfsled 
in  1870.  He  was  solectod  by  the  Mac* 
keDTne  government  as  commissioner  to 
expropriate  lands  fnr  the  enlarged  Lachine 
canal,  and  so  well  was  his  work  appreciat- 
ed, that  on  the  change  of  j'ovemmont  Sir 
John  Macdonald  retained  him  in  that  posi- 
tion till  his  duties  were  completed.  He 
died  at  hit)  residence  at  Hochelaga,  on  the 
16th  of  November.  1885,  of  inflammation 
of  the  lungs.  The  character  of  Mr.  Darling 
was  the  very  highest,  and  he  was  a  man  of 
splendid  abilities.  Modesty  is  often  asso- 
ciated wiih  men  of  the  highest  worth,  and 
this  was  eminently  so  in  the  case  of  Mr. 
Darling,  and  as  pointed  out  bv  a  leading 
newspaper  after  his  death,  his  shyness  often 
kept  him  in  the  back  ground,  when  his  talents 
would  have  taken  him  to  the  front.  At  a 
meeting  of  the  directors  of  the  Merchants 
Bank  of  Canada,  the  following  resolution 
wiks  pasaed  :-  *'  That  the  directors  of  the 
Morchanta  Bank  of  Canitda  desire  to  place 
on  record  their  deep  sense  of  the  loss  the 
bank  and  mercantile  community  have  aua- 
tained  in  the  death  of  their  late  esteemed 
colleague,  Mr.  William  Darling.  His  large 
experience  and  sound  judgment  wore  uni- 
formly  uaed  in  the  advancement  of  the  inter- 
eata  uf  the  bank,  and  hia  aasiduoua  attention 
to  the  many  Important  matters  brought  be- 
fore the  board  greatly  contributed  to  the 
position  the  bank  now  oooupies  in  the  com- 
munity. The  directors  beg  to  oonv^  to  UiA 
widow  and  family  of  the  deceased,  theirain- 
cere  oondolenoe  on  the  loss  they  have  sus- 
tained, and  for  the  purpose  of  duly  convey- 
ing tn  them  this  mark  of  appreciation  and 
sympathy,  direct  that  a  copy  of  thia  mitmtc, 
duly  engroaaed  and  signed,  be  forwarded 
by  the  president  and  general  manager  on  be- 
half of  the  bank.  Andrew  Allan,  proaident : 
O.  Uagae,  general  manager.  ^  The  Council 
of  the  Board  of  Trade  of  Montreal,  parsed 
the  following:  •'  Resolved — that  the  Council 
of  the  Montreal  iJoard  of  Trade,  fully  rocog* 
nizes  the  valuable  and  varied  service*  so 
untiringly  rendered  to  the  oommepcial  and 
trade  interests  of  thia  city,  by  the  late  Wil- 
liam Darling,  Eaq.,  during  the  many  years 
in  which  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  coun- 
cil, and  afterwards  as  president  of  the  board, 
and  the  council  now  records  its  deep  MOM 
of  the  loss  sustained  by  Montreal  in  his  de- 
cease ;  that  a  copy  of  this  reaolution  b«  com- 
municated to  the  bereaved  family^  together 
with  an  expression  uf  the  sincere  sympathy 
of  the  connctl.  Permit  mo  to  say,  tliat  I 
personalty  share  in  the  regrets  of  the  council, 
and  tender  alio  my  respectful  condolence.  1 


7W 


A  CYCLOPMVU  OF 


ani,  dear  sir,  yours  aiuoeraly,  W.  J.  Patter- 
son, secretaTy;  William  Darling,  Esq."  Mr. 
DaHing  was  often  oonaulted  by  his  brother 
merchanU,  nnd  was  frequently  called  as 
arbitrator  betwecu  them,  as  well  as  for  the 
gOTemmeut  tu  disputes  that  would  other- 
wise have  beB[i  carried  before  the  higher 
courts  in  the  Domiuion.  He  was  much  de- 
voted to  fanning  and  gardeoLng,  and  these 
oocnpations  he  carried  on  to  some  extent  at 
his  residence,  Bloomfield  House,  Hochelaga. 
Murray,  Krv.  Jaaics  AIIUtCFf 
Mstor  of  ^t.  Andrew's  Church,  London, 
Ontario,  was  bom  at  Uij?  Meadows,  Koger 
HUI,  County  of  Pictou,  Nova  Scotia.  His 
father  was  a  ^>cotti8h  Highlander,  from 
SutherUndshiro,  and  his  mother  a  native  of 
the  parish  of  Hurabie.  His  parents  emi- 
grated from  Edinburgh  to  Nova  Scotia 
early  in  the  present  century.  The  ssbject 
of  the  present  sketch  was  the  youngest  of 
twelve  children,  and  was  born  in  1B33.  Mr. 
Murray  hod  the  claims  of  the  Christian  min- 
istry early  impressed  upon  his  mind  by  his 
parents,  and  his  early  education  was  directed 
accordingly.  He  ritndied  for  some  three 
years  at  the  Grammar  school,  in  Tatanm* 
gouche,  under  the  able  superintendence  of 
the  lato  John  Currie,  famous  as  an  expert  in 
toacliiug.  Mr.  Murray  afterwards  studied 
at  the  celebrated  Pictou  Academy,  and  after 
teaching  at  Salt  Springs,  Pictou  county,  for 
three  years,  entered  the  Presbyterian  Col- 
lege at  West  River,  Pictou^  where  be  took 
a  full  course,  and  after  an  extra  session  at 
the  Free  Church  College,  Halifax,  was 
licensed  tu  preach,  in  1857,  by  the  Presby- 
tery of  P.  £.  Island.  Before  entering  on 
the  ministry,  he  taught  with  success  for 
three  years  the  Grammar  school  in  Upper 
Mus«{uodoboit,  County  of  Halifax.  After 
labouring  for  a  short  time  in  the  Home 
Mission  field  of  Nova  Scotia,  he  received, 
almost  simultaneously,  four  calls  to  impor- 
tant charges,  viz.,  Newport,  Maitlaud,  Eco- 
nomy, and  Annapolis.  Having  referred 
decision  as  to  acceptance  of  call  to  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Halifax,  Mr.  Murray  was  ordained 
pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  in  An- 
na(>oli8  Royal,  in  1B57.  This  is  interesting 
from  the  fact  of  its  being  the  origin  of  the 
Presbyterian  congregation  in  that  l>eautiful 
old  town.  After  three  yean  sncoeasful 
labour  in  his  first  charge,  he  accepted  a  call 
to  the  congregation  of  St.  Luke's  Church, 
Bathurst,  N.  D.,  in  connection  with  the 
Church  of  Scotland.  He  subsequently  re- 
moved to  Ontario,  and  accepted  aoall  to  St. 
Andrew's  Church,  Mount  Forest,  from 
which  he  was  called  to  8t  Andrew's  Church, 


\r\na 

nio^H 

^1 


Lindsay,  and  accepted  the  same.  Dui 
his  ministry  in  Lindsay,  the  great  union 
all  the  Presbyterian  bodies  in  the  Doniinu 
took  place,  and  being  a  strong  advocate 
union »  he  roaigncd  his  charge,  in  order 
promote  the  union  of  the  ri>cal  oongrega- 
tiuns.  Within  a  short  time  he  wae  called 
to  St  Andrew's  Church,  Niagara  Falls  ;  8t^ 
Andrew's,  Hamilton,  and  St.  Andrew'i^| 
London.  He  accepted  the  Utter,  which  is 
one  of  the  most  eligible  concregations  in 
the  Dominion.  At  this  date  (Fcbrnary, 
18S0),  Mr.  Murray  has  entered  upon  hiB 
eleventh  year  in  the  pastorate  of  this  n 
portant  charge,  and  being  in  the  prime 
itfe,  maintams  his  usefulness  and  popularity 
Rev.  Mr.  Murray  is  regarded  as  a  preocbi 
of  marked  intellectual  power,  and  one 
the  most  eloquent,  earnest,  and  snooeosfl 
ministers  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
is  married  U%  Georgians,  second  daught 
of  the  late  William  <J.  Smith,  of  St.  johi 
N.B.,  by  whom  he  has  living  three  sous- 
William  Odber  Smith,  Cyril  Claud,  aii 
Clarence  Herbert. 

Church.,  Kcvl  Ruffgle*,  Q.  O.,  Mod« 
treal,  was  bom  at  Aylmer.on  the  20th  Maj, 
1830.     He  is   doacended   from  one  of  the 
oldest  families  in  New  England,  his 
tors  having  emigrated  from  the  old 
to  Llie  colony  of  Massachusetts,  iu  the' 
part  of  the  seventeenth  century.     Une 
these,    Colonel    Benjamin  Church,  diitim3 
guished  himself  in  the  French  and  Indiau 
wars  in  which  the  New  England  oolontsti 
wore  engaged,  having  commanded  the  vnliii 
teer  army, which,  in  a  protracted  kind  of  ep< 
rilla  warfare,  defeated  and  afterwards'    ' 
the  celebrated  Indian  King,  Philip,  who 
given  so   much   trouble  and   alarm  to 
early  settlers.      At  the  breaking  out  of 
revolutionary  war,   the  Church  family, 
spectable    )>oth   in    numl^ers    and    positic 
being    Whigs,    espoused    the    Republic 
cause,  except  two,  who  took  op  arms  to  dl 
fond  the  royal    prerogative.     One  of 
was  killed  iu  battle,  and  the  other,  Joni 
Mills  Church,  was  taken  prisoner  in 
by  the  American  army,  from  whose 
he  escaped  and  came  to  Canada,  a&i 
mately  settled  in  the  neighborhood  of  I 
ville.     He  took  an  active  part  in  d< 
Canada  during  the   war  of  1812- 
died  at  a  very  advanced  age  in  184(J.    >i 
subject    is  the  second  sou  of   the  lata  1^^ 
I'eter  Howard  Church,  of  AyUuur, 
and  grandson  of  the  above  mentioned 
than  MilU   Church.       I^evi  K.  Chui 
educated  at  Victoria  T'niveraity,  Col 
He  graduated  In  medicine  at  the  AUatf] 


kille4j 


la-ii. 


CA^iADIAN  BIOGRAPEY. 


755 


'otlege,  and  at  McGtIl  Univer- 
e  he  took  final  an<i  primary, 
ea.  Wa  ntiidied  law  under  the 
Stuart,  Q.C.,  and  aubacqiiently 
ard  Carter.  <^.  C  ,  and  waa  called 
Lower  Catiadn«  in  1859.  He  was 
).  C,  1874.  He  is  president  of 
c  Pjwnlic  Junction  Ry.  Co..  and 
er  Ottawa  Towing  and  Steamboat 
and  a  director  of  the  Bank  of 
!Ie  also  served  dnrinf;  twelve 
10  of  the  governorfl  of  the  College 
ns  and  Surgeons  of  Lower  Canada ; 
utititf  attorney  for  the  District  of 
>m  July,  1808,  until  the  t22nd 
,  1874,  when  be  was  appointed  a 
t  the  Executive  Council  of  the 
f  Quebec,  and  was  sworn  in  as 
ineral,  which  office  he  continued 
transferred  to  the  treaaurership 
ivince,  the  27th  January,  1873. 
ited,  during  his  occupancy  of  the 
BMurer,  a  pruTincial  loan  in  £ng- 
he  purposes  of  CN^ustructing  the 
railways.  He  sat  for  the  County 
from  18G7  until  1371,  when  he  re- 
on  aocepting  office  in  1874,  was 
y  acclamation  for  the  County  of 
id  was  re-elected  by  acclamation 
leral  eleclion  of  1876^  and  again 
^  a  contest.  He  is  a  member  of 
n  of  Church,  Chapleau,  Hall,  & 
ontreal.  At  the  formation  of  the 
administration,  in  1882,  he  was 
choice  f>f  cither  of  the  two  ofticea 
held  by  him  in  the  Provincial 
ut  declined.  In  1883,  he  was 
ed  the  treaaurership  of  the  pro- 
•A\  he  attain  declined,  preferriiiij; 
practice  of  his  profession.  Ho 
n  September  3rd,  18^0,  Jane 
aughier  of  William  Bell,  barris- 
iece  ftf  Oeneral  Sir  George  Bell, 

il,  Siimuel,  Nowcaatlo,  Ontario, 
,dian  by  birth,  but  of  English 
He  waa  burn  on  tlie22ud  August, 
bi>  present  resideucu,  Belmont 
he  township  of  CUirke,  County  of 
ham.  and  Province  of  Ontario. 
youn({c«i  of  four  sons,  all  living, 
^Majnr  Samuel  .Street  WiUnot, 
BBmrt.  his  wife,  and  grandson 
»  Samuel  Wilmot,  of  the  Loyal 
reginiuut,  a  Tnit^d  Empire  loy- 
at  the  close  of  the  Aniericiin  revo- 
itic«d  Ills  property,  and  emigrated 
vino*)  of  New  Brunswick,  to  live 
Hntish  flag.  Major  Wilmot  in 
left  his   parental  home  in  New 


Brunswick,  to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  then 
wilds  of  Upper  Canada,  some  time  previous 
to  the  war  of  181 2  ;  in  which  outbreak  he 
was  actively  engaged,  taking  part  in  the 
battle  of  York,  and  other  engagements,  aa 
oolouel  in  command  of  a  Canadian  volun- 
teer regimout.  In  the  early  history  of  the 
county  he  represented  the  old  Newcastle 
district  division,  in  the  Provincial  Parlia- 
ment of  Upper  Canada.  By  profession  he 
was  a  provincial  land  surveyor,  and  laid  out 
many  of  the  present  townships  in  Ontario. 
He  was  aeleoted  by  the  govornmont  to  in- 
spect and  value  crown  and  clergy  lands. 
On  his  retirement  from  public  life  he  con- 
tiitued  his  farming  operations  on  his  proper- 
ty at  Belmont  Farm,  in  the  lownahip  of 
Clarke,  until  his  death  in  1856,  at  the  a<ie 
of  eiglity-two  years,  He  married  in  1798 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  Stegmann,  former- 
ly an  ofhcer  in  the  Prussian  army,  who  came 
to  Canada  at  the  time  of  its  early  settle- 
ment, and  practised  as  a  pn.>vincial  land 
surveyor.  He  waa  drowned,  along  with  a 
number  of  the  principal  functionaries  of  the 
province,  ^ii  ronU  to  Kinirston,  on  import- 
ant public  business,  on  a  schooner  off  Pres- 
qu'iale,  on  Lake  Ontario.  Not  an  individ* 
ual  on  board  or  a  vestige  of  the  wreck  was 
ever  found.  The  Wilmot  name  is  a  familiar 
one  in  New  Brunswick,  Nova  Scotia  and 
Ontario.  In  the  two  former  provinces,  the 
family  has  for  a  long  time  held  some  of  the 
highest  public  positions.  The  late  Judge 
Wilmot,  of  Fredericton,  N.  B.,  formerly 
lieutenant-governor  of  that  province,  waa 
first  cousin  to  Samuel  Wilmot,  and  the 
same  relationship  exists  between  the  present 
Honourable  R.  D.  Wilmot,  formerly  presi- 
dent of  the  Senate,  and  member  of  the  Dj- 
minion  government,  and  now  the  immedi- 
ate er-governoruf  Now  Bninswick.  ^^amuel 
I  Wilmot,  the  subject  of  this  notice,  was  edu- 
cated in  his  early  youth  at  Upper  Canada 
I  College,  entering  it  when  the  institution 
;  waa  hrat  established,  where  he  obtained 
prices  for  etlicienoy  in  classics  and  English 
studies.  He  held  the  rank  of  captain  in 
the  militia  force  of  the  province  ;  and  at  the 
time  of  the  call  for  troops  to  quell  impend- 
in({  difKcultios  connected  with  the  Trrni 
affair,  he  volunteered  his  services  with  a 
company  of  sevanty-tive  men,  for  immediate 
duty.  They  were  soon  disbanded,  as  the 
difHcukies  were  quickly  ended.  In  his  early 
youth  he  was  selected  by  youthful  cimipan- 
ions  to  command  a  small  troop  of  horsemen 
as  a  home  guanl,  for  the  village  of  Napanee, 
during  the  rebellion  of  18Ji7-38,  all  the 
militia  force  having  been  called  to  the  fort 


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A  CYCLOPMDIA  OF 


Kxix,  dear  sir,  yours  aiooerely,  W.  J.  Paiter- 
oon,  secretary;  William  Darling.  Esq."  Mr. 
Darling  wae  often  oonsuUed  by  bis  brother 
merchants,  Rod  whb  frequently  called  ns 
arbitrator  between  them,  us  well  as  for  the 
goTemment  in  disputes  that  would  other- 
wiae  have  been  carried  before  the  higher 
courts  in  the  Dominion.  He  was  much  de- 
voted to  farming  &nd  gardening,  and  these 
occnpationa  he  carried  on  to  some  extent  st 
his  residence,  Bloomlield  House,  Hoehelsga. 
flliirray,  Kcv.  James  Alllalvr, 
p&stor  of  8t.  Andrew's  Church,  London^ 
Ontario,  was  bom  st  Big  Meadowa,  Roger 
Hill,  County  of  Picton,  Nova  Scotia,  His 
father  was  a  f^cottiah  Highlander,  from 
Sutherlandshire,  und  his  mother  a  native  of 
the  pariah  of  Humbie.  Hia  parenta  emi- 
grated from  Edinburgh  to  Nova  Sootia 
early  in  the  preaent  century.  The  sabject 
of  the  present  aketch  was  the  youngest  of 
tweUe  children,  and  was  born  iu  183^.  Mr. 
Murray  had  the  claims  of  the  Christian  min* 
istry  early  impressed  upon  his  mind  by  his 
parents,  and  his  early  education  was  directed 
aooordingly.  He  studied  for  some  three 
years  at  the  Grammar  school,  in  Tatanu- 
gouche,  under  the  able  superintendence  of 
the  late  John  Currie,  famous  as  an  expert  in 
teaching.  Mr.  Murray  afterwards  studied 
at  the  celebrated  Pictou  Academy,  and  after 
teaching  at  Salt  Springs,  Pictou  c<»unty,  for 
three  years,  entered  the  Presbytensn  Col- 
lege at  Weat  Riror,  Pictou,  where  he  took 
a  fall  course,  and  after  an  extra  acssion  at 
the  Free  Church  College,  Halifax,  was 
licensed  to  preach,  in  1857,  by  the  Presby- 
tery of  P.  E.  Island.  Before  entering  on 
the  ministry,  he  taught  with  success  for 
three  years  the  Grammar  school  in  Upper 
Mu8*iuodoboit,  County  of  Halifax.  After 
labouring  for  a  short  time  in  the  Home 
Mission  field  of  Nova  Sootia,  ho  received, 
almost  simultaneously ,  four  calls  to  impor- 
tant chargea,  viz.,  Newport,  Maiilaud,  £oo- 
nomy,  and  AnnapoUa.  Having  referred 
decision  as  to  acceptance  of  call  to  the  Pres  - 
byteryof  Halifax,  Mr.  Murray  was  ord&ined 
pastor  of  the  Preabyterian  Church,  in  An- 
napolis Royal,  in  1857.  This  ia  interesting 
from  the  fact  of  its  being  the  origin  of  the 
Presbyterian  congregation  in  that  beautiful 
old  town.  After  three  years  anccessful 
labour  in  his  tirst  charge,  he  accepted  a  call 
to  the  congregation  of  St.  Luke'e  Church, 
Bathurat,  N.B.,  in  connection  with  the 
Ohurch  of  Scotland.  He  subaequently  re- 
moved to  Ontario,  and  accepted  a  call  to  St. 
Andrew'a  Church,  Mount  Foreat,  from 
which  he  was  called  to  8t.  Andrew's  Church, 


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1 


MoB' 


Lindsay,  and  accepted   the  same.     Darin; 

hia  ministry  in  Lindsay,  the  great  union  of 
all  the  Presbyterian  bodies  in  the  Dominion 
took  plsce,  and  being  a  strong  advocata  of 
uniou ,  he  re«igne<l  his  charge,   ia  ordv  to 
promote  the  union  of  the  l<rcal  congrrf(^ 
tions.     Within  a  abort  time  he  was  calUd 
to  St.  Andrew'a  <^hurch,  Niagara  Falls 
Andrew's,    Hamiltou.    and    Kt     Andr? 
London.     Ho  accepted  tho  ' 
one   of  the   m*jst  eligible 
the   Dominion.     At   this    UutL'    (1* 
1880),    Mr.  Murray  haa    entered    U[ 
eleventh  year  in  the  pastorate  of  th. 
portant  charge,  and   being  in  the  pm 
life,  maiutainahis  usefulness  and  popuUiti;. 
Rev.  Mr.  Murray  is  regarded  aa  a  preschsr 
of  marked  intellectual  power,  and  ods  fi 
the  most  eloquent,  earnest,  and  euooMafnl 
ministera  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
ia  married  to  Georgians,  second   dsugh 
of  the  late  WUliam  O.  Smith,  of  St  Jul 
N.B.,  by  whom  he  haa  living   three 
William    Odber   Smith,    Cyril    Claud, 
Clarence  Herbert. 

Cliurcli,  Levi  Ruynlci,  Q.  C, 
treal,  waa  bom  at  Aylmer,  on  the  d6i 
1830.     He  ia  dosoended    from  one 
oldeat  families  in  New  England,  his 
tors  having  emigrated  from  the  old  connt 
to  the  colony  of  Maasachu setts,  in  the  ea 
part  of  the  aeventeenth  century.     One 
these.    Colonel    Benjamiit  Church,  d 
guished  himself  in  the  French  and  Ini 
wars  in  which  the  New  England  coloniala' 
were  engaged ,  having  commanded  the  rolua 
teer  army, which,  in  a  protracted  kind  of  i^m^ 
rilla  warfare,  defeated  and  afCarwartls 
the  celebrated  Indian  King,  Philip,  who 
given  so   mucli   trouble  and   alarm  to  the 
early  settlers.     At  the  breaking  out  of  the 
revolutionary  war,   the  Church  family,  re- 
spectable   both  in    numbers   and    poaitiuD. 
being    Whigs,     espoused    the    Repul >     > : 
cause,  except  two,  who  took  up  arms  \ 
fend  the  royal    prerogative.     One  of  i 
was  killed  in  battle,  and  the  other,  Jonai    u- 
Milla  Church,  was  taken  prisoner  in  1777 
by  the  American  army,  from  whoae  cu<^tn.li 
he  escaped  and  came  to  Canada,  and  ulu 
mately  settled  in  the  neighborhood  of  Brook 
viUe.     He  took  an  active  part  in  defendi 
Canada  during  the  war  of  1S12.13-U. 
died  at  a  very  advanced  age  in  184<i.     O 
aubject    is  the  aecotid  son  of  the  lat*  Dr. 
Peter  Howard  Church,  of  Aylmer.   P   *> 
and  grandson  of  the  above  mentt> 
than  Mills   Church.       Levi  R.  (_ 
educated  at  Victoria  University,   Cob-i::^ 
He   graduated  in  medicine  at  the  AII'au; 


—  _  '-•tjvz 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


'55 


ticai  College,  ftnd  ht  McGill  Unirer- 
,  where  he  took  6na1  And  priinaiy, 
lis  prizeft.  He  Rtudied  lav  iiuder  the 
Honry  Stuart,  QC,  and  aubaequently 
ler  Edward  Carter,  Q.  C ,  and  was  called 
to  the  bar.  Lower  Canada,  in  1859.  He  waa 
created  a  Q.  C,  1874.  He  is  president  of 
the  Pontittc  Pacitic  Jimction  Ky.  Co.,  and 
of  the  Upper  Ottawa  Towing  and  Steamboat 
Company,  and  a  director  of  the  Bank  of 
Ottawa.  He  also  lervcd  during  twelve 
yean  aa  one  of  the  govornora  of  the  College 
of  Pbyaiciana and Surgeonsof  LoworConada  ; 
waa  proBtfcutitiu  attorney  for  the  Diatrict  of 
OtUwa  from  July.  18C8,  uatU  the  22od 
September,  1874,  when  he  was  appointed  a 
member  of  the  Executive  Council  of  the 
province  of  Quebec,  and  wna  awom  in  a» 
attorney  )^neral,  which  ofKce  he  continued 
to  6U  until  transferred  to  the  treoaurorahip 
of  the  province,  the  27th  January,  1879. 
He  negotiated,  during  his  oocupancy  of  the 
office  of  treaaurer,  a  provincial  loan  in  Eng* 
land  for  the  purpoaes  of  coufltnicting  the 
prvitioial  railways.  He  sat  for  the  Connty 
of  oruwa  from  1867  until  1871,  when  he  re* 
tired,  but  on  accepting  oDice  in  1874,  was 
returned  by  acclamation  for  the  County  of 
ittac,  and  waa  re-olocted  by  acclamation 
the  Keneral  election  of  1876,  and  again 
l^tSO,  after  a  conteat.  He  ia  a  member  of 
law  firm  of  Church,  Chaploau.  Hall,  &. 
NeolU,  Montreal.  At  the  formation  of  the 
Ohapleau  administration,  in  1A8'J,  ho  waa 
)^&d  hia  ohotoe  of  either  of  the  two  offices 
trioualy  held  by  him  in  the  Provincial 
)t.  but  declined.  In  1883,  ho  waa 
offere«l  the  treasurarship  of  the  pro- 
which  he  aKain  declined,  preferring 
the  active  practice  uf  his  profmaion.  He 
married  on  September  3rd ,  1 850,  Jane 
Erakine,  daughter  of  William  I)ell,  barria- 
ter,  and  niece  of  General  Sir  George  Bell, 

K.cn 

Wllmol,  Snmnel,  Newcaatle,  Outario, 
Canadian    by    birth,    but  uf   English 
He  was  boni  on  the32ad  August, 
his   present   residence.     Belmunt 
rtu,  in  thr  t4:>woship  uf  Clarke,  County  of 
r«at    Ourhani,    and    Province  of    Ontario. 
Ue  is  the  y4)unueat  of  fnur  sons,  all  living, 
the    late  ftlaj^ir  Samuol  Street  Wilmot, 
Mary  Wilmot,  hib  wife,  and  grandion 
Captain    Samuel    Wilmot,  of  the  Loyal 
lerican  regiment,  a  Cuited  Empire   loy- 
It,  who  nt  the  close  of  the  American  revi*- 
ion  sacriHoed  his  property,  and  emigrated 

thts  Province  of  New  Brunswick,  to  live 

nndor   thu  Bntith    fla^,     Majr^r  Wilmot  in 
hu  youth   left  hia  parental  home  in  New 


Brunawick,  to  aeek  his  fortune  in  the  then 
wilds  of  Upper  Canada,  some  time  previmia 
to  thu  war  of  1812  ;  in  which  outbreak  he 
waa  actively  engaged,  taking  part  in  the 
battle  of  York,  and  other  ongagenients,  aa 
colonel  in  command  of  a  Canadian  volnn* 
teer  regiment.  In  the  early  history  of  Oio 
county  he  represented  the  old  Xewcastle 
district  division,  in  the  Provincial  Parlia> 
ment  of  Upper  Canada.  By  profession  he 
waa  a  provincial  land  surveyor,  and  laid  out 
many  of  the  present  townships  in  Ontario. 
He  was  selected  by  the  government  to  in- 
spect and  value  crown  and  clergy  landa. 
On  his  retirement  from  public  life  he  con- 
tinued his  farming  operations  on  his  proper- 
ty at  Belmont  Farm,  in  the  township  of 
Clarke,  until  hia  death  iu  1856,  at  the  a^e 
of  eighty-two  years.  He  married  in  1708 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  Stegmann,  former- 
ly an  officer  in  the  Prussian  army,  who  came 
to  Canada  at  the  time  of  ita  early  settle* 
ment,  and  practised  as  a  provincial  land 
surveyor.  He  waa  drowuea,  along  with  a 
number  of  the  principal  functionaries  uf  the 
province,  in  ronU  to  Kingstnn,  on  import- 
ant public  buaineas,  on  a  schooner  olf  Prea- 
qu'iale,  on  Lake  Ontario.  Not  an  individ- 
ual  on  board  or  a  vcetigc  of  the  wreck  was 
ever  found.  The  WiiunU  name  is  a  familiar 
one  in  New  Brunswick,  Nova  Scotia  and 
Ontario.  In  the  two  former  provincea,  the 
family  haa  for  a  long  time  hold  some  of  the 
higbeat  public  positions.  The  late  Judge 
Wilmot,  of  Fredericton,  N.  B.,  formerly 
lieutenant-governor  of  that  province,  was 
first  cousin  to  Samuel  Wilmot,  and  the 
same  relationship  exists  between  the  present 
Honourable  R.  D.  Wilmot,  formerly  preai- 
dent  of  the  Senate,  and  member  of  thu  Do- 
minion government,  and  now  the  immedi- 
ate ex -governor  of  New  Brunswick.  Samuel 
Wilmot,  the  subject  of  this  notic-e,  waa  edu- 
cated in  his  early  youth  at  Upjwr  Canada 
College,  entering  it  when  the  msUtution 
waa  tirst  established,  where  he  ohtainod 
prizes  for  etliciency  iu  ctaasica  and  English 
atudies.  Ht«  held  the  rank  of  captain  iu 
the  militia  force  of  the  province  ;  and  at  the 
time  of  the  call  for  troopa  to  i(uell  impend- 
'\T\^  difliculties  connected  with  the  Trrni 
alfoir,  he  volunteered  hia  aervicea  with  a 
company  of  seventy  live  men,  for  immediaU} 
duty.  They  were  soon  disbanded,  aa  the 
difliouluua  were  quickly  ended,  In  his  early 
youth  he  was  selected  bv  youthful  conipan- 
tona  to  ot>miuand  a  smalt  troop  of  horsemen 
aa  a  home  guard,  for  the  village  of  Napanoe, 
during  the  rebellion  of  1H:{7-38,  all  the 
militia  force  having  been  called  to  the  fort 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


at  Kin^raton.     Thia  boyiih  troop,  when  on 
night  duty,  CAptiired  rebel  tenrnetera  in  the 
act  of   carrying   amia  and  umDnition   from 
the    neighbourhood    of    Belleville   to  their 
ooiiiederatea,   who  had    planned    au    attack 
on    KiogiUm.       lu  ackuunluduiiieut,  tltesu 
young  troopers  were  presented  with  a  ban- 
ner,   bearing  the   motto,  aata  pcur  ti  sanx 
rrprocht.     Mr.  Wilmot  haa  taken  no  incon- 
aiderable  part  in  municipal  and  other  public 
atYaira  of  the  country.    He  haa  held  the  office 
of  juatice  of  the  peace  for  upwarda  of  thirty 
yearR^and  he  haa  been  prominent  in  hia  na- 
tlTe  townahip,  being  elected  by  acclamation 
for  many  yeara,  aa  reeve,  or  executive  head 
of  the  municipality.     He  haa  also  held  the 
reeveahip  of  the  village  of  Nevcaatle,  and 
haa  repreaented  both  of  these  municipalitiea 
in  the  countiea  council  of  the  united  Conn* 
tiea  of  Northumberland  and   Durham,    by 
which  body  he  waa  elected   to  fill  the  war- 
den'a  chair.     He  haa  been  practically  en- 
gaged in  farming  operations  from  his  youth 
to  the  present  time,  at  hia  residence   Bel- 
mont Farm,  and  haa  had  a  life-long  connec- 
tion with   a^cultural  bodies,  holding  the 
ofKoe  of  president,  or  director,  of  the  town- 
ship  of   Clarke  and    Durham  Agricultural 
Societies  from  time  to  time,  for  upwarda  of 
thirty  yeara.     He  waa  elected  a  member  of 
the    Agricultural  and    Arts  As8t>ciation    of 
Ontario,  for  two  consecutive  terms,  of  three 
yeara  each,  by  the  several    county  agricul- 
tural aociettea,  comprised  within  the  limits 
of  the  Newcastle  district  division.     He  waa 
elected  president  of  the  Provincial  Aaaocia- 
tion   in  1879  ;  and  presided  over   the  (irat 
Dominion  Exposition  of  Agriculture,  Arta 
and    Manufactures  for  Canada,  which  waa 
held  at  Ottawa  in  1879,  under  the  immedi- 
ate patronage  of  Hia  Excellency    the  Mar- 
auia  of    Lome,    and  Her  Royal   Highneas 
the  Princess  Louise.     On  retiring  from  the 
presidency  of  thia  board,  he  waa  preaoDted 
with  a  gold  medal  aa  a  aouveiiir,   by  the 
unanimoua   voice  of  hia   aaaociates  in  the 
ooancil.       While    taking  a  prominent  part 
in  agricultural  and  other  purauita,  Mr.  VVil- 
motra  attention,  of  late  yeara,  haa  been  more 
particularly  devoted  to  the  science  of  aqua- 
culture,    and  the  artificial  breeding  of  tiah, 
in  which  experiments  he  haa  been  more  than 
ordinarily  snccefiaful.and  has  earned  for  him- 
self well  merited  repute  throughout  Cana- 
da and  in  the  United  States,  and  also  in 
parts  of  Europe.     From  a  very  small  begin- 
ning,  which  originated  with  himself  as  an 
amateur,  in  hia  private   residence   at    Hel- 
mont   Farm,    the  science   of   artiticial  lish 
culture,   through   hia    personal    enterpriao 


i 


and  ofBcial  zeal,  haa  become  &n  establi 
(governmental  induatry  throughout  C 
His  earliest  exertiona  were  acknowled 
in  )873,  by  the  &ociet<5  d'Aoclimatation  dc 
Franco,  by  the  proaentation  of  a  tilrer 
mednl,  tranemitted  through  the  Fre&oli 
go\omment,  for  hia  eflicient  aervices  rsn- 
dered  in  that  department  of  practial 
science,  and  by  obtaining  the  gold  mi 
for  excellence  in  ptHcicnltiiral  exfaib 
awarded  by  the  Dominion  Expf>aitinn  of 
riculture  and  Arta  at  Ottawa  in  18T9. 
connection  with  thia  undertaking,  Mr.  ^ 
mot  holda  the  office  of  auperintcndent 
fish  cultural  operations  for  Cauada,  u 
the  Dominion  govemmeut,  and  by  his  ex 
ertlons  the  work  is  now  oxtenaively  a^ 
plied  to  all  the  provincea  of  the  DomlttidO, 
except  Manitoba,  and  forms  no  inconsiiler 
able  branch  of  the  Fisheries  department 
Canada,  in  the  practical  working  of  iwel 
separate  fish-breeding  establisliraenl* 
large  capacity.  The  hatchery  in  Bril^ 
Columbia,  on  the  Pacitic  <">^^f  'tt!  nin* 
others  in  the  Maritime  pro\  i.rhu,' 

on  the  Atlantic,  are  alaioat  ^  <■  ii»ei 

for  the  breeding  of  saltwut«r  salmon  (*afi 
an/dp).  But  in  the  Provino<»  of  Ontario 
Newcastle  and  Sandwich,  whore  the 
two  Qurscrica  are  located,  the  l«adint{ 
mercial  lishea  of  the  groat  lakes^  salffic<ll 
trout  and  whitefiah,  are  principally  reared 
During  the  season  of  1885,  upwarda  of  one 
hundred  and  ten  millions  of  fiah  eggi  wore 
deposited  in  the  hatching  troughs  of  thtsae 
nurseries  ;  ninety-Hve  millons  uf  these  were 
at  Newcastle  and  Sandwich  ;  and  the  total 
output  of  young  6ah  into  the  wateta  of  the 
country  from  these  batcheriee,  now 
in  round  uumbera,  upwards  of  th 
drcd  and  ninety-three  millions  of  tb« 
valuable  species  of  Canadian  tlshcs — niu 
per  cent,  of  which  could  not  have 
brouijht  into  existence  were  it  not  for  tl 
artilicial  meana  thus  adopted,  aa  the  o 
from  which  these  young  fish  wore 
would  otherwiae  have  been  cast 
ofial.  Mr.  Wilmot  took  an  active 
tht)  great  International  Fisheries  £ 
in  London  in  1883.  In  July,  1882.  be 
directed  by  the  government  to  collect 
comprehensive  exhibit  of  the  fishery 
dncta  of  the  Dominion,  to  form  the  C-anad: 
an  branch  of  the  World's  Fishery  Ex 
tion  to  open  in  May,  1883.  He  waa  aJflar 
wards  appointed  chairman  of  the  ex 
commissLOD  in  chiiri^e  of  the  Canad 
hibit  in  London,  where  hia  untiriu/ 
were  unceasingly  put  forth  to  gi^ 
enco,    and   ultimate  «ucc«m,   to  i 


CANADIAN  BIOOIiAPBT. 


tOt 


LUtry,  by  a  utufaotory  amzi^meut  and 
tntelligdnt  exhibit  of  Canadian  6Hhea   and 

leryapplianooB  generally.  Mr.  Wilraot  is 
Prciteatant,  and  a  member  of  the  Church 

England,  following  the  instincta  of  liis 
father,  the  late  Samuel  Street  Wilmot,  who 
built  at  bis  omi  expenle  the  first  Kpisoo- 
pal  churoh  in  the  rectory  of  Clarke,  dona- 
ting it  with  a  glebe  of  fifteen  acre4  of  land 
from  his  farm  to  the  diocese  of  Toronto. 
Mr.  Wilraot  waa  married  in  June,  1872,  to 
Helen  Matilda,  daughter  of  the  late  Charles 
Clark^  of  Cobourg^  and  eiater  to  George  M. 
Clark,  judge  of  the  united  Counties  of  Nor- 
thumberland and  Durham.  The  iMue  of 
iliia  marriage  is  four  sons  and  three  daugh- 
ters, ftll  of  whom  are  now  living. 

Slorlii,  James.  Lieut^olonel,  Ridge- 
way,  Ontario,  M.P.P.  for  Welland,  was 
bom  in  the  County  of  Limerick,  Ireland,  on 
the  10th  May,  1849.  He  is  a  son  of  Michael 
and  Ellen  (Nash)  Morin.  Uis  father  adopted 
the  business  of  a  waggou-maker,  and  came 
io  Canada  in  1851,  settling  at  Port  Robinson, 
Welland  cuunty,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
work  of  carpentering.  He  died  in  the  fol- 
lowing year,  leaving  seven  of  a  family,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  being  the  youngest. 
lieutenant-Colonel  J.  Morin  received  his 
«arly  educational  instructions  in  the  common 
•obools.  and  completed  his  studies  at  the 
Commercial  college  of  Buffalo.  Uo  left 
•Ofaool  st  fourteen,  and  began  to  learn  the 
trade  of  carpenter,  under  E.  Cutler,  of 
Kidgeway,  and  continued  at  this  occupation 
abont  a  year,  when  Mr.  Cutler  opened  a 
general  store,  and  Mr.  Morin  relinnuished 
work  and  entered  into  the  mercantile  busi- 
neas.  In  1865  he  was  appointeil  manager 
of  the  tirm,  and  this  position  he  still 
holds.  We  may  say  that  the  business  has 
increased  very  greatly.  Mr.  Cutler  en- 
gaging in  large  rolling  mills  operations  and 
in  building  and  contracting.  The  sole  man- 
agement of  all  this  enormous  undertaking 
ia  in  the  hands  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
Mr.  Morin  joined  the  militia  in  1867,  the 
44th  battalion  in  1868.  and  entered  the 
Blilit&ry  school  at  Toronto.  Hem  he  ob- 
tained a  second'class  certificate,  and  in  Sep- 
tember of  the  same  year  was  gasetted  cap- 
tain of  No.  7  company.  Again  in  1»72  he 
attended  the  Militsry  school  at  Toronto,  and 
obtained  a  tirst -class  certificate.  In  June, 
1872.  he  was  appointed  major  of  the  44th 
batulion,  and  in  Juno,  1877,  was  promoted 
iixnt-colooel.  In  May,  1870,  Captain 
saw  active  service,  being  commander 
Qt  ttie  detachment  stationed  at  Fort  Erie, 
faring  the  Pigeon  Hill  affair.     He  is  now  in 


command  of  the  44th.  In  1871  he  was  ap- 
pointed township  clerk  of  Bertie,  Welland, 
and  still  holds  that  office.  In  1877  he  was 
appointed  a  juatioo  of  the  peace,  and  was 
also  license  CKimmissioner  for  six  years  in 
the  same  county.  He  has  beau  chairman 
of  the  Ridgeway  school  board  for  six  years, 
taking  much  inter*)st  in  educational  work. 
In  1883  Colonel  Morin  was  elected  to  the 
Ontario  legislature  for  the  County  of  Wel- 
land, defeating  George  L.  Hobaon,  the  Con- 
servative candidate,  ny  a  majority  of  fifty- 
five  votes,  the  riding  having  been  formerly 
conservative.  He  always  has  been  an  un- 
flinching Reformer,  and  is  eminently  a  man 
of  progress,  of  energy,  and  of  general 
ability.  As  to  his  relifpous  belief,  he  was 
brought  up  in  the  Roman  catholic  faith. 
He  married  in  September,  1870,  Janet  A., 
daughter  of  Alexander  Wilson,  a  descen- 
dant of  a  C  E.  loyalist.  There  have  been 
by  this  marriage  a  family  of  five  children. 

^Vhytc,  Willlaiu,  Montreal.  General 
Superintendent  of  the  combined  Eastern 
and  (Ontario  diviBions  of  the  Canada  Pacific 
Railway,  was  bom  at  Charleatown,  in  Fife- 
shire,  Sootland,  in  September,  1843.  He 
waa  educated  at  the  schools  of  his  native 
place.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  entered 
the  service  of  the  North  British  Railway 
Company,  remaining  as  a  clerk  in  the  same 
till  18C3.  In  the  lost  named  year  he  came 
to  Canada,  and  upon  hia  arrival  joined  tho 
Grand  Trunk  Railway  service,  receiving  the 
appointment  of  freight  clerk  at  Cobourg, 
Ontario.  In  May  he  was  transferred  to  the 
freight  office  at  Montreal,  occupying  a  simi- 
lar position  till  the  early  port  of  1867,  when 
he  became  freight  foreman  of  the  sheds.  He 
waa  afterwards  appointed  yardmaster  in  the 
Toronto  ^ard  ;  and  in  1870  was  promoted 
to  the  night  station  agency  at  Montreal. 
About  a  year  later  it  was  announced  to  him 
that  he  had  received  the  appointment  of 
freight  and  station  agent  at  Sintiford.  Dur- 
ing the  time  that  he  held  charge  at  the 
latter  point,  a  change  wai  made  from  the  old 
broad  to  the  standard  gauge,  and  for  a  full 
year  every  paaaenger  and  way  oar  load  of 
freight  had  to  be  transferred  at  Rtratford, 
entailing  an  enormous  amount  of  Mlditioual 
labour  and  trouble  on  both  Mr.  Whyto  and 
his  staff.  But  his  plans  were  so  well  laid, 
and  promptly  carried  out,  that  little  delay — 
and  no  blockade — was  occasioned  by  the 
change.  In  1874  he  was  moved  to  London, 
where  he  held  a  similar  pusitinn  till  Jan u* 
ary,  1881.  Uo  was  then  ordered  to  Toronto, 
to  take  the  entire  ohar^e  of  the  important 
freight  oflioes  and   ahods  at  that  city.     In 


758 


A   CrCLOl'MDlA  OF 


KoTember  of  the  same  year  th«  compuiy 
acknowledged  hissert-icea  by  appointing  him 
aaBiatant-auperintendcnt  of  theCeutml  divi- 
■ion  from  Kin^Um  west  to  Stratford,  ia- 
cludijig  the  Qalt  azid  Waterloo  braDches. 
After  remaining  iu  that  position  for  about  a 
y«ar  and  a  half,  he  severed  his  ct^nnection 
with  the   Grand  Trunk,   and  accepted  the 

Sosition  of  general  superintendent  of  the 
'redit  Valley  Railway  (May  1883).  on 
tho  reaignation  of  James  K<.>8b.  Following 
this  appointnierut  soon  cuiuo  that  to  the 
nianagem»nt  of  the  Toronto,  Grey  and 
Hruce,  which  in  September  of  the  aame 
year  became  a  part  of  the  Ontario  and  Que- 
bec system,  and  waa  afterwards  desisnated 
the  (!>iitario  division  of  the  Canadian  Pacific. 
When  the  Ontario  and  Quebec  ruad  was 
completed  in  August  of  1884,  its  manaae- 
ment  likewise  fell  under  the  control  of  Iklr. 
Wbyte.  What  hia  administration  has  been 
■iuce  tiis  elevation  to  this  important  office  is 
very  well  known.  Oorporations,  it  has  been 
well  said,  are  bodies  without  souls,  and  they 
are  not  in  the  habit  of  promoting  a  m^an  out 
of  feelings  of  lentiment  or  of  friendship. 
But  corporations  have  eyta ;  and  they  are 
ever  on  the  alert  for  administrative  t-aleut. 
The  genius  for  the  management  of  railway 
trailic,  which  Mr.  Whyte  possesses,  was 
perceived,  the  reader  will  see,  as  soon  as 
the  opportunity  for  the  display  of  his  talents 
was  opened  to  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
Mr.  Whyte  is  a  man  of  quick  insight,  and 
aa  ho  [toeaesses  a  cool  and  a  clear  head,  it 
does  not  take  him  long  to  see  his  way  out  of 
a  diiliculty,  and  come  to  a  decision.  Emin- 
ently, it  may  be  repeated,  he  is  an  adminis- 
trator, being  above  all  things  swift  and  ex- 
pedient,  and  sound  of  judgment,  lie  m  on 
extremely  popular  railway  oflicial  ;  and  in 
the  sociu  life  of  Toronto  his  removal  from 
that  city  waa  much  regretted.  Mr.  Whyte 
married  in  1872,  Jane,  daughter  of  Adam 
Scott,  of  Toronto.  There  has  been  issue  by 
this  marriage  iv  fauiily  of  three  girls  and 
two  boys, 

Wood,  Alplicui  Field,  Lieut.  Col, 
Madoc,  J.P.,  M.PP.  for  North  Hsstings, 
waa  born  in  the  State  of  New  York,  on  the 
3()th  May,  1828.  He  is  a  son  of  Thomas 
and  Francos  (Peckins)  Wood,  his  mother 
being  a  daughter  of  Richard  Peckins,  who 
was  a  descendant  of  one  of  thn  earliest  set- 
tlers of  the  State  of  Vermont.  Thomas 
Wood  adopted  the  life  of  a  mechanic,  in 
the  State  of  New  York,  but  came  to  Canada 
in  1810,  settling  in  Bath,  Bay  of  Quints, 
where  he  continued  his  calling.  During 
the  war  of  1812,  he  served  in  the  Kingston 


Guard,  and  afterwarda  reoftived  a  pei«ian. 
He  lived  to  the  great  WkSfi  of  ninety-three, 
and  died  in  1B82,  at  hia  son's,  in  MaiW, 
leaving  five  of  a  family,  the  subject  of  tliis 
sketch  being  the  fourth  eldest.    A.  P.  \reod 
received  a  common  school  education,  finish- 
ing his  studies  at  FVederickabun;.    fiisfsffl* 
ily  removed  to  the  County  of   Uaatin^,  uk 
1843,  and  at  the  ago  of  eighteen,  he  en^Fs^ed 
in  teaching  school  in  the  County  uf  Ume- 
ings,  and  so  contlnaed  Uj  do  for  three  yean. 
In  1840.  he  concluded  to  adopt  a  meroanule 
calling,  and  commenced  business  to  the  town 
of  Sladoc,  as  a  general  merchaut,  sjid  in  tfau 
business  he  hoa  continued  ever  siDct*.     In 
1854,  he  admitted  as  partner  James  Deans, 
under  the  tirm  name  of   Wood  &,  Co.     Tbs 
partnership  existed    f(»r    three  yenn*.  fr?ii.[i 
they  dissolved,  Mr.  Wood  c&rr)  : 
business  himself,  aud  he  contioiu 
until  187*J,  when  he  retired  from  the  ^eu- 
eral  store  business,  but   lias   since  been  s 
partner  in  the  hardware  business,  in  wK::ti 
he  still  continues,     lu  1878,  he  engage'!  in 
the  grain  trade,  and  to  facilitate  the  opin> 
tioufi  of  his  laxge  business,  erected  an  oleTa- 
tor,  with  a  capacity  of  some  30,000  busheli, 
and  he  ia  now  devoting  all  hid  time  to  graic- 
buying.     Mr.   Wood  was  an  ensign  in  tlip 
old    Oanndian    militia,   and    waa   prutii<  t*') 
from  rank  to  rank  until  1870,  when  he  «w 
appointed  lient. -colonel  of  the  North  Uast- 
ings  battalion.       In    1857,  he    waa   elected 
reeve  of   the  township  of   Madoc,  and  re- 
mained in  that  }x>aition  for   twenty  yran, 
during  ten  of  which  he  served  aa  ward«ti  of 
the  county.     In  1877  ho  retired,  and  tbert* 
after  took  no  part   in    municipal  or  othtf 
public   life,  until  1883.  when    he   received 
and   accepted  the  nomination  to  stand  f*; 
the  North  Riding  of  Hastings,  in  the  Coi 
servative  interest,  for  tho  Ontari<i  Ijc^sla>1 
ture.      He   succeeded   In    defeating    Pet«r 
Vankleek,  the  Reform  c&ndidste,  by  a 
jurity  of  208  votes.    Siuoe  becoming  a  racm' 
ber  of  the  legiiilature,   he   has  introdnoedj 
and  carried  through  successfully  the  8tm4 
day  Excursion  Act,  and  an  amendment  to>^ 
the  Railway  Act,  which  act  prevents  the  ex- 

fropriation  of  mines  by  railway  oompaniet. 
a  1H70,  he  was  appointed  census  commis- 
sioner by  the  Dominion  government.  Be 
has  been  president  of  the  Belleville  and 
North  Uosiixigs  Railway  for  three  yean, 
director  of  the  Grand  Junction  Railway, 
and  of  the  Toronto  and  Ottawa  Railway. 
In  1880  he  was  appointed  government  valu* 
ator  of  Canada  by  tho  Dominion  (toref 
ment,  and  this  office  he  still  holds.  Oolon«l^ 
Wood  is  a  member  of  the  Freemaaon  ettlti 


CANAJ)IAIf  BIOORAPBT, 


m 


No.  204,  Maiioc,  an<l  has  been  mutar 
of  ihe  same  and  treasurer  for  several  years, 
la  politics  he  ii  as  independent  Conscr- 
Tatiw^  and  is  a  member  of  tbe  Liberal- 
Cooservalire  Association  of  Madoo.  and  a 
in«uib«r  of  the  ProTincial  Conserratire 
Au'>ciation  Cooncil.  In  religion  he  is  a 
Pireabyterian,  and  is  an  elder  in  the  same 
ehnrch  at  Madoc.  He  married,  in  18M), 
Bliza  Ann^  daughter  of  Daniel  Ross,  J.P« 
ct  the  County  of  HoAtings,  a  veil  known 
geuUvinan  in  the  part  of  the  country  in 
which  he  resides.  Colonel  Wood  has  two 
•ous  and  two  daughters  living,  Herbert  R. 
Wood,  the  eldest  son,  being  a  gold  medalist 
of  ToroLlo  (Tntversity,  and  assistant  lecturer 
to  the  Natural  Science  department  of  the 
same,  and  the  second  sou,  William,  is  at 
Bfoacait  attending  I'pper  Cauada  College. 
We  may  add  that  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
is  a  brother  of  the  Hon.  8.  C.  Wood,  late 
treasurer  of  the  Ontario  Government  [which 
see  elsewhere  in  theae  pagee],  and  at  present 
manager  of  the  Freehold  Loan  Company. 
Colonel  Wood  is  noted  for  his  close  atten- 
tion to  business,  and  to  this  we  may  ascribe 
his  conepicuous  success  in  mercantile  life. 
Uo  has  been  president  uf  the  i^ci^itt  Act  Asso- 
ciation of  Hastings,  and  is  superintendent 
of  the  Sabbath -school  of  Madoc,  and  all 
through  his  life  has  been  interested  in  the 
welfare  of  the  community  in  which  he  re* 
sides.  He  is  an  earnest  and  matter  of  fact 
•poaker,  lu  he  is  in  life,  and  whenever  he 
ariaea  to  address  the  Houae,  he  is  listened 
to  with  attention  and  respect.  He  is  agent 
at  Mad<Jo  for  the  Freehold  Loan  Company, 
also  the  Canada  Lauded  Credit  Company, 
and  does  a  general  au^ncy  business  in  the 
same  place. 

Slevrart,  Mcleod,  M.A.,  Ottawa, 
was  bt>rn  at  Uttiiwa,  in  the  year  1847,  and 
belongs  to  the  family  of  the  Stewarts  of  Ap- 
pin,  both  upon  the  father  and  mothers 
side.  William  Stewart,  his  father,  was  one 
of  the  forem'jst  men  in  the  Ottawa  valley, 
and  represented  (Bytown)  now  Ottawa,  and 
the  County  of  Russell  for  several  years  in  the 
old  parlifiment  of  Canada.  He  was  one  of 
the  fathers  of  the  lumber  trade,  and  was  the 
frmmer  of  the  Cullers  Aot  and  other  import- 
ant measures.  McLeod  Stowart  was  educa- 
ted at  the  Ottawa  (tramroar  school,  and  at 
th«  University  uf  Toronto-,  and  graduated 
H.A.  frc  m  the  latter  institution  in  1807,  and 
as  prixeniau  in  resdinfi  and  M.A.  in  1870.  Ue 
was  app«itnte<l  a  Uuutonaut  in  the  Oovenior 
(■enoral'a  Foot  Guards  on  its  tirit  formation. 
Ho  has  held,  and  now  holdp,  several  import- 
AiU  public  offioes,  soma  of  which  let  us  enu- 


merate. He  was  president  of  St.  Audrew's 
Society  for  three  years ;  he  is  a  director  of 
the  Prutostant  Hospital ;  a  director  of  the 
City  of  Ottawa  Agricultaral  Society  ;  and  a 
director  of  the  Metropolitan  Street  Radway; 
director  of  the  Edmonton  and  Saskatchewan 
Land  Company  of  Canada ;  vice-president  of 
the  Stewart  Ranche  Company ;  director  and 
aecretary  of  the  Canadian  (tranite  Company; 
and  president  of  the  Canada  Atlantiu  Railway 
Company.  He  is  solicitor  of  the  Canadian 
Bank  of  Commerce,  at  Ottawa,  and  of  other 
large  corporations.  Although  possessing  a 
large  and  lucrative  legal  practice,  Mr.  Stew- 
art has  found  time  to  identify  himself  with 
nearly  every  public  and  private  enterprise  in 
the  City  of  Ottawa,  whether  of  a  local  or  na- 
tional oh&racter.  He  is  a  strong  Liberal-Con- 
servativu,  and  haa  rendered  important  ser- 
vice to  his  party.  Uehas  been  three  times  in 
Europe,  and  on  one  of  his  visits  Bpeut  nearly 
twelve  mouths  on  the  other  side  of  the  At- 
lautia  In  reli^on  he  is  a  Presbyterian.  Blr. 
Stevrart  married  in  1B74,  Linnie  Emma, 
eldest  daughter  of  Colonel  Walker  Powell, 
adjutant-general  of  Militia  and  Defence  for 
Canada.  It  has  been  the  good  fortune  of 
few  Canadians  to  achieve  so  early  in  life  so 
much  either  in  the  general  business  of  the 
community,  or  in  the  legal  profession,  as  >tr. 
Stewart  has  aocompUshed.  If  he  could  be 
won  away  somewhat  from  his  present  en- 
gaffements  and  induced  to  enter  the  political 
arena,  he  would  be  a  very  valuable  acquisi- 
tion to  the  political  life  of  Canada. 

Rom,  Alexander  milon^  M.D., 
Montreal,  the  eminent  Canadian  Philan- 
thropist, Scientist  and  Author,  haa  had  a 
career  of  striking  interest.  He  was  bom  on 
December  I3th,  1832,  in  BeUeri lie,  Ontario. 
His  parents  were  descendants  of  Scotch 
Highlanders,  who  came  to  Canada  from 
Roas-shire,  Scotland,  in  1758.  In  his  boy- 
hood he  made  his  way  to  New  York  dty, 
and  after  struggling  with  many  adversities, 
became  a  comi>ositor  in  the  office  of  the 
Ertniwj  i'off,  then  edited  aud  owned  by 
William  Cullen  Bryant,  the  poet.  Mr.  Bry- 
ant became  much  intiT«sted  in  young  Roaa, 
and  ever  after  romaineii  his  steadfast  friend. 
It  was  during  this  period  that  he  became 
acquainted  with  tveneral  <!aribaldi,  who  at 
that  time  was  a  resident  of  New  Vork,  and 
employed  in  making  candles.  Thiv  acquain- 
tance soon  ripened  into  a  warm  frieudsbi^, 
which  continue*!  uiibn>ken  down  to  Gari- 
baldi's death  in  IHU'2.  It  was  thri^ugh  Dr. 
Uoss'.s  etforU  in  1874  that  Garibaldi  obtained 
his  i^ension  from  the  Italian  goromment. 
In  IB&l  Dr.  Rosa  began  the  study  uf  modi- 


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A  ctcloPjevia  of 


oine,  under  the  direction  uf  the  coUbrated 
Dr.  Valentine  Mott,  and  Btibaequently  un- 
der Dr.  TraU,  the  hydropatbist.     After  four 
ye&ra  uf  nnreoiitting  t'jil,  working  as  oom- 
poBJtor  during'  the  day  and  studying  tnvdi- 
oine   at  night,    he  received   his   degree   of 
M.D.    in  1856,  and  shortly  after   reoi^ived 
the  appointment  of  surf^eon  in  the  amiy  of 
Nicaragua,    then    commanded    bj'  Generut 
WUUani  Walker.     He  subsequently  jecame 
actively  and  earnestly  engaged  in  the  anti- 
slavery  Atni^gle  in  the  United  States,  which 
culminated  in  the  liberation  from  bondage 
of  four  millions  oi  slaves.     Dr.  Rosa  was  a 
personal  friend  and  oo-workcr  of  CapUkin 
John  Brown,  the  martyr.       Although    Dr. 
Ross's  sphere  of  labour  in  that  great  struggle 
for  human  freedom  was  less  public  than  that 
of  many  other  workers  in  tne  cause,  it  was 
not  less  important,  and  required  the  exer- 
cise of  greater  caution,  courage  and  deter- 
mination, and  also  involved  greater    per- 
sonal   risk.     Senator  Wade,  vice-presioent 
of  the  United  States,   said,  in  speaking  of 
the  abuUtionists  : — ^*  Never   in  the  history 
of  the  world  did  the  same  number  of   men 
perform  so  great  an  amount  of  good  for  the 
human  race  and   for  their  country  as  the 
once  despised  abolitionists,   and   it   is   my 
duty  to  add  that  no  one  of  their  number 
Bubmittod  to  greater  privations,   perils  or 
sacritices,  or  did  more  in  the  great  and  noble 
work   than   Alexander  Hoss.''     He  has  re- 
ceived the  benediction  of  the  philanthropist 
and  poet,  Whittier,  in  the  following  noble 
words,  which   tind  their  echo  in  the  hearts 
of  thousands  : — 

"DR.  A.  M.  ROBS. 

"  For  his  ste&dfadt  strength  and  ooarage 
In  a  dark  and  evil  time. 
When  the  Golden  Rule  was  tresson, 
And  to  feed  the  hungry,  crime. 

**  For  the  poor  slave's  hope  and  refu^. 
When  the  bound  was  on  his  track, 
And  saint  and  Binn«r,  state  and  church, 
Joined  hands  to  send  him  back. 

"  Blesfthigs  upon  him  f—What  he  did 
For  earh  sad,  auffering  one, 
Ohsined,  hnnt«d,  scniirKed  aud  bleeding. 
Unto  our  Lord  wa«  done. 

Jons  G.  WairriKB, 
Stcretary  of  the  ConvetUiun  in  tSSJ, 
vhieh/ormtd  the  ^mmcon  Anti-Slarery  Society," 

The  sincere  radical  abolitionists,  with 
whom  Dr.  Ross  wss  labouring,  were  des- 
pised, hated  and  ostracised  by  the  rich,  the 
powerful  and  the  so-called  higher  classes  ; 
but  Dr.  Ross  always  possessed  the  oourage 
of  his  opinionSjand  preferred  the  approval  of 


his  own  oonsctenoe  to  the  9Uf\i]«a  or  fisi 
of  men.     During  the  Southern  rebeUion  Im 
was  employed  by  President  Lincoln  as  ovn- 
lidential  ortrreapondent  in  Canada,  and  roh 
derod  very  important  services  to  the  L'»it«4 
States  government.     For  this   he  rcceivvJ 
the  special  thonka  of  President  Linooln  and 
Secretary  Seward.     When  the    war  coded. 
with   the  downfall  oS  the  Confedemry.  Dr. 
Ross    offered     his    services     to    PrssidiAt 
Juarez,   of    Mexico,  and  received  thti  t^ 
pointment  of   stirgeon   in    the  "^ 
army.     The  capture   of    Maxin 
the  speedy  overthrow  of  the  empi 
dered  Dr.  Rosa's  services  unnecessary, 
he  returned  to  Canada  and  to  the  oongmtitP 
and  more  peaceful   pursuits  of  a  nstanlio. 
The  object  of  his  snibitiou  now  wss  tn  orU- 
lect  and  classify  the  fauna  and  flora  of  hu 
native  country,  a  labour  never  befotv  st- 
tempted    by  a  Canadian.      He  has  coUectod 
and  classified  570  species  of  birds  that  nfn- 
larly  or  oooasionally  visit  the  Dominion  nf 
Canada :  240   species  of  egga  of  birds  that 
breed  in  Canada  ;  247  species  of  mamniali, 
reptiles,  and  freshwater  tish  ;  3.400  spertoa 
of  insects  ;  and  C,200  species  of  CanaJii 
flora.     The  Montreal  Herald,  of  Auffunt  i\ 
1884,  says:— **  Dr.  Rosa  has  been  a  meml 
of  the  Britisli  Association  of  Science  for  the' 
last  fourteen  years,  and  of  the  French  and 
American    Associations   for    the    past    ten 
years.       The   following   brief   sketch 
therefore,  prove  doubly  interesting 
of  the   approaching  gathering  of 
men  in  this  city.     He  has  devoted 
attention   to  the  ornithology,  ichthj      __ 
botany  and  entomology  of  Canada  ;  has  pel 
sonally  made  large  and  valuable  cullectioi 
of  the  fauna  and  fiora  of  Canada  ■  has  er 
riched  by  his  contributions  the  natiu'al  his  t<>i 
museums  of  Paris,  St.  Petersburg,  Vi 
Rome,  Athens,  Dresden,  Lisbon,  Teheran  aa< 
Cairo  with  collections  of  Canadian  fauna  and 
flora.     He  is  author  of  "  Birds  of  Cauada*' 
(1872),  *'  Butterflies  and  Moths  of  Canada" 
(1873),  *' Flora  of  Canada"(1873),  "  Forturt 
Trees  of  Canada"  (1874).  "  Mammals, 
tiles,    and  Freshwater  Fishes  of  Oi 
(J878),   "  Recollootions  of  an  Abolhi 
(Ig07),  and  ''Perns  aud  Wild   Flowers 
Canada' (1877)-      He  received  the  degrw' 
of    M.D.    (1855).    and    M.A.   (1807);    and 
was    knighted    by  the  Emperor   of  Russia 
(1876),    King    of    Italy    (I87rt),    King    ol^ 
(rreece   (1870),    King    of    Portugal    (1877), 
King  of  Saxotiy  (1870),  and  the    $hah 
Persia  (1882).  and   received  the  decoratioi 
of    honour    fmm    the    Khedive   of   Egjrpl, 
and  the  decoration  of  the  Palm  Leaf  from 


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CANADiAS  BIOGRAPHY, 


'GI 


-tlM  government  of  Fnnoe  (1679).  He  wm 
cffexod  (and  declined)  the  title  of  Baron 
h^  the  King  of  Bavan»f  in  reoo^cnition  of 
hxn  laboun  «s  s  naturaliat.  Dr.  Hoea  was 
«'Jpctt(i  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society  of 
/tiro  and  the  Linnean  and  Z'xjlogical 
ie«  of  Kngland  ;  the  Roynl  .Si>cietiea 
Antiquaries  of  Denmark  and  Greece  ;  the 
tpenal  Society  of  Naturalists  of  Russia ; 
the  liuporiiU  Botanical  and  Zoolotcioal  So- 
ciety of  Austria;  the  Royal  Academy  of 
tenoe  of  Palermo,  Italy;  a  member  of  the 
ttomological  Societies  of  Russia,  Qer- 
ly,  Italy,  France,  Switzerland,  Belgium. 
Bohemia  and  Wurtembur^.'*  For  several 
paat  Dr.  Ross  has  laboured  with  hia 
iristic  zeal  and  energy  in  behalf  of 
and  physical  reform.  He  is  always 
on  the  side  of  the  poor  and  the  oppressed, 
BO  matter  how  unpopular  the  cause  maybe. 
He  does  his  duty  as  he  seea  it,  regard  less  of 
oonaequences  to  himself.  During  the  small- 
epidemic  in  Montreal  (in  lArto),  Dr. 
a  prominent  opponent  of  vaccina- 
ttOBf  declaring  that  it  was  not  only  useless 
«•  %  preventative  of  small-pox,  but,  that  it 
propagated  the  disease,  when  practiced  dnr- 
iDg  the  ezistenoo  of  an  epidemic.  In  place 
of  raocination  he  strtjngly  advocates  the 
strict  enforcement  of  sanitation  and  isola* 
txon.  He  maintains  that  personal  and  muni- 
cipal cleanliness  is  the  only  scientific  safe- 
guard  against  Kymotio  diseases.  Dr.  Ross 
IS  a  resident  of  Montreal,  and  a  member  of 
tho  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of 
Quebec,  Untari'^  and  Manitoba. 

jnarray,  Thoiiiaa,  Pembroke,  Ont, 
J.P.,  M.PP.  for  North  Renfrew,  was  bom 
In  the  County  nf  Carleton,  Ontario,  on  the 
18th  January,  1836,  and  is  a  son  of  James 
and  Klizabeth  (Burrows)  Murray.  James 
Mnrray  was  bom  in  King's  County,  Ire- 
huid,  and  came  to  Canada  in  his  twelfth 
year,  with  his  parents,  settling  in  the  town- 
ship of  Goulboume,  County  of  Carleton. 
He  followed  for  some  time  a  mercantile 
bnsineas,  near  the  Rtdean  Canal,  while  it 
was  being  constructed  ;  but  owintt  ^  ill 
health,  he  ahAndunud  this  business,  and 
betook  himself  to  fanning',  and  continued  at 
the  same  until  his  death  in  1818.  Ho  left 
four  of  a  family,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
b^ing  the  eldest  son.  Thomas  Murray  re- 
osiTed  a  common  school  vduc&tion,  hnish- 
ing  his  studies  at  the  i^^rammar  school  at 
Smiths  Falls.  After  leaving  school,  he 
antarvd  the  employ  of  the  late  W.  R.  R. 
I^on,  of  Richmond,  Carleton  county,  where 
he  reaained  f>ir  four  years.  He  then  left 
for  Ott4v&r  and  entered  the  employ  uf  Por- 


ter Brothers.      Ho  resided  in  Ottawa   for 
five  yenrs,  carrjing   on    business  for  him- 
self during  a  portion  nf  thn  time,  when  be 
removed   to    Pembrnke.  where   he   enu^red 
into  partnership  with  his  brother.  Michael 
Murray,  under   the    firm  name  of   Murray 
Brothers.     Michael  died  shortly  afterwards, 
when  Mr.  Mnrray  admitted  as  partner  his 
brother.  Wilham,  changing  the  firm  name  to 
T.  &.  W.  Murray,  and  under  this  style  they 
still  continue  to  carry   on  a  general  mer- 
cantile business.     A  large  and  very  profit- 
able  trade  in  furs,    produce,    lumber  and 
general    merchandise  is   the   result   of   the 
energy,  thrift  and  goi^d    btisineai   abilities 
of  the  partnera.     Mr.   Murray  was  elected 
town  councillor  of    Pembroke  in  1863,  and 
remained  in  that  position  for  a  consider- 
able time,  and  was  for  several  years  reeve 
of  the  town.     In  1866,  be  contested  North 
Renfrew  for  the  House  of  Commons,  against 
John   Rankin,  and  was  defeated  by  a  small 
vot«.     Shortly  afterwards    Mr.  Rankin  re- 
signed his  Best,  and  Mr.  Murray  was  again 
a  candidate  for  the  vacancy ;   but  the   late 
John  Snpple,  who  represented  the  same  oon- 
stituenoy  in  the  local  house,  being  favour- 
able to  the  election  of  the  late  Sir  Francis 
Hincks,  who  was  desirous  of  a  seat  in  the 
House  of  Commons,  resigned  his  seat  in  the 
Ontario  legislature,    on  the   condition  that 
Mr.   Murray  would  not  contest  the  Domi- 
nion election .  Mr.  Murray  accordingly  con- 
tested the   election  for  the  Ontario  house, 
against  Thos.   Deacon,  Q  C,  aod  defeated 
his  opponent.     At  the  next  general  election 
he  WAS  defeated  by  Mr.  Deacon.     In  1871, 
he  contested  Pontiac  and  Xorth   Renfrew 
for  the  House  of  Commons,  but  was  unsuo- 
cessfnl.     In  1879  he  ran,  in  the  Liberal  in- 
terest, for  North  Renfrew,  for  the  Ontario 
legislature,   against  his  old   opponent,  Mr. 
Deacon,  whom  he  defeated  by  over  10)  of  a 
majoritv.     Mr.  Murray  soon  afterwards  re- 
signed his  aoat  to   run  for   the    Bouae   of 
Commons  sffainst   the   present  repreaenta- 
tive,  Peter  White,  but  was  defeated.   Lastly, 
in  1883,  he  contested  the  same  riding,  and 
waa  returned  over  Mr.  Deacon  by  over  100 
of  a  majority,    to  the  Ontario    legislature. 
In  one  of  the  elections  in  which  Mr.  Murray 
was  defeated  for  the  House  of  Commons, 
the  taooaufal   candidate,  Mr.   White,   was 
onseated.  and  Mr.   Murray's  brother.  WiU 
liam,  contested  the  seat  against  Mr.  White, 
and  defeated  him.     Mr.  White,  in  turn,  pro- 
tested Mr.  Murray's  election,  and  unseated 
him  after  he  had  sat  one  session.    Both  sgain 
went  to  the   jytUs,   when    Mr.    White 
elected.     Mr.  Murray  '\m  a  Liberal   in  i>oli- 


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A  CYCLOPEDIA  OF 


tics,  and  in  religion  &  Rom&n  catholic.  He 
mnnied,  in  18&5.  Jane,  daughter  of  James 
CupelaDd,  uf  Richmond.  Mr.  Murray  is  a 
v«ry  capiiblt;  biuiiiosa  man.  and  has  achieved 
much  succeaft,  having  now  several  branch 
stores  in  the  Dttawa  di«trict.  Ho  has  push 
and  enterprise,  and  his  msnners  have  se- 
cured to  him  the  widest  share  of  popular 
esteem,  He  owns  a  great  many  of  the 
bnildings  and  town  IoIa  in  Pembroke,  situ- 
ate in  what  is  known  as  the  Murray  ward, 
and  he  is  also  a  large  property*hi>lder  in 
the  rising  village  of  North  Hay,  on  the 
north  shore  of  Lake  Nipisain^,  where  a  year 
ago  was  nothing  hut  bush.  Now,  however, 
ovring  largely  to  Mr.  Murray's  enterprise, 
it  is  a  promising  village  with  a  population 
of  over  700  iuhabiiants,  aod  a  hotel  urccied 
by  the  Messrs.  Murray  at  a  cost  of  over 
$10,000.  Mr.  Murray  exhibits  the  same 
energy  in  the  legislative  sphero  that  he 
shows  in  his  own  business  cuncems,  and 
this  quality,  together  with  his  excellent 
judgment  and  his  familiarity  with  public 
affiura,  give  him  much  influence  in  the 
lagislatore. 

Branavoiubc,  Henry  'V^MIIIam, 
Picton,  <_>utario,  was  boru  at  HallMwell, 
County  of  Prince  Edward,  in  1837.  His 
father,  Arthur  Branscombe,  was  the  grand- 
son of  a  British  officer,  who  served  in  the 
war  of  the  American  revolution,  and  aft^r 
the  treaty  of  17H3,  removed  to  Grand  Lake, 
Qaeen'a  County^,  New  Bruoswick,  at  which 
place  a  large  number  of  the  same  name  still 
resitle.  Early  in  the  present  century,  the 
grandfather  and  father  r>f  Mr.  Branscombe, 
removed  to  Hallowell,  Upper  Canada,  and 
settled  near  what  is  now  the  village  of 
Bloomfield.  Arthur  Branacouibe  married 
Catharine  Burlinghnm,  daughter  of  a  U.  E. 
loyalist,  who  came  from  Duchess  County, 
N.  Y.,  at  the  close  of  the  war.  The  Bnr- 
lingham's  were  amongst  the  most  successful 
of  the  old  settlers  of  Prince  £dward  county, 
and  constitute  to-day  one  of  the  most  exten- 
sive  and  rei|>ectable  families  in  that  county. 
Henry  W.  Branscombe  was  educate<l  in  his 
native  township,  and  at  an  early  age  com- 
menced the  study  and  practice  of  dentistry, 
in  which  profession  he  has  risen  to  the  fore- 
most rank.  In  1862  he  left  his  native  town 
for  New  York  city,  where  he  practised  his 
profession  with  marked  success  for  five 
years.  He  then  returned  to  Picton,  and 
after  a  sojourn  of  a  few  years,  removed  to 
Chicago,  where  he  remained  till  1870,  when 
he  returned  to  Canada  and  permanently 
settled  at  Picton.  His  careful,  steady  and 
industrious  pursuit  of  knowledge,  together 


with  the  deep  intpr««*  >.»  haa  always  takra 
in  dentistry, secui  u  an  honourahJe 

recognition  by  his  i :  -  -  ual  brethreo,  a» 
his  election  to  the>  position  of  secretary  to 
the  Dental  Association  for  Ontario.  After 
his  removal  to  Picton  he  onmbiDcd  the  hun- 
ness  of  chemist  and  druggist  with  that  of 
dentistry,  and  has  for  several  yesra  rocoM 
fully  couductod  both  branches.  In  alllotial 
enterprises  Mr.  Br&nscombo  has  been  found 
to  give  a  helpini;  hand.  For  five  oonssca- 
tive  years  he  has  occupied  a  seat  at  lbs 
ccjuncil  b<iard,  where  he  has  made  his  iofla- 
ence  felt  to  a  marked  degree.  He  has  for 
years  been  a  director  of  the  County  Aghcd- 
tural  Society,  and  is  also  treOAorer  of  ths 
Bay  of  QniuiL'  Fire  Insurmnoe  Company. 
He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Mvthodisi 
church,  an  enthusiastic  Freemason,  and  s 
determiued  and  energetic  wurker  for  tks 
cause  of  temperance.  He  married  in  1866, 
Sara  E.,  daughter  of  the  \^U\  Rev.  Oynu 
Allison,  whose  name  is  familiar  amoopl 
the  temperance  workers,  who  under  the  ap- 
pellation of  the  Womans'  Christian  T«mf«r< 
anoe  Union  liave  done  so  much  of  late  yesn 
to  arouse  public  oploiou  upon  this  impor 
tant  qutiation. 

Nelson,  H.  A.,  Montreal,  (deoessed) 
was  Ixirn  in  Keene,  New  Hampshire,  oo 
October  20,  ISlti,  and  removed  to  Montreal 
when  twenty-four  years  of  age,  in  the  ynr 
1840,  entering  into  business  with  the  lals 
Isaac  Butten,  under  the  name  of  Nelson  k 
Butters.  The  firm  so  existed  until  iSfil. 
when  Mr.  Butters  retired  on  account  of  il'- 
health,  and  O.  S.  Wood  took  his  place,  unal 
he  retired  from  a  similar  cause  in  1874.  Mr 
Nelson  then  took  inio  partnership  his  f'>*tr 
sons,  and  the  firm  name  was  changed  to  that 
of  H.  A.  Nelson  &  Sons,  which  at  presoot 
it  bears.  In  the  year  1 378,  Mr.  NeLson 
elected  to  represent  Montreal  Centre  in 
Quebec  legislature,  as  a  supporter  of 
Joly,  and  represented  the  constituency 
three  years,  when  he  retir^.  But  it 
as  an  alderman  that  BIr.  Nelson  waa 
known.  Occupying  a  seat  in  the  muni 
council  for  the  long  period  of  fourteen  year* 
and  for  the  Utter  portion  holding  the  i 
portant  post  of  chairman  uf  the  Fiusi 
committee,  a  position  fur  which  he 
himself  singularly  well  fitted,  his  n 
be  aasociat«l  with  what  waa  best  cat 
to  secure  a  judicious  regulation  and 
diture  of  the  civic  funds,  and  to 
the  beat  interests  of  the  city  generally 
the  commercial  community  Mr.  Nelson  was 
equally  well  known  andesteamad.  In  ad<ii' 
tion  to  building  up  a  large  and  prospsrttus 


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private  business,  he  wm  &  trusted  ootinoillor 
on  the  the  boards  of  aereni  public  compa- 
iofltitutions.  Ho  wu  m  director  of 
IB  Bank,  preudeDt  of  the  Loan 
lent  Aatociatioxii  and  vice^pnui* 
of  the  Provincial  Loan  Aaaociation. 
docessed  gentleman  waa  also  foremoat 
works  of  a  charitable  nature,  and  the 
and  committees  of  aeveral  charitable 
have  missed  his  kindljr  presence, 
sympathetic  aid,  and  his  valued  advice. 
icularl7,  his  death  was  mourned  by  the 
)r  and  cODgr«gatiou  uf  the  Amehcau 
ibyterian  Church.  For  ruauy  years  he 
an  active  member  of  that  church,  and  at 
death  was  senior  elder,  the  chairman  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  School,  in  all  of  which  his 
lom  hu  been  deeply  felt.  This  worthy  luan 
di«dat  home  in  dJontreaU  on  the  24th  De- 
cember.1^8*2.  Speaking  of  his  demise  on  the 
following  day,  the  Otizetie  said  :  *' By  his 
death  the  community  lus«s  a  Isrge-hearted, 
upright  and  honourable  citizen,  and  the 
city,  one  who  as  a  member  uf  the  council 
Mid  in  various  other  capacities  has  proved 
himaetf  a  msn  of  sonnd  judgment,  of  ster- 
integrity,  and  of  active  and  benoticial 
}rprise . 

Lerns,  9lfyor  William,  Burlington, 
itr  M.P.P.  fur  Halton,  waa  bom  in  the 
County  of  Halton,  on  the  Cth  of  September, 
He  is  a  son  of  Nicholas  and  Mary 
(Watorbury)  Kerna  Nicholas  Kerns 
iboru  in  the  County  of  Halton,  and  was 
a  son  of  Nicholas  Kerns,  who  came  thither 
from  liermany.  The  fstherof  Major  Kerns 
adopted  the  life  uf  a  faruer,  and  so  continu- 
ed until  the  time  of  his  death.  He  bad  a 
family  of  six,  William  being  the  eldest. 
William  Kums  received  a  common  school  ed- 
ucation  ;  and  after  completiujif  his  studies, 
remained  in  the  old  homestead  until  he  was 
nineteen,  when  he  began  to  learn  the  nier- 
oantile  business.  In  1S6().  he  entered  into 
the  employ  of  Waldie  &  Co.,  of  Burlington, 
general  merchants,  where  he  remained  for 
BXJt  years.  Then  (18tiG)  be  was  admitted  a 
partner  in  the  firm,  maintainiug  the  oonnec- 
tion  until  1880,  when  Mr.  W»Jdie  retired, 
Mr.  Konis  earryim;  on  the  business  under 
tha  firm  name  of  W.  Kerni*  Jt.  Co.,  it  being 
wall  known  and  still  conducted  by  them.  In 
18fl3  he  purchased  the  warehouses  and 
wharves  of  the  Ute  Wm.  Buutin,  of  Bur- 
snd  has  since  that  date  been  engag- 
the  business  of  wharfinger  and  grain 
kt,  in  connection  with  the  general 
le  trade.  In  1H<U>  he  enterod  the 
Military   schoul  and   obtainad  a 


second  class  certificate,  under  Ool.  Peacock, 
and  after  leaving  school  was  appnLnted  en- 
sign in  the  20ui,  now  Lome  Rides.  In 
1883  he  obtained  a  first  class  military  certifi- 
cate. He  holds  the  pusitiun  uf  senior  major  in 
the  corps.  He  has  been  s  school  trustee  in 
Burlingten,  and  held  the  position  for  ten 
years,  being  always  interested  in  educational 
work.  In  1870,  he  was  by  acclamation  chosen 
reeve  of  the  village  of  Burlin^ion.  and  waa 
re-elected  for  the  three  successive  years 
without  oppoeition.  In  1883,  he  contested, 
in  the  Conservative  interest,  the  County  of 
Halton,  against  i>r.  Kubinson,  uf  Milton« 
and  wsa  elected  by  a  majority  of  150  votes. 
Major  Kerns  is  the  first  vice-president  of 
the  Federal  Life  Insurance  Company,  of 
Hamilton ;  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
craft,  ludge  No.  106,  A.F.  &  A.M.,  of 
Burlington,  and  past  master  of  the  same  ; 
also  of  the  Scottish  rite,  in  which  he  ha* 
taken  the  31st  degree.  He  is  also  grand 
steward  of  the  Orand  Lodge  of  Canada  He 
is  also  an  Oddfellow,  a  member  of  the  A.O. 
U.W. ,  and  post  county  master  of  the  Orange 
order.  In  politics  he  is  a  very  sturdy  Conser- 
vative, and  in  religion,  a  Presbyterian.  He 
married  in  18G8.  Ellen,  daughter  uf  Charles 
Murris,  of  Burliugtun,  by  whom  he  has  tiad 
four  children,  two  of  whom  are  living. 
iMajor  Kerns  is  one  uf  the  most  industrious 
members  of  the  l^^lature  ;  and  in  oommit- 
tee  his  enerf(y,  good  judgment,  and  wide 
stock  uf  information  upon  most  of  the  sub- 
jects up  for  consideration,  mske  him  an  ex- 
tremely valuable  member  of  the  house.  A 
man  of  such  equipment  naturally  commands 
considerable  intiuence  ;  and  Halton  is  to  be 
conc;ratulated  upon  its  re  presentation. 

i^raham,  Peter,  Warwick,  Ontario, 
J.  P.,  MP.  P.  for  East  Lambton,  was  bom 
in  the  County  of  Cumberland,  on  the  liith 
July,  1821  ;  and  is  a  son  of  Tliomas  and 
EliTiabeth  Graham.  Thomas  Graham  en- 
gaged in  the  oocu[iation  of  a  carter  and 
hotel-keeper  in  England  ;  but  in  1834  he 
sot  sail  for  Canada,  landing  in  <^uelHH:  with 
his  family.  He  settled  in  C6te  8t  Charles^ 
County  of  Vaudreuil,  where  he  took  up  a 
farm,  and  here  remained  nntil  his  death. 
Mrs.  Graham  died  in  England.  Peter 
Graham  received  a  common  school  educa- 
tion in  England,  and  after  his  arrival  in 
Canada  adopted  farmins  for  three  yean  } 
then  public  discontent  bruki*  out  in  rebol" 
lion,  and  Mr.  Graham  waa  one  of  those 
who  joined  the  volunteers  under  Captain 
Crawford,  No.  8  company.  He  afterwarda 
transferred  to  the  3rd  PruTisionsI  battalion, 
under  Culouel  Vankuu;{hnot,  and  waa  dia- 


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A  CrCLOPjKDlA  OF 


•cluirged  aa  %  noo-oommiafttuned  officer  after 
the  rebellion  w&b  crufthed.  He  soon  after- 
wards camp  to  Upper  Canada,  and  after  cn- 
({aifitig  in  dilTerent  punuits  at  various  places, 
aettted  d<twu  on  arented  farm  iii  th«  tnwiiahip 
of  Binbrook,  Wentworth  county.  Here  he 
remained  for  tivo  years,  when  he  purchased 
a  farm  of  300  acres  of  bush  land  in  the 
townahip  of  Warwick,  County  of  Lambton, 
on  which  place  be  haa  ever  sinoe  resided. 
Mr.  Uraham  was  elected  township  councillor 
of  Warwick,  and  was  elected  tirst  deputy 
reeve  of  that  townahip,  and  aubdequeutly 
reeve  for  several  years,  lie  haa  also  been 
connected  with  a  number  of  public  enter- 
priaea  in  his  portion  of  the  province  ;  is  a 
member  of  the  Orange  Society  ;  has  been 
president  of  the  Townahip  of  Warwick 
Agricultara]  Association ;  and  a  director 
of  the  County  Aaaociation.  He  has  always 
taken  an  active  tntereat  in  agricultural  con- 
cerns. Mr.  Ur&ham  was  elected  the  tirat 
member  repreaenting  the  Kast  Riding  of 
Lambton  in  1875.  after  the  redistribution  of 
aeata,  and  ho  still  continues  to  represent 
that  oonstituency.  Durin^  the  John  Sand- 
tield  Macdonald  Administration  he  was  ap- 
pointed a  justice  of  the  peace.  Mr.  Graham 
was  the  brat  publicist  to  ad^'ocate  the  adop- 
tion of  the  Tile  Drainage  Act,  which  after- 
wards came  into  force.  He  has  for  yeara  ad* 
vooated  legislation  to  amend  the  act  respect- 
ing the  diviaion  lines  in  rural  mnnictpalties, 
aa  paaaed  in  1871,  and  known  aa  the  Property 
Amendment  Act ;  and  during  the  present 
^esaion  (1$86)  haa  a  resolution  to  that  effect 
before  the  house.  Mr.  Graham  is  a  atrong 
advocate  for  female  aufioragQ,  a  man  fully 
imbued  with  the  spirit  of  wise  and  enlight- 
ened modern  progreas,  and  altogether  a 
very  valuable  member  of  the  Ontario  legis- 
lature. Mr.  Graham,  we  may  add.  is  in 
favour  of  abolishing  the  Government  House, 
and  seconded  the  resolution  introduced  by 
Mr.  Mclntyre  with  that  object  in  view 
(Session  180G).  Ue  ia  also  in  favour  of  the 
abolition  of  the  Upper  Canada  College.  We 
may  further  a^d,  that  Mr.  Graham  bad  the 
honour  of  proposing  the  Hon.  Alexander 
Mackenzie,  on  his  first  Ap[>earance  fur  par- 
liamentary honours,  on  the  hustings  at 
Sarnia.  In  religion,  Mr.  Graham  adheres 
to  Methodism,  is  crusteouf  church  property, 
and  has  been  delegate  to  the  London  con- 
ference for  two  aesaiona.  He  married  Cathe- 
rine Chambers,  of  Glengarry,  daughter  of 
James  Chambers,  and  bad  by  that  lady 
nine  of  a  family  ;  she  died  in  1873.  He 
af^in  married,  in  1874,  Mrs.  Celesta  Jane 
Ward,  by  whom  ho  haa  had  two  children. 


nurphy,  Edward.  J.  P.,  Ct 

of  the  Sacred  and  Military  OrderJ 
Holy  Sepulchre,  was  bfm  on  the 
1818.  in  the  County  Carlow.  Ireland, 
came  to  Montreal  in  1824.  with  hia 
and  brothers,  and  there  haa  since  resir 
Mr.  Mutphy  claims  a  lineal  descent  fn 
Donal  Mor  (or  the  great)  <yMurj 
tain  of  considerable  power  and 
the  County  Wexford,  Ireland,  ttm^  IJu 
Vlll.  In  the  reign  of  Edward  VI,  he 
his  sept  were  overcome,  and  with  a  nucut^T 
of  hia  clansmen,  was  attainted,  for  resuUD; 
the  encroachments  of  the  "  English  Palt." 
and  a  largo  portion  of  their  ancient  territory. 
**  The  MurrowB,"  comprising  Uie  prvecnt 
Barony  of  Ballafilikcen  in  that  county,  was 
confiscated  to  the  Crovni,  and  giantsd  b> 
favorites  in  that  and  suoceeding  tvigna.  <S«a 
''O'Hart's  Landed  Oeulry,"  p««w  113  aad 
114,  and  state  papers  of  sixteenth  and  aavtifl* 
teenth  centuriea.)  Mr.  Marphjr'afamilran 
related  to  the  Sarsfields,  the  O^Bymes,  kav- 
naghs,  Hudkins,  Motleys  and  other  familia 
of  position,  in  the  counties  of  Wexford.  Ci 
low, and  Wicklow.  His  father,  Daniel  Mt 
phy,  of  Ballyellen  Mills,  County  Carlo*, 
bis  uncles  were  largely  engaged  in  busLtii 
sacom  factors  and  millers,  and  they  had  sB 
extensive  trade  with  Waterford  and  tlu 
other  chief  towns  in  the  South  of  Ireland. 
Mr.  Murphy,  seur,  came  to  Canada  in  1S34, 
and  died  in  Montreal,  in  1846.  Mr.Murpbj'i 
mother  waa  a  daughter  of  Peter  Byrne. 
of  the  County  Carlow,  a  deaceodant  c^  th« 
old  and  Jiatinguished  family  of  the  Byrws, 
of  Ballycapple,  one  of  the  senior  brancha 
of  the  great  sept  0*Byrne,  of  the  Gonntt 
Wicklow.  Having  received,  at  Gaaoa's 
Academy,  hia  oommeroial  education,  at  tbs 
ai^e  of  fourteen  he  was  engaged  aa  a  oleti  in 
the  hardware  business.  In  1846  he  becaiQC 
principal  salesman  in  the  old  establiabA 
firm  of  FrothinghamA  Workman,  wholesale 
hardware  merchants,  which  position  be  o&* 
cu pied  until  18o9,  when  he  became  a  partner 
in  that  business,  now,  and  for  many  ye«r« 
past,  the  mifst  extensive  in  the  Dominion. 
Mr.  Miir|>hy  haa  aaaisted  in  maintaioiiiB 
the  firm  in  the  high  position  it  haa 
and  deservedly  en  j  oyed.  Yet  buain< 
ail  its  cares  and  anxieties,  did 
Borb  his  entire  attention.  Hia  first  st*p 
the  philanthropic  efforts  that  have  mark* 
hia  whole  life  was  in  connection  with 
establishment  of  the  earliest  Irish  Catht 
Temperance  Society  organised  in  Cani 
The  Inte  lamented  Bishop  Phelan,  of  Ki 
ton,  wu  at  that  time  (1840)  pastor  of  tht 
Irish  people  of  Montreal,  and  miuiatcred  t^^ 


CANADIAN  BIOGBAFHr, 


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wanta  in  the  venerable 
the  RecoUet  Church,  uow  aiuouK't 
^8  of  the  past,  but  around  which 
many  fond  remembrances  for  the 
ihabitanta.  Into  the  temperanca 
Murphy  threw  hinuelf  with  hia 
ul,  seoondinf^  the  efforta  of  the  good 
Phelan.  In  1841  he  waa  elected 
of  the  aaaociatioD,  and  ao  oontinu- 
11 803,  when  he  was  preaented  with  a 
»  solid  silver  jug  and  a  most  flattering 
I  by  the  society,  in  recognition  of  his 
ible  aerrioes  in  the  total  abstinence 
j  Long  yean  of  active  work  did  not 
pm  to  abate  his  eflforta  in,  what  may 
j^ed,  the  cherished  object  of  his  life, 
{bpagation   of    temperance  principles 

rhis   fellow   countrymen.     He  was 
timoa  elected  president  of   the  St. 
k'a  Temperance  Society,  a  post  which 
br«seut  holds  ;  and  again  in  1884,  its 
pa  feeling  that  something  mor«i  ought 
pne  in  recognition  of  such  devotion, 
ted  him  with  a  magnificent  tifo- 
t,  in  oil,  of  himself.    Ho  has  now 
r  over  forty  years  one  of  the   main 
of  total  abstinence   in  his  adopted 
Knd  may  without  flattery  be  styled 
udard    bearer  of  the  cause.     It  haa 
n  said,  and  with  a  great  deal    of 
t  the  man  who  appears  to  forget 
land,  make*  a  very  indittiereot  citi- 
ererer  his  lot   may    be   cast.     Mr. 
is  a  striking  example  of  the   claas 
tribute  so  much  to  the  progress  and 
^ty  of  their  adopted  home,  and  yet 
to  sympathise  with  the  land  of 
fathers.     In    the  good  old  days  of 
hen  the  Irishmen  of  Montreal,  both 
and  Protestant,  fonned  one  grand 
hood,  ere  narrow-minded  politicians 
od  in  dividing   them  into  two 
eampA,  Mr.  Murphy  became  a  mem- 
the   original   St.    Patrick's   Society 
the  presidency  of  the   late    Benja- 
In  those  days,  and  in  later, 
en  aa  the   late  WUliam  Workman, 
cis  Hincks,  and  many  other  distingu- 
h  Protestant  gentlemen,  were  join- 
in  hand  with  their  Catholic  brethren, 
Irish  people  of  Montreal  were  re- 
1,  and  thotr  iutlueuce  felt  thruughout 
fed.     Mr.   51urphy    was  indefati)|{»ble 
una  to  promote  the  wvll  buiag  of 
w-oountrymen,  through  the  medium 
HAlioDal  organijBstion.      In  IHtlO,  ho 
president  of  the  St.    Patrick's 
a  position  he  tilled  with  credit   to 
and  bflnefit  to   that  body.     About 
hm  WM  gasotted  captain   in   the 


Montreal  militia,  4th  battalion ;  he  waa 
also  named  to  the  commission  of  the  peace, 
and  in  1861  he  occupied  the  responsible 
position  of  commissioner  of  the  Census  for 
the  City  of  Montreal  under  the  Canadian 
government.  In  IKfiS  Mr.  Murphy  revisit- 
ed the  scenes  of  his  childhood,  and  castonott 
more  a  loving  glance  on  the  green  hills  and 
pleaaant  valleys  of  his  native  land.  During 
his  absence  in  Ireland  be  was  elected  a  di- 
rector of  the  City  and  District  Savings  Bank 
of  Montreal.  This  position  he  tillfKl  until 
1877,  when  he  was  elected  to  the  presidency 
of  that  flourishing  institution,  an  office  to 
which  he  has  boen  annually  re-elected, 
and  which  he  holda  at  the  present  time. 
He  tilla  the  important  trust  of  matfruUlcr 
or  churchwarden  of  the  ])anBh  church  of 
Notre  Dame,  a  singular  mark  of  the  confi- 
dence reposeid  in  him,  and  the  kindly  feel- 
ings evinced  towards  him  by  his  French 
Canadian  fellow-citizens.  Again  and  again 
ha  haa  been  solicited  to  accept  municipal 
and  parliamentary  honours,  which  he  haa 
always  declined.  Nevertboloca,  he  has  not 
abstained  frtna  participating  in  the  political 
struggles  of  the  country.  A  mend  of  liberty, 
he  sympathised  with  the  gallant  band  of 
patriou  whose  blood  shed  on  the  held  of 
battle  an<l  trickling  down  the  scaffold  in 
1837  and    1838,    se<!ured   for   Canada    th» 

frioeless  boon  of  constitutional  government, 
n  politics,  he  is  a  Liberal-Conservative,  and 
through  good  report  and  evil  report,  he  haa 
always  manfully  stood  up  by  the  party,  that 
his  experience  has  letl  liim  to  believe  haa 
the  true  interests  of  Canada  at  heart.  En- 
joyment of  the  blessings  of  constitutional 
freedom  of  Canada  has  made  Mr.  Murpby'a 
sympathetic  heart  yearn  for  similar  advan- 
tages to  his  native  land,  and  in  conse^jucuoe 
he  has  alwaya  warmly  advocated  and  assist- 
ed the  movements  set  on  foot  here  in  favor 
of  Home  Kule  for  Ireland.  With  such  a 
record  any  man  might  well  rest  content  to 
see  his  name  go  down  to  posterity  ;  but  Mr. 
Murphy  has  still  other  claims  to  pubhc  gi»* 
titude.  As  far  back  aa  thirty  yoara  ago, 
mainly  through  his  exertions,  the  "early 
closing  movemeot  '*  waa  carried  into  offeot« 
whereby  the  elerka  in  the  hardware  trade 
secured  the  afternoon  of  Saturday  for  their 
recreation  and  mental  iui|>r<iviMueut.  a  boon 
that  haa  since  been  widely  oxt^Midvd  for  the 
benefit  of  elerka  in  other  brandies  uf  btial* 
nesfl.  Ho  is  one  of  the  virt>-]>rr^!tiil«-ittM  <if 
the  Natural  History  SucielyofM  nd 

also  of  the  Numismatic  and  Anth,  --•>- 

ciety,  in  the  transactiooa  of  both  ol  wluoh  he 
haa  taken  an  active  part.    He  ia  a  Ule  gov< 


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A  C^CLOPMHIA  OF 


emor  of  the  Montreftl  General  Ho«pitftI,  and 
alio  a  life  Liovemor  of  Notre   Drime  Hoapi- 
tal  of  the  same  city.      He  is  also  a  lueiaber 
of  the  Sooiete  Uistonf|ue  de  Montreal.      He 
is  and  baa  been  une  of  the  CathoUo  School 
commiasionerfi  of  the  City  of  Montreal.     In 
thia  position  he  felt  more  acutely  than  ever 
the  great  need  of  a  Kood  commercial  education 
for  otiryriuth,  and  hia  enert^iea  were  centred 
to  effect  that  object.     Togivsan  impetas  to 
the   movement  tie  generously  founded  the 
"Edward    Murphy"    prize   of   the   annual 
value  of  ^100,  in  perpetuity,  for  the  "en- 
oouragemeut    of   commerciAl   education    in 
Montreal.''     Thin  prize  consiats  in   n  gnld 
medal  of  the  value  of  $^0  and  a  purae  of  a 
like  amount,  find  ia  open  to  all  competitors. 
Durinir  these  long  years  of  arduous  labour, 
Mr.  Murphy  has  found  time  to  cultivate  hia 
tABto  fur  Boientitic  pursuits,  and  hia  public 
leotnrea,  always  delivered  for  the  benefit  of 
charitable  objects,  on  '*  The  Microscope  and 
iCB     Revelations,'*   and    on    •'  Astronomy," 
have  invariably  met  with  a  hearty  reception 
by  the  public.     He  punined  those  favourite 
studies  in  the  few  moments  he  could  snatch 
from  hia  pressing  occupations,  and  the  suc- 
oeas  that  has  attended  hia  eSurts  is  auuther 
proof  of  how  much  can  be  accomiilished  by 
well    directed  labour.     A  post   of  honour, 
entailing  arduous  duties  .ia  well,    was  con- 
ferred  on  Mr.  Murphy,  1879,  that  nf  har- 
bour commisaioner,  which  he  now  fills.   He 
(Mr.    Murphy)  was  twice  married,  tirat    to 
Eliziibeth,    daughter    of    the    late   Thomas 
McBride   and  Mary  Price,  of  Dublin,    Ire- 
l&nd,  by  whom  he  has  two  daughters  living. 
Secondly,    to    Maria  Ooorgiana.    daughter 
of  the  late  Hon.  Judge  Power,  of  the  Supe- 
rio    Court  of  Quebec»  and  Susan  de  Gaape, 
hia   wife,    (daughter  of    Philip    Aubert   de 
KJasp^,  seigneur  of  St.  .)ean  Port  Joly,  the 
author  of    **Lea    Anciens  Canadiona."  ami 
other  works  on  Canadian  history.)   By  this 
marriage  Mr.  Murphy  has  one  son  and  two 
daughters,    all    living    (IHS(j).     Hia   eldest 
daughter   was   married   trt   the  late   E.    C. 
Monk,  advocate,  of  Montreal,  son  of  the 
Hon.     S.    Cornwallis    Monk,    one    of    the 
judges  of  the  Court  of  Appeal  for  the  Pro- 
vince of  Quebec.     Aa  a  tueoeaaful  merchiknt 
Mr.  Murphy's  word  is  as  good  as  his  bond 
in  the  commercial  community.     Ho  is  the 
patron  of  education,  the  noiseless  toiler  in 
scientific  pursuits,    a    sincere    and   devout 
Catholic,  whose  name  will  ever  be  connected 
with  St.   Patrick^  Church,  its  asylums  and 
kindred  institutions.     His  investiture  as  a 
Chevalier  of  the  Sacred  and  Military  Order 
of  the  Holy  Sepulchre,  iu  1882,  ia  a  well 


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merited  tribute  to  hia  worth  by  the  vcden' 
aafcical  authorities  of  hia  church.  We  oon- 
clade  Mr.  Murphy's  biog^^phy  by  saying 
that  he  is  respected  and  trusted  by  his  W- 
low  citizens  of  all  ori^ns  and  er«edi 
loyal  and  de^^oted  son  of  Cauada. 

Ortoii.CicorKe  Turner,  M.D.. 
nipea;,  M.  P.  for  (.'entre  Wellington,  is  a  soo 
of   Dr.    Henry  Orton,    who  came  to  Cppor 
Canada  from  Leicesterahirv,    Englajid       ~ 
settled  in  Guelph  in  1835.   Ho  w&s  a  cm 
coroner  for  many  years,  and  died  at  Fo 
in  18**9.     The   wife  of   Dr.     Heniy  Or 
and  the  mother  of  the  aubject  of  this  ake 
waa  Mary  Jerram,  also  a  native  of  Eog< 
she  died  at  Nottingham,  Engl&nd,  in  1 
George  Turner  Orton  is  a  brother  of  T.  J.' 
Orton,  surgeon-major  of  the   British  unif^ 
who  entereil  the  servioe  on  loth  Jannary. 
1855.     This   brave   ofRoer  aorred   with  Utf 
Hoyal  artillery  in  the  tronchea    before  S^ 
bastopol,  in  1855,  and  at  the  aaaault  of  tlw 
Iledan,  on  the  8th  of  September  ;  recei  ,; i. 
in  recognition  of  hia  servioes,  a  medal  oa:: 
a  clasp,   and   also  a   Turkish    medal.     He 
served    with    the  Centr&l   India  field  foroe 
under  Sir   Hugh   Rose  in   185ri,   and  m 
present   ac   the  aiege   and  capture  of  Fort 
Chaudaireo  ;    at   the   sievo  and  captarv  of 
Jhatisi ;  at    the  battle    of  the  Butws  ;    the 
action  at  Kooncb  ;  the  actions  of  the  I'lh, 
18th  and  the  21st  of  May  at  Golowhe,  au 
at  the  capture  of  Calpee.     He  was  suba«« 
quently  engaged  in    various  actions  in  th# 
Bundlekund  diatrict,  for  which  hereoeirsd 
medal.     He  accompanied  thi=^  Perak  expodi 
tion  as  principal  ifledtcal  officer  of  the  fo 
and    hia  conduct    was   mentioned  iu  d< 
spatches  ;  and   he    received  a  medal    wit] 
clasp.   George  T.  Orton  attended  the  Gram' 
mar  school    at   Guelph  ;    studied    G 
with  a   private   tutor   at  Berlin,  County 
Waterloo,  Ontario  ;  and  pursued  his  mi 
cal  studies  at  the  College  of  Stirgeous,  Du 
lin,  Ireland,    and   at   the    University  of  8 
Andrews,    Scotland,    from    which    he 
graduated  M.U.,   iu  18(50.     He  was  au 
queutly  elected  a  member  of  the  Hoyal 
lege  <tf  Surgeons,  England.    Dr.  Orton  " 
tiaed,  for  a  short  time,  in  England 
soon  resolved  to  ascertain  what  fortune  h 
in  store  for  him  in  Canada.     He  join 
brother  in   Ancaster,   near  Haujiit«)Q 
practised  his  profession  along  with  hi 
some  time,  and  in  .August,  18B1.  he  re; 
to  Fergus,  and  settled  there.  His  nli!! 
professional  skill,  and  his  industry 
him  a  remunerative  practice  here,    i 
waa  a  captain  of  a  volunteer  company,  Uttiu 
ed  aoou  after  the  Fenian  raid  of  18i>^  :  aod 


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CAN  AVI  AS  B10GRAPB7. 


bMAme  (lurguou  of  the  3utb  battuliun  of 
Wellington  rifles.  He  begun  his  politiofil 
amer  a*  couocilmAn,  and  serred  three  sue* 
ceuive  yean  aareeve.  Dr.  Orlun  haa  taken 
as  active  part  In  the  pruiuoti<>u  of  impor- 
tant public  enlerprisea.  He  waa  one  of 
the  foremoat  in  odrocatinj;  the  construction 
of  the  WellinKton^  Orey  and  Bruce,  and 
the  Credit  Valley  railways.  Dr.  Orton  tirat 
•ought  election  to  parliament  in  1872,  but 
waa  defented.  In  1874  he  was  succeseful, 
but  was  unseated  on  petition.  In  1882  he 
auccesafiilly  contested  Centre  Wellington, 
defeating  Sir  Richard  ('artwright ;  and  in 
1883  removed  to  Winnipeg,  where  he  en- 
tered into  partnership  with  Dr.  Brett.  He 
waa  exchanged  from  the  3(>th  battalion  to 
the  90lh  battalion,  Winnipeg'  rifles,  with 
which  oorpa  he  went  to  the  front,  in  the  ad- 
vance column  of  (Seneral  Middleton.  He 
waa  appointed  brigade  surgeon,  and  waa 
preaent  at  the  battle  of  Fish  Creek,  and  also 
of  Batoohe.  Dr.  Orton  was  chief  medical 
officer  of  the  Hocky  Mountain  division  of 
tha  Canadian  PooiBc  in  1H84  and  188.^,  and 
he  waa  subsequently  appointed  coroner  for 
British  Columbia.  Dr.  Orton  married  Ann, 
daughter  of  VV'illiauj  Farmer,  formerly  of 
SuttoD-Maddock,  Shropshire,  England,  who 
for  many  years  enga'^ed  in  lumbering  on 
the  Gatinean  river.  There  have  been  seven 
children  by  this  union,  but  two  only  sur- 
vive, both  being  daughters.  The  career  of 
Dr.  Orton  has  been  an  active  and  an  ei- 
extremoly  useful  one.  He  is  not  one  of 
Ihoae  aelf-aeeking  politiciana  whose  patri- 
otic acts  are  intended  Id  brini;  fraits  to 
their  own  pockets  ;  but  he  is  loyally  devoted 
Co  the  affairs  of  the  public.  To  the  agri- 
cultural interesta  of  Canada  he  has  devoted 
special  study,  and  the  labour  and  the 
a<chievementa  of  the  parliamentary  commit- 
tee, which  bears  his  name,  have  pasRod  into 
hiatory.  He  haa  always  been  a  champion 
uf  the  national  policy,  and  the  object  of  his 
oommittee  was  to  ascertain  tlie  elfect  of 
(hat  policy  upon  agriculture.  There  was 
the  usual  minority  report,  but  the  great 
hulk  of  the  evidence  confirmed  the  conten- 
tions of  Dr.  Ort«3U.  He  has  been  an  advo- 
cate of  reciprocity  between  Canada  and  the 
United  States :  and  has  been,  in  short, 
prominently  connected  with  all  the  great 
•ub^ects  within  the  uphere  of  political  od- 
iodioation.  We  expect  to  hoar  much  ret 
from  this  abl«^  and  tarc^o-mindcd  publicist. 

IMII,  Jacoh  Wllilum,  Bracebridge, 
OnUHo,  MJ*.  P  f.T  Mnsknkft  and  Parry 
Sound,  was  bom  on  the  3rd  September, 
IA40,  in  the  viliage  of  Preaton^  County  of 


Waterloo.  Be  is  a  sou  of  Henry  and  Mary 
(Roee)  Dill,  his  mother  bein^  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  Rose,  one  of  the  flrst  pioneers  and  rcai- 
dontsof  the  County  of  Waterloo.  Henry  Dill 
cunie  to  Canada  in  about  1830.  and  settled 
in  the  township  of  Waterloo,  whore  he  began 
farming.  In  this  occupation  he  continued  for 
some  tima.  and  died  in  1874.  Mrs.  Dill  is  atill 
living.  There  was  a  family  of  six  children, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  being  the  eldest, 
Jacob  William  Ddl  received  a  liberal  educa- 
tion, and  after  leaving  school  at  the  age  of 
seventeen,  res<ilved  to  adopt  a  mercantile 
lifo.  In  1S07  heenteredthcomphiy  of  theiate 
Mr.  Hespeler,  of  Preston,  but  he  shortly  af- 
terwards removed  U^  Pembroke,  where  he 
received  from  Sir  John  A.  Macdonald  the 
appointment  of  conducting  German  settlers 
to  the  several  settlements  in  the  township  of 
Alice,  in  the  County  of  Renfrew.  Mr  Dill 
remained  in  this  position  until  the  fall,  when 
he  entered  the  employ  of  Kennedy  i^'  Russell, 
general  merchants,  of  the  villaf^e,  now  the 
town  nf  Pembroke,  at  a  salary  of  ^  per 
month.  Here  he  remained  for  about  two 
years,  when  he  proceeded  to  Lake  Nippia- 
sing,  in  the  District  of  Nippissing,  where  he 
engaged  in  trade  with  the  Indians,  having  a 
store  in  that  place.  He  continued  so  occupied 
for  fouryears,  but  not  Gndiug  tlie  undertak- 
ing successful,  he  removed  to  Penetangui- 
shene,  where  he  took  a  position  in  the  store 
of  Mr.  Mitchell,  a  merchant  and  lumber 
dealer.  Here  he  remained  for  two  years, 
when  he  reaigned  and  removed  to  the  village 
of  Mattawa,  District  of  Nippissiug,  where 
be  became  manager  of  N.  Trimmoo's  gen- 
eral store  and  supply  depot  in  that  village. 
He  resigned  thia  situation,  and  remorea  to 
the  village  of  Braoebridge,  District  of  Mus- 
koka,  where  he  engaged  in  business  for  him- 
self as  general  store^ceeper.  He  continued 
hia  operations  here  alone  until  187)5,  when 
he  admitted  as  partner,  William  Kirk,  the 
new  firm  being  known  as  Dill  Si  Kirk.  Tha 
buainess  which  Mr.  Dill  commenced  with 
such  a  small  beginning,  began  at  once  to  in- 
crease, and  in  1875  he  found  it  necoasary  to 
enlarge  the  preniiaes  by  extensive  additions. 
After  the  entry  of  Mr.  Kirk  as  |>artner,  the 
two  decided  to  open  a  branch  atiiro  at  the  vil- 
lage of  Mognetawan.  in  the  District  of  F'arry 
Sound,  which  sub-establishment  they  still 
continue  to  maintain.  Mr.  Dill  was  appoint- 
ed school  trustee  for  the  viUagO  of  Brace- 
bridge  in  1842,  hut  he  reaigned  the  oHioo  in 
1883,  to  '•run"  for  the  reeveehip  of  the 
village.  In  1873  he  was  elected  c^uuuilKtr 
of  the  township  of  McCsuloy,  which  p<>si» 
Uon  he  held  until  1870,  when  the  village  of 


-OH 


A  CYCLOPMVIA  or 


Br»cobridgtt  was  unoorporaied  ;  and  then 
Mr.  Dill  waa  elected  oouodllor  of  the  rillmffo. 
Ho  aervod  as  roove  for  tho  yean  1878,  1870, 
1882  aad  1883,  and  was  appointed  WBrdi.*n 
of  the  CViunty  uf  VicturiH  io  188*i.  In  the 
fall  of  1883,  having  received  the  nomination 
of  the  Gvfonu  convention  for  the  District  of 
Muakoka  und  Parry  Sound,  he  contested  the 
eleotion  for  the  seat  in  the  Ontario  Legiala- 
ture — made  vacant  by  the  diBqualilic^tion 
of  the  Oonsenrative  meipher,  Mr.  Fanjuier, 
who  bad  carried  the  riding  nith  a  majority 
of  2(>0— with  Gilbert  Eaohern,  the  Coiwer- 
Tfttive  candidate,  defeating  him  by  127 
votes.  Mr.  Dill  is  a  FreeiiiAson,  lodge  No. 
3tiU,  Miiskokaf  and  hsa  been  secretary  of 
the  same  ;  is  also  a  member  of  A.O.U.W., 
and  ia  treosiLror  of  lodge  No.  2u4,  Brace- 
bridge.  He  is  a  statmoh  Reformer  in  pohtics, 
and  was  president  of  the  Kuform  Association 
of  Bracebridge  for  some  time.  In  religion, 
he  is  a  PresbytoriAn,  but  at  tho  same  tiiim 
liberal  in  his  views,  believinf^  the  conscience 
of  each  one  should  be  the  guide  in  all  religious 
matters.  But  he  regards  it  as  the  bounden 
duty  of  all  persottB  to  connect  themselves 
witusome  church,  since  the  churches  occupy 
such  a  vital  plfvce  iu  the  moral  and  religious 
life  of  the  people.  Since  1875  Mr.  Dill  has 
taken  an  active  interest  in  airricultural  mat- 
ters, and  upon  the  organizatiiui  of  the  Mus- 
koka  District  Agricaltiiral  Society,  he  was 
appointed  its  treasurer.  This  position  he 
still  holds,  and  during  1881  ht*  was  chftirman 
of  the  Muskuka  Fire  Relief  Oommittoo, 
iu  which  he  took  a  deep  interest,  otring  tu 
the  sulferiugB  of  the  iuhnbitants  from  bush 
tires  being  very  great.  Mr.  Dill  married  in 
the  fall  of  18G8,  Mary  Annie,  eldest 
daughter  of  the  late  James  Wright,  of  Pen- 
utiinjfuiahene,  one  of  the  oldest  residents  of 
that  district,  and  boa  by  this  lady  nine  of  a 
family.  Mr.  Dill  is  much  devoted  to  manly 
games  and  pastimes,  such  as  canoeing,  shoot- 
ing, fishing,  cricket,  and  all  the  other  health- 
ful exercises.  His  energy  of  character  ia  very 
marked,  and  he  is  admitted  to  be  a  capable 
and  well  informed  member  of  the  legislature. 
IludNoii,  Wllllniii  Porkrr,  Hoelin, 
Ontario,  M.P.P.  for  East  Hastings,  was 
born  iu  the  township  of  Thurlow,  Hastings, 
on  the  13tb  February,  1841.  His  father 
waa  Charles  Uudaon,  and  his  mother  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  the  late  liev.  Thomas 
Armstrong,  n  Church  of  England  minister. 
Charles  Hudson  waa  bom  in  England,  and 
came  to  this  country  with  his  parents  about 
the  year  1820,  settling  in  Montreal.  His 
father,  Samuel  T.  Hudson,  was  a  machinist, 
and  erected   tho  first  steam  engine  in  the 


City  of  Montreal.  Ue  removfxl  to 
Edward  oonnty  and  btiilt  Urge  aiil 
lake  on  the  mountain  :  and  died 
County  of  Haldimand  in  1877.  Char] 
Hudson,  his  son,  learned  the  blaclumith 
trade,  and  continued  at  the  same  fur  a 
then  retiring  to  his  farm  where  be  still 
sides.  He  has  six  ff  a  family,  the  sobj 
of  this  sketch  being  the  eldest  son.  Will 
P.  Hudson  received  a  common  school  wl 
cation,  and  at  the  ago  of  fourteen  eitte 
his  fatlier  H  sliu[)  as  apprentice  to  the  black- 
smithiug  trade.  He  remained  so  employed 
until  his  twenty-foiirUi  year,  when  his  father 
retired  and  assignetl  the  shop  to  liim.  Thai 
the  enterprise  and  buiineos  abilities  of  M 
Hudson  may  be  aeen,  we  may  state  thst 
two  years  fiom  the  time  of  hia  taking 
premises,  he  had  worfaod  up  a  businai 
from  ^,00()  to  $12,000  per  annum. 
continued  in  this  business  until  1885,  wbsn 
ho  retired  from  active  life.  In  1874  b 
elected  deputy-reere  of  the  town 
Thurlow,  Hastings  county,  and  rem 
oftico  for  three  yean,  each  yf 
by  acclamation.  In  1882  he  ti. 
ioipal  council  as  deputy -roove,  oud 
contested  the  east  ridmg  of  the  Co 
Hastings  agaiiist  N.  8.  Appleby, 
form  candidate,  dvfvatiug  him  by  a  majo 
ty  of  seventy-seven  votes.  Mr.  Hu 
treasurer  of  tht.'  East  Riding  of  H 
Agricultural  Association  ;  is  a  C 
tive,  and  president  of  the  Consei 
Assooiatiun  of  hi^  own  riding.  H 
Presbytori&Qj  and  an  elder  ox  his  church  in 
the  village  of  Hoslm.  Mr.  Hudson  mar 
ried  on  the  !Hh  of  January,  186*5,  J 
daughter  of  James  Fara;ay,  a  retired  fi 
of  the  township  of  Tnurlow,  and  has 
this  lady  three  children.  Mr.  Hudsooi 
not  often  beard  upon  the  floor  of  the  l 
ture,  and  it  would  be  well  if  the  some 
be  said  of  many  of  the  members  of  the  HuUi 
But  he  carefully  watches  and  weighs  qu 
tions,  aud  is  ready  at  the  right  moroeiU 
with  a  well  fortified  opinion  upon  a  givea 
dispute.  This  quality^  allied  to  his  ceaseloas 
iuduatry.  has  begotten  unich  rvepect  for  his 
judgment. 

Luuiatlen,  Unffh  Diivld,  Mo: 
Dominion  Land  Sur\'oyor,  and  Prt> 
Land  Surveyor  for  tho  Province  of  O 
and  member  of  the  lustitut*  .>f  CiWl 
tleers,  England,  was  lK>ni  at  I'  ' 

Aberdeenshire,  Scotland,  mi 
tember,  1844.    He  is  tht 
late  Colonel  Tliomos  Lu, 
helvie  Lodge,  Abertleoiiwhiio,  wi  . 
nett,  his  wife,  second  daughter  of  . 


hsi 

i 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


1919 


natt,  of  Ulrioh,  Aberdeeiuihire.  The  other 
metnbert  of  the  family  were  live  sons  and  five 
cbhnghtera,  vis. : — Gencr*!  Sir  Harry  Burnett 
xnadeHf  now  of  Bulholrie  L'^dge;  John 
Veigh  LuQUKien.  now  uf  UtUt.  Canada  ; 
7hoiua8  Lumsdeu,  lut«  of  St.  FranooUe 
Xavier,  Mwuitoba  (whu  was  killed  in  Se^it.. 
1^5,  by  being  gored  by  a  bull  beloiipfiog  to 
himaelf} ;  General  Sir  Peter  Stark  Lums- 
den.  lately  coinmiBaioner  for  the  Bettloment 
of  the  Afghan  boundary  ;  WiIUaid  Henry 
Lumsdon,  who  was  killed  in  action  near 
Delhi,  on  the  25th  August,  1857,  a  lieuten- 
ant in  the  ti^th,  Native  infantry,  and  secund 
in  coiDuiand  of  the  1st  Punjaub  iufaiktry. 
Of  the  tive  daughters,  the  eldest  married 
the  Kev.  James  Johnstone,  of  P>jtterton, 
^Aberdeenshire  ;  the  second  married  the  late 
HBalonel  John  Patton,  of  Grandholme,  Aber- 
^BlMnihire ;  the  third  married  Captain  Georf^e 
'  Clegbom(nowTAncrod),an  ofticerof  the  Scots 
<»roy»,nowof  Weena, Uoxboruughshire;  the 
fourth  is  uumarr<*'d,  and  the  lifth  married 
the  late  Captain  Frank  Sherk>ck,  of  Brigh- 
ton, Rngbind.  H.  D.  Lumsden  waa  edu- 
cated at  Belleriew  Academy,  Aberdeen, 
and  at  Wimbledon  School,  Surrey,  England. 
He  joined  the  ,31th  battalion  aa  lieutenant 
of  No.  7  company,  in  the  spring  of  1867  ; 
received  a  second  class  M.  S.  certificate  iu 
July  of  same  y^va,  and  uuntiuued  iu  that 
poaition  nntU  promoted  to  the  captaincy  of 
the  same  c*>mpany  about  the  year  1876,  when 
owitiic  to  constant  absence,  he  was  allowed 
tti  resign,  retaining  rank.  He  was  reeve  nf 
the  township  of  Eldon,  in  the  County  of 
Victoria,  during  the  year  1870,  and  preai- 
dent  of  the  Ktdon  Branch  Agricultural  Aaso- 
ciation  for  that  year.     He  was  engineer-in- 

>f  the  location  party  on  the  northern 

:i  uf  the  Toronto  and  Nipiasiui;  Hail- 
*i».y,    •  iiity  of  Victoria,  under  Ed- 

miiUii  mm  October,  1870,  to  April, 

1871 ;  ^MiL^Kirn  ihchargoof  location  of  a  por- 
tion of  the  Toronto. t'rey  an  t  Bruce  Rjiilway 
(Uandalk  to  Berkeley),  from  May  to  August, 
IH71  ".  loigineur  m  charge  uf  survey  for  the 
Northern  Railway  from  Penetanguisheue  to 
C'lld  water,  fn>m  August  to  N-iveraber,  1871. 
Also  from   December  of   the   same  year  to 
Deoembor  of    1872.  ho  was  in  the  employ- 
ment of  the  Northern  Railway,  under  Mr. 
Mol>vrty,  makiii^  surveys  and  the  location 
p<irtion    of    the    Muaford    branch, 
thago  to  Gravonhurst  and   Bracebridge, 
to  AnguM,  etc.      From  the  beginning 
January,  1873  to  Deceml>or,  187-4,  be  was 
ineer  in  charge  of  ■ur\eya  on  the  Credit 
and  Victoria  railwaya.     From  May, 
1876,  to  Junn,  1876|  be  waa  in  charga  of  a 


survey  party  for  the  oontraotoiB  of  the  G.  B. 
branch  of  the  C.  P.  R .,  between  the  month  of 
French  river  and  Lako  \mabel  du  Fi*nd, 
Mr.  Murdoch,  C.E  ,  being  chief  engineer. 
From  August.  187*>  to  July,  1879,  he  waa 
in  charge  uf  the  Georgian  Bay  branch  sur- 
veys locatiun  and  cooatruction  for  the  Do- 
minion government.  From  May,  1880,  to 
to  March,  1881,  he  waa  in  charge  of  a  party 
on  the  survov  in  the  North- Went  territories 
for  the  Canadian  Pacitic  Railway  from  Bird 
Tail  Creek,  north-westward  ;  and  from 
Match,  1881.  to  November,  1884,  was  chief 
engineer  of  the  Ontario  and  Quebec  Rail- 
way. He  has  been,  from  the  latter  date  to 
the  present,  engineer  on  the  Canadian  Paci- 
fic Railway.  Mr.  Lum.«deQ  served  hia  time, 
and  subsequently  practised  as  a  P.  L.  8.  in 
Wtwdville,  in  the  County  of  Victoria,  until 
1881,  when  he  removed  to  Toronto,  where 
he  remained  until  November,  1881,  when 
he  moved  to  Montreal,  where  be  at  preeent 
resides.  He  is  a  member  of  the  St.  Andrew's 
Society,  of  Toronto,  and  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Institute  of  Civil  Engineers, 
England,  in  March,  188,i.  He  was  baptised  in 
and  still  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land. He  married,  in  Toronto,  on  the  29ui 
October,  1885,  Mary  Frederics,  only  daugh- 
ter of  J.  W.  G.  Whitney  of  that  city. 

naclennan,  Uonald  Ban,  Q.O.. 
Barrister-at-Law,  Cornwall,  waa  Ixirn  on 
the  17th  October,  la'iG,  in  the  County  of 
Glengarry,  Ontario.  He  is  a  son  of  Far- 
qaharBanMaclennan,  and  Catherine  Fraaer, 
his  wife.  The  latter  died  in  18tl,  and  the 
former  in  18G8.  D.  B.  Maclennan  was  edu- 
cated at  Queen's  College,  Kingston,  Ontario, 
graduating  as  B.  A.  in  IH.*)?,  and  taking  the 
degree  of  M.A.  in  course  in  1801.  After 
graduating,  Mr.  Maclennati  beoaino  head- 
master of  the  Walertown  and  Port  Dover 
Grammar  8<;bools,  until  May,  1801,  when 
he  commenoeti  the  study  of  law  in  the  office 
of  tlie  late  Honourable  .John  Sandtiuld  Mac- 
donald.  the  senior  member  of  the  law  hrm 
of  Mtcdonald  »,^  Maclennan,  in  which  his 
late  brother,  John  B.  Maotenuau.  was  the 
junior  member.  In  1864,  he  oontioued  his 
legal  stuilies  in  the  law  office  of  Mowat  il 
Maclennan,  at  Torontu,  until  August,  lK4i5, 
when  he  waa  called  to  the  bar.  Ho  imme- 
diately oommcnced  the  praotioo  of  his  pro- 
fession at  Cornwall,  as  the  third  member  of 
the  firm  of  Macdoiiatd  &  Macleunan.  The 
changes  occaaiuned  by  the  death  itf  the  late 
Mr.  MocdMnald,  in  1872.  and  i>f  the  late 
John  H.  Maclennan,  iu  187^1,  resulted  in  the 
formation  of  the  new  tirm  of  Maclennan  A 
Biaodunald,  which  continued  the  old  busi- 


7T0 


J  CTCLOP^VJA  OF 


lieta,  *D(i  in  which  our  vobject  wa»  the 
senior  member  until  1»83.  The  name  and 
composition  uf  the  tirm  wa«  then  again 
ohanged,  and  the  buaincsB  hiia  aiiice  the  lat- 
ter date  bueu  carried  ou  by  the  tinn  of  Mao- 
lennan  &  LiddeU.  of  which  Mr.  MacleunHn 
is  the  senior  member.  He  joined  in  thu 
volunteer  toovement  ariAiD);  out  of  the  Trrnt 
affair,  and  held  a  commiaiiion  in  the  volun- 
teer force  at  Cornwall  from  18()2  to  18(>4, 
when  he  removed,  temporarily,  t«  Toronto. 
Mr.  Moclennan  haa  been  a  niombor  of  the 
Temporalities  B  .tard  of  the  Prebbytorian 
Church  for  the  laat  three  yearSi  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Uoard  of  Trusieea  of  Queen's 
University,  of  Kingst^m,  since  1^7^.  Ue 
was  a  candidate  at  the  general  election  fur 
the  Duminion  in  1878,  in  the  Reform  in- 
terest>  for  Cornwall,  but  was  defeated  by  a 
majority  of  'AS  votes.  He  is  a  meml>er  and 
elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Chiirchf  and  mar- 
ried on  the  12th  July,  I67I,  Elizabeth  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  !S«uiuel  Cline,  of  Corn- 
wall, merchant.  There  have  been  ei^ht 
children,  two  of  whom  are  dead.  Mr.  Mac- 
lennaa  was  appointed  n  ij.C.  in  1870. 

morgan,  Wlltiatn,  Walsingham  Cen> 
tro,  Ontario,  M.P.P.  for  South  Norfolk, 
was  born  in  the  village  of  Stirling,  HostinKs 
county,  on  the  8th  December,  1848.  He  is 
a  sr»ii  of  the  late  John  Dwyer  Morgan,  by  his 
wife,  Jane,  daughter  of  the  late  WiUtam 
Kingston,  a  prominent  farmer  in  the  County 
of  Hastings.  John  Dwyer  was  bom  in 
Glamorganshire,  Wales,  and  came  early  in 
Life  to  Canada  with  liis  parents,  who  settled 
in  the  County  of  Hastings,  and  engaged  in 
farming  and  lumbering.  ^Ir.  Morgan,  the 
father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  at  about 
(he  age  of  thirty,  began  for  himself  in  the 
lumber  trade,  at  which  he  continued,  in 
Norfolk,  until  his  death,  in  1871.  He  was 
reeve  of  the  township  of  Walsingham  for 
some  years,  and  lofik  a  ct^inspicuous  interest 
in  militia  matters,  being  captain  of  No.  4 
company.  31Hb  battalion,  and  organised  a 
company  at  the  time  of  the  Trtnt  emeute. 
He  afterwards  went  to  tlie  front,  being 
slatioued  at  Paris  at  the  time  of  the  Fenian 
raid.  Ho  took  an  active  interest  in  agn> 
oultural  matters,  being  for  a  time  treasurer 
of  the  South  Norfolk  Agricultural  Society. 
He  had  a  family  of  three,  the  subject  4)f 
this  sketch  being  the  oldest.  William  Mor- 
gan received  a  common  lohool  education, 
and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  commenced  busi- 
ueas  for  himself  as  a  mercliaut,  in  the 
village  of  WaUingham  Centre,  continuing 
at  the  same  for  five  years,  when  he  removed 
to  the  village  of  Port  Rowan,  where  be  re- 


solved  to  try   his    fortnne.     Three    y 
later  he  again   st^ld    nut,   and  returned 
WalainghAm,  re-engaging  in  his   old    bu 
neas,  in  which  he  has  continued  up  to  t 
l-resent  time.     In  1882,  Mr.  Morgan  co 
nieuced    the   manufacture    of    puuts 
c<>lours,    en>;aging   a   number    of    art 
He   waa  elected  reeve  of   the  towni*hip 
WaUingham,  and  remained  in  the  couu 
for  four  years,  giving  markecl  satisfi 
In    1879,  he  was  elei^tod  to   the   l^eg 
Assembly  of  Ontario,  in  thoConservati' 
terest,  for  the  South  Riding  of  Norfolk,  de- 
feating Oliver  Austin,  the  Reformer,   by  a 
majority  of  20  votes.     He  was  elected  again 
in    1883,    defeating   James    McBuruey,    of 
Simooe,  by  211  votes,  after  an  exciting  co 
test.     He  was  the  youngest  member  of  t 
Ontirio  lef;ialature  at  the  timo  of  his  el 
tion.      Mr.    Morgan    is   a   member    of 
Freemason    lodge,    No.    174,     Walaingh 
Centre,  and  Simcoe  £zra  chapter.  No.  23^ 
In  jwlitics  he  is  a  Liberal-Conservative,  a 
iu  religion   is  a  Methodist,  but  is  not  n 
row,  according  the   right    of   conscientio 
choice  of  faith  to  every  man  and  woman 
Mr.  Morgan  is  much  devoted    to    out-d'*or 
sports,  but  does  not  allow  them  to  interfere 
with  his  business  or  with    duty.       He 
member   of  the  old  Walsiugham  volun* 
company,  and  was  stationed  at   Paris  d 
ing  the   Kenian  raid  as  a  private,  but  h« 
was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  corporal  befurv 
his  return  home.     At  an  early  age  he 
a  course  at   Kingston   Military  school, 
received    a   second    class    certificate ; 
when   the  inuopendeut  companies  wore  o 
ganized  into  a  battalion,  he  was  promoi 
captain  of  No.  4  company,  39tb  baluUioi 
wliicli  position  he  hold  until  1885,  when 
was  appointed  paymaster  of  the  battoli 
holding  that  rank  now.     In  1^71,  he  waft 
appointed  treasurer  of  the  township  of  WaS^ 
singham,  but  declined  the  poaition.     Hit  ift 
also  postmaster  and  agent  of  the  G.N.  W« 
Telegraph  Company,  and   treasurer  of 
Walsiugham  Agricultural  Society.     He 
always  been  a  staunch  advcvuate  of  manh 
sulTrage,    and    although    young-looking 
appe&rance,  is  yet  old  in  public  life. 

O'Reilley  nili-'s,  Q.C  ,  Hamilton, 
tario,  was   born  near  Niagara  Falls,  on 
l8Lh  May,  18()(i.    Uotli  his  grandfathers  w 
U.K.   loyahftts,   who  fled   from  the  V 
States  at  the  close  of  the  American 
tion.      He  received  the  greater  pK) 
his    education    at    the    >  iagaru    0 
school,  and  afterwards  eutered  nix>u  a 
of  law  in  tbe  office  of  the  late  John 
enbridge,  in  the  old  town  of  Niagara  ;  baV 


IUll|, 


CANAVUy  BlOGRArBY. 


71 


lie  lioath  ••/  Ml*.  Broakenbridge,  io 
fft.  Mr  iVIi^illey  went  to  Toronto,  where 
ci>inpl«tod  hi«  studios  in  the  office  of  the 
Medsrs.  Baldwin  iV:  Son.  Ho  wu  called 
the  bnr  in  1830.  whence  it  will  be  soon 
|»t  h*'  it  Duw  the  oldest  practising  barrister 
Outwio.  Thrunurh  his  wide  and  sound 
Ige  of  the  law  and  his  natural  bril- 
\  he  soon  secured  an  extensive  prac- 
He  was  one  of  Sir  Allan  MaoNab's 
[MenofOore,"  who  quenched  the  insur- 
ry  tlame  at  Montgomery  s  tavern, 
>ront'>  ;  and  at  the  trial,  id  the  fol- 
spring,  of  the  1<M>  prisoners  contioed 
in  the  Hamilton  jail,  charged  with  high 
I.  Mr.  O'Reillcy,  unaided  and  alone, 
the  whole  of  them.  The  late  Chief- 
Dmper,  and  Mr.  (afterwards  Sir) 
llan  MacNab  prosecuted  for  the  Grown, 
lief -Justice  Mncaulay  hearing  the  case, 
lough  public  feeling  was  highly  strained 
the  time,  and  though  the  prosecution 
»nduot«d  with  marked  ability,  tlie  re- 
de fact  remains  that  not  one  of  the 
lis  number  was  convicted  of  the  higher 
offence.  The  learned  judge,  at  the  cl<.>se, 
:  '  Mr.  O'iieilley  an  elaborate  compliment 
ability  and  seal  with  which  ho  hud 
'icted  his  case.  On  the  7lh  of  February 
O'KeiUey  was  appointed  jud^e  of  the 
court  of  tha  district  of  Oore,  then 
ing  Wentworth,  Halton,  and  Brant, 
trtions  of  Waterloo,  Wellington,  and 
Idlmand.  In  1853,  he  resigned  this 
and  returned  to  practice  in  the 
taking  charge  for  a  short  period  of 
J  department  of  the  Great  Western 
isJiray  Company ,  whose  atfaira  wore  then 
idenbly  ombamuaed.  Mr.  O'Reilley 
largely  instrumental  in  bringing  the 
of  the  company  back  to  a  prosperous 
ifa4.!U>ry  condition.  Naturally,  from 
known  of  Mr.  O'ReiUey  personally 
A  practitioner,  we  might  expect  to 
hoar  that  he  wa<«,  while  npon  the  bench,  an 
'"»?.  His  quick  and  accurate  in- 
•mmand  of  legal  principles,  and 
.wiiinnation,  endowed  him  with  the 
[hest  capacity  for  judicial  administration, 
was  at  the  same  time  di^nihed  and 
irtooua,  and  a  Bnitus  in  his  adherence  to 
line  of  jiutice.  In  \Hh\S  he  was  ap- 
Lntod  Q.O.f  and  in  1871  a  master  in 
!>ry.  In  1880,  being  the  tiftieth  an- 
of  his  call  to  the  bar,  the  legal 
ion  of  the  County  of  Wentworth 
itud  him  with  a  handsome  service  of 
tte,  and  an  address  signed  by  the  mem- 
tjf  ihe  bar  in  the  county.  The  pre- 
itAtinn  WM  made  in  the  new  court  house. 


in  the  City  of  Hamilton,  in  presence  of  a 
very  lar^'e  aasombUgo  of  ladies  and  gentle* 
men,  the  law  students  presenting  him,  on 
the  aame  occasion,  with  a  hue  pipe  of  mam- 
moth size,  and  a  piece  of  t4j)>acco  of  corres- 
ponding dimensions.  At  this  date  (1886) 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  O'Keilley,  although  well  ad- 
vanced in  years,  still  enjoy  good  health, 
and  are  probably  the  old»'st  surviving  in- 
habitants of  the  City  of  Hamilton,  where 
they  have  resided  nirce  \^V,  and  colebratod 
their  golden  wedding  in  1883.  at  their 
house  (The  Willows),  where  they  have  lived 
fur  over  lifty  years.  Mrs.  U'Reilley  is  the 
second  daughter  of  the  late  James  liany, 
late  of  Mount  Pleasant,  < 'aunty  of  Brant, 
formerly  of  the  City  of  Bath,  EnglaTui. 

Bellemarc,  Riipliuel,  Inspector  of 
Inland  Revenue,  District  of  Montreal,  ii 
descended  from  an  old  and  honourable 
French  family,  which  came  from  France  to 
Canada  about  1050,  his  father  heint*  Paul 
Bellemare,  of  Yamachiche,  where  Raphael 
was  born  on  the  22nd  February,  1821.  His 
mother,  Marg^iirite  Gelenas,  was  sprung 
from  the  same  old  stock.  Rsphael  Belle- 
mare received  hia  primary  education  at  his 
parent's  home,  and  waa  sent  to  the  College 
of  Nicolet,  to  follow  a  course  of  oUssical 
studies.  Ue  was  afterwards,  fn>m  1845  to 
18-17,  professor  of  Belles  Lettres  in  that 
illustrious  institution.  LeaviuK  college,  he 
began  the  study  of  law,  repairing  for  that 
purpose  to  Montreal,  and  entered  the  office 
of  the  late  P.  R.  Lafrenaye,  A.C.  He  was 
subsequently  transferred  to  the  ofTioe  of 
Judge  Coursolf  where  he  concluded  hia 
ci>ur8e  of  study.  During  the  aame  time  he, 
from  1847  to  1855,  succeeded  to  the  edi- 
torship of  La  Minervty  then  the  principal 
organ  of  the  Lafontaine-Morin,  or  Refurm 
party.  Aa  a  writer  he  displayed  great  gifts, 
and  there  were  always  present  in  his  contri- 
butions force  and  brilliancy,  and  a  powerful 
logic.  Tlirough  all  the  great  rjuestiuna  that 
were  discussed  with  such  stormy  temper, 
such  as  public  schools,  the  secularizjition  of 
tlie  clergy  reserves,  and  the  representation 
by  population,  Lti  ^Viiirnv  was  to  the  fore 
front,  and  the  able  pen  of  Mr.  Bellemare 
conspicuonsly  active.  Abuse  was  burled  at 
him  by  VArtnir,  by  Le  MoniUur  and  by  Lt 
PaySy  but  ho  kept  his  temper,  held  his 
ground,  and  with  dignity  and  ability  fought 
his  battle,  winning  the  admiration  and  the 
gratitude  of  his  friends.  Mr.  Bellemare 
being  a  devoted  son  of  his  church,  there- 
fore, favoured  the  continuance  of  religious 
instruction  in  schools,  contendin<^  that  with- 
out such  instruction  the  nation  must  event- 


770 


A  CYChOFMDlA  OF 


ne«B,  and  in  which  uur  subject  was  the 
senior  member  until  IbSS.  The  nnue  and 
compofiition  uf  the  tinu  was  then  agaio 
chAUged»  and  the  busineaa  has  since  the  lat- 
ter dftte  been  carried  on  by  the  tirtn  of  Mac- 
lennan  &  Liddell,  of  whit^  Mr.  Maclenuau 
is  tlie  senior  member.  He  joined  tn  the 
vohiuteer  movvment  Hriaiug  out  of  the  Trtnt 
llfair,  and  held  a  commisaiuu  in  the  vuluu- 
teer  force  st  Coinwall  from  1862  to  1864, 
when  he  removed,  temporarily,  to  Toronto. 
Mr.  Mftclennan  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Temporalities  Board  of  the  PrasbyLeriaii 
Church  for  the  last  three  years,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Trustee*  of  Ci>ueen'B 
Umvendty,  of  Kingston,  sincu  1871>.  Ue 
was  a  candidate  at  the  general  election  for 
the  Dominion  in  1878,  in  the  Ueform  in- 
terest, for  Cornwall,  but  was  defeated  by  a 
majority  of  38  toIbb.  He  is  a  member  and 
older  in  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  mar- 
ried on  the  12th  July,  1871,  Klizsbeth  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  Samuel  CHne,  of  Corn- 
wall, merchant.  There  have  been  eight 
children,  two  r_>f  ^homure  dend.  Mr.  Mac- 
lennan  was  appoiutt^d  jx  Q.C  in  1870. 

Morgan,  Wlllfam,  WaUingham  Cen- 
tre, Ontario,  M.P.  P.  fur  South  Norfolk, 
was  born  in  the  village  of  Stirling,  HostingB 
county,  on  the  8th  December,  1848.  He  is 
a  son  of  the  late  John  Dwyer  Morgan,  by  his 
wife,  Jane,  daughter  of  the  tate  VVilliam 
Kingston,  a  prominent  fanner  in  the  County 
of  Hastings.  John  Dwyer  was  bom  in 
Olamorganshire,  Wales,  and  came  early  in 
life  to  Canada  with  hie  parents,  who  settled 
in  the  County  of  Hastings,  and  engaged  in 
farnung  and  lumbering.  Mr.  Morgan,  the 
father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  at  abont 
the  age  of  thirty,  began  fur  himself  in  the 
lumber  trade,  at  which  he  continued,  in 
Norfolk,  until  hia  death,  in  1871.  He  was 
reeve  of  the  township  of  Walsinj^ham  for 
some  years,  and  took  a  conspicuous  interest 
in  militia  matters,  being  captain  of  No.  4 
company,  30th  battalion,  and  organized  a 
company  at  the  time  of  the  Trt^d  emeufe. 
He  afterwards  went  to  the  front,  being 
stationed  at  i'aris  at  the  time  of  the  Fenian 
raid.  He  took  an  active  interest  in  agri- 
cultural matters,  being  for  a  time  treasurer 
of  tlie  South  Norfolk  Agricultural  Society. 
He  had  a  family  of  three,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  being  the  eldest.  William  Mor- 
gan received  a  common  school  education, 
and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  commenced  busi- 
neaa for  himself  as  a  mercliant,  in  thu 
village  of  Walsingham  Centre,  contiuuuig 
at  the  same  for  Hve  years,  when  he  removed 
to  the  village  of  Port  Huwan,  where  he  re- 


solved  to   try    his    fortune.     Three    ytmn 
later  he  agaiu    sold   out,   aud   returiMd  to 
Walsingham.  re-engaginK  ii  bi«   old    bvu- 
neas,  in  which  be  has  continued  up  u>  lii* 
present  time.     In   1882,  Mr.  Morgan  cmo- 
meuoed    the   manufacture    of    paina    and 
colours,   engaging  a   number    of    arttzaoa 
He   was  elected  reeve  of    the   townslup 
Walsingham,  and  remained  in  the  co 
for  four  years,  giving  marked  sal 
In   1879,  he  was  elected  to   the 
Assembly  of  Ontario,  in  the  Con 
terost,  for  the  S(»uth  Riding  of  Norfolk, 
feating  Oliver  Austiu,  the  Kefonuer,  by  % 
majority  of  20  votes.     He  was  elected  :y«iii 
in    1883,    defeating  James    McBuruey,    ol 
Simcoe.  by  29  votes,  after  an  exciting  cot>- 
teet.     He  was  the  youngest  member  of  t 
Ontirio  le{[i«lature  at  the  time  of  his  ol 
tion.      Mr.    Morgan    is   a   niembvr  of    ' 
Freemason   hnlge.    No.    174,     Walaingh 
Centre,  and  Simcoe  Exra  ohaptnr,  No.  2S, 
In  politics  he  is  a  Liberal-Conservative,  anJ 
in  religion  is  a  Methodist,  but  is  not  asf- 
ruw,  according  the    right    of    oonscientiouf 
choice  of  faith  to  every  man  and  womsa. 
Mr.  Morgan  is  much  devoted    to  oot-di)or 
sp^irta,  but  does  not  allow  them  to  intorfen 
with  his  business  or  with   duty.      Ha  it  s 
member   of  the  old  Walaingham  volunteer 
company,  and  was  stationed  at   Paris  dar- 
ing the   Fenian  raid  as  a  private,   but  ha 
was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  corporal  bvfors 
his  return  home.     At  an  early  age  he  Wwk 
a  course  at   Kingston  Military  school,  and 
received    a   second    class    certiHcate;    and 
when  the  independent  companies  werv  or^ 
ganized  into  a  battalion,  he  was  pr.tmo 
captain  of  No.  4  company,  Si^th  battHliui 
which  p*«ition  he  held  until  1885.  when 
was  appointed  paymaster  of  the  battaliui 
holding  that  rank  now.     In  1871,  he  w 
appointed  treasurer  of  the  townahip  of  W 
Bingham,  but  declined  the  position.     He 
also  postmaster  antl  agent  of  the  G.N 
Telegraph  Company,  and  treasnror  of 
Walflingham  Agricultural  Society.      Ue 
always  been  astauucli  advocate  of  ni 
suffrage,    and    although    young-looking  m 
appearance,  is  yet  old  in  ])ubbc  life. 

0'Rcille>  miOH,  Q.C  ,  HaimltiiQ.  ( 
tario,  was   born  near  Niagara   Falls,  <>n  t 
18th  May,  lHUKi.    Both  hia  grandfathers  wan 
U.K.   layalists,   who  fled    from  the  Umt«d 
States  at  ttie  cU«e  of  the  American  revul 
tion.      He  received  llio  greater  ^K:'rtit>n 
his    educuiioii    At    the    >  iagara    Gram 
school,  and  afterwards  entered  npon  a  stu 
of  law  ill  the  oHioo  of  the  late  John 
enbridge,  in  the  old  town  uf  Niagara  ;  bii 


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CANADtAS  BIOGRAPBW 


771 


air. 


Upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Breake7ibrid|j;e,  in 
1828.  Mr.  U'Reilley  wentt«  Toronto,  whore 
he  ounpltfted  his  studiei  in  the  ntSiG«  of  the 
\%le  MoAsrs.  Baldwin  &  Scm.  Ho  wii«  cftll«d 
to  the  bftr  in  1830,  whence  it  will  1»e  teen 
thmt  ho  Ib  DOW  the  oldest  praciising  buriBter 
in  4.>nt«rio.  Through  his  wide  and  sound 
knowledge  of  the  Uw  and  his  natur&l  bril- 
Ujuicy.  he  toon  seciir^  an  extensive  prac- 
tice. He  WM  one  L>f  Str  Allan  MacNab's 
•*  Men  of  Gone,*'  who  qiienche<l  the  insur* 
nNrticiuary  Hame  at  Montgomery  s  tAvem, 
near  Tornnto  ;  snd  at  the  trial,  in  the  fol- 
lowing  spring,  nf  the  KM)  prisoners  confined 
in  the  Hamilton  jail,  charged  with  high 
tfeaa<>n,  Mr.  O'Reillcy.  unaided  and  ahmo. 
defended  the  whole  of  them.  The  late  Chief- 
Justice  Draper,  and  Mr.  (afterwards  Sir) 
Altai!  MacNab  prosecuted  for  the  Crown« 
Chief-Justice  Miicauley  hearing  the  case. 
Though  public  feelin;^  was  highly  strained 
at  the  time,  and  though  the  prosecution 
waa  conducted  with  marked  ability,  the  re- 
niarkablt*  fact  remains  that  not  one  of  the 
whule  numl>er  wa«  convicted  of  the  higher 
offenoe.  The  learned  judge,  at  the  close, 
paid  Mr.  (t'UeiUey  an  elaborate  compliment 
on  the  ability  and  zeal  with  which  he  had 
conducted  his  case.  On  the  7th  of  February 
Mr  O'Ruilley  was  appointed  jud^e  of  the 
rict  court  of  the  district  of  Gore,  then 
bracing  Wentworth.  Halton,  and  Brant, 
d  portioiia  of  Waterloo,  Wellington,  and 
HaldimanU.  In  1853,  he  resigned  this 
office,  and  returned  to  practice  in  the 
cjurta.  taking  chaise  for  a  short  period  of 
the  legal  department  of  the  Great  Western 
RAilway  Cmpany,  whoa©  at&ira  were  then 
oonaiderably  embarraaaed.  Mr.  O'Keilley 
waa  Ursely  instrumental  in  bringing  the 
afTain  of  the  company  back  tn  a  proaperoua 
and  aatiafactory  condition.  Naturally,  from 
what  is  known  of  Mr.  O'ReiUey  personally 
and  as  a  practitioner,  we  might  expect  to 
hear  that  ho  wan.  while  U(M>n  the  bench,  an 
ideal  judi^  Hia  quick  and  accurate  in- 
aight,  hia  command  of  legal  principlea,  and 
hit  wide  information,  endowed  him  with  the 
hiffavrt  capacity  for  judicial  administration. 
He  waa  at  the  same  time  di^iified  and 
oourtoona,  and  a  Unitus  in  his  adherence  to 
the  line  of  justice,  lu  \X<i<*  he  was  ap- 
pmnted  y.C,  and  in  1871  «  master  m 
Cbauoery.  In  IHSO,  being  the  tiftieth  an- 
nJTftWry  of  his  call  t4)  the  bar.  the  legal 
profaMioQ  of  the  Cnuniy  of  WantwoHh 
pTMiateJ  hitii  with  a  hatidaume  serrioe  of 
plate,  and  an  addrvsa  aignod  by  tb«  mem- 
bera  t»f  the  bar  in  tho  county.  The  pre- 
seotatiou  waa  made  in  the  new  court  houae, 


in  the  City  of  Hamilton,  in  presence  of  a 
very  Ur^e  assemblage  of  Uilie*  and  gentle- 
men, the  law  students  presenting  him,  oil 
the  same  occasion,  with  a  tine  pipe  of  mam- 
moth siKe,  and  a  piece  of  Uibaccvi  nf  corres- 
ponding dimensions.  At  this  date  (1886) 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  O'Keilley,  although  well  ad- 
vanced in  yean,  still  enjoy  good  healthy 
and  are  probably  the  oldt^st  surviving  in- 
habitants  of  the  City  of  Hauiiltnu,  where 
they  have  resided  sirce  1831,  and  celebrated 
their  golden  wedding  in  1883,  at  their 
house  (The  W^illowa),  where  they  have  lived 
for  over  tifty  years.  Mrs.  O'ReiUey  is  the 
second  dau,2hter  of  the  late  James  Uany, 
late  of  Mount  Pleaaant,  <'ountyof  Brant, 
f««rruerly  of  the  City  of  Bath,  England. 

Bcilleniarc,  Kapbael,  Inspector  of 
Inland  Revenue,  District  of  Montreal,  ia 
descended  from  an  old  and  honourable 
French  family,  which  came  fmni  France  to 
Canada  about  1650,  hia  father  beini;  F'aul 
Bellemare,  of  Yamachiche,  where  Raphael 
waa  bom  on  the  22nd  February,  1821.  Hia 
mother,  Marguirite  Uelenae,  was  spning 
from  the  same  old  stock.  Ripha^l  Belle- 
mare received  his  primary  education  at  liia 
parent's  home,  and  was  sent  to  the  College 
of  Nicolet,  to  follow  a  c<iurse  of  classical 
studies.  Ho  was  afterwards,  from  1845  to 
1847,  professor  of  Belles  Lettres  in  that 
illustriuuB  institution.  Leaving  college,  he 
began  the  study  of  law,  repMring  fur  that 
purpose  to  Montreal,  and  entered  the  office 
of  the  late  P.  R.  Lafrenaye,  AC.  He  waa 
sabeequently  tranaferred  to  the  office  of 
Judge  Conrsol,  where  he  concluded  hia 
ooarae  of  study.  During  the  same  time  he, 
from  1847  to  1855,  auooeeded  to  the  edi- 
torahip  of  La  Mintrvty  then  the  princifMl 
orgau  of  the  Lafontaine-Morin,  or  Reform 
party.  As  a  writer  he  displayed  groat  gifts, 
and  there  were  alwayv  present  in  his  contri- 
butions force  und  brilliancy,  and  a  powerful 
bigic.  Through  all  the  grvst  questions  that 
were  diaciuued  with  such  at^inny  teuipor, 
such  aa  public  schools,  the  seoularixatiuu  of 
the  clergy  roserros,  and  the  reprctsentation 
by  population.  La  Minem  waa  to  the  fore 
front,  and  the  able  pen  of  Mr.  Bollomaro 
ouBptcn'MiMly  ftctiro.  Abuse  waa  burled  at 
him  by  VAf^utr,  by  Lr  Momt^rttr  and  by  L* 
/'(1I/4,  but  he  kept  his  tem(>«r.  heM  his 
ground,  and  with  dignity  and  ability  fought 
his  battle,  winning  the  admiration  and  the 
gratitude  of  hia  (ruMids.  Mr.  Bellumare 
being  a  devoted  son  of  his  ohnrrh,  thitr»- 
fore,  favotirod  the  oontinuaucf*  of  religious 
instruction  in  schools,  contomlin^'  that  with* 
out  such  iuatruoUoo  (he  naUuu  uusi  wveufc- 


"iVZ 


J.  CYCLOi'j^DlA  OF 


u&lly  grow  uiio  iuHdolity.  And  very  prob- 
ably Mr.  Belleiuare  was  right.  Mr.  Bolle- 
nurc  waa  admitted  to  the  bar,  but  uever 
practised  there,  he  having'  been  won  away 
tu  the  jonrualiatic  tield  whoru  heacconipLiaU- 
ed  Buch  duughty  and  brilliant  work.  At 
the  confederation  of  the  province*  he  waa 
appointed  to  ihu  otfice  which  he  filla  at  the 
present  time  ;  and  during  hia  many  years  of 
official  life  nu  complatot  baa  been  uttered 
againat  hini,  he  being  a  nif^at  zealous  and 
capable  uflicer,  He  received  a  diploma  as 
correapoudinK  member  nf  La  Sijciett^  des 
Anticiuaires  ae  Normandie  ;  held  the  oflice 
of  aUiorman  of  St.  Lewia  ward,  Montreal, 
for  Bii  years,  showing  great  ability  in  this 
field,  and  recoiA-ing  tho  hearty  reco^nitinn  of 
hia  fellow  citizena.  He  waa  one  of  tho  ori- 
ginators, and  the  secretary,  uf  tho  graduates 
of  Nicolet  College,  which  was  held  in  18C0  ; 
waa  connected  with  thu  organization  of  tho 
Canadian  Zuuaves  ;  and  was  for  many  yeara 
secretary  of  the  8t.  Jean  Baptiste  Society. 
He  has  been  one  of  the  board  of  the  Fab- 
rique  of  Notre  Dame  ;  and  is  one  of  tlie 
directors  of  the  Montreal  City  and  District 
Savings  bank.  He  has  been  for  over  twenty 
years  president  of  the  St.  Vincent  de  Paul 
Society,  and  has  been  a  prominent  and  ac- 
tive member  in  that  body.  He  has  kept  up 
bis  literary  connections,  and  his  contribu- 
tions could  always  be  known  by  their  strong 
flavour  of  the  writer's  individuality.  He' 
is  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Societe  His* 
torique  dc  Montreal,  and  is  known  for  hts 
taste  for  historical  researches  and  hie  moat 
valuable  and  rare  cuUuction  of  books,  In 
1849  he  miirried  Anastasie  Geoffriou,  daugh- 
ter of  Romain  Geotfrion  dit  81.  Jean,  of 
Boucherville.  She  died  in  1882,  having  had 
five  children,  three  sons  and  two  daughters. 
Tho  two  daughters  only  are  now  living,  Ma- 
tbilde,  the  elder,  is  the  wife  of  D.  L.  Deaanl- 
niers,  advocate,  now  in  tho  parliamentary 
service  at  Ottawa,  as  French  translator. 
Josephine  is  the  wife  of  P.  A.  Jodoin,  com- 
mercial and  oiantifacturera'  atfent,  residing 
at  BelwiL  In  May,  188o,  Mr.  Bellemnre 
was  a  second  time  united  in  marriage,  his 
preseDt  wife  being  Mde.  M.  L.  Euchariate 
Norniandin,  who  waa  tho  widow  of  the  Ute 
Alfred  Normandin,  merchant,  of  Montreal. 
Conniee,  Jnincs,  Port  Arthur,  M.P.P. 
for  Weat  Algoma,  waa  bom  iu  the  township 
of  Sydenham,  Cuuuty  of  Grey,  on  thu  li^th 
October,  184U.  He  is  a  aon  of  Matthew 
and  Rosanna  (Shaughnessy),  hia  mother 
being  a  native  of  the  County  of  Leitrim, 
Ireland.  Matthew  Conniee  came  to  Can- 
ada from  the  County  of  Sligo,  Ireland,  when 


very  young,  with  his  father,    who  seti 
neap  the  preaent  l<iwu  of   Belleville,  wl 
he  engaged  in  the  lumber  tnuie.     After 
maining  hero  some  time,  he  (tbi*  gratidlal 
removed    to    the   townaliip    of    Sydrtil 
where  he  engaged  iu  farmijig.      He  ditdi 
1800.     One  uf    his  sons  was    Matthev. 
father  of  the  s^ibjwt  of  this  sketch,  vhu 
engaged  in  farming  in  the  townKhip  of  .Sj 
enhani.  leaving  at  his  death  in  1>^7*3,  tl 
of  a  family,  the  subject  of  thia  nket^^h  lM>i 
tht*  youngest.     James    Conmee 
common  schtx)]  education,  terminal 
studies  at  the  Owen  Sound  Grammar 
and   left  school  about    the  ajce  of  fift 
Thereafter    he  engaged  at    various 
tions  for  a  short  time.    During  the  Ai 
war  he  enlisted  in  the  Northern  arraj^ 
8lh   New  York    Cavalry,    under   the  a 
mand  of  General  Cuater.      He  was  seal 
the    front ;,  and  was  engaged    in    a  Itstl 
shortly  before  the  surrender  uf  Lee,    Aft 
the  war    was  ended,  he   returned 
ada,   and   engaged  in   railway  const 
both  in  Canada  and  the  Cnited  States," 
1871,  when  he  remove<)  to  Port  Arthur, 
goma  District,  where  he  has  been  enj^ 
in  contracting  and  railroad  buildinit  sm 
Ue  tendered  for  Section  A  of  the  Canadisn' 
Pacific  Railway,  and   upon  bis  tender  the 
work  was  let,  a  ctnipany  beinij  formod  for 
the  carrying  out  «.»f  the  contract.     Mr.  Cc<n- 
mee  sold  out  to  the  ciitriit:*nv    tTtinj  ^  mh. 
ccmtraot  frr>m  them  fni  ■  n; 

line,     tn   1877  he  wh^ 
council  of  Port  Arthur,  and  remained  in  Xiv 
bifdy  for  several  years.     In  1881,  Mr.  C< 
mee  was  appointed  a  justice  of  the 
In  1882,    Mr.  Cunmee  became  aotively 
gaged  in  the    coustructicm    of    the    Canada 
Pacific  Railway,  east  of  Port  Arthur.  a«  the 
head  of  the  firm   of  Conmee  A*  ^"    ^ 
handling  about  sixty-four  miles  ■ 
Superior  section.     In  1884  the  t'    r-,  i^. 
commenced  falling  behind  in  payments,  a| 
Mr.  Conmee's  firm  completed  their  conti 
upon  their  own  resources  ;    but  owing  tn 
settlement  having  been  arrived  at  bet»4 
Mr.  Coninee  and  his  firm  with  the  U.  P. 
he  instituted  a  suit  against  the  com] 
3fl*K),000,  the  action  being  now  in  h 
gresa.     He  waa  elected  mayor  in  W 
in  the  aamo  year  waa  elected  to    tl 
ario  legislature,  defeating  1.  C,  Qt 
Conservative  candidate,    by  a    maji 
eighty-three  votes.      He  is  a  memberi 
Masonic  craft,   lodgt*  No.  287,  Port  A 
In  politics,  he  is  a  Uefonuer.     Mr.  Coiual 
is  a  Itoinan    catholic  ;   aud    he   nil 
1875,  Emily  F.,  daughter  of  Joseph 


CA  KA  01 A  K  H20  OP  A  PB  Y, 


T78 


township  of  St.  Vincent,  Co»mty  of 
>y,  and  has  by  thU  lady  a  f &iiiily  of  three 

lildren.  In  1885,  Mr.  Conmee  purchased 
the  large  saw  aijd  planing  milU  from  Thoinaa 
Mark,  of  Port  Arthnr,  and  is  engaged  ex- 
tensively ID  the  lumber  trade.  Mr.  Oonmee 
ifl  a  man  of  very  ^eat  energy  and  enter- 
prise, and  he  ^ves  proxniae  uf  having  a  very 
useful  Itik'islHtive  career  before  him. 

Todd,  Alpheun,  LL.D.,  C.B..  deceaa- 
ed^  was  born  in  Enifland.  In  1821,  and  came 
to  Canada  in  1833.  Prior  to  thn  union  of 
the  provinces,  he  was  assistant  librarian  to 
the  LogistatiTe  Assembly  of  Upper  Canada, 
and  was  continued  in  ihe  same  office  by  the 
Legial&ttve  Assenibly  of  United  Canada,  un- 
til 1850,  when  he  was  appointed  chief  libra- 
rian of  the  provinces.  The  library,  when 
he  tirst  becatne  couDectod  with  it,  consisted 
of  leas  than  1,000  volumes.  Larjfe  and  valu- 
able portions  of  stibspiiuent  additions  were 
destroyed  by  fire  in  Montreal  in  1851,  and 
in  Quebec  in  1854.  In  the  session  of  1850 a 
library  grant  of  £M0  ODD  was  made,  and  Mr. 
Totld  was  sent  to  Europe  to  expend  it.  Ue 
executed  his  important  comimssion  with  the 
greatest  skill  and  judgment,  and  thereby,  it 
may  be  justly  said,  Laid  the  main  foundation 
of  the  present  magnificent  collection  uf  up- 
wardfl  of  10M,(K>0  volumes.  It  haa  been  maae 
under  hit  care  and  supervision,  and  presents 
a  catalogue  which  is  the  beet  monument  of 
his  indefatigable  and  most  valuable  labours 
in  that  diructiou.  Having,  as  it  were,  vrown 
up  with  his  books,  Mr.  Todd  had  become 
an  essential  part  of  the  library.  A  mind  of 
universal  literary  receptivity,  had  enabled 
him  largely  to  absorb  and  assimilate  the  vast 
stores  upon  its  shelves.  The  numerous  pon- 
derous folios  containing  the  claasided  indexes 
u«  largely  in  his  own  clear  and  lieautiful 
hand  writing,  and  aa  an  instant  and  exhaus- 
tive reference  for  authority  or  information 
in  any  volume  which  they  contain,  the  ami- 
able librarian  was  never  at  fault.'  By  mini- 
sters, public  officers,  the  judiciary  members 
of  both  houses  and  by  authors,  his  service* 
were  in  ooiutnnt  requisition,  and  no  one 
left  him  without  bein^  strongly  impreated 
with  the  clearness  of  his  statements,  the 
readiness  >>f  his  richly  stored  memory,  and 
tb«  gentle  courtesy  with  which  he  imparted 
ita  treasures,  and  to  this  may  be  added  a 
never-failing  promptness  in  conducting  the 
large  correspondence  which  his  duties  in* 
Tolved.  Amid  the  absorbing  dutiee  of  his 
office,  however,  and  notwithstanding  their 
azhauativu  nature,  he  found  time  to  aupply 
valuable  contributions  to  the  history  of  oon- 
stiiutional  and    pArlianientary  govemment. 


and  his  works  upon  these  subjects  are  au- 
thorities in  England  as  well  as  in  Canada. 
His  principal  works  are  entitled  :  (1).  '*The 
Practice  and  Privileges  of  Parliament"  ;  (2). 
**  Brief  Suggestions  in  rttgnrd  to  the  Forma- 
tions of  Local  Governments"  ;  (3).  **  On  the 
Poaiiionof  a  Constitutional  Governor  under 
Responsible  Government";  (4).  "Parlia- 
mentary Government  in  England "  ;  and 
(5).  **  Parliauieutary  (Government  in  the 
British  Colonies."  Dr.  Todd's  work  was 
remarkable  for  its  wide  range  of  thought, 
and  for  the  ciRnmess  and  accuracy  of  its 
obaervatifin.  He  was  a  man  who  seemed 
to  have  made  a  note  of  everything  that 
paaaed,  either  actually  or  before  his  mind, 
that  could  be  brought  to  bear  upon  the 
ffreat  subject  to  which  he  had  consecrated 
his  life.  Into  constitutional  questions  he 
seemed  to  have  an  intuitive  insight^  and 
his  declarations  npon  the  same  arc  made  in 
a  simple,  graceful  and  direct  style  that  is  aa 
clear  as  running  water.  And  the  work  will 
remain,  and  ita  opinions  will  be  quoted  as 
loni;  as  there  exist  parliaments  based  upon 
the  spirit  of  the  British  constitution.  The 
BiiinUurtjh  firneic  said  : — *'  It  is  a  remark- 
able circumstance  that  we  should  be  indebt- 
ed to  a  resident  in  a  distant  colony,  the  lib- 
rarian of  the  Canadian  House  of  Parliament, 
for  one  of  the  most  useful  and  complete 
bo<}ka  which  has  ever  appeared  on  the  prac- 
tical operation  of  the  British  oonstitutinn." 
The  iiKi/nrdoi/  Jieritvf  said:— "At  the  first 
sight  there  seems  a  certain  bcddoess  in  th« 
notion  of  one  whose  experience  is  exclusive- 
ly colonial,  venturing  to  instruct  people  at 
home  in  the  nature  and  scope  of  the  system 
by  which  they  are  governed.  But  Mr.  Todd 
has  kept  himself  so  accurately  informed  up- 
on all  that  has  been  said  and  done  in  the 
mother  conntry,  and  he  has  so  diligently 
read  everything  that  has  been  written  here 
at  all  likely  to  throw  litcht  upon  the  subject^ 
that  nob«>dv  will  detect  the  least  cidouial  or 
provincial  flavour  in  his  book." 

Bii«ll,  Jucob  EN>oksfHd«r,  Lieut,- 
Colonel,  Bruckville,  Ontario,  wsa  bom  at 
the  place  of  his  present  abode,  on  the  4tb 
October.  1827.  He  is  a  son  of  the  late 
William  Buell,  of  the  7th  Leeds  militia, 
who  held  Ihe  medal  with  clasps  for  the  bat- 
tle of  Chrysler*M  Furm,  1813,  and  who  waa 
one  of  the  representatives  for  the  County  of 
Leeds,  in  the  Cpper  Canada  Assembly,  from 
1828  to  1830  :  and  be  is  a  grandwm  of  the 
late  William  Buell,  a  Unti«K)  Empire  loyal- 
ist.  and  an  officer  of  the  K  inu's  rangera,  w  ho 
represented  the  County  of  Leeds  in  the  Tp- 
per  Canada  Aasembly,  from  1H0I   to  1H04 


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ji  crcLOFAcvu  or 


J.  D.  Duell  recoivud  a  cnrefal  educntional 
traming,  attendiug  the  initior  4nd  Grauiinar 
ftOliooU  of  hiH  native  place  ;  and  upon  cotn- 

fileting'  his  course,  entered  ti|Ntn  the  study  of 
aw,  l^ing  called  t<»  the  bar  of  I'pper  Oa«- 
ada  at  Michaelmas  term,  I8.'J4.  He  tint 
uiarried  Susan  Chaffey,  of  Pitisbuftf,  U.  S., 
whu  died  m  December,  ]8o7.  He  next 
married  (18G1)  Margaret  Sophia,  fourth 
daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  EJmuud  J.  Benk* 
ler,  M.A,,  formerly  of  Docking,  Norfolk, 
England.  Colonel  Uuell  hns  always  taken 
a  deep  interest  in  militia  matters  ;  has  held 
a  Boat  in  the  Dominion  Rifle  Association, 
and  is  lioutouant-ooloDel  in  the  42od  battal- 
ion, Brockvillu.  lathe  miinioipal  stfairsof 
Brockville,  he  has  been  a  foremost  figure, 
and  served  as  mayor  of  the  town  for  coany 
years  ;  and  he  is  a  master  in  Chancery.  In 
1871  he  contested  Brockville  riding  for  a 
seat  in  the  Lpgislatire  Assembly  of  Ontario, 
but  was  defeated  ;  but  the  following  year 
he  was  elected  to  the  Huuoe  of  Commons  for 
the  same  ounstituenoy,  being  re-elected  in 
1H74.  In  1878  he  was  again  in  the  ti&ld, 
but  WAS  defeated  by  Mr.  FitTsimmons.      In 

E^lilics  Colonel  Buell  has  always  beon  a 
iberal. 

nasfiei',  Ilnrt  Altnernl,  President  of 
the  Maaaey  Mnnufacmring  Company,  To- 
ronto, was  bora  in  the  townshifi  of  Haldi- 
mand,  Northumberland  county,  Ontario,  on 
the  29th  of  April,  1823.  His  grandfather 
settled  in  Canada  iu  1807,  and  aerveii  in  the 
war  of  18iy,  teaming  for  the  troojm  from 
Kingston  to  Toronto,  leaving  his  son,  Daniel, 
a  boy  of  only  twelve  years  old,  the  entire 
charge  and  management  of  the  homestead. 
Ho  nad  to  attend  the  market  with  grain, 
settle  up  aoconnts,  and  pay  the  men.  Few 
boys  at  his  age  would  huvo  been  able  to  do 
this.  The  grandfather  wae  burn  in  Vermont, 
and  in  1803  removed  with  his  family  tu  Jef- 
ferson county,  and  in  18U7  the  family,  aa  we 
have  seen, crossed  the  b(^rder,having  heard  of 
the  greater  facilities  for  farming  in  Canada, 
and  settled  in  the  township  of  Haldimand. 
Daniel  Massey  imported  one  of  the  first 
thrashing  machines  brought  into  Csnada  in 
theyearl830.andnfterwu^B  imported  others 
for  use  on  his  own  land  and  for  sending  them 
out  to  thresh  on  neighbouring  farms.  Prior 
to  the  introduction  of  these  machines,  the 
grain  had  to  be  harvested  by  siclclo  and  cra- 
dle and  threshed  in  the  bam  by  cattle  being 
driven  over  the  grain  in  the  most  primitive 
manner.  Mr.  Massey  gave  great  attention 
to  the  clearing  of  wild  lands,  and  under  his 
personal  supervision,  as  many  aa  ],200acres 
were  chopped  and  cleared,  frequently  em- 


toof^^H 
yei^BH 
afo«MH 
factnfv  ovfl 


ploying  100  hands  at  the  work, 
sey  received  hiit  early  educatiun  in  Ji 
o«iuuty.  New  York  stat«,  where  he 
sent  to  sta}'  with  his  father's  reflations.  4.>a 
his  return  home  he  entered  Victoria  College, 
Cubourg,  and  remained  thero  during  Lb« 
years  1842-44.  While  a  boy  he  took  great 
interest  iu  msuhinery  uf  all  kinds.  suJ  do- 
lighted  in  devising  improvements  in  fanning 
implemenU.  At  achiKd  and  at  college,  ko 
not  unnaturally  exhibitvU  tlie  Cf*mmandiu2 
intellectual  parts  which  have  dtslinguishs^ 
him  during  his  business  career.  TfMtn  le^r. 
ing  college  he  became  much  interested  i 
management  of  his  father's  f&rma,  *u 
desire  for  improved  iinpK-raenta 
p<.issession  of  his  mind,  tlijit  iu  they 
he  induced  his  father  to  establiah 
and  machine  shop,  for  the  mannfactnt* 
farming  implements  at  Newcastle,  Ontario 
In  the  same  year  be  nmrried  KLia  Ann 
Phelps,  of  Johnstown^  New  York,  and  ft-^in 
afterwards  took  entire  charge  of  his  f.-idurr. 
farms.  In  1850,  he  was  appointed  jasUcv  >*i 
the  |>eace  fur  the  Counties  of  Northumber 
laud  and  Durfiam,  and  continued  to  act  in 
that  capacity  for  twenty  years.  In  1851,  he 
removed  to  Newcastle,  and  began  t"  drv'U> 
his  attention  practically  to  the  m. 
which  he  used  to  amuse  his  In- 
when  a  boy.  What  he  achieved  it  is  hanil> 
ueoeaaary  to  say,  as  everv  one  has  heard  cj 
the  fame  of  the  tirm  of  which  Bfr.  Masasy  a 
the  head.  In  1862,  he  was  taken  in  aa  fan- 
ner and  business  manager,  and  this  year 
they  commenced  the  manufacture  of  ifas 
'*  Ketcfaum  Mower  "  and  the  *'  Borrstl 
Reaper,"  the  Arat  reapers  and  mow«n 
over  manufactured  in  Canada.  In  1 
H.  A.  Massey  becama  snle  proprietor, 
father  (the  founder  of  thebti"'"-  ■'-^  '-*»t 
On  the  15th  of  November,  ■  1 

year  he  died,  at  the  age  of  L  __    , 

same  year  the  "  Manny  Combuied   Kea|i 
and  Mower"  was  commenced;  and  the  Ho 
William  McDougall,  then  editor  of  the  Ca\ 
a4lion  Farmer,  purchased  one  of  these  m 
inea,  a  short  time  after.      8ix  years  Uj 
the  Wood's  Mnwer  appeared  :  and  in 
the  justly  celebrated  Wood's  Self-rako 
er  was  tirst  made  in  Canada.      For  ac 
years  Mr.  Maasey  workod  side  by  side  witk 
the  men  employed  in  the  fact<iry,  and  was  Ut* 
erally  one  of  them:  his  motto  was  t^>  '  ;i 

to-day,  "  never  to  ask  a  man  to  d  ^ 

be  would  not  do  himself."  In  l&t>.>,  >,•'  it- 
came  a  Freemason,  and  is  now  a  master  ma- 
son of  Durham  lodge.  In  ]8(H.  a  lire  occur- 
red which  d06tro)ed  the  entire  property, 
foundry   and    machine  ahufis,   at>me  t<'ii  «r 


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reive  bviildiogi,  including  the  stovemnd  tin- 
butiaew,  which  was  alto  c&rriud  oq  by 
im,  the  U>tal  loss  bem^  estimated  at  930,000 
— but  with  ch&racteristic  energy  they  were 
aoon  rebuilt,  and  on  a  much  more  extennive 
■csale  than  before.  In  I8ti7  he  made  a  tour 
ihiuuieh  the  United  States,  viaiting  the  chief 
plaoeaof  hiatoric  interest  and  the  great  manu- 
Caoturing  centrea,making  notea  of  everythinK 
that  Btruck  hiin ,  aa  likely  to  aid  in  the  devel- 
opment of  his  business  on  his  return.  During 
hia  absence,  the  management  of  tlie  new  ex- 
tensive establishment,  devolved  temporarily 
^HH|>he  shoulders  nf  his  eldest  son,  Charles 
^^^^Bi.  [See  sketch  elsewhere.]  In  the  same 
^JHFlte  went  to  Paris,  Frauce,  with  a  uum- 
^^per  of  machines  which  the  guvernment  had 
^pnrchased  from  him.  The  object  of  the  pur- 
chase was  to  show  the  excellence  of  Cana- 
dian 9kill  in  the  manufacture  of  farming 
implements,  and  fur  these  he  received  sev- 
eral priaes.  In  1870,  his  health  began  to 
fail,  and  hia  physicians  ordered  a  temporary 
abaeuoe  from  businesa,  and  at  their  advioe, 
the  following  year,  he  tot>k  up  his  residence 
in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  On  the  27th  of  Septem- 
ber of  that  year,  the  business  was  incorpo- 
rated, with  a  stock  capital  of  $100,000,  of 
which  $t>3,06D  was  nnder  the  control  of  Mr. 
Maasoy^  himself  being  appointed  president, 
and  his  oldest  son,  C.  A.  Masscy,  vice-presi- 
dent and  manager.  Under  the  new  manaKo- 
ment  the  business  rapidly  increased.  In 
1874,  one  of  most  successful  implements, 
*'  Sharp's  Horse  Rake  "  was  the  hrat  manu- 
factured. It  received  the  highest  honours 
at  the  Centennial  Exhibition,  Philadelphia, 
1876.  The  **  Mossoy  Harvester"  was  the 
next  venture,  which  was  commenced  in 
1878;  the  '^Mossoy  Mower"  followed  in 
1879.  The  business  had  now  assumeil  such 
▼ast  proportions  that  greater  facilities  for 
•hipnient,  and  a  better  labour  market  were 
found  indispensable.  The  company  resolved 
then  to  remove  to  Turont«i,  which  they  did 
in  the  fall  of  that  year.  The  amount  of  busi- 
oeas  done  this  year  was  $100,000.    One  im- 

Krtant  rival — The  Toronto  Reaper  and 
ower  Company — began  to  grow  almost 
within  hearing  iif  the  rumbling  of  the  wheels 
of  their  own  factory,  but  in  1881.  this  was 
abaorbftd  iut4>  the  &Iaasey  Manufacturing 
Company,  necessitating  an  increase  in  the 
tuimrier  of  workmen,  and  witti  the  result  of 
doiihliii'^  the  bustneas for  the  foltuwing  year 
In  lriH3,  the  total  amoant  of  business  done 
waa  a  million  of  dollars,  an  increase  of  over 
ten-fold  that  in  1871|  when  the  company  was 
was  first  incorporated.  From  the  date  of 
UmuT  establishment  at  Toruuto,  up  to  the 


present  time,  the  business  has  never  ceaaed 
to  expand,  and  there  ore  now  employed 
throughuut  their  splendid  Imildins,  no  fewer 
than  from  400  to  500  men.  Mr.  Maasey 
frequently  visited  Canada  daring  his  resi- 
dence in  Cleveland,  and  personally  super- 
vised the  building  of  the  works  now  located 
in  Toronto.  In  1882,  the  bnsineea  had  grown 
to  such  an  extent  that  the  younger  members 
of  the  family  were  required  t^)  assist,  and 
were  made  directors.  At  this  time  his  health 
had  been  so  far  restored,  that  he  was  able  to 
return  to  reside  in  Canada,  and  devote  hia 
whole  attention  to  the  business.  Though 
now  sixty-three  years  of  age,  he  is  still  hale 
and  active  with  the  old  energy  and  insight 
as  pronounced  as  ever.  His  beard  and  hair 
are  sprinkled  with  grey,  but  his  movementa 
reveal  his  force  of  character.  In  his  business 
relations,  Mr.  Masaey  is  a  great  favourite, 
and  in  private  and  social  life  he  has  many 
warm  friends.  He  is  genial,  affisble  and 
kindly,  and  it  would  he  impoeaible  to  come 
in  contact  with  him  for  any  length  of  time, 
and  uut  see  those  qualities  through  which 
rightly  exercised  tbeir  possessor  has  become 
one  of  the  most  prominent  manufacturen  in 
the  Dominion  of  Canada.  In  religion,  he 
belongs  to  the  Methodist  church ,  and  is  recog- 
nized ss  one  of  its  most  worthy  memben.  In 
p<:>litics  he  is  a  sonnd  Liberal,  believing  that 
the  principles  held  by  that  party  are,  and  will 
eventually  prove  best  for  the  country's  gen- 
eral welfare.  He  has  always  taken  great 
interest  in  public  questions,  municipal  and 
general,  atid  waa  for  some  time  councillor 
for  the  village  of  Newcastle,  and  president 
of  the  Woollen  Company  in  that  place,  and 
while  residing  in  Cleveland,  was  president 
of  the  Street  Railway  Company,  also  of  a 
prominent  coal  company  in  the  United 
States,  and  in  which  he  is  still  largely  in- 
terested. He  has  had  Hve  children,  foor 
of  whom  are  sons.  The  eldest,  Charles 
Alberi,  was  for  thirteen  years  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  company  ;  the  sec^^nd  is  Chester 
Daniel ;  the  third  Walter  Edward  Hart— 
these  two  being  direct<ir8  nf  the  company. 
The  youngest  snn  Frederick  Victor,  is  now 
attending  Toronto  roiversity.  Some  idea 
of  the  magnitude  of  their  business,  may 
bo  obtaiueti  from  the  follnwinu;  number  of 
machines  sold  —  a4),0(X)  "  Sharp's  Horse 
Rake  ;  "  12.000  "  Massey  Harvester;"  6.O0O 
**  Masaey  Mower;**  20,000  **ToM^nto  Mow- 
er;'* about5.000  *'  Binders.*'  To  this  night 
be  added  aa  many  mon*,  which  wo  have  no 
space  to  mention  of  other  machines.  From 
one  end  of  Canada  to  the  other,  as  well 
OS  to  numerous   foreign  markets,  the  hru> 


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A  CYCLOPMrnA  or 


iihips  iU  goods.  YeAr  aft«r  year  the  in- 
creaving  businou  baa  neceasiuted  Iotko 
ttdditioaa  to  the  works,  and  the  expendi- 
tore  of  enormoan  Biiros  of  money  for  tCH^ts 
and  machineiy.  In  1884,  a  large  fnur  sUiry 
addition  and  elabonite  oliices,  library  and 
reading  room,  lecture  room,  dining  and  con- 
cert ball  for  the  use  of  tho  employees  waa 
oompleted — making  one  of  tlie  hatuiaumeat 
and  moatoxU»naive  manufatituringestablish- 
izientt  on  the  continent.  In  1885.  the  de- 
mand for  their  machines  in  the  North- West, 
had  grown  to  anch  an  extent,  that  a  hand- 
some new  ottico  building  and  store  house 
were  erected  in  Winnipeg.  At  the  great 
Iiit«matioQal  Exhibition  held  at  Antwerp, 
Belgium,  1B85,  they  were  awanled  the 
gold  medal  of  the  highest  class  for  their 
exhibit,  one  of  each  of  their  machines  bar- 
ing been  selected  by  a  committee  appointed 
by  the  Canadian  ^ovemm^nt,  to  represent 
Canadian  harvesting  machinery.  The  men 
who  have  aaststed  the  farmer  to  produce  s>v 
much  more,  and  with  far  less  labour,  should 
surely  be  esteemed  public  benefactors,  and 
it  is  honour  to  the  country  that  we  have 
such  *"*  Representative  CAinitliaua." 

IHauey,  llinrle*  Albert,  deceased, 
the  eldest  son  of  H.  A.  Massey,  President 
of  the  Maasey  Manufacturing  Co.,  Toronto, 
was  bom  at  tho  old  homesteiid  in  the  town- 
ship of  Haldiraand,  Xurthumborland  county, 
on  the  20th  September,  1848.  From  his 
earliest  years  he  was  of  a  thou^'htful  turn  of 
mind,  and  when  other  boys  of  his  ovru  age 
were  seeking  pleasure  in  out-dnor  sports,  he 
waa  frequently  found  busy  at  study.  He 
matured  early,  and  preferred  the  society  of 
those  older  than  himself.  At  the  age  of 
thirteen,  be  had  attained  such  proficiency 
on  the  oi^an^  that  he  commenced  to  uuder- 
take  the  duties  of  organist  in  the  Methodist 
church,  at  Newcastle,  and  continued  to  do 
so  for  three  yearn.  His  early  education 
waa  received,  first  under  the  care  of  a  gover- 
ness at  the  home  of  bis  grandfather,  after- 
wards attending  the  academy  at  Newcastle, 
and  fur  a  abort  time,  the  common  school, 
and  later,  the  Grammar  nohoul,  which  was 
instituted  about  this  time.  At  sixteen,  hu 
entered  Victoria  College^  Cobourg,  where 
he  remained  two  years.  While  at  school 
and  college  he  gave  unmistskable  evidence 
of  ability,  and  the  integrity  which  character- 
ised his  subsequent  connection  with  liis 
father's  business.  In  1866,  at  the  ago  of 
eighteen,  now  possessed  of  a  sound  oduca- 
tiou,  he  longed  to  enter  the  practical  buai- 
neesoflife,  and  leaving  college  at  once  en- 
tered  hia  father's  factory,    and   exchanged 


the  student's  go  wo  for  the  amuck  aod  ofv- 
alls,  and  couimenoed  in  the  imn  fooadiy 
department.  Ue  waa  brought  int'>  ctaaa 
contact  with  the  workmen  axid  tnachinaqr, 
and  made  familiar  with  the  biisineaa  I* 
which  he  devoted  his  life.  In  the  fall  <4 
this  year  he  made  a  tour  of  the  Wsslsn 
States,  with  his  younger  brother  and  sister, 
and  two  aunts,  viailiug  Kalamazrx>.  Cbiaago, 
Dubuque,  and  Cleveland.  At  the 
first  named,  he  met,  for  the  6r8t  time, 
young  lady  who  afterwards  became  hi 
Returning  home  after  a  few  weeks 
a  ooune  at  the  British  American  Comi 
al  College,  Tomnto,  and  afterwards  a  course 
at  the  Military  8ch<x>l  for  about  twn  motttlu^, 
This  coQcluded  the  student  life,  and  a  fel 
mouths  after  his  return  home,  the  respi 
bility  of  the  management  of  his  fathrr't 
business  devolved  upon  him,  owing  to 
father's  trip  to  tho  Paris  Exposition  in  tl 
summer  of  18it7.  To  this  task  ho  i>rov< 
himself  equal,  and  there  were  no  disasten' 
to  be  accouutoil  for  to  his  father  on  his 
turn.  This  responsibility  and  ez| 
was  of  great  value  to  him.  He  waa 
time  not  nineteen  years  of  age.  In 
the  business  was  incorporated  under 
name  of  the  Masacy  Manufacturing  Co. 
His  father,  li.  A.  Massey,  was  appointacl 
president,  and  Charles  Albert,  vice-povB- 
dent  and  manager.  On  the  12th  Octobav. 
he  married  Jesse  Fremont,  third  dai 
of  Hiram  Arnold,  of  Kalamazoo,  Mi< 
and  after  a  brief  wedding  toar  to 
and  Cleveland,  they  took  up  their 
dence  in  the  old  homestead,  with  its 
sive  verandah  and  apscious  grounds,  which 
they  occupied  for  nine  yeara.  The  year 
following  his  marriage  (1871)  his  father^ 
health  necessitated  bis  absence  from  tt 
cares  of  business,  and  removal  of  buoael 
and  family  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  leavii 
Charlee  sole  representative  of  the  family 
Newcastle.  At  the  end  of  tire  years  the 
business  had  increased  fifty  per  cent.  Every 
appliance,  extension,  or  help  were  seiM 
upon  by  the  young  manager,  and  hia  on* 
bounded  hopes  were  never  blighted.  In 
1877  he  was  appointed  one  of  the 
council,  and  was  perhaps  the  youi 
didate  ever  elected  to  that  othoe. 
tion  to  this  he  was  for  some  time  one  of  th6 
directors  of  the  Ontario  Bonk,  and  was 
sought  after  to  stand  for  political  bonoui 
but  declined,  he  having  hia  timo  fully  occti« 
pied  in  the  management  of  the  buainetst 
one  of  hia  principles  being  that  whatever  he 
undertook  to  do,  to  do  it  with  all  bis  mighl 
His  f  Uher,  during  this  time,  made  him 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPBY, 


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^ii 


ftl  T»tla,  but  had  little  or  nothins;  to 
with  the  nianagement  d  tho  bueinen, 
ore  than  to  five  advice.  In  1879  the  buai- 
«M  double  that  uf  1870,  and  the  re- 
oral  of  the  works  to  a  more  conveiiieut 
Uon  became  necestar}*.  Confte(juently  ar- 
g«menta  were  mode  and  new  premUes 
d  in  Toronto,  under  the  personal  auper- 
ion  uf  U.  A.  Masaey.  The  management 
of  inch  a  concern  aa  noir  rested  upon  hia 
ahoulderB  wai  loo  great  a  atrain  upon  hia 
oonatitution.  Up  to  this  time,  in  addition 
to  the  general  duties  of  manager,  he  had  at- 
tended tn  all  the  advertising,  the  engaging 
the  men,  adjusting  the  wages,  puchasing 
the  stnck,  sui>eriut«nding  the  agencies  and 
aales,  and  attending  U>  the  correspondenoe 
and  bankini^.  Sntnetinies,  in  connftctton 
with  hia  other  duttos,  he  would  write  as 
many  as  1(K»  or  150  letters  in  a  day.  This 
VL>nLinual  anxiety  and  reaponaibility  serious- 
ly affect«d  hia  liealtb,  and  neoeesttated  a 
rest  and  change  uf  scene.  In  September, 
1883,  he  made  a  trip  to  Manitoba,  accompa- 
nied by  his  wife.  Wbile  it  was  mainly  for 
change  and  rest,  it  was  partly  on  busineas 
that  the  tour  was  made.  l)n  the  return 
journey  from  Brandon  to  Winnipeg  he  was 
taken  seriously  ill,  but  in  about  three  days 
was  able  to  rveume  his  journey  humeward. 
Toward  the  end  of  January,  1884,  he  was 
again  attacked,  and  contined  tu  his  room, 
which  he  never  Ivft  He  died  on  the  12lh 
February,  18S4,  aged  thirty-five,  *>!  typhoid 
fever,  beloved  by  hosts  of  friends  and 
hi«  many  relations,  leaving  a  widow  and 
five  children.  Hie  chief  characteristics  were 
a  wonderful  aptitude  for  managing  men, 
rapreheusiveness  and  originality  of  mind, 
d  a  clear  perception  and  unerring  judu- 
ent.  He  had  a  complete  control  oFer  his 
temper  under  the  most  trying  circumstances. 
A  memorial  stained  glass  window  has  been 
placed  in  tho  uflice  of  the  wnrkH. 

Vau  Straubenzlc,  Bowen,  Lieat.- 
Coh'iivl,  Montreal,  Deputy  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral, nf  the  Canadian  Militia,  was  born  at 
Speiiithorne,  County  of  York,  <jn  the  12th  of 
Apnl,  18?U.  He  is  the  third  surviving  son 
the  late  Thomas  Van  Siraub^nzie,  major 
the  Royal  artillery,  and  Miiria,  yonngost 
anghter  uf  the*  tat«  Major  Bowen.  His  an- 
ooator.  Philip  William  Cosimir,  was  a  cap- 
tain in  the  Dutch  guards,  and  camo  to 
England  from  the  Netht*rlands ;  and  his 
vouuger  brother,  (Jeneral  A.  Van  Ptrau- 
Mluiv,  was  ttuvernor  of  Lulphen.  The  fam- 
ily held  hi»h  rank  in  the  Netlierlands,  aa 
the  prefix  *'  Van  "  indicates  noble  desoeut> 
i'hilip  William  Casiniir  waa  naturalixd  by 


act  of  parliament,  and  married  Jane,  only 
daughter  of  Cholmeley  Tumor,  nf  Kirk- 
le&tham,  County  York,  by  Jane,  grand- 
daughter and  sole  heircsa  of  Sir  Henry  Mar- 
wood,  barunet,  of  Busby  Hall,  County  of 
Y'ork,  and  by  her  he  hud  issue,  Marwoud 
Turner  and  Charles  Spencer,  the  latter  mar- 
rying  Anne  Theophila,  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
J.  Davison,  of  Hlakiston,  County  Durham. 
and  grand  daughter  of  Sir  George  Vane,  of 
Raby,  and  had  issue,  with  others,  Thomaa. 
Lieut  -Col.  Van  Stranbenzie  is  nineteenth  ii» 
direct  descent  from  King  Edward  III.  (See 
**  Burke's  Koyal  FamUies,"  and  "  Burke's 
Landed  (.■entry)."  LieuU-Colonel  Van  Stran- 
beuKie  was  educated  at  St  Peter's,  Y'ork^ 
the  Grammar  school,  Richmond,  Connt7 
York,  and  at  Woolwich.  He  entered  the 
army  in  1846,  aa  ensign,  in  the  32nd  Re^^ 
and  was  present  with  his  regiment  at  the 
tint  and  second  siege  operations  before 
Mooltan,  including  the  action  of  Sorozkomd, 
and  received  a  medal  and  clasp.  He  was 
very  severely  wounded  uu  the  28th  Decem- 
ber, 1848,  and  hia  brave  conduct  was  men- 
tioned in  the  desj^atches.  He  also  served 
with  the  32nd  on  the  frontier  of  India  in 
l8rjl-2.  under  Sir  Colin  Campbell,  and  was 
present  at  the  attairs  of  Nawardnnd,  Pron- 
ghur,  and  Shaskoti,  receiving  a  medal  and 
clasp.  He  served  in  the  Crimea  from  Octo- 
ber, 1855,  to  May,  1850,  on  the  sUlf  of  hia 
brother.  Sir  Charles  Van  Straubenzte,  who 
commanded  the  tirst  brigade  of  the  Light 
division.  He  served  in  China  from  1868  to 
IHGO,  on  the  staff,  aa  brigndu  major,  and 
was  present  with  the  expeditionary  force 
in  every  engagement  from  tta  landing  at 
Pehtang  to  the  uucupntion  uf  Pekin,  and 
rectiiitfd  therefor  the  medals  and  claspa.and 
rank  of  majur.  His  coudnct  was  likewise 
mentioned  in  the  despatches,  Hesurvedon 
thestatf  in  Mauritius,  from  1802  to  1806  ; 
■erred  with  the  N.W.  held  force,  nuder  the 
command  of  Sir  F.  Mid  <  leton,  against  the  re- 
be1sial885,and  was  in  uommandofthe  Infaa- 
try  Brigade  at  th^  battle  of  HatiK;he.  For 
this  he  received  a  medal  and  clasp,  and  waa 
mentioned  m  the  despatches.  He  came  with 
his  regiment  to  Canada  direct  from  the 
Crimea,  and  married  on  the  Dth  October, 
1857,  A  unto  Macaulay.  second  daughter  of 
tho  Ute  .)<ihn  S.  Cartwright.  M.P  .  for  tho 
counties  i*f  Leuunx  and  Addmgton,  and  baa 
iaaiie,  Arthur  Hope,  a  heutcusnt  in  the 
Uoyal  tiuginDcra  ;  Bowon  WtUiam,  a  LieuteU' 
ail  I  in  the  *J4th  Kvgimeut,  or  South  Wales 
[lorderers ;  Casiiiiir  Cartwright.  Oharlo* 
Tamer,  and  three  daughlers.  Lieutenanl- 
Vea  StnwfaesMBe  teiirad  fi 


Tft 


A  CTCLO^ASDIA  OF 


army  in  1868,  purchuin^L;  a  property  oeAr 
Kingston,  Ontario,  where  hiH  f&niily  at  pres- 
«iit  reaide.  Ue  waa  appointed  to  tho  cnui- 
mand  of  the  Third  Military  District  in  May, 
187*5,  and  transforroii  t"  the  Fifth  Diitrict, 
in  1881,  which  he  at  pretent  oiimmaiids. 
lit.  -Golunel  Van  Straubenzte  hnd  two  uncles 
killed  in  tho  Peninsular  war ;  one  a  captain 
in  the  24th  Regiment,  at  the  aiej^e  of  Qui' 
dad  Rodrigo,  and  the  other  as  a  HeuteDant 
in  the  iOth  K^Lfimuiit,  at  the  storming  of 
Badajos.  It  may  be  added  that  the  great 
undu  cif  our  subject,  Marwu*id  Turner, 
UouteDant-colouol,  commanding  o2nd  Regi- 
cnent.  served  in  India,  and  in  the  American 
war.  He  waa  a  deputy -lieu  tenant  for  the 
North  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  and  was  subse- 
quently appointed  vice-lieutenant,  in  which 
capacity  ho  acted  fur  many  years,  during  tho 
absence  of  the  lord  lieutennntL  He  was 
colonel  of  the  "  Loyal  Daba,"  a  corps  1540 
stroDg.  which  he  raised,  and  sfterwuxls  col- 
onel of  the  North  York  Militia  regiment. 
Lt.-Colonel  Van  Straubenzie'a  grand-father 
ia  at  present  the  only  member  of  the  family 
who  has  not  served  the  Grown  in  tho  army 
or  navy.  Since  it  came  to  England  there  are 
but  few  families  that  can  show  suoh  a 
record, 

Workinaii,Tbo«.II.,  Montreal,  Hard- 
ware Merchant  and  Banker,  was  born  near 
Lishnm,  County  Antrim,  Ireland,  on  the 
17th  Juno,  1813.  He  emigrated  to  Canada 
in  May,  1827,  in  a  sailini;  ship,  which  was 
dismasted  at  sea,  and  arrived  at  Quebec, 
after  a  passage  of  fifty-nine  days.  He  ia  tho 
aeventh  son  of  Joseph  Workman,  formerly 
of  County  Londonderry,  Ireland,  whose  an- 
<;estora  originklty  came  from  Oxfordshire, 
England,  during  the  time  of  Cromwell.  Mr. 
Workman  received  his  primary  education 
in  Ireland,  which  was  afterwards  completed 
at  the  Union  school,  Montreal,  where  he  re- 
ceived a  thorough  mercantile  training,  as 
well  as  a  good  kuowledge  of  English  gram- 
mar, classics,  and  mathematics.  He  was  a 
volunteer  daring  the  Csnadiaa  rebellion  in 
1837  and  1838,  and  was  present  at  the  bat- 
tle of  St.  Eustaohe,  the  march  upi^n  St 
Benoit,  and  other  minor  operationB,  and  did 
garrison  duty  in  Montreal  during  both  the 
above  winters.  He  was  promoted  to  the 
rank  of  first  lieutenant  in  March,  1838.  and 
aa  such  was  au  officer  in  oommand  of  the 
Montreal  gaol  guard,  where  over  five  hun- 
dred political  prisoners  were  confined.  On 
one  of  these  occasions  he  signed  the  receipt 
for  the  bodies  of  two  important  pemons 
«otnroitted  to  gaol  for  treason.  Bnth  thcso 
gentlemen  afterwards  tilled  important  posi- 


tion a  in  thegoT©mv'"»-  ''  Cfttt»iU.    Thay 
died  aeveral  yean  h  eateaned  uul 

regrettedL     Mr.  ^^    .;.  .         '^  a  senior  ntrt- 
ner   in    the  extensive  and  ifaer! 

firm  of  Frothtngham  &.  Won  n  »n«l 

hardware  merchants,  whose  rcputaituii  »iiii 
credit  stand  amongst  the  first  tn  the  Ditnilc- 
ion.     He   entered  the  employ  of  that 
aa   ofiic>e   boy  and    junior    clerk,    G 
years  ago,  and  hru  been  oonnected 
ever  since.     In  1843,  he  bc»came  a 
and  s<Min  saviimed    tlie   chief    mani 
and  cuitrolof  that  important  eetablialunonL 
He  has  been  engaged  on  the  same  premiaei, 
in  8t.  Paul  street,  for  fifty-two  yeara.   Dur- 
ing that  time,  however,  they  have  b««i  re- 
built and   much  enlart^d.     The    firm  his 
always   been  distinguished   for   hoaoarahli^ 
dealing  and  truthful  statements,  and    hi 
uniformly  imported  the    highest  •ijualitir 
goods.     Mr.  Workman  is  president  cf  5lol 
sons  Bank,  and  haa  been  for   twenty-nini 
years   on  the  board   of   direction,  the  laft 
seven  of  which  he  has  been  president     Us 
ia  also  president  of  the  Sua  Life  Assuraoor 
Company,  and  has  held  that  posiuon  smce 
its  establishment,  thirtBen  years  ago,,   ** 
is  a  director  in  the  City  and  Distric 
inga  Bank,  an  institution  having  over  I 
depositors,    an  d    controlling    a    very 
amount   ff  ciuh.     He  is  also  a  direct<^r  is 
the    Canada   Shipping    Company,  and  bii 
been  president.  fi>r  two  years,  of  the  Insh 
Protcatant    Benevolent   Society.       He 
unanimously  elected  to  the  Uoiise  <•(  Coc 
mans,  at  Ottawa,  for  Montreal  Centre, 
mediately  after  confederation,  in  1807. 
sat  till  the  close  of  thst  parliament,  and  de- 
clined renomination,  although    pressed   to 
oome  forward  again.      He  was,  however, 
duced  to  offer  himself,  in  1875.  for  Met 
real    West,    and   was  opposed    by    Tbot 
White,    whom    he   defeated,    aft«r  a    v«i 
aharp  and  animated  ooot««t      H' 
two  occasions,  represented  iu  the 
the  two  most  important   constitiii.'nLi'->A  iu| 
the  Dominion.     He  is  a  life  governor  of  tiia 
Freiaer  Institute  nnd  Free  Library,  of  Mod* 
treal,  to  the  establishment  of  which  he  hss 
liberally  contributed.     He  has  also 
buted  largely  to  the  Mct^till  Uuiversi< 
to  the  School  of  Medicine  connected 
witii,  aa  well  aa  to  many  other  publiaj 
tutions  in  Montreal.     Ho  was  a  mei 
the  old    *'  Doric  Club,"    founded   in 
with  the  view  of  preserving  the  conni 
of  Canada  with  Great  Britain.     This  was  a 
most  useful  and  active  institution  during  tho 
troubles  of  18:t7  and  1838,  aaaisting  the  goV' 
ernmeut  very  materially  on  imporiaiit  oCO* 


CASADUN  mOORAPHX, 


Mon«.  it  numberoci  ftboutone  hundred  and 
tifty  meiubeni,  of  whom  not  more  thna  twu 
mre  known  to  b«  now  alive.  Mr.  Workman 
h&a  travelled  oirer  the  greater  portion  of  tlie 
United  StateA  and  Canada  ;  alao  over  Kng- 
Ijtnd,  Izvland  and  Scotland,  and  Europe 
t  except  Ruaaia),  on  three  several  ucoasiona. 
U'fl  religious  views  are  very  broad  and  lib- 
eraL  He  claima  the  right  oi  private  judg- 
ment, independent  of  creeda  and  do^niav, 
and  willingly  cuncedea  the  »auie  to  all  par* 
tie*.  He  la  a  diiciple  of  Darwin.  Tyndall, 
Haxley  and  Spencer,  and  a  tirm  h4*liever  in 
the  nltimate  triumph  of  their  teachin^^a.  He 
lett  school  in  182D,  and  ever  since  liua  been 
a  hard  worker,  often  for  weeks  at  a  time, 
fur  sixteen  bourn  per  day.  He  coiumenced 
life  with  a  distinct  determiuuiion  that  in- 
dnitry,  honesty  and  hunour  should  ^uide 
all  his  actions.  Acting  on  these,  he  has  suc- 
ceeded in  building  up  a  very  large  business, 
acquiring  a  handsome  Lnde(tendence,  and  a 
reputation  of  the  highest  urdur  in  every  sec- 
tion 'if  Canada.  He  has  residud  in  Montreal 
for  fifty-nine  years,  and  has  witnessed  the 
ii);4rv»*]loud  chanj{es  which  have  taken  place 
-  that  time.  But  these  would  till 
K-K,  and  cannot  be  further  noticed 
here. 

Lummlen,  Jobu  nncVcifftit  Oalt, 
Ontario,  waa  iiom  at  Futtey^hur,  Kast.  In- 
riies :  and  ia  a  aim  of  the  late  Colon*)! 
Thomas  Lunisden,  C.B.,of  Belhelvie  Lodge, 
AberleeiiBhire,  ScotiaDd.  [For  a  full  gene- 
ali>gi<^l  reooni  of  the  family  s^e  "  Burke's 
I'eeraga."]  His  mother  was  H^y,  second 
daughtrr  of  John  Burnt^tt,  of  KIrivh,  Aher- 
b««nshtre.  The  other  members  of  t  he  family 
were  six  sons  and  Hvii  diiughters,  viE., 
General  Sir  Hurry  Btinitat  Lumadeu,  now  of 
Belhelvie  Lodge;  John  MacVeij^h  Lumsdeii, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  ;  Thomas  Lums- 
den,  late  of  St.  Franeoise  Xavicr  (who  was 
kiUed  in  Septeudwr,  1880,  by  beiu^  |j;oied 
by  a  bull  livlonging  to  himself);  Ueneral 
Sir  Puter  Stark  Luinsden,  lately  conimis* 
aiouer  fur  the  settliMuent  of  the*  Afgliau 
boundary;  U  illiain  H»^itrv  Luiuxdtfn,  who 
waa  killed  in  action,  near  Delhi,  on  the  25th 
August.  1857,  a  lieutenant  in  the  B8th 
Native  infantry,  and  second  in  command 
nf  the  1st  I'unjaub  infantry;  and  Huuh 
David  Luinsden^  otiifineer,  C*anadian  I'acilic 
Railway.  *>f  the  Hve  daui{bt«r«,  the 
tildest  marrieil  the  lie  v.  Jamea  John- 
atone,  nf  Potterton,  Aberdeenshire  ;  the 
second  married  the  late  Colonel  John 
Patton.  of  itrandholme,  Aberdeenahire  ; 
tile  tliird  married  Captain  Ueot^e  Cleg- 
horti    hiow    Tauflred)^    au   officer   iu    the 


Scotch  Greys,  now  of  Weens,  Boxborough- 
shire  ;  the  fourth  it  unmirried  ;  and  ttie 
fifth  married  the  late  Captain  Frank  Sher- 
lock, of  Brightim,  Entfland.  J,  M-  Lums- 
den  received  a  thorough  education,  attend- 
ing school  at  Bromeley,  Kent,  Kngland,  and 
subsequently  enteriu^'  Marishal  Ctini2k:e, 
Aberdeen,  Scotland.  Mr.  Liiiu»ieu  has  had 
coiisiderjible  political  uiperiunoe.  He  was 
reeve  tor  a  number  of  years  of  the  township 
of  Pickering,  and  afltTward^  represented 
South  Ontario  in  the  House  of  Commons. 
Mr.  Luinsden  never  became  a  party 
chattel,  reat*rving  the  right  to  think  and 
act  for  hiiiiielf  upon  all  pvilitical  fpivatiuna. 
He  was  elected  by  the  Liberal-Conaervative 
p4rty,  but  iuaint«iiied  his  independence.  !□ 
religion  he  gives  his  allegiance  to  Presby- 
terianism.  He  married  in  ldU4.  Margaret 
Ballengal  MaoKay,  of  Caithness-shire,  Scut- 
land,  by  whom  he  has  had  three  childreii, 
two  bnys  and  a  tprl. 

Tall,  .llvlbutiriio  ifl«*TagKttrt,Q.C.f 
Montreal,  wus  born  ut  M<dbuurne.  Quebec, 
uu  the  20th  May,  184!^.  He  was  the  young- 
est S4.)n  of  the  late  Thomas  Pait,  who  settied 
at  Melbourne  iu  1854,  aud  who  aft«rwatds 
became  ime  of  the  leading  men  in  the  t4>wn- 
ahipA.  Hu  waa  udiicited  at  St.  Fraiieis  Col- 
]e>,'e,  where  he  pursued  the  usual  branchea 
of  study.  In  1^5VI,  he  commenced  the  study 
of  law,  ut  Montreal,  iu  the  oftiuaof  Btithune 
&  Dunkin,and  attendnd  the  lectures  on  law 
in  the  University  of  Mc^'iU  College,  from 
which  he  reoeiveil  tht*  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Civil  r.Aw,  in  tlie  spring  of  IH02,  After 
htting  admitted  to  the  bar,  in  June,  1803,  be 
C'liiimenced  the  practice  of  the  profession  at 
Mal^Miirue,  in  pirtnershin  with  the  Hon. 
W.  H.  Webb,  Q.C.  In  1870.  h?  removed  to 
Montreal,  and  became  a  partner  of  the  Hon. 
J,  J.  C.  Abbott.  Q  ('.,  with  whom  he  is  still 
associated,  the  Hrm  name  now  being  Abbott* 
Tait,  Abhotta  &,  Campbell.  Hia  departure 
from  MellHJunie  was  deeply  regretted,  as  he 
had  always  tak^n  an  aotiva  interest  lu  the 
public  iiiatitutions  of  hia  native  place,  and 
when  he  left,  carried  avay  with  him  many 
marks  of  the  high  eataeoi  in  which  he  was 
hold  by  his  townsmen.  The  legal  tirm  with 
which  Mr.  Tait  is  connected  haa  alwavi 
stood  in  the  first  rank  ;  and  siuoe  Mr.  Ab* 
bott's  retireinrnt,  S'line  years  ago,  from  ac- 
tive practice,  Mr.  Tait  has  be«u  its  practical 
head.  He  has  h«i«n  engaged  in  many  im- 
portant caaea.  In  Fdiruary,  IS8V',  he  wm 
appointed  a  Queen's  Connanl,  and  haa  for 
some  years  held  the  olHce  of  treasurer  uf 
tlie  bar  of  MontreaL  Mr.  Tait  haa  be«D  a 
prumiuttut  member  of  ihi*  Maaonic  order. 


78ft 


A  CYChOPMi>lA  OF 


hu  otir«er  m  a  MaannliAvtng  commenoed  in 
St  Fr»noi»lodi;e,  lUchmona,  P.(^.,  in  ISftlV 
After  hftTintj;  filled  teTer&l  aubortlinate  otli- 
oeii,  he  wu  elected  muter  in  1867,  autl 
tbiiotfioabe  held  for  two  ye»r«.  He  hIso 
tilled  the  office  of  ^rand  atewivrd  of  the 
Orand  Lodge  uf  Caaada,  On  hit  reinitTal  tn 
Mootreal,  ha  became  a  member  of  the  Royal 
Albert  lodge.  O.R.Q  ,  of  which  he  la  aiiU 
a  member.  He  wu  one  oi  thoae  who  t(M>k 
an  active  part  in  hrinj^ing  about  a  leitle- 
ment  between  the  Grand  Lod^^es  of  Can- 
ada and  Quobeo«  when  the  latter,  nwin({ 
to  confederation,  formed  itself  into  a  lepar- 
ate  grand  lodge  :  and  he  was  ever  found 
amongst  tbute  whi*  anxiously  sou^^ht  to 
heal  id\  ditTerencea  in  an  amicable  manner. 
He  waa  an  active  member  of  the  board 
of  general  purpoaes  from  the  formation  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Quebec  until  the  board 
waa  abolished  in  1881.  In  1871.  he  wu 
eleoted  diatrict  deputy  ^autl  master  for 
Montreal,  and  waa  re-elected  tlie  fullowing 
year.  In  1870,  he  waa  elected  to  the  office 
of  deputy  grand  muter,  and  at  the  annual 
commnnicaMon,  held  in  1877.  wu  unani- 
mously elected  grand  maater,  at  which  Lime 
he  wu  probably  the  ytmngeat  G.M.  in  the 
fraternity.  Thia  poaition  he  occupied  for 
two  years.  Mr.  Tait  waa  chairman  uf  the 
oommittee  fur  the  revision  of  the  Kitual, 
and  also  of  the  oummittee  f'jr  the  revision  uf 
the  Constitution,  and  has  been  for  some 
lime  chairman  of  the  committee  on  Jnna- 
prudence.  Ue  lof>k  second  ami  first-ctus 
cerliticatea  at  the  Military  Sehoul  at  Que- 
bec, in  IBtU  ;  wu  lionien&nt  of  one  of  the 
companies  of  the  54th  l*attallion,  when 
it  wu  called  out  at  the  time  uf  the  Fenian 
raid  ;  and  aubaeijuenily  became  otptain  uf 
the  same  company,  from  which  pt.isition  he 
retired,  retaining  bis  rank,  on  hia  removal 
to  Montreal.  In  18r>3,  Mr.  Tait  married 
Monica,  daughter  of  the  late  Jamea  Holmea, 
of  Montreal,  who  died  at  Ivingatou,  in  1876. 
In  1878,  he  married  Miu  Kaign.  of  New- 
port, K.L  He  haa  several  children.  Mr. 
Tait  it  a  member  of  the  Church  uf  England, 
and  a  Couaervative  in  polittca. 

f*olger,  Benjamin  Webaler,  King- 
ston, Ontario,  was  born  at  Cape  Vincent, 
N.  Y.,  on  the  24th  April,  1838.  He  is  a  aon 
uf  Frederic  A.  and  Luura  Fulger.  and  re- 
ceivod  hia  educational  training  at  Cape  Vin- 
cent. Mr.  Folger  is  one  of  those  capable 
and  enterpriaing  citiz^naof  the  great  repub- 
lic to  the  aouth  of  ua,  to  whom  the  country 
is  indebted  for  aume  uf  her  moat  important 
natiunal  achievements.  For  railway  con- 
atruction    the    Folger  Brothers,  as  they  are 


B  of   lbs 

^natru^H 


known,  havo  a  gcniaa  ;  and   the    KiciHst 
iV   Pembroke    Railway,    an    nndertakinft 
giganiio  imfMtirtanotf,  ounaidering  tlie  ocutfc 
Miati>m  uf  the  snrfaee  over  whicii  it  paaaed, 
ia  a  mouumeut  of  their  courage  and  abolrty. 
Moil  of  ihoee  wht>  knew  the  nature  of  lbs 
route,    with  its  emirmoua   rocka  and 
hills  ;   its  deep  ^oT'i^m^  «nd  atrutchi 
the  tangle  of  (oroit,   the  lalcoa  and  ri^ 
the   way,   diamiaaed  from   their  mtnda 
praciioability  of  ever  being  able  t<i  onnatrui 
therei  >ver  an  iron  road.   The  Folder  Brotiuvi 
saw  the   ohstaolea.  but  they  were    not  d»- 
terred.     U»w   succeasful  waa  their   under* 
taking  ia  now  a  matter  of  hiatury  ;  and  Ute 
excenaive  and  important    territory    pn 
by  the  road  muat  ever  remain  under  a  d«>l 
of  gratitude  to  theae  sturdy  >' 
men.       The    elder  brrjther,  (i, 

snbjeot  of  this  aketeh,  ia  a  man  tu  ntio 
auter.  generous  and  manly  :  and    hia 
strength  of  purpose  is  plainly  •^'-.•♦^•r.  .^u  )^^ 
face.     As  an  matauce  of   t)<  :  i«  of 

the   ditticulties  in    the    oim^iU 

Kingston  and  Pembroke  rttad.  it 
stated  tliat  no  leaa  than  eight  contract4 
gaged  for  the  oiinstruotifin.  but  one  after  aD< 
other  withdrew  or  failed.  Chiwholm.  MoIX« 
ald&0*Brion,  men  uf  good  oalibro.howrv^rj 
t(h*k  the  cofiiraot,  and  performed  the 
taak  with  thoniugh  aucceaa,  Mr.  Folger 
liTgely  interested  in  iron  mining  m  counx 
[ion  with  his  larger  railway  op»*rfttiuna.  Hi 
devotes  himself  to  hia  own  ntf.iirs  ;  belou^l 
to  no  secret  wwieiy  or  political  party  ;  an^ 
haa  never  v>»ted.  In  reliLfiou  he  is  a  **  Ohi 
tian  without  a  creed."  Ue  married  on  tbi 
27 lb  January,  18tH,  Antoinette  Luuii 
Jones. 

Trerler,  Alexander,  Dresden,  Oo- 
tariu,  was  born  in  the  township  uf  Vi 
mouth,  Couuty  of  Elgin,  Ontario,  on  Jul] 
8th.  1835.  His  father  was  [sair  Trehce,' 
who  waa  bom  at  Nova  Souda,  and  ia  still 
livini;,  though  in  hia  ft4th  year  ;  and  his 
mother  waa  Euphemia  MoKiUop,  of  Sort- 
land.  Alexander  I'rerioe  reoeircKi  a  ooni* 
moQ  aohool  educaiiuu,  and  at  an  early  ace 
engaged  in  such  employiuenc  as  otferwl  ;  io/t 
when   he  was  a  lad    nearly  everv '  i 

obliged    to  thruw   otf  his    coat,   r 
sleeves,  and    enter    into   the  hanl  wnrK 
pioneering.     But  yonng  Trenoe  liad  plentj 
of  ambitiun,  and  he  had  the  guvHl  judgmeni 
likewiae,    to   not   hesitate   in  entering  an] 
employment  that  he  could  use  as  a  steppingi 
atone  to  something  better.      At  first,  thi 
fore,  we  bud  him  engaged    as   a  oarjjent*! 
and  juiner  ;  after  a  time  aa  a  carnage  and 
waggon  manafacturer  ;    and    next   erii 


CANADUH  BIOGRAPHY, 


'81 


for  himself  a  caw  mill,  which  i«  atill  in  hia 
posaesatoD.  He  &1ao  built  three  ateamboata 
auid  tvo  aailiDg-voaaola  :  and  at  the  present 
h*a  about  $o0,000  invested  iu  boat  prup- 
etty.  Mr.  Trertco  was  reeve  of  the  viilage 
of  Dresden  fruui  t87G  to  ISdO;  waa  warden 
of  the  County  uf  Kent  in  1880  and  1881, 
and  waa  the  first  mayor  of  the  town  of  Drua* 
den.  For  twenty  yeHra  he  haa  been  a  m«g- 
iatrate  and  commiaaioner,  and  he  Haa  been 
connected  with  every  public  enterpHae  in 
which  the  iutercsta  of  the  town  were  in- 
volved, since  its  incorporation.  Mr.  Trorice 
ia  a  member  uf  the  Methodist  conimunion. 
He  waa  hrat  married  on  March  0th,  185t>, 
but  bis  wife  died  ;  and  he  married  agnin  on 
the  Wrd  April,  1885.  We  may  add  that 
Mr.  Trerice  moved  to  Dreaden  from  Yar- 
mouth in  1855,  and  has  remained  there  ever 
aiuce.  Hia  peraoniil  hiatory  haa  been  part, 
and  a  conspiouou  part,  of  the  political  and 
commercial  hiatory  of  Dresden  aa  u  village 
and  aa  a  town. 

Foater,  Hod.  Cicor^c  EulU,  Apoh- 
Aqui.  N*fw  Bninawick,  A  R.,  D.CL.,  M.P. 
for  Kind's,  N.  B. ,  and  Miniater  of  Marine 
jmd  Kisheriea,  was  bom  on  September  3rd, 
1817,  in  the  Province  of  New  Brunswick. 
He  ia  a  sou  of  John  Foster,  who  waa  a 
dwonDdant  of  a  U.  E.  Inyalist  who  tettled 
in  New  Brunawick  in  1783,  by  Miurgaret 
(Haney)  Foster,  who  waa  descended,  on 
her  father's  side,  from  German  aUjck. 
George  Eulis  F>:Bter  attended  the  com- 
mon  schools,  the  superior  school  in  King'a 
county,  and  entt^red  the  Univeraity  of  New 
Brunswick  in  September,  18ti5,  at  the 
head  of  the  matriculating  class,  and  waa 
winner  in  a  atroug  competition  for  the 
King^s  county  aohuUrahip  at  the  same  uni- 
versity. He  took,  during  his  first  year,  the 
Douglas  gold  medal  for  an  English  essay, 
in  a  competition  open  to  all  the  claasea,  and 
woo  the  compound  achromatic  microacope, 
*a  a  Arat  prize,  for  natural  science.  His 
strong  points  at  college  wore  mathematics 
ud  claasios,  with  a  strong  liking  for  English 
likeratnre  and  hiatory.  Be  graduated  in 
1808  ;  tnnuhtthe  Irrammar  achool  at  Grand 
^^J'alU,  N.B,  ;  became  superior  of  the  school 
^^bt  Frederictirm  Junction,  and  in  the  Baptist 
^^Baminar}'  at  Fredericton,  ono  year  at  each. 
^^Hle  became  principal  of  the  Ladit>B'  High 
^llehool  at  Kredenct^in  in  1870.  and  wm  ap- 
pointed profuMor  of  clansics  and  hiatory 
m  the  Univt^rnity  of  New  Brunswick,  in 
1871'  He  iitudie<i  at  Edinhurgh,  Scotland, 
and  Heidelbnr^,  Ciermany,  and  titok  at  the 
former  a  medal,  one  Hnl.  and  three  other 
priEoa.     Ue  aasomed  tJte  duties  of  hia  chair 


in    the    Univeraity   of    New    Brunswick   in 
1873,  and  occupied  the  same  nntil  January 
Ist.  1879,  when   he  resigned.     Acadia  Col- 
lege, N.S.,    conferred  upon   him   the   title 
of  D.C.L.,in  1885.      lie  waa  examiner   in 
Grammar  and    English    at    the   Provincial 
Normal  achools,  Frwlericton,  from   1874  to 
18T9.     Early  in  life— in  the  thirteenth  year 
of    his  ago — Mr.   Foster  identified  himself 
with  the  order  of  the  Sons  of  Temperance, 
later  with  the  British  Templars,  the  United 
Temperance  Association,  the  Dominion  .\1- 
liance,    and   the  International  Temperance 
Association.   He  Blled  the  oflices  of  G.  W.  P., 
8i>nB  of  Temperance  ;  Most  Worthy  Grand 
Teraplar  of  the  Hritiah  Templars  of  Canada  ; 
National  Chitf  of   the    United  Temperance 
Aeaociation,  Vice- President  and   President 
of  the   Executive  of  the  Dominion  AlliiLiice 
of  Canada,  and  president,  for  four  years,  of 
the  lutcruatioual  Temperance  Association. 
During  Professor  Foster's  occupancy  of  the 
University   chair,  he    frequently  delivered 
lectures    and    addresses    upon   temperance 
topics,  and  upon  hia  resignation  of  the  chair 
he  engaged  in  an  extenaive  lecturing  tour, 
delivering  addrcases  on  the  total  abstinence 
and  prohibition  questions  in  all  the  prov- 
inces of  Canada,   and  most  of  the  eastern 
and  western  States  of   the   United  8tat«a. 
He  likewise  edited  several  temperance  pa- 
pers.      Ue   has   been   identified    for  many 
years  with    the  V.M.O.A.    of  Frodericton, 
and  waa  a  member  of  the  executive  of  the 
International    Sabbath    school   Committee. 
After  a  lecturing  tour  of  remarkable  sno- 
oeas.  Professor  Fofiter  resolved  to  try  what 
fortune  had  in  store  for  him  in  the  poli- 
tical  sphere  ;    though  considering  how  wide 
and    how    brilliant  his   achiovemunts   had 
been,  wo  may  be  sure  that  ho  had  no  mia- 
givingn   in    taking   the   contemplated   atvj}. 
In   UHiking  about    him  for  a  constituency, 
naturally  that  one    nearest  his   heart,   the 
county  wherein  he  first  draw  breath,  sug- 
gested itself,  and  to  King'i  he  went,  though 
it  waa  represented  by  that    stalwart  poli- 
tician.  Col.  James  Domville.     The  friends 
of  Mr.  Domville  considered  the  act  of  Pro- 
fessor Foster  as  one  that  could  be  properly 
deaoribed    only    by    the  pbraae    "cheeky," 
but   what  they  thought  made  no  differeuoe 
to  the  young  candidate— he  proceeded  with 
his  canvass,   addressing  the  people  every- 
where  upon   the   lea4Ung    national   topic*. 
Againat  such  eK)quenuv  sa  Professor  Koiter 
brought  into  tho  held.  Major  Domville  was 
powerleaa,   but  apart  from   his  ability  as  a 
debater,  the  p«opto  of   King's  had  put  the 
highest  eatimaie  upon   the  integrity  of  the 


7« 


A  CrCLOPACDJA  0> 


chftrKcter   of    tbe    young    c&ndidate.     Mr. 
FoBter  wu   elected    in   Jane,    1882.     TJie 
election    wm    voided ,    and    he   wai    ag&in 
elected  in  November,  1882.    He  waa  re-elect- 
ed,  afUT  hifi  accept&nce  of  ofUoe,  agftin  on 
Ueoember   3lit>    1885.     His    zuiijority    iu 
.Tune,   1882,   wm  71  votea ;  in   November, 
188!^,   281  vutee.  and  in    December^   1685, 
384  votes.     On  December   tOth,    1885,  he 
WM  iwom  of  the    Pnvy  Council,  and  in- 
rested  with    the   portfolio   of   insrine  And 
fiftheriea.     Pmfeasor  Foster  has  tmvelled  in 
all  the  provinoep  of  Oannila^and  throu>$h  the 
greater  portion  <>f  t)iu    United  Statos,  hav- 
ing visited  England,  Scotland,  France,  Ger- 
many, and   SwilzurUnd.     He   is  a  member 
of  the  Free  Baptist  denomination,  and  for 
many  years  has  been,  and  is  now,  a  pro- 
minent member  of  ita  conference,  and  lie 
waa  president  of  the  Union  Baptist  Kduca- 
tional  Society  in  1884-5.     The  Hon.  Goorge 
Eulis   Foster  is   a  Liberal-Oonservative  in 
politics— a  full  believer  in  the  futxire  great- 
nets  of  Canada.     He  favours  a  British  con- 
nootion,  niergins;  into  an  Imperial   Fedurn- 
titm,    of   all    the   colonies    with    the    home 
outmtry,  on  terms  that  shall  preserve  local 
self-government   and   community   of   trade 
and  defence     He  is  a  supporter  of  tlie  O.  P. 
Railway  scheme,  in  the  interests  of  a  fuller 
union,  an   increaaod  interpruvincial  triido, 
an  enlarged  foreign  commerce,  as  also  for 
the  settlement  and  development  of  our  great 
North- West.      Professor  Foater  waa  an  im- 
portant a^ldition  to  the  Canadian  Cabinet. 
He  ia  one  of  the  foremost  apeakers  in  the 
country,  if  force  and  oleamesa  of  statement, 
Uuency,  and  adherence  to  logic  can  entitle 
bim  to  that  place.     He  is  a  man  of  great 
energy,  and  of  boundleas  uervons  force.     A 
literary  grace  pervades  bis   style,   but  his 
speeches   are  never   florid,  or   beyond    the 
bounds  of  ^ood  taste  in  this  respect.    There 
is* a  singular  earnestness  in  his  manner,  and 
nearly   every   speech   that  he   delivers   re- 
BOlvea  itself  into  a  seriea    of  propoaitiona, 
one   consequent   upon   the   other.     Aa    we 
have  said,  he  is  a  apeaker  of  much  force, 
and  Bometimes  his  eUx^uence   rises  i*^  the 
height  of  passion.     After  the  Hon.  George 
Enlis  Foster  has  aajuired  a  little  more  par- 
liamcn  tary     experience,    men     with    open 
joints  iu  their  armour  would  do  well  not  to 
provoke  him  to  conflict. 

Umith,  non.  Oonatd  Alexander, 
Montreal,  Piotou,  N.  S.,  and  Fort  Garry, 
Winnipeg,  wss  born  in  the  North  of  Scot- 
land, at  Morayshire,  in  tbe  year  1821.  He 
there  receivetl  a  careful  classical  education, 
and,  when  his  course  terminated,  came  to 


Canada.  There  ia  no  other  publio 
this  country  whose  career  has  be«a  meat 
prominently  identiGod  with  the  biatvvy  of 
onrgreat  North -West  than  the  Hon,  liooaM 
A.  Smith.  Karly  in  life  be  entered  tb«  eo- 
ploy  of  the  Hudson  Hay  Compaoy,  add 
roee  from  poat  to  poat  till  he  became  a  dirse- 
tor,  and  atterwards  resident  irovemor  and 
chief    cummiBsioner  of    the     Uadaon   Ba^ 

Company.    In  1870,  he  ~-~- -'^  .  : 

ber  of  the  Executive  < 
West  territi tries,  and  ).•    .< 
missioner  appointed  to    er, 
causes,    nature  and  extent    .: 
West  insurrection  of  IHOlt-To  ; 
tact,  the   care,   and  the  <x»mpri  f 
with   which   be  performed    this   ii 
duty,  he  received  the  apecial  thank«j 
Governor-General-in-Council.    Mr. 
patron  uf  tbe   Manitoba  Rifle  Ass<> 
waa  the  first  preaident  of  St.  Andrei 
ciety,  in  Winnipeg  ;  and  haa  been  coi 
in  high  «(f!icial  oapacitica.  with  the  fo] 
companies,    vis,: — the    Mitchell  St 
Co. :  the  Bank  of  Manitoba  :    the 
Equipment   and   Railway   Stock   Co.;, 
likewise    with    the  Manitoba    Preab] 
College.     Mr.  Smith  represented  Winnii 
and   St.    John  in  the  Manitoba    Aasorai 
from  its  first  sitting,  in  1871,  until  J&nui 
1874,  when  he  resigned,  in  order  to  c^nbi 
his  attention  to  the  House  of  Commona. 
waa  first  returned  to  the  Commons  on  tl 
admission  of   Manitoba  into  the  nninu, 
1871  ;  waa  re-elected  at  the  general  elncttc 
of  1874,  and  again  at  the  general  eleotioa 
1878.     Id  politics,  he  may  be  deaoribcd  i 
an    independent   Conservative,  aa    witaass 
thia  declaration  of  his  own  : — **  A*  b#  bsa 
no  favours  to  ask,  and  nothing  r..  1 1 

desire,  from  any  goTemmeut,  ht 
port  only  snch  measures  as  are  o-:  - 
the  advancement  of  Manitoba  and 
West  territories,  in  the  tirst  ir^*--  - 
the  general  prosperity    of  i 
Mr.  Smith  was  the  hist  reside.. v  ^ 
the  Hudson  Bay  Company,  aa  a  goi 
body.     He  haa  likewise  been  a  dii 
member  of  the  executive  committee  of 
Canafiian  Pacific  Railway  Company  ,-  is  % 
president  of  the  Bank  of  Montreal,  and 
one  of  those  who  went  through,  on  the  til 
train  on  the  Canadian  Pacific  Rjulway,  froi 
ocean  to  ocean.      He  wa*  pr^4*:>nt  on  the  »l 
of  November,  1885,  at  t 
when  the  last  spike  wa^ 
undertaking.     The  Hon.    L'- 
has  one  of  the  finest  private' 
the  Dominiuu,  at  Montreal  ;  1  hi 

a  seat  at  Picion,  N.S.,  and  -  SU* 


CANADIAN  mOORAPBY. 


•Kl 


Heij^htA,  Fort  Garry,  Mwutoba.  Mr. 
K&uth  hu  lilwayB  taken  a  de«p  inU*reat  in 
Uie  ciiuie  of  education  and  in  18H3  preaenl- 
McOUl  ooU«^  the  muuiticent  sum  of 
1,000  aa  an  endowment  for  ailletfiate 
and  eventually  for  the  higher  educa- 
tion of  women  ;  and  he  waa  one  of  tlie  piir- 
dtasere  for  presentation  to  the  lame  college, 
of  the  Btipurb  Shakesperian  library  of  the 
laie  Thumu  D.  King.  Mr.  Smith  has  a 
de«»  admiration  for  art,  and  ha«  a  valuable 
•na  beautiful  collection  of  picture*,  among 
which  are  works  by  Raphael,  Rembrandt 
and  Van  Dyck.  For  a  picture  by  J.  A. 
Aitkeo,  representing  the  Falls  of  Niagara, 
viewed  from  the  extreme  edge  of  the  Amer- 
ican side,  he  paid  ^,500.  .Mr.  Smith  mar- 
ried laabella,  daughter  of  the  lat«  Richard 
Hardisty,  who  at  one  time  served  as  an 
oflioer  in  the  British  army,  and  some  time 
afterward  in  the  Iludson  Bay  Gompsny. 
Upon  the  whole,  his  career  has  b«en  charac- 
terized by  marked  individuality  and  strength 
of  character,by  tine  abilities,  and  the  highest 
aetue  of  public  integrity  and  honour.  We 
tnut  that  there  is  yet  many  years  of  useful- 
Dew  before  tliis  distinguished  and  deserving 
public  mau. 

4arH)don,  Jobn,  Streetsvillo,  Ontario, 
waa  bom  in  the  County  nf  Forman^h.  Ire- 
laud,  on  the  2ard  of  December,  1836.  He 
came  to  Canada  with  his  parents  in  1843, 
and  settled  with  them  in  the  village  of 
Streetsville,  where  he  has  remained  till  the 
preaont.  Uis  parents  were  William  and 
Mai^aret  (Gardner)  Graydon,  and  his  foie- 
fatbers  emigrated  from  Scotlaiid  to  the 
North  of  Ireland,  as  maity  others  did,  on  ac- 
oouut  of  religions  persecution.  The  Gray- 
don  family  is  a  rery  ancient  one.  and  the 
coat  of  arms  ahowi  a  hand  and  dagger,  hunt- 
ing horn,  compaas  and  square,  denoting  that 
they  were  warriors,  sporumen,  and  raechan- 
ice.  The  educational  advantages  of  young 
Graydon  wore  such  as  the  villi^;e  of  Streets- 
vilie  ati'orded  him,  until  be  was  sixteen 
yean  of  sge.  Mr.  Graydon  has  filled  the 
ofiioe  of  oouttoillor  for  the  Tillage  of  t^treets- 
ville,  from  1867  until  1877  ;  the  ofiioe  of 
meve  for  (onr  years  ;  and  he  was  appointed 
a  magistrate  on  the  1-ltliof  November,  18*1. 
He  has  served  iu  that  capacity  since  that 
dati*  with  eminent  public  satisfaction.  Mr. 
Graydon  wan  l\\%*  tint  to  move  tn  the  agita- 
tion to  v-  umication  toStroets- 
rille,  A  1  led  to  the  buililiiig 
I  rt'iit  V  ikiii'y,  now  a  section  of  the 
•  11  Pacific  Kailway.  He  exerted  him- 
s*ui  i«>r  years  in  that  moremout,  in  oonaec- 
tiou  with  the  late  lamented  Jaiuet  Goodar- 


hara  and  others,  Mr.  Graydon  is  a  sturdy 
Conservative  in  pfilitics,  and  has  worke'I  for 
and  with  his  party  faithfully  and  with  zeal, 
but  in  all  his  career  he  never  purchased  a 
vote.  He  has  been  a  private  member  uf  the 
Omnge  order  for  thirty  years,  and  has  also 
been  a  member  of  various  temperance  sooie- 
tiee,  and  baa  been  a  total  abstainer  since  he 
wss  seventeen  years  of  age.  At  that  early 
time  he  joined  the  Methodist  church, of  which 
he  is  still  a  member.  He  is  actively  asso- 
ciated in  church  work,  especially  in  that  of 
the  8ahbath  school,  having  been  associated 
with  one  Sabbath  school  for  over  thirty- 
six  years.  Mr.  Graydon  married,  on  the 
31st  day  of  January,  1866,  Jane  Anderson, 
by  whom  there  are  living  one  son  and  three 
daughters.  He  engaged  in  lumbering,  in 
connection  with  a  saw  mill,  planing  mill, 
and  a  sash  and  door  factory.  He  has  en- 
gaged likewise  in  building  and  contracting  ; 
and  has  a  cool  yard,  and  brick  ysrd,  and 
other  important  branches  of  business  upon 
liis  hands.  Ho  is  a  gentleman  of  marked 
enterprise,  of  good  ability,  and  of  the  higheat 
ialegrity  of  character. 

norgan,  William  $!»Mney,  Hamilton, 
was  born  in  Toront*.>,  January  l*.ith,  183L>. 
His  father,  Richard  Morgan,  and  mother, 
Catherine  ElizAheth,  came  to  this  country 
from  England,  in  the  year  that  King  George 
IV.  died  <1830),  and  settled  at  Peterboro*. 
ThouGo  they  moved  to  Brantford,  where 
they  remained  for  a  short  time.  In  1836, 
Mr.  Morgan  moved  to  Toronto,  and  started 
a  large  carnage  business,  which  was  success- 
ful ;  but  like  many  others,  he  was  not  satis- 
6ed,  and  sold  out  the  business,  going  to  the 
Statea.  But  he  did  not  care  for  living  in 
the  States,  and  soon  returned  to  Canada, 
settling  in  Hamilton  (1847),  where  he  en- 
tered into  boainesB,  and  after  a  few  year* 
retired.  Mr.  Morgan's  mother  is  a  dangh- 
ter  of  the  late  George  Gwinne  Bird,  of  Bow- 
manville.  Dr.  Bird  was  a  pupil  of  Dr. 
Abemethy,  and  waited  on  him  whr^n  ht<  per- 
formed some  of  his  great  surgical  op«ira- 
tiona.  Dr.  Bird  had  a  record  of  the  pedi* 
gree  of  his  anooeUira  back  to  William  the 
Conqueror.  Richar<l  Morgan  had  four  sous, 
George,  William,  Robert,  and  lieujamin, 
aiul  in  iBtiO,  ho  started  them  in  oouuuarcs  ; 
Goon*e  iu  the  drug,  and  William,  Hubert, 
and  Benisniiu  in  the  tlouft  and  grain  busi- 
ness, under  the  name  of  Morgan  Brothers. 
In  1800,  the  firm  erected  larL^o  tlouriDg 
milla,  the  operation  of  which  turtiod  out 
very  successful.  In  18t)l,  William  S.  Mr>r. 
gan  married  Jinnottee  Riohardaon,  of  Hani- 
ut^n.     Their  family  coiiiiati  of  two  sona 


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A  crcLOPjEviA  or 


«Qii  two  daiightera.  Mr.  Morgan  hu  taken 
A  Tciy  ftctire  p&rt  in  mtmicipftl  baaineu. 
In  IdHl,  ho  was  elected  an  alderman,  and 
hju  held  that  positiou  ever  since.  When 
the  new  board  of  health  was  formed  for 
the  City  of  Uamilton,  he  was  «li^t«d 
chiurman.  and  held  that  puftition  fiir  two 
yean.  During  his  chairraanahip,  he  ih- 
troducod,  and  had  carried  ont,  aevernl  im- 
provementa  in  the  aanitary  departinenta  of 
the  city.  He  introduced  the  meaanre  for 
•cavoiij^ertng  of  the  city,  and  had  a  furnace 
built  to  crvmate  all  animala  thnt  die  in  the 
city,  and  nlao  the  utfenaive  ifarba^je  :  and  he 
likewiae  introdtioed  the  system  of  hunae  to 
house  in8;>ection.  He  received  the  warmest 
praise  from  the  people  and  the  city  press, 
tor  the  able  and  painstaking  manner  in 
which  ho  carried  out  his  dutiea.  Bo  waa  ap- 
pointed on  the  board  nt  health  in  1885,  but 
declined  taking  the  chairmanship.  Mr.  Mor- 
gan is  a  member  uf  the  English  church,  and 
ia  sealous  for  the  welfare  of  that  body.  Be 
hoa  in  hia  posaeasion  one  of  the  oldest  rohca 
in  America.  It  ia  a  stained  L;lasa  window 
from  one  of  the  old  abbey  churches  in  Eng- 
land, and  brought  to  this  cojntry  by  Dr. 
Bird.     It  is  over  a  thousand  years  old. 

Shanlejr,  Jamep,  Q.C..  London,  On- 
tftho,  was  bom  at  the  family  seat,  ^'  The 
Abbey,"  Stradalby,  Queen's  County,  Ire- 
land, and  ia  a  son  nf  the  late  James  Shan- 
ley,  a  member  of  the  Irish  bar,  who  emi- 
grated to  Canada  about  the  time  of  the  re* 
bellion,  settling  in  the  County  of  Middle* 
sex,  Ontario.  The  family  ia  ancient,  and 
has  been  prominent  for  many  centuries  In 
the  County  of  Leitrim  ;  but  the  late  James 
8hauley,  possessed  of  the  spirit  of  eniSKra- 
tiou,  which  had  pervaded  the  sister  islei, 
resLiJved  to  try  his  fortunes  in  Canada. 
{For  further  particulars  ri?apecttng  the  line- 
age of  this  family  see  "  iVHart's  Irish  Pe<li- 
grees/'  and  *'  Kinjj;  James'  Irish  .\rmy 
LiBt.'*]  Speaking  of  the  sons  of  the  late 
James  Shauley,  the  author  of  the  "  Irish- 
man in  Canada  "  says  : — *'  The  sons  of  thia 
gentlemen  are  man  of  whom  the  Irish  peo- 
ple may  be  very  proud  ;  their  integrity  and 
fine  sense  of  honour  would  mark  them  out 
in  a  community  whore  sharpness  had  not 
begnn  to  take  hold.  1  have  never  met  these 
gentlemen,  but  I  huve  heard  much  of  their 
singularly  high  Btaud]x>iut  in  regard  to 
whatever  they  busy  themselves  with;  a 
great  deal,  which  implies  not  merely  that 
sense  of  honour  which  would  feel  a  stain 
like  a  wound,  but  a  goodness  of  heart  which 
at  the  present  day  is  only  too  rare.  The 
Shanley  family  is  an  old   Celtic  one  which 


haa  been  known  foroentiiriH«  'm  ihv>  Cuum 

Leitrim,  and  the    fann' 

traceable  to  the  proud , 

James  Shanley.  tlie  subject  of  ihia  »<- 

is  a  broliier  of  Walter  Shanley,  M  1' 

South  Orenville,  a  memoir  of  whom  se^ 

pnuo  4j17  of  this  volume. 

Oxiey,  James  MaoilonnUI,   l.L. 
B.A.,  Depurtment   of    Manuf  ant    Fi*}]' 
ies,  Ottawa,   was    born    at     Ualifat,    N> 
Scotia,  on  <.>cu:tber  22nd,  186*i.      Hia  fa\h< 
James  Hltick  I'xley,  came  from  a  Vorlul 
family  which  settled  in  Cumberland eunul 
Nuva  Scotia,  in  the  latter  part  of    last 
tury,    and  his   mother    Ellen    (MacdoniUri 
Oxley,    from  a  Scotch   family,  resident 
Antigonish  county.      His  ancestors,  on  Ui 
side-s,  were  occupied  in  a^iciiltnr;il  i-m 
bnt  his  father  engaged  in   1 
fax,  and  was  long  one  of  f 
merchants   in   that  city,    being  vxi 
interested  in   inauranoe,  mining  and^ 
important  industrial   enterpriaea.     J, 
douald  Oxley,  hia  second  S'm.  wn»  edtu 
successively  at  the  Halifax  C 
at  Dalhousie  University  f\K 
ceasful    curriculum    he   gnuiu.iittii    i.  a    m 
1874  with    honours   iu    mental    and    muni 
philosophy),   and  at     Harvard    Univantii 
where  he  took  a  jiartial  ourae  in  law  di 
1870-77.      In  1S78  he  obtained,  Kr  --' 
tion,  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  from 
University-      While  at  Dalhonsic 
Mr.   Oxley  may  be    said  to    have 
literary  career  by  acting    as  assistant! 
to  the  Dnlhoutif    Ouzellr,  and  con! 
freouontly  to  its   oolutnns.     Taking 
Btuay  of  law  In  187-1,  he  was  admitted 
Nova   Scotia   bar   in   1878,    having  te* 
meanwhile   been  a  constant   contributor 
the  daily  press  ou  misoellaneoua  lubjfcti 
and  for  some  months  a  leader  writer  uq 
Mt/mituj  H.'udd.    He  practised  law  in  Hd 
fax  from  1870  to  1883,  and  during  tbia  tii 
was  joint  editor  of  a  series  of  *'  Nova  Scot 
Decisions,*'  in    three  volumes,  published 
A.  &  N.  McKinlay,   Halifax  ;  and  sole 
tor  of  "Young's  Admiralty  Decisions,"  puh*^ 
liahed   by  Oarawell    A    Co.,   Tor^mto.     H« 
alio  translated  Eugene  Sue's  "  L'On;>iei). 
which  was   published  in  the  **  i^.-  ' 

rarv,"  No.  1500,  as  "Pride,  or  lb( 
and  cordially  praised  for  its  ease  and  «:< 
acy.     He  also  acted  as  one  of  the  oH^ctil 
porters  of    the  House  of  Asset i 
the  sessions  of  1881-82-83.     In   '. 
he    was   appointed   to  the    posilu.u    lii 
deportment  of  Marino  at  Ottawa,  which 
now  holds,  and  since  then  has  V>y  his 
ous  attention   to  literature,    in  hia 


wr;L. 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


houm,  iintl  tho  remarkable  suooeea  which 
has  Attenilcd  hia  writings,  won  for  himself 
«  prfxniutjnt  nositiuu  among  tho  UttrraUnn 
of  Caiudo.  liu  is  a  recogiiizod  ooiitributur 
to  the  Mhiwin^  periudicals  : — The  fKr/A&nd 
CatufJuiH  .M*:(h>nlist  Ma<m:inf,  of  Toronto  ; 
the  FoptUur  Si^ieiicf;  Mitttthhj,  Mtujaiiuf.  uj 
Ani^riciin  Hutory,  C*»iiinent  and  Our  Youth^ 
ei  New  York  ;  Widf.  A\CQkt  and  OMiing,  of 
Boston :  Lippincoit't  and  Sututaif  lirhot't 
TimetfOf  Philidelpha  :  Cnnxnt  and  Litmtty 
Li/e,  of  Ohicngo  ;  Conmvpotitun,  of  Rochea- 
I  tar,  N.  V.»  und  others  of  leu  note.  In 
■■Hptomber,  ISdo,  ho  won  the  prize  offered 
^^M  i^itmfri/ Xt/c,  of  Chicago,  for  the  l>est 
epitome  of  a  fAtnom  atoty  or  poem,  his  aiib- 
ject  beiui?  "The Scarlet  Letter,"  and  in  De- 
cember of  the  same  year  the  prize  oiTered 
by  the  Halifax  Critic  for  the  best  Cfaristmaa 
■toxy.  Ue  has  always  been  connected  with 
the  Methodist  chtirch  of  Canada.  Con- 
eidering  the  extent  of  Mr.  Oxley's  official 
duties,  one  marrels  at  his  industry  and  ca- 
pacity, when  a  survey  of  his  literary  achieve* 
menta  is  made.  As  a  writer,  Mr.  Oxley  re- 
veals an  active  and  almost  boundlesa  ima- 
gination, and  he  goes  direct  to  the  heart  of 
hia  subject.  Uis  love  for  nature  is  warm 
oud  true  ;  and  it  is  nut  strange  that  his  de 
■criptive  work  is  exquisite  andvirid.  His 
style  is  swift,  clear  and  direct,  and  white 
the  touch  is  light  and  dainty,  force  is  never 
absent  from  it.  Mr.  Oxley's  range  is  ex- 
tremely wide  ; — he  ia  capable  of  producing 
off-hand  a  vivid,  sunny  story  for  young 
folks  :  a  piece  of  dramatic  fiction,  an  his- 
torical ^osay.  or  a  running  oomiaentary  upon 
current  pitfttical  topics.  His  brain  seeois 
never  to  be  at  rest,  and  important  subjccta, 
which  have  escajwd  the  minds  of  others,  are 
outiatantly  suggesting  themselvfs.  Of  each 
one  (»f  siioh  su>;gestions  ho  promptly  makes 
a  note,  and  when  time  is  on  hia  handa,  he 
aita  down  and  gives  the  thought  develop- 
inent.  Uis  ouuluor  work  has  the  perfume 
of  clover  tielda  and  pine  forests  ;  and  when 
he  touches  the  inner  world,  hia  work  is  true 
to  the  heart  of  man.  We  predict  a  very 
brilliant  career  in  the  domain  of  letters  for 
thia  gifted  aspirant.  Mr.  Oxiey  married  on 
Jnnc  lOth,  1880,  Mary  Morrow,  eldest 
daughter  of  James  I)  Morrow,  of  the  tirm 
of  8.  Cunard  it  Co,.  Halifax,  and  grand- 
daughter  of  the  Uw.  Matthew  Rtchey. 
D.D.,  the  rennwuvd  Methodist  pulpit  ora- 
tor 

V%'l4l4llfli«l<l,  J.    Il<«nr>,  Newmarket, 

OntAriu,  M.IX.M.H.C.S,  Englsud.L.K.C.P. 

Edinburgh.   MP. P.    for   North   York,  was 

bom  in  the  towusliip  of  WUitohurch,  Outo- 

XX 


rio,  at  the  old  family  nomoatoad  "  Maple 
Grove  Farm,"  in  the  County  of  York.  He 
is  a  son  of  Chsrlea  KUis  and  Angelioe 
(Hugha)  Widditield,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Huuhs,  who  was  originally  of  Welsh  de- 
scent, Mr  Hughs  was  bom  in  Pennxyl- 
vania,  hut  moved  to  Canada,  and  settlad  in 
North  York.  The  famiiv,  during  the  Mc- 
Kenzie  rebellion  was  identitied  with  the 
Liberal  party.  Charles  Ellis  Widdifield 
was  a  sou  of  Henry  Widdiliold,  a  fj.  E. 
luyolist,  of  New  Jersey.  He  woa  of  Eng- 
lish descent,  and  came  to  Canada,  prefer- 
ring to  live  tinder  the  British  flog,  and 
settled  on  the  homestead  farm,  Maple 
flrove,  in  the  year  1801.  He  had  a  family 
of  four  children,  tho  father  of  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  being  the  only  son.  The  fam- 
ily waa  in  aympathy  with  Mo Konzie's  cause, 
although  not  taking  an  active  part  in  the 
rebellion.  During  Robert  Baldwin's  cam- 
paigns in  North  York,  he  always  made  Ma- 
ple Grove  farm  his  home,  being  a  warm 
iwraonal  friend  of  Mr.  Widdifield.  Henry 
WiddifieH,  the  grandfather,  died  in  1869. 
and  Chorlea  £.  Widdigeld  died  in  1873, 
both  at  the  homestead.  C.  E.  Widdifield 
had  a  family  of  four  children,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  being  the  second  eldest.  Maple 
Grove  farm,  the  place  of  his  birth,  is  situ- 
ated in  the  township  of  Whitchurch,  being 
lots  32  and  33  of  tho  3rd  concession  of 
that  township,  and  it  still  remains  in 
the  poosesaiou  of  James  Edward  Widdi- 
field, the  third  youngest  of  the  family.  J. 
Henry  Widditield,  the  subjeot  ox  thia 
sketch,  and  brother  of  William  C.  Widdi- 
field, B.  A. ,  barristerat-law,  of  Newmarket, 
received  a  sound  and  careful  education,  fin- 
ishing his  Btndiea  at  the  Newmarket  High 
school.  At  the  age  of  twenty,  he  concluded 
to  study  medicine,  and,  in  18C5,  entered  the 
Victoria  University,  where,  for  two  yeara, 
he  was  a  private  pupil  of  the  late  Hon.  Dr. 
Rolpli.  He  remained  here  until  hu  gradu- 
ated M.D.,  in  1809.  After  graduating,  he 
resolved  t*>  pn^secute  bis  studies  in  Rurfipe, 
and  in  thn  same  ytukr  left  for  England,  en- 
tering the  hospitals  of  I»ndon,  and  aft{>r' 
wards  of  Edinburgh.  During  one  session,  ho 
attended  lectures  m  the  St.  Thomas  Medical 
and  Suruieal  College,  duly  gra<luating,  and 
being  admitted  to  the  mt'mbt«rsbip  of  the 
Royal  College  of  8urtte«inB  of  Enfflund.  and 
the  Royal  College  of  PhyAieiaim  ••{  Kilin- 
bnrgh.  In  tho  fall  of  1871),  he  a^sin  re- 
turned t^t  Canada,  and  was  admitted  to  tho 
ineml>orship  of  the  Collei^e  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  of  Ontario,  and  immediately 
o<unuiei(OMl  pnu^tiot   in  Newmarket,  whor» 


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JL  CYCLOPMDIA  OF 


he  ttill  reaides,  and  onjoy^  r  Urgv  aod  lu- 
crative practice.  Dr.  Widdifield  joined 
the  Queeu'fl  Ou'ii  Riflea  during  collvi^e  daya, 
and  afterwards  onUtruiI  the  School  of  Mili- 
tary InBtnictiou,  in  Toronto,  where  he  re* 
ooi%'ed  a  aecoiiU-claaa  certibcAtu  in  1866. 
Ho  re-eutered  the  aanie  iu  184^,  under  Cut. 
Lindaay  Farrington,  commandant,  and  re- 
ceived a  6rBt-oUs«  certiticate,  and  in  the 
aame  year,  entered  the  Toronto  Scbonl  of 
Gunnery,  under  Cclouel,  after  Major-Gon- 
eral,  Anderson,  aa  commandant,  obtaining 
therefrom  a  lintt-claaa  cerliticate.  Uowevur. 
be  had  taken  no  active  part  in  military 
luattera  until  the  rebellion  of  ISHu,  when  he 
offered  hia  serricea  to  the  government,  and 
alao  offered  to  raiae  a  battalion  in  North 
York.  To  show  that  the  otfer  was  a  k»ui 
fidt  one,  he  organized  a  company  in  a  few 
hours  of  aomo  fifty  men,  but  the  otfer  was 
declined.  In  1872,  Mr.  Widditield  wua 
appointed  coroner  for  the  County  of  York, 
which  office  he  resigned  in  1874,  upon  ac- 
cepting the  nomination  for  parliament.  In 
1870,  he  was  appointed  a  jtiatice  of  the 
peace  for  the  county.  In  1875,  he  contested 
the  North  Riding  of  York,  in  the  Reform  in- 
terest, against  Erostus  Jackson,  of  Newmar- 
ket^ defeating  him  by  the  large  majority  of 
489  voles;  and  was  re-elected  iu  1H79,  de- 
feating Edward  Murphy,  of  Newmarket,  by 
501*  votea.  He  was  a^n  elected,  in  1883, 
defeating  C.  C.  Robinson,  son  of  the  Lieut.- 
Governnr  John  B.  Robinson,  of  Toront^i, 
by  a  majority  of  854  votes.  During  hia 
first  aessiou  in  the  legislature,  ho  moved  the 
Address  in  reply  to  the  t^poech  from  the 
Throne,  and  acted  as  miniaterial  whip  from 
1876  to  1878,  when  he  resigned  the  position, 
and  since  that  time  has  been  chairman  of 
the  standing  committee  on  standing  orders. 
In  1874,  he  was  nominated  for  the  House 
of  Commons,  bnt  declined,  owing  to  his 
professional  duties,  and  was  again  nom- 
inated for  North  York,  iu  1882,  aooepting 
the  nomination  ;  but  un  this  occasion,  he 
was  ''gerrymandered"  out  of  the  riding. 
During  the  doctor's  parliamentary  career,  he 
haa  taken  a  very  active  part  in  the  business 
of  the  Honae,  and  has  successfully  carried 
through  a  number  of  bills,  including  the 
Ontario  Pharmacy  Act,  iu  1884 ;  while  for 
several  yeaxs  he  has  urged  upon  the  gov- 
ernment the  necessity  of  removing  obstruu- 
tions  from  the  mouth  of  the  Severn  river, 
thereby  lowering  the  waters  of  Lake  Simooe, 
and  thus  draining  a  large  tract  of  land. 
Largely  as  a  result  of  those  reprcsontatiuns, 
the  work  baa  been  partially  aocomplished. 
Dr.    Widdofield    haa    likewise    advocated 


H« 


tAo     II 


manhrMx!  auffrn^.  He  ta  a  mer  -  ^ 
Masonic  craft,  Tuscan  lodge.  > 
market;  of  the  Doric  chapter,  N  .  . 
same  plaoe,  and  a  Knight  Templar, 
ntaster  of  the  lodge,  and  first  pri 
the  chapter  fur  several  years,  and 
present  time  district  deputy  grand 
of  the  Toronto  dialnct,  which  iiicl 
conntiea  of  York,  Peel,  part  of  On 
the  City  of  Toronto.  Ilu  is  alao  a 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancien' 
of  United  Workmen,  and  for  the 
yeara,  has  been  proi'incial  medical  exam 
of  the  order,  as  well  as  i«f  ei 
societies.  Jn  pulitica,  he  is  a  Li 
honorary  president  of  the  NewiuatKeL 
Melt's  Reform  Chib,  and  a  member 
ezectitivo  committeo  of  the  Ontario 
Ass4Ktiation  In  religion,  he  belie  Tea  in 
Ihodox  Christianity,  according  to  others 
right  to  hold  their  own  views.  He  attends 
the  Church  of  England.  Dr.  \\'iddi&«ld 
la  the  very  embodiment  of  energy  and  In- 
dustry, he  is  a  ready  and  forcible  debater: 
18  well  informed  upon  pnlitical  queatiuiu; 
and,  altogether,  a  valuable  member  of  l&« 
Aasciubly. 

TliouiBs,  Cliarles  L.e%vfs,  Hamili 
was  bum  in  Thombury,  Glouceatershim 
England,  on  the  4th  uf  May,  182&  Ue  u 
a  son  of  John  Morgan  and  Alary  (Lewis) 
Thomas,  there  bvirig  thirteen  oluldrvjD, 
Cliarles  Lewis  being  the  <•'  '  •  '"  ibww 
tive  were  sons   and   eight  al<1 

three  of  the   sous  are    stiU    ^  j.atl  sll 

ongBged  in  the  music  busindas,  viz..  J.J. 
Thomas,  who  is  connected  with  aii>  it^-t  in 
the  piano  trade,  and  E.  i}.  Th>  :  > 

manufacturer  of  Woodatock,  Ont  <  :r 

of  the  daughters  are  still  living,  John  .M 
gan  Thomas  emigrated  to  Canada,  i\ 
Bristol,  England,  in  1832,  settling  in  Mua 
treal.  He  was  afterwards  of  the  piou 
piano  manufacturers  of  Canada,  and  to 
IS  due  the  honour  of  being  the  inventor 
the  full  metallic  frame,  now  so  universally 
used  by  all  the  piano  manufacturen,  1^ 
having  taken  out  tiie  patent,  now  iu  Charies 
Lewis  Thomas's  possession,  forty-live  yean 
agi).  Mr.  Thomas  removed  t-n  Turontu  in 
1839,  and  carried  on  piano  manufacturing 
there  till  his  death  in  1875.  ('harles  Levis 
Thomas  was  educated  in  Toronto,  receiving 
an  ordinary  English  education.  H 
man  of  much  public  spirit,  and  has 
alderman  for  the  City  of  Hamilton 
last  two  years.  He  wtut  a  member  of 
Odd  Fellows,  Manchester  Unity,  joining 
aamo  in  Torfimt^j  in  1848,  and  tilling  all  t 
o&ccs  in  sucoeasion,  up  to  the  put 


CA  NA  VIA  N  BIO  GRA  PH  T, 


Hv  has  n1>o  been  a  member  of  the  Masooio 
Fraltinnly  fur  the  past  twenty-two  yeara, 
aiiil  bvlon^a  to  the  liatnilton  Lodge  of  Per- 
fection, and  Hamilton  Sovereign  Chapter  of 
RoseOroix.  In  politics  he  ia  a  Conservative. 
With  reapect  to  his  religious  convicti'>n»,  his 
parents,  we  may  state ,l>elnnged  to  the  Church 
of  Kngl&nd,  but  the  siihject  of  this  memoir 
joined  the  Mothodiat  church  thirty  years 
ago,  and  for  the  Inst  6fceen  years  held  the 
position  uf  treasurer  and  recording  steward 
for  Ziou  Tabernacle,  Hamilton.  He,  in  1835, 
married  Mary  Ann,  dani^hter  of  J.  B.  B*g- 
well,  of  Mimico,  near  Toronto,  and  in  the 
•ame  year  remored  to  Hamilton  and  com- 
roenced  piano  manufacturing  at  the  same 
■tand  that  be  occupies  at  the  present  time. 
The  piano  busioeis  was  an  occupation  ac- 
cording to  Mr.  Thomas*  heart,  for  slnoe  his 
infancy  he  had  been  connected  with  it.  [For 
a  sketch  nf  his  brother,  aee  page  201  of  this 
volume.]  Referring  in  a  lengthy  article  to 
the  Thomas  establishment  at  Hamilton,  a 
local  paper  said  :  **  The  Thomas  piano,  from 
the  outaet  was  destined  as  a  piano  to  be  not 
merely  of  fine  gloaay  exterior  or  made  for 
cheap  use,  but  an  instrument  in  which  the 
purchaser  might  invest  and  feel  aatistied  that, 
with  fair  treatment,  it  would  last  a  family 
for  a  lifetime,  and  always  be  prized  as  a 
valuable  poaaeaaion.  From  the  first  days  of 
pablic  eihihitons  these  instruments  have 
b«en  anhjected  to  the  test  of  im(>artial  com- 
pariaoD  with  pianos  of  nil  other  makers,  and 
It  aeema  to  have  been  the  policy  of  the  hoaao 
to  invite  criticism  and  impartial  comment 
from  all  aources,  so  that  their  iustrumenta 
miu;ht  be  improved  and  perfected  by  this 
method,  and  the  retention  of  as  nearly  as 
pocsible  the  same  staff  of  workmen." 

Cotton^  W.  H.,  Ltentenant-Colnnelj 
CommandaDt  af  the  Uayal  '^huol  of  Artil- 
lery. Kingston,  was  bom  in  Montreal,  on  the 
7th  January,  }mH,  He  is  the  eldest  son  of 
the  late  Henry  Cotton,  of  the  civil  service 
of  Canada.  Henry  Cotton  was  the  son  of 
William  Milea  Cotton,  of  England,  and  was 
bum  in  St.  Petersburg,  Riiaaia,  in  1817, 
coming  to  Canada  in  l^^t,  and  serving  in 
the  civil  service  for  upwards  of  forty  yeara. 
The  late  Mr.  Cotton  married  in  1847,  Elea- 
nor, daughter  of  David  Ross,  Q.C.,  of  Mont- 
real, who  now  sur%ives  him.  David  Roes, 
who  died  in  Montreal,  in  1837,  aged  aixty< 
nevon,  niiirrhul  .Uiie  Davideion,  daughter  of 
Judg^  DAVi.lftou,  of  Miintreal.  Arthur 
Davidson,  afterwards  j»d||ro,  was  clerk  of 
Court  of  Appeala  in  the  Province  of  Quo- 

!,  in  177K,  durunf  the  period  that  Uia  Ex- 


general  of  that  province.  John  Roaa,  atf 
officer  in  WoUe'a  army  at  the  taking  of  Que- 
bec, was  the  great  great-grandfather  of  Lt,» 
Col.  W.  H.Cotton,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
W.  H.  Cotton  was  educated  at  Toronto  and 
Quebec,  receiving  a  general  English  educa- 
tion, embracing  the  stndy  of  classics.  At  thtf 
time  of  the  organization  of  the  schools  of 
artillery,  and  the  permanent  corps  conneof 
ed  therewith.  Col.  Cotton  was  then  (1871)  A 
captain  in  the  Ottawa  Garrison  Artilleryf 
having  been  transferred  from  the  Quebec 
Garrison  Artillery,  He  was  the  tirat  cap- 
Uin  of  A  Battery  Regl.  C.  A.,  and  in  1882 
succeeded  to  hia  present  appointment  on 
the  promotion  of  Lieut. -Colonel  Irwin.  He 
twice  visited  Wimbledon  in  connection  with 
the  Wimbledon  team,  in  the  years  1871  and 
1875,  Col.  Cotton  ia  a  staunch  member  of 
the  Church  of  England.  He  married  in 
April,  1876,  Jessie,  daughter  of  the  late 
John  Penner,  of  Montreal,  and  grand 
daughter  of  the  late  Chaa.  Penner,  of  La- 
chine,  who  afterwards  resided  in  Kingston. 
He  has  four  children  living,  two  sons  and 
two  daughters. 

fkinitlicra,  C.  F,,  Montreal,  President 
of  the  Bank  of  Montreal,  waa  bom  in  Lon- 
don, England,  on  the  Soth  November,  1822. 
The  head  of  the  largest  banking  institution 
on  this  continent,  and  one  of  the  most  impor- 
tant financial  corporations  in  the  world,  hja 
career  ought  to  he  of  special  interest  to  the 
young  man  beginning  life,  who  would  Icam 
the  secret  of  sucoesa.  And  yet,  as  is  gener- 
eliy  the  caae  with  able,  energetic,  clear- 
sighted men  of  business,  who  have  attained 
the  highest  rank  in  their  pivfesaiun,  the 
route  by  which  Mr.  Smithers  reached  hia 
actual  goal  of  honour  and  inHuenoe  waa,  in 
one  Boneo,  extremely  uneventful.  Though 
there  is  no  man  in  the  Dominion  ^not  even 
the  prime  mimster  liimself — whose  utter- 
ancea  are  more  anxiously  awaited  and  mure 
eagerly  received  thou  his  ;  though  his  words 
are  more  fateful  to  the  mercantile  commu- 
nity than  was  the  oracle  of  Delphi  to  the 
ancient  Greeks ;  thongh  over  the  broad 
DominioD,  and  beyond  its  bordent.  his  fore- 
cut!  eaufe  deep  searchinga  of   heart  and 

give  rise  to  **ubatiiiate  queatiooinga  "  in 
nancial  and  commercial  oircles,  the  story 
of  liis  rise  to  rwwer,  so  far-reaching,  may  be 
told  in  a  few  brief  aentencea.  Uia  life  may 
be  divided  into  three  periods.  Of  these  the 
first  was  spent  in  hia  native  land,  and  it  was 
during  those  twonty-five  vearv  that  Mr. 
Smitbers' character  acquired  the  solidity  and 
tone  which  stood  him  ao  woll  in  Ins  later 
career.      Wa   aja  of  tan    remiof 


7tS8 


A  cTcioi*^vu  or 


•utbortty  of  some  ancient  obterver — thftt 
the  poet  \b  bom,  not  made.  With  equal 
truth  we  might  ajuert  that  bankers  are  born 
hankers.  At  any  rate,  I^tr.  Sinitheni  ia  one 
in  a  thouaand — in  ten — in  a  hundred  Lhr)u- 
•and.  But,  however  endowed  by  nature, 
DO  man  can  excel  in  any  art,  science  or  vo- 
oatiou  without  ex[>eneiice.  Mr.  Smithera 
had  an  admirable  appreniiceahip  for  the 
rule  of  reaponaibtlity  lie  was  destined  ulti- 
mately to  assume.  Hia  whole  previotia 
training  might  neem  to  have  the  fitii){)e  aim 
of  fitting  him  for  the  office  which  he  tilla  so 
admirably  to  day.  Arriving  in  Canada  in 
1847)  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Bank  of 
British  North  America,  with  which  his  con- 
nection lasted  fttr  eleven  years.  They  were 
years  of  political  conflict,  and  towards  their 
close  Canada  was  neariiif;;  the  great  crisis  of 
which  the  result  was  to  be  confederation. 
Commeroially,  their  most  importaiic  out- 
come waa  the  reciprocity  treaty  of  1S64. 
It  was  then,  moreover,  that  an  elleclive  un- 
pulae  was  given  U>  those  great  enterprises 
for  the  establishment  of  means  of  intercom- 
munication which  transformed  the  business 
of  the  country  and  prepared  the  way  for  the 
anbaequent  union  of  the  h>ng  isolated  prov- 
inces. On  the  course  of  banking  tnuisac- 
tions  these  events  could  not  fail  to  exert  a 
marked  influence,  and  when,  in  185B,  Mr. 
Smithers  became  associated  with  the  Bank 
of  Montreal,  the  day  of  iiuall  things  had  al- 
most passed  away.  The  ^^owth  of  that  in- 
atitutiim  has  been  an  index  of  the  rate  of 
Oanada^s  progress.  After  the  conquest, 
the  anomalous  condition  of  the  currency 
was  a  source  of  serious  embarraasment  to 
the  merchants  of  Quebec  and  Montreal. 
Remedying  ordinances  were  passed  in  1764, 
J765,  1777.  1705  and  184)8.  but  they  proved 
only  a  partial  cure.  In  1792  a  number  of 
gentlemen  undertook  to  start  a  bank  under 
Che  name  of  the  Canada  Banking  C^tmpany. 
But  the  estahjishmcnt  from  which  they 
looketl  for  so  many  benefits  to  commerce 
never  became  more  than  a  private  concern. 
In  1808,  after  a  fresh  currency  act  bad  been 
passed,  another  attempt  was  made  iu  the 
same  direction,  a  bill  to  institute  the  Cana- 
da Bank  being  referred  to  a  special  commit* 
tee  iu  the  Quebec  legislature.  Again,  how- 
ever, prejudice  prevailed,  and  the  bill  was 
defeated  on  grounds  which  to  modem  ideas 
would  appear  ridiculous.  It  was  not  till  ton 
years  later  that  the  merohanta  of  the  two 
rival  cities  were  fortunate  enough  to  have 
their  long  repressed  aspirations  fulfilled, — 
the  Bank  of  Montreal  and  the  Quebec  Bank 
coming    into   existence    simultaneously   in 


'■'c  record  of  it«i 
-    to  its  prusvi 


1818.     The  developmom  ui  me  loi 

hod   few  jjaralleU    lu    the  world's 

annals.      A  >•■■>'- 

from  small  ' 

as  the  most  j,  ,: —     :   inonetarv 

in  the  Western  hemisphero  w< 

interesting  and    Inatructive. 

duce  ofiiM4,    Of  those  who   in 

have  guided  its  destinies,  Mr. 

to  borrow  a  term    from  dipl.juiacy.  by  fir 

the  most    statestuanlike.      The  Is-^t  man  "" 

draw  notice  to  himself ,  his  rare  * 

not  long  escape  reco^ition. 

several  important  ohargea.  he  was  saiwivii 

to    be  the  agent  of   the  bank  in  New  Ynrk. 

in     conjunction    with    Mr.     Walter    W«t 

son.     lu  that  capacity  he  gave  entire  sou* 

faction,  and  when,  m  1879,  Mr.  R.  B.  is- 

gus  resigned,     he    took    tiiat    gentlenutu'i 

Elace  as  general  r;"!""  •"-      Two  years Isier. 
e  accepted  the  1  .n  which  he  stiU 

retains,  on  the  tll :  uf  Mr.  (nnw  Sir) 

George  Stephen,  to  assume  the  presideovj 
of  the  Canadian  Psoific  Company.  In  du 
charging  the  duties  of  bo  responsible  sn 
othce  Mr.  timithers  has  earned  a  wurid -wide 
reputation  for  sagacity,  foresight  and  sll 
the  qualities  that  moke  a  g<xKl  odminutrv 
tor.  His  annual  reviews  of  the  tinancuJ 
otmdition  and  o^mmercial  pros(»ects  >  i  the 
Dominion — a  feature  of  bonk  reportinjj  whtcft 
he  originated — ore  remarkable  for  their  oim 
prehensive  ranguoud  6rm  grasp  ofth««x^* 
hcance  of  movements  and  oocurrences  s&ot'^ 
ing  the  well  bein^  uf  the  country.  In  itylv 
they  are  models  of  clearness  of  statement  Mid 
logical  argument,  and  an  generally  simnd 
are  their  economic  principles,  and  so  tntit- 
woriby  the  forecasts  thenn,.  iJr-ili 
everywhere  Mr.  Smithers'  u 
ceived  with  a  confidence  w*.  i 
ed.  The  success  of  the  bonk,  uiukr' 
management,  is  shown  by  the  dect 
at  last  meeting  of  a  bonus  of  one  p«<r  omil 
in  addition  to  the  half-yearly  dividaati^ 
five  per  cent.  Speaking  uf  1  he  rtJi  ~~ 
read,  the  president  said  that  the  gist 
wa«  that,  after  amply  providing  for 
and  paying  two  dividends  of  6ve  pe^i 
each,  and  a  bonusof  one,  or  eleven  peri 
altogether,  they  were  able  to  carry  forwsnl 
$379,60y,  or  over  t73,(J<>U  more  ibsn  "- v 
began  the  year  with.  As  to  the  distn 
of  profits,  they  had  to  ^tiard  ogxinst 
too  much  or  loo  little,  the  daiigvr 
the  former  line  of  conduct.  Still, 
holders  had  rights  which  they  wore 
to  respect,  and  he  did  not  behove  in 
everything  for  |Histerity,  The  moafci 
cant   feature  in  tlte  masterly  odi 


CANADIAN  BIOQRAPBY. 


78> 


which  Mr.  Smithera  moved  the  adoption  of 
the  last  r«[»ort,  wm  hi«  announcement  of  hu 
wUlingneu  to  advocate  the  policy  of  putting 
the  banks  upon  Um  Ameiioan  syatem,  and 
requiring  them  to  iecare  their  iuoea  by  the 
depoiitof  Oovemnient  bonds.  For  himself, 
he  fr*i<i  he  had  been  long  in  favour  of  the 
plan^aitd  if  it  wasnotprctasedAt  the  last  legia- 
latiun  on  the  subject  of  bankint;.  it  was  not 
because  the  Bank  of  Montreal  was  not  ready 
for  the  change,  but  out  of  consideration  for 
the  opinions  of  other  bankers.  Air.  Smithera 
believed,  however,  thatatnoe  then  the  most. 
U  not  all  of  his  coUeaguee,  bad  come  to  be  in 
■3rmpathy  with  his  views,  and  he  therefore 
ai'aited  himself  of  the  opportnnity  of  placing 
them  on  record.  The  challenge  thus  thrown 
down  was  taken  up  in  the  press,  and  load- 
ing bankers  expressed  theniselvea  for  and 
•gainst  the  change^  As  the  charters  do  not 
expire  for  some  6vo  yeara,  there  is  still 
abundant  time  for  full  thought  and  discus- 
sion on  the  subject,  which,  it  may  be  recall- 
ed, was  a  ^HT-i(fO  lYxafa,  in  the  early  ye&rs 
after  confederation.  There  la  much  to  be 
aaid  on  both  sides,  while  on  the  one  hand, 
the  policy  advocated  by  Mr.  Smithera  would 
hare  obvious  advantaees  in  placing  the  cur- 
rency  on  a  sound  basis,  and  removing  the 
neoeaaity  for  detailed  monthly  statements,  on 
Uie  other,  a  system  which  has  been  so  lonj; 
identi6ed  with  the  busineas  of  the  country 
could  hardly  bo  altered  without  disturbance 
tci  im^iortant  ctimmeriMal  interests. 

Larkln,  Patrick  Joscpli,  St.  Cath- 
artnea,  Ontario,  was  born  in  Galway,  Iro- 
lasd,  in  the  year  1829,  and  when  a  boy  of 
sight  yoars.  accompanie<l  bis  parents  to  Can- 
ada settling  in  Toronto  in  I&J"-  Ue  re- 
mained here  fourteen  years  when  he  reniLfV- 
od  to  8t.  Catharines,  and  resumed  his  sea- 
faring occupations  in  what  was  then  known 
aa  the  "  marine  centre  "  of  Tpper  Canada. 
Paasinc;  throua:h  the  various  grades  of  hia 
aea-faring  life,  he  rose  to  the  command  of 
a  vessel  and  retired  an  owner  and  poaaessor 
of  ahandaume  competency.  In  1874 he  was 
•Uoled  to  the  council  of  his  adopted  city, 
itk  which  lie  served  several  terms.  Hia 
active  mind  again  led  him  into  lanie  enter* 
priaes,  and  in  I87f>  he  undertook  an  exten- 
aive  contract  on  the  new  Welland  Canal, 
which  ho  completed  to  the  entire  satiafac- 

on  of  the  government.  The  Hrm  of  Lar- 
Connolly  iV  Co,  then  obtained  the  con- 
t  for  the  constructKiii  of  the  Qu»l»ec 
grsving  dr»ck  and  Harbntir  works,  and  at 
the  present  time  (18A(>)  hia  Hnn  is  build* 
ing  the  celebrated  R«|uimAuU  graving 
dock,  British  Columbia.    The  lirxn  of  wliich 


he  is  the  head,  haa  in  various  parts  of  the 
Dominion,  undertaken  and  carried  to  suc- 
cessful completion,  seveml  Large  cuntracta. 
In  politics  Captain  Larkiu  liaa  always  been 
a  Heformer,  having  at  an  early  age  identi- 
6ed  himself  with  that  party.  He  was  un< 
animoualy  chosen  president  of  the  Reform 
AsBociation  of  Linc<dn  in  1876,  which  posi- 
tion he  retained  until  1882.  resigning  in 
that  year,  and  bearing  out  of  otfico  with 
him  the  goodwill  and  urateful  appreciation 
of  the  body  over  which  he  presided  for  six 
years.  He  haa  at  all  times  taken  an  active 
interest  in  every  enterpriae  that  waa  calcu- 
lated to  advance  the  material  prosperity  of 
his  city.  St.  Catharines  has  one  of  the  6n- 
mt  systems  of  water  works  in  ibo  Dominion 
of  Canada.  The  Captain  was  one  of  the  or- 
iginal promotera  of  this  enterprise,  and  haa 
held  a  seat  at  the  water  works  board  up  to 
the  present  time.  In  religion  he  is  a  Rom- 
an catholic,  and  while  he  enjoys  the  full 
confidence  and  fellowship  of  his  co-religion- 
ists, he  has  by  his  courteous  bearing,  hia 
sterling  honesty,  and  devotion  to  principle, 
earned  the  esteem  of  men  of  all  creeds  and 
nationality.  In  18812  Captain  Larkiu  waa 
ohuseu  by  acclamation  mayor  uf  ^t.  Cstha- 
rines  and  amid  the  hearty  appUuae  of  his 
fellow  citizens  was,  without  opposition, 
elected  to  the  same  honourable  office  the 
succeeding  year.  He  is  one  of  the  best 
known  men  in  southern  Ontario,  and  haa 
by  his  indomitable  energy  and  trained  tal- 
ents, done  very  much  to  advance  the  inter- 
ests of  his  city,  and  develop  the  resources 
of  the  Niagara  peninsula.  In  his  domestic 
life  he  is  singularly  hitppr.  having  in  Mrs. 
Larkin,  whom  he  married  in  1861,  an  ac- 
complished and  affectionate  wife,  whose  fine 
traits  of  character  are  reflect^  in  her  re- 
tined  and  highly  educated  daughters,  He 
is  a  man  whose  hand  and  purse  are  always 
open  to  the  claims  of  charity,  and  among 
the  membera  of  his  own  church  is  held  in 
esteem  and  respect.  A  shrewd  and  active 
buaiuess  man,  in  the  prime  of  his  ripened 
manhood,  gifted  with  keen  discernment 
and  talents  of  a  tii^h  itrder,  Oapt^in  Larkin 
will,  we  predict,  continue  to  grow  in  pros- 
perity, and  in  the  good  opinions  of  his  hoat 
of  friends. 

C'Inrkr,  Rt*v.  John  $lokr«,  Pasutr 
of  the  Canada  Mi<thiHtint  Clnirch,  Tivton, 
waa  lH.>ni  in  the  town  of  Clewes,  north  of 
Ireland,  on  Feb.  8th.  18n:t.  He  U  a  son  of 
John  and  Uos(t(Stokea)  Clarke,  John  Clarke 
being  a  merchant  and  (^lerk  of  the  Peace. 
The  Clarke  family  loft  Rngland  m  the  reign 
of  WiUiam  Ill-rand  aftcrwa^ls  held  varioua 


r»o 


A  CTCLOPjKDIA  of 


civic  and  other  important  offices,  in  the 
County  of  Monnghan,  Irt'land.  John  Stokea 
Clarke  was  educat«Kl  at  hia  native  place,  hia 
tutor  beioij;  the  Rer.  William  White,  a 
Preabyttoriau  miniator.  When  iu  his  seven- 
teenth year,  J.  S.  Clarke  came  to  C&nada, 
and  began  a  study  of  theolo^fy  in  the  5Ietho- 
diat  Bohool  at  Toronto.  In  1854,  he  entered 
the  miniatry.  and  ainoe  that  time  baa  been 
putorat  Karrie, London. Bradford, Napaoee, 
Urimahy,  Thorold,  Whitby,  Oahawa,  Picton, 
labouring  at  each  place  for  a  full  three  year*. 
Large  ingatherings  have  resulted  from  his 
ministrations,  and  overthree  hundred  mem- 
bers were  added  to  the  cons;regation  at 
Oshawa  under  his  paatorate.  Mr.  Clarke  ia 
an  exceedingly  effectiro  platform  orator. 
Hia  style  la  not  florid  or  diffuse,  but  direct, 
clear,  forcible,  and  appealing.  Upon  the 
platform  the  same  qualities  make  him  very 
effective.  He  ia  a  man  imbued  with  deep 
r^al  for  the  cause  of  the  gospel,  and  he  has 
a  heart  full  of  sympathy  for  the  distreaa  of 
hia  fellow-men.  With  temperanoe  work  ho 
has  been  prominently  identified,  and  was 
Grand  Chaplain  uf  the  Independent  Order 
of  Oood  Templars,  and  afterwards  Grand 
Worthy  Chief  Templar,  While  holding  this 
important  office  he  had  control  of  the  lecture 
work  of  the  order  in  Ontario,  and  was  one 
of  the  ablest  executive  officers  that  ever 
filled  the  responsible  post  of  head  of  the 
order.  lie  is  an  Oddfellow,  and  has  uauaUy 
been  chaplain  of  the  lodges  where  he  resid- 
ed. He  is  a  man  of  wide  inUuence  in  the 
community,  this  influence  extending  beyond 
the  pale  of  hia  own  denomination.  He 
married,  on  September  10,  1B58,  Maria, 
daughter  of  Edward  Green,  of  Loudon, 
Ont. 

Roblllurd,  Hf>nore,  OtUwa,  M.P.P. 
for  Russell,  was  bom  on  the  12th  of  January, 
1833,  in  the  County  of  Two  Mountains, 
pariah  of  St.  Kustache.  He  ia  a  son  of  An- 
toine  Hobillani,  by  Melie  Loriaux,  daughter 
of  M.  Beauchamps,  who  caire  to  Canada 
from  France.  M.  Uobillard  waa  a  deacen- 
dant  of  an  old  French  family,  and  early 
in  life  engaged  in  the  occupation  of  builder 
and  contractor  in  Ottawa,  and  was  the  as- 
sistant builder  of  some  of  the  Orst  residences 
in  that  city,  among  which  may  be  mentioned 
thatof  Colonel  By  and  the  French  Cathedral. 
He  retired  from  active  business  about  1800, 
and  died  in  1S83,  leaving  eleven  of  &  family. 
Mrs.  Robillard  ia  still  living  with  her  son, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  is  the  eldest 
livinjE  son.  Honort*  Robillard  received  a 
good  education,  taking  a  classioal  course  at 
the  Ottawa  ooUege.     At  the  age  of  seven* 


teen  he  left  ■chix>l,  anl  *'      _    '  ' 
at   hia  height  in   Au:-' 
for  that  far  region.    Hv  i  <~<m.»m<''. 
at  the  Ca|>e  uf  0<j<pd  Hoi>e,  and 
Port    Phillip,    M*^n •■•>-'-''     in    Mjty, 
After  arriving  tL  la  for  five  y< 

employed  in  the  ^  ^s,  botwettn  Nfl 

Zealand,  New  South  W&lea  and  Vidoria; 
but  not  finding  the  r>ccnp«tioD  profltable. 
he  returned  to  England  iJt  1858,  and  sfuv 
spending  a  short  time  in  Scutland  and  Ire- 
land, returned  to  Canada,  landing  at 
bee  on  the  UHh  of  April,  I85a  H#» 
purchaaed  one  of  the  farma  be 
his  father,  on  which  waa  a  lime  -r 
ry,  and  this  he  commenced  to  <-\ 
it  ia  knonn  at  present  as  the 
Quarry  and  Lime  NVorks.  He  c< 
home  until  1802,  when  the  gold  fevarj 
out  at  British  Columbia,  atid  thith< 
Hobillard  set  out  in  the  spring  of  the 
year,  going  by  the  Isthmus  of  Panai 
San  Franciaco,  touching  at  AcapulcO| 
ico.  He  reached  Victoria  in  the  n» 
May.  and  set  out  for  the  Carriboo 
where  be  duty  arrived.  Ue  rei 
the  gold  fields  until  the  following  fall, 
he  returned  by  the  Thompson  river, 
engaged  with  a  company  which  was  m- 
gaged  in  buihiing;  the  flrst  waggon  foid 
in  British  Columbia.  After  remainii 
months  with  this  company,  he  set 
Oregon,  United  States,  where  he 
for  nine  months,  engaf^ed  at  quartz  mim 
He  then  concluded  to  returu,  and  in  De»t 
ber,  1804,  arrived  at  Ottawa,  where  b« 
haa  remained  ever  since,  attendi'^-  *  ^'« 
quarries,  quite  disgusted  with  ^'  ;; 

and  ijuite  sick  of  gold  fevers,     !:_  ^   ,       «! 
was  appointed   a  lieutenant  in  the  Ueaem 
Militia,  Ist  battalion   of  Carleton.     loj 
same  year  he   was  iq>painteU  a  ji 
the  peace.     In  1874,  he  was  elected 
reeve  of  the  township  of  Olouceater, 
ton  county,   and    in    1875,    became    reei 
which  office  he   resigned   owing  to   illxif 
in  his  family.      M.   Robillard  is   now 
haa  been  for  some  time  nt.'      '  lee  ai 

French  representative  in  tti<  c  In- 

atitute  of  Oitawa.       In  18^.^,   ik*  'oncested 
the  County  of  Russell  in  the  Couaervative 
interest,    against    hia    brother.    Ale 
Robillard,    a   Reformer,    and  Charh 
lings,  an    Independent,  defeating 
them,  by  a  majority  of  322  over  hia  bl 
and  7oO   over  Mr.  Billings.      M.  Rut 
is  a  ahareholder  and  vioe-preaident  of 
French  Building  Society  of  Ottawi 
tics,  he  is  a  staunch  Liberal  Corn 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Ontario  Cut 


CANADIAN  BWGRAFBY 


'n 


uioD,  And  A  loember  of  iU  uxecntive  otitn- 
tt«6.  He  hjubeen  a  Roman  catholic  from 
ith  up.  He  married  in  ldt>M,  Philoinene, 
tcr  nf  the  late  P.  Barrett  and  Flarie 
t.  Sho  died  in  1878.  leaving  seven  of 
a  faratty.  and  M.  Kobillard  azain  nuuried  in 
I87i».  Giephirv,  daughtor  of  the  late  J.  B. 
Riolit^r.  There  la  uu  issue  by  the  second 
marriage.  In  prirnte  life,  he  it  extremely 
courteous  and  popular,  and  although  he  baa 
not  yet  ha<l  iiiifticient  oppnrtiinitie.n  to  reveal 
hia  gifta  ai  a  public  man,  enoui^h  haa  trans- 
pired from  hia  career  to  show  that  he  ia  in- 
defatigable and  p&instaking  in  the  interests 
of  the  constituency  committed  to  hisoh&rt^e. 
Altogether  his  conduct  bodes  a  career  full  uf 
promise. 
^^  Tactic,  Rlffbt  RcT.  Alexandre 
^^Unlonlii,  Archbishop  of  St.  Bonifaoe,  iraa 
^^^>rii  Kt  Kivibre  du  Loup,  on  the  23rd  Jnly, 
^B£2:J.  He  is  a  son  of  Obarlen  Tach(l<,  who 
^firaa  a  oaptaiD  in  the  Canadian  Voltigeurs  in 
^^  the  war  of  1812- 15.  HisGraoe  is  descended 
from  one  of  the  most  notable  and  remark- 
able families  in  this  country,  having  for  an- 
Mstora  l»uis  Joliette.  the  discoverer  of  the 
Misaissippi,  and  Sieur  V&reunes  de  la  Ver- 
andryo,  tne  well-known  explorer  of  the  Red 
River,  the  Upper  Missouri  and  the  Sas- 
katchewan. Jean  Taohft  was  the  first  of  the 
'<^?r<r  to  arrive  in  Canada,  and  he  settled  at 
I  oc  in  1739,  marrying  demoiselle  Mar- 
-  iL-:itc  Joliette  de  Mingau.  Ue  puasened 
sn  immense  fortune,  but  the  conquest 
rained  him.  His  son,  Charles,  settled  at 
&lootmagny,  he  having  three  sons,  one  of 
whom  was  Sir  Etieone  Pascal  Tach^,  who 
died  premier  of  Canada  in  1805.  Charles^ 
the  eldest  of  the  three,  had  likewise  three 
eons.  Dr.  Joseph  Tachtj,  a  brilliant  Canadi- 
an writer,  deputy  minister  of  Agriculture, 
and  Chevalier  de  la  Legion  d'Honneur ; 
Louis  Tiich(5,  sheriff  of  SL  Uyacinthe  ;  and 
Alexandre  Antonin,  the  distinguished  sub- 
ject of  this  memoir.  Hia  father  died  in 
January,  1826,  when  the  future  archbishop 
was  but  three  years  of  age  ;  then  his  mother 
with  her  young  family  left  and  returned  to 
Boucherville,  Quebec.  There  our  subject 
remained  until  hia  tenth  year.  In  1815^  he 
was  sent  t<t  college  at  St.  Hyacinthe,  and 
there  for  tlie  next  eight  y(«ra  he  studied 
olaaaio&l  philosophy  and  all  the  branches 
that  belont;  to  a  thorough  courae.  In  Sep- 
mber,  1841  he  began  his  course  of  thetdogy 
the  Urand  Seminary  of  Monlr«*al.  After 
e  year  here  he  returned  to  St  Hyacinthe, 
one  of  the  prc'fessors,  and  in  this  capacity 
ntinued  hisci>urse  of  theology.  In  Octo. 
r,  1844,  he  joined  theOblat«a  aa  a  novice, 


and  in  June,  184d,  he  set  out  for  Red  River, 
where  such  a  career  of  influence  and  useful- 
ness awaited  him.  During  the  journey  he 
was  ordained  deacon  of  St.  Boniface,  and 
on  the  first  Sunday  after  hia  arrival  he  was 
ordained  priest,  by  hia  Lurdahip  Bishop 
Provencher  (12th  October,  1845).  The  fol- 
lowing dny,  having  completed  hia  novitiate, 
he  pronounced  his  vows  as  an  Oblate,  and 
in  the  spring  of  1844>,  he  left  St.  Boniface 
for  the  Indian  niisaions  of  the  far  North- 
West,  Isle  ii  la  Grease  being  his  head  qu&r* 
tors.  Hia  duties  here  were  of  the  most 
trying  kind^  and  called  into  reqnisition  a 
good  ooostitution,  faith  and  zeaL  With  all 
these  was  the  gifted  young  missionary 
blessed.  It  ia  not  necessary  to  point  ottt 
what  his  hardships,  and  even  the  dangers, 
must  have  been  in  a  wide  wilderness  like 
the  great  North-West,  with  a  mission 
among  hostile  and  oven  murderoualy  dis- 
posed Indians.  But  Father  Taoh^  soon 
won  his  way  to  the  hearts  of  hosts  of  these 
wild  people  ;  and  a  large  number  of  conver- 
sions rewarded  his  industry.  It  might  be 
supposed  that  since  the  young  priest  had 
chosen  to  **  bury  himself  alive,'  soto  apeak, 
in  the  wilderness,  that  he  would  be  lost 
sight  of  in  high  eodesiaatioal  quarters  ;  but 
such  vras  not  the  case.  The  venerable 
bishop.  Monseignour  Provencher,  hod  kept 
hia  eye  U(K}n  the  young  missionary.  While 
at  Isle  Ji  la  Crosse,  and  being  only  in  his 
twenty-sixth  year,  he  received  a  letter  from 
the  venerable  biahop  announcing  that  the 
latter  had  chosen  him  aa  his  coadjutor,  and 
re<iuosting  his  return  te  St.  Bonifaoe.  Up- 
on reaching  St.  Boniface,  ho  found  a  letter 
instructiug  him  topr<K:eed  to  Rome  for  con* 
aecratiou  ;  and  the  ceremony  was  performed 
in  the  cathedral  of  Viviers,  at  the  hands  of 
the  Bishop  of  Marseilles.  Upon  hia  return 
to  Canada  he  aet  out  for  lije  k  U  Croese, 
where  he  remained  till  the  death  of  Biahop 
Provencher  in  1853.  Ha  tlien  aaaamed 
episcopal  charge  of  this  enormous  territory, 
and  by  hia  tireleaa  ceaj,  and  aplendid  en- 
thusiasm, soon  saw  churches,  seats  of  learn- 
ing and  relifftous  houses,  oooameoaurate 
with  the  nee<u  of  hia  people,  established  in 
the  territories.  Hia  connection  with  the 
evenU  of  that  time,  is  a  notable  matter  of 
hiatory,  and  need  not  bo  dealt  with  exten- 
sively here.  That  government  handed  over, 
virtually,  to  Monsoigneur,  the  settlement  of 
terms  with  those  engaged  in  revolt,  there 
seems  t4>  be  no  doubt  whatever.  NNIien  his 
lorilahip  set  not  from  Ottawa  with  the  in> 
atnictiona  of  Joseph  Howe  and  of  Sir  John 
Mscdonald,    he  regarded  himself,  and  waa 


r92 


A  CYOhOPJEDIA  OF 


■u  regarded  by  the  govemiDCDt,  aa  invested 
with  plenipoteDlial  powers.  The  diHictilty 
that  afterwards  arose  wss  due  Itf  the  fact 
that  the  ministry  did  Dot  foresee  that  out- 
rages, which  ought  not  to  be  compounded, 
mi^ht  take  place  before  the  bishop  reached 
the  spot.  While  Monseij^'neur  was  oit  his 
war  to  Fort  Garry,  8cott  was  shot ;  snd  the 
bishop,  deeming  his  authority  to  cover  such 
■  case,  with  the  same  force  as  it  covered  the 
looting  of  stores  and  the  uprising  against 
proper  aothorityf  he  otfered,  m  the  name  of 
the  government,  a  general  panlon.  His 
]>osttion  afterwards  was  a  painful  one.  The 
diocese  of  St.  Boniface,  it  may  be  added, 
was  divided  in  1SG3,  and  the  northwest 
portion  was  formed  into  what  is  designated 
the  apostolic  vicarate  of  Athabascu-Macken- 
ixB.  At  the  time  of  the  erection  <>f  the 
Metropolitan  See  another  portion  of  the 
diocese  of  St.  Boniface  was  detached,  and 
formed  into  the  diocese  of  St  Albert,  where 
the  unfortunate  insurrection  of  188.^  u»uk 
place.  Archbishop  Tach6  has  been  more 
influential  than  any  utherman  in  the  North- 
VVeit  territories,  in  the  promotion  of  peace 
and  good-will  among  his  people  and  the 
English-speaking  settlers.  A  man  su  gifted 
and  blessed,  so  full  of  energy,  bo  remark- 
•iblo  for  his  piety  and  Keal,  would  adorn 
any  position  in  the  theological  sphere. 

Clark,  Thomas  W.,  Lieut. -Colonel. 
Waterford,  Ontario^  was  b«>m  in  the  town- 
ship of  Kainham.  County  of  Hildimand,  un 
the  23rd  February,  1812,  He  is  desceuded 
from  a  military  ancestry,  his  father  and 
fi^randfather  having  been  otficers  in  the 
British  army  ;  and  his  maternal  L'randfather 
a  United  Empire  loyalist.  Hia  father, 
William  Clark,  belonged  to  the  commis- 
sariat, and  was  attached  to  the  Turkey 
Point  division  of  the  Canadian  militia,  and 
was  stationed  for  a  time  at  Fort  L>over,  un- 
der the  command  of  Cohmel  Nichols.  He 
died  in  1813,  and  after  two  or  three  years 
his  widow  married  Aaron  Slo^ht,  one  of  the 
pioneers  of  the  township  of  Townshend. 
Thomas  W.  Clark  attended  school  during 
the  winter  months  of  hia  early  boyhood, 
but  the  rustic  school  of  this  early  date  was 
an  extremely  crude  and  rudimentary  insti* 
tution.  But  the  lad  was  full  of  ambition 
and  energy  ;  and  he  was  resolved,  in  the 
face  of  the  adverse  circumstances,  to  equip 
himself  with  a  share  of  education  sufficient 
for  the  needs  of  a  practical  life.  He  became 
a  wide  and  devoted  reader,  and  he  is  to-day 
one  of  the  best  informed  gentlemen  in  his 
own  portion  of  the  province.  Through  life 
be  has  been  engaged  in  agriculture,  but  for 


twelve  yean  also  be  waa  a  aucceasful  sur 
chant  and   miller.     It  is    wtjrthy  of  record 
that   when   he   was  sixteen   yeara  old  the 
township  was  so  sparsely  settled  that  tt 
quired  the  whole  male  population  witliia 
nidius   of  six  miles  to  raise  the  frame  of 
small   bam.       There  was   uot  a  buf^gy  i 
other  one-horse  wheel  vclticle  in  the  iow 
ship,  and  not  more  than  two  or  three  lum- 
ber waggons.     "  There  was.**    says  an  an- 
thority   before  us,   "  no   money  in   circula- 
tion ;  whisky   watt  the  only   basis  of  valiiei 
and    the  only  circulating  medium,    and  u 
well-off  farmer    was    without   from   sit 
twelve  barrels  in  his  cellar  ;  not  for  bis  own 
tise,  of  course,  but  obtained  in  exchange  fof 
his  products."     In  education  Colonel  Clark 
has  alirays  takeu  a  very  deep  interest,  and 
when  the  comuiun  school  act  was  passed  ia 
1846,  he  was  elected  one  of  the  tint  thx«e 
commissioners  for  Townshend.      He  waa  the 
lint   electetl  reeve  of  the    same    townahi 
and  waa  re-elcoted  several  times  aftorw^ 
to   the  same   position.       In    1852   Cotun 
Clark  was  appointed  a  justice  of  the 
and  htLS  bUed  that  otlice  since,  being  ko< 
as  an  eSicient  and  most  impartial   ma^^-^ 
trate.       (.'olonel  Clark   has  been  a  commiS' 
sioned  otHcer  in  the  Canadian  militia  f 
paftt  thirty-eight  years,  and  at  present 
the   rank  of  lieutenant  of  tli.>    r< 
division  of  the  North  Riding  k 

married  in  18^3.  Nancy,  a  (i<' 
late    Gabriel   Culver,    of   the    to- 
Windham,  and  the  fruita  of  tliis  m 
a  fsmily  of  nine  children. 

Beuoh,  nahlon  F,,  Iroqaots,  Onts: 
was  bom  on  November  lOth,    If*'- 
township  of    Oxford,  County  of  < 
Ontario.     His  father  wa«  Mahlou  UeauJi 
son  of   David  Beach,  and  was  born  in  th 
state  of  New  Jersey,  on  Oclolnrr  "'    '     '"  ' ! 
Ho  moved  to  the  township  of  Hon 
t^ouuty   of   (Jreuville,    when    a   ttjuvi. 
his  parents,  who  were  among  the  tirst  »e< 
tiers  in  that  district.      The  r»«..th,.r  ,,»   \r 
Beach  waa  Mercy  May,  dan: 
Clothier,  and  she  was  born  i;  f 

New  York,  on  May  12ih.  17U8.  Wbea 
child  she  moved  to  the  township  of  Oxford« 
County  of  Grenvillo,  with  her  parents,  who 
built  the  tirst  mills  in  what  is  nuw  known  aa 
the  village  of  Kemptville.  M.  F.  B 
was  educated  at  the  common  fic-h<x>[s  o 
native  place,  and  early  in  lifa  set  out 
carve  his  own  fortune.  He  first  worked 
the  millwright  business,  and  in  l^oG  went 
the  lownship  of  Winchester,  County  of 
Dufidas,  and  there  built  a  small  st<»fcm  saw 
mill,      He  then  added  other  machinery  and 


rnaa 

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CANADIAN  BIO  OR  A  FEY. 


Imildingfl.  aoch  an  planing  mill*,  uah  aad 
dcH>r  fact'^ry,  &c.,  ami  Ukewiae  flour  milU. 
Daring  the  year*  of  lBUl-ti-3-4,  be  engaged 
in  square  timber  operations,  taking  the 
tixaber  to  Qaebec.    In  the  spring  of  1883  he 

tught  a  water  privilege  on  the  St.  Law- 
loe  canal,  and  moved  to  Iroquois  in  June 
the  aamo  jear,  and  there  commenoed 
ilding  a  roller  flour  mill,  which  was  put 
in  operation  in  the  fall  of  188-1.  At  ^Ir. 
Bench's  pUoe  in  Winchester,  where  he  still 
oontinnea  the  old  business,  he  siw  grow  up 
what  is  DOW  the  village  of  West  Winchester. 
Between  the  years  1801  and  1878  5Ir.  Beach 
WM  oonoected  directly  or  indirectly  In  gen- 
end  itore  business,  and  ho  haa  always  been 
ancxjeesfnl  in  bis  undertakings.  On  the 
morniug  of  July  12th.  1BS4,  his  mills  at 
Weal  Winyhester  were  destroyed  by  fire, 
and  a  unml>er  uf  other  valuable  buildings^  a 
quantity  of  sawn  lumber.  Hour,  wheat,  &c., 
to  the  amount  of  about  ^75,000,  were  all 
swept  away,  without  any  insurance  to  cover 
the  loas.  This  naturally  crippled  him  finan- 
cially ;  but  nothing  dsnnted,  he  oommenoed 
again,  building  up  the  milla,  and  in  a  much 
better  muuner  than  the  former  ones,  except 
the  Hour  mill,  which  is  not  yet  rebuilt.  His 
public  career  has  been  confined  to  muuici* 
pal  affairs  ;  and  he  was  warden  of  the  unit- 
ed Connties  of  Stormont,  Dundas  and  Qlen- 
garry  for  the  year  1873.  Mr.  Beach  is  a 
Liberal  in  politics,  and  in  religion  is  a 
Quaker,  but  woi  brought  up  by  Methodist 
parents.  He  married  on  <.>ctobor  18th, 
1865,  Louise  C.  Wickwire,  of  the  township 
of  Augusta,  County  of  Orenville.  There  ia 
a  family  of  ten  btiya,  all  of  whom  are  living. 
There  waa  one  girl,  who  ii  dead. 

WhItCy  Richard,  Montreal,  was  bom 

^  Quebec  in  the  year  1835,  and  hasdevotod 

beet  years  of  his  life  to  joumaliam.     In 

»3,  in  conjunction  with  his  brothor,  now 

Hon.    Thomas  White,  minister  of  the 

irior,   ho    established  the  Peterborough 

ntir.      It  espoused    the  cause  of  retorm, 

represented  by  those  followers  of  Robert 

Baldwin,    who,  by  the   famous  coalition  of 

1854,  became  allied  and  identitied  with  the 

Cuuservaiivea.     Richard    \N^hite  underc4Xik 

the   business,   while    his    brother   assumed 

the  editorial  manjigement  of  the  juuru&l.  In 

the  beginning  of    IHOo,  the  brotiten  White 

b«caino  prupriet4)rM  of  the  lUiily  SptcUiior, 

^B  Hamiltou,  which  under  their  contri^l,  at- 

^^bftd  the  rank  of  the  chief  Cimservative 

^^^^Lof    Western   Ontario.     While  it   re- 

^^^^P  in  their  possession,    it  continued  to 

nraHe  leadiug  intliieuce  on  pubtir  opinion, 

ftod  its  circulation  steadily  increased.     The 


Craftsman,  a  Masonic  magasine,  vu  alio 
published  by  the  firm.  lu  1870,  ou  the 
retirement  from  journalism  of  Lowe  and 
Chamberlin,  Mr.  Richard  White,  in  com* 
pany  with  his  brother,  purchased  the 
Montreal  Gazette,  the  oldest  newspaper  in 
the  Dominion  (having  been  founded  in 
1778),  and  the  foremoat  representative  of 
Conservative  principles  in  the  province  of 
Quebec  In  their  hands  it  achieved  a 
marked  prosperity,  and,  though  ita  success 
was  largely  due  to  the  rnre  literary  and 
political  ififts  of  the  editor-in-chief,  to 
Richard  White  must  be  ascribeil  no  slight 
share  of  the  credit.  lu  1870.  the  name  of 
the  firm  was  changed  to  that  of  *^  The 
Gazette  Printing  Company."  and  Richard 
White  was  appointed  managing  director. 
Th*4  qualities  which  he  displayed  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  im[>ortant  duties  are  thus  tet 
forth  by  the  Marcjuis  of  Lome  in  bis  work 
on  "The  Dominion  of  Canada": — **  Active, 
pushing  and  popular  in  social  and  commer- 
cial circles,  he  has  acquired  the  highest  repu- 
tation for  his  conservative  business  methods 
and  talented  honourable  mauajjemeut  of 
this  great  publishing  house.  He  has  made 
it  the  beat  equipped  and  most  complete  es- 
tablishment of  the  kind  in  Canada,  and  haa 
introduced  a  thon>ugh  system  of  organiza- 
tion, which  ensures  the  prompt  and  satis- 
factory execution  of  the  largest  orders, 
either  for  job,  b.>ok,  commercial  or  news- 
paper printing;,  lithMgraphiug,  stereotyping, 
etc.  Mr.  While's  great  executive  abilitiea 
and  vast  practical  experience  aa  a  publisher 
are  only  equalled  by  the  warm  interest  he 
has  ever  manifested  in  all  measures  best 
calculated  to  advance  the  permanent  wel- 
fare and  proflpt-nty  of  the  metrojwlis  of  the 
Dominion.  Loyal  to  the  great  conservative 
principles  of  national  policy,  he  is  a  reoog- 
uizod  leader  of  opinion,  while  throughout 
commercial  circles  he  has  built  up  a  tiue  ad- 
vertising patronage  for  the  iUtvtU,  and  the 
paper  is  now  in  every  respect  a  source  of 
credit  to  its  owners  and  the  city  wherein 
it  has  already  oelcbmtod  its  Hrst  centenary 
oi  existence."  Those  who  have  (Miid  a  visit 
to  the  GiizctU  printing  oatablishtnent  will 
know  that  the  description  just  <|Uoted  ta 
perfectly  accurate.  No  ottice  in  the  Domin- 
ion has  turned  o!itl>etter  work  uj'  ull  binds, 
and  such  puhlirtititma  u  the  lioyal  Society'a 
"Tronsaotinns."  tho  volume  of  *' Canadian 
Economics. *'  consisting  of  paper*  read  he 
fore  the  Krilish  Aseociatiun  at  Montreatt 
and  RiMirinot's  '^ParUamnntary  PnictHture," 
wutild  rt'rttfct  no  disorodit  on  any  of  the 
great    (Mihltsbiug   houses  of  either   hemis- 


jUi 


7tM 


A  CYCLOF^DU  OF 


{>liere.  [ii  mdditlon  to  the  dally  and  we«k- 
y  edition*  of  thu  Gazfttf,  thecoujpmiy  pub- 
luhes  the  Ltijal  Nf\f»,  th<j  M»utrtitl  Law 
HtjtorU,  the  Ciiruidu  Mtdical  ami  .Surr/ica/ 
Jouviialj  and  i\\%  Eiiui^utiiuuii  Record.  Thia 
exteOBlvo  and  v&riod  buftineu  hai  now 
been  under  Richard  Wbiic's  conatant  Kiipt^r- 
visLon  fur  sixteen  yeara — yean  of  steady 
progreas,  the  reward  of  asaidiiity,  fore- 
sight und  integrity.  One  feature  in  this 
unint«rnipted  success  is  especially  worthy 
of  n"t» — the  rare  changes  in  the  Urge  staff 
of  employees.  Of  these  the  most  important 
have  been  associated  with  the  office  since 
Mr.  White  took  charge  of  it.  There  could 
bo  no  more  forcible  or  practical  evidence  of 
the  esteem  in  which  he  is  held— esteem, 
moreover,  of  which  he  is  kept  in  remember- 
auce  by  a  little  wiuseum  of  souvenirs,  one  of 
which  is  a  fine  oil  portrait  of  himself.  Of 
his  popularity  with  the  hirger  community 
outside  of  the  CaxftU  office  his  election 
in  1880  a«  one  of  the  aldermen  for  the 
important  west  ward,  is  sufHoient  indication. 
Until  the  present  year  Mr.  White  had  (irm- 
ly declined  all  inv^itations  to  enter  public 
life.  But  in  18S5,  on  his  return  from  Eng' 
land,  he  found  the  city  a  prey  to  a  terrible 
epidemic  of  small-pox.  The  usual  tourist 
travel  through  the  city  waa  suspended. 
Business  of  all  kinds  waa  at  a  stand-still. 
The  community  was  in  a  state  of  dismay, 
bordering  on  despair,  while,  as  a  crowning 
calamity,  a  large  portion  of  the  people  set 
themselves  ubatiuately  against  vuccinatiim. 
A  proper  health  urganixation  was  uri;eutly 
needed.  It  was  not  a  time  to  henitate,  or 
make  eicuses.  So,  when  Mr.  White  was 
asked  to  serve,  he  felt  it  to  be  a  patriotic 
and  civic  duty  to  accept  the  responsibility. 
He  laboured  daily  with  his  colleaf^iea  till 
the  plague  was  stayed,  and  would  then  have 
gladly  retired  to  private  life.  But  those  who 
had  witnessed  his  zeal  and  e&oiency  in  the 
hour  of  need,  and  recognized  the  benefits 
that  the  city  had  derived  from  his  executive 
talents  were  not  willing  to  lose  his  services. 
A  requisition,  numerously  signed  by  the 
cnoet  influential  residents  in  the  west  ward, 
was  a  freah  challenge  to  his  public  spirit, 
and  Mr.  White  yielded  to  the  solicitations 
of  his  friends.  Neither  did  they  desert 
him.  The  tight  was  valiantly  fought  on  l^Uh 
aides,  and  though  his  oppnent  was  an  hon- 
ourable man,  an  alderman  of  three  years* 
standing,  Mr.  Whit«  won  the  day  by  a  ma- 
jority of  thirty-one.  When  the  result  of 
the  poll  was  known,  amid  much  enthusiasm, 
the  newly  elected  alderman  thanked  his 
faithful   supporters   and  promised    that  a« 


they  had  stood  by  him  so  atcailfastiv 
would    nmit  no  edbrt  to  fulfil  the  e  ^ 
tions  that  they  ha«l  formed  of  him. 
liam    Cassils,    president    of    the   Munict 
Reform  Association,  said  that  in  bonoan 
Mr.  White  the  electors  had  honoured 
Hulvoa,      It  waa  a  hopeful  sign  for  Mont 
when   gentlemen    of  his   character,  abih 
and  energy  touk  an  interest  in  civic  admi 
istration.     Mr.    White's   acceasion  to  m 
cip&l  ofhoe  WAS  regarded  with  no  leaa  £a 
in   the  other   wards,    the   general 
being  that    bis    admission  to    the 
would  be  a  real  gain  t-o  the  city.    Mr 
wieHs  "  the  pen  of   a  ready  writer,"   is  s 
fluent   and  effective  speaker,  and  posaeaseft 
the  advantage,   which,   for  a  public  man  in 
the  Province  of  Qutib«x^,  is  of  no  slight  im- 
portance, of  being  able  to  address  an  uudicrnC'e 
in  French  and  Engliah.     IJke  uioat  sncces*- 
ful  men,  he  married  early,  his  wife,  former- 
ly Jean  Riddle^  a  daughter  of  John  Eiddl 
for   many   years  a  well-known   and  m\ 
respected  citizen  of  Montreal.     His  etd 
son.    W.     J.    White,    B.A.,    B.C.U,    is 
member  of  the  firm  of    Busteod  Sc  Wbi 
advocates,     Montreal.      His     second     soi 
Smeaton  White,  is  associated  wtth  the  b 
ness  department  of  the  tiazftt^  oftice. 

WeatherheHd,    George    Ucary, 
Mayor  of  Broiskville,  Ont.,  was  bora  on  the 
10th    of   April,    1841,    at    Port    Elini3cy, 
County   of  lAuark.   Ont.     Ue  is  a  son 
Alexander    and    Mary     Weatherhead, 
father  being  one  of  the  first  settlers  in 
township  of  North  Elmsley,  where  he  carrii 
on  a  large  lumber  business,  and  in  coon 
tion  with  his  brothcsr,  William  L.  Weatlwr- 
head,    a   large    forwarding    busini 
Perth   to    Montreal.     These   two   men 
muoh  towards  opening  up  that  part  of 
country  at  that  early  time.     lu   1838  tl 
dissolved  partnership,  Alexander  purchui 
the  sdjoining  lot  to  the  village,  and  erecti 
a  saw  mill,  a  stave  mill,  and  a  woollen  I 
tory    thereon.     These    he    ran    for   sevc 
years,  retiring  from  business  in   1857. 
then  rented  the  mills.  I  *     '     c 

lessness  of  the^uight-wu  >|)e 

was  destroyed  by  tire,    vn-u  u" 
This  was  a  heavy  blow  to  Mr.  Weath 
for    the    loss    was    no    teas    than 
Though  then  in  his  sixtieth  year,  he  at  u 
commenced  to  build  up  the  saw  mill  porti 
of  the  property,  and  after  doing  so  ho 
obliged  to  mortgage  the  property  for  a  1 
amonnt  to  purchase   limits  to  supply 
mill  with    h>gs.  but  during  the  hrvt  y 
after  the  mill  wa«  completed,  he  contrmc 
a  heavy  cold,  and  from  the  etl'ecta  of  it 


I 


7AKADUy  B10GRAPR7. 


'    hi. 


1062,  le&ving  n  family  of  eight  children, 
five  boys  and  throe  girls,  our  aubjecC  be- 
ing the  utUeaC  aud  aot  ^juitt*  twenty-onu 
vean  of  agv.  George  Henry  Weatherheiul 
ud  received  aa  good  an  education  fia  waa 
Co  be  had  at  hia  native  plnct^,  for  in  tboae 
early  days  the  country  did  not  abound  with 
High  Bcho<jla  and  collegea  aa  it  does  now. 
KeTertheleas,  he  waa  fairly  well  equipped 
in  thia  regard,  aud  aaaiinied  the  respun- 
bility  of  taking  care  of  a  Un:e  family, 
e  youngest  being  only  four  years  of  age. 
e  buamesa  waa  badly  diaurgaui&eii  by 
hia  father'a  illaeas,  but  the  young  man's 
peraereranoe  w»iitd  have  overcome  the  dif- 
iBimltieji,  had  he  not  met  with  a  aerioua 
Mxadent,  on  the  21at  June,  1863,  in  the 
■aw  mill,  losing  hia  fuot  at  the  inatep.  Thia 
waa  a  very  aerioua  get-back ;  but  he  waa  able 
in  the  following  year  to  keep  booka  for  H. 
Ji. Sherwood,  who  owned  the  Port  Klm>ley 
tailla,  and  in  1855,  made  arrangementa  with 
hia  father's  creditors,  and  aaved  the  home- 
ttead  and  one  hundred  acres  of  land,  which 
kepi  the  family  together.  In  18Gf),  Mr. 
Weatherhead  went  tu  the  town  of  Perth,  aa 
a  clerk  in  a  general  store,  where  he  remained 
nearly  fuur  yoara.  Hia  health  then  failed 
him.  he  being  kept  too  doeely  confiaed.  Ue 
again  returned  home,  not  being  able  to  do 
any  manual  labor  ;  yet  not  aatisfied  to  re- 
main idle,  he  at  once  commenced  to  look  up 
a  contract  for  taking  ftiit  lumber,  which  he 
succeeded  in  getting  ;  and  during  the  winter 
of  1870.  he  took  out  7,000  loga,  and  the 
year  following  5,000.  doing  well  with  thia 
ooutraot,  and  at  the  same  time  getting  back 
hia  healUi.  He  waa  afterwards  engaged  by 
a  lumber  firm  to  cull  lumber,  and  in  March, 
1872,  waa  sent  to  Hrockville  m  that  capa- 
city. In  1873,  he  went  int<i  company  with 
Thos.  Koama  in  the  retail  lumber  buaineas; 
in  187-4,  thfy  took  another  partner  into  the 
tlnn, — which  then  became  known  as  "  T. 
Kearna  &  Co" — but  the  bosinesa  not  prov* 
ing  very  prtiBtable,  they  sold  out  in  Octo- 
ber, 1875.  In  November  of  the  same  year, 
Mr.  Weatherhead  purchased  the  half  inier- 
eat  of  the  general  inaurance  and  loan  huai- 
neaa  carried  on  by  J.  T.  White  ;  and  in 
Jnne,  1881,  he  bought  Mr.  White's  share 
of  the  busineaa  and  haa  kept  year  by  year 
building  up  the  aame,  and  lo-dny  hjis  one 
uf  the  beat  insurance  and  loan  buainesaea 
in  Eastern  Ontario.  He  haa  been  eight 
rears  aecretary*treasurvr  of  the  Brock  ville 
Mutual  Huilding  Society,  which  terminates 
in  April,  18tJt>,  it  being  a  ten  years  termin- 
able XK'tety.  This  society  baring  been 
managed  ao  well,  Mr.  Weatiierhead  bad  no 


trouble  in  establishing  a  permanent  society, 
known  as  the  Bnickville  Loan  &  Savings 
Company,  with  a  capital  of  $200,000,  and 
st  the  tirst  board  meeting  he  was  chosen 
manager.  Mr.  Weatherhead  hotda  and  haa 
held  several  important  otticea.  He  haa  been 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  Brockville  Mutual 
Bniiding  Society  from  1878  to  the  present 
time ;  is,  aa  we  have  aeen,  manager  of  the 
Brockville  Loan  £  Savings  Company  ;  is  a 
director  and  stockholder  tn  the  Brockville, 
Weat  Port  &  Satilt  Ste.  Marie  Railway  Com- 
pany ;  and  waa  elected  mayor  of  Hrockville 
for  the  y«ar  1866.  Ue  joined  the  Maaonic 
body  in  1870,  and  is  now  a  past  master  ; 
also  a  Royal  Arcli  Mas^^n  ;  and  ia  M.  W. 
of  Rose  Croix  chapter,  No.  14.  He  haa  be- 
longed to  the  Churah  of  England  from  his 
youth,  aud  is  churchwarden  of  St.  Peter's 
church,  at  Brockville.  He  joined  the  Odd- 
fellows in  187-i,  and  has  passed  through  all 
the  chairs,  and  held  the  otBco  of  district 
deputy  of  the  St.  Lawrence  district. .  He 
married  in  March,  1872,  Maggie  Bell  Steele, 
of  Perth,  Ontario,  and  has  issue,  four  boys 
aud  two  girls.    Two  boys  died  in  infancy. 

Brereton,  Cliurles  Herbert,  Beth- 
any, M.U.,  M.P.P.  for  East  Durham,  On- 
waa  bom  in  the  township  of  West  Gwil- 
hambury,  !Simcoe  county,  in  January,  1845. 
He  is  a  son  of  Cloudsle  S.,  and  Charlotte 
(Fisher)  Breroton.  Mr.  Brereton  was  bom 
in  Norfolk,  England,  and  early  in  life  came 
to  Canada,  sotilim^  in  the  township  of  West 
Gwilliambury.  Here  he  engaged,  tirst  aa  a 
general  merchant,  and  afterwards  as  a  farm- 
er, which  occupation  he  followed  until  1874, 
when  he  died,  leaving  aix  of  a  family,  the 
subject  of  thia  sketch  being  the  eldest  son. 
We  may  add,  that  during  the  Maokenxie 
excitement  he  raised  a  company  of  volun- 
teers, and  placed  them  at  the  aervioe  of 
Sir  Allan  MacNab,  aud  he  used  U*  relate 
many  interesting  inddeota  of  that  time. 
Charles  H.  Brereton  received  a  sound  edu- 
cation, and  completed  his  studies  at  the 
Bradford  Grammar  school.  At  the  age  of 
nineteen  he  benn  to  atudy  medicine  with 
Dr.  T.  C.  Scholeld,  now  of  TorouU),  and 
then  of  Bond  Head,  Simooe  county,  and 
after  two  years  entered  the  Rolph  School 
of  Medicine,  and  graduated  at  the  a^e  of 
twenty-three.  After  graduating  he  removed 
to  the  village  of  Bethany,  Utirham  county, 
where  he  commenced  to  practioo.  and  where 
he  haa  remained  ever  ainoe.  Dr.  Brereton 
waa  first  lieutenant  of  the  Darham  Field 
Battery  for  a  number  of  years,  and  then 
resigned.  In  1B81,  npon  the  death  of  the 
Ute  John  RosoTear,  he  contoited  the  vacant 


A  CTCLOPJCDU  or 


•eat  with  Mr.  Kuasel,  the  Reform  candi- 
dftie,  &nd  defented  him  by  the  large  ma- 
jority of  227  v<ites.  He  wu  re-elected  in 
188:),  defeating  Mr.  Elliott,  vorden  of  tlio 
oountiefl  of  Durham  and  Northumberland. 
by  218  of  a  raajurity.  Dr.  Breretou  is  a 
uiQinber  of  the  Freemason  liidKe  No.  145, 
of  Millbrooke,  and  uUo  beluutfi  Uj  the  Odd- 
fellows. In  politics  he  has  been  always  a 
staunch  Conservative,  and  an  energetic 
irorkor.  In  religion  he  adheres  tn  the 
Church  of  Kn^Und.  He  moiried,  in  1876, 
Eliza,  daughter  of  Thomua  Proctor,  of  the 
township  of  West  OwiUiambury.  and  has 
issue,  fiire  children.  Dr.  Brereum,  we  may 
odd,  is  a  descendant  of  the  celebrated  Ad- 
miral Brereton,  who««  name  is  so  promi- 
nently connected  with  the  Btirrin;^  history  of 
1812-15.  He  is  an  energetic  repre»entative 
and  a  useful  member,  and  he  ntakoa  it  a 
rule  to  attend  to  his  own  atfairs,  but  if  per- 
sons come  to  a  conflict  of  opinion  with  him, 
he  is  well  able  to  bear  his  portion  of  the 
brunt.  Dr.  Brereton  has  been  a  very  suc- 
cessful practitioner,  and  in  the  village  in 
which  he  resides  is  well  known  and  greatly 
respected. 

Wllkic,  Daniel  Robert,  Toronto, 
Cashier  of  the  Imperial  bank  of  Canada, 
wss  born  at  Quebec,  on  the  17th  December, 
1846.  He  is  a  son  of  the  late  Daniel  Wil- 
kie,  M.A.,  who  was  for  many  years  rector 
of  the  Quebec  High  school,  and  Angelique, 
daughter  of  John  Gr&ddon,  of  Quebec.  D. 
R.  Wilkie  was  educated  at  the  Quebec  High 
school,  and  at  Morrin  C<d1e^e,  prosecuting 
his  studies  for  several  years  at  the  latter 
institution.  Upon  completing  his  education- 
al course,  he  ent«ired  upon  a  business  career, 
joining  the  stall  of  the  Quebec  Bank,  on  the 
18th  May.  18G2,  and  in  the  same  year  he  be- 
came assistant  accountant  of  that  institution. 
In  IdbT.  he  became  accountant  of  the  Mon- 
treal branch  of  the  bank  ;  in  the  saine  yenr 
he  was  transferred  t<i  St.  Catharines,  Out., 
as  manager  of  the  branch  in  that  place  ;  and 
in  1872,  booame  manak^cr  uf  the  Toronto 
branch.  He  accepted  the  position  of  cash- 
ier of  the  Imperial  Bank  of  Canada,  when 
that  bank  was  organized  iu  March,  l87o, 
and  continues  in  that  capacity.  Mr.  Wilkie 
is  a  vice-president,  of  St.  Andrew's  Society 
of  Toronto  ;  a  member  of  the  council  of  the 
Board  of  Trade,  and  a  director  of  several 
commercial  underKikings.  Ho  is  a  strong 
advocate  of  universal  free  trade,  involving 
protection  i<.>  native  industries  and  interests, 
BO  long  as  rival  communities  maintain  hostile 
tariffs.  He  married  in  187**^. Sarah  Caroline, 
third  daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  J.  K.  Ben- 


son, senator,  of  St.  Cstharines.  >!- 
served  for  several  yean  in  the 
Hilles,  8th  batt.,  volunt««ra.  li;  . 
as  in  eommorctal  circles,  the  repute 
Wilkie  stands  very  hiflh,  ainl  nn  - 
knows  has  any  hesitation  iu 

him  a  great  meoaure  of  Uie  I  I  

status  attained  by  the  Impenai  Bank.     Hi 
is  a  man  of  marked  energy  anH  rnt^rprtsr? 
is  exceedingly  quick  topene^'^ 
and  to  ere  wherein  lie  tbt*     . 
bank,  and  where  the  same  are  sole  ,  but 
whole  career  has  been  tempered  by  pnid 
restraint  and  caution  ;  while  th«  banlc J 
is  as  we  see  it  stated  in  auotlier  (\m 
the  best  sense  "  a  coniervafi . 
Abbott,  noil.  John  J 
well,  Montreal,  M.I*,  fur  A*^^-..,^■ua. 
bee,  was  born  at  St.  Andrew's,  County 
Argent^uil,    Lower    Canada,    on   the    13tk 
March,    1821.     He   is  a   sou   of  the   Rvv. 
Joseph  Abbott,  M.A.,  first  Anglican  inooio- 
beut  of  St.  Andrew's,  who  emigrated  to  this 
country  from  Enuliind  in  1818,  as  a  mil* 
sionary,  and  who,  during  his  long  reaidenos 
in  Canada,  added  considerably  to  the  liter- 
ary  activity  of   the  country.      He  mairied 
Harriet,    daughter   of    the    Rev.    Richard 
Bradford,  &nit  rector  of  Chatham,  Ar^i 
teuil  county.     The  first  fruit  of  this  un: 
was  the  subject  of   this  akotch.     J.  J. 
Abbott  was  carefully  trained  at  St.  Andrew'i 
with  a  view  tu  a  university    course,  and 
due  time  he  was  sent  to  MontruoJ,  unt« 
McOill  college.  At  this  institution  be 
ly  diatincuiahed   himself  for  his  bri 
soundness  and  iminstrv,  and  he 
therefrom  as  a  B.  C.  L.     He  soun  af 
entered  upon  the  study  of  law,  and  in  '. 
ber,   1847,  was  called  to  the  bar  of  Low 
Canada.     Upon  oomuiercial  taw  h«  b*XA^ 
one  of  the  leading  authorities  of  the  cou 
try,  and  he  had  not  been   long  in  proct 
before  he  established  for  himself  the  rep 
iation  of  a  wise  and  ca[MihIe  connsellor. 
1859,  he  hrst  entered  political  life  as  rwn 
aentative   for   Ar;^enteuil  in  the  Caoodi 
Assembly,  and  this  constituency  he  repre- 
sented till  tue  union,  when  be  was  retuniMl 
for  the  House  of  Commons.     From  1874  Ut 
1880  he  was  out  of   public  life,  but  sioeo 
that  time  he   has  occupied  his   seat 
greatest  legislative  work  in  the  caret«r 
Abbott,  ia  his  celebrated  Insolvent 
1804  :   for   although  there   has  been 
leffislation  since  utfecting  the  quttsti* 
principles  laid  down  in  that  meora: 
been    the    charts    by  which    all    sit 
proceeded.     This  established  the  rr 
of  Mr.  Abbott ;  and  he  published  a 


VAKAOUN  BWORAPHT. 


'97 


with  aiTiplit  not«ft,  dtwcribing  hia  act.  Bufti- 
D«M  men  fliioked  to  hia  oflico  to  consult 
him  (in  *  ineuure  which  they  beliered  no 
4ine  tilie  cf>uld  so  well  elucidate,  and  nntur- 
aliy  enoagh,  oot  of  this  hia  lenat  practice 
grow  tueriunnouB  proporti'jiii.  Mr.  Abbott, 
th«  reader  need  hardly  be  reniioded,  waa 
th«  legal  miviser  of  Sir  Hii|e;h  ^lUn  in  the 
negotiations  anent  the  FaoifiV  Railway  ;  and 
it  waa  the  confidential  clerk  of  Mr.  AblH>tt 
who  piirlnined  the  private  correspondence, 
the  publication  of  which  created  such  a 
acandal,  nod  brouyht  abt»ut.  the  overthrow 
of  Sir  John  A.  Mucdonald'a  jjovemmeiit. 
For  a  short  i>eriotl,  in  1802,  Mr.  Abbott 
held  the  position  of  aoUcitor-^eneral  in  the 
Sandtield  M*cdonikldSicH>tte  administration; 
and  prior  to  his  jkccoptaucD  <tf  that  othoe  he 
waa  created  a  Q.C.  Mr.  Abliott  baa  added 
tmperiahftble  fame  to  his  legal  reputation 
by  his  Jury  Law  Consolidation  Act  for 
Lower  Canada;  and  another  important 
measure  of  his  waa  the  Bill  for  OolIectinK 
Judicial  and  Uetcistration  Fees  by  Stamps. 
He  is  likewise  the  author  of  various  other 
important  public  measures.  Mr.  Abbott 
hAfl  been  entrusted  with  many  important 
aflisin  of  a  national  character.  It  will  be 
remembered  that  he  went  to  England,  in 
187y,  with  the  Hon.  H.  L,  Langevin,  on 
the  mission  which  rvsulted  in  the  disniiassj 
of  Lieutenant-Governor  Luc  Letellier  de  St. 
Jast.  Altogether,  this  man's  career  has 
been  a  splendid  sitcceas,  and  althouah  he 
holds  no  office  in  political  circles,  his  is 
one  of  the  foremost  minds  in  Canada.  He 
married,  in  1849,  Mary,  daughter  of  the 
very  Rev.  Jamea  O.  Bethune,  D.D.,  late 
dean  of  Montreal. 

nontlzaniben,  Clinrlen  C,  Lieut. - 
ilouel,  commandant  of  the  Royal  SchcKil 
Artillery.  Quebec,  waa  1mm  at  Quebec, 
1&41.  He  is  a  stm  of  Edward  Louis 
[onlizAmbert,  late  law  clerk  of  the  Senate, 
id  Miss  Uuwen,  daughter  of  the  late  Chief- 
Ttiatica  Bowen  Col.  Moutizamlwrt  is  des- 
mded  from  an  old  French  family,  who 
to  this  country  in  1U35,  and,  as  will 
in  by  reference  to  the  archives  of 
la,  an  anoest^'ir  of  his,  M.  de  Montiz- 
unbert,  waa  given  command  of  the  first 
vo1niih*.>r  i-ompany  over  raised  in  Canada. 
<  .'.ambert  counts  among  his  anoea- 

.1  Boucher,  Unit  govenior  of  Three 

Lvert,  one  of  wh<>sH  nons  tiMik  the  name  of 
jher  de  Monti/.amlwrt,  from  the  family 
in  France.     8iime  of  the  Utter*s  sons 
officers    in    the    French    anny.     The 
de  Bouohcrritio  and    Boucher  de 
are  braiiuhcn  of  the  same  family. 


On  the  maternal  side  two  of  the  brothers  of 
Colonel  Montizambert's  grandmother  were 
Eoglisb  otticer.-t  in  the  7th  Fusiliers.  One 
of  them  was  killed  at  the  taking  of  M&r- 
tinujue.  An  uncle  of  Cot.  Moutizambert, 
Major  Montisimbert,  of  the  lUth  Foot,  was 
killed  while  lending  his  men  at  the  storming 
of  Mooltan  ;  whence  it  will  be  seen  that  the 
subject  uf  this  sketch  doacends.  on  both 
sidea,  from  a  family  of  soldiers.  Charles  E. 
Montizambtirt  waa  educated  at  Toronto  for 
commercial  pursuits,  but  he  showed  very 
early  a  decided  taate  for  military  life 
which  caused  him  to  enter  with  gruat  j:est 
into  the  volunteer  movement,  serving  for 
many  years  as  captain  and  adjutant  of  the 
Quebec  Volunteer  ^^Jarriaon  artillory.  When 
A  and  B  Batteries  were  orgniiiisiul,  in 
1871,  ho  was  appointed  major  in  com- 
mand of  B  Battery,  with  brevet  rank  oa 
lieut.-oolouel,  under  Colonel  (now  (ieneral) 
Btrsnge.  On  the  latter's  retirement.  Major 
Munti/ambert  became  lieut. •colonel  and 
commandant  of  B  Battery,  at  the  Que- 
bec citadel,  but  moved  with  the  battery  to 
Kingston  six  yean  ago.  He  was  second  in 
command  of  the  Wimbleton  team  on  one 
occaaion,  und  was  subsequently  attached  for 
several  mouths  at  Woolwich  for  artillerr 
instruction.  Col.  Moiitizambert  CDmiuand- 
ed  under  Colonel  Strange  during  the  labour 
riotjt  in  Quebec  some  years  ago.  Ho  mar- 
ried a  daughti>r  of  the  late  Jamea  Gibb,  a 
wealthy  merchant  of  Quebec.  The  Mootiz- 
amberta,  though  originally  Roman  cath- 
olics, are  now  adhereota  of  the  Angican 
Church. 

nnrtiii,  RcT.  X.  H.,  Chatham.  On- 
tarin,  was  horn  io  Somersetshire,  England, 
His  father  wns  a  cleruyman  of  the  Church 
of  Kntjlaixl  N.  H.  Martin  was  educated  at 
St.  Paul's  School,  Stony  Stratford,  wnd 
carried  off  from  that  institution  the  higheat 
prizes  for  mathematics  and  English  litera- 
ture. He  haabet'u  pastor  for  the  past  sovcm 
yean  of  Christ  Cburoh,  Chatham,  and  diir- 
mg  that  time  hoa  been  Ibe  rocipieut  of  many 
teatimonials  and  addresses,  from  thta  con- 
gregation, the  Sabbath  schools,  curling 
clubs,  and  various  other  aocieticM.  This 
popular,  energetic  and  able  paator  «aa 
elected  grandmaster  of  the  1.  t).  ().  F.  of 
Ontsritt.  at  the  session  of  the<«raud  Lodge 
in  Hikuiiltim,  in  Augiisti  IAH5  ,  tviid  tbia  po- 
sition he  now  occupies.  He  married  in 
October.  18H4,  Mias  Elliott,  daught«>r  of  the 
Itev.  F.  (J.  Elliott.  rocUtr  of  St.  John's 
Church,  *Sandwich,  and  a  member  of  one  ol 
the  oldest  and  most  r«a|>eoCed  families  in 
,  the  County  uf  Easex. 


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■m 


A  ctclopjedia  of 


lVIIIItchHmp,WullB«>«,Tnronto,  Ont., 

WAS    honi    ftt    thft    L><x«>liA,     RiiminirhuiJi, 
EDglond.  on  the  27tli  clay  of  May,18:i'.l.    Hia 
father,  Joseph  MillicUamp.  rvmoved  U>  the 
Uiiiteil  StnttiB,  iii  IH42,  und  BvttltiU  ta  25t. 
OUir,  \ftch.,  whore  hv  built  thu  tinit  ftirni- 
tiire  factory  in  the   pUce,    aad    where   the 
fatmily  resided  nntil  1850,  when  he  removwi 
to  Toronto.     He    removed    to    Rxjcheitcr, 
in  1862,  and    died   there    in    I88:i,  at    the 
adv&ncedago  of  seventy  eii{hl  ^oHnt.   Diirini; 
the  reaiduiice  of  Joseph  Milhuhmup  in  Bir- 
raiughani,  he  wnt  an  ufficiivl  ntewber  t>f  the 
Congregational  church  of  the  Rev.  John  An- 
gel! Jaiuen,  and  for  many  years  was  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday-schoul.    He  also  took 
a  i;reat  interest  in  all  church  work,  and  was 
connected  in  church  fellowship  with  Bond 
street  Congregational  church,  in  this  city, un- 
der the  paatorate  of  Rev.  Mr.  Marling.    Hia 
mother,  Catherine  Pool  Wainwrlght,    who 
survives  her  husband,  haa  now  reached  the 
age  of  seventy-two,  and  has  all  bur  faculties 
unimpaired,  so  much  so  that  she  undertook, 
a  short   time  ago,  to  visit  her  daughter  in 
Galveston,   Texas,  a  joumoy  of  over  five 
thousand  miles  in  extent,  and  retaraed  im- 
proved in  health  and  spirits.     The  a\ibject 
of  our  sketch  is  one  of  a  family  of  ten  chil- 
dren, seven  sons    and    three   daut^hters,   of 
which  family  he  is  the  third.     From  early 
life  he  developed  signs  which  convinced  all 
interested  that  he  was  of  a  mechanical  turn 
of  mindf  and  wonid  make  hia  mark  in  life, 
and  the  results  have  fully  justified  this  pre- 
diction, for  we  find  that  in  1855,  he  came  to 
Toronto  to  assist  hia  uncle  in  the  brass-fin- 
iahing  and  plumbing  trade.     This  busiuesa 
having  been  disposed  of,  he  determined  to 
learn  the  gold  and  silver  plating,  and  during 
his  apprenticeship,  devoted  his  evenings  to 
the  study  of  such  subjects  as  were  noceaaary 
for  hia  tilling.     In  1864,  the  young  man  be- 
gan business  for  himself,  nt  No.  80  Queen 
street  west,  and   was  amply  rewarded  with 
what  is  always  in  store  for  energy  and  intel- 
ligence— sMcc<»» ;  and  in  hia  case  the    sue- 
cess  waa  far  beyond  the  highest  expecta- 
tions of  his  friends  or  himself.     He  also  ad- 
ded "  house  furnishings"  to  hia  business  of 
plating,  which  was  now    requiring  a  largo 
amount  of  time  and  attention.     Duriiig  his 
stayoD  Queen  street,  he  pulled  down  the  old 
premises  and  built  a  large  block  of  stores, 
still  keeping  his  manufactory  at  the  back, 
but  this  grew  t<x>  small,  and  he  built  another 
factory,  at  No.  14  King  street  east.  This  also 
grew  too  small,  and,  after  three  years,    he 
was  compelled  to  remove  to  the  largo  pro- 
mises now   occupied    by  him,    and  known 


throughout  the  city  and  country  at  "  Mil 
champ's   Buildings,"   situated    on  Ad«Ui^ 
street   east,    near    the    Post    Office,    und4 
the    firm    name   of  W.    Mitlichamp  ^  Cou 
manufacturers  of    plain,    ornamental^ 
fancy  show  cases,  gold  and  silver 
The    business   is   owned    by    \Sx 
lichamp    alone,    t])e    company   beinc 
a  formal  designation.     The  present  roagsif 
cent    buildings,    at   the   above  place,    vers 
erected  by  Mr.  Millichamp.  at  conaiderahlc 
ctut,  in  1875,  but  several  m    *—    —  Tirr^re- 
ments  were  made  in  1885.  'laoip 

is  now  enrolled  on  the  asbo^ov...-  .i«t«  u 
being  one  of  the  Bfth  laz;geat  taxpayers  in 
Toronto.  He  has  never  neglooted  tha  im- 
portant duty  of  guarding  the  city's  interests ; 
for,  as  early  as  1858,  we  tind  him 
active  part  in  political  struggles  andi 
reform  banner,  and  many  of  the  leac 
of  the  party  (»n  boar  witness  to  the 
which  he  fought  their  battles.  Hp 
his  unselfishness  by  poaitivfl ; 
of  any  kind,  preferring  Xo  ht- 
in  the  ranka  of  the  people,  utitil  trie 
1878,  when  he  accepted  the  nomination  for 
the  office  of  school  trustee,  for  the  ward  of 
St.  John,  believiog  thai  by  so  doing  he  euuld 
advance  a  cause  which  had,  with 
temperance,  been  one  of  the  gr«at  obj 
his  life.  After  a  sharp  and  severe 
he  was  defeated  by  the  late  Charles  Fisharj 
the  majority  being  very  small.  NotwilU-" 
standing  his  strong  and  pronounced  support 
of  liberal  principles,  both  in  jiarliamentary 
and  munioipal  affairs,  when  the  general  elsc- 
tions  took  place,  in  1878,  and  the  trade  <fuss- 
tion  was  the  all-absurbing  topic,  he  felt  i(' 
his  duty  to  support  the  national  p^^icy^ 
believing  it  to  be  for  the  l>est  interests 
Canada  to  foster  and  eucoura^i^e  home  msa^ 
ufactures,  and  hehascti  < 
of  the  same,  being  an  -  i   th( 

Dominion  Manufacturers    .Ai^^Mcniu'u.     Ii 
the  year  186'2.  his  friends  brought  him  out 
as  **  the  people's  candidate  "in  St.  JAmesI 
ward  for  aldermanic  honours,  and   the 
oonl  of  the  votes    ft»r  that  year  show  hoi 
highly  the  citizens  esteemed  their  standard 
bearer.     Duly   appreciating  hia  services 
alderman   for    1883,    they    nominated    ami 
elected  him    by  acclamation  for  1884.  ant 
their  labour  was  not  lost,  ma  he  made  a 
for  the  people  on  the  WHter  works  ei 
question  that  will  long  be  remembered, 
though  the  popular  vote  of  the  jwople  di( 
not  endorse  the  stand  he  took  in  this  matter. 
During  the  two  terms  of  ahiermanic  othoo,) 
he  served  as  a  member  of  the  markets  and 
health  committees,  and  the  lire  and  gia  com- 


-*"    "^^^ 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY. 


'99 


I.  olfto  the  ©xhihilion  committee.  Dur- 
ing «ino  term,  he  tilled  the  rcitponBibte  poAt  of 
chihtrm&ii  of  the  water  works  liepftrtmetit. 
The  demandfl  on  hia  time,  from  fAmily  luid 
aen  oirolea,  did  not  prevent  him  uaiBt- 
in  thu  ur^nizstioa  and  continuance 
le  manv  Rocietios  which  help  to  unite 
Mr.  MiJUchamp  ia  aji  active  member 
le  Board  of  Trade,  an  official  of  the 
linion  Manufacturers*  AsBociation,  an 
aotiro  member  of  8t.  Andrew's  lodge,  A.F. 
and  A.M.,  Toronto  lodge  of  Odd  Fellowa, 
L.  O.  lodge  275.  Kent  lodge,  No.  3.  Sons  of 
Enfclaud,  Kxcelaior  lodge  United  Workmen, 
St.  George's  Society,  and  many  others.  He 
ia  also  an  ex-member  of  the  Queen's  Own 
RiDea.  He  hoa  pronounced  religious  \'iewa, 
and  ia  a  member  of  the  Wesloyan  or  Metho- 
diii  church  of  Canada.  On  the  :^rd  April, 
1862,  Mr.  Millichamp  married  Mary  Uar- 
bntt,  of  Toronto,  and  ten  children,  live  sons 
aod  five  daughters,  are  the  result  of  thia 
union. 

Rutherford,  Darld  Bell,  M.D., 
Morrisbvirg,  was  b<>rn  in  Belleville,  Ontario, 
on  Dt)cemher  22nd,  1856,  his  parents  being 
Snaan  Magdalen  Stophonson  Blaiud,  and 
Thomas  Rutherford.  His  mother  waa  bom 
in  Dumfries.  .Scotland,  in  1823,  and  waa  the 
daughter  of  William  K.  Blaind  and  Alicia 
Blaind.  Uis  father  was  one  of  the  Blainda, 
merchants  and  shipper*,  who  failed  in  busi- 
ness, after  which  our  subject's  maternal 
grandfather  came  to  Oanada  (1832),  with  all 
hia  family,  excepting  our  subject's  mother, 
who  followed  in  1848,  settling  in  Belleville, 
wher«  they  permanently  resided.  Thomu 
Rutherford  was  bom  in  Lanton,  about  two 
milea  from  Jedburgh,  Roxburffhshiro,  Scot- 
land, on  October  oth,  1815.  ftis  mother  was 
Mary  Bell,  of  C«Baford,  who,  marrying  D.  B. 
Rutherford,  paternal  c^ndfather,  lived 
thenceforth  at  Lanton  where  Thomaa  Ruth- 
erford was  bom.  Thomaa  came  to  Canada 
in  1842,  and  settled  in  Bellerille.  where  he 
bagao  contracting  for  buildings,  in  which 
baainoM  he  oontmued  successful ly,  until  he 
retired  in  1876.  Dr.  Rutherford's  educa- 
tion waa  obtained  first  in  the  comiitMii  soho<-tl, 
known  in  BclleTillc  as  the  Hospital  stthtMil, 
then  he  went  to  the  (irammar  school,  where 
he  received  most  i»f  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion. Alexander  Burden  being  the  preceptor, 
and  who  for  thirty  jj-eurB  tilled  the  position 
of  head  master.  From  18715  to  1H77  inulusivt*. 
Btr.  Rutherford  attended  the  Commercial 
College  and  Albert  University,  Belleville, 
working  for  his  father  dtiring  the  summer 
montli»,ur  oontraotiog  upon  his  own  account. 
Uu  beg^  the  study  of  medicine  at  Quucu'a 


Unlverut^,  Kingston,  in  1877,  and  had  a 
very  creditable  course  in  that  institution. 
He  was  appointed  demonstrator  of  anatomy 
totheclassof  188Clan'i  1-S81:  was  chosen  prise 
director  for  the  <.)ntariu  Medical  CouncU  ; 
was  elected  first  vice-president  of  his  alma 
mater  society,  and  obtained  by  professional 
competition  the  house  surgeoiiahip  of  King* 
ston  General  Hospital.  1881  and  1882.  Dr. 
Rutherford  went  to  MorrisburgU,  in  June  of 
1882,  and  at  that  place  he  has  since  been 
practising  his  profession.  Dr.  Rutherford 
served  for  three  years  in  the  I6th  batalliun, 
A.S.I.,  as  full  private  in  the  rear  ranks,  re* 
fusing  promoti<m.  He  has  travelled  throngb 
Western  Canada  very  thoroughly,  as  far  as 
Kicking  Horse  Pass,  both  by  rail  and  oq  foot. 
Through  hia  industry,  his  natural  brilliancy, 
and  through  the  learning  for  whioh  he  en- 
joys such  high  local  repute,  Dr.  Rutherford 
is  rapidly  establishing  for  himself  a  hand* 
some  practice,  lie  is  a  Presbyterian,  and 
is  uniimrried. 

nurru)',  Adam,  London,  Ontario,. 
County  Treasurer  of  Middlesex,  was  bom 
on  August  Istj  1808,  at  Liddesdale,  Rox- 
burghshire, Scotland,  and  is  a  son  <tf  Charles 
and  Elizabeth  (Armstroni:)  Murray,  both  of 
the  same  place.  He  received  his  elementary 
educational  instruction  at  the  place  of  his 
birth,  but  emigrating  to  the  colonies  at  ao 
early  age,  he  completed  his  studies  at  the 
Grammar  schools  of  8t  John,  K.B.,  and 
Fredericton,  the  capital  of  the  same  pro- 
vince.  Mr.  Murray  shortly  afterwards 
moved  westward,  and  he  was  appointed 
Inspector  of  schools  for  the  township  of 
Westminster,  County  of  Middlesex.  In 
1857,  he  was  appointed  county  treasurer, 
and  has  filled  that  othoe  since,  to  the 
thorough  satisfaction  of  the  public.  Mr. 
Murray  givea  hia  allegiance  to  Presbyterian- 
ism,  and  joined  the  Hrst  Presbyterian 
church,  in  the  City  of  London,  and  has 
continued  his  connection  with  it  since.  In 
politics  he  has  alwa>>s  been  a  Hefonner,  and 
he  gave  his  sealous  support  to  Robert  Bald- 
win, and  to  the  party  which  was  known  as 
the  Baldwin  reformers,  continuing  his  alle- 
giance to  the  same  party  unditr  its  changed 
appellation.  But  Mr.  Murray  has  nut  hun- 
gered after  political  distinction  ;  his  life, 
however,  has  been  a  uieful,  induMtrious  and 
honourable  one,  and  his  character  stands 
the  highest  for  integrity.  He  marrieKl,  on 
the  Idth  of  October,  1835,  Jano  Beatti«i,  of 
DnuLfrieishire,  Scotland.  Charles  Murray, 
bis  son,  wss  at  one  time  manager  of  the 
Federal  Bank,  London,  and  is  now  msnagsr 
of  the  London  Loan  Company. 


^^^.^■.^^^^^ 


^SOt» 


A  CyCLOPMDU  OF 


Reaile,  John,  Montreal,  was  brirrt  At 

Ballynlmnixtii,  Ooiinty  Donet^Al,  Ireland,  on 
the  I3tli  KoveioWr,  1837.  Ue  vros  educ&t- 
ttd  at  Purtora  Kuyal  School,  KrinUkillen, 
and  Qutieu'fl  CuUt«KC,  Belfast.  Ue  caini? 
to  Cauatia  in  1850,  and  ossiHtkul  by  «f>in« 
irieuds,  estHblinhud  the  Muntrtnl  LiUraty 
MiAijii7.\tu ,  which ,  though  favourably  re- 
c«>ived  by  the  presa,  faltcil  for  want  of 
flupport  from  the  public.  Mr.  Reade  after- 
wards became  associated  fur  a  ttuiu  with 
the  Muntreal  (^u^/fc.  and  puaed  some 
years  between  journaliim  and  private  tni* 
■lion.     In   1859  he  began  the  study  of  law, 

{taasing  tho  preliminary  examination,  but 
earning  that  tho  rectorship  of  Lacfaute 
•College  was  vacant,  he  applied  for  the  aitu- 
ation,  which  be  obtained,  retaining  the 
aaiue  fur  three  years.  During  this  time  he 
was  able  to  pursue  the  study  of  theology, 
and  in  1864-5  was  ordained  by  Bishop  Ful- 
ford  as  a  clergyman,  and  in  that  c&p&city 
served  in  the  eastern  townships  (see  Bihlio- 
thrca  0(itia//e)ijr«).  In  1868-0,  Mr.  Heade 
had  charge  of  a  Chnrch  of  En^lnnd  journal 
in  Montreal,  and  rcaowod  hu  connpction 
with  the  press  of  the  latter  city,  which  con- 
nection has  since  continued.  Fur  the  last 
BLXteeu  years,  with  the  exception  of  an  in- 
tenral  of  a  year  or  so  spent  in  the  oonntry, 
Mr.  Reade  has  been  connected  with  the 
Montreal  (iaititf..  Since  1874  he  has  been 
regularly  on  its  staff  as  literaiy  and  assist- 
ant general  editor.  But  it  ia  as  aa  author, 
as  the  writer  of  verse,  that  Mr.  Reade  has 
the  greatest  claim  upon  the  biographer. 
Among  his  contributions  to  the  higher  class 
literature  may  be  mentioned,  '*  The  Pro- 
phecy of  Merlin  and  other  poems,"  Dawson 
Brothers,  1870.  Since  the  appearance  of 
this  volume,  Mr.  Reade  has  written  more 
than  enough  to  make  auotlier  book,  which 
it  is  hoped  the  public  will  shortly  see.  Our 
author  has  also  written  a  number  of  trans- 
lations, including  passages  from  the  Greek 
of  Homer,  ^■Eschylus,  Sophocles,  Enrpides, 
Pindar  and  Lucian  ;  from  the  l^tin  of 
Horace,  Ovid,  Virgil,  itc. ;  from  the  French 
of  Lamartine,  Berangor,  Andi^  Chc^nier, 
Vict<»r  Arnault ;  and  of  Canadian  poets, 
Madame  Glendonwyn  (Miss  Chauveau), 
Dr.  Hubert  LaRne,  F.  K.  Augers,  &c.  ; 
from  the  (^rman  of  Herder,  Schiller,  Ko- 
enier,  Heine,  &.c,  ;  and  from  the  Italian  of 
Xieopardi,  Caterina  Franceschi,  Alfiori,  &c. 
Some  of  the  latter  tratmlations  were  highly 
commended  in  the  Eco  d*Ttalia,  of  New 
York.  Mr.  Reade  has  also  written  some 
tales : — *'  Winty  Dane's  Trsnaformation," 
**The   De   Ohalneys,"    "The  Ecclestons," 


Ac.     He   has   oontnonuii    .-^^ 
verse  Ut  every  magazine  oi 
been  started  in  Canada  d  uri  i 
yean;  and  he  purposes  pj 

volume  of  essays  on  subject-^ ^   ^aS 

I  CansdiAn  history,  literature,  &c.     Some 
I  these  were    papers  read    l>efore    the    Moi 
I  treal     Athoiaiim,    Kuklos     Club,    Li) 
'  and  Historical  Sticiety  of  Quebec  (of  tfhi( 
Mr.    Reade  is   an  honorary   member),  tht 
Itoysl  Society,  &,c.     Others  were  delivered 
as  lectures,  and  others  contributed  to  raa(»- 
zines,  while  several  have  not  been  m  say 
way  made   known  to   the    nuhlic     Amoc 
the  collection  are  these  :  **  Were  the  andci 
Britains   savage   or  ciTiliced  ?"     "Tboi 
D'Arcy    McGeo   as  a  poet,"  '*Explorati( 
before  Columbus."  "  History  in  geo^ 
cal  names."  *' The  origin  of   Can 
graphical  uames,"    **  tJrigin  an'!  -i"'' 
tory  of  the  alphabet,"    **  The   li 
**  Language  aa  indicating  conrjutiaL^ 
ish  Canada   in    the  last  oentur}',"    " 
cnrioiiB   kinships — sn   essay  \n   philologsr, 
"  The  Ethnology  of  Canada,"  and  a  critwi 
and  historical  sketch  of  "Canadian  Liisrv' 
tare."       This  work  will    probably  be  i\n\y 
lished  next  fall.     Some  of  Mr.  Keade's  hu- 
I  torical    papers   have   been   translated    inr< 
*  French.     One  of  them,  a  review    of    A>»^* 
i  Desmaziire's  admirable  biography  of  AIi^h 
I  Taillon,  author  of  the  **  Histoire  de  Is 
I  lonie  Francaise,"and  quitca  library  of  oth< 
I  works,  was  translated  and  published  in  Vi 

as  a  small  volume.  Of  the  work 
'  Reade  there  has  been  but  the  one 
by  ail  the  ciitics,  namely,  that  it  is  6i 
true,  exhibitiug  all  those  varieties  of  vn 
lenoe  that  co  to  make  verse  iniperihhsbl 
Writing  to  Mr.  Reade  of  the  volume  refer 
to,  the  late  VVilliam  Cullen  Bryant 
"  It  is  no  small  merit  in  my  eyes  t1 
have  avoided  that  misty  phrasooh 
which  so  luany  poets  of  the  day  are 
tomed  to  wrap  up  their  reflections,  and  tl 
you  clothe  yours  in  a  transparent,  tumint 
diction."  John  J.  Whittier  describe*  *'  V 
minion  Day"  as  *'  a  lin 
otic  song,"  and  bestow-' 
Mr.  Roadc's  work.  A  iik< 
came  to  the  author  from  L- 
hosts  of  competent  critics  imvi-  •.-m^j' 
their  pens  in  praise  of  Mr.  Readers  wot 
and  the  pa[^*r  by  L^Abbc  V^»-...«..  t, 
Hecite  dt  MuHfieai^  is  a  con 
bute  to  the  schievenientd 
We  reprriduce  the  following  stanzas,  "  Thi 
latta,  Thalatta,-'  for  they  exhibit  so 
qaalitiet,  grace,  eaae,  fervour  and  tha  Ij 
oal  lament :— 


rASAPU!^  BIOGRAPHY, 


ftOl 


A 

I 


1. 
Td  my  «ar  U  thu  nnnui  uf  the  |iino»  — ui  my  lieart 

i«  the  [oD)ir  of  th**  M>a, 
Anil  1  fwt  hiA  uklt  lircath  on  my  face  lui  hu  rHow- 

ers  hi*  Uin«««  nu  fuo  ; 
Atkil  1  be&r  the  wild  ftcream  of  th«  gullx,  ■«  they 

fttiKver  the  call  "(  the  Citl'.', 
And    I    watch   thn  fair  aaiIk  m  th«y  gUflt«ii  like 
gems  du  the  brviut  of  a  hride. 
II. 
~  '  !->  the  sua  i^a  patli- 


...     .    ..4. UL  viAioiu  that  rajit 

tli«  Kiu(4  seer  nf  old  ; 
And  it  f»''<»m?'  t**  my  »oal  like  an  aia«D  thai  call* 

Bat  I  :  'tl«  white  cott*([e  and  one  that 

U  ■.:  ---  .  .    .iic. 

lU. 

Westward  ho !    Far  away  to  the  Kaet  is  a  ootta^ 

that  lo«>k9  to  iht  (ihore— 
Tboui^h  wkOi  <ln<p  in  the  wa  were  a  tear,  a«  it  was 

I  CAD  »ov  it  Oil  uu»re — 
For  tlitf  heart  of  its  priile  with  the  fluwen  (rf  tiie 

**  Valr  of  Ihi*  Shwhiw  "  recliuv*, 
AaJ  -htinhtd  \*  th«  Aung  ttt  the  Ma  and  hoane  in 

thiF  moan  of  the  piuet. 

Thii  is  at  once  true  to  nature  and  tho  heart 
(if  humanity,  without  which  qualities  death 
uniftt  wait  upH:in  all  verao.  How  ac'curately 
Iho  di.icurniug  oye  of  Mr.  Bryant  judged 
of  the  qiiiUity  of  anch  work,  for  if  ever  dic- 
tion was  transparent  and  Inminoas,  the 
Above  Buroly  is^  and  like  the  above  is  all  of 
Mr.  Reado's  verse.  Wo  await  the  promised 
rolume  with  much  exi>ectatiru]. 

HclTilte,  Thomaii  R.,  Mayor  of 
Preacott,  <^>ntanci,  was  bom  at  Preacott,  on 
December  U'th,  lft47.  His  father,  Thomas 
Melville,  was  a  sea  captain  for  tnany  yeara. 
Abandoning  the  salt  water,  he  oame  to 
I  Canada,  and  located  at  Presoott,  Ontario, 
^^brhere  tie  followed  mercantile  pursuits.  The 
^^Klbject  uf  tills  sketch  was  eflucateil  at  the 
^^Brammar  school  in  his  native  town.  Leav- 
^^Big  sohool  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  he  embarked 
^^^n  the  jirintihc  bunineas.  but  l>eing  in  ]>oor 
health,  he  abandoned  this  pursuit  at  the  end 
uf  two  years,  and  commenced  the  atudy  of 
draga  and  medicines.  At  the  age  of  twenty 
purchased  the  dnig  businus  of  the  late 
.  Andrew  Melville,  uf  Prescott,  which  he 
still  conducting.  Ue  was  connected  with 
e  Preaoott  Garrison  artillery  oompanj, 
hioh  waa  in  active  service  during  the 
'e&lau  Croublea  of  L$06.  During  the  past 
Ten  years  he  has  been  aecretary-treasurvr 
thrt  Electoral  Diatrict  Agricultural  8n- 
tjr  of  South  Grenvillo,  and  for  a  nnm- 
ynars  secretary  uf  the  Reform  Asao- 
of  the  same  county.  Ue  took  an 
ivo  part  in  ur^atuziug  the  Prescott  Odd- 
lows  lodg*).  which  is  now  one  uf  the  most 
TT 


prosperous  in  Canada.  In  hU  earlier  years 
he  woR  prominently  connected  with  all  the 
local  athletic  associatiorui  and  rowing  clubs, 
which  in  those  davs  gave  the  old  town  of 
Prescott  an  enviable  position  in  the  athletic 
world.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  was 
elected  »  uiember  of  the  town  council,  which 
position  he  held  for  twelve  years.  He  waa 
elected  mayor  in  1885,  and  again  returned 
by  acolamation  in  1880.  A  staunch  Liberal 
in  politics,  he  has  be«n  an  active  worker  in 
all  political  contests. 

I'arinuu,  Robert  Btildwln.  Corn- 
wall, Junior  J  udgei  if  the  County  Court  of  the 
United  Counties  of  Stormoot,  Dund&s  and 
(jleugarry,  was  bom  at  Iroquois,  m  the  Coun- 
ty of  Dnndaa,  on  tho  23rd  day  of  October, 
A.D.  1843.  He  is  a  son  of  U.  E.  loyalists 
on  both  sides  of  the  house  ;  his  father  being 
Philip  Carman,  who  died  in  May,  1875, 
hia  mother,  Emmelme,  daughter  of  Peter 
Shaver,  or  SchaSer,  who  repreaunted  the 
County  of  Dundas  for  a  long  period  of  years 
between  1820  and  1840.  Judge  Carman 
was  educated  at  Matilda  County  Orammar 
school,  and  at  BvUoville  seminary,  nftcr- 
wards  Albert  College.  Ho  concluded  his 
course  in  arta  at  Albert  College,  Belleville, 
in  18*56,  and  received  his  dognto  of  B.  A. 
from  Albert  University  in  18H7,  and  that  of 
M.  A.  in  18«8.  In  186C  and  1807  be  attend- 
ed Ijawrence  Scientitic  Bch<^tol  in  connection 
with  Harvard  University.  Boston,  taking 
while  tliore  a  course  uf  chemistry  under  Prof. 
Gibba,  and  attending  a  course  of  leciurva  by 
Prof.  Agaasiz  on  xooloffy,  and  a  course  by 
Prof.  Gray  on  botany.  Upon  hia  return  frnm 
Boston  he  acted  as  professor  of  chemistry 
in  Albert  University  for  four  years,  and 
then  began  the  study  of  law.  takinv'  bis  bar- 
rister's deme  in  18T3,  He  iH-can  practio© 
in  Cornwall,  in  the  same  year,  and  was  ap- 
[Miinted  deputy  judge  of  Stonuunt,  Dun- 
das and  Glengarry  in  1K79,  and  junior 
judge  on  Mnrcli  '2:ird.  188.T  He  was  a 
member  of  the  volunteer  corps  at  Belle* 
vitlu,  and  was  at  Prescott  during  the  Fenian 
raid,  in  18H(i,  acting  as  sergeant.  Judge 
Carman  in  a  Frveniaaon  and  an  OraiigO' 
m*n,  having  joined  both  of  theao  orders 
when  very  young,  and  has  also  be«a  ooo- 
neoted  with  the  t>ous  of  TempcFaooe  and 
with  the  Oond  Ti*tnplars.  Judtfo  Carman 
is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  England. 
He  waN  brought  up  an  Episcitpal  Metho- 
dist, but  never  c<->nnected  hunself  with  that 
church.  Jud^e  Carman  was  appointed  a 
revising  officer  under  the  Dominion  Fran- 
chise Act.  Ue  amrried,  on  June  XmU  1872, 
CooUia  L.  Halet. 


HCi 


A  OYCLOPMmA  OF 


Btalliollnad,  Robert^  Cobourg.  On- 
tjuiu,  H.P.t'.    for  Wuet   NortbumberlanJ, 
WB«  bora  ill    the  townabip    of   HuMiiiuiTiil, 
n««rCul">urK,  Uut. ,  on  the  13th 
11534.     He  U  K  Boii  uf  John  uitl  .  >u 

(B«*tty}  MulhoU&nd,  who  came  to  U«Dada 
from  the  north  of  Ireland.  After  the 
orririU  of  John  MulholUnd  in  Ounndii,  he 
settled  in  the  townahip  of  Haldiinand,  mid 
wafi  one  of  the  pioneers  of  thut  plAcv.  Ho 
bought  100  acrvs,  and  settled  down  Uf  the 
life  of  a  farmer,  which  occupation  he  fol- 
lowed until  m7ti,  when  he  retired ,  and  gave 
hiji  attoiitiou  to  the  duties  of  magutrate,  to 
which  othce  he  had  been  ap^ioiuted.  Ho  in 
a  man  of  excellent  judjfmeni,  and  a  high 
character  for  integrity,  and  he  gives  much 
of  his  time  to  settling  queationa  between 
persona  who  appeal  to  him  aa  arbitrator. 
Mrs.  Mulholland  died,  and  Mr.  MalhoUand 
again  married  Mrs.  McNulty,  a  lady  of 
bioottish  birth,  by  whom  he  had  two  of  a 
family.  By  his  tirst  marriage  there  were 
tive  of  a  family,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
being  the  second  son.  Kobort  Mulholland 
received  a  sound  education,  and  tiiiiahed 
his  studies  at  the  Oommeroial  College, 
Oswego,  N.Y.  After  leaving  the  common 
school,  at  the  age  of  t)ft«en,  he  entered 
mercantile  life,  and,  in  18o3.  went  into  the 
employ  of  the  late  Robert  Harstou,  P.M. 
and  general  merchant,  of  Baltimore,  where 
he  remained  for  three  years,  during  which 
time  Mr.  Uarston  bad  opened  a  branch 
store  at  Hosemcatb,  Northumberland,  tuid 
Mr.  Mulholland  was  placed  in  charge  ••(  the 
tame.  Ue  nucceeded  the  late  Kev.  William 
Case  aa  postmaater  of  that  place,  and  at 
that  time  this  was  the  only  post  ottice  in 
the  township.  Ill  Itid",  his  time  buini;  ex- 
pired with  Mr.  Haraton,  Mr.  Mulholland 
entered  into  partnership  with  Alexander 
Kennedy,  and  purchased  the  bu»ine«s  of 
John  S.  Grafton,  in  the  adjoining  village  of 
Alderville,  and  engaged  in  general  raer- 
chaiidue,  under  the  name  of  Kennedy  & 
Mulholland,  which  hrm  continued  for 
eight  years,  when  it  diaaolved,  aud  the  busi- 
ness waa  sold  out.  Mr.  Mulholland  then 
removed  to  the  town  of  Coboiirg,  where  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  Peter  Brown, 
in  a  general  ti&rdwaru  and  ^Tucary  busiuess, 
under  the  tinu  name  of  MalhoUand  & 
Brown.  Thia  business  continued  until 
1875,  and  during  which  time  he  formed  a 
partnerahip  in  the  dry  goods  trade  with 
William  Graham,  under  the  hrm  name 
of  Graham  &  Mulholland,  purchasing  the 
business  of  Minakur  &  Bro.,  of  the  same 
town.     This  business  waa  oouductod  fur  a 


I  year,  when  Mr.  MalhoUand  told  his  iuUrt^ 
t }  D.  H.  Minaker.  In  LH73,  the  6nu  trf 
Mulholland  &  Browu  purchased  the  hard- 
ware businufls  of  John  Mulligan,  of  Pen 
Hope,  and  Mr.  Brown  took  the 

1  i/  this  branch.  Mr  Bruwn,  hoi 
short  time  afterwards  aold  out  hu 
in  the  Cobourg  buaireas  to  Mr,  Mnll 
who  carried  it  on  until  IK8I,  when 
posed  of  it,  and  has  since 
in  winding  it  up.  Altho< 
ufffted  and  refused  partnership  m  wfi 
sate  houses  in  Toronto,  he  has  n<^jt 
decided  to  again  re-enter  mercantile  ld«. 
His  interest  in  the  Port  Hope  estahlitb- 
ment  he  sold  to  his  aou,  liobert  Alexaodor, 
who  camett  the  bnainesH  un  under  tb# 
old  firm  name  of  ^lulholland  &  BrowD. 
In  1875,  Mx.  Mulholland  was  elected  to 
the  town  council  of  Cobourg,  and 
ed  in  the  couucd  for  four  yv&rs,  dx 
two  of  which  he  waa  chairin'iTi  of  U 
Anance   committee.       He    i  ui 

conticil  in  ltS7t),  and  was  h,  v  m* 

her  of  the  board  of  commituiioiieiv  of 
Town  Trust,  and  is  now  chairman  of 
board.     In  1883,  he  contested  Weal 
uuiberlaud  for    the    legislature,  hav] 
cuivtfd    the   unanimous  U"' 
Convention    of    the     hihvt 
held    at    Cobourg.        He    mnv.  .i».-i 
feuting  his  opponent,   John  C.    Fit 
M.  P.P.,  the  Heform  candidate,  by  a 
ity   of  sixty  rotes,  although  the  seat 
been  hdd  for  eight  years  by  thtt 
party.     Mr.  Mulholland  has  bevn  & 
of  the  Cobourg  Ladies*  College,  and 
the   Canada   Agricultural    Inenranoal 
pany.     He  has  always  been  a  LiHi 
servativc,  and  has  taken  an  ac^ 
the  formation  of    the  l..iV»eml-< ' 
AsstMUatinn  in  hia  riding,  br 
porter  of  the  N.  P.  and  the  '_ 
of  Sir  Jolin  A.  Macdonald.  Mr.  ' 
inveated  considerably  in  North- ^ 
and   was  fortunate  en 
gainer  at  the  time  of  I  i 
1881  he  travelled  ihrouj;ii 
land  and  Sci>tland,  in   coiu 
Mulholland  aud  Miss    Idu.,    ... 
visiting  all  points  of  historic  ii 
religion  he  is  a  PresbyteriaTi    .i 
one  of  the  managers  of  the  • 
terian  Church  for  twelve  \ 
tied,    in    1H59.    Mary   Ken 
Alexander  Kennedy,  J. P.,  n 
by  whom  he  has  three  of  a 
MulhoUand,  the  second  son, 
ing  his  education  in  Victoria  Univf 
Cobourg  ;   the   eldest  having  sue 


fiMtiily 
is  now 


CANADIAN  BWGHAI'BY. 


iuih^x^^  biisinttM   in    Port    Hope.     Mr. 
l.ind   is  very  muoh   devoted   to  his 
>lutios,    »nd    the    8»me    energy    &nd 
vt  which  hiiTe  be«n  mAnifeat  through- 
■*  hnnineafl  career  he  has  shown  in  the 
tUtivu  Fphere.     Owinj*  to  Victnrin  Vni- 
lity  being  in  Mr.  MuIhoUand'a  riding*  he 
trs  a  rery  deep  int«reBt  in  the  Uuiveraity 
Ivration  auheine  ;  and  is  alio  now  engaged 
i"  I  scheme  whereby  the  toll-calea 

V  may  hf>  ubt>liidied,  and  in  fiir- 
\ir^    U'L'iAlation  with  that    end  in  view. 
Mulhollund  claims  that  the   Municipal 
lan  Fnnd  settJement  of  tlie  town  of  Co- 
bourgi  vra«  unjust  to  tliat  tawn,  and  insista 
thtf  KOvt;ruinent  Hhould  giro  it  better 
tfe  ia  a  painstaking  member — close- 
ratchet  and  studies  public  affairs, — and 
le  his  jiidgntent  upon  (general  questions 
>«nd,  his  ttwn  constituency  have  in  him 
watohfnl  i^uardian. 

Ilnrirood,  Aniolne  Churtler  De 
»tl>liilere,  Vaudreuil,  Adjutant-General 
Litia,  M.D.  No.  6,  was  burn  in  Montreitl, 
the  '23rd  uf  April,  1825.  and  called  to  the 
itreal  bar  in  1S48.  He  was  the  eldest 
of  the  Unn.  Robert  Irwin  HarwoudAnd 
Josephti  de  Ix>thini^re,  seignenr«*Me  of  Vaii- 
dreuil,  daughter  of  the  Hon.  A.  C.  De  Lotbi- 
ni^re.  speaker  of  the  Quebec  houw  in  1793 
His  father  wm  a  member  of  the  Special 
Council  in  1838.  and  member  of  parliament 
for  \  audreuil  in  1808;  also  a  mt;mber  uf 
the  legislative  council  of  Qaebec  in  IVOfV 
He  was  educated  at  the  Honian  Catholic 
College,  Mnntrenl,  and  received  a  thorough 
^aasieal  trnining,  taking  a  two  yean  course, 
mnd  at  that  early  time  gave  evidences 
of  the  brilliant  talent  time  so  fully  de- 
veloped. His  military  career  dates  from 
January,  180t),  sinoe  which  time  he  baa  been 
>uty  adjutant  general  in  command  of 
itary  district  No.  6  up  to  the  present, 
otticial  capacity  he  has  been  an  orna- 
tt  and  example  to  the  service.  From 
nntil  1870  he  was  a  member  of  parlia- 
ment, representing  the  County  of  Vnudreuil, 
and  i^teroapB  his  most  notable  utterance 
there  waa  the  speech  delivered  by  him  in 
1#«tgjslative  Assembly  on  the  9th  March, 
on  cunfederatitm.  This  deliTerance 
considered  by  the  late  able  statesman, 
<  George  K.  C&rtier,  the  most  notable  on 
>rd  dealing  with  the  question  of  union  at 
lime,  and  while  being  delivered  (be  von- 
kble  knight  drew  attention  to  the  fact  that 
noblit  luicefltur — wh«>se  portrait  was  hang- 
dirootly  nnpoaite  Colonel  Harwood^if 
waa  pritaibie  for  him  to  be  present  in 
rity  would  be  proud  of  hia  talenteil  de- 


scendant. Colonel  Harwood  is  a  staunch 
Roman  catholic.  He  married,  on  Febrnary 
4th,  1861.  Margaret  Angelione  Lef^bre  de 
Rellefeuille,  dauffhter  of  Colonel  Kustache 
Antoine  Lefebre  de  Bi^llefeuille.  in  his  life* 
time  seigneur  of  St.  Gustache  Mille  Isles,  and 
in  1882  deputy  a<)jutant£;oneral  of  Militia 
for  Canada.  We  cannot  close  our  brief 
sketclk  of  this  gifted  gentleman  without  re- 
ferring t<>  a  speech  made  by  him  at  Cham- 
bly,  on  June  8th,  1881,  before  hia  Bxcel- 
cellenny  the  Marquis  of  Lome,  on  the  occa- 
sion of  the  inauguration  of  the  monument  to 
M.  DeSalaberry.  a  relative  of  Mr.  Harwo»Ki's, 
The  dignity,  the  brilliancy,  and  the  tlnency 
then  displayed  were  not  only  ciinMn<_<nte<l 
upon  by  the  press,  but  by  the  representative 
of  royalty.  Colonel  Harwood''s  success  in 
social  circles  is  as  notableas  his  public  care«r. 
Ho  has  travelled  extensively  in  F.urope,  and 
while  abroad  had  his  magnificent  voice 
trained  by  the  celebrated  preceptor  rif  Jenny 
Lind.  as  well  as  by  his  compeer  Bataille,  of 
the  The&tre  Opera  Oomique  de  Paris. 

nnlr,  Charles,  was  bom  at  the  villag* 
r>f  Lanark,  in  the  I^ihunl district  of  Cpper 
Canada,  on  the  2 1st  September,  1840.  and 
wat  educated  at  the  Porlh  rirannnnr  School 
and  Queen's  College,  Kingston.  His  father, 
the  late  James  Mair,  emigrated  from  Scot- 
land to  Canada  nearly  sixty  years  ago, 
and  established  large  business  interests  in 
Lanark  and  Perth,  and  woh  one  rif  the  pion- 
eers of  the  squarv  tinilwr  trade  in  the  Mnda- 
waska  and  the  other  tributaries  of  the  Otta- 
wa. Mr.  Mair's  familiarity  with  nature  may 
be  traced  to  the  business  in  which  his  family 
was  engaged,  and  which  brought  him  into 
direct  contact  with  forest  and  stream,  and 
created  a  love  for  field  sports.  For  a  short 
time  Mr.  Mair  waa  engaged  in  the  study  uf 
medicine,  but  was  called  away  from  that 
study  by  the  Honourable  \\  illiam  MoDom- 
gall  to  make  researches  in  the  Parliament- 
ary Library,  in  reference  to  the  (iuu*tion 
then  pending  about  the  transfer  of  t)>e  Nort  h- 
West  territories  to  Canada.  In  1808.  Mr. 
Mair  published  a  volume  of  pooms  entitled 
*'  Dreamland  and  other  poems,'*  which  was 
very  well  receiveil  by  i-he  press,  but  which 
had  only  a  Iimit4»d  circulation,  aa  a  large 
portion  of  the  edition  was  burnt  in  the  Dee- 
barat^s  tiro  while  being  bound.  In  the  fall 
of  18*^  Mr.  Mair  w"b  sppointe<l  by  the  gov- 
ernment OS  paymaster  of  the  |mrty  sent  un- 
der Mr.  Snow  to  Iter!  Hivf-r,  to  ofien  ui'  com- 
munication with  tho  lAko  of  the  WocmIs. 
He  iofrk  with  him  a  quantity  of  MS8.,  in- 
cluding several  poema  which  ho  was  prc- 
jtaring  for  pubbcation.     In  the  fall  of  1869 


A  ciCLOPJSiDU  or 


iUiuu  broke  (»ut,  and  Mr.  M&ir 
WM  t&kon  prisoner  with  a  number  of 
other  loyal  Oanadiana,  and  for  many 
weekfl  wu  kept  in  close  contincment  in 
Fort  Garry,  and  afterwards  io  the  Court 
House.  After  aomo  weeks,  Louis  Kiel 
tuld  Mr.  Mair  that  ho  intended  to  have 
him  executed,  but  with  the  asaistance 
of  Iiis  felluw  prisoners,  Mr.  Mair  and  a  few 
others  succeeded  in  effecting  their  escape, 
and  reaching  Portage  La  Prairie.  Here  they 
raised  a  force,  which,  under  Major  Botiltun, 
marched  to  Fort  <iarry  and  iuducud  Riel  to 
deliver  up  hiH  prisoners.  Afterwards,  by 
treachery.  Major  Bonltonand  Thumna  Scott 
and  otben  were  captured,  and  So(itt  mur- 
dered. Mr.  Mair  escaped  and  walked  on 
snuwshfies  some  400  mUes,  reaching  St. 
Paul  ill  thirty  days,  whence  he  came  tn  On- 
tario, where  he.  Dr.  Sohnlui  and  Dr.  Lynch, 
received  a  hearty  welcome  from  their  native 
province.  After  tlie  restoration  of  law  and 
order,  Mr.  Mair  returned  to  the  North- West 
and  endeavoured  to  recover  his  papers  and 
MSS. ,  which  had  been  scattered  during  his 
imprisonment.  All  hia  efforts  were  unavail- 
iniCi  and  the  work  of  years  was  gone  forever. 
Disheartened  by  the  loss,  ho  abandoned  litor- 
ature,  and  entered  int't  the  fur  trade  and 
general  business  at  Purta^'e  La  Prairie, 
where  he  remained  lilJ  11570,  when  he  moved 
to  Prince  Albert,  where  he  resumed  the 
same  business.  During  this  period,  at  long 
intervals,  he  contributed  a  few  articles  to 
tlie  Caiuidian  MoiUhlij.  About  the  year  1883 
he  f oreoav  the  trouble  comiui;,  which  cul- 
tninated  in  the  North-West  reboUion  of 
1885,  and  tinding  that  no  steps  were  taken 
by  the  government  t^  remove  the  causes  of 
discontent, he  decided  that  it  wuuld  be  unsafe 
to  leave  his  family  at  Prince  Albert,  and, 
therefore,  removed  to  Windsor,  (Ontario, 
where  he  settled  down  to  wait  till  the 
troublous  times  were  ended.  Finding 
that  he  had  enforced  leisure,  he  turned 
again  to  literature,  and  wrote  the  drama  of 
"T&cumseh,"  which  has  just  beeu  issued 
(March,  18BG).  While  he  was  en^fHEed  at  this 
work,  the  rebellion  broke  out,  and  hp  at  once 
made  up  his  mind  to  proceed  t)i  the  North - 
West  and  take  part  in  the  campaiflin.  Ho 
waa  attached  to  the  Ciuvernor-Guneral's 
Body  Guard  as  quarter-master,  and  served 
with  that  corps  during  tlie  whole  campaigu, 
and  returned  with  the  same  to  Torouto, 
where  the  corps  were  relieved  from  active 
service,  and  he  was  enabled  to  complete  his 
drama.  Nutwithstandinc  the  fruition  and 
promise  in  Mr.  Mair's  early  volume, 
**  Dreamland  and  other  puonu,"  it  is  by  his 


lately  published  n-  -^   •^-»    he  will  takes 

foreniMHt  and  an  •  laco  in  the  Aiu 

main  of  purely  Cm i-^-      *  «■  i * 

of  high-class  vorme  is  not  a  \s 
finds  a  rapid  sale  ;  but  ih*- 
book    under  diacusaiou.    has  been  uupf 
dented  in  Canada  in  this  reAp^.ir       At  th«j 
date  of  writing,   though  *'  !  '  hm\ 

boen  only  a  few  weeks  bvfuti  r  :,tb«i 

edition  is  almost  exhaust(.Hl.    It  was  r«>cviti 
by    the    press  with    the    atrttn<;e*t    [H<d«iU 
encomiun)H,aml  isthc^  first  bo<ik,  wrought  «i 
(indy  of  Canadian  material,  that  has  take 
a  thorough  and  [.lermanent  hold    uikto  m 
own  people.      Its  p;w»|Kirt»  to  tht«  heart 
tiie  Cantuliftn  community  witrt'  it^  I.  '- 
of  patriotism,  the  noblt^neea  id  lis  ^ 
its  sympiithetic    insigbt  tntc>    the    pir^^ 
vrith  which  it  duals,  and  itasplenJitl  111 
()ualiUeA,     The  imagery  is  rich  and 
but  it  is  always  true  to  nature,  and 
human  heart.     **  IVcutnueh  "  is  a 
the  country  will  nut  allow  to  (lerish.     It 
gratifying  to  be  able  to  write  in  thia  way  oi 
a  drama,  the  subject  of  which  is  Oanadiaa^ 
material,  the  writer  of  which  i»  s  son  •/   tnr' 
own  soil.       Mr.    Mair  nmrrie«l  r- 
September,  1869,  at  Red  Riv«r,  i 
kenney.  a  niece  of  Dr.  >ichultz. 

Tlioinpsun,  TIiouihr,  J.  P.,  Toronto,-} 
head  of  tlie  tirm  of  Tlioniaa  Thitmpsoo  Ai 
Sons,  King  street  east,  T'*rt>uto,  w*6  b'tra 
in  Toronto,  on  January  'Jih,  1832.  UiS 
father  waa  a  native  of  Yorkshire,  Kiii^laini, , 
and  his  mother  waa  Pfl  ■     ■    '!  •  Tbs* 

subject  of  our  sketch  :   th*| 

age  of  twenty-three,  to  tl :,  and 

has  had  a  family  of  seven  boos,  twoof  whotn^ 
lioyce  and  William,  are  pitrtners  in  tin 
business,  Itoyoe,  the  elvleftt  son.  bemff  ad- 
mitted in  1S81,  and  William  two  yfnrn Tat* 
In  1882,  Mr.  Thompson  waa  ii 
stand  n»  oandidate  to  rvpn'sent 
onto,  in  the  Liberal  intereat,  in  ihu  Do*i 
minion  Parliament,  but  whs  defeat«<1  by  th 
present  member,  Mr.  Small.  It  i- 
counection  with  political  aunal.^ 
Thompson  ia  liH>ked  upon  as  a  i't.-|  ri  ftoiH 
tative  Canadian,  but  from  the  fact  that  b^ 
lias  maile  for  himiwlf  aeonspicuoiui  oame 
his  native  city  aa  h  tht.)rough  man  of  bu«i> 
nees  and  a  successful  meruhanu  He 
of  the  few  who  have  passed  through 
periods  of  commeroial  depression,  and 
up  an  eiLbeusive  business  on  a  sound  basia, 
and  in  consequence  gamed  the  ooutidunoii 
of  his  customers,  and  maintained  his  onrdit. 
Mr.  Thotnpson  has  crosseil  the  AUaiitu 
seventy-thrive  times,  and  was  on  boai*d  tl 
G^reat  EauterH  on   her   last  voyage   bt 


CANADIAN  BIOGRAPHY, 


805 


•he  wu  BtippoBed  to  hftve  been  IohC, 

iTing   been    twenty-oiio  days    out  ;    hut, 

itttelv,  after  a  torriblo  voyage,  arrived 

Mr.  Thompson  haa  been  n  member 

Meth->diat  church  from  his  youih  up. 

.n  uld  ojid  worn  uut  pocket  book  that  be 

*ied  fur  many  years  contains  the  follow- 

ig  scrap,  showiuij;  the  principles  which  have 

n  his  Kuido  :— *'  Energy  is  u  four-story 

irtue,  and  always  pays.     It  is  one  of  thos« 

Dunta  on  which  there  is  no  discount.  The 

chief   diiTereuce  among  mankind  is  not  ao 

much  in  gift  or  talent   as  in   energy — the 

.ip  of  water  that  chisels  the  stone  is  only 

lother  name  f<jr  energy.     Nothini^  resista 

LIS  virtue,  and    it  com]uers    what  it  will, 

le  only  condition  being  time."     His  sons 

Inherit  the  businesa  tact  and  the  hii^h  prin- 

iple  of  integrity  which  have  distin^uiahed 

Ir.     Thumpsuu    throughout    his     business 

)er.     To  these  yoimg  men  the  great  pro- 

*tion  of  the  business  to-day,  maintained 

the  face  of  keen  competition,  is  largely 

Gllllc^.  Miyor  JoUn«  Gilliei'  Hill,  On- 

irio,  MP.  P.  fi>r  North  Bntc*),  is  a  native 

the   Pariah  of  Kiloaloninell,  Argyleshire. 

rotland.     He  is  a  son  of  Hugh  Gillies  and 

[ary  Blue,  the  latter  being  a  descendant  of 

i«  of  the  old  families  of  the  West  High- 

ida«    who     were    originally    of     the    Mo- 

tonald  clan.      Hugh  OiUies  was  a  farmer, 

id  came  to  this  ountry  in  I800,  settling  io 

le  t<.twiisliip  of  Ktderslie,  County  of  Bruce, 

rhere    he    remained     engaged     in    farming 

intil  his  death  in  1809.  Mrs.  Gillies  died  in 

rutland.      There  was  a  family  of  ton  chil- 

m,   the  subject  of  this  sketch    being  the 

:th  vldtMit.     Major  John  (iiltiea  received 

piurodlial  school  education.     At  the  age  of 

tte«Q  he  left  schi>«d,  and  having  a  desire 

travel  and  to  try  hia  fortune  in  the  new 

rorJd,  h«,  in  ctiru[*any  with  his  two  brothers, 

Malcolm  and  Du^rald  Gillies  sailed  for  Ame- 

rio«t  and  reached  Canada  in  August,  1853, 

tid  shortly  afterwards  settled  up<^>u  a  fanu 

tliv  township  of  EldersUe,  Bruce  county. 

Intariu,  and   ts   now  the    possessor    of    a 

)leudid  farm  of  300  acres  of  land,  on  which 

tt   prevent    resides.       Mr.    Gillies    has 

stjme  interest  in  miUtia  all'aini,    and 

Appi»ititod  APtiMr  major  of  the  Canadian 

litia.     In  lH5ti,  ho  was  eleot«(l  Itiwnahip 

illor  of  Elderalio,  and    c«^ntinued  for 

'«ars  in  the  council,  being  reeve  for 

!t«H*n  years  and  wanlen  of  tliv  county 

yt^ani  uf  tliat  time.    He  hiu  been  pro- 

i\  diructur  of  the  Tumnlo,  Orey  and 

truci:  iUkilway,  having  taken  much  interest 

raalroad  euterprisea.    In  politics  Mr.  Gil- 


lies is  a  staunch  Liberal.  He  oont«at«d  the 
North  Riding  of  Bruce  for  the  Coniroons 
against  Colonel  Sproat,  defeating  him  iti 
1872  by  a  majority  of  twenty-three  vot^je, 
and  was  elected  by  acclamation  in  1874. 
In  1878,  he  again  conteste<l  tlie  riding 
against  Calonel  Sproat,  and  gained  the^lec^ 
tion  by  a  majority  of  156  rotes.  In  1882, 
after  the  "gerrymander  act,'*  ho  was  de- 
feated by  Alexander  McNeil,  being  handi- 
capped in  the  conatituency  by  nearly  400 
rotea.  However,  in  1883,  Mr.  Gillies  con- 
teated  the  aame  riding  for  the  Ontario  legis- 
lattire against  James  Rowan,  and  was  elect- 
ed by  a  majority  of  120  votes.  Mr.  UiUies 
Is  one  nf  the  most  zealous  and  punctual 
members  of  the  legisUture,  and  devotes  a 
great  deal  of  att«ntion  to  p\ihlic  affun,  and 
especially  to  them  that  arc  of  moment  to  hia 
own  constituency.  He  does  not  often  apeak, 
bat  when  he  does,  his  utterances  are  charac- 
terised by  careful  thought  and  a  thorutigh 
knowledge  of  the  subject  under  dim^iusion. 
In  religion  he  is  a  staunch  Presbyterian.  He 
is  not  married. 

Bairour,  William  DouylHi,  Am- 
herdlburg.Ont,  M.P.P.  forSiJuthEsaei,  was 
bom  in  Forfarshire,  Scotland,  on  2nd  Au- 
gust, 1851,  He  is  a  son  of  Divid  Balfour, 
a  memi»er  of  a  Kincardineshire  family,  and 
Janet  Douglas.  Mr.  Balfour,  sr.,  came  to 
Canada  abiMit  1857,  luid  engaged  in  rail- 
roading. Ho  is  still  living  in  the  village 
of  AUanbnrg ;  and  Mrs.  Balfour  is  like* 
wise  living  there.  There  were  five  of  a 
family,  the  snbject  of  this  sketch  being 
the  eldest.  William  Donglaa  Balfour  re- 
ceived a  Public  schoul  educmtiou,  conclud- 
ing his  studies  at  the  Grantham  Academy, 
St.  Catliarmes.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he 
left  school  and  engaged  as  schoti]  teacher 
in  the  townships  of  Grantham  and  Louth, 
where  he  remained  fur  6ve  years.  He  then 
received  the  appointment  of  secretary  of  the 
St.  Catharines  Board  of  Trade,  and  als4>  that 
of  librarian  of  the  Meohauics'  Institute.  In 
1871',  he  establiahed  the  St  Catharines  daily 
a.nd  weekly  Ntw9t  in  partnership  with  B, 
Matheson  ;  and  these  two  gentlemen  con- 
tinued the  publication  until  1874,  when  the 
firm  dissolved,  Mr.  Balfuur  retiring  in  the 
same  year.  He  tlien  reuinvtMl  to  Amherst- 
burg,  Kasex.  where  ho  fiiunded  a  weekly 
paper,  in  partnership  with  J.  A.  Auld,  un- 
der the  firm  name  of  Balfour  ^  Auld,  the 


1*1. 'iri^    ]£4j\i}, 

"k  when 
r;.lnr  the 
name  of  the  AVAu  Printing  Co.,   Mr.  Bal- 
ft>ur  being  preaidont  of  the  company,  which 


^ll<Mi   the    Anili 

\'  coutiuuf! 

iiipaiiy  wiix 


806 


A  cYCLOPMmA  or 


position  he  rataius  ■till  lu  1872.  Mr.  Bal- 
four was  elect«d  a  public  school  truiit«e  for 
St.  Patrick's  ward,  St.  CathjLrintis,  and  re- 
tained this  office  for  two  yean.  After  go- 
ing  to  Amheratbiirg.  in  1875,  be  waa  also 
elected  a  school  trustee,  and  was  re-elected 
for  four  BDCccasive  yearn,  darinf;  whicli 
time  he  was  chairmRn  of  tlie  hoard.  In  1878, 
he  was  elected  reeve  ttf  the  town  of  Amherst- 
burf(,  and  served  as  chairman  of  the  finance 
and  educational  committees  of  the  county 
council,  ss  well  as  auditor  of  the  criminal 
justice  Acoounts.  He  was  also  chairman  of 
the  financo  committee  of  the  town  council  of 
Amhersthurg.  In  1883,  after  his  election  to 
the  Lf^gisUti  ve  Assembly  of  Ontario, heretired 
from  the  Council  of  AutherBtburg.  In  1870, 
he  contested  the  election  for  South  £ssex  in 
the  local  house,  with  Lewis  Wi^jle,  M.  P., 
and  was  defeated.  In  1882,  when  Mr.  Wi^le 
wu  elected  to  the  Commons,  Mr.  Balfour 
oontested  the  same  riding  with  Peter  Wrii^ht, 
reeve  of  Colchester  South,  Essex,  in  the 
bye-election,  and  was  elected,  in  the  Keforra 
interest,  by  a  majority  of  seventy-two  votes. 
At  the  general  election  of  1883,  he  defeated 
Thomaa  B.  White,  reeve  of  Anderdon,  by  a 
majority  of  thirty-four  votes.  On  first  ap- 
pearing  in  the  houne  in  1882,  Mr.  Balfour 
moved  the  address  in  rf>ply  to  tlic  s^kcech 
from  the  throne,  and  has  since  served  on  the 
followiug  committees,  viz.:  Public  accounts, 
printing,  nuinicipal,  railways,  and  private 
bills.  Mr.  Balfour,  we  may  atai«,  it  wa» 
who  introduced  the  bill  which  has  been  con- 
siderably discussed  through  ihe  press,  viz., 
that  providing  for  the  Ailniission  of  Debts  R. 
Davis,  (coloured)  of  Colchester,  to  the  bar 
of  Ontario.  Although  persistently  opposed, 
Mr.  Balfour  successfully  carried  his  point, 
iu  the  face  of  pronounced  opposition  by  the 
legal  fraternity,  under  the  mgis  of  the  law 
society.  He  has  also  carried  on  m.  vigorous 
crusade  for  the  abolition  of  toll  roads,  and 
has  already  secured  some  legislation  in  that 
direction,  as  well  as  approval  from  both 
sides  of  the  house.  Mr.  Balfour  has  also  in- 
troduced and  carried  through  several  ameiid- 
roonta  to  the  Municipal  Act.  He  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Oddfellows,  and  has  been, 
for  ten  years,  a  director  of  the  South  Essex 
HTid  Anderdon  and  Maiden  A  gricultiiral 
societies  ;  hsa  served  as  president  of  both, 
and  is  now  a  director  of  the  South  Essex 
Farmers'  Institute.  In  1868,  be  waa  secre- 
tary of  the  Y.M.C.A.,  at  St.  Catharines,and 
continued  for  some  six  years  in  that  connec- 
tion, besides  being  secretary  at  the  provin- 
cial convention,  held  at  BelleFille,  in  1872. 
In  politics  Mr.  Balfour  ia  a  Liberal  Keformer, 


own  Bw 

I  1   thu  hi 

,ui^h. 

Irted   111  ihsj 
Mr.  BsltrtOT! 


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cur-j 


1..  ^.- 


anil  is  a  member  of  the  Reform  Cinb,  of 
Topjni'*.       He    WAS    for    eieht    yeirs    see* 
rotary  of  ih«  South  Essex   I..iberal  AjaoaS' 
tinn.  snd  for  the  last  eleven  years  has  de- 
livered numerous  camprtum  -^tt^at^rhes  in  the 
interests  of  his  party,  t'- 
tion  of  the  country.     ^^  ' 
waa  conspicuous  in  the  late 
Bpiraoy,"  which  has  been  vent . 
the  press  of  the  country,  and 
courts.    In  that  case,  of  course, 
appears  as  a  man  of  itilogrity  and  hononr. 
In    political    work    Mr.    Balfoor   takes  thai 
deeiieflt  interests     He  hu  th, 
being   thoroughly  well  infon 
rent  political  history,  and  as  bi« 
debater  is  very   pr'>nonnce<l,   he 
joins  very  eHectively  in  debate. 
'•ear  of  the  house"  is  a  very  high  comph 
nient  to   bestow   upon   a  speaker  ;    but  ilJ 
is   noteworthy   that   when  jtlr.    Balfour  tij 
upon  his  foet.  the  house  aasumes  an  atti- 
tude   of    attentive    listening.      The    ohiaf 
speech,    perhaps,  delivered  by  him   in   the 
house  was  that,  in  ]88o,  in  defense  of  Mr. 
Mowat's  Hediatribution  Bill.     Mr.  BalfduH 
is   A  IVesbvterian.      He   married,  in    IHT's' 
Josephine,  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Colo- 
nel T.  F.  Brodhead,  ot  Grease    Isle,    Michi- 
gan,   U.    S.,    who   waa  commander  of   tUej 
Michtj^n  Cavalry  Brigade,  and  who  met  a 
soldier's   death  at  the  field  of  Manassas,  in 
Virgini'i.     By  this  lady,  Mr.  Balfuur  baa  a 
family  of  five  children. 

duiin.,  Alexundor,  M  T'   *-.►  »i.*^  Ojiy 
of    Kingston,    Ontario,  is   a  .,    \rf 

birth,  and  cjimo  to  Canada  w.l..  ..:_  .  ^rmta. 
when  a  mere  lad.     He  was  bom  at  finmi 
Caithueas-shire.  Scotland,  on  the  0th  of  Oc* 
tober,    1828.     His  father  was  James  (lunnvl 
who  carried  on  farming   and  contracting  m| 
Caithness,     and    his     mother     was    Jsnet 
Shearer.       Both   pa.renta  died    many   year* 
ago,  and  left  a  family  of  two  sons  and  thi 
daughters,  all  of  whom,    with  the  excoptio 
of  one  daughter,  still  survive.     Alexander,} 
the  eldest,   received  his  early  education 
Foraa  pariah  schi>ol  in  Oaithneaa,  and  tiiiisht 
in  Kingston,  where  his  parenla  first  resiJeC 
in  coming  to  this  country.     Mr.  Gni 

San  his  career  in  the  gf^x^^^y  busineaa, ; 
ohn  Carrnthers,  in  Kingston,  and 
steadily  at  this  branch  of  busineas,  until 
may  now  be  considered  a  prince  of  th< 
trade.  Being  a  public-spirited  geiiilemaOi 
he  waa  induced  by  his  raauy  fnends  nnd  ad^ 
mirers  Uj  offer  himself  as  candidate  for  the 
House  of  Commons  for  the  city  in  which  he 
had  spent  nearly  all  his  life  ;  ho  consented, 
and  at  the  general   elections  o(  1873^  waa 


•lAoiod.  defeating  no  ten  a  penoiu|(6  than 
Sir  .lubn  A.  Macdonalii,  who  had  held 
Kinntoo  aa  a  *  *  pocket  borough ''  for  a  great 
nuruber  of  years.  Mr.  Gunn  waa  again 
elect«d  at  the  last  general  election,  and  aa 
time  moves  on  he  aeeuia  to  become  a  greater 
favorite  than  ever  with  his  friends  of  the 
Ijttneatone  City.  In  pulitict  he  has  always 
been  a  steadfast  Liberal,  and  it  makes  his 
election  victories  all  the  more  impurtonl 
tiiAt  he  not  alone  defeated  the  Conserva- 
tive chief,  as  we  have  already  seen,  but  de- 
feated himin  the  very  centre  of  old  Torydimi. 
Mr.  Gunn  married,  on  the  l^th  October, 
1864,  at  Kingston,  AngeUque  Agnes  Mat- 
thews, daughter  of  the  late  llobert  Mkt- 
thews. 

Wlglo,  l^ewla,  Leamtngt^m,  M.P.  for 
South  Kaaex,  was  born  in  the  township  of 
Goatield,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  on  March 
lOth,  1H45.  Ug  ia  a  son  of  Solomon  Wi^fltf, 
and  Ann  Her.  Mr.  Wigle,  senior,  repre- 
aented  the  County  of  Esaex  in  the  first  On- 
tario Legislature,  from  1867  till  1871,  and 
who  was  a  staunch  auppi.)rter  of  Sandtield 
Macdon&ld.  Solomon  W  igle  liad  the  first  con- 
tract, in  I8t)0,  for  carrying  the  mails  from 
Leamington  to  Windsor,  and  it  will  be  in- 
tenMting  to  state  that  Lewia  Wigle  carried 
it  the  first  time  it  went  over  the  road,  ajid 

itinued  to  do  au  for  a  year.     He  then  left 
rather  laborious  work,  and  took  the  poai- 
of  clerk  in  a  sti>r«  for  a  year,  when  h« 
returned  to  the  farm,  upon  which  he  wrought  i 
in  aummer,  and  attoudod  school  in  the  win- 
ter.    Uls  father  established  him  in  a  busi-  | 
naaa  at  LeamiugtoU)  in  18r4,  when  he  was  ' 
nineteen  years  old,  and  there  ho  haa  resided  ' 
ever  since,  carrying  un  a  business  which  has  i 
given  him    handsome   profita.     Mr.    Wi^Ie 
was  reeve  of  the  township  of  Mersea,  from 
lBti7  till  1875;  waa  elected  to  represent  South 
Essex  in  thu  Ontario  Legislature,  at  the  gen-  ; 


oral  election  1875  ;  but  waa  unseated  on  peti< 
tioii,  and  ro-clected  in  September,  1875,  d 
f  eating  his  mother's  brother  on  both  ocosatooa 
by  a  majority,  first,  of  47;  and,  subsequently, 
of  '^6^  He  waa  again  elected  at  the  genenil 
election  in  1870,  defeating,  the  present 
member,  B&lfour,  by  a  majority  of  15U.  He 
resigned  his  seat  in  1882,  and  tned  conotn- 
aions  with  the  Dominion  candidate,  and  waa 
elected  to  the  (^'oromaus,  defeating  William 
McGregor,  ex  M.  1*. ,  by  a  majority  of  sixty 
votea.  Mr.  Wigle  is  president  of  the  Le 
mingiun  and  St.  Clair  Railway  (.V.. 
secured  a  subsidy  for  the  same  in  the  sesai 
of  1885,  from  the  government,  uf  J?3,'2 
per  mile.  Operations  upon  this  rund  havi 
just  now  commenced.  Mr.  Wigle  is  a  mem 
ber  of  four  ditforeul  agricultural  societies, 
and  belongs  to  the  executive  committee  of 
the  Conservative  Union,  Toronto.  A  suunch 
and  able  party-man,  he  has  done  considu 
able  "stumpuig  "  in  favour  of  the  natior 
policy  ;  he  took  part  in  the  bye-electio 
held  in  Wt»t  Northumberland,  in  1885 ;  ilkf 
East  Simcoe,  and  in  West  Kent,  1885,  and 
in  the  local  bye-election  held  in  1885.  In 
politics,  Mr.  Wigle  is  a  Liberal-Conaorva- 
tive  of  the  most  pronounced  type.  Ue  has 
always  watched  political  questions  closely, 
and  the  views  that  he  entertains  upon  pu 
Uc  matters  are  the  result  of  close  investiga- 
tion. He  haa  been  always  aealoos  in  U)e 
fnrthorance  of  his  party's  interests,  and 
when  he  aat  in  the  Ontario  Legislature,  he 
waa  one  of  the  Liberal-Conaervative  whips. 
Ue  ia  regarded  as  a  very  useful  member  of 
the  House  of  Commons,  being  active  in 
watching  the  interests  of  his  nwn  constitu- 
ericy,  and  at  the  same  time  keeping  himself 
well  informed  upou  the  general  butinesa 
with  which  parliament  deals.  Mr.  Wigle  is 
a  Mt'th'Hlist.  He  married,  on  October  I4th, 
18ti8,  Itebocca  Hairsine. 


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